Starring in her own MyHeartChannel, remodeling and renovating spaces fills Tori with satisfaction but depleted her savings account.To attract viewers and gain more substantial sponsors, Tori held a contest drawing for a thousand dollar room makeover. When Tori arrives at the home of the grand prize winner, the last thing she expects is Kael Santos, the girl’s father. She's drawn to him, unlike anything she’d ever experienced.Kael Santos is an overwhelmed single father of a teenage girl and owner of a local sporting goods store. His life is complicated enough and when Tori Lee shows up on his doorstep, ready to remodel his daughter’s room, he wants nothing more than to tell her to go back to wherever she came from.But he can’t. And it’s not just because he doesn’t want to disappoint Marcela. There’s something about the little blonde woman and her piercing green eyes that seeps into his soul. She’s stirred up feelings he never believed he was capable of and somehow managed to add one more piece of chaos into the already crowded room in his head.Tori and Kael try to deny their attraction to each other. There’s every reason to ignore the heart pounding and fevered rush between them. Kael’s busy raising a daughter and Tori’s trying to build a business, but what if fate becomes the designer?Does that guarantee the finished project is a love strong enough to conquer anything or anyone? Views: 268
The Book of M meets District 9 in a fast paced, character-driven literary apocalyptic novel that explores life, love, and loss in a post-truth society. In the aftermath of a deadly outbreak—reminiscent of the 1962 event of mass hysteria that was the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic—a city at the tip of Africa is losing its mind, with residents experiencing hallucinations and paranoia. Is it simply another episode of mass hysteria, or something more sinister? In a quarantined city in which the inexplicable has already occurred, rumors, superstitions, and conspiracy theories abound. During these strange days, Faith works as a fulltime corpse collector and a freelance "truthologist," putting together disparate pieces of information to solve problems. But after Faith agrees to help an orphaned girl find her abducted baby brother, she begins to wonder whether the boy is even real. Meanwhile, a young man named Sans who trades in illicit... Views: 268
Wallflowers. Beauty queens. Film buffs. Drama queens. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a day in her shoes? Two estranged cousins—geeky horror movie fanatic Ricki and makeup guru Lana—accidentally switch bodies for a fateful summer road trip that is part Freaky Friday, part romcom, and all heart.Ricki has one goal: save the Starlight Drive-in movie theater from going dark forever. Okay, make that two goals ... she may also want a first kiss from her cinema-rescuing partner and major crush, Jake. Lana definitely has only one goal: grow her online makeup channel to keep her momager off her back, even if the posts attract ugly internet trolls.The two cousins couldn't be more different, but their opposite personalities come crashing to a head when their aunt gifts the girls a vintage cotton-candy-pink convertible. To share. Ricki wants the convertible for the drive-in's grand reopening, but it's the same day as... Views: 268
He had a plan...She changed it all!Major Aidan Murphy arrives in the charming small town of Hollydale to take full guardianship of his six-year-old nephew. Only there's a slight problem—his vivacious, fiery co-guardian. School teacher Natalie Harrison has no intention of letting Aidan take her best friend's heartbroken little boy away. Now Aidan must convince Natalie that blood is stronger than love...even if his heart tells him otherwise. Views: 268
From the author of the prizewinning indie-success Zazen comes a wildly original, cross-country novel that subverts a long tradition of family narratives—on sisters, mothers—and casts new light on the mythologies—national, individual, and collective—that drive and define us.On the day of their estranged father's wedding, half-sisters Cheyenne and Livy set off to claim their inheritance. It's been years since the two have seen each other. Cheyenne is newly back in Seattle, crashing with Livy after a failed marriage and a series of dead ends. Livy works refinishing boats, her resentment against her free-loading sister growing as she tamps down dreams of fishing off the coast of Alaska. But the promise of a shot at financial security brings the two together to claim what's theirs. Except: instead of money, their father gives them information—a name—that both reveals a stunning family secret and compels them to come to grips with... Views: 268
She thinks she's ordinary. He thinks his assignment is temporary. Sometimes, two wrongs can make everything right. Exploding cupcakes and an unexpected birthday present send Breeze back to a place she can barely remember – home. Her mission: Take her place as the protector of Wyrding Way and unravel the mystery of her parents' death. Her allies: A kleptomaniac raccoon and a hot as hell selkie secret agent whose smile could melt the panties off a saint. Her enemies: A flock of seagull Shifters with mayhem on their minds and a shadowy figure with no fashion sense. Her plan: Defend the town., decode the clues, and do not, under any circumstances, fall for the sexy Shifter, even if he does look amazing in a kilt. Views: 268
