Heart's Paradise by Olivia Starke
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Genre: Erotic
Contemporary Romance
The Billionaire Bachelor Series, Book 2
Can Phoebe trust
Jonathon with her biggest and most precious secret?
Phoebe Heart struggles
to keep the bills paid with her survivalist training courses while raising a preteen
daughter. When a producer approaches her about starring on the survival show
Paradise she's hesitant. Hasn't she spent a lifetime trying to stay out of the
spotlight of her famous mother? But the money is too good to pass up, and
Phoebe will do anything to provide a stable future for her child.
Billionaire playboy
Jonathon Breck is always up for a new adventure. When he's offered a starring
role on Paradise he jumps at the chance. In return for spending twenty-five
days on a tropical island, using only his wits to survive, he'll receive a nice
big check, which he plans to donate to his favorite charity. So with two months
training under his belt, he's dropped off on a lush oasis. He knows it'll take
skill to find food, water, and shelter on the deceptively beautiful island.
Each of them expect to
be on the island alone, so they're shocked when they discover the producers
have thrown in a surprising twist. Phoebe and Jonathon find themselves teamed
up. Jonathon is intrigued by the sexy woman, but he can't shake the feeling
he's met her before. Phoebe is appalled she's paired off with the man she had a
drunken college one-night stand with.
Passion ignites while
they share in the trials of Paradise, but disaster strikes, leaving them facing
life or death. And Jonathon learns the truth that Phoebe desperately hoped to
keep hidden from him—they share a child.
Now Jonathon faces the
biggest challenge of his life—convincing Phoebe to let him be a part of their
daughter's life. Can Phoebe trust the notorious playboy with her young,
impressionable daughter's heart? And can she trust the feelings she has for the
charismatic billionaire?
Content Warning:
contains graphic language and explicit sex
~Excerpt~
"So what do you do
for fun, Phoebe?" Jonathon asked while they waited for their food to cook.
"I don't know, read
I guess. I don't have a lot of free time to spare." She hugged her knees
to her chest, staring at the fire.
"You're obviously
into this survivalist thing, how long have you done it?"
The getting-to-know-you
session made her uncomfortable, and a part of her wanted to scream at him. How
do you not remember me? You took my virginity and got me pregnant all in the
same night! She bit her tongue to stem the coming storm of words until she felt
some control.
"A long time,"
she finally answered. Shortly after dropping out of college and moving across
the country where I could raise my daughter in peace.
She took a stick and
rolled several of the crabs off the stone, letting them cool in the sand before
collecting them in her palm. Jonathon followed suit as she bit into one. Though
small, and gritty, it didn't taste half-bad. Perhaps tomorrow she'd search for
sea urchins, and weave a lobster trap. With the few needed calories in her
belly, Phoebe felt a bit better about Paradise. Even if she had to share it
with the last man on the planet she'd expected.
As the sun set before
them, and the sky turned from blue to soft reds and orange, Jonathon tried to
draw her into conversation again.
"Tell me about your
life, angel," he said.
She frowned at the pet
name. He'd used it before—long, long ago.
"Not much to tell,"
she said. "Work, my daughter, more work."
"You have a
daughter? What's her name?"
She fidgeted, not
knowing quite what to do with her hands, so she drew circles in the sand with a
fingertip. "Sarah. She's eleven."
"I have an adorable
niece that age." Jonathon stretched his long legs before him and rested
back on his hands. Phoebe noticed welts left by sand flea bites on the tops of
his feet.
Sarah has a cousin
she'll never know. Sadness flowed into her heart, as did the sense of
helplessness she'd carried for so long. There he was, only two feet away, and
she still couldn't break the silence. Sarah was too important to risk on a
stranger's whims. If Jonathon did show interest, then his interest may quickly
wane, leaving Sarah with emotional scars.
"It'll be rather
cozy in our hut tonight, don't you think?" Jonathon asked in a low timbre,
interrupting her thoughts. His eyes rested on her, catching the light of the
flickering campfire. Beyond him, the water blazed beneath the sun's last throes
of life, setting fire to the crystalline blue. Staining it dark orange,
blending ocean into sky.
A cool breeze washed
over them, sending a rush of goose pimples over her skin. Or maybe it was the
way Jonathon's deep voice rasped her nerve endings, the way his gaze seduced.
Both held a masculine power that reached into the most feminine parts of her.
In that moment she
realized how strong her weakness was when it came to Jonathon. Whatever magical
control drew those supermodels to him, left her just as powerless. A whispered
request from his sensual lips and she'd melt into him and beg for more. Her
heart pounded in her chest as she stared into his eyes. His hand came up and
his knuckles brushed her cheek, stroking back a loose strand of hair. She
trembled with the touch, ached for more.
"Phoebe,
angel…" His fingers trailed above her ear, and it took a moment to realize
he'd turned off her camera. He slipped it over her head, before he reached up
and did the same with his. "I'd rather it be only us right now."
No, no, no, I can't do
this. She couldn't catch her breath as he scooted closer. The tips of his
fingers traced over her cheek, light as butterfly wings, before his palm
settled there. The warmth of it sent a shockwave of desire through her, and she
sucked in a hard breath. "Please…" No.
Jonathon leaned in, his
lips hovered over hers. "There's something about you, angel," he
whispered. "Something I can't quite put my finger on."
~About the Author~
Olivia Starke calls the
Ozarks home. One of the most beautiful areas in the country, she loves hiking
trails with her dogs, kayaking on the numerous waterways, and enjoying southern
Missouri’s fresh air and sunshine.
She’s also ‘Mom’ to four
dogs, a growing number of kitties that show up at her door, and four VERY
spoiled horses that do little to earn their keep. Not that she’d ever hold that
against them.
She’s a HUGE fangirl of
Doctor Who and to a lesser extent Supernatural, and has a pretty interesting
love triangle (or square?) going on in her head between the Doctor and the
Winchesters.
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