The Hunter

An enemies-to-lovers, contemporary standalone romance

Romance

Shen, L.J.

Contemporary

LJ Shen Publishing Inc

"I'm unequivocally, irrevocably head over heels in love with Cillian Fitzpatrick. Filled with Shen's trademark wit, soul searing angst and emotional poignancy, The Villain is a deeply satisfying story of patience, acceptance, perseverance and love. Hands down a top 2020 must read! - Helena Hunting, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author.\nCruel. Coldblooded. Hades in a Brioni suit. 
Cillian Fitzpatrick has been dubbed every wicked thing on planet earth. 
To the media, he is The Villain. 
To me, he is the man who (reluctantly) saved my life. 
Now I need him to do me another, small solid. 
Bail me out of the mess my husband got me into. 
What's a hundred grand to one of the wealthiest men in America, anyway? 
Only Cillian doesn't hand out free favors. 
The price for the money, it turns out, is my freedom. 
Now I'm the eldest Fitzpatrick brother's little toy. 
To play, to mold, to break. 
Too bad Cillian forgot one, tiny detail. 
Persephone wasn't only the goddess of spring; she was also the queen of death. 
He thinks I'll buckle under the weight of his mind games. 
He is about to find out the most lethal poison is also the sweetest.\n﻿

The Villain

Romantic Suspense

"Maybe we were never meant for each other. But that night at the carnival, when you showed me who you were, I figured out who I wanted to be."\nThe most important thing I'd ever read was scribbled on the door of a portable restroom, engraved into plastic at a carnival on the outskirts of Boston. 
Lust lingers, love stays. 
Lust is impatient, love waits. 
Lust burns, love warms. 
Lust destroys, but love? Love kills. 
Maybe it was always my destiny to fall in love with a monster. 
When other kids stayed awake at night fearing the pointy-toothed beast hiding in their closet, I longed to see mine. 
I wanted to feed it, domesticate it, understand it. 
Sam and I were only allowed to love each other in the dark. 
Once our story unfolded, and the truth came to light, I was the one to cut the cord. 
My name is Aisling Fitzpatrick, and I have a confession to make. 
Sam Brennan is not the only monster in this story.

The Monster

Boston's most infamous femme fatale meets her match in a dangerously mild Englishman who has vowed to never marry in this romantic standalone from Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen\nEmmabelle Penrose has cruised through life never needing a man, a plan that has worked stunningly well until about five minutes ago, when she decided she must have a baby.\nDevon Whitehall is 6'2" of premium DNA, financial security, and British royal titles. Best of all, he fears the one thing she dreads the most: getting hitched.\nEmmabelle figures it's a no-brainer when Devon offers his services-sperm and involvement in her future child's life.\nWhat begins as an innocent, modern-family arrangement, quickly erodes into a web of lies, dark pasts, and unfurled secrets.\nInside this chaos, Emmabelle and Devon are forced to face the awful truth-they are capable of love.\nEven worse, they might feel it toward each other.

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