Week of May 7, 2018
One punch took him from Hollywoodโs Golden Boy to Bad Boy Brody.
The media didnโt care he was grieving his brotherโs death. They descended on him, but to change his reputation, his manager got him a deal.
Act in an indie film, one that already had Oscar buzz, and heโd get the movie roles he needed to secure his future.
He took the deal.
Yet he wasnโt prepared for the real-life people behind the script.
He wasnโt prepared for the murder the movie was based on.
And he really wasnโt prepared for her, the biggest secret of all.
She was wild. She was beautiful. She defied gravity.
But was she the leading role that would tame him?
Fourteen years ago, my life changed forever.
My sister disappeared. That day I was selfish. That day I chose myself over her. And that day, I lost everything.
Including Nikki Walters.
She’s the girl Iโve loved my whole life. Sheโs gorgeous. Caring. Every single thing Iโve ever wanted but denied myself. She was my sisterโs best friend, and I destroyed any chance of keeping her.
When her safety is threatened, I have a second chance to do the right thing. But as soon as she moves in, I want her in all the wrong ways.
All it takes is a brush of her hand, and Iโm losing all control.
The fire between us is only burning hotter.
But neither of us saw what was coming.
And it just might be Nikki Walters who destroys me in the end.
As a chief stewardess on luxury superyachts, I massage egos, pamper the spoiled and cater to the most outlandish desires of the rich and famous.
Iโve never had a guest want something I canโt give them. Until British businessman Hayden Wolf comes aboardโall sexy swagger and mysterious requests.
He wants me.
And Hayden Wolfโs a man whoโs used to getting exactly what he demands.
Despite being serious and focused. Demanding and ruthless. Heโs also charming when I least expect it as well as being devastatingly handsome with an almost irresistible smile.
But guests are strictly off limits and Iโve never broken a rule. Not even bent one. My family are depending on me and I canโt lose my job.
Only problem is Hayden Wolf is looking at me like I just changed his life. And he’s touching me like heโs about to change mine.
Hotshot CEO Landon Connor knows his way around the boardroom. His work has been front and center for him ever since losing his wife. But after sealing the biggest deal of his career, he decides to take a trip to his hometown. Nothing spells vacation like a little time in the LA sun with the boisterous family heโs missed so much.
But the tempting landscape designer working for his sister spells a whole lot more than fun. Maddie Jennings is everything Landon didn’t think he wanted anymore. He canโt get enough of Maddieโs sweetness, or her sensual curves, and he pursues her every chance he gets.
Despite fanning herself every time Landon comes near her, Maddie tries to ignore their attraction. But Maddie hasnโt met anyone quite like Landon. Heโs sexier than anyone has the right to be, and more intense too.
When Landon romances her with late night walks and flowers, she canโt help giving in to him. His touch is intoxicating, and his love is beautiful.
But can Landon open up his heart for longer than a summer?
From the author of theย New York Timesย bestsellingย Love & Gelatoย comes a heartwarming tale of a road trip through Ireland filled with love, adventure, and the true meaning behind the word family.
Addie is visiting Ireland for her auntโs over-the-top destination wedding, and hoping she can stop thinking about the one horrible thing she did that left her miserable and heartbrokenโand threatens her future. But her brother, Ian, isnโt about to let her forget, and his constant needling leads to arguments and even a fistfight between the two once inseparable siblings. Miserable, Addie canโt wait to visit her friend in Italy and leave her brotherโand her problemsโbehind.
So when Addie discovers an unusual guidebook,ย Ireland for the Heartbroken,ย hidden in the dusty shelves of the hotel library, sheโs able to finally escape her anxious mind and Ianโs criticism.
And then their travel plans change. Suddenly Addie finds herself on a whirlwind tour of the Emerald Isle, trapped in the worldโs smallest vehicle with Ian and his admittedly cute, Irish-accented friend Rowan. As the trio journeys over breathtaking green hills, past countless castles, and through a number of fairy-tale forests, Addie hopes her guidebook will heal not only her broken heart, but also her shattered relationship with her brother.
That is if they donโt get completely lost along the way.
The irresistible companion to the #1ย New York Timesย bestsellerย Dumplinโ, soon to be a major motion picture starring Danielle Macdonald and Jennifer Aniston!
Millie Michalchuk has gone to fat camp every year since she was a little girl. Not this year. This year she has new plans to chase her secret dream of being a newscasterโand to kiss the boy sheโs crushing on.
Callie Reyes is the pretty girl who is next in line for dance team captain and has the popular boyfriend. But when it comes to other girls, sheโs more frenemy than friend.
When circumstances bring the girls together over the course of a semester, they surprise everyone (especially themselves) by realizing that they might have more in common than they ever imagined.
From theย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย The Weekendersย comes a delightful new novel about new love, old secrets, and the kind of friendship that transcends generations.
When ninety-nine-year-old heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons Brooke Trappnell to Talisa Island, her 20,000 acre remote barrier island home, Brooke is puzzled. Everybody in the South has heard about the eccentric millionaire mistress of Talisa, but Brooke has never met her. Josephineโs cryptic note says she wants to discuss an important legal matter with Brooke, who is an attorney, but Brooke knows that Mrs. Warrick has long been a client of a prestigious Atlanta law firm.
Over a few meetings, the ailing Josephine spins a tale of old friendships, secrets, betrayal and a long-unsolved murder. She tells Brooke she is hiring her for two reasons: to protect her island and legacy from those who would despoil her land, and secondly, to help her make amends with the heirs of the long dead women who were her closest friends, the girls of The High Tide Clubโso named because of their youthful skinny dipping escapadesโMillie, Ruth and Varina. When Josephine dies with her secrets intact, Brooke is charged with contacting Josephineโs friendsโ descendants and bringing them together on Talisa for a reunion of women whoโve actually never met.
The High Tide Clubย is Mary Kay Andrews at her Queen of the Beach Reads best, a compelling and witty tale of romance thwarted, friendships renewed, justice delivered, and true love found.
For fans of literary classics such asย The Catcher in the Ryeย andย The Perks of Being a Wallflowercomes a stirring new thought-provoking novel from debut author Sam Miller about a loss shrouded in mystery with twists and turns down every railway.
Arthur Louis Pullman the Thirdย is on the verge of a breakdown. Heโs been stripped of his college scholarship, is losing his grip on reality, and has been sent away to live with his aunt and uncle.
Itโs there that Arthur discovers a journal written by his grandfather, the first Arthur Louis Pullman, an iconic Salinger-esque author who went missing the last week of his life and died hundreds of miles away from their family home. What happened in that weekโand how much his actions were influenced by his Alzheimerโsโremains a mystery.
But now Arthur has his grandfatherโs journalโand a final sentence containing a train route and a destination.
So Arthur embarks on a cross-country train ride to relive his grandfatherโs last week, guided only by the clues left behind in the dementia-fueled journal. As Arthur gets closer to uncovering a sad and terrible truth, his journey is complicated by a shaky alliance with a girl who has secrets of her own and by escalating run-ins with a dangerous Pullman fan base.
Arthurโs not the only one chasing a legacyโand some feel there is no cost too high for the truth.
1. Get over my best friendโs brother.
2. Remember that Iโm over him.
3. Prove I can date other people.
It should be easy.
Itโs not.
Setting up a dating website with the guy Iโve been in love with since I was five wasnโt my smartest idea.
Especially since heโs my best friendโs brotherโthankfully, sheโs okay with the fact Iโm pulling a Sandy and Iโm hopelessly devoted to him.
Which is why itโs time to get over him.
So I do something crazy and ask Dominic Austin to find me a date. He doesโif I find him one, too.
Since we own Stupid Cupid, it should be easy, right? And it is.
My date is perfect. His date is perfect. Everything is perfect.
Until he kisses meโฆ
Three dates.
One kiss.
And a big-ass messโฆ
Silas McKnight is the owner of multi-million-dollar musical production company Knight & Day Productions. Heโs rich, attractive, and loyal to his core. Heโs the man every woman wants but none can have. Heโs suffered immeasurable loss, and he doesnโt plan on ever going through that hell again.
Dara Jackson, the quirky, stunning meditation teacher at Lotus House Yoga, is also the owner of Sunflower Bakery. Sheโs always dreamed of being a bakerโand a mother. Having grown up an orphan, Dara knows what being alone and feeling unwanted is like.
Silas and Dara meet one fated night and spend a single evening worshiping each otherโs bodies. All is beautiful until Dara discovers a secret and disappears before the sheets are even cold. Except Dara and Silas canโt escape one another. Destiny has spoken, and these two are about to become far more intimate than they ever thought possible.
Everyone in Cedar Creek, Texas, knows Jack McNight is an arrogant devil. Physically, I get it: heโs tan and fit, with coal-black hair thatโs clearly been scorched by hellfire. Oh, and his personality? It burns just as hot.
When I show up on the doorstep of Blue Stone Ranch, Iโm run-down and rockinโ my last pair of underwear. Iโm hoping for a savior, but instead, I find him.
My opinion of Jack is marred by a dismal first impression, but his opinion of me is tainted even before I arrive. Heโs heard Iโm a spoiled princess there to take advantage of his goodwill. To him, Iโm more trouble than Iโm worth.
Our button-pushing banter should get under my skin. His arrogance should be a major turn-off. Problem is, devils are known to offer their own form of temptation.
Every one of his steely glares sends a shiver down my spine.
Every steamy encounter leaves me reeling.
Sure, it could be the Texas heat messing with my head, but thereโs no way Iโll survive the summer without silencing him with a kiss and wrestling him out of those Wranglers.
Who knowsโฆgoing to bed with the devil might just be the salvation Iโve been looking for all along.
Bane
Naked surfer. Habitual pothead. A con, a liar, a thief and a fraud.
Last I heard, he was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a living.
Which is why Iโm more than a little surprised to find him at my threshold, looking for my friendship, my services, and most puzzling of allโlooking humbled.
Thing is, Iโm on a boycott. LiterallyโI cut boys from my life. Permanently.
Problem is, Bane is not a boy, he is all man, and Iโm falling, crashing, drowning in his sweet, perfect lies.
Jesse Carter
Hot as hell, cold as ice.
I wasnโt aware of her existence until a fat, juicy deal landed in my lap.
Sheโs a part of it, a little plaything to kill some time.
She is collateral, a means to an end, and a side-bonus for striking a deal with her oil tycoon stepdad.
More than anything, Jesse Carter is a tough nut to crack.
Little does she know, I have the teeth for it.
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