Charming Boyfriend

Emily Steel has spent five years as a shadow in her own home, trading a soft bed for a boiler room mattress and a warm bath for a cold garden shed. Locked away by a ruthless stepmother, her only escape is a dream of Austen University, and the mysterious, sexy voice of Jesse Donovan on the other end of a phone-paired orientation assignment.

Jesse is everything Beverly Hills gossip says he is: rich, reckless, and bored. But one conversation with "Em" cracks his polished exterior. When they finally meet at a star-studded Napa Valley wedding, the sparks are more than just a summer fling, they're electric.

But Lana’s reach is long. To steal Emily’s inheritance, she’ll frame Emily’s brother and strip away the only security Emily has left. Now, Emily must decide: does she return to the basement to save her family, or trust the "jerk" who promised to be her protector?