Bøger af Becca Ritchie

Don't date your bodyguard.It was the one rule he had to break.Maximoff Hale is a force of nature. A ship unwilling to be steered. Headstrong, resilient, and wholly responsible - the twenty-two-year-old alpha billionaire can handle his unconventional life. By noon, lunch can turn into a mob of screaming fans. By two, his face is all over the internet. Born into one of the most famous families in the country, his celebrity status began at birth. He is certified American royalty. When he's assigned a new 24/7 bodyguard, he comes face-to-face with the worst case scenario: being attached to the tattooed, MMA-trained, Yale graduate who's known for "going rogue" in the security team - and who fills 1/3 of Maximoff's sexual fantasies. Twenty-seven-year-old Farrow Keene has one job: protect Maximoff Hale. Flirting, dating, and hot sex falls far, far out of the boundary of his bodyguard duties and into "termination" territory. But when feelings surface, protecting the sexy-as-sin, stubborn celebrity becomes increasingly complicated. Together, boundaries blur, and being exposed could mean catastrophic consequences for both.Damaged Like Us is the first book in the Like Us series and can be read and enjoyed without reading any of Krista & Becca's other novels.

His Bodyguard. His Love. Maverick, know-it-all bodyguard Farrow Keene knows publicly dating American royalty comes with a great cost. Everyone wants a piece of their relationship. And as a protective boyfriend, he's not here for the malicious hands that grab at their love life and seek to rip them apart. But Farrow is confident - he's confident that he could've never prepared for the storm to come.Keep him safe. Maximoff Hale isn't a big fan of change. And to regain the charity CEO position he lost, he agrees to a task that he's always rejected. One that could uproot his unconventional world. But Maximoff is afraid - he's afraid of the consequences that could destroy his boyfriend and his family. Keep him safe. Changes are on the horizon. Big. Messy. Complicated. Changes. Maximoff & Farrow will fight for their forever. And with every breath, they promise that their love story won't end here. ¿¿The Like Us series is a true series, one continuous timeline, that follows a family of wealthy celebrities and the people that protect them. You must read Books 1 and 2 before reading Alphas Like Us.The Like Us Series:1. Damaged Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow)2. Lovers Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow)3. Alphas Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow)4. Tangled Like Us (Jane & Thatcher)Book 5 (Jane & Thatcher)Book 6 (Maximoff & Farrow)Book 7 (Oscar & Jack)Book 8 (Akara & Sulli)

As the hottest bodyguard on Security Force Omega, Oscar Oliveira has no trouble finding a warm body at any odd hour. But he''s ready for more. And for the first time in this ex-pro boxer''s life, he just got rejected. For a kiss. Oscar''s friends warned him not to fall for the straight guy, but flirty, sexy-as-hell Jack Highland made that difficult. Now Jack has Oscar''s sweatshirt. His belt. His bandana. And Oscar seriously wants them back. As for Jack - well, Jack wants a lot of things. But for the first time in this confident filmmaker''s life, he''s absolutely 100%... confused. Add another ultra-complication in a sea of complicated: Enter Charlie Cobalt. The enigmatic famous one that Oscar is sworn to protect wants his own show, and he''s asked Jack to film it. A Charlie-centric docuseries will force Oscar & Jack to share the same air again. Option 1: Ignore each other. Option 2: Flirt, aw yeah. And act like the rejection never happened. Option 3: Confront each other about the rejected kiss. With options on the table and their romantic lives unsettled, both Jack & Oscar are concerned about why Charlie wants his own show. And the longer filming lasts, the more tumultuous their personal & professional worlds become. Chaos reigns when you''re around the Cobalts, and Jack & Oscar are swept up among the most destructive one.

ΓÇïI HAVE A BAD REPUTATION.Call me what you want: Bad Boy Next Door. Trouble. That Kid Who Can’t Do Anything Right.When Willow moves into my neighborhood, nothing should have happened. She’s geeky. Shy. A true wallflower.Willow is a good girl.Too good for me.And how the hell was I supposed to know that she’s related to Loren Hale—yeah, that douchebag celebrity that lives on my street. The same guy I've been pranking by spray painting vulgar words on his mailbox and worse. Much worse.Don't ask me why I do the things I do.Don't ask me why it had to be her.I'm cursed. Simple as that. But here's the thing about people who are cursed—they break everything they touch.And yet. . .I still want to touch her. ΓÇïWhatever It Takes is the first book in the Bad Reputation Duet and can be read and enjoyed without reading any of Krista & Becca's other novels.

HOW CAN IT BE WRONG IF IT FEELS SO GOOD Dating an American princess comes with a massive amount of baggage-all of which I'm willing to carry strapped on my back in quicksand and through seven hells. But Jane Cobalt's baggage, I'm unprepared for. It comes in the form of her five equally famous and notoriously hard-to-please brothers. I want Jane. Completely. Unconditionally. But when there's a trip scheduled that I can't be a part of, I only have one option. It's immoral. Something I'd never consider until now. But, hell, there's got to be some perks to being a twin. So I'm doing it. I'm switching places with my brother. Done and done. It should have been easy. There were little consequences. Until the storm hit. The Like Us series is a true series, one continuous timeline, that follows a family of wealthy celebrities and the people that protect them. The Like Us Series Reading Order: 1. Damaged Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow) 2. Lovers Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow) 3. Alphas Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow) 4. Tangled Like Us (Jane & Thatcher) 5. Sinful Like Us (Jane & Thatcher) 6. Headstrong Like Us (Maximoff & Farrow) Book 7 (Oscar & Jack) Book 8 (Akara & Sulli)

How to protect your heart: Let your bodyguard have it.Jane Cobalt is an American princess. The loyal and painfully curious twenty-three-year-old has inherited immense pressure to preserve the Cobalt legacy. But for Jane - sex, love, and life have been a series of royal failures.After a friends-with-benefits ended in disaster, she's sworn to a "no sex" hiatus for, well, eternity - and she has no intention of letting anyone in her bed and definitely not her heart.Twenty-eight-year-old Thatcher Moretti is painfully professional. As the stern 24/7 bodyguard to Jane, thinking about unbridled sex with his sweet client is a sin. One that he keeps committing.But the real act is a hard line he'd never cross.When a family member betrays Jane's trust, the media becomes obsessed with matchmaking the perpetually "single" Jane Cobalt and unwanted attention suddenly compromises her safety.Thatcher would do anything to protect her, and one solution may level the threats:Become the fake boyfriend to an American princess.Entwined together with boiling chemistry, new "professional" parameters, and an oath, unsaid feelings threaten to rise and change everything. ¿

Sci-fi writer, heiress, weirdo, and oldest daughter of the beloved and infamous Hale family, 21-year-old Luna Hale has been known by many names. But the title she's coveted these days has been elusive...until now.She can see it. It's in reach. She's more than ready to be his girlfriend.Luna wants to go on an exploration of Paul Donnelly. Top to bottom. Inside out. To discover all there is to know about her human hero. But he's afraid some skeletons are better left in the darkness.As a death in the family unsteadies multiple futures, Luna and Donnelly see turbulence ahead, but they're determined to steer their ship through the rubble and finally make a landing. This time, together.Luna and Donnelly's out-of-this-world, cosmic love returns in this romantic, heart-pounding, and epic conclusion to the Like Us series.

"Rose Calloway thought she had everything under control. At twenty-three, she's a Princeton graduate, an Academic Bowl champion, a fashion designer and the daughter of a Fortune 500 mogul. But not everything comes easy. When Rose's fashion line is in peril, she plans an unconventional solution to save it. Making matters more intense, she agrees to be in a relationship with her "godly" college rival, Connor Cobalt. At twenty-four, Connor Cobalt bulldozes weak men. Confident and smart-as-hell, Connor vows to help Rose outside of the bedroom and inside. But melting this ice queen is a challenge no one has been able to succeed at. And now they're living together"--

Adéntrate en el mundo de las hermanas Calloway, la saga de romance adulto más esperada del momento. La sensación de TikTok que ha seducido a millones de lectoras.   Enamórate de Lily y Lo en este rompedor romance para adultos ambientado en un mundo de lujo, fama, hombres de ensueño y amistades que lo pueden cambiar todo. Nadie sospecharía cuál es el mayor secreto de la tímida Lily Calloway. Mientras los demás bailan en los bares de universitarios, Lily se queda en el baño... Para acostarse con hombres. Sus compulsiones la empujan hacia los rollos de una noche, los encuentros más tórridosy otros momentos de los que luego se arrepiente. Y resulta que la única persona que conoce su secreto también tiene uno. La mejor amiga de Loren Hale es su botella de bourbon, aunque Lily tiene un reñido segundo puesto. Hace tres años que fingen salir juntos para esconder sus adicciones a sus familias. Son unos maestros en el arte de esconder petacas y chicos sin nombre que entran y salen de su apartamento. Sin embargo, mientras se hunden bajo el peso de sus adicciones, se aferran aún con más fuerza a su relación destructiva y se preguntan si construir una vida juntos, de verdad, será mejor que la mentira. Familia y desconocidos empiezan a penetrar en sus aisladas vidas y, con estos nuevos desafíos, se dan cuenta de que tal vez no solo sean adictos al alcohol y el sexo. Es posible que el verdadero vicio de cada uno sea el otro.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe TikTok sensation Addicted to You, now in a print edition with special bonus material! She's addicted to sex. He's addicted to booze...the only way out is rock bottom. Fall in love with Lily and Lo in this edgy new adult romance set in a world of lust, fame, swoon-worthy men, and friendships that run deeper than blood in this special edition with bonus materials—in print only!   No one would suspect shy Lily Calloway's biggest secret. While everyone is dancing at college bars, Lily stays in the bathroom. To get laid. Her compulsion leads her to one-night stands, steamy hookups and events she shamefully regrets. The only person who knows her secret happens to have one of his own.   Loren Hale's best friend is his bottle of bourbon. Lily comes at a close second. For three years, they've pretended to be in a real relationship, hiding their addictions from their families. They've mastered the art of concealing flasks and random guys that filter in and out of their apartment.   But as they sink beneath the weight of their addictions, they cling harder to their destructive relationship and wonder if a life together, for real, is better than a lie. Strangers and family begin to infiltrate their guarded lives, and with new challenges, they realize they may not just be addicted to alcohol and sex. Their real vice may be each other.

As the eldest daughter of famous parents, Luna Hale is anything but normal. She escapes most days inside the fandoms she loves and the fics she writes, and she's accepted that real life just sucks more than fiction. But there is someone who could rival every swoony man inside her imagination.And he only lives three floors below her. Too bad he's incredibly off-limits. Her brother's bodyguard, eight years older (okay, sometimes, nine), and the son of meth addicts-the tattooed, shameless bodyguard is the only one her dad really hates. But Luna isn't sure exactly why.She's trying not to be hung up on him.Paul Donnelly is trying not to be hung up on her.With his life among the security team and his friends at stake, he doesn't need to make waves among the Hales, especially the notoriously overprotective Loren Hale, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Petty. But when Donnelly's two best friends set a time and place for a double-no, a "triple" date-the countdown to finding a date is on.Donnelly has no idea who he should bring. He just knows it can't be her.Luna finds herself in the same predicament as bad luck unfolds. Find a date.And it can't be him.Yet, the more they try to stay away, the more the universe has other plans. Nowhere in Luna's wildest imagination could she have predicted what happens next.The slow burn heartache, feel-good fandom chats, lifelong friendships, and epic cosmic love of this next installment in the Like Us series will send your hearts into orbit with Luna & Donnelly, and you won't want to make a landing without them.

A new F/F opposites attract, second chance romance from bestselling authors Krista & Becca Ritchie about returning home and giving in to hidden desires.

One is new to love.One is bad at love.One denies love.Twenty-one-year-old, foul-mouthed Olympian, Sullivan Meadows, just made a huge mistake. She told her bodyguards-her buddies, her pals-they could take her virginity. Words forever engrained in her brain.And theirs.Akara Kitsuwon & Banks Moretti are best friends, sworn to protect each other and their client Sullivan. But upon hearing her confession, their reactions aren''t what Sulli expects.They''re all friends anyway.Just friends.Solid, good friends.Right?As the three embark on the road to Yellowstone, tension builds and close quarters leave no secrets behind. Feelings for her childhood friendship with Akara-that teasing, flirty leader-grow hotter, but so do her feelings for Banks, the rugged, heart-melting Marine.While Sulli is out west to free-solo her dad''s old climbing routes, the only true destination the three of them are certain of is Yellowstone.Love & romance are totally up in the air.Wild Like Us is an MFM Romance and Book 8 in the Like Us Series.

Fans of Jay Crownover will love this story about two people trying to overcome their addictions together.