There was only one woman who could set me free. But I would rather set myself on fire than ask Sloane Walton for anything.
Lucian Rollins is a lean, mean, vengeance-seeking mogul. On a quest to erase his father’s mark on the family name, he spends every waking minute pulling strings and building an indestructible empire. The more money and power he amasses, the safer he is from threats.
Except when it comes to the feisty small-town librarian who keeps him up at night....
Sloane Walton is a spitfire determined to carry on her father’s quest for justice. She’ll do that just as soon as she figures out exactly what the man she hates did to—or for—her family. Bonded by an old, dark secret from the past and the dislike they now share for each other, Sloane trusts Lucian about as far as she can throw his designer-suited body.
When bickering accidentally turns to foreplay, these two find themselves not quite regretting their steamy one-night stand. Once those flames are fanned, it seems impossible to put them out again. But with Sloane ready to start a family and Lucian refusing to even consider the idea of marriage and kids, these enemies-to-lovers are stuck at an impasse.
Broken men break women. It’s what Lucian believes, what he’s witnessed, and he’s not going to take that chance with Sloane. He’d rather live a life of solitude than put her in danger. But he learns the hard way that leaving her means leaving her unprotected from other threats.
It’s the second time he’s ruthlessly cut her out of his life. There’s no way she’s going to give him a third chance. He’s just going to have to make one for himself.
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This series is where I discovered this author!! This was the book we've all been eagerly waiting for, I couldn't wait to dive in and absorb all those feels this authors known to throw and this book was no different, those mushy feels, the giggles galore, and those stabby angsty jabs came at me full force.
These two had so much history behind them, he was the hot popular quarterback boy who climbed the cherry tree outside her bedroom window, to her always being that bookworm who hid in the shadows. Even back then they had a strong connection that couldn't be denied. Her parents loved him like he was theirs. But living right next door, she knew how bad he had it at home, the abuse, and the ever present shouting matches between him and his father.
Until one incident where she went behind his back trying to do the right thing, only to sever that strong connection they'd had forever. Until all they had was pure hatred.
'𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍, 𝒓𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒚, 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒖𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑰𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.'
With the passing of Sloan's father regrets of things he'll miss out on had her reevaluating her life, especially the need to have a family of her own. Operation find Mr Right commences.
Lucy put the A in Angst with this one, the ping pong of heated barbs thrown at the other was neerending. They couldn't even stand to be in the same room with each other.
Admittedly it was drawn out, less in some cases is best, it was a bit messy in others, but it still didn't take away my love for this book/this series.
I adored this series, I adored getting to know and love these characters, making room in my heart for each of them. And I hope beyond anything that this author gives us another series to sink our teeth into.
* Teaser used is off the authors facebook page *
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