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A Beautiful Boxed Set
The entire Beautiful Series Part One featuring Katrina and David + Elliot and Paige. Inside, you'll find the first two Beautiful Series books as well as The Beauty in Between - all in order! You can just read straight through.
Blurb from A Beautiful Struggle:
Katrina Mahoney lives in Sydney's western suburbs. She has a very full life attending university to study a law degree, training for triathlons and now she is working part time as well. She couldn't possibly find time for a relationship, especially after her last one ended so catastrophically.
Right now she is content focusing on work, study and training while hanging out with her best friend David Taylor, a womaniser with a heart of gold that would do anything for Katrina - except watch her get hurt again.
That is, until the dashing Elliot Roberts, a junior solicitor from her work, shows an interest in her despite their office's 'No Dating' policy. Katrina struggles with following her heart or following her mind and has trouble seeing where her heart truly lies.
Blurb from A Beautiful Struggle:
Katrina Mahoney lives in Sydney's western suburbs. She has a very full life attending university to study a law degree, training for triathlons and now she is working part time as well. She couldn't possibly find time for a relationship, especially after her last one ended so catastrophically.
Right now she is content focusing on work, study and training while hanging out with her best friend David Taylor, a womaniser with a heart of gold that would do anything for Katrina - except watch her get hurt again.
That is, until the dashing Elliot Roberts, a junior solicitor from her work, shows an interest in her despite their office's 'No Dating' policy. Katrina struggles with following her heart or following her mind and has trouble seeing where her heart truly lies.
926 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 4, 2013
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About the author
Lilliana Anderson
78 books1,175 followersBestselling Author of the Beautiful Series, Drawn and 47 Things, Lilliana has always loved to read and write, considering it the best form of escapism that the world has to offer.
Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters with all the quirks you’d expect from those born Down Under.
Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it's outback and tries to show characters in a city and suburban setting.
When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children.
Before Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at university.
Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.
Australian born and bred, she writes New Adult Romance revolving around her authentically Aussie characters with all the quirks you’d expect from those born Down Under.
Lilliana feels that the world should see Australia for more than just it's outback and tries to show characters in a city and suburban setting.
When she isn't writing, she wears the hat of 'wife and mother' to her husband and four children.
Before Lilliana turned to writing, she worked in a variety of industries and studied humanities and communications before transferring to commerce/law at university.
Originally from Sydney's Western suburbs, she currently lives a fairly quiet life in suburban Melbourne.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
July 20, 2016
Great set of Romance books and Novellas. The stories of Katrina, David, Elliot, Paige and Niomi show how lives can intertwine and people get together in the strangest of circumstances. Well worth a read and I couldn't put these books down.
May 8, 2021
Too Close: The Beauty in Between
The prequel novella is cute, going over the friendship David and Katrina had growing up through high school and into college. They kissed twice, and it seemed Trina wanted more, but David was down on himself, never wanting a romantic relationship because his father was a drunken gambler who treated his mom badly. It moves along quickly but was longer than I expected. It was okay, but the bad grammar really dragged it down for me.
1st person present tense from David.
A Beautiful Struggle
Blech. Well... love triangle of sorts, which I hate. Only one sex scene with the guy Trina chooses. Several sex scenes with Other Person. Yuck! Horrible grammar! Cliche mean girls. There isn’t a story beyond the relationship drama. I don’t think I would have really felt the connection between Trina and David without the prequel novella. 1 star. I can’t handle any more of the horrible grammar, so I’m not reading anymore of this box set. Box set as a whole is a DNF.
The prequel novella is cute, going over the friendship David and Katrina had growing up through high school and into college. They kissed twice, and it seemed Trina wanted more, but David was down on himself, never wanting a romantic relationship because his father was a drunken gambler who treated his mom badly. It moves along quickly but was longer than I expected. It was okay, but the bad grammar really dragged it down for me.
1st person present tense from David.
A Beautiful Struggle
Blech. Well... love triangle of sorts, which I hate. Only one sex scene with the guy Trina chooses. Several sex scenes with Other Person. Yuck! Horrible grammar! Cliche mean girls. There isn’t a story beyond the relationship drama. I don’t think I would have really felt the connection between Trina and David without the prequel novella. 1 star. I can’t handle any more of the horrible grammar, so I’m not reading anymore of this box set. Box set as a whole is a DNF.
May 17, 2014
Amazing
I recommend reading Beautiful Struggle before reading Too Close and then go in the order it shows after. Phoenix was by far my favorite. So deep, painful and sexual all in one. The next book was just as good, first time I cried while reading a book. The whole series is just amazing!!
I recommend reading Beautiful Struggle before reading Too Close and then go in the order it shows after. Phoenix was by far my favorite. So deep, painful and sexual all in one. The next book was just as good, first time I cried while reading a book. The whole series is just amazing!!
November 16, 2014
This series was awesome!!! I Love all of the books I have read so far by Lilliana Anderson. She has not disappointed me yet. If you want a great series to read this box set if a great buy. I am ready to read more in this series.
January 7, 2014
This box set was good. Two different stories, but intertwine a bit. I really enjoyed them but did find myself bored sometimes. I wanted to give it 3 stars, but it was better than that.
February 21, 2014
Lilliana Anderson is awesome. I can not get enough.
October 13, 2019
Loved this series
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