{"title":"L.J. Shen","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dark-prince-road-series-by-l-j-shen-and-parker-s-huntington","title":"Dark Prince Road Series by L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"312\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"312\"\u003eFall into a twisted tale of passion, revenge, and fate in \u003cem data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"78\"\u003eDark Prince Road\u003c\/em\u003e by Wall Street Journal bestselling authors L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington. This gripping standalone is now available in Model Paperback Edition—perfect for fans of dark, enemies-to-lovers romance with a dangerously modern edge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"329\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"329\"\u003eBook Blurb:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"996\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"331\" data-end=\"411\"\u003eBook 1 - My Dark Romeo:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy fairy tale turned into a cautionary one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInked in tar and sealed in tears.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e best sellers L.J. Shen and Parker S. Huntington comes an explosive marriage of inconvenience...between a tarnished Romeo and a reluctant Juliet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was supposed to be a harmless kiss at a lavish debutante ball. A clandestine moment with a handsome stranger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut unlike his namesake, my Romeo isn’t driven by love. He’s fueled by revenge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo him, I’m a chess piece. Leverage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis rival’s betrothed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo me, he is a man deserving of poison. A dark prince I refuse to marry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe thinks I’ll accept my fate. Well, I plan to rewrite it. And in my story, Juliet doesn’t die.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Romeo? He perishes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 2 - My Dark Desire:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe task was simple. Sneak into Potomac's most heavily guarded manor. Steal back my pendant. Slip out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblem number one? America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProblem number two? He decided to keep me. As the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehelp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt, but he makes my skin burn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLittle does he know, he just met his match.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become queen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 3 - My Dark Prince:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOliver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI don’t usually trap women with amnesia into marriage. But I guess there’s a first time for everything. When the woman of my dreams falls into my lap, I can’t help but wonder what else she can do in that position. She’s here. In my house. At my mercy. And she thinks we’ve been lovers the entire decade we spent apart. Briar and I have always been unfinished business. Now it’s time to seal the deal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBriar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m marrying a beautiful monster. A crooked fraud. America’s wealthiest bachelor. He claims we’re in love, yet all I taste in our kisses is hate and lust. I don’t remember why or how. But I do remember he’s the enemy. Now, I’m stuck inside a nightmare. And Oliver will do anything to keep me in the dark.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthors’ Note: My Dark Prince is a standalone enemies-to-lovers Sleeping Beauty retelling, in which a damaged billionaire with a dark past and his childhood sweetheart fall in love—literally. 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