Sequel to Fire Balls
A Balls to the Wall Romance
Can two men with skewed self-images see their true reflections in each other’s eyes?
Jerry Wallender—firefighter, surfer, and occasional nude model—knows he’s no rocket scientist. So why does he keep choosing intellectual guys who make him feel dumber? He worked his buns off to overcome his reading disability and pass the firefighter’s test, and he loves everything about the job. Well, except for Mick Cassidy, the big, blond, hunky homophobe who harasses Jerry for being gay. But Jerry is smart enough to realize it’s not hate driving Mick, but the pain of a very unhappy upbringing.
Mick Cassidy, Firefighter Assist and Search Team, fights fires, but he can’t fight his attraction to the kindest, most generous—and sexiest—guy he’s ever met. Does that make him gay? If it does, he just might get himself killed by his gay-hating preacher father—and take Jerry down with him. Views: 71
I haven't fallen down in days. That may not seem like much, but my God, it's such an accomplishment. Being made to stand and kneel repeatedly while he performs his rituals is exhausting and I'm pretty sure that the welts on the bottom of my feet are ready to pop. My knees. They're bruised, covered in dry blood and cuts; but I won't fall down. I can't fall down; that means he wins again and I get put down in the oubliette.Being in the dark never scared me, being alone was something I used to cherish until he took me. I just want to find the light now. I want to find the warm place that he tells me so much about; the place where he says all of this pain will make sense. I won't fall down again.I can't.Not before I find my peace in the light. I have to do it soon because I'm not sure how much more I can take. Miserere mei sunt. Views: 71
1968. A young woman in the sleepy town of Sidon is at home, fourteen hours into labour. Uninvited and without warning, a Dr Brockman arrives to assist with her delivery. A few hours later, Martha Holman gives birth to her first child, Simon. Within months, however, Martha's husband is killed in the Vietnam War. Suddenly a single parent, Martha is forced to raise Simon on her own. A seemingly intelligent and well-adjusted boy, Simon grows up in a deeply spiritual home. However, as he enters his teenage years, the town of Sidon is suddenly rocked by the unexplained homicide of a young girl – and Simon Holman is considered the main suspect. At pertinent moments during Simon's life, Dr Brockman always mysteriously appears. Before long, it becomes increasingly clear to Simon that he has been chosen by a force far greater than himself. His destiny is written, and everyone standing in the way is being eliminated... Views: 71
She’s the matchmaker…he’s her sexy client. What could go wrong?
L.A.-based matchmaker Fia Martin has a tough competition: Find the perfect woman for arrogant, handsome TV-host Dylan Chambers, before her rival, Connie Birnbaum, can do it—on national television. If Dylan declares her the winner, Fia’s business will skyrocket.
Dylan is picky. He’s smug. He reminds Fia that he’s only doing this competition at all because he lost a bet to his TV co-host, and he doesn’t believe in true love. He’s polite on dates picked out by Connie, but the ones Fia sets up? Those seem to end in complete disaster. And every time she tells him to behave, he flirts with her shamelessly.
A stolen kiss turns to a night of unbelievable passion, but Fia knows that Dylan’s not interested in anything more than a fling. How could it mean anything when he’s still going on dates for the TV challenge like nothing happened?
When Dylan chooses Connie’s company for his final dream date in Hawaii, to a woman who looks perfect on paper, Fia figures she can pretty much kiss the trophy goodbye. The problem is, she won’t just be losing the competition. She’s about to lose her heart, too…to the one guy who’s completely unavailable. Views: 71
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SINS OF THE PASTAlastair Stone has barely begun to recover from the death of a friend when he's rocked by yet another—this time someone who was closer to him than his own father. It looks like natural causes—but a grief-stricken Stone isn't convinced.As England's magical community comes together to mourn the shocking loss, Verity meets a group of powerful female practitioners who offer to teach her potent new magical skills—a group whose leader seems strangely familiar. And meanwhile, Stone's shocks have only begun as new revelations come to light—revelations that point at horrific acts from his past, cast chilling new suspicions upon the accident that killed his father, and prove that everything he thought he knew about his dead mother was wrong.As Stone uncovers more terrifying secrets from the earliest years of his life, the darkness in his past at last catches up with him. To save those he loves and prevent some old enemies from committing a monstrous act, he'll have no choice... Views: 71
All's fair in love and meddling amongst the members of New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander's Lady Travelers Society!Unmarried and dedicated to illustrating the Explorers Club's artifacts, Dulcie Middleworth is running out of prospects. Spinsterhood's a tragedy for the daughter of a viscount, but London's most eligible maiden has a secret: she's already in love. But to confess an attraction to charming explorer Michael Shepard? Not when the man has no wish to marry and his heart's desire lies in adventure abroad.Surely, such a predicament calls for a matchmaker of Poppy Fitzhew-Wellmore's caliber! And calls as well for a romantic rival — the legendary figment of Poppy's imagination Reginald Everheart — to nudge Michael's affections in Dulcie's direction. But what to do when everyone demands to meet the famously infamous suitor who doesn't really exist? Views: 71
One accident changed my life.One single second changed everything for me.In one terrifying moment, everything I knew was gone.Music is the only thing that keeps me holding on.When the opportunity arises for me to tour with country music star, Scarlett Belle, I take it.An escape.A chance. Only it isn’t enough to lift the shadows of my past.And when I meet him, dangerous and different, I can’t turn away.He is forbidden to me.The President of a Motorcycle Club.A man who could bring noise back into my soundless world.But the shadows of my past haunt me.They linger like a dark nightmare, reminding me that we can never be.Because my sins are far too heavy.And my mind far too broken.Music is the only escape I can allow into my life.The only one that I will let seep through my hungry veins.But he’s always there.And he’s persistent.But if he knew what I kept behind closed doors…no.I must continue my life just the way it is.Without him.Breathing in my nightmare.Living in my Hushed Torment. Views: 71
