Runaway Pride

Charlotte “Charlie” Ha’s silver spoon upbringing has its highs and lows. She has everything available to her, even a wedding and marriage all planned out, until she realizes none of those are actually what she wants for herself. Running sounds like the right choice, so she books it to the closest getaway she can find - and ends up in the car of Richard Min, her best friend Alex’s older brother. He begrudgingly takes her away before she makes the biggest mistake of her life, but their time doesn’t end when he gets her back home.

Richard “Rick” Min’s humble upbringing has its highs and lows. He takes care of everything, including his brother. After being introduced to Charlie, his brother’s best friend, years ago, he wrote her off as another flighty rich girl. When she suddenly shows up, begging him to help her ditch her wedding, he has no choice given the circumstances.

Charlie never understood why Rick had been so cold to her all this time. But as he unwittingly helps her during her transition to starting a fresh path, they find themselves drawn to each other at every step. Rick wants to fight those feelings, but Charlie only believes in going after what the heart wants. She knows what she wants, and it’s his job to figure it out for himself.

Without denying their attraction, Rick has to reconcile his views on relationships, given his past traumas, and decide if it is worth losing what might be the best thing to have ever happened to him.

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Runaway Pride is a contemporary romantic comedy with mature content intended for readers 18 years and older.