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The Wreckage of Us
Brittainy C. Cherry - 2020
I know I should stay away from Ian Parker. But when my drug-dealing stepdad kicks me out, I have nowhere to go. Squatting in an abandoned shed on Ian’s grandpa’s farm seems like as good a plan as any. Ian finds me there, of course, and he insists on me moving into his spare room. I should say no, but the appeal of a roof and a warm bed is too much. Not to mention Ian’s brown eyes and strong arms. We’re nothing alike, but the spark between us is undeniable. My life is finally looking up. Until I call the cops on my stepdad and unintentionally get my pregnant mom arrested. Now I have to sacrifice my dreams to take care of my mom’s baby. She’s the only family I have left. Meanwhile, Ian’s band is taking off; his dreams are coming true. Ian is my one chance at love. I just hope he doesn’t become the one chance that got away.
Snowed In
Tricia Wentworth - 2019
But when her boss sends her on a mission to recruit “Heartbreak Harper” for their Super Bowl commercial, she’s brought face-to-face with both. Beckett Harper is sick of it all: the tabloids, the celebrity of being a football player, the social climbing women. At his family’s farm in Picketts, he can finally lie low—until Jordyn comes crashing in just before an impending blizzard. The storm hits hard. The power goes out. And the ice between them must melt—before Jordyn leaves for good.
Savage Rose
Leila James - 2021
All the guys wish they could be him.He’s a savage.He plays with my heart, but I can’t tear myself away.I’ve made a mistake in coming here.He holds the key to everything.And I’m afraid of the truth he hides.Welcome to Rosehaven Academy.This is a mature new adult high school series and contains situations that some readers might find offensive.This Book 1 of a duet and ends on a CLIFFHANGER. Book 2, Tainted Rose releases Feb 2021.
Wounded
Abby Brooks - 2017
His sexy body and sinful face blinds the world, but I see through it to what he is inside.Ugly.When his tour bus rolls off the road, Liam's rushed to the hospital where I work. As his nurse, I'm around him more than I'd like, but the more I get to know him, the more I realize the world wasn't blind to him.I was.Liam McGuire feels deeply and loves wildly, throwing himself into everything he does with more passion than I ever dreamed possible. With that intensity aimed at me, the scars slashed across my own heart start to heal. He is fire and I've been cold my whole life. Liam wants to leave his superstar life behind, but my hometown isn't ready to handle a celebrity living among us.When tragedy strikes, the only person who can heal my soul is a man who belongs in a different world...Wounded is a standalone contemporary romance set in the small town of Brookside. Character-driven. Emotional. Honest.
Broken Pretty Things
Amber Faye - 2021
Heir to the biggest financial empire in the state. Smart, handsome, charismatic.And my best friend.Or he was.My most powerful ally has become my most devastating enemy.Devious, manipulative, cunning — it figures that the only thing in this world he can’t stand is a liar as good as him.Without our friendship, nothing is off limits anymore…Nothing.
Bad Boy Next Door: Downey Brothers Series
Mara Leigh - 2018
Jade I can’t be pissed at my dad. His neglect made me strong. I might be young, but I can take care of myself, take care of my sister—take care of anything. But now Dad’s doing someone else’s time, and in exchange he gets protection, my sister gets college, and I get a low-rent apartment—a freaking miracle in San Francisco. All I have to do is keep the man who arranged dad's deal happy—some guy named Nick. What I didn’t expect was for Nick to be the biggest, sexiest man I’ve ever met. And I certainly didn’t expect I’d ever consider letting someone else take care of me for a change. Nick When the new girl moved in, I felt like the luckiest guy alive. She wants to keep things casual, but there’s nothing remotely casual about the intense fire between us. Or how her anger’s gonna burn when she finds out that I’m not the Nick she thinks I am. **Book 1 in the Downey Brothers series. Expect an extremely hot read and a happily ever after. NO CLIFFHANGER.**
The Stronger, Safer Kind
London Casey - 2013
When that stranger identifies himself as Tripp and then takes the stage as the lead singer and guitarist for rock band, DownCrash, everything in Scarlett's life begins to change.Her best friend, Andy, confesses his love for her and leaves her with what should be an easy decision to make... yet each time she looks in Andy's eyes, she can't help but face her secret, nightmarish past.The only thing that makes Scarlett feel better is Tripp... but Tripp isn't just a bad boy rockstar, he's hurt. He's in pain. He tries to hide his pain in a bottle, but Scarlett believes that, perhaps, their secrets can help each other.Friendship and love is suddenly put to the test, and Scarlett is torn... Will she choose an easy, comfortable, happy life or a life clouded with mixed signals, raw emotion, and intense romance?
Dreams Come True
K.B. Winters - 2018
Just ask anyone. I’m also a world class designer. Until critics start to say I'm washed up. Now the company wants to bring in someone else. But I don’t like to share. Just ask my ex—the woman who’s out to destroy me. Or as I call her, the queen of smashing hearts. My charmed life becomes more like a curse, Taking a turn down a dark rabbit hole. Until Alice walks in. She’s everything that’s good and innocent. And I want her so bad. It’d never work. But I’d give it all up for just one chance. He's a filthy rich beast. I bet he f**k's like an animal too. Jessibelle The first time we meet, I see more of my client than any self-respecting lawyer should. Every sizable inch of his hard body on display. I almost come on the spot. Too bad my visit is for business—not pleasure. Because he’s losing everything, And it’s my job to help him get it back. Not screw him. Zach I’ve lost everything that matters to me. My woman, my money, my business. I withdraw to my castle, angry and bitter. Pissed off at the world. But then I meet her—my smokin’ hot attorney. Prim, proper, she’s as distracting as hell. Suddenly, I don’t want to lick my wounds. I want to lick her. It’s no longer just about winning back what I’ve lost. It's about winning her. Sometimes a girl has got to make her own fairy-tale ending. I moved to NYC for adventure, And found it in a ten-thousand-dollar suit. Toby Wallace is my employer’s biggest client. And he wants me to take care of him, I mean…only in a professional sense. But Toby is hot, tempting, and extremely seductive. Over the course of one dirty weekend, This small-town virgin is caught up in a tornado of lust. Over and over (and over) again. I didn’t move to the big city for love. But the yellow brick road lead me there, To him and his perfectly sculpted abs. But when we get back to the city, His mother shows how just how much of a wicked witch she can be. I’ve got the brains and heart, but not the courage to fight this. Until I realize, there’s no place like him. Three different books, three different modern dirty fairytales with a whole lot of heat and happily ever afters!
Be the Girl
K.A. Tucker - 2019
New postal code, new last name, new rules. But she doesn’t mind, because it means she can leave her painful regrets behind. In the bustling town of Eastmonte, she can become someone else. Someone better.With the Hartford family living next door, it seems she will succeed. Sure, Cassie Hartford may be the epitome of social awkwardness thanks to her autism, but she also offers an innocent and sincere friendship that Aria learns to appreciate. And Cassie’s older brother, Emmett—a popular Junior A hockey player with a bright future—well … Aria wishes that friendship could lead to something more. If he didn’t already have a girlfriend, maybe it would.But Aria soon finds herself in a dicey moral predicament that could derail her attempt at a fresh start. It is her loyalty to Cassie and her growing crush on Emmett that leads her to make a risky move, one that earns her a vindictive enemy who is determined to splinter her happy new world.
The Lost Art of Reverie: (Aveline Book 1)
Rae Walsh - 2019
A long-forgotten dream. A new life in a spacious place.Corporate life has not been treating Katie Grace well. Suffering from extreme anxiety due to a recent incident at work, she learns that she has inherited her late grandmother's Victorian house in the lake town of Aveline, in the rolling hills of the Los Padres National Forest. Maybe a new start will be exactly what she needs.Hardware store owner Sam Grant remembers Katie from when they spent summers together, years before. Sam has determined never to get involved in a relationship again, but working on Katie's house renovations might put that resolve to the test.In Aveline, Katie allows herself to dream again, finding solace in creating food and a space for her new friends to gather. As members of the town welcome Katie, her heart begins to find safety, but will the events of the past repeat themselves?The Lost Art of Reverie is the first book in the Aveline Series, a collection of inspirational romantic stories with quirky, lovable characters, set in a fictional lake town in California. Perfect for fans of Jan Karon, Katherine Center, or Elizabeth Berg.
The Other Side Of Someday
T.K. Leigh - 2016
Stepping outside my comfort zone, I set out to accomplish everything she always wanted to do but never got the chance.But falling in love was never on that list.
Say You Want Me
Stefanie Van Mol - 2018
To this day he never regretted his choice for music. He swore to never get emotionally attached to anyone, but when a cute black-haired girl literally falls into his arms, he is completely lost. He wants her and he'll do everything within his power to gain her trust. A few years ago, Camille lost her mother to cancer. Just before she sets off for college, she and her best friend Karen hit the road and wind up at a concert by Full Moon, a famous rock band. From the first moment she lays eyes on him, Camille is intrigued by Jonathan, the drummer of the band. Who would have guessed her life is about to change forever?
Running from a Rock Star
Jami Albright - 2017
He’s a bad boy rock god. What could possibly go wrong?
Scarlett Kelly is the poster child for responsible living. Growing up as the daughter of the town floozy, she’s made it her mission to be the exact opposite of her mother. So when she wakes up naked and hung over in bed with a bad-boy rock star, she bolts immediately. There’s just one problem: Scarlett’s bedmate is her new husband.Gavin needs to repair his image or his music career will go down the tubes. He’s also just learned he has a son he never knew existed. He needs to settle down, and bribing his new wife to stay married may just fit everything into place.Scarlett agrees to the ruse to help her family’s financial troubles even though she can hardly control herself around the rock star. As they search for Gavin’s son, will their unlikely matrimony give them exactly what they’ve been missing or send them packing?
The Trouble with Friends
Cheryl Phipps
Still hopelessly in love with my childhood friend and neighbor who only sees me as his best pal, it’s finally sinking in that if I want a happily ever after I’m going to have to look further afield. Which means putting my feelings for Jack behind me, no matter how much it hurts. Jack Larson I love Gill. Who wouldn’t? Cute, kind, funny and my side-kick since school, Gill’s suffered with me through a failed marriage and become a second mom to my six-year-old daughter. I like to make sure she’s okay but life’s just started to get crazy, changing way too fast and Gill won’t listen. I’m worried I’ll lose her friendship if I tell her what I know about the guy she’s dating, and worried she’ll get hurt if I don’t. Then there’s this other thing—what if I’m simply jealous?5* "Couldn't put the book down." by Amazon CustomerSycamore Springs SeriesBook 1 - The Trouble With FriendsBook 2 - The Trouble With ExesBook 3 - The Trouble With Love
Try Easy
Jill Brashear - 2019
A free trip to Hawaii changes everything. Meeting Keoni changes everything. Keoni Makai is a famous surfer, known on the island for his brave rescues. He’s been burned by tourists his whole life, and he wants nothing to do with them. Until he meets Lou. She makes him laugh. She makes him feel. She draws him in.Keoni shows Lou the best parts of paradise, and they capture more than just the breathtaking views. But Lou’s life is back in Seattle. Torn between the perfect man back home, and the vacation fling who has stolen her heart, Lou is forced to make a decision that will shatter someone.When love is on the line, there’s no easy way out…
