The Love Behind the Lens Series

Love Behind the Lens – St. Augustine & Grand Junction (Book 1 of 3)

Will their passion survive betrayal, or will love become their most dangerous adventure yet?

Sophia has spent her thirties chasing adventure and documenting it for the world as a fearless travel vlogger, never expecting her biggest adventure to be love.  A chance meeting in a St. Augustine, Florida bar with Chris, a Navy Blue Angels videographer, sparks an instant connection and a whirlwind romance.   

She makes the bold move of inviting Chris over for a home-cooked meal. As a proud Italian, she’s excited to flex the skills her Nonna taught her in the kitchen all the while secretly testing Chris’s adventurous side by cooking fritto misto, a dish that often involves squid. But when he proves that he’s down for anything, Sophia likes him even more, and they continue to fall for each other.

Now it’s Chris’s turn to take a leap of faith as he asks Sophia to continue traveling with him. She agrees, and their next destination is Grand Junction, Colorado.

But just as their romance blazes brightest, betrayal strikes. Intimate photos of Sophia leak online, and all signs point to Chris, the man she trusted. Yet Chris claims he’s innocent.  Will he be able to uncover the truth and win Sophia back? 

Packed with action, emotional twists, enemies-to-lovers sparks, and breathless suspense, this is a love story that proves some risks are worth taking, even when the heart is on the line.

Authors Note: Love Behind the Lens Series – Book 2 Description coming soon. Starring characters you’ve met in Book 1.

Sophia

I certainly wasn’t expecting to meet him when I walked into that bar. I thought I was just in another coastal city to create a new video for my YouTube channel and hoping to pass the time with a drink. But there he was. All six feet of the most beautiful man I’d ever seen.

It also didn’t hurt that he is a photographer and videographer who also travels around the country for a living. The similarities in our professions helped us hit it off right away. And our relationship just continued from there. I fell hard, and I fell fast. I even agreed to go to Colorado with him.

But then disaster struck. Personal and intimate pictures of me that I’d allowed Chris to take were leaked on the internet.

He insisted up and down that he was not responsible, but I wasn’t sure if I could believe him. I mean, who else would have access to them? To my surprise, I soon learned that his camera with the images on it was stolen out of our hotel room.

The quest to find out who betrayed me ensued while he and I only continued to deepen our connection and love for each other.

Chris

I was in St. Augustine, Florida, and stopping by a bar to grab a beer when I saw a gorgeous woman with olive skin and light-brown hair sitting down. I just knew that I had to go up and talk to her. When I did, she told me her name was Sophia, and I found out that she also films things for a living. So, we had an instant connection.

Then, she offered to cook for me, and I was sold.

After our second date, she told me that she wanted to let me bring one of my hobbies, which is capturing boudoir photos, into the bedroom, and we have an impromptu photoshoot.

I was so taken with this girl that I even asked her to come to my next filming location, Grand Junction, Colorado.

But that didn’t change the fact that suddenly, without either her or my knowledge, the pictures I snapped of her were all over the internet. I have never betrayed a client’s privacy by posting any of the pictures I take of them without their explicit consent, and I certainly didn’t plan to change that policy when it came to her.

Understandably, it took her some time to believe in my innocence, but when we found out what happened with my camera, Sophia was able to open her heart to me again and our romance continued, but could it last?