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It's cover reveal time for Lizabeth scott's surrender to love. pre-order your copy today.
by Lizabeth Scott
Available November 6, 2020. Pre-order from Amazon.com today.
An unconventional princess.
A man sent to protect her at all costs.
Navy SEAL and Special Ops Major Anthony Garrison has secretly had Princess Shayla's six for the last four years. He's been her comrade, confidant, and drinking buddy, all while fighting a growing attraction. Watching asshole guys hit on her as he's forced to deny his own desires is slowly driving him crazy.
When the princess is captured and held hostage, Anthony blames himself and goes against great odds to save her.
Princess Shayla is held prisoner for months and begins to lose hope of ever being rescued. Her one regret is never having acted on her attraction to her co-pilot and friend. Now she doesn't know if he's a captive like her…or even alive.
During a courageous rescue attempt, Anthony becomes both her savior and a stranger who'd lied to her for years. Still, the lure of her desire proves stronger than her distrust of the man who betrayed her. Anthony may be the only person to help her heal, but can she trust him to be more?
Then one night…
One kiss changes everything.
All books in the SuMartra world can be read as standalones but for a richer reading experience the following order is recommended.
Original First Generation Series available in Kindle Unlimited
The Royal Vow Series
Sweet Denial
Sweet Temptation
Sweet Destiny
The Royal Heirs Series available wide
Silent Surrender
Royal Surrender
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USA Today Bestselling Author Lizabeth spent years doing extensive research in preparation for writing her own stories by reading every romance book she could get her hands on. At least that's how she justifies her HUGE collection of romance books to Mr. Scott.
Liz grew up on a dairy farm in western North Carolina, married her high school sweetheart, and they have 2 children and 2 simply adorable grands. With her children now settled, Liz pulled her dreams of writing back out and that little spark that sizzled for years caught fire and roared back to life.
Liz loves to read and write stories about quirky, endearing heroines and the strong, handsome heroes who love them to distraction. She promises you a few laughs along the way with some steamy and charming moments thrown in but always a happy ever after.
Sexy Steamy Slow burning love
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Rockin' Rhythm (Velocity Book 1)
Bella Jeanisse
Ash Taylor lives life without making deep connections with anything other than his brothers and his bass. His past has jaded him to love and makes him fear getting too close. Then Michelle walks into his life. Every night, she invades his dreams and stars in his fantasies. She makes him question himself and his ways. However, he is sure she could never date someone like him. So much so, that he convinces himself that she is married.
Michelle Reynolds has been jilted so badly, she doesn't want to date again. Her friend Beth tries to encourage her, but all of her relationships end badly or don't last. She is sick of disappointment. When Ash comes into her life, she feels an immediate spark. He makes her feel special without effort. His big heart and deep voice mesmerize her. As soon as she finds out he is a rock star, her hopes are crushed. In her eyes, it could never work because musicians are not faithful, and she is not good enough for him.
Can these two polar opposites find a way to make a relationship work? Will all that dating a rock star entails break them or bring them closer? Find out in the first Rock Star Romance of the Velocity series.
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Shredding Dreams (Velocity - Book 2)
Lead guitarist, Ian Tate, loves his wife with all his heart. It kills him that she is not ready to end their separation. After two years, he is willing to do whatever it takes. The problem is, he doesn't understand what went wrong. Since she won't tell him what he did to destroy their bond, he stays close to figure it out.
Sherry Tate hates that her rocker husband is hurt by their time apart. However, she can't take him back until he changes. The emotional rift between them continues to grow, but she needs him to see for himself what he has done to her. She just hopes he does it soon.
Will Ian discover why Sherry threw him out? Does Sherry still hold a place in her heart for Ian? Can they start over after all they have put each other through? That and more in the second Rock Star Romance of the Velocity series.
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Silverblade (Silverblade 1)
Before there can be a Rockstar Romance, there has to be a band…
Shane Martin, lead vocalist of Silverblade, has given up on keeping his band together. He doesn't know how to go on after the loss of their bassist and his best friend, Troy. When Troy's widow insists he start the search, he does. No one was good enough until he found Zack.
Zack Bryant plays bass, but his band is going nowhere. He thinks he has no chance to have a better life. That is until Shane walks into the bar where he is playing one night. He finally has a way to show the world what he can do.
Will Zack blend with the rest of the band? Can they get ready in time to join the Reign of Fire tour? Little do they know, this is only the beginning.
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City of Toys
Lindy S. Hudis
Four beautiful women seek fame and fortune in Hollywood, the City of Toys, where actresses are like dolls, playing pretend on the big screen.
Marlo: a former child actress from New York City.
Rhonda: a small-town beauty queen.
Kim: a "nice Jewish girl" with a painful childhood.
Guyla: a "serious actress" with a debilitating, stress-induced illness.
Marlo, Rhonda, Kim, and Guyla, become friends living in the same apartment complex, in the city where dreams and disasters go hand-in-hand. They come to rely on each other as they deal with sexual come-ons, crazed stalkers, jealous starlets and the constant pressure of trying to make it in showbiz. But when the pressure gets too much, will their friendship save them or will the City of Toys break them?
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Crashers
How far would you go to get rich? Would you cut in front of a sparkling, new Mercedes on the busy L.A. freeway and slam on the brakes? What if it were that easy?
Enter the world of Crashers! A riveting story of love, desperation and greed.
Fraudulent car accidents is a multi-million dollar racket, involving unscrupulous medical providers, personal injury attorneys, and the cooperating passengers involved in the elaborate network—and who also receive a portion of the illegal proceeds. Such is the fate of newly engaged, Nathan and Shari, whose joy is tempered by the dark cloud of mounting debt.
A chance encounter with a sexy, mysterious stranger, in whom Shari confides her troubles proves fortuitous: he tells her of a get-rich-quick scheme that will put her and her fiancé on easy street. Seduced by the chance to move from hard times to good times in no time, Sheri takes the carrot offered her, and finds herself acting as a "stuffed passenger"—the "victim" in a staged auto accident. The act goes according to plan and Shari gets her payday, but getting out and breaking free of the insurance fraud underworld will take nothing short of a miracle.
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L.A. FOXX: Hollywood Underworld
Dani Foxx is a gorgeous, sexy and spirited Los Angeles personal manager to the stars of tomorrow. She has spunk, guts and a take-no-prisoners attitude. She has brains, courage, beauty, and nothing gets in her way. Dani lives in the Woodland Hills section of the San Fernando Valley with her beautiful teen-age daughter Dale. Together, they survive and protect each other in the world's most glamorous and sin-filled city.
Dani is a former actress and model, having appeared on the daytime television drama Paradise Beach. She is all too familiar with the pitfalls, dangers and perils that occur within the City of Angels. Being tremendously aware of the sordid underbelly of Los Angeles and the often fear-provoking events that can happen, she now uses her talents and aptitude to assist others who have found themselves in the many harrowing situations she is very acquainted with.
Her best friend, the dashing and charismatic A.J. Tarentella, was raised in a ruthless crime family. Being the son of a mob boss, he fought his way to the top with honor, loyalty and pride. He now is the proud owner of the Tarantella Agency, an immensely respected Private Investigation Company located in the heart of Beverly Hills. He used his father's work ethic, connections and family ties to build his powerful business empire, and now he is always there to help those in need. Together, A.J. and Dani maneuver through the puzzling and dangerous underworld of Los Angeles, finding themselves racing for survival. From the very beginning, they were destined to be a lethal and dynamic combination.
When the sordid underbelly of Tinseltown hits Dani's personal life and family, she has to use every ounce of strength and fearlessness she has. To get through the frightening maze of her precarious life, Dani has got to take chances: risks that will test her strength, will-power, and her family. The famous and infamous will test her and tempt her with undeniable sexual charms, extreme power and enormous wealth, and thrust her forcefully into the wild side of Tinseltown- where everybody has lethal secrets and ruthless ambition.
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Alternate Endings
Brittany Anne
(Steamy) Contemporary Romance
They both want to run, but they want each other more.
Charlotte was not living the life she'd dreamed of. Dead end job, tiny apartment, no family left, and forever trapped in the small town where she lost it all… that was her life, until the man she'd spent ten years working to forget walks in as if he'd never left. Owen ignites her like no one else, but can she really trust him again? Charlotte had been burned by him before, and she knows in her heart that she will not survive saying goodbye a second time…
When she looks at him, does she see the man she loved, or the man she left?
Owen worked hard to build a life for himself in the Navy, but ten years later, fate calls him back to the little town where he lost everything. When he sees the woman he'd spent a decade running from, he finds himself at war in his own mind. Sparks begin flying, and he finds the wall he built around his heart slowly crumbling down. He wants to forget the past, but he doesn't know how to see beyond her betrayal… or trust that she won't do it again.
Can true love really get a second chance, or was their romance always doomed to end in tragedy?
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Hooked On You
They were each other's biggest mistakes. Hers, for letting him in, and his, for letting her go.
Seven years after what was supposed to be the best night of Victoria's life, she is finally ready to return home and face the memories that she spent so long running away from. She is certain she has moved on, but the minute she sees Gabe Matthews, all of the feelings she repressed come right back up to the surface. Gabe says he's changed, but can she ever truly trust the man who shattered her heart all those years ago?
Gabe Matthews was not a good man, but he had spent the last three years doing everything he could to redeem himself. When the only girl he ever truly cared for walks back into his life, he is faced with the ultimate test: do the right thing and let her go, like he tried to do so many years ago, or be selfish and make her his. He wants to be the good guy, but sometimes, chemistry just can't be controlled, and Gabe will be damned if he lets Victoria walk out of his life a second time.
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Forest Girl
Empi Baryeh
Esi Afriyie has been in love with Michael Yaw Badu since childhood. When he receives a scholarship to study in America, all hope seems lost ... until he returns to Ghana ten years later. An arranged marriage contracted by their families makes her dreams come true, but does the reality of being Mrs. Michael Badu live up to the fantasy?
Michael may have married Esi, but he is in love with someone else—Forest Girl, a mystery woman he encountered just once in the forest. His heart belongs to her, and he doesn't need his beautiful wife awakening his carnal desires. He is even willing to sacrifice his marriage for another encounter with Forest Girl.
Reality is not what either Esi or Michael imagined. Esi is disillusioned; Michael feels trapped.
Will Michael give in and allow his heart to discover a love that was always meant to be, before it's too late?
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Murder Is A Debate
Brandy Nacole
YA Mystery
Nora and her two best friends, Liv and Charlie, aren't like most people. Nora is the private school kid; the rich girl, though everyone hates her. Liv and Charlie attend the run-down public school on the opposite side of town where the football team is a solid two and the art department was shut down due to funding. Their worlds should have never collided, but they had one common factor that brought them together, murder.
In an online mystery chat room, the three girls meet and decide to form The Murder Club. Each week one of the girls must come up with a murder scenario for the other two to solve. It's fun. It's active. It's also deadly.
When one of Nora's classmates ends up dead, she's suspicious of her new friends. His death mirrors the very same scenario Nora came up with in their previous meeting. As clues emerge, pointing more definitively at the members of the Murder Club, Nora begins digging for her own clues, bringing fantasy to reality. Could Liv and Charlie be involved, and if so why?
They were all curious. Was one of them too curious?
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Shadow World Trilogy Boxed Set:
Uniquely Unwelcome, Blood Burdens, Sacrifice:
Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
I must dare to be different in a world where I'm unwelcome in order to save the one person left in my life, my half-sister Addie.
This deluxe boxed set contains the complete Bestselling Shadow World Trilogy (Uniquely Unwelcome, Blood Burdens, and Sacrifice: A New Dawn).
Enjoy the thrill as power is pushed to its limit, hearts are broken, and some pay the ultimate price as Racquel fights an ancient evil that is determined to make the Earth bleed, and Racquel with it.
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Rosinanti (The Rosinanti Series Book 1)
Kevin J. Kessler
The Rosinanti Dragons are no more. Since their extinction nearly one thousand years ago these primal powerhouses have fallen into the obscurity of history's forgotten lore. In that time, humans have come to dominate the world of Terra, peacefully ignorant to one horrifying truth: ancient evil stirs around them, waiting to reclaim its lost world.
For Valentean Burai, animus warrior of the kingdom of Kackritta, the details surrounding humanity's victory over the Rosinanti are more than just a history lesson. The long-buried mysteries of this archaic conflict may hold the answers that he has so desperately sought regarding his own past.
As the awful truth of the Rosinanti's supposed demise comes to light, Valentean must stand together with Seraphina, a magically gifted princess, to embark upon a mission to maintain order and light throughout Terra. Only together can these two lifelong friends face down the resurgence of the Rosinanti legacy, and combat the greatest threat their world has ever known.
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Rosinanti: The Decimation of Casid
(A Rosinanti Novella, Volume 1.5)
(The Rosinanti Series)
While an entire world away, men turn into dragons and ancient magic ignites the air, Casid lived on in peaceful ignorance. This tiny village and its people existed outside of the conflict which threatened to swallow Terra, until the day chaos itself landed upon its shores.
Now, one lone warrior seeks to protect his family, his friends, and the woman he loves as demons rise from the flames to burn everything he has ever loved to ash. This man is no god, no fundamental force of nature. He is simply a man, alone against the fury of chaos.
Casid will be decimated, consumed by the same blaze which threatens to overtake all of Terra. But what will rise from the ashes of this once perfect haven, forged in the fires of tragedy and loss, might become the most fearsome opponent the darkness has ever known.
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Winters of Alnora: Birth of the Dark Angel
(The Chronicles of Azulia Book 1)
Alnora's childhood was plagued with poverty, desperation, and unmentionable atrocities. That all changed on the day she encountered The Dark Angel, a sorcerer who is the living embodiment of the world's darkness.
After witnessing a display of her potential for the magical arts and the darkness within her heart, this shadowy figure offers Alnora an opportunity, learn the ways of the dark arts and succeed him as the next Dark Angel. With a hunger for power and a quest to leave her traumatizing life behind, Alnora begins an apprenticeship that will change the course of her life.
Emboldened by the awesome magic she gains through the teachings of The Dark Angel, this one-time beggar orphan embraces her destiny, harnessing the power of her hatred to strike back upon a world that defiled her innocence.
Behold the account of four winters that shaped a traumatized young girl into the most powerful magical force to ever exist. A new Dark Angel shall be born in Azulia, and the heavens themselves will tremble at her feet.
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Captive (A New Life Book 1)
Samantha Jacobey
The end of the world is coming, or so they say, and that puts Bailey Dewitt on a crash course with Armageddon. Orphaned, she and her young brothers find themselves living with their renegade uncle as part of a group of survivalists. She struggles against them, searching for a way to escape, but every discovery only terrifies her more.
(Mature read, 18+ for graphic sexual content and violence, including rape)
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Whisper of Suffering (Dragon of Eriden Book 1)
King Ziradon… Supreme Dragon of Eriden. He is overthrown; imprisoned in a stone fortress to watch as his kingdom is plundered by his once trusted adviser, Gwirwen.
Princess Kaliwyn… Dragoness and heir to the throne of Eriden. She is cursed to human form, stripped of her memory and cast out of the magical kingdom. But her dragon heart is strong, and it is her destiny to return and set right the grievances her people have suffered.
And so, the Dragon of Eriden begins…
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The Angel Set - Summer Spirit Novellas 1 - 3
No one EVER had a summer romance like this. When Charlie visited another plane parallel to our own, he discovered that Summer Angels and Dark Angels battle over the fate of man. Faced with choices no one should ever have to make, his adventure has been fraught with twists and turns, with life and death hanging in the balance. His guardian, Clarisse, is the half that makes him whole, but sinister forces conspire to do more than simply keep them apart.
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Rendered (Irrevocable Series Book 1)
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The Binding (Unexpected Magic Book 1)
One cursed diary will change two strangers forever...
Merideth Monroe was born to a wealthy politician; luxury was her middle name. The happiest childhood, the finest schools, and landing her dream career; her future couldn't have been brighter. She didn't care that her mother wanted a different path for her; but when her mother is murdered and she appears to be next, nothing in her flawless life will matter.
Rider Bradshaw lived a carefree existence. Ex-military, he only wanted out of his family's shaded history and chose to leave the sins of their past behind. However, when a girl he's never heard of is placed in his charge by his father, protecting her becomes his obsession and keeping her safe his only reality.
Can Meri and Rider use her mother's old book to figure out why someone is after them? Or will the guilty party succeed, ripping the tome away before killing them and then slithering back into the darkness…
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Retained (Irrevocable Series Book 2)
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Teach Me To Prey
Rebecca Stewart had never let things get personal with her students; a mistake that could cost her far more than a broken heart.
Jason and his friends enjoyed tormenting teachers. When they set their sights on Miss Stewart, nothing would prevent them from bringing her down.
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(Sweet Christmas Series Book 1)
Life isn't always sweet, even for girls called Candy.
Candice Parker's life has never been easy. Plagued by losses and setbacks, each day is a struggle for the petite brunette and her young son. When fireman Gary enters her world, he is one mistake she refuses to make; but after tragedy strikes, she may not have a choice.
Gerald Ford has never been what anyone would call settled. Always keeping things simple, he lived a fast and furious lifestyle, with no intentions of slowing down. However, when he inherits his family's ancestral mansion on his thirtieth birthday, he considers the possibility that it's time for a change. Could this complicated young woman be his Christmas Candy?
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Summers' Deceit
(Hunters Trilogy Book 1)
Sara J. Bernhardt
Jane Callahan is a reclusive, seventeen-year-old high school student dealing with the death of her beloved brother. Her home in Southern California with her mother is a constant reminder of her loss and pain. In hopes of escaping her past she moves to North Bend Oregon to live with her father, where she meets a beautiful boy named Aidan Summers.
Jane is intrigued by his looks as well as his unusual ways of attempting to get her attention. After months of uncommon conversation and frustration, an uncertain romance brews between Jane and Aidan, but Aidan has a ghastly secret that could destroy everything.
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Adam Gold (Behind Blue Eyes Book 1)
Fleeing the French invasion of Geneva Switzerland in the 1700s, Adam Gold books passage to America with his family. On the ship, Adam's daughter falls fatally ill. A mysterious man comes to Adam with a way to save his child by turning Adam into something darker than human.
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In Gray
Daisy Carmichael's life is forever changed after a devastating car crash.
Nobody remembers the boy who pulled her from the wreckage, the boy who saved her life.
She believed she was crazy.
That is, until the dreams started.
The dreams that force Daisy into a role she never asked for.
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Last Chance Christmas: A Fairfield Corners Novella
L.A. Remenicky
From the outside, Brent Halston and Jordan McKenna had the perfect life: the house, the dog, fulfilling careers, and their love. However, Jordan's past refused to leave her alone, threatening to destroy all they had built together. Without explanation, Jordan pushed Brent out of her life, leaving him devastated and confused.
In an attempt to start over, Brent relocated to Fairfield Corners, bought an extravagant house, and mourned the loss of his Jojo. To keep herself from drowning in her own grief, Jordan gave everything she had to her career as a doctor, running the free clinic on the rough side of town. As the holiday season approached, a frantic phone call from Jordan's brother pulled Brent back into Jordan's life, giving them the opportunity to reconnect.
Battling the past and present, their love must survive secrets and betrayal, giving them one last chance to be together.
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Loving Marie: A Fairfield Corners Prequel
Falling in love with his partner's little sister was never part of the plan.
There was an order to James Marsden's future: get a job as an Indianapolis cop, work his way up to detective, and then find a nice girl and start a family. He never planned on walking into a diner his first day as a rookie copy and for her to blow his entire timeline to smithereens.
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Loving Jessie's Girl (Love on the Double Book 1)
Until AJ Monroe left Indiana after college he had always lived in his identical twin brother's shadow. He had made a life for himself in Denver, Colorado, away from Jessie, away from Indiana. But when AJ feared for his brother's safety, he left everything behind to step back into the shadow he thought he had outgrown. Finding his brother was AJ's only concern...until he met Jessie's girl.
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They found each other. Then the killer found them. Detective Jackson "Jax" McKenna walks into a psychologist's office and finds that the doctor bears a striking resemblance to his first love, Lainie, who disappeared ten years ago after their disastrous first date ended in violence. Dr. Elizabeth Parker is really Elaine Wilson, Jax's Lainie. She's been in hiding since the night that changed both their lives. Jax discovers the truth when the killer lets Lainie know he's found her. When Jax and Lainie go on the run to keep Lainie safe, old feelings resurface as the killer threatens their lives. Can Jax save Lainie and help her stay Invisible?
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A Sinister Bouquet: Awakening
(Sinister Series Book 1)
A. Nicky Hjort
Devyn Mitchell has a choice… listen to the voice of her unborn baby – or die- again.
After a near death experience, Doctor Devyn Mitchell finds herself not only mysteriously pregnant but able to communicate with her fetus.
She has two choices: give in to total madness or surrender to her new reality, which just may be the only way she and her family will survive the obsessions of the Homeless Hunter's mind.
A true paranormal romantic thriller, A Sinister Bouquet: Awakening, the first of the Sinister Series, will take you right to the edge of what you know to be possible and then drop you in a place so dark, so terrifying, that the only passageway out is through the blinding light of awakening.
Open your eyes.
We've missed you so.
(MA18+ for graphic sexual and violent content)
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Where Tyndra Turns To Ardnyt
(Norn Novellas Book 1)
In the center of a magical world there grows a beautiful and terrible chasm of climbing plants. On one side of the Ivy Wall we find the hell-of-Tyndra, on the other, the heaven-of-Ardnyt. But legend has it that in the middle…lives a preternatural beast that imprisons and tortures the children from both sides.
When the war against time begins, Azza will have to cross over the Ivy Wall, something that has never been done before by a living being. But if she does make it through, she just might discover who she really is and how she became trapped in this alternate reality.
A fairytale at heart, this is the first chapter in the epic saga of the youngest and most fickle of the four Norn Sisters. The same feisty immortal creature who must escape her inherent inner darkness to learn the meaning of love.
A veritable palindrome from start to finish, the narrative of Where Tyndra Turns to Ardnyt journeys through duality to discover what shocking truths emerge when up becomes down, life becomes death, suffering becomes release, and the most unexpected endings become the most surprising beginnings.
Welcome to a place where forwards and backwards are exactly the same direction. Here Where Tyndra Turns to Ardnyt.
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Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory
Fantasy/Fairy Tale
Norse legend has it that the arms of the Yggdrasil tree—a sacred instrument of Odin—are ever-reaching, and its survival is necessary for life itself to continue.
During Winter's Solstice, when the search for her mortal mother begins, Za will have to cross over the Ebon Branch of the Dead—a feat that has supposedly never been survived intact. But if she does make it across and back home, she just might discover why she and the other three Norn Sisters of Fate came to be.
A fairytale at heart, this is the second chapter in the epic saga of the youngest and most fickle of the four Norn Sisters. The same feisty immortal creature who must discover her true origins to understand her inherent inner darkness. Only this way can she learn the meaning of unconditional sacrifice in the name of impenetrable love…when, as her destiny would have it, all the branches of such a powerful tree tremble treacherously in her tiny little hands.
A veritable unraveling of Snow White, the narrative of Where Ebon Sounds Like Ivory journeys through the most horrible of realms where shocking truths emerge. Here where death mimics life, obsession masquerades as devotion, and the most unexpected endings become the most surprising beginnings of a classic tale. One…you thought you knew so well.
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The City: The Jane Harvest
Sci-Fi/Dystopian
Winning battles means Ink honors, prestige, and life itself. …Yet nobody understands what losing truly means.
On another planet two hundred years in the future, twenty-one-year-old Isla Jane struggles helplessly to figure out who she is and what her world really means. Marked with a forbidden tattoo of the rising sun, she is a natural champion of humanity and a gifted warrior in Heats– lavish battles fought in the conjoined minds of the participants for the morbid amusement of the masses.
Despite Isla's desire to fade into the background, she emerges as an obvious leader of her people when the senseless assassination of a youth forces her to face the truth. Her volatile world, disguised by its elaborate battles and constant mayhem, is a prison without bars and a coffin, the lid already half-closed, that they must escape.
But when she vows to find a way to bring her people back home, Isla will have to deconstruct consciousness and the very nature of the space time continuum to unravel good from evil, truth from lies, and survival from true love.
Welcome to the City–where it takes lives to save lives…
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An Altered Course
R.A. Carter-Squire
When a friend is in trouble, no barrier is too great; not even decades.
Driven to unravel his best friend's disappearance, Michael Eldridge is on the verge of a discovery that will enable him to finally solve the mystery; time travel. He has worked out the equation, and is testing his theory, ready to leap into the past to find the missing link.
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Suspense/Holiday Fiction
Roy Corwin, a simple man, widower, retired. A long life lived with a purpose, but don't ever call him a Dirty Old Man.
Roy loved Halloween. He treated it as the most special night of the year, next to Christmas Eve. Decorations, spooky stories, kids dressed as ghosts and goblins running from house to house collecting enough candy to satisfy any sweet tooth for a year. That's what he thought until this year.
Roy, a decorated Vietnam veteran, lives alone in his childhood home in a neighborhood where the only other occupied house belongs to a drug lord.
Two foes united by differing memories of Halloween, a visit from a lost friend. Years, of savagery in the jungles of a foreign country, struggling with the loss of his wife, and living with the stigma of a slanderous dark story from his past, have pushed him to the brink on this All Hallows Eve. Roy is taking back his self-respect.
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Crescent Vendetta (Vendetta Series Book 1)
Desiree L. Scott
Wolf-shifter Vanessa Burns has survived a life of brutality and neglect. Being kidnapped, drugged, and forced into an underground fighting ring is just the beginning of one man's sick and twisted obsession.
Travis Kameron, the Alpha of the Crescent Ice Pack, suffering a similar fate, wakes up to find his life is about to be irreparably changed by the fierce she-wolf in the next cage. Can they put aside old rivalries and the past and work together to not only survive and escape but to weather the storm of complications, revenge, and betrayals waiting for them on the outside?
Rated MA18+ for adult content.
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Stranded on Vail Mountain
(Vail Mountain Trilogy Book 1)
Action/Adventure Romance/Suspense
It was supposed to be a vacation, a time to save her marriage, but what Joan Clayton hadn't counted on was Murphy's Law of Vail Mountain and the secrets that had damaged her marriage beyond repair. It was over. Depressed and angry, she decided to venture directly into an oncoming snowstorm, one that would be known as the blizzard of the century.
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Chasing Chelsey: Don't Look Back…
"Will the deadly obsession of her past destroy her?
Chelsey Hopkins thought she had killed the man who abused her but when her desperate mark misses its aim, fear keeps her running. Years spent one step ahead of him, a man hell bent on destroying her, had taught her that trust was a fragile illusion that she couldn't afford, or it could kill her.
When she hits Sweet Valley, Georgia, Chelsey had no intention on staying long. Armed with scars and nightmares, she soon forges a new life, a new identity beneath layers of deceit and deception but her time is running out…
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Restless Hearts
RM Alexander
Romance prevails in four full-length stories of adventure, betrayal, love, and danger.
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Kathy Moczerniak
Coming of Age YA
Beyond Kathryn Lucas' first memory of her father's tree lay a dysfunctional path of violence, heartbreak, and secrets within a family severely entrenched in the vicious cycle of abuse. A lifetime of fear drives her from her home, and the teenage girl finds refuge with an aunt and uncle determined to protect their niece.
Distressing flashbacks unravel in Kathryn's fragile mind among the turmoil encircling her as she struggles through adolescence and descends into her pain-ridden past. When the summation of her unsettling memories allows the darkness to overtake her, she becomes desperate to unearth the light.
Inspired by a true story, Kathryn must hold on tightly to those who love her, searching for her place in a world threatening to break her as she fights to overcome life's betrayals before she is deprived of her future.
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Bassist With Benefits
Jenna Galicki
Friends-to-Lovers M/M Rockstar
Bandmates and best friends since they were teens, Jeremy Kagan and Alan Delgado share everything – including men. Their brotherly bond was shattered during one incident of mistaken identity in a darkened bedroom when a line was crossed. With boundaries broken and the line of friendship blurred, they struggle to move forward.
For Jeremy, that night was a dream come true. He had been in love with Alan for a decade but had been too afraid to bare his heart and reveal his true feelings. Now that the opportunity has presented itself, he's ready to seize the moment. This is his one chance to be with the only man he's ever loved.
Alan, on the other hand, isn't dealing with the incident so well. A lot of monumental achievements have occurred in his life, but none were as life altering as a single erotic encounter with his best friend. The usual fun-loving camaraderie he and Jeremy had always shared is now awkward and uncomfortable.
Unable to shed the memory of their rendezvous, Alan starts to look at Jeremy in a new light. Transitioning from bromance to romance isn't as easy as expected, especially since Alan isn't ready to share their newfound bond with anyone else. Stress from keeping their relationship a secret turns explosive as these two battle their passion in private. Now they need to figure out if it's worth risking everything, including their friendship, in order to pursue a future together as a couple.
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Riding on the Tail of the Devil
(Blood Moon Chronicles - Corrupted Book 1)
Centuries ago, the legendary vampire king, Mathias died after being tortured by Lilith, the Queen of Lilitu. His death sent shock waves through the vampire world, causing civil unrest and unifying the vampire world. However, rumors soon spread that Mathias was not gone for good—he would live again. With hope in their hearts, the king's fans awaited his second coming.
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Riding on the Tail of the Devil: Classic Edition
Like many homeless kids, fifteen-year-old Mathias Drvar died on the streets. Unlike the rest, he came back-- as a vampire.If Mathias thought being homeless sucked, being a vampire is worse. The vampires who transformed him believe he is the reincarnation of an ancient king. They expect him to quit swearing, use a napkin, and play by their weird, ancient rules. Screw that.But after the reigning queen assaults Mathias, he has visions of a past life in which he was that king. Turns out the current queen killed him then, and wants to kill him again. He'd better grow up fast, because if he doesn't his second life may be shorter than his first.
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Deep Echoes: A Short Story Prequel
(Web of Echoes Book 1)
Melody Ash
Time Travel/Adventure
Caitlin Benoit finds her blood quickened by a new, intriguing site. An initial exploration leads to the discovery of a mysterious river rock with peculiar etchings. Puzzled, she breaks all the rules to examine the stone closer.
When she brushes away the dirt, 2017 folds away to leave Caitlin standing in pre-Civil War Charleston. As she tries to work out how she time traveled to 1859, Caitlin learns the terrifying risk she poses even while she tries to return home.
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Northern Echoes
Time Travel/Sci-Fi
Caitlin Benoit assumed the next destination would be her time, her world. Instead, the stone thrusts her further into the past and onto a different continent. Now in 1831 England, she's discovered by William, the Duke of Lancaster. By sheer luck, he's willing to allow her into his manor.
While she fights to gain a footing in this new time, Caitlin discovers the stone also ripped John from Charleston. Everything she thought she knew about how the stone worked is false, and neither of them understand how to escape the grip of the past.
As they work to uncover the mystery of the stone, an acquaintance of the Duke plots an intricate scheme certain to destroy them all. She and John must solve the puzzle, in an unknown amount of time, or risk getting stuck—or buried—in 1831.
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Sunken Echoes (Web of Echoes Book 3)
Caitlin lands hard on the decks of an infamous ship--with only 24 hours before it sinks, and John is missing.
Trapped in 1912 on the Titanic, sand is slipping through the hourglass as she tries to jump ship before it plunges to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. She meets Elizabeth, a woman with valuable knowledge about time travel and how it works. Yet nothing is ever easy, and her new friend's memory proves to be unreliable.
As Caitlin searches for John, the grains of time slip away. She must put the pieces together, or she'll find herself in lying in a cursed grave at the bottom of the ocean.
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My Name Is A'yen
(A'yen's Legacy Book 1)
Rachel Leigh Smith
Futuristic Romance
They've taken everything from him. Except his name.
The Loks Mé have been slaves for so long, freedom is a distant myth A'yen Mesu no longer believes. A year in holding, because of his master's murder, has sucked the life from him. Archaeologist Farran Hart buys him to protect her on an expedition to the Rim, the last unexplored quadrant of the galaxy.
Farran believes the Loks Mé once lived on the Rim and is determined to prove it. And win A'yen's trust. But she's a breeder's daughter and can't be trusted.
Hidden rooms, information caches, and messages from a long-dead king change A'yen's mind about her importance. When she's threatened, he offers himself in exchange, and lands on the Breeders Association's radar. The truth must be told. Even if it costs him his heart.
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Music for a Merman
(Sea of Love Book 2)
Alice Renaud
Rob Regor knew that humans were trouble. All the shape shifting mermen of the Morvann Islands knew it. And human women were double trouble... especially when they were lying on the road in front of a digger.
Rob has a mission. Go to the mainland. Work as a policeman. Spy on humans. Report back to his father, the head of the Regor Merman Clan. It should be easy. Until he has to arrest Charlie. Rob can't fight his attraction to the sexy eco-warrior, and it puts him on one hell of a collision course with his family and his Clan. Will he break the rules – or break her heart, and his?
Love 'em and leave 'em, that was Charlie's motto. It had served her well until now. But Rob is different… Can she open up her heart to Rob - when a secret buried in her past surfaces and changes her completely?
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A Merman's Choice
For centuries the shape-shifting mermen of the Morvann Islands have lived incognito among humans. But one of them, Yann, has developed some bad habits. Like rescuing humans, even when doing so risks revealing his true nature. When he fishes Alex out of the sea, he doesn't expect her to reappear eight months later, and turn his life upside down by asking him to be her guide.
Alex is determined to fulfil a promise to her dying grandmother, by gathering pictures and stories of the Morvanns. But she soon discovers that, on these remote Welsh islands, legends have a habit of becoming true!
Over the course of a few days, Yann and Alex grow close. But some mermen hate humans. Their hostility, and Yann's secret, threaten to tear the couple apart just as they are discovering that they are soul mates. Can Yann overcome the obstacles in his path and make the right choice?
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Love Shots
(Love U Book 1)
Sidonia Rose
Kyle Pierce used to know what she wanted. At the top of her list was the perfect boyfriend. She found him in Lance Makin her senior year in high school. She was the head cheerleader and he was the new star quarterback. Even going to separate colleges was no problem for them.
It was perfect until the weekend it all changed for Kyle. She has new priorities that include her own education, making new friends and most importantly NO DATING!
That is until Nicholas Richards moves into her world. He's not taking no for an answer. He's her friend and he wants her to date him.
Kyle isn't going to date Nick. She doesn't mind hanging out or running errands. She tells him and everyone else they are friends.
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Repairing Christmas
The presents are wrapped, the semester is finishing up, and it's almost time for Christmas. Christmas has always been the same, quiet and cozy at home. Miranda is changing things and spending this Christmas with her boyfriend, until he becomes her ex-boyfriend and breaks their plans. Christmas for Glenn is about family and their annual holiday party. Until he meets Miranda and discovers that some things don't have to be broken to be fixed.
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Only a Good Man Will Do
(The Good Man Book 1)
Dee S. Knight
Seriously ambitious man seeks woman to encourage his goals, support his (hopeful) position as Headmaster of Westover Academy, and be purer than Caesar's wife. Good luck with that!
Daniel Goodman is a man on a mission. He aims to become headmaster of Westover Academy. For that he needs a particular, special woman to help him set high standards. Into his cut and dried life of moral and upright behavior, comes Eve Star, formerly one of Europe's foremost exotic dancers. Her life is anything but cut and dried, black and white. Daniel is drawn to her like a kid to chocolate. Nothing good can come of this attraction. Or can it? He is after all, a good man.
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One Woman Only:
The Good Man Series, Book 2
As one of a set of triplets, Jonah always felt the need to make his individuality known. So where his brother Daniel was serious and completely focused, Jonah shunned commitment. Where his genius brother Mark was hailed in the scientific world, Jonah hid beneath a car tinkering. Thing is, being different wasn't all it was cracked up to be. It took a woman—the right woman—to make him see that focused and recognized in his field could turn a "good man" into a better man.
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Naval Maneuvers
Three novellas that prove men and women of the armed forces experience lust and love pretty much like everyone else. Except, well, there is that uniform. And the hard-to-resist attraction of "duty, honor, service" as a man might apply them to a woman's pleasure. Test it out and see just how hot Naval Maneuvers can be!
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Forge in the Heart
Lisette Kristensen
She didn't cross his mind, she lived in it!
Simone was on the verge of her greatest business achievement. She had wealth and status; the world was hers. Everything in her life was about to change.
Brody Felan, walked back into her life and brought back the past she had long forgotten. He brought a whirlwind of passion she had only flirted with in the past.
Could Simone resist the romance Brody was offering her? Or would she succumb to the control of her father? She had a choice that would change her life forever. Would she make the right one ... for her?
A second chance romance swirling around the aura of forbidden love. A love affair you don't want to miss!
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sleepsong: a poetic romp
Jen Chichester
Between the world of the Waking and the space of Sleeping, there is a sleep song. Only those hovering between Wake and Sleep can hear it. What will you hear?
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the book trailer for Two Thousand Lines by Michelle Jester is available now. enjoy this engaging video about her story.
Two Thousand Lines
Michelle Jester
Publication date: November 21st 2019
Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance, Young Adult
Olivia Brooks has been able to keep her life in Sugar Mill, Louisiana held perfectly together, far away from the small town where she grew up. Even though her past still haunts her, she has found a perfect process of surviving, until a string of events brings Luke Plaisance to Sugar Mill and turns her organized life upside down.
While Olivia fights to hold on to the life she's created, unraveling it may be exactly what it takes for her to truly survive. She must accept her past in order to live, or let it threaten the only future she's ever wanted. Because some secrets can't stay buried… and shouldn't.
An inspiring and heartbreaking tale of abandonment, survival, and purpose. A harrowing journey of self-discovery and perseverance.
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Michelle Jester lives in Greenwell Springs, Louisiana with her husband, high school sweetheart and retired Master Sergeant. Together they have a son and daughter. She is a hopeless romantic and has been writing poems and stories for as long as she can remember.
One of her prize possessions is a bracelet with only a yellow, Rubber Duckie charm on it; which she wears every day to remind her to enjoy the fun and happy things of life!
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Cabin 1
Amanda McKinney
(Steele Shadows Security)
Publication date: September 26th 2019
Genres: Adult, Romance, Suspense
From multi-award-winning romantic suspense author Amanda McKinney comes the first book in the steamy, edge-of-your-seat, three-part series, Steele Shadows Security…
Hidden deep in the remote mountains of Berry Springs is a private security firm where some go to escape, and others find exactly what they've been looking for.
Welcome to Cabin 1, Cabin 2, Cabin 3…
Cocky, reckless, and die-hard playboy were just a few of the names Gage Steele had been called since he and his brothers left the Marines and moved back to the small, southern town of Berry Springs to take over their father's personal security firm. On the one-year anniversary of his father's death, Gage had only two things in mind—endless whiskey and endless women, but what he got was a battered, bruised spitfire stumbling through woods in the middle of the night.
Newly-appointed prosecutor and unapologetic workaholic, Niki Avery had spent her life working toward one goal—never to have to depend on anyone but herself… until the day she was brutally attacked on the side of the road. Stripped of her Louis Vuitton and her dignity, the fiercely independent ADA must submit to being under the watchful eye of a former Marine, a loose cannon with a temper as scorching as his ruggedly handsome good looks.
As cracks begin to show in the Steele family, including newly discovered evidence that their father's death was no accident, Gage wrestles with his growing feelings for his client, knowing not only that Niki is off-limits, but together, they were like gasoline and fire—an explosion he wanted nothing more than to ignite in the bedroom. But when a pair of bloody body parts show up at the compound, it becomes clear that Niki's attacker hasn't given up and Gage realizes he'll do anything to keep her safe… even as his own family is spiraling out of control.
Cabin 1 is the first book in the 3-part Berry Springs spinoff series, STEELE SHADOWS SECURITY—Think of it as Berry Springs' darker, grittier, steamier, BAD BOY brother. Please note: You do not need to read the Berry Springs Series first.
Darkness swallowed me as a cloud drifted over the full moon, taking my sight along with it. I didn't stop.
I couldn't stop.
Rocks, sticks, and God knew what else cut into the bottom of my feet as they flew over the rocky terrain. Thump, thump, thump against the dead leaves and pine needles scattered on the forest floor. I couldn't see a thing, so I focused on the sounds around me, but even that was drowned out by my hammering heartbeat and gasping breaths.
The woods at night. Magical, alluring, still. No, not that night, that night it was a thinly veiled evil, a muted witness to my death if I were to get caught. That night, the woods were my escape, my refuge, my only chance for survival.
The clouds shifted, a silver glow washing over the mountains, casting shadows along the ground like ghosts swaying back and forth. I blinked, adjusting, and heaved myself over the boulder I would have slammed into full force. My body tumbled to the ground like a sack of potatoes, the breath knocking out of my lungs when I hit the cold, wet dirt.
I froze, my eyes shooting open.
Did he see me? Hear me?
Holding my breath, I flattened against the ground, my heart a thundering staccato. I focused on the moon above me, like a spotlight hellbent on pinpointing my location. A breeze whistled through the trees, the almost-bare branches like slashes through the moon.
Dead leaves, dead trees. Autumn in the mountains had never looked so haunting. Or been so cold.
Snick.
My eyes widened in terror. I willed myself to fade into the night, into the ground—fitting, considering that's where he wanted to put me.
I didn't blink, didn't breathe as seconds tick by.
Had I lost him?
A rustle of leaves had my pulse kickstarting into panic mode again.
I knew I couldn't stay there.
I stayed, I died.
Amanda McKinney is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of more than ten romantic suspense and mystery novels. She wrote her debut novel, LETHAL LEGACY, in 2017 after walking away from her career to become a writer and stay-at-home mom. Set in small, southern towns, Amanda's books are page-turning murder mysteries packed with steamy romance.
Her books include the BERRY SPRINGS SERIES and the BLACK ROSE MYSTERY SERIES, with a surprise new series being released later this year.
THE CAVE, the seventh book in the BERRY SPRINGS SERIES, is scheduled to be released August 2019. Text AMANDABOOKS to 66866 to receive Amanda's newsletter and get the latest on new releases, promos, and freebies!
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Branches slapped and battered Mari, stinging her arms and face. Her heart thudded against her breastbone as she gasped, dragging thick, sticky air into her lungs. Damn this jungle, and the stupid transporter who'd swindled her out of her weapons. She needed a gun, a blade, anything. Then she'd turn the tables and show what an armed Colombian woman was capable of.
Her breath sawed in and out with each slap of her feet against the slick leaves, twigs, and branches that caught at her pants legs. The last months of her freedom looped through her mind. She'd been so close, having fled Colombia before they'd realized she was gone. She'd sought shelter in rented rooms until the day the Ramirez cartel marched through the streets, leaving destruction in their wake. She knew who sent them—her childhood friend turned worst nightmare. Defying him would enact retribution from the cartel. It was inevitable unless she could manage to escape.
Against all odds, she would. Her life would be her own.
Roots snagged her feet, seemingly determined to capture her. She ran for her life through a dangerous and hostile jungle that teemed with insurgent guerrillas, drug-traffickers, and kidnappers. But none of that mattered. Her options for escape had been limited before and had grown even more so.
A Colombian guerrilla chased her, closing in fast. Wiry, quick, and used to the conditions and terrain, he stood a good chance of outrunning, outmaneuvering, and overtaking her. A new surge of adrenaline pumped through her veins, probably the last of it, so she took advantage of the rush.
The heat sapped her strength. Must make it. Her desperate fingers grabbed roots that stuck out in the slippery, mud-coated incline, as she fought to stay ahead.
Her thighs convulsed, and the stitch in her side threatened to take her down. She sweated by the bucket load, and dehydration was inevitable. She wondered how much longer she could really go at this pace, in this environment. Beautiful but deadly, the jungle had her at a disadvantage. Nausea cramped her stomach. Thick foliage trapped her and slowed her down. Without a machete, she had no choice but to dive through the mass of green, praying for a trail on the other side. Maybe going it alone in the wild wasn't the best of ideas. But she hadn't had another means, or anyone to help her.
Cruel fingers scraped along her head, yanking out some hair. Bastard. Her fury spiked, and she whirled around, her arm extended. Using the momentum, she flung her arm against the side of his face. His head snapped back, and he stumbled. Spinning around, she pushed herself to run, to take advantage of the small gain. If he touched her again, she'd make him pay.
She forced her body to move faster, harder. It was more a mental challenge than a physical one, and she could do it. An opening loomed ahead, and she dashed forward. The freedom of movement gave her false hope. She'd pushed too hard and too fast in the heat, and her energy stores were depleted. Her body slowed, and she pressed her mouth into a tight line. I can do this. Even with an iron-willed determination to live, she knew she couldn't outrun him. The tangled branches and leaves had worked against her. He did too. It wouldn't be long. He'd be on her in a matter of minutes, if not seconds.
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Amy McKinley
(Gray Ghost #2)
Publication date: March 6th 2018
Deep in the untamed wilderness of the notorious Darien Gap, a soldier wakes. Injured, he has no memory of who he is or why he is there until a beautiful woman tells him his name. But can he trust her?
When Mari Dias stumbles upon Chris Shaw in the jungle—a place many risk but few survive—she enlists his help to escape a country ruled by the very family who hunts her.
Amy McKinley is the romantic suspense thriller author of the Gray Ghost Novels, the Five Fates paranormal romance series, and several standalone books. Her edge of your seat books are filled with surprising twists and just the right amount of heat and danger. She lives in Illinois with her husband, two daughters, two sons, and three mischievous cats. You can find her at www.AmyMcKinley.com
it's release day for lizabeth scott's hothead: the impatient doctor. get your copy today.
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Hothead: The Impatient Doctor
Book 4 of the Billionaires of White Oaks
All books in this series can be read as standalones but for a richer reading experience the follow order is recommended:
Heartbreaker: How to Renovate a Playboy (FREE for a limited time!)
Troublemaker: The Rock Star's Secret Baby
Mastermind: The Duke's Secret Life
I shine in the ER.
I'm in charge.
I flourish in the chaos.
It's who I am,
Where I belong.
But when she walks in,
Everything changes,
I no longer have control,
I'm spiraling into Baylee World,
And all I want is to save her.
Little did I know, she doesn't need to be saved.
She may be a little loony,
A little quirky,
But the only female anatomy this physician is interested in
Is hers.
When he enters my world,
He makes me believe I can do anything,
He's smart, sexy, and irresistible.
His faith and encouragement give me strength,
Let's me have courage in myself,
For the first time ever.
But when he breaks me,
I realize what everyone warned me all about,
Never fall for a hothead doctor.
Each book in this small-town hot romance series can be read as a standalone, but for a richer reading experience, the following order is recommended:
Heartbreaker - April & Elias
Troublemaker – Rachael & Kyle
Mastermind – Harlow & Duke
Hothead – Baylee & Smith
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Title: Fraud
Author: R.C. Stephens
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Forbidden, Suspense
Eleven years together and today I find out . . .
I don't know the first thing about the man I'm sleeping beside every night.
My marriage is built on a bed of lies . . . Nothing is real.
Each day I'm barely surviving, falling deeper into despair and loneliness.
Meeting Hayes Taylor is not in my plan.
Younger, beautiful and broken—just like me. I feel a connection with him I've never experienced before. But I am a married woman, and cheating isn't in my DNA. I ignore the sexual tension between us and push him away.
And like most women, I stay in my marriage for my kids.
But my husband not only manipulates, he keeps secrets I'm not prepared for.
Secrets that may destroy me . . .
This is not only my fight song, this is my journey to discover love.
R.C. Stephens was born in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from York University with a master's Degree in Political Science.
R.C. is an avid reader, so when she isn't cooking for her clan or on her laptop writing, she's snuggled tight with her Kindle devouring any romance novel she can. Okay, with the exception of Thursday nights. She makes time for Scandal and Vampire Diaries. She's a fan of drama and suspense but she's also a sucker for a happy ending.
Her husband was her first teenage love. They live together with their three children in Toronto. Loving Canadian winters she could never think of living anywhere else.
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Blog Tour review: christmas at the little cottage on the hill by emma davies
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Christmas at the Little Cottage on the Hill is the first book that I've read in this series. The author, Emma Davies, is gifted at creating vivid images and tempting readers to skip staying at home for Christmas in exchange for spending it in a place like Joy's Acre.
Some entertaining parts of this story are the ways in which it brings all the festive ideas and recipes and designs of Christmas together and the beautiful and inviting ambiance of the setting.
Readers can take advantage of many of the ideas offered and easily taste and smell some of the dishes prepared.
In addition, the residents show us how stressful it can be trying to turn a certain Christmas celebration and another major event into realities. But they also show us how to rise above the obstacles thrown at them and not allow any setbacks to keep the love and Christmas Spirit from prevailing. Given that trying to get everything just right for Christmas can often be a harrowing experience, taking a break from it all to read how these pros handle it might be a great way to get recharged.
The regular residents are a happy bunch, and, with perhaps one exception, practically any challenges to their holiday plans are quickly dealt with. The majority of the story is driven more by the organizing and planning and socializing and eating get-togethers of the characters than by any prolonged major tensions or conflicts, although there are flashes of these, at least twice, where Angus and Ruby are concerned. Overall, though, for people who like stories light on tension and high on close-knit friends sharing and showcasing their Christmas genius and helping strangers like Ruby and her family fit right in, this story is a perfect read.
Given the book's description, I expected to experience a lot more of the relationship between Angus and Ruby. The entirety of their romance might take up about 30-35 percent of the story. For good reason, it is a slow-burning affair. The first part of it, up until about 57% into the story, is limited to short encounters trickled in throughout the two major concerns in the story. I would like to have seen more of their story. Angus is a wonderful person, and there are scenes when he is with Ruby's son, Jem, that are especially memorable. Watching Ruby "find her way back to the light" and the part of the story where Angus and Ruby's relationship begins to take center-stage and moves in the direction of their new beginning together was the best part of the book for me.
Christmas at the Little Cottage on the Hill reads like a Hallmark Christmas movie, and readers enjoying those kinds of stories will definitely want to own this one.
Note: I was provided an ARC copy of this Christmas story by the publisher: Bookouture.
Christmas at the Little Cottage on the Hill (The Little Cottage Series Book 4) by Emma Davies
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One twinkling winter's night, Ruby wakes her sleeping children and escapes for a new life in the countryside. It's a choice that will change her life beyond all recognition…
Arriving at the cosy little rental cottage as the first snow begins to fall, Ruby doesn't regret leaving her bully of a husband for a moment, but she does feel guilty about uprooting her kids so close to Christmas. She can only wish that one day soon her son will forgive her.
It's not long before the family are settled in and drinking hot chocolate by the fire, the flames kept roaring by a neighbouring woodsman called Angus. As big as a tree, but as gentle as a dormouse, all Ruby's instincts tell her to be wary of letting this gorgeous stranger get too close. Is that the first tingle of festive magic Ruby can feel? Or might it even be hope?
As Christmas day approaches and a blizzard sparks a power cut across the entire village, Ruby must force herself to believe in Christmas miracles again. Was she right to put her trust in Angus? With only flickering candles to guide her through the darkness, will she ever find her way back to the light?
Wrap yourself up in this utterly gorgeous festive romance, perfect for anyone who loves Heidi Swan, Jenny Colgan, Lucy Diamond – and Christmas!
About the author:
After a varied career, Emma Davies once worked for a design studio where she was asked to provide a fun and humorous (and not necessarily true) anecdote for their website. She wrote the following: 'I am a bestselling novelist currently masquerading as a thirty something mother of three.' Well the job in the design studio didn't work out but she's now a forty something mother of three and is happy to report the rest of her dream came true.
After many years as a finance manager she now writes full time, and is far happier playing with words than numbers. She lives with her husband, three children, and two guinea pigs in rural Shropshire where she writes in all the gaps in between real life. It's a county she adores, her love of its beautiful people and landscapes providing endless inspiration for her books, and in fact the only thing that would make Shropshire more idyllic is if it were by the sea.
Pop over to her website www.emmadaviesauthor.com where, amongst other things, you can read about her passion for Pringles and singing loudly in the car. You can also wave to her on twitter @EmDaviesAuthor or find her on Facebook (a little too often than is good for her)


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PURBA BARDHAMAN: A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district when he was returning home from a nearby party office, police said on Saturday.
Insan Mallik, who was treasurer of Kalna No 1 Panchayat Samity, was shot from behind while he was riding his two-wheeler to home in Rajkhara village around 8.30 pm on Friday, they said.
Mallik was shot below his waist, police said, adding that he was then rushed to the Kalna hospital, from where he was referred to a hospital in Kolkata.
He died on the way to Kolkata, about 100 km away.
TMC district president Swapan Debnath hit out at the opposition parties over the killing and said Mallik became their target as he was a deft organiser.
"I have told police to probe the incident and arrest those behind the killing," he said.
However, Mallik's wife Shiuli, who is also a TMC leader, blamed party's infighting for the killing of her husband.
She named a TMC leader and his "gang" of Nandai area for the death and demanded they be arrested.
Debnath, however, did not comment on her allegations and said law will take its own course.
Protesting the killing of Mallik, who was well-known in the area, hundreds of TMC supporters blocked the Kalna- Bardhaman Road for about an hour.
Sources said some people are being questioned about the killing, but no arrests have been made.
Additional Superintendent of Police Dhruba Das said no complaint has been filed.
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Earlier this week, another TMC leader, Anil Majhi, was killed in the district's Madhabdihi area.
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The media are liberal. Big deal.
OK, brace yourself. The media have a left-leaning bias. The most liberal of all?
They find some interesting answers: most of the media does have a liberal bias (throwing out the editorial page, the Wall Street Journal is the most liberal of all, even beating the New York Times!). Fox News is one of the few outlets that is right of center.
The most important factor driving the slant of a given newspaper is the political leaning of the people who buy it. In other words, newspapers are giving the people the news that they want.
My experience at the News & Record suggests to me that this conclusion is inherently true. One indicator is how often winning political candidates also won the News & Record's endorsement.
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So, the truth is, that most good newspapers don't have a bias at all, outside of their editorial pages, it is just perceived that way and because this threatens the conservative message they loudly repeat the claim as often as they can.
But to the actual point, I think it can be dangerous that our need for self-validation impacts how or whether news is reported. Commentary is one thing, but I don't think actual news should be a flattering department store mirror. Having to monitor multiple sources to get key sides of a story takes a lot of time, effort and some discipline. I hope as consumers are further pressed for time, they will demand more objectivity from individual outlets. Won't happen, but I hope.
I suspect people don't care about perceived political bias in media as long as that perceived bias fits their own political leanings. Birds of a feather. You don't often see conservatives upset by Fox or liberals upset by MSNBC. As I see it, the problem is deeper and systemic. To my perspective, at the national level the news industry is now in the realm of American politics not as the Fourth Estate but as a fifth wheel. It's just one more thing to fight over, one more way users can compartmentalize their identity, one more bumper sticker to put on their car to declare their disdain for or support of one political ideology or another.
Is it the media's fault for giving people what they want? Is it the owners' fault? Is it the politicians' fault for pointing fingers at media sources and encouraging this kind of political and, let's be honest, demographic segregation? Are we really not doing a good enough job at being unbiased – or is that goal a thing of the past? I have a lot of questions and not many answers.
A family member of mine refuses to intake any form of news other than that produced by an ultra-conservative Christian radio station that was actually dubbed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. I know many people in my age range (late 20s) who get their news from The Daily Show. I'm too much of a young'un to say whether it was always this way, but my understanding is that people often sought out news based not on their perception of political bias as seems to be overwhelmingly the case today, but on local ownership and at least perceived quality of a news source. Can you imagine a person identifying as a liberal subscribing to the Washington Times or watching Fox? Can you imagine a person who considers him or herself a conservative watching Olbermann? The NYT is in a unique position, I suspect, as perhaps one of the last sources that can claim readers from the full political spectrum based more on the fact that it's the dad-gum New York Times than because of political leanings – though maybe that's changing too.
This issue directly affects reporters and the work that we do. I always wonder when I'm meeting someone for the first time what they will assume about me. It does not help a conversation for the person I'm talking with to secretly or not-so-secretly assume I'm just there to screw them over or tout somebody's agenda. It's something you can't escape as a reporter whether you're on the clock or not. I realized that when I was 19, a recently-declared journalism major, and at a casual gathering the active-duty military husband of a family friend grilled me about media issues in Iraq as if I was personally responsible and accountable for them.
I will say this: I find this kind of compartmentalization to be devastating in many ways, not least of all because it hinders a true free flow of information. What's the point of having fifty outlets reporting on a story if 1. the majority copy-paste and cite the original publication without picking up a phone to verify; 2. few people venture outside their political comfort zone to view news from a source that might have information their politically-preferred source doesn't?
Ever since realizing my feelings over this, I make it a point to read multiple news sources across the political spectrum, and doing so has helped me gain a better understanding of exactly why people get so angry. I think it's helped me become a more balanced reporter and a more informed citizen. I am clinging fast to the concept that I need to be mindful of my sources and transparent with any political leanings they possess where relevant, whether it's right or left. It might sound silly to say I try hard to remain free of bias – either silly because you assume it's what I should be doing anyway, or silly if you don't believe it's possible – but I don't like the alternative.


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MUST LOVE FASHION by Deborah Garland
Published on September 25, 2017 September 24, 2017 by mariacatalinaeganLeave a comment
Date Published: August 7, 2017
Publisher: Roane Publishing
Set in the exciting world of Prada about a former male model turned brand manager and the beautiful small town public relations specialist he doesn't think he needs.
Go behind the scenes in the fashion industry as Gwendolyn Mallory sets out to prove that she has what it takes to promote a prestigious brand like Prada. Andrew Morgan is already struggling to accept that his PR responsibilities have been taken away from him, but the intense attraction he has for Gwen, is just plain getting in the way of rational thinking—sleeping with a co-worker has always been on his to-don't list. Follow the sparkling fuse slowly burning with sexual tension as Gwen brings to life a sexy devil…who just happens to wear Prada. Andrew has to have the woman he never knew he needed.
"Gwen?"
Her eyes lit up. "Andrew!"
She twirled in an emerald green full length gown that cinched at her waist. Her body filled out the bodice perfectly and the upper swells of her full breasts peeked through the asymmetrical cutouts in the neckline. "Isn't this the most gorgeous thing you've ever seen?"
Yes. But he wasn't thinking of the dress. "Salvatore. You've outdone yourself. I don't want to sound like a jerk, but why isn't something as beautiful as this in the show?"
The designer rubbed a chin that hadn't seen a razor in a couple of days. "Do you know one of our models who could fill out a dress like this as well as our Gwen?"
Our Gwen?
"Salvatore, thank you." The gown gave way at the slit, showing a firm thigh as Gwen stepped toward the designer to hug him.
Andrew's blood boiled when Salvatore's scandalous hands sat on her waist. She was not his. The tentative hesitation in her hug however, cooled his fever. And the smile on her lips as she bounded in his direction reminded him of the woman she really was. Not all made up in a gown. As if Salvatore was trying to make her one of his models. A doll he could play dress-up with.
"Did you need something, Andrew?"
"Actually…," he He could use a set of defibrillator paddles., "I have a gift for you too." He swayed further into the room, his confidence returning with every step. From a linen sack, he removed a shoebox. "She should be in Prada from head to toe, should she not, Salvatore?"
The designer grumbled, appearing to regret he hadn't thought of the obvious accessory.
"Andrew, what have you done?" Gwen asked resting her hands on round curvy hips.
"Come here, Gwen," he commanded and pointed to her suite's desk chair. "Sit."
At the chair, she swept aside the long skirt made of raw silk and sat with her knees pinned together. Andrew's jaw trembled as he sank to one knee. The shoe he removed from the box was not an original new design he could have swiped from the sample floor before they left. It was one of his favorites, a classic that had been around for years. The deep black suede gladiator sandal with satin nickel studs suited Gwen's edgy personality. It was also the perfect complement to an elegant full length gown. The moderate heel would also cushion her ankles as she moved through the show tomorrow.
Andrew unfolded the soft tissue paper and held the shoe in front of Gwen.
"The Filettra sandal?" She looked at him, stunned.
"You know the name of this shoe?" Salvatore asked.
But before she could answer, Andrew turned to the designer. "She obviously did her homework on our products."
"You boys really know how to make a girl feel like Cinderella!" She slipped her foot into the insole while it was still in Andrew's hand. He leaned forward to buckle the small strap around her ankle, his chest leaning against her knee. After he repeated the same for the other foot, she stood. He'd worked for Prada long enough to know when a woman was comfortable in one of their shoes. Her toes sat perfectly against the vamp without looking crushed.
He had a feeling Gwen had stopped breathing. Andrew lifted his chin slowly. On her face was a look of controlled satisfaction.
Like maybe she would wait to show how much this really meant to her until they were alone.
Deborah Garland is a versatile author of women's fiction, contemporary and paranormal romances. Her books are about love and the struggles of complicated relationships, whether set in the music industry, the fashion industry or the world of academics. The heroines are strong and witty and the heroes fall hard for them. She lives on the North Shore of Long Island with her husband and their two pugs, Zoe and Harley.
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