Afraid to date and get her heart broken again, she was looking for sex with no strings.Įvery emotion imaginable ran through me: protectiveness, jealousy-curiosity.Īmber had chosen Gentleman Number Nine and sent him a message. She’d hesitantly contacted a male escort company.

One night, I opened her computer to find the shock of my life. Still reeling from her breakup, she’d sworn off men. When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room. Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch. They were together for years-before he broke her heart.

I went off to college, and he got the girl. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits. Growing up, the three of us were friends.ĭeep down, I only ever wanted her. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.Amazon | iBooks | Amazon Paperback | Nook | Kobo | AUDIO Amazon | Audibleįrom New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new, sexy standalone novel. With over two million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over twenty novels. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance. When a twist of fate had me working again in the very place our love affair started a decade earlier, I knew it was only a matter of time before I might see him again.Īnd most of all, I wasn’t prepared for today to be the day he came back. I knew little about his life now, just that he was an entrepreneur living an ocean away. That didn’t stop me from thinking about him every day for ten years. Instead, Gavin put me on a pedestal and loved me harder than I’d ever been loved in my life. He never treated me as his mother did-like hired help. He knew his mother would disown him if she found out about us in his eyes, we just had to be careful. Unfortunately, he was the son of my uppity employer-and very much off-limits.īut Gavin was a rebel. New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author

Gentleman nine by penelope ward