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Where Loyalties Lie


Jill Ramsower - 2020
    Untraceable.I was wrong.Now, thereโ€™s only one thing I can do if I want to stay alive.๐˜™๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ.๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟI like to think I help balance the scales of good and evil, one payday at a time. No messy red tape. No long, drawn out legal proceedings. Just me, my mark, and a mountain of sins.Some might ask who I was to play judge and jury about another manโ€™s worth. I would say, piss off. No one asked you.Most of my targets are just another dayโ€™s work, but her? Sheโ€™s different.I feel an unrelenting need to lay my eyes on all of her coveted secrets. To learn the extent of her corruption and see how it compares to my own.She thinks she can escape me.Iโ€™ll never let her go.๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ 3 ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ผ๐‘ก'๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ž/๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ/๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ป๐ธ๐ด ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ .

His Lost Love


Ava Ryan
    I want her out of my head...I don't know how his eyes manage to look so hot and so cold at the same time. Eyes like that want to either murder me or screw me...LiamI made my name fixing hearts.Most people know me as a world-class cardiac surgeon.Even more know the device I invented that made billions while saving lives.Iโ€™ve achieved success beyond my wildest dreamsโ€”and Iโ€™ve always dreamed big.Funny how the one heart I canโ€™t put back together is my own.Thatโ€™s why Iโ€™ve returned to New York.More accuratelyโ€”sheโ€™s why.In the fashion world, Mia has arrived. But to me, sheโ€™ll always be the one who got away.Back in college, she claimed she loved me.Then she ripped my heart to shreds.Now I can have anything I want. Any toy. Any woman.And what I want is herโ€”out of my system. This time, I plan to be the one leaving.They say revenge is best served cold, but once Mia is back in my bed?It may be too hot to walk away fromโ€ฆ

For Love or Honey


Staci Hart - 2021
    Heโ€™s here to acquire mineral rights to half a dozen farms in town.And thereโ€™s no way heโ€™s getting mine.I donโ€™t make deals with the devil.So when he challenges me to show him the small town ropes, my motivation is the prospect of seeing him make a fool of himself. He might have an angle, but if he thinks he can finagle me into endangering my bee farm, heโ€™s got another thing coming.Until the line in the sand is washed away.My farm in danger. A town in upheaval. A man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.And me in the middle.When the devil comes to town, you have to meet him head-on.And when he sneaks into your heart, heโ€™ll only break it.

The Setup and The Substitute (New Orleans Revelers, #3)


Jiffy Kate - 2021
    Owen Thatcher has been ghosted by his ex, leaving him to pick up the pieces of their family in the midst of being traded to a new team. After striking out with nanny after nanny, heโ€™s desperate to create a stable life for his two kids. Sophie Callahan comes from an affluent family but this free spirit is nothing like the stereotypical trust fund baby. While she waits on the perfect job to open up, sheโ€™s making it work as a substitute teacher.But a ruggedly handsome baseball player makes her an offer she canโ€™t refuse. And itโ€™s a whole new ball game when these attractive, available adults are under one roof.

In the Unlikely Event


L.J. Shen - 2019
    Shen comes a new, star-crossed lovers romance about loss, love, and meeting The One when you are too young to know how to keep them. Sometimes you meet people who are out of this world, so you make them a part of yours. A one-night stand born from vengeance in a foreign land. An explosive chemistry neither of us could deny. We signed a contract on the back of a Boarโ€™s Head Pub napkin that said if we ever met again, we would drop everything and be together. Eight years and thousands of miles later, heโ€™s here. In New York. And heโ€™s Americaโ€™s music obsession. The intangible Irish poet who brings record executives to their knees. The blizzard in my perfect, unshaken snow globe. Last time we spoke, he was a beggar with no intention of becoming a king. But a king he became, and now Iโ€™m his servant. Iโ€™m not the same broken princess Malachy Doherty put back together with his callused hands. I have a career I love. A boyfriend I adore. An apartment, a roommate, a life. I changed. He changed, too. But Mal kept the napkin. Question is, will I keep my word?

Grumpy Single Dad


Melinda Minx - 2021
    The mustard-stained apron never suited her anyway. She looks a lot better in stockings and a pencil skirt.She's given me a list. โ€œSmile.โ€ โ€œTell people โ€˜good job.โ€™โ€ โ€œNo growling!โ€ She doesnโ€™t seem to understand that running a Fortune 500 company isnโ€™t the same thing as selling sandwiches.Sheโ€™s determined though, and determination is exactly what Iโ€™m looking for in my new assistant. So Iโ€™ll humor her and follow her little list, just long enough that she thinks sheโ€™s got me under control.But once I get her in bed, Iโ€™ll growl all I want.WENDYIโ€™m going to tame the big bad Mr. Wolfe, and if I canโ€™t break his iron fist, Iโ€™ll at least put a cute little mitten over it so he doesnโ€™t hit his employees so hard.

Rescue Me


Sarra Manning - 2021
    And she thinks Will is emotionally unavailable, slightly brittle and very mistrustful. Theyโ€™re both right.But the more they bicker, the worse Blossom behaves, and they realise they have to form some sort of truce in order to dog-parent (or โ€œpawrentโ€ as Margot calls it, to which Will rolls his eyes) her together. Itโ€™s almost as if Blossom has plans of her ownโ€ฆ

Cocky Playboy


Sloane Howell - 2019
    In these words, and in this world. A five star read from the very first page." - Amo Jones, USA Today Bestselling Author of the Elite Kings Club Series He's a bastard in Burberry. Decker Collins knows how to do one thing--win. When his billion-dollar law practice moves to merge with a firm out of Dallas, she shows up to oversee the transition. Tate Reynolds--the vixen in Versace. She's whip-smart, sassy, and gorgeous. Oh, and she doesn't take any of Decker's sh*t. With the merger hanging in the balance, they go to war with each other. There's only one problem. This war isn't just about business. Because when they're not butting heads... They're banging headboards. If you love wealthy, possessive alpha males and strong heroines, this series is for YOU! Cocky Playboy is a full length romance novel with a Happily Ever After.

One Night with a Billionaire


Lane Hart - 2022
    โ€ฉโ€ฉToo bad Siena has sworn off all men, especially gorgeous arrogant ones. She wouldnโ€™t date the sexy rich boy for even a million dollars, which is exactly what he offers her. โ€ฉโ€ฉHarrison never meant to offend the beautiful beach shop cashier when he gave her a million-dollar check. He was just trying to get her attention. How could he have known that Siena was fed up with men and would use the check to try and ruin him? โ€ฉโ€ฉWhen Harrison buys up the beach shop where Siena works as payback, her opinion of him isnโ€™t improved. But the more time she spends with her new boss the harder it is to keep hating him. โ€ฉโ€ฉSiena soon realizes that she can only resist the billionaireโ€™s charm for so long. What harm could there be to let herself indulge in just one steamy night with the playboy?

The Key to Happily Ever After


Tif Marcelo - 2019
    Allโ€™s fair in love and business. The de la Rosa family and their wedding planning business have been creating happily ever afters in the Washington, DC area for years, making even the most difficult brideโ€™s day a fairytale. But when their parents announce their retirement, the sistersโ€”Marisol, Janelyn, and Pearlโ€”are determined to take over the business themselves. But the sisters quickly discover that the wedding business isnโ€™t all rings and roses. There are brides whose moods can change at the drop of a hat; grooms who want to control every part of the process; and couples who argue until their big day. As emotions run high, the de la Rosa sisters quickly realize one thing: even when disaster strikesโ€”whether itโ€™s a wardrobe malfunction or a snowmageddon in the middle of a spring weddingโ€”theyโ€™ll always have each other. Perfect for fans of the witty and engaging novels of Amy E. Reichert and Susan Mallery, The Key to Happily Ever After is a fresh romantic comedy that celebrates the crucial and profound power of sisterhood.

Layover Lover


Jeannine Colette - 2020
    Itโ€™s my home.Ten years ago I ran away from everything Iโ€™ve known and vowed never to return. That is until my flight is canceled due to weather, and Iโ€™m stuck in San Francisco. Fate is not on my side when I end up in an Uber rideshare with the one man I thought Iโ€™d never see again. Zack Hunt was my high school sweetheart, and the boy I walked away from without a note saying goodbye. Except, heโ€™s no longer a boy. No, this man is gorgeous, intense, and heated at the sight of me. The anger searing off him is nothing compared to the way my heart pounds from seeing him again. Words are said. Feelings are crushed. But when he invites me into his bar to hash out our past, I find myself following him in, desperate for more. The line between past and present is blurred when Zack challenges me to a dareโ€”come back home with him to see what I walked away from. Call me a glutton for punishment, but I do. Then I challenge him right back to live a day in my shoes. We drive home to rediscover the past We fly abroad to live in the present.When we stop moving, we realize we may never have a future. Layover Lover is a second chance romance, aligned by fate. Can two lost souls really find love again on a layover? Or do they need to keep flying?

Simply Complicated


S. Nelson - 2021
    Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something Iโ€™ve never been able to do before with past boyfriends.But there are rules.He needs to be a stranger and someone who won't judge me if I can't cross the finish line.Luke Sorenson, one of the most famous soccer players in the world, isn't meant to be that man. He's the guy I grew up next door to. The man who broke my heart ten years ago, then moved across the country and never looked back.He also happens to be the one person in the world I can't stand.But as my best friend points out, he's the best option.Besides, it's only for one night. What can possibly go wrong?***The last person I expect to see when I walk into a random corner bar is Olivia Brighton, the one woman I let slip through my fingers when I chased my dream a decade ago.Not only do I run into her again, but I offer to help her out with her dilemma, and she accepts.It's supposed to be a one-time occurrence. One shot to prove my skills in bed.But that one shot turns into a deal, which morphs into something neither of us predicts.One thing's for certainโ€”everything is about to get simply complicated.

Inked


Tracy Lorraine
    I say Iโ€™m embarking on the life Iโ€™ve always dreamed of. Itโ€™s all I have left.LA is everything I hoped it would beโ€”a distraction from the life Iโ€™m desperate to escape. Fresh air and a fresh start. A chance to rediscover myself.But before I can do that, I discover her.Harlow Winters. She falls into my lap, and everything changes.The artist in me recognizes her beauty. The broken man relates to the darkness threatening to consume her.Suddenly, the future isnโ€™t quite as daunting.Iโ€™m trying to escape my past... but she refuses to let hers go.With the scars of our past inked onto our skin and tattooed on our hearts, can we salvage a future under the weight of our memories, or will they crush us both?

Speak From The Heart


L.B. Dunbar - 2013
    Back at her grandmotherโ€™s summer home, sheโ€™s only in Elk Lake City for a visit which canโ€™t end soon enough. Especially when she canโ€™t seem to get away from one grumpy repairman who shows up everywhere. Fortunately for him, his daughter is sweet even if she refuses to speak.Jess Carter is a hometown favorite and a hot single father. Sworn off love for several reasons, foremost is the silence of his daughter. His little one has a secret and he doesnโ€™t know the why behind it. Unfortunately for him, his six-year-old has taken a liking to the beautiful new woman in town visiting her nana. And everywhere he goes, there she is, invading his space and his heart.While silence might be golden, the voice in lonely hearts refuses to remain quiet.** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED in 2014 as Sound Advice, Sensations Collection 1.

So Good


Nicola Rendell - 2017
    Sheโ€™s naked, sheโ€™s gorgeous, and everything about her is perfect, down to the ball-busting tattoo of a rose that wraps around her hip. But it isnโ€™t just any woman making his knees buckle. Itโ€™s his best friend, Rosie Madden. And as he stands there, mesmerized and precariously close to toppling off the roof, he knows heโ€™ll never, ever be able to look at her the same way again.Rosie canโ€™t help but notice that Max is suddenly acting very strangeโ€”lots of long stares, totally tongue-tied, and not at all like the slightly cocky hunk sheโ€™s proud to call her best friend. She canโ€™t figure it out, until later that night when Max rescues her from the worldโ€™s worst date, challenges her to a game of pool, and shows her just exactly what sheโ€™s got him thinking about. Repeatedly.But life is complicated. Rosieโ€™s cat, Julia Caesar, wants to eat Maxโ€™s dog Cupcake for an afternoon snack. A dream job threatens to pull them apart. And another glance through the skylight changes everything, one more time. Yet try as they might, they canโ€™t go back to being just friends, because falling in love with the one youโ€™ve always adored?It feels so good.