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Cops and Comix (Murder and Mayhem)
by Rhys FordA Murder and Mayhem ShortIt’s all fun and games until someone leaves a dead body on the floor. Life for comic book store owner Alex Martin usually runs to the mundane. Sure, he has a regular influx of geeks and freaks, but for the most part, it’s a familiar weird. That all changes when he opens up Planet X Comics one morning and finds a corpse in the middle of his shop. When Detective James Castillo is called in to investigate, Alex is torn between wanting to climb the man like a tree and giving him a wide berth. Luckily for Alex, the handsome detective is just as interested in him—as a suspect in the murder.
Hero Under Cover: The Bodyguard And Ms. Jones; Hero Under Cover (Mills And Boon Intrigue Ser.)
by Suzanne BrockmannA fan favorite from New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. When Pete Taylor first offers his services as a bodyguard, Annie Morgan wants nothing to do with him. She's sure that the death threats against her aren't serious. After all, while the artifact she's working on is valuable, it's certainly not worth killing for. But after someone does make an attempt on her life, Annie is glad to have Pete around. She owes him her life, and suddenly, she's beginning to believe in heroes again. And Pete is now the only person she can allow herself to trust. Originally published in 1994.
La lunga strada tortuosa (Un insolito triangolo #4)
by Tj KluneSeguito di L’arte di respirareLa famiglia non è sempre definita dal sangue, ma da coloro che ci rendono completi e contribuiscono a costruire la nostra identità. In questa storia ormai giunta alla fine, Bear e Otter saranno messi alla prova come mai prima. Una ragazzina che non ha un altro posto dove andare bussa alla loro porta. Una telefonata improvvisa comunica novità inaspettate. Un fratello torna finalmente a casa dopo aver imparato a camminare da solo. E, mentre questi tre elementi convergono, le vite di tutti subiranno una svolta dalla quale sarà impossibile tornare indietro. Cominciando con Un insolito triangolo e proseguendo con La nostra identità e L’arte di respirare, TJ Klune ci parla di famiglia e affetto fraterno, di amore e sacrificio. In questo capitolo finale, gli eventi del passato servono a lastricare la lunga e tortuosa strada che porta a un futuro che nessuno avrebbe mai potuto immaginare.
Notti tranquille (Storie di Mangrove)
by Mary CalmesKelly Seaton conduce una bella vita. Ha un’impresa di giardinaggio, una bella casetta e un migliore amico, Cosimo Renaldi, con una famiglia eccentrica che lo ha adottato trattandolo come se fosse uno di loro. Certo, la notte si sente un po’ solo ma è un buon compromesso, e Kelly non può rischiare di rovinare tutto lasciando trasparire di volere di più, di aver sempre voluto di più, da parte di Coz. Poi il passato di Kelly arriva in città, portando con sé brutti ricordi e sentimenti feriti che iniziano a trascinarlo a fondo, e Coz non capisce perché l’amico non gli permetta di donargli sostegno e forza, come Kelly ha sempre fatto per lui. Hanno già affrontato una guerra, il terribile incidente di Coz e il doversi reinventare una vita a Mangrove, in Florida. Perché non dovrebbero finalmente affrontare i loro trascorsi tormentati per costruire un futuro fatto di notti tranquille… insieme?
Ten After Closing
by Jessica Bayliss10PM: Closing time at Café Flores. The door should be locked, but it isn't, Scott Bradley and Winsome Sommervil are about to become hostages. <p><p> TEN MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING: Scott's girlfriend breaks up with him in the café's basement storeroom because he's late picking her up for the big end-of-the-year party. Now he can't go to the party, but he can't go home, either―not knowing his dad will still be in a drunken rage. Meanwhile, Winny wanted one night to let loose, away from her mother's crushing expectations. Instead, she's stranded at the café after her best friend ditches her in a misguided attempt at matchmaking. <p> TEN MINUTES AFTER CLOSING: The first gunshot is fired. Someone's dead. And if Winny, Scott, and the rest of the hostages don't come up with a plan soon, they may not live to see morning. <p> Told from both Winny and Scott's perspectives, and alternating between the events leading up to and following the hold-up, Ten After Closing is an explosive story of teens wrestling with their own challenges, thrown into circumstances that will test their very limits.
The Gift of Love: A Holiday for Romance
by Peggy BirdIsabella Rodriguez put her life on hold to return to Portland and take care of her ailing parents, but now they're gone. <P><P>When her four overbearing brothers confront her insisting it's time for her to move on with her life and that they're selling the house, it might just be Bella's worst birthday ever. Luckily, an unexpected promotion and a transfer to Seattle might mean a bright new future awaits. <P><P>Tech consultant Taylor Jordan's career is on a huge upswing and he's sure to make partner soon. He has no time and little interest in a personal life, especially after an embarrassing breakup with his last girlfriend. But when he meets the gorgeous Bella at a business mixer, he can't help but be intrigued. <P><P>Sparks fly between them immediately, but when Taylor discovers Bella was behind one of the most humiliating experiences of his life, will they be able to find a future together? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Healing Beau (Beauford Bend #6)
by Alicia Hunter PaceHandsome and accomplished Ranger SGT Beau Beauford knows that deep down he's never been anything but a screw-up. He caused the deaths of his parents and sister, deceived his adoring brothers, and recklessly destroyed his career. <P><P>With nothing left to lose, he retreats home to Beauford Bend...only to promptly impregnate his best and oldest friend.Christian Hambrick, owner of Firefly Hall Plantation B&B, is made of guts, steel, and plain good sense, except for that lifelong torch she's held for Beau. When he reached out to her, clearly in need, she gave him everything. <P><P>Now Beau insists on marriage, but he's withholding his heart, insisting it's not worth much anyway. However, Christian isn't settling for second best--not for herself or Beau. If she has to take on the whole Beauford family and wage full-scale war on Beaus past to prove him wrong, so be it. <P><P>Don't miss this satisfying and emotional conclusion to the Beauford Bend series! <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Heath's Hope: A Beauford Bend Novella (Beauford Bend #5)
by Alicia Hunter PaceFrom USA Today best-selling author Alicia Hunter Pace comes this emotional gem in the Beauford Bend series. <P><P>Heath Beckett would have never moved his renowned stained glass business to the artisan boutique town of Beauford, Tennessee, if he'd thought there was any chance Hope MacKenzie would return there. <P><P>Ambitious and career-minded Hope left him with a bleeding heart years ago when she couldn't fathom that his art would ever turn out to be more than a hobby.Now she's back because her family's bank needs her desperately. Although she reluctantly settles into a quiet life in her hometown, she's soon embraced by the knitting circle at a local shop, and Hope finally begins to understand the charms of small-town living: the neighbors who truly care for you and the slower pace that affords an appreciation of more simple joys. <P><P>She steers clear of Heath, knowing she foolishly lost her chance with him long ago. But when she gives a personal loan to the women who own the local knitting shop without consulting Heath, who has helped them with their finances for years, the two must work together to ensure the ladies' business plan is in tip-top shape. <P><P>Surely a man capable of creating such pure beauty has a heart that can forgive. But can he still love? <P><P>Free knitting pattern inside! <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Look-Alike Bride
by Kathryn BrocatoQuiet, animal loving Leonie Daniel, a high school Physical Education teacher, leads a double life, often standing in for her glamorous older sister, Zara, who works as a government agent. <P><P>All Leonie has to do this time is spend a few weeks in Zara's lakeside cabin near Hot Springs, Arkansas, behave like Zara and avoid Adam Silverthorne, the man her sister is interested in.Alas, Adam is immune to the beautiful Zara, but he finds Leonie enchanting. <P><P>Adam discovers she is Zara's younger sister almost immediately, but in order to woo her, he pretends to believe that Leonie is Zara. Leonie is equally attracted to Adam, but she is certain that Adam would never prefer her over her dashing, outgoing older sister. <P><P>Worse, some spies are shadowing her every move in the belief that she is Zara.Adam makes no secret of his attraction, and Leonie sees nothing but heartache ahead, yet she is drawn to Adam in spite of herself. She decides a vacation affair will give them both what they want, and it will end when the vacation ends, with no hard feelings or recriminations. Or will it? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
A Love Beyond
by Leslie P GarcíaA.J. Owens is a woman on a mission. Convinced that her sister’s abusive marriage to Mike Towers drove her to kill herself, A.J. travels to his Texas ranch and concocts a daring plan to get closer to her brother-in-law. She’s also determined to rescue the champion racehorse he stole, Rebel Dorado, even if it means pretending to seduce the man. <P><P>Towers’s head of security, Chance Landin, knows there’s something fishy about this gorgeous blonde seductress. But when he discovers her real agenda, the former marine is more than happy to help—he’s got his own plans for revenge against Towers. After the man framed his uncle for the cold-blooded murder of the thoroughbreds he cared for, Chance swore he’d bring him down. <P><P>They’re both determined to expose the madman’s deadly secrets, but when romance begins to spark between them, will love triumph over revenge? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Lynked
by Bethany-KrisWhen a fighter’s path crosses with a beautiful woman, he’s positive the meeting will only end in her leaving his penthouse with sex hair and a smile - until life and the law steps in, inevitably linking their futures forever. <P><P>The accident that ended his fighting career wasn’t enough to keep former heavyweight mixed martial arts champion Devon Lynk out of the sport. His new business, Chaine Lynk, an exclusive fighting company, has made him millions through illegal gambling. Happy with his life, he never suspected it could be his downfall . . . until the morning after leads to something so much more than he expected, and he’s left with the weight of guilt and responsibility on his shoulders. <P><P>Veronica “Nic” Stacey made her way to Edmonton with the intention of starting life anew, but her first night in the city lands her in a stranger’s bed and things don’t quite go as planned. Waking up to find out her brother is in jail is one thing, but learning the man she slept with is also his boss is another matter altogether. With no knowledge of the city and nowhere to go, she’s left taking the only help offered: Devon’s. <P><P>With Chaine Lynk’s doors closed and Devon facing possible jail time for his involvement, reality takes a front row seat. Love and lust intermingle as he comes to learn what his business and choices have cost the girl he wants most - now he just has to fix it. But is it already too late? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Spicy
Maybe Baby
by Ashlinn CravenUber-organized Polly Malone leaves nothing to chance. Running her web design company on a shoestring, she's determined to make it a success. Her career plan doesn't include a man or a family. When she's approached by a stranger with an unusual request, she hasn't the heart - or the bank balance - to refuse. <P><P>Sexy, wealthy, top London games entrepreneur Julian Ripley is battling for control of the company he built and picking up the pieces of his post-divorce life. But his sister makes a plea he can't refuse. <P><P>When Polly and Julian meet in a dusty post office, feelings spark to life, but each harbors a secret - one that both binds and repels. <P><P>Caught between family and commitments, can their love survive or is it inconceivable? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
The Meatball Mistress
by Tiffany N YorkCara Manzoni flees Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, to the Jersey Shore after catching her fiancé cheating with her hairdresser. Problem is she has no clothes, no money, and no place to go. This is not where she thought she’d be at almost thirty years old. <P><P>Ryan Garridy is a diehard commitment-phobe, struggling to keep his Italian restaurant afloat. The last thing he wants is a high-maintenance woman in his life. <P><P> So when Cara runs out on her check and then faints at his feet the next day, he knows she’s trouble with a capital T. It still doesn’t stop him from offering her a job and a place to stay. There’s something feisty and compelling about this woman, and no matter how hard he tries, he just can’t seem to say no to her. Or her Sicilian meatballs. <P><P>Since Cara has sworn off men, it’s no big deal that Ryan is sexy and charming—until she decides the only way to stop obsessing over her ex is to obsess over someone new. Ryan makes her forget about her ex a little too well, but falling for him could set her up for a whole new world of hurt. <P><P>One man, one woman, both wounded by love. Will they be able to overcome their demons and learn to trust again? If the undeniable passion between these two doesn’t keep them together, the mouth-watering food will. <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Mischief and Magnolias (Crimson Romance)
by Marie PatrickIn 1863, Natchez, Mississippi, peacefully surrendered to the Union Army - but not everyone surrendered peacefully, especially not Shaelyn Cavanaugh. With both her brother and her intended off to war, her home, Magnolia House, and her beloved steamboats are taken over by Major Harte and his small contingent of men. Shae will use every mischievous weapon at her disposal to show Major Harte he has chosen unwisely. She begins by putting vinegar in his coffee. <P><P>But instead of being upset with his doctored drink and later molasses in his boots, Major Remy Harte is intrigued. Actually, he finds Shae’s attempts to make him leave her home amusing and he doesn’t feel slighted in the least. What the major does feel is a growing attraction, one that Shae shares as well, despite the fact she is a spoken for woman of the South and he is most definitely an available man from the North. Making circumstances worse, Shae is accused of espionage and they are ultimately betrayed - by one of Remy’s own men. <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Nickolai's Noel: A Beauford Bend Novella (Beauford Bend #2)
by Alicia Hunter PaceBorn an orphan in Russia, Nashville Sound center Nickolai Glazov never knew the warmth of a big family. Luckily, at age six, his talent for hockey was discovered. Now, with a multitude of championship titles, a berth on the 2014 Russian Olympic team, and plenty of puck bunnies to warm his bed on cold nights, he's not wasting his energy crying over his lack of roots. Even if he wouldn't mind a special someone to come home to . . . <P><P>Artisan quilt maker Noel Verden, on the other hand, has so many roots they're threatening to strangle her. Her family depends on Noel for everything, from talking them through using the television remote to deciphering the telephone bill—all from 200 miles away. She loves them, but wishes they were more self-sufficient and would stop trying to force her to close her quilt shop in Beauford, Tennessee, to move back home to Kentucky. If only she had the strength and power to stand up to her family . . . <P><P>A chance meeting and a snowy ice storm bring this unlikely pair together on the most enchanting day of the year, and a special connection flares between them. But when the ice melts, will the magic disappear too? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Once Upon a Scandal (Once Upon… #2)
by Julie LeMenseLady Jane Fitzsimmons won our hearts in Once Upon a Wager...and now her story is full of even more delightful twists and turns! <P><P>Caught up in a scandal of her father's making, Jane is now an outcast in the society that once prized her refinement. When Lord Benjamin Marworth offers to help redeem her good name, she leaps at the chance. <P><P>Too bad his plan requires her very public demise. <P><P>To the ton, Benjamin is a dandy and a rake, but that's merely a convenient disguise to spy for the Crown. Can he save both England and Jane by faking her death and reincarnating her as a French cousin who can ferret out the stolen war secrets he needs? Or will she discover Benjamin's own dark secrets in the end? <P><P>It's a proposition steeped in scandal if they're caught--but love just might be worth the risk. <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Reforming Gabe (Beauford Bend #3)
by Alicia Hunter PaceThe world loved Heisman trophy winner and two-time Super Bowl champion Gabe Beauford - until he blew it and cost San Antonio the chance to make history. Now his brother's wedding back in Beauford Bend offers the perfect hideout. <P><P>Neyland MacKenzie has a passion for jewelry making and a hatred for football. Neither is working out very well. With sales down, it's getting harder to pay the rent or buy new materials, and she can't escape the notoriety of being the daughter of the beloved Beauford high school coach. <P><P>Still, when Gabe walks into her shop looking like a cross between a GQ model and a Viking warrior and picks out the most expensive piece in her case, Neyland refuses to sell to him. Everybody knows he sends women jewelry as kiss-off gifts, and her art will not be part of that, even if Gabe does have the bluest eyes in Tennessee. <P><P>Gabe has never been one to walk away from a challenge, especially when he needs a distraction - and most especially when that challenge has legs that would stop a locomotive. But if Neyland tackles his heart, could it cost him another ring? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
The Sacred Circle
by Rachel JamesBrianna Sage and Devlin Janus have experienced the worst disaster a modern-day witch can face-a Sacred Circle that backfires and kills their best friend. Banished from the coven for the tragedy, each has vowed to never practice the art of magic again. And then the unthinkable happens. Brianna’s mother, a highly competent high priestess, is intentionally trapped inside a Sacred Circle and left to die. <P><P>Returning home, the pair is swept into an unexpected marriage intended to halt the current health epidemic sweeping the commune. Invoking her rights as interim High Priestess, Brianna pools her magical talents with Devlin to retrieve her mother’s body from the Circle. However, when the cleansing is done, they are faced with two even-greater obstacles—handling their growing attraction for one another and convincing the Elder Council there is a master of dark magic amongst them. <P><P>Bent on exposing the sinner, Brianna evokes an ancient ritual called The Weaving, which she hopes will lure the sinner out of hiding. However, as it did in the past, the invocation backfires and she is soon engaged in a life-and-death struggle with the sinner in the Sacred Clearing. Then Devlin becomes an unexpected pawn in their struggle and Brianna is forced to take drastic measures to save him. Summoning all her hereditary powers, Brianna initiates a radical witches’ pyramid to reinvent the original curse. But will she need to sacrifice the love of her life before it can succeed? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Sparked by Love: A Holiday for Romance
by Peggy BirdSome fussy artist is making Shannon Morgan’s job with the city of Vancouver, Washington, harder than it should be. She’s organizing the huge annual Independence Day celebration, and he’s being impossible. But then, he’s like a couple other men she’s known—her mostly absent father and her disappearing ex-boyfriend, for example. <P><P>All Leo Wilson wants is an okay for his plans to install glass fireworks at Fort Vancouver on the Fourth of July. With thousands of people there to see his work, it could be his big career break. If the crabby bureaucrat will get him the permits he needs. <P><P>When Leo confronts the cause of his trouble in person, he’s surprised to find a beautiful young woman. Shannon is equally surprised at meeting a sweet, sexy man. Dinner, a movie, and a few torrid kisses take it from spark to flame. <P><P>But then the father she’s always wanted as part of her life reappears, accompanied by her ex-boyfriend. Shannon has to decide how far she’s willing to go to have her father around. And find out why he’s with her ex.If she makes the right decisions, she and Leo will privately create fireworks that rival the pyrotechnics that light up the sky on July Fourth. <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Truth Within Dreams (The Honorables #2)
by Elizabeth BoyceWhen Henry De Vere wakes up naked in bed with his longtime friend Claudia Baxter, it is his fondest dream and his worst nightmare come true. Could he truly have compromised one of his dearest friends without even the benefit of remembering it? Plagued by somnambulism his whole life, Henry fears his baser nature has asserted itself, and insists on doing the honorable thing to marry Claudia. <P><P>Claudia’s plan to stage her own ruination and escape marriage to the churlish and elderly Sir Saint had seemed foolproof. She was sure the kindly Henry wouldn’t mind helping her out . . . but somehow she hadn’t counted on him actually proposing. <P><P>Their illicit encounter awakens feelings long buried for each. Will this preposterous scheme result in a happier ending than either could have hoped for? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Sensual
Wildflower Redemption: Texas - Heart and Soul Series (Crimson Romance #Book 2:)
by Leslie P GarcíaYou can’t have it all. At least, not forever. Luz Wilkinson learned the hard way that balancing a career, marriage, and motherhood can end in absolute destruction of heart and soul. When the biological mother of her daughter tears the child away and ruins her reputation, Luz goes home to tiny Rose Creek to rethink life and ambition. She surrounds herself with discarded animals and plans never to care again. <P><P>Widower Aaron Estes lives for his daughter, Chloe. Fleeing from the horror of losing his wife in a school shooting, Aaron stops in Rose Creek on a whim and a random act of kindness from a gas station clerk - not a lot to build a life on, but a momentary redemption from his sorrow and fears for his daughter. Prompted by counselor Esmeralda Salinas, he takes Chloe to the Wilkinson place for therapeutic riding lessons, and finds Luz everything he wants in a mother for his daughter - but Esmeralda’s open pursuit is a problem. Burned by her divorce, Luz refuses any relationship involving another woman or a man with another woman’s child. <P><P>Unlimited love for their children comes easily - but will they ever be able to conquer past pain and love each other? <P><P>Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
A Matter of Fate (Crimson Romance)
by Ellie HellerSomeone is setting death-spells targeting mortals and elf blood alike. With her mentor out of commission, it’s up to half-trained Warder Mona Lisa Kubrek to stop the magic. Despite being told repeatedly her job is to nullify spells and not go after the source, too many people are at risk for her to not track the spell-caster down. Even meeting a sexy half-elf shifter won’t distract her from her goal. <P><P>Except Cart Dupree is fully trained and has the team to search for the evildoer, so she’d be stupid to not use his expertise. Stupid is something she can’t afford to be, not with her enemy’s henchmen after her. Later she’ll deal with Cart and his questions about her special abilities and the non-standard training her mentor has given her. Right now, they need to unravel where the magician is, and who he is, before he builds enough power to decimate them all. <P><P>First, though, they need to stay alive. <P><P>Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Algún día te diré que sí (Los Dybron #Volumen 1)
by Nadia PetruPrimera entrega de la serie romántica actual «Los Dybron» de Nadia Petru. Una historia de amor inolvidable en la magnífica ciudad de Nueva York que atrapará a sus lectores de manera irremediable. No importa cuántos obstáculos se deban enfrentar, porque siempre habrá uno que nos lleve a encontrar aquello que más necesitamos. Francesca Canalle, a sus veintiocho años, vive la desdicha de un matrimonio fallido, de un marido estafador y de una familia con la que está peleada. Decidida a dejar todo eso atrás, la gran manzana que es la ciudad de Nueva York será su nuevo hogar. Sin embargo, nada es tan fácil como parece y, mucho menos, si se cruza en su camino del encantador Jake Dybron, miembro de una de las familias más importantes de la Costa Este y reconocido por sus habilidades financieras y... amorosas.
Donde se cumplen los sueños
by Loren MillsDos personas que persiguen sus sueños por separado encontrarán el amor y el apoyo que necesitan para que se hagan realidad. Cuando un sueño se desvanece, el destino marcará un nuevo camino... Jania está a un paso de cumplir su mayor sueño: ser bailarina profesional. Pero el destino le tiene preparado otro camino, uno donde deberá descubrir un nuevo comienzo. No obstante, no estará sola. André, un bailarín con sus propios demonios, volverá su mundo del revés. Junto a él, Jania también conocerá la importancia del amor y la pasión por un mismo sueño. Y Dominique será el hombre que le enseñe nuevas oportunidades, ilusiones y el rencontrarse con sí misma