Never Say Never (Second Chance, Book 1)
Emily is tired of being a New York stripper. Hiding a nasty incident and determined to get her old life back, she’s focused on making the money she owes the slush-for-brains bouncer at the club, Big Nick. But opportunity – and anxiety – presents itself in the form of Chase Newman, who reminds her what passion and trust are about. In spite of her hidden past and a deep-seated mistrust for men, Emily falls for him head-over-heels style. She doesn’t want to, but damn, this guy is fine as hell.
Emily clings to the pole and her fear of men, even though Chase is nothing but a gentleman. She tries desperately to push him away, while balancing her ambitions and avoiding Big Nick’s groping hands at the club. The more she trusts, the more she freaks the hell out, but she can’t help being drawn to Chase’s protective side. Pity really, when a woman from his past crashes into their lives with a shocking revelation which could tear everything apart.
Do You Want To Play
Serial killers are riveting because they appear as normal humans—a neighbor, a mailman, a relative—but underneath it all, there is no humanity.
The PVP Killer, named after the three letters that he leaves at his murder scenes, is a new serial killer in Detroit. The only characteristics about the killer that Detective Tobias Rodriguez can determine is that he’s inhumane, unstable, and still bloodthirsty.
Tobias’ new police partner, Detective Lauren Williams, realizes that the killer is staging his murder scenes like deaths from video games. Tobias is initially unreceptive toward Lauren, but when the killer takes an interest in her, his emotions become tangled and irrepressible.
The murders are set up like games and there are only two ways to finish a game: win or die.
A Field of Red
Ex-cop Frank Harper doesn’t want to get involved. Harper is visiting the small Ohio town of Cooper’s Mill, trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter and a grandson he’s never met. But he finds the town gripped in fear-two young girls have gone missing, taken in broad daylight from a busy street. And the police are coming up blank.
But once Harper is drawn reluctantly into the investigation, he’ll stop at nothing to find the girls. And he doesn’t care who gets in the way.
Weight Loss Motivation: 15 Habits That Will Help Keep You Motivated & Focused On Your Weight Loss Workouts!
This book provides you with 15 PROVEN habits that will completely change your life for the better – boosting your weight loss motivation and giving you the commitment you have always wanted.
Along with discovering what these habits are, you will also learn why they are beneficial to add into your life, followed by a step-by-step Action Plan that shows you EXACTLY how you can implement in your life immediately!
If you successfully implement the habits in this weight loss motivation book, you will…
• Feel happier than you ever have – because you will slim down & tone up
• Set up your life so that you live longer
• Say goodbye to poor energy levels and depressing moods
• Learn how you can live a healthier lifestyle without trying
• BURN MORE fat than ever before!
• NEVER feel tired or exhausted in your day – EVER AGAIN!
There’s Something About Her: A Manhattan Love Story (LOVE in the USA Book 2)
Maggie Conroy is your average city girl. She has good girlfriends, a whole lot of education and a crappy job that comes complete with the boss from hell, aka Cruella La bitch. But Maggie’s life takes a turn for the darn near perfect when her billionaire cousin, Belmont “Jack” Lord, pulls some strings, which lands her the job of her dreams. There’s one problem. She knows her new boss, Vincent Adams, from high school. He wasn’t very nice to her back then but she’d rather take her chances with him than go back to slaving for the person who may be the worst human being on the planet.
Vincent Adams didn’t expect to see Maggie Conroy ever again, although he has thought about her over the years. He’s dated some of the most beautiful women in the world and yet he still feels as if he will never be the kind of man that someone as smart, edgy and beautiful as Maggie could ever want. In high school she had a thing for his best friend, Robert Tango. But this time around Vince is determined to win Maggie’s attention and her heart. It won’t be easy because he and Robert are still best friends and business partners, and Robert wants Maggie just as much as he does.
Bitter Sweet: A Controversial Trafficking and Crime Thriller.
Nina’s double-life as a university student and an escort falls apart when she is drawn into a web of violence, human trafficking and police corruption.
When Nina rescues three girls from the clutches of a vicious trafficker a city-wide pursuit ensues, one in which Nina must outwit not only the police, but also the trafficker and a fate far worse than prosecution.
Can Nina avoid capture by the trafficker and a life of sexual slavery? Or will she in desperation contact the police? And can she avoid her worst nightmare – exposure as an escort?
The Awakening (Xist Classics)
The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a landmark story of early feminism and a look at a 19th century woman who struggles to embrace her duties as a wife and mother in the American South.
Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women’s issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.
Cary Grant: Dark Angel
Cary Grant epitomizes the glamour and style of Hollywood’s golden age. And the photographs in Geoffrey Wansell’s book, Cary Grant: Dark Angel, capture that essence. The pictures–studio publicity stills, movie posters, candid paparazzi snapshots and family photos–carry the reader through the stages of Grant’s life as he moves from one role to another and one love to another.
Sisters in Bloom (Love in Bloom: Snow Sisters, Book Two)
Kaylie Snow has always been the fun, flirty, pretty sister. Now her burgeoning baby bump, hormone-infused emotions, and faltering singing career are sending her into an unexpected identity crisis. Watching her older sister, Danica, glide through a major career change and a new relationship with the grace of a ballerina, Kaylie’s insecurities rise to the forefront–and her relationship with fiancé Chaz Crew is caught in the crossfire.
Chaz Crew has everything he’s ever wanted: a lovely fiancée, a baby on the way, and soon, the film festival he owns will host its biggest event ever. When he’s called away to woo the festival’s largest sponsor–and the lover he’s never admitted to having–secrets from his past turn his new life upside down.
With her baby shower around the corner and her fiancé’s big event looming, the pressure is on for Kaylie to pull herself together–and for Chaz to right his wrongs.
In Need of Therapy
Lending a sympathetic ear and dispensing sage words of advice is all part of the job for psychologist Pilar Alvarez, and she’s everything a good therapist should be: warm, compassionate, supportive. She listens, she cares, and she has all the answers, but how’s the woman everyone turns to in their hour of need supposed to cope when her own life starts to fall apart?
While working hard to make a success of her recently-opened practice in trendy South Beach, Pilar must also find time to cater to the demands of her boisterous Cuban family, which includes younger sister Izzy, an unemployed, navel-pierced wild child who can’t stay out of trouble, and their mother, a beauty queen turned drama queen who’s equally obsessed with her fading looks and getting Pilar married before it’s “too late.” Although she’d like to oblige her mother and make a permanent love connection, Pilar’s romantic prospects look grim.
Blame It on the Fame
A power-trippin’ bitch, a has-been, a skanky ex-model, a press-shy indie queen, and a British stage actress no one knows – that’s how the Best Actress hopefuls in this year’s too-close-to-call Oscar race cattily describe each other. Which of them will win the much-coveted gold statue and what price will they be forced to pay as they travel the red carpeted-path to Hollywood glory?
Amidst all the press-schmoozing and angsting over which designer gown to wear, these Oscar contenders feud, commiserate, and face a succession of personal crises – scandalous secrets come to light, marriages implode, accidents land two nominees in the hospital while another receives news that could derail her career, all culminating on Tinsel Town’s biggest night when anything can happen, and does.
A Frozen Scoop of Murder: A Cozy Mystery (Caesars Creek Mystery Series Book 1)
Tara got more than she bargained for when she opened up The Frozen Scoop ice cream Shoppe in the small town of Caesar’s Creek, Georgia. Newly divorced and disgusted with corporate life, she feels a small town atmosphere is a welcoming change to her prior chaotic life. That is until the town is rocked by murder and mayhem.
Now it’s time for Tara to put her amateur sleuth skills to work along with her friends and co-workers Stormi and Paige. But what happens when a new man in Tara’s life might become a suspect in the murder case?
Mai Tai One On (The Tiki Goddess Mystery Series Book 1)
Six months ago, if anyone would have told Em Johnson she’d end up divorced, broke, and running the dilapidated Tiki Goddess Bar on the magical North Shore of Kauai she would have told them to shove a swizzle stick up their okole.As if all that isn’t bad enough, when an obnoxious neighbor with a grudge is found dead in the Goddess luau pit, suspicion falls on Em and the rest of the Goddess staff. With the help of a quirky dance troupe of over-the-hill Hula Maidens, Em and the cast of characters must ban together to find the killer and solve the mystery before the next pupu party.
All the Tea in China
Has this saucy high-society Englishwoman met her match?
Though well-bred, fashionable, and educated, Isabella Goodrich feels useless as a spinster in a world of matchmaking and social gatherings. She’d rather be practicing her skills at the sword and discussing philosophy than making painful small talk at ridiculous parties.
Then Isabella meets the mysterious Phineas Snowe, and she becomes convinced she is meant to follow him to the mission fields of the Orient. A woman with an independent nature, she sneaks away and boards a ship to China. What she discovers about her companion and the world beyond Britain’s shores draws her into a greater quest–and deeper love–than she could have imagined.
The Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society
Retired judge L. Hyson Breed, a Yankee, picked the wrong Southern woman to trick, bully and steal from. The members of the Tea-Olive Bird Watching Society plot revenge after the judge’s marriage to their friend, Sweet, turns out to be a greedy grab for her land and for control of their town. To the rescue: Beulah, Zion and Wildwood (all named after hymns, as is Sweet). The only problem? The wannabe murderers are southern matrons from a more civilized generation. How does one remain polite even while planning to kill a man and get away with it? Augusta Trobaugh is the acclaimed author of these southern novels also from Bell Bridge Books.
The Werewolf Wears Prada (San Francisco Wolf Pack)
Falling in love bites…
Melina Rosenthal worships at the altar of all things fashion. Her dream is to work for the crème de la crème fashion magazine, Eclipse, and she’ll do much anything to get there. Even fixing up the image of a gorgeous, sexy public figure who’s all playboy, all the time. Even if he’s the guy who broke her heart a year ago…
Even if Hayden Dean is a werewolf.
Since his father’s death, Hayden’s the heir apparent to the San Francisco Wolf Pack-well, once he settles down. Hayden isn’t interested in giving up his partying ways, except he’s pretty sure he’s found his fated mate, and the fact that she’s a non-shifter is bad news. Now he must find a compromise between the traditions of his wolf world and his certainty that Melina is his…before fate (or another werewolf) bites them both in the butt.
Deadly Pursuit (SCVC Taskforce Series Book 1)
Her sting operation put a ruthless criminal in prison…
One year ago, rookie FBI agent Celina Davenport pulled off the ultimate undercover operation…she seduced Emilio Londano – the dangerous leader of the San Diego Mafia – and destroyed his illegal empire.
Now he’s escaped and looking for revenge…
When Londano escapes a maximum security prison and begins picking off Celina’s friends and coworkers, everyone she knows becomes a target. Including DEA agent Cooper Harris, the man who once broke her heart and is now assigned to be her bodyguard.
How far will they go to stop him?
The Promised Land (All My Love, Detrick Series)
The Holocaust robbed Zofia Weiss of all she holds dear. The Secret State Police have confiscated her home, killed her friends, and imprisoned the man she loves. After searching through displaced persons camps and finding nothing, Zofia is sure that her lover is dead. With only her life, a dream, and a terrifying secret, Zofia illegally boards The Exodus, bound for Palestine.
Along with a group of emaciated Jewish survivors, Zofia sets out to find the Promised Land. Despite the renewed sense of hope, Zofia lives in constant fear since the one person who knows her dark secret is a sadistic SS officer with the power to ruin her life and the life of an innocent, Lebensborn child.
When the Nuremburg trials convict the SS Officer of crimes against humanity, Zofia believes she is finally safe and does her best to raise the beautiful girl entrusted to her care.
Something to Witch About (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Book 5)
Life’s a witch … and then you die. It’s the dying part vexing Bay Winchester these days. She may be a long-suffering daughter, thankless newspaper editor, and keyed-up girlfriend, but she’s barely holding off a royal freakout.
Landon’s family is visiting the inn — and they’re not exactly open minded. Bay is on a mission to hide her witchy ways, but the discovery of a body — and the poltergeist that accompanies it — at The Overlook tips everything into turmoil.
Landon’s mother doesn’t trust them — and his Aunt Blanche is moving in on Aunt Tillie’s man (which is causing more trouble than anyone saw coming). That’s on top of the paranormal havoc the poltergeist is wreaking in every corner of town.
Bay and Thistle are convinced Aunt Tillie knows something about the body the construction company unearthed while erecting her beloved greenhouse. The problem is, she won’t admit it.
Witching On A Star (Wicked Witches of the Midwest Book 4)
After a long winter, spring has finally hit Hemlock Cove and Bay Winchester thinks things are finally settling down in the town – and with her family. Unfortunately, just the opposite is true.
As a way to distract Aunt Tillie, the Winchester family has decided to give her a new project: Her own greenhouse. As construction starts, though, Bay is approached by a young girl – one she quickly realizes is no longer among the living – and given a task. The litter girl wants her mother – and she wants Bay to find her.
If that wasn’t bad enough, Bay’s boss has brought in a consultant who wants to up The Monitor’s production to three times a week, Bay’s father and uncles are in the midst of opening their own rival inn – which has the middle generation of Winchester witches in a tizzy (and Aunt Tillie on the warpath) – and FBI agent Landon Michaels is finally embracing the truth about witchcraft.
Tangled Souls
Wiccan Gavenia Kingsgrave’s psychic gift, the ability to talk to the dead, comes with strings attached. As a Shepherd, she escorts them into the hereafter, but not all the souls want to cross over, and some can be downright vicious. When her latest case involves a heart-breaking hit-and-run victim, Gavenia is stressed to the max. The last thing she needs is a no-nonsense private detective on her tail, even if he is a handsome Irishman.
Former homicide detective Douglas O’Fallon possesses his own psychic gift, one he’s denied for years. Hired by a wealthy client to prove that Gavenia’s a con artist, he is skeptical of the witch’s claims she can speak to the dead. If he finds her gift as genuine, then he will be forced to accept his own. When their two cases intersect, opposites attract.
The Defenders: A Two Book Box Set (Courthouse Connections 2)
The Defenders, men who believe, as is provided for in the United States Constitution, that all those accused of crimes are entitled to competent defense in a court of law . . .
Tony Landry, born in poverty and driven by his family history, has achieved amazing success as a defense counselor through no one’s efforts but his own. Newly made a partner in the prestigious Winston-Roe firm, he fully believes that truths come not in black and white but in shades of gray. He clashes with Kristine Granger, a young prosecutor from a background of wealth and privilege, who is fully convinced that there are no shades of right and wrong. Despite the fierce attraction neither can deny, Tony must make the argument of his life to win Kristine’s heart—IN HIS OWN DEFENSE.
Under the Mulberry Tree: BOOK 3 (Jacob’s Daughter Series)
Lizzie’s lies from the past have finally caught up to her, and are wreaking havoc in Abby’s life.
When Abby and Jonah Beiler get branded by the youth in the community as “kissing cousins”, will the truth be able to set them free, or will it be too late?
Find out in this story of forbidden love…
Rogue Knight (Five Kingdoms Book 2)
Magic and danger abound in the second book in a series of “fanciful, action-packed adventure” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from the #1 New York Timesbestselling author of the Fablehaven and Beyonders series.
Cole Randolph never meant to come to The Outskirts, but when his friends were kidnapped on Halloween he had to try and save them. Now he’s trapped in a world that lies between wakefulness and dreaming, reality and imagination, life and death.
Cole’s hunt for his lost friends has led him to the kingdom of Elloweer. Accompanied by new friends Mira, Twitch, and Jace, Cole teams up with the resistance movement and joins the search for Mira’s sister Honor.
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon–And the Journey of a Generation
A groundbreaking and irresistible biography of three of America’s most important musical artists—Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon—charts their lives as women at a magical moment in time.
Carole King, Joni Mitchell, and Carly Simon remain among the most enduring and important women in popular music. Each woman is distinct. Carole King is the product of outer-borough, middle-class New York City; Joni Mitchell is a granddaughter of Canadian farmers; and Carly Simon is a child of the Manhattan intellectual upper crust. They collectively represent, in their lives and their songs, a great swath of American girls who came of age in the late 1960s. Their stories trace the arc of the now mythic sixties generation—female version—but in a bracingly specific and deeply recalled way, far from cliché. The history of the women of that generation has never been written—until now, through their resonant lives and emblematic songs.
Amish Summer of Courage: Book 6: (Jacob’s Daughter Series)
Lizzie’s troubled past has finally come full circle.
When Levi Schrock shows up to work as a hired hand on her father’s farm, no one suspects he has anything to hide. A chance meeting with her daughter, Rachel, on his first day in town could change Levi’s mind about his plans, as well as his heart.
Amish Winter of Promises: Book 4: Amish, Christian Romance (Jacob’s Daughter Series)
Caleb has a secret he’s kept to himself for too many years. When he crosses paths with Katie Graber, the new school teacher, he discovers she has a secret of her own.
Hoping for an opportunity to get out of a prearranged marriage to a man she doesn’t love, Katie enlists the help of Caleb. In exchange, she must agree to help him change his own life to overcome the shame his secret has brought him. The two of them make a promise to help one another, and to keep each other’s secrets. But those secrets will change things in a way neither of them could have ever expected.
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