RIVER & RUE
L.M. Halloran
Release Date: September 3
Meet L.M. Halloran:
When not writing or reading, the author can be found gardening barefoot or chasing her spirited daughter. Some of her favorite things are puzzles, podcasts, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.
Connect with L.M. Halloran:
https://www.lmhalloran.com/links
Blurb:
Everyone knows falling for your best friend’s brother is a disaster waiting to happen…
Good thing I can’t stand him.
River Ashburn has all the makings of a main character — striking looks, seductive charm, and a career as modern art’s reigning prince. But to me, he’s a villain.
For the last nine years, the only passion we’ve shared is mutual loathing. As for the other tension I occasionally feel around him? That’s just my body confusing fury with foreplay. Easy to ignore.
Until a plot twist changes everything.
When I arrive for my writing residency at a secluded retreat in Northern California, the last person I expect to cross paths with is River. Now he’s derailing my dream from the other side of a paper-thin wall.
Seeing him every day is a distraction I don’t need. Listening to him shower? Torture. But the real danger of forced proximity is a truth unveiled over days and weeks: beneath our hostility is powerful chemistry.
With every shared smile, vulnerable confession, and not-so-accidental touch, the magic between us grows. So does my fear.
Writing happy endings isn’t the same as believing in them, and surrendering my heart means risking more than I can afford to lose.
Except River isn’t the villain in my story anymore.
He’s the hero.
And he’s about to steal my pen.
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If you love banter, slow burn tension, summer camp vibes, emotional romance with humor, and a hero who falls first and hard, you won’t want to miss RIVER & RUE.
Buy Link:
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🔥Review🔥
Rue is an author who is determined to succeed in her career as an author as she isn’t doing it only for herself. Her time at the Pacific Arts Collective was her opportunity to focus on finishing her book and she can’t afford any distractions so why did fate mate River her neighbor as not only has he been her nemesis for the last decade but he is also her best friend’s brother.
River is an artist who is going through his own struggles and while he has found success in his career his tumultuous past has him needing a reset if he is going to get past the impasse he is currently experiencing. This is where the Pacific Arts Collective comes in however having Rue next door is not only infuriating but inspiring as well.
This is a story of finally realizing who has been right in front of you and what destiny has planned for you. The banter between them is entertaining, the romance between them will have you believing in a bigger plan and the emotional part of the story will have you feeling everything from pain to elation as the storyline and these characters will far exceeded any expectations you may have had going in.
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