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Nicoli (Lucian & Lia #9)
Sydney Landon - 2020
As the top lieutenant and best friend to the head of the Moretti family, he thought he knew everything about the man he considered a brother—but he was so very wrong. Still reeling from that blow, he discovers that not only did the woman he loves know before him, but she also has secrets of her own—ones that could well get her killed. His thirst for revenge is almost overwhelming—yet so is his love for Minka Gavino. A relationship with someone from another mafia family would be complicated on a good day, but is it even worth fighting for now? Once the trust is gone, can it ever be rebuilt? Or, will he walk away from the only life he’s ever known and the only woman he’s ever loved?
Famously Wed
Roxy Reid - 2019
Famously Wed is a stand-alone novel with no cheating, no cliff hangers and of course a delightful happily ever after.
Cordelia
Winston Graham - 1959
Widowed in mysterious circumstances and compelled to marry again by his domineering father Frederick, Brook Ferguson selects as his new bride the beautiful, strong-willed Cordelia. But after she comes to live with Brook and Frederick, as well as their household of eccentric family members, it isn't long before Cordelia is locked in a quiet war of dominance with the elder Ferguson. In the stifling atmosphere of the Ferguson's manor house, petty arguments escalate and any small defiance becomes a grand betrayal, until the tension forces Cordelia out into the world in search of something more.
Leave Me Breathless: The Ivy Collection
Ashley Lane
This collection will feature brand new stand-alone books from KL Donn, Evan Grace, Ashley Lane, C.M. Lally, Michelle Windsor, Sophia Henry, K.L. Humphreys, and Natalie Hill.THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES:Command by KL Donn, International Bestselling Author (Mafia Romance)A picture says a thousand words. Hers gives me a lifetime of peace. I am Viktor Vashchenko.Faceoff by Sophia Henry (Sports Romance)I was rocking the single dad thing, until my mom's sudden move to take care of my grandfather. When the most beautiful—and outspoken—woman at my daughter's daycare volunteers to be our live-in nanny, I want to say no, but I leave for training camp in two days, so I don’t have a choice. I knew our personalities would clash, but I didn’t expect a full-blown face-off.Anti-Venom: Vipers MC by Ashley Lane (MC Romance)Alone we're dangerous. Together we'll be deadly. They should know better than to mess with a viper in a bed of poison ivy, but it's a lesson some still need to learn.Saint's Angel by K.L. Humphreys & Natalie Hill (MC Romance)They call me Saint; I'm anything but. When a 5'4 angel crashes into my life, everything changes. Can she be the one to save me?Legend by C.M. Lally (Sports Romance)I have it all. Fame. Money. Respect. All a man could want from a pair of golden feet on the soccer field. But one moment can make or break you. For me, that moment has arrived. I. An. Legend.Catching Chase by Michelle Windsor (Sports Romance)Jasper Chase is in town for a weekend playoff game. Megan Lewis is in town for the week on business. Two strangers in the right place at the right time. After three passion-filled nights, they go their separate ways. No regrets, no fake promises, and no looking back. Until fate intervenes, reuniting them four years later. Except, she’s not very happy to see him. And he’s just figured out why. It’s clinging to her leg and has eyes just like his. So much for no regrets... The Change Up by Evan Grace (Sports Romance)Two years ago I slept with my best friend after being drafted to the Chicago Hawks MLB team. I left her without saying goodbye and I've regretted it ever since. I've drowned out thoughts of her in random women ever since, but nothing helps me forget. A chance encounter brings us back together, but there's something she's never told me...we have a son. Now I'll fight to keep him and to keep her--that's if she can forgive me for leaving and if I can forgive her for keeping my boy from me.
Water Under the Bridge
Britney King - 2016
So when she sees a handsome stranger walking toward her, she feels it in her bones, there's no time like the present. *He's the one. *Kate vows to do whatever it takes to have what she wants, even if that something is becoming someone else. Now, ten pounds thinner, armed with a new name, and a plan, she's this close to living the perfect life she's created in her mind.*But Kate has secrets. *And too bad for her, that handsome stranger has a few of his own.With twists and turns you won't see coming, Water Under The Bridge examines the pressure that many women feel to "have it all" and introduces a protagonist whose hard edges and cutthroat ambition will leave you questioning your judgment and straddling the line between what's right and wrong.
Twisted Little Thing
Linnea May - 2019
I have it all. But that doesn’t force me to hang out with a bunch of boring & wealthy narcissists.I just want to blow off some steam and mingle with a crowd more to my liking. But when I see her on the dance floor, I’m reminded of what I really want—what I really need. A girl like her. Beautiful, strong-willed and offbeat. Nicky tries to fend me off with her sassy attitude, but her attempts are futile. I can see the twisted little thing she really is. I can't wait to tame her, break her and show her how much she needs this.But can she really commit the way I need her to? No one ever challenged me on this like she does.No one ever made me question everything I am.No one ever made me… reconsider.
Falling
J. Bennett - 2000
The stranger’s glowing hands were a big tipoff.When the stranger murders Maya’s boyfriend with a single touch and injects the college sophomore with a DNA-altering serum, Maya prays for a savior. Instead, she gets a double helping of knight-in-not-so-shining-armor when two young men claiming to be her half-brothers pull off a belated rescue. Now Maya is swiftly transforming into an “angel”, one of the scientifically enhanced, energy-sucking creatures her brothers have spent their whole lives trying to destroy. Maya’s senses sharpen, her body becomes strong and agile, and she develops the ability to visually see the emotions of those around her as colorful auras…beautiful auras…tempting auras. Struggling to control the murderous appetite that fuels her new abilities, this reluctant protagonist must find a way to accept her new condition and learn to trust her angel-hunting brothers as she joins them in their fight against the powerful and destructive creatures. On the up side, at least Maya’s eldest brother has stopped trying to kill her!FALLING takes all the foul-mouthed, attitude-driven humor of the BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD series and combines it with the action-packed, love/hate family dynamics of the CW show SUPERNATURAL. Get ready to fall hard for FALLING, the first novel in J Bennett’s new adult paranormal series, GIRL WITH BROKEN WINGS. Warning: This book contains violence, sexual content, and strong language.
The Healers of Meligna Series Boxed Set
K.J. Colt - 2014
There will be 5 books in total for the Healers of Meligna series. Concealed Power Adenine is blind and isolated in her small attic bedroom. Haunted by the recent deaths of her uncle and father, she is alone and afraid. Believing she is a carrier of the incurable Death Plague that ravished the lands twenty-five years ago, she never goes outside. When her mother falls ill, Adenine begins to starve. Despite her terror of infecting others, she goes in search of the town's doctor. Friends are made, enemies are discovered and every secret unravels. Pursued by the country's exiled healers, Adenine's life now depends on who she trusts. Blood Healing Banished to the healer city of Meligna, fourteen year old Adenine must adapt to the strange customs and fickle personalities of its citizens. The Queens have but one goal: to create a perfect city. But when Adenine pulls at the loose threads that bind the city together, what she unravels shocks and angers her. The populace is brainwashed and delusional. When Jemely, her loyal friend, becomes a victim, Adenine takes a stand against the Queens. But Adenine has no power, and her strong ideals injure the few friends she has. When she stumbles upon the Queens' most shocking secret, she risks everything to save the lives of those she loves. Blood Sacrifice With the threat of the Queens' army increasing, only blood healing can save South Senya. Adenine continues her journey alone, encountering constant danger and tragic loss. Clutching at the strands of her sanity, Adenine barely makes it to Juxon City where the king proves untrustworthy and hostile. The Queens quickly destroy all Adenine's hope for the kingdom of Senya. Under their rule, the people are doomed. She has allies, but they are too few to take back the city. The only one who can challenge the Queens is the emperor of Bivinia: a monster responsible for the deaths of hundreds of healers. She must convince him to invade Senya, replacing one evil for another.
Her Dominant Boss
K.R. Max - 2019
I attract all the wrong ones, and my landlord is top of the list. I need a job, and fast, but instead I’m in the back of a perfect stranger’s car, letting him do things to me that I’ve only dreamed of... Caden isn’t used to meeting beautiful women on the street. As an attractive billionaire, he’s even less used to them running away. But then his mystery woman shows up as his new assistant, and he’s going to punish her for disappearing on him. A punishment which soon morphs into something else altogether. Lauren can’t believe her luck. Her new job comes with some...orgasmic perks, but Caden Fox is renowned for having a short attention span, especially when it comes to companionship. Does she dare trust him with her heart, as well as her body, or will her fears and his rivals’ machinations tear them apart forever?
Fake Marriage Box Set
Claire Adams - 2018
One he won't fall in love with... Luke Thompson made a huge mistake when he married his now ex-wife Sarah Smith, but he never thought she would take things as far as she had. She wanted money, the same money she had on hand when they were married, only she doesn’t want him anywhere around, and that means in the picture with his son, either. After a brutal court battle, and accusations that destroyed his credibility as a father, he is left with nothing but his job, and the enjoyment of being a single man. He know he has to get his son back, and when his tough as nails attorney comes to him with an opportunity he is torn at what to do. He needs a wife, or at least a fake one, but where do you just pick up something like that? Then he meets Quinn. Hot, nice and kind. She’s the perfect woman.
Fire at Twilight
Lila Ashe - 2013
She's good at it, too. In her acupuncture practice, she fixes the community of Darling Bay, and in her personal life, she's rescued her sister too many times to count. Her love life, though... Grace doesn't think she needs help, especially not from a man whose very nickname is unhealthy.Tox Ellis is the hazmat expert at the Darling Bay Fire Department, and he knows about harmful substances. He knows what gases to keep apart to prevent explosions. Why, then, can't he seem to stay away from Grace, the woman who seems to think he needs fixing?Is Darling Bay ready for the chemical reaction Grace and Tox generate whenever they're in the same place at the same time? And who will be standing by to put out the flames?The Firefighters of Darling Bay seriesBook 1: Fire at TwilightBook 2: Fire at DawnBook 3: Everyday Hero (A Darling Bay Short Story)
The Cowboy's Runaway Bride (The Wyoming Matchmaker Series Book 3)
Kristi Rose - 2018
Ellie Greene wants a quiet life with Grams on the Wyoming farm, and quiet could happen if someone would stop sabotaging them. Each week something more dangerous happens and Ellie doesn't know how much more she can stand. Forced to seek help, Ellie would prefer anyone else other than the tall, dark, sexy-as-sin cowboy with the knight-in-shining-armor complex she gets stuck with. While the chemistry between them flares brighter than fireworks, Ellie knows they want different things from life. She wants an easy-going farm boy, and nothing about Shane is easy. Besides, soon he’ll be moving on. He’s not meant to be a civilian… Shane Hannigan doesn’t know how to be anything but a Marine sniper. Honestly, he’s not sure he’s good at anything else. Since the IED explosion took his leg—and most likely his career—he’s not sure where he belongs. As a man whose job is to protect others, coming across the blonde-curly haired beauty with a flat tire is a nice distraction, that is until he finds out the flat was no accident. Someone is out to get Ellie, and even though she’s the most stubbornly competent woman he’s ever met—and damn if that’s not a sexy trait—he knows she's in danger and he’s going to help her, despite her obstinate objections. Can they work together to find who is determined to destroy Ellie before it’s too late? Or will Ellie lose her heart and her farm?
The Other Side of Christmas (Home for Christmas Book 2)
Sharon Booth - 2019
Katy’s driving home for Christmas – except an empty, cold caravan hardly seems like home, and it’s not feeling much like Christmas. It wasn’t supposed to be like this: a few months ago she had her dream cottage, a loving fiance, and big plans for a perfect wedding. Now she’s in her car, travelling through the snow along dark, country lanes, heading towards a Christmas spent by herself, with nothing more to look forward to than a frozen turkey dinner and a box of Quality Street. With her friends busy with their guests, her parents on a cruise, and her ex-fiance miles away, the only person Katy is expecting to see at all is Luke, the builder who has been working hard to transform Katy’s cottage before it goes up for sale on the other side of Christmas. Arriving at last in the Holderness village of Weltringham, she’s disappointed to find both the cottage and the caravan in darkness, and Luke nowhere to be seen. It seems everyone in the world has abandoned her to her gloomy fate. Is she doomed to have the worst festive season ever, or is someone about to save Katy’s Christmas? After all, it is the time of miracles … Take a break from those Christmas preparations and curl up by the fire for a couple of hours with this seasonal cosy read.
Big Love in a Small Town
Inglath Cooper - 2017
Over 800 pages of big love in a small town for readers who love hunky Southern men and the women who make them want to settle down. Big Love in a Small Town features the following three novels: Down A Country Road The very last thing on Grier McAllister’s Someday List is going back to Timbell Creek, Virginia, the town where she grew up. Timbell Creek holds too many bad memories for her, memories finally put to rest with a successful image consultant business in New York City and a hefty therapy bill. When an opportunity to choose a “Jane Austen Girl” for a visiting duke falls in her lap, the only catch that she must be from Grier’s hometown, Grier tells herself she’ll do what she needs to do and then leave it all behind for good. But Grier doesn’t count on finding that her mother is no longer the person she used to be. She certainly doesn’t plan on falling for an old boyfriend’s really hot brother! And it isn’t long before she begins to realize Timbell Creek is not only a part of who she was, but might be a part of who she is as well. Good Guys Love Dogs Desperate father Ian McKinley moves his delinquent teenage son to the small Virginia town of Keeling Creek, a place very unlike the New York City life he has been leading. Love takes him by surprise when he falls for Colby Williams, a woman unlike anyone he has ever been drawn to, a small town vet with a heart for animals and a fierce love for a teenage daughter she is also struggling to raise. But Colby has a secret in her past, a secret she's not sure her daughter will ever forgive her for. And as for Ian McKinley, he seems too good to be true. If she had learned anything from the one time she had thrown her heart fully into love, it was that it didn't last. Truths and Roses When Will Kincaid’s professional football career comes to an abrupt end in a single night, he’s left to figure out what he’s going to do with the rest of his life. He heads home to the small Virginia town where he grew up and crosses paths with Hannah Jacobs, the only girl in high school who had ever rejected him. It’s Hannah who once made him question the choices he had made, and it’s Hannah who’s making him question them all over again. But with the weight of a secret he’s managed to hide from the world his entire adult life hanging over him, he can’t afford to question his choices. Hannah Jacobs had once made the choice to deny her feelings for Will Kincaid, at the time finding it the only possible option for a young girl intent on burying a nightmare she only wanted to forget. The life she’s made for herself as a librarian in Lake Perdue is a quiet one, and she’s hardly prepared for the day when Will rams his fancy Ferrari into her dependable old clunker. But for Hannah, Will Kincaid can only stir up memories she had long ago put away forever. And there’s nothing at all good that can come from bringing them back to life again.