Books like Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Months in the throes of a career collapse have seen a former actress turn to puppetry to make ends meet. When she is marooned on a secluded island off the Maine coast, her most unlikely companion is a charismatic horror novelist who revels in the art of hand‑to‑hand violence. Amid rugged wilderness and unexpected chemistry, both women confront their own demons and discover that the line between danger and desire is thinner than they imagined.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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