Relentless

Addi Warner lives the Manhattan high life with her best friend Lily, all money, looks and sharp wit, picking men up and dropping them just as fast. The party girl is a disguise, though, and behind it is a frightened young woman who has never told anyone what she is carrying. One night with Carter de Rossi, an Italian charmer who keeps every encounter to a single night, starts to break her defences down. Carter has his own reasons for avoiding love: he once watched a woman he loved broken beyond repair and could not protect her.

The second Manhattan Knights novel is a steamy, turbulent romance about two wounded people who swore off commitment, with Addi's talent for self-sabotage threatening everything they build. Choose it if you like your love stories heated, emotional and far from smooth.