Camilla Isley's Blog - Posts Tagged "enemies-to-lovers"

Hello, most amazing readers!

Where did time go? I can't believe we're in the new year, and that Christmas is already behind us. Anyway, I refuse to take the decorations down yet. How long do you think I can get away with it? When do you pack everything up?

My holidays madness aside, how did you celebrate New Year's Eve? For me it was a cozy dinner at a friends' house. They're pregnant and we have a 1 year old, so for us it was okay to keep it low key this year. Plus, while I love Christmas, I'm not a fan of New Year's—everything doubles in price and for no good reason.

Regardless of how you celebrated, if you're looking to tackle the new year's reading challenge right away, I wanted to share with you a list of my favorite reads from 2019. Some of my all-time favorite novels were recommended to me by a friend or relative, and I hope to do the same for you.

Favorite Reads of 2019

An adorable enemies to lovers romcom with an irresistible furry sidekick. Set in quaint Cambridge.
What a pawsome, delightful novel. A new author for me that I'll keep an eye out for. Read my full review here...

Becky Brandon (neé Bloomwood) really comes back with a bang in this novel. If you loved the original Shopaholic give this one a try, even if you didn't care much for the latest books in the series. Read my full review here...

A rare enemies to lovers romance! What I loved the most was the total un-bastardy quality of the leading man, Oliver. Instead of being gruff or rudish, he was a real gentleman: kind, hot, sexy, witty, smart... He’s the kind of man that makes your reader skin burn and without a single sexy scene, it was all in the gestures, gazes, smart comebacks. Really, I’m swooning so much!
Read my full review here...

An hilarious enemies to lovers and fake relationship all wrapped in Christina Lauren's smashing humor.
Odessa and Elijah (inside joke) are such fun, adorable characters. Their banter is off the charts and their exploits so witty I sometimes found myself guffawing uncontrollably (Bathroom of Doom!! Still chuckling here.) Read my full review here...

These were my top 4 for 2019. Do you have any recommendations for me? I'd love to hear them...

As for 2020, I'm super excited about my new novel From Thailand with Love... This has been a super exciting book to write. It has adventure, banter, action, romance... I really think it's my best work so far. But I'll let you be the judge of that when the book will finally come out next month.

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All my love,
Camilla

From Thailand with Love hits the shelves today!
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A NEW STAND-ALONE ROMANCE PACKED WITH ADVENTURE.


All Logan has to do is to get the gold and get the girl. Easy, right?


Travel photographer Winter Knowles and archeology professor Logan Spencer dislike each other at first sight. Stuck together into the wild, these two unwilling teammates will bicker and banter their way through a laugh-packed treasure hunt.

After years of searching, a new mapping technology has given Logan a clue to the location of the legendary Lost City of Gold. A discovery that could make his career. So the last thing he needs on this life-changing expedition is for his team to get distracted by a pair of long legs.

When Winter accepted the assignment on a tropical island she didn’t sign up for a brooding team leader who’d clearly prefer to run a boys-only club. Never one to back down from a challenge, Winter is ready to show him she’s no damsel in distress.

But when a treasure like no other is uncovered and ruthless enemies will want to keep it for themselves, it’ll be up to the two of them to save the day. Left alone to fight in the jungle, they will soon discover their lives might not be the only thing at stake—their hearts could be too.

Get ready for the adventure of a lifetime.

An enemies to lovers romance packed with danger, action, and comedy.

From Thailand with Love is part of a series of interconnected romantic comedies but can be read as a standalone novel as all the other books in the First Comes Love series.

Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Lindsey Kelk, and Lauren Layne.

First law of magnetism: opposite poles attract.

Single mom Vivian has been burned by love once before, and her job as a divorce lawyer has presented enough evidence to convince her there are no good men left in New York City.

The worst offender is her new neighbor: Dr. Lucas Keller, a couple’s therapist whose piercing blue eyes and flawless dark hair are just as annoying as his bad temper.

But when Luke starts poaching Vivian’s clients by saving their marriages, she makes it her mission to force him out of the building to save her practice. But it’s Luke who gives her the perfect opportunity when he proposes an unexpected bet.

With their offices at stake, Vivian and Luke play the field of love in a fierce battle of wits that quickly turns hot and personal, especially when Vivian’s daughter gets involved. Now, taking down Luke has become more than business for Vivian. It’s become a pleasure—and soon, Vivian and Luke will realize how pointless it is to fight the laws of attraction.

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Happy reading,
Camilla

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Would you share a bed with your enemy to save Christmas?

Down with a bad case of writer’s block, Riven has escaped to a mountain cabin for a prolonged writing retreat. The last thing he needs this Christmas is for his family to invade his sanctuary away from LA. What he needs even less is for a family of strangers as large and boisterous as his own to also be stuck in the same house after a double-booking disaster.

Especially when he ends up having to share a bunk bed with Wendy—a gorgeous, feisty New Yorker who quickly learns how to get under his skin.

Sharing a room with her is sweet torture and Riven isn’t even sure what he dreads more: that every passing day brings them closer to saying goodbye or that they have yet another night to spend together…

Hello and happy romance month!
My new novel Home for Christmas just hit a bookshelf near you:

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This book has it all, including:

An incredibly grumpy, sexy hero from California with writer's block and a bruised heart (swoon)

A Christmas-loving, coffee-spicing New Yorker determined to enjoy the holidays as our heroine

The best friends in the world

Two boisterous, large families

A cabin in the woods

A double booking

Only one bed!

And more pranks that you could ever imagine...

MY SHELF NEEDS THIS!

To celebrate this new release I'm also hosting an amazing giveaway. Prizes include: 25$ gift card to your favorite bookstore, a travel coffee mug, vanilla scented coffee, and a variety 6 pack of deep hair conditioner. If you already read the book, you know why coffee and hair products fit well in the giveaway ;) but hurry, the giveaway will end in just 7 days!

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I have a paperback giveaway running for Sweet Love and Country Roads in the US and Canada

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To the Stars and Back is still FREE at all retailers for a limited time

When Hollywood’s sexiest bachelor meets the girl next door their relationship doesn’t follow the script…

Megastar Christian is used to women who only want him for his fame — but when he meets geeky Lana, a rocket scientist who has no idea who he is, how long can he conceal his life in the spotlight? Will their worlds prove too far apart or could love really be like in the movies?

What I love most about this book: The meet-cute and the fact that Lana is an engineer and super smart!

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"I needed a fake boyfriend to impress my family. Now, I need him to convince them he's a punk so I can 'break up' with him. But nothing is going according to plan... and now I'm not so sure I want to call it quits."

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From Sweet Love and Country Roads:

I navigate through the airport security checks like a malfunctioning human droid, and just before boarding, I indulge in the last decent cup of double-shot vanilla latte.

As I sit on the plane, I pull my sleeping mask over my eyes, ready to snatch a couple of hours’ extra sleep during the journey.

Once we land, I rinse and repeat, pulling my sleeping mask on the moment my assistant and I step into the black truck a member of the film crew drove to Louisville to pick us up.

I’m jostled awake a while later when the pickup comes to an abrupt stop. The arrest is so sudden, only a fastened seatbelt prevents me from bumping my head into the front seat.

I yank off the sleeping mask. “What’s going on?”

Jerry Mallon, the driver and our on-set carpenter and handyman, turns back toward me. “A cow is blocking the street.”

“A cow?”

I exit the truck to check the situation. We’re on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by fields. No, not even fields—more like pastures. An endless expanse of grass on both sides. And in front of us, blocking the way, a gigantic brown cow with white patches is grazing the grass growing at the side of the road.

I get closer, and Jerry and Celia join me. “Can’t we just side-step it? The ground seems pretty flat at the road’s edges and we have a pickup.”

Jerry inches his chin in that direction. “There are ditches on both sides, hardly noticeable in the tall grass, but I’m not sure how deep they go and I wouldn’t want to risk getting tipped over or stuck.”

I shield my eyes with my hand against the midday sun and squint at the winding road ahead. Nothing beyond the cow.

“Can we take a different route?”

Jerry removes his baseball cap and scratches the back of his head. “The thing is, the GPS gets iffy in these parts, and I’m not exactly sure where your farm is.”

“My farm? What do you mean, my farm?”

“Sagebrush Ranch, isn’t that where we’re going?”

“No. We’re going to a hotel in town.” I turn to my assistant. “Aren’t we?”

Celia wrings her fingers and looks at me apologetically. “That was the plan, but the two inns in town had most weekends booked and couldn’t accommodate us for such a long stay. I had to find a more creative solution. A ‘bed and breakfast’ sort of thing.” Celia puts her hands forward. “Which is much better because we’ll have access to a fully equipped kitchen. We couldn’t have survived three months on take-out.”

I’m about to reply that I’ve survived most of my life on take-outs, but then I remember this is Indiana and not New York. I’m not sure how many healthy delivery options they have in Emerald Creek.

Oh my gosh, what am I going to eat? Then, once again, I remember we have to accommodate a full cast of Hollywood-spoiled actors and their dietary quirks. Hence, we have an on-site chef and a community barn for meals and meetings at the ranch we’re renting as the primary set.

“Don’t be silly,” I tell Celia, irritated. “We’re going to eat with the rest of the crew.”

“Oh, right. Sorry, I’ve never been on location. Anyway, the bed and breakfast was the only spot with rooms for the entire summer.”

I wonder why. Oh my gosh, she probably booked us into a hovel.

“And what about the on-site cabins?” I snap.

“All occupied.”

My head is already hurting. And not just for the lack of sleep or the excessive alcohol intake of last night.

It must be all the fresh air.

I need to sleep and, hovel or not, I don’t care as long as they have a bed for me.

But before we can get there, we need to overcome our little cattle problem.

I stare at the other two and they stare back at me, expectantly. “So our only hope is to make that cow move?”

They nod sheepishly.

“Let’s make it move, then. How hard can it be?”

Again, they both just stare at me.

“Oh, for goodness’ sake.”

I approach the cow and size up the animal. My opponent continues grazing, unperturbed. I give her a gentle pat on the hindquarters. Nothing happens. I slap her harder, saying, “Move.”

The wretched animal lifts her head, still munching, and observes me, unimpressed. Once she’s finished chewing, she moos at me.

“What does that mean? I don’t speak cow. Can you please move out of the way?”

I try to push her forward, at which point she raises her tail and… I jump backward just before a pile of brown mush hits the ground, specks of the semi-solid substance landing dangerously close to my precious calf-hair stilettos. Then the smell hits my nostrils, making me want to gag.

Before I even have time to put a hand over my mouth, an uproarious laugh to my left makes me turn.

A man is sitting on horseback near the road. I take in his cowboy boots and hat, the faded jeans smudged with dirt and dust, and the checkered shirt.

Dude, you couldn’t be more of a stereotype if you tried.

Under the shadow of that giant, ridiculous hat, and with the sun coming in from behind him, I can’t properly see his face, but the smile is arrogant enough to irk me even more.

“Is this yours?” I ask, pointing at the cow.

The man tips his hat at me. “Sure is, miss.”

“Would you mind moving her so we can be on our way?”

The cowboy whistles in response. “Come on, Betsy, yeeha, yeehaw, yeeee-haw, time to go.”

The cow flattens one ear but otherwise ignores her owner.

I cross my arms at this poor display of cowboy showmanship.

In response, the man bends sideways over his saddle and grabs a rope that he swings over his head once, twice, and then throws it around the cow’s neck.

Show-off.

Cow secured, he whistles sharply at her to move. Nudged by the rope around her neck, Betsy has no choice but to follow. She abandons her grass, hops across the ditch in a surprisingly graceful jump for such a large animal, and goes to stand next to the horse.

“Road’s all clear,” the cowboy says. “Where are you folks headed, anyway?”

“Sagebrush Ranch,” Jerry replies. “Is it far?”

“Not at all.” The cowboy points at a bend in the road. “Once you pass that turn, it’s another two miles before the gate comes into view.”

“Thanks,” Jerry says.

“No problem.” The cowboy tips his hat again. “Have a nice day.”

He frees Betsy from the lasso, then turns his horse around and, emitting clicking sounds, he digs his heels into the stirrups and leaves at a trot.

I watch him go, then stare back at the pile of dung in the middle of the road that pretty much summarizes my impression of Indiana so far.

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Sweet Love and Country Roads is live on all retailers!

This book has got it all, including:

♥ A sexy, infuriatingly irresistible hero who looks as good in a suit as he does in cowboy boots
♥ A feisty city girl who's about to have her entire world tipped upside down
♥ The backdrop of an adorable, quaint small town
♥ The cutest pets ever—I'm not kidding!
♥ Sweet'N Hot Kisses
♥And an enemies to lovers chemistry like no other

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As a writer, I'm always surrounded by a halo of self-doubt whenever I release a new story into the wild. Will this book be as good as my last—or any good at all?

Well, with Sweet Love and Country Roads those fears were promptly disbanded. I was stunned and ecstatic to read from early reviews many readers think this is my best work to date. Thank you! Here are a few snippets:

Sweet Love and Country Roads is my favorite Camilla Isley novel so far, hands down! A five-star experience! Sarah Steven – Chick Lit Central

This new book was just perfection in every possible way! I honestly think this is Camilla Isley’s best work (till now) and there was never a doubt in my mind that this story was worthy of my rare and precious five star – rating. Tiziana - Tizi’s Book Reviews

With Samantha’s endless supply of inappropriate (for the rural town) clothing and shoes, there were so many moments that had me laughing. Proud Book Reviews

What I love most about this book: The cute animals and the insane chemistry between Sam and Travis, a man who in equal parts infuriates her, yet sets her soul on fire.

An Enemies to Lover Romantic Comedy packed with adventure... 

She didn’t go to the jungle to meet the man of her dreams. Luckily, Dr Logan Spencer is NOT the man of her dreams!

As epic meet-cutes go, travel photographer, Winter Knowles thinks finding a gorgeous naked man outside her Thailand villa is pretty perfect. But then she discovers the naked heartthrob is none other than Dr Logan Spencer, her gruff standoffish (but sexy as hell) jungle expedition leader.

Dr Logan is on the mission of a lifetime. There’s a lost city of gold to discover and he doesn’t need any distractions - especially not the stubborn, sassy beautiful photographer type! His reputation is on the line.

These arch rivals get off on the wrong foot. But when the heat rises in the jungle, Winter and Logan are forced together in the face of danger. Is trusting someone with your life the best meet-cute of all?

A sassy, enemies-to-lovers rom-com perfect for fans of Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

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