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Although most people on campus don’t see Drew for more than his skills on the court that is only a small part of who he is. Due to his past he has big goals for his future but for that to happen he needs to excel academically so when he needs a Chem partner he chooses Abby as he doesn’t want a friend he wants someone dedicated to their studies.
Although she believes that she and Drew couldn’t be more different she couldn’t be more wrong. They have very similar goals for both the present and the future so although at first she was dismayed to find out he was her partner she may just find out that having him choose her could be the best thing to happen to either one of them.
Neither of them are looking for love as they are both steadfast in their determination to remain focused on school. They soon find out that friendship is not enough and with the love and encouragement of each other anything is possible.
Meet Amanda Shelley
Amanda Shelley loves falling into a book to experience new worlds. As an avid reader and writer, sharing worlds of her own creations is a passion that inspired her to become an author. She writes contemporary romance with characters who are strong and sexy with a touch of sass.
When not writing, Amanda enjoys time with her family, playing chauffeur, chef and being an enthusiastic fan for her children. Keeping up with them keeps her alert and grounded in reality. She enjoys long car rides, chai lattes, and popping her SUV into four-wheel drive for adventures anywhere.
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Two broken hearts. One fake dating agreement. What could go wrong?
Lucie thought she had it all—a loving fiancé, a nice apartment, and a job she was great at. But that all changed the day she walked in on her perfect fiancé screwing his personal trainer on her newly purchased dream sofa. Three months later, she’s bunking with her best friend and scrambling to make sense of her life sans cheating ex.
Theo is about to jet off for a long weekend in picturesque Scotland to be the best man at his brother’s wedding. With stunning views and nothing but free food and drinking ahead, he should be more excited than he is. If only he didn’t have feelings for the damn bride.
When fate throws Lucie and Theo together under unlikely circumstances, they bond over doughnuts and their mutually disastrous love lives … and it seems like they might be able to help each other out. As long as they both stick to the rules, there’s nothing that can go wrong.
Contract in place? Check.
Hot, fake dates? Check.
Sexual chemistry steamy enough to scorch sheets? Double che—
Wait, what?
That wasn’t in the agreement …
A standalone romcom. Book 2 in the Love For Days series. Please note: Although this book can be read as a standalone, it is set after Man Crush Monday (Book 1 in the series) so will contain spoilers.
Ann (Literary Lust) – ❝OH. MY. GOODNESS. This is one story that you honestly must not miss!!❞
Goodreads Review – ❝Moseley does it again. Yet another fantastic story.❞
A Book Lover’s Emporium Book Blog – ❝I absolutely adored this book. My face was aching because I smiled and laughed so much, plus I shed some very happy tears too.❞
Kirsty Moseley has always been a passionate reader since she was a little girl, devouring books overnight, barely sleeping and paying for it at school the next day. Writing has come similarly to her and once she discovered Wattpad, she finally plucked up the courage to post one of her stories. Seven million reads later, she self-published her debut novel THE BOY WHO SNEAKS IN MY BEDROOM WINDOW, which later became one of 10 Finalists for the 2012 Goodreads’ Choice Awards, Best YA Fiction. Shocked and overwhelmed by the response, she published her second novel ALWAYS YOU a few months later and hasn’t looked back.
If she had to sum herself up in one word, it would probably be ‘daydreamer’ – but unlike most of her school teachers, she doesn’t necessarily view that as a bad thing. After all, she read somewhere once that books are like waking dreams….
She lives in Norfolk, England with her husband and son.
🤣REVIEW🤣
Theo is everything you could ask for and more. He is adventurous, outgoing and his antics will either have you laughing out loud or will be enough to make you swoon. He made the mistake of falling for a woman he can’t have and now he finds himself having to attend her wedding to his brother!
Lucie has fallen in love with the wrong man as well except her choice happened to be a betraying jerk. She is determined not to let everyone know how the experience has wounded her and she is dreading having to attend a social event knowing that he and everyone else there will know that she is alone.
It may have been chance, or it may have been destiny but from their first meeting the sparks flew. An agreement to be each other’s date seems like the solution to both their problems, what could possibly go wrong?
Theo and Lucie are so much fun, and their story is hilarious. Theo is sweet and sexy while Lucie is feisty and they are exactly what the other needs in their lives.
To say his intense reaction to Scottie Sullivan barging into his life shocked him was an understatement.
Shrewd, savvy, confident, the former DEA agent ran circles around him in cyber security, his specialty.
Her curves and beauty made focusing on business absurd.
Raiden couldn’t predict Scottie would be his guardian angel in disguise, or how badly he needed her protection.
The day she saved his life made that clear.
Now he had to choose if having Scottie by his side was worth the angst she created.
Could he handle the constant threats hanging over her head each time she strode out the door?
Would her insistence on playing hero be their destruction?
Raiden recognized one thing.
A strong, independent woman like Scottie would never be dictated to.
He had a choice to make that would change everything.
About the Author: One day, on her way home from work as a sales manager, USA Today bestselling author, A. M. Hargrove, realized her life was on fast forward and if she didn’t do something soon, it would be too late to write that work of fiction she had been dreaming of her whole life. So she made a quick decision to quit her job and reinvented herself as a Naughty and Nice Romance Author.
Reader, Writer, #WalterThePuppy Owner, Dark Chocolate Lover, Ice Cream Worshipper, Vodka Aficionado, Coffee Drinker, she believes coffee and ice cream should be added as part of the USDA food groups.
Scottie’s career in law enforcement has transitioned into her job at Wolfe Investigations. She is strong, fierce and able to take care of herself. Her latest assignment finds her at Kent Enterprises where she soon proves her IT skills are second to none which only makes her that much more attractive to Raiden.
From his first meeting with Scottie the sparks flew as she intrigued him like no other woman ever had. He is conflicted between wanting to be her protector and knowing that she is a force on her own. As the danger around them escalates so does the chemistry but once everything comes to a crescendo will they be able to emerge with their lives and each other?
Intrigue, surprises and heat as they show that they complement each other to perfection when it comes to their enemies or each other.
James and Tricia should never have met… but they did.
For decades wealthy heir, James Wild, lived a magnificently messy playboy lifestyle — until he learned the legacy and reputation that goes with it could never be fully erased.
This was especially true for him when a forbidden encounter caused a betrayal which nearly lost him his family.
It was a hard lesson learned when James had to live with the harsh consequences because, although incidents may be forgiven, they were rarely completely forgotten.
Years later, James, Vice CEO of his family firm, has been primed to take over the family business. With his past behind him, James is all grown up, and with his natural ability in business he has proven his worth.
With his career on the up, all that was missing was a hot romance and the love of his life. The problem with this was there had only ever one woman who had truly lit the spark within him, sadly for James, that affair was over before it began. James had been falling in love, unfortunately for him the gorgeous woman in question wasn’t.
Tricia Mattison was fiercely independent, a party girl, and not at all interested in settling down, but when James and Tricia’s paths kept crossing was this fate lending a hand?
(books one and two in the Unchained Attraction series)
Meet the Author
Writing came relatively later in life for K.L. Shandwick after a challenge by a friend led to The Everything Trilogy. She loves creating new characters and story lines. Her characters have flaws and she hopes this helps the connection between them and her readers. K.L. enjoys the journeys they take her on during the creation of her stories, and each character has his or her own voice. She doesn’t use prepared outlines for her stories preferring the characters to take their own direction as the story progresses. These days K.L. lives in the Yorkshire countryside in the UK, and writes full-time.
James is a man who has owned the mistakes and choices he has made in the past. He has worked hard to become a better man and focused his energy on the family business and trying to heal those he hurt which is how Tricia comes into his life.
Due to Tricia friendship with Billie, who is in love with James’ brother Sawyer, they often find themselves in each other’s company. To anyone who doesn’t know her Tricia appear to be carefree and lively, but appearances can be deceiving.
James knows that Tricia is special but with every step forward they take Tricia takes two steps back which is taking its toll on both of them. He doesn’t want the superficial relationship that is all she seems to be prepared to give him and when the situation crescendos it leaves us wanting to know what the future holds for his captivating couple.
Blurb: I thought he was the white knight. Looking back, it makes sense. I was young and needed saving. Luca was my strength. He could take on anything—the world, for me. They say first love cuts the deepest. Ours became a blade that bled me out. It turns out I didn’t know a villain when he held my heart in his hands. Now it’s darker—more like his.
Elise was my whole world—until my world burned, and I destroyed her with me. Some betrayals, you can’t undo, no matter how much you wish you could. I can’t help who I am now, and why would I want to? I run this city. No one’s going to take me down—not even the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. I heard they’ve got a file eight inches thick on Don Galante. But dodging bullets is my business. They play dirty, but there’s no one dirtier than me.
The DA learns the hard way who’s in charge; he’s out. It should be time for celebration. There’s just one problem: his heir. Or should I say heiress? Elise O’Hara wears a crown of lies, a gown of red, and a fat diamond on her left hand. Now it’s me and her. Or her and me. Only one of us will be left standing when the story’s over.
This is how you write a tragedy.
About the Author: Ella James is the USA Today and Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of twenty teen and adult love stories. She’s an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance.
Ella is an Alabama native who makes her home near Boulder, Colorado, with her writer husband, three young children, and hyperactive dog. When she’s not writing, she can be found hiking the foothills, taking nature photos for her Instagram account, and swilling vanilla cream soda.
🌷Review🌷 Luca may be young, but he is fierce, and no sacrifice is too great for those he cares about. Falling in love with Elise may be ill-advised but it was unavoidable. Elise comes from an affluent family, but no one could say she was living a fairy tale.
Two opposites when it comes to their lifestyles who meet each other when they are teenagers and they give each other hope for the future and show each other a different life from the one they find themselves in. Their love is deep and pure but only time will tell if it strong enough to overcome the devastation that they are about to face.
Luca and Elise take us on an emotional ride and leaves us wondering what the future holds for this captivating couple.
Any Luck At All, an all-new fun and flirty romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank and A.R. Casella is available now!
Georgie Buchanan doesn’t know the first thing about running a brewery—she doesn’t even like beer—so she’s thrown when her grandfather leaves his business to her and her three siblings. Selling Buchanan Brewery would be the prudent approach, and while Georgie is, first and foremost, a businesswoman, keeping it might be her best chance of connecting with her half-brother, Jack. But she quickly learns that what she thought was a fixer-upper is a money pit, the employees are all eccentric to the extreme, and her inheritance comes with a shocking catch. Her one hope for success lies with River Reeves, the handsome brewmaster who learned at her grandfather’s feet…if she can avoid falling for him.
After learning his best friend and boss is selling the brewery they built together to a soulless corporation, River quits on the spot, only for Georgie Buchanan to offer him a job the very same night. Helping her turn Buchanan Brewery around is his dream job, the perfect homage to the man who taught him everything and helped give him roots. There’s one problem: his new boss is his dream woman, and she’s not the type to mix business and pleasure. Balancing a new job, a new puppy, and a growing infatuation with his boss, River knows something has to give.
If Georgie has any luck at all, she’ll be able to turn Buchanan Brewery around without losing her mind or her heart. But as River helps her weather everything from her uncle’s possessed cat to a séance, she realizes she might be wishing for the wrong kind of luck.
Beau had about a dozen tasting cups from various beer festivals, souvenirs he’d kept in the way people hoard things they like, and River had arranged them in two rows on the dining room table—one tasting cup each for each of the beers he’d picked out. A few fruity ones since Georgie liked wine and cocktails, plus a lager, a gingerbread Christmas beer, and a chocolate cherry porter he’d made for Valentine’s Day. She’d never experienced everything that was possible with beer, so he’d figured he might as well offer a wide selection to show her. They’d made it through all of the fruity ones, which she’d liked more than the amber, plus the lager, which had made her scrunch her nose in a cute way, and the gingerbread. The chocolate cherry was the last one he’d chosen, and he did a drumroll on the table as she lifted it to her lips. She held it back from her mouth, laughing a little. “If you’re not careful, you’re going to make me laugh when I’m drinking, and this one’s going to end up on your shirt too.” “Maybe I want it to,” he said. “It might balance out the smell of the other one.” She made a face and then sipped it, and from the way she kept drinking, he knew they had another winner. “What do you taste?” he asked as she pulled it away from her lips, which glistened a little from the liquid. “Mmm. That one was maybe my favorite, even better than the peachy one. Chocolate and cherries but not too sweet.” “That’s what I like to hear,” he said, making a plus mark next to it in the little chart she’d made. Leave it to a businesswoman to carry around a notepad and pen in her purse. A monogrammed notepad. “Only one minus and five pluses,” he said. “Guess you like beer more than you thought.” She grinned at him, a wider, looser grin than earlier. “I guess maybe I do. Although you’re being a little generous with those plus signs. I said the mango sour was interesting. That was a nice way of saying I’m not going back for seconds.” He hammed up a dramatic frown as he scribbled out the plus sign and added a minus sign next to it on the chart. “Demoted! Does this mean I have to be suspicious of anything you call interesting?” “No, just the mango sour.” She paused, meeting and holding his gaze. “You, River Reeves, are quite interesting.” Her eyes sparkled as she said it, and he felt warmth pulse through him. He found her interesting too, and he was running out of reasons why he shouldn’t. She planned on staying, on restoring Beau’s brewery, and he had no doubt she had the brains and means to do it. But this woman had been to business school—she’d formed a business from nothing—and he was almost thirty and still a few community college classes short of a degree. He’d fumbled his way into the job that he’d quit a few hours ago. He doubted he was Georgie Buchanan’s type, or at least her type for more than one night. And for some reason, that wasn’t what he wanted from her. “I like the porter too,” he said, clearing his throat and reaching for his tasting cup. The moment shattered, like he’d meant it to. “We sold out at the brewery, but I brought a six-pack over to Beau’s. This one’s all that’s left.” “I’m glad you did,” she said, reaching for the bottle the porter had come in. “I think I’m going to claim the rest of this one for myself.”
About Denise Grover Swank
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Denise Grover Swank was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in the area until she was nineteen. Then she became a nomadic gypsy, living in five cities, four states and ten ho uses over the course of ten years before she moved back to her roots. She speaks English and smattering of Spanish and Chinese which she learned through an intensive Nick Jr. immersion period. Her hobbies include witty Facebook comments (in own her mind) and dancing in her kitchen with her children. (Quite badly if you believe her offspring.) Hidden talents include the gift of justification and the ability to drink massive amounts of caffeine and still fall asleep within two minutes. Her lack of the sense of smell allows her to perform many unspeakable tasks. She has six children and hasn’t lost her sanity. Or so she leads you to believe.
A.R. CASELLA is a freelance developmental editor by day, writer by night. She lives in Asheville, NC with her husband, daughter, two dogs, and a variable number of fish. Her pastimes include chasing around her toddler, baking delicious treats, and occasional bouts of crocheting. Any Luck at All, co-written with New York Times bestselling author Denise Grover Swank, is her first book.
❤️Review❤️ Due to family tension Georgie may not have know her grandfather Beau well or for very long, but what she did know she loved. When he passed away Georgie and her siblings find out that they inherited the brewery that he loved so much Georgie is determined to ensure that his legacy lives on.
River not only worked alongside Beau but loved him like a grandfather as well. With his knowledge of brewing beer, he seems like the perfect choice to help George revitalize the brewery, but the biggest challenge may be denying the chemistry and connection between them.
Fun and flirty I really enjoyed Georgie and River together. Their interactions are both humorous and hot and her feisty and fiery personality is a perfect match for the sweet and sexy Beau. This is a great introduction to the Buchanan family that has us looking forward to more stories set in this locale.
What’s the actual last thing you’d ever want your executive assistant to see you doing the morning after you had hot, drunk, angry sex with her in a terrible hotel room? Dancing around your terrible hotel room to “Come and Get Your Love” like Star-Lord in 𝐺𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑥𝑦—naked? Yeah. Me too.
And yet, here we are.
This isn’t even the most unprofessional thing that’s happened between us in the past couple of weeks.
The first was when I agreed to let her have Christmas Day off, but only if she goes with me to three family gatherings as my fake girlfriend.
The second was when she caught me belting out a Christmas song on stage in the awful hotel bar.
The third was the hot, drunk, angry sex that followed, but I do not regret it.
And she hasn’t even found out the real reason I need her by my side this holiday season.
I need to pull it together before I do the dumbest, most unprofessional thing of all—fall head over heels in love with the only assistant who’s lasted more than a month at the job and claims to hate me and my moods more than she hates eggnog.
Audiobook is coming in December and will be narrated by Connor Crais and Mackenzie Cartwright!
Pre-order links are coming soon!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Before writing steamy romantic comedy novels, Kayley Loring got a BFA in creative writing from a Canadian university and had a fifteen-year career as a screenwriter in Los Angeles (under a different name). She mostly wrote PG-13 family comedies that studios would pay her lots of money for and then never make into movies. In 2017 she decided to move to the Pacific Northwest and write about all the fun stuff that she wasn’t allowed to write about in those PG-13 scripts. Now she’s breathing cleaner air and writing dirtier words. It’s an adjustment she’s happily getting used to.
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Blurb: Before the school bell rang on September 1st, we were already falling in love.
Stories of September is a collection of sweet and sexy romance novellas from 10 best selling authors obsessed with falling in love.
Authors included are: Fiona Cole Willow Winters Meghan Quinn Skye Warren Ella Fields Jade West K. Webster Amelia Wilde Trilina Pucci Meagan Brandy
💙Review💙 The is a great box set that feature a variety of authors and stories. Whether you prefer your stories filled with drama, emotion, steam or humor you are certain to find what you are looking for. They all have great characters that have you invested in their happy ever after and storylines that keep you entertained until the last page.
One of my favorites was The Painter from Amelia Wilde. While attending college to perfect her craft Madison experiences the depth of one Erich’s paintings and her life will never be the same. She arranges for him to give her 12 lessons, but the final lesson will surprise both of them.
These collections are a great way to enjoy stories by the authors you know and love and maybe find some new ones to enjoy all in one set.
Today we have the release day blitz for Sara Whitney’s TEMPTING LIES, the fourth book in her TEMPT ME series of standalone rom-coms. Check it out and be sure to get your copy today!
Title: Tempting Lies
Author: Sara Whitney
Genre: Contemporary Rom-Com
About Tempting Lies:
He’s out to prove he can do more than swing a hammer.
After her widowed mother rushed into a regrettable second marriage, Thea Blackwell vowed never to commit to anything. Not jobs. Not hairstyles. Not men. Yet here she is dreaming about buying a house and having it renovated by the town playboy who never spared her a second glance. Too bad she lacks both the cash and the courage.
Aiden Murdoch put his wild ways behind him to help his ailing father run the family construction business, but he can’t seem to escape his scandalous reputation. Then his childhood friend Thea shows him her money pit of a fixer-upper, and he stumbles on the perfect solution: he’ll provide the labor, and she’ll make him look happily domesticated in front of his father’s nervous clients.
What should be a simple arrangement gets complicated fast when fake kisses lead to real feelings, leaving Aiden aching to prove he’s worth a lifelong commitment and Thea wondering if her pretend boyfriend can truly give up his swipe-right lifestyle. With forever on the line, will they be brave enough to tear down the lies they’ve told each other—and themselves?
Tempting Lies is a witty, wild romantic comedy featuring a charismatic carpenter and the woman who loves to watch him swing his hammer. It’s a standalone romance with a happily ever after, so find your favorite breakfast nook and get reading!
The thought of losing her was too much, and with fear and adrenaline tangling in his chest, he poured it all out the only way he knew how: he lowered his head and kissed her.
Kissed her? Hell, he devoured her, biting at her lips until she opened for him, sweeping her mouth with his tongue until she squirmed in his arms. He swung her so her legs wrapped around his waist, and his hand tangled in her hair, pulling enough to tilt her chin upward.
“Don’t do that again.”
Her brown eyes blazed. “If I do, will you kiss me like that again?”
He was so far beyond the boundaries of their fake relationship agreement that he couldn’t see the line anymore. Still, he spun around so her back met the wall, using it as leverage to flatten her body against his.
“I’ll kiss you any way you want, killer,” he growled.
About the Author:
Sara Whitney writes sassy, sexy contemporary romance novels packed with wit, heat, and heart. A 2019 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart award finalist, Sara worked as a newspaper reporter and film critic before she earned her Ph.D. and landed in academia. She’s a good pinball player, a so-so karaoke singer, and an expert TV opinion-haver.
In a funny twist of fate, Sara’s married to a divorce attorney, and she likes to think that her happily-ever-afters help keep their household in balance. She and her husband live in the Midwest surrounded by books, cats, and half-empty coffee cups. Keep up with Sara by subscribing to her mailing list here.
I’d grown up with two well-meaning, but also two overbearing parents, and, as the youngest of three siblings, I was the only one who wasn’t “successful.”
I worked in a bar. In. A. Bar.
Yup, that was me hearing my mother’s disappointed voice. Because everyone around me was climbing the corporate ladder or performing brain surgery. Hell, my own brother was succeeding as an actual rocket scientist. Meanwhile, I was slinging drinks and refining the art of mixing the perfect Cosmopolitan.
I didn’t know what I wanted to do—other than not being a rocket scientist—or who I wanted to be when I grew up. And if I was being honest with myself, growing up had come and gone a while ago.
I just . . . wanted to feel something.
Excitement or pleasure or even to know what it was like get my heart broken. But nothing ever happened to me. I existed in this boring bubble of life, pouring drinks most nights, reading the others away, and . . . not feeling anything.
Until I saw him.
Then I felt everything.
About the Author:
USA Today bestselling author, Elise Faber, loves chocolate, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team — the Sharks! — are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and lives in Northern California. Connect with her in her Facebook group, the Fabinators or find more information about her books at www.elisefaber.com.
🥃Review🥃 After a tragedy in Annabelle’s family she decided that she had to choose a life that made her happy rather than the life her family wanted for her. She is a bartender at the pub that Kace owns and she is part of a group of friends who love and accept her for the loyal and fierce friend that she is.
Hayden made a choice a decade earlier that cost him his family and friends when he thought he was doing the right thing. He has now returned to be close to his friends and family looking for forgiveness and a second chance.
Although they don’t get off to a great start she is the first woman he has had feelings for in a long time so isn’t about to let her prickly attitude stand in the way of what they could have together.
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