Rogues of Manhattan Series by Pamela O'Rourke

"The sunshine after the storm will be all the sweeter if you can learn to dance in the rain."A guy walks into a bar...Yeah, I'm sure you know the jokes. I've told more than my fair share.Until the jokes on me - when I'm that guy.Following the morning from hell, I'd walked into my usual haunt, ready to drown my sorrows.Instead, I found my salvation.Reyna Marquez.A down-on-her-luck ex-dancer with a heart of gold and a spine of steel... more"The sunshine after the storm will be all the sweeter if you can learn to dance in the rain."A guy walks into a bar...Yeah, I'm sure you know the jokes. I've told more than my fair share.Until the jokes on me - when I'm that guy.Following the morning from hell, I'd walked into my usual haunt, ready to drown my sorrows.Instead, I found my salvation.Reyna Marquez.A down-on-her-luck ex-dancer with a heart of gold and a spine of steel.So, when I find myself in dire need of a fake girlfriend, she's the only one I want.It's a crazy request, especially when requirements change, making her my fake wife, but she's all in.For a time, everything is perfect.Until lines within our arrangement begin to blur.A heated look here. A lingering touch there.And suddenly, what began as a lie feels more honest than anything else ever has.But before we can ride into the sunset, dark clouds gather on the horizon, threatening to destroy everything I suddenly can't live without.Can we make it through the storm to find our rainbow's end?Rogue Romeo is a billionaire, marriage of convenience with themes suitable for readers age 18+ less

"𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲."Callous, calculating, and controlled, I’m a man with no one to care for and nothing to lose.A man to reckon with.At least until my carefully emotionless life is upended when she’s placed under my protection.𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗼.The off-limits daughter of my dead best friend.From the moment she looks up at me with those pretty gray eyes, she owns me. Even as I fight it.Even when I push her away... more"𝗜’𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘁𝗲."Callous, calculating, and controlled, I’m a man with no one to care for and nothing to lose.A man to reckon with.At least until my carefully emotionless life is upended when she’s placed under my protection.𝗪𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗼.The off-limits daughter of my dead best friend.From the moment she looks up at me with those pretty gray eyes, she owns me. Even as I fight it.Even when I push her away.When I hurt her with venomous words.And unforgivable actions.Somehow, she sees past the man I present to the world.She doesn’t flinch when faced with my worst self. Instead, she unlocks a side of me that I didn’t know existed anymore. She makes me feel.More than I’d ever believed possible.I’m falling for her, forbidden or not.Right or wrong.𝗦𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲.Until the reason she came into my life becomes the very reason she may be driven from it.And I’ll do everything in my power to keep her safe from forces that would drive us apart.𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧…𝙄’𝙢 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮.Contains graphic scenes suitable for readers aged 18 and over. less

“You meant everything to me, Emerson Hart... you still mean everything to me.”The world knows her as America’s Sweetheart, but to me, she’ll always be my friend’s little sister.The girl who blossomed into the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.The one who stole my heart when I wasn’t quite paying attention.My Tink.Yet, when confronted with my demons, I made a decision that tore us apart.One that has continued to haunt me every single day since... more“You meant everything to me, Emerson Hart... you still mean everything to me.”The world knows her as America’s Sweetheart, but to me, she’ll always be my friend’s little sister.The girl who blossomed into the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.The one who stole my heart when I wasn’t quite paying attention.My Tink.Yet, when confronted with my demons, I made a decision that tore us apart.One that has continued to haunt me every single day since.And though I’ve spent the last five years watching her rise to fame, I’ve continued to love her with every broken part of me.From a distance.Until fate steps in, and we’re thrust together when her safety comes into question.So I’ll do my job.I’ll be her bodyguard.I'll protect her—with my life if it comes to it—but I won’t trick myself into believing it can ever be more than that.However, old habits are hard to break, and even though I know I shouldn't, I find myself powerless against the pull between us.No matter how hard I try, she’s a weakness I can’t resist succumbing to.But how can we find a way to be together when her very life may end up being the cost? less