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Heart Wreck: A Stranger Vacation Contemporary Romance by Melinda Hazen
Two damaged hearts. One tropical vacation. That’s where our story starts…
Four years ago, a single tragic event left me at rock bottom, and my life has sucked ever since. So, when a guy I’ve been getting to know through social media suggested we meet in Hawaii for our “official” first date, I agreed to go. My life has been mundane overall, so I had nothing to lose. A romantic adventure with breathtaking views and an ocean breeze as the backdrop created the potential for us to fall in love. Until the promise of excitement turned sour…
Shortly after my arrival in Hawaii, I learned my date was standing me up, leaving me stranded in Lanai for the week. As an apology, he left his credit card on file along with the prepaid room and told me to enjoy the luxurious resort on him. While being a generous offer, it still meant I’d experience paradise… alone. Or would I?
Somehow, I’ve met someone interesting, and my outlook has quickly changed… Cillian is handsome and mysterious and is also a guest at the resort. Conveniently, we’re both on our own for the week. I’m drawn to him by the precise, thought-provoking questions he asks. Not only are those impressive, but Cillian also listens intently and is determined to learn details about my life. He appears almost too good to be true. While I’m confessing awful secrets—ones I’ve purposely left buried in the past—Cillian’s attempting to heal my wounds. But at the same time, I sense something is keeping him stuck in his past and giving him reservations about me.
I have six days to figure what’s happening between us. So, let the Hawaiian trip begin…
*** Heart Wreck is a steamy contemporary romance featuring a beta hero, may contain sensitive subject matter, and has no bad language. Recommended for 18+. ***
Finding It All by Stacey Komosinski
Best friends, dreams and happiness. They believe in it all, and their sacred Friday nights. Find out how love fits — or doesn’t fit in their plans.
Twenty-five-year-old Chloe Larson has never had a relationship or been really kissed by someone. After a rough childhood spent hiding a secret and being ridiculed, Chloe believes she’s better off with only friends around her. That way she can’t get hurt or misused.
She spends weekends living life to the fullest with her best friends and roommates Gaby and Jess and weekdays proving her worth as a newly promoted reporter. The thing is, she doesn’t have time for anything romantic. But secretly she longs for that special connection with someone.
Chris Sherman is bored of the selfish women who flock to him. Recently out of a relationship, he isn’t looking for love. But everything changes when he meets Chloe Larson. She has a way about her that excites and intrigues him, leaving him desperate to get to know her.
Will they both find the courage to let each other in and experience the joys and pains of love, life, and happiness to find it all?
Welcome to the Finding Happiness in Harmony series’ first journey celebrating the bonds of friendship, love, and life. This feel-good story of first love and best friends will have you believing you too can find it all.
You, Me and Other Stuff by L M Barrett
A funny, heart warming story that will put a smile on your face. Perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Marian Keyes and Lucy Diamond.
Declan’s a tad annoyed. Not only has the love of his life run off with ‘Superman’ but she’s also unwittingly caused his current hostage situation.
This is the story between two childhood friends and the ‘stuff’ that always gets in the way of their relationship. Mostly the fact that Sarah is engaged to another man and Declan is being held prisoner.
Find out what Sarah did and if Declan will ever forgive her. Can things ever go back to the way they were?
All the Wrong Places by Jerilee Kaye
From Jerilee Kaye, author of best-selling novel “Knight in Shining Suit”, comes the spin-off of the top-grossing interactive story, “All the Wrong Reasons”.
One last adventure.
That was all Julianne wanted. One last trip to escape the pressures of an arranged marriage to a man she doesn’t love and doesn’t even like. One last time to experience freedom… to go wherever she wanted to go, to be anyone she wanted to be. On her last two weeks in Paris, she met someone unexpected—aspiring painter, Jas Mathieu. He was as handsome as hell, and as sweet as heaven. He captured her heart, lit her fire and consumed her soul.She wanted to give Jas every part of herself, but she was already promised to a powerful man who could easily ruin the simple life of the guy she fell in love with.Terrified of what her father and fiancé could do to Jas if she stayed with him, she fled Paris and left him behind—with no real information about herself, not even her real name. Little did she know, that the passionate night they spent together would be the cause of her broken engagement and would change her life forever.
Seven years later, after her father stripped her of her heiress title and privileges, she crossed paths with Jas Mathieu once again. And this time, she found out that he wasn’t exactly the struggling artist she thought he was. And he was no stranger to the family and social circle she belonged to.It turned out that years ago, when they met… she wasn’t the only one keeping secrets.
Behind the Fan by Caroline Walken
The premise of the story centers around Dottie Denham who is nearly a hundred years old. She like many elderly suffers from dementia, she has periods of time when she is simply not in the present. She talks to her deceased husband, makes references to places and people her family does not know. When she nearly catches her house on fire, the decision is made to put her in a home. Her 2 granddaughters and their daughters descend on her and start packing the house up.
Her oldest Mary, it uptight and a bit of a control freak. She has little humor about life and is a bit unyielding. Her daughter, Josie is the polar opposite and is the embodiment of a free spirit. It is to the point that there has been a disconnect between the two. The younger granddaughter is Kim, she is a chronic pleaser. She never holds anything against anyone including her cheating ex-husband. She has not moved past the night he moved out to be with his girlfriend. Her daughter Maisie, is quiet and a bit of a nerd. Being front and center to the dysfunctional relationship of her parent however keep her from having a relationship – of any kind.
Dottie’s dementia is more than simply getting lost, she has created a bridge to her late husband; Nicky. He lives in ‘The Void’, a world that is void of sound and substance until he finds her voice there. Following it, he is led to her and to the past they have shared. Nicky is coming to her daily to usher her to the other side but she simply won’t go. She can’t, not until she has helped the women in her family evolve.
While packing up her possessions, Mary and Kim find a box of forgotten photos. These open the door to a past they never imagined. Dottie won’t apologize; not about the burlesque club or the mobsters she’s known and loved. She knows they might think her life is unimaginable; that her connection with Nicky is unbelievable. But, in the end, she hopes they find it inspirational.
Mary and Kim stubble across a box of photos of burlesque dancers from the 30’s. They initially believe they found their grandfather’s porn, and of course are disgusted. But in the bottom is one photo, carefully hand tinted and it is of a striking woman. She is a burlesque fan dancer and this is her promo still. It is also their grandmother! The discovery of the photo causes Dottie to reveal her full past and how she really met their grandfather. Those stories in turn help the 4 women address issues in their own lives and they find inspiration.
More Than Everything by Delphie Gray
Liv isn’t looking for Mr Right or even Mr Right Now. Between the ghost of her ex and her platonic friend, who wants to be much, much more, she’s got enough to deal with. And her career’s finally getting somewhere. Then she unexpectedly meets Benedict, a self-made man, and everything gets complicated. He’s intense, demanding and carrying his own stash of dark secrets but he’s also the most passionate, amazing sex Liv’s ever had. Can they make it or will the past keep getting in the way?
More Than Everything is a funny, tender and sexy must-read for anyone who loved the Crossfire series, Sinners on Tour and The List. The Baby Favor by Chance Carter
Sometimes a favor can change your life.
Him: A rich, powerful, stunningly sexy CEO. Let’s call him Derek.
Me: An innocent, curvy, shy as hell girl who just applied to be his intern.The Problem: His father has three months to live, and unless Derek shows he can settle down and start a family, he’s going to be completely cut off from his family and his business. He’ll lose everyone and everything. He won’t even be allowed to attend the funeral.
The Solution: Uhm, yup. That’s where I step in. I’ve barely started working there, hardly found my desk, and he just asks me to do the most intimate, crazy, sexual thing I’ve ever heard of. It’s true when they say some favors will literally change your life.
The Favor: Pretend to be in love with him. Pretend to be engaged to him. Pretend to be pregnant with his baby. Oh, and while I’m at it, I have to be convincing enough to fool his suspicious father, the family lawyers, and everyone else in the family. Piece of cake, right? Well, let’s just say, Derek can make things very convincing, very fast.
The Baby favor is a full length, standalone romance from USA Today Bestselling author, Chance Carter. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. And it will make you breathless for more. HEA is guaranteed.
Dolphins for Sale by Jill Boon
Pamela has been a good wife, devoted and willing to make her marriage work. Then her husband, Glen, is killed in a road accident and her world changes forever. A flirtation with her boss, Jeff, introduces her to passion and a chance meeting with a total stranger awakens her hidden feelings. Can she break off this affair with Jeff and concentrate on her mother who has been diagnosed with stage four cancer?
Coming from burying her mother, Jeff fires her. Sweet revenge?
Her life goes from bad to worse. Her son Shaun is injured at school. As she nurses her son, Pamela goes through her late husband, Glen’s old things and discovers he had a secret life
Was Glen killed?
Her son shows her an advert saying: DOLPHINS FOR SALE. Pamela travels to The Isle of Man intending to buy the dolphins. But fate had a surprise waiting for her. There, she discovers a world of death-defying bikers, octane junkies.
Will Pamela find happiness here or discover this world too hot to handle? 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.
