Elle  Rivers

Ruth Murray thought she had seen the last of Knox Price when she walked away from him at their high school graduation.

After always coming in second place, she was ready to be done with their rivalry and make something of herself.
But then he went on to create PATH, a company that retrofitted cars to self-drive, cutting automobile accidents in half. His name was in everyone’s mouths, especially her parents, who still compare her to him even ten years later. His success is a sore reminder of her own stagnant career.
When he mysteriously steps down as CEO of his company, she hopes this will be the reason he finally disappears from everyone’s minds.
Until she walks into work and sees Knox is the newest executive of her company and, technically, her boss. All she can hope is that he doesn’t remember their little rivalry, because he now has the power to make her life a living hell.

Knox Price should be on top of the world.

He’s created an invention that saves lives, made his parents proud, shares his company with his best friend, and has more money than he knows what to do with.
And yet, he feels nothing.
He’s a robot, pretending to be human but never actually feeling a thing. It’s taken over his life, so much so, that his best friend suggests for him to step down and find passion in helping a different business build something great. When he returns to his hometown, he’s content to spend extra time with his parents and work on a new app for a company he doesn’t own.
That’s when he sees the woman he could never forget.
Ruth Murray is as feisty and hardheaded as ever, and instead of feeling the emptiness he’s grown used to, his heart starts beating again from the very moment he sees her.
The only problem? She hates him and he doesn’t know why.
With the media clawing to get more information about him, and a ruthless boss out to fire Ruth for any reason, he should stay away from her. But the longer he’s around her, the more he realizes he can’t keep his distance.

Forces of Nature is a dual-POV, standalone book that will be part of an interconnected three-book series. It features the rivals to lovers, forced proximity, and only one bed trope. Spice and a HEA for the two leads is guaranteed!

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Sophia

“That was a funny joke. You already got me back for making me think you have a husband and kids.”

“Their names are ‘got,’ ‘you,’ and ‘good.’”

He laughed, but his eyes trailed down to my finger, which definitely didn’t have a ring. I hid my hand, unsure what to do with his attention.

Her eyes met mine steadily, and I saw her breath hitch as she stood close to me. But her lips pursed, and she didn’t waver. Ruth’s hand came to rest on my chest, and for a moment, I forgot every word of what she said.

Her touch was electric, and all I could do was focus on where her hand rested against my shirt.

 kiss proved that there was nothing else for me.

“Come here.” I felt his solid leg press against mine. Knox pulled me to him as if I weighed nothing. Both of his arms enveloped me, creating a cocoon of safety I hadn’t felt in years.

Another rumble of thunder made its way to my ears, but I barely noticed because he covered one with his hand, and the other was pressed to his chest, listening to the steady beat of his heart.

“You’re okay,” he whispered. “You’ll always be okay when you’re with me.”

I stared at my father, trying to find the words to tell him that I felt like I was unable to love anyone, that it wasn’t what I was programmed to do. But the words never came out because he was right.

I loved her so much I was willing to ruin a man I’d never met. I loved her so much that I was willing to let go of my company for good.

And I loved my parents. I loved Preston and PATH. Albeit in different ways, but love was love. Love was an emotion.

And for a man who felt numb only months ago, I felt like it was a miracle, brought on by my best friend’s actions, my parent’s warmth, and Ruth’s ability to get me to stop working and live.

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