Revenge is odd. Anger fuels it, but it binds the avenger intimately to her target.
After following me into a New York bar, a devastatingly hot English stranger takes me back to his hotel room and treats me to a night of torrid sex . . . then drops me like a ton of bricks. Soon after, the stock market and a dishonest trustee cause me to lose all my money. Desperate for funds yet afraid to pursue my true passion, I accept a job as a PA to a filmmaker—in Hastings, England.
Imagine my shock when the English stranger turns out to be my new boss, Roman Bullock. For some reason he’s angry and determined to punish me thoroughly. Now that we’re on his turf and I work for him, he shows me no mercy. But if he’s vengeful, I’ll respond in kind. Tit for tat, an eye for an eye—that’s how the wars of Margrave Manor work, and neither of us plans on backing down anytime soon.
But the more I fall in love with the Hastings community, the more I want to use our games to good purpose. Roman may be maddening, but he’s teaching me to trust myself, and the challenges he throws my way only strengthen me. Can love bloom out of the arid soil of revenge?
What began as an exercise in vengeance is rapidly transforming into an obsession.
Since swearing off love six years ago, I��ve cryogenically frozen my heart. One-night stands have been my MO, and I fill the rest of my hours working like a dog. But when I meet a sultry siren in a New York bar, all bets are off. She consumes my thoughts, even when she causes no end of grief for my company.
Now, with Cecily Northam under my thumb, I enjoy nothing more than making her life hell. Yet she gives as good as she gets and subjects me to her own brand of torments. Apart from the fact that her very presence makes my pulse dance, I��ve never felt so alive as now, when we carry on open hostilities with no ground rules. Slowly but surely I can feel my icy heart melting.
For the longest time I’ve thought guilt stood in the way of my happiness. But now, knowing Cecily, I suspect I’ve misunderstood love entirely. Watching her, I see it’s much bigger and stronger than our ability to limit or define it.
Genre: Romance
After following me into a New York bar, a devastatingly hot English stranger takes me back to his hotel room and treats me to a night of torrid sex . . . then drops me like a ton of bricks. Soon after, the stock market and a dishonest trustee cause me to lose all my money. Desperate for funds yet afraid to pursue my true passion, I accept a job as a PA to a filmmaker—in Hastings, England.
Imagine my shock when the English stranger turns out to be my new boss, Roman Bullock. For some reason he’s angry and determined to punish me thoroughly. Now that we’re on his turf and I work for him, he shows me no mercy. But if he’s vengeful, I’ll respond in kind. Tit for tat, an eye for an eye—that’s how the wars of Margrave Manor work, and neither of us plans on backing down anytime soon.
But the more I fall in love with the Hastings community, the more I want to use our games to good purpose. Roman may be maddening, but he’s teaching me to trust myself, and the challenges he throws my way only strengthen me. Can love bloom out of the arid soil of revenge?
What began as an exercise in vengeance is rapidly transforming into an obsession.
Since swearing off love six years ago, I��ve cryogenically frozen my heart. One-night stands have been my MO, and I fill the rest of my hours working like a dog. But when I meet a sultry siren in a New York bar, all bets are off. She consumes my thoughts, even when she causes no end of grief for my company.
Now, with Cecily Northam under my thumb, I enjoy nothing more than making her life hell. Yet she gives as good as she gets and subjects me to her own brand of torments. Apart from the fact that her very presence makes my pulse dance, I��ve never felt so alive as now, when we carry on open hostilities with no ground rules. Slowly but surely I can feel my icy heart melting.
For the longest time I’ve thought guilt stood in the way of my happiness. But now, knowing Cecily, I suspect I’ve misunderstood love entirely. Watching her, I see it’s much bigger and stronger than our ability to limit or define it.
Genre: Romance
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