My Life in Shambles

<p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>When Valerie Stephens made the resolution to say yes to new adventures she never thought she'd end up in the tiny town of Shambles fake engaged to one of Ireland's top rugby players. But there's a first time for everything...including losing your heart.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>My Life in Shambles is an emotional and sexy new standalone contemporary romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Royals Next Door and The Pact.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>They say bad things happen in threes.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>After my boyfriend broke off our engagement I lost my apartment and was laid off from my job I can definitely attest to that.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>They also say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>So when my two sisters invited me to ring in the new year in Ireland I decided to throw all caution to the wind and go for it. I was going to let saying yes be my new resolution.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Little did I know I'd spend New Year's Eve having a hot and dirty one-night stand with Padraig McCarthy one hell of a sexy Irishman. I also didn't know that the brooding and intense sex god was one of Ireland's top rugby players.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>A rugby player with a proposition for me:</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Come with him to his tiny hometown of Shambles and pretend to be his fiancé for a few days just so that his ailing father can have some peace of mind.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>It sounded simple enough.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>It was anything but.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Not when a town gets up in your business not when the media hunts you down not when your past comes back in the picture not when there are real hearts and feelings at stake.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Not when there are secrets that could break you.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>They say life is what happens when you say yes to new adventures.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>This is my life in Shambles.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>WARNING: this book will pull at your heartstrings. It is recommended to have a box of tissues ready and maybe some wine. But don't worry you're in good hands. Also contains sex and foul language sensitive readers be advised.</em></p>