Pretty Reckless

"Best Romance Novels of 2019" - Oprah Magazine 
 
Goodreads Best Romance of 2019 Nominee 
 
"A runaway train of revenge, rivalry and angst. This complex and venomous tale takes on a modern-day Cruel Intentions/Mean Girls vibe. Pretty Reckless is unputdownable and absolute Kindle Crack." - Kindle Crack Book Reviews 
 
From USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes an intense, high school enemies-to-lovers romance with a twist. 
 
Penn 
 
They say revenge is a dish best served cold. I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced. I took her first kiss. She took the only thing I loved. I was poor. She was rich. 
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast. 
 
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project. Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much. Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother. There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears. 
 
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess. 
 
Daria 
 
Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk. But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way. The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you. 
 
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day. 
Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him. Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything. 
 
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free. 
Now? Now he is making me pay.

L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them. 
 
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and even rowdier pets. She enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart's content.

Angry God

"Buckle up and enjoy the ride, because you're not coming out the same way you went in. A top 2020 read hands down.” Helena Hunting, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author 
 
“Heartbreakingly beautiful, awe-inspiring, and gut-wrenching, Angry God is a unique masterpiece that will leave you gasping for air and crying for more. LJ Shen is in a league of her own and this book and series will forever leave a mark on your soul.” Rachel Brookes, Bestselling author 
 
 Vaughn Spencer. 
 
They call him an angry god. To me, he is nothing but a heartless prince. His parents rule this town, its police, every citizen and boutique on Main Street. All I own is a nice, juicy grudge against him for that time he almost killed me. Between hooking up with a different girl every weekend, breaking hearts, noses and rules, Vaughn also finds the time to bully little ole’ me. I fight back, tooth and nail, never expecting him to chase me across the ocean after we graduate high school. 
 
But here he is, living with me in a dark, looming castle on the outskirts of London. A fellow intern. A prodigal sculptor. A bloody genius. They say this place is haunted, and it is. Carlisle Castle hides two of our most awful secrets. Vaughn thinks he can kill the ghosts of his past, but what he doesn’t know? It’s my heart he’s slaying.

Broken Knight

Now #1 Amazon Bestseller in the entire Amazon store " 
 
Everyone needs to read this book. I’m certain you won’t feel a single regret. " - Harloe Rae, USA Today Bestselling author. 
 
From Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, standalone romance about first loves, betrayal and loss. 
 
Not all love stories are written the same way. Ours had torn chapters, missing paragraphs, and a bittersweet ending. 
 
Luna Rexroth is everyone’s favorite wallflower. Sweet. Caring. Charitable. Quiet. Fake. Underneath the meek, tomboy exterior everyone loves (yet pities) is a girl who knows exactly what, and who, she wants—namely, the boy from the treehouse who taught her how to curse in sign language. Who taught her how to laugh. To live. To love. 
 
Knight Cole is everyone’s favorite football hero. Gorgeous. Athletic. Rugged. Popular. Liar. This daredevil hell-raiser could knock you up with his gaze alone, but he only has eyes for the girl across the street: Luna. 
 
But Luna is not who she used to be. She doesn’t need his protection anymore. When life throws a curveball at All Saints’ golden boy, he’s forced to realize not all knights are heroes. Sometimes, the greatest love stories flourish in tragedy.

The addictive grumpy sunshine romance and TikTok sensation

Thorne Princess

THE SWOON-WORTHY FORCED PROXIMITY AND GRUMPY SUNSHINE ROMANCE - AND TIKTOK SENSATION! 
'RIDICULOUSLY delicious. Thorne Princess has singlehandedly introduced me to my new obsession - BODYGUARD romance' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Literally unputdownable. If Ransom Lockwood doesn't rock your reading world in every way imaginable, I don't know what will' 5***** READER REVIEW___________ 
After Hallie lands in hot water with the tabloids again, her father issues an ultimatum: be cut off from the family fortune or agree to a live-in bodyguard. 
Not one to have the credit card cut up again, Hallie reluctantly agrees. 
Enter sexy, brooding Ransom Lockwood . . . 
He is cold and rude but after spending time with Hallie, something begins to light up inside him. 
Neither believe the other can change. But as they get to know each other it becomes clear that Hallie isn't the only one in need of protecting. 
And that romance can blossom in the most unlikely of places . . .___________ 
'This book is PERFECT, the author did an amazing job with the forced proximity/bodyguard/enemies to lovers tropes an explosive combination that enraptured me' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'I had tears in my eyes for the majority of this book' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Perfection! I loved everything in this book! so tastefully and carefully written' 5***** READER REVIEW 
 'A masterpiece. I loved the story so much that I dreaded the ending' 5***** READER REVIEW

An opposites attract tale with emotional depth . . . Shen never misses

Celia Aaron, USA Today Bestselling Author of The Bad Guy

I was addicted from the start, and couldn't put it down

After Hallie lands in hot water with the tabloids again, her father issues an ultimatum: be cut off from the family fortune or agree to a live-in bodyguard. 
 
Not one to have the credit card cut up again, Hallie reluctantly agrees. 
 
Enter sexy, brooding Ransom Lockwood . . . 
 
He is cold and rude but after spending time with Hallie, something begins to light up inside him. 
 
Neither believe the other can change- but as they get to know each other it becomes clear that Hallie isn't the only one in need of protecting and that romance can blossom in the most unlikely of places.

The steamy enemies-to-lovers romance and TikTok sensation

The Kiss Thief

THE SIZZLING-HOT ENEMIES TO LOVERS ROMANCE AND TIKTOK SENSATION 
'A stunning, addictive and scorching read! No one does enemies-to-lovers better' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Lots of passion, love, betrayal, angst, drama, hurt and jealousy. Everything you want in a good love story' 5***** READER REVIEW___________ 
Francesca Rossi is the beautiful daughter to a powerful Chicago mafia family. Her life has always been comfortable and safe. Now, betrothed to her childhood friend Angelo Bandini, she expects her future to be the same. 
Ruthless and ambitious, Wolfe Keaton is the sworn enemy of the Rossi's and will stop at nothing to destroy their lives. Until Wolf sets his eyes on Francesca, and his life changes forever. 
His family allegiances are bound by blood. 
But can a newfound love overpower a decades-old hate?___________ 
'This book is everything! The chemistry was spectacular' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Had me gripped from the start. I just couldn't put it down for the life of me. I am obsessed' 5***** READER REVIEW 
 'Didn't my heart just stop a few times whilst reading this! Tragedy, heartbreak, attraction, lust, betrayal, revenge, redemption . . . It will take you on a rollercoaster full of emotions!' 5***** READER REVIEW

This book will ruin you for all other books . . .

This is the best book I have read from L.J. Shen! Lately I'm saying it each time I finish a book from her but it's so true!

Francesca Rossi is the beautiful daughter to a powerful Chicago mafia family. Her life has always been comfortable and safe. Now, betrothed to her childhood friend Angelo Bandini, she expects her future to be the same. 
 
Until Wolf Keaton sets his eyes on her. 
 
Ruthless and ambitious Wolfe is the sworn enemy of the Rossi's and will stop at nothing to destroy their lives. 
 
Until he meets Francesca and his life changes forever. But can a newfound love overpower a decades-old hate?

L. J. Shen

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