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Paint Me Rainbows
Fern Michaels - 1981
Her desperate flight took her deep into unfamiliar territory, and into the home and arms of Logan Matthews. But although the isolated retreat offered sanctuary, its rough, enigmatic owner did not. For Jill, nothing was safe around Logan - not her secrets, not her intimate desires, and least of all her loving heart.
The Nightmare
Nikki Sloane - 2019
(It’s for all the Macalister fans!)Available for free on Nikki Sloane’s website exclusively.
Wise Moves
Mary Burton - 2006
The government failed to protect her before the trial against him, so her only chance at survival lay in running as fast as she could...and forgetting about having a normal life.Former FBI agent Dane Cambia wanted revenge, and he needed this special witness to get it. But he hadn't counted on falling for Kristen, the bait to his trap. When the chips were down, would Cambia betray the woman he loved in order to carry out this all-important mission?
Logan & Kayla duet
Kennedy Fox - 2017
Brooding and mysterious, he’s the kind of guy every girl instantly notices.Between his seductive smirk and charming good looks, it’s no wonder Kayla can’t help the way he makes her feel when she’s near him.
Too bad he’s unavailable–or so he says.Kayla Sinclair is a saint and real-life angel. She wears her heart on her sleeve and inspires Logan to be a better person. Rescuing dogs, feeding the homeless, volunteering at the local food pantry are just a few of the ways she gives back to others, although no one has ever been there for her. Falling for her is inevitable, but losing her will destroy him.Logan may think he has her all figured out, but Kayla is determined to prove him wrong. This game of push and pull has her running in circles. One wrong move and they could both lose. When an unexpected tragedy strikes and Kayla forgets their relationship ever existed, Logan’s worst nightmare comes to life. He’ll do anything to remind her of the love they shared. It’ll be an uphill battle, but Logan won’t walk away without a fight. Whoever said all is fair in love and war never played by his rules.Checkmate.The Logan & Kayla duet includes This is Dangerous & This is Beautiful. Suggested for mature readers only.
Borrowing Amor Boxed Set: Books 1-3
Kat Bellemore - 2020
Chile peppers, hot air balloons and white sand dunes mix with a small town mayor, a fake fiance, and a second chance at love.
Borrowing Amor:
Love is a nuisance when all you want is to disappear.
Two weeks before Christmas, Katie is kicked out of her apartment. Again. Rather than wander the streets and continue to work for a dirty cop, she decides to leave the city and disappear for good. But her car breaks down in a small New Mexican town, and everything is threatened when she falls for the charming mayor. Sam Freedman is the first bachelor mayor of Amor. After convincing the locals that having a mayor without family responsibilities means he can dedicate all his time to the community, townspeople watch his every move. Then Katie Andersen shows up. Against Sam’s better judgement, he hires her to replace his event coordinator. Now he can barely think straight, let alone run a town. In the midst of half-truths and outright lies, Katie and Sam desperately search for the place where honesty and trust lead to love. But they have to find it before the past catches up with them.
Borrowing Love:
It’s better to have loved and lost, they said. They were wrong.
Ruby Freedman hasn’t left the small town of Amor in four years--not since her husband died. The memory of his fateful accident was enough to cause her to sell her airplane, and never ride in a car again. Then Parker Loveland comes back to town. Now she has to add him to her list of things she intends to avoid.After years away, Parker Loveland is back in Amor to celebrate his parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary. He has worked hard to escape the clutches of his hometown, but when he runs into Ruby, the only girl he cared about in high school, and the only one that ever stood him up on a date, he’s torn between the embarrassment he felt more than a decade before, and his desire to be around her.Caught between memories of the past and fear of the future, it will take leaving Amor to help Ruby and Parker find the second chance they didn’t know they were looking for.
Borrowing a Fiance:
She wanted freedom. She got a fiance instead.
Melinda Garrett has been stuck managing her parent’s diner for over a decade, when all she had wanted was to go to college. When her younger sister gets married, Melinda reluctantly agrees to attend with her friend, Daniel, as her date. But when the pressure is on, she claims he is her fiance, in hopes that her parents’ opinion of selling the diner will change.Daniel Armstrong isn’t the kind of guy a girl takes home to meet her parents, but when he offers to attend a wedding as Melinda’s date, he finds himself labeled as her future spouse. Now, challenges lie around every corner, testing Melinda’s claim that she and Daniel are in love.
Cupid's Way
Joanne Phillips - 2014
On the cusp of her thirties, and still disappointingly single, Evie's so-called dream job with a firm of architects has been driving her crazy for months. What she needs, even more than a new man, is a challenge. But saving Cupid's Way won't be easy. A perfectly preserved Victorian terrace, surrounded by modern estates and retail parks, the street is a proud oasis of quirky characters, cobbled pathways and communal gardens. Unfortunately, it also sits on prime development land worth millions Dynamite Construction have the deal in the bag, and soon the residents of Cupid's Way will be forced to sell up and ship out - CEO Michael Andrews, charismatic and super-successful, has certainly never let sentimentality get in the way of business. At least, he hadn't until he met Evie Stone.
Perfect Poison
Denise Domning - 2015
A Children of Graistan Novella Injured in body and soul, Jocelyn, Lord of Freyne, is reluctantly swept into Yuletide festivities--only to find redemption in the arms of Avice of Lavendon, the woman he spurned.
Let It Go
Brooklyn James - 2013
Savannah Bondurant, a marriage and relationship columnist for the Savannah Sun Times, just signed her divorce papers. Brody McAlister, the elusive and smoking hot gym boy, has finally recovered from his divorce three years ago. Be it spurred by loneliness or sheer attraction, the two slip into the sheets for a memorable one-night stand. Savannah's pesky ex-husband continues to try and worm his way back into her life, insisting they remain friends, even though he is living with his jealous new girlfriend. An up-and-coming woodworker artist, Brody has every socialite cougar in town promising him success and riches, for a price, of course. With two advice-giving older sisters, one fiercely single and one seemingly happily married, Savannah learns her parents' long and successful relationship does not come without its own secrets. Why should she believe in happily ever after? Her constant overanalyzing and skepticism bodes well in her profession as a journalist, but proves counterproductive in her personal life. Divorce, guilt, suspicion, holding on to the past—can Savannah trust in Brody to help her Let It Go...
Cabin by the Lake
Desiree Douglas - 2016
A bonfire is lit when she moves to her aunt's lake house in rural Georgia in need of a fresh start. There she meets hunky backpacker, Mike Rodgers, seeking shelter from a storm. As lightning flashes, so does their chemistry. A man is the last thing Lydia needs in her life, but working alongside Mike to renovate an old guest cabin, the two are drawn together with an irresistible pull. In the woods nearby, someone is watching--and waiting. When she realizes that her past has caught up to her, Lydia knows she has to leave to protect her aunt, and keep Mike from learning her history! Little does she know that Mr. Perfect has secrets of his own...
Dear Olivia
Bella Fontaine - 2019
I had to leave because you asked me to take care of your brother and I didn’t. I couldn’t. It was the one time I never had his back and because of me he died. I couldn’t face you after that….
Those words …That was the point when my broken heart softened and let him back in.Eight years ago when Sam left my world ended and it reminded me of how forbidden he was to me growing up.He was my older brother’s best friend and the guy from the wrong side of the track.He was the gorgeous rebel with his bright blue eyes who was bad news.But, when I looked at him I saw the good … even when he didn’t.
He was my first everything.I gave him my heart, body and soul, thinking we’d always be together. It was a lie.My heart shattered into a million pieces when he left.Now, he wants a second chance.He wants me again and not just for one night.Loving him once was a mistake.Loving him twice is beyond my control.It feels like the best mistake of my life, until I realize there’s more secrets that could destroy us.Again…
Dear Olivia is a steamy second chance romance and the first book in a two part series concluding with Yours Truly. Please note there is a cliffhanger. For your enjoyment of this series pretty, pretty, please read the books in order. Enjoy xx
Skinny Dipping
Alicia M. Kaye - 2014
She died for three minutes. Her childhood trauma is real. Yet Sophie Smart, hot-shot advertising executive, isn't a child anymore. Now Sophie's most important client, handsome Matthew Silver, is insisting she learn how to swim. She can't blame him really - he's the owner of a chain of swimming centers, and Sophie's in charge of his new advertising campaign. The last thing Sophie wants to do is get in the water, in a clingy swimsuit, with a client she’s trying to impress. She's not going to win him over flapping around like an idiot, is she? But with a broken heart from her last relationship, maybe getting into the pool is just what Sophie needs? Maybe Sophie can trust Matthew with her fears. Maybe she can let go. Maybe it's time for Sophie to forget about her past and take the plunge?
Dangerous Flirtation
Liz Fielding - 1994
A job she loves, a thoughtful, reliable fiancé. Everything is just perfect until a stranger with laughing blue eyes and a roguish grin bursts into her life and turns her life upside down with a birthday kiss. Jack Drayton offers romance, excitement and passion – and he challenges her to accept. Dare she?Liz Fielding is wit, charm, sizzle...
Georgia On My Mind
Brenda Stokes Lee - 2013
Charles is her first love has been with Peaches since high school. An opportunist, he shamelessly allowed Peaches to put him through college and Law School. He promised that he would marry her just as soon as he passed the Bar. Unfortunately, almost ten years later Charles has not been able to pass the Bar. And the beautiful Peaches is still single, thirty pounds heavier and paying all of the bills.You see stress and pressure has weighed heavy on Peaches and she’s let herself go. She’s gained a lot of weight and unbeknown to her Charles has been searching for love in other places. But things are looking up for Peaches as she is about to discover.Peaches was one big contract away from a breakthrough in her career. She had just landed a huge contract to decorate the mansion of a mega R&B Singer named Miracle. As if that wasn’t enough good news Charles finally passed the Bar. Peaches is ecstatic as she expects Charles to be a man of his word and honor his promise. Less than an hour later she gets a voicemail from Charles to meet her at an expensive, romantic restaurant. He had something that he wanted to ask her.Happy days are here again! Peaches thought that finally all of her prayers had just been answered. Charles was going to ask her to marry him. Unfortunately, Peaches arrives at the restaurant just in time to witness Charles proposing to another woman. Charles was on his knees presenting the ring of her dreams, on her day to a beautiful, sexy woman. Shocked, hurt and mad as a woman slapped in the face with an active bee hive Peaches gives Charles the beat down of his life.Luckily for Peaches she caught the eye of a handsome young man as she entered the restaurant. This man instantly recognizes Peaches from the past, but did not get the opportunity to speak with her before the attack. Peaches was his babysitter when he was ten years old. Sixteen when they met, the ten year old had a major crush on Peaches. In love with Charles and obviously too old for him Peaches hardly acknowledged that he even existed.Still she instantly recognizes him as Peanut the little boy she used to babysit long ago. He quickly intervenes and pulls her off of Charles. And he helps her escape the restaurant right before the police arrive.Rashawn and Peaches reconnect that night. Peaches is distraught over her weight gain and losing Charles’ love because of it. Rashawn offers to help Peaches get back in shape and lose the extra weight. Peaches accepts his offer and the two began to work out daily. Soon their relationship turns from a friendship to a friends with benefit relationship.See what happens when these two men battle over this big, bold and beautiful woman.WARNING! Georgia on my mind is an Erotic Romance. It has strong language, explicit sex scenes and is not recommend for anyone under age 18.
The Posse
Tawdra Kandle - 2013
After her husband’s death, she’s left with her family’s beach restaurant and two nearly-grown children. The last thing she’s looking for is another chance at love.However, if her husband’s best friends, the Posse, have anything to say about it, love is just what she’s going to get. The Posse is determined to take care of Jude, and when they decide the best way to do that is for one of them to sweep her off her feet, three begin to vie for her affections. But only one can reach her heart.In a story of friendship, loss and second chances, Jude will learn her life is far from being over.
That Thing You Do
Maria Geraci - 2015
She does, however, believe in the power of a permanent paycheck. So when a tipster reports that the soon-to-be demolished senior center in her hometown is haunted, Allie hightails it to Whispering Bay to get the scoop that could secure her dream job at Florida! magazine. What she finds, though, is far scarier than any ghost. Cue her ex-boyfriend, sexy construction foreman Tom Donalan.When Tom catches Allie poking around his construction site, he quickly realizes his former high school flame is just as feisty as ever. And, heaven help him, her irresistible, mile-high legs still take his breath away. But Tom isn’t about to delay the building’s demolition because of a silly ghost story.With neither of the stubborn exes backing down from their opposing positions, sparks fly. And, underneath the surface, the fire of their old attraction burns as hot as ever. When strange things start happening with increasing frequency around town, even a tough skeptic like Tom is tested. The question is, can Allie and Tom stop fighting long enough to get to the bottom of Whispering Bay’s ghost problem—and the more important matter of mending their broken hearts?