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The Virginia Chronicles


Kayt Miller - 2017
    She's due to graduate but she refuses to go out into the 'real world' with the stigma as a twenty-one-year-old v-i-r-g-i-n. To remedy the situation, she decides to turn her Senior Research Project into the search for the perfect candidate to, well, you know... Baker Stark is a player on and off the ice. As an Iowa State hockey player, he has his pick of the ladies. But when he's surprised by the connection he feels after one kiss with the nerdy girl who's researching s-e-x, he's thrown into a tailspin. Because Virginia Madison drives him crazy. In all the right ways. This is a stand-alone story with an HEA. Due to coarse language and sexual situations, it's intended for readers 18+. This edition of the book has been professionally edited by The Pro Book Editor.

Twenty-Five


Rachel L. Hamm - 2013
    Ben Harris is looking to find "the one" after his last girlfriend cheated on him. When they crash into each other, it appears they've both found exactly what they wanted. A year of firsts follows: first date, first kiss, first “I love you’s.” The first fight is inevitable, but neither of them saw a breakup coming. When Abigail is offered a job overseas, they’ll discover that no relationship is perfect and even true love sometimes finds itself separated by time and distance.

Where Life Takes You


Claudia Y. Burgoa - 2013
    During her high school years, her mother married; bringing home not only a new husband, but a step sister her same age. The latter took over her Mom's role — making Becca's life miserable. Including stealing Ian — Becca's best friend and boyfriend — Lisa treated her worse than her mother had for the previous fifteen years. A couple years later, thing ended up in tragedy. Becca buried that part of her life in the deep corners of her psyche, caught between sanity and nightmares. Between therapy, work and her constantly looming past she can't seem to find room to breathe. The memories of her late step-sister, Lisa, are her closest company. Her best friend, Dan gives her that family love she always lacked. Everything was close to perfect, until everything and everyone from her past came back. Now she's trying to figure out how to survive and keep that bond which seems now to be held together by a thread.

Cupid Is Complicated


Namita Bajaj Sonthalia - 2019
    She believed in destiny and he, in her…. Their hearts beat in amalgamation the moment they had set their eyes on each other. It wasn't love at first sight, it was more. It was finding ‘home’ at first sight. As the last of teenage years hit their door, Naman and Dhwani found each other on the first day of their college. A chocolaty, teenage romance could have brewed, but she chose to keep it at bay until she knew herself better. He? He chose to wait, until her heart let him in. The possibility of loving someone without any conditions, obligations or even acknowledgement could seem unreal. But is true love all about living, breathing and being with that one person? What if, you are not meant to be? Is that not Love at all? A story that will tug at your heart strings like never before, a story that will make you wonder what ‘hope’ is all about; here is a story that will make you want to rethink - what ‘LOVE’ really is.

Love on Repeat


D. Rose - 2020
    After years of late nights and periods of self-doubt, their careers were finally on track and they were doing what they loved.They had the perfect lives, right?They thought having successful careers was everything until they met each other.Their love for music brought them together. The love they shared became the soundtrack to their lives.Will the love they shared be enough to keep them together when life threw unexpected curveballs in the forms of probing mothers and unrelenting exes?

Behind the Glass


Kristen Morgen - 2014
    Then she meets a handsome stranger/secret admirer named Michael Vale one fateful late night at a bookstore café. As a focused but struggling photographer with a passion for art, her outwardly happy world is turned upside down during this life-changing encounter when she quickly realizes she has met her soul mate. The undeniable attraction between them and their intense, immediate connection seem picture perfect as they discuss the shop’s local artwork, until Rebecca abruptly ends the chance meeting with no explanation.Betraying Brett, her loyal, loving boyfriend, is something Rebecca can never bring herself to do. Driven by a strong moral code and molded by divorced parents and a tumultuous childhood, she struggles to stay away from Michael, but fate and circumstance intervene, bringing them back together time and time again. As much as she resists, there is no denying her true feelings for him and the simple fact that Michael understands her in a way Brett never has. Michael proves to be everything she’s ever wanted, but remains just out of her reach.Behind the Glass tells the story of Michael and Rebecca’s extraordinary love and the many unconventional stages their relationship must go through. Their morals and their faith in true love and in each other will be put to the test as they learn that meeting one’s soul mate does not come without obstacles.

Dubai Wives


Zvezdana Rashkovich - 2011
    The lives of eight women collide in this opulent, culturally vibrant city on a journey of sisterhood, friendship, love, betrayal and the heartbreaking choices of its residents. We see Jewel, a beautiful but frustrated wife to her powerful Emirati husband, and Tara, a devout Muslim torn between passion and her faith, and Liliana, a tragic dancer in the seedy clubs of Dubai.A stirring tale encompassing, tradition, identity, and faith, Dubai Wives takes the reader into the hidden world behind the walls of lavish mansions and into the back alleys of Dubai, from the hills of Morocco to the glittering lights of the Burj Al Arab. It paints a portrait of a world where no one is who they seem to be...and where everything is possible.

THE LYIN' KING


Vertell Reno'Diva Simato - 2016
    As a single mother and inspiring artist she always managed to get by. It wasn't until she "accidentally " fell in love with a charming and romantic Atlien by the name of Ace, did she feel that her luck was changing. Things take a fast forward in their relationship and seemed to never be coming to an end, until one night Ace's past meets them in a dark alley in the mean Atlanta streets. Sage knows there is no going back from here, as she finds that you never really know a person until its too late. As her mind and heart battle it out, she's determined to keep her fairytale love story from turning into a nightmare. But what happens when Ace leaves her, and she is forced to face the truth alone? She doesn't have it all put together yet, but even after he is gone his past comes back to haunt her; demanding that she pay off his debts. Ace's mother Lillian seems to be keeping his secrets airtight as well, but reassures Sage she has nothing to fret about. Entangled in a web of love, lies, and deceit; Sage can only put her trust into her best friend Shelly. Will love conquer all for Sage or will she drown in the lies of her King?

The Lover: A heartwarming novel of love and courage


Amanda Brookfield - 2000
    With no career to fall back on and her son and daughter leaving home, the solitude of bereavement hits particularly hard. When new love beckons, in the form of a handsome young man fifteen years her junior, Frances is torn. She longs to open her heart again but does not dare to trust her feelings. Turning to her closest friends for help, she is met by a wall of judgemental attitudes and envy. Distracted by the predicament, her fragile confidence wavering, she fails to observe the crises spiralling out of control in the lives of her two children. A sudden tragic accident brings her to her senses, but it may already be too late. Not even the strongest love cannot sit around for ever.

Closer To You


Sheryl Lister - 2019
    However, secrets and danger lurk just below the surface. And some secrets could prove to be deadly. Love may be a distraction neither of them will live to enjoy… When Zahra Chandler unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s small-town home and bookstore, she jumps at the chance to leave LA. There’s just one problem: she also, unknowingly, inherits a long-buried secret that someone would go to any lengths to protect, including murder. The only thing standing between her and a killer is the town’s arrogant, but irresistibly sexy sheriff—a man who ignites in her a passion she’s never felt. Kendall McKnight takes his job as sheriff seriously and is always prepared for anything…except his instant attraction to newcomer Zahra. As they’re drawn together in their search for clues, protecting her becomes less about civic duty and much more about carnal desire and he’s in danger of losing the one thing he vowed never to risk again—his heart. But the threat is closer than they realize and the truth, when revealed, could tear them apart forever.

Confide (Love Story Confessions #2)


J.S. Cooper - 2021
    The hunky billionaire who became CEO of his own company at thirty. He may be one of the hottest men I’ve ever met in my life, but he’s also the boss from hell. He has dazzling blue eyes that pierce into your soul and freeze your heart. He’s a known womanizer.I call him AB to my friends aka Asshole Boss. He’s grumpy, demanding, and rude. And that’s on a good day. He’s definitely the worst boss ever.The only reason I’m still his secretary is because I have debt up to my eyeballs; thanks to student loans and an ex that conned me into letting him use my credit cards. I’m counting down the days until I can quit and tell him to get his own coffee and lobster rolls. My calendar says that between both my jobs, I only need to work for him for three more months.You see, Mr. Mccalister has no idea that I, his “mousey little secretary” has a night job just so I can quit as soon as possible.That is until I end up at a bachelor party for his brother.

The Sheriff's Headstrong Bride: Historical Western Romance (Wedding Bells for the Widows Book 1)


Rosalee Adams - 2021
    

Finding Forgiveness in the West: A Christian Historical Romance Book


Chloe Carley - 2021
    

Compassionate Heart


Vivian Rose Lee - 2017
    How she wished at that moment she could blend into the leather seating of the booth. She had watched him over the years as he juggled women like a world-class juggler. She didn’t know when she had fallen in love with the junkie whore, but she had. So, she had to endure his escapades whenever they found themselves thrown together at the same venue. Lauren was now an A-list designer with her life pretty much mapped out. So why should she care what Semiyon James did and who he did it with? Semiyon James, former NBA basketball player and current coach of the Philadelphia Razors was on top of the world. He was rid of his philandering wife and could pull any woman he wanted with just a crook of his finger. Until he met the beautiful and shy Lauren Caldwell. She was totally immune to his handsome face and suave charm. He wanted her. For her he would give up his wicked ways if only she’d give him the time of day. Once the couple decided to give a relationship a try, evil steps in in the form of his ex-wife and Lauren’s man-loving cousin. Could Semi and Lauren endure the trouble that was in store for them or would they let it destroy the man with the compassionate heart?

The Ocean's Call: The Complete Series


Dawn Day - 2021