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He’s a disgraced actor. She’s the daughter of Hollywood royalty. Both are hiding in the Scottish Highlands, but despite their antagonistic attraction, they can’t seem to hide from each other…

North Hunter has worked hard to step out of the shadows of his orphaned upbringing into the limelight of Hollywood. He never imagined a dark moment from his childhood returning to destroy everything he’d built. Devastated, he finds comfort in the isolation of an exclusive members-only club in the Scottish Highlands, even if the club comes with a prickly estate manager who sets his blood on fire.

As the eldest daughter of a Hollywood legend, Aria Howard has learned the hard way that people will use her to get to her father. When her last relationship ended badly, Aria fled to Scotland. Running Ardnoch Estate provides distance from a life that has never fit comfortably. But when defamed Scottish actor North Hunter disrupts her sanctuary, Aria is on the defense. The cocky actor is the last thing she needs, and despite their searing attraction, Aria is determined to dislike him.

But one night of drunken forced proximity with North leads Aria to share insecurities seeded by her horrible ex. When North offers to prove her ex wrong by taking Aria to his bed for a no-strings distraction, they begin an affair neither expected. However, their fiery liaison leads to a deep emotional connection that unsettles them both, and North will have to break down more than Aria’s trust issues if they’re ever to have a future together. He’ll need to protect her from a past that just doesn’t want to stay buried… or lose something far more essential to his existence than his career.

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Aria grew up in Malibu and is the eldest daughter of her famous parents. Looking for a fresh start she heads to the coast and runs Ardnoch Estate and is loving how quiet her life is. North grew up in Scotland, he had some hardships growing up, now he’s a famous movie star that can’t escape the paparazzi and new articles, he needs some time off and a break from all the excitement in LA so he heads to the Scottish Highlands to disappear for a while. When North arrives at the Estate, he sees Aria and it is all over for him and she doesn’t seem to be affected by him but truth be told Aria has walls up from her past relationships and doesn’t want to get her heart broken again. The way that these two navigate through one another’s hurtles was great but wonderful that North was able to give Aria her confidence back that she had lost with past relationships. This Is one of my favourite books by this author.

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