The one man she’s been avoiding for years is the only one who can help her…
All Luciana Barone has ever wanted was to run the family business. If only her father would see her as more than just the obedient daughter of their traditional Italian family. Now there’s a real threat to her goal, and Lucy’s last chance at getting what she wants depends on the help of the one man she thought she’d never see again. Her secret husband.
She’s the only unfinished business he’s ever had…
Billionaire Joel Morgan is calm, meticulous, and controlled in all things—solving everyone’s problems, except his own. Heartbroken, he moved to Portland, Oregon to escape the grief that haunted him in San Francisco. Now the ghost of his past is back, looking more beautiful than ever, and she needs his help.
Joel knows his time with Lucy is limited, but is it enough for him to convince her that they can work through the painful past that tore them apart? With a fake engagement and real feelings on the line, finding forever with his estranged wife just became his ultimate goal.
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"I laughed, cried, kicked my feet, felt compelled to throw my kindle across the room and I would re-read it just to experience it all over again."
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Ivy Harrington has been running from one horrible night for three years. She’s moved to a new city, built a career, made connections. But it still haunts her, and she’s tired of having her past hold her back. So she comes up with a plan. All she needs is a friend she trusts to get her back into the game.
Sean Thompson doesn’t know what hit him. On minute, Ivy’s his best friend, work partner, and neighbor. The next she’s laying one on him and asking him for the impossible. She wants casual and no-strings. A little action with no commitments. Not exactly what he had in mind.
There’s something there though, hiding behind the cool determination of her eyes, he just can’t quite figure out what.
Can he give her what she wants and keep his heart out of it? Or will this arrangement destroy their friendship and threaten to expose every secret they have? Hers… and his.
When a family secret shatters her world....
Hope Morgan thought she had it all—a fancy business degree, a reliable family, financial stability, and a secure future in sunny California—until she discovered her parents’ best kept secret. With her trust destroyed she abandons her old life and heads to Portland, Oregon seeking a new identity built on independence. Except now she’s broke, unemployed, and one step from becoming a burden on her best friend in their apartment above a bar. But Hope’s never been a quitter, and she’s determined to make it on her own. She just needs an opportunity.
His life was just fine, until she blew into it.
Grumpy bar owner, Gabe Walsh doesn’t have the time or patience for the spoiled rich girl slumming it above his bar. He’s busy raising his six-year-old daughter and running his business. The wealthy construction magnate’s daughter can go “find herself” somewhere else.
But Hope keeps surprising him, and the more time they spend together, the more Gabe finds himself drawn to her determination and sweetness. She’s motivated to make it on her own, and he respects that. Not only that but she’s come to his rescue more than once, and when she steps in to be his daughter’s nanny, she quickly starts becoming a lifeline too. Maybe she’s exactly what his little family needs. The glue to piece them back together.
Can two opposites overcome their differences to build an unbreakable family? Or will their fears, and haunted pasts destroy their chance to find a home together?
Find out in Hope and Gabe's search for truth and forgiveness in this steamy, heartfelt story of redemption and love.
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