A Reason To Leave — Melissa Ellen

Finally, freedom!I, Valerie Blackwood, have the freedom to live my life the way I want.No parents. No bodyguard.Nobody to tell me what to do and when to do it.Well, almost nobody.My overprotective brother is still around to rain on my parade.But I can handle him.After making the move from New York City to Los Angeles,I'm determined to succeed at making a name for myself—without using the wealth and connections of my family.And nothing is getting in my way... except, maybe the mostinfuriating and sexiest man I've ever met.He's everything my brother has always warned me against.But I can't help being drawn to him.Something about the brooding bad boy has me going back for more.A Reason To Leave is Book 3 of the Blackwood Series and the first book of the Forever Yours Duet.