Week of May 13, 2019
The spotlight lands on Samantha Brooks. Years of practice build to the opening night of a global tour. She plays her heart out, but there are darker forces underneath the stage.
There are eyes watching from the wings.
Liam North fights to keep her safe with every weapon he owns. Sheโs his greatest prideโand his greatest weakness. The danger comes from somewhere no one expected. Betrayal threatens to destroy everything heโs built. His business. His family. His life.
When the curtain falls, only one of them will be left standing.
Riveting and compulsive, national bestselling author Wendy Walkerโsย The Night Beforeย โtakes you to deep, dark places few thrillers dare to goโ as two sisters uncover long-buried secrets when an internet date spirals out of control.
Laura Lochner has never been lucky in love. She falls too hard and too fast, always choosing the wrong men. Devastated by the end of her last relationship, she fled her Wall Street job and New York City apartment for her sisterโs home in the Connecticut suburb where they both grew up. Though still haunted by the tragedy thatโs defined her entire life, Laura is determined to take one more chance on love with a man sheโs met on an Internet dating site.
Rosie Ferro has spent most of her life worrying about her troubled sister. Fearless but fragile, Laura has always walked an emotional tightrope, and Rosie has always been there to catch her. Lauraโs return, under mysterious circumstances, has cast a shadow over Rosieโs peaceful life with her husband and young son โ a shadow that grows darker as Laura leaves the house for her blind date.
When Laura does not return home the following morning, Rosie fears the worst. Sheโs not responding to calls or texts, and sheโs left no information about the man she planned to meet. As Rosie begins a desperate search to find her sister, she is not just worried about what this man might have done to Laura. Sheโs worried about what Laura may have done to himโฆ
What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales?
When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, geniusโhis image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There’s only one problem: Alex has a beef with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Heads of family, state, and other handlers devise a plan for damage control: staging a truce between the two rivals. What at first begins as a fake, Instragramable friendship grows deeper, and more dangerous, than either Alex or Henry could have imagined. Soon Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret romance with a surprisingly unstuffy Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations and begs the question: Can love save the world after all? Where do we find the courage, and the power, to be the people we are meant to be? And how can we learn to let our true colors shine through? Casey McQuiston’sย Red, White & Royal Blueย proves: true love isn’t always diplomatic.
For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetimeโmaybe even loveโin this romantic comedy from theย New York Timesย bestselling authors ofย Roomies.
Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion . . . she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas.
Olive braces herself for wedding hell, determined to put on a brave face, but when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning, the only people who arenโt affected are Olive and Ethan. Suddenly thereโs a free honeymoon up for grabs, and Olive will be damned if Ethan gets to enjoy paradise solo.
Agreeing to a temporary truce, the pair head for Maui. After all, ten days of bliss is worth having to assume the role of loving newlyweds, right? But the weird thing is . . . Olive doesnโt mind playing pretend. In fact, the more she pretends to be the luckiest woman alive, the more it feels like she might be.
A charming romantic comedy about three sisters who are struggling to keep the family wedding planning business afloatโall the while trying to write their own happily-ever-afters in the process.ย
Allโs fair in love and business.
The de la Rosa family and their wedding planning business have been creating happily ever afters in the Washington, DC area for years, making even the most difficult brideโs day a fairytale. But when their parents announce their retirement, the sistersโMarisol, Janelyn, and Pearlโare determined to take over the business themselves.
But the sisters quickly discover that the wedding business isnโt all rings and roses. There are brides whose moods can change at the drop of a hat; grooms who want to control every part of the process; and couples who argue until their big day. As emotions run high, the de la Rosa sisters quickly realize one thing: even when disaster strikesโwhether itโs a wardrobe malfunction or a snowmageddon in the middle of a spring weddingโtheyโll always have each other.
Perfect for fans of the witty and engaging novels of Amy E. Reichert and Susan Mallery,ย The Key to Happily Ever Afterย is a fresh romantic comedy that celebrates the crucial and profound power of sisterhood.
When your soul shatters, how will you pick up the pieces?
Jezebel Tateโs writing career has brought her success that few experience, but when her fame shines too bright and a fanโs admiration becomes obsession, she is forced into the shadows to find safety.
James Blakely is running from his past. A broken man haunted by guilt-laden memories, James accepts a position as Miss Tateโs private security detailโand finds himself a pawn in her game of seduction.
As the threat to Jezebelโs safety intensifies, so does her bond with James. On the run from danger and their pasts, can they put together the pieces and find their escape?
Things on my wishlist:
1. Start a new, awesome job
2. Create the perfect dating app
3. Stop dating douchebags
Things that actually happen:
1. Got a job in my dream tech company
2. Created a workplace dating app for said company
3. Was matched with Bennett, who happens to own the company and is also my brotherโs best friend
They say when it rains, it pours, but this is some serious BS. It doesnโt help that Bennett was the man I had my last one night stand with. It definitely doesnโt help that he seems to want me just as much as I want him. The issue is, he wonโt do anything about it, but then weโre forced to attend a tech conference in Vegas and I think it may just be what I need to turn this thing around.
New goal: get my brotherโs best friend out of my system by all means necessary.
My new boss has it all.ย In spades.ย
Gorgeous green eyes?ย Check.
Hard-and-sexy body?ย Check.
Intelligence?ย Check.
Success?ย A big fat billionaireโฆ Check.
Too bad I havenโt started out on the best foot.
My big mouth has already turned him against me, and tempting good looks and success aside, Trent Turner is no peach either. Heโs stubborn and thick-headed, and son of a fruitcake, he thinks he knowsย everythingย there is to know about the hotel business.
With him running the development of the new Vanderturn New Orleans Hotel and me doing the design, our work relationship is far too intimate for two people who absolutely despise one another.
But thatโs not all.
See, he isnโt just my billionaire boss from hell. Heโs my new neighbor, too.
Same city.
Same building.
Same floor.
Trent Turner is my billionaire boss next door.ย
Holy moly, letโs hope my careerโand hormonesโcan survive.
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