Cover of Cake

Cake

J. Bengtsson · Cake #1

611 pagescontemporary romance
(14k)Steamy

A trauma-scarred rock star meets his match in a sharp-tongued woman who sees through the fairytale.

Content Warnings
kidnappingabuse (physical)abuse (emotional)

Description

A Top 10 Amazon BestsellerAudie Award Finalist in RomanceShe thinks she can fix me. I'm not that kind of damagedA decade after surviving a stranger abduction, Jake McKallister is living the kind of life most people only dream about. He’s a world-famous rock star, known as much for his music as for the tragedy behind it. He tells himself he’s healed. That he’s fine. But an unexpected wedding pairing with quick-witted, unfiltered Casey Caldwell shows him just how much he’s been missing.Casey never planned on falling for a rock star. Her future was supposed to be simple: meet a nice, nerdy guy, settle down close to home, maybe teach her kids long division one day. But Jake McKallister isn’t simple. He’s raw, complicated... and everything she never knew she wanted.Swept into a world of tour buses, screaming fans, and spontaneous shopping sprees, Casey finds herself living a life she never imagined.But every fairytale has a villain—and theirs lives inside Jake’s head.AUTHOR'S NOTE: Cake is a love story at heart but does deal with a sensitive topic and may not be suitable for all.*Please Note—This story has updated content and will not sync with the audiobook version

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