After being rescued by members of the government’s AdvaNced Genetic EvoLution (ANGEL) Project four years ago, getting recruited for this elite team is all she's wanted.Now 18, she's finally reached her goal after years of study and physical training, but little could have prepared her for life as a genetic experiment. As though coming to terms with her new ability to manipulate water isn't tough enough, she never expected to be swept off her feet by one of her fellow recruits. With genetic alteration, the threat of physical and mental instability hangs over every superhero like a shadow. When one of their own tumbles over the edge of madness, Candace will have to choose between protecting the world, and saving the one who holds her heart.

    Forced back into Riccardo's glittering, gossip-fueled world, the price of perfection is still too high and Lilly's old insecurities resurface. An unexpected consequence of their reunion raises the stakes even higher, and the media's golden couple must finally confront the truth behind the headlines. Congratulations to Jennifer Hayward, winner of Harlequin's 2012 So You Think You Can Write competition!

    to pursue their careers and fall in love with seemingly unsuitable men. Seriously? Alexandra Marcello Gentileschi thinks when she’s contacted by one of the biggest publishers in New York City. The man actually wants to buy the children’s book she wrote. She’s innocent and naïve in the ways of publishing and in the ways of the world, but she’s determined to make it on her own and not because of the Gentileschi name. She chooses instead her mother’s surname. Ryder Reynolds is using Alexandra Marcello to get what he wants out of life. Ten years older than she, and technically her boss, he regretfully finds himself enticed by the Italian beauty. But after he falls in love with her, he’s is forced to make an impossible choice that could alienate her forever. Backdropped by the splendor of an Italian island and the glamor of New York City, Ryder and Alexandra’s struggle will tug at your heartstrings and move you to root for them. Don’t miss this charming six-book series of novellas: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU, THIS GUY’S IN LOVE, CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE, HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?, LOVE WILL KEEP US TOGETHER and I THINK I LOVE YOU!

    His country needs an heir, so when he discovers his lover can’t have children, he must sever their ties. Only Maks can’t resist spending one last night in her bed....can avert this royal scandal!Now he faces the biggest diplomatic crisis of his life. Against all odds, Gillian Harris has become pregnant. Maks’s royal reserve masks the heart of a fierce Cossack warrior—one who is not above using their mutual passion to convince a hurt, wary Gillian that she must be his queen!

    A chance encounter. A blooming relationship. An explosive demise. Sounds like a regular college romance, right? But for me, it was four years of my life I’ll never forget. I went to that Halloween party a single, curious college girl and left as the apple of a man’s eye.As Brett’s dedicated little sweet treat.Four wonderful years… and one night is all that it took.One night and my life was shattered.I watched him walk away… And today, I’m sitting in his billion dollar company interviewing for a job.Memories resurface, secrets are revealed, and…I am making the same mistake.Falling for a cheating, heartbreaking man for a second time.I shouldn’t be doing this…he’s ex for a reason.Not only that, he’s my boss! Mistakes have consequences, And mine is evident from the two positive lines on the pregnancy test.

    She had tried desperately to turn herself into the perfect wife for his infrequent visits, but no more! She was through trying to become someone she wasn’t. And she was finished reading about his mistresses in the tabloids. She’d had enough! So why did her heart race when he walked through the door? And how did she end up in his bed? Damon Galanos had been forced to marry Sasha to retain ownership of his ancestral home, but he never intending to stay married to the innocent girl. However, after destroying her grandfather for his blackmail, Damon found that he couldn’t get Sasha out of his mind. So he returned to his “wife”, realizing she had become a beautiful woman – one he planned to explore further. Imagine his surprise when his docile wife demanded a divorce!

    He'd made her feel special—witty and rather daring—a person who existed only for him, when all along she'd existed only as his instrument of revenge!Melly's last words the night she'd confronted her father had been, "It's not true! Clay loves me. He does!" And yet she ran away.For three long years Melly had managed to evade the past—until the day she ran right into her husband and a situation she had

    Not after it schemed to rip my heart out and leave me a single father.The biggest question I have is what to do with forever now that my wife is gone.As much as I hate it, it’s time for a break from my famous life.A year off to spend time with my little girl is what the doctor ordered.Giggles, smiles, and tons of ice cream for the two of us.And somehow, the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen runs the ice-cream parlor.But getting involved isn’t a choice. Not even when my little girl falls head over heels for this woman that’s stealing my every thought.No matter how much I want to give up everything for the curvy girl that’s rocking my world day and night.She deserves far more than me, but I’m just selfish enough to want to deny her another lover. To take up residence in her heart and stay.It gets even more serious when I find myself playing her fake boyfriend to her uppity mother. It’s a part I’d love to play daily.The promise of healing, love, and a big family have me running fast and hard because that same question plays over and over again…What if fate takes her away too?

    I’ve experienced the ways love can change a poor man into a rich one, a sinner to a saint, and make people beg for redemption.Yet nothing I’d ever done was as profound as marrying the woman I love.Every mission I took was a risk worth taking knowing I'd go home to her loving arms.What I didn’t know was in my quest to right all the wrongs of the world, I was destroying the only part of it I’d die for - my marriage.The ripple effect of miscommunication and the sin of my omissions would change all of our lives.And it would be my wife who would pay the price.

    But when Phoebe happily announced she was pregnant, Jed was appalled. Didn't she understand--she was only a pleasing distraction? Sadly Phoebe lost the man she loved, and her baby....So it is with disbelief that, years later, Jed discovers Phoebe has a little boy...who looks just like him!

    Heartache and betrayal prompt Bonnie McKutchen to leave her wealthy husband, Eli, but, determined to win her back, he searches and finds her dancing for money in a Washington mining town saloon.

    That's until she walks into the club. Suddenly, I want more. I want her. Nobody knows my real name. On stage, I go by Candy. And when I dance, I go all the way. Women scream my name and throw money at me. I take home any woman I want. Sometimes, I take two.  Carolina is the stuck up neighbor who drove me nuts with her prissy ways and big blue eyes. Sure, it was high school the last time I saw her. But our families have been going to the same church for generations. I always had my eye on her. She was the most beautiful girl in town but it was more than that. She was also the smartest. She knew it too.  We had one night. One kiss. I fell hard, and she moved away. Even back then, she knew I wasn't good enough for her. Now she's here, in my club for her bachelorette party. Her friends push her up on stage. And I decide the bride-to-be deserves a very, very private dance.  I'm not letting her get away twice. Especially when I find out the man she's planning to marry. Little Miss Perfect has no idea what's about to hit her. Or how far I will go to get what's mine.... Her. The Tequila Trilogy tells the story of three best friends, all bad boy Marines who are dragged kicking and screaming into love. These three scorching romances (formerly the Man Candy Trilogy) have been unpublished since 2017 and extensively rewritten and expanded with even more heat and tug-at-your-heartstrings angst. These stories are not available anywhere else! My books all contain a guaranteed happy ever after! There is no cheating, although Chandler *does* steal his lady away from her dishonest (and downright scary) fiancé! Enjoy! >Xoxox, JoannaBooks Included: Grind, Heat and Deep

    Drawing strength from him, she left everything behind and sought a new life for herself, far away from the pain and shame.Fast forward ten years: Sabrina is settled in Miami, happy at last—until her best friend urges her to attend her high school reunion and face her painful past once and for all.And…maybe meet the mysterious Tyler once again.Can Sabrina find the courage to face the demons in her past, let go of the pain, and move forward into happiness? Or will insecurity and self-doubt ruin her one chance to get the love she’s not sure she even deserves?

    Do you agree?Yes, I whispered, my lips brushing against his. I hardly knew what I was saying. I could think of nothing other than the darkly powerful Edward St. Cyr. I was too lost in the moment, lost in pleasure that made the world a million colors of twisting light. I gave him my body, which he wanted, and my heart, which he didn't. Had I just made the biggest mistake of my life? Maybe when he knows about our baby it will heal his wounded heart, so he can love us both.

    Her plan? Relax, reset, and head back up the corporate ladder. There’s just one unexpected step. Neely’s back in Dogwood Lane for barely a day when she sees the man she ran from nine years ago: the bad boy next door who was her first kiss, her first love, and her first heartbreak.Devoted single dad Dane Madden knows he hurt Neely in the worst way. He’s got a lot to make up for. And as passionate as their reconnection is, it’s a lot to hope for. Having her back in his arms feels so right. But falling in love all over again with a woman who wants to live a world away is bound to go so wrong.What’s it going to take for Neely to give him—and Dogwood Lane—just one more chance?