Week of August 24, 2020
When Blair Beaufort literally crashes into Bellamy Creek wearing a ball gown and a tiara, I should have towed her car, said goodnight, and sent her packing.
Iโm a mechanic, not a hotel manager. I’ve got enough on my plate trying to keep my shop from going under, my overbearing mother off my back, and my baseball team in contention for the league championship. I donโt have time for a former debutante with zero street smarts and a cash flow problem, even if she is crazy beautiful.
Problem is, sheโs stranded in my small town, and Iโm hiding a protective streak underneath my broody exterior that runs deep. So I offer her a place to stay and keep my hands to myself.
For exactly one night.
If only she weren’t so gorgeous. So funny. So eager to please. Sheโs a disaster behind the wheel, but she drives me wild without even trying–at work, at home, in the back of my truck . . . I canโt get enough of the way she makes me feel.
But I know better than to think it can last. She wants a fairy tale, and Iโm no prince.
So when it comes time for her to leave, thereโs nothing I can do but let her go.
No matter how much it hurts to say goodbye.
Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. The reno on her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to keep her debilitating anxiety attacks at bay and begin to heal her heart…if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door.
At twenty-eight, single-dad Jackson Montgomeryโs life revolves around his five-year-old daughter and his job as a search-and-rescue pilot for the coast guard. Heโs no stranger to saving a damsel in distress, and though his gorgeous new neighbor is clearly in distress, sheโs no damsel. Sheโs stubborn as hell with walls a mile thick, and the dog tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to why.
It doesnโt matter that their attraction is undeniableโshe swore sheโd never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man. There are some wounds time canโt heal, and some fears too consuming to conquer.
Sheโs a barely breathing heartbreak on the edge of recovery.
Heโs a crash waiting to happen.
Together they could have it all…if they can endure the coming storm.
For the longest time, I was Bren Monroe.
I lived in Roussou, California.
I had no parents, no brother, but I had a crew.
Then things started to change.
I never planned for any of it.
I didnโt think Iโd fall in love.
I didnโt think Iโd have a relationship with my brother again.
I didnโt think that heโd come back.
Now Iโm in Cain.
My crew is in college.
Theyโre growing, going through their own things.
And here I am, figuring out my life.
Thereโs always hurdles and obstacles to overcome.
That was never my hardship.
That was my regular.
But living? Being content? Being happy?
Those were my challenges now.
Everything was going wellโฆ
Until it wasnโt. Again.
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Laurelin Paige comes a new story in her Slay seriesโฆ
Camilla Fasbender has a secret.
Underneath her posh accent and designer clothes lies the evidence of her pain.
Every heartbreak, every bad day, every setback has left a scar.
From behind her camera, she shows the world what to see. And it isn’t her.
Until him.
He sees right through her carefully constructed facade.
And he’s going to slash it all to pieces.
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 you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.
A heart-stirring novel of unrequited love and second chances byย New York Timesย bestselling author Jennifer Probst.
Young widow Bella Sunshine-Caldwell is focused only on raising her daughter and running the family business, Sunshine Bridal. Thereโs no time for romanceโespecially with her fellow wedding planner, Gabe, whom sheโs growing increasingly attracted to. Heโs too enterprising to stay in Cape May for long, anyway. And too tall, dark, and handsome to be anything but a heartbreaker.
Every woman in town has her sights on Gabe Garcia. The only woman he has eyes for doesnโt seem interested. All he wants is to fall in love, be a father, and settle down. As he and Bella work together on a magical winter wedding, the distance between them closes, the nights grow warmer, and Bella might be seeing Gabe for who he really is: a man worth the effort.
But all it takes is a single rumor for these two heartsโ fragile love story to shatter. And now the happy ending Bella and Gabe hoped for is something theyโre going to have to fight for.
At twenty-four, Harlow Robinson has run headfirst into a quarter-life crisis. Her high school girlfriends have dropped like flies, one wedding after another, forcing her into panic mode. Itโs fight or flight time, and flight winsโliterally. She breaks off a loveless engagement with her childhood sweetheart and abandons a teaching degree to become a flight attendant for Omega Skies.
Now Harlow is living her best glamorous, single life as a self-proclaimed sky muffin, at least thatโs how it appears from the outside. But 3:00AM wakeup calls and nights alone in hotels make the days blend into a blur of loneliness. When her seven roommates sign her up for the dating app Sparks, Harlow finds herself navigating an entirely new lifestyle with more men than she can handle.
Whatโs a girl to do? Date them all, of course.
From New York Times bestseller, Wendy Higgins, comes her first contemporary adult romcom. Please sit back and keep your seatbelts fastened because this will be a bumpy ride. Enjoy your flight.
A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana’s Butterfly Bayou fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Lexi Blake.
Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, sheโs trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men. She’s dedicated herself to restoring an historic house and building her own business. A quiet life is all she wants.
Harrison Jefferys never expected to find himself in small-town Louisiana, but he has a job to do and a family to reconnect with. After years in the Army, heโs happy to spend time with his Aunt Celeste and his cousins in such an idyllic spot. When he meets Seraphina, he starts to think Papillion might be a great place to call home. But a secret from Seraโs past rears its head and threatens to tear the community apart.
Caught between the woman heโs coming to love and the only family he has left, Harry knows he has to follow his heart and with the help of the crazy, loving, meddling locals find a way to keep them both.
I canโt believe I have to go home to Nebraska for my sisterโs wedding. Iโm gonna need a wingman and a whole lot of vodka for this level of family interaction. At least my bestie agreed heโd man up and help. Too bad he had to catch a different flight than me. Then his plane got delayed. And finallyโbecause bad things always happen in threesโinstead of my best friend, his evil twin strolls out of the airport.
If you looked up doesnโt-deserve-to-be-that-confident, way-too-hot-for-his-own-good billionaire in the dictionary, youโd find a picture of Will Holt. Heโs awful. Horrible. The worstโeven if his butt looks phenomenal in those jeans.
Ten times worse? My buffer was supposed to be there to keep meย awayย from the million and one family events. But Satanโs spawn just grins and signs us up for every. Single. Thing.
Fine. โCutthroatโ Scrabble? Iโm in. I canโt wait to take this guy down a notch.
But somewhere between Pictionary and the teasing glint in his eyes, our bickering starts to feel like more than just a gameโฆ
From New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all new stand-alone novel in her beloved Big Sky Series!
His Royal Highness Callum Wakefield lives a carefree, luxurious life. As the King of Englandโs youngest son, and thus not the heir apparent, he has more freedom and less royal responsibilities. He spends his days traveling the world, indulging in the extravagance afforded by his family name. But after years of hopping from one country to the next, the place that holds the most appeal is Cunningham Falls, Montana. And the only woman on his mind is a fiery redhead with an infectious laugh.
The one who hates him.
Aspen Calhoun is the new owner of Drips & Sips. Itโs taken her many years to find a place to belong, and sheโs perfectly happy living a quiet life. Or she would be, if a certain prince would stop coming to town.
Aspen and Callum shared one incredible night together two years ago before he returned to his opulent life, subsequently forgetting all about her. Ego bruised and pride wounded, Aspen doesnโt know why heโs back. And she doesnโt care. She refuses to fall for his charms again.
But Callum is determined to stay in Cunningham Falls and make it up to Aspen, no matter how long it takes. Because while she was out of sight, she was most certainly not out of mind.
Youย meetsย Fatal Attractionย in this up-all-night story of suspicion, obsession and motherhood.
It all begins on an ordinary fall morning, when Kelly Medina gets a call from her sonโs pediatrician to confirm her upcoming โwell-babyโ appointment. Itโs a cruel mistake; her son left for college a year ago, and Kellyโs never felt so alone. The receptionist quickly apologizes: thereโs another mother in town named Kelly Medina, and she must have gotten their numbers switched.
For days, Kelly canโt stop thinking about the woman who shares her name. Lives in her same town. Has a son she can still hold, and her whole life ahead of her. She canโt help looking for her: at the grocery store, at the gym, on social media. When Kelly just happens to bump into the single mother outside that pediatricianโs office, itโs simple curiosity getting the better of her.
Their unlikely friendship brings Kelly a renewed sense of purposeโtaking care of this young woman and her adorable baby boy. But that friendship quickly turns to obsession, and when one Kelly disappears, well, the other one may know why.
Sometimes, you have to embrace the darkness to find the light.
There was a time when Michelle Landry thought she had the perfect life. Happiness, love, they were in her grasp. But then loss and despair had her waking up and realizing the only thing she was guaranteed in life was a broken heart.
The city of Stillwake was the chance for a new beginning. With her problems behind her and a fresh start in front of her, Michelle felt like she had purpose again… like she could be happy once more.Like she could love.
But Stillwake had its own evils lurking, and it surrounded Michelle. With a string of serial killings making headlines, Michelle felt her tentatively healed world crashing around her.
She started to wonder if maybe that darkness was coming back, threatening to pull her down further. She either had to fight for the surface, or just accept her life and let it take her under.
โBlood is Zeus is a dynamic and uniquely alluring paranormal romance! This author duo knows how to scorch the pages and tug at our imaginations. I canโt wait for more!โ – NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan
An ancient grudge. A forbidden love.
The only thing worse than being a demon is being a Valari. As an undergraduate at Los Angelesโs Alameda University, Kara Valari can sometimes succeed at forgetting sheโs both. Lost between the pages of the classics and tucked into the shadows of lecture halls, she can dodge the paparazziโs lenses as well as her familyโs publicized dramasโnot to mention their private expectations. She has one more year to feed her true passions. Then sheโll be expected to fulfill a much darker destiny.
Cursed with inexplicable strength and godlike stature, literature professor Maximus Kane knows all about darkness. Every day heโs reminded of the missteps of his childhood and the devastating consequences theyโve had on those dearest to him. To atone, Maximus spends his nights alone and his days submerged in the quiet life of academia. His existence has become a study in control, and heโs become a master at itโuntil Kara Valari walks into his toughest course.
Viscerally, Karaโs everything he craves. Logically, sheโs everything he rejects. Sheโs a starlet of privilege. Sheโs also a student. And after one touch, he canโt deny that sheโs awakened something in him that may never go dormant. Nothing about her makes sense, but everything about her feels right. Especially in the deepest strands of his DNA, which are still shadows of mystery to himโa mystery Kara seems determined to uncover.
Sheโs Hollywood royalty. Sheโs forbidden fruit. And heโs pretty sure she could be the answer to everything.
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From the acclaimed author ofย The Woman in the Dark: a young teacher struggles to solve the mystery of her sister’s death while battling hallucinations of her own.
Two girls went down to the woods…ย But only one came back.
There’s a lot from Tess’s childhood that she would rather forget. The family who moved next door and brought chaos to their quiet lives. The two girls who were murdered, their killer never found. But the only thing she can’t remember is the one thing she wishes she could.
Ten years ago, Tess’s older sister died. Ruled a tragic accident, the only witness was Tess herself, but she has never been able to remember what happened that night in the woods.
Now living in London, Tess has resolved to put the trauma behind her. But an emergency call from her father forces her back to the family home, back to where her sister’s body was found, and to the memories she thought were lost forever…
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