Always calm, gracious, and collected Salene Agnew’s perfectly mapped out life-plan has come to a crashing halt. With no money and nowhere to go Salene finds herself standing at the door of her worst enemy with all that is left of her worldly possessions.From the moment Salene and Gabriel Breslin met, tempers flared and hate burned deep, Salene’s fierce independent aura directly clashed with … with Gabriel’s misogynistic arrogance. Desperate to get her life back together Salene will have to endure a man who is cold as ice.
The minute Salene walked through his door with that sharp tongue and those honey brown eyes, Gabriel was ready to send her packing—until he realized how much fun he could have at her expense. Agreeing to let her stay Gabriel has every intention of making her life a living hell. What he wasn’t prepared for was her to do the same. No woman could get under his skin and enrage him like Salene could. With each passing day, Gabriel could feel his hard earned control slipping towards his prim and proper house guest.
Just how far will their hatred run until one of them breaks?
Note from the author: This is a stand alone romance about a young woman down on her luck forced to seek help and shelter from a man she hates. A true lengthy love/hate story with a cute HEA.
Author’s Notes:
Full stand alone book
Graphic steamy scenes
No cheating
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Katerina Winters has written a unique enemies to lovers romance featuring Salene Agnew, who seeks the assistance of her college friend, Amber, when she finds herself homeless, and Gabriel, Amber’s estranged husband, who grants her shelter even though they share angst and conflict between them. During her stay with Gabriel, Salene discovers some uncomfortable truths about her friendship with Amber. Also, she and Gabriel surprisingly find themselves becoming close. This well written book has great characters, a unique storyline, and a slow burn romance.
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This is a fantastic enemies to lovers romance with strong characters and a fantastic storyline. I’d definitely recommend this book.
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This is the 4th book I’ve read written by Katerina Winters; she has done a great job at writing a good book; I can’t wait to read more of her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
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3 1/2 stars
I liked the premise of this story but felt a little let down by the delivery. The author was able to create an emotional connection with her character but he was a tad unlikable most of the story. I thought a few scenes weren’t believable and some of the story was difficult to follow.
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This is an enemy to lovers romance story. This could be read as a standalone romance. It is about a young woman who is down on her luck. She is forced to seek help from a man she hates. Let me tell you that the title is accurate. She is desperate when she seeks help and shelter from a man she hates. I was shocked at the direction in this book. I didn’t like the characters at all. Salene is weak and forgives everything that Gabriel does. In my opinion, some of the things he does is unforgivable, but she forgives him anyway. He does not just have a shark tongue, he is abusive in his actions and words. At times, I feel like he forces himself on her. I just really didn’t like the way this book went. It had great potential, but I really like the characters to have chemistry that is mutual and satisfying. I also like the characters to both be strong or to find their strength along the way. This was not that book.
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The story line, plot and idea are had potential but the character development and personalities just don’t do it justice. I found it very hard to relate to or even like either Salene or Gabriel. There are absolutely no growth in the characters, the heroine Salene is depended, weak and forgives Gabriel no matter what he does. Gabriel is an abusive and arrogant A$$, his jealousy is out of hand and I just wanted the book to end. I just did not connect with the characters and I found the relationship between them lacking and boring at times with absolutely no chemistry, romance was not an option and relationship between them was not very believable and strong. It felt like Gabriel forced sex all the time, and that he was forcing his will and way on Salene and she was not strong enough to push back I like my heroine’s strong. Sorry but this book just did not hold my attention.
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Salene is desperate – she’s homeless, with no job and all her belonging in a small trailer. She seeks out her college friend, but Amber has left her husband. Gabriel initially turns Salene away, then feels bad about it and lets her stay. Not for free, though. I think that he has some anger issues, and is frequently rude to Salene. I really didn’t like him at first, but admit that he grew on me as he softened up. He’s still an alpha male stuck in the past, but he begins to treat her decently and politely. I think she takes his attitude and verbal abuse because of her desperation. Her more positive attitude begins to change him. They have a very slow burn romance brewing under the surface, proving that old adage of a very fine line between love and hate. I really enjoyed reading this book, unable to put it down once I started.
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This book seems to have it all and hooks you from the first pages. The characters, the emotions, everything flows so well. Great book!
Down on her luck Salene (FMC) is hoping her friend Amber can help her out but she ends up at the mercy of Gabriel. Amber’s Ex-husband. These two are explosive together but in parts i genuinely wanted to slap Gabriel silly for some of what he does to Salene. My heart went out to Salene. She had to put up with a lot in this book. Still i really liked Salene & Gabriel and i so wanted them to get a HEA ending. A pretty good read
Very good, with an excellent male character because he’s so unbearable most of the time.
It’s a very good story of enemies to lovers, which is actually quite astonishing because of the couple who are there:
Salene is now homeless and when she goes to ask for help to her married best friend, Amber, she finds out that she is gone and is going through a divorce from Gabriel after 4 months of marriage.
Gabriel and Salene hate each other, but ultimately Gabriel would rather humiliate Salene by welcoming her temporarily to his home, rather than letting her sleep in his car.
The characters are excellent, especially because of their common hatred, their prejudices. It creates scenes in which, you just want to gut Gabriel who is quite despicable a all along the story.
In short, the characters are great, the story can be hot, even if the plot is simpler.
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The line between love and hate is a really thin one, Salene and Gabriel’s story is really really really good, I enjoyed how they went from hating each other to being everything.
A book that I enjoyed reading a lot. The storyline is intriguing and the characters are captivating and caring. I loved the chemistry between Gabriel and Salene.
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I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand I liked it but some parts were hateful and long. It took me a while to get into the story. I couldn’t get a grip on the characters and I didn’t like Gabriel. One moment he’s plain rude and the other he’s sweet. They’re playing house although they can not stand each other, it’s so confusing.
What annoyed me the most was that she is very unhappy with her breast size, so she gets a reduction surgery. But after it’s done she starts worrying about all the complications( nerve loss, scars, problems with breastfeeding…)
I don’t know what to say, it’s a complicated story…
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