The explosive, emotional and
unforgettable new romance from the NYT bestselling author of the On Dublin Street series
Alexa Holland's father was her hero-until her shocking
discovery. Ever since, Alexa has worked to turn her life in a different
direction and forge her own identity outside of his terrible secrets. But when
she meets a man who's as damaged by her father's mistakes as she is, Alexa must
help him.
Caine Carraway wants nothing to do with Alexa's
efforts at redemption, but it's not so easy to push her away. Determined to
make her hate him, he brings her to the edge of her patience and waits for her
to walk away. But his actions only draw them together and, despite the odds,
they begin an intense and all-consuming affair.
Only Caine knows he can never be the white knight that
Alexa has always longed for, and when they're on the precipice of danger, he
finds he'll do anything to protect either one of them from being hurt again . .
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It’s been awhile since I’ve read a Samantha Young novel and
now I’m sitting here asking myself what took me so long??!! I first feel in love with her writing style
in On Dublin Street and for some
reason or another that is the only novel I’ve been able to read from her until
now. Hero
just reminded me of how much I loved her writing and how she has the ability to
bring you a strong alpha male and a strong female lead that you don’t want to
slap silly! I was pulled into the story
from the beginning and was intrigued on how the story was going to unfold! I would highly recommend Hero and now Ms. Young
will be one of those automatic one click authors for me!
We first meet Alexa and Caine at a photo shoot. Alexa is the personal assistant to the
photographer and is just coming back from a vacation so she was unaware of who
the subject was. When she sees Caine,
her whole world crumbles as her Father and his Mother had an affair that would
eventually lead to Caine’s mother over dosing on drugs. Caine is one of the wealthiest and influential
men in Boston and does not know who Alexa is until she apologizes for her
Father’s actions. He is outraged and with his connections, has her fired and
not able to hold a job in Boston. She
forces her way into his office to speak to him and eventually into his
life.
“I got into my car and drove out of there, wondering why the hell I couldn’t
let this go, why I had to push my way into his life, just so I didn’t have to
deal with my own. I wasn’t sure about
anything anymore. The only thing I started
to predict was that if I did by some miracle find a way to make Caine see who I
really was, I was almost positive that I wasn’t going to come out of it
unscathed.”
Alexa is successful in persuading Caine to hear her out and
eventually hires her as his own PA. To start their relationship is professional
but with Alexa’s smart mouth and Caine’s stubbornness their connection quickly
turns into something more and they start a no strings attached affair.
“Monday through Thursday that was pretty much our lives. We worked together under the pretense of
complete professionalism. I went home
around six thirty and Caine came over around ten thirty. We fucked and then he went back to his apartment. There was nothing romantic about it. Yeah it
was hot and the heat only seemed to be getting hotter, but Caine’s walls were
still high and impenetrable and I had no clue how to break the down. I was failing miserably.”
With their relationship getting hotter and closer, Alexa
discovers she has formed a deep emotional attachment to Caine. But Caine is content on keeping their
relationship as is. He is determined
that he doesn’t deserve a loving relationship.
That he is not that man Alexa believes him to be. He has secrets that he is not ready to share
with Alexa and because of that, he shuts her out.
“I didn’t not need to be saved by a man who couldn’t even save himself.”
“A man like me isn’t capable of being your fucking white knight.”
Will Alexa and Caine be able to put their differences aside
for love? Will their family drama be too
much and rip them apart? This is definitely
one you do not want to miss!
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Samantha Young is the author of the runaway bestselling On Dublin Street, which sold over 150,000 copies within five weeks and has now been sold in more than 25 countries. Published by Penguin UK until recently, her first book with Little Brown (Castle Hill) was one of the top 10 Hachette ebooks for 2014. This year she has been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance. She lives in Stirlingshire, Scotland and is available for publicity purposes, along with corresponding regularly with her 22,000 fans on FB and 15,000 Twitter followers.
You can visit her at www.samanthayoungbooks.com
Praise for Samantha Young:
‘This steamy romance is mysterious, all-consuming and pretty damn good’ Closer
‘Ridiculously incendiary chemistry.’ Dear Author
‘A true gift for storytelling’ Daily Record
‘Young writes stories that stay with you long after you flip the last page’ Under the Covers
