The Harshest Hope (LA Hearts #3)
Victoria Lum
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
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Explicit open door [?]
· 4 ratings · 465 pages · Published: 13 Sep 2023
Another lie forced us back together.
The boy I was forbidden to love became a man with revenge in his eyes.
He was my prince in ripped jeans and tattered books.
I was the girl hiding in her parents’ mansion.
Our love was intense. Passionate. One I thought would last forever.
All it took was one secret, a devastating lie, and I lost everything.
Him. Our future. Hope.
Now he’s back, eleven years later.
Ruthless. Cunning. Cold. A shark in a business suit.
Adrian Scott built his empire on revenge.
He hates me, and I’m next in his plan.
I’m supposed to pretend to date him. Another lie. A smokescreen.
To fool the world into thinking The Shark is finally settling down.
I have no choice but to do as he asks or lose everything.
However, he still knows every curve and secret my body holds.
The lines between our lies and my heart blur more and more.
And I wonder if loving him is the harshest hope.
Tropes:
- Rags to riches
- Alpha-hole CEO
- Opposite sides of the tracks
- Revenge plot
- Billionaire
- Fake dating
- Star crossed lovers
- Second chance
- Lovers to enemies to lovers
- Angsty and spicy goodness
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Tagged as:
- enemies to lovers 2
- forced proximity 2
- friends to lovers 2
- angst 2
- multicultural 2
- vengeance 2
- rich hero 2
- contemporary 2
- second chances 2
- m-f romance 1
- height difference 1
- fake relationship 1
- betrayal 1
- east asian mc 1
- alpha male 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- possessive hero 1
- ceo/tycoon hero 1
- tortured hero 1
- independent heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- Add topics
- geography
- north america 1
- usa 1
- california 1
- Format
- dual pov 1
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The 'LA Hearts' series
4.24 · 17 ratings
north-america · contemporary · california · m-f · dual-pov · forced proximity · usa · sweet heroine · from hate to love · multicultural · east-asian-mc · friends to lovers · tortured hero · alpha male · office · competent heroine · cold hero · independent heroine · possessive hero · length-medium
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