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The Thing About Goodbye by Flora Burgos
I made him smile
He made me laugh
I was his escape
He was my shelter from the storm
I gave him my heart
He broke it in two
I was making plans to escape the bad
He was still up to no good Deep Flaming Red by JD Samson
Four years ago, Ethan is nothing but a preacher’s kid, broke as a church mouse with a staggering IQ and a one-way ticket to hell. Scarlett is the heavily guarded State Attorney General’s daughter and a beautiful ballet dancer who took Ethan’s breath away. Bold, intense, and all-consuming, their love defies forbidden boundaries.
Then one night, everything changes. She loses her mind, destroys his life, and disappears, and Ethan’s world comes crashing down.
Now the most respected tech entrepreneur of his time, Ethan has the world at his feet– 27 billion at 27, as they say. Scarlett, now twenty-one, has returned to the U.S to dance and–if she can muster the courage–to make things right with Ethan. But instead of the boy she left behind, she comes face to face with a gorgeous, fiercely controlled man with the lethal power to command any woman’s attention. Could he still have time for the sheltered ballerina he once loved so deeply?
Torn between revenge and desire, Ethan can’t deny their chemistry. The lust between them is inescapable. While their passion soars, deception and lies unfold to reveal the truth behind Scarlett’s disappearance. Together, they will face the dirty truth that has kept them apart, and in a stunning exchange of power, Ethan must decide if revenge could ever be sweeter than her.
DEEP FLAMING RED is the first book in a heart-breakingly sweet and intensely powerful duology about two people who would love without limits if given the chance.
The Summers We Lost by Helen Blacksmith
After the death of her mother, successful physical therapist Tara Jameson returns to her family’s beach house on the Outer Banks that she had not been to since her heart was broken nearly thirty years ago. The cause of that heartbreak was Gwen Patterson. Seen as not worthy of her daughter, Tara’s mother made certain that they wouldn’t be able to continue their friendship or blossoming relationship and chose to rent out the beach house instead of returning there the following summers. Forced to go in different directions, the women moved on with their lives but never forgot the relationship that was abruptly cut short. Reunited after thirty years, the two women immediately pick up where they left off and eventually the sexual tension escalates and explodes. But has too much time passed? Will it only be a summer fling to end what was left unfinished or will they finally be able to build a future together?
A Brush With Fame by Melinda Hazen
What if by chance you met a famous person? And he wants you.
Makeup artist Rafaella Hamilton accepts a one-day sub position on a Hollywood movie set. When a stranger returns a pen she drops, she doesn’t realize she’s met and mistaken for a member of the crew the lead of the movie, British heartthrob Evan Hutchinson.
As the pair continue to see each throughout the day, Evan finds himself increasingly intrigued. Rafaella’s pretty, likable, and has made him laugh. And now he wants to know more. But she won’t be back tomorrow—unless Evan can make sure she will.
An unusual job offer is extended to Rafaella to finish out the film as Evan’s personal makeup artist. The opportunity promises to provide much alone time for the two to become acquainted. Rafaella sees Evan as charming, personable, and funny—unlike most actors she’s come across—and now, apparently interested in her. Is there hope for love and a happily ever after in Evan’s A-list world?
Their love story is sweet but entails drama beyond what the couple can foresee.
Hooked On You by Brittany Anne
They were each other’s biggest mistakes. Hers, for letting him in, and his, for letting her go.
Seven years after what was supposed to be the best night of Victoria’s life, she is finally ready to return home and face the memories that she spent so long running away from. She is certain she has moved on, but the minute she sees Gabe Matthews, all of the feelings she repressed come right back up to the surface. Gabe says he’s changed, but can she ever truly trust the man who shattered her heart all those years ago?
Gabe Matthews was not a good man, but he had spent the last three years doing everything he could to redeem himself. When the only girl he ever truly cared for walks back into his life, he is faced with the ultimate test: do the right thing and let her go, like he tried to do so many years ago, or be selfish and make her his. He wants to be the good guy, but sometimes, chemistry just can’t be controlled, and Gabe will be damned if he lets Victoria walk out of his life a second time.
Rounding Third by Michelle Lynn
I was destined for stardom.
From the age of seven, I was an all-star.
Parents praised me, coaches worshipped me.
As I got older, girls begged for me.
The legend was laid to rest.
I gave up my scholarship.
I fled from Beltline.
Forever Together by Jade Whitfield
Dark haired beauty, Cindy Martin was once lucky in love, until her boyfriend broke her heart and sent her running. Attending college in faraway Los Angeles was the perfect excuse to get away, settle her heart and drown herself in wine and tears – except now she is back for the summer, and her ex hasn’t gone anywhere.
Brady Cooper is handsome, arrogant and still head over heels in love with Cindy. Six months ago, he let fear rule him and he made a mistake that cost him everything – now he just has to get her to believe him.
Surrounded by friends and family that know too much and meddle a little too closely, can this once perfect pair overcome the obstacles in front of them, mend their hearts and finally be Forever Together?
Sometimes the very thing that broke your heart is the only thing that can fix it.
The Thief Who Stole Eternity by Pam Kesterson
A modern saga continues in the Infinīte Series.
The Thief Who Stole Eternity by Pam Kesterson
braids together the dystopian and utopian in brilliant scenery, immortality, myths, and faith.
The Thief Who Stole Eternity is the second book in the Infinīte Series. It’s a story of first love as Cat and Shenser reunite together and meander through a landscape woven of legends and illusions in search for Saidi, a lost Infinīte, and other Infinītes enslaved across the world. Driven by obsession, Cat cannot resist Shenser’s offer to help. A captivating story of startling beauty and dismay. From tarnished, and at times regretful heroes, to narcissistic villains.
The protagonist, Cat, had a brief appearance in book one. Now both the new and familiar cast delights the pages of believable and efficient personalities, all capable of accomplishing inconceivable feats. These characters build the network between reality and illusion.
An exciting, and at times horrifying novel that refuses to be detailed by any one genre. Experience the unforeseen world of the Infinītes.
My Cowboy Soldier by Gillian Cherry
Holidays are the times that draw lovers and families together, except when war tears them apart.
Newlyweds Ellie and CJ Reynolds have every expectation of living happily ever after. Indeed the upcoming year shows promise with the news of a baby due. But a dark shadow crosses the lovers’ lives when the Gulf War erupts just as CJ completes basic training.
Ellie fears her life is becoming frighteningly similar to the story of her own parents. Her father was killed in Vietnam while she was in her mother’s womb.
Tensions increase as the holiday season progresses. Will CJ be home on the special days, or when the baby is born? Will he come home at all?
Two Chances At Love by Sophie Hunter
On the evening of her high school prom, and the day before her family move her permanently back to London, Alice’s boyfriend, Toby, breaks her heart so badly, she doesn’t think she’ll ever be able to fix it again.
Eighteen years later, working as a waitress and struggling as a writer, Alice feels like she’s going nowhere. She can’t find a man; no matter how hard she looks, her debut novel isn’t selling, and she can’t find any inspiration to write another.
When debonair billionaire, Devizes Carter, walks unexpectedly into her life, she finally feels like all of her problems might have been solved in one fell swoop.
Not only is he charming, rich and incredibly good in bed, he also promises to give Alice’s books the attention they deserve.
Is Devizes just too good to be true, or is Alice unable to accept that finally things might be going her way?
If Devizes isn’t enough of a surprise already for Alice, things get even more complicated, when Toby shows up unannounced, with a revelation that will blow her mind.
It’s been eighteen years since she last saw him, and despite having her heart broken all that time ago, not a day has gone by that she hasn’t wondered what became of her first true love.
Can she give the man she used to call ‘the one’ another chance to come back into her life, or is it time to bury the past, nail down the lid, and finally move on?
‘Two Chances At Love’ is both a drama and a comedy, but first and foremost, it’s a love story.
It’s a book about secrets and lies, about the blurring lines between fantasy and fiction, and, most importantly, about how true love has a way of always finding you, regardless of how lost you think you might be.
Young Love Part 1: A Schoolyard Love Story by Dean Amory
In “Young Love part 1, A school Yard Love Story”, Sean and Katherine fall in love the first day they meet. Theirs is a complicated relationship from the start, but although Katherine questions Sean’s true intentions, and doesn’t always like his behaviour, she cannot help falling in love with him. However, when their relationship becomes too serious and threatens to disrupt her studies and ruin the good understanding with the teachers and with her parents, she breaks up.
For Sean, being dumped is hard enough, but things become really complicated when Katherine promises she will return to him after they graduate from high school. When he discovers that Katherine cannot shake him from her mind, Sean struggles to live up to her expectations and restore their bond. In the process, he is forced to have a good look at himself and to discover his own identity. Slowly, he finds that it’s okay not to have all the answers. After trying for months to convince Katherine to reconsider, Sean gives up. But with Katherine always nearby, he never really manages to distance himself from her.
Their First Kiss by Elanna Reese
When Aurelia’s mother dies, the servants and slaves try to raise the daughter of the Imperial Legate, but she is too unruly, too stubborn, and too undisciplined. In a fit of frustration, the Imperial Legate brings his daughter to live in the military camp with his soldiers.
Aurelia grows up into a strong an willful woman under the watchful eye of her bodyguard, handpicked by the Legate. Marcus is her protector, her confidante, and her friend. He’s also her first love, and she plans on making him her first lover as well.
But Marcus makes it clear to Aurelia that everything will be according to his terms. She willing accepts his demands, though she doesn’t always obey him. Even though the consequences of disobedience may be punishing, Aurelia wouldn’t change a thing.
Confiscating Charlie by Lucy Leroux
Noah Masters is looking for his future. He never expected it to find it in her.
After crashing and burning his racing career Noah Masters has to figure out what to do with his life. His cousin Alex suggests he find a way to channel his creative energy in a way that doesn’t involve him putting his life in danger.
Then Noah meets his step-mother’s teenage sister Charlie, and he finds he doesn’t have to risk his life to find his future—he just has to risk his heart.
***Confiscating Charlie is a standalone 16,000 word novelette in the Singular Obsession Series. No cliffhangers and no serials. Not suitable for readers under 18.***
Craving Shannon by E. D. Brady
Chad Clarkson leads a charmed life: Good looks, great career, wealthy family and a girlfriend with connections to one of Washington’s most prominent politicians.
Young, sweet and beautiful Shannon is fleeing a troubled past. When she begins work at Chad’s company, her sensual innocence captures his attention, throwing his life and moral convictions into a tailspin. He fights hard to suppress his obsession with her, but circumstances keep throwing them together, undermining his best efforts.
As his craving for her drives him to the brink of madness, he realizes that Shannon may not be all she seems. What dark secrets is she keeping, and if he succumbs to his sordid desire, could her past catch up with her, putting both their lives in danger?
Silver Lake by Kathryn Knight
Rain Anderson can’t decide which is more unsettling–encountering the ghost of her missing friend, or reuniting with the man whose love she foolishly rejected. But one thing is certain: the past has come back to haunt her, quite literally.
Five years ago, Rain’s tight-knit group of high school friends unraveled when one vanished during their senior year. Now, a parent’s deathbed request has reunited the friends at Silver Lake, including Jason Lansing, the man Rain discarded.
Rain and Jason discover the powerful attraction between them has survived, but though Jason is willing to forgive, he can’t let himself forget. The possibility of falling for Rain again is too risky.
Slamming doors, crashing objects, flaring fires–clearly the ghost has a message to share. As Rain and Jason struggle to unravel the truth, they must face a desperate spirit in need of help–and a burning passion that refuses to die.
The Lady of the Pier – The Ebb by Effrosyni Moschoudi
“The Lady of the Pier – The Ebb” is an ABNA quarter-finalist. The book follows the lives and loves of two young girls who’ve never met but are connected in a mysterious way. It is the first part of a paranormal romance that’s set in Brighton (England) in the 1930’s and in Corfu (Greece) in the 1980’s.
LOVE WILL GO ON FOREVER, SEEKING A SECOND CHANCE.
BRIGHTON, 1937
Laura Mayfield leaves London with her mother Ruth in order to pursue a new life in Brighton. She finds employment at the West Pier Pavilion and soon falls in love with Christian Searle, one of the stagehands at the theatre. Laura aspires to a life of riches but this annoys and frightens the proud and insecure Christian, causing rows between them. When she is offered the chance to perform at the theatre, her love for Christian is put to the ultimate test. Charles Willard, a wealthy and arrogant aristocrat becomes fascinated by her and pursues her relentlessly, causing Christian to become enraged. Will Laura’s desire for wealth throw her in the arms of Charles or will her feelings for Christian prevail?
CORFU, 1987
Sofia Aspioti, a Greek student from Athens, arrives in Corfu for her annual summer holidays at her grandparents’ house, relieved to escape her overprotective parents’ care for a while. She takes on a job at the local water sports pier and when Danny Markson, a larger-than-life British tourist flirts with her, she is initially worried that his advances will cause her trouble with her strict family. Yet, by the time she realises that she’s desperately in love, she finds she no longer cares. When Danny returns home to a village near Brighton, Sofia becomes haunted by a series of dreams about the West Pier and a woman dressed in black. As if cast by a spell, she takes to writing poems about a love that won’t let go. Who is the grieving woman in her dreams and how is her sorrow related to her own feelings for Danny?
