To win the game, they’ll have to risk losing their hearts…
When a bizarre child custody stipulation pits popular sports blogger Gracie Gable against football superstar Jake Malone, losing the battle for her twin nieces isn't the only thing Gracie has to worry about. Forced to live for three months under the same roof as the sexy tight end, will she fall prey to his flirtatious pursuit? Or worse, will the skeletons in her closet destroy her chance for the love and family she so desperately wants?
Neglected by his parents as a boy, Jake doesn’t believe in happily ever after. Yet living with Gracie and the twins might be enough to change his mind—and his womanizing ways. But when the press unearths a scandal from Gracie’s past, will he lose the one woman he was ready to open his heart to?
Vampire
Metta Blautsauger is known as the family airhead and she works hard to keep up
the façade. It’s the perfect cover as she goes from dispensing her own brand of
justice as a vigilante to an agent for Orcus, the Nosferatu shadow agency.
Captured, tortured, and left for dead, she is forced to leave both the agency and Lucas O’Cuinn, the mentor she’s grown to love.
For the last century she’s struggled with regret and boredom. Then her life is given new meaning when four mortal ministers ask her help in stopping a human trafficking ring. If Orcus discovers her unsanctioned involvement, they will brand her as a rogue. The penalty is death. It’s only a matter of time before Lucas arrives—stake in hand.
Lucas O’Cuinn has waited ninety-eight years for Metta’s return and he’s run out of patience. It’s time she remembers she belongs to him.
Evil lurks beneath the surface in the beauty of the tropics…
After
graduation from her small, Oklahoma high school, Liberty Delacort is looking
forward to a fun-filled summer before college. But when the people she trusts
the most betray her, and a letter arrives claiming her deceased father is still
alive, she jumps at the chance to travel to an exotic island to meet him.
But her
excitement is short-lived. Her father is dying, and he doesn’t want her around.
And, in spite of its outward tranquility, the island is filled with danger and
ominous secrets. The secrets soon begin to unravel, and she discovers she is a
descendant of Van Helsing, the vampire hunter.
The one
up side is her budding romance with the sweet and sexy Ryan Kelly. But even
that is threatened when—in spite of her fear of him—she finds herself attracted
to an insolent, formidable vampire. Her plan to stay away from him fails when
she learns he is the only one with the ability to train her to fulfill her
destiny—to save humans from a faction of vicious vampires.
Will
her inexperience lead to her death—and the death of others—or will she rise to
the challenge and realize her full potential as a Hunter?
A Promise Can Follow You To the Grave… Claire Templeton is drawn to the majestic beauty of the California Redwoods in the hopes of capturing an unexplained phenomenon on camera. What she doesn’t expect is to run into her first love, Jed Lafferty, the boy she worshiped as a child, the man she’s never been able to forget.
Carefree, fun-loving Jed doesn’t believe in fate, preferring to make his own luck. But when he runs into the little girl who used to follow him like a shadow, now an irresistible woman, he can’t help feeling the odds are turning in his favor. Letting Claire walk out of his life the first time might be his single biggest regret. But when strange gifts and cards left for Claire turn sinister, it’s clear someone else from her past isn’t ready to let go . . .
Carefree, fun-loving Jed doesn’t believe in fate, preferring to make his own luck. But when he runs into the little girl who used to follow him like a shadow, now an irresistible woman, he can’t help feeling the odds are turning in his favor. Letting Claire walk out of his life the first time might be his single biggest regret. But when strange gifts and cards left for Claire turn sinister, it’s clear someone else from her past isn’t ready to let go . . .
Nurse Rachel Dennison comes to Texas determined to prepare her new patient for a second round of chemo. What she isn’t counting on is her patient’s twin brother, Storm Masterson. Despite her initial attraction, Storm has two things Rachel can’t abide: a domineering personality and a fiancée.
Half Native American, with the ability to have "vision dreams," Storm dreams about Rachel for three nights before her arrival. Both are unprepared for the firestorm of emotions their first encounter ignites.
Ultimately, it is Rachel’s past—and abusive, maniacal ex-boyfriend—that threatens to keep them apart…and Storm’s dreams that bring them together again.
Sandra Holiday thinks she’s met the man to end her years of less than perfect choices; choices that not only derailed her travel-related career plans but also left her single and broke.
Carson Holiday, a Las Vegas country crooner with swoon-inducing good looks, spent his adult life pursuing a recording contract and love, never holding on to either. After eighteen years, he drops back into Sandra’s life, reigniting an attraction he can’t deny.
When Carson reappears, Sandra must choose again. Only this time, nothing’s as it seems. A secret admirer, a redheaded stalker, and an eccentric millionaire throw her on a dangerous path, with Carson her only truth.
As life confronts her with yet another turning point, will her decisions find her eternally sleeping with the lights on – or will she finally discover a way to turn them off?
Jessamine Randall, fearless crusader and champion of the downtrodden, is not a woman to be left waiting at the altar. When her fiancé disappears hours before their wedding, the ever-resourceful Jessy hatches a plan to track him down and bring him back where he belongs.
Morgan Bingham knows he’s no good. Never has been. Never will be. A former outlaw is no fit husband for the only daughter of the town judge, despite her misguided notions. Besides, after ten long years away from home, it’s time to return to the hills and face his demons.
Ill-prepared, but armed with unshakeable certainty, Jessy follows Morgan to his family’s cabin deep in the Ozark Mountains where she’s sucked into a whirlpool of deep secrets and old hatreds. While she struggles to bring light and hope into their dark lives, her greatest challenge is Morgan himself. Can she ever convince him he’s worthy of love?
Former cop Samantha Wells is the last person single dad Chase Canfield wants chaperoning his young, impressionable daughter. Not if she's the same beautiful stranger who shamelessly came on to him with all the promise of unfulfilled passion, making her impossible to forget.
Samantha must prove to Chase she's a competent, trustworthy professional. That the sultry seductress he knew was only a pretense, her misguided alter ego acting on a stupid dare.
To save her reputation, she has to make him believe the mind blowing kisses and undeniable connection they shared meant nothing.
The hard part will be convincing herself.
Honorable Intentions
Former cop Samantha Wells is the last person single dad Chase Canfield wants chaperoning his young, impressionable daughter. Not if she's the same beautiful stranger who shamelessly came on to him with all the promise of unfulfilled passion, making her impossible to forget.
Samantha must prove to Chase she's a competent, trustworthy professional. That the sultry seductress he knew was only a pretense, her misguided alter ego acting on a stupid dare.
To save her reputation, she has to make him believe the mind blowing kisses and undeniable connection they shared meant nothing.
The hard part will be convincing herself.
After narrowly escaping a stalker’s vicious attack, Lily Alban is left with the ability to see human auras. After moving to the tiny hamlet of Rhodes End, she finally feels safe, and against her better judgment, falls in love. But she soon discovers the man she loves is not a man at all.
As a botanist, werewolf Cole Benedict has dedicated his life to researching healing herbs to find a cure for Lycanthropy. He resists his attraction to Lily to protect her from the beast inside him. But when Lily’s stalker threatens her again, he’s determined to do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Even if that means embracing the instincts of his wolf.
Together they must use extraordinary gifts to catch Lily's stalker before he attacks again. But will revealing their inner-most secrets to one another destroy their growing love or save them both?
Willa Hardwick doesn’t want to be an ordinary housewife, especially if the only available men work at Providence’s most notable speakeasy, The Fountain. She wouldn’t be caught dead in a place like that. Women should have choices, and Willa is willing to fight for those choices as well as the right to vote.
Grant Sterling hides behind his piano night after night, entertaining the guests at The Fountain. He knows the speakeasy’s owner, Ralph “Zinny” DiZinnia, is involved in shady dealings, but he’ll never tell. In fact, Grant would rather not speak at all.
When Willa’s brother, Tommy, double-crosses Zinny, Willa faces an uncomfortable proposition to save his life. How far is she willing to go for family, and can she trust the help of a quiet piano player?
When JT McCord jilted Molly Lawford she survived and moved on to marry twice. But her first husband died and her second husband ran off with a hairdresser. Molly gave up on romance and settled down in Tangle Butte, Minnesota, as a small town reporter.
Now JT is back in town as the Chief of Police. His first official act is to investigate how Molly's thought-to-be-vanished husband turned up buried next to the septic tank in Molly's back yard, dug up by a neighbor's marauding pig.
Molly sets out to solve that mystery with the help of Mr. Sex's Ladies (her book group), her newspaper editor, Tarot reader and some color-sorted M&Ms. If she can survive a couple of attempts on her life she might find the love of her life—all because of a pig and some plumbing.
Can there really be love at first sight?
Abigail
Martin doesn’t think so. Unless the sexy redheaded stranger she wakes up with
the morning after her best friend’s wedding is telling the truth.
Bobby
Stockwood fell cowboy-hat-over-boot-heels for the brown-haired beauty, and
married her in an impromptu wedding ceremony.
Now he just has to convince his new bride that the morning after can be
the first day of the rest of their lives.
But
just when Abigail starts believing the fairy-tale is real, she finds out
exactly who Bobby is, and the walls of make-believe start crumbling down.
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Mad Max Unintended Consequences |
Maxine
“Mad Max” Davies is a wealthy widow living in New York City when she learns her
only daughter is badly injured in an automobile accident. She immediately
returns to Richmond, Virginia, where she grew up, to take care of her daughter
and two grandchildren.
On
the surface, she is sophisticated, polished and in control of all situations.
Estranged years earlier from her daughter Merry, she wants to reach out and
heal the rift. She doesn’t know how.
At
first, no one knows how badly injured her daughter is. The healing process
takes weeks and results in a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury. Merry’s
personality changes. When it becomes clear Merry will never return to the way
she was before the accident, conflict ensues. Mad Max has few
options. She alternates between anger at the situation in which she finds herself and
acting silly to keep her grandchildren’s spirits up.
For most of her adult life, Mad Max lives by a simple mantra: “I’m through raising children and I’m never living in the South again.” Merry’s long-term prognosis and the needs of her two grandchildren throw the manta into the trash. Her
best friend tells her she may not have gotten everything right when she raised
Merry, but life has given her a “doo-wop” with her grandchildren. She chooses not to blow the second chance.
There’s no place like home . . .
and he just confiscated hers.
Life on the frontier of space is
hard enough so when pirates stole Celara d'Enfaden's cargo, she vowed not to be
tricked again. Determined to make an
example out of indie pilots who disobey orders, Coalition Administrator Trevarr
Jovano impounds Celara’s starship and cargo. If he backs down, he’ll lose
respect. If she can’t deliver her cargo, she’ll default on her loan and lose
her only home—her ship. More important than her ship, though, is her brother.
To rescue him from a galactic gangster, she’ll even work with Jovano who is
bent on avenging his wife’s murder.
A line of women, all named Amanda, stretches back for
generations. Each with her hopes, her joys, her pain—each pouring out her heart
in correspondence with a dear family friend who shares their lives, understands
their loves, and joins in their sorrows.
But within the correspondence lies a secret. And as the
youngest of the Amandas retraces the journey through the years—beginning in
post-war America and following through to modern day—the letters reveal, layer
by layer, the Amandas who came before her. Soon, the truths and lies hidden in the
letters lead her down a path of self-discovery that forges a bond between her
past and future.
Lacy Dahl never questioned her past
until the deaths of her adoptive parents and her husband. A husband who wasn't
what he seemed. Her research uncovers secrets about the mother she never knew;
secrets that dispute the identity of her father and threaten her life.
Sheriff Chance Meadowlark is still
haunted by the murder of his wife and the revenge he unleashed in the name of
justice. When he meets Lacy he is determined not to become involved, but their
pasts may make that impossible. As they move closer to the truth, saving Lacy
may be his only salvation.
2 comments:
Absolutely wonderful list of books to read. I can hardly wait.
Barbara
What a prolific bouquet of Roses we are.
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