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From Lies to Promises


Faith S. Lynn - 2014
    But what is normal, really? Three years, two amazing friends, and a new future, she thinks she has finally secured it. That was until Ryder. With him she was able to forget her fears completely, to feel more normal than she ever has. But when her past comes crashing into her present, will he think her past is all lies, and abandon her like everyone else that she thought loved her did. Or will his promises bring her above the dark that surrounds her life.

Forgiving Reed


C.A. Harms - 2014
    She had no choice but to move forward and give her son the best life she could. Which meant moving back home. Except there was one problem.Home was where Reed would be...The man who once held her heart, then shattered it into a million pieces. Grieving the loss of Rhetts dad, and learning to forgive those who have betrayed her, Kori was battling it all.But will she ever have the strength to forgive Reed?

I Don't


Ella Fox - 2017
    After all, the sexy and charming Mateo is everything she's ever wanted—and more. But she needs to protect herself—and her heart—before it’s shattered once and for all. Mateo has no choice but to let her go. His woman needs space, and he loves her enough to give it to her—no matter how much he hates it. The only thing keeping him sane is the certainty that their separation will be short-lived.Ava thinks it’s over, but she’s about to find out that Mateo will stop at nothing to turn her “I Don’t” into an “I Do.”

Replay


Amy Daws - 2021
    Football club lawyer, Santino Rossi is known in the locker room as the two-month chump. For years he’s been on a mission to find someone he can share his basil plant with and cure him of his former playboy ways. Tilly Logan is a fiery, Scottish lass who didn’t bat an eye five years ago when a smoldering Italian pulled her into a nightclub bathroom. He was dark, dangerous, and exactly the good time Tilly was looking for—even if he worked for her over-protective brother’s team. But a lot has changed and when Tilly returns to London five years later only to find herself trapped in an elevator with the smoldering Italian, it isn’t a happy reunion. Especially because her brother blames Santino for her high tailing it back to Scotland in the first place. Tilly doesn’t want a replay of past mistakes and reconnecting with Santino is playing with fire.But if they keep their relationship a secret, it could be worth the burn.

Sister Carrie


William H. Coles - 2007
    Coles. Two orphaned sisters, facing a future of want and loneliness, quarrel when the older sister, responsible for her dependent teenage sibling, repudiates her sister's affair with a political activist--older and unacceptable--she bonds with on the internet. Can adolescent love ever transcend innocently ignored incompatibility to evolve into a valued family relationship in rural southern America? Can a sister forced into a role of a surrogate parent convince her sister to denounce her attraction for a rouge male religiously, socially, and historically unsuited for marriage without a destructive severance of duty and caring?

Chasing Sunshine: Gods of Chaos Motorcycle Club, Book 13


Honey Palomino - 2020
    Each book can be read as a stand-alone book, but they are best if read together.

Don't Come Looking for Love 2 (DCLFL)


Natavia - 2015
    When one problem seems to be resolved, another one follows. Latavia discovers the truth about Kenjay, and he is not the man that he claimed to be. And just when she thinks that he is done with the streets, the problems follows them everywhere they go. But, Latavia has secrets of her own that might claim her life. Kenjay stumbles across some devastating news. The man that he looked up to has an agenda of his own. In this action-packed fast paced read you will discover that no one is to be trusted. Everyone wants the spot on the throne. With lies, murder, deceit, and secrets, welcome to Kenjay's Takeover.

For the Love of You


Candace Shaw - 2016
    Simons Island, Georgia. When Dr. Garrett Braxton approaches her with shocking information about their rendezvous last year to Las Vegas, the perfect life she’s created for herself comes crashing down. All of her mixed emotions over the suave, irresistible doctor rise to the surface, and now she’s faced with a life-changing decision.Garrett has been in love with the ravishing, sassy beauty since he first laid eyes on her. However, with an unexpected circumstance, he now knows more than ever that Zaria has always been the one for him. Can he convince her that they’re truly meant to be?For the Love of You is the first novella in the Precious Moments Series.

Return to Us


Corinne Michaels - 2021
    One look in his gorgeous blue-green eyes, and it’s like I never left. One kiss, and my world is upside down. One night together, and I know without a doubt, in his arms is where I belong.I’m not the girl I was—intimidated by his wealthy family and desperate to escape our small town. I can imagine a new life for us here.But he’s learned to guard his heart, and trust won’t come easily.How can I convince him to give first love a second chance?

Angelic


L.P. Swalheim - 2012
    From the moment she meets Liam Engel, Ariel falls into an intensely passionate relationship with him.On the surface Liam seems perfect with his crystal blue eyes, tousled blonde hair and heavenly features. However, the more her relationship progresses with Liam, the more Ariel knows he is keeping something from her. But what Ariel doesn’t know is that the closer she gets to discovering what Liam is hiding, the closer she comes to uncovering a deeply seeded secret that’s been kept for thousands of years… a secret that will put her in the middle of a deadly battle between heaven and hell… a secret that will change her life forever…Riveting and powerfully seductive, Angelic is filled with suspense and passion that will leave readers captivated till the very end.

Hurricane Laine


Alex McAnders - 2020
     JULES Jules just got a job offer and it could not have come at a better time. Days away from ending up on the streets, she has a chance encounter with a forgotten college classmate who offers her a weird proposal. If she pretends to be his girlfriend for a few weeks, she and her mother can keep their home. It turns out that Laine has become richer than god since she last saw him. So, why would he need someone to pretend to be his girlfriend? And why would he reach into the past and ask her? LAINE Laine breaks things. Companies, markets, hearts, nothing is safe once he sets his sights on them. That's what made him a billionaire and why everyone worships the ground this cocky ass walks on.... That is, everyone except for one man. And for Laine, that one man is the only person who matters. REED Unlike his long time best friend, Laine, Reed couldn't care less about money. In fact, after college, while Laine was becoming a corporate raider, Reed moved to a small island in the Bahamas to run an after school program for less privileged kids. His is a quiet life... that is, except for when Laine comes to visit. So, when Laine invites Reed to stay with him on Laine's private island telling him that he will be bringing a guest, Reed braces himself for what could follow. But, as much as he prepares himself, he could never guess what Laine would do next, and how much it would change their feelings for each other. 'Hurricane Laine' is a steamy bisexual romance with as many laughs as twists and turns. Its heart, tearful moments, and sexy scenes will keep you reading, and its not-to-be-missed HEA ending will leave you satisfied and wanting to read it again.

Taking A Risk


Caroline Easton - 2013
    He should be living the high life enjoying the fame and the women but thanks to an out of control, crazy fan that's not how his life is panning out. Now unable to control the nerves and fear that strike every time he has to get on stage Alex is desperate for a solution. A solution that comes in the petite, very attractive form of Grace, a TV Exec who grips Alex's attention from the word go. The only problem is Grace doesn't want anything to do with a renowned rock star like Alex. Its going to take more than his money, fame or knicker dropping smile to win her over!

Drive Me Wild


Melanie Harlow - 2020
    I’m a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I've got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I don’t have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful. Problem is, she’s stranded in my small town, and I’m hiding a protective streak underneath my grumpy exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself. For exactly one night. If only she weren't so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. She’s a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying--at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I can’t get enough of the way she makes me feel. But I know better than to think it can last. She wants a fairy tale, and I’m no prince. So when it comes time for her to leave, there’s nothing I can do but let her go. No matter how much it hurts to say goodbye.

Casen (The Karma Series #2)


Amy Marie - 2017
     We’ve all experienced it. Naively going through life thinking it won’t happen to us. When it does, it rocks you to the core and infiltrates your body like a virus. You put your trust in someone only to have it ripped to shreds in the blink of an eye. Even I’m guilty of it. Years ago, I stood by – watching – as my friends tortured Annie, the girl I was in love with in high school, never standing up for her. How was I to know that one bet back in high school, between the PITCREW, would come back and haunt me so maliciously. I’ve since lived my life trying to make up for it. I finally gained the courage to seek out Annie and ask for forgiveness. I just didn’t know she was right under my nose. Under my body. In my bed. With a new look. A new name. Embyr’s plan was to get revenge on us all, and in the process, she set off a chain of events that would turn our worlds upside down. She conspired to have me fall in love with her and then crush me with the blow. She succeeded, but didn’t realize she would hurt just as much as me. However, the road to recovery has its twists and turns. If I ever thought my heart would survive – I was mistaken – and if I thought that was the end of the betrayal – I was dead wrong.

Trick or Troll: The 2017 YTT Halloween Special


Martha Carr - 2017
    It’s Halloween and time to put some troll in our trick or treating!  YTT to his fans (and if you’re a fan, you know his full name…) Correk and Leira are called away on a case leaving Leira’s grandmother, Mara Berens in charge.  What could go wrong?  Learn more about the troll and have some fun with some of your favorite characters on another troll adventures.  When magic returns…