Runaway Groom
Ellie & Gage’s Love Story
I Do I Don’t Series
Book Two
About
After losing a bet, the hottest name in Hollywood finds himself in Maui as the main attraction in a reality dating show, and the only woman who catches his interest wants nothing to do with him.
This book is only available in ebook and audiobook because Penguin Random House controls all rights and has declined to make a print version available or revert my rights back to me.
I Do I Don't
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Ellie & Gage
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Some Details
Vibe
Vacation vibes! It takes place almost entirely in a villa on Maui, and a secret little closet Ellie and Gage make all their own :)
Heat Level
This is a steamy romance novel with explicit sex scenes and spicy language.
POV
This book is written in alternating first person POV.
Tone
One of my lighter books. A ton of emotion, but not much angst. Perfect if you want escapist feels without the heaviness.
Author Note
Let me put it this way:
This is the only one of my books that I have read multiple times, cover-to-cover. With 90% of my books, I can’t even bring myself to open them; not because I don’t love them, but because they’re a part of my past, a part of my author history that I can never return to.
With Runaway Groom, I pick it up as a reader. Which is silly, I know. I know what happens! I wrote what happens!
But I read this book because of the way it makes me feel. Because it makes me feel the way romance novels (sorry, “rom coms”) just don’t achieve.
Also … I hate the cover.
“Romantic comedy at its finest . . . Readers will not want to put it down.”
—USA Today
Taylor Swift Song Pairing
Sparks Fly
Tropes & Vibes
Reality TV · Friends-to-Lovers · Famous Hero
A Little Excerpt
“You’ll send me home next round, right?”
He stands as well, studying me. “That’s what you want?”
I nod. “I’m not cut out for the camera or this fake falling-in-love thing. I want something real, with a real guy.”
He blinks, and I could have sworn I hurt his feelings. “I’m real, Ellie.”
“You’re Hollywood,” I correct.
“You’re right. Which equates to no brain, no substance, and I just bleed air, right?”
I feel a sting of regret. “That’s not—”
“Forget it,” he says, pushing past without looking at me. “I’ll send you home next round. Guaranteed this time.”
“Gage, wait—”
He slips out the door without a backward glance, the sound of his tennis shoes growing fainter and fainter until they disappear altogether.
I take a deep breath and reach up to flick off the light. I wait for the sense of relief. The next invitation ceremony is tomorrow, and I’ll be going home.
I have what I wanted.
But the longer I stand here, the more I have an annoying prickle of a feeling that this isn’t what I want at all.
on Book Covers
I’ve made the unusual decision not to show the official book covers on my official author website for a variety of reasons:
Most of my books have multiple cover versions depending on language/country; the US English version is only one of many.
Several of my cover designs were spot-on when they released, but are now quite dated even though the love stories within are timeless.
I have an unwavering love for neutral colors, and elegantly minimalist design. The current rom-com cover trend towards candy colored cartoons is not my jam.
My website is my chance to present my work my way.
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Runaway Groom
This book is only available in ebook and audiobook because Penguin Random House controls all rights and has declined to make a print version available or revert my rights back to me.