Bennett Family (Castle)

This time they may just find love.Evelyn Bennett's life was forever changed five years earlier. A broken engagement and a devastating injury were just the beginning of what was to come. With the death of her beloved grandfather, she is once again confronted by Sebastian O'Connor, a man she had vowed never to work for again.Sebastian O'Connor has found himself at a crossroads. He has inherited a fifth of a company from a man he had once worked for and respected. He had left because he refused to take orders from Evelyn after the company had been left in her less-than-capable hands. But things were now different, and after a vote, he would take over the company, making Evelyn take orders from him.There was no love lost between Evelyn and Sebastian from the day they met. That was about to change. Now that each of them owns equal shares of Evelyn's grandfather's business, neither of them wants to relinquish control to the other. When old, buried secrets come to the surface, they find themselves uniting for the well-being of the company. Somewhere between Sebastian's confusing kisses and Evelyn learning to deal with old hurts and insecurities, the pair find themselves attracted and in a relationship neither expected.Sebastian can be a bit domineering. Evelyn does a pretty good impression of a shrew. These two people meet again five years after they had parted on not-so-good terms to find that they are now different people, people who may just find that this time there is love between them. This is a standalone novel, approximately 94,000 words. I love a story with people who are less than perfect. Please note this is an open-door romance. I hope you enjoy. Lizzy Castle.

A Bennett Family Short StoryA workaholic chemist. An obsessively organized public relations expert. An intense romance that neither expected.David Bennett cares about one thing: his work. So when marketing and public relations expert Juliet is brought in to turn the company's image around, he's willing to let her try. But when she takes over his lab and tries to turn him into the face of the family's business, he is anything but thrilled.Juliet Torrance jumped at the chance to leave her London home and come to sunny California at the request of an old business associate. She isn't looking for a relationship, but she can't seem to stop her attraction to her boss's cousin-in-law. There is more to David than his surly exterior. And when Juliet sees glimpses of it, she is willing to work at making him into the man of her dreams.But when their budding relationship is on the verge of falling apart, it's up to David to show Juliet he is everything she needs him to be.Note from author: "This is a short story, or novelette if you prefer, approximately 13,000 words. David's story came a few years after This Time Love. I never intended to go beyond the first book, but he just wouldn't leave me alone and became my first short story. This book can be read as a standalone but is considered book 2 of The Bennett Family series. Please note this is an open-door romance. I hope you enjoy." Lizzy Castle