19 Tuesday Oct 2021
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Keep |
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Seaside Pictures #2 |
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Rachel Van Dyken |
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September 6th 2016 |
| Seaside Pictures Book 2 (All books in this series are interconnected stand alones)
My name’s shouted on rooftops. |
18 Monday Oct 2021
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Capture |
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Seaside Pictures #1 |
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Rachel Van Dyken |
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August 20th 2015 |
| Losing your ability to speak at the age of seventeen; it’s not normal or fair. But trauma, has a way of throwing normality out the window. Dani lives anything but a normal life. It seems her new normal is being a mute, living on the inside, unable to actually communicate on the outside. |
17 Sunday Oct 2021
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Left Behind |
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Lost & Found #1 |
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C.L. Stacey |
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August 5th 2016 |
| Lexi Moore, twenty-two year old with an identity crisis. I keep my chin up, smile on at all times because it is easier than answering to everyone around me. It helps let the world believe I’m fine. Since that fateful night, I have lived my life alone. I prefer it this way. Until now. Until Jackson. He hides so much behind that mask of his, but I see what the rest of the world doesn’t. I see a man just as lost and miserable as I am. Jackson Anderson, twenty-eight year old CEO of Anderson Enterprises. I was born into a life of privilege, full of responsibilities and expectations. That isn’t what I asked for. That isn’t what I wanted. It is my obligation, my birthright. And now it is ruining my life. |
16 Saturday Oct 2021
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Take the Fall |
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Take the Fall #1 |
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Marquita Valentine |
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July 21st 2015 |
| Fans of Abbi Glines and Katy Evans will adore Take the Fall, the first spinoff novel from Marquita Valentine’s New York Times bestselling Boys of the South series. In this emotional new romance, passions run hot as a rugged, brooding Marine rekindles an old flame.
As a teenager, Seth O’Connor went to jail for a crime he had nothing to do with. He took the fall to protect the girl he loved, but the cruel realities of prison hardened him. After doing his time, Seth shuts her out and enlists in the Marines—until his grandmother’s funeral forces him to come home and face Rowan Simmons once again. The woman she’s become puts all his high-school memories to shame, and Seth wants her more than ever. Can he be honest about why he denied her for so long? After Seth pushed her away, Rowan swore that no man would ever hurt her again. But the boy who broke her heart has become a sexy Marine, capable of fulfilling her every desire—and now that he’s back in town, old feelings are simmering to a boil. Rowan wants to stay strong, even as her body surrenders to his expert touch. She only hopes that by taking him back, she can finally help heal the wounds that drove them apart. Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title. |
15 Friday Oct 2021
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Plane Love |
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Honoring Those Who Serve |
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Avery Kingston |
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November 11th 2019 |
| Lainey
It’s my brother’s fault I’m in this mess. Flying is my number one fear. And what does he do? He chooses a destination wedding in Ireland, all the way across the Atlantic. So, before I board the metal deathtrap, I knock back a drink… or two… or possibly three, just to calm my nerves. And now I’m so drunk, I can’t think straight. But I’m sober enough to know my seatmate is the sexiest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on. Xavier I’m sitting next to the most adorable girl I’ve ever seen. Well, almost adorable. She’s a little tipsy. Strike that. She’s plastered. But we still manage to hit it off. Behind that sarcastic booze-fueled mouth is a girl I could really fall for. Too bad she has no idea I’m in a wheelchair. I’m not afraid of flying, but I’m terrified of how she’ll feel when she finds out the truth. |
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a well written story that was unfortunately far too short to really dive into the characters but it had a lot of potential – I really wished for it to be longer – but if this is any indication of how the stories in that series will be I can not wait to read more – I just hope that the other stories are longer but I guess it depends also on the authors #sigh |
14 Thursday Oct 2021
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Royal Disgrace |
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Cake Love #5 |
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Elizabeth Lynx |
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November 7th 2019 |
| A future prince walks into her diner, pretending to be a pauper. Will one kiss cause all her dreams to come true?
Imagine for a moment being dumped by your boyfriend via paper airplane that hits you in the face. And, only minutes later, discover you’re being fired from a job you’ve had for years. Sounds terrible, right? That’s my day, and it’s only Tuesday. Most of my life has been crappy like that but I refuse to let it get me down. Hi, I’m Grace and I plan on following my dream no matter what gets in my way. What’s my dream? I think it’s opening an 80’s themed diner. That’s what my good friend told me since I love all things 80’s and diner food. It makes sense so why not? The only obstacle I’ve come across is tall, with dark hair, an accent that will warm your, uh, heart, and desperate for a job at my diner. I really wish I didn’t have to fire him. I will level with you. I’m not who Grace thinks. She sees me as a cool, down-to-earth guy that is humble, caring, and one of the best employees at her diner. She also thinks my name is Nico Aster. I may have stretched the truth by a lot. My formal title is Nicolas Aster Rowley Chillingham, current Duke of Ironlea and future Prince of Northern Cambria. After the holiday ceremonies and come the new year, I will officially be crowned Prince of Cambria. I’m desperate to get out of becoming a prince so I devise a plan to pretend to be an average guy looking for a job at a diner. No one in Cambria will find me in the tiny restaurant in Chicago. I plan on returning to my home one day but when I’m ready. The only problem is the owner. The more times I spend getting to know her, the more I wonder if I ever want to go back. |
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My first book by this author – the plot sounded great but somehow it was more a comedy than a romance (at least I felt like it even if it did not fit the plot somehow) so it was not what I was looking for and somehow with that plot the writing style did not work out great for me so it’s unfortunately only an OK read for me. |
13 Wednesday Oct 2021
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Fighting to Forget |
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Fighting #3 |
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J.B. Salsbury |
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April 15th 2014 |
| Every fighter is drawn to the violence, the release that a perfect hit can bring.
But very few are drawn to the pain. Rex Carter lives behind a wall of indifference. The demons from his childhood act as an anesthetic, keeping him distant from emotional connections. Only the ache from a knock to the jaw, the sting of a tattoo needle, or the heat from a piercing can jolt him back from the numbness. The fiery pain is all he can feel, and nothing compares to the burn. Or so he thought. Working in a Las Vegas bar isn’t Georgia McIntyre’s dream. But she hopes it’ll be an end to the nightmare. She’s watched him, followed him and kept tabs, all in preparation for this moment: to make amends and share the secret she’s been carrying since she was a kid. But she didn’t count on the feelings that seeing him again would stir up, the vacant look in his stormy-blue eyes, and his perfect body now mutilated by ink and metal. And she knows why. She’s lived his pain every single day, since the day he left. Changed by time, Rex doesn’t remember the girl from his past. If only she could do the same. Will she get the absolution she’s spent her life seeking? Or will he continue Fighting to Forget? |
| I read several of the later works from that author and I knew I loved her style. Usually earlier works leave room for improvment as authors get better over time – but this author – wow – it seems she “was born” to write intense. Nothing could have prepared me for this plot …. – ok that is not true – I should have guessed after reading Split – …. this author is a def. “1-cklick” for me … |
12 Tuesday Oct 2021
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Bring Me to Life |
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Sweetheart, South Carolina #4 |
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Kira Sinclair |
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November 18th 2014 |
| Subject: Evan Huntley, Special Ops
Status: Believed to have been killed in action…until now! Three years is a long time. Long enough for Tatum Huntley to leave heartbreak behind for the idyllic town of Sweetheart, South Carolina. Long enough to start over. Yet not long enough to forget the devastation left behind when he died. Her husband. The man whose touch haunts her… And the man who just walked back into her life. All Evan Huntley wants is to get the woman he loves back in his arms…and his bed. While her love for him never died, Tatum can’t—and won’t—forgive Evan for letting her believe he was dead. For leaving her alone. But can she resist giving in to the exquisite passion that still burns between them? |
11 Monday Oct 2021
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Dark Heart |
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DARC Ops #3 |
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Jamie Garrett |
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September 2nd 2016 |
| Fiona Marshall usually loves her job as a nurse at Lambert Memorial Hospital, but lately her mind has been elsewhere. Her sister lies in a coma on the other side of town—close to death—even if their parents won’t admit it. Plus there are rumors that the hospital has brought in spies—fake patients judging their every move. She’d never let her personal life interfere with her job, but when patients suffer mysterious complications, the investigation turns to Fiona, her boss accusing her of harming those under her care. Just as she’s about to do something drastic, someone she never expected to see again lands in one of her hospital beds and stirs up a little hope, as well as stirring up something else inside her.
Jasper Raleigh is a man on a mission…even if this one is stranger than most. On assignment to protect a Saudi Prince at Lambert Memorial, things take a turn for the worse. Before he can even start he ends up experiencing things from the other side: as a patient. Lying injured in a hospital bed, he meets his nurse, a woman from his past that he’s never forgotten—Fiona. As she tends to his wounds, they uncover something odd going on at the hospital. Something’s not right, and it looks like one of the top attending physicians is involved. But what’s even more crazy is the lust growing between him and Fiona all over again. Sparks fly even as they’re stuck in the middle of a medical terrorist attack, but bullets fly faster. Can Jasper uncover the truth and help Fiona save her job, and her life, or will a hidden enemy take them out to keep his secret? |
10 Sunday Oct 2021
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Dirty Deal |
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Crystal Kaswell |
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October 17th 2017 |
| A million dollars. I’m going to become Blake Sterling’s loving wife for a million dollars. Those piercing blue eyes, that sad smile, the strong shoulders– they’re mine. No. It’s more like I’m his. Whenever he needs me to smile at a stranger, whenever he needs me to pose for another pretty picture, whenever he needs me to strip for his viewing pleasure– I’m his. We’re convincing the world we’re madly in love. Every sweet kiss, every loving whisper, every long embrace–all of it is fake. The two of us alone, in his office, dirty demands falling from his perfect lips–that part is real. But what about when he’s kissing me in private, whispering sweet nothings in my ear, peeling back the walls around his heart? Where exactly is the line between real and pretend? *A smoking hot pretend fiancee romance with a dominant alpha hero and a v*rgin heroine* |