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    Now mute, and afraid of the water, Lana is sent away to spend the summer with her aunt and uncle by the sea. There she meets Ezekiel, a young surfer with a bad reputation. Can Lana learn to love the water again? And will she find her voice?

     Rule number one for a professional matchmaker? Don’t fall in love with your client. I screwed that up when I fell for my best friend, Reid Fortino. He’s gorgeous, successful, and sexy as hell. I figured it would be easy to find him a match—and save the family business at the same time. But the more time I spend attempting to find the perfect girl, the more I realize how much I want him for my own. What’s the harm if we give in for just one night? I should have known that would never be enough. Now I’m on the verge of losing my job and my heart. We were an imperfect match from the start, but I don’t know how to let him go.

    . . all-night parties . . .Going away to college means total independence and freedom. Unless of course your freshman year is taped and televised for all the world to watch. On uncensored cable.Sweet and normal Ally Cavanaugh is one of five freshpeople shacking up on In the House, a reality show filmed on her college campus. (As if school isn't panic-inducing enough!) The cameras stalk her like paparazzi, but they also capture the fun that is new friends, old crushes, and learning to live on your own. Sure, the camera adds ten pounds, but with the freshman fifteen a given anyway, who cares? Ally's got bigger issues -- like how her long-distance bf can watch her loopy late-night "episode" with a certain housemate. . . . Freshman year on film. It's outrageous.It's juicy.And like all good reality TV,it's impossible to turn off.

    Aleksander “Z” Zavtra is the definition of dark and dangerous with a sexy Eastern European snarl. He’s also ruthless. Curt. Exacting. An infuriating man she loves to hate. While Beth hardly sees him, it’s as if he’s always watching her . . .Z doesn’t do romance. But he never expected to be captivated by a whip-smart, fiery assistant who just so happens to share an uncanny resemblance to the beautiful face that haunts his dreams. He craves Beth. He wants to stroke her skin, to feel her heat beneath him. And what Z wants, he gets. And for one weekend, the lines between employer and employee are blurred as Z and Beth give themselves completely to the dark pleasures they’ve both been dreaming about.

    

    Lisa's life is boring and under sexed until she takes a turn for the better when she meets Max. Through Max she is given a choice to join a prestigious group and change her life. Her world is transformed into a sexy uninhibited journey before her eyes as she is asked to join a group of ladies with interesting tastes. In upgrading her life, Lisa doesn't anticipate the losses that may occur. But when reaching for something better, there are always causalities. Read the unpredictable story of Red Bottom Diaries (23,877 words)

    His band, Intrigue, has the number one record in the country. Screaming fans, crowds of paparazzi, television performances, photo shoots—not to mention more than his fair share of female attention. Being a rock star definitely has its perks and Lance is determined to enjoy all of them. Willa Nathans has never fit in. Sent to a special school for the “exceedingly gifted” as a child, she spends most of her time buried in books and equations—which doesn’t exactly leave much room for a social life. But all of that ends now. Lance Foster has been her crush for years and Willa is determined, finally, to show him just how much she’s changed. There’s just one problem—Lance is her brother’s best friend and band mate. And if there’s one thing Lance knows, it’s that Willa is strictly off limits. No matter how difficult he might find it to stop thinking about her. When Lance’s ex shows up, kid in tow, he realizes that hiding his feelings for Willa from her brother is the least of his worries. Lance is good at one thing—rock and roll. How on earth is he supposed to take care of a kid? When Willa agrees to step in and help out, he knows she’s saving his ass. What he doesn’t count on is how much more complicated things can get when those pesky hidden feelings refuse to disappear…

    She wanted to dance at the Bolshoi - all she ever really wantedHe wants her and suddenly being together forever is all they both wanttwists and action involved in keeping them safeSteamy and action packed HEA story!I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

    One night a year-that's the time Amy Kendrick devotes to her love life. She uses it as a reminder that she's the one who's in control of her body and who she sleeps with. But this year's one-night stand doesn't go to plan. Instead of waking up next to last night's "date," Amy opens her eyes to see Matthew Bowers, the billionaire CEO of DataSource, standing over her wondering why the hell she is in his bed. Despite the unusual first meeting, Matthew offers her a job-one so good she can't possibly refuse. Amy cannot resist Matthew's charm, his good looks, or the sparks that fly between them whenever they're in the same room. She can't deny how he makes her feel, and soon her policy of one night a year turns into something much, much more. But if he knew what happened on July 26th, he'd never look at her the same. And if he gets any closer, he might just stumble upon that secret-and so many more.

    Jack knows the truth.Born into Capernica’s lowest social tier and not permitted to leave Settlement 56, Jaclyn Holloway refuses to pour out her years in the local fish cannery. She gambles on the one chance available to her to advance—the high school Exit Exam. In a country that still keenly remembers the horrors of the Provocation, the period of unexplained disappearances that led to revolution, the smartest and strongest are richly rewarded in exchange for military service. Jack is adamant that her best friend, Will Ransom, join her in striving for induction. But if Jack fails to pass the stringent physical standards and Will succeeds, she will not be allowed to see him again until his tour of duty is completed—in twenty years.Meanwhile, the government has been keeping a tight lid on a new string of abductions. Jack’s Exam score places her in a position to aid Axis, an underground organization charged with investigating events that threaten national security. The evidence leads her back forty-seven years, to a series of high-profile cover-ups linked to the Provocation. Blowing the whistle could place her in danger, but holding her silence means history will likely repeat.And Capernica could never survive a second Provocation.

    Her career as an aspiring designer seems to be going nowhere and she doesn't need any more complications in her life right now. She especially doesn't need a passionate encounter with her crush on a midnight flight from LA to New York. She doesn't need him to pursue her, she doesn't want to be confused about his motives, and she doesn't want to get entangled in a world she knows nothing about.But life has a strange sense of humor, and when her crush turns out to be billionaire real estate investor Colin Anderson, she finds herself manipulated into a strange web of deceit…Extract:He moved closer to me and began to run his lips slowly up the side of my neck.I whimpered softly in anticipation and fear. "We shouldn't be blocking this bathroom for so long."He nibbled my ear gently. "Everyone else in First Class is asleep."I didn't believe him, though I desperately wanted to. A warning bell sounded in a distant part of my brain, but he was so close to me, his lips burning up my skin, and I wanted more of him. I wrapped my arms around him, pressing my fingertips down and running them along his strong back. Warning: The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic sexual content. It is intended only for those aged 18 and above. This is a short story of approximately 10,000 words.

    With a voice to die for, the perfect bad-boy swagger, and a dirty mouth — I never should've fallen for Kai Jenner. But I did… right before I left him. Kai She left. Screaming fans and willing groupies can't get enough of me, and the one woman I want to stick around past the concert after-party f*cking leaves. I never should've said those three words to her. But I did… and I'm going to f*cking say them again — when I find her. **ALL OF ME is a standalone novella in the Rock Me series.

    The ink's not even dry on her breakout first issue but even Shay's twisted imagination can't predict what will happen when the fine line between reality and nightmare is crossed...She walked away once from the men who want to control her and now they’re back. But can she break away from them and the specter who walks right off the pages of her comic committing gruesome murders.INK: Fine Lines is a New Adult Paranormal/Urban Fantasy **This book contains adult language and situations**

    His eyes haunted her. When Astrid is given the choice to offer up her body for one month in exchange for her brother’s life, she doesn’t even hesitate. It’s dangerous, this dance, and she can’t look away. He could snap her in two with one bite of his jaws but she couldn’t help falling into his trap. Astrid just hopes she can survive it.She was his.Astrid stood there trembling in the dark, wounded, and that’s when Marcus knew he had to have her. A fox among his wolves. He would protect her, from their families and even from himself. But when fate handed her back to him on a silver platter, he couldn’t let her go. Her place was in his bed. All he had to do was survive a pack war long enough to keep her.