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Instant Gratification: Fun, feel-good romance - guaranteed to make you smile! (Wilder #Bk. 2)
by Jill Shalvis'Perfect, feel-good fiction' Sarah Morgan on The Lemon SistersIf you love Holly Martin, Jill Mansell and Debbie Macomber, you'll LOVE Jill Shalvis and her irresistible trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance!Jill's books are guaranteed to make you smile:'You can't go wrong with a Jill Shalvis book' 5* reader review'A heartwarming read with all the feels' 5* reader review'Another winner... I cannot wait for more' 5* reader review'A riveting and comforting romance' 5* reader reviewWelcome to Wishful, California, where the air is mountain clean, the people are small-town friendly and the wide-open spaces are perfect for a woman wanting to reinvent herself.There was a time when Dr. Emma Sinclair wanted to challenge herself, sharpen her medical skills by plunging into the relentless pace of a New York City ER. But she was younger then. Now she's not that much older, but at least she's wise enough to jump at the chance to run her father's clinic for a summer in the Sierra Nevadas. Here she treats bee stings, stomach flu, and the occasional pet cat. She also contends with patients like Stone Wilder, laid-back and well-aware of his good looks - and irritating beyond belief. The man laughs at her. And Emma loathes him. Partly because she can't resist his smile and the gleam in his eyes...As co-owner of Wilder Adventures and Expeditions, Stone knows when he sees a fish out of water. He also knows how to put it back in the water. When he tries to help Emma loosen up a bit, he pictures white-water rafting or scenic mountain hikes. He never bargained for a much more intimate encounter. Still, Emma's sure she has no place in a town like Wishful, but Stone knows different. Emma belongs here - in this town, in his life. Convincing her is a challenge he was born to take...Want more warm, funny romance? Check out the Heartbreaker Bay novels starting with Sweet Little Lies, visit stunning Wildstone, gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill's other unforgettable series.
Instant Husband
by Judith McwilliamsCELEBRATION 1000 The Wedding Night MAIL-ORDER MRS. For Ann Lennon, traveling to Wyoming to marry a stranger made perfect sense. She needed a fresh start, and rancher Nick St. Hilarion needed a wife. All Ann wanted was to be a good mate. Then she laid eyes on her handsome groom.... MADE-TO-ORDER MAN Before Ann came along, Nick's home had been in a shambles and his daughter out of control. Now his life was almost perfect. His new bride was decidedly domestic-and dangerously desirable. But passion wasn't supposed to be part of the deal.... THE WEDDING NIGHT: The excitement started when they said "I do!" CELEBRATION 1000: Come celebrate the publication of the 1000th Silhouette Desire, with scintillating love stories by some of your favorite writers!
Instant Karma
by Marissa MeyerIn New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her – both good and bad. <p><p> Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. <p> Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals. <p> When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue center for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals—not necessarily in that order. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . . . love and hate… and fate.
Instant Marriage, Just Add Groom
by Myrna MackenzieNo one was more surprised than Caleb when the town's proper bookstore owner made him an offer no red-blooded male could resist. But fathering a child with innocent Victoria Holbrook and walking away was not an option. Caleb refused to fill the position. . . unless Victoria said "I do. "
Instant Mommy
by Annette BroadrickWhen it came to babies, widowed rancher Deke Crandall was a real novice. He didn't want to raise his baby daughter alone, but what options did he have? For years Mollie O'Brien had secretly loved Deke from afar. Now suddenly, the man was asking her to marry him! The position of instant mummy was strictly no strings attached, but Mollie found herself hoping it wouldn't stay that way. . .
Instant Mother
by Emma RichmondWife for a year!A recent accident has left Alexa Gifford homeless, jobless and manless, with a rather scruffy dog to support! Her situation looks pretty desperate until her longtime friend Stefan Blake offers her a new position...as his wife!In order to adopt his six-year-old niece, Jessica, Stefan needs to convince the authorities that he can provide a stable home. He hasn't got time to find the woman of his dreams; Alexa will just have to do. After all, he only needs a temporary wife. Unfortunately, Stefan reckons without two things: little orphan Jessica falling in love with her instant mother, and his new bride falling in love with him!
Instant Prairie Family
by Bonnie NavarroWill Hopkins's new housekeeper is the prettiest young woman he's ever seen-and that's the problem. Will thought Abigail Stewart would be a middle-aged matron well suited to hardscrabble prairie life. Even if his young sons are entranced by her wholesome kindness, his only option is to send Abby back east. For the sake of propriety...and his guarded heart.Answering the newspaper advertisement was Abby's chance of escape from her unhappy home. But now her employer has turned out to be a rugged widower instead of a widow. A marriage in name only will allow her to remain long enough to find another job. Or until a misunderstanding becomes the means to a second-chance family....
Instant Prairie Family and Cowboy to the Rescue
by Louise M. Gouge Bonnie NavarroA perfect mismatch?Instant Prairie Family by Bonnie NavarroAnswering the newspaper advertisement for a housekeeper was Abigail Stewart’s chance of escape from her unhappy home. But her employer, Will Hopkins, has turned out to be a rugged widower with young sons instead of a widow. A marriage in name only will allow her to remain long enough to find another job. Or until a misunderstanding becomes the means to a second-chance family…Cowboy to the Rescue by Louise M. GougeThough Georgia belle Susanna Anders agrees to accompany her father on a silver prospecting trip to Colorado, her heart belongs to the South. Then charming cowboy Nate Northam saves her father’s life and gives them shelter at his ranch. Feeling gratitude is only natural, but falling for a Yankee? Soon shocking revelations compel both Nate and Susanna to choose between loyalty to the past or the promise of a bold new love.
Instant Temptation (Wilder Brothers #3)
by Jill ShalvisTrailing a rare coyote through the Sierra Nevadas puts two old friends on the path to love in this &“zesty romance&” by the New York Times bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). To wildlife biologist Harley Stephens, landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous. The same could be said for wilderness guide T.J. Wilder, whose invited himself along on her trek to study a rare coyote. But Harley&’s career is riding on this trip, and she doesn&’t need a stubborn, incredibly sexy distraction tagging along. For T.J., Harley is the one woman he&’s never been able to forget. But he&’s a professional guide who knows when to stay back and when to provide invaluable expertise—just like he&’s done since they were in high school. And Harley, as usual, is torn between throttling him and giving in to the raw attraction that&’s been smoldering all these years…
Instant Temptation: Fun, feel-good romance - guaranteed to make you smile! (Wilder #3)
by Jill Shalvis'Perfect, feel-good fiction' Sarah Morgan on The Lemon SistersIf you love Holly Martin, Jill Mansell and Debbie Macomber, you'll LOVE Jill Shalvis and her irresistible trademark gift for humour, warmth and romance!Jill's books are guaranteed to make you smile:'You can't go wrong with a Jill Shalvis book' 5* reader review'A heartwarming read with all the feels' 5* reader review'Another winner... I cannot wait for more' 5* reader review'A riveting and comforting romance' 5* reader reviewTo Harley Stephens, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous...The same could be said for T.J. Wilder, who's invited himself along on her trek to study a rare coyote. He's the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and excitement. But Harley's career is riding on this trip, and she doesn't need a stubborn, incredibly sexy distraction tagging along.For T.J., Harley is the one woman he's never been able to forget. But he's a professional guide who knows when to stay back and when to provide invaluable expertise - just like he's done since they were in high school. And Harley, as usual, is torn between throttling him and giving in to the raw attraction that's been smoldering all these years.After waiting so long, it's all about timing...Want more warm, funny romance? Check out the Heartbreaker Bay novels starting with Sweet Little Lies, visit stunning Wildstone, gorgeous Cedar Ridge, spellbinding Lucky Harbor or experience some Animal Magnetism in Sunshine, Idaho in Jill's other unforgettable series.
Instead of the Thorn: The Transformation Of Philip Jettan, The Black Moth, The Great Roxhythe, Instead Of The Thorn, And A Proposal To Cicely
by Georgette Heyer'Instead of the Thorn' is one of Georgette Heyer&’s early novels. It follows Elizabeth Arden, a young woman raised by a cold, distant father and a prim, proper aunt. Unsurprisingly Elizabeth comes of age with no sense of how to make her way in the world or what will make her happy. At a young age she marries a man she does not love and embarks on a life that does not fulfill her. Her wedding night on her marriage is a complete disaster. After a time she separates from her husband and tries to make her way in the world. To start she is little more than a spoiled girl, but as the book unfolds Elizabeth struggles to become her own person and is surprised by just who she is and what she wants. A thoroughly satisfying novel.
Instigador: Sensual y peligroso.
by Jade SandBruno podría preferir un hombre de éxito. Graduado, trabajador, saliendo con una gran chica y con un gran piso, no tiene nada de qué quejarse si no fuera por la crisis financiera. Para mantener el caro piso, decide compartirlo con cuatro chicos, estudiantes y trabajadores. Eric necesitaba una habitación en el centro de la ciudad y tenía prisa. Se podría compartir. Incluso podría ser la pequeña habitación de la asistente en la parte trasera del piso de Bruno, aunque la falta de ventilación empeoraba sus alergias. Sensible y misterioso, empezó a despertar diferentes sentimientos en la gente que le rodeaba.
Instinto de Inez
by Carlos FuentesGabriel Atlan-Ferrara, director de orquesta, recuerda en su vejez los tres encuentros que tuvo a lo largo de su vida con la cantante mexicana Inez Rosenzweig. La primera vez en el Londres bombardeado de 1940, cuando durante los ensayos de la ópera escucha por primera vez su voz. En 1949 vuelven a encontrarse en Ciudad de México, ella ya como una diva de la ópera. Atlan-Ferrara ha cambiado también y es ya uno de los más importantes directores de orquesta. El último encuentro tiene lugar en 1967 en Londres, donde él decide romper todas las convenciones de la ópera llevando la música hasta las últimas consecuencias. Una novela de amor que cruza geografías y tiempos históricos, que evoca etapas primitivas de la humanidad en busca de la pasión original, aquella que se emparenta con el arte y las transgresiones del alma.
Instinto de Inez
by Carlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes ofrece a sus lectores una novela de amor que cruza geografías y tiempos históricos, que evoca etapas primitivas de la humanidad en busca de la pasión original, aquella que se emparenta con el arte y las transgresiones del alma.Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, director de orquesta, recuerda en su vejez los tres encuentros que tuvo a lo largo de su vida con la cantante mexicana Inez Rosenzweig. La primera vez en el Londres bombardeado de 1940, cuando durante los ensayos de la ópera escucha por primera vez su voz. En 1949 vuelven a encontrarse en Ciudad de México, ella ya como una diva de la ópera. Atlan-Ferrara ha cambiado también y es ya uno de los más importantes directores de orquesta. El último encuentro tiene lugar en 1967 en Londres, donde él decide romper todas las convenciones de la ópera llevando la música hasta las últimas consecuencias.La historia del amor imposible y la del reencuentro de una pareja separada desde el principio de los tiempos, cuyos reencuentros continúan en una espiral infinita hacia el futuro.La crítica ha opinado:"No es el de Instinto de Inez un ejercicio de estilo o un pasatiempo sino un exorcismo poético, es decir: un acto real. De ahí que su lectura produzca un inexplicable, bienvenido alivio." -Adolfo Castañón, Letras Libres-
Instrucciones para días rosas (Trilogía Ellas #Volumen 2)
by Paula RamosSI ALGUNA VEZ HAS DESEADO QUE LA VIDA VINIERA CON INSTRUCCIONES DE USO... ENTONCES ESTA NOVELA ES PARA TI ¿Qué pasa cuando tú -que te considerabas la más sensata, calmada y responsable de tu grupo de amigas- metes la pata hasta el fondo? ¿Qué ocurre cuando de pronto abres los ojos a una realidad que habías intentado ignorar? Pues que el mundo se te pone patas arriba y no puedes dejar de preguntarte si de verdad has estado tan ciega o si hay algo más... Pero a quién quiero engañar. Claro que hay algo más. Siempre lo hay. No es fácil asumir que tu relación -esa que pensabas que era idílica- hace agua por todas partes. Con esta dosis de realidad y la boda de una de mis mejores amigas a la vuelta de la esquina, tengo la cabeza en las nubes y me siento mucho menos emocionada de lo que debería. Además, estoy rodeada de secretos que, por primera vez, ni siquiera puedo compartir con ellas, quienes siempre están ahí para ser mi brújula cuando me pierdo. Y es que, en este pueblo en el que la vida parece plácida, de repente todo se me ha vuelto terriblemente complicado. ¿La mayor de las dificultades? Esquivar a una tentación andante que no hace más que interponerse en mi camino. LA SEGUNDA PARTE DE UNA TRILOGÍA PARA QUIENES RÍEN, AMAN Y NUNCA SE RINDEN
Instrucciones para enamorarse
by Nicola YoonUn libro para enamorarse, incluso para los que ya no creen en el amor. Evie Thomas ya no cree en el amor. Cuando sus padres se separaron, todos sus ideales sobre el amor se esfumaron. Sin embargo, las casualidades de la vida la llevan a aprender a bailar en la Escuela de Baile La Brea, donde conoce a un enigmático chico. X es completamente opuesto a Evie: atrevido, pasional, sin miedo. El tipo de persona que dice sí a todo, incluso a apuntarse a una competición de bailes de salón con una chica que acaba de conocer. Enamorarse de X no es lo que Evie tenía en mente. Si su experiencia le ha enseñado algo, es que nadie escapa del amor sin resultar herido. Pero mientras Evie y X bailan y se conocen más, la magia del amor arrasa con todo. Instrucciones para enamorarse es la nueva novela de Nicola Yoon, la autora bestseller de las novelas Todo todo y El sol también es una estrella. Un libroperfecto para amantes del romance, y para fans de Todo este tiempo o Bajo la misma estrella.
Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance. <P><P>Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. <P><P>As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything -- including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. <P><P>Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk? <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Instructions for Dancing
by Nicola Yoon#1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon is back with her eagerly anticipated third novel. With all the heart and hope of her last two books, this is an utterly unique romance. <P><P>Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. <P><P> As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. <P><P>Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk? <P><P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Instructions for Falling in Love Again: The perfect heartwarming romantic comedy
by Lucy MitchellA funny, heartwarming new romance about finding love the second time around—with a little help from an unexpected dating coach . . . Lonely widow Pippa opens a notebook written by her late husband and discovers that good-humored Dan has actually provided lots of advice on how to live without him—and fall in love again. After fifteen years of marriage and three kids, Dan believed he knew Pippa better than anyone. With detailed instructions on everything from what to wear to how she should act on a first date, Dan has all the bases covered. He even has someone in mind for her—and in Pippa&’s opinion, he couldn&’t have chosen a less suitable match. Discarding his directions to make a match with Mikey, she embarks on her own hilarious journey of self-discovery on the dating scene, supported by her children and two best friends. But it isn&’t long before Pippa is struggling to ignore Dan&’s advice . . .Praise for Lucy Mitchell &“[Mitchell&’s] writing is deliciously funny and has so much heart.&” —Sandy Barker, author of One Summer in Santorini
Instructions for a Secondhand Heart
by Tamsyn MurrayA moving novel about grief, guilt, and the unpredictability of love, for fans of Everything, Everything and All the Bright Places. Jonny knows better than anyone that life is full of cruel ironies. He's spent every day in a hospital hooked up to machines to keep his heart ticking. Then when a donor match is found for Jonny's heart, that turns out to be the cruelest irony of all. Because for Jonny's life to finally start, someone else's had to end. That someone turns out to be Neve's twin brother, Leo. When Leo was alive, all Neve wanted was for him (and all his glorious, overshadowing perfection) to leave. Now that Leo's actually gone forever, Neve has no idea how to move forward. Then Jonny walks into her life looking for answers, her brother's heart beating in his chest, and everything starts to change. Together, Neve and Jonny will have to face the future, no matter how frightening it is, while also learning to heal their hearts, no matter how much it hurts.(Features select illustrations from "Jonny's" sketchbook.)
Insufficient Mating Material
by Rowena CherryShot down...for failing to mate in public. Marooned on an island with the ultimate fashionista, who wouldn't take off her clothes to save her own life, Djetth discovers that when a Tiger prince is honor bound to hide his true identity, when his best tool of seduction bears a damning tattoo, and his very life is in danger, survival isn't just a matter of making out. But even in the outrageously wicked Tigron Empire, who would dare to attack a royal princess and her consort? So what if she had spectacularly rejected his hand and privately turned her pretty nose up at his other princely parts? With the aid of two exiled empresses acting as psychic sleuths, some misplaced guitar glue, and a talent for disguises, he would unmask a killer and prove this was certainly not a case of...INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL.
Insurgent: Collector's Edition 8c Signed Carton (Divergent Series #2)
by Veronica RothNow includes an excerpt from the upcoming Four: A Divergent Collection.One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful.Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so.New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth's much-anticipated second book of the dystopian Divergent series is another intoxicating thrill ride of a story, rich with hallmark twists, heartbreaks, romance, and powerful insights about human nature.
Insurrection: Robert The Bruce, Insurrection Trilogy Book 1 (Insurrection Trilogy #Bk. 3)
by Robyn YoungThe first book in the Insurrection trilogy, which tells the thrilling story of Robert the Bruce.1286 A.D. Scotland is in the grip of the worst winter in living memory. Some say the Day of Judgement has arrived.The King of Scotland rides out from Edinburgh into the stormy night. On the road he is murdered by one of his own men, leaving the succession to the throne wide open. Civil war threatens as the powerful Scottish families jostle for power, not knowing that King Edward I of England has set his own plans for conquest in motion.But all is not destined to go Edward's way. Through the ashes of war, through blood feuds and divided loyalties, a young squire will rise to defy England's greatest king. His name is Robert Bruce. Insurrection is the first in an addictive and action-packed trilogy in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Manda Scott.
Insurrection: Robert The Bruce, Insurrection Trilogy Book 1 (Insurrection Trilogy)
by Robyn Young1286 A.D. Scotland is in the grip of the worst winter in living memory. Some say the Day of Judgement has arrived. The King of Scotland rides out from Edinburgh into the stormy night. On the road he is murdered by one of his own men, leaving the succession to the throne wide open. Civil war threatens as the powerful Scottish families jostle for power, not knowing that King Edward I of England has set his own plans for conquest in motion. But all is not destined to go Edward's way. Through the ashes of war, through blood feuds and divided loyalties, a young squire will rise to defy England's greatest king. His name is Robert Bruce. Insurrection is the first in an addictive and action-packed trilogy in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Manda Scott.(P)2010 Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Integrity
by Cynthia Kite Anna BorgerydVera is a nurse from Sweden who, while delivering a dangerous birth in the Colombian jungle, makes contact with indigenous people who give her a wholly different outlook on life.<P><P> A traumatic experience takes her home, her life in pieces, just like the world as she now sees it. Her quest to put her life back together becomes tied up with her vision of a more sustainable world.She meets the corporate heir to a company specializing in luxury travel who has a predatory attitude to women. Could such opposites really attract? And, if they came together, could they actually do something to halt the global march to self-destruction?An exploration of the inter-connectedness of human life and an unexpected love story, Integrity delves deep into the choices and emotions of a woman trying to change the world, and a man trying to change with her.This genre-bending novel has achieved cult status in Sweden where Anna Borgeryd heads one of the country's most progressive companies. Anna Borgeryd has a PhD in conflict management and is chair of a multi award-winning family business. She is a musician and filmmaker and this, her first novel, started life as a screenplay which won several awards in Sweden. She has been an advisor to the Swedish government's Future Commission. She has given a TEDx lecture on The Dawn of a New Economy and in 2014 she was named among the fifteen most influential environmentalists in Sweden. She blogs at Wood and Blue (annaborgeryd.tumblr.com).