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Sanctuary of Mine
Shelly Pratt - 2013
RECOMMENDED FOR 17+ YEARS DUE TO SEXUAL CONTENT AND SOCIAL SITUATIONSWhen you see someone who looks like they need saving, you save them right?Mackenzie Deeks is struggling. Outwardly she plays the tough guy and acts like being a young adult with an eating disorder is no big deal. Inside, she's crumbling. Ever since her parents’ divorce, the only way she has been able to feel in control of her life is by purging the despair that has its grips on her and won't let go. Tyler Redding knows when someone needs help - he's seen it before. This time, though, he's not going to take no for an answer. From the moment he first sets his sights on Mackenzie, he's unable to think of anyone else. But how can he focus on a football career when all he wants to do is date the most unassuming person he's ever met?As their lives become intricately entwined, it becomes more than wishful thinking when Mackenzie and Tyler find each other again as adults. With successful careers, a beachside lifestyle and each other’s love to contend with, life should be pretty damn good. But just when they think they’ve found their wonderful kind of normal, their perfect world comes crashing down. It’s going to take a lot to keep Mackenzie from succumbing to old habits, but Tyler thinks he might just be the one to save her for good.
The Forbidden Man
Elle Wright - 2015
But his latest betrayal just days before their wedding is too big to ignore. Shocking her friends and family, she calls off the engagement. She walks out on Den . . . and into the arms of his brother, Morgan.Known as a player, Morgan Smith has secretly spent years fighting his feelings for Sydney. When Den's latest dirty deed leaves Sydney devastated, Morgan can't stop himself from coming to her rescue. What begins as friendship quickly escalates into all-consuming passion. Despite their intense connection, Sydney would rather deny her desire than come between brothers. But as Morgan is determined to make Sydney his, Den won't give her up without a fight . . .
Matrimonially Yours (Astor Family #3)
Hayley Faiman - 2021
He’s a hardened police detective. Their marriage is fake … but it doesn’t have to stay that way, does it? Lucinda Astor has always been a bit of a spoiled brat. At least that’s the way it appears from the outside looking in. She’s the baby of the family, the only girl, and has always had her dad wrapped around her finger. She’s had a hard couple of years. During that time, she’s become obsessed with someone who helped her. He saved her. He can continue to save her … if only she can figure out how to get him all to herself. He’s been married, divorced, and is now focused on work and only work. Savage Chenault is a detective and nothing else. He wants the second half of his life to be nothing but cruising down easy street. Then his world becomes a bit more complicated when he meets a twenty-six-year-old princess. Lucinda Astor is sexy as sin. She’s also thirty years his junior. She’s everything he shouldn’t want. She’s spoiled. She’s young. She’s going to want a family. But more importantly, she’s going to have expectations. The marriage may begin fake, but can it stay that way?
Sweet
R.E. Saxton - 2015
He’s spent six years planning his revenge, and denied the pleasure of destroying the long-dead murderer, he’s turned his attention to the man’s daughter. She’ll pay for her father’s sins, and revenge will be sweet. After a lifetime of disappointments, Katriona shouldn’t be surprised when the vacation she’s supposedly won ends up making her a captive to Declan, a man she’s never forgotten—a man now determined to claim her and use her in his twisted pursuit of vengeance. Knowing his intentions, it shouldn’t be difficult to fight him, but with his every touch, and every mark he leaves on her as a sign of his possession, she falls deeper under his spell and into the darkness inside her. Pleasure is nice, but pain is even sweeter, and love is the ultimate agony… This novel has content some readers might find objectionable. It is a dark romance with dark themes. If that isn’t your preferred reading material, this probably isn’t the book for you. If you like a possessive, deeply (emotionally) scarred alpha male with revenge on his mind and the dark urge to possess his woman in every way possible, spend some time with Declan. He’s pretty sweet deep down…very deep down.
The Holy Trinity Series
M.E. Clayton - 2020
Luca Benetti, Ciro Mancini, and Phoenix Fiore show you what is possible when fearlessness, power, violence, money, and loyalty flow through your veins. They are called The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost for a reason. Francesca Mancini, Roberta Regal, and Remy Christian who you what is possible when courage, pride, control, ferociousness, and devotion flow through your veins.The Holy Ghost - Phoenix Fiore will stop at nothing to have Francesca Mancini, however, she'll be his greatest obstacle.The Son - Ciro Mancini never expected Roberta Regal, and she never expected Ciro Mancini.The Father - Luca Benetti will protect his empire at all costs, and Remy Christian doesn't have much of say about it.The Redemption - Nico Rossi knows nothing in life but Mia Gallo, soon she discovers the reason why.NOTE: This book series contains sensitive subject matter that may be offensive to some readers. Please do not purchase if you are sensitive to violence, torture, explicit sexual scenes, or delicate situations.
Beyond the Horizon
Kristen Kehoe - 2013
Three years ago, her brother left her family, choosing a girl over the Evans name. Watching her mother cry and her father shut the rest of them out, Mia made a promise to herself that she would be the one to bring them back together again. Yet, despite her acceptance to Stanford, her perfect academic record, and a flawless resume`, Mia finds her family getting further and further apart.Enter Ryan Murphy, the boy next door. Ryan has loved Mia Evans since the day he saw her sitting on her front porch weeping into her knees. Fifteen then, Ryan had been unsure of what to do, so he'd sat at his window and watched over her, and in that time, a piece of him became hers.Now, three years later, Ryan hasn't told Mia how he feels, but he gets the chance when he's forced to beg her to tutor him and save him from his mother. As their relationship progresses, Ryan realizes that Mia is more than he could have ever dreamed of, and that his feelings go a lot deeper than he ever imagined possible. And still, can they work?Mia didn't want to want Ryan Murphy. Just the opposite, actually. She agreed to tutor him because that's her job, but she doesn't have to like it, or the fact that she can't seem to stop noticing how gorgeous he is.Against all of her better judgment, Mia finds herself falling for Ryan, and falling hard. When the time comes for Mia to make the same decision that broke her family three years ago, she's torn: follow her heart, and lose her family, or follow her family and lose the only person whose ever really loved her.
Blindness
Ginger Scott - 2014
Never fully recovered from the unexpected death of her father when she was barely 18, she dove head first into a life of pretend and good enough, running away from a home that harbored nothing but bad memories and challenges and into the arms of Trevor Appleton, a man who could take her away from it all forever. Everything was...easy. But it's funny how fate takes over when your heart needs it most. And when a chance encounter brings Cody Carmichael into Charlie's life, her heart begins to beat for the first time since the day her dad left her completely alone. There was nothing easy about Cody. A former motocross super star, he was now happy to be living the blue collar life, spending his days finishing up school and his nights under the hood of some classic car, just trying to keep everything his father taught him alive. He didn't have time for things like trust and love—they'd only burned him in the past. Cody was everything Charlie had been running away from, but no matter how hard she fought it, there was an undeniable pull that always led straight to him. And the closer Cody and Charlie got, the more secrets they uncovered—secrets that threatened to unravel everything they'd both worked so hard to protect. But fate...it can't be ignored. And feeling alive might just be worth the risk.
Park and Violet
Marian Tee - 2013
Once, she loved being the Queen of Flirts, loved playing hard-to-get and, eventually, getting caught. Now, she can’t get enough distance between her and all the boys in the world. Well,all the boys except for Park Jin. Park is like no guy she’s ever met. He’s a 20-year-old Nordic god with a strange accent, or at least that’s one of Violet’s better descriptions of him. Most times, when they’re, literally, fighting like cats and dogs, she prefers to think of him as the blond gorilla, he’s a foul-mouthed jerk who calls her a banshee, a midget, and every other ugly nickname that comes to his nasty mind, goes out of his way to be rude to Violet, and, best of all, he hates girls. Both Park and Violet carry scars in their hearts, scars that they’re desperate to hide. In each other, they find the unlikeliest allies, a way to keep themselves apart from everyone else and, more importantly, from ever falling in love again. Yet when they’re not on each other’s throats Park and Violet can’t help succumbing to the intense chemistry between them. As kisses outnumber hisses, there’s a question that’s getting harder and harder for the two to ignore. Is it time to risk their hearts again?
Snake
Emilia Beaumont - 2015
Devan was everything I longed for in a man: loyal, protective, and strong. After the Navy, he cleaned up his act. He became the perfect guy, the perfect husband; the standard I held other men up to. Was it too much to ask to have a carbon copy of him... tattoos and all? But then he ruined everything. He kissed me. I truly thought he was different than all the rest. Yet no matter how much I wanted him to be mine, I now saw him for what he really was: another bad boy. A cheating snake that couldn't keep it in his pants. He's married, for f*cks sake! And to make it even more awkward, not only am I living with the couple but I've also made a deal to be their surrogate! How did my life become so complicated all of a sudden? Because now, after just one amazing kiss—one I keep reliving—I can't stop thinking about my stepbrother and the baby I want to give him.
Author’s note:
This is a second edition of Snake. Additionally it contains a HEA, sexual content, elements of cheating, and harsh language. If any of these don’t take your fancy then you may want to skip this book.
A Toast to the Good Times
Steph Campbell - 2012
When Landry’s present and near past collide, it only further complicates things.Landry thought he was leaving all of his problems behind when he left his family in New Jersey. But he comes home to find out that problems, like family, never go away. And sometimes facing the past with the help of someone who’s fearless about the future is the only way to move on.Cheers?
You Got Me
Mercy Amare - 2013
She writes on her arms to escape the pain, but nothing can soothe the ache that she feels.Aiden didn't go to college to meet girls, he came to play football. Too bad that it is impossible for him to stay away from Roxy.After meeting on the roof, they instantly feel connected, but neither of them are ready for love.You Got Me is a story about new beginnings, and finding love when you least expect it.
Needing You
T. Renee Fike - 2013
She does what she needs to get by and doesn't have time for friends let alone a boyfriend. She’s determined to push people away, but there’s one person who’s eager to get to know her. Tuck is a sexy bad boy who doesn't do relationships and makes no apologies for his own actions. He sets his eyes on the strong, independent Harper and will not take no for an answer. Will Tuck be able to change his bad boy ways to show Harper who he really is? Does he want to or does he only want her as another notch on his bedpost? Both Harper and Tuck have secrets that they’d rather hide and forget but secrets always have a way of coming out. Will Tuck and Harper be able to deal with their personal demons or will it rip them further apart? Will everything Harper worked so hard for crumble to the ground or will she realize that needing you is all she has ever really needed?
Broken Truth
Beth Ashworth - 2013
She has her dream job, she has the extremely wealthy knight in shining armour and she has the best friends a girl could ever ask for. On paper, the beautiful world unfolding at her feet almost appears too good to be true for a working class girl from Manchester right?But what happens when you gloss over the statistics and realise that the happy bubble you have been living in for the past fifteen months has all been a twisted, torturous path of lies? What if you realised that the person you loved wasn’t who they claimed to be any longer? With the once sacred and happy memories now turned into hatred and despair, Charlie must now follow her instincts to either forget her past and move on or force the hand that holds the cards to her life to reshuffle the deck before it leads onto the twisted future that lies in store. What will she choose? Can she forgive and forget for the only man her heart has ever loved? (18+) This book forms part of a series of standalones. Although it isn't essential to read in order, you will find spoilers along the way in each follow-up book.
The Low Notes
Kate Roth - 2012
Kevin meets young singer, Nina Jordan, who takes his breath away with the sound of her voice. The connection is instantaneous and mutual on their first date, but both are crestfallen when they discover days later, to their horror, Nina is Kevin's student at the local high school.Deciphering between notions of love and lust, fate and coincidence, Kevin and Nina find themselves unable to turn their backs on what they can't deny is a once in a lifetime feeling.
Forever Altered
D.J. Pierson - 2013
The two of them were best friends for as long as she could remember. He had always been her rock and now he was the cause of her pain. They were supposed to finish college, get married, and live happily ever after. Her hopes and dreams were destroyed, along with her faith in the opposite sex. That is until Rocco Matthews walks into her life. Rocco is devastatingly handsome, smart, charming as hell, a play-the-field kind of guy. Unfortunately, he has his own issues that need to be dealt with. When Alyssa attempts to keep her distance from him, he tries even harder to get closer to her. What happens after that will leave them both…Forever Altered.