"Romance masterpiece" - Kylie Scott, New York Times bestselling author
From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author L.J. Shen comes a new, contemporary romance with heart-wrenching twists and laugh-out-loud moments.
In The Unlikely Event is available now!
Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours.
A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land.
An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny.
We signed a contract on the back of a Boar’s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together.
Eight years and thousands of miles later, he’s here.
In New York.
And he’s America’s music obsession.
The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees.
The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe.
Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king.
But a king he became, and now I’m his servant.
I’m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands.
I have a career I love.
A boyfriend I adore.
An apartment, a roommate, a life.
I changed. He changed, too.
But Mal kept the napkin.
Question is, will I keep my word?
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In The Unlikely Event is now available in audio!
Narrated by: Shane East, Muffy Newton and Savannah Peachwood
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Reviews:
Fantastic book by an incredibly talented writer. This book is so unlike anything I have read by L.J.Shen. What I love is that her characters are real, and flawed and struggling through life, just like the rest of us. The world she creates just makes you want to never let go of the story. The beautiful writing had me spellbound. I didn't want it to end, yet I couldn't read fast enough. That being said, like with anything from this author, I am always thrown for a loop, and this book doesn't disappoint. It's told in multiple pov.
Gah!!! In the Unlikely Event was such an incredible read and absolutely magical. There are some books that you read and completely forget once finished. And then there are books like this one. Books that leave you breathless and that embed themselves deep within you. Books that stir up all of your emotions, and you just know, without a doubt, that it will stick with you forever. In the Unlikely Event is that type of book. Shen delivered us a story that is SO unlike any of her previous books, and it was absolutely PHENOMENAL!
Malachy Doherty and Aurora "Rory" Jenkins had a steamy whirlwind romance many years ago, which ended with a promise to marry if their paths were ever to cross again. Fast forward eight years, and she once again, finds herself in that same foreign land. But during those years apart, Rory discovers that the fun and charming Mal she remembers has now become cold and aloof. He has his reasons of course, but those walls quickly crumble once he lays eyes on her again. He doesn't care that she has a new life, a boyfriend and lives overseas. He is determined to wear her down and make her uphold her end of the deal. He will stop at nothing to win back her heart.
There aren't enough words to describe just how special this journey is that L.J. Shen has taken me on. Packed with all of the feels, Mal and Rory's story really touched my soul. Books like this are the reason that I read. I hope that you will take a chance on it and experience the beauty of it just as I did. It is a heartbreakingly beautiful MUST READ that I am unlikely to ever forget. In the Unlikely Event gets ALL. OF. THE. STARS from me!!!
Malachy Doherty and Aurora "Rory" Jenkins had a steamy whirlwind romance many years ago, which ended with a promise to marry if their paths were ever to cross again. Fast forward eight years, and she once again, finds herself in that same foreign land. But during those years apart, Rory discovers that the fun and charming Mal she remembers has now become cold and aloof. He has his reasons of course, but those walls quickly crumble once he lays eyes on her again. He doesn't care that she has a new life, a boyfriend and lives overseas. He is determined to wear her down and make her uphold her end of the deal. He will stop at nothing to win back her heart.
There aren't enough words to describe just how special this journey is that L.J. Shen has taken me on. Packed with all of the feels, Mal and Rory's story really touched my soul. Books like this are the reason that I read. I hope that you will take a chance on it and experience the beauty of it just as I did. It is a heartbreakingly beautiful MUST READ that I am unlikely to ever forget. In the Unlikely Event gets ALL. OF. THE. STARS from me!!!
Excerpt
When I finally come face to face with the street artist standing on the side of the pavement, his guitar case open and full of rolled-up notes and change, I understand why his grandfather told me I’d recognize him with the self-assurance of an avid believer.
I’ve never seen someone like him before.
He is beautiful, true, but that’s not what stands out to me. He is radiant.
It’s like his presence has a presence. He sucks the air out of everything in his vicinity, making it impossible not to look at him. Malachy is tailor-made for a huge, colossal heartbreak. Everything about him—his tattered jeans, filthy boots, white shirt, and leather jacket that was broken in decades ago—screams trouble. He looks like a seventies heartthrob. An icon. A Terry Richardson muse. Bruce Springsteen pre-fame.
His voice is like honey and warm spices. It lulls me into a place in my mind I’ve never been before, even though it’s far from beautiful. It is gruff, throaty, and smoky. When someone bumps my shoulder to get closer to him, I snap out of my reverie and realize what I’m listening to.
“One” by U2.
The coincidence is strange. I try to tell myself it’s nothing. This is Ireland. U2 is a national treasure.
His eyes are squeezed shut as he sings. It’s like no one exists other than him and his guitar. Something warm rushes through my skin, like a heat wave, and I shudder in delight.
Warmth.
I always thought there was something melancholy about street performers—the way people walk past them, ignoring their music, their art, their passion. But this guy, he’s the one doing the ignoring. The tables have turned. He’s got the crowd eating from the palm of his hand. Every woman here is under a thick, sweet spell. He’s got that Harry Styles quality that makes girls want to bed him and older women want to adopt him. The men are a cross between impatient, annoyed, and jealous. You can see it in the way they tap their feet, check their watches, nudge their wives and girlfriends to move it.
The song ends, and Malachy Doherty cracks his eyes open and stares directly at me, like he knew I’d be here. Like he watched me watching him through closed eyes. Disoriented—and for some reason wanting to do something, anything—I throw a bill into his guitar case and look away, realizing to my horror that I threw the fifty euros his grandpa gave me. Everyone around me murmurs and whistles. They think it was intentional. I can feel my face flaming red. I bet he thinks I want to sleep with him.
Do I? Probably. But should he know that? Hell no.
About LJ Shen
L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries.
She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat.
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