Contemporary
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The Academy: Introductions (The Ghost Bird Series: #1) by C.L. Stone
With an agoraphobic mother and a barely-there father, Sang abhors the isolation keeping her in the shadows. The only thing Sang craves is a fresh start and to be accepted as ordinary by her peers, because for her being different meant being cast out alone.
When her family moves to a new school district, Sang infiltrates a group of boys nearly perfect in every way. Grateful for an influence outside of her parents’ negativity, she quickly bonds with the boys, hoping to blend in and learn from them what it means to have a natural relationship with friends.
Only the boys have secrets of their own and they’ll do anything to keep her safe from the knowledge of the mysterious Academy that they’ve sworn allegiance to. Bit by bit, Sang discovers that her friends are far from the normalcy she expected. Will her loyalty change when she’s forced to remain in the dark, or will she accept that she’s traded one house of secrets for another?
Meet Kota, Victor, Silas, Nathan, Gabriel, Luke and North in a story about differences and loyalty, truth and mystery, friendships and heart-throbbing intimacy.
Antonio and Sabrina Struck In Love by Chiquita Dennie
When VP executive Sabrina Washington goes out one night with her girlfriends to get over a breakup, she stumbles upon Antonio De Luca a man who is headstrong, dangerous, intimidating, and sexy. The cautious and by the book Sabrina is shocked by her sudden feelings that this man brings out of her despite his alpha behavior. She is constantly fighting to get away, and he’s fighting to keep her close. Unable to resist Sabrina’s sassy, sexy, and independent spirit, Antonio finally gets her to submit to him and stop running.
Scared and thrilled by Antonio’s erotic tastes, Sabrina learns more about what pleases her and him in the bedroom. Keeping his life as a club owner in the forefront and dealings as a mobster behind the scenes and away from Sabrina. Antonio is a man torn between his family’s lifestyle and the need to live his own life as a business owner. When the couple embarks on a passionate love affair, Sabrina will find all of Antonio’s good and bad sides, while discovering her own.
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304 Publishing Company Restless Honor by Deborah Tadema
Mitch Wilder vows to steal his wife back, knowing that his quest is futile. Claire knows about his other women; the reason they are separated. He must control his rage against his stepbrother, Tom Fleming, for taking Claire away from him. After all, they have to work together, running their shipping company. But when Tom is kidnapped and tortured, Mitch realizes that he loves his brother.
After Claire Lester-Wilder catches her husband with another woman, she chases after Tom Fleming to get back at him. She thinks that Tom will be easy to manipulate. But she soon finds that she has chosen the wrong man, again. After Tom pushes her away once too often, she runs into the arms of another man.
Tom Fleming hopes that Claire will go back to Mitch. Not because he doesn’t love her, but because of who he is. After he’s sent through hell, Tom finally summons the courage to tell Claire that he is gay. There is only one person he trusts to help him heal and fight his demons, the man he is in love with.
Jessie’s Girl by CL Rowell
One look was all it took.
He was a singer with nothing but a guitar and a beat up van, determined to take the music world by storm.
I was a high school senior, a good girl who’d never even gone out on a date, with dreams of becoming a doctor.
Neither of us were looking for love. We thought we had our lives mapped out—but nothing is ever set in stone.
Sometimes, one night is all it takes to change your life forever.
They call me…Jessie’s Girl. Finding Somewhere to Belong by C.C. Masters
erself. All of that comes crashing down one day with the murder of the one woman who has always been there for her. Can she find justice for Evelyn and save herself from the same fate?
During Anna’s search for justice she stumbles onto a wolf pack whose goals align with her own and she starts to make friends and allies with other wolves. The more time she spends with them, the more realizes how much has been missing from her life.
She starts to realize how empty her life has been when six wolves in particular take her under their wing and make it their goal to bring her into the fold.
Can Anna work through her issues and be accepted into a pack? Will she finally find a place where she belongs and a pack that can give her the acceptance she craves? Neighbors by Hazel Kelly
Lily has a secret that makes her unloveable, a secret she could never expect her high school sweetheart to forgive. But when he turns up demanding answers after five years of silence, Lily’s all out of places to run.
And when it comes to nightmares, she knows there’s no sense in hiding.
*This standalone soulmates romance is full of steam, secrets, and plenty of swoon-worthy moments
Crashing No More by R.L JACKSON
After battling his controlling mother, a crazy ex-girlfriend, and demons from their pasts, Lana Mckenzie and Kayden Capshaw feel they can now focus on a future together—exciting new adventures, scorching sex and a type of love neither had experienced before. When they take a breath after a whirlwind of a night, a terrible car crash puts a fast end to their short-lived freedom.
Lana wakes after the accident unsure of Kayden’s condition, and of the unborn child, she never got the chance to tell him about.
Kim has escaped the clutches of the law, Maureen is out for revenge, and the town is buzzing with scandal and gossip.With Lana’s parents and Sam begging her to leave Hamby, GA, and Kayden behind, she has serious choices to make. Will she confront her enemy head-on and fight for the man she loves? Or run back home to familiar faces, letting fear, self-doubt, and intimidation win?
I’ll Get You My Pretty by Sage Ardman
What do you get when you combine a surfing billionaire, a globe-trotting businesswoman, and The Wizard of Oz?
O.E. Orton has a very large bank account and an even larger ego. Ever since he struck it rich, there’s nothing he can’t have, including a California beach house where he goes to surf. One night at a party, he makes an unusual wager that involves his pride, his money, his finesse with women, and surfing. He’ll be sorry.
Rebecca Moore specializes in international negotiations. She flies all over the world for her work and speaks many languages. But regardless of her language skills, she’s going to have a hard time communicating with O.E. Orton.
And what about The Wizard of Oz? Does it play an important part in their budding romance? Do they walk on the yellow brick road and visit the Emerald City? Do we meet Dorothy, the Wizard, the Witch, and even Toto? Yes!
[Previously published as: “A Good Little Girl Like You,” but nobody got the “Wizard of Oz” reference…the former title was part of the Wicked Witch of the West’s dying words.]
Tender Is the Night by Christa Maurice
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 no matter how much he wants to.
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. 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, can he trust her to not reject him when she learns the truth?
