Week of September 11, 2023
Long ago, the world was destroyed by gods. Only nine cities were spared. Separated by vast wilderness teeming with monsters and unimaginable dangers, each city is now ruled by a guardianโroyalty who feed on mortal pleasure.
Born with an intuition that never fails, Calista knows her talents are of great value to the power-hungry of the world, so she lives hidden as a courtesan of the Baron of Archwood. In exchange for his protection, she grants him information.
When her intuition leads her to save a traveling prince in dire trouble, the voice inside her blazes with warningโand promise. Today heโll bring her joy. One day he’ll be her doom.
When the Baron takes an interest in the traveling prince and the prince takes an interest in Calista, she becomes the princeโs temporary companion. But the city simmers with rebellion, and with knights and monsters at her city gates and a hungry prince in her bed, intuition may not be enough to keep her safe.
Calista must choose: follow her intuition to safety or follow her heart to her downfall.
Breathtaking suspense and scorching romance meet in this immersive new fantasy from a mega-bestselling force, Jennifer L. Armentrout.
Fromย New York Timesย bestselling author Kristen Ashley comes the new book in her River Rain Series,ย Fighting the Pull.
Hale Wheeler inherited billions from his father. Heโs decided to take those resources and change the world for the better. Heโs married to his mission, so he doesnโt have time for love.
Thereโs more lurking behind this decision. He hasnโt faced the tragic loss of his father, or the bitterness of his parentsโ divorce. He doesnโt intend to follow in his fatherโs footsteps, breaking a womanโs heart in a way it will never mend. So he vows heโll never marry.
But Hale is intrigued when he meets Elsa Cohen, the ambitious celebrity news journalist who has been reporting on his famous family. He warns her off, but she makes him a deal. Sheโll pull back in exchange for an exclusive interview.
Elsa Cohen is married to her career, but she wants love, marriage, children. She also wants the impossibly handsome, fiercely loyal, tenderhearted Hale Wheeler.
They go head-to-head, both denying why there are fireworks every time they meet. But once they understand their undeniable attraction, Elsa canโt help but fall for the dynamic do-gooder.
As for Hale, he knows he needs to fight the pull of the beautiful, bold, loving Elsa Cohen, because breaking her would crush him.
From TikTok sensation Sierra Simone comes the first in the Lyonesse series, a spin-off of her bestselling New Camelot books.
Tristan Thomas is lost. After leaving the army, the young former soldier is in limbo. Until, that is, he’s hired by Mark Trevena, the owner of LyonesseโDC’s ultra-secret clubโto be Mark’s new bodyguard. He’s drawn into Mark’s dark, seductive world of power and desire, and slowly drawn to Mark himself, even though Mark is everything Tristan knows he shouldn’t want: cruel and wicked and shamelessly amoral.
But protecting Mark isn’t Tristan’s only duty: soon, Mark asks him to guard his soon-to-be bride as she travels home from Ireland on Mark’s yacht. Tristan is jealousโand hurt to learn that the object of his obsession is engagedโbut the former soldier in him is made to obey orders, and he goes to fetch Mark’s bride for him.
Isolde Laurence is nothing like Tristan expected, however. Young, quiet, and sharp, she’s being pushed into this marriage by her family, and as the two travel back to America, Tristan finds himself fascinated with Isolde and the glimpses he gets of the lonely but determined woman behind her reserve. And the fascination is mutual: one night, while sailing under the cold stars, they share a searing kiss. From there, it’s a fast fall into the forbidden for all three of them.
LUCIE
From the moment I first saw Caleb, I knew he belonged to me. And I knew Iโd have to save himโbecause how else does the girl nobody wants win over the boy beloved by all?
Nothing about his life or mine has gone to plan. Heโs isolated and miserable. Iโve got a vindictive ex, two young kids, and more problems than I can count.
But what hasnโt changed is this: it still feels like heโs mine.
And it sure looks like heโs in need of saving.
CALEB
My life is a prison sentence. I came to the lake to serve it aloneโฆbut Lucieโs throwing a wrench in my plans.
Lucieโthe little kid shut away each summer in the house next door. Now sheโs grownโand God, did sheย everย grow upโand I canโt seem to escape her.
Everywhere I look, sheโs there. Reminding me of all the things I used to want, used to dream aboutโฆ
And making me want every last one of them again.
I never said I was engaged to Alex Stone (a.k.a., the richest man in Eureka)โฆ
My douchey ex just assumed I was, and I didnโt correct him.
You see, I was having a moment.
I was out of work, out of money, and Alex had just offered me a lifeline by hiring me to be hislive-in nannyย for a month.
So when Drake the douche starts going on about what a hot mess I am at my best friendโs wedding, I kind of let him believe we were a thing.
I never said the wordย fiancรฉ, and I definitely never expected Alex to play along.
Alex Stone is one of those list-topping,ย billionaireย businessmen-types.
Heโs controlled, formal, and never makes a bad decision.
Heโs also tall, dark, andย brutally handsome, with smokey hazel eyes, wavy brown hair, and a bod that willย melt your brain.
(A detail I happen to know afterย accidentally catching himย just out of the showerย naked.)
The plan is heโllย secretlyย beย my fake fiancรฉย for the night, no harm done.
But when the douche stays longer than the wedding, our โengagementโ stops being a secret.
And when Alex decides there are things we should know how to do if weโre engaged (like making out and sleeping together), my lie really gets out of control.
Because itโs one thing to beย fake engagedย to theย hottest, richest man in town,ย who also happens to beย your live-in boss.
Itโsย a little twistย to find yourself falling in love with him.
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