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Butterfly in Frost
Sylvia Day - 2019
But I’m settled now. In a place I love, in a home I renovated, spending time with new friends I adore, and working a job that fulfills me. I am reconciling the past and laying the groundwork for the future.Then Garrett Frost moves in next door.He’s obstinate and too bold, a raging force of nature that disrupts the careful order of my life. I recognize the ghosts that haunt him, the torment driving him. Garrett would be risky in any form, but wounded, he’s far more dangerous. I fear I’m too fragile for the storm raging inside him, too delicate to withstand the pain that buffets him. But he’s too determined…and too tempting.And sometimes hope soars above even the iciest desolation.Emotional and heartrending, Butterfly in Frost marks a brilliant return by global sensation Sylvia Day, the #1 international multimillion bestselling author of the Crossfire saga.
Cyrus
Esther E. Schmidt - 2017
After smashing his goal in life a little ahead of schedule, Cyrus is a little disappointed and slightly frustrated. So he heads back to his roots. Back to his family. Back to the swamp. Bertie doesn't need a man. She juggles enough being a business woman along with taking care of her Pa and her, so it seems, brainless brother. With a new mission to recharge and set some new life goals, Cyrus stumbles across what is missing in his life. Connections are made and desire swirls but after an idea goes awry what happens when things are set straight? Will their love hold strong? Or will a rash decision bite someone in the butt?Swamp Head Series – Author’s note;Cyrus is the first novella in The Swamp Head Series; a seven book novella series based on a family born and raised in the swamp. Each sibling will get their own INSTAlove story told and even though it is a series, each book is a standalone. Come meet Cyrus and his other six brothers and sisters; Chester, Earle & Zeke (twins), Roscoe, Hallie Mae & Elsie (twins). Although they each have their own character and language, I’ve chosen to use words like Voila merde, when I mean go to sh*t, yapper for mouth, or connard when I mean a**hole, duck/effin for f*ck/f*cking… well, you get the idea. All fun and games with a bite and a little mud.
Chasing I Do
Marina Adair - 2016
Even though her fiancée turned out to be unfaithful and a big disappointment, Darcy walked away from her wedding fully committed—to her unborn daughter. Now, a single mom, it’s up to Darcy to secure her daughter’s future, which is why she’s invested her life savings into renovating Belle Mont Manor, Portland’s oldest, and nearly forgotten, wedding venue. So when Wedding Magazine offers her the cover for their June issue, in exchange for planning the wedding of a high-profile couple, Darcy thanks her lucky stars. Until the star’s best man turns out to be her ex’s brother… The last time Gage Easton saw Darcy, she was sneaking out the back door of her own wedding—destroying his brother’s life. No way is he going to entrust the gorgeous jilter with his biggest client’s special day, no matter how much in love with her he secretly was. Determined to take his client’s wedding elsewhere, he confronts Darcy, only to meet a toddler with Darcy’s blonde curls and the Easton blue eyes that has him renegotiating—the wedding for a chance to know his niece. But when a fun day in the park leads to warm family dinners, Gage finds himself stuck between his loyalty to his brother—and the two women who have stolen his heart.
Claiming Grace
Susan Stoker - 2017
But it’s not long before Logan runs into Grace Mason, his best friend from high school…and the woman who never answered his letters during his Army years.Grace was pleasantly surprised to see Logan return to Castle Rock, despite their falling-out ten years ago. Everyone always assumed they would end up together, including Grace, who had eyes only for him. But as Logan eventually escaped their town, Grace got pulled further into her family’s controlling grasp—and farther away from the man she loved.Now, united by scars both visible and not, the two must fight to free Grace from the suffocating hold of her family. But the Masons won’t let go easily—and they’ll do whatever it takes to keep the couple apart.
P.S. I Hate You
Winter Renshaw - 2018
But you did notice. We spent one life-changing week together before you left, and we said goodbye on day eight, exchanging addresses at the last minute. I saved every letter you wrote me, your words quickly becoming my religion. But you went radio silent on me months ago, and then you had the audacity to walk into my diner yesterday and act like you’d never seen me in your life. To think … I almost loved you and your beautifully complicated soul. Almost. Whatever your reason is—I hope it’s a good one. Maritza the Waitress PS – I hate you, and this time … I mean it. AUTHOR’S NOTE: For a *limited time* the eBook version of P.S. I HATE YOU includes two bonus novels (ABSINTHE and DARK PROMISES). Rest assured P.S. I HATE YOU is still a full-length (~70k word) novel even though it might end around 33% on your device.
Until Arsen
K.L. Donn - 2018
The oldest of the Daniels siblings, he knows what it takes to provide for his family. What he doesn’t have is the one thing he’s always wanted…A family of his own.Marina Parks longs for a normal life. After a tragic accident seemingly robs her of the chance to have a family of her own, she gave up on love. Refusing to seek it out when all she’s found in the past, is heartache.Until Arsen…Love is a novel creature, grabbing on and never letting go when two souls collide. A collision course is about to happen as Marina and Arsen discover what love truly is.**Author note**Until Arsen is a sweet novella introduced into Aurora Rose Reynolds Happily Ever Alpha world featuring popular characters from her bestselling UNTIL series. In this edition you will find cameos from Nico & Sophie Mayson. Previously published in the Kindle Worlds program. NO NEW CONTENT ADDED.
Evidence of the Affair
Taylor Jenkins Reid - 2018
Even though I do not know you…The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here.Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.
Something Sweet
Sam Crescent - 2017
After having his heart broken, and his dreams crushed, he’d rather focus on his work, and not women. However, his closest friends won’t let him hide. They have a woman for him, and they intend to set him up. Alyssa doesn’t need men. She has her friends, and her cooking, and her work. Children, men, and a future are just dreams she no longer believes she will ever need. The moment they meet, sparks fly. Neither of them had anticipated finding love but now their future looked possible together. Romance is in the air, and even as their friends worry about how fast they are moving, there is no way they’re going to stop. Will Alyssa say yes to his proposal? What will Camden think when he discovers she is pregnant.
Midnight at Tiffany's
Sarah Morgan - 2015
Matilda is a New York waitress by day, but an aspiring author by night – and she loves to write about kickass heroines!So when she meets gorgeous millionaire Chase Adams, she decides to channel them and act on their sizzling attraction! One magical night later, she's living the dream, but will a trip to Tiffany's make it a reality?
Power Play
Maria Luis - 2017
She's a (struggling) sports journalist looking for her big break. Charlie Denton has been handed the most impossible assignment from her stick-in-the-mud boss: get an exclusive interview with the NHL's golden boy, Duke Harrison. The catch? She's got eight days or she’ll be demoted. Fired. Kicked to the curb - No way is she letting her future rest on the broad shoulders of a goalie who is at least three seasons past his prime. She has eight days to convince Duke that the loyal fans of The Cambridge Tribune (annual circulation: 1,000) are dying to know about his life, on and off the ice. Eight days to stand toe to toe with a man who is pure sex on a stick. Eight days to remember that every mind-blowing kiss is nothing but a power play. What could go wrong?
Be My Handy Mechanic
Ally Crew - 2021
It wouldn't be fair to him to make his life messy, too.Things go from bad to really bad. I want to believe in him, but my head wants to run.It’s in my blood.Can I replace the flat tire of my past and have a smooth road from here on out?QuintonMy life's a series of hard lessons, and the last one was that love doesn't last.When the tall, cautious woman, with curves for days limps her car into the convenience store across the street from my auto shop, I’m ready to help.She's new to town and what kind of guy would I be if I didn't help her out. Not the one my mama raised.But I fall fast, and then I make the biggest mistake an auto shop can make, and I'm right back to those hard lessons.Will the road of life stop throwing pot holes in our way so Zena and I can be together?Lonely Hearts Series are flirty, fun Valentine's stories from some of your favorite shorts authors. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a happily ever after guaranteed.Lonely Hearts Series:Be My Handy Mechanic- Ally CrewBe My Sexy DILF- Beatrice BraeBe My Naughty Neighbor- LIz FoxBe My Grumpy Mountain Man- Lana DashBe My Dishy Doctor- Kate TilneyBe My Charming Prince- Elsie JamesBe My Burly Bartender- Barbra CampbellBe My Dirty Billionaire- L. NicoleBe My Flirty Firefighter- C.L. CruzBe My Bad Boy- Tarin LexBe My Private Chef- Sadie KingBe My Romantic Nerd- Brynn Hale
Summer Storm
L. Wilder - 2015
After years of making plans and fundraising, Allie’s dream is finally coming true; she’s getting her Youth Center. She just needs to find the right contractor to make her dream a reality.Satan’s Fury MC is on the hunt for Tony, the man that stole from their club. When Guardrail, the club’s VP, sees Allie’s ad in the paper, he knows she is the key to tracking down her brother. The MC is counting on Guardrail to do whatever it takes to get Tony, even if that means lying about who he really is.As their connection grows, Guardrail finds himself falling for the one person he can’t have. He wasn’t expecting her to be so beautiful. He wasn’t expecting her to steal his heart. Will she ever be able to forgive him for his lies? Or will their love get lost in the storm? Warning: This book is intended for readers 18 years or older due to bad language, violence and explicit sex scenes.
Crank
Adriana Locke - 2017
Join readers everywhere as they fall in love with the delicious Gibson Boys. This is one mistake Sienna Landry can’t buy her way out of. As Walker Gibson looks at her, then at the damage to his precious truck (that she may or may not have accidentally inflicted), she knows she’s in trouble. It’s not the busted headlight and dented grill that’s sunk her though. It’s the downright sinful man in front of her that’s the problem. The small town mechanic is broody. Rough. Smells like engine grease and gasoline and Sienna isn’t sure why that’s so sexy, but it is. It so is. She’s ready to peel off her panties at the drop of his wrench. He wants her too. She can feel it when he brushes against her. Experience it as he presses her against the wall of the shop. It’s thinly veiled in his deep, brown eyes when he looks at her like she’s everything he’s ever wanted. So why won’t he give in? The damage to Walker’s truck is the first of many mistakes between the two of them, ending with truths that rock Sienna’s world. Nothing can fix her broken heart except the love of a man that won’t, maybe even can’t, love her back.
The Player Next Door
K.A. Tucker - 2020
With a teaching job secured and an adorable fixer-upper to call home, things in her life are finally looking up.That is, until she finds out that Shane Beckett lives next door.Shane Beckett, the handsome and charismatic high school star quarterback who smashed her heart. The lying, cheating player who was supposed to be long gone, living the pro football dream and fooling women into thinking he's Prince Charming. Shane Beckett, who is as attractive as ever and flashing his dimples at her as if he has done no wrong.Scarlet makes it abundantly clear that old wounds have not been forgotten. Neighbors they may be, but friends they most certainly are not. She won't allow herself to fall for the single father and firefighter again, no matter how many apologies he offers, how many times he rushes to her aid, or how hard he makes her heart pound.But as she spends more time with him, she begins to fear that maybe she's wrong. Maybe Shane has changed.And maybe this time she's the one playing herself—out of a chance at true happiness.
His Banana
Penelope Bloom - 2018
Seriously. The guy is like a potassium addict. Of course, I touched it. If you want to get technical, I actually put it in my mouth. I chewed it up, too... I even swallowed.I know. Bad, bad, girl.Then I saw him, and believe it or not, choking on a guy's banana does not make the best first impression. I should backtrack a little here. Before I ever touched a billionaire’s banana, I got my first real assignment as a business reporter. This wasn’t the same old bottom-of-the-barrel assignment I always got. I wasn’t going to interview a garbage man about his favorite routes or write a piece on how picking up dog poop from people’s yards is the next big thing. Nope. None of the above, thank you very much.This was my big break. My chance to prove I wasn’t a bumbling, clumsy, accident-prone walking disaster. I was infiltrating Galleon Enterprises to follow up on suspicions of corruption. Cue the James Bond music.I could do this. All I had to do was land the position as an intern and nail my interview with Bruce Chamberson.Forget the fact that he looked like somebody carved him out of liquid female desire, then sprinkled on some "makes men question their sexuality" for good measure. I needed to make this work. No accidents. No disasters. No clumsiness. All I needed to do was hold it together for less than an hour.Fast forward to the conference room before the interview, and that's where you would find me with a banana in my hand. A banana that literally had his name on it in big, black sharpie. It was a few seconds later when he walked in and caught me yellow-handed. A few seconds after that was when he hired me. Yeah. I know. It didn't seem like a good sign to me, either.