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Unfailing Love
Julie Lessman - 2015
He stole her peace. Can hope steal their pain? At the age of eighteen, Lacey Carmichael was a wild girl bent on fun, promised to Jack Carmichael, a straight-and-narrow pastor’s kid bent on the seminary. When her father kicks her out of the house, she runs away from Isle of Hope, turning her back on everything she loves. Now, eight years later, she’s back as a woman of faith, hoping to make amends to the father she defied, the boyfriend she deserted, and the best friend she denied. Only the bridges she’s burned are still smoldering, kindled by an adulterous affair by Jack’s pastor father that damaged his son’s faith. But can a turning of tables—and hearts—lead the way back to “hope” for them all?
Penny's Antique Shop of Memories and Treasures
Helena Fairfax - 2013
Kurt certainly looks every inch the cowboy hero…but he soon brings Penny’s dreams to earth with a thump. His job is in the logical world of finance – and as far as Kurt is concerned, romance is just for dreamers.But when Kurt hires Penny to help refurbish his Victorian house near Richmond Park, it’s not long before the logical heart he has guarded so carefully is opening up to new emotions, in a most disturbing way…Praise for Penny's Antique Shop of Memories and Treasures"A lovely, romantic, evocative and sweet romance" Goodreads reviewer"A beautiful tale of sweet unexpected love" Kaylas Place Reviews"Left me smiling like an idiot in the most delightful way." Clean Romance Reviews"Helena Fairfax spins a romantic tale...The old-fashioned love story will warm your heart " Robbi Perna, PhD"This is a great sweet romance. I'm glad it was sent my way." Hot off the Shelves reviews"A deeply romantic read which affirms the power of love" Tina Williams, A Reader's Review
My Antisocial Billionaire
Katie Evergreen - 2018
Not only is she stuck in a boring waitressing job, but she can’t seem to ditch the loser ex-boyfriend who still lives in her apartment. Seeking a better life for herself, she applies for a job at one of the world’s biggest social media companies, Heartbook. It’s a complete disaster, but on the way out she literally bumps into the man of her dreams. Blake Fielding, the reclusive founder of Heartbook, is in trouble. Somebody has hacked his accounts and is trying to make him look like a bad guy. With his company collapsing around him, this famously antisocial billionaire is faced with a race against time to prove his innocence. But there’s a problem: he’s just met the most amazing woman, and he’s finding it impossible to keep his mind on the job. A girl damaged by her ex, who thinks she is cursed never to find a good man. A good man whose reputation is being dragged through the mud, and who has no time to fall in love. By choosing to be together, both are in danger of losing everything—but then sometimes you have to risk it all before you find out what truly matters. The first in the My Billionaire A-Z, a clean billionaire romance series, My Antisocial Billionaire is a fairy tale romance guaranteed to sweep you off your feet!
What You Wish For
Katherine Center - 2020
But she wasn’t always that way.Duncan Carpenter is the new school principal who lives by rules and regulations, guided by the knowledge that bad things can happen. But he wasn’t always that way.And Sam knows it. Because she knew him before—at another school, in a different life. Back then, she loved him—but she was invisible. To him. To everyone. Even to herself. She escaped to a new school, a new job, a new chance at living. But when Duncan, of all people, gets hired as the new principal there, it feels like the best thing that could possibly happen to the school—and the worst thing that could possibly happen to Sam. Until the opposite turns out to be true. The lovable Duncan she’d known is now a suit-and-tie wearing, rule-enforcing tough guy so hell-bent on protecting the school that he’s willing to destroy it.As the school community spirals into chaos, and danger from all corners looms large, Sam and Duncan must find their way to who they really are, what it means to be brave, and how to take a chance on love—which is the riskiest move of all.With Katherine Center’s sparkling dialogue, unforgettable characters, heart, hope, and humanity, What You Wish For is the author at her most compelling best.
Jennifer's Garden
Dianne Venetta - 2011
In a race against time, cardiologist Jennifer Hamilton is caught between her mother’s dying wish and taking the risk of a lifetime with Jackson Montgomery. He’s the man hired to complete the landscaping for her new home; the venue for her upcoming wedding. Jackson’s everything she never wanted in a man, but as the job progresses, his lure pulls strong. It’s an attraction she cannot deny.And one that puts her career on the line.
Lockdown on London Lane
Beth Reekles - 2022
The result transforms the harsh realities of quarantine into rom-com enchantment." -- Publishers Weekly For the inhabitants of London Lane, a simple slip of paper underneath each of their doors is about to change their lives in a hundred different ways.URGENT!!! Due to the current situation, building management has decided to impose a seven-day quarantine on all apartment buildings on London Lane.With nowhere else to go . . .Ethan and Charlotte wonder whether absence really does make the heart grow fonder when they end up on either side of a locked door.A fierce debate over pineapple on pizza ignites a series of revelations about Zach and Serena’s four-year relationship.Liv realizes rolling with the punches is sometimes much harder than it looks after her bridesmaids’ party goes off the rails, leaving the group at each other’s throats.Isla and Danny’s new romance is put to the test as they jump ten steps ahead on the relationship timeline.And Imogen and Nate’s one-night stand is about to get six do-overs they never really asked for—not awkward at all.Through make ups, breakups, love-ins, and blowouts, friendships are tested as everyone scrambles to make it through the week unscathed. Amidst all the drama, one thing remains constant: life is full of surprises.
Undercover Engagement
Lucy McConnell - 2014
Jason is intelligent, attractive, and he makes her laugh. When the couple is attacked by a group of men who call Jason by the wrong name, shoot holes in his beautiful car, and try to run them off the road, Alyssa learns her perfect fianc� is also the perfect spy. With his cover blown, the only way to bring down an international terrorist group is for Alyssa to steal the information. She agrees to help, putting her life on the line; but, putting her heart on the line and marrying a man who lied to her about his identity is a much harder decision.
Living Apart Together
Elise Darcy - 2015
As they try to pick up the pieces in the aftermath, John has a plan that takes Sylvie by surprise. Is this really a plan for their future together or is this the beginning of the end of their marriage? All at sea over what the future holds, Sylvie makes some plans of her own. She sets a chain of events in motion that lead her on a journey to discover it's never too late to start over and meet the man you were meant to spend the rest of your life with. A tale of family secrets, second chances, and finding the courage to follow your dreams – wherever they might lead. Book 1 in the series Living Apart Together.
The Wedding Game
Amy Matayo - 2013
It’s all been arranged. Easy. Clean. No regrets. Until Ellie McAllister ruins everything by winning the viewer’s vote. Now he has to convince America that he’s head over heels in love with her. Not easy to do since she’s a walking disaster. Ellie McAllister has her own problems. She needs money, and she needs it now. Despite her parent’s objections and her belief that marriage is sacred, she signs on to The Wedding Game…and wins. Now she’s married to a guy she can’t stand, and if she wants her hands on the money, she has six months to make voters believe she loves him. Not easy to do since he’s the most arrogant man in America. It doesn’t take long for Ellie and Cannon to realize they’ve made a mess of things…even less time for their feelings for one another to change. But is it too late for them? More importantly, can the worst decision they've ever made actually become one of the best?
Before I Knew
Jamie Beck - 2017
In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.
On the second anniversary of her husband’s suicide, Colby Cabot-Baxter is ready to let go of her grief and the mistakes made during her turbulent marriage. Her fresh start comes in the form of A CertainTea, the restaurant she’s set to open along Lake Sandy, Oregon, with help from her family. But when her executive chef quits just weeks before the grand opening, Colby is pressured to hire old family friend Alec Morgan. His award-winning reputation could generate buzz, but their friendship has withered since her husband’s reckless dare cost Alec’s brother his life.Distracted by guilty secrets concerning the tragedy that changed his and Colby’s lives, Alec self-destructed and lost his famed restaurant. With his career in tatters, he’s determined to use this opportunity to redeem his reputation and to help the woman he’s loved from afar find happiness again.But secrets have a way of coming out. When Alec’s do, they might destroy the new life he and Colby have rebuilt together.
Rush
Kandi Steiner - 2015
With the perfect mix of angst, emotional romance, and romantic comedy, the Palm South University series is your next guilty addiction. Drama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University.The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested. Parties and sex are definitely key ingredients in the Palm South recipe, but what happens when family issues, secret lives, and unrequited love get tossed in the mix?Follow Cassie, Bear, Jess, Skyler, Erin, Ashlei, and Adam as they tackle college at a small, private beach town university. Written in television drama form, each episode of this serial will pull you deeper and deeper into the world of PSU.Where the sun is hot and the clothes are scarce, anything can happen.
Give Me Reason
Zoey Derrick - 2013
As if growing up with an alcoholic, drug addicted mother wasn’t traumatic enough, she’s escaped from her physically and verbally abusive boyfriend only to struggle every day to make ends meet as a waitress in a Minneapolis diner.Along comes Mikah Blake, a handsome stranger who quickly takes an unexpected and persistent interest in her. On the surface, “Mr. Suit” seems to be Vivienne’s opposite: rich, well-fed, successful. As Vivienne will learn, Mikah is more than he seems, and for reasons unknown, he’s determined to be her knight in shining armor. But after having finally found her own two feet after years of abuse, it’s difficult for her to accept Mikah’s help.Will her body’s unexpected response to Mikah’s touch be reason enough to overcome her pride and traumatic past and learn to love and trust? Or will her past, refusing to be left behind, come back to claim her?
Her Reluctant Boss
Sarah Gay - 2019
Simon Grant, one of seven billionaire brothers, returns home to Sun Valley to find the woman of his dreams working at his family’s restaurant, but she turns him down. When he finds out that she is Hannah Fields, a neighbor girl who he’d crushed on as a boy, his affection and admiration for her only increases. He sets out on a mission to win Hannah’s heart, even if it means upsetting his brother in the process. When a mutual friend gives Simon Hannah’s bucket list, he will do what it takes to help her realize those goals. What he doesn’t know is that what he has is not her bucket list, it’s a list of her worst fears. Hannah Fields, recently home from law school, is ready to start her career in her favorite place on earth, Sun Valley. When she interviews with Grant and Grant, she assures the owner of the law firm, Simon Grant, Senior, that she will not date any of her co-workers. She regrets her promise the moment she lays eyes on one of the most attractive men she’s ever met, the eldest son in the billionaire empire, Simon Grant, Junior. She wants Simon to commit to her, but every time she lets down her guard, he withdraws and has her doing things that scare her to death. Will he ever come around, or will her fears keep them apart? Her Reluctant Boss is the first book in the Grant Family Romances by Sarah Gay. The second book in the Grant Family Romances is The Billionaire Patriot Also in the Billionaire Boss Series by bestselling authors Cami Checketts and Jennifer Youngblood: Her Dream Date Boss by Cami Checketts Her Prince Charming Boss by Cami Checketts Her Blue Collar Billionaire Boss by Jennifer Youngblood Her Last Chance Boss by Jennifer Youngblood
If I Break
Portia Moore - 2014
And for the first time in my life, a little trouble was just what I needed.No. What I wanted.It wasn’t like I’d ever marry the guy.Until I did.What I thought would be my happily ever after, was only the beginning. Cal has a secret. One that makes loving him come with a price, and being his wife cost more than I bargained for.
The Dating Detox
Gemma Burgess - 2009
So after her sixth successive failed relationship, romantically-challenged 20-something Sass decides she's had enough. The Dating Detox is born. No men, no break-ups, no problem. The result? Her life -- usually joyfully/traumatically occupied with dates, clothes and vodka -- is finally easy. Chastity rocks. No wonder nuns are always singing. Everything falls at her feet. Especially men. Will Sass break the rules? Why does fate keep throwing her in the path of the irritatingly amusing -- and gorgeous -- Jake? Will she ever roll the dice and play again? Or is a love-free life too good to risk losing? For the post-Carrie Bradshaw, post-Bridget Jones, post-credit crunch generation of singles, life isn't beautiful, a bitch, or a beach. It's a party.