BY LOVE RELEASED BOOK ONE by Cate Thorne
Shawna Franklin’s life is challenging… taking care of her teenage brother and working hard in low paying jobs that barely cover the rent. It’s worth it though. She’s determined Jamie won’t end up like their deadbeat, druggie mother, or worse.Each month, she earns a few extra dollars posing for a SoMa art studio. A proud and stunningly beautiful African American woman, she doesn’t like exposing herself to strangers like that. But it’s legitimate work and she’d do anything for her kid brother.Rafe Adams has it made. A former marketing executive, he’s a handsome white male who cashed out early and will never have to work another day. It’s all about the finer things in life now, with plenty of money and time to pursue what he loves, including his passion for art. There’s only one thing missing, and money can’t buy it.Seeing her in class that first time, Shawna’s grace and mystery grabs him and shakes him to the core. He has to have her. He doesn’t know why. He just does.She’s overcome, too, by her own attraction to this striking man, but suspicious. What’s his true motivation? Will he be just one more jerk who thinks she’s a toy to possess, to play with until he’s bored? Or… could he be the one?Can such differences come together and make something beautiful? Should she stay proud and independent, or take a risk on love and her dreams?Of course, choices are never that easy.
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Shawna Franklin’s life is challenging… taking care of her teenage brother and working hard in low paying jobs that barely cover the rent. It’s worth it though. She’s determined Jamie won’t end up like their deadbeat, druggie mother, or worse.Each month, she earns a few extra dollars posing for a SoMa art studio. A proud and stunningly beautiful African American woman, she doesn’t like exposing herself to strangers like that. But it’s legitimate work and she’d do anything for her kid brother.Rafe Adams has it made. A former marketing executive, he’s a handsome white male who cashed out early and will never have to work another day. It’s all about the finer things in life now, with plenty of money and time to pursue what he loves, including his passion for art. There’s only one thing missing, and money can’t buy it.Seeing her in class that first time, Shawna’s grace and mystery grabs him and shakes him to the core. He has to have her. He doesn’t know why. He just does.She’s overcome, too, by her own attraction to this striking man, but suspicious. What’s his true motivation? Will he be just one more jerk who thinks she’s a toy to possess, to play with until he’s bored? Or… could he be the one?Can such differences come together and make something beautiful? Should she stay proud and independent, or take a risk on love and her dreams?Of course, choices are never that easy.
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Shawna Franklin’s life is challenging… taking care of her teenage brother and working hard in low paying jobs that barely cover the rent. It’s worth it though. She’s determined Jamie won’t end up like their deadbeat, druggie mother, or worse.Each month, she earns a few extra dollars posing for a SoMa art studio. A proud and stunningly beautiful African American woman, she doesn’t like exposing herself to strangers like that. But it’s legitimate work and she’d do anything for her kid brother.Rafe Adams has it made. A former marketing executive, he’s a handsome white male who cashed out early and will never have to work another day. It’s all about the finer things in life now, with plenty of money and time to pursue what he loves, including his passion for art. There’s only one thing missing, and money can’t buy it.Seeing her in class that first time, Shawna’s grace and mystery grabs him and shakes him to the core. He has to have her. He doesn’t know why. He just does.She’s overcome, too, by her own attraction to this striking man, but suspicious. What’s his true motivation? Will he be just one more jerk who thinks she’s a toy to possess, to play with until he’s bored? Or… could he be the one?Can such differences come together and make something beautiful? Should she stay proud and independent, or take a risk on love and her dreams?Of course, choices are never that easy.
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