Absinthe of the Heart
Australia
:
Monica James
,
2018
20468347
2018
single work
novel
romance
'Two households, unlike in dignity, in the City of Angels is where we lay our scene...
'London Sinclair was the boy my mother warned me about for as long as I can remember. His name alone has brought my family nothing but shame and suffering, so it's no surprise we've been sworn enemies since the first moment we met.
'With his bedroom eyes and cocky smile, he has all the girls under his spell. I have one more year of school left, and then I'm home free because I'm guarding a secret, one I'm ashamed to keep.
'The boy who is completely off-limits is the one who drives me, Holland Brooks, wild. I want London, and I think...he wants me, too.
'Some may compare it to a Shakespearian tragedy, as our surnames have fated our future, but when a single night changes my life forever, I can't leave the City of Angels fast enough.
'Ten years later, I have atoned for my sins and return to Los Angeles a changed woman. I've come home to get married. But the moment London walks back into my life, one thing is clear. Ten years can't undo that night--that single, sinful night when I gave into temptation--because I want to do it again.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Defiance of the Heart
Australia
:
Monica James
,
2018
20468117
2018
single work
novel
romance
'For never was there a story of more woe than that of Holland Brooks and her Romeo...
'For as long as I can remember, London Sinclair was the boy who was forbidden. It didn’t matter that he made my heart skip a beat. Our surnames fated us to be sworn enemies. But when the truth was finally revealed, my life changed forever. Lies have shaped our past, leaving London and me to pick up the pieces. But through the chaos, one thing is certain—I love London, and he loves me, and we won’t allow anyone to tear us apart again.
'However, life has a funny way of proving us wrong. As we attempt to make amends for the past ten years, we soon discover that the ghosts of our past will do anything to drive us apart. We are once again surrounded by deceit and betrayal, testing us in ways we never imagined. When I’m faced with a proposition to end this heartache once and for all, I blindly agree. That decision changes everything, and I soon learn that those who act in haste create their own destruction.
'Does love really triumph all? Or will London and I succumb to what was always written in the stars?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
