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High Hopes
Sue Lilley - 2016
Is it too late for second chances? Can a future be built on the quicksand of secrets and lies?Grace gave up her baby and the secret broke her heart. Years later, a letter changes everything. The baby’s father is her best friend. They were penniless students and their one stolen night was a drunken mistake. She never told him about the baby. Now their long-lost daughter is searching for answers.Grace has lived with the guilt for twenty years and she yearns to make things right. But if she confesses now, she’ll blow his cosy world apart. Set in the wilds of Poldark country – the stormy cliffs and windswept beaches of Cornwall, High Hopes is a second-chances love-story filled with suspense. If you like engrossing love triangles, don’t miss this tale of passion, mistakes and making amends. Scroll up to get your copy now.Highly recommended finalist in the Book Excellence Awards and the Wishing Shelf Book Awards, High Hopes is described as “…a cleverly plotted, sassy romance…”
Rocky Mountain Heat
Vivian Arend - 2009
Responsible oldest of six brothers, Blake Coleman knows his desire for the sweet girl-next-door is wrong. While Jaxi has grown into a western-hat-wearing blonde with slim legs that go on forever, the responsible thing to do is keep his hands off. Jaxi has other plans for Blake's hands, and his heart. She's more than ready to convince him they’d be perfect together, but he can't seem to see past the big "don't touch" sign that's apparently hanging around her neck. When Jaxi ends up living on the Six Pack ranch right under Blake's nose, the undeniable heat between them slides off simmer and up to barn-burning levels. When a couple of Blake’s younger brothers decide Jaxi's brand of trouble is worth getting tangled up with, Blake's going to have to let go the reins and fight for what he really wants—her heart, forever.Warning: Unapologetically sexy, this book contains cowboys seducing and being seduced: in trucks, pool halls, and barns. Drool-worthy country charm, a little double-teaming, and a lot of secrets are revealed as the Coleman family saga begins. Saddle up and ride.Originally published 2011
The Sheikh's Virgin Bride
Penny Jordan - 2003
But she plans to ruin her reputation so Rashid won't want her. Blaize, a fellow guest at her hotel, agrees to be Petra's pretend lover--though soon he's taken her virginity!Then Petra makes a shocking discovery. Blaize is actually none other than the man she's supposed to be marrying--Sheikh Rashid!
Part Time Cowboy
Maisey Yates - 2015
Least of all from part-time rancher, full-time lawman Eli Garrett. The straight-laced, impossibly hot deputy sheriff glares at her like she's the same teenage hoodlum who fled town ten years ago. But running from her demons has brought Sadie full circle, ready to make a commitment at last. Not to a man, but to a B and B. On Garrett land. Okay, so her plan has a tiny flaw… Eli works too hard to let a blonde ball of trouble mess up his town. But keeping an eye on Sadie makes it tough to keep his hands off her. And if she's so wrong for him, why does being with her feel so right?
Buckhorn Beginnings: Sawyer / Morgan
Lori Foster - 2002
But when he rescues the beautiful Honey Malone from a car wreck and nurses her to health at his home, he finds himself dreading the day she's well enough to leave. Because now that he's met the woman of his dreams, he's not about to let her go....
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Buckhorn's big, bad sheriff, Morgan Hudson, wants a wife—one who's even-tempered, undemanding and content with small-town life. So why can't he stop thinking about brazen Misty Malone? The dark-haired city girl is downright aggravating—not to mention she's found herself on the wrong side of the law. But though she may not be perfect, Morgan is hell-bent on convincing her they'd be perfect together!
The Broken Road to Forever
Rhonda R. Dennis - 2016
We struggled and fought for our happily ever after, so why do I find myself knee deep in laundry, bills, and ungraded papers years afterwards? Why is he distant and more worried about football plays for his high school team than our happiness? Where has the spark gone? The broken road of life happened, and it's painfully relentless. Is our journey one even worth continuing? To better grasp our future, a visit to our past is needed. Take a trip back to the 90s, and enjoy the story of Mallory and Brent's high school shenanigans, their crazy college days, and eventually, their journey into adulthood. The Broken Road to Forever chronicles an emotional voyage across the decades as an unconventional couple struggles to keep their love alive.
The Husband Thief
M.J. Hardy - 2019
When trust goes, madness sets in.This tale comes with a twist that it’s doubtful you will see coming.
Bound by Marriage
Nalini Singh - 2007
It's calculating and completely devoid of any tenderness, just like the man himself. But things soon get very complicated as secrets and mistrust, jealousy and ultimatums take over, threatening Jessica's ability to maintain her emotional distance. Worst of all, the sizzling attraction between them is suddenly making this marriage of convenience decidedly inconvenient!
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.*
The Greek Tycoon's Baby Bargain
Sharon Kendrick - 2008
So he never expected to see his London mistress, Rebecca Gibbs, again--until she showed up with shocking news: she was pregnant with his twins!Xandros was intrigued when Rebecca didn't touch a penny of the substantial payoff he gave her. And when the babies were born, everything changed. These were Pavlidis heirs! Now he was on his way to London to bargain for his sons!
Count Your Blessings
Sharon Sala - 2013
The novella centers around the four women who run the Curl Up and Dye hair salon and their relationships with the quirky customers of small-town Blessings, Georgia. Their meddlesome efforts at match-making run awry, but there's always another makeover just around the corner.
Cowboys & Kisses
Vanessa Vale - 2015
For years, she's been content working on the family ranch, but lately she's wanted more. She's determined to strike out on her own and find freedom from her unorthodox family.Chance Goodman has watched Rose grow up from a spitfire little girl into a fiery woman. He's wanted her for years, waiting patiently until he could make her his. When she leaves the Lenox ranch determined to abandon her former life and to say good-bye to him, he knows now is the time he must act. Letting her go isn't an option.This book was previously published as Rose in the Wildflower Brides series.
One of a Kind: Kind Brothers Book 1
Sandi Lynn - 2021
From the New York Times bestselling author Sandi Lynn comes a brand new brothers series you'll want to devour!SamI made a promise not to sleep with my new personal assistant.Too late.I’d already slept with her before I knew Grayson, my human resources director, hired her.Long story short.We first met at a café when she let me have the last apple turnover.Then I saw her again that same night at a bar.She was incredibly sexy, and she wanted me as much as I wanted her.We both agreed it was a one-time thing, and she left the following day.Imagine the shock on both our faces when she showed up for work on Monday.I wasn’t a relationship type of guy and for good reasons.Julia Benton had her own reasons why she wasn’t looking to get involved with anyone.So, continuing our sexual relationship was a win-win for both of us.But the more time we spent together, feelings I’d never felt before started to emerge.Then things became complicated, and she quit to pursue her dreams.I knew how much it meant to her, and I didn’t care.Now that I’d lost her, I wanted, no, I needed her back in my life, and I would do anything to make sure that happened.JuliaHe was the sexy and domineering man who wore an expensive suit.A man who cracked the hard shell I’d built around myself for the past four years.I wasn’t looking for someone to save me, but Sam unintentionally did just that.Then I was given a chance to pursue my lifelong dream.He tried to stop it from happening by showing me exactly who he was.My only focus now was starting the business I’d always wanted and leave Sam behind in the trail of a disaster he created between us.The problem was: he truly was one of a kind, and I had to use every bit of strength I had to forget him.18+
Mia and the Powerful Greek
Michelle Reid - 2010
Then she discovers she's a Balfour--the illegitimate daughter of one of the world's richest dynasties! Thrust headfirst into her new family's spectacularly glamorous lifestyle, she's scared....But then comes an opportunity to learn about high society, through the chance to work for Greek tycoon Nikos Theakis, who struggled his way up, himself, from the slums of Athens to Millionaire's Row. Nikos has got where he is by always having taken what he wanted.... Until Mia's sweetness and integrity stop him in his tracks...
The Cowboy's E-Mail Order Bride
Cora Seton - 2013
This latest salvo in his ongoing practical joke battle with his best friend, Rob Matheson, has gone too far, and Ethan plans to send his “bride” right back home, then get busy plotting his revenge. One look at Autumn Leeds changes his mind, however. Perhaps he needs a bride, after all. A breathtakingly beautiful city bride. Autumn Leeds needs a story – fast – or she’s going to lose her lucrative contract with CityPretty Magazine, so when she sees the crazy video plea for a modern mail-order bride for a cowboy, it sounds like the story of the century. Making a video of her own, she casts herself as the perfect mail-order bride for a rancher, but when she finally reaches Montana, she’s surprised to find Ethan’s the perfect cowboy husband-to-be. Against her better judgment, her plan to keep her handsome groom at arm’s length disintegrates into a night of passion spent in his arms.Ethan knows he can’t keep playing this game – he has to come clean with Autumn and tell her the truth; about the practical joke and about the state of his ranch. He’s about to lose it all because of the debts his mother racked up before his parents’ deaths. Now his sister, Claire, wants to sell the ranch and collect what little money they can. He’ll be out of a home and a job, and in no shape to support the bride he desperately wants to marry, after all. Autumn’s in bigger trouble than ever. Not only has she fallen in love with the subject of her expose – she might be carrying his child. If she doesn’t write this article and secure her contract for another year, she’ll lose everything – her career, her apartment, and more importantly, her family’s approval. The only alternative is to stay and marry Ethan. But how can she trust a man she’s just met when she knows too well that men always let you down? Can a love based on lies last?