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Take Two
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Expected 9 Mar 26Two men with broken pasts. One chance to rebuild a future.
When rising film star River Lawson suffers a devastating on-set accident, his world grinds to a halt. Currently unable to communicate and drowning in frustration, he goes home to recover—pushing away everyone who tries to help. With the role of a lifetime about to slip through his fingers, River is terrified he may never reclaim the future he fought so hard for.
Newt just wants a fair shot at a normal job, but his criminal record shuts every door before he can even step through it. Until the day he intercepts a thief and saves a stranger’s phone—only to be offered a surprising a well-paid, live-in position assisting someone who demands absolute secrecy. Just sign the NDA.
River and Newt aren’t prepared for the collision of stubbornness and vulnerability, or the unexpected connection that follows. As River battles his way back to his voice, Newt may become the one person who can hear what he can’t say—and the one he can’t afford to lose.
Warnings
Terrible behaviour by family members, use of a homophobic slur, violent behaviour by minor character, brief mention of suicidal thoughts, traumatic brain injury, death of a sibling.
When rising film star River Lawson suffers a devastating on-set accident, his world grinds to a halt. Currently unable to communicate and drowning in frustration, he goes home to recover—pushing away everyone who tries to help. With the role of a lifetime about to slip through his fingers, River is terrified he may never reclaim the future he fought so hard for.
Newt just wants a fair shot at a normal job, but his criminal record shuts every door before he can even step through it. Until the day he intercepts a thief and saves a stranger’s phone—only to be offered a surprising a well-paid, live-in position assisting someone who demands absolute secrecy. Just sign the NDA.
River and Newt aren’t prepared for the collision of stubbornness and vulnerability, or the unexpected connection that follows. As River battles his way back to his voice, Newt may become the one person who can hear what he can’t say—and the one he can’t afford to lose.
Warnings
Terrible behaviour by family members, use of a homophobic slur, violent behaviour by minor character, brief mention of suicidal thoughts, traumatic brain injury, death of a sibling.
231 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication March 9, 2026
4 people want to read
About the author
Barbara Elsborg
101 books1,677 followersBarbara Elsborg lives in Kent in the south of England. She always wanted to be a spy, but having confessed to everyone without them even resorting to torture, she decided it was not for her. Volcanology scorched her feet. A morbid fear of sharks put paid to marine biology. So instead, she spent several years successfully selling cyanide.
After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop.
Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.
After dragging up two rotten, ungrateful children and frustrating her sexy, devoted, wonderful husband (who can now stop twisting her arm) she finally has time to conduct an affair with an electrifying plugged-in male, her laptop.
Her books feature quirky heroines and bad boys, and she hopes they are as much fun to read as they are to write.
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