Her books have been featured in Entertainment Weekly and Publisher’s Weekly (Starred Review). Penelope is an Audie Award Winner and three-time Goodreads Choice Romance of the Year Nominee. Her 2016 smash hit RoomHate debuted at #2 on The New York Times Bestseller list.

In 2014, Penelope’s fourth book, Stepbrother Dearest, became the #1 bestselling independently published Kindle ebook of the year on and was credited with igniting an entirely new subgenre of romance. With over 2-million books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism. She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance. When she showed up several nights later to meet him, she was stunned to see me standing there-with an offer I hoped she wouldn’t refuse. (Ironic, considering the circumstances.)Įventually, she set up a date to meet Gentleman Nine at a hotel.

But she considered me off-limits-and she thought I was a manwhore.

She opened up to him, confessing, among other things, her physical attraction to her friend-me. Afraid to date and get her heart broken again, she was looking for sex with no strings.Įvery emotion imaginable ran through me: protectiveness, jealousy-curiosity.Īmber had chosen Gentleman Number Nine and sent him a message. She’d hesitantly contacted a male escort company. One night, I opened her computer to find the shock of my life. Still reeling from her breakup, she’d sworn off men. When my job sent me to Boston for a three-month contract position, Amber let me stay in her spare room. Through it all and across the miles, she and I casually stayed in touch. They were together for years-before he broke her heart. I went off to college, and he got the girl. I kept it inside because Rory and I made a pact that our friend, Amber, was off-limits. Growing up, the three of us were friends.ĭeep down, I only ever wanted her.

From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward, comes a new, sexy standalone novel.

Gentleman Nine by Penelope Ward