Blind Date? We've all heard horror stories. But would you trust a stranger to set you up? How about if he had a touch of Cupid?

The Cupid's Cafe is the perfect place. Run by Mr. Heart. This quaint bistro is the place for more than a hook-up...more like a Happily Ever After!

Blurb:
An invitation to Cupid’s Café will change your life.

Former social worker Roxie Fisher believes she’s cursed to never find happiness and an invitation to Cupid’s Café isn’t going to change her situation. All the same, against her better judgment, she gives it a try. What else does she have to lose?

After the death of his wife, accountant-turned-firefighter Aidan Craig, can’t stop taking ridiculous risks and never turns down a dare. So an invitation to Cupid’s Café is an offer he can’t refuse. What he doesn’t expect is to meet the social worker who helped him through the darkest days of his life. Now she’s the one struggling, and he’s compelled to help.

The two experience an immediate attraction, but Aidan swore to never become involved in another relationship, and Roxie can’t imagine daredevil Aidan being interested in a boring, cat-rescuer like her.

Can Roxie find the simple joy of taking a risk? Is Aidan willing to risk his heart? Or will they both lose out on a chance at true love?

About the Author:
Lori Sizemore writes sexy and snarky romance. She adores all things story and geeks out about craft books, writing classes, and how-to blog posts daily.

When she’s not writing, she’s spending time with her family, playing video games, or crocheting. Sometimes all three at once, as she’s a master multi-tasker.
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She loves to read a good book, in any genre, but her favorite is romance. Find her online blogging or on social media through her website, lorisizemore.com.
 
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Here's an image of a real Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra, who inspired Vir from Wish Upon a Bollywood Star. 

Snippet: Charismatic Bollywood heart-throb, Vir Seth  wants nothing to do with marriage. He believes women are only out to trap him! And so he doesn't want to be pinned down by a woman. Until Soumya Ninan does trap him. 

With his light eyes and good looks, he can't believe he's been caught in a trap by a petite, yet simple city girl. 
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A girl who's unleashed a storm by announcing his engagement in the newspapers. To whom? Why to Soumya herself! What starts out as a battle of wits ends up becoming a battle of love. 

EXCERPT:
“So you’re Soumya Ninan,” he said, his tone curt. 
“Yes,” she mumbled. 
He was clearly imposing his worth on her. She knew perfectly well that her gray kurta and dark churidar pants in no way matched up to the expensive clothing of his typical female companions. By those standards, she was dressed like a maid. 
But did he have to look at her like that? As if studying every hair on her head? She dropped her head and wrung her hands, as he continued to survey her. 
“The girl I’m supposedly engaged to,” he continued. 
Her gaze shot up. “I—I can explain that.” 
He smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes. “Can you now?” he mused. “You can explain how I’m engaged to be married to a complete stranger, can you?” His light eyes were furious. “Go on then. This better be good!” 
Soumya squirmed in her seat. “I wouldn’t say that,” she said clumsily. “But I have an explanation. I’m not sure you’re going to like it.” 
This time, he snapped. “I don’t quite like being engaged to a girl I’ve never met before! Nobody in their right mind would. Now hurry up! What’s your story?”

Charismatic Bollywood actor, Vir Seth declares he won't be trapped into marriage by a scheming woman. When Soumya Ninan overhears his reasons, she decides to punish him by doing exactly that.

Soumya Ninan unleashes a storm when she announces to the newspapers that Vir is engaged. To whom? Why Soumya herself!

The battle has just begun.

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Romance is always about the connection, whether it's between two people or more. The heart-to-heart, love, that resonates with readers. Inkspell's new release, Painting for Keeps is such an amazing story. The two characters are filled with angst. They have fears and pain, yet they overcome those with each other. Together they are stronger. 

The "realness" or "rawness" of them resonates with readers. They identify those feelings in themselves..."worthless" "unstable" "crazy" but also enjoy knowing that everyone can find a true love who will support them, no matter what.

Blurb:
An invitation to Cupid’s Café will change your life.
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Agatha Kakos is one brownie bite away from losing her dinner when an invitation to Cupid’s Café shows up on her doorstep. Fighting bulimia and her mother’s constant verbal abuse has never been easy. An offer to meet a secret admirer is more a morale booster, if anything.

Following a break-in and the destruction of his paintings, starving artist Murphy O’Shea finds himself at wits end. Not only does he need to prepare ten more paintings, but in the midst of another manic/depressive episode, the challenge seems impossible. He’s got two months or he’ll have to cancel his first show. The Cupid’s Café invite offers him a chance to find his muse. He doesn’t expect it to be the woman he’s mirrored every previous painting on, nor does he plan on being able to offer Aggie the help she needs.

Aggie finds saving grace by renting an apartment from Murph in exchange for posing for paintings. She’s fully invested in the man, his art, and exploring the sexual attraction between them. But Murph sees Aggie as his savior, the only one keeping his disorder from becoming worse. When both are faced with their worst fears, the only solution is for them to be apart. It’s going to take them saving themselves before a future together is possible. Can they find a way to conquer their inner demons or will they succumb to the idea they aren’t worth a happily ever after?

EXCERPT:
Murphy watched her walk away. The sway of her hips, the sweetheart shape of her ass, and the way her jeans hugged those curves. He’d dreamt about them. Not only them but the woman herself and her smile. A smile she no longer allowed to reach her eyes. She’d once radiated hope and optimism.

Such high spirits raised the entire group, and they fed off the energy. Those emotions got him through many days when the world seemed too dark to keep on going. Now, the irony of running into her, the one woman who helped him stage a comeback she’d no idea of. And already new images, new inspiration came to him.

He could paint her right there, across from him in this very booth, with two tears, each trailing a path of woe down her creamy skin. The skin he’d always imagined as soft, and with his muse right in front of him, he’d reached out and touched the smooth expanse of her hand. Silky was another adjective he’d use to describe those hands.

Damn. He shouldn’t have acted so impulsively. Nope, his touch hurt everything but canvas and paint.

Welcome to Cupid's Café, a place where missed connections meet. How the invitations find them, no one knows…except for the mysterious owner, Mr. Heart.

This multi-author series focuses on protagonists struggling with real-life issues that often get swept under the rug. With Cupid’s Café, these issues find representation in the characters struggling to conquer their own problems while trying to carve a future for themselves.

From cops to artists, or social workers to photographers, Mr. Heart ensures these lost souls who believe themselves undeserving of love reconnect with their fated match.
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Each couple embarks on their journey at Cupid’s Cafe, but the rest is up to them: whether damage wins or they find true love in the end.
 
READ THEM ALL
Painting for Keeps (Cupid's Cafe #1) by Landra Graf
Exactly Like You (Cupid's Cafe #2) by Lori Sizemore
Captured Memories (Cupid's Cafe #3) by Katherine McIntyre
True Colors (Cupid's Cafe #4) by Landra Graf

About the Author:
Landra Graf consumes at least one book a day, and has always been a sucker for stories where true love conquers all. She believes in the power of the written word, and the joy such words can bring. In between spending time with her family and having book adventures, she writes romance with the goal of giving everyone, fictional or not, their own happily ever after.
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When I was in high school, I met my first serious boyfriend by accident. I was walking to a local food place with a good friend. He was driving by. His friend knew my friend. I hadn't been planning on meeting anyone. It was simply a fine summer day. And it changed my life.

Every Mile a Memory by Grea Warner shows what can happen when you least expect it. This story has all the feels and romance that readers will love! Now available on Pre-Order! 

Blurb:
A chance encounter leads to a road never imagined and the possibility of dreams coming true.

Going on tour with a band was never on Maya Shriver’s radar. But then neither was being a widow in her mid-thirties. And finding happiness again? Well, that was out of the question.

When danger erupts, Maya is abruptly thrown together with Hawk Brannigan—a country singer’s right-hand man. And she finds out that, once again, life can change in an instant. Suddenly, Maya is not only in a new career but she’s also allowing herself to love again.
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As Maya begins to unpack her grief and move on, a misunderstanding from the past may cause the couple to travel in different directions. 

About the Author:
There really wasn’t any other path. Grea Warner knew from a young age that she wanted to write.  She was born to write.  First it was in diaries with little metal keys and in written tales that she slipped to friends in study hall.  School newspapers, a college television drama, and the soap opera world were next. After producing and writing a local show, she decided to delve into the world of the novelist. When her fingers aren’t tapping out her latest book filled with angst and romance, Grea can be found hiking the trails or jamming to her favorite country artists on the radio.
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Each time a book is released, fans all over the world are excited. Today we have a wonderful new book- Captivate, to celebrate. Captivate is the first in a amazing series filled with mermaids, romance and danger! You will want to grab the copy for yourself!

Blurb:
In a glittering underwater world, where danger lurks behind beauty and power, seventeen-year-old Miranda Sun must decide between her freedom and the love her heart ultimately yearns for.

While taking a midnight swim in the ocean, Miranda Sun is pulled beneath the surface only to awaken in a glittering underwater city where she is being held captive by an arrogant young king, Marko.

Marko wishes to marry Miranda in order to save his crown from falling into the hands of his sinister brother, Damir, who resides in the dark recesses of the city’s underworld.

But Miranda is desperate to return home and right things with her sister. In order to escape, she spends her captivity concocting elaborate escape plans and forms an alliance with eighteen-year-old Robbie, Marko’s personal guard, in hope of securing her freedom.

Miranda fights the pull of the glittering, beautiful undersea kingdom, her blossoming feelings for the smoldering king and the deep friendship with Robbie. But danger lurks under the glittering water. Miranda quickly discovers that even underwater, people have secrets….dangerous secrets which could cost her all she holds dear.
 
EXCERPT:
There was an awkward silence until Marko strode forward, stopping at the foot of my bed, his hands resting against the dark wood. Up this close, I could see that he was much younger than Sylvia and not much older than Robbie.

He was physically attractive, like his sister, but the cold hostility in his steely blue eyes stripped all that beauty away.

“Hello, Miranda,” he said, staring down at me through a fringe of thick, black lashes. His voice was formal and without warmth.

I remained silent and rigid, hardly breathing.

“Are you comfortable? Is there anything you need?”

Yeah. My freedom. When I didn’t answer, Marko sighed angrily and whipped around to face Robbie.

“Can she talk?”

“She’s frightened,” said Robbie.

Marko turned back to me, his frosty blue eyes thawing a little.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to lay a single hand on you.” Relief hissed through my teeth.

“I’m glad,” I muttered, before averting my gaze to the nearest bed post and concentrating on the intricate mermaid and merman carvings, hoping he’d just go away.

Marko laughed bitterly, shocking me. “No more than I am, believe me,” he said, before pushing himself away from the bed. His response didn’t make sense. If he, the king--not that I believed he was a real one—didn’t want me here, then who did? Why was I here at all?
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“She’s not my type,” he muttered to Robbie before marching out the door. 

About the Author:
A bookseller and Young Adult author, Vanessa loves nothing more than immersing herself in the exciting world of books. When she is not sharing her favorite reads with customers, or mentally casting actors to play the characters in her next novel, she enjoys hanging out with those she loves most.
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Captivate Character Interview with Marko and Miranda by author Vanessa Garden
 
Marko and Miranda are seated beside one another. Miranda is wearing jeans and a fitted t-shirt with embroidered robins flying across her chest. On her right hand she wears a ring she keeps touching. Marko is wearing head-to-toe black and knee-high boots with daggers strapped to them. He notices me eyeing them and takes one out, offering me a closer look and warning me the blade can split hairs. I take it, feeling giddy to be touching something of Marko’s. It’s beautiful. The hilt is silver, highly polished, worn with use and studded with golden crystals. I lean forward to hand it back and as I do I notice a scar on Marko’s forehead. I make a mental note to ask about it later.
 
Author: So, great to have you here today, guys.
 
Marko nods and clears his throat.
 
Miranda: No problem.
 
Author: So, let’s get right to it then.
What makes the underwater city of Marin special? Miranda, you go first.
 
Miranda: First of all, the city is so beautiful it takes your breath away. It’s lit up by these gemstones called light-crystals, the city’s energy source, and as a result the entire city glitters. But what makes it special is not its beauty. For some reason being in Marin, and away from the real world, helps me to see my true self. I don’t put on any masks in Marin. It’s all me and I like being able to come clean, faults and all, on who I really am as a person. 
 
Marko: It’s my home. I love every square-inch and could never imagine living elsewhere.
 
Author: What is your most treasured possession?
 
Marko: Possessions aren’t as important to me as people, but, if I had to choose, it would be my grandmother’s ring and my father’s dagger. (He taps the hilt of the dagger he showed me a moment ago)
 
Miranda: My mother’s laptop. It has all of her screenplays on it. She kept a daily journal there too. I like to read her thoughts whenever I’m feeling a bit lost or just when I miss her. (She opens her mouth to say something else but then closes it and instead gently caresses the ring on her finger with the pad of her thumb)
 
Author: What is your idea of happiness?
 
Marko: (his grey-blue eyes flicker over Miranda before turning back to me) To love and be loved in return.
 
Miranda: (blushes and shifts in her seat while Marko stares at her intently) Happiness is where I stop losing my loved ones. I want to be able to love without fearing loss.
 
Author: Okay, while on the subject of fear, what is your greatest fear?
 
Marko: The destruction of my kingdom.
 
Miranda: Never seeing my sister or grandparents again (she glances at Marko from out the corner of her eye) I’m also worried about making the right choices. I want to know if I can trust my instincts.
 
Author: What trait to you most dislike in a person?
 
Miranda: Dishonesty… and deceit.
 
Marko: I agree. Especially when the treachery is committed by a blood relative. To betray a family member is the most despicable of acts. (Marko’s cheeks flush with quiet rage and he grips the chair arms until his knuckles turn white)
 
Author: Okay… let’s lighten things up a little. What would I find on your bedside table?
 
Miranda: (visibly relaxes and smiles softly) A bottle of perfume given to me by somebody special.
 
Marko: (releases a deep breath, releases chair arms and dips his head to hide a cute grin) A well-thumbed book – ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck - most recently read by somebody very dear to my heart.
 
Author: Marko, do you read often?
 
Marko: (stares wistfully into space) I used to love to read. But as time passes and (his grin disappears and his eyes seem to lose their sparkle) my responsibility to Marin grows, I find I don’t have that luxury anymore.
 
Miranda: I’ve always got my head in a book. I love, love, love to read.
 
Marko smiles at Miranda’s exuberant response and she smiles back.
 
Author: Okay, last question. Any regrets so far in life?
 
Marko: (sighs and rubs the back of his neck.) I have a great regret which has tortured me in my sleep since I was ten years old (his blue eyes turn cold, the colour of steel) Because of this I have vowed to live with no regrets from here on (he looks at Miranda, pointedly) 
 
Miranda: (shifts in her seat) I regret not telling my parents ‘I love you’ enough. I regret what I said to my best friend at the beach, one winter’s night over three years ago, and… (she bites a nail before tucking her hands beneath her thighs) I regret not telling a certain someone, very recently, how I truly feel about them. But I hope to change that soon.
 
Marko stares at Miranda, eyebrows raised but she doesn’t meet his eyes. She thanks me and stands to leave. Marko immediately rises and gets the door for her. He is much taller than her. Her head reaches the middle of his chest. They’d make a cute couple.
 
Author: Thanks for coming, guys!
 
Miranda smiles over her shoulder. The smile is mysterious and her wide brown eyes sparkle with deep secrets.
                                                                
Marko nods and gives me a wink before following Miranda out the door. When the door closes, I remember about the scar on Marko’s face, but it’s too late. It will have to wait for next time.

In a glittering underwater world, where danger lurks behind beauty and power, seventeen-year-old Miranda Sun must decide between her freedom and the love her heart ultimately yearns for.

While taking a midnight swim in the ocean, Miranda Sun is pulled beneath the surface only to awaken in a glittering underwater city where she is being held captive by an arrogant young king, Marko.

Marko wishes to marry Miranda in order to save his crown from falling into the hands of his sinister brother, Damir, who resides in the dark recesses of the city’s underworld.

But Miranda is desperate to return home and right things with her sister. In order to escape, she spends her captivity concocting elaborate escape plans and forms an alliance with eighteen-year-old Robbie, Marko’s personal guard, in hope of securing her freedom.
​
Miranda fights the pull of the glittering, beautiful undersea kingdom, her blossoming feelings for the smoldering king and the deep friendship with Robbie. But danger lurks under the glittering water. Miranda quickly discovers that even underwater, people have secrets….dangerous secrets which could cost her all she holds dear.

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Would You Try Anything to Find Your Perfect Mate? Many people spend a great deal of time trying to find love. Each time we think it will last and it doesn't, we lose a little piece of ourselves. But what if you didn't have to look...instead, someone sent you an invitation??

Welcome to Cupid's Café, a place where missed connections meet. How the invitations find them, no one knows…except for the mysterious owner, Mr. Heart.

This multi-author series focuses on protagonists struggling with real-life issues that often get swept under the rug. With Cupid’s Café, these issues find representation in the characters struggling to conquer their own problems while trying to carve a future for themselves.

From cops to artists, or social workers to photographers, Mr. Heart ensures these lost souls who believe themselves undeserving of love reconnect with their fated match.

Each couple embarks on their journey at Cupid’s Cafe, but the rest is up to them: whether damage wins or they find true love in the end.
 
Painting for Keeps~
Blurb:
An invitation to Cupid’s Café will change your life.

Agatha Kakos is one brownie bite away from losing her dinner when an invitation to Cupid’s Café shows up on her doorstep. Fighting bulimia and her mother’s constant verbal abuse has never been easy. An offer to meet a secret admirer is more a morale booster, if anything.

Following a break-in and the destruction of his paintings, starving artist Murphy O’Shea finds himself at wits end. Not only does he need to prepare ten more paintings, but in the midst of another manic/depressive episode, the challenge seems impossible. He’s got two months or he’ll have to cancel his first show. The Cupid’s Café invite offers him a chance to find his muse. He doesn’t expect it to be the woman he’s mirrored every previous painting on, nor does he plan on being able to offer Aggie the help she needs.

Aggie finds saving grace by renting an apartment from Murph in exchange for posing for paintings. She’s fully invested in the man, his art, and exploring the sexual attraction between them. But Murph sees Aggie as his savior, the only one keeping his disorder from becoming worse. When both are faced with their worst fears, the only solution is for them to be apart. It’s going to take them saving themselves before a future together is possible. Can they find a way to conquer their inner demons or will they succumb to the idea they aren’t worth a happily ever after?

About the Author:
Landra Graf consumes at least one book a day, and has always been a sucker for stories where true love conquers all. She believes in the power of the written word, and the joy such words can bring. In between spending time with her family and having book adventures, she writes romance with the goal of giving everyone, fictional or not, their own happily ever after.
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Website: https://landragraf.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/landra.graf/
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​Workplace relationships are very common. After all, where else do we spend upwards of eight plus hours a day??  But these relationships are fraught with danger, from sexual harassment to firings, it's a challenge to get a happily ever after when you have to face the same person each and every day.

Back in the 1960's many companies had rules on the books to stop workplace relationships. Two people who were dating or married couldn't work in the same company. Yet, affairs were known to happen. Executives fooling around with their secretaries. 

But no matter what might happen, relationships do begin at work. Team teachers fall in love over their fondness for coffee and get engaged. Two people on the marketing team bond over tacos and move in together.

Ms. Rita Arens latest work features a work relationship which sends our heroine on a rollercoaster ride. You'll want to cheer for Meg and won't be able to put the book down. Grab a copy for yourself!


BLURB:
What happens when you're not ready for the power you desire?

Instead of heading to college, eighteen-year-old Meg lucks into a temporary position as personal secretary to Helen Cleaves, CEO of Aethon Power & Light. When Helen's charming son turns his romantic attention toward Meg, she finds herself pulled along on Parker’s rule-bending quest for power within Aethon -- and her own struggle to determine the woman she will become.

Revisit the Greek myth of the sun god, Helios, and his son Phaeton -- only this time Helios is Helen, the fiery-haired chief executive of Aethon Power & Light in Chicago and Phaeton is Parker, her hot-headed son and only heir.

THE BIRTHRIGHT OF PARKER CLEAVES offers for mythology what Marissa Meyer’s CINDER did for young adult fairy tales – a nostalgic plot, a powerful love interest and a fresh twist. 

Excerpt:
When I get to his office, Parker’s on the phone, his back to the door, staring out over the parking lot. I rap on the doorframe. He holds up a finger without turning to look at me.

I wanted that, the ability to hold the world at bay with the flick of a finger. To behave badly behind hundred dollar bills. To touch the sky. I roll my shoulders back, force myself to raise my chin and take a deep breath.

When Parker hangs up the phone and swings around, his face doesn’t change. “Hello, Meg,” he says, as though I weren’t just in his bed.

It hangs there in the air, the change between us. The sunlight through the window catches the fire in his hair. My skin still prickles when I look at him, but it’s not hard to ignore. This is it. I’m done. Parker’s a fool to have ignored all those warnings, and I’m a fool not to listen when he told me exactly who he is.

Just because I’m nineteen doesn’t mean I have to tolerate fools. Or become one.
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“Parker, you can’t do this anymore.”

About the Author:
Rita Arens is the author of THE BIRTHRIGHT OF PARKER CLEAVES and THE OBVIOUS GAME and the editor of SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK. For more information, visit www.ritaarens.com.
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Ever dream of a prince asking for your hand in marriage? Would you give up everything for love? 

Vanessa Garden's Submerged Sun series tells the tale of one young woman who must make that choice but with a twist. Her king lives in an underwater kingdom where secrets abound. Make sure you pre-order this compelling tale of young love. 

BLURB:
In a glittering underwater world, where danger lurks behind beauty and power, seventeen-year-old Miranda Sun must decide between her freedom and the love her heart ultimately yearns for.

While taking a midnight swim in the ocean, Miranda Sun is pulled beneath the surface only to awaken in a glittering underwater city where she is being held captive by an arrogant young king, Marko.

Marko wishes to marry Miranda in order to save his crown from falling into the hands of his sinister brother, Damir, who resides in the dark recesses of the city’s underworld.

But Miranda is desperate to return home and right things with her sister. In order to escape, she spends her captivity concocting elaborate escape plans and forms an alliance with eighteen-year-old Robbie, Marko’s personal guard, in hope of securing her freedom.
​
Miranda fights the pull of the glittering, beautiful undersea kingdom, her blossoming feelings for the smoldering king and the deep friendship with Robbie. But danger lurks under the glittering water. Miranda quickly discovers that even underwater, people have secrets….dangerous secrets which could cost her all she holds dear. 

About the Author:
A bookseller and Young Adult author, Vanessa loves nothing more than immersing herself in the exciting world of books. When she is not sharing her favorite reads with customers, or mentally casting actors to play the characters in her next novel, she enjoys hanging out with those she loves most.
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Instagram: @vanessawriter27 Twitter: @vanessagarden27

Dr William Glasser talks about Power as a basic need, much like love and fun. But he says that power isn't power over another person. It's really power of knowing who you are inside and loving yourself. Award Winning author, Rita Arens has written a compelling story of a young woman who is trying to figure it out. Does she want the power that money could bring? Or the power of loving someone who is rich, good-looking and successful? Or does she want to get a degree which will lead her to more power (and a better paying job)?

Which would you choose? 

Blurb:
What happens when you're not ready for the power you desire?

Revisit the Greek myth of the sun god, Helios, and his son Phaeton -- only this time Helios is Helen, the fiery-haired chief executive of Aethon Power & Light in Chicago and Phaeton is Parker, her hot-headed son and only heir.

THE BIRTHRIGHT OF PARKER CLEAVES offers for mythology what Marissa Meyer’s CINDER did for young adult fairy tales – a nostalgic plot, a powerful love interest and a fresh twist. 

Instead of heading to college, eighteen-year-old Meg lucks into a temporary position as personal secretary to Helen Cleaves, CEO of Aethon Power & Light.

When Helen's charming son turns his romantic attention toward Meg, she finds herself pulled along on Parker’s rule-bending quest for power within Aethon -- and her own struggle to determine the woman she will become.

About the Author:
Rita Arens is the author of THE BIRTHRIGHT OF PARKER CLEAVES and THE OBVIOUS GAME and the editor of SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK. For more information, visit www.ritaarens.com.

Author Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ritaarensauthor/
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Pinterest for Parker Cleaves: https://www.pinterest.com/ritajarens/the-birthright-of-parker-cleaves/