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Her Faithless Prince
Mysty McPartland - 2013
Determined never to wed a deceitful cheater she flees half-way across the world. However, she knew he would come after her and all she could do was remain hidden long enough for everyone to accept the fact she would never become his bride. Several week fly by until one morning she is woken by the sound of a helicopter arriving. He had found her and knew there was no choice but to return home and inform their families there would be no marriage. Hurt and unable to believe they would not accept her decision and had lied to her for years she has no other option but to go through with the farce of a ceremony tying her to a lying cheating prince. Though he would never love her and if she could hide what was in her heart from him she wanted only one thing and nothing else. She would lavish all her affection on the baby he would give her. At first furious when he was informed Mersiha had run away, Immad is determined to fetch her back. Her fate had been decided from the moment she drew breath. After speaking to one of her friends he learns the true reason why she had left and is filled with guilt. When he found her, he would make it up to her. His plans go awry after the announcement on television that his ex-mistress his pregnant with his child. Knowing how much his princess was hurting he could only set her free and hoped some day in the future he would make her his wife. Riddled with remorse he wanted only to win her heart and trust back once more. Astounded when she requests that he makes love to her, he’s deeply wounded that she wants nothing but cold blooded sex from him. Even more indomitable he sets out to prove to her that what they feel for each other is true and lasting love.
Rafe
Amy Davies - 2014
But one particular Phoenix has always caught her eye, Rafe Phoenix. Rafe is a triplet with his brothers Ryder and Reeve and the three of them form a band called Inside Noise.Lucy and Rafe's timing was always off, with boyfriends and girlfriends getting in the way but after a traumatic night at their high school bonfire with a cheating boyfriend and a life changing event Lucy and Rafe connect on a deeper level. But things happen in life that make you realise that you need to escape and have time away to heal. Lucy needs to find herself again which she's does on her travels. After traveling the world and arriving back in LA, Lucy re-connects with Rafe but will their friendship blossom into something more or will Lucy still hold him at arms length?
Inhale, Exhale.
C.L. Matthews - 2019
In sickness and in health. For better or for worse. Til death do us part. And death dragged us apart. We both said those vows. But neither of us kept them. This is not one of those happy stories. Life isn't made of simple choices and happily ever afters. It's a dark place. It's not easy. It's full of mistakes and lessons. It hurts. And in the end, those two words said in love, are the same ones said in hate. "You want a divorce?" "I do."
Forever True
Gwendolyn Grace - 2014
Alex and Courtney's love is true. It was a lesson they had to learn the hard way. Now with hearts mended they focus on the future but have they learned from the past? Do they have what it takes to stay each other's true...forever? Forever True, a short novella, follows Alex and Courtney into their second chance at happily ever after. **still contains hot sexual situations*
Savage: A Second Chance at Love
Jordan Silver - 2016
When he was seventeen, he lost the love of his life. More than twelve years later his family was murdered. Now Nick has grown tired of life and all the curve balls it's thrown his way. There's a madman on the loose eliminating drug dealers, the same dealers who murdered Nick's family, and the brass wants him to take him down. As a lieutenant, he's sworn to uphold the law but Nick no longer cares. There're only two things he gives a damn about, vengeance and reclaiming the love he'd lost, and nothing and no one is going to stand in his way. Not even the girl whose heart he'd broken those many years ago.
Second Chance Husband
B.B. Hamel - 2018
This is my last chance. I’ve messed up enough for one lifetime, and I need to get my sh*t together. Bad boy, bastard, a**hole. I’ve been called it all and deserved it once or twice. But I’m changing, and I’m starting with her. Piper’s the producer of my new travel show and my ex-girlfriend. Messed up, right? During a scene in Las Vegas, she gets tricked into signing a real marriage license. That’s right, she’s my accidental bride, and I plan on keeping her. She’s not happy about it, but that doesn’t matter. She needs me just as much as I need her. I can see it in her eyes: She remembers how it used to be, back before I messed up, the way it felt when my fingertips brushed against her skin. She knows how I can make her feel, but she’s afraid. I’ll remind her why I’m the best thing that got away. In the end, she’ll beg to stay my wife, or both our careers will go up in flames. Second Chance Husband is a steamy romance with tons of hot scenes and bad language. It’s only recommended for readers 18+. Second Chance Husband is a STANDALONE, full-length novel. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA!
Varsity Heartbreaker
Ginger Scott - 2020
I even changed schools just to make the hurt disappear.But no matter how hard I tried to not think about Lucas, I just couldn’t stay away from the high school quarterback with perfect blue eyes and so many secrets.I’m back. We’re seniors now. We’ve grown—all of us. And Lucas Fuller might be different, but I’m different too. This is my time to take risks, to experience life and to fall in love for real.I want Lucas Fuller to be a part of my story, but I know for that to happen, I need to know the truth about our past.
The One Left Behind
Lena Nicole - 2013
While Colin walks away with minimal injuries, Addison suffers from a traumatic brain injury causing her to lose her short-term memory. She can’t remember the night of the accident. She doesn’t remember being engaged. She doesn’t remember Colin at all. While Addison rebuilds her life, Colin struggles with the fact that the love of his life doesn’t remember him. When Addison meets Pierce, the one person who doesn’t have an ulterior motive, the one person she can talk to openly, Colin thinks his life may be over. Will Addison’s memory return in time for her to save her relationship with Colin? Or is it gone forever, leaving her free to love Pierce?
The Last Round
E.L. Montes - 2015
Boxing is my life, but the money and the fame mean nothing to me without her by my side.This fight is for the woman that I love.And I can’t lose.I won’t lose.
Since Last Time: A Second Chance Bad Boy Romance (Second Chance Romance Series Book 2)
Ellie Danes - 2019
A forbidden kiss. A first and last kiss on my 18th birthday. He was my brother’s best friend and should have been off limits. And that one kiss cost him everything. Banished from my family, hated by my brother. Today he’s coming back from exile to mourn my father. Dalton has been on my mind non-stop, I’ve imagined him undressing me, tempting me, teasing me. It’s the last thing I should be thinking about, but I can’t help it. I’ve wished for the day to see him again, under any circumstances. It’s my turn to make things different. I’m not the same girl, and I hear he’s not the same guy. Now he’s a bad boy. He’s done time and bounced back. He’s successful, tattooed and hot as hell. …and we have a lot of catching up to do since last time. Since Last Time is a full-length standalone novel, with plenty of bad boy and second chance romance. It is the second book in the Second Chance Romance series and can be read in any order.
The Moment of Truth
Shari Low - 2015
Finding that forever love is something Laney knows all about. Her marriage to Cameron is blissfully content and she has never doubted they’ll live happily ever after.Then Cara Deacon walks into their office.When Cara enlists their help to set up a romantic engagement to her boyfriend, they visualise a breathtaking scene under a moonlit Manhattan sky.Laney’s excitement rises, until she realises that the man Cara intends to marry has the same name as her own husband.Cameron Cochrane.A bizarre coincidence? Identity theft? A cruel joke?Or is Cara’s dream about to become Laney’s worst nightmare?The only way to know for sure is to plan the proposal and see it through to the end.But whose heart will be left intact after… The Moment of Truth?
Twisted Up In You
Dawn Martens - 2016
No one will ever use her body again, unless she wants them to. Cori, a party girl, doesn’t believe in relationships, but she’d be willing to try if only Blake, her boss, could really see her for who she is. She hides her lifestyle from him; afraid he would think less of her. Blake Lexington has crushed on Cori since the day she started working for him. He knows a bit about her past, living with the Angels Warriors, and he doesn’t care. He refuses to make a move, thinking it will scare off his shy assistant. For years he thought she wouldn’t be attracted to someone like him.Finally realizing that he needs to take action, her reaction surprises him. Cori believes he sees her as a slut and wants to use her. Secrets from the past will be revealed causing everything to unravel.Will real love bring them together or is Cori too damaged to give true love a chance?Want more Angels Warriors MC??? They are featured heavily in this book!
Carter
Brie Paisley - 2016
CarterShe’s always been the one for me.The one that I knew would be mine forever, until I made the biggest mistake of my life. I’ve tried to move on, and I’ve tried to put the memory of her behind me, but she’s always there, consuming my thoughts. Now, she’s back in our hometown, trying to rebuild a new life, but I know deep down, that she’s keeping secrets. She tries to hide them from me, but I will do whatever it takes to prove that I’m the one she needs. Shelby Ross is the other part of me that I can’t live without, and I refuse to let her go again. ShelbyHe broke my heart.I never thought that I would be able to pick up the pieces he left behind, so when he let me go, I ran away from it all, thinking it was the easiest thing to do. However, running always has a price, and I’ve paid it in full for years. Now, I’m back to where it all began, and it should’ve been easy. Carter Harlow is slowly reawakening long buried emotions that I thought were gone. He wants to make me his again, but I can’t let that happen. He ruined me once, and then broke my heart, and now, I’m afraid I’ll never survive it a second time around. This is a standalone series, and it does not have to be read in order.*
Saved from Sin
Lindsay Armstrong - 1985
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
Toxic
Serena Akeroyd - 2020
I believed he was the light at the end of the tunnel. A future I didn't dare have.He destroyed me.My talents were wasted until he found me, until he cultivated me, but the second I was on my way to the top, we crashed and burned. Wrecked before we had a chance to begin.He betrayed me.But he abandoned me for a woman who thought attempted murder was a prank.He was supposed to be my soul mate.So I stopped caring, and my focus shifted.With the Olympics in the near distance, that was all I could think of. My life became one long round of training, until the past and present collided. Family secrets were revealed, hard truths that could destroy everything I'd built, and then he crash landed into my life once more.We're still toxic.Still hopeless.The future isn't bright... unless we take back ownership of it and make it ours once more.But can we do it?