Margins
2024
First Published
4.40
Average Rating
355
Number of Pages

An indecent proposal leads to a future neither guy expected. Fen is broken but does his best to hide the cracks. His life-changing condition might have stolen his first love—ballet, but he’s kind to old ladies, good at his job, and his mum loves him, even if his famous father won’t acknowledge he exists. Ripley’s a top flight barrister who’s used to winning. Mostly by fair means, occasionally not. When his manipulative mother jeopardizes family possessions, on his way to retrieve them, he encounters Fen. Cold, rain-soaked and hungry, struggling with his crutch and auction purchases, Fen just wants to get home. What he doesn’t want is to be drenched by a car and minutes later, confronted by the bad-tempered driver demanding he hand over his purchases. Hell no! Ripley gets back his belongings but finds he wants more. Blue-eyed Fen has sparked something to life. Even as his barrister’s brain screams at him to be careful, he makes Fen an outrageous offer. Sleep with me for money. Fen should say no. Yet as he weighs his options, he realises turning Ripley down could be the biggest regret of his life. In a tale where the pieces don’t always fit, can two imperfect men mend what’s broken in each other? Warning Main character with a life-limiting illness. Suicide of a character before story starts. Brief mention of rape and suicide of a man not in the story.

Avg Rating
4.40
Number of Ratings
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Author

Barbara Elsborg
Barbara Elsborg
Author · 80 books

Barbara Elsborg lives in Kent in the south of England. She always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, she decided it was not for her. Volcanology scorched her feet. A morbid fear of sharks put paid to marine biology. So instead, she spent several years successfully selling cyanide. After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop. Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.

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