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For years, tales of the Firefly Man were nothing more than elaborate rumors spread by residents in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Until the night Evelyn Vaughn stumbled upon a dead body in the woods.
Fear gripped her, and silence stole her voice.
All while she watched the boy she was with that night take the fall.
Fourteen years later, Evelyn is nothing more than a shell of her former self.
Her life moves like a clock, from one moment to the next, never a surprise.
Gone are the days of chasing fireflies through the woods.
Until her therapist goes missing and heβs replaced with someone new.
Dr. Lincoln Reed.
A devastatingly handsome single dad with an intensity behind his evergreen eyes that jolts her back to life.
Or does it?
Evelyn is quickly losing grip of the suppressed reality sheβs worked so hard to live.
With every new session on Dr. Reedβs couch, comes a startling new revelation that has her past awakening like the sparkles of light she used to chase through the Appalachian woods.
The Firefly Man was supposed to be a rumor, a fable, a spooky tale.
K.K. Allen is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author who writes heartfelt and inspirational contemporary romance stories. K.K. graduated from the University of Washington with an Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences degree and currently resides in central Florida with her ridiculously handsome little dude who owns her heart.
K.K. published her first contemporary romance, Up in the Treehouse, 2016, which went on to win the Romantic Times 2016 Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best New Adult Book of the Year.
With K.K.’s love for inspirational and coming of age stories involving heartfelt narratives and honest emotions, you can be assured to always be surprised by what K.K. releases next.
One year ago, billionaire bachelor, Jack Sloan, left me at the altar and ghosted me. But now heβs back in my small-town acting as if he never met me.
Look, I get it. Iβm just a nobody. A small-town girl who lives in the tiniest house in the state of Virginia with her sister and a stray dog that wonβt stop stalking me.
Iβd probably ghost me, too.
But, and thatβs a BIG but. He promised to love me forever. Swore I was the only one for him. Then, on the day of our wedding, he never showed.
Now that I am finally over him, he strolls out of the coffee shop and looks at me as if I am nothing.
My sister and my friends were there for me on my wedding day, helping me dry my tears. But today, I am relying on them to help me⦠get revenge.
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Elizabeth Lynx has spent most of her life pursuing various creative endeavors, from acting to photography to design. It wasn’t until she had her two little boys that she finally got the nerve to go after her dream of writing. Now she’s a USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romantic comedy. She spends her days writing characters in ridiculous situations, trying to make herself laugh.
When Jack arrives in town, he has questions of his own as he doesnβt understand his feelings for Jill and the revelations from his fatherβs will as well. Even though circumstances may have torn them apart fate might just bring them back together.
The interactions between them are both humorous and hot as they find themselves dealing not only with the challenges in the present but the events of the past as well.
There are a million reasons why I shouldnβt agree to a date with Fletcher Huxley.
Heβs a growly-faced, stubborn-streaked, international rugby legend trying to revive his flailing career in the US after being canned by his team overseas.
While he might have the good kind of thunder thighs, intriguing tattoos, and a booty of steel, he also holds the top position on my very short nemesis list thanks to what happened the first time we met.
Plus, his mustache is as terrible as the reason heβs picked me to be the woman he wants to date.
But he has one big checkmark in the why this date is a good idea column: heβs my brotherβs new teammate.
They already hate each other.
And my brother has made an unfortunate habit of interfering with my love life recently.
So a revenge date with Fletcher to make my brother mad? While letting Fletcher think this date is merely for the good of the team?
Yep.
Iβm in.
Iβm moving to London for work in a month. And itβs just one date. What could possibly go wrong?
Until It Was Love is a banter-tastic romcom featuring an overgrown snack of a man with a soft spot for his purse dog, a normally optimistic life coach trying to live her best life, a mustache catastrophe, and one little tiny fainting spell. It stands alone and comes complete with a swoony happily ever after that will leave your heart in a happy puddle of joy.
Even though Goldie has created a career of helping other people shape their lives all it took was one mistake when it came to romance for her brother to decide that he needed to protect her from every man. That doesnβt suit her independent self well so she decides the perfect payback is to pretend to date the teammate that neither of them can tolerate even though their reasons are very different.
Despite the fact that playing rugby in the US wasnβt his first choice Fletcher isnβt about to let this opportunity go to waste. He believes that he needs to increase the profile of the game and what better way than to pretend to be dating Goldie. Let the fun begin!
The interactions and the situations they found themselves in were humorous and not only are Goldie and Fletcher captivating characters, but the secondary characters only make this heartfelt romantic comedy even better.
AUTHOR BIO
Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
Send help and wine. My sister is trying to set me up with the grump next door.
Claire A few hours after losing my job, I get a call from a stranger who claims Iβve inherited property from my father. I assume itβs a scam, because my dad is very much alive. Turns out my mother is the liar.
I board a flight to my bio-dadβs hometown, hoping for answers, but the turbulence is so bad I worry we wonβt make it. Declan, the hot, tattooed hunk next to me, is obviously terrified too. When the plane freefalls for half a second, he kisses me with the passion of a man who thinks heβs about to die. He seems to regret it immediately afterwardβand we both regret it when we discover heβs my new next door neighbor, a complication neither of us wants.
To make matters worse, it turns out my bio-dadβs cabin is only half mine. The rest belongs to a half-sister I didnβt know I hadβNicole, a pink-haired private investigator and possible psychopath.
If I werenβt unemployed and broke, Iβd leave, but this crappy half-a-house is my only possession. So I stay in the hopes that I can convince her to sell. Unfortunately, she seems intent on setting me up with Declan, among other manipulations, and her matchmaking tactics areβ¦extreme.
Declan I came to the mountains to hide and be left alone, and now Iβm never alone.
Every time I turn a corner, I run into Claire Rainey. Sheβs tempting as hell, particularly now that Iβve had a taste of her, but I know better than to wrap her up in my troubleβor get wrapped up in hers.
From Author Kimberly Readnour comes a fake dating sports romance in the anticipated new Cessna U Hockey series! This new, star player, ordinary girl, college hockey romance leaves you laughing while sizzling the pages. Because we all know that when it comes to the charade of hearts, love scores the winning goal.
My life is a mess. The last thing I have time for is to fake date Blake Morton, the arrogantly charming captain of the hockey team. But with my grandmotherβs looming rent and a paycheck thatβs playing hide and seek, I have little choice but to accept Blakeβs bizarre proposition: pretend to be his girlfriend.
The deal is simpleβno strings attached, just play the part and collect the payment. Easy, right?
Wrong. Emotions donβt play by the rules, especially when youβre teamed up with someone whoβs supposed to be nothing more than an arrangement.
I come from a world where every penny counts, while Blake has everythingβa sizable trust fund and effortless talent. Yet, as our charade deepens, so do the glimpses of vulnerability behind his perfect facade, and the more I fall for the real Blake.
My job was to fend off distractors, not become one. As lines between reality and make-believe blur, Iβm left questioning: Can my feelings withstand the ultimate test, or will they prove to be the most compelling distraction of all?
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Kimberly Readnour lives in the Midwest with her husband and a very snuggly cat.
Having a true passion for romance and HEA’s, she took the leap from the young adult genre to romance and never looked back.
Kimberly worked as a Registered Nurse for fifteen years before hanging up her stethoscope. When she isn’t running her own business, you can find her tucked away writing.
πReviewπ Blake finds himself conflicted between following the plans that others have for him, both when it comes to his career and the women in his life and pursuing his dreams of playing hockey professionally. The one thing he does know is that he needs to remain focused and what better way to ensure that happens then to pretend to date a woman she is focused on her own goals.
Amanda is trying to balance her responsibilities between her studies, family and working as much as she can to make ends meet. She isnβt certain she can juggle much more however Blakeβs offer might just be the solution she needs as long as she doesnβt develop feels for him. Let the fun begin!
Although their backgrounds are very different, they understand each other in a way that a lot of people in their lives donβt. Despite the difficulties they find themselves facing there is no denying they are stronger together than apart.
How wrong can you be? Just when Delta think they’ve found a quiet solar system, a new alien threat raises its tentacle. Humans are back on the menu.
Delta Squad reach the Tiqsimuyu System, human-seeded and thriving, with the inhabitants spreading out from their home planet to begin in-system mining operations and the first steps of colonisation. On first contact, they are greeted with deep suspicion as the politicians recognise the Haven design of Yasuko’s ship.
Little do they know their arrival, and especially that of Zzind’s ship, has awoken an ancient alien force on the outermost planet. As it rises from the depths of slumber, it begins to exert control, and subjugates every machine in its path.
With the loss of contact, the Tiq Government pleads for the squad’s help to transport TSD Space Marines to investigate. As the alien lays waste, Finn, Zuri, Smith and Noah are left impotent when the Marines come face to face with the dead remnants of their old allies. Ordered to stand down, their intervention unwanted by the politicians, they can only watch despite the rising threat.
As the squad begin to understand the true enormity of the alien’s disdain for life, they are forced into desperate measures, the weapons of choice taking on a new role, one that will change them for ever.
While Delta fight for Nutu Allpa and the future of the system, Yasuko must face shocking revelations about her past. In the face of such a relentless onslaught, will the squad be able to hold themselves together?
When a man, haunted by secrets, reunites with the only woman who’s ever ignited his soul, he’ll do anything to prove he’s more than his mistakes.
From the moment I laid eyes on her in Vegas, I knew tattoo artist Jordan Deveraux was my destiny.
Our chemistry was too fiery to ignore, one night of passion could never be enough.
Walking away was agony.
Easily, the biggest regret of my life.
Years later, I’m successful and rich but still crave my siren of the sea.
Her game of pretend doesn’t mask the heat still smoldering between us.
Little does she know, I have the roadmap to turn her fantasies into reality.
Stranded in my boat, the waves aren’t the only things rocking.
Her ability to resist me sinks faster than a lead anchor.
Here’s the catchβmy past isn’t as spotless as the buildings I design.
And my secrets threaten to pull us under.
Can we navigate these turbulent waters to find a future?
Or, will my mistake capsize everything?
The Tryst List is a sizzling, standalone, billionaire, enemies to lovers, forced proximity tale of second chances, where the ink of passion and the scars of the past collide
Jordan was not prepared to find out that the client who had engaged her for a tattoo is the same man she spent one evening with a decade earlier especially since the morning after did not end well. That experience impacted her view on romance and now he is back in her life wanting to pick up where they left off.
The biggest mistake in Peterβs life was letting Jordan go. The chemistry and connection between them is stronger than ever and he wants a future with her but before that can happen he will have to be truthful about the past whether he wants to or not.
Jordan and Peter take us on quite the ride as they must be willing to share their feelings and the complications in their lives if they are to finally get the future they have both always wanted.
Meet Kaylene Winter:
Kaylene Winter is an Amazon best-selling author of steamy, contemporary romance.
Each character-driven novel is filled with snappy dialogue, pop-culture references and enough steam to make you fan yourself. Kaylene weaves authenticity, emotion and angst into a turbulent rollercoaster ride of love, passion and soul-searing romance always ending with a delicious HEA.
Kaylene lives in Seattle with her amazing Irish husband and gorgeous Siberian Husky. She loves creating art of all kinds.
From Amazon #1 bestselling author Amy Daws, comes an all-new small town, spicy romance sure to hit you in the gut with laughs, feels, and mountain man grunts.
Help Wanted: Grumpy Mountain Man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting in the form of communication and nosey brotherly neighbors. Rustic mountain range housing available upon request.
I wanted to pummel my irritating brothers when they posted their own version of a wanted ad to help me with my life.
But I canβt fault the results once the right woman lands on my lap.
Becoming a single father is not a decision I made lightly. In fact, itβs the biggest decision of my entire life.
Which is why when I interview Trista, I know sheβs perfect.
Sheβs wild, sheβs opinionated, she wears cowboy boots. Even my pet goat loves herβ¦
Sheβs the exact type of person I was holding out for.
And to my great horror, I realize on our first night of attempting this baby making danceβ¦when the lights are low, the cheap wine is flowing, and the home insemination supplies are laid out on the kitchen counterβ¦
I want to do a lot more than just make her my surrogate. I want to make her mine.
EXCERPT
βWho is the pen for?β I ask, staring up at the giant mountain man.
βYour pig.β
My eyes widen. βYou expect my Reginald to sleep in the barn?β
βWhere else would he sleep?β
βIn his sleeping quarters upstairs next to me, obviously.β
βCome again?β Wyatt is loud in the quietness of the peaceful barn.
βReggie is a rescue, Wyatt! He came from a horrible situation where the owners neglected him. He had hoof rot and couldnβt freaking walk. I had to give him daily doses of antibiotics and hand-feed him, or they were going to put him down!β
βJesus Christ,β Wyatt murmurs under his breath, looking away in obvious agitation.
βSir Reginald sleeps on a nice little crib mattress I bought second-hand. He even has a special blanket and likes to sleep in most mornings.β
Wyattβs head snaps to the open wooden stairs leading to the apartment. βHow are you going to get him up the stairs every day? Those legs donβt look long enough to climb stairs.β
βIβll carry him.β I shrug.
The mountain manβs eyebrows shoot to the moon as he points an accusing finger at Reggie. βHeβs got to weigh at least fifty pounds.β
βSixty-five, actually, but my vet friend just put us on a low-calorie feed even though I think Reggie is beautiful just the way he is.β
βFor fuckβs sake,β Wyatt growls and jams a hand through the top of his hair. βYou arenβt going to be able to carry him up those stairs when youβre pregnant, Trista.β
βWell, Iβm not pregnant yet.β I scoff, my chin cocking up to meet his as he looms over me with his giant mountain-man stature.
He pauses for a second as his eyes rove over my face. His voice is deep and husky when he replies, βYet.β
Goose bumps erupt over my flesh as one of the tiniest words in the English language just had a massive impact on my not-so-tiny body. I realize Iβm a surrogate so weβre not doing this pregnancy thing the old-fashioned way, but itβs been a while since Iβve been laid, and with that one little word, my traitorous mind wandered to a reality where we did it the old-fashioned way. And I liked that thought.
I swallow slowly, desperate to get control of myself. I glance down at our chests, which are nearly brushing each other. When did we get so close? His scent of pine trees, woodchips, and hay is intoxicating.
Wyattβs eyes flick down to my lips as I wonder what the hell are we actually arguing about? I want to be pregnant. And I suppose heβs rightβ¦I shouldnβt be lifting sixty-plus pounds once I have a baby growing inside me. I guess Reginaldβs sleeping quarters never came up in all our lawyer negotiating.
And why is he looking at me like that? And why does my body feel the way it feels right now? Iβm hot and agitated having him so close to me and telling me what to do. I like it, and I loathe it.
The voices of men outside force us to pull away from each other just as they walk into the barn with armloads of my stuff.
βTrista, these are my brothers Calder and Luke.β Wyattβs voice is strained as he avoids eye contact with me. Oh, heβs mad mad.
The two giant men in flannel stop talking and gape at me for a moment. The heavily tattooed one with devilish eyes tips his chin up and says, βWhatβs up, MB?β
Wyatt glowers at his brother. βCalderβ¦β
The slightly smaller one (although none of them are small, honestlyβ¦Iβm in a barn full of flannelled giants) with floppy blond hair laughs boyishly, clearly enjoying the tension between his two brothers.
βWhatβs MB mean?β I ask curiously.
βDonβt ask,β another voice echoes from behind them.
Calder and Luke spread apart to reveal what I can only assume to be another brother.
βThis is my eldest brother, Max,β Wyatt explains with a wave of his hand. βHe doesnβt live up here on the mountain with us though.β
My brows lift knowingly. βDidnβt want to join in on the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers remake up here?β
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Number 1 Amazon Bestselling author Amy Daws writes spicy love stories that take place in America, as well as across the pond. She’s most known for her footy-playing Harris Brothers and writing in a tire shop waiting room. When Amy is not writing, sheβs likely making charcuterie boards from her home in South Dakota where she lives with her daughter and husband.
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π Reviewπ When Wyatt encounters roadblocks when it comes to his attempts to become a single father and he is beginning to lose hope until his niece takes matters into her own hands. An arrangement is made that Trista will carry his baby however her impact on him and his family goes far beyond her being the surrogate that was expected.
Tristaβs experience with family has shown her that she is better off giving all the love she has to animals rather than people. It is for this reason she agrees to carry Wyattβs baby but as she spends time with him and his family, she is starting to feel that maybe she could have both.
This story has all the humor and romance that you expect from this author, but it also has all the feels as well. There is both the banter and situations that Wyatt and Trista find themselves in that are sure to bring a smile to your face, but they are also compelling characters who may be cautious when it comes to their hearts but are exactly what the other needs in their lives.
When a protective young man finds a vicious solution to his troubles, will he save his family or unleash a deadly nightmare?
Brady Bennett canβt shake his guilt. Blaming himself for his dadβs fatal hunting accident seven years prior, the eighteen-year-old doesnβt trust his cruel stepdad and worries for his twin sister. But his suffering takes a strange twist after fleeing into the woods from a nasty school bully, only to see his attacker get ripped to pieces by a savage beast.
Fearing no one will believe his wild story or that theyβll blame him for the boyβs death, Brady sets out to capture the murderous creature and use it for his own ends. And when the monster transforms back into a man desperate to stop the carnage, the teen promises to free him in exchange for one final gory deed.
Will Bradyβs plot to take out his enemies spill the blood of innocents?
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