Sparks fly between a former delinquent from Hell's Kitchen and a wealthy NYU student. They're from the wrong sides of the world, but have more in common than they ever imagined.
Are Eric de Vries and Jane Lefferts married? The answer isn't as easy as they think. And when the head of a secret society conspires to keep them apart, they're about to find out just how far they'll go to be together.
Once upon a time, I fell for a dashing London restaurateur named Xavier. He left me with a broken heart... and a positive pregnancy test. Now, he's back in my life and determined to stay. He asks me just one question: will I move to London with him? But as I enter Xavier's world, our differences couldn't be starker. He's tall, dashing, and practically royal. I'm short, bookish, and the definition of common. First comes love, then comes marriage. Yet all I've got are half-truths and masked secrets. If Xavier and I catch fire, the only thing left in the embers may be our deceptions.
They said I was a bad idea. Poor. Violent. Criminal. They said I'd amount to nothing, and I believed them too. Until I met her. Layla Barros saved me from my worst, but to do that, she lost the best herself. Now it's my turn to bring her back to life. If only I can figure out how to do it.I'll do anything to protect the chance we finally have together. I'll follow her to the other side of the word: Brazil. Cuba. You name it. But how can I be her true north when I'm still finding my direction too?Because sometimes your worst demons are those closest to you. And sometimes getting rid of them isn't a choice at all.
Will Baker was a jerk. A chiseled, green-eyed, hypnotizingly delicious jerk.And like a bad penny, he just kept showing up.Crashed my bike? There he was.Flat tire? One more time. And yet he thought I was the one stalking him.Seriously. How paranoid do you have to be? But the more I got know my intense new neighbor, the more his hard shell cracked, revealing a soulful man starved for affection.A man whose secrets were eating him alive.Just like mine.? He was broken. I was broken.But together we seemed whole.? Maybe, just maybe, we could fix each other.? If our secrets didn't break us first.Author's NoteHollywood Secret was originally published as Discreet. A few small changes have been made to improve the flow of the story, but it's still the delicious enemies-to-lovers, secret celebrity romance you remember.
Eric de Vries.Looks like millions. Worth billions.A body like the David with a mind to match. Unfortunately for this wayward heir, to keep his money, he needs a wife.And of all the women in the world, he chooses me. Too bad I've hated him for five years, since he took all my tears and tossed me away.The guy slept his way through half of New England and discarded women like hotel toiletries.Been there. Done that. Still...what would you do for twenty million dollars? Would you wear the dress?Fake a smile for the man who broke your heart? Or would you run far, far away?Yeah, that's what I thought. I'll see you at the church.
A vow. A contract. A marriage of fire and ice.But just when Eric de Vries and I found our forever, the entire world conspired to keep us apart.A kidnapping. A trial.A madman bent on revenge.Now caught in a web of our own passion and a father's obsession, the harder we struggle, the tighter we're caught.They say love conquers all, but it feels like we're the conquest.As the walls close in, I have to wonder...are we really meant to be?Or is this love just a trap?The Love Trap is the final book in the explosive Quicksilver Trilogy. Readers will enjoy this book more if they begin with The Hate Vow. Please note: this book contains sensitive material that may trigger some readers.
I had a plan. Finish law school. Start a job. Stay away from men like Brandon Sterling. Cocky, overbearing, and richer than the earth, he thinks the world belongs to him, and that includes me.Yeah, no. Think again.It doesn't matter that his blue eyes look straight into my soul, or that his touch melts my icy reserve. It doesn't even matter that past all that swagger, there's a beautiful, damaged man who has so much to offer beyond private planes and jewelry boxes.But I had a plan: no falling in love. I just have to convince myself.