Week of November 6, 2017
Reacher takes a stroll through a small Wisconsin town and sees a class ring in a pawn shop window: West Point 2005.ย A tough year to graduate: Iraq, then Afghanistan.ย The ring is tiny, for a woman, and it has her initials engraved on the inside.ย Reacher wonders what unlucky circumstance made her give up something she earned over four hard years. He decides to find out. And find the woman. And return her ring. Why not?
So begins a harrowing journey that takes Reacher through the upper Midwest, from a lowlife bar on the sad side of small town to a dirt-blown crossroads in the middle of nowhere, encountering bikers, cops, crooks, muscle, and a missing persons PI who wears a suit and a tie in the Wyoming wilderness.
The deeper Reacher digs, and the more he learns, the more dangerous the terrain becomes. Turns out the ring was just a small link in a far darker chain. Powerful forces are guarding a vast criminal enterprise. Some lines should never be crossed. But then, neither should Reacher.
Trapped in his tiny mountain cabin, she didn’t expect to fall for his big heart.
Exposing a prominent criminal family with an investigative news report didnโt exactly work out the way Sabrina had hoped. Instead of basking in the glory of her articleโs success, sheโs on the run from a powerful man who wants her dead. To stay safe, sheโs forced to trade one bad situation for another. Stuck in the Montana wilderness, sheโs secluded from anything resembling civilization or the modern-day world. The only good thing about her situation is the gorgeous mountain man assigned to protect her. Too bad he isnโt the slightest bit interested in a city girl like her.
Beau likes his life quiet and simple. Give him a peaceful day hiking in the woods with his dog, and heโs a happy man. He has no use for large crowds, noisy cities or dramatic women. So when a hotshot reporter rolls into town, dragging her big-time problems with her, he should have run for the hills. Instead, he volunteered to keep her safe. Bringing her into his world wonโt be easy, but if he can convince her that Montana isnโt as terrifying as she believes, they might just be the perfect match.
REDEMPTION IS NEVER FREE
When Reece Murphy is forcibly dragged into the Rose Riders gangย because of a mysterious gold coin in his possession, he vows to find the man who gave him the piece and turn him over to the gang in exchange for freedom. Never does he expect a lead to come from an aspiring female journalist. But when Reece’s path crosses with Charlotte Vaughn after a botched train robbery and she mentions a promising rumor about a gunslinger from Prescott, it becomes apparent that she will be his ticket to freedomโor a noose. As the two manipulate each other for their own ends, past secrets are unearthed, reviving a decade-old quest for revenge that may be impossible to settle.
In this thrilling companion toย Vengeance Road, dangerous alliances are formed, old friends meet new enemies, and the West is wilder than ever.
As the lead songwriter for Jacobโs Ladder, the last thing Gabe Renard needs is a debilitating case of writerโs block. After years of meaningless one night stands, he’s finding it hard to pen the love-filled ballads the label is requesting. In an effort to clear his mind, Gabe takes his jeep off-roading in the North Georgia Mountains. When a wrong-turn leads to him getting stuck more than just creatively, heโs forced to call for help. To his surprise, the โRayโ who has been sent by Hart Wreckers to his aid is actually โRaeโโa sexy-as-hell spitfire in a pair of tight-as-hell jeans. The combination of Raeโs sassy mouth and rocking body might be the inspiration Gabe needs. But for the first time since becoming a rock star, his advances have been shot down.
Reagan Hart has never been a fan of musicians. In fact, just the mention of one might cause her to throw a tire tool. Her disgust for them started when she was just eight and her mother ran off with a traveling country singer, and it only worsened when at seventeen, her rocker boyfriend knocked her up before blowing out of town. As a single mother taking care of her family’s collision business, Rae doesn’t have time for hook ups, much less a relationship. And if she did make time, a musician would be last on her list, even one as good-looking as Gabe Renard.
Can Gabe find the words to prove not only to Rae, but himself, that sheโs the only one for him?
Griffin has just popped the question–yes, that question–and Michael doesn’t have an answer. He flees town for New Orleans to see his confidante and sometime-Domme, Mistress Nora. Will a weekend of beignets and beatings help him untangle his knotted-up heart?
Thus begins “Michael’s Wings,” the eponymous novella that kicks off the latest entry in Tiffany Reisz’s LAMBDA Literary Award-winning* Original Sinners series.
This companion collection to fan-favoriteย The Angelย also contains six previously-published stories starring Mistress Nora’s favorite angel and Griffin–his master, his true love, and the sexy-as-hell bane of Michael’s existence.
In 1999, in the small provincial town of Beauval, France, twelve-year-old Antoine Courtin accidentally kills a young neighbor boy in the woods near his home. Panicked, he conceals the body and to his relief–and ongoing shame–he is never suspected of any connection to the child’s disappearance.
But the boy’s death continues to haunt him, shaping his life in unseen ways. More than a decade later, Antoine is living in Paris, now a young doctor with a fiancรฉe and a promising future. On a rare trip home to the town he hates and fears, Antoine thoughtlessly sleeps with a beautiful young woman from his past. She shows up pregnant at his doorstep in Paris a few months later, insisting that they marry.
Meanwhile, the newly discovered body of Antoine’s childhood victim means that the case has been reopened, and all of his old fears rush back. With the gravitational pull of his hometown strengthening its grip, Antoine may finally be forced to confront his past. Is he prepared to do what he must to keep his darkest secrets buried?
Hotel clerk Abby Medford has always enjoyed the quiet solitude of the night shift. The long, boring hours allow her time to study her law books. But when bad-boy-rocker Lucas Ford checks into the penthouse suite one night and demands Abby personally deliver his room service request, her formerly quiet nights are quickly filled with Lucasโs erotic games.
But as Abby soon learns, if she thinks she can indulge her innermost desires with Lucas without giving him her heart, sheโs dead wrong.
****
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.
When small town Nebraska sheriff Hixon Drake meets Greta Dare, the connection couldnโt be stronger, but the timing couldnโt be worse.
Dealing with the fallout of a divorce he never wanted and setting up a new home for his kids, Hix becomes that guy, that one he never wanted to be, and puts a stop to things before they can even start. Protecting his kids, and himself, is his only priority.
Greta, on the other hand, has found the place for her and the brother she adores thatโs perfect for themโa sleepy little town in Nebraska. Sheโs learned from life that there are no hopes and dreams. The only thing to look forward to is peace. And thatโs what she works hard to build for herself and her brother. Right up until Hix walks into her life.
Hix canโt fight the pull and stay away from Greta for long. And Gretaโs finding it hard not to hope for something more with all the promise that is Hix.
But when the first murder thatโs happened in over five decades rocks his small, sleepy county, Hix has got to learn to trust again, convince Greta to take a shot with him, and at the same time catch a killer.
In other words, things are definitelyโฆComplicated.
Rules for my new job:
1) Do not have sex with a man in the office (again).
2) Do not break Rule #1
Iโm playing it cool, clean, and professionalโฆuntil I meet Roman Bianchi. Heโs not an insecure nerd or an ego-hole like the other kings of Silicon Valley. Heโs charming and handsome. Heโs fun, funny, and smart.
Heโs also in the office across the hall.
Two broken rules waiting to happen.
I canโt lose this job over some guy.
But Romanโs not just some guy. Under that suit and cocky smile, heโs a prince.
“We all hold a beast inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed.”
Rain Ryland has never belonged anywhere. He’s used to people judging him for his rough background, his intimidating size, and now, his orphan status. He’s always been on the outside, looking in, and he’s fine with that. Until he moves to New Wurzburg and meets Friederike Burkhart.
Freddie isn’t like normal teen girls, though. And someone wants her dead for it. Freddie warns he’d better stay far away if he wants to stay alive, but Rain’s never been good at running from trouble. For the first time, Rain has something worth fighting for, worth living for. Worth dying for.
Secret Identities.
Extraordinary Powers.
She wants vengeance. He wants justice.
The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigiesโhumans with extraordinary abilitiesโwho emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone…except the villains they once overthrew.
Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justiceโand in Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both.
Amalie Whitfield is the picture of a blushing bride during her wedding receptionโbut for all the wrong reasons. Instead of proclaiming his undying love, her husband can be heard, by Amalie and their guests, getting off with someone else. She has every reason to freak out, and in a moment of insanity, she throws herself at the first hot-blooded male she sees. But heโs not interested in becoming her revenge screw.
Mortified and desperate to escape the post-wedding drama, Amalie decides to go on her honeymoon alone, only to find the man who rejected her also heading to the same tiny island for work. But this time he isnโt holding back. She should know better than to sleep with someone she knows, but she canโt seem to resist him.
They might agree that what happens on the island should stay on the island, but neither one can deny that their attraction is more than just physical.
Filled with hilariously scandalous situations and enough sexual chemistry to power an airplane from New York City to the South Pacific,ย Hooking Upย is the next standalone, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy from Helena Hunting, the New York Times bestselling author of the Pucked series andย Shacking Up.
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?
This is one mistake Sienna Landry canโt buy her way out of.
As Walker Gibson looks at her, then at the damage to his precious truck (that she may or may not have accidentally inflicted), she knows sheโs in trouble. Itโs not the busted headlight and dented grill thatโs sunk her though. Itโs the downright sinful man in front of her thatโs the problem.
The small town mechanic is broody. Rough. Smells like engine grease and gasoline and Sienna isnโt sure why thatโs so sexy, but it is. It so is. Sheโs ready to peel off her panties at the drop of his wrench.
He wants her too. She can feel it when he brushes against her. Experience it as he presses her against the wall of the shop. Itโs thinly veiled in his deep, brown eyes when he looks at her like sheโs everything heโs ever wanted. So why wonโt he give in?
The damage to Walkerโs truck is the first of many mistakes between the two of them, ending with truths that rock Siennaโs world. Nothing can fix her broken heart except the love of a man that wonโt, maybe even canโt, love her back.
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