Amalie Price—overeducated, sharp-tongued, and slightly cross-eyed—has been coasting along in New York as a sheltered faculty wife who secretly freelances as a French porno translator, when she suddenly finds herself a widow at 40. Left with no financial resources by her activist—and possibly unfaithful—husband, she must contend with her newly alienated teenage son, the threat of eviction from her Upper West Side apartment, and the need to earn a living. Amalie transforms herself in record time as she takes on the New York City bureaucracy, leads a tenant protest, and becomes increasingly engaged in social issues, to her own surprise and the amazement of both her inscrutable son and wacky sociologist father. Along the way, Amalie manages a new job, attempts to make peace with her offspring, and fights off—or succumbs to—a colorful variety of men in hot pursuit: a composer who bases his music on cuts of meat, her messianic new boss, and a lawyer who relies on his dog for legal... Views: 26
Did she have any idea how he fought not to go to her? How it went against everything he was not to take her and make her his?Rhys is a king who walks in darkness. However, an innocent kiss from one woman slayed him as nothing in his very, very long life had ever done. It physically hurt for him to tear his lips away from hers--and to turn his back on her for eternity. But can a Dark King ever forget the pleasure, the cost, of true passion? One woman is about to put him to the ultimate test… Views: 26
Someone is dressed to kill in the debut Costume Shop Mystery from the national bestselling author of the Material Witness mysteries. No sooner does former magician's assistant Margo Tamblyn return home to Proper City, Nevada, to run Disguise DeLimit, her family's costume shop, than she gets her first big order. Wealthy nuisance Blitz Manners needs forty costumes for a detective-themed birthday bash. As for Blitz himself, his Sherlock Holmes is to die for—literally—when, in the middle of the festivities, Margo's friend and party planner Ebony Welles is caught brandishing a carving knife over a very dead Blitz. For Margo, clearing Ebony's name is anything but elementary, especially after Ebony flees town. Now Margo is left to play real-life detective in a town full of masked motives, cloaked secrets, and veiled vendettas. But as she soon learns, even a killer disguise can't hide a murderer in plain sight for long. INCLUDES... Views: 26
Undercover DEA agent Caleb Black is home for the holidays – possibly to bust his own father. But maybe Caleb's con-man dad isn't the one running drugs through the small town of Black Oak. Maybe it's the green-eyed goddess who runs the New Age shop and has Caleb under her sultry spell. Pandora Easton saved the family store with two words: sex sells. And her delectable aphrodisiacs really work, as she's proven with notorious bad boy Caleb again and again and again. Little does she guess that, in the end, her most potent potion will be the truth… Views: 26
WARNING: THIS BOOK IS INTENDED FOR 18+ ONLY DUE TO THE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT & ADULT LANGUAGE. THE M/M, M/F/M AND M/F SCENES ARE SO SCORCHING HOT THAT THEY MAY BURN YOUR EYES, SO IF ANY OF THOSE DYNAMICS OFFEND YOUR DELICATE SENSIBILITIES THEN THIS IS NOT THE BOOK FOR YOU. Katie Albright has endured a lifetime of tragedy in just a few short years. After losing her sister Kelly, she throws herself into her work as a prosecutor. While sending criminals like the man who abducted her sister away to prison, she struggles to be the best surrogate mother she can be for her nephew. With her busy life she has no expectation of being swept away by prince charming, but a girl can still dream. Joe Montgomery is an incredibly gorgeous and very successful trial attorney, living life as a bachelor with no responsibility whatsoever. From the outside, many might think he has it all, but in reality his sex life is extremely complicated, and he's starting to doubt that he'll ever deserve the life he longs for, or the only woman he's ever wanted. Katie and Joe's very different worlds are about to collide. If Katie can let her guard down, and if Joe can let go of his guilty conscience, the two may finally be able to find their own happily ever after together. But that picturesque future starts to fall apart when several defendants from Katie's past escape from prison seeking revenge on the woman who put them away. The stakes are raised even higher when she realizes exactly what her sister's abductor is coming after. His son.** Views: 26
The World Has Already Ended.
The future--where a terrible battle against a parasitic virus called "Gastrea" has been fought...and lost. Humanity is cornered and lives in despair. Rentaro and Enju face constant danger in their work as a team of anti-Gastrea specialists known as "civil security officers." As if the daily fight against oblivion weren't enough, they'll soon face a threat that could destroy all of Tokyo... Views: 26
A MAN WITH ONE LAST JOB TO DOBounty Hunter Jack Boyd is ready to give up hunting wanted men and settle down in a small town where he can start a family. But before he goes, he’s got one last job to do: catch the notorious Butch Brumley and his gang of train-robbers.A WOMAN WITH A TASTE FOR ADVENTUREColleen O’Byrne is sure she’s going to die of boredom if she follows in her mother’s footsteps and spends the rest of her life working in a New York garment factory. So she answers an advertisement in a mail-order bride catalog. Surely life on the frontier—even with a stranger—would be better than this.A TRAIN RIDE GONE HORRIBLY WRONGColleen’s fiancé offers to meet her at the train station in Austin so they can get acquainted sooner. He turns out to be much different than Colleen expected…but that’s the least of her problems.When her train is robbed and Colleen is taken hostage by the infamous Brumley gang, Colleen gets more adventure than she bargained for.Can Colleen and Jack beat the train-robbers at their own game? Or will this adventure be Colleen’s last?Winning the Bounty Hunter's Heart is a clean, inspirational mail order bride romance. While this book is part of a series, it can definitely be read as a standalone book. Views: 26
Phoebe West has been head-over-heels in love with her brother’s best friend for as long as she can remember. Not that he’s bothered to notice. Despite several mortifying attempts at seduction and a decade’s worth of unrequited pining, nothing Phoebe does seems to make any impact on the man she’s obsessed over since her bra-stuffing days. She knows it’s time to let him go, though just the thought is nearly enough to shatter her… Nathaniel “Nate” Knox has only ever seen Phoebe as one thing: forbidden. There’s a darkness in Nate, the kind you can’t avoid after years working in special forces and private security. He’s no good for anyone — especially not someone as sweet as his best friend’s little sister. He knows he can’t have her. Not ever. Even if she makes him feel things he barely recognizes... Some lines aren’t meant to be crossed. When an unforeseeable series of events sends Phoebe stumbling headfirst into danger, there’s only one man who can protect her. Though, in his quest to save her life, he may just break her heart... CROSS THE LINE is a full-length contemporary romance about a woman who can’t seem to walk away… and the man who’ll go to any length to keep her safe. Due to sparks flying, suspenseful moments, steamy scenes, and one sassy heroine, it is recommended to readers ages 17 and up. ** Views: 26
