The Image Keeper
Hollywood Hearts ~ 3
By Katherine Owen
She's the heiress who thinks she's not enough for his fame. He's the Hollywood star humbled by her legacy. Three days to get married. One failing heart. And the fear that love this fast can't possibly be real.Love asks for everything.
What happens when you finally answer?
Isla Ryder is a master at controlling narratives—except her own.
Isla Ryder is finally returning to the Connecticut estate she inherited after a plane crash stole her family nine years ago. Three days to confront the ghosts. Three days to plan a wedding. Three days before she marries Roman Lysander, Hollywood’s golden boy, in front of everyone who will wonder: What does he see in her?
But there’s something Isla really isn’t saying: for weeks, she’s been hiding symptoms she can’t explain. Breathlessness. Fatigue. A heart that misfires. Days before the wedding, the diagnosis lands—and her doctors aren’t sure she should even walk down the aisle, let alone say ‘I do.’
Roman refuses to leave her side. Isla’s family demands a prenuptial agreement. The wedding plans implode.
Now Isla has to decide: keep running from the fear that she’ll never be enough, or believe Roman when he says she’s all he needs—even sick, even scared, even imperfect.
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Tropes: celebrity romance, billionaire heiress, forced proximity, chronic illness representation, old money vs new fame, homecoming, family legacy, near-death experience, Connecticut coastal estate, wedding planning under pressure
The Image Keeper is Book Three in Katherine Owen’s Hollywood Hearts series—an angsty, deeply emotional contemporary romance about homecoming, health, and the moment you stop protecting yourself from the very person who’s been fighting to love you all along.
The Image Keeper is the third book in the Hollywood Hearts series—Isla and Roman finally say, "I do," but their journey together is just beginning. Their story continues in THE IMAGE TAKER (Book 4, coming 2026).
Perfect for readers who love: Epic romance sagas like Outlander and the Crossfire series—multi-book arcs with the same couple that span over time, not just pages.
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This series must be read in order:
1 The Image Maker—Isla & Roman’s 48-hour, no-going-back love story begins on Malibu beach.
2 The Image Breaker—When a life-threatening illness tests their love and Hollywood power plays push their romance to the brink.
3 The Image Keeper—Coming home, saying ‘yes,’ and discovering what it really costs to keep.
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"For readers who loved Outlander's epic multi-book romance and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo's Hollywood glamour—a sweeping celebrity romance saga about old money, new fame, and what happens when love moves faster than fear. Book 3 delivers the wedding; Books 4-6 deliver the marriage."
Genre: Romance
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