Go behind the scenes at Phlox Beauty, a hot beauty brand where the women are the successful alpha CEOs... A scarred and lonely billionaire hiding from his past... Jared Connor lost his innocence at the age of ten when his father poured gasoline around the family home and left his two young sons to die in the flames. Now an adult, he's carefully crafted a pretend life where he can hide his scars and his death row father behind the disguise of a caretaker's pickup truck and a pair of gardening shears. But when a beautiful woman with scars of her own barges into his quiet, solitary life, Jared finds it increasingly difficult to hide from what he really wants. A successful young businesswoman ill at ease in her newfound beauty... Phlox Miller was never the pretty girl and no magic mascara or secret serum was ever going to change that—not even one manufactured by her own company. When an accident at her country home burns her face and body, she spares no expense on her recovery and plastic surgery. Now she turns heads on the street, but can't recognize herself in the mirror—and can't convince the man she loves that he's beautiful, too. Can two people see beyond their physical and emotional scars to find true love and lasting acceptance?

Pink Diamonds is a Bonus Scene (5,000 words) from Next to You. It’s best to read Next to You first. “Obviously, this isn’t a permanent ring.” Jared owes Phlox a replacement engagement ring for the ring of braided grass he proposed with. But like most things with Jared Connor, that’s easier said than done. Let’s just say I spent more than two month’s salary on it. Oh who was he kidding? The ring had cost more than his beloved Maserati. Their friends and family have gathered at Phlox’s Connecticut home to meet and celebrate the engagement. Zee and Rye. Jake and Mina. Emma and Aidan. It wasn’t even that Phlox was so concerned about a ring. It was Jared’s ego that needed the ring, the symbol. He needed to show people that he would take care of her, that he would treat her well, that … well, that she was his. He wanted to laugh at himself. He’d always thought that falling in love would make him a better man. Instead it had made him even more of a Neanderthal. He has the girl. The ring. The “yes.” Now all he needs is the perfect moment.

Book 2 in Julia Gabriel’s Phlox Beauty series ... A new contemporary romance about reunited lovers, being the right person at the wrong time, and what it means to be home ... The daughter of an actress, Zee Malisewski grew up on movie sets and in boarding schools. As an adult, she’s built a life away from all that—and a successful cosmetics business with her best friend—in New York City. Men? They’ve come and gone. Mostly gone. She’s sworn off the male species anyway, after her latest boyfriend tampers with her company’s new product and nearly destroys everything she and her business partner have spent years working for. Now Zee wants a home of her own and she’s done waiting for Prince Charming to show up and share it with her. Adventure journalist Colt Buchanan grabbed his own bootstraps and yanked hard—leaving the poverty of his rural hometown behind for a scholarship to a fancy east coast college and then the bright lights of the big city. But when an assignment in the Middle East leaves his interview subject dead and Colt’s memory riddled with holes you can drive a bus through, he comes back to the only place that’s ever felt like home—the Manhattan apartment of a pretty Hollywood princess he never had any business wanting. You can never forget true love … even when you want to … Back to Us is the second book in the Phlox Beauty series. It is a standalone book although reading Next to You first is recommended.