With his Full Figured series, Carl Weber brings together some of Urban Books' hottest authors to entertain readers with their stories about the lives and loves of beautiful full-figured women. When Desa Rae Jenkins ended her tumultuous relationship with Roc, it seemed like the appropriate thing to do;but now she's second-guessing her decision. Roc moved away to Kansas City, leaving street life back in St. Louis up to the brothas who can handle it. He continues to live his life on the edge, though, and when he returns to St. Louis, Desa Rae shows up at his doorstep to reconcile. Roc is reluctant to go there with the one woman who ripped his heart from his chest. He's determined not to let Desa Rae wiggle her way back in, but this full-sized diva is a heavy-hitter who won't give up without putting up a good fight. Win or lose, she refuses to back down, but with Roc's baby mama still in the way, there can be only one winner. When Malika Williamson hired Travis Ingram, she never... Views: 11
RE-EDITED VERSION JUNE 2014 ‘I’m standing here, on top of the building and I need to remind myself to breathe. It’s not like I haven’t done this 146 times before. It’s not like I’m not the best in the business. I am the best at this because as sick as it sounds, I want to be here. I love doing what I do. I can tell you that I’ve been in this line of work for the last thirteen years. I didn’t quite fall into it, I actually sought it out. I am undoubtedly the best in the industry. I’m respected amongst all the big players. I am the biggest player of them all. If a rookie tried to come along and show me up as an example of their capabilities, it didn’t take long for me to work out what they were about. There’s no hesitation. No second thoughts. No doubts. No emotions. No feelings.’ ~ Anna Brookes Anna Brookes is the most dangerous woman that you hope you will never know. Her life of danger started the day she turned 15. The thirteen years that follow shapes her life to become the most deadly and lethal woman. HiT 149 becomes her most difficult target. Does she pull the trigger or does she risk becoming the target herself? Views: 11
Can Jarrod risk destroying his world for a forbidden love that might never be returned?On the world of Arroway, witches have been persecuted for a thousand years, stripped of their magic at birth and kept as slaves by the Order of Warlocks.Freya, a pleasure slave, fled from the Order while pregnant. Now she’s been recaptured, and to save her daughter and the world of Arroway, she must work with one of the hated warlocks while fighting her growing attraction for him.From the first time she knelt before him, Jarrod was drawn to Freya. Twenty years ago, he would have given up everything to be with her, but she had run from him. Now, he has another chance. But can he risk destroying their world for a forbidden love that might never be returned? Views: 11
The middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!
Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict "aunt," she's not even sure who she is. M's dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly--literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly mundane life forever . . . and expose her to perils she never dreamed of.
Book 1 of the award-winning Starstruck series, where teen romance blends with science fiction to open a whole new world of action, adventure and discovery.
STARFALL, the 4th and final book of this series, now available!
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"STARSTRUCK had me starstruck from beginning to end! A totally fun, unique take on science fiction and paranormal--with a whole lot of romance thrown in." ~Colleen Gleason, New York Times bestselling author of the Stoker & Holmes series
"Hiatt puts a fresh twist into this fun tale of a nerdy teen's lifebecoming an amazing adventure. Starstruck sparkles!" ~4-time RITA award winner Justine Davis
1st Place: 2014 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award
1st Place: 2014 Book Buyer's Best Award
1st Place: 2014 "I Heart Indie" Award
1st Place: 2014 International Digital Awards
2nd Place: 2014 Reader's Choice Heart of Excellence Award
Finalist: The Wishing Shelf Book Awards (UK)
"Readers who enjoy suspenseful fantasy and coming-of-age stories aresure to enjoy Starstruck. The author indicates that this is the first in a new series, and I, for one, hope that there are many more novels tocome." ~Long and Short Reviews
"I highly recommend Starstruck to fans of YA paranormal romance! I can't wait to see what Hiatt has in store for us in future books!" ~Feed Your Fiction Addiction
From the Author
Starstruck is my very first teen novel, and I have to say I had more fun writing it than I've ever had writing anything (which is saying a lot!) I got to channel my own inner teen (yes, my awkward, nerdy teen self) into M's character, but where I never did anything particularly extraordinary during my own high school years, M gets to break through all the bounds of "humdrum" into totally unexpected excitement and even a chance for glory! I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent in little "Jewel, Indiana" with M and her friends (and especially Rigel!) and I hope you will, too! Views: 11
From
the superbly gifted Sherry Thomas comes this beautifully written romance about
a marriage of convenience that turns inconveniently passionate...
Felix Rivendale, the Marquess of Wrenworth,
is The Ideal Gentleman, a man all men want to be and all women want to possess.
Even Felix himself almost believes this golden image. But underneath is a
damaged soul soothed only by public adulation.
Louisa Cantwell needs to marry well to
support her sisters. She does not, however, want Lord Wrenworth—though he seems
inexplicably interested in her. She mistrusts his outward perfection, and the
praise he garners everywhere he goes. Still, when he is the only man to propose
at the end of the London season, she reluctantly accepts.
Louisa does not understand her husband’s
mysterious purposes, but she cannot deny the pleasure her body takes in his
touch. Nor can she deny the pull this magnetic man exerts upon her. But does
she dare to fall in love with a man so full of dark secrets, any one of which
could devastate her, if she were to get any closer?
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New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer takes readers back to Jacobsville, Texas, where Hayes Carson is a lawman on a search for justice.His brother had been the only family he had left in the world. Hayes, a long, tall and serious Texan, has long been suspicious of the blond-haired, bright-eyed Minette Raynor, who is both mysterious and beautiful. And now he's convinced that Minette was involved in giving his brother the drugs that killed him. As far as Hayes is concerned, neither her looks nor anything else will stand in the way of him righting what is so very wrong.Minette can't get Hayes off her mind, or off her back. His investigation of her is a nuisance, but as an undercover DEA agent, that's the least of her worries. Until she finds herself in great danger, and he's the only one who can save her. Can she count on Hayes believing the truth--and saving her life? Views: 11
By choice or by force, everyone eventually walks out of Rae Stevens' life. Usually, she beats them to the punch. Now she is determined to save the father she barely knows, even if it means calling on the one man she can't forget.
Wealthy, powerful, and sinfully gorgeous Daegen Tan has it all. Except the one thing he truly wants: Rae, the woman who ended their passionate affair three years ago. He is determined to have her back in his bed. This time, he'll take pleasure in seducing her--and then he'll be the one to leave. Except his heart has other ideas.
Can Rae stay long enough to give him a chance? And will Daegen be able to convince her that he isn't going anywhere? Views: 11
A new short story by award-winning author Pasha Malla.Set during the summer in a small town on the edge of the Arctic Circle, "To Sweep the Light" is a love story about solitude and companionship, proximity and distance, and the quest for intimacy between a boy and a girl. Views: 11
Retail“I EITHER WRITE THE BOOK OR SELL THE JEWELS,” Ava Gardner told her coauthor, Peter Evans, “and I’m kinda sentimental about the jewels.” So began the collaboration that led to this remarkably candid, wickedly sardonic memoir. Ava Gardner was one of Hollywood’s great stars during the 1940s and 1950s, an Oscar-nominated leading lady who co-starred with Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, and Humphrey Bogart, among others. Her films included Show Boat, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Barefoot Contessa, and On the Beach. But her life off the screen was every bit as fabulous as her film roles.Born poor in rural North Carolina, Gardner was given a Hollywood tryout thanks to a stunning photo of her displayed in a shop window. Not long after arriving in Hollywood, she caught the eye of Mickey Rooney, then America’s #1 box-office draw. Rooney was a womanizer so notorious that even his mother warned Gardner about him. They married, but the marriage lasted only a year (“my shortest husband and my biggest mistake”). Ava then married band leader and clarinetist Artie Shaw, who would eventually marry eight times, but that marriage, too, lasted only about a year (“he was a dominating son of a bitch . . . always putting me down”). She carried on a passionate affair with Howard Hughes but didn’t love him, she said. Her third marriage was a tempestuous one to Frank Sinatra (“We were fighting all the time. Fighting and boozing. It was madness. . . . But he was good in the feathers”).Faithfully recording Ava’s reminiscences in this book, Peter Evans describes their late-night conversations when Ava, having had something to drink and unable to sleep, was at her most candid. So candid, in fact, that when she read her own words, she backed out and halted the book. Only now, years after her death, could this frank and revealing memoir be published. “If I get into this stuff, oh, honey, have you got something coming,” Ava told Evans. Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations is the stunning story of a legendary star’s public and private lives.Review“I read Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations in a delirious gulp. It is absolutely terrific. I couldn’t put it down. Gardner comes across as a flamboyant but tragic figure who always spoke the truth no matter how painful. And the way writer Peter Evans has shaped their conversations is truly remarkable.”(Patricia Bosworth, author of Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman)“Jaw-dropping anecdotes about film legends and the studio system in its heyday make this an irresistible read. . . . Even seasoned fans will learn fresh tidbits about ex-husbands Mickey Rooney, Artie Shaw, and Frank Sinatra, as well as her tumultuous relationships with Howard Hughes and George C. Scott. . . . Gardner is funny and frank, and Evans's diligence makes the book not only one of the more revealing celebrity autobiographies published recently, but a candid glimpse into the world of a ghostwriter, star handler, and late-night confidante.”(Publishers Weekly)“An unvarnished account of [Gardner’s] marriages and affairs in golden-age Hollywood. . . . Give[s] a vivid sense of Gardner’s salty, no-BS personality. . . . Juicy.”(Kirkus Reviews)"A complete delight. . . . [Gardner's] quotes exude the musk of a woman supremely indifferent to the social proprieties and expectations of her era. . . . Hers is the heartbreaking memoir of the ultimate heartbreaker."(Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer) About the AuthorPeter Evans was a columnist and foreign correspondent with the Daily Express (UK), and wrote for the Los Angeles Times and Vogue, as well as every major newspaper in Britain. His books include Peter Sellers: The Man Behind the Mask and Nemesis. He died in 2012.Ava Gardner was born in Grabtown, North Carolina, in 1922. Her films include The Killers, Showboat, Mogambo, The Barefoot Contessa, The Sun Also Rises, and On the Beach. She died in London in 1990. Views: 11
