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Love Me Never

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They say never mix business with pleasure.

When Brooke Michaelson decides to come home to London, she had no idea that short visit would involve taking over her family’s business. When her father appoints her as the acting CEO, her troubles only just begin.

Now she has to learn how to run a business, be the perfect daughter, get her brother working and try to avoid the newest distraction in her life.

Her competitor and business Ryan King.

When Ryan sets his sights on Brooke Michaelson, he has no idea just how badly this one woman will mess his life up.

He is a player and whatever he wants, he always gets.

Brooke Michaelson just didn’t know it.

252 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 15, 2024

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Lizzie James

41 books317 followers
Lizzie James is a USAT Bestselling Author that lives in the valleys of South Wales, UK with her family.

Working full time for her local authority keeps her busy but her free time is spent in her favourite pursuits of writing, reading, listening to music and travelling.

She is passionate about her writing and cooperatively works with a team of authors to support her fellow indie authors.

She writes contemporary romance and MM romances. Don't ask her to pick a favourite genre because she will read anything.

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9,232 reviews124 followers
March 21, 2024
This is a well written enemies to lovers romance with strong characters in Ryan and Brooke. The author takes you into their lives with an office romance, emotions and love and kept me reading with his determination along with the twists along the way. She moves the story fluidly with her descriptive scenes and delivers an enjoyable read.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and are freely given.
1,876 reviews11 followers
March 17, 2024
I enjoy a good enemies to lovers romance novel, and as this author is new to me, I was more than happy to delve right in.
Brooke and Ryan are business rivals, and to begin with Ryan chased Brooke for purely selfish reasons. But as he gets to know her more, those reasons changed and he wanted her in his life on a personal level.
There were plenty of instances Brooke didn’t trust the change in Ryan and it did get frustrating to me each time she did a backflip. It is warranted but I felt like just yelling at my kindle to give him a chance. I obviously have some issues if I think it’s normal to yell at an inanimate object about fictional characters. Oh well….
Towards the end of the story there is a massive twist that I definitely didn’t see coming. My only issue with this was that I was hoping that the people involved received some sort of comeuppance, but maybe that’s just me getting overly invested again in fictional characters.
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5,588 reviews99 followers
March 19, 2024
"I enjoy a good enemies to lovers romance novel, and as this author is new to me, I was more than happy to delve right in.
Brooke and Ryan are business rivals, and to begin with Ryan chased Brooke for purely selfish reasons. But as he gets to know her more, those reasons changed and he wanted her in his life on a personal level.
There were plenty of instances Brooke didn’t trust the change in Ryan and it did get frustrating to me each time she did a backflip. It is warranted but I felt like just yelling at my kindle to give him a chance. I obviously have some issues if I think it’s normal to yell at an inanimate object about fictional characters. Oh well….
Towards the end of the story there is a massive twist that I definitely didn’t see coming. My only issue with this was that I was hoping that the people involved received some sort of comeuppance, but maybe that’s just me getting overly invested again in fictional characters."
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18.5k reviews232 followers
March 15, 2024
This is Ryan and Brooke’s story.
Brooke returns home for a short visit, she is pushed out of her comfort zone as she never expected to take over her family business, but her dad appoints her CEO, now she needs to learn how to run a business and avoid any distractions. Ryan is a playboy, who is used to getting what he wants, and that is Brooke, but he may have his hands full with convincing her.
This is a good story which has family, friendships, enemies / lovers, emotions, office romance, twists, challenges, determination, and love, which leads to an enjoyable page turner.
I look forward to reading more from this author whose work I recommend.
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102 reviews1 follower
March 24, 2024
Do you love office romance and/or enemies to lovers? This is a pretty good one. There were some parts that felt a little frustrating due to some trust issues but overall this book was well written. Ryan and Brooke are the ultimate business rivals and it shows. But I liked the way the author tied it all together. And the twists kept me flipping the pages.

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386 reviews2 followers
March 10, 2024
the author has written an Enemies to lovers romance with a twist. No spoilers but the ending was not how I saw it playing out. The characters seemed to have a real change in traits as the story progressed. Enjoyable read.

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1,181 reviews4 followers
March 30, 2024
I enjoyed reading this book. Once I started reading it I had a hard time putting my tablet down. The characters are well developed and the storyline grabbed my attention from the start. Brooke and Ryan have a wonderful connection. I would recommend reading this book. It is wonderful.

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10.1k reviews120 followers
March 30, 2024
I've read several books written by Lizzie James; she is becoming one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of her books.

She has written a good stand-alone book. The story is about Brooke & Ryan; she comes to London to visit her father but he names her acting CEO for the family business; he’s her business rival.
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7,107 reviews29 followers
April 10, 2024
4 1/2 stars
Interesting characters and a great storyline made this book an entertaining read. I liked the way the author crafted the characters and their interactions. Each chapter was fraught with chemistry laden drama. Nicely done.

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10.2k reviews61 followers
March 25, 2024
The author has given us an enemy-to-lovers story that pulls us into the lives of Brooke and Ryan. The story keeps us turning the pages with connection, denial, secrets, betrayal and steam.

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22.1k reviews19 followers
April 7, 2024
I enjoyed Ryan and Brooke’s story. It was an interesting read. And am voluntarily leaving this review.
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1,129 reviews37 followers
August 11, 2024
brooke returns home after a while away what turns out as a short visit home turns into taking over the family business. A great read from the author that has you guessing alongside brooke who is genuine and who isn't.
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