Week of October 30, 2017
At eleven he was my first crush. At sixteen he became mine. At nineteen he broke my heart and destroyed me. That was ten years ago and the last time I saw Cole Ryan.
They say you never get over your first love…I beg to differ. I left my shattered heart buried in a town I never expected to return to. I erased every thought of him and buried the memories never to be found.
I moved on…now ten years later I have the perfect life, the perfect fiancรฉ, the perfect career. Everything I ever wanted until I’m forced to go back and face my past and the man that destroyed me.
He won’t stop until I know the truth no matter how hard I fight it. In the end, lies will be uncovered, hearts will be broken, and my life as I’ve come to know it destroyed.
Charlotte Daley is the daughter of the newly elected POTUS. An only child, sheโs both spoiled rotten and entirely neglected by her powerful family. Sheโs been forced to eat with the right forks, smile at all the right times, and be the picture of perfection for months. Now that her father is in office and too busy to know she exists, sheโs determined to exercise her new freedom before she heads back to college in New York.
Zane Parker has one jobโto protect the Presidentโs daughter, all day, every day. But sheโs been on a partying spree since the inauguration, heading down a dangerous path that threatens to ruin her reputation and cause a major scandal for her father. Zane will lose his job if he canโt get her under control. Except he wants to sleep with her as badly as he wants to set her straight. She needs discipline. And he might be just the one to give it to her.
When unexpected circumstances tie Charlotte to D.C. for the foreseeable future, Zane makes her an offer thatโs anything but honorable. Heโll give the first daughter all the thrills sheโs seeking in exchange for one thingโฆ Her obedience. Fascinated by Zaneโs dark promises, Charlotte agrees. Submission has never felt so good. But as Zane brings her deeper into his forbidden desires, enemies surface and danger lurksโฆ
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Misadventures is a romantic series of spicy standalone novels, each written or co-written by some of the best names in romance. The stories are scandalous, refreshing, and, of course, incredibly sexy. Theyโre the perfect bedside read, a โquick blushโ for the reader who loves a page-turning romance.
Brotherhood. Club. Family.
They live and ride by their own rules.
These are the Raven Riders…
Wild with grief over the death of his wife, Sam โSliderโ Evans merely lives for his two sons. Nothing holds his interest anymoreโnot even riding his bike or his membership in the Raven Riders Motorcycle Club. But that all changes when he hires a new babysitter.
Recently freed from a bad situation by the Ravens, Cora Campbell is determined to bury the past. When Slider offers her a nanny position, she accepts, needing the security and time to figure out what she wants from life. Cora adores his sweet boys, but never expected the red-hot attraction to their brooding, sexy father. If only he would notice her…
Slider does see the beautiful, fun-loving woman he invited into his home. She makes him feelย tooย much, and he both hates it and yearns for it. But when Cora witnesses something she shouldnโt have, the new lives theyโve only just discovered are threatened. Now Slider must claimโand protectโwhatโs his before itโs too late.
New York Timesย bestselling author Brenda Novak returns to Silver Springs with a moving story about rebuilding your life when you’ve got nothing left to loseย
Savanna Gray needs a do-over. Her “perfect” life unraveled when, to her absolute shock, her husband was arrested for attacking three women. With her divorce settled, she takes her two children home to Silver Springs to seek refuge between the walls of the farmhouse where she was born. It needs a little TLC, but she’s eager to take control ofย something.
Gavin Turner understands the struggle of starting over. Abandoned at a gas station when he was five, it wasn’t until he landed at New Horizons Boys Ranch as a teen that he finally found some peace. He steps up when Savanna needs help fixing thingsโeven when those things go beyond the farmhouse.
Despite an escalating attraction to Gavin, Savanna resolves to keep her distance. She trusted her ex, who had a similarly tragic background, and is unwilling to repeat her past mistakes. But it’s hard to resist a man whose heart is as capable as his hands.
New York Timesย and worldwide bestselling โdazzling storytellerโ (Associated Press) Isabel Allende returns with a sweeping novel about three very different people who are brought together in a mesmerizing story that journeys from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil.
In the Midst of Winterย begins with a minor traffic accidentโwhich becomes the catalyst for an unexpected and moving love story between two people who thought they were deep into the winter of their lives. Richard Bowmasterโa 60-year-old human rights scholarโhits the car of Evelyn Ortegaโa young, undocumented immigrant from Guatemalaโin the middle of a snowstorm in Brooklyn. What at first seems just a small inconvenience takes an unforeseen and far more serious turn when Evelyn turns up at the professorโs house seeking help. At a loss, the professor asks his tenant Lucia Marazโa 62-year-old lecturer from Chileโfor her advice. These three very different people are brought together in a mesmerizing story that moves from present-day Brooklyn to Guatemala in the recent past to 1970s Chile and Brazil, sparking the beginning of a long overdue love story between Richard and Lucia.
Exploring the timely issues of human rights and the plight of immigrants and refugees, the book recalls Allendeโs landmark novelย The House of the Spiritsย in the way it embraces the cause of โhumanity, and it does so with passion, humor, and wisdom that transcend politicsโ (Jonathan Yardley,ย The Washington Post).ย In the Midst of Winterย will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
They say that every tragic hero has a fatal flaw, a secret sin, a tiny stitch sewn into his future since birth. And here I am. My sins are no longer secret. My flaws have never been more fatal. And Iโve never been closer to tragedy than I am now.
I am a man who loves, a man whose love demands much in return. I am a king, a king who was foolish enough to build a kingdom on the bones of the past. I am a husband and a lover and a soldier and a father and a president.
And I will survive this.
Long live the king.
One handywoman.
One single dad.
One set of twins.
And the wall isnโt the only thing being drilledโฆ
I learned the hard way that being a handywoman isnโt easy. The questions, the staresโthe assumption Iโm the proud owner of a cock and balls. Not that it matters. Iโve proven over and over that Iโm ready for anything the judgmental asses throw at me.
Except the hot, single dad of twins who just moved to town.
Brantley Cooper gets the shock of his life when I show up on his doorstep to fix up his kidsโ new rooms. His son is confused why โthe pretty lady has a drill,โ and his daughter has a new obsessionโme.
On paper, my job is easy. Go in, do their bedrooms, and leave.
In theory, Iโm spending eight hours a day with a guarded, sexy as hell guy, and Iโm staying for dinner more often than Iโm eating it alone, on my couch, with Friends re-runs.
I shouldnโt be staying for dinner. I shouldnโt be helping him out with the twins. I shouldnโt be falling in love with tiny toes and dimpled cheeks.
And I most definitely should not be kissing my client.
Oopsโฆ
Sensual. Heartbreaking. Passionate. Overwhelming. Maddening.
Thatโs the love Finn and I share.
It’s the kind you can never recover from.
The kind you never WANT to recover from.
That’s why we’ll do everything and anything to protect it.
When my past chases me all the way to Outskirts, we have to make a choice.
Let the lies destroy our chance at future together or…bury them deep in the swamp where they belong.
Got a shovel?
Heโs got every reason to be cocky . . . until a female cuts him down to size.
Iโm Dallas Easton, the best goaltender in the league. I make a damn good living playing hockey, and with women falling at my feet wherever I go, why not enjoy it? I get whatever I want, whenever I wantโthat is, until I come across the one player who gets the best of me on the ice.
When I try to pummel the dude, all hell breaks loose. Imagine my surprise when the helmet comes off to reveal a woman underneath. And not just any woman, but the sexiest woman Iโve ever seen. Callie Davis is the complete opposite of the puck bunnies I usually go for, a good girl with sick moves and a selfless streak a mile wide. I need to make amends, but she dodges me at every turn. It doesnโt help that Callieโs brother hates my guts, or that my agent thinks sheโs bad for my career.
But I could care less what they think. I canโt let our little run-in on the ice be the end of our story. Because when I set my sights on something, I wonโt rest until I score.
Fromย New York Timesย Bestselling Authors Krista & Becca Ritchie, comes the next book in their sexy new contemporary romance series.
Twenty-seven-year-old Farrow Keene lives by his actions, and his actions say heโs the best at whatever he does. As a 24/7 bodyguard and the new boyfriend to Maximoff Hale, protecting the headstrong, alpha billionaire has never been more complicated. And one rule canโt be bent:
Keep your relationship secret from the public.
Farrow is confident heโs the best man for the job. But a twist in Maximoffโs fast-paced life sticks them with the rest of Security Force Omega and their clients.
On the road.
In a sleeper tour bus.
For four rocky months.
Sexual frustrations, check. Road trip drama, check. Awkward bonding, check.
But Farrow couldnโt have accounted for a high-risk threat (identity: unknown) that targets Maximoff before the ignition even turns. And it hits Farrow โ someone has it out for the guy he loves.
Every day, Maximoff & Farrow’s feelings grow stronger, and together, they’ll either sink or swim.
The Like Us series is a true series, one continuous timeline, that follows a family of wealthy celebrities and the people that protect them. You must read Damaged Like Us, Book 1, before reading Lovers Like Us.
You donโt have to read the Consequences series to enjoy this stand-alone novel, but if you know Tony Rawlings, you know that disappointing him isnโt an option. Imagine being his youngest daughter…imagine telling him the unimaginable…
โThose who donโt know history are doomed to repeat it.โ
Sometimes ideas find you, and dreams begin as nightmares. Sometimes the truth that has been kept hidden is the key to opening a door you never knew existed.
โYou might not know me. Iโm the baby of the Rawlings family, the princess, the daughter who came along later. Iโm not like my older siblings, successful at everything they touch. My mother and father have provided me with every luxury as well as their unyielding love and support, but Iโm not spoiled. Iโm also not content. By example, my parents have shown me how love should be. I donโt know their past, and that doesnโt matter. I know what Iโve seenโtwo people devoted to one another.
I donโt believe that Iโll ever find that kind of love, the kind that forgives and accepts all. And as my life falls to pieces and I travel to visit my family to face their disappointment, Iโm not even looking for it.
Iโm looking for an escape…from my life as a Rawlings…from the pressure to achieve and not let others down. I dream of the time I can live for my own desires without the expectations that come with my name.
I donโt find what Iโm seeking…it finds me. Or should I say…he finds me.
This time is different. I have a family who will search for me and find the answers. Little do we knowโany of usโthat my father set my journey into motion long before I was born.โ
“Just as ripples spread out when a single pebble is dropped into water, the actions of individuals can have far-reaching effects.” ~Dalai Lama
Ripples (Unabridged Version) is Natalieโs story, the youngest of Tony and Claireโs childrenโtheir baby. This story first appeared in shorter form in Glamour: Contemporary Fairytale Retellings. Due to the length restriction of each novella in that anthology, many scenes in Ripples were shortened or omitted for that anthology. This unabridged edition is the entire storyโdouble in length andโa full-length novel.ย
At Twin Oaks Country Club, there are the fortunate ones, and then there are the rest of us: the waiters, the caddies, the valets, and in my case, the cabana girls. Most days, Iโm poolside in a pleated skirt, dishing out margaritas to tycoons and titans. Itโs not exactly my dream job, but it does come with one perkโฆ
James Ashwood.
Heโs my silver lining in a custom black suit.
Besides being a legacy member at the club, heโs a tech mogul and Austinโs most eligible bachelor. Oh, and those dimples?ย Yeah, they make my stomach dip too.
On good days, I catch his sleek Porsche winding down the tree-lined drive. On better days, I steal a glimpse of his handsome profile as we pass in the hall. And on the absolute best day, I find him alone at the bar, looking for company.
โCome have a seat.โ
Those four little words set me down a path I never could have imagined. Private planes, penthouse suites, and temptations around every corner make it impossible to keep my distance. His world feels decadent and wildโbut overindulgence comes with a cost. Every kiss comes with strings. Every erotic encounter is a promise Iโm not ready to keep.
When I pump the brakes, he hits the gas. James doesnโt want to go slowโhe wants a commitment.
And the thing about the fortunate ones?
Theyโre used to getting what they want.
โI swear. Give me one more chance and I will make the most of it.โ
Ex-escort Javier Landes is asking for his third chance at love. And the third time is the charm. He meets an art therapist named Steffen Finch and what starts as casual deepens into a passionate relationshipโeverything Jav has ever wanted, and everything he fears losing.
Stefโs business card reads Curator & Sailor. His creativity and insightful nature have made him into a talented therapist, the one to call for tough cases. His professional success canโt conceal a deep need to connect with someone, but Javier Landes is the last person Stef expected.
Geronimo “Geno” Caan is Stef’s most challenging case. To cope with his ordeal, he’s allowed an alter-ego called Mos to make decisions, and now lives a double life within a web of lies. Under Stefโs navigation, Geno uses art to express what Mos forbids to be spoken aloud. But as Genoโs attachment to Stef gradually extends to Jav, the boundaries between professional and personal begin to blur.
Over the course of a year, Jav, Stef and Geno form an unexpected and unconventional triangle, revealing how men make love in times of war and how love is a great wisdom made up of small understandings. The long-awaited second book of the Venery series, A Charm of Finches is an epic tale of survival and secrets guaranteed to make you think and feel and remember.
I’m a werewolf King who chose to step down out of grief for my mate.
For centuries I’ve been alone, choosing to live a life of modesty despite the wealth surrounding me.
I deserve to be punished.
I crave things I have no business craving.
And it is manifesting itself in a way I’m terrified I won’t be able to control any longer.
Especially since she arrived.
Vampire. Orphan. Beaten beyond recognition.
My blood calls to her in a way that makes no sense.
I’m a wolf.
She’s a vampire.
The two don’t mate.
They barely tolerate one another.
All it takes is one slip of control on my part โ one taste.
And I doom us all.
Then again, I never knew what is lurking inside has the power to balance good and evil.
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Alexandra Ivy, Laura Wright, Lorelei James, Lara Adrian, and introducing Nazarea Andrews and Megan Erickson. Six Dark Tales. Six Sensual Stories. Six Page Turners.
KAYDEN: A Bayou Heat Novella by Alexandra Ivy
Kayden is obsessed with revenge after his parents disappeared when he was just a cub. Now the gorgeous Hunter has discovered the man responsible for betraying them โ Joshua Ford โ and itโs time for payback. Beginning with the kidnapping of Joshuaโs daughter, Bianca. But last thing he expects is to be confronted with the horrifying realization that Bianca is his mate. Will he put revenge before his chance for eternal happiness?
SIMON: Bayou Heat Novella by Laura Wright
Sexy male model, Simon refuses to give up his exciting life in New York City to return to the slow heat of the Wildlands. For a decade, many pantera have tried to capture the rogue Diplomat and bring him home, but all have failed. Now itโs Trystโs turn. The hard, brilliant, and gorgeous, Hunter is the ultimate tracker. But can the admitted beast-girl of the Wildlands capture her prey without losing her heart in the process?
STRUNG UP: A Blacktop Cowboys Novella by Lorelei James
Rancher Creston Grant retreats from the world after he loses the love of his lifeโฆ.Can his former flame, rodeo cowboy Breck Christianson prove heโs a changed man who can give Cres a second chance at love?
MIDNIGHT UNTAMED: A Midnight Breed Novella by Lara Adrian
For Breed warrior Ettore Selvaggio, stealth assassinations are only one of his specialties. The last thing Savage expects to find behind enemy lines is a woman he once adored. Itโs been years since Savage last saw Arabella Genova. Years heโs strived to banish to his past, along with the fierce desire he once felt toward Bella and the irresistible calling of her blood that stirs in him even now, despite the fact that she belongs to another male.
DIRTY SEXY SECRET by Nazarea Andrews
Even when you know betterโฆ.
There are a million reasons why Hazel Campton is off limits: sheโs a journalist. Iโm a cop. Oh, and sheโs my foster sister.
My secret is I didnโt care. I havenโt stopped wanting her since I slept with her the night before she left.
Sheโs trouble. Always has been.
Itโs hard to resist the thing youโve always wantedโฆ
Growing up with Brandon Archer means I know him. Good. Bad. Everything in between.
Itโs just never mattered.
My secret? That night. The one I stole, thatโs kept me from Archer and Green County, for four years.
Now Iโm home, and nothing has changed. Except me. And not in the way that means a damn thing.
Because I still want him.
Everything can change with a knock at the doorโฆ
Secrets. Everyone has them. Archer. Me. This town.
Perfection only runs surface deep in Green County. When thereโs a knock at me door, itโs a familiar face all covered in danger, and all those secrets we hide? Theyโre about to come tumbling out.
BITE THE HAND THAT BLEEDS by Megan Erickson
Roxy heads below the streets of Mission City to a vampire club, determined to give up her blood in exchange for much-needed cash. She has no idea that the handsome, brooding vampire she meets there will awaken desires she didn’t know she had, and will change her life forever…
Every Dark Nights tale is breathtakingly sexy and magically romantic.
Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only comfort comes from her vivid imagination. Maggie has a gift for inventing stories and dreams of one day finding her fairy-tale love.
When Maggie meets the mysterious Piper, it seems that all her wishes are coming true. Spellbound, Maggie falls hard for him and plunges headfirst into his magical world. But as she grows closer to the Piper, Maggie discovers that he has a dark side.
The boy of Maggieโs dreams might just turn out to be her worst nightmareโฆ
With striking illustrations from Eisner-nominated artist Jeff Stokely, mixed with Jessica Freeburg’s work on historic and legendary horrors, Piper is an exciting new departure for Jay Asher that deftly touches on the same themes of truth, guilt, and redemption that madeย Thirteen Reasons Whyย a beloved bestseller.
Sheโs the one who got away.ย This time, he refuses to let her slip through his fingers.
Daniel Bennett has no regrets, except one: letting go of the woman he loved years ago.ย He wouldnโt admit it out loud, but heโs been pining for Caroline ever since. But his meddling family can read him like an open book. So when his sisters kick up their matchmaking shenanigans, Daniel decides to play right along.ย After all, he built his booming adventure business by making the most out of every opportunity.ย And he doesnโt intend to miss an opportunity to be near Caroline.
Caroline Dunne knows better than to fall for Daniel again. But his seductive charm melts her determination to keep her heart in check. Even with their lives going in separate directions, neither can ignore the magnetic pull between them.
But will they find the second chance they’ve both wanted all along?
I got the call. The dreaded call every child fears. My dad wasnโt well, and the man who had always been my everything needed me.
There was only one thing to do; pack up and head back to my hometown. I had finally made my dream life in the city with the great job and loving boyfriend. But was there really a choice not to go?
I found a wonderful job, a quaint house to rent, my boyfriend was working on joining me in Binghamton, and my favorite pizza place was only miles away. Life was good.
Until I met my neighbor.
It’s been three years since I’d seen Aaron Walters, and my God is he all kinds of sexy gorgeous. Figures. He was supposed to be my forever, the man I grew old with, but he had different plans. How can a man who ripped my heart apart still trip me up? How can he make me still want him now more than ever?
Iโm tempted, Iโm drawn toward him, Iโm completely and utterly unaware that Iโm dating his biological brother.
Now two men own my heart. The question is, which brother will I choose?
I should’ve never agreed to this arrangement…
Thirty days ago, my boss–Mr. Wolf of Wall Street, came to me with an offer I couldn’t refuse: Sign my name on the dotted line and pretend to be his fiancรฉe for one month. If I agreed, he would let me out of my employment contract with a “very generous” severance package.
The rules were pretty simple: No intimate kissing, no actual sex. Just pretend to love each other for the press, even though I’ve secretly wanted to knock that sexy smirk off his face since the first day we met.
I definitely didn’t need to think twice about this. I signed my name and started counting down the seconds to when I would never have to deal with his special brand of ass-holery again.
I only made it to one minute…
We argued the entire four-hour flight to his hometown, failed to make a convincing impression with the welcoming press, and right when I was about to knock that arrogant look off his face in real life? He purposely dropped his bath towel in front of me, distracting me with his nine-inch cock to “show me who the bigger person was” in our relationship. Then he gave me his trademark smirk once again and asked if I wanted to consummate our marriage.
Tragically, this is only day one.
We still have 29 more days to go…
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