by L.J. Shen
First published 2019
A one night stand in a foreign country leads to an impossible promise. On the back of a napkin at Boar's Head Pub, two strangers agree that if they ever meet again, they will abandon everything to be together. Eight years pass. The woman builds a life in New York with a career she loves and a boyfriend she adores. The man becomes America's latest music sensation, an Irish poet who commands the attention of record executives. When Malachy Doherty arrives in New York, he still carries that napkin. She remembers the broken person he helped heal with his rough hands, but she has changed. He was once a beggar with no dreams of power, yet he transformed into a king while she became his servant. Now she must decide whether to honor a contract made in passion or protect the stable life she has created. The napkin remains, but will her promise survive?
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult, new-adult-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: New York, Boar's Head Pub
Period: Eight years
366 pages · Paperback · L.J. Shen