Traveling from New York City to Houston to meet her future in-laws and announce her engagement, accident prone Bailey finds herself in a situation beyond her control. All flights are cancelled the night before Christmas Eve, leaving Bailey stranded at the airport with a cowboy from her past.Against all odds, Sebastian manages to rescue Bailey from one disaster after another, but is it too late to rescue her from her future? Faced with a heartrending dilemma, does Bailey turn her back on the man who offers her a life of security, or does she run off to Maui with a cowboy? Views: 29
A nameless young man lives in the housing projects outside of Paris. When he was a child, his parents moved with him from the Congo to France, hoping in vain to escape poverty and violence. His best friend, Drissa, is in a psychiatric hospital and now Mireille, his girlfriend, the woman with whom he has shared his childhood and hopes, has left him to reconnect with her Jewish roots in Israel. During a night out to drown the pain of his heartache, there is a fight with a policeman, the policeman dies, and the young man is arrested and taken to jail. Between police beatings and abrupt interrogations, his memory becomes his sole ally to escape from the exiguous space in which he is confined. Half-conscious and delirious, he reflects on his journey from the land of his ancestors to his life in the projects with Drissa and Mireille. In The Heart of the Leopard Children, N'Sondé explores the themes of love and pain, belonging and uprooting, desire and fear—all with an... Views: 29
Will his billion-dollar fortune cause him to lose the woman he loves?Jarryd Westbourne is shocked to have inherited a billion-dollar fortune from the mother who’d given him up for adoption. Unfortunately, business complications force him to keep it a secret from everyone for a period of time, even from Marilyn Grant, the woman he’s crazy about. When his birth mother’s husband suddenly challenges the will and accuses him of foul play, he ends his relationship with Marilyn to protect her from any scandal. But can he ever win Marilyn back if she discovers what he’s been hiding from her?Can her love survive a necessary deception?Marilyn Grant was heartbroken when Jarryd Westbourne dumped her unexpectedly. But she believes that Jarryd broke up with her only because he’s intimidated by her parents being billionaires while he’s only of average means. She’s keen to prove to Jarryd that she doesn’t care one bit that his wealth is nowhere near her family’s. After all, love and trust, not money, are the foundations of a lasting relationship. And Jarryd is one guy she knows she can trust… Views: 29
Leighton Tempest is a force of nature. Rich, dominant, completely untameable. Did I mention he's hung too? Hung like a... Oh, and when he sets his mind on something, he always gets what he wants. ALWAYS. Right up until he meets me that is. The one girl that seems determined not to play his game. The one girl he simply has to have. Without question. At all costs. Of course, things could be easier for the billionaire playboy. If his father hadn't just died. If I wasn't on trial for the murder. But the biggest one, the biggest problem. Something all the money in the world couldn't change... Leighton Tempest was my stepbrother. Charged is a full length, steamy, stepbrother romance novel with no cheating and a happy ever after! For a limited time only, Charged comes with a free full length bonus novel, Heated!** Views: 29
Mia and the Alien Prince by Megan Alban Crown Prince Khiron of the Delinan Empire is looking for the fiancée he hardly knows, who’s doing aid work on a far-flung planet. The lovely local female he meets on a stopover on Mars shouldn’t be more than a brief distraction.Mia Langland has her life planned out. She’ll work another couple of years, waitressing on Mars, then she’ll go home to Earth to help children orphaned in the devastating global floods. She doesn’t want some alien prince messing with her heart—especially when he’s engaged to somebody else.Will Prince Khiron help Mia follow her dream, or will her own deepest desires pull her into an affair that could ruin both of their lives—and bring down the galactic empire?The Broadcast by Billie Hart For years, alien technologist Alyse Pepperfield has dreamed of advancing human discoveries. That’s why she’s on planet SH-17. To find the source of the strange, alien broadcast. So four years in, when a critical mission to the mine fields falls on Alyse’s shoulders, she takes it, despite the approaching meteorite storm.But when danger strikes on the field, Alyse’s nerves steer her thoughts to one man. Her boss, the spunky, young space marine Captain Darner, has always been there for her. And the more she discovers in the mines, the more she realizes her true feelings for him.Another Earth by Demi Knight The room temperature grew hotter as their passion to be together took on a more urgent momentum. Their hands started to explore and roam across the surface of their clothing. She pressed against him, transmitting her need, before leaping up on him, wrapping her legs around his waist. Grounding her heat into his middle.She’d moved quickly without pulling her lips away from his. He couldn’t control his hands, which developed a life of their own as they wandered all over her, from her cheeks down to her ass. He took off her blouse and let her hair down, to fall over her bare shoulders. Then he undid her bra, letting his hands fondle her breasts, as they fell into his palms. She looked to him like a pure goddess. His heart pounded, making it difficult to breathe...Claimed by Emma Gale In the remote mountains of a frontier planet, tinkerer and part-time inventor Paige Roth has her hands full protecting her claim against the goons of MagnorCo. With the help of her robots, she's doing pretty well, but the last thing she expects to fall into one of her traps is a handsome stranger trying to hike through the mountains for reasons of his own.He's handsome enough to make her forget where she put her toolkit, but can she trust him?Alien to Love by Wendy C. Giffen Her family has gone crazy, her man’s a mystery! Will love and attitude be enough? Feisty but vulnerable Celeste needs to reunite her family so she is free to marry her mystery man, but their problems and her attitudes keep getting in the way.In this second stand-alone novelette in the American Alien series of contemporary SF romance, an intelligent and curvy BW needs a little outside help to solve her families problems, but she wants to do it on her own!Alien Mercenary's Desire by Lia Cole Kordiss has spent his life on the fringe, not succumbing to his rages. But when he rescues feisty human Sharla from intergalactic sex traders, his defenses are breached by her trusting smile. And when she's stolen from his arms, nothing will stand in the way of getting her back. This is a sexy, steamy stand-alone alien abduction romance with a happy ending. Views: 29
Nestled in the Chesapeake Bay, Brodie Island is charming, remote, and slow to change. For eleven generations, Abby Brodie's farming family has prospered there. Now, years after leaving to make her way on her own terms, Abby is coming home to see her ailing grandmother, with her teenage daughter and a wealth of memories in tow. Yet as family members gather at the old farmhouse, Abby realizes this visit offers more than a chance to say goodbye. After decades of feeling she was a disappointment as a daughter, Abby is beginning to see that her mother, too, has struggled to feel a sense of belonging within the Brodie family. Celeste, Abby's self-centered sister, is far from the successful actress she pretends to be, and needs help that only Abby and their half-brother, Joseph, can give. But most surprising of all is the secret that Grandmother Brodie has been carrying—one that will make each woman question her identity and the sacrifices she's willing to make to gain... Views: 29
Rachel Griffin wants to know everything. As a freshman at Roanoke Academy for the Sorcerous Arts, she has been granted to opportunity to study both mundane and magical subjects.
But even her perfect recollection of every book she has ever read does not help her when she finds a strange statue in the forest—a statue of a woman with wings. Nowhere—neither in the arcane tomes of the Wise, nor in the dictionary and encyclopedia of the non-magic-using Unwary—can she find mention of such a creature.
What could it be? And why are the statue’s wings missing when she returns?
When someone tries to kill a fellow student, Rachel soon realizes that, in the same way her World of the Wise hides from mundane folk, there is another, more secret world hiding from everyone—which her perfect recall allows her to remember. Her need to know everything drives her to investigate.
Rushing forward where others fear to tread, Rachel finds herself beset by wraiths, magical pranks, homework, a Raven said to bring the doom of worlds, love’s first blush, and at least one fire-breathing teacher.
Curiosity might kill a cat, but nothing stops Rachel Griffin! Views: 29
In this heartwarming companion to Drive Me Crazy, twelve-year-old Fiona Coppleton is living a middle schooler's worst nightmare: her diary was made public and her best friend is partly to blame.Fiona and Cassie are supposed to be best friends forever. No one else listens or makes Fiona laugh like Cassie, and that meant everything when Fiona's parents were divorcing. They love each other in spite of their (many) differences, and even though Cassie cares a little too much about being popular, Fiona can't imagine life without her.Until Fiona's diary is stolen by the most popular girls at school, and her most secret thoughts are read out loud on the bus. Even worse: Cassie was there, and she didn't do anything to stop it. Now, for some reason, she's ignoring Fiona. Suddenly the whole world has shifted.Life without a best friend is confusing, scary, maybe impossible. But as Fiona navigates a summer of big changes, she learns more about herself—and... Views: 29
