Truly, Madly, Deeply (Forbidden Love #1)
L.J. Shen
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
3.80
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 115 ratings · 530 pages · Published: 10 Sep 2024
This old flame just might set them on fire.
Conceited, unattainable, and downright delicious, renowned Michelin-starred chef Ambrose Casablancas has one passion in life—food.
Women are a distraction, and he doesn’t do those. Especially Cal Litvin, his baby sister’s best friend. Her entire existence is a complication; she’s awkward, eccentric, infuriating…
And, much to his chagrin, hotter than his kitchen.
Ambrose has a lot on his plate: a new restaurant to open, a multimillion-dollar property deal to execute, and a violent stalker to tame.
Then Cal shows up at his doorstep, looking for both a job and salvation after their messy goodbye. His resolve, like his patience, is ebbing each day she works at his restaurant.
Because Cal is no longer a doe-eyed girl.
Now? She’s the woman he’ll do anything to conquer.
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Quirky, compassionate ball of sunshine Calla Litvin can’t catch a break, and not just because she swore off running.
Back in her hometown to nurse her mother’s broken heart after losing her father, she finds herself jobless, hopeless, and penniless. She hopes to rekindle her friendship with her former BFF, but Dylan is attached at the hip to her cruel brother—the one Cal’s been secretly crushing on since middle school.
Falling for the bad boy the second time around would be a mistake of gargantuan proportions.
Too bad she’s always been clumsy.
Truly, Madly, Deeply, is a grumpy x sunshine, enemies to lovers romance. It is the first in the Forbidden Love series, but can be read as a standalone.
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Tagged as:
- contemporary 15
- m-f romance 15
- grumpy & sunshine 14
- sibling's best friend 14
- rich hero 11
- virgin heroine 11
- funny 10
- angst 10
- slow burn 10
- sassy heroine 10
- second chances 10
- enemies to lovers 9
- friends to lovers 9
- workplace/office 8
- suspense 7
- grumpy/cold hero 7
- working class heroine 7
- boss & employee 7
- forbidden love 6
- new adult 6
- alpha male 6
- possessive hero 6
- cheerful/happy heroine 6
- shy heroine 5
- tortured heroine 5
- cruel hero/bully 4
- ceo/tycoon hero 4
- found family 3
- height difference 3
- bad boys 2
- masc-dom 1
- praise kink 1
- fetish 1
- poor heroine 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- alcoholism 9
- death / grief 9
- past child abuse 9
- past sexual abuse 7
- slut shaming 7
- past abuse 6
- mental trauma 5
- torture of mcs 4
- mental illness 3
- geography
- maine 7
- new york state 7
- north america 6
- usa 6
- Format
- dual pov 14
- first person pov 7
- male pov 1
romance tags
The 'Forbidden Love' series
3.96 · 180 ratings
dual-pov · angst · tycoon · past-child-abuse · new-york-state · first-person-pov · explicit-open-door · cold hero · possessive hero · contemporary · alpha male · m-f · office · from hate to love · sassy heroine · forbidden love · new adult · length-long · humor · super rich hero
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