The Unwilling Love

A Best Friend's Brother Romance (The Hamiltons: A Fake Marriage Romance Series)

De: L. Steele

Narrado por: Shane East, Evelyn Rose

He's my best friend's brother. Off-limits. Emotionally unavailable. Out of bounds.

James Hamilton makes my heart stutter. He's six feet three inches of muscle. A decorated Royal Marine. with a jagged scar that hints at a troubled past, and glacial blue eyes that see right through my defenses.

I'm the aspiring chef who spends my days drowning in dishwater and hiding my curves under an oversized apron while I strive for my big break.

James is also the definition of off-limits. My best friend's overprotective older brother and a man who has seen too much of the world's darkness to ever notice someone like me.

Or so I thought...

Because lately, those 'protective' glances feel like so much more. The air crackles when we're alone, and the way he tensed when a stranger approaches me at the bar? That was more than brotherly instinct.

I've spent years watching him from afar, but I'm ready to show him I no longer a girl who needs saving.

James, thinks he's an antihero who can't be tamed. I'm about to prove that even a guarded billionaire marine has a breaking point...

The Unwilling Love is James & Harper's story. The emotionally charged prequel to The Unwilling Bride, featuring a forbidden love, a fiercely protective hero, a heroine finding her confidence, slow-burn tension, found family, and all the delicious tension of falling for the one man you shouldn't want.

Tropes

• Best Friend's brother
• Grumpy x Sunshine
• Opposites attract
• OTT possessive hero
• Curvy FMC
• Delicious angst of a secret crush
• High-tension
• Found family romance

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Great Series Prequel! Superb Story & Narration🎧

“The Unwilling Love” is a fabulous start to “The Hamiltons”, a new series written by L. Steele, an introduction to the two lead characters, James and Harper. He is her friend’s older brother, a Royal Marine, who is home after a secret mission. She was out dancing with her friend when he showed up and there was an instant attraction and the chemistry between them was sizzling. They have a wonderful time together, and when things get heated the over protective alpha gets all noble and their night together turns out to be a night that could have led to more, and winds up leaving you wanting, or rather, needing more instead. An alluring prequel novella to what is going to be an amazing series, and I am looking forward to see what comes next for these fabulous characters and where L. Steele takes them.

🎧📚🎧 Shane East and Evelyn Rose are the perfect cast to bring these characters to life, giving each a voice that was fitting. Both East, as the over-protective alpha, and Rose, as Harper, are superb, completely and convincingly embodying their roles. They set the ideal tone for the story, conveyed all the characters’ emotions and had you feeling them all. These two made a fabulous team, with voices and talent that complement each other and a captivating performance that hooks you to the story.