The Rival's Unexpected Match: A Rivals-to-Lovers Steamy Rom-Com

Lena Redhawk has built her career on one principle: historic buildings and community values don't have to lose to modern development. When a career-defining downtown revitalization lands on her desk, she's ready for the fight.

She's not ready for Dominic Kane.

The wealthy developer she's clashed with publicly before shows up competing for the same project. Polished, relentless, and carrying the easy confidence of someone who usually wins, he arrives assuming charm will handle whatever money doesn't. Lena has no interest in being charmed. Her reputation is built on independence and refusal, and she intends to keep both.

Then the city forces them into co-leadership and a shared temporary workspace. Daily meetings turn into battles of sarcasm and sticky-note warfare across a cluttered conference table. Every contested budget line crackles. Every late night spent arguing preservation versus profit leaves the air in the room noticeably thicker than when they started. The attraction simmering underneath all of it is unwanted, inconvenient, and completely impossible to dismiss.

As the project demands more from both of them, the line between competition and something more dangerous develops its own momentum. Lena won't surrender the principles that define her work. Dominic finds, somewhere along the way, that making her laugh matters more to him than any clean victory. Then external pressure and old expectations start pushing against what's quietly been building between them.

Can two people who refuse to yield ever choose the same side without losing themselves to get there?

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Every book features a heroine who doesn't fit the conventional romance mold and a highly desirable man who becomes completely, helplessly, and inconveniently obsessed with her.

These heroines aren't women who need to be fixed. They're women who have been underestimated.

Expect witty banter, ridiculous situations, undeniable chemistry, plenty of steam, and happily ever afters. Each story celebrates women who know their worth and the irresistible men who can't stop falling for them.

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E-bog: 18. august 2026