Tag: Contemporary Fiction

The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter): The story of a diminutive soldier in the rear with the gear by Joseph Perry Grassi

“YESTERDAY NEVER HAPPENED, TODAY WILL NEVER END, AND TOMORROW WILL NEVER COME.”
–Opening Line, Chapter 1, The Little Guy (or The Motor Scooter)

In the scorching heat of Afghanistan, Corrado believes everything will be alright if he can just focus all of his energy on following orders and maintaining his sanity until he learns that—even though he’s just a supply guy, in the rear with the gear—every soldier in the Army is an infantryman first. Surrounded by officers and enlisted soldiers from almost every walk of life, both the beauty and ugliness of America are revealed, but will this revelation allow Corrado to get back home and live the American Dream?

“We salute Sergeant Joe Grassi, who grew up just outside New York City. A squad leader in Afghanistan, he spent most of his time on the flight line, in the 120-degree heat, supplying our helicopter crews… he says, ‘Some things are worth fighting for. America is worth fighting for. Thank you, Joe. We’re proud of you.” —
President Barack Obama, August 26, 2014

The Hive: A Novel by Gill Hornby

There’s only room for one Queen Bee: A hilarious and touching novel about the social world of school mothers.

It’s the start of another school year at St. Ambrose. While the children are busy in the classroom, their mothers are learning sharper lessons. Lessons in friendship. Lessons in betrayal. Lessons in the laws of community, the transience of power…and how to get invited to lunch.

Beatrice — undisputed queen bee. Ruler, by Divine Right, of all school fundraising, this year, last year, and, surely, for many to come.

Heather — desperate to volunteer, desperate to be noticed, desperate to belong.

Georgie — desperate for a cigarette.

And Rachel — watching them all, keeping her distance. But soon to discover that the line between amused observer and miserable outcast is a thin one.

The Hive is a wickedly funny and brilliantly observed story about female friendship, power plays, and the joys and perils (well, mainly perils) of trying to do one’s part.

Lady, No Moreby Cerise Deland

She’s through with love.

Lady Laurel Devereaux prided herself on her sterling reputation, even as she overlooked her two younger sisters’ foibles and their ailing grandfather’s little peccadilloes. She always adored frolicking in fountains and dancing before breakfast. But those were innocent delights compared to the one night she left a ballroom to play the piano alone—and a charming man joined her to play a duet that became a mad love affair.

He quickly proposed and just as quickly jilted her. Now she’ll marry only for friendship or security or children.

He’ll never give her up again.

Now Hadley, Viscount Grey, arrives in Brighton and vows to win Laurel back. But this time, his greatest problem is not overcoming his competition or challenging Laurel’s vow to remain a proper lady, but her decision to never love another man.

How can he convince her that she simply never stopped loving him?

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

Read free in Kindle Unlimited!

Naughty Ladies
Lady, Be Wanton
Lady, Behave
Lady, No More

The Dog Men by Gordon Landsborough

The wagonmaster believes Indians are in pursuit of the train.

Henry Churl, the official from the Indian Office in Washington, is sure that all the white folk have to do is show evidence of good intentions and peace would follow.

But army scout Jim Redpath knows better and the kidnapping of Churl’s daughter soon proves Jim right.

Now the scout has trouble on his hands.

With guns being issued to the Indians, open warfare is inevitable.

The Dog Men are determined to seize ammunition for their guns whatever the cost.

Meanwhile Henry Churl’s beautiful daughter seems incapable of not stirring up trouble.

With accusations flying around just as much as bullets, chaos ensues but Jim only has eyes for Judith.

Can Jim halt the bloodshed and win the girl?

Or will it all end in bloodshed?

Words Get In the Way by Nan Rossiter

From the author of The Gin & Chowder Club comes an exquisitely heartfelt and uplifting novel that explores the infinite reach of a mother’s love–and the gift of second chances. . .

The modest ranch house where Callie Wyeth grew up looks just as she remembers it–right down to the well-worn sheets in the linen closet. But in the years since Callie lived here, almost everything else has changed. Her father, once indomitable, is in poor health. And Callie is a single mother with a beautiful little boy, Henry, who has just been diagnosed with autism.

Returning to this quiet New Hampshire community seems the best thing to do, for both her father and her son’s sake. Even if it means facing Linden Finch, the one she loved and left for reasons she’s sure he’ll never forgive. Linden is stunned that Callie is back–and that she has a son. Yet in the warm, funny relationship that develops between Henry and Linden’s menagerie of rescued farm animals, Callie begins to find hope. Not just that her son might break through the wall of silence separating him from the world, but that she too can make a new start amid the places and people that have never left her heart. . .

Jack and the Giants by J.R. Rain

When Jack discovers he’s been fired from his job in the real world, his simple life crumbles around him. That is, until he comes across the magic beans…

Now with a giant beanstalk growing outside his downtown New York apartment, Jack has a choice to make: follow the beanstalk up or pretend it’s not there. After all, he does seem to be the only one who can see it.

Putting aside his fears, Jack steps out from his apartment window and onto the beanstalk…and climbs up and up and up…finally emerging through the clouds and into a land of dreams.

Immediately, he’s confronted by a hungry giant…and someone else. Someone he never expected. Someone he had long admired from afar.

Now a team, Jack and Harriet seek answers to their dilemma, and find themselves in the middle of an age-old war for control of the land beyond the clouds.

Battling evil kings, gods and giants, Jack is about to discover that he’s much more than he ever imagined—and that he may never return home again. And that’s just fine by him.

After all, the land beyond the clouds isn’t that bad.

Of course, he just has to survive first…

The Vain Societyby Sheila Murdock

They’re the ultimate, influential example for all of those who strive for that dream lifestyle. They hide in plain sight, yet no one knows who they are. They have the power to make problems go away, and the wealth to keep them away. They’re the Vain Society, where the men’s vainness is their wealth, and the women’s vainness is—unsurprisingly—their beauty.

But what happens when the unexpected happens to one of their members?

Vanessa Gardner has never been so intrigued by anything more than she is by the Vain Society—VS for short—and she is determined to find out all she can about the VS and this member, so she launches an official investigation and talks all about it on her one-woman social media show, but does not realize just how much she’s actually risking her own safety by doing this and gets way in too deep in a way she never expects which results in a whirlwind of issues and incidents, but she stays relentless and undeterred in her quest . . . into a society some are denying even exists.

The Vain Society is a part of The Secret Society Series of standalone novels.

Scotch Soulmateby Jessica Mills & Ali Parker

I’m falling for my enemy, and things are getting hot fast.

They say a man can’t fight City Hall, but they haven’t met me yet.

When the land the ranch needs to expand is sold to build a new prison instead, there’s no way I’m going to let that ride.

The only problem is, my nemesis is the one in charge.

She’s a ball-busting bureaucrat who just happens to be the hottest woman I’ve ever seen.

She’s also a single mother whose pre-teen son is just hitting his rebellious phase.

Some time on the ranch can help the boy, but nothing can help the way I’m starting to feel about his mother.

Will she keep putting her career first, or will the ranch get in our way?

We might face more action than a rodeo, but this time I refuse to be bucked off.

I’m holding on to her for dear life…

This Ordinary Life by Jennifer Walkup

Sometimes hope is the most extraordinary gift of all.

High-school radio host Jasmine Torres’s life is full of family dysfunction, but if she can score the internship of her dreams with a New York City radio station, she knows she can turn things around.

That is, until her brother Danny’s latest seizure forces her to miss the interview, and she’s back to the endless loop of missing school for his doctor appointments, picking up the pieces of her mother’s booze-soaked life, and stressing about Danny’s future.

Then she meets Wes. He’s the perfect combination of smart, cute, and funny. He also happens to have epilepsy like her brother. Wes is living a normal life despite his medical issues, which gives Jasmine hope for Danny. But memories of her cheating ex-boyfriend keep Jasmine from going on a real date with Wes, no matter how many times he asks her.

Jasmine can’t control everything, not who wins the internship, not her mother’s addiction, not her brother’s health, not even where her heart will lead her. She wishes she could just have an ordinary life, but Jasmine may just discover that what she already has is pretty extraordinary after all.

One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline

On paper, Chris Brennan looks perfect. He’s applying for a job as a high school government teacher, he’s ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable.

But everything about Chris Brennan is a lie.

Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher so athletically talented that he’s being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But Raz’s father died only a few months ago, leaving her son in a vulnerable place where any new father figure might influence him for good, or evil.

Heather Larkin is a struggling single mother who lives for her son Jordan’s baseball games. But Jordan is shy, and Heather fears he is being lured down a dark path by one of his teammates, a young man from an affluent family whose fun-loving manner might possibly conceal his violent plans.

Mindy Kostis succumbs to the pressure of being a surgeon’s wife by filling her days with social events and too many gin and tonics. But she doesn’t know that her husband and her son, Evan, are keeping secrets from her – secrets that might destroy all of them.

At the center of all of them is Chris Brennan. Why is he there? What does he want? And what is he willing to do to get it?

Scotch Soulmateby Jessica Mills & Ali Parker

I’m falling for my enemy, and things are getting hot fast.

They say a man can’t fight City Hall, but they haven’t met me yet.

When the land the ranch needs to expand is sold to build a new prison instead, there’s no way I’m going to let that ride.

The only problem is, my nemesis is the one in charge.

She’s a ball-busting bureaucrat who just happens to be the hottest woman I’ve ever seen.

She’s also a single mother whose pre-teen son is just hitting his rebellious phase.

Some time on the ranch can help the boy, but nothing can help the way I’m starting to feel about his mother.

Will she keep putting her career first, or will the ranch get in our way?

We might face more action than a rodeo, but this time I refuse to be bucked off.

I’m holding on to her for dear life…

The Vain Societyby Sheila Murdock

They’re the ultimate, influential example for all of those who strive for that dream lifestyle. They hide in plain sight, yet no one knows who they are. They have the power to make problems go away, and the wealth to keep them away. They’re the Vain Society, where the men’s vainness is their wealth, and the women’s vainness is—unsurprisingly—their beauty.

But what happens when the unexpected happens to one of their members?

Vanessa Gardner has never been so intrigued by anything more than she is by the Vain Society—VS for short—and she is determined to find out all she can about the VS and this member, so she launches an official investigation and talks all about it on her one-woman social media show, but does not realize just how much she’s actually risking her own safety by doing this and gets way in too deep in a way she never expects which results in a whirlwind of issues and incidents, but she stays relentless and undeterred in her quest . . . into a society some are denying even exists.

The Vain Society is a part of The Secret Society Series of standalone novels.

Rebelliousby Mae Thorn

Lynette Wolcott is bored.

Her call for adventure slams into her when her carriage is stopped by the notorious highwayman known as the Wyvern.

Maxwell Rycroft wants to be left alone. When the harpy, Lynette Wolcott, lands in his lap she’s nothing but trouble. He must return her to Briarwyck before she learns his secrets, or he may have to kill her.

What’s a girl have to do to get a sword?

Poisonous Passions
Notorious
Dangerous
Rebellious

The Trust Formula: A Guide Book for Entrepreneurs by Dr. Dan Sullivan

“If you’re gonna move mountains, you must know how to move people.”

The Trust Formula will guide you through the research, stories, and specific strategies to move your leads, customers, and audience into action.

Creating greater influence, impact, sales and persuasion requires building trust. Trust, is at an all-time low in the marketplace today, but represents the key that unlocks your buyer’s brain has not. Dr Dan Sullivan will show you the simple strategies to influence the “decision-making” brain every time.

Learn the effortless approach to building trust and using authentic integrity to influence today’s market. Whether you are working online, in person, speaking on stages, or working in sales, building genuine trust in a short window of time will separate you from the pack.

Dr Sullivan’s simple, scientific approach helps entrepreneurs achieve reproducible results, even those who hate selling. So whether you are an introvert or extrovert, dealing with highly skeptical audiences, or simply trying to get your teenager to make better choices, The Trust Formula will give you the method, model and system to get repeatable results. Magical outcomes built on a foundation of science.

Success is a Mindstate: The Struggle, Hustle, and Evolution of Shiloh Jones by Shiloh Jones

Success is a Mindset is Shiloh Jones’s incredible tale of rising above his childhood in the Northside of Richmond, Virginia, the murder capital of America, during the crack epidemic. Saddled with a speech impediment, an untraditional family, and the wrong sneakers, he butted up against adversaries of all kinds. Ultimately, he thrived through using his smarts and employing street hustling tactics he acquired along the way to exceed expectations, support his family, build businesses, and amass considerable amounts of personal wealth.

Jones doesn’t shy away from looking hard at his own mistakes and recognizing the humanity of the pivotal players in his life, even those who caused him pain. His song lyrics add an emotional layer and poignancy to his authentic and humorous voice.

This book is for readers who want to grow beyond their current situation and alter their life’s path by transforming their own challenges into opportunities for growth.

The First Rule of Swimming: A Novel by Courtney Angela Brkic

In this “exquisitely crafted” novel, a Croatian woman goes to New York to search for her missing sister—and confronts her family’s dark history (Booklist).

Magdalena does not panic when she learns that her younger sister has disappeared. A free spirit, Jadranka has always been prone to mysterious absences. But when weeks pass with no word, Magdalena leaves the isolated Croatian island where their family has always lived and sets off to New York to find her sister. Her search begins to unspool the history of their family, reaching back three generations to a country torn by war.

A haunting and sure-footed debut by an award-winning writer, The First Rule of Swimming explores the legacy of betrayal and loss in a place where beauty is fused inextricably with hardship, and where individuals are forced to make wrenching choices as they are swept up in the tides of history.

Bad Boy Bachelor Summerby Ali Parker

The lake might be cold, but this thing between us is white hot.

My best friend’s little sister. You know, the one that’s off limits.

And she has been since we were kids. But that ain’t saying I wasn’t looking.

She’s all grown up now and hotter than sin.

The lake house we all grew up at is located on a larger piece of property that I own now. And I’m looking to demolish the whole neighborhood.

To say my first love and my best friend will be upset is a mild understatement.

But business is business, right?

I start out that way, but the closer this beautiful girl gets to me, the more memories she brings with her.

A guy can only resist his teenage fantasy for so long before he takes the plunge.

It’s summertime, and I’m looking for a fling.

Funnily enough, I end up with forever.

Kiss da Wolfby Jason Durant

Alien invaders plunge earth into a post-apocalyptic world of shapeshifters and alternate realities. Below the surface of everyday life, humans are being used in dramas that help the alien civilization find a new god for their society. Strange new gods appear on earth.

Young college student Kristen-Kate McCutchan and biomedical engineer Stephen D. Spiros are on separate quests to expose the alien threat. Both are subverted by strange controlling forces and find themselves merging minds with a mysterious other. They team up and try to put a face on this other, the fate of the human race in the balance.

The Poisoned Clergymanby E.L. Johnson

Poppy adores Constable Dyngley, but he is engaged. When his fiancée hires Poppy to clear her name, can Poppy put her jealousy aside?

Welcome to book two in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!

When Poppy’s uncle is called away, in his place arrives Mr. Ingleby, a pretentious clergyman with a passion for pies, a penchant for puddings, and a distaste for poor and sick parishioners. It’s not long before Poppy wishes he was gone, especially when she learns he has been gossiping to the neighborhood about the humble fare served by her and her aunt.
But when the tart-loving clergyman dies at a local baking competition, it is clear that Mr. Ingleby has been poisoned by one of the bakers present. But who?

Poppy and her favorite constable, Henry Dyngley, must work together to find the poisoner among the bakers. But her romantic hopes for their future are dashed when he introduces her to his fiancee, who begs for Poppy’s help to clear her name as a murder suspect.

Can Poppy and Dyngley find the true poisoner, or will the murderous baker pull off a sweet crime? Can Poppy overlook her jealousy to save Dyngley’s fiancée, at the risk of losing the man she adores? It is a bittersweet feeling to know you may do the right thing, only for someone else to reap the benefit.

Find out in a new historical mystery from bestselling author E.L. Johnson. This is the second in the Perfect Poison series, starring Poppy Morton and Constable Henry Dyngley.

The Perfect Poison Murders
The Strangled Servant
The Poisoned Clergyman
The Mistress Murders
The Deadly Debutante

Darkleich: Man of Warby Bryan R Barton

An invisible enemy
A war between worlds.
And only one man can prevent it all: Darkleich

When an invisible ship starts attacking a growing coalition of planets, the panic-stricken leaders appoint Darkleich, a courageous and honorable soldier, to uncover its secrets.

Especially since the possibility of this ship’s involvement with a spiteful and dangerous species, the Kadarian, puts the survival of the entire galaxy at stake. As Darkleich and the authorities wrack their brains for schemes on how to tackle the Kadarian, four emissaries are stuck amidst unimaginable danger on the planet below. One of which may possess the power to turn the tides of the conflict.

As the motive behind the attacks comes to light, stories of long forgotten wars resurface and secrets that can shake the foundations of history are unveiled. Embark on Darkleich’s incredible journey in the first book of this action-packed series and dare yourself to stop reading.

Fireproof Happiness : Extinguishing Anxiety & Igniting Hope by Dr. Randy Ross

Happiness is something that everyone desires, yet few know how to obtain. What constitutes true happiness has been a query that has captivated psychologists, philosophers and religious leaders for centuries. Many meaningful and insightful responses have been the outcome of the struggle to define and describe the elements that are essential to this universal pursuit. As a result, one thing has become clear. Happiness is not achieved by eliminating struggle.

When facing strong headwinds, you can soar to new heights. You can make good things happen in bad times. You can build a better life and a brighter future, regardless of what you are facing today. You can enhance relationships. You can become a more inspirational leader. And you can do it all by choosing hope. Those who have hope are happier, healthier, and more productive. And the best part is that hope can be yours.

Distilling decades of psychological research into simple language, Dr. Randy Ross provides practical wisdom to effectively face challenges, difficulties, and setbacks. Offering life-transforming truths, Dr. Ross untangles some of life’s toughest issues and shows how anyone can apply hope to make life better, improve relationships, and lead well.

Providing encouragement and practical principles for those who want to soar to new heights, these insights are both impactful and infectious. Whether you’re currently facing a crisis or looking to take your life and leadership to a higher level, this message will help you build a brighter tomorrow by embracing hope today. Hope is a dynamic motivational system tied to inspirational goal-setting.

How we choose to face and embrace the crises before us will determine our destiny. Face the future with hope. You don’t have to wait until life isn’t hard to make the choice to be happy!

Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay Book 1) by Nora Roberts

The first novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’ stunning Chesapeake Bay Saga, where the Quinn brothers must return to their family home on the Maryland shore, to honor their father’s last request…

A champion boat racer, Cameron Quinn traveled the world spending his winnings on champagne and women. But when his dying father calls him home to care for Seth, a troubled young boy not unlike Cameron once was, his life changes overnight.

After years of independence, Cameron has to learn to live with his brothers again, while he struggles with cooking, cleaning, and caring for a difficult boy. Old rivalries and new resentments flare between Cameron and his brothers, but they try to put aside their differences for Seth’s sake. In the end, a social worker will decide Seth’s fate, and as tough as she is beautiful, she has the power to bring the Quinns together—or tear them apart…

Hell Divers (The Hell Divers Series Book 1) by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

They dive so humanity survives …

More than two centuries after World War III poisoned the planet, the final bastion of humanity lives on massive airships circling the globe in search of a habitable area to call home. Aging and outdated, most of the ships plummeted back to earth long ago. The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers—men and women who risk their lives by skydiving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.

When one of the remaining airships is damaged in an electrical storm, a Hell Diver team is deployed to a hostile zone called Hades. But there’s something down there far worse than the mutated creatures discovered on dives in the past—something that threatens the fragile future of humanity.

Fireproof Happiness : Extinguishing Anxiety & Igniting Hope by Dr. Randy Ross

Happiness is something that everyone desires, yet few know how to obtain. What constitutes true happiness has been a query that has captivated psychologists, philosophers and religious leaders for centuries. Many meaningful and insightful responses have been the outcome of the struggle to define and describe the elements that are essential to this universal pursuit. As a result, one thing has become clear. Happiness is not achieved by eliminating struggle.

When facing strong headwinds, you can soar to new heights. You can make good things happen in bad times. You can build a better life and a brighter future, regardless of what you are facing today. You can enhance relationships. You can become a more inspirational leader. And you can do it all by choosing hope. Those who have hope are happier, healthier, and more productive. And the best part is that hope can be yours.

Distilling decades of psychological research into simple language, Dr. Randy Ross provides practical wisdom to effectively face challenges, difficulties, and setbacks. Offering life-transforming truths, Dr. Ross untangles some of life’s toughest issues and shows how anyone can apply hope to make life better, improve relationships, and lead well.

Providing encouragement and practical principles for those who want to soar to new heights, these insights are both impactful and infectious. Whether you’re currently facing a crisis or looking to take your life and leadership to a higher level, this message will help you build a brighter tomorrow by embracing hope today. Hope is a dynamic motivational system tied to inspirational goal-setting.

How we choose to face and embrace the crises before us will determine our destiny. Face the future with hope. You don’t have to wait until life isn’t hard to make the choice to be happy!

The Poisoned Clergymanby E.L. Johnson

Poppy adores Constable Dyngley, but he is engaged. When his fiancée hires Poppy to clear her name, can Poppy put her jealousy aside?

Welcome to book two in the exciting new series The Perfect Poison Murders from bestselling author E.L. Johnson!

When Poppy’s uncle is called away, in his place arrives Mr. Ingleby, a pretentious clergyman with a passion for pies, a penchant for puddings, and a distaste for poor and sick parishioners. It’s not long before Poppy wishes he was gone, especially when she learns he has been gossiping to the neighborhood about the humble fare served by her and her aunt.
But when the tart-loving clergyman dies at a local baking competition, it is clear that Mr. Ingleby has been poisoned by one of the bakers present. But who?

Poppy and her favorite constable, Henry Dyngley, must work together to find the poisoner among the bakers. But her romantic hopes for their future are dashed when he introduces her to his fiancee, who begs for Poppy’s help to clear her name as a murder suspect.

Can Poppy and Dyngley find the true poisoner, or will the murderous baker pull off a sweet crime? Can Poppy overlook her jealousy to save Dyngley’s fiancée, at the risk of losing the man she adores? It is a bittersweet feeling to know you may do the right thing, only for someone else to reap the benefit.

Find out in a new historical mystery from bestselling author E.L. Johnson. This is the second in the Perfect Poison series, starring Poppy Morton and Constable Henry Dyngley.

The Perfect Poison Murders
The Strangled Servant
The Poisoned Clergyman
The Mistress Murders
The Deadly Debutante

Darkleich: Man of Warby Bryan R Barton

An invisible enemy
A war between worlds.
And only one man can prevent it all: Darkleich

When an invisible ship starts attacking a growing coalition of planets, the panic-stricken leaders appoint Darkleich, a courageous and honorable soldier, to uncover its secrets.

Especially since the possibility of this ship’s involvement with a spiteful and dangerous species, the Kadarian, puts the survival of the entire galaxy at stake. As Darkleich and the authorities wrack their brains for schemes on how to tackle the Kadarian, four emissaries are stuck amidst unimaginable danger on the planet below. One of which may possess the power to turn the tides of the conflict.

As the motive behind the attacks comes to light, stories of long forgotten wars resurface and secrets that can shake the foundations of history are unveiled. Embark on Darkleich’s incredible journey in the first book of this action-packed series and dare yourself to stop reading.

The Music Shop: A Novel by Rachel Joyce

“An unforgettable story of music, loss and hope. Fans of High Fidelity, meet your next quirky love story.”—People

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES (UK) AND THE WASHINGTON POST

It is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and brightly lit, jam-packed with records of every kind. Like a beacon, the shop attracts the lonely, the sleepless, and the adrift; Frank, the shop’s owner, has a way of connecting his customers with just the piece of music they need. Then, one day, into his shop comes a beautiful young woman, Ilse Brauchmann, who asks Frank to teach her about music. Terrified of real closeness, Frank feels compelled to turn and run, yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems, and Frank has old wounds that threaten to reopen, as well as a past it seems he will never leave behind. Can a man who is so in tune with other people’s needs be so incapable of connecting with the one person who might save him? The journey that these two quirky, wonderful characters make in order to overcome their emotional baggage speaks to the healing power of music—and love—in this poignant, ultimately joyful work of fiction.

Feels Like Loveby Weston Parker

I’m trying to sell my goods, but ain’t nobody buying.

It’s a gym innovation that’s going to make me a billionaire.

And my buddy said to hire a consultant to help out.

So I did. And this girl is every hot dream I’ve had since I was a boy.

Here’s the rub—she’s bossy as hell.

I want to work harder, but she wants me to work smarter. Plus, she’s got all sorts of rules I need to play by.

I’m the poster child for rule-breakers. This is NOT going well.

In the middle of the drama, wedding season hits and all my friends are tying the knot. Suckers.

Unfortunately, I need a date for the festivities.

She suggests herself so she can keep cracking the whip.

It’s hard to tell her no when all I want to do is say yes—to any and all things with this woman.

Then people start mistaking her for my fiancée, and I’m stuck.

She agrees to play along IF I follow her rules. Whatever. As long as she keeps dressing up, I’m down to try.

So we’re faking it, until I’m not.

Maybe it’s her smile or her curves or her bossiness. Hell, maybe all these weddings are getting to me.

Either way, I’m not pretending with her anymore.

This thing feels like love—namely because it is.

Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston

Spitting Image by Harmony Reed

What if you had a twin – who was a better version of you?

When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother – the only person who ever believed in him – his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett’s inheritance. They won’t even let him keep Mom’s cookware, though she’s the reason he became a chef.

All he has left is a failing cafe, a rattletrap car, and an ex-wife he can’t stop fighting with.

Bereft of family, he hires a private investigator to track down his biological parents. He’s not surprised to learn that they’re dead, but he’s shocked to discover that he has a twin brother, alive and well in Austin, Texas.

The similarities between Everett and his brother Evan are amazing. They’re both chefs, they both married aspiring musicians, and they’re both fathers – evidence of their deep twin bond. But the more Everett learns more about his brother, the more he feels like he’s looking at the life he should have had – would have had if they hadn’t been separated. It’s embarrassing how Evan seems to be more successful than Everett in every possible way.

His friends tell him to start with a phone call, but Everett decides to drive to Austin and surprise Evan on their shared birthday.

After all, what better gift could a man receive than to be reunited with his long-lost twin brother?

Spitting Image is a new novel by Harmony Reed, author of Confidence John and Drink.

The Earl’s Tempting Wardby Bella Moxie

This surly earl expects obedience from his fiery new ward. What he gets is nothing but trouble.

The fire that claimed the Earl of Foster’s father and brother left him scarred in every sense of the word. But despite the guilt and his mother’s hatred, Benedict took on the duties that came with the earldom. Including looking after his new ward—the orphaned daughter of his mother’s closest friend.

He expects a timid child to arrive on his doorstep, not a tantalizingly gorgeous young lady in need of a husband. The irritating beauty manages to rile more than just his temper, and he soon finds himself seeking her out for arguments that inevitably end with his lips on hers. His hands on her body. It isn’t right. It’s not what she deserves. But the temptation is too much. The only honorable solution is to marry the girl himself.

Only, Philippa has secrets of her own, and her past has her living a nightmare. She knows what her guardian has in store for her, but she’s not looking for marriage to a good man. And despite his growls and his threats, Benedict is good. Better than he knows.

Better than she deserves.

When it’s his honor pitted against her tortured past, a battle breaks out between the guilt-ridden lovers. It seems this ward will be teaching her prickly guardian what it means to fight dirty.

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

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Dukes Gone Dirty
The Duke’s Defiant Angel
The Earl’s Tempting Ward
The Marquess’s Stolen Bride

ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)by U.W. Leo

A group of tweens unearth the most significant discovery in world history, designed to save the human species…from itself.

Ariel Hyden and his friends accompany their parents, some of the world’s top scientists, on a trip to the Yucatán where Dr. Hyden is conducting research for the Mexican government. On the kids’ exploration of nearby old Mayan grounds, they discover an impossibly advanced structure hidden for millions of years in the bowels of the earth that is responsible for the past—and future—of the world as we know it.

A perilous mission has the children and the scientists racing to find answers to the purpose of their incredible discovery and who created it. With federal officers, armed soldiers, and nefarious individuals in hot pursuit, the group must be successful—the fate of the world is counting on them.

With thought-transmitting abilities, an ancient entity buried for millions of years, hatching flying pterosaurs, and futuristic technology, ARKO: The Dark Union is a thought-provoking and realistic story steeped in scientific facts, speculating on humanity’s ecological destruction and its survival.

Coping with Chaos: Overcoming Stress and Anxiety by Angela Leapua

Take Action. Find Peace and Happiness while Coping with Chaos. Do you feel like you’re living in a world of chaos and uncertainty? Finding yourself feeling anxious, stressed, irritated, lonely, sad, or confused? Do you wake up feeling overwhelmed or unsure, not knowing what the next day might bring? Well, you are not alone.

Today, many people find themselves living through multiple and often debilitating changes in their lives. Changes in the workplace, family dynamics and even health, can cause people to face increased levels of worry, stress and anxiety. Coping with change is rapidly becoming a critical life skill that can be the difference between living a life of success or one of disappointment.

Coping with Chaos tackles the issues that contribute to one’s lack of motivation, sadness, addictions, and poor lifestyle choices. This book will explain why some do not having the coping skills to handle rapid changes taking place in today’s society. The root problems of worry, stress and anxiety will be laid out. You will better understand coping skills and be guided through solutions to a Happy Healthy Lifestyle.

This book is a down-to-earth with practical instructions. Definitions, examples, and step-by-step guidelines will help you overcome the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of stress and anxiety. Insights from Coping with Chaos will help you recognize chaotic patterns, cope more effectively with the various forms of change, get to the root of personal problems, discover easy healthy habits, and develop new strategies for tackling challenging obstacles.

This book will empower you to find balance and purpose in your relationships, work, and life. Becoming your best self-starts with evaluating why you worry, what you fear and how you react to circumstances. Coping with Chaos will have you smiling and living your Best Life in no time.

BLINK TO OBLIVION—IT'S BEGUN: A Spiritual Timeline For Hope by Jan Jackson

Dearest Reader;

FAIR WARNING: When you dive in, you won’t come out. Should you by chance happen to, you won’t be the same.

For an immeasurably long time, deeply hidden, deliberately Frozen Truths remained on ice until life imploded upon the author with its long held secret agenda.

This true story weighs in heavily on how one may seemingly be calling the shots to their own life, for pretty much the entirety of their whole life, until there’s an “in your face” . . . Wake me up! Shake me up! You best be standing at attention . . . and right now.

BLINK TO OBLIVION — IT’S BEGUN: A Spiritual Timeline For Hope takes the reader on an introspective free-fall dive questioning of the wherefores and whys of her journey while connecting to God, who had been simmering on the backburner for a profoundly long time. It morphs solidly, and remarkably, miraculously, and even supernaturally, into her “Testimony of Faith.”

This Book proves to you that you have a ‘Calling’ with an Obligation attached and that is to bring the ideas she reveals, to help bring momentum of a crucial difference to the lives of others, particularly those most lost, wounded, afraid, confused, despaired, dismayed or mired in Spiritual desolation.

She offers a in-depth look, well beyond the Unordinary, everyday life of Jan Jackson, with Life Lessons and no room for wiggle; if you pay attention.

Ultimately, upfront, center and culminating, a full-blown “Testimony of Faith” is forthcoming of unfathomable importance for the Spiritual and Physical Preparation for these Definitive Times, we’re now living in.

The Guardian by Nicholas Sparks

After her husband’s death, a young widow with a faithful Great Dane must decide between two men — but as new love blossoms, jealousy turns deadly in this suspenseful New York Times bestseller.

Julie Barenson’s young husband left her two unexpected gifts before he died – a Great Dane puppy named Singer and the promise that he would always be watching over her. Now four years have passed. Still living in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, twenty-nine-year-old Julie is emotionally ready to make a commitment to someone again. But who?

Should it be Richard Franklin, the handsome, sophisticated engineer who treats her like a queen? Or Mike Harris, the down-to-earth nice guy who was her husband’s best friend? Choosing one of them should bring her more happiness than she’s had in years. Instead, Julie is soon fighting for her life in a nightmare spawned by a chilling deception and jealousy so poisonous that it has become a murderous desire…

Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions (Ataraxia Book 3) by Neel Burton

To control our emotions is to control ourselves, and to control ourselves is to control our destiny.

It has forever been said that we are ruled by our emotions, but this today is truer than ever. Much more than reason or tradition, it is our emotions that determine our choice of profession, partner, and politics, and our relation to money, sex, and religion. Nothing can make us feel more alive, or more human, than our emotions, or hurt us more. Yet, the emotions are utterly neglected by our system of education, leading to millions of mis-lived lives.

This book proposes to redress the balance, exploring over 25 emotions and drawing some powerful and astonishing conclusions along the way. Areas covered include: loneliness, humiliation, envy, greed, ambition, anger, forgiveness, empathy, love, self-esteem, and many more.

How can we turn boredom inside out? How can nostalgia help us? When is anger justified? What do all instances of love have in common? What is the secret to self-esteem

BLINK TO OBLIVION—IT'S BEGUN: A Spiritual Timeline For Hope by Jan Jackson

Dearest Reader;

FAIR WARNING: When you dive in, you won’t come out. Should you by chance happen to, you won’t be the same.

For an immeasurably long time, deeply hidden, deliberately Frozen Truths remained on ice until life imploded upon the author with its long held secret agenda.

This true story weighs in heavily on how one may seemingly be calling the shots to their own life, for pretty much the entirety of their whole life, until there’s an “in your face” . . . Wake me up! Shake me up! You best be standing at attention . . . and right now.

BLINK TO OBLIVION — IT’S BEGUN: A Spiritual Timeline For Hope takes the reader on an introspective free-fall dive questioning of the wherefores and whys of her journey while connecting to God, who had been simmering on the backburner for a profoundly long time. It morphs solidly, and remarkably, miraculously, and even supernaturally, into her “Testimony of Faith.”

This Book proves to you that you have a ‘Calling’ with an Obligation attached and that is to bring the ideas she reveals, to help bring momentum of a crucial difference to the lives of others, particularly those most lost, wounded, afraid, confused, despaired, dismayed or mired in Spiritual desolation.

She offers a in-depth look, well beyond the Unordinary, everyday life of Jan Jackson, with Life Lessons and no room for wiggle; if you pay attention.

Ultimately, upfront, center and culminating, a full-blown “Testimony of Faith” is forthcoming of unfathomable importance for the Spiritual and Physical Preparation for these Definitive Times, we’re now living in.

Coping with Chaos: Overcoming Stress and Anxiety by Angela Leapua

Take Action. Find Peace and Happiness while Coping with Chaos. Do you feel like you’re living in a world of chaos and uncertainty? Finding yourself feeling anxious, stressed, irritated, lonely, sad, or confused? Do you wake up feeling overwhelmed or unsure, not knowing what the next day might bring? Well, you are not alone.

Today, many people find themselves living through multiple and often debilitating changes in their lives. Changes in the workplace, family dynamics and even health, can cause people to face increased levels of worry, stress and anxiety. Coping with change is rapidly becoming a critical life skill that can be the difference between living a life of success or one of disappointment.

Coping with Chaos tackles the issues that contribute to one’s lack of motivation, sadness, addictions, and poor lifestyle choices. This book will explain why some do not having the coping skills to handle rapid changes taking place in today’s society. The root problems of worry, stress and anxiety will be laid out. You will better understand coping skills and be guided through solutions to a Happy Healthy Lifestyle.

This book is a down-to-earth with practical instructions. Definitions, examples, and step-by-step guidelines will help you overcome the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of stress and anxiety. Insights from Coping with Chaos will help you recognize chaotic patterns, cope more effectively with the various forms of change, get to the root of personal problems, discover easy healthy habits, and develop new strategies for tackling challenging obstacles.

This book will empower you to find balance and purpose in your relationships, work, and life. Becoming your best self-starts with evaluating why you worry, what you fear and how you react to circumstances. Coping with Chaos will have you smiling and living your Best Life in no time.

ARKO: The Dark Union (A Sci-fi Adventure Series)by U.W. Leo

A group of tweens unearth the most significant discovery in world history, designed to save the human species…from itself.

Ariel Hyden and his friends accompany their parents, some of the world’s top scientists, on a trip to the Yucatán where Dr. Hyden is conducting research for the Mexican government. On the kids’ exploration of nearby old Mayan grounds, they discover an impossibly advanced structure hidden for millions of years in the bowels of the earth that is responsible for the past—and future—of the world as we know it.

A perilous mission has the children and the scientists racing to find answers to the purpose of their incredible discovery and who created it. With federal officers, armed soldiers, and nefarious individuals in hot pursuit, the group must be successful—the fate of the world is counting on them.

With thought-transmitting abilities, an ancient entity buried for millions of years, hatching flying pterosaurs, and futuristic technology, ARKO: The Dark Union is a thought-provoking and realistic story steeped in scientific facts, speculating on humanity’s ecological destruction and its survival.

Spitting Image by Harmony Reed

What if you had a twin – who was a better version of you?

When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother – the only person who ever believed in him – his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett’s inheritance. They won’t even let him keep Mom’s cookware, though she’s the reason he became a chef.

All he has left is a failing cafe, a rattletrap car, and an ex-wife he can’t stop fighting with.

Bereft of family, he hires a private investigator to track down his biological parents. He’s not surprised to learn that they’re dead, but he’s shocked to discover that he has a twin brother, alive and well in Austin, Texas.

The similarities between Everett and his brother Evan are amazing. They’re both chefs, they both married aspiring musicians, and they’re both fathers – evidence of their deep twin bond. But the more Everett learns more about his brother, the more he feels like he’s looking at the life he should have had – would have had if they hadn’t been separated. It’s embarrassing how Evan seems to be more successful than Everett in every possible way.

His friends tell him to start with a phone call, but Everett decides to drive to Austin and surprise Evan on their shared birthday.

After all, what better gift could a man receive than to be reunited with his long-lost twin brother?

Spitting Image is a new novel by Harmony Reed, author of Confidence John and Drink.

Midsummer Madnessby Nadine Millard

He wasn’t ruined by past mistakes. He’d just been waiting for Hope. For his salvation.

Hope Templeworth has established herself as the flirt of the notorious Templeworth girls. Having spent her life being told that her beauty is her only true asset, it’s no surprise that she uses it to her advantage on occasion.
Hope wants adventure, and epic romance. Anything but the humdrum life of a small village.

A chance encounter with a tall, dark, and handsome stranger has Hope believing that she might be on the way to getting what she wants. That is until she finds out he’s the new village vicar.

Gideon Bell, Earl of Claremont doesn’t think he’ll find anything to distract him from the mess he’s made of his life. That is of course until he comes across a half-naked woman walking out of a lake. A woman who just so happens to be the most beautiful creature he’s ever seen.

But if the past has taught him anything it’s that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to cause you trouble.
Yet he can’t seem to keep away from the beautiful Hope. Especially when he realizes that contrary to being after his title, she has mistaken him for his brother, the reverend. Because if there’s one thing Gideon is sure of it’s that he’s about as far from a man of God as one can get.

Hope and Gideon clash again and again in a series of misunderstandings, mishaps and mayhem. But the more time they spend trying to avoid each other, the more they realize that even though it’s madness, there’s something between them that neither is willing to let go of.

And when Gideon’s past catches up to him, both Gideon and Hope will need to decide if the feelings growing between them are worth the madness they can’t seem to escape.

A Lord for All Seasons
A Springtime Scandal
Midsummer Madness
A Forgotten Fall
A Winter Wedding

The Earl’s Tempting Wardby Bella Moxie

This surly earl expects obedience from his fiery new ward. What he gets is nothing but trouble.

The fire that claimed the Earl of Foster’s father and brother left him scarred in every sense of the word. But despite the guilt and his mother’s hatred, Benedict took on the duties that came with the earldom. Including looking after his new ward—the orphaned daughter of his mother’s closest friend.

He expects a timid child to arrive on his doorstep, not a tantalizingly gorgeous young lady in need of a husband. The irritating beauty manages to rile more than just his temper, and he soon finds himself seeking her out for arguments that inevitably end with his lips on hers. His hands on her body. It isn’t right. It’s not what she deserves. But the temptation is too much. The only honorable solution is to marry the girl himself.

Only, Philippa has secrets of her own, and her past has her living a nightmare. She knows what her guardian has in store for her, but she’s not looking for marriage to a good man. And despite his growls and his threats, Benedict is good. Better than he knows.

Better than she deserves.

When it’s his honor pitted against her tortured past, a battle breaks out between the guilt-ridden lovers. It seems this ward will be teaching her prickly guardian what it means to fight dirty.

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.

Read Free in Kindle Unlimited!

Dukes Gone Dirty
The Duke’s Defiant Angel
The Earl’s Tempting Ward
The Marquess’s Stolen Bride

More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition) by Adam Silvera

In his twisty, gritty, profoundly moving debut–called “mandatory reading” by the New York Times–Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx.

In the months after his father’s suicide, it’s been tough for 16-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again–but he’s still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he’s slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely.

When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron’s crew notices, and they’re not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can’t deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can’t stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute’s revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is.

Why does happiness have to be so hard?

Killing Simon Webb by AJ Blake

A BRAND NEW RELEASE

*** By the author of DUST ON THE NETTLES***

“…a Tom Wolfe with gravitas…

___________________

It’s 2016. The Kremlin is quietly celebrating the election of Donald Trump. Britain has voted to leave the European Union.

When his marriage unravels, Simon Webb leaves his high-flying City job and moves from London to Berlin to set up a fund managing the wealth of mega-rich Russians. His fascination with the old Berlin of Cold War espionage leads him to a story that threatens to entangle him.

He meets a beautiful woman with “a body to die for”, a complex past and a mysterious present. Among her circle of friends are computer hackers, individuals with far-right agendas and one loner who shares Simon’s interest in Cold War spies.

On the surface Simon’s new life in Germany is good.

But… all is not as it seems. Danger lurks around every bend.

Before long he is on the run, fleeing for his life.

The Differenceby C. D’Angelo

When anxiety-prone Rachel Granza learns that her growing sense of emptiness is affecting her relationship with her almost perfect boyfriend and that she’s jeopardizing any possibility of a marriage proposal, she knows she must pull herself out of her funk. But how? A dream apartment in New York City, a thriving psychotherapy practice, and her unique obsessions with topics like the Titanic don’t even make her feel grounded anymore. Red alert!

Trying to find happiness and meaning again—in more than her beloved Italian food—she stumbles into a genealogy mission to discover childhood information about her idol, aka her grandpa, who died years ago. He never spoke about his Italian immigrant past and now she’s determined to find out the reason for his unusual secretiveness.

Rachel’s ancestral roller coaster has roadblocks galore, but she needs the answers to her family’s hidden history. They’re her only hope to know more about her hero, salvage her relationship, and most importantly to save herself.

Mr Stiff Studby Jacob Parker

My latest client wants to loosen me up…

And not in the ways I was hoping for.

She’s a beautiful, free-spirited type of girl, and I’m, well, stiff.

Love has kicked me around enough. I’m not interested in being the center of its attention anymore.

It can find another guy to play with.

This curvy goddess needs a website and my tech firm is perfect for the job.

I’m not interested in becoming involved myself until I see her.

Then, all bets are off.

If I could do some weird science and 3D-print a woman from our machines, I would craft a girl that looks just like her.

So now, I’m all in.

In my desire to show this woman how much I’m into her, I take her yoga idea and build an app to start growing it.

It’s a gift to her to go along with the website.

But as luck would have it, she hears about the app being live from the wrong source and it looks like I’ve stolen her idea.

I’m back to being a rich, piece of trash, Manhattan Man.

Perfect. Love can suck it. I’ll just stay the stiff stud I’ve always been.

The Resort: The perfect escape this summer by M J Hardy

When three women win a holiday in a Facebook competition, they think it’s by chance.
It’s not.
When one woman accompanies her husband on business, she thinks she’ll return with him.
She won’t.

Welcome to the resort where nothing is as it seems.

On the outside, it’s heaven on earth. A dreamy romantic getaway, with pristine sandy beaches, glorious sunshine, and glamorous accommodation.
The perfect lover’s hideaway with uninterrupted views over a freshwater lagoon.
Nothing to do but enjoy the ultimate pamper experience on a ridiculously dreamy holiday of a lifetime.
Perfect.

That’s what they think.
Past actions have consequences and Karmas about to strike. Who will survive the week and who won’t leave at all?

The Edge of Lost by Kristina McMorris

On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through the darkness around Alcatraz. A prison guard’s only daughter–one of the youngest civilians who lives on the island–has gone missing. Tending the warden’s greenhouse, convicted bank robber Tommy Capello waits anxiously. Only he knows the truth about the little girl’s whereabouts, and that both of their lives depend on the search’s outcome.

Almost two decades earlier and thousands of miles away, a young boy named Shanley Keagan ekes out a living as an aspiring vaudevillian in Dublin pubs. Talented and shrewd, Shan dreams of shedding his dingy existence and finding his real father in America. The chance finally comes to cross the Atlantic, but when tragedy strikes, Shan must summon all his ingenuity to forge a new life in a volatile and foreign world.

Skillfully weaving these two stories, Kristina McMorris delivers a compelling novel that moves from Ireland to New York to San Francisco Bay. As her finely crafted characters discover the true nature of loyalty, sacrifice, and betrayal, they are forced to confront the lies we tell–and believe–in order to survive.

Thoroughly Captivatedby Chantry Dawes

A man and a woman with scars from their past find love and a future together.

London 1812

Graestone Castle has become a place of refuge and recovery for men who fought for their king. Coming home to Graestone does not mean refuge for the Baron of Graestone, however. He is a man otherwise known as Captain War.
War is riddled with guilt from the loss of men and artillery horses who served under him, as well as a terrible family secret.
He can rebuild the decaying Graestone Castle. He can help the wounded men find a purpose in life after battle, but War realizes he must have help for the injured horses.

Sometimes you are so busy saving others, you don’t realize that you need saving as well.

Miss Lula Darley of Aldbey Park is an unusual young lady. Out of necessity due to the wars, she has been the veterinary practitioner for her family’s horses at her home of Aldbey Park.

Lula has scars physical and mental left from an attack in Hyde Park after a night at a ball. Though her memory of the night is not clear, it has left her with anxiety and panic. With the scars on her hand and forehead, she believes marriage is not possible for her. With recommendations in hand, she pursues a position as an animal practitioner at Graestone Castle.

War does not want Lula in his castle of injured men and horses. She irritatingly faints at the sight of him and manages to rile him like no other. However, he has no choice but to let her stay as a winter storm descends on Graestone.

Lula works hard to help the injured horses while she is snowed in at the dour castle. At the same time, she realizes that War holds a terrible secret for she hears the faint sound of weeping daily and finds out there has been a murder at Graestone.

She is determined to find out more because she is falling in love with War and it is he that is accused of the murder.
The gruff baron vows that he has no love to give to anyone, even though he cannot resist kissing Lula.

Lula will help the horses, but she will also bring life, love, and healing from hurts past and present back to all at Graestone Castle, including the man named War.

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Aldbey Park Series
Thoroughly in Love
Thoroughly Besotted
Thoroughly Captivated
Thoroughly Seduced

Picasso's Motorcycle by Marc Sercomb

France, 1940.
An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to Nazi-occupied France, where Daniel unwittingly and unexpectedly finds himself working for the Resistance, and ultimately to the Russian Front in a twist of fate so startling that no one can see it coming. In turn quirky, heartwarming, beguiling and uncompromising, author Marc Sercomb weaves together many moods and colors to tell young Daniel’s story. Beyond engaging, Picasso’s Motorcycle has been hailed as a genuine “page-turner” by those who have so far encountered it.

If you like “The Book Thief” and “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” you’ll love this book!

Indian Summer (Earl Town Book 1) by C. James Brown

Private Investigator, Earl Town, is hired by a beautiful young professional to find her boss, a financial executive who disappeared amid negotiations on a billion-dollar merger. The case presents Earl with no shortage of possibilities. Is someone trying to scuttle the deal? Did the man with a notorious wandering eye get bumped off by an angry husband or jealous rival? Or perhaps, the stressed-out playboy simply headed off to a warm beach with a sizzling beach bunny.

The mystery leads the PI from Boston to Indian Head, a historic yacht club on the Long Island Sound, and the upper East Side of Manhattan. High society views Town as a rube, an assumption that the “wily sleuth protagonist” (Kirkus Reviews) cultivates and uses to his advantage. When Earl determines foul play is at hand, his chief suspects are the man’s co-workers and fellow yachters, all of whom are proud members of America’s modern-day aristocracy. They don’t much like the PI interfering in their business, and along the way, they’ll mock, bludgeon, and even seduce him, but perhaps their gravest error will be to underestimate him.

Is the former small-town cop clever enough to outsmart the upper-crust and bring a cold-blooded killer to justice, or will these pampered ‘elites’ be the end of Earl Town?

Wreckage by Emily Bleeker

Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost two years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight. But they can’t tell the real story—so they lie.

The public is fascinated by the castaways’ saga, but Lillian and Dave must return to their lives and their spouses. Genevieve Randall—a hard-nosed journalist and host of a news program—isn’t buying it. She suspects Lillian’s and Dave’s explanations about the other crash survivors aren’t true. And now, Genevieve’s determined to get the real story, no matter how many lives it destroys.

In this intriguing tale of survival, secrets, and redemption, two everyday people thrown together by tragedy must finally face the truth…even if it tears them apart.

Debating with the Dukeby Alexa Aston

First sons inherit all. Third sons are promised to the church. Second sons do their duty and serve in the military—unless fate intervenes and turns their lives upside down.

Welcome to Second Sons of London, a new Regency Historical Romance series by USA Today Bestselling author Alexa Aston, where seven men who are second sons lay claim to fabulous wealth and lofty titles and fulfill their destinies when they find their soulmates.

A serious duke who has been shattered by war. An opinionated beauty with no interest in marriage. A kiss that should be wrong but is more than right . . .

Major Everett Wayland is stunned when his brother is murdered, making Ev the Duke of Camden. The shy duke meets a matchmaking beauty of the ton who, while unsuited to be his duchess, promises to help Ev find an appropriate woman to become his wife.

Lady Adalyn Goulding is not easily intimidated and is a leader in Polite Society, occasionally matching couples together. Her cousin, Tessa, has made a love match and has a new baby, causing Adalyn to rethink her stance on marriage.

When she agrees to find a stodgy duke a bride who is dignified and unapproachable, Adalyn has no idea what she’s in for—especially after the dull duke kisses her—and she finds he’s not quite what he seems.

Will Ev convince Addie that she is everything he wants—and didn’t know he needed?

Find the answer in bestselling author Alexa Aston’s Debating with the Duke, the second book in Second Sons of London.

Each book in Second Sons of London is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.

Second Sons of London
Educated by the Earl
Debating with the Duke
Empowered by the Earl
Made for the Marquess
Dubious about the Duke
Valued by the Viscount
Meant for the Marquess

Choking on the Splinters by Jim Lively

Charles Pierce thinks he has it all figured out at last. He’s bought a building to use as an art gallery, creates new paintings almost every day, dates a smart and beautiful woman, and hired a marketing whiz to promote his upcoming gallery opening and art show. So why isn’t everything exactly what it seems? Why does he keep finding hints and clues that people who show up in his life and at his gallery aren’t completely honest with him?

And how did the guest bathroom in his gallery become the most popular spot in the entire place? What’s really going on in there? Something illegal and dangerous?

He can choose to ignore his suspicions, or he can get in touch with the detectives who saved his life last year. Either way, Choking on the Splinters isn’t an option.

WolfeShieldby Kathryn Le Veque

Sometimes, men are impulsive in life and love. When Ronan de Wolfe, son of James de Wolfe (A Wolfe Among Dragons), marries young and impulsively, the consequences will prove to be disastrous when he meets the love of his life.

Will de Wolfe honor stand the test? Or will true love crush a man of good character?

Ronan de Wolfe, the mild-mannered but powerful son of James de Wolfe, married on a whim against the advice of his father and grandfather. He married into the powerful Northumberland de Grey family, a family that rivals the House of de Wolfe in both strength and wealth. Coerced by a cunning de Grey father, Ronan found himself married before he knew what happened.

The years pass. Ronan is married and miserable. His wife has lovers, shaming both houses. Children are born, but they are not Ronan’s. With some measure of peace on the England/Scotland borders, Ronan amuses himself in local tournaments to get away from his horrible home life. Along with his best friend, they enjoy celebrity status of the great tournament champions, but when his friend is mortally wounded and asks Ronan to take care of his pregnant wife, the situation changes drastically.

Ronan meets the woman he should have married.

Isabeth de Brito is a beautiful woman from a minor noble family. Pregnant with her dead husband’s child, she and Ronan form a strong friendship as he tends to her every need, but in Ronan’s case, it is much more. Friendship turns to love. When Ronan’s petty, foolish wife realizes Ronan is paying attention to another woman, innocent as it is, the claws come out. Her powerful family can ruin Isabeth and her family – permanently.

When Isabeth’s father is forced into finding Isabeth another husband, Ronan can only stand by and watch the woman he loves as she is courted by another man.

Will there be a happily ever after for Ronan and Isabeth? Or will Ronan have to watch his love marry another?

It’s another wild ride for de Wolfe Pack Generations.

Forgetting the Earlby Kathleen Ayers

Seducing the Earl of Southwell is the perfect revenge…unless Honora loses her heart.

Honora Drevenport is a young, awkward, barely acceptable young lady when she first meets the dashing Earl of Southwell and falls hopelessly in love.

After suffering a terrible humiliation at the hands of Southwell’s friends, Honora’s family forces her to marry. Years later, Honora is no longer unhappily wed but a stunning widow and the toast of London. A woman who has never forgotten the Earl of Southwell or what happened that terrible night.

Honora’s plan is simple; make Southwell fall in love with her and exact her revenge.

Note: This series is part of Dragonblade’s Flame line, so this is a sexy, steamy, and scorching-hot read with multiple sex scenes. Be advised.”

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The Arrogant Earls
Forgetting the Earl
Chasing the Earl
Enticing the Earl

Cultivated Boxset Books 1-3by Elin Peer

Set in beautiful Ireland, these three books brings you into the psychology of mind control. Readers rave about Elin Peer’s ability to make the characters jump off the page and stay in your thoughts for a long time after you close the book. Her stories are fast-paced, thought-provoking, and always offer humor and a solid romance story at the core.

CHARLIE #1
I met a random stranger in a coffee shop and felt an instant connection between us. That was five years ago but I never forgot him. Now, I have news. Turns out that Charles, my reserved and mysterious crush is the heir to one of the largest business dynasties in the US. Unfortunately, his fortune made him a target. According to his family, Charles’ is now in Ireland. He’s been lured in by a narcissistic and cunning cult leader with a troubling reputation. His family wants me to go undercover and extricate Charles from the cult. Going up against a psychopathic cult leader is terrifying and dangerous! But what if Charles is my destiny and we’re meant to be together? Only one way to find out… I’m going in! Charlie is the first installment in Elin Peer’s contemporary romance series Cultivated. You might know Elin Peer as the author of the bestselling series, Men of the North, Clashing Colors, and the Slave Series. Her books are fast-paced, thought-provoking, and always offer humor and a solid romance story at the core. If you like stories with authentic characters that will stay with you for a long time after you’ve finished reading, get this book today!

ATLAS People think that I’m a nice guy. They’re wrong! What they see is the polished, non-threatening, good guy that I want them to see. It helps distract them from the darkness within me. No one can know that I have a sick mind like my dad, the infamous monster from the Red Manor Cult. Except, unlike him, I suppress my urge to dominate, hurt, and control. Every day, I tell myself that I’m NOT my father; that I’m a better man. But after Jolene began working for me, my control is slipping. It feels like there’s a wolf inside me, stirring, growling, and pushing to get to Jolene. The fantasies of the disturbing things the wolf wants to do to her, haunts me. I can’t allow the wolf to get control over me… or Jolene! Atlas is the second installment in Elin Peer’s contemporary romance series, Cultivated. Her books are fast-paced, thought-provoking, and always offer humor and a solid romance story at the core. For the best reading experience and to avoid spoilers, it’s recommended that you start with the first book in the series, called Charlie.

LUMI #3 Damian took a bullet for me when I was seventeen. He didn’t ask for my heart in return, but it’s been his ever since. We are as different as night and day. He’s fun-loving and outgoing while I’m skeptical of new people and prefer to avoid social events. So, why did I agree to be handcuffed to him for a full week in the name of science? It’s not because he dared me to do it, or because I need the money that comes with it. I’m the CFO of Solver Industries, after all. It’s because I’m turning twenty-nine, and I’m sick and tired of my heart comparing every man to Damian when my brain knows full well that he’s far from perfect. If my plan works, an overdose of the large Irishman should kill my crush on him and finally set me free. Lumi is the third installment in Elin Peer’s psychological drama series, Cultivated.