Kara was used to her big brother's protection, used to her sheltered ways, but when Alec leaves home at nineteen, when she was fourteen, to live with a few friends down in Florida, she's left to herself to get through life. But two years later, Kara's experienced, no longer the naive little girl she was, all thanks to Alec's ex-best friend Kevin. When their two-year relationship goes from smooth-going to abuse-ridden in the snort of a line, she tries her hardest to jump out of the hookup by "dumping" Kevin and moving to Florida to live with her twenty-one year old brother for the summer...but Kara has a way of attracting trouble, and Alec's extremely hot roommate Jeremy is everything she wanted to get away from and maybe even more. She's determined to not get close to any guy again, but this cocky, pigheaded, insanely sexy jerk won't give up on pursuing her. She won't give in, nope, nada, never...Sucks for him.
Tobias and Talia are complete opposites, yet thrown together in an arranged marriage. Can they navigate married life in the wake of a terrible tragedy?
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After being pressured into an arranged marriage to merge their families' companies, Talia and Tobias are stuck living together as husband and wife. Although they are both unhappy, neither tries to make the best of it. Tobias is too busy, and Talia is too distraught by the tragic death of her former fianceé, Jason. But as time goes by and they spend more time together, an undeniable attraction develops between the two. Despite this, Tobias can't seem to see past his jealousy of Jason and accept Talia - and Talia, plagued by guilt, is unwilling to let Jason go. Are the two heading for better - or are they headed for far worse?
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