Avenged by Love: A Slow-burn, Friends-to-lovers Romance (An Anchor Novel)

Review Praise for AVENGED BY LOVE:”This author has a gift for telling stories that pull at your heartstrings.” ―Amazon Reviewer “A fantastic read!” ―Bibliophilecpt “Hands-down, my favorite LJ Evans book to date!” ―Goodreads Reviewer “The push and pull is a delicious build up.” ―Goodreads Reviewer “Real flawed characters who feel deeply are the signature of L Evans.” ―Goodreads Reviewer “LJ Evans is a master at creating imagery…you can see the scenes play out in your head.” ―Amazon Reviewer “Reaffirms that true love is worth all the mess, fuss, and occasional splinters!” ―Goodreads Reviewer “LJ Evans’ is one of my favorite authors. I love how she strips down her characters and puts them back together whole and even more complete!” ―BookBub Reviewer “This book has wings of its own that will take you on one of the greatest love story adventures!” ―BookBub Reviewer “Painful moments which seeped through my Kindle like it was happening to me, which is a fantastic staple of LJ Evans stories which I absolutely LOVE!” ―Goodreads Reviewer “Be prepared to be swept away!” ―Amazon Reviewer “I’m getting addicted to LJ Evans and her writing… Once again, she wrote a story that will stay with me for a long time.” ―OMGReads Blog “Love comes in many forms: friendship, family, soulmates. There is no shortage in this book as well as the series.” ―Amazon Reviewer “Had me laughing, crying, mad, swooning all at the same time.” ―Goodreads Reviewer “All the stars for this one!” ―Goodreads Reviewer Product Description A heartfelt, fake-relationship standalone romance between a protective, military man and a comic-loving, book store clerk who has an entire town against her.Travis Dayton, a.k.a. Truck, is focused on two things: excelling in his position at the Coast Guard and keeping his younger brother out of trouble. So even though the beautiful and ethereal Jersey Banner is tugging at his heartstrings, he refuses to get sidetracked.Jersey has been struggling to keep her family afloat ever since their dad went to jail. This means the pain she feels on a regular basis isn’t anything she can stop to think about. Not even when she ends up at the emergency room in the arms of the one man who makes her pulse beat faster than the superheroes she worships.When Jersey finds herself in desperate need of medical care she can’t afford, Truck does the only thing he can… he marries her.As hearts and lives begin to twine, their temporary deal starts to crumble until there’s little chance of escape without permanent damage. Not unless they just surrender to it all and let love heal them both.“You don’t have to fight the world alone. You’ve got me.”Inspired by Lady A’s “Ocean” this small-town, slow-burn romance from award-winning author LJ Evans is full of vibrant characters, emotional journeys, and happiness you’ll feel in your bones, proving that love truly is the only real superpower.Also available in The Anchor Novels: The Military Brothers box set with an exclusive novella.Start the interconnected, standalone series today. About the Author Award winning author, LJ Evans, lives in the California Central Valley with her husband, child, and the terrors called cats. She’s been writing, almost as a compulsion, since she was a little girl and will often pull the car over to write when a song lyric strikes her. A former first-grade teacher, she now spends her free time reading and writing, as well as binge-watching original shows like The Crown, A Discovery of Witches, Veronica Mars, and Stranger Things. If you ask her the one thing she won’t do, it’s pretty much anything that involves dirt—sports, gardening, or otherwise. But she loves to write about all of those things, and her first published heroine was pretty much involved with dirt on a daily basis, which is exactly why LJ loves fiction novels—the characters can be everything you’re not and still make their way into your heart. Her novel, CHARMING AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, was Writer’s D