Adeline knows Noah Devereaux's secret.
After a chance encounter one snowy night, Adeline decides to save a stranger, Noah, after witnessing his fight with even stranger men. When they meet again years later, she realizes he's not the golden boy everyone knows him to be: handsome, kind, and popular. Behind closed doors, Noah is moody, complicated, and arrogant enough to think he's got everyone eating out of the palm of his hand. She wants no part of his lies, but the more she runs the closer she finds herself to the truth.
Adeline has no idea that the moment she saved Noah's life was also the very moment he would become part of her own messy world.
Noah has worked hard to secure his reputation and his new life separate from his deadbeat family's legacy. Just when he thinks it's time to stop running, Adeline Lai comes crashing in and sees something she really isn't supposed to see. What's a boy to do when one girl suddenly holds the power to ruin his life? Having her as close as possible to keep her lips shut seems like the only viable option...if only he could stop dreaming about other ways of keeping her quiet with his mouth.
Noah has no idea what it means to be saved by Adeline, but he's about to find out.
A trip to Fiji with her dismissive boyfriend and his alluring mother lands Valentina into the most unexpected romance of her lifetime.
*****
College student Valentina has been at a standstill in her relationship for three years, so when her boyfriend invites her on vacation to Fiji with his estranged fashion designer mother, Val can't think of anything worse. Mothers-in-law are notoriously one of the most dreadful aspects of a committed relationship, right? But nobody prepared Val for the aloof, refined Diana, who at first seems to absolutely detest her but soon warms under the tropical sun. As a unique and steamy connection sizzles and the two begin sneaking around, Val wonders if she's finally found the love she's been looking for in the most unexpected of places. But can their spark last, and is it worth what it will cost them?
WARNING: This story contains mature themes such as depictions of domestic abuse and coercion that may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.