Love is a long journey.
Lisa Benedict needed a date for a bar mitzvah, but when the escort she hired arrives he’s not just good looking, he’s also kind, gentle, and protective. He makes her feel sexy again and she wants to keep him around. But she doesn’t know that the terrible abuse Gale suffered at the hands of one of the Hollywood elite keeps him from being able to trust her.
Gale loved being with Lisa and her sons, but when she put a contract in front of him, he thought she wanted to enslave him as another woman had threatened to do. He fled. Months later, with some therapy behind him, he wants to try again. Will she be willing to take him back after the way he stormed out? And if she does, is he going to be able to trust her to not reject him when she learns the truth?
Trigger warning: childhood molestation and physical abuse
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A Perfect Life?
Anna is a writer, making her living on the move and living her life as free as a bird. She seems to have complete freedom and a perfect life. But is everything as it appears?
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Kate Jacobson took the first bus out of Madelia, Washington the day she graduated high school, and she hasn’t looked back. With a blossoming medical career at a busy New York hospital, she has found her calling. But when her best friend is gunned down in front of her by a drug-addled patient, Kate turns back to her small town roots, looking for stability.
Trigger warning: PSTD
Samantha Wharton had escaped New York City to settle in Suttontowne and run Imogene’s, a quaint and historical eatery, struggling with a devastating painful past. She thought her heart had died along with her family, but when she meets Chase Sutton, the fallen son of the town’s founder, she cannot seem to hang onto her bruised and battered heart.
Chase Sutton was tired of being told what to do and whom to know. After the discovery of a devastating family secret, he left his life completely behind and opened up a bait and tackle shop supplying seafood to the local merchants. The simple life suits him fine. It isn’t until he falls into Samantha’s sad eyes that he realizes what he’s lost. But how can he offer Samantha a future when he hasn’t dealt with his own past?
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They toed a line while he was deployed. Flirting. Dirty-talk. Mutual masturbation. Nothing was off limits. Now he’s back and struggling with his demons while these best friends figure out where they stand.
Trigger warning: military PTSD
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Melody learned the hard way the streets were no place for her.
Jack realized sometimes family isn’t always blood.
After witnessing a murder orchestrated by the Diamond Eaters Motorcycle Club, Melody becomes a pawn in a game of Who Dies First.
Captives aren’t supposed to fall in love with their captor or help them survive at any cost … right?
Trigger warning: Abuse, violence, addiction
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![Brothers in Blue: Matt by [St. James, Jeanne]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51rSKrblD3L.jpg)
As a former Marine, Matt Bryson has dealt with PTSD ever since coming home from the Middle East. He finds himself fortunate to be able to return to his job as a cop at the local police department with his brothers Max and Marc.
Dr. Carly Stephens works hard as an obstetrician at the local hospital, struggling to pay off her medical school loans, financially support her elderly parents, and save money to adopt a baby. Unable to have children, she still longs for one of her very own.
Instantly attracted to the Dictator Doctor, Matt finds Carly easily brings him to his knees both emotionally and physically. What starts out only as a convenient sexual relationship turns into a whole lot more when dealing with their pasts and their future. Especially since Matt doesn’t ever want children.
Trigger warning: Military PTSD
Tanyanita Moya is an accomplished scrub nurse, but she can’t forget or forgive the mistakes she’s made in the past. In a moment of personal crisis, she meets the one man who can see her for who she really is.
Trigger Warning: Postpartum depression
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![Tortured Skye: A Hawke Family Novel (The Hawke Family Book 2) by [McNamee, Gwyn]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51Pl%2BYHjNvL.jpg)
Falling in love with Gabe Anderson was as easy as breathing. Fighting my feelings for my brother’s best friend was agonizingly hard. I never imagined giving in to my desire for him would cause such a destructive ripple effect. That kiss was my grasp at a lifeline—something, anything to hold me steady in my crumbling life. Now, I have to suffer with the fallout while trying to convince him it’s all worth the consequences.
Guilt overwhelms me—over what I’ve done, the lives I’ve taken, and more than anything, over my feelings for Skye Hawke. Craving my best friend’s little sister is insanely self-destructive. It never should have happened, but since the moment she kissed me, I haven’t been able to get her out of my mind. If I take what I want, I risk losing everything. If I don’t, I’ll lose her and a piece of myself. The raging storm threatening to rain down on the city is nothing compared to the one that will come from my decision.
Love can be torture, but sometimes, love is the only thing that can save you.
Trigger warning: military PTSD
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![Torn Canvas, Safe Harbors #2 by [Weaver, Donna K.]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51wAAmxQJ8L.jpg)
After a faceoff with modern-day pirates, former model Jori faces months of reconstructive surgery. The more talk-show queen Olivia Howard learns about the man behind the scar, the more intrigued she becomes. But he’s no girl’s happily ever after. Yet. Even a hero needs rescuing sometimes …
Trigger warning: childhood sexual abuse
Hopeful about his future after overcoming loss, Ryan Ware is living his dream life as a first round draft pick. Despite being the most sought-after writer in romance, severe anxiety keeps Leah Jones isolated.
Can Leah’s anxieties withstand Ryan’s crazy life? Can Ryan learn enough about real love to be the right man for Leah?
Trigger warning: Past rape and anxiety
Love is supposed to conquer all – but will Annabelle let it?
Amateur assistant director, Annabelle, isn’t looking for love. At least, not since her disastrous past relationship with Toby ended three years ago.
But leading man, Jack, is determined to break down the walls around Annabelle’s heart. Encouraged by her best friend, Hayley, Annabelle soon finds herself falling for him. But her past continues to haunt her, and with Toby interfering with the amateur theatre troupe’s production, she just can’t seem to shake it.
Trigger warning: Past Abusive/Controlling Relationship
Sometimes you have to try a little harder for what you want.
Lifestyle blogger, Jemma desperately needs money quick to survive or she can lose her little brother. Reality TV star, Daniel, desperately needs his public image repaired or he’ll never find work again. Can the two help each other or will Daniel’s spiteful ex ruin everything?
Heather is a quiet classical pianist lacking in a social (or sex) life. One day, she’s utterly shocked to find out that the hot delivery guy she accidentally flashed in the hallway is actually her brand new neighbour, Mike, a soldier recently back from deployment. And Mike’s very interested in getting to know the gorgeous girl next door who makes such beautiful music. He’s especially interested in getting know her on top of that piano. And on the piano stool. And anywhere else in her apartment she’s willing to let him…
When an actor who will do anything for a part falls for a woman on a fundraising mission who wants nothing to do with him, he’d better hope Hollywood magic is real enough to give them both a happily-ever-after.
When ingénue Natalie Burgess is offered the role of a lifetime in a sexy new musical, she jumps at the chance to make her Broadway debut – but doesn’t count on falling head over pointe shoes in lust with Tony, her infuriating yet sexy-as-sin leading man. After his last “showmance” ended in disaster, Broadway star Tony Valenti is determined not to make the same mistake with Natalie. Wanting to take it slow, he insists on starting a relationship with one condition: no sex until opening night. With each new onstage – and offstage – seduction, it’s a promise that’s becoming impossible to keep…
Three years ago, Annabelle escaped from the man that had been abusing and controlling her life from the age of seventeen. Now, Annabelle guards her heart fiercely, from everyone except her best friend. As the assistant director of an amateur performance of the Phantom of the Opera, Annabelle needs everything to be perfect. When strange events and notes start to plague Annabelle’s time at the theatre, the true extent of her ex-boyfriend’s obsession makes itself known. Then, there’s Jack; the charming leading man determined to break through the walls surrounding her heart – even if he doesn’t know why they’re there.
Biochemist Eden Sinclair has no idea that the scent she spritzed on herself before leaving the lab is designed to enhance pheromones. Or that the cute, grungy-looking guy she meets at a gig that evening is Adam Copeland. As in the Adam Copeland—international rock god and object of lust for a million women. Make that a million and one. By the time she learns the truth, she’s already spent the (amazing, incredible) night in his bed. Could this overpowering attraction be nothing more than seduction by science?
Michael is a rock star with the world at his feet—except he’d rather have his kids’ sweet, curvy blonde nanny there. One touch proves Taylor craves his control. She just might be the woman to accept him as he really is. But to hold her, he must keep her safe from her past…and let go of his own. Don’t miss this sizzling, sensual peek into the private world of a rock star —get your copy of Finding Her Rhythm today!
Julia is living her dream as the lead singer of the Rebels, a rock band with thousands of adoring fans; only she can’t escape the demands of reality enough to truly enjoy it. Just like the Rebel’s music, the high and low notes of her life are extreme. Adam will do anything for Julia, but now, he may have crossed the line. Join the Rebels on tour as Julia is tested and see if she really has what it takes to rock her way into a happily ever after.
Jesse Keller has no shortage of women who want to sleep with him. He’s a strapping twenty-two year old artist who oozes muscled sexuality. But nineteen-year-old Emma is his best friend. When she comes to him pleading for him to take her virginity, he has no choice but to coldly refuse her. Unwilling to risk the best thing in his life, Jesse prepares to tell her that he will be leaving town, but her beauty begins to color his fantasies of painting her beautiful nude body. Either way, whether through heat or absence, their unfailing friendship is about to be tested.
Sexy rock god Daxton Cole has everything, and nothing that can bring him peace. Music, whiskey, and parades of fake-boobed groupies keep his bed warm, but none of it soothes his wounded soul. The demons always win. His life is a toxic existence on a permanent loop, like a bad 80s movie. Until Sara Russell, the junior publicist hired to salvage his tarnished image, plows into him. Literally. Stalked by her own unforgiving and deadly demons, can she save Daxton before her past destroys them both?
For seventeen years Valerie and Ryan have convinced themselves, and everyone around them, that they were just friends. But when Ryan’s life is hanging by a thread after a car accident, and they nearly lose it all, will their true feelings finally come to the surface?
She’s a good-girl control freak. He’s a bad boy in need of a clean image. Will these opposites attract or self-destruct? Scarlett Kelly is the poster child for responsible living. Growing up as the daughter of the town floozy she’s made it her mission to be the exact opposite. So when she wakes up naked and hungover in bed with a bad-boy rock star, Scarlett bolts immediately. But she never expected him to follow her home and surprise! They’re married!
When Lia Malcolm agrees to take part in a fundraising auction to raise money for the theater she does art direction for, she doesn’t realize that the grand prize is a date with her. And when the son of one of the theater’s biggest donors, cocky billionaire playboy Travis Paulson, bids to win, she couldn’t be more annoyed. But, as one date turns into three, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Travis—against her better judgement.
Anne Olssen is sideswiped when her husband is killed in a car crash. Penniless, she agrees to uproot her family and head to Connecticut with her sister. Steven Vandrose is a musician at the top of his game. To the casual observer, his life appears perfect. But too many parties, gallons of alcohol, and a myriad of bad choices has left his musical empire on the brink of collapse. When Steven and Anne meet, they ignite an avalanche of curiosity, passion, and unadulterated horror. Can their newfound affection survive the demons they must wrestle to reclaim the ability to love?
Jude Winters – graphic artist, mother and home-maker – is confident in one thing – she has no idea how to run a ski school. But a missing husband and mounting bills mean she’s going to have to find out fast. The hard way.
He’s a hot Brazilian pro-surfer. She’s a free-spirited artist. Will their passion come in with the tide?
A shattered little boy is the last of Shannon’s family. To heal him, to keep him, she’ll accept help from art therapist/comic book artist Greg Hawkins, despite her misgivings about his methods. For Ryan’s sake, they must resist the attraction between them. What will happen if Shannon loses her fight to keep this pair she’s learned to love?
Fairy tales aren’t just for princesses. Superstar Alex Jackson steers clear of any emotional involvement after a series of life-changing events turned his life, and heart, inside out and upside down. Broken and deeply scarred, he has sworn to remain single and emotionally aloof to all women. Physiotherapist Violet McKenzie, is distrustful of men—famous men being at the top of her list for good reason. She’s learned a thing or two about them and has made a conscious effort to stay as far away as she possibly can. Until sexy Alex needs her professional assistance after a stage mishap and she becomes his personal physio. Violet has sworn off love, but when Alex’s hot kisses keep her up at night longing for more, she wonders if she can remain steadfast to her personal promise to never fall for the wrong guy again. Can a superstar and an ordinary girl have a happily ever after, or is that only reserved for the songs Alex sings?
For a family held together by lies, the truth can be devastating…Crown Prince Maixent is heir to the most glamorous throne in Europe, but his hands are tied by an autocratic father. Charley, heir to one of America’s greatest political families, just wants to pursue her photographic career. Separated by half a world, they were never supposed to meet. Now that they have, two generations find themselves pitted against each other. Will their hearts find love, or will a deadly secret from their mothers’ past rip apart a royal dynasty and a political succession?
The play’s the thing in The History Boys. Unlike most stage-to-screen transitions, Nicholas Hytner assembled the entire original cast for the celluloid version of Alan Bennett’s award-winning work. (The two previously joined forces for The Madness of King George.) As in Hytner’s National Theatre production, a group of Sheffield sixth-form boys, Timms (James Corden), Lockwood (Andrew Knott), Rudge (Russell Tovey), Scripps (Jamie Parker), Crowther (Samuel Anderson), Akhtar (Sacha Dhawan), Posner (Samuel Barnett), and Dakin (Dominic Cooper)–the latter two standouts–spend an extra term in 1983 preparing for their Oxbridge exams. Hector (Richard Griffiths) and Dorothy Lintott (Frances de la Tour) are their regular instructors (both performances garnered Tony Awards), while Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore, Bright Young Things) is the enigmatic new history teacher. The Headmaster (Clive Merrison) brings him on board to lend the precocious lads “polish.” Irwin, however, is more interested in encouraging them to think creatively–not merely to recite facts. The boys just want to get into Oxford and Cambridge. If that means withstanding the occasional grope from Hector and harsh word from Irwin, so be it. In the end, which boy gets in where isn’t insignificant, but Bennett’s greater concern is what they learn along the way. If Hytner isn’t always successful in reconciling the intellectual with the more earthbound, The History Boys is one of the funniest films yet about Britain’s educational system–and education in general. —Kathleen C. Fennessy
The gift bags! OMG, the gift bags! That gag inspired something in the next book. So funny.
Christa Maurice 