Date Shark

Life as the marketing director for a popular fashion boutique is overwhelming for Leila Sparrow, to say the least.She's not sure what ever possessed her to add revamping her dating life to her already hectic schedule. Calling in renowned Date Shark, Eli Walsh seemed like a good idea until she actually met with him…Date Shark was only meant to be a side-enterprise to his thriving couple's therapy practice, but Eli Walsh knows it's become more of an obsession.At least, it was until he agreed to take on Leila. Somehow she has stolen his entire focus. He wants to admit his fascination with her and growing romantic interest, but he knows coming on too strong will scare her away.His plan to convince her that she is worth any man's interest by first being her friend is challenged when his tips start to pay off and Leila begins dating Luke.Will his friendship with Leila mean the end to any romantic pursuit? DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. Every love story is unique, and that's no truer than in The Date Shark Series where a group of friends from medical school all struggle to find their way through life and relationships.Eli Walsh battles a traumatic past when he meets Leila Sparro and must chose between love and obsession.Guy Saint Laurent has never aspired to marriage and family, until he makes an unlikely friend who needs his help but is reluctant to accept it.Vance Sullivan's effort to help a troubled client gets side-railed when his own life completely falls apart and that same client is the only one who can get through to him amid his grief.Sabine Saint Laurent's life has always been rather perfect and fairly effortless, until a surprise changes not only her career path but her entire life plan.

Sabine Saint Laurent is known as the Princess of Paris. Polite, beautiful, charming, polished…perfect.Everything is always under control, and when it isn't, she handles it. It's been an eventful few years with friends getting married, having babies, getting kidnapped, and almost dying, but she's made it through each upheaval with poise. Just as she's looking forward to things calming down, her entire life is upended by a startling piece of news.Aside from her agent managing her day-to-day affairs, Sabine does not ask for help. Not even from her close knit group of friends and family. So when she finds herself struggling to cope with major changes in her life, she's determined to power through on her own. It should be easy enough. Everything is always easy for Sabine: modeling, men, money, languages, art, cooking. Finding out she's pregnant shouldn't be any different, right?Except it's not easy. Nothing about navigating pregnancy, custody, complications, and a man she despises trying to seduce her is simple. Michael Moniteau's intentions are questionable, but she desperately needs help and he's the only one who understands enough to give it. It could be the beginning of something wonderful, or it could break the heart she's kept carefully shielded for so long. DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. Every love story is unique, and that's no truer than in The Date Shark Series where a group of friends from medical school all struggle to find their way through life and relationships.Eli Walsh battles a traumatic past when he meets Leila Sparro and must chose between love and obsession.Guy Saint Laurent has never aspired to marriage and family, until he makes an unlikely friend who needs his help but is reluctant to accept it.Vance Sullivan's effort to help a troubled client gets side-railed when his own life completely falls apart and that same client is the only one who can get through to him amid his grief.Sabine Saint Laurent's life has always been rather perfect and fairly effortless, until a surprise changes not only her career path but her entire life plan.

Guy Saint Laurent is too busy cursing his sister for roping him into taking over Eli's Date Shark business to prepare himself for the slew of bizarre women he's about to get involved with. This is the last venture he intended to take on, but somehow he's just become Chicago's newest, most reluctant Date Shark.On top of dealing with bug-toting, mothering, obsessive women, Guy faces personal tragedy that changes his outlook on life, whether he wants it to or not. He's not sure what it is about Charlotte Brooks that draws him in, but getting her off his mind after a brief encounter proves impossible.As Charlotte tries to help Guy deal with his loss, he begins to get the impression she's hiding something from him. He knows he could simply walk away, continue as he always has, but he suspects whatever she's hiding, she won't be able to face it alone.Charlotte is the one woman who can capture his attention, but she may also be the one woman capable of breaking him. DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. Every love story is unique, and that's no truer than in The Date Shark Series where a group of friends from medical school all struggle to find their way through life and relationships.Eli Walsh battles a traumatic past when he meets Leila Sparro and must chose between love and obsession.Guy Saint Laurent has never aspired to marriage and family, until he makes an unlikely friend who needs his help but is reluctant to accept it.Vance Sullivan's effort to help a troubled client gets side-railed when his own life completely falls apart and that same client is the only one who can get through to him amid his grief.Sabine Saint Laurent's life has always been rather perfect and fairly effortless, until a surprise changes not only her career path but her entire life plan.

Vance Sullivan has always been the rock everyone turns to for help…His work with patients recovering from traumatic events makes him the perfect person to help his friend, Guy Saint Laurent, with one of his Date Shark appointments. When Vance meets hesitant, frightened Natalie Price, he suspects she's hiding the truth behind her fears, and he's drawn in by a need to help her.Haunted by a terrible event from her past, Natalie can't even endure being touched without suffering a crippling panic attack…She doesn't know why, but Natalie feels Vance might be the only one who can help her put the pieces of her life back together. Despite the tension their arrangement causes with his girlfriend, their bi-weekly sessions seem to be helping…as long as he keeps his promise not to push her to reveal more than she's ready to share.Suddenly the tables have turned…When Vance suffers his own unspeakable tragedy, asking for help is the last thing he wants to do. Drowning in grief and guilt, crushed by betrayal and lies, Vance needs a lifeline.Natalie has no idea why anyone thinks she can help him, given her own deep-rooted fears-but she knows she has to try. A twisted notion of justice makes the danger all too real, and Vance and Natalie realize it might take one broken soul to mend another… DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. Every love story is unique, and that's no truer than in The Date Shark Series where a group of friends from medical school all struggle to find their way through life and relationships.Eli Walsh battles a traumatic past when he meets Leila Sparro and must chose between love and obsession.Guy Saint Laurent has never aspired to marriage and family, until he makes an unlikely friend who needs his help but is reluctant to accept it.Vance Sullivan's effort to help a troubled client gets side-railed when his own life completely falls apart and that same client is the only one who can get through to him amid his grief.Sabine Saint Laurent's life has always been rather perfect and fairly effortless, until a surprise changes not only her career path but her entire life plan.

Simple and easy falls apart when secrets revealed require making promises and opening up to the possibilities of hurt and hope.Leo Bailey has so far escaped the curse of the date shark business. He fills in when needed, but has held onto his casual relationships and family emergency-free existence. hoverMarriage and family are a vague idea for the future, but he's not ready to give up the freedom of being single and answering only to himself.When Piper Moretti witnesses the demise of yet another of Leo's friends-with-benefits relationship, she doesn't think much of it. She has a long list of more pressing responsibilities and headaches to occupy her mind.Friends, and the strings that go with them, are at the bottom of her priority list.When a date shark client who tops the list of bizarre behavior Leo has seen, his half-joking request for rescue drags Piper into the chaos and into Leo's life.Neither one wants more than a simple, no-stress friendship. Secrets and surprises force them to admit neither one is nearly as in control of their futures as they think they are.Helping each other means getting involved, making promises, and opening themselves up to the hurt and hope they're both terrified to face. DelSheree Gladden was one of those shy, quiet kids who spent more time reading than talking. She didn't speak a single word for the first few months of preschool. Her fascination with reading led to many hours spent in the library and bookstores, and eventually to writing. She wrote her first novel when she was sixteen years old, but spent ten years rewriting before it was published.Native to New Mexico, DelSheree and her family spent several years in Colorado before returning to northern New Mexico. When not writing novels, you can find DelSheree reading, hiking, sewing, playing with her dogs, and working with other authors.DelSheree has several bestselling young adult series and has hit the USA Today Bestseller list twice as part of box sets. DelSheree also has contemporary romance, cozy mystery, and paranormal new adult series. Her writing is as varied as her reading interests. Every love story is unique, and that's no truer than in The Date Shark Series where a group of friends from medical school all struggle to find their way through life and relationships.Eli Walsh battles a traumatic past when he meets Leila Sparro and must chose between love and obsession.Guy Saint Laurent has never aspired to marriage and family, until he makes an unlikely friend who needs his help but is reluctant to accept it.Vance Sullivan's effort to help a troubled client gets side-railed when his own life completely falls apart and that same client is the only one who can get through to him amid his grief.Sabine Saint Laurent's life has always been rather perfect and fairly effortless, until a surprise changes not only her career path but her entire life plan.