Born a goddess, controlled by the Fates, Macy Lockhart is tricked into believing that she is a Keeper in the ancient organization, the Moirae. She lives over and over in lives that live tragically, all to serve her purpose in the organization created by the Fates. But if you’ve read the Bloodstone Saga, you know that Macy’s life isn’t what it seems to be. She’s not Macy Lockhart at all, she is Harmonia, the goddess of peace and contentment and her purpose is much more important than she ever thought she would be. If you’ve read the Bloodstone Saga, you know what happens to her. Harmonia lives and dies a thousand times, losing her soul mate in each life. You’ve read the stories. But there is one thing you haven’t read yet. The beginning. In the novella, House of Thebes, the story of how Cadmus and Harmonia met for the first time is finally told. Every love story has a beginning. This is theirs. This book contains three bonus short stories based upon characters from The Bloodstone Saga, Lies That Bind, Wicked Enchantment and the never before released, At Morning’s Light. About the Author: Courtney Cole is a novelist who lives near Lake Michigan with her domestic zoo (aka family), her pet iPad and her favorite cashmere socks. She is always hard at work on her next book. To learn more about her, please visit www.courtneycolewrites.com Views: 35
When Hollywood-critic Andie Foxglove and rising star Guy
Wilder become entangled in a torrid romance, they quickly find themselves
caught in the spotlight – and it’s none too welcoming.
Andie doesn’t believe happily-ever-afters exist in the real
world, and when she finds herself caught between two opposing forces – her
integrity and the entertainment industry – she doesn’t she has a choice but to
do the right thing: end their romance before she ruins his career, and hers.
Determined to beat the odds, Hollywood’s favorite
preternatural lady killer will have to beat his own demons – and the odds – to
convince her that, contrary to her academic opinion, sometimes stars can be
untangled.
Even a bad romance can
have a happy ending.
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The Surrender series has kept readers engaged since the first book hit the shelves. In this final installment to the series, you will finish the journey that Rafe and Ari started, as well as read the stories of Shane and Lia, and Rachel and Ian. Love and desire run rampant throughout this series, but romance is about more than that. It’s about the small battles that lead to the greatest victories. Is Ari and Rafe’s love powerful enough to withstand challenges beyond their control? Will Lia and Shane learn to compromise instead of careening between extremes of passion and loathing? Can Rachel give up her dream of living an ordinary life and learn to love King Adriane? Read the conclusions of these three strong women’s stories, and learn what choices they make. Is love enough to conquer when the odds are stacked against them? Views: 35
Sign: ScorpioThe sting of this Scorpio is unforgettably hot... Ivy Danforth is out from under her Colonel father's overprotective control, and she's making it count. Big time. She's taken the summer off to travel through Australia with her bestie and experiencing all that life has to offer-when you're not under constant military surveillance. She wants to end her summer with some sexy fun, and she has just the hottie in mind. Seth Rodrigo is ex-Special Forces working undercover and keeping an eye on Ivy as a special favor to her father. All he has to do is not give the game away and reveal who he really is. And especially not give into the hunger that's burning through his careful control... Then they're forced into protective custody. Alone. Together. For four days. And this time, the Colonel's daughter isn't taking no for an answer... Views: 35
Miss Kira Melbourne is anything but a proper English rose. Her exotic beauty, courtesy of her foreign mother, has marked her as an outsider, and her ghastly reputation as a woman of loose virtue has only added to that status. The victim of a devious viscount's horrible lies, Kira has the chance to redeem herself and become a member of polite society as the fiancée of a respected country clergyman. She'll finally have a place to belong...even if it's in the tepid arms of a man she doesn't love.Gavin Daggett, Duke of Cropthorne, isn't about to let his naive country cousin marry a scandalous woman like Kira Melbourne. The solution is a simple one: Gavin will seduce the vixen and prove her unworthiness, thereby releasing his cousin from any obligation. But spending time with Kira is like awakening to a world of color and beauty, and it stirs the fiery desires Gavin has fought to suppress his entire life. Caught in his own dangerous game, sharing forbidden pleasure with Kira, Gavin knows that the price of loving her is high—and yet it is one that he will willingly pay...with every beat of his heart. Views: 35
In the cutthroat world of contemporary ballet, young principal dancer Boheme Dali is already a trailblazer. The first Indian American woman to become principal at a major New York ballet company, Boh hides the tragedy of her past as she works tirelessly to become prima ballerina and make her mark on the world.
What she doesn’t expect is to fall in love. But when world-renowned photographer Pilot Scamo, heir to a vast fortune, comes into her life, she discovers a soulmate and a creative partner like no other.
A passionate, sensual affair begins as Boh and Pilot begin to work on a project which will bring them both plaudits and fame, but at the center of it all are two people, both traumatized and damaged, who discover something beautiful.
Soon enough though, dark forces swirl around the happy couple, and a serious of tragic and horrifying events threaten to destroy their happiness. Can Boh and Pilot’s love survive everything working against them and can they find their happy ever after? Views: 35
High school sweethearts manage to make it through college into the working world still together and going strong. From the start of their relationship Jake has made very clear his apprehension to marriage. Seeing their friends so eager to make such a serious commitment a crack begins to form in Jake and Kenna’s once solid foundation. Can they move forward full throttle into their future together? Views: 35
Winner of the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing, 2013.Tom survived a devastating flood that claimed the lives of her sister and parents. Now she lives with Bill in his old shed by the lake. But it's time to move out. Tom is pregnant with Bill's baby.Jonah lets her move in with him. Mrs Peck gives her the Fishmaster Super Series tackle box. Nana is full of gentle good advice and useful sayings.And in her longing for what is lost, Tom talks to fish: Oscar the carp in the pet shop, little Sarah catfish who might be her sister, an unhelpful turtle in a tank at the maternity ward. And the minnow.The Minnow is a moving and powerful coming-of-age story with a whimsical element that belies the heartbreaking truth of grief and loss. Tom is a character you will never forget.Diana Sweeney is a university lecturer and fashion model. She was born in Auckland, and moved to Sydney at the age of twelve. She now lives in... Views: 35
Cory James has never known a life where she wasn’t running. Running from the cops, her home, her past. Running from love. The only time she’s free is when she throws on her hood and takes to the roofs to become a part of New York, to climb to a place in the city where she doesn’t feel alone. Stealing is nothing, lying inevitable, byproducts of survival. A way for Cory to provide for herself and for her younger sister, Jill, give her the life Cory couldn’t have. For five years, Cory set up a long line of teetering dominos, one by one, choice by choice. Meeting Van is the first domino to fall, and once they crash into each other, it’s only a matter of time before her whole world is in danger of falling apart. She can tell herself over and again that she doesn’t care, but it’s a lie. She knows it from the first time she says his name, but she can’t let him in, not when she has a job to do, a job that could rip her life apart at the seams. One that she’ll have to betray Van to finish.He’ll follow however high she can climb, but she can only run for so long before she has to choose. Views: 35
Billionaire Ryland Walton wants to give his girlfriend, Lily, a gift of pleasure that only more than one man can give to a woman.Billionaire Spa-franchise owner Ryland Walton wants to give his girlfriend, Lily, a gift of pleasure that only more than one man can give to a woman.When interior decorator Lily Tiffany receives a diamond-encrusted key with an invitation to a private island estate, she's both nervous and excited that her sexy boyfriend is once again surrendering her to his dark desire of sharing her with another man. Views: 35
