A Very Bad Plus-One
She left his brother at the altar. Three years later, June and Ben are both single, and she is catering his mother’s wedding.
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Vivienne E. Cole
Writes contemporary forbidden romance
Vivienne E. Cole writes lush, emotionally addictive contemporary romance set in the glittering, ruthless worlds of fashion, media, and money. She believes in maximum tension, an open door, and an ending that earns its joy. The Aperture Trilogy is available now on Kindle; A Very Bad Plus-One is coming soon.
- Maximum tension.
- An open door.
- An ending that earns its joy.
Biography
Guarded men. Brilliant women. The line, crossed.
Vivienne E. Cole writes lush, emotionally addictive contemporary romance set in the glittering, ruthless worlds of fashion, media, and money. Her novels live where glamour meets danger: elite New York publishing, couture and corner offices, penthouses with a view of everything the heroine could lose.
She is drawn, helplessly, to the slow burn: the held wrist, the chosen sentence, the moment two people who absolutely should not want each other stop pretending they don't. Her heroes are guarded men with something to hide; her heroines are the overlooked, brilliant women who finally get seen, and credited.
She believes in maximum tension, an open door, and an ending that earns its joy. No cheating, no doubt about the destination, just the breathless ride to get there.
A Very Bad Plus-One, coming soon, takes the same promise out of the office and into a working Maine boatyard: a caterer, a boatbuilder, and the brother she left at the altar three years before.
What you can count on
The signature under every Vivienne E. Cole novel
- 01
The slow burn, above all
Tension is built, not spent. The wanting we're not supposed to do, earned one held glance and one chosen sentence at a time.
- 02
Guarded men, seen women
Heroes with a secret worth guarding. Heroines who are brilliant and overlooked, and who finally get the credit they earned.
- 03
Glamour with teeth
Couture, corner offices, and skylines wrapped around a hostile-takeover thriller spine. Aspiration with real stakes underneath.
- 04
An open door, honestly signalled
Sensual, restraint-led heat at a 3/5 register. She signals the temperature honestly, so the tension always outpaces the reveal.
- 05
A happily-ever-after, always
No cheating, ever. No doubt about the destination. She takes you all the way down so the climb back up means something.
- 06
Read at midnight, finish at dawn
Glossy, high-stakes, impossible to put down: the kind of book you start after everyone is asleep and cannot stop.
Books by Vivienne E. Cole
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Contact
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