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Wild Island Love

2023World Literary Press

Synopsis

Leni Steele might be ready to find love, but she is absolutely not looking to be anyone's fake date, least of all for Duncan Raz, one of the most infuriatingly handsome and insufferably cocky actors on the planet. When the owner of the PR firm she works for orders her to walk the red carpet on Duncan's arm, she has no real choice. What is supposed to be a single appearance explodes into a media frenzy neither of them can afford to shut down, leaving Leni no option but to keep the ruse going. As the staged outings pile up, the fake kisses, stolen glances, and seductive touches meant purely for the cameras start to feel dangerously real. Duncan, used to guarding himself behind celebrity charm, finds Leni's refusal to be impressed disarming, while Leni fights to remember that none of it is supposed to mean anything. Soon both are wondering whether their pretend romance has become the real thing, and whether Leni could be the leading lady in Duncan's actual love story. Set on the sandy shores of Silver Island among the sharp-witted Steeles, this is a fun, flirty, steamy fake-dating romance about chemistry, ambition, and falling for the last person you planned to.

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About the author

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author, Melissa Foster has written more than 100 novels and sold millions of copies worldwide. She is best known for Love in Bloom, a sprawling contemporary romance universe built from interconnected sub-series (the Snow Sisters, the Bradens, the Remingtons, the Ryders, the Seaside and Bayside Summers casts, and the biker-family Whiskeys and Wickeds among them) in which characters reappear across one another's stories. Her romances...

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Characters

Leni SteeleProtagonist

A public-relations rep forced into a fake celebrity romance.

Duncan RazProtagonist

A cocky A-list actor who needs the ruse to continue.

The Steeles at Silver Island

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Frequently asked questions

  • Can I read Wild Island Love as a standalone, or do I need to read the series in order?

    You can read Wild Island Love on its own. It is book 5 of The Steeles at Silver Island, one of the interconnected sub-series in Melissa Foster's Love in Bloom collection, and every Love in Bloom book is written as a standalone with its own complete romance and a guaranteed happily ever after. Reading the series in order simply lets you follow the extended family as familiar characters reappear across the books.

  • Who are the main characters in Wild Island Love?

    Wild Island Love follows Leni Steele and Duncan Raz. Their romance is the heart of the book, set among the big, close-knit families Melissa Foster's readers return for.

  • How steamy is Wild Island Love?

    Wild Island Love is an open-door contemporary romance, so it pairs its emotional story with on-page love scenes. Readers who prefer sweeter, closed-door versions can look for Melissa Foster's clean-language editions published under her pen name, Addison Cole.

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