Romantic Comedy
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Dangerous Relations by Marilyn Levinson @MarilynLevinson
After Ardin Wesley’s cousin Suziette is murdered, her widower, Brett, asks Ardin to help him adopt Suziette’s little girl, whom he’s grown to love. Trouble is, no one knows the identity of the child’s natural father. Ardin decides she wants to adopt Leonie, and take her to home to Manhattan.
Although she is drawn to Brett, an abusive husband turned Ardin against love and marriage. Brett feels betrayed when he learns of her plans to adopt the child. When someone sets fire to Ardin’s aunt’s house, she barely escapes with her life. Despite their differences, Brett offers her shelter and together they work to create a secure home for the bereft little girl and to discover the identity of her father before someone else dies to protect his terrible secret.
The Catalyst by Angela Jardine @Jardange
Sunny Smith is running from her memories. It’s what she does. Settling in a beautiful but remote area of Cornwall she thinks she has found the perfect place to help heal the emotional wounds left by her husband’s untimely death. She believes she has found a sort of freedom but her peace of mind becomes threatened by Jimmy Fisher. Jimmy is an artist. He is also a serial seducer. Although she has been warned about his past, Sunny finds she needs what he offers. Jimmy, too, is unable to remain as detached as he usually prefers to be and unwittingly leads Sunny towards savage violence and an overwhelming guilt. A guilt that demands the ultimate expression of remorse.
The Catalyst is a story of a passionate love affair that endures despite everything … although not quite as you might expect.
His Reluctant Bodyguard by Loucinda McGary @LoucindaMcGary
The last person cruise director Avery Knox expected to see aboard her very first trip out on Valiant is former college football star, Rip Pollendene. A decade ago, she had turned down his advances at the University of Miami and lived to regret her decision. Why is she so reluctant to take the second chance she’s been handed?
Rip Pollendene is the heir apparent to a beautiful island nation. But it’s a heritage Rip has ignored and rejected for twenty years. Now his homeland is on the brink of a bloody civil war with outside forces trying to manipulate the outcome. Is that why someone wants him dead?
How much should Rip sacrifice for a country he hardly knows? And is it sheer coincidence that has thrown golden girl Avery Knox back into his life? Can they stay alive long enough to find out if their love really is meant to be?
From Stardust To Babylon by Amanda Bruce @AmandaBruce5
A gripping love story with an extraordinary twist, From Stardust To Babylon chronicles a doomed teenage love affair that transforms into an unbreakable bond between a woman and the spirit of her former lover.
From the moment Simon and Amanda meet, they are struck by a shared sense of déjà vu. Head over heels in love, they try hard to make their relationship work, despite inner voices telling them their happiness isn’t meant for ‘this life’. After parting broken-hearted, Amanda eventually marries someone else but, in 2001, she learns via a telepathic messages that Simon has died. This heralds the start of a series of supernatural events that will bring them together again. Transgressing the normal boundaries of human existence, it is a story of love – a love that survived bodily death.
“Unputdownable. This is the most incredible love story I have ever read.” – Jan Vance.
