Ready or Not

The Ready Series

Book 4
J.L. Berg
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From the moment he moved in...It was hate at first sight. 
As a plant-loving homeowner, I take particular pride in my gardens. So, when I came home to find several of my flower beds trampled by my new next door neighbor, sparks flew.
And not in the sexy sort of way.
Jackson Reid was everything I hate in a man. He’s rude and overbearing — and did I mention he’s a lawyer? 
He’s also a single dad and soon I began to see, behind all that arrogance, he’s also incredibly patient and caring. In fact, many of the things I hated about him melt away and I’m left, not just liking him.
I think I might be falling for him too. 
But, like most adult relationships, we both came with a past and Jackson’s baggage may destroy more than our budding love affair if we’re not careful. 
Being neighborly just got a whole lot more complicated... 
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Within These Walls
Book 1
From USA Today Bestselling author J.L. Berg, comes a breathtaking story that shows us how love truly can conquer all…even the most damaged of hearts.  

Within these walls, he became my solace, my sanctuary and my strength. 

I am not strong. I am just a survivor of circumstance.

Isn’t that what we all do? Survive?

Each of us has our own set of circumstances to muddle through. Mine are just more…complicated. 

Born with a severe heart defect, I’ve seen the inside of a hospital room more than my own bedroom. 

I was drowning, a prisoner to the illness that owned me, until he appeared. He thinks he’s blocked out the world with his tattoos and hard exterior, but I see the real Jude, the one he so desperately wants to forget.

But is he the answer to my prayers or will he break my already damaged heart forever?

My name is Lailah Buchanan, and this is our story of hope, redemption and sacrificing it all for the one you love.

Behind Closed Doors
Book 3
My name is Roman Cavenaugh and I’m kind of an asshole.

Running a company isn’t easy, especially when everyone expects you to fail, so being a jerk? It comes with the territory.

I don’t have time to mess around, and I sure as hell didn’t see her coming.

Cara Hamilton—she was supposed to be off limits…a temporary employee brought in during my assistant’s maternity leave.

But, in the blink of an eye, she became so much more.

An obsession I couldn’t shake.

So yeah, I may be an asshole, but now, I finally had a purpose, and soon, she would be mine.

All’s fair in love and war…

***Behind Closed Doors is a spin-off of the Walls Duet and can be read as a standalone.*** 

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J.L. Berg
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Dec 2, 2014
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270
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9780990346050
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English
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Fiction / Contemporary Women
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Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Fiction / Romance / General
Fiction / Romance / Multicultural & Interracial
Fiction / Small Town & Rural
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Before my husband Ethan died, he wrote me a letter.For three years, it’s sat unopened in my bedside table... waiting. 
As a widow and a single mother, I’d made peace with a quiet life. After all, I lost the love of my life. No one could ever replace him.  But then, I met Dr. Logan Matthews and everything changed. 
He appeared like a white knight, caring for my injured daughter as he slowly mended the pieces of my broken heart. 
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One night with him.That’s all it took.
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Is it any wonder I’d all but sworn them off?
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A lifetime ago, he was my world.But then I ran, and swore I’d never return.Never is a long time. 
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In a split second decision, however, I let that perfectly paved future of ours slip away, and I said goodbye with nothing more than a hastily written note, stained with my tears. 
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Before my husband Ethan died, he wrote me a letter.For three years, it’s sat unopened in my bedside table... waiting. 
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Happily ever after.

That was what we were supposed to have.

Pudding cups, sandy toes and a lifetime of making each and every one of our dreams come true—that is the future I’d promised her.

I could see it in my dreams, hold it in my hands, but then I watched as all of our hopes and wishes suddenly slipped through my fingers like sand.

I thought the worst was behind us, but what if we’d just delayed the inevitable? 

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My life was adrift...

Until I found her.


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“You are my family, my future and my forever.” 
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Within These Walls
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From USA Today Bestselling author J.L. Berg, comes a breathtaking story that shows us how love truly can conquer all…even the most damaged of hearts.  

Within these walls, he became my solace, my sanctuary and my strength. 

I am not strong. I am just a survivor of circumstance.

Isn’t that what we all do? Survive?

Each of us has our own set of circumstances to muddle through. Mine are just more…complicated. 

Born with a severe heart defect, I’ve seen the inside of a hospital room more than my own bedroom. 

I was drowning, a prisoner to the illness that owned me, until he appeared. He thinks he’s blocked out the world with his tattoos and hard exterior, but I see the real Jude, the one he so desperately wants to forget.

But is he the answer to my prayers or will he break my already damaged heart forever?

My name is Lailah Buchanan, and this is our story of hope, redemption and sacrificing it all for the one you love.

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