When life gets complicated, Carmen Reid decides the only place to be is home. Leaving everything in Australia, she returns to London and to the love and support of her family and friends – something she desperately needs right now. How can she be strong when all she feels is pain and weakness? And how can she fight something she’s sure is hell bent on destroying her? Carter Manning is heading to England for his brother’s wedding, and the last thing he expects is for his life to change. But then he meets Carmen, best friend of the bride-to-be and something awakens inside him. When Carmen confesses a shocking truth, a truth that changes everything for him, he realises that he wants to help, protect and be there for her and he promises he will be. Through the most devastating time in Carmen’s life, Carter becomes her strength. He gives her a reason to fight and without even realising it, she becomes his everything, leaving them both wondering one thing… how can something so beautiful come out of the ugliest of things? ** Views: 14
It's the oldest story in the world: Boy meets Girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. But when the boy is Nick Sharman, and the girl has a violent ex-jailbird as an old boyfriend, who promises extreme retribution on anyone who gets involved with her, it's never going to be that simple...and both Sharman...and the girl are looking at a lot of trouble. What with a bent brief planning an audacious multi-million pound robbery with a bunch of heavy duty thugs in tow, a beautiful sister who's a fast track CID officer, and enough ordnance to stock the Woolwich Arsenal, the scene is set for a savage and bloody confrontation under the streets of the City of London which ends literally explosively, with only one man standing. And guess who that is. The latest Sharman shows there is life in the old dog yet, if only just. 'The plot races along like a salsa dancer - a guilty pleasure' - Guardian Unlimited 'As British as a used condom in a fogbound London... Views: 14
After losing her mom in an accident, Sass is sent to live with her uncle in England. Far from her native Brooklyn, the rocky shores and crumbling castles of Cornwall seem like the perfect place to hide her grief. And when she stumbles across a silver horse in a sunlit meadow, Sass feels a surprising sense of peace . . . only to have it broken by a boy. Arrogant and distrustful, the horse's trainer, Alex, doesn't approve of the trespassing American. Yet after a few chance meetings, he begins to feel a connection to the curious girl with the sad eyes, and offers to teach her to ride. Sass never expected to feel anything again—least of all love—but the lessons reveal a far different Alex, and soon their friendship turns into something more. But Alex has a secret—a bombshell about his family that could shatter Sass's trust . . . and force him to abandon the one girl who made him believe in himself. Views: 14
A MATCH MADE BY MAIL Needing a home and a husband to help her raise her orphaned nephews, Bella Wilson travels to Wyoming in response to a mail-order bride ad. But when she arrives, she discovers Pony Express rider Philip Young didn't place the ad. With her groom-to-be insisting he's not looking for a wife, Bella must convince him to marry her for the sake of the children. Philip never planned to marry, but he can't possibly turn away a woman in distress and allow her nephews to end up in an orphanage as he once had. A marriage of convenience is the perfect solution. But when he slowly discovers that family life may be what he's been looking for all along, can he convince Bella to give love a chance? Views: 14
Lauren Scott has always been tormented by her peers for being a good girl… She is viewed as the golden child by her parents—following their rules and allowing them to make all of her life decisions. But after a lifetime of walking the straight and narrow, Lauren feels as though her life is passing her by. When she catches her father having an affair, she throws the rulebook out the window… Lauren realizes that even if she does everything perfectly, life can—and will—surprise you. When life throws her a major curveball, she sets out to live for herself, making the rules up as she goes and smashing through everyone else’s expectations, but she doesn't know how to live without a guideline. So, Lauren is forced to ask her biggest tormentor for help—Kayden Daniels. Kayden is nothing but trouble—which is why Lauren needs him so badly… Kayden turns Lauren’s whole world upside down with a mischievous smirk and a proposition. But if Lauren wants his help to remake herself, she has to pay the price—her virginity. With no one else willing to help her, she agrees to make the trade. But when her change becomes too much to handle, will she give up or will she keep moving forward with a new reputation and a more adventurous life? Cliques, stereotypes, popularity contests, and drama. Some say it’s just another day in high school. For Lauren, it’s the Rebellion Project… ** Views: 14
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When Pentandra got married and took a new job, she knew it would be tough. Ducal Court Wizard is supposed to be the cushiest of assignments for a mage, full of stipends, laboratories, and expense funds. But when you join the Orphan Duke’s expedition to reclaim, recapture, and restore his shattered realm to health, you have to expect things to be . . . less cushy. With the south in full rebellion, the goblins stirring on the northern frontier, and the summer capital being run by a corrupt baron and a gang of thugs, things could be better. But those aren’t the worst of her problems: Pentandra is learning how to live with her new husband, Arborn, while the town is driven to distraction by an incarnate Sex Goddess who is organizing all of the whores, a mopey Spellmonger, a nun addicted to gambling, a prude sent by the Queen, undead skulking through the shadows, and a mysterious blind girl shows up in her office claiming to be her new apprentice! It’s enough to drive any woman mad, but Pentandra is not just any woman . . . she’s the hope of the Alshari Wilderlands, the woman everyone knows as the Court Wizard!
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