A very spicy secret baby romance featuring golden retriever/black cat energy, opposites attract, emotional angst, and a hero who falls first and never lets go. She pushed away the one man who chose her―and lied about their child to make sure he stayed gone. Cameron The first time I laid eyes on Tally Steele was across the flower-strewn aisle at my brother Max’s wedding. Something electric shot through me. Her sleeve of tattoos caught the light when she raised a champagne glass, rainbow-tipped hair falling across one eye as she whispered something that made the bride double over laughing. Nothing like the women I usually bring to charity galas. My world is medical conferences and family trust funds. Hers is tattoo needles and a childhood that never gave her anything steady. None of that matters. Because from the moment I saw her, I was already gone. Even if she tried to keep my baby a secret from me. Tally I don’t deserve someone like Cameron. He’s Johns Hopkins Medical School with a side of chiseled jawline. I’m a tattoo artist with a past I can’t outrun. Every time he looks at me, I wait for the moment he realizes his mistake. So when he tells me he’s leaving for Doctors Without Borders, I let him go. I help him go. Then the pregnancy test happens. Two pink lines that change everything… and nothing. I tell him the baby isn’t his. I tell myself it’s the right thing. Even when he comes back. Even when he looks at our daughter like she’s his whole world. Even when it feels like I’m breaking something I’ll never be able to fix. He chose her from the start. She made sure he walked away. But when the truth comes out, she might lose the only man who ever loved her―and the family she never believed she deserved. The Malibu Secret is a steamy contemporary romance perfect for readers who love Emily Henry, Ali Hazelwood, and Abby Jimenez, featuring golden retriever/black cat dynamics, secret baby drama, emotional slow burn, found family, and a deeply angsty love story with a guaranteed happily ever after. It all began in Newport, Rhode Island. JK, I know you probably don't really care about where I was born and all that! At any rate, I've been writing and publishing for the past 13 years, but these books are my first books under this new pen name, Bella Christina! Bella=the love of my life, my pupperoni Bella. Christina = my sister's name. That's how I came up with this name! I previously published romances under another name (not disclosing that name, it was a long time ago and those books aren't worth mentioning.) And legal thrillers under the name Rachel Sinclair and Women's Beach Fiction under the name Ainsley Keaton. In all, I've published about 50 books. Malcolm Gladwell says that you have to do a thing for 10,000 hours before you're really good, and I have easily been writing fiction for 10,000 hours - so these books are quite good! They're very tropey - enemies to lovers, oops babies, forced proximity, opposites attract, golden retriever/black cat vibes, there's only one bed, he falls first (always!), billionaires, movie stars...if you're reading my books, you know what you like, and you know the authors who will give it to you! One clue that you'll love these books - I've fallen madly in love with every single one of my heroes and want to befriend all my heroines! I've had tears in my eyes during parts of the books, have laughed during other parts and always want to enter their world. Oh, the Kensington Brothers...damn, I wish they really existed! But, in my mind and in my heart, they do exist. And they'll exist in your minds and hearts too. Be ready to make some brand-new book boyfriends!!!!
