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Then There Was You
Alex GraysonH.L. Nighbor - 2019
Strong Single Moms. With stories from 14 unbelievably talented authors: Whispered Prayers of a Girl by Alex Grayson A lonely man, a widowed woman, a carefree boy, and a broken girl... Can the four come together and help heal each other? Boss of Me by Angel Devlin Single dad Jude’s icy exterior keeps women at a safe distance; but fiery Pippa could be about to start a thaw... Heartbreaker by Anna Brooks She was never supposed to happen, and her baby girl sure as hell wasn't part of my plans. Chester by Esther E. Schmidt Some issues cut deep; they are hard to face and even harder to find a solution for. Ripple Effect by Evan Grace One night changed everything. When Hope Ends (Life Begins) by Freya Barker It’s the best day of his life—the worst of hers—when one moment in time leaves their paths unavoidably connected by the single heart beating between them. Just Because of You by Gianna Gabriela He broke me. I left. He stayed. Now I’m back. Fighting For Us by Heather Lyn She rescued me when I didn’t even know I needed saving. But now lives are on the line, and we might lose our forever, before we even get the chance to start. Resisting Rayne by HL Nighbor Their worlds collide and an unlikely friendship forms, but will they continue to fight the pull for something more or give into the pull and take a chance at love? Tempt Me by Kally Ash Temptation comes in many forms. Can Gianna or Max resist?Riddick by Kathy Coopmans Do you believe in heaven on earth? I did until one day, she vanished. Wicked Truths by L A Cotton The truth won’t fix anything... it’ll only hurt more. Won’t it? Hunter by Lauren Dawes A mate's death. A rogue wolf. A new life.THEN THERE WAS YOU features single parents who weren't looking—didn't need anyone—until the right someone came along. Experience the highs and lows of parenthood, love lost and gained, and new beginnings with this collection of stories. They’re sure to leave you with a full heart and a smile on your face. Available for a limited time. Proceeds will be donated to Family Promise, a non-profit organization which addresses family homelessness.
Beautifully Brutal
Dani René - 2019
These are suspenseful romances that will leave you hungry for more! My beast hungers to be satiated. And my beauty is the only one who can feed it. In a world ravaged with violence, I still think about the beauty who was taken from me. I’ve turned rabid in her absence. The dormant beast she had tamed is ravenous, feeding on brutality and bloodshed. I focus on the kill, until Arthur confesses his trump card, shattering every hope I had of reclaiming her. Focused on the job at hand, I step into the lion’s den, only to find nothing is as it seems. My beast hungers to be satiated. And my beauty is the only one who can feed it. A dark treacherous journey where happily ever after may be just out of reach.
Beyond the Sea
L.H. Cosway - 2020
But until then she bides her time and lives quietly, her every move ruled over by an uncaring, heartless stepmother.The hope for freedom is all she has to hold onto. So close she can almost taste it. But when her stepmother’s estranged younger brother comes to stay, he presents a mystery that lures her in.The girl doesn’t understand that beneath the allure of the unknown sometimes all we find are horrors. And in searching for the truth, her heart is in danger of falling like a rock to the bottom of the deep dark sea.
Beyond the Sea is a Gothic Romance set in modern times.
Risking Everything: A Steamy Anthology of First Responders
Kara LianeK.L. Montgomery - 2019
All proceeds go to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.Romance on the Rig by Kara Liane: Finding love on and off the ambulance proves difficult for Air Force veteran Murf—until he meets Lana, a game-changer. Murf may be an EMT hero, but he’s only human. Mistakes happen in love, and a misunderstanding keeps them apart. It’s time to make things right and answer the call from the heart.Reconstructed Heart by K.L. Montgomery: Trey Prince never expected to make a gruesome discovery at an accident scene only a few months into his new job with the Collision Reconstruction Unit, and he never expected Trooper Jenna Labato to be the one who helped him pick up the pieces. No matter how badly Jenna wants to help him heal, Trey isn’t sure his heart or faith can ever be restored—not without something close to a miracle.Walk the Line: Gage by Harlow Layne: Gage Walker never thought a call to a scene would change his life forever until he met Claire Blake. Sparks fly, but when his fellow Brothers in Blue’s girlfriends are targeted, Gage wants nothing more than to protect her—even if that means he has to give her up.Always Kind of Love by Amanda Siegrist: The last thing Ethan McCord wants to deal with is his old high school flame, even though his desire for her hasn’t diminished. Battling the burning blazes and an arsonist bent on destruction is nothing compared to fighting the temptation to rekindle the love he always wanted.Beautiful Persuasion by A.K. MacBride: Raelyn wasn't supposed to fall for the rebound guy, but the moment Griffin opened his mouth, he drew her in with his sexy Irish accent and dark gaze. As one night of sizzling passion develops into something more, she's forced to choose between the man who sets her heart ablaze and the only family she has left.Going Down by Jody Kaye: Devastated by her parents’ divorce, Kat’s looking to regain the stability she took for granted. Dash Newhouse is a drifter, paying his bills by skiing at a new mountain each season. Paired together on ski patrol, Dash reminds Kat that she can’t live life to the fullest while playing it safe. But when the snow melts, will he ride off with her heart?Rescuing Ryan by Syd Ryan: Ryan is out of the frying pan and into the fire, working the oldest profession of all time to finish her last year of nursing school. On the first day, she meets Chris, the sexy firefighter, as he is licking his wounds of rejection. For Chris, rescuing Ryan will be the hardest rescue of his life.Perfect For Me by Alyne Hart: Firefighter Luke O'Conner and ex-model Grace Adams shared all their firsts in a tiny cabin just outside Sugar Creek. Nine years later, Grace is back in town, and they find themselves waiting out a storm in that very same cabin. Fire burns between them as neither seems able to keep their lips or their hands to themselves.Call of Fate by Kelsey Cheyenne: After surviving a school shooting, Aubrey Winters became a dispatcher, dedicating her life to helping people. One fateful call and a meet-cute at a coffee shop leads Aubrey into the arms of English teacher Noah Burgess. Can their trauma be overcome when true love calls?Loving Lindsey by Larissa Gail: Firefighter Gavin Thomas has no desire to settle down anytime soon. He’s having too much fun playing the field. That is until he meets Officer Lindsey Allen, who’s moved to Oaktown to start over after a devastating loss. Can the blue-eyed beauty convince him to change his ways?
Seize the Night: New Tales of Vampiric Terror
Christopher GoldenBrian Keene - 2015
Now, from some of the biggest names in horror and dark fiction, comes this stellar collection of short stories that make vampires frightening once again. Edited by New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden and featuring all-new stories from such contributors as Charlaine Harris, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Scott Smith, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Kortya, Kelley Armstrong, Brian Keene, David Wellington, Seanan McGuire, and Tim Lebbon, Seize the Night is old-school vampire fiction at its finest.
Feisty Heroines
D.F. JonesSuzanne Cass - 2020
Paranormal, Contemporary, Fantasy, and Historical Romance that will whet your appetite with titillating, heart-pounding tales you’ll want to read again then beg for more. Fall in love with your next book crush!
Playing Games
Candace Wondrak - 2019
Free spirit. Troublemaker. That’s me.I never thought I’d meet my match, but I was wrong. Levi Harlen is an unstoppable force just like me, and together we make something truly amazing. Hot, heated, passionate. He does things to me no other guy ever has. I love the way it feels, but I hate it, too.Levi’s a liar, you see, and I stepped into his web unknowingly.This frat boy is about to find out that I’m not going to play his games, I’m going to play my own. He thinks he can hurt me by doing the sh*t he does? He’s wrong. Nothing can hurt me, even as my life spirals out of control.My name is Kelsey Yates, and I’m about to show this liar what it feels like to be rejected and beaten at his own game.Game on.Playing Games is the first in a M/F duology, and it includes steamy scenes. There are some mentions of self-harm, along with some bullying. Kelsey and Levi are both forces to be reckoned with, and neither one will back down. If you’re looking for a story with perfect characters who don’t make mistakes, look somewhere else.
Such Dark Things
Courtney Evan Tate - 2018
Corinne Cabot is living the American dream: a successful ER physician, she is married to a hardworking and handsome psychologist. Together they own a charming house in the Chicago suburbs. But Cabot has a dark personal past and her memory has holes she tries to fill in. Her sleep is ravaged by recurring nightmares of that night when, as a teenager, she found her father standing next to the bodies of two people he had shot dead. It is what she can't remember about that night that utterly haunts her. Her father is still alive in jail for that terrible crime. At times now, despite her success, she fears she is truly unable to determine what is real and what is not. Then she starts to suspect that something is amiss with her husband and realizes that nothing--and no one--in her life is as it appears.
The First Time I Died
Jo Macgregor - 2018
When Garnet McGee returns to her small Vermont hometown for the holidays, she vows to solve the mystery of the murder which shattered her life ten years ago. But then the unexpected happens — she dies in an accident and gets brought back to life by paramedics. Now she’s hearing words, seeing visions and experiencing strange sensations. Are these merely symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and an over-active imagination, or is she getting messages from a paranormal presence? Garnet has always prided herself on being logical and rational, but trying to catch a killer without embracing her shadow self is getting increasingly difficult. And dangerous, because in a town full of secrets, it seems like everybody has a motive for murder.Fast-paced and riveting, The First Time I Died is a suspenseful and haunting crime story with an supernatural twist.
Hot Men
Ashlee Price - 2018
No cheating, no cliffhangers and you are guaranteed many happily-ever-afters including engagements, weddings and babies. ***
Insolent
Cynthia A. Rodriguez - 2019
Releasing as part of the 2019 Sinister Fairy Tales Collection!
There’s a girl screaming at the top of a hill,Burdened by a duty she was born to fulfill.There’s a quiet killer lurking nearby,Watching as she wishes only to die.She’s tasked by her mother to marry a man,Until the demon from hell puts a wrench in the plan.Their fates will twine in inconceivable ways.But where one goes, the other cannot stay.How could she fall for such a man, you ask?For the girl with no heart, it was the easiest task.
Salem's Vengeance
Aaron Galvin - 2014
She only sought innocent dancing in the moonlight, not a coven entranced by their dark priestess. When her friends partake of a powder meant to conjure spirits - and the results go horribly awry - Sarah is forced to make a choice. To keep their secret risks her own damnation, but to condemn them may invoke the accusing remnants of Salem to rise again.
Dirt
Cassia Leo - 2017
Then, in one brutal instant, the universe tilted on its side, discarding us into black nothingness.Now, I have a cocky a**hole for a husband. The only way we communicate anymore is when we’re fighting or f**king.With nothing left to lose, I write Jack a goodbye letter and head for Portland, where I quickly meet a neighbor who helps me find a job. My new neighbor—hot, tattooed ex-soldier Isaac Evans—is complicated. Nevertheless, we form a fast friendship, bonding over our mutual desire to create something beautiful from the wreckage of our lives. But despite the distance between us, Jack and I are still trying to make things work—fighting and f**king dirtier than ever. And he doesn’t appreciate my new friendship with Isaac. Not one f**king bit.
How to Ruin Your Ex's Wedding
Denise Wells - 2019
I shoot war zones, not nuptials.But when my ex-wife lands a starring role in the wedding of the year, it’s tempting to change things up a bit.Who’s better than me to follow her around before and during the big day, capturing every picturesque moment, snapping every detail as they join together in wedlock? No one.Not to mention, she still owes me for destroying my prized vintage camera during our divorce.As the saying goes, revenge is a dish best served cold.
Tainted
N. Isabelle Blanco - 2019
- Mark 7:20-23The streets of Boston are running red with blood.It isn’t the first time, either.Forget the history of this city; it’s what happened nearly nine-years-ago that continues to haunt us all.Especially me.They say obsessions can destroy you.Well, I’m here to tell you that’s a fact.A serial killer played games with us once, leaving our heads spinning.I chased them down, threw my whole life into chaos. From the very first kill, I was there.Watching.Analyzing.Losing myself.My career nearly ended before it ever began.Then, suddenly, the killer vanished. Gone into the shadows. Never to be heard from again.Until now.They’re back, fiercer and bolder than ever. An obsession reawakened that threatens my sanity and leads me towards a collision with a new fixation.One more dangerous.One much more vile.She’s everything my religion warns man to stay away from—the quintessential temptress sent to ruin our lives.I thought the case would be what ended me.Turns out, I’d sell my soul for just another taste of her.Disclaimer: The St. Cecilia Slayings series a series of 6 short novelettes, roughly 25,000 words each, that are being released one month apart.