Sometimes The One, the one you didnโt even know youโve been waiting for, at last comes alongโฆ
Evangeline Canterbury has always seemed perfectly composed and perfectly content. No one knows the fear and turmoil she holds inside and she is happy to hide behind her faรงade. Until she meets Bennett Somerset on a night when her faรงade has fallen by the wayside, her misery visible for miles.
His presence is beguiling enough that such an inauspicious beginning morphs into a lovely one-night stand. But Evangeline becomes less sure when he ropes her into a fake relationship, so he can use her connections to get close to his estranged parents. She doesnโt want to be exploited, but he is very beautiful, very charming, and very, very, very persuasive.
At first she is only afraid that she might fall in loveโand he might walk away when he has reconciled with his parents. Then she realizes that he knows her far better than she wants him to, and understands her in ways that threaten the very foundation of her faรงade. She is desperate to run from him, but what ifโwhat if he actually wants the real her?
"I am magnificently and irreparably ruined by her books"--Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling author
USA Today-bestselling author Sherry Thomas decided years ago that her goal in life is to write every kind of book she enjoys reading. Thus far she has published romance, fantasy, mystery, young adult, and three books inspired by the martial arts epics she grew up devouring. Her books regularly receive starred reviews and best-of-the-year honors from trade publications, including such outlets as theย New York Timesย and National Public Radio.ย
A Study in Scarlet Women,ย A Conspiracy in Belgravia,ย andย The Hollow of Fear, the first threeย entries in her gender-bending Lady Sherlock historical mystery series,ย areย all NPRย best books ofย the year.ย
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Sherry emigrated from China at age 13 and English is her second language.ย