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Iceland


Dominic Hoey - 2017
    We drifted through neighbourhoods in small packs, clinging to each other, all but alone. Our parents had given up. Packed their photos and furniture and moved to the forest to live simpler lives. But we stayed because there was nowhere else to go. We sold everything for rent — time, dignity, self-respect. Beneath the shiny new paint jobs and streets paved with debt lay our home."Stuck in a dead-end office job, Zlata hopes for a record deal so she can escape Auckland city. Then at party she meets Hamish, a graffiti artist and part-time drug dealer. Each has their own ideas about the other’s life, and surrounded by a makeshift family of friends and ex-lovers, their dreams of music, art and travel take shape.But as quickly as things come together, they can be torn apart — unravelling relationships and lives.

A Fearless Bride For A Wounded Rancher


Ember Pierce - 2020
    For years, she felt as though she was just an object. She wants to be loved for who she is, not what she looks like. When her father tried to force her to marry the local banker, she decided to form her own destiny and answer a mail-order bride ad.Scott is now a ghost of his former self. He used to be the beloved town sheriff for years. During a horrific accident, he lost his fiance and one side of his face got disfigured. Having to live with his own failure, he turned in his badge and set off to live as a recluse.When Scott meets Mae, he'll try to push her away. He fears to get close to anyone because he couldn’t save the love of his life last time she needed him. But, as Mae's life is threatened by an outlaw gang, he will have to tame his inner demons and rise above fear.Mae was determined to break free from her old life. Will she be able to break through Scott's defenses and help him redeem himself? Or will his past ruin her dreams forever?If you like fast-paced clean romance and action-packed stories, you won't be able to put down this addictive Novel by Ember Pierce."A Fearless Bride For A Wounded Rancher" is a stand-alone Western Historical Romance Novel of approximately 500 pages.

What the Prince Wants


Jules Bennett - 2015
    Granted a six-month leave from his royal duties, he escapes to Los Angeles, posing as a regular guy, one in need of a live-in nanny. Colin reluctantly hires Darcy Cooper, the curvy beauty who easily wins over his baby duchess. But soon the lush, love-shy American wins him over, too. Now he's torn between duty to the crown and what feels like his newfound family. But when Darcy discovers her emotionally distant boss is royalty, will all bets be off?

Victory Park


Rachel Kerr - 2020
    But the truth is life is threadbare and unpromising until the mysterious Bridget moves in to the Park. The wife of a disgraced Ponzi schemer, she brings with her glamour and wild dreams and an unexpected friendship. Drawn in, Kara forgets for a moment who she’s there to protect.

The Blackmailed Bride


Mandy Goff - 2011
    Steeling her resolve--and shielding her heart--Olivia is prepared to do her duty to her family...until Nicholas Stuart, the Marquess of Huntsford, complicates her plans. Nick is brave, honorable, infuriatingly attractive and unshakably determined to protect Olivia--even from herself. He won't let Olivia sacrifice her happiness for any price. Instead, he'll teach her to follow her heart...and pray that it leads her straight to him.

Pohutukawa Highway


Tammy Robinson - 2015
     For Jess, the campground holds bittersweet memories. It’s where she passed a childhood of carefree summers, but it’s also the scene of her first heartbreak at the hands of Hunter Aarden. The summer she turned seventeen he promised her he’d love her for always, then he drove out of camp never to be heard from again. Until now. After almost two decades, Jess is finally about to find out why. Both romantic and humorous, Pohutukawa Highway is a story that reminds us about the importance of family, and the magic of second chances.

Cullen's Bride


Fiona Brand - 1999
    When Rachel Sinclair met former agent Cullen Logan, she was all too aware of his dark past. Soon, though, she was falling in love with him, reputation or no reputation. But Cullen wasn't so easy to convince, even once she announced she was pregnant -- with his child. ...DADDY WITH A PAST Cullen knew that being with him was probably the most dangerous choice she could make. He also knew that the only honorable thing to do was marry her. But being around Rachel made Cullen all too aware that the only thing more dangerous than his past was the danger she posed to his heart.

The Westmoreland Collection: Zane \ Canyon \ Stern


Brenda Jackson - 2013
    Follow Zane, Canyon, and Stern as they find love, resist temptation and court desire the Westmoreland way.

Silent Knight


Tori Phillips - 1996
    But was his urge to protect her from the evil lord to whom she was promised an honorable one, or just an excuse to claim the lady as his own?

The Innocent's Secret Baby


Carol Marinelli - 2017
    A ruthless billionaire… When Sicilian tycoon Raul Di Savo meets Lydia Hayward, it's not only her cool elegance he desires—seducing Lydia will also deny his lifelong rival's bid for her body… An innocent in peril… Desperate to escape being sold to a stranger, Lydia turns to Raul—he promises her only one night, but his expert touch awakens her to pleasure she cannot resist! A nine-month consequence! Discovering she's a pawn in Raul's game of revenge, Lydia leaves…until she realizes an unexpected consequence will bind her to Raul forever!

Waking the Tiger: A thrilling award-nominated historical crime novel


Mark Wightman - 2021
    Following the disappearance of his wife, his life and career have fallen apart.A distinctive tiger tattoo is the only clue to her identityOnce a rising star of Singapore CID, Betancourt has been relegated to the Marine Division, with tedious dockyard disputes and goods inspections among his new duties.Who is she? And why are the authorities turning a blind eye?But when a beautiful, unidentified Japanese woman is found murdered in the shadow of a warehouse owned by one of Singapore’s most powerful families, Betancourt defies orders and pursues those responsible. What he discovers will bring him into conflict with powerful enemies, and force him to face his personal demons.

Pull No Punches: Memoir of a political survivor


Judith Collins - 2020
    

Hot-Blooded Husbands Bundle


Michelle Reid - 2007
    Bundle includes The Sheikh's Chosen Wife, Ethan's Temptress Bride, The Arabian Love-Child and A Passionate Marriage.

My Secret Baby (Bossed by the Billionaire #2)


Kelli Walker - 2021
    Happy wife, happy life... Until a secret child shows up. I live the perfect life: millionaire, head of the company, and a smoking-hot wife I am in love with. We live our best life in a new city, awaiting our baby's arrival when Clare Holt finds her way back into my life. She's a fling from the past I thought was staying right where I left her, in the past. But when she tells me the most shocking news ever, that we have a child together, my perfect life is about to be flipped upside down. Telling my wife seems like the best option, right? Wrong. I'm confident this is not my child, but why put her through that heartbreak until knowing the truth for sure? Everything is going to be okay… until the guilt starts to ruin me more than the results of the test do.

Chasing Heaven


Becca Fisher - 2012
    It gets her sisters wondering when they will get married, who they'll fall in love with, or whether God has other plans for them entirely. But it becomes clear that although the Amish are simple people, their love lives are anything but.