If they see each other again, all bets are off. He's determined to make her hold up her end of the bargain that she signed away on a napkin in a pub years ago. But when he sees Rory again, it doesn't matter that she has a new life and a boyfriend. He goes from sweet and enigmatic to aloof and cruel in the span of the eight years they spent apart. Malachy was an enigma that I couldn't get enough of. They shared a steamy short-lived romance and a promise on a napkin that would be put to the test years later when they crash into each other's worlds again. Malachy Doherty came into Rory's life like a silent storm. If you're fans of second chance romance that offers up angst with a splash of humor, this will deliver on all fronts. If there's one thing that I've come to expect from LJ Shen, it's her knack for the unexpected, and ITUE was definitely unexpected. A unique and angsty emotional roller coaster that was addictive from beginning to finish. This is so completely different from anything I've read by LJ to date. This book came out of left field and slapped me over the head with all of the feels. I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.Īll is fair in love and war, and I'm certainly prepared for battle

Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.īut a king he became, and now I’m his servant. The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe. The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees. We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.Įight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.

Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours.Ī one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.Īn explosive chemistry neither of us could deny. Shen comes a new, star-crossed lovers romance about loss, love, and meeting The One when you are too young to know how to keep them.

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