Hollywood consultant Renly Cooper is fed up with relationships. His recent breakup with a leading lady played out across the tabloids, and the former Navy Seal is more than ready to focus on his new position as an agent at the elite Stark Security agency. He’s expecting international stakes. Instead, his first assignment is to protect one of Damien Stark’s friends from a stalker. A woman who, to his delight, turns out to be one of his closest childhood friends. After a foray into online dating puts tech genius Abby Jones in danger, she needs a bodyguard, and her business partner, Nikki Fairchild Stark, enlists help from Stark Security. When the assigned agent turns out to be her best friend from junior high—and her first crush—she’s thrilled to discover he’s even more delicious now. She hopes one sexy night can turn into more, but Renly is firmly in the friends-with-benefits camp. As the threat to Abby increases, she tries to keep her growing feelings for Renly at bay. But as the sparks between them burn even hotter, can they go from friends to lovers when the first order of business is simply to keep Abby alive? **Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.** 3.5 Heart Review by Ashley Getting to meet the newest member to join the Stark Security team? Yes please! Throw in a sassy woman and a vulnerable yet tough military man and I knew I wanted to get my eyeballs on Memories of You. I liked Abby from the start. She was genuine and kind, even if she was being a little naive about the danger she's facing. But when things escalate, and it was Renly, her childhood best friend that shows up, all those old feelings come back to the surface. Too bad he doesn't do relationships and she doesn't do hookups. Abby and Renly's second-chance romance was fast paced, steamy and laced with the right amount of creep factor (from the bad guy). I could feel my heart pounding as things played out in what seemed like slow motion. I will say that things evolved from just friends to 'I love you and can't live without you' rather quickly. But I get it, nothing like a life-threatening situation to put things into perspective. And these two were just meant to be and nothing- life or circumstances or fear were going to keep them apart again. About the Author J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over one hundred novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit. JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A six time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy) and in 2017 for Wicked Dirty in the same category. Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development as a television show. Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages. In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats. AUTHOR LINKS Facebook: http://bit.ly/38zmyQk Instagram: http://bit.ly/2tZZV8u BookBub: http://bit.ly/31YDywZ Mailing list: http://bit.ly/2US6xku Website: www.jkenner.com For More information about 1001 Dark Nights Visit Facebook: https://bit.ly/37fl0uT Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Y7uBQp Website: https://bit.ly/2AIIr3A Mailing list: https://bit.ly/2zgxaHu
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