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After the Chains


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High Heels & Bicycle Wheels


Jane Linfoot - 2014
    Injured and out of a certain race this summer, without his training, he’s looking for another distraction…Bryony’s facing a triple whammy – her last single friend just named the day, her mother’s offering to have her eggs frozen, and the guy she’s loved from afar, forever, has just got hitched. So she’s more than happy to accept the offer of a totally out of character but seriously steamy one night of no-strings fun. Especially when the guy in question is so attractive he even looks good in Lycra!Jackson’s on the lookout for a new career but if the opportunity to work on TV means a fortnight with the most uptight woman in the world, he’d rather not bother. He never goes in for seconds – and who in their right mind would head off in a campervan, with a woman who irons her knickers?Add in a tandem (yes a tandem) and fast forward to double trouble for a summer neither of them will ever forget!

Summer at Carrick Park


Kirsty Ferry - 2018
    Perfect for fans of Carole Matthews, Cathy Kelly and Marian Keyes A summer wedding, fifty cupcakes and a man she thought she would never see again … When Joel Leicester walks into the hotel where Rosa Tempest works, she can’t believe her bad luck. Out of all the hotels in all of North Yorkshire, the man who broke her heart would have to walk into Carrick Park! The last time Rosa saw Joel it was after a whirlwind holiday when they’d been greeted at his flat by a woman claiming to be his fiancée. Rosa never stuck around to hear Joel’s side of the story but now, six years later on, Fate has another trick up its sleeve as a potentially disastrous summer wedding at Carrick Park can only be saved by Joel and Rosa working together …

Looking for Trouble


Cath Staincliffe - 1994
    A private eye. And liking it. Until, that is, Mrs Hobbs turns up asking Sal Kilkenny to find her missing son. Sal's search takes her through the Manchester underworld, a world of deprivation, of well-heeled organized crime and, ultimately, murder.

Home for the Holidays: Short Story


Eden Summers - 2019
     Now he's back for the holidays and thinks he can pick up where they left off. Not if she can help it. He broke her heart once. She can't let his cocky smirk weaken her defenses again. That is, until he tempts her with a Christmas gift she has no ability to deny. AUTHOR NOTE: This book was previously released as Down and Dusty - Brooke via Harlequin Escape. It has since been rewritten and revised.

Jack Part One and Two


K.B. Winters - 2017
    Dirty. Yummy. Jack 'BOOMER' McGuire is Back! Grab the box set! No more cliffhangers! Jack I’m the most notorious fighter pilot in the US Navy, so why am I spending my time flying filthy rich tourists up and down the coast and looking at bridal magazines? Because Holly is the hottest woman to ever walk the face of the earth. But I’m so screwed up, I can’t see that. I know leaving the military is the right thing to do, but I’m f**king lost. The Navy is my whole life and to go from active duty to a weekend warrior every other month in the reserves is killing me. And I’m losing her as well. I know Holly still wants me and I can't get enough of her. Hell, sometimes the only time any of it makes sense is when I'm inside of her. Holly My hot AF fighter pilot is finally home. But, he's slipping away. He doesn’t think I notice, but I do—the blank stare in his eyes—he isn’t seeing me—he’s in some far-off place full of adventure and mystery. I need to get him back on track and settle back into a normal life. I think this is what he wants—but the look in his eyes tells me differently. I don't want to lose him. Did the war change him—or is it me? Jack - The Elite takes place two years after BOOMER - The Elite with no more cliffhangers, no cheating and a happily ever after. If you haven't read BOOMER, no worries, you can grab it right here on Amazon! Intended for readers 18+ due to Kindle-melting scenes and other mature content. Enjoy! KB xoxoxoxo

Blood-Red Tear


Donna Flynn - 2014
    I live in a small town, have good friends, get good grades at school, and on the surface I am like any other teenager. Except that I was raised by vampires. As scary as that sounds, it is of no consequence to me. My parents love me and my older brother lives to aggravate me. It is all very normal. Or at least it was, until one magical kiss changed my life forever…

Fourth Time Forever


Pippa Croft - 2017
    You know what my biggest regret is? I never said I loved him.’Nine months after senator’s daughter, Lauren Cusack, and aristocrat, Alexander Hunt, went their separate ways in Washington DC, the star-crossed pair are finally back on the same continent – though anything but a couple.After failing to get the gorgeous but tormented Alexander out of her system, Lauren in is Paris trying to figure out what he meant in a mysterious call made a few weeks before he headed off on a secret mission. Could he actually have been about to propose?But Alexander hasn’t been in contact since and she has no idea where he is or if he’s even alive. Then a phone call from his sister, Emma, begging Lauren to return to Falconbury, changes everything. Against her better judgement, Lauren agrees but there’s a big problem. It turns out Alexander doesn’t want Lauren on his estate or in his life ever again. Is their relationship worth one last try? Alexander is adamant that Lauren should abandon all hope but she isn’t ready to give up on him yet.One thing is certain. It’s going to take every ounce of Lauren’s strength and commitment if they’re ever to make the fourth time forever.

Vampire Diaries Collection: The Awakening/The Struggle / The Fury/The Reunion / The Return: Nightfall / The Return: Shadow Souls


L.J. Smith - 1991
    

The Across the Universe Trilogy (Across the Universe, #1-3)


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Open Your Eyes


James Carol - 2016
    He's young and unpredictable, but he has a gift - he can understand the mind of a murderer like no one else.Winter is in Las Vegas with Yoko Tanaka, a tough agent with the unenviable task of showing him the ropes. The bodies of three young women have been found and each of them is missing a limb.If the case is to be solved, Winter must be free to act - yet Tanaka's superiors are watching closely, and it soon becomes clear that this killer doesn't make mistakes.The next full-length Jefferson Winter novel, The Quiet Man, will be published in May 2017.

Untapped Pleasures


L.N. Pearl - 2016
    His love life will be the main focus of a brand new TV show, but there’s just one problem: he needs a wife to satisfy the producers and the audience. Trina stopped living a normal life when her mother got diagnosed. She used to have big dreams and ambition, but dropped everything to take care of the woman who loved her unconditionally after a painful divorce. However, medical bills keep accumulating and Trina finds herself struggling to make ends meet. So when the gorgeous Gunner offers her a million dollars to be his fake wife, she agrees despite her mother’s opposition. After all, it will be fake, right? But things are never that simple when it comes to love. And they will both pay the price. Note: this is the first book out of five in the series. Contains explicit language for a mature audience only.

Kin of Cain: A Short Bernicia Tale


Matthew Harffy - 2017
    Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical tale set in the world of The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell. Winter grips the land in its icy fist. Terror stalks the hills, moors and marshes of Bernicia. Livestock and men have been found ripped asunder, their bones gnawed, flesh gorged upon. People cower in their halls in fear of the monster that prowls the night. King Edwin sends his champions, Bassus, Octa and band of trusted thegns, to hunt down the beast and to rid his people of this evil. Bassus leads the warriors into the chill wastes of the northern winter, and they soon question whether they are the hunters or the prey. Death follows them as they head deeper into the ice-rimed marshes, and there is ever only one ending for the mission: a welter of blood that will sow the seeds of a tale that will echo down through the ages. What readers are saying about KIN OF CAIN: 'The tale is full of suspense, it's dark, gritty and gruesome ... what more could you possibly want?' 'Absolutely gripping, edge of the seat reading. If you're into Bernard Cornwell you'll love this!' 'Clever short story by a master story teller' Can't wait for the next instalment of the Bernicia Chronicles? Search 9781784978853 to pre-order KILLER OF KINGS!

Every Time It Rains


Nikita Singh - 2017
    It brings with it great joy, and opens you up to pain. But does one really have the courage to say no and look the other way? Laila is yet to recover from her painful past. Hurt, and untrusting of love, she is fully immersed in work, her only source of cheer. Her bakery franchise is very popular and she just might be able to go national, if she can pull off that big deal. Just when things are looking up, along comes JD, an impetuous, free-spirited creature to stir up the calm. He's her exact opposite. Laila s self-destructive, he s life-affirming. She s cautious, he s buoyant. But here s the thing: he makes her feel the very things she wanted to forget. Stirring a familiar passion she longed for but had lost the courage to pursue. They are irrepressibly drawn to each other but will she ever be able to trust him? Every Time It Rains is the story of every girl who has ever had her heart broken. And fallen in love again.

A Pirate's Kiss (A Pirate's Kiss #1)


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    Circe's Father has always told her so. So when a mysterious shadowy figure with gold and silver eyes appears on her balcony and attemptes to steal her away the first thing that she wonders is why? Why does this mysterious stranger seem to know her more than she knows herself with just one look? Why does her Father pity Pirates? And why does she feel a strange pull towards the sea? Two years will go by before she finds the answers she is looking for, by then Circe is certain that the Pirate will have forgotten all about her and the promise he made and sealed, with a stolen kiss. Unfortunatly there is still one other thing she needs to learn. A Pirate never forgets. Join Circe on her journey for truth as she discovers a world of lands and beings that she never believed to exist. Will she find all the answers that she is looking for? Or is something dark and deadly coming her way, determined that she should never for fill her true destiny.Winner of the Adventure category and Best Hero in the Watty Awards 2011