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Mad Mad Love
Kahlen Aymes - 2014
Beloved by readers, The Remembrance Trilogy, & Prequel, is touted as one of the most transcendent love stories in modern contemporary romance. Prequel: Before Ryan Was Mine: When Ryan meets Julia at Stanford, he instantly realizes she will change his life but the impact of falling in love with your best friend becomes a struggle of wanting the chance at love, but being unwilling to risk losing the friendship that means so much. Book #1, The Future of Our Past: When Ryan leaves for medical school, the pair is forced to face the reality of being apart from the one person who means the most in their world. When you love someone this much, is a chance at romance worth the risk of losing them? Book #2: Don’t Forget to Remember Me: In the heart-breaking second installment, tragedy threatens to destroy all Ryan and Julia have built. Ryan is pushed to the limit when his quest to protect Julia could mean he will lose her forever. Book #3: A Love Like This: When guilt and obligation intrude on Ryan and Julia’s incredible love, each must come to terms with something that threatens to rip them apart, and what they are each willing to sacrifice for the other. Don’t miss the heart-stopping conclusion to one of the most romantic series you’ll ever read. Every Time ~ A heartwarming Christmas BONUS Outtake that takes place after the series ends. You will live and breathe Ryan and Julia’s story right along with them. It’s the kind of epic love that so many dream of, but so few find.
When Our Worlds Ignite
Lindsey Iler - 2016
Dan Forrester and Violet Jones are the perfect couple. His devotion to the charismatic, beautiful firecracker has been the envy of their friends since high school. Until the day she throws his love in his face and walks away from them. Watching her change into someone she’s not is the most challenging thing he’s ever done. Loving Dan is impossible until Violet learns who she is. Violet’s concept of true love is shattered when her parents announce their divorce. Doubt taints everything she thought to be true. Fear becomes the reason for every decision she makes. Determined to find out who she really is, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Loving someone often means giving her the time and space she needs. As Dan and Violet smolder in a failed relationship, life takes them in opposite directions. But will love ignite the ashes and bring them back to where they belong?
Lynne Graham's Brides of L'Amour
Lynne Graham - 2000
Here, in one fabulous bundle, is her entire three-part serial Brides of L'Amour in which three young friends find passion, heartbreak, vindication and ultimate happiness with powerful, exciting, sexy men who must first learn to open their hearts and give their trust. Bundle includes The Frenchman's Love-Child, The Italian Boss's Mistress and The Banker's Convenient Wife.
Nikos: The Greek's Downfall, Part 1
T.C. Clark - 2019
Nikos Stravanos didn't believe in love. He definitely didn't believe in love at first sight. So when he meets a woman that turns his world upside down, he has no idea how to react. Can Ada teach a man nicknamed the Greek Beast how to accept the love of a good woman or will his actions destroy them before they find out what true love is? Tune in here to find out... Part 2 can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Nikos-Greeks-M...
The Proposal
Martha Silver - 2014
She longs to have a family, but knows she won’t get a third chance at happily-ever-after. Mack’s wife died two years ago, and he’s determined to never love again. He has everything money can buy, but what he wants most is a mother for his three-year-old son, Cody. When Tully and Cody bond over a sandcastle in the park, Mack impulsively offers her an unorthodox business proposition: a contract marriage with Cody at the center. There will be no love and no sex, but if Tully will move to Mack’s Colorado mansion and care for Cody until he’s eighteen, Mack will support her while she pursues her dream to write—and throw in a two million dollar bonus.The idea is crazy, but for these two broken-hearted people, it seems to work. That is, until Tully starts to fall for Mack—a definite no-no for their bargain—and an outsider threatens the future of their unusual family.
Except My Love
Mary Burchell - 1937
She knew that for Oliver Leyne it was merely one of convenience,that he would never have considered her had he not lost the woman he really loved. All the same, Erica did love him, and she couldn't help hoping that with time and patience her marriage might turn into something deeper and more satisfying than a business arrangement. But Erica had managed to conceal from Oliver the fact that just before the wedding his old love had come back and tried to get in touch with him. Would he ever forgive her if he discovered how she had deceived him?
The Billion-Dollar Marriage Contract
Alyssa Urbano - 2015
Nikos isn’t ready to give up his playboy lifestyle, and Cassia is far from the glitzy socialite their elite circle expects. Events force them to live separate lives. Ten years later, Nikos is ready to make it work with his wife, whom he only sees once a year. Cassia is also ready to settle down… just not with Nikos. Will Cassia once again surrender herself to the man who scarred her forever? Or will she give up her inheritance and never look back? Will they still be able to fulfill the terms of their billion-dollar marriage contract, even when death and danger stalk them at every turn?
Who's Gonna Love You Like Me
Jenica Johnson - 2016
Eva Auger made sure to live her life according to the Bible as best as she could. What she didn’t know was being married to one of Atlanta’s wealthiest men was going to be her headache. Dennis kept her in the finest clothing, diamonds and cars but it wasn’t enough. Behind Eva’s beautiful smile holds insecurities and doubt. Sticking by his side through his alcohol addiction, Eva continued to pray only to find out her husband’s head was in another woman’s lap. All drama breaks loose when the woman appears and she’s pregnant.In Eva’s mind she’s done and wants a divorce but her heart keeps pulling her towards Dennis. Dennis refuses to let go even after all his secrets are out. Is Eva strong enough to hold on or will Dennis realize what he had shouldn't have been taken for granted? Neither of them may look like what they've been through on the outside but their spirit paints a different picture.**THIS IS A SPIN-OFF FROM "I DON'T LOOK LIKE WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH"
His Loving Deception
Clare Connelly - 2014
Lady Cassandra Hervey has hidden her true identity for almost five years, and with good reason. She ran away from home at nineteen, under a cloud of suspicion for the theft of million pound jewels belonging to her horrid stepmother. Since then, she's worked hard to make a new life for herself. It's all going so well, until she meets Ben, the one man who has the power to ruin everything! Benedict Savarin can't bring himself to reveal Cassandra's secret. Yet. He tells himself he's just biding his time, but as weeks turn into months, he sees that their dark passion is fast evolving into something far, far more dangerous. When Cassandra realises that Benedict has discovered the secret of who she really is, she tries to run, but he isn't about to let her get away twice. Believing her capable of theft and worse, he uses every tool at his disposal to make her face up to her disastrous past, and Cassandra knows she'll never forgive him for it.
The One Who Got Away
Jessica Goodwin - 2011
Reunited after many years and many changes, Lucy and Jackson find themselves caught in a dilemma. Both of them are struggling with the fact that their old feelings for each other have been reawakened… And now both of them are involved with other people. Should Lucy stay in a comfortable, routine relationship with her boyfriend, Matt, even though he doesn’t make her feel the way Jackson does? Should Jackson keep going with the flow in his marriage to Sloane, his overbearing wife who is pressuring him to start a family?What begins as a friendship rekindled leads to a romance caught on fire as Lucy and Jackson question the decisions they made in their younger years and wonder if they are truly meant to be together.
Cruel Venus
Susan Lewis - 2000
Until her world is destroyed by the bitterest betrayal of all: her husband's explosive affair with her 19-year-old assistant, Tessa Dukes.Tessa's ambitions burn fiercely. Her chilling manipulation of fame and her steady destruction of so many dreams and ambitions lead all concerned into a fatal minefield of sexual obsession, psychotic jealousy and deadly treachery.Moving from the dazzling, yet sinister, lights of London, to the deceptive haven of Italy's romantic Amalfi Coast, Cruel Venus is a suspense-filled story of love at its very best - and absolute worst.
Divine Moves
Ellyn Oaksmith - 2013
Meryl Howe thinks she's outrun her trailer trash past with a prosperous husband, private schools for her children and winning, after much kowtowing to the elite, the chairmanship of Seattle Children's Hospital Guild. But one horrible night her world and her marriage and her life implodes. Just when Meryl thinks things have hit rock bottom, her estranged mother blows in from Vegas with plans to save her daughter's marriage. After four years of sobriety, Faye's brought along Hot Jesus - a saintly apparition who rides shotgun in her life. Faye, a former stripper and veteran of multiple marriages, plans on talking her daughter into opening an exotic dance and fitness studio. But Meryl has other plans. She's falling for a Sheriff who is accusing her of crimes she didn't commit. Mostly. As Faye steamrolls ahead, Meryl must learn a few of her mother's sexy moves in order to shake the sad memories of her past.
Henry's Bride
Emily Royal - 2019
When an evening walk with the wrong hungry suitor ruins her reputation, she calls a duel for her honor but is left injured. Disowned by all, she finds an unlikely savior in renowned rake Henry Drayton. Believing her reputation ruined, and determined to enjoy the sin she’s already been punished for, Jeanette succumbs to Henry’s passion. Upon discovering Jeanette told the truth about her virtue, Henry asks for her hand. The hasty marriage pleases neither of them. Jeanette wanted to marry for love, not convenience. A committed bachelor, Henry, believes he’s been duped. At night, their shared passion is addictive but by day, Henry seems to want nothing to do with his new wife. However, behind his cold demeanor lies a secret burden. He is one of few men who have noticed the rise in disappearances of London’s prostitutes. Soon, Henry’s investigation into a profitable slave ring draws him and his associates into danger. When Jeanette’s inquisitive nature leads her to become caught up in it, Henry must reveal his heart or lose all that he holds dear.
Can a ruined woman and a renowned rake find love in their unlikely union?
London Libertines
Book 1 - Henry's Bride Book 2 - Hawthorn's Wife Book 3 - Roderick's Widow
The Ingredients of Us
Jennifer Gold - 2019
But when she discovers her husband’s infidelity, she doesn’t know what to make of it. Jam, maybe? Definitely jam.Fed up with the stale crumbs of her marriage, Elle revisits past recipes and the events that inspired them. A recipe for scones reminds her of her father’s death, cinnamon rolls signify the problematic courtship with her husband, and a batch of chocolate cookies casts Elle in a less-than-flattering light. Looking back, Elle soon realizes that some ingredients were missing all along.After confronting her husband, Elle indulges her sweet tooth in other ways, including a rebound that just leaves her more confused. As secrets from the past collide with the conflicts of the present, Elle struggles to manage her bakery business and maintain the relationships most important to her. In piecing her life back together, will Elle learn to take the bitter with the sweet?
The Billionaire's Secret Baby
Alexis Gold - 2015
A single night of passion with a beautiful young woman called Camilla has made him a father but he is blissfully unaware. However, after tracking the billionaire down Camilla is ready to introduce him to his baby daughter. She feels he has a right to know he has a child whilst deep down she also hopes he will be interested in playing a part in her upbringing. But, at the same time, she realizes she does not know much about him at all. One thing Camilla definitely did not know was that Roman is actually already married and it soon becomes apparent that their secret baby is not the only secret he is hiding... This is a BWWM Romance that is sure to surprise you with the many twists and turns. So you can read this story from beginning to end right now by scrolling back up and clicking “Buy Now!”... WARNING: Includes tasteful sex scenes! Adults Only, 18+