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Protective Heart Special Edition

By Brighton Walsh
Series: Starlight Cove
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I've lied to myself for years about being in love with my best friend. Everly Bowman is the sunshine to the narrator's otherwise gloomy world. Forced to share an apartment when Everly needs a place to stay, their close proximity ignites deeper feelings that have long been suppressed. Their weekly, unofficial romance book club and the growing list of Everly's secret desires challenge the narrator to confront what she truly wants. But when Everly appears with another man, everything is thrown into question.
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I've lied to myself for years about being in love with my best friend.

Everly Bowman and I don't make sense. She's sunshine personified, and I hate everyone. Well, everyone but her. For years, I've been able to pretend like she isn't my whole world. But that comes to a screeching halt when she needs a place to stay, and my apartment is her only option.

Suddenly, she's everywhere I turn. Even her scent is branded into my sheets. And thanks to our unofficial romance book club, I've been amassing an encyclopedia titled Everly's Pleasure Buttons. Each week, it gets harder to ignore how much I want to make her fantasies come true. Especially when we crawl into my bed every night.

But I won't jeopardize what we have for anything, so I'm fine with lying to myself and pretending like I don't dream of calling her mine.

At least, I was until I see her with him.

Series: Starlight Cove

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  • Protective Heart Special Edition
    Protective Heart Special Edition
    I've lied to myself for years about being in love with my best friend. Everly Bowman and I don't make sense. She's sunshine personified, and I hate everyone. Well, everyone but her. For years, I've been able to pretend like she isn't my whole world. But that comes to a screeching halt when she needs a place to stay, and...
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    Turns out the gorgeous stranger I had a one-night stand with is not only my sister's best friend but also my new employee.Worse? I shared a whole lot more with Avery than one mind-blowing night.I told her my deepest, darkest secret. Despite my constant worry that she'll let the truth slip to my family, I can't stay away from her....
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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781685180256

Publisher: Bright Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 September 2022

Imprint: Bright Publishing

Edition: 2nd Discreet Special ed.

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 308g

Pages: 330

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Brighton Walsh Contemporary Romance Fiction General Fiction Humour Romance Series: Starlight Cove Special Editions

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