Week of March 8, 2022
The last person on earth I want to beย strandedย with is Gianni Lupo.
But thanks to the blizzard of the century, Iโm trapped in a roadside motel room with that cocky bastard for two straight days.
With one small bed.
Some women might thank Mother Nature for delivering a polar vortex that maroons them with six feet of solid muscle, those deep blue eyes, that sexy grin–but not me. Iโve known Gianni Lupo all my life, and heโs never brought me anything but bad luck and trouble.
So when the tension between us explodes with enough fiery heat to melt my icy defenses, I should have known what the disastrous end result would be–
A big fat plus sign.
After the snow melts, Iโm left with more than just memories of the night we spent keeping each other warm. And he might be a rising star on the culinary scene, but heโs got no idea how to handleย thisย bun in the oven.
He says he wants to do the right thing, but Iโm not about to spend the rest of my life feeling like someone settled for me.
But just when I think Iโve got Gianni Lupo all figured out, he gives me a taste of the man he could be, of the family we could become, of the way he could love me if I let him.
Iโm terrified of falling for him.
But one taste might be all it takes.
Wealthy Washington suburbanites Marissa and Matthew Bishop seem to have it allโuntil Marissa is unfaithful. Beneath their veneer of perfection is a relationship riven by work and a lack of intimacy. She wants to repair things for the sake of their eight-year-old son and because she loves her husband. Enter Avery Chambers.
Avery is a therapist who lost her professional license. Still, it doesnโt stop her from counseling those in crisis, though they have to adhere to her unorthodox methods. And the Bishops are desperate.
When they glide through Averyโs door and Marissa reveals her infidelity, all three are set on a collision course. Because the biggest secrets in the room are still hidden, and itโs no longer simply a marriage thatโs in danger.
Fiona Mahoney chases Jack the Ripper from the shadows of Whitechapel into the most infamous brothels of Victorian Londonโs thriving sex trade, where secrets are exchanged as currency, and the bodies of murdered women leave a lethal trail to followโฆ
Standing in the ashes of her tragedy and laden with the secrets of the dead, Fiona seeks out the rough and relentless Inspector Grayson Croft to unburden her conscience. Before she can confess, Croft reveals the one thing that could dispel all thoughts of revelation.
Prostitutes are again being murdered, and a name is being whispered over their suggestively staged corpses. The name of the man who brutally slaughtered her childhood best friend. The name against which Fiona would sell her very soul for vengeance.
Jack the Ripper.
Only the promise of justice could entice Fiona to do something as reckless and daring as infiltrating the ranks of elite courtesans who accept the threat of violence as a nightly norm. She quickly learns that sin and scandal are powerfully compelling motives for murder, and that the secrets of the dead are sometimes worth keepingโฆ if only to avoid becoming the next victim.
When the danger becomes too deadly to face alone, Fiona is forced to call upon old enemies and new friends including โthe Hammerโ a charismatic gangster, and โthe Bladeโ an enigmatic assassin, and maybe even the Ripper, himself. Who better to help pursue a relentless evil than the devil you know?
He’s cold, rude and undeniably arrogant.
Thatโs how Andrew Blake’sย bestย friends describe him.
Bad luck for me that Iโm his new assistant.
Nothing I do is good enough.
The more I try and please him, the more he ignores me.
Iโm beginning to wonder if thereโs a heart in that tall, hard, gorgeous body of his.
After work Iโm complaining about him to my new best friendโthe bartender at the pub near the office.
Guess whoโs seated behind me and has heard every gripe, grumble and grievance?
By the look in Andrew’s eye, I can’t tell if I’m going to get fired or kissed.
A standalone romance to make you laugh out loud and feel good.
A painful past
Deke Murphy and Maddie Hall should never have worked as a couple in high school. She was the class valedictorian and he the jock who took nothing seriouslyโฆexcept her. Together they formed an amazing team, and young love blossomed into something that strengthened them both. Until tragedy struck and Deke made a sacrifice that split them up forever.
An unexpected reunion
Seventeen years later, Maddie is living her dream working for a brilliant tech guru in the beauty of Southern California. Sheโs made a life for herself and itโs first class all the way. She rarely thinks of the jock who dumped her all those years ago. But when Maddie realizes her boss might be part of an international conspiracy, she canโt deny Deke might be her best bet to solve the mystery. Her one-time sweetheart works for one of the worldโs premiere security and investigative firms. Sheโll hire him and prove to herself their relationship could never have worked.
A dangerous future
As Maddie and Deke begin to uncover her bossโs secrets, they canโt deny the chemistry that has reignited. But before they can explore the connection growing between them, they must survive the deadly forces hunting them down.
Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Donna Grant comes another gripping story in her Reaper series featuring a brotherhood of elite assassins who wage war on the Fae at Death’s behestโand the women who dare to love them.
There is no escaping a Reaper. They are elite assassins, part of a brotherhood that only answers to Death. And when Death says a Faeโs time is up, they are who she sendsโฆ
The Fae Others think they have me in their grip, but little do they know that Iโm working as a double agent. My alliance now lies with the Reapers and Death, and it is my mission and duty to destroy the malignant organization before their rot spreads. Unfortunately, a surprise splits my focusโa more than welcome one. I never thought to reunite with my lost true love. And now that I have, I must find a way to shelter her from the evil Six and convince my new friends that sheโs not a threat. Admittedly, there is some doubt. How can there not be? But I trust her. And I havenโt seen her, held her, kissed her for centuries. I loved her then, will love her always, and will do whatever it takes to keep her by my side for as long as we have. Her cunning and courage hold me captive, and our passion knows no bounds. If only the timing were betterโand the world safer.
When an advice columnistโsย picture-perfect life implodes, she opts to go rogue in this hilarious, heartwarming romance from the author ofย Meet Me in Paradise.
Violet Covington pensย Dear Sweetie, the most popular advice column in the state of North Carolina. She has an answer for how to politely handle any difficult situationโฆuntil she discovers her husband, Sam, has been cheating on her. Furious and out of sensible solutions, Violet leaves her filter at the door and turns to her column to air her own frustrations. The new, brutally honestย Dear Sweetie goes viral, sending more shock waves through Violetโs life. When she burns Samโs belongings in a front-yard, late-night bonfire, a smoking-hot firefighter named Dez shows up to douse the flames, and an unexpected fling quickly shows potential to become something longer lasting.
A lot of people want to see the old polished Violet returnโincluding her boss, who finds her unpredictability hard to manage, and Sam, whoโs begging for another chance. But Dez appreciates Violet just the way she isโin fact, he canโt get enough of her. The right answers donโt come easily when Violet finds herself at her own personal crossroads. But maybe, by getting real, Violet can write her own happy ending.
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