When Hearts Surrender (The Orchid) by Victoria Lum

When Hearts Surrender (The Orchid) by Victoria LumA cold, reclusive billionaire, a dark family curse, and an arranged marriage with the one woman he's forbidden to love. All my life, restlessness has haunted me, as if a piece of my soul were missing. Then, I met him. A mysterious, charismatic bad boy in a leather jacket who whisked me away on the ride of a lifetime. For the first time, I felt truly alive. But as suddenly as he appeared, he vanished, taking my heart with him. I thought I wouldnt see

those long

She’s been hiding in the photocopier room at the same dead-end job for longer than she cares to remember

he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make her talk

For writing

He sleeps all day

they start to wonder if it really is just “puppy love”

Except Liam loves being shirtless by the water and flirting with me

With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line

she can’t shake her feelings for Ethan Fine

* Book 2: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

It is romantic

so I let them show me around town