Is 'The Last Runaway' Worth Reading?

Four years ago, Aria Hale ran from the only man she ever loved. She left without a word. Withouy goodbye. And carrying a secret that could destroy him. Lucian Drakov went to look for her, until he saw her plane crashing. The loss turned him into something darker, merciless, untouchable, feared by all. But fate is cruel. Because the woman he mourned walks back into his life alive and trembling... and holding a little boy with his steal-gray eyes. Now Lucian wants answers. He wants the truth. He wants the years she stole from him.

Lyra’s birthday party was supposed to be her usual drinking and partying night, but that night, it was different. She spent her 26th birthday party, having a one-night stand with a handsome stranger, Harrison Monroe, with an assumption that they would never meet each other again. However, they met again. In a hopeless bid to protect her family's reputation, Lyra stood at the altar as Harrison’s runaway bride’s replacement. An unusual contract was created between these two strangers, bound by a shared secret and a plan to dissolve their union once the timing was right.

“Marry me.” “You don’t even know my name.” “I will as soon as you agree to marry me.” * * * Hana Kent has lived all her life with one rule continuously enforced by her father. Don’t fall in love. If she forgets, Baba is there to remind her. She must and cannot fall in love with another person because she’s betrothed. And as soon as she turns twenty-five, she will leave for her husband’s house. One rainy evening leads her into the arms of a stranger, who not only protects her from the rain, but the men following her. It was supposed to be an innocent kiss to get her out of an impossible situation. But once her lips connect with that of the handsome Calvin McKenna, she realises she’s a lost cause. Calvin knows better than to kiss strangers. But when the pretty damsel in distress rushes up to kiss him, begging him to play along, he’s more than happy to do so. After the kiss, he takes her to his hotel to clean up. He expects gratitude, maybe even her name, but what he doesn’t expect is to wake up to an empty bed the following day.

27-year-old Lilith Hill has never been with a man. When her friend pushes her to get into a secret relationship with the sexiest man alive, billionaire Kai Rivera, she jumps at the opportunity. But powerful men come from powerful families and she is just a little author who has no one backing her. What will she do when an unexpected pregnancy rocks the world. Will Kai forgive her for her deception? [Warning: Mature Content]

Kate was an orphan with nothing—until the billionaire family who raised her became her world. A single mistake tied her forever to the man she had secretly loved for years. When she got pregnant, his parents forced him to marry her, turning her quiet crush into a cold, loveless union. He never stopped loving his first love—the woman who once abandoned him—and he never let Kate forget it. Yet Kate endured it all for one reason: their daughter, Elena. Elena was the only proof that something beautiful had come from a broken marriage. He adored their child… but treated Kate like a stranger in her own home. Then one tragic night, everything shattered. An accident caused by him stole Elena’s life—and when Kate uncovered the truth while carrying his child once again, her heart finally broke beyond repair. This time, she didn’t beg. She didn’t cry. She ran. And she never looked back. But billionaires don’t forget the wives who disappear… especially when they leave carrying his heir.

The night I ran, I left everything behind. My dead fiancé's ghost. His brother's cold hands reaching for me. A father who won't meet my eyes because he's already sold me to the highest bidder. I thought I was escaping. Then a stranger pulled me from the darkness, and I learned what real danger looks like. Damon moves like he owns the world. Talks like every word matters. Looks at me like I'm the only woman who ever made him feel something. He says he's the son the Kings family erased, the bastard they tried to bury. He says Evan loved me and that's why I should trust him. He wants me to sign a contract. One year as his wife. One year to help him destroy the family that destroyed us both. One year pretending to belong to a man who makes my heart race and my skin burn every time. He touches me like I'm fragile. Looks away when I ask about Evan. Holds the truth behind his teeth like it might cut us both. And the whole time, I'm falling. Falling into his warmth. His danger. His impossible kindness that feels too real to be fake. But if I've learned anything from the Kings: the men who save you are always the ones who need you most. And the ones who need you? They're the ones who hurt you in the end. Evan knew something. About my father. Something about the deal that would make the Kings the most powerful in the country. Damon knows too. And the only way he'll tell me? Is if I say yes. Say yes to the contract. Say yes to the fire between us. Will the man holding me survive what comes next? And more terrifying: Will I survive loving him?