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Dangerous: A Bad Boy Romance
Emilia Violet - 2017
My career, my friends, my image, it's all been forced on me by my parents. And now they're getting involved in my love-life too. They want me to marry Jack Lawrence, they think he's perfect. They know nothing. I'm at breaking point when I meet the infamous Irish businessman, Kai Mulligan. Dark, dangerous and completely unobtainable, he's the polar opposite of golden boy Jack. He lives for his freedom and won't be tied down. Everyone warns me to steer clear of him, but the more I get to know Kai, the more I realise that this bad boy might not be all he seems. I'm tired of being my parents puppet, of being the good girl and doing what's expected of me. I'm ready to take control of my own life despite the consequences I know I'll face. Make my own choices, decide what I want. And what I want may just be Kai... *** Full length standalone romance with guaranteed HEA *** *** 18+ readers. Explicit sex scenes and strong language throughout. ***
Sheikh's Surprise Love Child: A Sheikh's Baby Romance (Alpha Sheikhs Series)
Sophia Lynn - 2020
Sheikh's Surprise Son is a steamy romance between a powerful Sheikh and a strong willed American he is determined to win over.
Give her Love. Give her Power. (Hussle & Heart Book 1)
Grey Huffington - 2019
The Hussle and Heart series, dedicated to the late Nipsey Hussle, travels to the slums of Channing City and places a magnifying glass on the lives of the biggest hustlers with the biggest hearts.
The Next Dawn
C.G. Cooper - 2021
This isn't the story about governments or high-level players. This is a story about everyday heroes and how they learn to survive when the world around them is crumbling. It's also a story about silver linings and hidden hope. Our heroes in and villains include:- Dottie Roth: a quiet retiree with a secret past.- Fran Markus: a mercenary for hire with a gift for disposal.- Chuck Yarling: a Vietnam vet with a penchant for survival.- Fabian Moon: a supply and logistics expert who is sucked into black market trade.- Sandy Kaplan: a high school drivers education instructor with a knack for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.See how their tales weave in and through each others, and find out about the surprising benefit gifted by this powerful pandemic.
Best Autocorrect Fails: Text Messages That Didn't Mean to Send
James MacBrowning - 2014
For years, millions of people have used this great program. Especially since it is imbedded in all the new phones. Of course, there is a way to disable autocorrect if you really want to. However, not many people do. Why would they? It is just too hilarious when it happens!
Sofia on the Balcony: flash reads by Himanshu Goel
Himanshu Goel - 2020
The Hunger Games Universe
J.M. Marantz - 2012
Explore the dystopian universe of this classic series of novels.
Angel Wings (Angel Born, #3)
D.R. Rosier - 2020
He had the power of a witch, vampire, and shifter, and shared mates as well from those races. He’d also learned he was angel born, and there were two more pieces of his soul and power to unlock. He wasn’t in a hurry about it though, there were far more important things to worry about than personal power.The blessings of his new life were more than challenged by the dangers and enemy’s conspiring against him. Things are about to get even crazier. New mate, new power that takes discipline to control, and the leaders have their own designs on his influence and power. The evil fae are undisciplined, the witches catching them in visions, for the most part. But how is it the fae race continues? How is it new generations are born, surely the ignorant and undisciplined monsters that prey on humanity should’ve died out. Right? He’s about to find out the answer to that question and face his biggest challenge of all. He’ll need all his mates, and all his power to survive this one…Warning! This is an Urban Fantasy adventure featuring a harem and concepts of polyamory, with some MF to MFFFF scenes of an explicit nature. If that’s not your cup of tea, don’t read this book. You have been warned.
A Gangsta's Son
Rio - 2013
“You know I just worked a twelve-hour shift. Gotta get me right before I go to sleep.” He smiled his ugly smile and opened the screen door. “I’ll take you shoppin’ when I wake up; spend a couple bands on you.”He put his key in the lock and turned it… But the door was snatched open before Mone’s hand could even reach the doorknob.Lacresha’s eyes opened wide with fear as she witnessed a tall masked man step from behind the door and raise a gun to Mone’s face.“Payback’s a bitch, ain’t it?” The masked man stated coldly.
Firefighter Christmas Complete Series Box Set (A Firefighter Holiday Romance Love Story)
Nella Tyler - 2017
I’m a firefighter with the name Blaze. Irony at it’s finest I suppose. My job isn’t easy, but there are some perks. Like on Christmas night how I was called to the most beautiful girl’s house I’ve ever seen. Too many lights on a too dry of a Christmas tree led me to Sami. Her voice was so calm and gentle; she watched as my crew put out the fire on her family home. “I don’t know how we could ever repay you” were the best words I could have heard come out of her mouth. So she took me up on a New Year’s Eve party. The night was perfect, until my ex-fiance Lacey showed up. Sami’s eyes were filled with fire when she realized who Lacey was. Was my old flame meant to die? Was my new spark supposed to be my future?
Second Chance Delight Box Set
Lauren Wood - 2020
Inside, you’ll find the four full-length novels in the Second Chances series, including...Book #1: Single Dad Baker “Jack is a billionaire baker, with just the right size buns…”I’m every woman’s dream. I can bring all their desires to life. I can make it happen. Cream puffs, shortbread, and even ladyfingers. All can be turned into the naughtiest thoughts. I’m the master of my trade. Single dad, nothing can stop me. But, there’s one recipe I can’t figure out. An innocent girl that crushed on me. Correction: She used to be innocent. Now she’s back. Hot, sexy and all grown up. Bella’s not the same though. Her eyes hold darkness that wasn’t there before. This time, I am going to be her protector. I’ll put everything on the line for her.Even the bakery. Can I really let her leave again?*-*-*Book #2: Brother’s Billionaire Best Friend“John is a billionaire film producer, with just the right touch…”My new houseguest is off-limits. Maybe that’s why I can’t keep my hands off her. Dina is not just any woman. She’s my best friend’s little sister. I should’ve claimed her years ago. But I didn’t know any better then. Now I have a second chance. Her delicious lips and that soft skin.It’s all I obsess over. Our secret baby will lead to a scandal. But my billionaire status is worthless if I can’t protect her. I’ll fight the world if I have to. I’m not letting her go this time. Even if I lose my best friend in the process.*-*-*Book #3: Enemies to Lovers “Frank is an old football star, who expects everyone to worship him…”The many reasons why going back to an old fling is a horrible idea. 1. He broke my heart in front of everyone 2. I never did get over him3. Frank’s an old football star, who expects everyone to worship him 4. I never could say no… There are many more, like the fact that he’s my boss now. But none of that matters. I still do the unthinkable. I fall back in his arms. I give him a second chance. Now my enemy is my lover. Worse still, I’ve gotten pregnant. No one can know, not even Frank. He was the only one that could hurt me.I couldn’t let him do it again. No matter how badly I still wanted him.*-*-*Book #4: One Night Mistake “Jaime is a gorgeous billionaire with hot abs and a winning smile…”He’s my boss. I knew that I shouldn’t sleep with Jaime. I couldn’t help it. I was supposed to redecorate his house. But he altered my virginity instead. It should have happened only once. Though now, I wanted more. I wanted to be with him. I wanted our love to have a second chance. I could have it all. If someone wasn’t standing in our way. I was carrying his secret… Would it matter?
These hot and sexy billionaires will have you begging for more. All books in the box set are full length standalone in series, second chance romances.
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Stephen R. King - 2018
Sometimes it feels like we are all on a different planet earth. Sometimes we are!
The Silk Brief
John M. Burton - 2012
The book transported my imagination where I was right inside a courtroom drama…. Fantastic, thoroughly recommend this book!” “Both educational and entertaining …I thought the author did an excellent job of introducing Americans to the British legal system (which bemuses many of us as much as cricket). I always love good summations, and these were of high calibre… The author demonstrated a mastery of providing meaningful snippets of personal life essentially in textual asides.”“Author John Burton, Q.C. knows of whereof he writes, and his book, as well as being a well plotted, well written and highly enjoyable murder trial novel, is an education in the English criminal justice system, warts and all… There is also a fascinating subplot about the business of English criminal lawyers and the intrigues of the “Chambers” in which Brant practices.”“…..the skills of both the Prosecution, Joanna Glass QC and the Defence are on display. The reader is made to feel part of the Defence team.”David Brant QC is a newly appointed Queen’s Counsel, a “Silk”, a Criminal Barrister struggling against ever-dwindling legal aid funds and a lack of work. His Chambers is also suffering internal and external pressures and his Senior Clerk seems to only serve a select few. Life at the Bar is more challenging than ever before. His personal life is not much better. Having faced an acrimonious divorce after an inadvisable liaison with a female Solicitor, his life has become a mixture of enforced rest and ever increasing consumption of Claret and Rioja Reserva. However, after a night out with his Senior Clerk, he is instructed to defend in a Murder trial, leading one of the instructing solicitor’s firm’s In-House Barristers.The client is a Mr Damien Clarke, a cocaine addict charged with killing a known associate, Usman Hussain, after a night of smoking crack together in Hussain’s flat. The evidence against Damien appears almost overwhelming and as the case progresses towards trial it is strengthened by further forensic scientific evidence.David Brant QC must use all his forensic skill to combat the array of damning evidence against Damien and to pit his wits against a highly competent Prosecutor and a Judge who has a personal dislike for him. The Silk Brief takes us from before David Brant QC is instructed, through his early preparation of the case and conferences with the client in the High Security Belmarsh prison, through to the trial and verdict. It provides the day by day record of a murder trial including the examination and cross-examination of lay and expert witnesses, Counsel’s speeches, the Judges summing up and finally the jury’s deliberations and verdict. Although a work of fiction, the author draws extensively on his knowledge of the Criminal Bar of England and Wales, having practiced as a Criminal Barrister for over thirty years, latterly as Queen’s Counsel, conducting many trials, including murder trials in the Central Criminal Court, known colloquially and fondly as “The Old Bailey”.