Week of April 11, 2022
Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they’re involved with the same man in this smartย new rom-com by Beth O’Leary, bestselling author ofย The Flatshare.
Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as just one of the guys on the job. Jane is a soft-spoken volunteer for the local charity shop withย zero sense of self-worth.
These three women are strangers who have only one thing in common: theyโve all been stood up on the same day, the very worst day to be stood upโValentineโs Day. And, unbeknownst to them, theyโve all been stood up by theย same man.
Once they’ve each forgiven him for standing them up, they are all in serious danger of falling in love with a man who may have not just one or two but three women on the go….
Is there more to him than meets the eye? Where was he on Valentineโs Day? And will theyย each untangle the truth before they all get their hearts broken?
We have to pretend that what we have is something like loveโฆ
USA TODAY Bestsellingย Author Claudia Burgoa pens a fun and sexy romantic comedy where playing pretend turns to playing for keepsโฆ
Iโm down on my luck.
Scratch that. This is the worst week of my life.
Enter the last person I want to deal with: Burke St. James.
Heโs wealthy.
Heโs a womanizer.
And a big liar.
And it turns out we need each other.
Burke needs a fiancรฉe to seal the deal of a lifetime. I need help or my business is going belly-up. So, Burke very non-romantically asks me to marry him. Well, he asks me to be fake engaged to him, anyway.
Iโll attend a few dinners, pretend Iโm in love, and meet the family.
In exchange, heโll invest in my company and help me launch it off the ground.
All is easy, except his kisses feel more real than they should.
And the sexโฆdamn, weโre not supposed to have sex.
Itโs all for showโฆright?
Did I mention heโs a really good liar?
Pretending not to fall in love is more complicated than I thought.
Iโve loved Calder Cruz from the moment he taught me how to fly. Racing down a mountain and giving me the release I so desperately needed. My understanding. My safe space.
Hadley has fought for a life of her own ever since her sisterโs kidnapping. When she was drowning in expectations and family pressures, Calder was always the one who understood her.
Until one night changed it all. From best friends to strangers in a single breath.
Sheโs like a fire that lives inside me. Even when I thought it was all burned out, there were still embers that lived in my bones.
Calder knows what itโs like to almost lose the people he loves most. Heโll never make that kind of mistake again. Working at the fire station and taking care of his daughters are the only things he needs.
All it takes is a single moment to make him realize how wrong he is. A split second of coming close to losing the woman he has always loved.
But as long-buried embers light anew, there are those who lurk in the shadows. And theyโll do whatever it takes to extinguish that flame for goodโฆ
Marjorie Dunn is hiding in plain sight. The past canโt find her at the peaceful inn she owns in a quiet coastal town in Maine.
Until Sam Brewer walks through the door. He arrives in the dead of night, with a dark suit and storm-gray eyes.
Marjorie knows better than to trust this stranger, but she canโt resist his touch. Every kiss binds them together. Every night draws the danger close.
She risks her heart with him, but more than that, she risks her life.
The past has caught up with her. And it wants her dead.
Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, itโs an introduction to an authorโs world. And for fans, itโs a bonus book in the authorโs series. We hope youโll enjoy each one as much as we do.
The lives of the Wessco royal family have always been extraordinary. Abounding in power and wealth, and marked by moments of soul-searing passion, exquisite love, and tragic loss.
In this collection of short stories, set during the time period of the Royally books and beyond, we explore the moments that helped shape these characters into the irresistible heroes and heroines readers have come to know and cherish.
We meet Prince Nicholas and Henryโs parents, Prince Thomas and Lady Calista; we see the struggle to balance family relationships with the demands of the monarchy; and we continue the story of Queen Lenora and Prince Edward, whose deep, abiding love lasts beyond a lifetime.
Royally Rememberedย is not a standaloneโit is a companion novella meant to be read afterย Royally Screwed,ย Royally Matched,ย Royally Endowed, andย Royally Yours.
Winnifred Gobaldi and Byron Visser are not best friends.
Yes, theyโve known each other for years, but theyโre not even friendly. Winnie considers them more like casual, distant acquaintances who find each other barely tolerable, especially when he’s being condescending (which is all the time).
The truth is, they have nothing in common. Sheโs a public school science teacher with stars in her eyes, and heโs a pretentious, joyless double PhD turned world-famous bestselling fiction author. She loves sharing her passion for promulgating women in STEM careers and building community via social media, and he eschews all socialization, virtual or otherwise. Sheโs looking for a side hustle to help pay down a mountain of student debt, and his financial portfolio is the stuff of fiduciary wet dreams. So why are they faking a #bestfriend relationship for millions of online spectators?
When a simple case of tit-for-tat trends between nonfriends leads to a wholly unexpected kind of pretend, nothing is simple. Sometimes, it takes a public audience to reveal the truth of private feelings, and rarelyโvery rarelyโyou should believe what you see online.
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