Chick-Lit

A Taste of Italy: Authentic Italian Recipesby Bonnie Scott

Do you love to eat Italian food? Discover how easy it is to create authentic Italian recipes in your own kitchen.

If you enjoy Italian food, this recipe book is for you. Italian food has become a favorite with its variety, flavors, colors and easy availability of ingredients. It's kid friendly, easy to make, uses healthy fresh ingredients and you can create something that looks amazing in little time.

With A Taste of Italy: Authentic Italian Recipes, you can try out a whole new range of ideas that are amazingly delicious and will have your family wanting more, with recipes for:

• Best Marinara Sauce Recipe
• Fettuccine Florentine
• Fresh Vegetable Frittata
• Pomodorie Gnocchi
• Chicken Marsala
• Torta Di Ricotta (Sicilian Cheesecake)
• And more…

Now any mealtime can feel like you are back on that amazing vacation, where you dined on a Roman side street or in a bistro overlooking the Amalfi coastline. From a simple Sicilian Tomato Salad to the delicious Italian Cream Cake, you can be serving one amazing dish after another, every day of the week!

A Taste of Italy: Authentic Italian Recipes is a landmark book with 120 unique recipes that will transform any meal into something special. If you like Italian recipes, then you'll love this fantastic resource.

Brilliance (The Brilliance Trilogy Book 1)by Marcus Sakey

In Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called “brilliants,” and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way. Nick Cooper is among them; a federal agent, Cooper has gifts rendering him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target may be the most dangerous man alive, a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in–and betray his own kind.

From Marcus Sakey, “a modern master of suspense” (Chicago Sun-Times) and “one of our best storytellers” (Michael Connelly), comes an adventure that’s at once breakneck thriller and shrewd social commentary; a gripping tale of a world fundamentally different and yet horrifyingly similar to our own, where being born gifted can be a terrible curse.

A 2013 Edgar Award Nominee

“The kind of story you’ve never read before.” –Lee Child, New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher Series

“Ridiculously good. I love this story so much.” –Gillian Flynn, New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl

Nominated for the Edgar, Lovey, Sideways, and Prometheus awards.

Little Girl Lostby Cheryl Bradshaw

From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sloane Monroe novels comes a gripping new series about love, loss, murder, and a broken former detective who’s about to be drawn out of hiding.

For the past two years, Georgiana "Gigi" Germaine has been living off the grid, until today, when she hears some disturbing news that shakes her. Georgiana’s brother-in-law has been murdered, her seven-year-old niece kidnapped. As the hours waste away, Georgiana races back to a town she left behind, and a former life she’s still not ready to face.

Readers are saying:

"A great start to what appears to be a great new series."

"I can’t wait to read the next in the series."

Caitlin & Jamesby Sara Michaels

Sun, sand, and the promise of love by the summer sea. But is it too good to be true?

Caitlin is still reeling after her recent breakup, and her friends are determined to help her put her relationship behind her. The four LA women set out for the vacation of a lifetime: what better place to forget about an old flame than Ibiza?

Caitlin loves the ocean and the company of her friends, but the party-hard lifestyle isn’t really her thing, and she’s resistant to her friends’ idea that she should hook up with someone new.

That is, until she meets James.

James is staying in the villa next door, and Caitlin feels an instant spark with him, her old relationship with Seth fizzling out in the background.

It would be perfect…

If only James were single.

The friends have just four days in Ibiza, but four days is a lifetime when you’re on vacation. Their stay is peppered with drama, and Caitlin is forced to face her feelings and muster the strength to support James without giving in to her emotions.

Will the vacation prove to be just what Caitlin needs, or will it only serve to deepen her sadness?

Caitlin & James is a captivating story of love and friendship. Lose yourself in the hot Ibiza sun with Caitlin as she falls for a man she may never see again.

Trident Security Series: A Special Collection Volume IIIby Samantha A. Cole

**A Special Collection of books in the Trident Security series and its multiple spinoff series – Volume III

Tickle His Fancy: Trident Security

All around him, Brody Evans’s Trident Security teammates have fallen in love and gotten their happily ever after. Ironically, they’d always thought the charismatic Dominant would be the first one to fall–not the last.

While helping a friend try a new bakery for her wedding cake, he finds himself drooling–not over the delicious confections, but the sweet baker who’d created them. Although she seems immune to his charms, he’s determined to win her over.

The lone survivor of a horrific car accident that claimed the lives of her husband and unborn child, Fancy Maguire’s world was destroyed. Three years later, she’s finally shedding the dark shroud she’d been existing under. When Brody sparks something deep within her she never expected to feel again, will she dare to give love another try?

With a killer on the loose and an unknown vandal targeting Fancy’s business, Brody finds plenty of reasons to keep her close. Can he break through the steel barrier she has wrapped around her heart? Or will he lose her before he can convince her to take a second chance on love?

Absolving His Sins: Trident Security

The huntress has become the hunted, in more ways than one. Jordyn Alvarez works for the United States government–a fact no one in authority will admit. She does Uncle Sam’s dirty work. Some might call her an agent, but few know her real title–assassin.

Trained by one of the best black operatives in the world, she wants nothing more than to add him to the long list of people she’s sent straight to hell; but she doesn’t dare get close to him ever again. If she did, she couldn’t be sure her body wouldn’t betray her once more and she’d wind up in bed with him. But with her cover blown, she may not have a choice.

Who is he? He’s a ghost. A man with one name–Carter.

Double Down & Dirty: Doms of The Covenant

Grayson and Remington Mann–fraternal twins, the CEOs of Black Diamond Records, and Dominants in the BDSM lifestyle who enjoy sharing the same woman.

Abigail Turner–the Mann brothers’ personal secretary and an innocent woman who’s off limits . . . or is she?

Gray and Remi have been craving the woman they see every day at the office, but their strict policy of not dating employees puts a huge crimp in things. That is, until they discover Abigail has a naughty little secret. Now, there’s nothing holding the men back as they set out to show her how they can both love her and she can love them in return.

Come meet the Doms of The Covenant and the submissives who bring them to their knees.

Option Number Three: Trident Security

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas . . . or does it?

Dominant Mitch Sawyer has been lusting after submissive Tori Frejya since she first stepped into the private BDSM club he owns with his cousins. But he’d waited too long to approach her, and she now belongs to someone else, while he watches from afar. When Tori asks him for a favor that involves going to Vegas with her and her Dominant switch, Tyler Ellis, Mitch can’t refuse.

After a night with Tori and Tyler, which goes way out of his comfort zone, Mitch is left confused and unsure for the first time in his life. He now faces three options–but will he have the courage to choose the one he never knew he wanted?

***The Trident Security series contains elements of the BDSM lifestyle, sensual romance, nail-biting suspense, and happily-ever-afters.

Connectivity 2.0by Aven Ellis

Switch to first-class seat on a transatlantic flight? Check!
Sexy ginger seatmate with gorgeous British accent? Hello! 
Discuss love of grandmillennial décor with super-hot seatmate? Why not, throw caution to the wind!
Will the history of a career-driven American finding love with a British billionaire repeat itself?  Hmm …
 
Recent college graduate Lauren Charleston heads to London for a prestigious media graduate internship that is part of a well-laid plan for career success.

Falling for a playboy billionaire with the nickname of Icky Ollie? Not part of said plan.

Tech developer Oliver Pratt makes tabloid headlines for his wild ways, seen with a myriad of women–including a princess. He’s exactly the type of man Lauren detests–especially in light of her past with men.

But Lauren might find exactly what she needs in Oliver if she can see beyond the surface–and face her own past, too. Will these two opposites find a certain connectivity, as their career mentors did? Or will this romance short-circuit before it begins?
 
Connectivity 2.0 is a laugh out loud and delightful romantic comedy. Get ready to fall in love with Lauren and Oliver–and have an overwhelming desire to go to London– when reading this feel-good story.
 

My Second Chance Secret Babyby C. Morgan

It’s no secret that every woman wants me.

Charming, wealthy, and I have an empire for my legacy.

Unfortunately for most, I’m not the family kind of man.

You might call me a lone wolf. The guy who stands alone and loves it.

Late nights, good booze, and a hot woman on my arm are all I’m after.

Until a hot number from my past resurfaces.

She used to be the one I dreamt of growing old with, back when I wasted my time on hope, dreams, and the lies they offer.

Crazy enough, the chemistry between us is off the charts.

It’s been a long time since a woman has left my heart racing, my hands sweaty, and my body aching for a simple touch.

So I do what any gentleman might do to get around a lady he’s interested in–I offer her a job.

But something’s off. She’s got a little girl, and the angel looks a little too much like my side of the family.

Surely not.

I’m not looking for a long-term relationship, just a rekindling between the sheets.

Or so I tell myself. When the nagging truth is that maybe this is my second chance with the only girl I’ve ever loved.

Not sure if fate is offering me a dream or a nightmare, but either way, I’m taking it.

This woman is mine.

Cooking Without Bordersby Anita Lo

A collection of globe-spanning recipes from the acclaimed chef and restaurateur.

To Anita Lo, all cooking is fusion cooking. Whether it’s her slow-poached salmon, smoked paprika, spaetzle, and savoy cabbage from her restaurant Annisa, or the smoked chanterelles with sweet corn flan that led her to victory on Iron Chef America, Lo’s food can always be distinguished by its strong multicultural influence. Inspired by the flavors and textures she’s tasted throughout the world, she creates food that breaks down preconceived notions of what American food is and should be.

In Cooking Without Borders, Lo offers more than one hundred recipes celebrating the best flavors from around the globe, including chapters on appetizers, soups, salads, main courses, and desserts. These recipes show home cooks everywhere how easy it is to think globally and prepare creative and delicious food. Now that we have greater access than ever before to ingredients from all corners of the world, there’s no better time to enjoy these flavors at every meal, presented by one of our country’s most innovative chefs.

The Witches of Hant Hollowby D. F. Jones

Wickedly thrilling fast-paced tale of a family of witches’ power struggles over light and dark magic, and how one mortal man gets caught in the crosshairs of the feud causing upheaval in not only Jasmine’s love life but rife within the American Mage Alliance.

Will Jasmine save Jonathan at the risk of losing the one she loves most?

“I grew up with Glinda the Good Witch, and then there was the Wicked Witch of the West. This book is so much more. You learn about the prejudices toward the witches, and the prejudices they have toward others. You hear lies about them, the truths, their homes, their loves, and their losses. This is a wonderful book with such amazing insight. And it allows us to see into those lives easily. I love the characters. They are so alive and real. I found this story to be fascinating and well-written and hope to read more about the Witches of Hant Hollow.”

Rum Cake Cottageby Barbara Cool Lee

Roxy spent ten years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit. Now she’s got 72 hours to find the real killer, or she’ll lose her daughter forever. A sweet second-chance romantic mystery from a Golden Heart-winning author.

The Cavanaugh Houseby Elizabeth Meyette

A house full of secrets.

Answers that may cost her life.

When Jesse Graham unlocks the door to the deserted house she inherited from her Aunt Helen, she doesn’t realize she’s unlocking secrets that had lain dormant for years.

As she settles into the Cavanaugh House, she wonders if this house is a blessing or a curse. The convenience to her new job is unbeatable, but people’s reaction to her living there is unnerving. And what about the strange noises she hears in the attic room at night?

Still reeling from a broken engagement, Jesse finds it difficult to trust anyone, even her self-absorbed mother. She’s determined to make a new life for herself, independent of anyone, on board with the current women’s liberation movement. Her dearest friend Maggie, aka Sister Angelina, is her lifeline to sanity and the only person she knows in small-town Seneca Corners.

Questions about her aunt’s death almost three decades earlier lead Jesse to investigate the mystery surrounding it and the people involved. What part did the wealthy Wyndham family play? Joe Riley is attractive, but her independent spirit and lack of trust resist his charm.

As she probes further, she uncovers a web of deceit that reaches far beyond the occurrences of twenty-eight years ago. Someone doesn’t want those secrets unearthed and will stop at nothing, even murder, to keep them hidden.

The Planby Whitney Dineen

• Silver Medal Winner at the 2020 International Readers Favorite Awards

Bead shop owner Amelia Frothingham has been keeping a secret from everyone she knows.

She pretends to be the ultimate care-free bohemian chick, but the truth is, she’s the world’s biggest control freak. Much to the delight of her Southern family, Amelia’s life appears to be smooth sailing. That is, until bad boy rockstar Huck Wiley mysteriously blows into town like a spring tornado.

Like every other woman under eighty with a pulse, Amelia’s intrigued. So when Huck starts showing up in her shop with flirtation in mind, she finds herself getting sucked into the rock god vortex. But her previous attempts at long-distance love have always ended on a sour note, so Amelia has vowed never to repeat the experience.

What Amelia doesn’t know is that Huck has a secret of his own, and he has no intention of returning to Los Angeles before he’s good and ready.

Will Huck stay in town, scattering the beads Amelia has finally gotten sorted? Or will he head back to his glamorous life and take her last chance at spontaneity and love along with him?

Find out in this deliciously funny romcom about love and life in Creek Water, Missouri!

Follow You Anywhereby Weston Parker

My new boss is so hot, it hurts.

I needed a job, but working as this guy’s personal assistant is going to get me into trouble.

I’ve never in my life given into a man the way I want to give into him.

And the fact that he’s a single father scares me and draws me in deeper.

Where most women are after his wallet, I find myself wanting so much more than I ever have before.

But it’s highly inappropriate.

With the holidays approaching, I’m trying hard to focus on the good things in life, but something is missing in mine.

Something I can’t deny any longer.

A guy. One just like him.

Swoony. Strong. Dominant.

But am I enough to push through the baggage of his past?

He’s good with lust, but love requires an act of trust.

And that’s the one thing he can’t imagine doing again.

Not until me.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston