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Shen L.J

    L.J. Shen is a USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author of contemporary romance. Her works delve into complex relationships and emotional depth, often exploring themes of love, loss, and personal growth. Shen writes with a compelling and passionate style that draws readers into her characters' worlds, leaving a lasting impact. Her ability to craft believable and memorable protagonists makes her a significant voice in the contemporary romance genre.

    Beautiful Graves
    Vicious
    Ruthless Rival
    Thorne Princess
    Ruckus
    My Dark Desire
    • My Dark Desire

      • 428 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      She's his sweetest desire...and his darkest secret. From Wall Street Journal bestsellers Parker S. Huntington and L.J. Shen comes a tantalizing forbidden romance between a broken Prince Charming and a disgraced Cinderella. The task was simple. Sneak into Potomac's most heavily guarded manor. Steal back my pendant. Slip out. Problem number one? America's most unattainable bachelor caught me. Problem number two? He decided to keep me. As the help. Zachary Sun's winter may be the coldest I've ever felt, but he makes my skin burn. Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others. Little does he know, he just met his match. He may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become Queen. Authors' Notes: My Dark Desire is a standalone double-grump romance between a broken billionaire and a feisty maid unafraid to fight back. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road world. This is the spicy cover version. The interior is identical to the main print edition.

      My Dark Desire2024
      4.2
    • Ruthless Rival

      • 367 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      From Wall Street Journal bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about the fine line between seeking revenge and finding love. When she was young, Arya Roth became best friends with her housekeeper's son. Soon, friendship turned to young love, and when Arya dared him to kiss her, a chain reaction of disastrous events led to the boy being sent away and out of Arya's life. Now, two decades later, Arya is an on-the-rise publicist with her beloved father as one of her biggest clients. So when her father is sued by a former employee, Arya sets out to prove that her father is not the monster he is accused of being. The only problem is the attorney who is determined to destroy her father's good name. Christian Miller is charming, ambitious, and devilishly good looking, and Arya has no idea he is that same boy who kissed her all those years ago. Past and present collide as Arya falls hard for Christian. But when she finds out who he really is and about his obsession with getting revenge on her father, can she choose love over family?

      Ruthless Rival2024
      4.0
    • Thorne Princess

      • 412 pages
      • 15 hours of reading

      L.J. Shen delivers a charged, addictive stand-alone about a tabloid princess who is desperate to self-destruct...and the grumpy bodyguard who saves her. I landed in hot water with the tabloids one too many times. What can I say? My nipple wanted to come out and say hi to the paparazzi. After that, my father presented me with an ultimatum―either he cuts off the gravy train and stops paying for my lavish lifestyle or I agree to have a live-in bodyguard. And by bodyguard, I mean a sexy, formidable, out-of-this-world babysitter who just happens to be good at breaking spines. Ransom Lockwood, ladies and gentlemen. Now he is forcing me to try all kinds of weird stuff. Stop partying, clean up my act, get a job.... A part of me wants to tell him to get lost. I'm past saving. But the other part? The other part wants to save him .

      Thorne Princess2024
      4.2
    • Beautiful Graves

      • 381 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      From USA Today bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a passion- and angst-charged story about a woman caught between a secure relationship and a once-in-a-lifetime spark with her muse. They say first loves are oftentimes the end of one's innocence. Those words couldn't ring truer for Everlynne Lawson, whose first brush with romance came with a heartbreak ... and the thing that seems to follow her everywhere she goes. Death. After a great tragedy, Everlynne loses all she cares about--her dreams, her family, and her soulmate, Joe. Guilt-ridden, Everlynne decides to isolate herself in Salem, Massachusetts. A shell of the woman she once was, she takes her days one at a time, careful not to allow herself the joy she believes others in her life were robbed of. But when the mysterious, handsome Dominic storms into her life, it becomes more difficult to stay in solitude. Dominic is different: adventurous, joyous, with lust for life and a passion to make her his. Everlynne is on the cusp of reinventing herself once again when the old wounds of her past are resurrected, rawer than ever. There is nothing worse than being in love with two men. Especially when one of them hates you.

      Beautiful Graves2023
      3.8
    • Opowieść o drugiej szansie, miłości, stracie oraz odnajdywaniu siebie autorstwa L.J. Shen, bestsellerowej pisarki „USA Today”. Maddie Goldbloom ma idealny plan na życie: kariera w modzie, romantyczne mieszkanie w Nowym Jorku i chłopak pediatra. Gdy jej były, Chase Black, pojawia się z kontrowersyjną propozycją, Maddie początkowo chce odmówić. Jednak jego prośba o spełnienie ostatniego życzenia ojca zmusza ją do zgody, mimo że Chase złamał jej serce. Udawanie narzeczonej nie powinno być trudne, zwłaszcza że Maddie pragnie zemsty na aroganckim byłym. Ich układ prowadzi do serii wydarzeń, które zburzą jej idealne życie. Gdy mur wokół serca Chase’a zaczyna pękać, oboje muszą zmierzyć się z rzeczywistością. Przyjaciele powinni być blisko, a wrogowie jeszcze bliżej, ale co zrobić, gdy wróg to mężczyzna, którego się kocha? Książka zachwyca błyskotliwymi dialogami i chemią między bohaterami. Shen, ekspertka w tworzeniu seksownych antybohaterów, wciąga czytelników w emocjonującą historię o drugiej szansie. Jej powieści znalazły się na listach bestsellerów w wielu krajach, a sama autorka mieszka w Kalifornii z rodziną, pasjonując się modą i słońcem.

      Diabeł ubiera się na czarno2022
      3.8
    • Francesca Rossi is the beautiful daughter to a powerful Chicago mafia family. Her life has always been comfortable and safe. Now, betrothed to her childhood friend Angelo Bandini, she expects her future to be the same. Until Wolf Keaton sets his eyes on her. Ruthless and ambitious Wolfe is the sworn enemy of the Rossi's and will stop at nothing to destroy their lives. Until he meets Francesca and his life changes forever. But can a newfound love overpower a decades-old hate?

      The Kiss Thief2021
      3.8
    • Ruckus

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      They say that life is a beautiful lie and death a painful truth. They're right. No one has ever made me feel more alive than the guy who serves as a constant reminder that my clock is ticking. He is my forbidden, shiny apple. The striking fallacy to my blunt, raw, truth. He is also my sister's ex-boyfriend. One thing you should know before you judge me; I saw him first. I craved him first. I loved him first. Eleven years later, he waltzes into my life, demanding a second chance. Dean Cole wants to be my bronze horseman. But my clock is ticking. See, I'm not like the rest. I have an illness. Sometimes I conquer it. Sometimes it conquers me. My white knight has finally arrived. Hopefully, he isn't too late.

      Ruckus2018
      4.2
    • Vicious

      • 480 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      Emilia: They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true. The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares. He is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover. Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him. Vicious: She is a starving artist. Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom. Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She paid the price. Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate. That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t. So she hates me. Big fucking deal. She better get used to me.

      Vicious2018
      4.0