The Last in Line — Katerina Simms

She's on the run from a horrific past. He's on the verge of a riches to rags nightmare. Until one chance encounter changes everything... Burlesque bar owner Freya Cortez, leads a razzle-dazzle life until she learns her mother has just weeks to live. Now she is forced to juggle a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity with the torment of her far-from-perfect childhood. Millionaire party-boy Max Tindall is facing financial ruin, even his most prized possession is at risk—his home. But a casual encounter with Freya gives him one last chance to turn his life around. Though Freya has vowed to never fall in love, even she can't deny Max is the kindest person she's ever met, the one man to challenge her no settling rule. But how can a woman so fiercely independent ignore the fact that there's something gravely amiss with him? Something even he hasn't noticed. Something bound to destroy both their lives. For fans of heat with heart romance, and It Ends With Us.Curl up with The Last in Line to experience this epic romance like no other!------- *Book Three in the Love At Last Series, however, all books can be read as a standalone.Author's Note: Riches to Rags. Opposites attract. Tragedy. HEA/ Happy Ever After ending. Self-discovery. Contemporary Romance, with a hint of Women's Fiction. Heat with heart and big emotions. Angsty with bursts of humor. Big City. Hero with a heart of gold. Strong, intelligent, independent heroine. Wounded characters with a second chance at life. A hero that gets it and wants his woman to be whole. Steamy!