The Favorites Series by Elizabeth O'Roark

Climbing Kilimanjaro? No thank you.Climbing it with Miller West? Absolutely f***ing not.A full week without showers, a real bed or Internet was bad enough. Spending it with my family’s sworn enemy—the unbearably smug, indecently handsome Miller West—is a bridge too far.I’m determined to remain enemies, even if sparring with him is my favorite thing in the world. Even if he’s hell-bent on protecting me, whether I need it or not, and surprisingly kind, no matter how awful I am to him... moreClimbing Kilimanjaro? No thank you.Climbing it with Miller West? Absolutely f***ing not.A full week without showers, a real bed or Internet was bad enough. Spending it with my family’s sworn enemy—the unbearably smug, indecently handsome Miller West—is a bridge too far.I’m determined to remain enemies, even if sparring with him is my favorite thing in the world. Even if he’s hell-bent on protecting me, whether I need it or not, and surprisingly kind, no matter how awful I am to him.But eight days is a long time to hate someone you’re sleeping next to.Especially when you suspect you never hated him at all.And what happens on Kilimanjaro stays on Kilimanjaro...right? less

When my marriage hits rock bottom, I escape to South Carolina to help my charming disaster of a stepbrother, Charlie—aka "the douchiest man in Manhattan"—fix up the decaying Southern mansion he's just inherited.But the house has other ideas. Doors slam, voices whisper, and something—or someone—wants us to be more than just reluctant roommates. An old journal confirms Charlie and I seem to be mirroring every step of a love story that took place a century ago.A doomed one... moreWhen my marriage hits rock bottom, I escape to South Carolina to help my charming disaster of a stepbrother, Charlie—aka "the douchiest man in Manhattan"—fix up the decaying Southern mansion he's just inherited.But the house has other ideas. Doors slam, voices whisper, and something—or someone—wants us to be more than just reluctant roommates. An old journal confirms Charlie and I seem to be mirroring every step of a love story that took place a century ago.A doomed one.It’s like the past is bleeding into the present, guiding me toward a love I never saw coming. But all I’ve ever wanted is a family, and that won’t be happening with a man who once said he’d rather be murdered than father a child.Still, with each creaking floorboard and lingering touch, I’m not sure where my heart ends and the haunting begins. Is this something real… or just a ghost desperate to rewrite her story through us? less