Contemporary
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Seventeen Shades of Love by Olga Toprover
This book is a collection of romantic, sentimental short stories.
“SEVENTEEN SHADES OF LOVE”: After her divorce Julia was able to take everything under control and to move on. She became successful and happy. There is no place for romance in her life. But is it possible to live without love?
“HOW TO BECOME A STAR”: People often ask Maddy how to become a star. She doesn’t know, she can only tell the story of her own. It begins with her happy marriage…
“A HAPPY ENDING IN A BIG CITY”: She travels from one city to another, meeting the same kind of men who always abandon her. She doesn’t know that the true love is waiting for her far, far away.
“RICHARD’S MISTAKE”: He is suspicious about his wife. She is hiding something. And then this phone number… Is she cheating on him? Richard is going to find out…
And more stories… They are nostalgic and dreamy but by no means they are fantasy or fairy tales. These romance stories center around ordinary people who are swept away by love and passion. It is all truth. Adventurous and glamorous things might happen to everyone. They happen to all of us although sometimes we just don’t realize.
“Just think of the color and vivacity that love can bring back into your life. You know, they say there are seventeen shades of love!”
“Seventeen shades?” Julia sobbed even louder. “What am I supposed to do with that?”
(A quote from the story with the same title as this book)
This book is a collaboration with artist Larissa Makeeva. Her fascinating art helps to color up the narrative and the characters in charming bright tones. A Droplet of Love in the Autumn Rain by Olga Toprover
Biologist Svetlana, who is happily married, came up with an idea that would change the world for the better. However, she does not know that the project has been transformed into something completely different. She has no idea that her husband Kirill is also playing a role in the game against her. Will their love survive?
Readers who are moved by a combination of drama and romance will find this book interesting. Love ad Void by Olga Toprover
Dasha is a woman who stops aging at 25 because of a curse hanging over her family. This is just a side effect of witchcraft, the aim of which was to force Dasha and all women in her family to suffer from love and from never being loved in return.
“They will live with that unrequited love, which would be a torture. It will turn into their pain, obsession and sickness. Time will not heal them. Minutes and years would stretch to lengthen their sadness. There will no escape from love. Exhausted by that love, they will be seeking a way out. There will be just one escape, just one…”
Dasha is trying to find a way to stop the witchcraft. She witnesses wars, and leaders who come and go, promising new horizons and tearing off the thin threads of hope. To solve her mother’s secrets she has to connect the dots between past and present, traveling to various cities and even countries. Her sister Anna is suffering because of love and Dasha herself cannot escape her fate. Can she beat the darkness and change her life? Will she be able to find happiness in the ocean of suffering and frustration?
Readers who are moved by a combination of fantasy, drama and romance will find this book interesting. The concept of “Love and Void” was partly inspired by “The Enchanters” (1973) by a French writer Romain Gary.
Recently a plot with a similar idea of an ageless woman was used in Hollywood, in the movie “The Age of Adaline” (2015). Accidental Princess by Lexi Whitlow
The hottest beaches by day, the steamiest parties at night.
That’s what I was expecting in Ibiza.
But I got way more than I bargained for.
A fake wedding with a red-hot Prince Charming turned me into a real princess.Prince Andreas:
In Bellecoaste, no one becomes a royal by accident.
We’re expected to marry “well,” which means one thing: boring.
That’s not me.
I throw parties, I fall in lust for a night or two, and I make a game of everything — even love.
Until I meet Freya—she’s different.
She’s got a smart mouth and a sizzling set of curves.
And when I taste her for the first time, I can’t let her slip away
Even if our wedding was an accident,
I know I’m in trouble:
Because every cell in my body wants to make this fake marriage real.Accidental Princess is a steamy, sultry standalone romance, the first in the Hidden Kingdom Series. The series follows the royals of the Hidden Kingdoms and their journeys through love and heartache. Accidental Princess contains NO cliffhangers, ZERO cheaters, and lots of delightful dalliances on the sun-soaked beaches of Ibiza.
Unexpected Attraction 2 by Francheska Lashae’
For the past ten years, Wallace and Tandi have been like family. He’s the uncle that she has always known. She’s the niece that he helped raise but lately they have been seeing each other in a new light. She’s not that same little girl anymore. He’s not just her uncle’s best friend. However, they know that nothing can ever be between them so they keep their feelings hidden. Until one night when everything changes…
Daddy’s Demands: Twenty-Five Steamy Daddy Dom Romance Novellas by Sara Fields
These daddies don’t ask for obedience. They demand it.
Daddy’s Demands is a collection of decadently dirty daddy dom romances from some of the hottest authors in the genre. This deliciously naughty box set includes twenty-five brand-new, stand-alone novellas featuring steaming hot, irresistibly sexy adventures with the baddest daddies imaginable. Good girls be warned: your obedience will be demanded on September 18th.
Featured Authors: Madison Faye, Renee Rose, Loki Renard, Maggie Ryan, Zoe Blake, Alta Hensley, Lee Savino, J.L. Beck, Jane Henry, Isabella Laase, Kelly Dawson, Sara Fields, Kara Kelley, Measha Stone, Amelia Smarts, Mary Wehr, Maddie Taylor, Meredith O’Reilly, Morganna Williams, Katherine Deane, Alexis Alvarez, Shelly Douglas, Sassa Daniels, Marlee Wray, and Rory Reynolds
Breaking Boundaries by M.A. Lee
His love might be the only thing to save her.
Melanie appeared to have the perfect life; a loving family, great friends, and a fairy tale engagement to her soulmate, Brody. Everything was wonderful until one tragic night left her broken and caused a devastating car accident that took the life of a close friend and ended her engagement to her once thought of soulmate Brody.
Cole is a twenty-two-year-old auto mechanic who was bounced from one foster home to the next all his life. He is still mending from a tragic car accident two years ago that changed his life forever. This once angry, brooding alcoholic turned his life around after witnessing the death of Alice, a young woman involved in his car accident.
After a chance encounter, Melanie and Cole find that their lives are bound together by one tragic and unforgettable night that transformed the way they viewed themselves. As they begin to embark on a complicated and at times, volatile friendship, Cole falls madly in love with Melanie. Refusing to be damaged again, Melanie fights her growing feelings for Cole, only furthering her descent into a dark depression. Can Cole bring light to Melanie’s life again? Discover how sparks fly in this steamy new romance series. Gotta Have Faith: A Seven Virtues Ranch Romance Book 1 by Becky Doughty
A secret baby. A second chance at love. Can a small town cowgirl and a big-time city boy find their happily ever after?
Faith Goodacre has worked her jeans-clad fanny off to make sure her little world is operating exactly the way she wants it. Seven Virtues Ranch is prospering, Daddy is finally back on his feet after his terrible tractor accident, and her daughter, Jasmine, is growing up just fine without the father she’s never met. So when Faith’s high school sweetheart, Cordell Overman, shows up out of the blue to win back her heart – oh, and he’s bought the ranch next door – Faith’s well-ordered world suddenly spins out of her control.
Cord is stunned when he comes face to face with the daughter he didn’t know he had. But there’s no denying those Overman eyes and the cleft in her chin that perfectly matches his own. Now he’s got two women to woo, a rundown ranch to bring back to life, and a whole town to convince that this time around, he’s here to stay. He’s not the starry-eyed kid who left Plumwood Hollow all those years ago, no sir. He’s ready to be the hero of his lady’s heart, the champion of his daughter’s world, and the rancher he’s always wanted to be.
What was it his grandfather liked to say? Oh yeah. Man makes plans, and God laughs. But Cordell Overman is determined to have the last laugh himself, and he’s simply gotta have Faith to make his dreams come true.
Pushing Arlo by MV Ellis
He thought he had it all, until he met her.
They say you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone, but for notorious womanizer Arlo Jones, it’s a case of not knowing what you want ’til it’s standing in front of you. The moment he meets London, he realizes she’s the piece of the puzzle he never knew was missing, but can’t live without. He does everything he can to get her, but just as he thinks she’s finally ready to give in to her feelings, he’s reminded how empty his life was without her in it.
She thought she had a plan, until she met him.
They say the best-laid plans often go awry, and for aspiring photographer London Llwellyn, that’s definitely the case when she falls for Arlo. That was never part of her plan. She tries her best to avoid being pulled into his vortex, but he manages to turn her head upside down and her heart inside out. Just as she thinks she’s ready to commit to forever, she’s reminded of the reasons she resisted him for so long.
He’s pulling her closer. How long can she keep pushing him away?
Lust and Disgust by L. L. Neal
Welcome to Glistening Pines, Texas.
When the weather heats up, so do the people of this small town. Sometimes life is steamy and sometimes there are tornadoes to work around, and it takes a special type of person to cope with this.
Darlene Ledbetter was searching for the perfect man. Bobby Ray was the man for her. She had always had a crush on him since high school. But lately, Darlene can’t get Lester Pritchard out of her mind, even though he disgusts her. Will true love win or will lust rule her life?
Through bouts with tequila, her crazy neighbors, her crazy family, and well-meaning friends, Darlene must find her perfect man. Will she be able to do it?
