Sometimes it’s sweeter to surrender.

I thought I was good at hiding from monsters.

I was wrong.

After being lost and abused in the foster system, I refuse to let my past break me.

I enroll in college, change my name,

and build a new life for myself.

I’m finally free.

Until the night I see him again and my world falls apart.

Layne Garrison. The guy who made high school a living hell.

He was more than a stormy-grey-eyed bully. He was cruel in ways I can never understand.

Now he’s back.

After a devastating attack, my sworn enemy becomes my savior.

When I learn his dark secrets, I can’t shake him.

But the past has a way of hunting me down.

As the darkness rises and comes for me

I have to face the truth and the lies I tried to leave behind.

Will I lose the only man I’ve ever loved, or will my past ruin my future as well?

From international bestselling author, J.A. Owenby, comes a heart-stopping dark and angsty new adult standalone with an HEA that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end.

***Due to mature content and themes, this series is recommended to readers aged eighteen and over. May contain triggers for some readers

***Originally titled The Essence of You

Kimberly Westmoreland is desperate to prove herself. Almost thirty and single, winning a too-good-to-be-true island inn seemed like a golden opportunity to show her billionaire family she’s got what it takes. But she discovers the community’s plans aren’t all above board, the property is totally run down, and the handsome guy helping her fix it up is as rude as they come…

Marriage didn’t work for Bode Murphy. So he’s having nothing to do with the locals’ hare-brained scheme to attract beautiful women in the hope they’ll become brides. Yet he’s struggling to resist the gorgeous smile and plucky spirit of the self-assured city girl lured by the questionable contest.

As Kimberly works hard to get the beachside inn up to code and rescue the town from itself, she’s unable to deny the blazing chemistry she feels with the sworn bachelor. And just as Bode is ready to throw everything into a new relationship, painful memories make him question his own heart.

Will these oh-so-opposites find a way to satisfy their perfect attraction?

Going All Inn is the first book in the steamy Faire Island Brides contemporary romance series. If you like determined heroines, lone-wolf men, and long hot-blooded nights, then you’ll love Lizabeth Scott’s seaside story.