Julie Johnson
For Delilah Sinclair, catching a man's attention has never been a problem.
It's the part that comes later – the happily-ever-after part – that always seems to trip her up. Not that she cares. (Much.) All her friends may be settling down, but this fiery redhead quite likes her carefree — commitment-free — life.
At least, she did... until everything began to fall apart.
With family drama spiraling
...Shelby Hunt has the perfect life, married to the perfect man.
At least, that's what anyone would think, looking at her. They couldn't possibly know about the past five years of lonely nights, or the divorce papers still sitting unsigned on her husband's desk, or the shady business practices he's brought home on more than one occasion — often in the form of scary men with loaded guns and briefcases full of laundered cash.
The truth
...Romance is a luxury Zoe Bloom simply cannot afford.
After her childhood was shattered by unspeakable tragedy, Zoe has grown into a woman with walls so high, they're impossible to scale. And that's just how she likes it — especially given her line of work. As an accomplished computer hacker, she's made more than a few enemies in Boston's seedy underworld.
Falling in love would be nothing but a weakness.
When
...Phoebe West has been head-over-heels in love with her brother's best friend for as long as she can remember.
Not that he's bothered to notice.
Despite several mortifying attempts at seduction and a decade's worth of unrequited pining, nothing Phoebe does seems to make any impact on the man she's obsessed over since her bra-stuffing days.
Until she lands herself in life-threatening danger.
After years working in special forces
...Gemma Summers is unlucky in love.
She's known it since third grade, when her first crush blew a spitball into her hair, and a decade-long string of bad dates, boring sex, and abysmal morning-afters has done nothing to improve her prospects.
When a random radio contest lands her courtside tickets to the hottest playoff game of the season, Gemma thinks her luck may finally be on the upswing — at least, until the dreaded jumbotron
...6) Say the Word
"I walked away from him... but I left my heart behind."
At eighteen, Lux shatters Sebastian's heart – and breaks her own in the process.
When their paths cross again unexpectedly in New York City, Lux does her best to feign indifference toward her first love. But the harder she tries to hold Sebastian at arm's length, the more determined he becomes to uncover the secrets she's been keeping about their past... and the true reason
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