Outstanding debut novel:
"...well-written, fast-paced, and romantic story. The characters are robust, fully developed, and you will absolutely love them... The witty banter will keep you chuckling and the danger will keep you flipping the pages as fast as you can read them. ~ Amazon reviewer (VINE voice top contributor)

Meet Nicolette and Grant, the couple who kissed their way right into a happily ever after
A Friends to Lovers story featuring:

A ship at sea
A piratical Duke
A trouser-wearing, saucy heroine
And a kiss that changed everything…

Nicolette thinks she’s finally found the answers to her father’s murder, but she’s about to discover one more secret…

The item her father was killed for has been in the hands of her protector the whole time. How could the man with the pirate smile, the man who’d so sweetly seduced her, the man who saved her, be a thief? He said he’d won the trinket in a card game, but she’s not sure anymore whom she can trust. When her aunt and uncle decide she’ll have to marry the handsome rogue who’d—for her own protection—swept her out to sea for three weeks of stolen kisses, she’s not amused. He’s a duke, after all, and she’ll never fit into his world.

To be clear—Grant was not obsessed with the trinket he’d won at cards; he was obsessed with its original owner…

Now that he’s officially the Duke of Havenly, he has other duties to attend to besides the mystery of mythical treasure and illegible carvings on a heart-shaped jewelry box that once belonged to Nicolette Bradenton. His grandmother wants an heir to Havenly, but Grant has other things on his mind, like how and where to protect his business partner’s niece from the treasure hunters who killed her father. The only place she’ll be completely safe is on one of his merchant ships. He'll captain the voyage, but she’ll captain his heart.

Tropes:
Friends to lovers
Forced proximity
Marriage of convenience

Series and Books by Shannon Gilmore
Ruined Rakes series:
It Was Only a Kiss
Every Time You're Near
A Lesson for All Time
Besotted

Wicked Widows' League:
Kiss Me Like a Rogue

Breaking the Rules of the Beau Monde:
Until Morning (A Prequel)
Until Spring (Breaking the Rules of the Beau Monde) 12/2023
Coming 2024 with Wolf Publishing
for a Scandalous Wager (Book One)
for the Love of Clover (Book Two)
for My Fake Duchess (Book Three)

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