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Maid For You
Paisley Lang - 2016
That's how they see me--all they'll ever see when they look at me. But I am more, so much more. We can't change the past, the hand we've been dealt, But we can play that hand and win in the end. And that's what I plan to do--what I've always planned to do. Then he came into my life. Jaxon Prescott. He's everything I want, But nothing I'm permitted to have. He's too good, too perfect, For someone like me. After all, I'm just a maid, To them. They don't know the real me, My dreams, my fears, my past, My secrets. Jax A rich playboy.... That's how they see me--all they'll ever see when they look at me. They've got it all wrong, So wrong. I've been living a lie, a fabrication of what they want, And I thought it was what I wanted. Then she came into my life. Ava Williams. She reminded me of what I want, What I need, And who I really am. She's everything, But nothing I'm supposed to have. She's not right, not polished enough For someone like me. After all, I'm high class society--better than everyone else, To them. They don't know the real me, My dreams, my fears, my past, My secrets.
Mine
Kelly Florentia - 2021
After a drunken night out, she wakes up with Teddy Fallon. But this is the least of her worries . . .The night before, a text came through claiming someone knows her secret. But what is Lucy hiding?Before Lucy has time to process everything, her ex drops a bombshell—fiancée Jasmine is pregnant, and he wants his share of the money from the flat.Then the blackmail begins. Who is after Lucy and why? Love isn’t always innocent, and Lucy is about to learn a lesson the hard way . . .A great choice for fans of authors like S.E. Lynes, Lisa Jewell, and Adele Parks.
Playing for Love
Jeevani Charika - 2022
She can’t believe her luck when she’s selected to play in a virtual tournament with notoriously elusive gamer Blaze.Blaze is a little cocky and very self-assured – no surprises, given his huge online popularity – and Sam feels under pressure to impress him with her gameplay. But she has no idea that in real life, he’s just shy Luke Burneside, the awkward guy from her office.And despite his regular coffee deliveries to her desk, Sam barely notices Luke… because with each day, she’s falling harder for Blaze.As her crush intensifies with each game and she becomes obsessed with winning Blaze’s attention, will Sam lose her chance with the man right under her nose?
The Little Ice Cream Shop By The Sea
Lizzie Chantree - 2021
Their seafront business is failing with the loss of Genie’s grandmother and her legendary ice cream flavours. Genie is determined to be the one to save her family’s heritage, but suddenly her mother wants to sell to developers and leave their shared history behind.Buying the business and taking on a sixty-eight year old business partner, Ada, with a mysterious past and a gorgeous but distracting grandson, Genie sets out to prove her parents wrong.Ada’s grandson, Cal, wants to protect his gran from ‘pensioner persuader’, Genie, but soon realises that living in a little seaside town and away from the paparazzi in Hollywood can actually give him time to heal. Hiding in a seafront business with its fiery owner and working as kitchen staff, is the only way he can think of to keep his ex-Hollywood glamour-puss, gran from harm. But his meddling might also ruin Ada's second chance at love. Hiring a private detective and learning about Genie’s parent’s past makes Cal regret his own impulsiveness. The information he has unearthed could destroy their blossoming romance and turn Genie’s world upside down.Genie soon discovers that friends can become enemies and your closest family can have lied to you for your whole life.
Tropical Skies at the Cornish Confetti Agency: A gorgeously sun-filled and uplifting romantic comedy
Daisy James - 2020
After all, who wouldn’t love to spend a few days in a sun-filled tropical paradise surrounded by golden sands, swaying palm trees, and the gentle waft of jasmine and coconut oil floating on the breeze?With handsome wedding columnist-cum-TV scriptwriter Theo Barker at her side, and quirky florist Jasper Curtis along for the ride, she’s even more determined than ever to deliver the glamorous celebration the bride and groom have been hoping for; no mechanical mice running around the pretty wedding gazebo, no whoopee cushions hidden under the ribbon-bedecked chairs, and no rampant hosepipes providing the unsuspecting guests with an impromptu shower.But this is The Cornish Confetti Agency, and the words ‘plain-sailing’ and ‘hassle-free’ do not feature in the promotional brochure. So, when Lexie discovers the bride’s mother – celebrity chef and owner of the prestigious Mango Tree Cookery School, Brigette Blake – is being targeted by a series of practical jokes, she must once again don her metaphorical deerstalker and unravel the mystery before the wedding dissolves into Caribbean-themed chaos and calamity.A perfect beachside wedding?Is there such a thing for The Cornish Confetti Agency?
An Old Score
Edie Baylis - 2022
ONE PRIZE...Teagan Fraser had no idea what she was getting herself into when she took on an assignment as a live-in carer for Dulcie Adams – a retired dancer from a Soho club. Dulcie has waited forty years for her lover, Michael Pointer, to return, but she’s been living in hope for a time that never came and left looking after something important, which Jonah Powell and his firm want back.In addition to the notorious Powell firm, there are others wanting to claim what they believe is rightfully theirs and they’ll do anything to get it back. If only Dulcie wasn’t around it would be a lot easier, but she’s difficult to shift…A lot can happen in the space of two weeks and Teagan might wish she’d never become involved.Fans of Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane will love An Old Score.
Winter Fires at Mill Grange: The perfect cosy heartwarming read this Christmas (The Mill Grange Series Book 4)
Jenny Kane - 2021
My Ex's Father: Age Gap Billionaire Romance (Silver Foxes Book 1)
Rosie Raine - 2021
Now he wants to heal me.Connor Blake is too good to be true. Rich, powerful, kind. And hot as hell.When he wants to take me out to make up for his son’s behavior, I can’t say no.When he tells me I’m beautiful, my insides melt.But he raised the man who wanted to humiliate me, to break me.I should run from him.I should keep my heart safe.But the things he does to my body, mind, and soul…I never stood a chance.Will Connor heal me? Or will he break me so thoroughly I can’t put myself back together again?My Father’s Ex is a short and steamy billionaire age gap romance. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed HEA.
Finding Your Heart
Bess McBride - 2019
Partially submerged by a lake and largely buried by mud, weeds, grass and trees, Kascade is lost in time. Until it emerges one summer evening—vibrant, busy, teeming with life. Leigh Peters strolls along the shores of quiet Lake Kascade at sunset as she often does. A check of her watch shows that sunset is only minutes away. Reluctantly, she turns from the lake to head back to her car, but she never reaches the parking lot. Dr. Jeremiah Cook finds a woman who claims she is lost, not in place but in time. He believes her to be mentally unsound, but he wishes to help her, as a doctor must. He simply does not know how. Though Jeremiah cannot imagine what to do with the confused woman who claims she has traveled through time, his heart tells him that he must protect her at all costs.
Chased
Lakisha Johnson - 2018
She thought she'd be happy but as soon as the words, "We want you to lead..." left the mouth of Senior Pastor, Lucas Carrington, fear set in. It isn't fear of the position because Magnolia has been under the leadership of Pastor Carrington for five years. It isn't even fear of being the church's first woman pastor. Her fear is the secret she's carrying. Her secret ... Magnolia is being chased. Chased - pursued in order to catch. Magnolia is being chased by the demons of her past and it is the one thing she can't get away from. No matter how much she prays and fast or the many times she lays on the altar, she cannot outrun it. But she's tired. Tired of running but afraid of being caught. Will Magnolia finally surrender to stop the chase or will her fear be too hard to face?
Luck Under Fire, Operation: Hot Spot, Navy Seals in Action
Trish McCallan - 2022
Captured by Amaru rebels during a mission gone FUBAR, he’s facing certain death. His body broken, his eyes blind, he can’t escape on his own, and the rebels have made sure his teammates will never find him. But then he hears a voice. He might be blind, but his ears work just fine. And that’s a woman’s voice. A young, American woman. Exactly the kind of prey the rebels traffic in. Even if she frees him from his chains, she’ll never get him to safety before the rebels return. By trying to save him, she condemns herself to death. He tries to drive her away, knowing that when she leaves, she takes his life with her.But this is no ordinary woman. And she’s far from helpless.When life loses meaningAndressa Almeida is in the rebel camp for one reason, and it isn’t to rescue a broken and dying man. She’s barely staying ahead of the pig who slaughtered her entire family. Freeing this man and taking him to safety could cost her her own life. And she’s not yet ready to join her family on the other side. Her vengeance is not complete. But when he tries to save her life, at the expense of his own, she knows she can’t leave him to such a slow, agonizing death.At the crossroads of luck and loss, deep in the Amazon Rainforest, love slowly grows. A man with no luck is given his greatest prize of all. A woman with nothing to live for is offered a life worth living.But a powerful enemy is gathering his forces and hunting them down. He’ll stop at nothing to take what he wants and punish those who defy him.Read less
Mister Relentless: An Age Play, DDlg, Instalove, Standalone, Romance (Daddies Mountain Rescue Book 3)
Lucky Moon - 2021
Christmas at Clementine Cottage
Emily Harvale - 2021
Blame
Patricia Dixon - 2021
Hoping for a fresh start in France she unexpectedly and inconveniently falls in love. Unbeknown to Frankie, back in England, the wheels of fate are set in motion when Herbert Dunne, a convicted murderer, is released from prison.When he moves in with Margaret, a woman who he has formed an unlikely relationship with, their dark sides gradually emerge allowing inner demons to blossom. News of Herbert’s release once again rocks the small village of Elkdale and as they remember the young woman he murdered, old scars are reopened. But what is Herbert hoping to achieve by stirring up the past?Soon, bitter emotions surface and someone seeks revenge. Someone who is going to make sure they all pay the price…