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Part of the Bargain
Linda Lael Miller - 1994
Part of the Bargain by Linda Lael Miller released on May 31, 2005 is available now for purchase.
Forsaking All Others
Emilie Loring - 1971
When actress Jennifer learns of her sister's death, she takes responsibility for raising her 2 year old nephew, whose father, Richard is missing in action in Vietnam. Because Richard's nefarious brother is also trying to get custody of the boy - and his fortune - Jenny enters into a marriage of convenience with handsome doctor, Bradley Maxwell, and moving to the Desert Winds.A hasty ceremony, a quick kiss and Jennifer and Bradley were united for life. Jenny didn't expect to live happily ever after with her new husband. After all, they didn't love each other. Jenny herself almost regretted the marriage, they have many challenges trying to make their marriage work. But it wasn't long before her flair for the dramatic started changing Desert Winds and the lives of everyone in it. Including her own!
Love, Love Me Do
Mark Haysom - 2014
The year the Beatles first top the charts. The year Martin Luther King has a dream. The year Truman Bird moves his family from their home in Brighton to a dilapidated caravan in the Ashdown Forest - then disappears. Truman's a charmer, a chancer. He is, inevitably, a liar. He's always got away with it, too. But now he's gone a dangerous step too far and only has one day to put things right - before he loses everything. For Truman's wife, Christie, life has not turned out the way she'd imagined. How has she, that young girl of not that many years ago, ended up like this? In a caravan. With three children. And an absent husband. In this most unique, wise and addictive of British debuts, we discover that life has a habit of getting in the way of dreams - but that people find their own extraordinary ways of bouncing back.
Real Men Don't Break Hearts
Coleen Kwan - 2012
Add to it that her ex-fiancé Seth is showing up in her hometown of Burronga, Australia, to marry his beautiful new bride…for real this time. But the kicker? Everybody’s treating Ally as though she’s still heartbroken. She’s just fine, thank you very much, but could The Jilter have the decency not to hire her sister as his florist?Nate Hardy is tired of his high-flying city career and bachelor lifestyle and is looking for something more real. The last thing he needs is to find himself undeniably attracted to Ally, the woman with whom he never saw eye-to-eye. But is he even capable of what Ally wants and deserves?As Ally tries to pull her life out of the rut it’s fallen in, she doesn't count on Nate stirring up her emotions. A short-term fling with the resident bad boy is practically irresistible, but only if she can guard her heart…
Long, Tall Texans: Emmett, Regan Burke
Diana Palmer - 1999
Three powerful and handsome Texas men meet their romantic match with three irresistible women in a trio of novels from the best-selling Long, Tall Texans series
Pretend To Be Mine
P.G. Van - 2018
He needs to move fast to make sure everyone around him believes he is getting married for real and to the right woman, even if it’s for only two years. Anjali never expected a complete stranger to propose a marriage contract as if he were offering her a job with a salary and benefits package, especially the first time they meet. What he offers is tempting enough for her to give in, so she can fulfill her dream and keep the promise she made to a loved one. For their friends and family, Dheeraj and Anjali are a loving couple who fell in love at first sight, but they both have an agenda. Their reasons for the marriage contract were different, but what they never expected is what happens when two people start living under the same roof pretending to be a couple. Sparks fly and butterflies flutter between stolen kisses, but when they start to find out more about each other’s reason for the fake marriage, will they still honor the contract? Will love make its way into the contract as a clause? Note: This is a stand-alone romance with a passionate couple who finds their HEA. This book is recommended for mature readers.
For the Love of God
Janet Dailey - 1981
As he drove away, she forgot the broken heart that had brought her home to Arkansas. She only remembered the rugged face of her rescuer, who she soon discovered was Seth Talbot, the town's new minister.
London Celebrities Collection
Lucy Parker - 2019
Parker… Wit, snark and a good comeuppance are a delight for fans of romantic comedies.” —Harlequin JunkieThe first three full-length novels in Lucy Parker’s delightfully charming London Celebrities series, available together for the first time.ACT LIKE IT
This just in: romance takes center stage as West End theatre’s Richard Troy steps out with none other than castmate Elaine Graham
Have the tides turned? Has English rose Lainie Graham made London’s bad boy a new man?Sources say the mismatched pair has been spotted at multiple events, arm in arm and hip to hip. From fits of jealousy to longing looks and heated whispers, onlookers are stunned by this blooming romance.Could the rumors be right? Could this unlikely romance be the real thing? Or are these gifted stage actors playing us all?PRETTY FACEIt’s not actress Lily Lamprey’s fault that she’s all curves and has the kind of voice that can fog up a camera lens. She wants to prove where her real talents lie—and that’s not on a casting couch, thank you. Luc Savage has respect, integrity and experience. He also has it bad for Lily. He’d be willing to dismiss it as a midlife crisis, but this exasperating, irresistible woman is actually a very talented actress. Unfortunately, their romance is not only raising questions about Lily’s suddenly rising career, it’s threatening Luc’s professional reputation. The course of true love never did run smooth. But if they’re not careful, it could bring down the curtain on both their careers… MAKING UPOnce upon a time, circus artist Trix Lane was the best around. Her spark vanished with her confidence, though, and reclaiming either has proved…difficult. So when she’s unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight, the joy over her sudden elevation in status is cut short by a new hire on the makeup team.Leo Magasiva: disgraced wizard of special effects. He of the beautiful voice and impressive beard. Complete dickhead and—in an unexpected twist—an enragingly good kisser. When it comes to commitment, Trix has been there, done that, never wants to do it again. And Leo’s this close to the job of a lifetime, which would take him away from London—and from Trix. Their past is a constant barrier between them.It seems hopeless.Utterly impossible. And yet…
Taming the Texas Cowboy
Charlene Sands - 2013
A veterinarian, Maddie was smart, sexy, and good with animals… Impossible to resist, yet Trey is convinced he is cursed when it comes to women. The temporary arrangement Maddie made with Trey was supposed to be strictly business. Easy since Maddie had tried and failed to catch the handsome cowboy’s eye for a year. She thought she was so over him...until he kissed her. Forever Texan series Book 1: Taming the Texas Cowboy Book 2: Loving the Texas Lawman Book 3: Redeeming the Texas Rancher
In a Class By Itself
Sandra Brown - 1984
In A Class By Itself Dani Quinn knew Logan Webster would be at her high school reunion. Yet she had come in order to prove to herself that she was not afraid to see him again. Her departure years before from both Logan and the small Texas town where they were sweethearts had been abrupt, painful, and not of her choosing. Worst of all, she'd never had the chance to tell Logan the truth of why she had to leave. Now she would not only have a chance to explain, but to ask him for a favor. Handsome, charming, and dangerously charismatic, Logan exudes all the power and confidence of a self-made success. He listens as Dani describes her work for a charitable foundation and expresses her hope that he will donate one of his properties for a much-needed summer camp. Logan agrees, but with one shocking proviso: that Dani fulfill the intimate promise she made to him years ago. It is meant to be a coldhearted business transaction...but this time when Dani is once again compelled to leave without an explanation, nothing can keep Logan from following. *Rendezvous"From the Trade Paperback edition."
The Four Seasons Box Set: The Four Seasons Books 1-4
Serenity Woods - 2017
Rowan escapes into the mountains with her gorgeous best friend, Hitch, only to discover there's only one cabin and one bed... Rhett fell in love with Neve a long time ago and was foolish enough to lose her. He's not going to make the same mistake again... When Bridget is jilted at the altar, Aaron is there to save the day. He's too much of a gentleman to make a move on her, but when he suggests she visit him up in the Bay of Islands, she decides a holiday fling might be just what she needs... The Four Seasons Box Set of contemporary romances will take you on a magical tour of New Zealand, from the snow-capped mountains of the South Island to the sub-tropical Northland.
Midnight Sons Volume 1: Brides for Brothers and The Marriage Risk
Debbie Macomber - 1995
He considers himself immune to the charms of any woman--until Abbey Sutherland shows up in Hard Luck, anxious to start over, and with two adorable kids in two!The Marriage Risk: Charles O'Halloran falls hard for Lanni Caldwell. Though he's not the marrying kind, she might just convince him to risk taking the leap. Then he discovers she's the granddaughter of the woman who destroyed his parents' marriage.
The Missing Piece
Catherine Miller - 2020
Keisha Grant learnt that the hard way.Fifteen years ago, when she was a teenager being raised by her single dad, something happened on an ordinary Wednesday. Something that imploded her world, shattering her life as she knew it. It changed her forever – the girl she used to be is nothing but a faded memory.Ever since then, Keisha’s been in survival mode. She won’t let herself cry, won’t let herself think – what happened is hidden in a little box in the far corner of her mind. Just one look into her emerald-green eyes and you can see the shadow that haunts her.The scar she covers with a tattoo is an important reminder: your heart can’t break if you don’t let it feel in the first place. It’s an insurance policy she lives by. She won’t let anyone close enough to do real damage, and when happiness taps her on the shoulder, she turns the other way.But the problem is that Keisha isn’t living – she’s simply existing. What will it take to convince her that someone out there could be her missing piece? And can she ever face up to her past, so that she can have a future?For anyone who has ever felt the pang of heartbreak and feared you might never heal, this beautiful tale teaches us how to dust ourselves off and seek happiness again. Fans of Jojo Moyes, Josie Silver and Diane Chamberlain will love this moving and uplifting story.
Baby Makes Three
Molly O'Keefe - 2007
But that was before the heartbreak of infertility, divorce and losing her trendy New York restaurant.Then, after five long years, her ex-husband reappears in her life. Gabe needs a chef. Alice needs a job. The attraction between them is still undeniable--and just as impossible. Even if sparks fly again, she can't give him what they once wanted more than anything: a baby.Creating a family, however, doesn't always mean creating a child.... Sometimes it just means allowing love to survive. But will they realize that before it's too late--a second time?
On the Edge
Dani Collins - 2018
Viking-like Rolf Johansson exudes the same alpha-intimidation that jocks used to torment her through high school. After nursing her mother the last several years, she’s trying to break out of her shell and secretly pursue a writing career, but Rolf insists she go through with the rotten deal her father struck with his brother to renovate an old chalet. Rolf envisions this mountain as a world-class resort for elite athletes and other jet setters. As a downhill champion and owner of a world-renowned sports equipment empire, he knows what it takes to get what he wants. Nothing will stop him, especially not a hotheaded wallflower who turns the ice in his veins to lava. Bonus Story! This book contains Glory’s novella Blessed Winter, a no-room-at-the-inn Christmas romance.