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The Beaumont Boys


Rachel Ryan - 2016
    Until she meets charming blue-eyed Reed and feels an instant connection. But when fate steps in and Reed is called away, Brooke believes she's lost her chance once again. Six months later Brooke reluctantly agrees to a blind date with handsome and successful businessman, Myles Beaumont. Brooke and Myles hit it off and Brooke is finally feeling like it could be a perfect match, until Reed appears in her life again and the chemistry is hard to ignore.Will Brooke follow her head or her heart? And when she learns the truth, will it completely destroy any chance she has at happiness?

The Cooking School on the Bay


Michelle Vernal - 2013
    Of course, these wouldn’t be so obvious if it wasn’t for her golden haired, older sister Jennifer.In a bid to escape Jennifer’s lengthy shadow and to find her happy ever after Rebecca, high-tails it out of her hometown of Christchurch to the other side of the world landing a legal secretary job in the buzzing city of Dublin. A few drinks later, all she has to show for her new life is an embarrassing one-night stand and a dollop of flirtatious banter with her boss Ciaran, who just happens to have a predatory receptionist in hot pursuit of him.Amidst plans of preventing such a merger, Rebecca receives news that Jennifer’s picture perfect life has a big, fat crack down the middle of it in the form of a philandering husband. Summoned home to look after her sister’s children and cooking school while she works on her marriage, Rebecca finds the reality of looking after two young children along with the bizarre array of guests booked into the cooking school grim. The only bright spot on her horizon are Ciaran’s e-mails but then she meets David Seagar whom she thinks might just be the ending to her happy ever after but will he prove to be far from perfect too?

Every Time It Rains


Nikita Singh - 2017
    It brings with it great joy, and opens you up to pain. But does one really have the courage to say no and look the other way? Laila is yet to recover from her painful past. Hurt, and untrusting of love, she is fully immersed in work, her only source of cheer. Her bakery franchise is very popular and she just might be able to go national, if she can pull off that big deal. Just when things are looking up, along comes JD, an impetuous, free-spirited creature to stir up the calm. He's her exact opposite. Laila s self-destructive, he s life-affirming. She s cautious, he s buoyant. But here s the thing: he makes her feel the very things she wanted to forget. Stirring a familiar passion she longed for but had lost the courage to pursue. They are irrepressibly drawn to each other but will she ever be able to trust him? Every Time It Rains is the story of every girl who has ever had her heart broken. And fallen in love again.

Bitter Grounds


Sandra Benítez - 1997
    Following three generations of the Prieto Clan and the wealthy family they work for, this is the story of mothers and daughters who live, love, and die for their passions.

The Return Part II & The Last Story


Christopher Pike - 2010
    She is on theother side, in a place of spirits. But she is given a rare offer. Toreturn to Earth without having to be reborn. Into the body of amessed-up teenage girl - Jean Rodriguez. A transfer of souls, theycall it. Shari is given a chance to be a Wanderer, and to do a greatservice for humanity. It is an offer she gladly accepts. Then she isback, in a human body. Yet she does not remember being Shari Cooper.At first she recalls nothing of the afterlife. Perhaps it is just aswell. Not everybody on Earth welcomes Wanderers. Of the few who knowof their existence, some want them dead. And others, the truly evilones, wish them much worse than that.

Searching for David's Heart: A Christmas Story


Cherie Bennett - 1998
    Then she meets the boy who received David's heart in an organ transplant, and learns that life truly does go on.A journey of faith, hope, and love.Life at Darcy's house isn't always easy. Money is tight, and her parents argue a lot. Darcy's shy and quiet with most people, but it's not like that with her brother, David. He and Darcy are soul mates. Until David gets a girlfriend, that is, and starts to treat Darcy as if she were a pest. Darcy is hurt and humiliated, and one day after a huge fight, Darcy runs off. David chases after her and is killed in a shocking accident. Darcy is sure his death is her fault.Then Darcy's parents decide to donate David's heart for transplant. Darcy believes that if she can find David's heart, even if it's beating in someone else's body, she will have found her brother, and in some way he will still be alive. And so the search for David's heart begins.

The Stornoway Way


Kevin MacNeil - 2005
    We are who we are because we grew up the Stornoway way. We do not live in the back of beyond, we live in the very heart of beyond …’Meet R Stornoway, drink-addled misfit, inhabitant of the Hebridean Isle of Lewis, and meandering man fighting to break free of an island he just can’t seem to let go of…

Finding Forever


Keisha Ervin - 2008
    Does true love really exist? For Koran, it did more than eight years ago when the love of his life left without an explanation. Once brokenhearted, time heals all things and being the big baller that he is, love for him now is riding around in his expensive cars, wearing the best jewelry money can buy and staying dipped in the latest fashions, while lying back in his beautiful crib. Whitney left Koran, the love of her life, so long ago. The pain she felt, knowing she would never see him again was so great that she was unable to express why she had to go. Leaving Koran was hard, but facing her problems was worse. Returning with a Bachelor's degree, a new lease on life and working on her Master's she suddenly comes face-to-face with the man of her past. Unfortunately, Koran is living a different life with his crew, than the one they talked about as teenagers. Will love return, and if it does will Koran give up his lifestyle of selling dope and chasing after more and more money or will he follow his heart back into the arms of his first love?

Torrid Affair


Callie Anderson - 2016
    And one of them is my brother-in-law.He’s my drug. My fire. My addiction.But he’s married to my best friend. And I’m married to my husband.I’m not ashamed. I have no guilt.None.I’m not fucked. I’m a fucked up person.This is the story of how I ruined my life.And the life of the one I loved most.

Just Like Me


Nancy J. Cavanaugh - 2016
    We’re not really sisters—we were just adopted from the same orphanage. And we’re nothing alike. They sing Chinese love songs on the bus to summer camp, and I pretend like I don’t know them. To make everything worse, we have to journal about our time at camp so the adoption agency can do some kind of “where are they now” newsletter. I’ll tell you where I am: At Camp Little Big Woods in a cabin with five other girls who aren’t getting along, competing for a campout and losing (badly), wondering how I got here…and where I belong.

Mustang Ranch Series 1-3


Eva Haining - 2020
    No cliffhangers!MUSTANG DADDYA.B.I thought moving back to Kingsbury Falls would be good for me... until I saw him. Maddox Hale was my high school sweetheart, and the best friend I ever had. We shared all the important firsts together, but when faced with making him choose between me and the life he wanted, I made the decision for him. I left without a word, or an explanation. Now I'm back, and so is he... with his daughter.MaddoxA.B. Clark broke my heart and made me swear I would never return to my hometown. I left to become a champion bronc rider. Eleven years later, I moved back, with a wife and a baby on the way. Now I'm a single daddy, running the family ranch. My daughter is the only woman in my life... until A.B. shows up, throwing my world into disarray. I don't know if trust can ever be earned after it's been broken, but she makes me want to believe in the possibility.With nothing to lose and everything to gain, Dr. A.B. Clark sets out to win back not just the trust, but the heart of her first and only love, single daddy Maddox Hale. With the best intentions, not to break his heart a second time, A.B. is faced with a decision that could risk losing everything she's ever wanted.Can Maddox risk not only his, but his daughter's heart being broken by the one woman who sets his world on fire? An emotional, heartfelt, sexy and sassy love story that will restore your faith in second chances.MUSTANG BUCKLying about her virginity is her smallest secret...Savannah Adams came to town for one man and found herself drawn to another. Jackson McKinney is all wrong for her, but she can't seem to stay away. She knew about Jax and his bad-boy reputation long before she ever set eyes on him. Will he still want her when he finds out who she really is?The day Savannah arrives in town, all bad boy Jax can think about is taming this wild stranger. He didn't want to settle down because he doesn't want to admit he may never leave Kingsbury Falls. Jax has been labeled a player by everyone around him, but this wrangler has a heart of gold, and his sights are firmly set on Savannah. She's beautiful, fierce, and he can't get enough of her. Having opened his heart to the possibility of happily ever after, nothing can prepare him for the revelations that are about to rock his world.How many lies can Savannah tell before she gets caught? One thing's for sure, Jax is in for the ride of his life.MUSTANG HOLLYWOODBorn and raised in the bright lights of LA, J.J. Savage is the king of Hollywood.Betrayed by his ex-girlfriend and slandered in the press, his star has well and truly fallen. When Hollywood turns its back on their golden boy, Jasper finds himself exiled to small-town Kingsbury Falls for a small-time movie with a B-list cast.Surrounded by amateurs and angry at the world, he can either walk away, or turn it around, and he didn't become A-list royalty by resting on his laurels. Putting everything on the line to prove his worth, Jasper's wholly unprepared for hometown budding actress, Maisie Bryant.She's sassy, stubborn, opinionated, sexy as hell, and he can't stand her.Maisie Bryant has dreamed of being in movies since she was a kid. Excited at the prospect of being an extra in the new J.J. Savage movie, Maisie is in for the ride of her life when she's thrust into the path of the bullheaded movie star. Everything about him infuriates her, but she can't deny the way her body reacts to his movie star good looks.Forced to find a way to work together, how long can these two fight their undeniable chemistry?Will Jasper risk his chance at redemption for a woman who makes his blood boil and sets his world ablaze?

Happy Land - A Lover's Revenge: The nightclub fire that shocked a nation


OJ Modjeska - 2020
    

Outlaw Kind of Love


Nicole Snow - 2014
    Just when it seems her nightmare fate is sealed, a beautiful savior appears, the Vice President of the rival Prairie Devils MC. With her new protectors, Rachel faces a whole new life she never could've imagined...Jack "Throttle" Shields never wanted an old lady. One look at the beautiful angel cowering in his enemy's clutches changes all that. Starting a war with the Raging Skulls MC to haul Rachel onto his bike and into his bed is just the beginning.When Jack stakes a claim, he goes all in. War with the Skulls and a sinister Mayor is just the price of making Rachel his, and only his. But love invites blood and tragedy in an outlaw's life.Just when it's looking up for his MC and his new woman, a savage attack blows the lid off everything. Revenge possessed Jack makes Rachel take a hard look at how far she's willing to go to surrender her heart.Will she weather an outlaw's storm, or will the nightmare return - this time for good?Note: this is a dark and gritty MC romance with language, violence, and love scenes as hard and raw as they come. Forbidden love is never easy!Word count: 50,000+ word (226 print pages) motorcycle club romance novel.

Saving Imogene


Nicole Flockton - 2020
    Fate gives him another shot at happiness when he stumbles across his runaway wife in the last place he expects. What’s even more shocking is the secret she’s kept from him. Imogene Nelder has always had abandonment issues. Childhood traumas combined with her husband’s dangerous career build her anxiety to a screaming pitch and it becomes too much for her. For her sanity, she walks out on him and their marriage. When she finds out she’s taken a little piece of him with her, the knowledge makes her heart ache less. Two years later she’s stronger and wiser, but will it be enough to cope with a reconciliation? Everything Leighton has always wanted is within his grasp. But when a serious threat comes after his family, he will have to use his specialized skillset to keep them safe. He let his wife slip through his fingers once, but not this time.

The Merit Birds


Kelley Powell - 2015
    He's angry about his absent dad, he's angry about being angry, and he's angry that he has had to give up his Ottawa basketball team to follow his mom to her new job in Vientiane, Laos. However, Cam's anger begins to melt under the Southeast Asian sun as he finds friendship with his neighbour, Somchai, and gradually falls in love with Nok, who teaches him about building merit, or karma, by doing good deeds, such as purchasing caged merit birds.Tragedy strikes and Cam finds himself falsely accused of a crime. His freedom depends on a person he's never met. A person who knows that the only way to restore his merit is to confess. The Merit Birds blends action, suspense, and humour in a far-off land where things seem so different, yet deep down are so much the same.