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Second Chances: The Complete Series
Peggy Bird - 2015
Breathtaking reunions and tantalizing new strangers offer six friends a second chance at happily ever after in this delightful contemporary romance series:
Beginning Again: Widowed in her twenties and now divorced halfway through her forties, it's time for Liz Fairchild to live life for herself . . . until sexy Collins strolls into her art gallery.
Loving Again: Portland police detective Sam Richardson is instantly attracted to Amanda St. Claire, his prime suspect in a homicide. Is their growing interest putting both of their lives at risk?
Together Again: Deputy DA Margo Keyes's homecoming is just the relaxation she needed . . . until hitting the sheets with ex-flame Tony Alessandro puts her in the middle of a federal investigation of industrial espionage.
Trusting Again: A rich customer sweeps Cynthia Blaine off her feet with a whirlwind romance. But can she continue to ignore the clues that Marius has a dangerous secret?
Believing Again: Called to the scene of the murder of a homeless veteran in a transient camp, Portland detective Danny Hartmann expects a routine case. Then she meets Jake Abrams and everything changes.
Falling Again: When Fiona McCarthy's investigative piece and Nick St. Claire's photography assignment intersect, can their feelings for each other survive her need to get the story and his to frame the perfect shot?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
Unforgettable Heroes - Unforgettable Passion (The Unforgettables Book 2)
Donna Fasano - 2017
Fall in love with our Unforgettable Heroes and fantasize about them for months. They don’t come along very often, but when they do, they can turn your world upside down and rip the heart out of every woman who dares to love them. The variety of stories we’ve chosen to add to this collection are meant to entertain you. We present the Unforgettable Heroes... Eight romances by eight award-winning authors with heroes who will live in your heart forever. Donna Fasano guides you on how to 'Take Love in Stride,' Patrice Wilton cooks up a 'Catered Affair,' Mona Risk shares what a wonder it is to get 'Babies in the Bargain,' Mimi Barbour asks you to help her 'Find Me a Home,' Traci Hall gives a lesson on love in 'Dancing By the Sea,' Susan Jean Ricci tempts everyone with 'Dinosaurs and Cherry Stems,' Nikki Lynn Barrett crowns the 'Queen of My Heart,' and Leanne Banks instructs readers how to become ‘The Five-Minute Bride’.
Treat Me Like Somebody
Nikki Simms - 2015
In Jazmyn's case the bad outweighed the good .This isn't your ordinary love story. Jazmyn was in love with her boyfriend Prince of four years, but after the constant cheating and being his human punching bag, she is finally fed up. The only problem is she is too scared to leave. Prince is your average pretty boy type. The kind that thinks he can have any woman he wants just with the lick of his lips. He is deadly in love with Jazmyn and won't let nothing or no one get in his way or try to take his girl. That is until Justice Carter comes into the picture. Fresh out the pin and back home to claim what is rightfully his, Justice is a force to be reckoned with. While serving a four year bid, he left to his best friend Diesel who tried to take him for everything he made a name for. But with the help of his brother Harlem they make Diesel wish he never crossed him. Harlem is handling his business and locking down his brothers territory. He has another side to him that nobody wants to meet. After years in therapy, he learns how to control his anger. He is in love with a chick he thinks is too scared to love. But after realizing she's not the woman he thought she was, things get deadly. Samya and Jazmyn are best friends. With a mother as a crack head and a dead beat for a father, Jaz's mother Tuesday takes her in and raises her as her own. She is hard working and don't take no shit but is far from perfect herself. She has secrets and skeletons in her closet so big that she is to scared to tell anyone including Jaz. She is in love with Harlem but even he don't know about her past. Treat me like somebody is filled with drama and suspense. Secrets will be revealed and love will be tested. Will friendship get in the way or will love conquer all?
Love's Composure
Priya Grey - 2016
A musical genius with more money than I could spend, and more women than I could I sleep with. I had everything I wanted, except what I needed. Until I met you. You were a simple girl from a very different world. But we had something in common. We were both lonely, in desperate need of a connection. When a random encounter brought us together, a spark ignited that changed our lives forever. You became my lover, my wife, the mother of my child… You became my greatest joy… And my greatest heartbreak. This is the story of our love. This is the story of our sacrifice. Ozlo and Priya Grey, the bestselling authors of Healing Melody, weave a timeless, erotic love story that spans decades into the future. Love’s Composure will tug at your heartstrings while you contemplate love’s greater purpose. Enjoy this inspirational and scintillating tale, intended for mature adults only.
The Golden Touch
Robin James - 1982
Reprint.
کوئ لمحہ خواب نھیں ہوتا (Koi Lamha Khuwab Nahi Hota)
Umera Ahmed - 1999
Small misunderstandings and selfish behavior on other's part creates complications in their relationship. But true love isn't easy to forget.It was first published in Khawateen Digest and is now available in Main Ne Khuwabon Ka Shajar Dekha Hai, a collection of stories.
Second Harmony
Barbara Bretton - 1987
. . But will love tear them apart?He was the bad boy with the raging heartShe was the good girl with the big dreamsNow he is a master stone cutter with a broken marriage and a son he would move heaven and earth to keep safe from harm, while she is a success at everything she touches . . . everything except loveAnd then, seven years after they said goodbye forever, fate finally found a way to bring them back together and give them one last chance to get it right.
The Accidental Duchess
Sandy Blair - 2013
Needing a few weeks of peace in order to sort out his financial problems and secure his childhood Highland home, Connor Kenroe, the Duke of Kilgory, returns to his closed London townhouse after a long sojourn in Egypt to find a lovely slip of a woman asleep in his bed. When his shocked mother and ex-fiancée arrive unexpectedly at the bedroom door, he spouts the first lie that comes to mind, trapping himself and his feisty trespasser in a complicated web of lies they now have to unravel.This novella was originally published in the anthology How to Marry a Duke.
Song of the West
Nora Roberts - 1982
But she had every intention of returning to the East after her sister's baby was safely born.Unexpectedly, she felt like changing her mind. She found that she didn't want to say good-bye after all, even though she knew that her sister no longer needed her. Was it because she had fallen in love with the beautiful country, or should she admit to herself that a tall, commanding rancher had corralled her heart forever?
Saving Christmas
Clare Revell - 2010
When her father is taken ill, she returns to Hollies Christmas Emporium, an all year round Christmas shop to run it in his absence.Matt Pringle, store artist and accountant, doesn't make a good impression on his new boss when he accuses her of stealing his parking space. Wanting to make up for it, he tries to impress her, but ends up falling for her instead.When the store is threatened with closure, Christmas, who insists on being called Chrissie sacrifices everything to try to save it. A committed Christian, Matt knows that Chrissie needs saving just as much. Will their growing attraction help Matt save Christmas before it’s too late?
A Little Christmas Magic
Sylvie Kurtz - 2001
She's not going to let anyone spoil the holidays, not even her new grinch of a neighbor.The only reason Logan Ward liked Christmas was because of the light in his daughter's eyes. But she's gone now. The ex-cop wants to ride out the festivities in the cold isolation of his dilapidated new house.Until the bright hummingbird of a new neighbor falls off a ladder and becomes his responsibility, along with her small son.When a sledding accident put Beth's son in the hospital and jeopardizes his Christmas, can Logan put aside his heartache and play Santa?
Born to be My Baby
Lori Ryan - 2018
Ben Sumner left the suffocating small town of Canyon Creek, Colorado ten years ago, and never looked back. Not for more than a visit. Even though his family helped found the town and owned a large piece of the mountain at its center, he always felt out of place. His father’s death has changed that, bringing him home to discover his parents leveraged everything to build a lodge on the family’s property. Ben knows cutting costs is the only way to keep the bank from foreclosing on his family’s legacy. There’s only one person standing in his way: Maggie Lawrence, the high school crush who’d never spared him a glance. She might be just as beautiful as she was ten years earlier, but he’ll do whatever it takes to stop her. Maggie Lawrence fought harder than most to get to where she is today. She’s overcome her father’s cruel taunts and jeers, and found a place where she belongs. At the Lodge at Canyon Creek, she’s a valued part of the staff, and practically a member of the Sumner family. When the lodge owner, John Sumner suddenly dies, she’ll do everything in her power to carry on John’s dream, even if that means fighting the oh-so-sexy Ben Sumner every step of the way. Born to Be My Baby is the first book in the Canyon Creek, CO series. It can be read as a standalone book.
Finding London
Ellie Wade - 2016
***London Wright thought she’d been in love before ... but she hadn’t ... not even close ...
... Then she met him ...
Rugged and gorgeous, Loïc Berkeley, a special forces soldier is everything she’s ever wanted. Getting him to notice her was a challenge, but keeping his love is proving to be more difficult.London’s used to getting what she wants so loving someone like Loïc is a humbling and somewhat terrifying experience. For everything she has in her life, he’s the one thing she can’t bear to lose.* * * * * * * * * * * Loïc Berkeley never wanted love ...He views it as an unneeded distraction that causes nothing but pain ...Love ... for Loïc ... always ends in disappointment.
... Then he met her ...
Spoiled, witty, and breathtakingly beautiful London Wright is his undoing. From the moment he laid eyes on her, he knew his life would never be the same. Though he tries to fight it, he finds himself falling for her.Having lived a life full of sorrow, finding London brought Loïc rare happiness. Though his feelings for her are strong, is what they have powerful enough to break the cycle of his past?When one is destined for heartbreak and loss, can love really change anything?*** Intended for readers 18+ due to sexual content. ***
The Mister
E.L. James - 2019
Life has been easy for Maxim Trevelyan. With his good looks, aristocratic connections, and money, he’s never had to work and he’s rarely slept alone. But all that changes when tragedy strikes and Maxim inherits his family’s noble title, wealth, and estates, and all the responsibility that entails. It’s a role he’s not prepared for and one that he struggles to face. But his biggest challenge is fighting his desire for an unexpected, enigmatic young woman who’s recently arrived in England, possessing little more than a dangerous and troublesome past. Reticent, beautiful, and musically gifted, she’s an alluring mystery, and Maxim’s longing for her deepens into a passion that he’s never experienced and dares not name. Just who is Alessia Demachi? Can Maxim protect her from the malevolence that threatens her? And what will she do when she learns that he’s been hiding secrets of his own? From the heart of London through wild, rural Cornwall to the bleak, forbidding beauty of the Balkans, The Mister is a roller-coaster ride of danger and desire that leaves the reader breathless to the very last page.
Secret Crush
Victoria Pinder - 2016
For billionaire John Morgan, joining the Bureau is a stepping stone to proving his father is culpable for his sister’s death. After his estranged father dies, John is forced to return home and face the ghosts of his past. But that proves to be more difficult than he ever imagined.After losing her best friend under inexplicable circumstances, Alice Collins’ world view shifts until her small town sensibilities convinced her to attend Mr. Morgan’s funeral. Soon, the past and the present collide, and Alice is caught in the crosshairs. But when John comes to her aid, it only serves to complicate matters for both of them.Can a handsome billionaire on a vendetta fall for a small town girl… or does he have something else in mind?