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Fated
Tami Payton - 2019
My life has shown me that love is just another thing that holds you down. That you need to be there for yourself and fate can screw you over faster than a used car salesman. I wouldn’t have survived my mother and her many men if it wasn’t for my best friend, Gage. The only person I have ever trusted and even that took a while to do. I was alone in the world, no family, just me and Gage, until they showed up. Turns out I have a twin brother and my dad's alive, well f*ck me, and they’ve brought along a guy who I can’t seem to stay away from. Turns out they're all shifters, werewolves, whatever you want to call them, and I’m one as well. This strange pull I’m having to this new mysterious hot guy? He’s not only my mate, he’s my fated mate, and that alone could kill us both. Yeah, whoever said love can conquer all can kiss my a** MASON A MATE, LOVE, BEING VULNERALBLE, Yeah, sorry not this guy. I’ve seen the destruction it can do and won’t let it pull me down. I’ve seen my friends and family in my pack become mated and it’s become their downfall. Hell, it’s the reason I became Alpha so young. So, wanting a mate and all that love bullshit, yeah, no thank you, don’t want it, don’t need it. Then my best friend Cameron finds his twin sister, and my wolf doesn’t give me a choice, no matter how hard I try to fight it. She pulls me in, we’re too much alike, neither one of us want this, but can’t stay away. She’s from one pack and I’m from another, it would be perfect, then we find out we’re fated. Well, there goes my theory that being mated will be my downfall, because now we’re screwed. A fated mate means being vulnerable in a way I’ve never been, and it could kill us both. I guess whoever asked the question ‘Is love worth dying for?’ was a fated mate, thanks dude.
Rewriting Yesterday
Candice M. Wright - 2019
Her husband Joe, a self-made millionaire, was almost three times her age. A marriage in name only he protected Frankie the only way he knew how. He gave her a home, a friendship and a family. Five years later and Frankie’s husband is dead, leaving Frankie with a fortune in the bank and a target on her back. Gold-digger Slut User Frankie has heard them all, but few know the actual truth about her marriage. When Joe’s estranged son and his two best friends learn of Frankie’s existence tempers flare and sparks fly. Attracted to all three, Frankie must navigate through unfamiliar waters in search of her happily ever after. Lies Manipulations Deceit When Frankie is betrayed she finds herself at the mercy of the monsters from her past and this time they don’t want to break her. They want to destroy her. Authors note; Rewriting Yesterday is not a conventional love story. It is a story about a young woman and the three men that fall for her. This book also contains adult language and situations so is recommended for those who are 18 years and over.
Fighting for Air
Taylor McNiff - 2018
Bruised and broken, Aubrey turns to Mixed Martial Arts, finding comfort int eh control as she begins piecing herself back together. Just as she gets her feet on solid ground, she begins training at a new gym under a new trainer. This man brings with him a past dark enough to match hers, and just enough sexual tension to keep things interesting. Running on coffee and trust issues, Aubrey must confront the complicated question that haunts many survivors of domestic abuse: Can I love again? Caden Larson is raising his two sisters on his own, giving up his one shot at a contract to fight professionally in order to keep the family together. Between grave site visits, shifts at the police department, and trying to get his sister to dance lessons, Caden is stretched thin. Staying true to who he is, he still can't say no when his best friend asks for a favor. The last thing he needs is to train a girl full of ice and anger, especially when she starts to burrow under his skin. Over time, the girl that drives him wild with irritation starts to drive him wild in a few more interesting ways, and Caden is faced with the possibility that, for once, maybe he should be a little selfish. Told from both Caden and Aubrey's perspective, Fighting For Air is an exhibit on how two people can heal when they fight their demons together. Fighting For Air is book one in a planned series. Book two will be available Summer 2018!!
Mistletoe Bully: A Dark High School Bully Romance
Amy Brown - 2019
Palmer Jackson looked at me on my first day of school, and from that moment on he’s wanted to destroy me. I’ve lost everything and I don’t have the stomach for this game. But Palmer doesn’t care. I can’t decide if he’s evil or misunderstood. One minute I hate him, and the next I let him do things to me I’d never let any other boy do. I must have a screw loose. Maybe Palmer is the normal one and I’m crazy. Mistletoe Bully is a standalone Dark High School bully romance with some disturbing and sensual moments. This book is intended for mature audiences 18+
Family Dinners with the Billionaire
Amberlee Day - 2020
Can she turn his mansion into a home, and will he give his heart to a new kind of beauty? Welcome to The Cove With heavy iron gates, two security stations, and a groundskeeper's cottage, The Cove has everything a billionaire could ask for in a home. Dubbed Billionaire Bachelor Cove because of the resident's single status and income portfolios, The Cove is the perfect place to hide away from the world. But, as the residents soon find out, they can't hide from love. Family Dinners with the Billionaire When Jetton Bolt’s supermodel wife died two years ago, his kids handled it surprisingly well. After all, she was hardly ever home. Now that they’ve moved back to Jetton’s home town of Seattle, however, problems arise, and the counselor he’s hired recommends he spend more time with his children. First thing on the list: eat dinners together, and cook them together, too. Jetton doesn’t cook, but that’s what money’s for, right? Julie Kiyama has earned a name in Seattle and beyond as a talented chef, but when it comes to running a business in a saturated restaurant market, she struggles. Hoping that the third time will be the charm, she opens a “restaurant” where diners actually help cook their own dinners. She never dreamed that this odd foodie niche would land her a job helping a billionaire and his kids learn to cook together, or that she’d be driving daily to the luxurious private neighborhood known as The Cove to make it happen. When sparks begin to fly in the Bolt kitchen between Jetton and Julie, both will have to redefine their ideas of success if they have any hope of believing what their hearts are telling them.
Fractured: A Rejected Mates Romance
Eve Bale - 2021
Will give me the life I never had.One day, my dream comes true. The finding-my-mate part. That’s it.Now I’m stuck with a mate who’s already taken. One who views me as worthless, and who never lets me forget it. Every. Single. Day.As an omega, I never had a place in my pack. It doesn’t take me long to learn that I don’t have one with my mate either.I might just find one in Winter Lake. If my mate doesn’t track me down, and if the alpha of the pack that shouldn’t exist doesn’t learn what and who I am.But staying is impossible. Not in my condition.Only, the brown-eyed shifter who saves me is making it harder and harder for me to remember all the reasons why I can’t stay.When you break your curse, where do you run? Who do you run to?Due to mature themes and steamy scenes, this book is recommended for 18+Warning: ends in a cliffhanger
House of Aces
Pamela Ann - 2014
Certain settings contain graphic depictions of violence with trigger-inducing scenes. This is book one of the House Of Aces Series. Can you put a price on a human being? Can you put a price on love? In the Katana family, a price must always be paid, be it with currency or a life. Bombarded by a house full of dark secrets, abuse, a never ending sequence of lies, and with no one to trust, how can one survive a harsh world full of deception and trickery?
Into the Deep / Out of the Shadows
Samantha Young - 2015
Book One: INTO THE DEEP Book Two: OUT OF THE SHALLOWS Live young. Live hard. Love deep. Charley Redford was just an ordinary girl until Jake Caplin moved to her small town in Indiana and convinced her she was extraordinary. Almost from day one Jake pulled Charley into the deep and promised he was right there with her. But when a tragic incident darkened Jake’s life he waded out into the shallows and left Charley behind. Almost four years later Charley thinks she’s moved on. That is until she takes a study year abroad in Edinburgh and bumps into none other than Jake Caplin at a party with his new girlfriend. The bad-boy-turned-good attempts to convince Charley to forgive him, and as her best friend starts spending time with Jake’s, Charley calls a truce, only to find herself tumbling back into a friendship with him. As they grow closer, the spark between them flares and begins playing havoc with their lives and relationships. When jealousy and longing rear their destructive heads, Charley and Jake struggle to come to grips with what they mean to one another. And even if they work it out, there is no guarantee Charley will ever trust Jake to lead her back into the deep…
The Traitor's Daughter
Mary Goldberger - 2013
Unfortunately, she lost her both of her parents in an attack on the pack and if that was not enough, the pack blamed her father for the attack. From the age of 14, either the pack ignored her existence, or as for those of her own age, she became the local walking insult. Grace learned to deal with the bullying and insults, even the rejection of her mate she takes in stride because the death of her parents left her without anyone. As the years past, Grace learns more about who her parents really were, so she makes a plan. On her 21st birthday, she will say goodbye to the pack that made her life miserable after her parents’ death. Everything changes though when a new pack arrives seeking some aid and Grace’s world turns completely around. In this pack, she will meet a man who is her mate, a mate she was not suspecting and at the same time, strange things began to happen. She starts getting late night calls that go from harassing to threatening, and if that is not enough, her once ‘best friend’ learns that the man she thought was her mate for the last six years is not, and even more, the man who marked her was the one who rejected Grace. What is Grace to do when all of this comes out into the open? What about the new man that her wolf claims as her mate? Things become even more complicated when she learns that he had another mate before and a woman who believes that he is just right for her. Well, Grace knows one thing; her life will never be the same even for the ‘traitor’s daughter’.(Some sexual content so please be advised.)
Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction
Lina AbuJamra - 2021
. . at last.Somewhere along the way, the Christianity you knew began to crumble. You began to suspect your faith was misplaced. Disillusionment set in. Churches hurt you. Their people failed you. Christian institutions were exposed as fake. And in it all, God was silent. Is He gone? Or is God really there, waiting for you to find Him instead of the counterfeits?If you’re walking this difficult spiritual path, Lina AbuJamra understands you. After experiencing the near deconstruction of her own faith, Lina had to rebuild something more solid when the faith she once knew let her down. With her diagnostic style that comes from her training as an ER doc, Lina helps you grapple with questions like:Where is God in my pain?Is this how Christians are supposed to act?Why did my story end up this way?Is this the normal Christian life?Why is it so hard for Christians to love?Let Fractured Faith help you find your way back to God. You just might discover that the real God has been waiting for you all along.
A Fated Mate for the Pack Boss: A Howls Romance
Flora Dare - 2021
As a low ranking member of her pack, Lili barely dares to dream about a fated mate, let alone her boss and Alpha, Cole Burnett.Cole is new to the role of Alpha and is under a lot of pressure to pick a high-ranking wolf as a mate, to help settle the pack. He never looks twice at his dowdy admin, Lili.Until one day when Cole stumbles on Lili skinny dipping and his eyes are opened to just how beautiful she is. Can Cole keep Lili safe from a pack who would rather see her dead than in their alpha's arms?
Howl Series, Books 1-4
Jody Morse - 2012
She finds herself caught in a web of family secrets and must decide between two fates: the one that was destined to be or the one that was chosen for her.From the bestselling authors of the Briar Creek Vampires series, the Howl series is a riveting tale of romance, friendship, and the true test of alliances.This is a collection of the first 4 books in the best-selling Howl series:1. Howl2. Blood Moon3. Wolfsbane4. Black Magic
The Keatyn Chronicles: Books 4-6
Jillian Dodd - 2015
Book 4 - Love Me: Keatyn's mom says you can't love someone until you learn to love yourself. So even though Vincent is getting more and more scary. Even though he's doing a nationwide search for her. She's going to learn to love herself. And she's trying to choose between three boys: molten lava kisses Dawson, the God of all Hotties who is practically infused with love potion Aiden, and the boy who first stole her heart Brooklyn. Book 5 - Adore Me: Lying to her friends is killing Keatyn, so she's not going back to Eastbrooke after her Thanksgiving break in St. Croix. She plans to go on break by herself, but she doesn't end up on the island alone. Book 6 - Hate Me: Keatyn was told if she went away the stalker would forget about her, lose interest, and move on. But he hasn't. In fact, her being gone has only made things worse. So she decides to take matters into her own hands and fight back. Hey, Vincent. You ready for a little chaos?
Saving Baby
Gregg Bell - 2016
But something’s not right. Monroe’s baby is weak and cries constantly. When Annie confronts Monroe about it, he goes into a rage and tells her to mind her own business. She tells her father but he thinks she’s exaggerating. Annie knows something is suspicious, but what? The next day she discovers something that makes her skin crawl. She nabs the baby and flees.Now she’s on the run. Her only hope is exposing Monroe’s deadly evil before it’s too late—for her and the baby. Take advantage of this special low price for a limited time!