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Truth Devour - 2013
Presented with unimaginable turns of chance, she is drawn into the depths of tragic losses then catapulted to the extraordinary heights of life's joy. Take the journey with Talia as she undergoes her sexual, social and physical metamorphosis from a vulnerable girl into a mature young seductress. Nothing in life is ever as it seems. Is she blessed or cursed? Will she ever find the man who will love her like no other, fearlessly caressing the deepest part of her being while intertwining his soul to hers in a dance that holds the unspoken promise of forever?
Shifter Marriage Service : A Four Book Box Set
Sky Winters - 2019
Think you can handle the job?
The Shifter Marriage Servcie will hook you up with the job of your dreams in this sizzling complete series box set! Book 1: Wolf’s Fake Bride Dale "King" Wilson is VP of the Hell's Fang motorcycle club. He’s a wolf shifter who doesn’t want love or family, he just wants power. In order to be president of the MC, he needs a wife. Jocelyn is on the run from an abusive ex-husband who tormented her because she did not bear his children. Desperate and penniless, she finds an advertisement for a job to be a fake bride. Dale’s only terms—complete discretion and no children under any circumstances. He needs a wife. She needs an escape. What could go wrong? Book 2: Bear’s Fake Bride Omegas are supposed to marry their alphas. They're supposed to obey. But I chose to run. Bradley I can’t love again, not after what has happened. But I need a bride to inherit my pack’s ranch. Hiring an omega is the perfect cover. Of course my pack would assume I’m crazy about her. All I have to do is resist her. All I have to do, is remember this is just a business arrangement. I have to be a strong alpha to resist an omega like her. Kelley I'm an omega bear shifter. My only value is to make cubs for my alpha. At least, that is how my pack sees me. But I don't see myself that way. And now that I have refused to marry the alpha of our pack, my only hope is to enter a fake marriage with a mysterious rancher. It's just a business deal between shifters. How hard could it be? I just never realized the intoxicating pull Bradley would have on me. He might be the one alpha I am helpless to resist. Book 3: Dragon’s Omega Bride It was just a fake marriage.... and now i'm knocked up! What's an omega to do!? I was an omega in distress. He was a handsome billionaire dragon, that whispered sweet nothings in my ear. I wanted to believe his whispers. I wanted to believe we could have a real future. But he is a bad dragon. All hard abs and a giant... EGO. He is driven only by success. Our future won't have love. Our future won't have babies. It's all in the marriage contract. Except, now i'm pregnant. Book 4: Omega’s Daddy An omega on the run with triplets… how will she ever escape? Constance is fleeing a controlling alpha that shows no love to her and her new triplets. And there is only one solution for a desperate omega on the run—the Shifter Marriage Service. But who would want a fake bride that already has children? Tucker Rollins is a shifter who doesn’t want to be responsible for anyone. No women, no children. That’s always been his motto. But his pack and motorcycle are headed into dangerous territory through the leadership of his vindictive brother. The only way he can stop this mess is by claiming the pack alpha title for himself. Only one problem—according to pack tradition, he needs a family. This box set contains four full length romances and is 18+ only!
The Styx
Jonathon King - 2009
Sitting atop it all was the Royal Poinciana Hotel, built on the shores of Palm Beach by real estate tycoon Henry Flagler. Nearby was the Styx, an African American community that housed many of the Royal Poinciana's 1,200 workers. Shortly after the hotel's completion, the Styx would be mysteriously burned to the ground in a tragedy clouded for generations by rumor and myth-until now.Riveting and suspenseful, The Styx is a historical novel that brings to life the frenzy of Reconstruction-era Florida, the racial tensions simmering beneath the surface, and the events that changed one community forever."King's writing is gritty, vivid, and suspenseful." -Harlan CobenJonathon King is an Edgar Award-winning mystery novelist and the creator of the bestselling Max Freeman crime series. Born in Lansing, Michigan, in the 1950s, King worked as a crime reporter in Philadelphia and Fort Lauderdale for twenty-four years before becoming a full-time novelist. Along with the six books of the Max Freeman series, King has also authored the thriller Eye of Vengeance (2007) and the historical novel The Styx (2009). He lives in south Florida.
White Crow (The House of Crow Book 1)
John W. Wood - 2018
From this union a child - Jedadiah - is born. He will learn not only how to read and write, but also the art of war. Through Jedadiah, the House of Crow will become one of the most influential families in the country.Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "The beginnings of a powerful family saga... a page-turner."
★★★★★ - "Amazingly detailed... A great read."
★★★★★ - "White Crow sets the stage for a great series."
FREE: Love Your Work, Love Your Life
Chris Baréz-Brown - 2014
They are not separate; they are one. If we want to live an extraordinary life, we have to make our work equally extraordinary. When your work resonates with purpose, you jump out of bed every morning, excited by the possibilities the day holds for you. Everything else in your life seems to have a glow about it, and you exude much more personal shine. My aim in writing this book is to help you feel like that every day. To help you make your work work for you. To feel truly free. Reading Free! will remind you that you are fantastic and have the ability to do amazing things; show you that work is your slave, not the other way round; help you make work your ticket to an extraordinary future; and put you in the driving seat and show you a route to freedom.
Please Proceed to the Nearest Exit
Jessica Raya - 2017
"We're all just one bad decision away from disaster." At fourteen, Robin Fisher is doing her best to ignore her insurance salesman father’s credo, cataloging his tales of calamity under Bad Things that Happen to Other People. But life in 1970s Golden, California, doesn’t prove so golden after her father deserts the family, setting in motion a series of events that results in Robin accidentally setting fire to an abandoned party house. As Robin struggles to keep an eye on her fixation with Bic lighters and her newly independent mother’s own growing pains, she is drawn into the orbit of Carol “Jesus Freak” Closter, a vulnerable yet charismatic classmate whose friendship will challenge Robin in ways she could never have imagined. When Carol finally crosses a line, it’s Robin who must make a dangerous decision of her own. Sharply comic and deeply moving, Please Proceed to the Nearest Exit illuminates those unforgettable moments in life when everything changes, whether we want it to or not.
Crimes Against a Book Club
Kathy Cooperman - 2017
Sarah, a beautiful, successful lawyer, wants nothing more than to have a baby. But balancing IVF treatments with a grueling eighty-hour workweek is no walk in the park. Meanwhile, Annie, a Harvard-grad chemist recently transplanted to Southern California, is cutting coupons to afford her young autistic son’s expensive therapy.Desperate, the two friends come up with a brilliant plan: they’ll combine Sarah’s looks and Annie’s brains to sell a “luxury” antiaging face cream to the wealthy, fading beauties in Annie’s La Jolla book club. The scheme seems innocent enough, until Annie decides to add a special—and oh-so-illegal—ingredient that could bring their whole operation crashing to the ground.Hilarious, intelligent, and warm, Crimes Against a Book Club is a delightful look at the lengths women will go to fend for their families and for one another.
How to Tame a Billionaire Cowboy
Laura Burton - 2020
But now he's found Mia, he can't leave..Jackson Ricks is only in Los Angeles to oversee the launch of his new Smokehouse but his friend, David talks him into visiting a matchmaker while he’s in town.He meets Mia Camillo, who captures his heart from the moment he lays eyes on her––but she’s off limits. You don’t date your matchmaker.Mia has never met a cowboy before. She expects an alpha male who treats a woman badly and is quick to start a fight.But instead, she discovers a man in a clean checked shirt, dimples and a heart of gold.He’s her first client and Emily, her boss, has warned her: Don’t fall in love with the cowboy.But when they become witnesses to a murder everything changes.Now they’re on the run and must work together to stay one foot ahead of the gang who so desperately wants them both dead.With Mia’s life, heart, and job on the line she’s 100% sure this will end badly. But Jackson promises to be her protector. And he always keeps his promises.This thrilling romantic suspense is packed with adventure, twists and turns, sizzling kisses, swoon-worthy romance and a sigh-inducing happy ending. Guaranteed.Say goodbye to sleep because you will instantly become engrossed in this cowboy billionaire romance and will not stop reading until THE END. Fans of Crocodile Dundee will love this adventure romance!
The Great Pretenders
Laura Kalpakian - 2019
But after a falling-out with her grandfather, a powerful movie mogul, she has to face life on her own for the first time....Roxanne forges a career unique for women in the 1950s, becoming an agent for hungry young screenwriters. She struggles to be taken seriously by the men who rule Hollywood and who often assume that sexual favors are just a part of doing business. When she sells a script by a blacklisted writer under the name of a willing front man, more exiled writers seek her help. Roxanne wades into a world murky with duplicity and deception, and she can't afford any more risks.Then she meets Terrence Dexter, a compelling African American journalist unlike anyone she's ever known. Roxanne again breaks the rules, and is quickly swept up in a passionate relationship with very real dangers that could destroy everything she's carefully built.Roxanne Granville is a woman who bravely defies convention. She won't let men make all the rules, and won't let skin color determine whom she can love. The Great Pretenders is a riveting, emotional novel that resonates in today's world, and reminds us that some things are worth fighting for.
Commonwealth
Ann Patchett - 2016
Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny’s mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them.When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another.Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together.#1 New York Times Bestseller
Stolen by Her Mountain Men
Shae Sullivan - 2020
. .ClarissaI’ve never been the marrying kind.I’m too busy helping my dad run the family ranch, for love or relationships.But when his health suddenly starts to fail—so does our entire livelihood.And it’s just the opportunity the slimy, Lloyd Howell has been waiting for.Not only does he hire all our best hand’s away, but he’s backed me into a corner.The only way to save everything I’ve ever loved, is to marry this snake of a man.It looks like Lloyd is gonna get exactly what he wants from me—until they show up.Harlan and Duke McKenzie.These brawny, rugged brothers steal me away from my own wedding and from any chance I had of saving my family.I’m half furious . . . half relieved . . . and mostly confused as hell.Trapped at their mountain compound for days, just the three of us, and I’m starting to feel things I shouldn’t.Now, all that anger is morphing into panty-melting desire.Hot, twisted desire for not just one brother—but two.Harlan/DukeHonorable men.That’s what we usually are . . . but not today.Why? Because today, we’re stealing a bride away from her own wedding.Not that this feisty beauty should be marrying this fool of a man anyway.But as they say, ‘desperate times call for desperate measures.’And things have never been more desperate.Lloyd ‘piece of sh*t’ Howell has weaseled his way into marrying the one woman who could upend our lives.Not only would their union devastate our beloved McKenzie Mountain and turn it into a rival logging operation; but it would force the one woman we want, into the bed of another man.Like hell we’re gonna let that happen.So we’re whisking her away in the hopes of stopping this mess.We had it all planned out.At least we thought we did.But we're starting to realize . . . you can’t plan for a woman like Clarissa Banks.Stolen by Her Mountain Men is a standalone heart-pounding, sizzling-hot, action-packed MFM Mountain Man Menage Romance. If you like dominant, tough males who know where to bury their axes . . . this book is for you!
Unwritten
Charles Martin - 2013
A couple decent boats, and a deep knowledge of fishing and a man can get by without ever having to talk to another soul. It's a nice enough existence, until the one person who ties him to the world of the living, the reason he's still among them even if only on the fringes, asks him for help. Father Steady Capri knows quite a bit about helping others. But he is afraid Katie Quinn's problems may be beyond his abilities. Katie is a world-famous actress with an all too familiar story. Fame seems to have driven her to self-destruct. Steady knows the true cause of her desire to end her life is buried too deeply for him to reach. But there is one person who still may be able to save her from herself. He will show her an alternate escape, a way to write a new life. But Katie still must confront her past before she can find peace. Ultimately, he will need to leave his secluded home and sacrifice the serenity he's found to help her. From the Florida coast, they will travel to the French countryside where they will discover the unwritten story of both their pasts and their future.
So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Leif Enger - 2008
His only success long behind him, Monte lives simply with his wife and son. But when he befriends outlaw Glendon Hale, a new world of opportunity and experience presents itself. Glendon has spent years in obscurity, but the guilt he harbors for abandoning his wife, Blue, over two decades ago, has lured him from hiding. As the modern age marches swiftly forward, Glendon aims to travel back to his past--heading to California to seek Blue's forgiveness. Beguiled and inspired, Monte soon finds himself leaving behind his own family to embark for the unruly West with his fugitive guide. As they desperately flee from the relentless Charles Siringo, an ex-Pinkerton who's been hunting Glendon for years, Monte falls ever further from his family and the law, to be tempered by a fiery adventure from which he may never get home.
Alpha's Desire
Jasmine Wylder - 2017
Cast out of her pack by 17 vindictive Alphas, she vowed to make her own rules and stay one step ahead of the game – no matter the price. Skilled at discerning fact from fiction, she’s fully capable of keeping potential threats at bay. But for all her strengths, she has a weakness – one that compromises her ability to trust.Alpha wolf Brody McAllister earned the nickname “Broody Brody” for a reason. His stone-faced, take-no-prisoners attitude separates him from the rest, but when one of his pack members goes missing, his less-than-animated personality is put to the ultimate test. Anger turns to desperation as he struggles to maintain control and unravel the mystery behind the young woman’s disappearance.Sparks fly as Sienna’s carefree lifestyle threatens to crack Brody’s perfectly polished control, but when the Kodiak den threatens her life, Brody’s wolf is poised to rip throats and take names to keep her safe from harm.Chances are Brody and Sienna could be fated mates, but is that a chance either is willing to take?AUTHOR´S NOTE: This is a 25,000-word stand-alone paranormal romance story with HEA, so no cliff-hangers! This story includes BBW, alpha male, bad boy, and wolf shifter topics. Story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only.+++ This book includes 2 bonus stories +++