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From USA Today and #1 Amazon Bestselling Author Bella Matthews comes an Enemies to Lovers, Fake Dating, Sports Romance.

Killian St. James was the boy I loved. Now he’s the man I love to hate.  

To the world, I’m America’s sweetheart. A brand built on fairy tales and love songs that sell millions. But the truth? I’m not sure I believe in happily ever afters . . . At least not for me.

Burned-out and desperate for a break, I return to my hometown, craving quiet and a tiny taste of freedom. But instead of peace, I find a stalker in the shadows, paparazzi on my heels, and a meddling family with their own ideas about my life.

Everyone insists I need protection, and having my new bodyguard pose as my fake boyfriend makes total sense . . . Not that they asked me. If that’s not enough, did I mention that Killian is all too happy to volunteer for the job? 

This MMA champion is brooding, relentless, and inconveniently perfect at keeping me safe. He’s also unimaginably gorgeous, with a quiet confidence that’s even sexier than the ink tattooed on his golden skin. 

But as lines blur and sparks fly, I’m left wondering if the boy I once loved could be the man I can trust with my life . . . and my heart.

Review

5* read.

I absolutely adore this author and love this series. I've been eagerly waiting for Lilah's book and I'm so glad she ended up with Killian. I think Killian is one of my favourite male leads from this series and Lilah Is the perfect match for him. I do love a MMA fighter falling for someone just as tough as him. They have a past together, and it's not a good one. Lilah hates Kilian but that wasn't always the case. That being said they have this fiery chemistry and you can't help but love the added love hate side of it.

I always know every book by this author will be worth the read. She writes brilliant books with addictive characters who you can't help but fall in love with. I can't wait for the next book in this series, whoever's that may be.

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Meet Bella

Bella Matthews is a USA Today & #1 Amazon Bestselling author. She is married to her very own Alpha Male and raising three little ones. You can typically find her running from one sporting event to another. When she is home, she is usually hiding in her home office with the only other female in her house, her rescue dog Tinker Bell by her side. She likes to write swoon-worthy heroes and sassy, smart heroines. Sarcasm is her love language and big family dynamics are her favorite thing to add to each story.

 

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Title: My Dark Prince

Series: Dark Prince Road #3

Authors: Parker S. Huntington & L.J. Shen

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Second Chance/Amnesia

Sleeping Beauty Retelling/Fake Relationship

Release Date: February 9, 2025

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From Wall Street Journal bestsellers L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington comes a twisted second-chance romance between a prince haunted by a dark secret and his reluctant Sleeping Beauty.

Oliver

I don’t usually trap women with amnesia into marriage.

But I guess there’s a first time for everything.

When the woman of my dreams falls into my lap, I can’t help but wonder what else she can do in that position.

She’s here. In my house. At my mercy.

And she thinks we’ve been lovers the entire decade we spent apart.

Briar and I have always been unfinished business.

Now it’s time to seal the deal.

Briar

I’m marrying a beautiful monster.

A crooked fraud. America’s wealthiest bachelor.

He claims we’re in love, yet all I taste in our kisses is hate and lust.

I don’t remember why or how.

But I do remember he’s the enemy.

Now, I’m stuck inside a nightmare.

And Oliver will do anything to keep me in the dark.

Authors’ Note: My Dark Prince is a standalone enemies-to-lovers Sleeping Beauty retelling, in which a damaged billionaire with a dark past and his childhood sweetheart fall in love—literally. It is set in the decadent Dark Prince Road universe.

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5* read.

I love both these authors and have really enjoyed the other books in this series. I wasn't to sure about Oliver in the other books but was still looking forward to getting his story.

If like me you've read the other books in this series then you'll be expecting Oliver to end up with Dallas' little sister Frankie. As is made clear by the blurb this doesn't happen. At first I was a bit upset with this as I really thought they'd both be good together. That been said after reading it you pretty much realise straight away that they're was never gonna be anyone else but Briar for him. He needed someone like her to balance it out and Briar definatly added more to Ollie's character then i think Frankie ever would have. I loved the chemistry between them and going back and seeing glimpses into their past and finally realising why Oliver was the way he was in the other books.

I really hope these authors write together again, they really are so great together. Their work just flows seamlessly, like your reading just one author.

 I don't know if anything has ever been said online about this, but I do really hope there's some type of spin off and that Frankie gets her own book. She's such a big character that you just know her book would be a great read and it would be a shame to never get her story.

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PARKER S. HUNTINGTON

Parker S. Huntington is a stay-at-home dog mom from SoCal, where she discovered her allergy to rain.

In spite of her shoddy attendance record and strong aversion to homework, she earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and an A.L.M. in Literature from Harvard.

When she’s not writing or exchanging food pics with her friends, she’s binge-watching an unhealthy amount of Netflix while curled up with her dogs.

Parker hates talking about herself and is (also) allergic to social media, but you can catch up with her in her newsletter or through the occasional TikTok video.

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L.J. SHEN

L.J. Shen is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary and NA romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries. She hopes to visit all of them.

She lives in a picturesque beach town with her family, pets and inner demons, and enjoys reading, traveling, cooking and spending time with her grumpy cat.

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