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Chasing Butterflies by Jennifer Labelle
My life has been no joyride.
Eight years ago my sister and I decided to leave our home and drug addict parents behind to build a new life somewhere else. Now that I’ve found my passion in art and tattooing I’m convinced that we’re finally happy…until tragedy changes everything.
Deciding that going back to my roots is the best option for me, I return to the Hill Country of Texas, opening my own tattoo shop as a way to start over once again. One thing I didn’t count on…running into a blast from my past.
Jagger is more attractive than I remember. He’s all grown up, filling those jeans and cowboy boots with raw muscle and a whole lot of sexy. The problem is, I’ve been forced to guard my heart for so long I don’t know how to let someone in.
But Jagger makes it perfectly clear that he always gets what he wants.
And what he wants…is me. Desert Rose by J. Arlene Culiner
Men love Rose Badger, and if the other inhabitants of dead-end Blake’s Folly, Nevada, don’t approve, she couldn’t care less. With a disastrous marriage far behind her, settling down is the last thing she intends to do. Isn’t life for fun? Doesn’t a stable relationship always mean predictability and boredom? Well… perhaps things might be different with Jonah Livingstone, but he is off limits for anything other than friendship. Even though he’s started a slow burning fire inside her, he’s still entangled in a complicated past relationship. And Rose has another secret life—one that she’ll never give up for any man.
The last person geologist Jonah Livingstone expected to meet in a semi-ghost town is Rose Badger. She’s easy-going, delightfully spontaneous, and Jonah is certain their attraction is mutual. But Rose is always surrounded by a crowd of admirers and doesn’t seem inclined to choose a favorite. Though Jonah has also suffered a failed marriage, he can’t help being drawn to Rose—and he dares to hope she may feel the same for him. But is Jonah too independent to settle into a permanent relationship again? He’s leading his own very private life, as well…and secrets are an excellent protection against love. Will he do what it takes to hold on to his DESERT ROSE?
Stranded in Love by Victoria Grant
If a gold medal was awarded for ‘Worst Day Ever’, Laney Calderone would win it today, hands down. She’s just discovered she’s pregnant, her fiancé abruptly dumps her when she tells him, and, her new car refuses to start as a brutal snowstorm hits Toronto.
Good Samaritan Tyler Hammond offers to take her home; however, with the heavy snow falling and his patience dwindling, Laney’s gold medal day isn’t over yet.
Storms intensify both outside and in as Laney finds herself inexplicably attracted to this tall, dark and very handsome but infuriating stranger.
Can Laney fight her unwanted yet increasing desire for this man long enough to get through the relentless storm? And will Tyler let her walk out of his life as easily as she came into it?
Stranded in Love is a fun and feisty contemporary romance by Victoria Grant. A stand-alone novel, it’s the first in the Calderone Family Romance Series.
My Best Friend’s Father by Eliza Ellis
Romance with an older man? How about with the father of your best friend?
Kornelia Kaye is desperate. After being fired without cause, she needs money for a lawsuit that will restore her good reputation. Her best friend Sabrina has the answer: work for her father Marshall Buchanan.
Kori’s skills as an executive assistant are just what Marshall needs to get his work back on track. But if the rumors are true, Kori likes falling for her boss. To remain CEO of his company, Marshall will have to keep the beautiful woman at arm’s length.
Tough to do when you work in the romantic city of Florence.
My Best Friend’s Father is a standalone novel in the Best Friend’s series, a trio of sweet, contemporary romances. If you enjoy slow-burning chemistry, simmering kisses, and a touch of humor, then you’ll fall in love with Eliza Ellis’s next romance.
My Best Friend’s Fiancé by Eliza Ellis
Kat’s best friend Parker returns home with a gorgeous fiancé. Problem is, Drew is technically engaged to Kat.
The last year of Katrina Kaye’s life has been a nightmare. She lost her bakery, her man, and the bank is coming after her home. Her best friend promises a lucrative job in exchange for one thing: plan her wedding to Kat’s childhood sweetheart.
After what happened in Afghanistan, Drew Callaghan isn’t taking life for granted. He’s ready to settle down in his hometown, and Parker was there in his darkest moment. He owes her everything, even if he already promised it to someone else.
Memories of secret dreams and promises unfulfilled flood back as Kat and Drew are forced to plan the wedding without Parker. Is Drew marrying the wrong woman? And when Kat is offered an apprenticeship of a lifetime, will she put her best friend above her own heart and leave home for good?
My Best Friend’s Fiancé is a standalone novel in the Best Friend’s series, a trio of sweet, contemporary romances. If you enjoy slow-burning chemistry, simmering kisses, and a touch of humor, then you’ll fall in love with Eliza Ellis’s next romance.
Virtual Harmony and Other Short, Sweet Romances by Liese Sherwood-Fabre
Love can bloom in infinite ways.
Eleven short romances follow love through cute meets to taking friendship to the next level to rekindling a marriage. Feelings can be sparked by an errant computer file, a hunt for diamonds, or even a fortune teller’s tale. All that is needed is to open one’s heart to let it in.
Search, find, and deepen love along the way in these sweet romances.
Awakening, Shadow-walkers Book 1 by Kelley Heckart
Blurb:
Sometimes, the end is really the beginning.
After destroying her successful music career, the close friendship with her bandmates, and her marriage, author Kaitlyn Storm, aka Kate Wolf, former bassist for the all-female rock band Hecate’s Fury, is given a second chance. She receives an offer to turn her book series into three movies, but her troubled rock-star past continues to haunt her.
She never expected to find love or a way back.
When she is trapped in a haunted cabin during a snowstorm with Kane Devlin, the hot Scottish movie star playing her hero, their rising passion for one another ignites. What they awakened will change their lives, but before she can move on, Kate must let go of the guilt and shame keeping her from claiming her shared destiny. For she may not know it yet, but she and her bandmates are chosen.
“Suspenseful, passionate, and sexy.”Series blurb:
The five young women of Hecate’s Fury are more than rock stars.
They are Shadow-walkers, chosen to help the supernatural world.
There’s just one problem—no one trained them. Witch’s Brew by Kitty Barstow
An’ ye harm none, do what ye will.
This is the Wiccan way of life. I’ve lived by these words. I’ll die by these words. Where’s the harm in brewing a little love potion on Halloween? My co-worker just needs a nudge in the right direction; straight into my arms. Tonight, we’re all heading to Naughty Nights for drinks and dancing after work. Wish me luck. Witch’s Brew is on the cocktail menu!
Twelfth Floor by Monica Corwin
This isn’t your high school Shakespeare…
I have thirty days to block my secretary’s advances.I have thirty days to prove my worth as Illyria Pharmaceuticals’ CFO.
I have thirty days to help my boss fall in love with another woman.
Pretending to be in charge is harder than it looks. Duke Orsino, the CEO, sets my knees quaking with every glance. Olivia, my secretary, leaves unmentionables in my desk drawers. And I have no idea where my twin brother got off to.
I have thirty days to keep this shipwreck of life from falling apart.
Twelfth Floor is a contemporary romance adaption of the Shakespeare play, Twelfth Night.
This is a standalone romance with alpha heroes, not-so-alpha heroines, and a whole lot of foul language.
Crashed by M.K. Chester
When Ella Leary crashes the birthday party of publishing mogul Levi Northrup, she hopes to learn something sordid to use in her fight against him. She believes he’s stolen the magazine her father started and blames him for her father’s death. She never expects him to chase her down the street or be so vulnerable that she loses her edge and falls into bed with him. Levi is irate when he learns Ella’s true identity and gives her only a single issue of her precious magazine while he unravels his father’s final, very personal, business deal. Long-held secrets will force them to either part ways or work together in and out of the office.
