Secrets are essential for survival.
Carina Caruso learned this as a child. Now, living far from family, under an assumed name, anything approaching a ‘normal’ existence feels impossible. Retreating into music as a violinist in Chicago’s symphony orchestra, she remains hidden on the periphery of her own life.
Only one secret is exclusively hers … and his name is Lev Sokolov. Mysterious and undeniably dangerous, he’s her closest confidant—and, if he knew her real identity—her most formidable adversary.
When Carina’s father breaks a sacred promise, upending the careful balance she’s struggled to maintain, she retaliates in a desperate attempt to change his decision. Armed with stolen leverage, she runs from everyone and everything that once protected her…
But how far, or fast, can you run from those you also run to?
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C.W. Farnsworth is the author of numerous adult and young adult romance novels featuring sports, strong female leads, and happy endings.
Charlotte lives in Rhode Island and when she isn’t writing spends her free time reading, at the beach, or snuggling with her Australian Shepherd.
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For as long as anyone can remember, Florence (Rory) Kensington and Flynn Parks have contentiously coexisted in their respective roles. Rory, as the responsible, poised heiress determined to make a difference. Flynn, as the carefree life of the party who considers having fun a full-time profession. Years of close proximity and overlapping social circles have only strengthened their mutual antipathy, which now seems ironclad.
Until Rory finds herself without a fiancé and Flynn finds himself in need of one. She’s sick of being seen as a boring workaholic. He needs a bride his finicky father will approve of. For the first time, they agree on something—a mock engagement will benefit them both. After all, who better to stick to the terms of an agreement than two lawyers?
Except … pretending to be a couple is unexpectedly easy, and the longer they pretend, the harder it is to distinguish reality from fiction. Suddenly, their straightforward deal seems anything but …
Was it all lies? Or has a love story been buried beneath the animosity all along?
