The House Guest

<p><strong>From <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author Penelope Ward comes a new STANDALONE contemporary romance...</strong></p><p></p><p>The last thing Dorian Vanderbilt expected was to find me painting in my crop top when he returned to the mansion he hadn't inhabited in years.</p><p>He was understandably surprised I'd turned his living room into an art space.</p><p>Life is certainly <em>full </em>of surprises though but not always in a good way.</p><p>I learned that lesson when my aunt and the billionaire she married died unexpectedly while traveling.</p><p>I'd been living with them and just like that my life was turned on its axis.</p><p>Unsure of what was next I stayed alone at the barren estate figuring out my next move.</p><p>That was when Dorian-the late billionaire's only son-showed up. </p><p>I'd never met Dorian Vanderbilt. He'd been living on the other side of the country.</p><p>But now he was home left to pick up the pieces of his father's legacy.</p><p>Not only was Dorian devastatingly handsome and mysterious but he was the sole heir to the Vanderbilt fortune.</p><p>He didn't seem to like me-at first. <span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>We were total opposites. </span>But I was grateful that at least he didn't kick me out.</p><p>We stayed out of each other's way for the most part save for some late-night kitchen run-ins or unexpected bonding sessions in the home theater.</p><p>Over time though we grew closer. Turned out our chemistry was pretty combustible.</p><p>I was falling in love with him.</p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until everything I thought I knew turned upside down yet again.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>And fate left me pining for the one man I'd ever loved. </span></p>