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Shen L.J

    L.J. Shen est une auteure de romans contemporains à succès, figurant dans les listes du USA Today et du Washington Post. Ses œuvres explorent des relations complexes et une profondeur émotionnelle, abordant souvent des thèmes tels que l'amour, la perte et la croissance personnelle. Shen écrit dans un style captivant et passionné qui plonge les lecteurs dans les univers de ses personnages, laissant une impression durable. Sa capacité à créer des protagonistes crédibles et mémorables en fait une voix importante dans le genre du roman contemporain.

    Beautiful Graves
    Vicious
    Ruthless Rival
    Thorne Princess
    Devious
    My Dark Desire
    • My Dark Desire

      • 528pages
      • 19 heures de lecture

      'Hands down one of my favourite reads of this year. Leigh and Parker did not come to play!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I loved this book - it had everything it made me laugh, had angst, emotion by the bucket full and all the spice' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hooked from the first page, so well written with the dry, snarky, witty and sarcastic humour laced throughout' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I laughed, I cried, I swooned and I empathised so much with this story. It was everything and more' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The hotly anticipated second standalone romance in the Dark Prince Road series. If you loved My Dark Romeo, you need My Dark Desire. The task was simple: Sneak into Zachary Sun's closely guarded manor. Retrieve my pendant. Slip out. Problem #1? America's most unattainable bachelor caught me. Problem #2? He decided to keep me. As the help. Zach Sun's winter may be the coldest I've ever felt, but he makes my skin burn. Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others. Little does he know, he just met his match. He may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become Queen.

      My Dark Desire
      4,2
    • Devious

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Jusqu’où ira-t-il pour obtenir une seconde chance ? Devious. Un nom synonyme de danger, de désir, de décadence. Le nom de celui qui lui a brisé le cœur. Rosie n’avait que dix-huit ans lorsque Devious l’a trompée avec sa sœur. Cette expérience l'a détruite, et elle s'est juré de ne plus jamais avoir affaire à lui. Mais voilà que, dix ans plus tard, Devious revient dans sa vie, encore plus sexy et surtout plus déterminé que dans ses souvenirs. Car, s’il est revenu, c’est pour une raison bien précise : obtenir une deuxième chance. Et Rosie sait qu'avec Devious la fuite n'est pas une option ; alors il ne lui reste qu'une seule solution : faire face au démon de son passé. "La lecture de Devious m’a électrisée de la tête aux pieds ! J’ai vite été embarquée dans cette romance peu conventionnelle et super sexy" Blog Songe d'une nuit d'été A propos de l'autrice L.J. Shen s’est imposée dès son tout premier roman comme une voix incontournable de la romance New Adult – un succès confirmé dès la parution de Vicious qui s’est immédiatement hissé en tête de tous les palmarès de vente. Quand elle n’écrit pas, L.J. Shen est une véritable badass (comprendre qu’elle aime passer du temps avec sa famille et ses amis dans sa Californie d’adoption, regarder ses séries préférées ou lire un bon livre).

      Devious
      4,2
    • Thorne Princess

      • 412pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      L.J. Shen delivers a charged, addictive stand-alone about a tabloid princess who is desperate to self-destruct...and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her. I landed in hot water with the tabloids one too many times. What can I say? My nipple wanted to come out and say hi to the paparazzi. After that, my father presented me with an ultimatum―either he cuts off the gravy train and stops paying for my lavish lifestyle or I agree to have a live-in bodyguard. And by bodyguard, I mean a sexy, formidable, out-of-this-world babysitter who just happens to be good at breaking spines. Ransom Lockwood, ladies and gentlemen. Now he is forcing me to try all kinds of weird stuff. Stop partying, clean up my act, get a job.... A part of me wants to tell him to get lost. I'm past saving. But the other part? The other part wants to save him .

      Thorne Princess
      4,2
    • Ruthless Rival

      • 367pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      From Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about the fine line between seeking revenge and finding love. When she was young, Arya Roth became best friends with her housekeeper's son. Soon, friendship turned to young love, and when Arya dared him to kiss her, a chain reaction of disastrous events led to the boy being sent away and out of Arya's life. Now, two decades later, Arya is an on-the-rise publicist with her beloved father as one of her biggest clients. So when her father is sued by a former employee, Arya sets out to prove that her father is not the monster he is accused of being. The only problem is the attorney who is determined to destroy her father's good name. Christian Miller is charming, ambitious, and devilishly good looking, and Arya has no idea he is that same boy who kissed her all those years ago. Past and present collide as Arya falls hard for Christian. But when she finds out who he really is and about his obsession with getting revenge on her father, can she choose love over family?

      Ruthless Rival
      4,0
    • Vicious

      • 480pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      Emilia: They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true. The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares. He is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover. Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him. Vicious: She is a starving artist. Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom. Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She paid the price. Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate. That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t. So she hates me. Big fucking deal. She better get used to me.

      Vicious
      4,0
    • Beautiful Graves

      • 381pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      From USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a passion- and angst-charged story about a woman caught between a secure relationship and a once-in-a-lifetime spark with her muse. They say first loves are oftentimes the end of one's innocence. Those words couldn't ring truer for Everlynne Lawson, whose first brush with romance came with a heartbreak ... and the thing that seems to follow her everywhere she goes. Death. After a great tragedy, Everlynne loses all she cares about--her dreams, her family, and her soulmate, Joe. Guilt-ridden, Everlynne decides to isolate herself in Salem, Massachusetts. A shell of the woman she once was, she takes her days one at a time, careful not to allow herself the joy she believes others in her life were robbed of. But when the mysterious, handsome Dominic storms into her life, it becomes more difficult to stay in solitude. Dominic is different: adventurous, joyous, with lust for life and a passion to make her his. Everlynne is on the cusp of reinventing herself once again when the old wounds of her past are resurrected, rawer than ever. There is nothing worse than being in love with two men. Especially when one of them hates you.

      Beautiful Graves
      3,8
    • Opowieść o drugiej szansie, miłości, stracie oraz odnajdywaniu siebie autorstwa L.J. Shen, bestsellerowej pisarki „USA Today”. Maddie Goldbloom ma idealny plan na życie: kariera w modzie, romantyczne mieszkanie w Nowym Jorku i chłopak pediatra. Gdy jej były, Chase Black, pojawia się z kontrowersyjną propozycją, Maddie początkowo chce odmówić. Jednak jego prośba o spełnienie ostatniego życzenia ojca zmusza ją do zgody, mimo że Chase złamał jej serce. Udawanie narzeczonej nie powinno być trudne, zwłaszcza że Maddie pragnie zemsty na aroganckim byłym. Ich układ prowadzi do serii wydarzeń, które zburzą jej idealne życie. Gdy mur wokół serca Chase’a zaczyna pękać, oboje muszą zmierzyć się z rzeczywistością. Przyjaciele powinni być blisko, a wrogowie jeszcze bliżej, ale co zrobić, gdy wróg to mężczyzna, którego się kocha? Książka zachwyca błyskotliwymi dialogami i chemią między bohaterami. Shen, ekspertka w tworzeniu seksownych antybohaterów, wciąga czytelników w emocjonującą historię o drugiej szansie. Jej powieści znalazły się na listach bestsellerów w wielu krajach, a sama autorka mieszka w Kalifornii z rodziną, pasjonując się modą i słońcem.

      Diabeł ubiera się na czarno
      3,8
    • The Kiss Thief

      • 322pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Fans of Vi Keeland and Christina Lauren will love this romance that starts as a marriage of convenience, throws in a bit of a love triangle and then adds a twist of revenge.

      The Kiss Thief
      3,8