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The Carer


Scott Nelson - 2014
    Out of options in the middle of a bitter British winter, Mal takes on a live-in job looking after Florence Days, an octogenarian who talks to her wallpaper and can’t fathom why her late husband is always late for dinner.Part social commentary and part gritty psychological thriller, The Carer is a dark tale of patricide by proxy, the corrosive effects of unbridled power - and of what happens when you outsource your loved ones to people who don’t love them...Advance reviews for The Carer"A wake up call for anyone facing a dementia diagnosis - or who has elderly relatives requiring care.”Georgia Howley, best selling author of In the Garden and Switcher“With elder abuse increasingly in the news, and against a backdrop of a rapidly aging population, this book calls time on our culture’s drive to prolong life at all costs – providing the strongest argument yet for quitting while you’re still ahead.”James Whitehead, author of Exit Zero"The Carer contributes to the current – and increasingly intense and high profile – debates about our right-to-die and how we will cover the cost of our aging population’s healthcare."Dave Rider, author of Distant Sons

Drowning


Marni Mann - 2017
    Until Her. I tried to protect her. From the crash. From the injuries. From HIM. Freedom is all what we want.But it comes with a price. Because the second we stop running…. We’ll drown.

Bayou My Love


Lauren Faulkenberry - 2016
    For Enza, Bayou Sabine means pain and heartache: a mother who left her and a father whose lies have caught up with him. Her only fondness for the bayou comes from the summers she spent there with her grandmother, Vergie. Now that Vergie’s gone, Enza wants to flip the house and put her past to rest—but this small town is full of big secrets—and it has one more surprise for her.When Enza finds her grandmother’s house occupied by sexy firefighter Jack Mayronne, she wants to kick him out. But Jack turns on the charm and convinces her to let him stay in exchange for helping her flip the house. Sparks fly as they share the same roof, and as their fling intensifies, Enza learns that Jack has dangerous secrets of his own. When the truth about her mother’s disappearance begins to surface, Enza must decide: how much is she willing to sacrifice to start over—and can she trust Jack with her heart?  Note: This book was previously published with the title Bayou My Love.“Faulkenberry creates a world of magic, suspense, and desire. An engrossing romance with just the right amount of heat!” -Julie C. Gardner, author of Letters for Scarlet

Married A Stripper


M.S. Parker - 2017
    300-page standalone romance novel. Includes free bonus book. I should have known that going to Vegas with Astra would cause more problems than it solved, but I never imagined that her latest scheme would completely change my life. Senator’s daughter, Piety Van Allen, wakes up in Las Vegas with no memory of the previous night’s escapes. Not only does she find a naked stranger in her bed, but when she learns that she’s now married to the handsome Australian stripper from Flames Down Under, panic erupts. However, her best friend, Astra, comes up with a plan that could solve everything…or cause even more problems. Don’t miss, Married A Stripper, MS Parker and Cassie Wild’s latest stand-alone romance.

Things We Do Not Tell The People We Love


Huma Qureshi - 2021
    It exposes the silences in families and the parts of ourselves we rarely reveal. A daughter asks her mother to shut up, only to shut her up for good; an exhausted wife walks away from the husband who doesn’t understand her; on holiday, lovers no longer understand each other away from home. The underlying themes of loneliness, secrets, family and displacement and also the desire to belong to someone, to some place; a yearning for love, intertwine these stories. The collection includes The Jam Maker, which has just been awarded the Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Prize 2020.

Bleeding Hearts


Stella Hart - 2018
     I’m coming for her… I’ve watched her, I’ve hunted her, and now I’m here to claim her - Celeste Riley, my pretty little angel. Soon to be my pretty little captive. She pretends she’ll never want a killer like me, but we both know that isn’t true. On the outside, she’s pure and innocent, but on the inside she’s just as dirty and twisted as me. Just as broken. One way or another, I’m going to make her accept her fate. Make her submit. Make her mine. Forever. WARNING: This is a dark romance novel which contains very disturbing situations, strong language, and graphic violence. Reading Order: Cold Hearts (FREE Heartbreaker prequel) Bleeding Hearts (Heartbreaker book 1) Broken Hearts (Heartbreaker book 2) Black Hearts (Heartbreaker book 3)

Silas


S.R. Watson - 2017
    I grew up in a home of the privileged, but as the daughter of the help. When I became of age, I worked along side my mother to earn my keep. My cynicism for the world in which I live, is with merit. I’ve experienced first hand how the circle of wealth monopolizes opportunities that are just beyond reach for everyone else. We're merely hamsters in a turning wheel with an illusion of freedom and equality. I no longer dream of being more. I have accepted what is. My mother is now dead. My father died before I was born. I don't need to exist outside the walls of my reality. I AM THE HELP!My name is Silas Lair and I'm a sex extraordinaire! Sex is my business and my gift. Every facet of sex that you can conceive, is a realm of my empire. My yacht, The Playboy's Lair, is just one of my many entities and is currently my primary domain. I'm very protective of my domain and who I let infiltrate my space. When I'm asked to hire a new housekeeper as a favor to my most trusted house manager, I oblige. The moment Brennan crosses the threshold of my yacht, my guard erects ten fold. Her jaded attitude and introvert mannerisms can only keep her safe from me for so long. She is an enigma, one that I have every intention of getting beneath me. She walked right into my world of sex - my lair! There is no room for innocence here. I will fuck my curiosity of her out of my system and carry on with my legacy!Fuck or be fucked. The only two options I live by. I choose the former.

Toxic


Nicole Blanchard - 2017
    A criminal.As a prison nurse, I knew the rules: do my job, don’t get involved, and never let a prisoner get under my skin.I broke all three.My passion, my obsession, my addiction. I risked my entire life so we could be together.I thought helping him escape from prison would be the hard part.It turns out when you fall in love with a villain, you also turn into one.

Morning After


Melissa Hale - 2014
    It is working in all aspects except one, her love life. She wants what every girl wants, to fall in love with Prince Charming, get married, have babies and live happily ever after. That doesn't seem so unreasonable. Unfortunately, Prince Charming has eluded her. Until a robbery, an attack and a stalker turn her organized life upside down and she is forced to recognize the Prince Charming she might have missed. Ethan Reynolds is a former Marine who runs a successful security company. He’s not looking to settle down, he’s looking to expand. That is until the woman who owns the coffee shop across the street captures his attention. Unfortunately, she doesn't give him a chance until a threat makes him the perfect ally. Now in addition to trying to keep her safe he has to convince her they can have so much more than a working relationship. Until he realizes he is putting her in danger. Warning: Contains Adult Content

Time to Run


Susan C. Muller - 2019
    She decides to hide out until the case is solved and her name cleared.In each new city she tries to make a life for herself, but no place feels safe. She can still hear the violent confrontation, smell the blood . . . she still watches over her shoulder everywhere she goes, terrified of being discovered . . . eliminated.Now her worst fears have come true. The hit man has found her. And so has Special Agent Montgomery, the one person with the power to either lock her up or clear her name--if only he'll believe her.Unwilling to take that chance, she must run again. Only this time she has an added burden . . . a wounded FBI agent who depends on her to keep him alive until he's well enough to arrest her.

An American Cage


Ted Galdi - 2017
    So escapes. Along the way to freedom in Mexico, he must evade the Texas authorities, and even deadlier, the schemes of one of his closest allies, who isn't who he seems.Do you like the gray areas between good and bad?Do you like characters who play mind games?Do you like twist endings? Then you'll love An American Cage by Ted Galdi, an Amazon #1 bestselling author who's won Reader Views and Readers' Favorite awards, and been featured by FOX, ABC, and iHeartRadio.Get your copy of this hit book today and go on a page-turning manhunt across Texas with a felon you’re sure to love. This crime thriller is perfect for fans of Gregg Olsen, Christopher Greyson, and Robert Dugoni.

Ann, Not Annie


Sage Steadman - 2017
    Easier said than done since Jacob isn't even aware she exists. The truth is, due to Ann's lively temper she spends more time in detention with the rest of the school rejects than she does fantasizing about Jacob Waters wearing spandex. Her best friend and devout alien believer, Lisa, doesn't like the changes she's seeing in her BFF. Neither does Danny Feller, a fellow detention inmate and resident lost boy who has started keeping an extra watchful and unwanted eye on Ann. When a chance encounter in an empty hallway changes everything, Ann finds all her dreams coming true and she is well on her way to living the perfect life she's always wanted. But appearances aren't always what they seem and Ann is going to have to face not just cold hard facts, but also her past.

Resurrecting Phoenix


Isabel Lucero - 2015
    Not every love story is a fairytale, but sometimes broken souls can come together and find a way to be whole again.There’s no right way to deal with grief. The death of my husband happened on our three year anniversary. A year later, I’m still struggling to deal with the tragedy that is my life.I drink. A lot. It’s my coping mechanism. I do it to pass time and to forget, but the problem is, it doesn’t work. All drinking ever did was make me lose my job, push my friends away, and become a recluse.Things begin to change when Evan Tyler comes to town and moves in a few houses down. He doesn’t know anything about who I used to be or my previous public meltdowns. Maybe that’s why it’s easier to be around him than people I’ve known my whole life. He barges into my life and forces me out of the house and teaches me to look at life a little differently.The only problem is that I vowed not to ask him any questions about his life, in the hope that he wouldn’t ask about mine. I didn’t want to dive into the dirty details, but there’s something about him I probably should’ve known before I started falling for him. Something that risks sending me into a tailspin. But like the Phoenix I'm named after, I hope to rise from the ashes.

Miss Janie's Girls


Carolyn Brown - 2020
    Apart from their foster mom, Miss Janie, they don’t have many fond memories of their hometown. Or of each other. Still, neither can forget the kind woman who opened her home and heart to two teenagers in need.When a private investigator—who just happens to be Miss Janie’s handsome nephew—tracks them both down and tells them Miss Janie is dying, Teresa and Kayla know deep down that they’ve got to be there for her as she had been there for them.With Teresa and Kayla together again under the same roof, old tensions may flare, but with Miss Janie’s help, they might rediscover that home is the perfect place for new beginnings.

High Flying


Kaylin McFarren - 2019
    On a perpetual hunt for the next adrenaline hit, she discovers a passion for flying and becomes a hard-edged stunt pilot, verging on obsession. In the sky, following her most daring airshow, she encounters a mysterious storm and almost collides with another aircraft, sending her into a perilous dive. Guided by a mysterious voice, she manages a safe landing but finds herself transported to another time. Eight months before she was born. One week before her father was murdered. Though baffled by her circumstances, Skylar soon arrives at a single certainty: Before her lies a remarkable chance to change her family's destiny drastically for the better -- or possibly even worse -- depending on the choices she makes, before her window of opportunity closes.