Pretending to be in love with
the perfect man should be easy...
The
Penthouse Prince
Virginia Nelson
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Blurb:
Single mom Jeanie Long was trying to save her butt at work
by reporting her manager to the company owner. Instead, she finds herself
greeted warmly by gorgeous company CEO Camden James...and introduced to his
father as his fiancée. Now she's been hired—complete with a hefty pay raise—to
be the fake fiancée of the infamous “Penthouse Prince.”
Camden doesn't believe in love. He believes in mutually
beneficial business arrangements. With his real fiancée off cheating on him,
Camden needs someone to help him prove to his father that he's definitely ready
to marry. Yet Jeanie's combination of beauty and bluntness act like an
aphrodisiac, and their “for the press” kisses look incredibly real. So
real that Jeanie and Camden are either really convincing actors...or they've
fallen for their own charade.
Excerpt:
He slid his hand back into her hair. He didn’t want to talk
to her. They’d talked for days. He wanted that full lower lip between his
teeth, her arms around his neck, and he wasn’t willing to wait to get home.
Frozen, she gazed up at him with her crystal green eyes, not revealing a thing
about what she thought. As usual. “No one can see us, well, except the driver.
What are you doing?” She whispered the words, as if she feared someone might
overhear. “For a second, let’s pretend,” he answered. Rubbing his nose against
hers, he used his free hand to stroke the length of her arm, bared by the gown.
“I need to see something.” “Camd—” He took her lips, silencing her. At first,
she didn’t move, simply allowing him to taste her lips. Patient, he tested her
resolve, using nibbles he’d practiced for an audience.
Her fingertips, light as a butterfly, touched his cheek,
and he leaned back enough to see her. “This is a horrible idea. If you weren’t
drunk—” “Blame the drink. Imagine someone is watching. Whatever, just for a
moment, pretend with me.” He didn’t know why it suddenly seemed so important,
but he had to know. Had to feel. Slanting his mouth across hers, he released
all the pent up desire touching her wakened. He swallowed her soft cry and
tried to fill the emptiness with the taste of her.
Reviews
"Virginia Nelson is at her
best in Penthouse Prince. It's got it all, a fun ride, well-crafted
characters that tug your heartstrings in all the right ways and a happily ever
after I'd be thrilled to have for myself." ~Sara Arden, author of Return
to Glory
"Penthouse Prince is a lot
like falling in love--frustration, passion, fear, and intimate little moments
of profound peace. Camden may not be a prince, but he's definitely
swoonworthy." ~ Heather Long, author of Some Like it Royal
"Penthouse Prince kept
me turning the pages all night. It's on my keeper shelf." ~ Saranna
DeWylde, author of Fat
"This is a 2015 must
read!" ~ Allison, Goodreads review
"Just when you think the trope
has been done to death Virginia Nelson gives it her own special touch."
~Donna, Goodreads review
"Penthouse Prince is a
fun, hot, passionate, and touching contemporary romance. It is complete with
desire, well-defined characters and an engaging storyline." ~ LJT,
NetGalley review
"Sparks fly from the
beginning, the author hooks you in from the first page... I wish I could give
it more than five stars." ~ Chrissy W., NetGalley review
About the Author
Virginia Nelson believed them when
they said, “Write what you know.” Small town girl writing small town romance,
her characters are as full of flaws, misunderstandings, and flat out mistakes
as Virginia herself. When she’s is not writing or plotting to take over the
world, she likes to hang out with the greatest kids in history, play in the
mud, drive far too fast, and scream at inanimate objects. Virginia likes
knights in rusted and dinged up armor, heroes that snarl instead of croon, and
heroines who can’t remember to say the right thing even with an author writing
their dialogue. Her books are full of snark, sex, and random acts of
ineptitude—not always in that order.
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