Clandestine is a FULL-LENGTH STANDALONE Romance.One night. No names.No commitment.That was our agreement.But Spencer Lancaster was addictive.And I was high.High off his taste, starved for his kiss, and desperate for his touch.So when he asked me to stay, to enjoy his company for more nights than I knew I should, I wasn’t in the right mind to say no.Everything was perfect. A dream come true.But … mind to say no.
Everything was perfect. A dream come true.
But half a world away there were secrets.
Lies.
Insecurities.
All of the truths that could tear us apart.
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Olivia Miller is a high fashion model recovering from addiction. She has fought her way back to be a healthy weight. Unfortunately, her clients want her super skinny with rib and hip bones protruding. The story opens with Olivia in London, recently fired from a modeling gig. She’s feeling the tremendous shame of being fat, though to most people, she is anything but that. We get to meet Olivia’s friend, Lindsey (a party girl, heiress-socialite) trying to draw Olivia her back into her world of a drugs and alcohol scene. As Lindsey bullies Olivia into going out on the town, Spencer Lancaster (heir to the Lancaster Hotel chain) enters the club where Olivia and Lindsey are partying. That is where Olivia gets her first glimpse of her hero.
When Olivia and Spenser meet, they start a consensual albeit, casual sexual relationship, Spencer is in Britain to nail down a land deal Manchester. Although the deal falls through, once he meets Olivia, he wants her by his side – if only for the two weeks he’s in Europe. As they travel together throughout Europe (France & Barcelona) they start to fall in love. Once back in the States, they decide to take their relationship to a new level and start dating openly. Olivia’s past starts to come up as the paparazzi are relentless, following Spencer and Olivia as they foster their new relationship.
Olivia’s self-doubts surface quickly as more scrutiny in focused on them in the public. She is determined to make a success of herself on her own without Spencer Lancaster. That forces her back into modeling and back into a world that she thought she had left behind with booze and cocaine just to get her to a place where she can model again.
Clandestine deals with cocaine addiction, self-esteem & body issues. It might even trigger those struggling with bulimia or anorexia.
But the story is worth it. As Olivia and Spencer fight their inner demons and struggles, Ava Harrison has written this book with hope and unconditional love.
I highly recommend Clandestine.
Four and a half stars.
5 CEO stars! Let Mr. Lancaster sexy and cocky CEO seduce you! Addictive reading…
Am I dreaming again? Please dear god let it be true! This is the first time I read something written by Ms. Harrison and I am not disappointed, she has delivered a perfect read for those who love cocky CEO’s as much as I do. (For goodness sake, this means Spencer just popped my cherry!) Clandestine has all the elements that seduce you and left you wanting more and more. It’s perfectly addictive. This is the kind of book I usually devour in half of a day. If you search for the definition of masterpiece, I am sure you will find a picture of Clandestine cover.
This book combines everything I like. It contains a cocky CEO (my favourite book boyfriend’s occupation) and a lot of steamy scenes. It’s delightful to see how a playboy falls for a woman when he does not expect it. On the other hand, the heroine will be a pretty damsel who experienced the worst vices that offers the modelling world.
“It wasn’t until modelling that I was introduced to all these vices. I was never skinny enough. Never pretty enough. Never enough.”
Feeling rejected by her colleagues and her agent because she does not comply anymore with the current standards for modelling. Olivia is pretty lost and she needs to find herself, to value if modelling is what she still wants. Something I don’t like about her is that she has a damaged self-esteem. However she manages to keep going. There is a dark side in the modelling world and all of us know that. If she were real, I would love to tell her that “Beauty is in the eye of the one who appreciates it”.
Her life will change drastically when Spence Lancaster runs into her world. The chemistry they share will be heavy and powerful. They will heal each other wounds.
“Sex with Spencer is like nothing I’ve experienced before. He’s passionate, generous, and most of all… skilled”
Tabloids will play with their life. They will be waiting hungrily for the next piece of them. Publishing lies and wrong info that only hurt them but karma is a bitch and it will bite their arses.
Ava Harrison won a new fan of her writing. I highly recommend you this book. Let Mr. Lancaster sexy and cocky CEO seduce you The plot is stunning. This book is beautifully and sinfully written. ! If I could give more than 5 stars, I will give 10 stars.
Brilliant.
I really enjoyed this book. I was just looking through KU and came across it. I’ve only read one book from this author but I have to read more of her books. This book was really good I got sucked into this story from the start. I luvd Olivia and Spencer they were smoking hot together from the start. But they have both been through so much and still dealing with some things now. They both have families that are wealthy and have dealt with family issue’s. There life is stressful at the min but finding each other help take some of that stress away.
This story was sexy, emotional, a page turner and so well written. The twists in the story were great and had me on the edge of my seat. I can’t wait to read more of this series. The book is a standalone but the other books are Spencer’s brother and I need more from that family.
Olivia Miller had cleaned up her act, quit the drugs and booze and was eating healthy. Unfortunately, that didn’t bode well for her modeling career, those few extra pounds gave her curves that the camera didn’t like. But the curves were beautiful to one man, Spencer Lancaster.
Spencer was the heir to the Lancaster Hotel empire and quite the playboy. His heart was broken by a cheating girlfriend years ago so he doesn’t indulge in long term relationships, doesn’t trust women. Mostly just one night stands and casual flings. But upon meeting Olivia one night in London, they have their one night, but after running into each other again, begin a two week no strings arrangement. They will aimically part ways at the end when they fly back to the states.
Spencer has family issues which interfere with his business. These stress him out and he doesn’t share with Olivia. She, in turn, doesn’t share about her past demons. They are only a temporary couple, anyway.
But when these two travel around Europe, feelings start to develope. And oh my, the feels! The sex is off the charts and there is a lot of it! Spencer is impressed that Olivia is unlike any woman he had ever been with. She doesn’t ask for anything or expect anything. She just wants him, his attention and his time. Olivia has never had a man that treats her like she is the sun to his moon. She backs on his attention and flourished under it.
But if course, the real world butts it’s ugly head into their Snow Globe World. Paparazzi cage them at every chance. Ex-girlfriends slide out of the woodwork. Drugs call to Olivia when her self esteem drops again. Their Snow Globe smashed into smithereens.
This is a very angsty book. Spencer and Olivia both do things that make me mad. They go through a lot they don’t have to because of stubbornness and pride. But I do love their interaction and how Olivia finally deals with her issues and learns to love herself and see what a good and beautiful person she is inside and out. Spencer helps her a lot with that. It is so sweet to finally see these two learn to trust one another, know that they have each other’s backs and get their HEA! I loved this book!
OMG!! I loved this book right from the start!! The characters are so believable and really have chemistry between them. I absolutely loved Spencer Lancaster!! Billionaire playboy that has his face in the “Expose” magazine weekly meets our leading lady “model” Olivia at a bar. They keep their identity a secret although she knows who he is for their first few encounters. There’s instant attraction and Spencer wants to keep seeing Olivia, she’s different. They both have their secrets and keep them hidden away . The reporters are always trying to take pictures and get the inside scoop whether they write the truth or not. Olivia doesn’t have a high opinion of herself and is easily jealous when Spencer’s ex is on the scene The sex scenes were blistering and I loved Spencer’s character, all alpha possessive and dominant. I loved the story line of this book. It kept my interest the entire time and I can’t wait to read Ava’s next book, she sure has an amazing talent.
Where to start. I fell hard in the beginning of this book. Olivia was sweet, yet troubled and Spencer was your stereotypical playboy CEO and I loved every minute of it. He owned it and wasn’t one bit ashamed.
When hearts are involved, nothing is ever easy and they had an uphill battle to fight.
Just when I was starting to love Olivia, she would do something stupid that made me want to shake some sense into her. I was left feeling disappointed in her halfway through her journey to happiness. While I realize the heroine had some past addictions and current hang ups, I was hoping by this point she would have been a little stronger and learned to cope a little better than she did. I was also a little taken back when her party-girl friend made a complete 180 that I didn’t see coming. Then when tragedy struck nothing was said about her again until the end.
Spencer had so much going on, yet he still allowed his feelings for Olivia to develop and grow. And of course there were heart pumping scenes that involved him as well that had me gasping WTF at my Kindle. Speaking of…Addison needs to just walk away. Seriously! This woman!
Overall, I thought this was a good read with lots of twists and turns, complex characters and a plot-line that makes you believe in true love and happily ever afters.
Powerful story! This was my first Ava Harrison book. I couldn’t put it down. I found the story of Spencer and Olivia so captivating! It dragged me in from the very beginning! This is more than a rich guy sweeps a girl off her feet kind of story. The problems they face are “Real people” problems. Things that I could relate to! It really tugged at my heart strings! I cried a time or 5. I laughed quite a bit. I really didn’t even read the blurb on this book. I had no idea what the story was going to be. I went in blindly and it was wonderful. I am going to have to get into more Ava Harrison books now! I was totally in! Loved Spencer. Loved Olivia. Loved it all!
Wow….this book is seriously amazeballs. That’s the only word I can think of after reading Clandestine. After reading Chapter 1, I knew that this book was going to be incredible. From sexy, stunning Spencer to the beautiful, tortured soul of Olivia……I’m just absolutely in love with them. Even though I have never dealt with anything like what Olivia was going through, I was immediately drawn to her. She wasn’t your typical heroine, and I think the realness of her life and demons she was working through is what makes me love that character. And what can I say about Spencer? He seriously was incredible….and nothing like what I expected. He surprised me in so many ways throughout the book – I just loved him more than I can say.
This was another fantastic story, from an amazing author. I have never been disappointed by anything Ava Harrison has written….and Clandestine was no exception. Not many books have me wanting to start them again right away, but these characters are truly captivating and I wish there was more to the story!