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The Third Parent by @eliaswitherow
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No one knows where he came from. No one knows what he wants. No one dares ask about his strange physical abnormalities. For a quiet suburban neighborhood, things are about to change. And it starts with a knock at the door.
Follow his rules. Don’t call the police. Listen to his lessons. That’s what Jack and his family were told. Held captive in their own house, they must face a growing storm of mental and physical trauma as they try to just stay alive.
But even if Jack can survive the horror of his childhood, will his tormentor ever leave him alone? And who is he really?
Clay Barlowe’s NHL career ended the night his knee gave out. One torn ACL was bad enough. The second? Game over.
Now he’s the guy with a reputation—grumpy, stubborn, hotheaded. Every teammate would agree he’s impossible, and he hasn’t bothered to prove them wrong. Coaching might be his second chance…if he can avoid distractions and keep the rumors under wraps.
Which is why being snowed in with Tessa St. James is a temptation he can’t afford.
Their families spent every Christmas together. Everyone thought she’d grow up to marry Clay’s brother. No one knew her heart quietly belonged to Clay.
She’s sunshine, sugar cookies, and Christmas cheer. He’s a grinch, cold as ice, with more coal than candy canes.
When one stolen kiss under the mistletoe leads to one night tangled up by the fire, Tessa isn’t just snowed in…
She’s stuck in the sin bin with the scrooge.
And this holiday season, the only thing at risk is her heart.
When I wake up next to my best friend’s brother after a night of bottom shelf tequila and a sizzling one night stand, I do my best to pretend the whole thing never happened.
Until six weeks later, when two pink lines derail my every plan.
Not only is Graham Astor the brother to my three closest friends and the boy I secretly crushed on for years as a teenager, but he’s also a single dad and a grieving widower.
With a new career on my horizon, I don’t have time for complicated or messy—everything Graham and this news brings—and yet, when he expresses how much he wants this, I can’t deny how much I do too.
Even if that means I might wind up heartbroken later.
Navigating this new reality and everything that comes along with it quickly becomes a test of my willpower and self-control as he continues to say all the right things and shows up for me, even when I don’t ask him to. The more time we spend together, the harder it is to keep my feelings out of it.
Especially when I move in with him, and the memory of his hot breath on my neck and the weight of his body on mine haunts me, reminding me of the blazing chemistry we shared.
I tell myself I won’t fall in love with Graham—not again—I swear, I won’t.
But then he looks at me the way he does, or he talks to my belly, telling our growing baby how lucky he is to be their dad, or I watch how incredible he is with his daughter, and it’s impossible not to.
It’s impossible not to picture what our life could be like together, in love and as a family.
But then I think about how the truth of our beautiful little surprise, and all the history we share, will come out eventually.
What if the fantasy in my head is as close as I’ll ever get to being loved by him?
She was never supposed to be mine. Walking away was the only acceptable decision.
It was just one night. Two lonely souls finding solace in the one place we shouldn’t have—my bed. I thought once would be enough, but leaving her is my biggest—maybe my only—regret.
Now, I’m back and seeing the results of that night is killing me.
I’ll make it up to her. I have to. Because I’ve never loved anyone else.
Because I’d rather die than break her heart a second time.
After the man she loved was believed to have passed away Briar has tried to move forward with her life as she has her daughter to think about. When he reappears in her life she is happy that he is alive but after everything she has been through she is also cautious as worries about what this means for them in the present and the future.
The time that Colt has been away from those he loves has changed him and he realizes that nothing is the same and he will never be able to get back the time he lost. As he tries to rebuild a life with the woman he loves and the daughter he didn’t know he had choices must be made when it comes to his past and the effect it could have on the present.
Briar and Colt’s story is one of healing and new beginnings that is filled with turmoil, challenges as he tries to repair the relationship with not only Briar and his daughter but his family as well.
Meet Kat Mizera:
USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kat Mizera was born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of Wanderlust. She’s lived from coast to coast, and everywhere in between, but home is wherever her family is. A devoted mom and wife to her wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat loves to travel the globe with her adventurous, hockey loving family. Greece is at the top of that list. She hopes to one day retire there, spending her days writing books on the beach.
Kat is former freelance sports writer who now writes steamy hockey romance about her favorite fictional teams, the Las Vegas Sidewinders and the Lauderdale Knights. The library of novels she’s penned also include sexy contemporary stories about baseball stars, alpha sex club owners, bodyguards, rock stars, and royalty. Regardless of genre, her books about bad boys with hearts of gold will steal your breath, rock your world and melt your heart.
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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 changes her hair color more often than some people change their socks, loves sparkly things, and is the mom to two exuberant boys. She lives in Northern California.
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“We aren’t that kind of establishment.” He smirks, narrowing those icicle eyes once more, but the corner of his mouth ticks. Twitches more like. Like he might have found something humorous in my retort.
The other thing about that smirk—a tiny dimple pops on his barely-stubbled face, like a punctuation symbol. A single quotation mark near his lip, or an apostrophe on his attempt to smile.
I chuff, the sound light and bright, knowing, of course, he didn’t sell dates at his fancy store.
“Anyway . . .” I wave my hand in the air, but Jude catches my wrist, holding it with tender strength in his chilled hand.
That cool sensation that seeped through my glove-covered hand yesterday intensifies with our skin-to-skin contact. His touch feels like the explosion of ice crystals against glass, beautiful while potentially dangerous. The effect should be chilly, but it’s more like a white-hot heat, tickling my flesh, melting me.
Whoa.
Those eyes of his narrow once more as he scans over my face. “You were serious, weren’t you?”
I mean, I was kind of serious. Not that I want a date with him, but I could still use a date for my brother’s spontaneous wedding. The engagement he sprung on the family during Thanksgiving dinner. The way he announced the wedding would take place on December twenty-third. The day before the holiday.
“It’s nothing.” I shake my head, not willing to discuss my non-existent love life with a man who wouldn’t understand lack or love.
Tugging at my wrist, Jude only tightens his grip. His larger hand is cool against my suddenly too-hot skin. “Wait—”
Kieran Bancroft has spent almost a thousand years saving humans from evil vampires. Protecting potential consorts from nightwalkers gave Kieran something to focus on other than his dwindling hope that he’d ever find the one who was meant to be his.
Thana Fernsby had no idea vampires existed. Not until her aunt sprung an arranged marriage on her, and she went running into the night. Thana ended up at the door of a daywalker–the good kind of vampire that had been born instead of bitten.
Kieran would help any damsel in distress. But when he touched Thana and discovered she was his destined consort, the fight became personal.
Live hard. Love harder. Trapped under my controlling mother’s expectations and rules, I’ve lived my life for everyone but me. My only escape—a carefully guarded list of things I can only dream of doing. One by one, I slowly find the courage to start living. And that dream becomes a reality the moment my lips crash against a mysterious stranger’s in a drunken attempt to check another item off my list. Only I wasn’t prepared for how that one kiss would alter the course of my entire life. In a single night, everything changes.
Ethan Romero is the opposite of everything I’ve ever known. He’s the dark to my light. The corruption to my innocence. He shows me that life is more than a list of experiences to check off. It’s about living in the moment so you don’t miss the ones not on the list—the ones you didn’t even know you wanted.
When her nose isn’t buried in a book, or her fingers flying across a keyboard writing, she’s in the kitchen creating gourmet meals. You can find her, in four inch heels no less, in the car chauffeuring kids, or possibly with her husband scheduling his business trips. It’s a good thing her characters do what she says, because even her Labrador doesn’t listen to her…
🎄Review🎄 Elizabeth has agreed to return home for her brother’s Christmas wedding however nothing is turning out the way she expected. When her brother injures his foot she needs to find her own way to her parent’s home only to find out that due to a hotel room she doesn’t have a room to stay in and the only option is the spare room at Nate’s house which is the last place she wants to stay because of their past.
Nate is Elizabeth’s brother’s best friend. He and Elizabeth spent one night together years earlier that didn’t end well, and they haven’t spoken about it since. Having her stay with him is testing them both as the antagonism between them is stronger than ever and the feelings between them are far from over.
The chemistry between them was never in question, the banter is sure to bring a smile to your face and the wedding activities were so much fun and sure to put you in the holiday spirit. Samantha Cook does a great job at bringing out the strong personality of Elizabeth who gives as good as she gets while Jason Clarke brings both the heat and the voice of reason.
I wrote up the contract myself. Legally binding. Crystal clear. No strings. No feelings. Just sex — and two million dollars in exchange for my time and expertise.
Carter Fabri may be Tampa Bay’s newest rising star, but off the ice, he’s all Bambi eyes and inexperience. He’s a virgin in desperate need of lessons in dominance, seduction, and everything in between.
And I happen to be just the woman to teach him.
I don’t need his money. But I do need what it can give me.
I’m thirty-two, cut off from my family, and one bill away from drowning in student debt. The fantasy I’ve built around my lifestyle is getting harder to maintain. This pay day would secure the lifestyle I’ve worked too hard to let slip through my fingers and finally give me the chance to save for something I’ve always wanted — something I’ve never told anyone about.
So, I take Carter on as my student. I lay out every rule, every boundary, every carefully controlled term of our arrangement. What I don’t plan for is how quickly he’d catch on — or how much I’d enjoy letting him take the reins.
This was supposed to be a lesson in power. But somewhere along the way, I stopped being the one in charge.
I thought I could keep my heart out of it. I thought I’d accounted for every risk. But some consequences you can’t predict — no matter how carefully you draft the terms.
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🏈Review🏈 Approaching Livia for guidance when it comes to physical intimacy is twofold and not only will it give him the experience he needs but he is very attracted to her as well. Being with her gives him the confidence to push his boundaries physically but it is the emotional connection he feels for her that makes their relationship so special.
Livia is strong, independent and only allows people so close before she distances herself. She agrees to Carter’s arrangement provided the rules are strictly defined to protect both their hearts. The one aspect she hadn’t considered was that Carter wouldn’t just accept her at face value, and she isn’t sure what to do next.
Livia and Carter both have tumultuous pasts which has shaped them into who they are today. The chemistry between them was unparalleled but it was the way they learned to trust each other with their hearts and their pasts as well as their bodies that makes them exactly who the other needed in their lives.
My junior year of college has started out about as awesome as the two years that came before it.
And by awesome, I mean an absolute shit show that I’m pretty convinced is part of some reality show I didn’t know I was a part of.
Don’t get me wrong, it’s not all bad.
I have amazing friends. A championship soccer team. The best family a girl could ask for.
You’d think with all that, I’d be happy with the way my college experience is going, and I guess in a way, I am. As long as you don’t count the black cloud that has followed me since freshman year in the form of one infuriatingly beautiful man who I’ve been tempted to run over with a car more times than I would ever admit.
Macallan Stewart… Gorgeous. Untouchable. Idolized. Star football player—both on and off the field.
Women love him. Men want to be him. And I… Well, I’m too busy trying not to stab pencils into his eye sockets to allow myself to feel anything but anger, which definitely beats the alternative.
It wasn’t always like this. I used to understand why people gravitated toward him. Once upon a time, I was one of those people. That is, until he used me and discarded me like I was nothing.
I started this year with a promise to myself—that I was not going to let this man have another second of my energy. Unfortunately, that plan goes straight out the window when my professor randomly selects lab partners and somehow, by the unluckiest draw in the world, I get paired with Macallan.
Working with him turns out to be even harder than I thought. With his cocky smirk and wicked mouth, he’s as frustrating as he is charming.
I hate him. I hate his stupid perfect face and his stupid perfect body and everything he stands for. But most of all, I hate how deep down, I’m starting not to hate him at all.
That’s the problem with love and hate—oftentimes only a very thin line separates them and at any given time, you could end up on the opposite side of where you think you’re standing and not even realize it…
College has been everything that Maisie expected from her play on the pitch to the friendships she has made but the one black mark was Macallan. The way he ended their relationship has made an impact and she would be happy to never see him again however that wish is not about to come true when they find themselves having to work together on a project.
Macallan is a star on campus both on and off the field and there is a lot more to why he ended their relationship than Maisie knows. Having to work together reignites the feelings between them however not everyone is happy they are together and will do whatever is necessary to keep them apart.
It was great to catch up with the other characters in this series and see Maisie and Macallam overcome the obstacles they are facing. A little suspense, some turmoil and a heartwarming romance.
Melissa Toppen is a USA Today Bestselling Author who specializes in Fantasy, New Adult and Contemporary Romance. She is a lover of books and enjoys nothing more than losing herself in a good novel. She has a soft spot for romance and all things fantasy, and focuses her writing in that direction; writing what she loves to read. You can find more information about Melissa and her books at melissatoppen.com
🖤Mafia & Man of God 🔥Pastor with a breeding k*nk 🖤Age gap spice 🔥V-card heroine 🖤She poisons. He preaches 🔥Soulmate angst 🖤Secret society of brothers 🔥Touch her & I’ll take your hea 🖤Taboo initiations 🔥Pure marriage 🖤Forbidden MMF moments 🔥HEA with rom com vibes
I don’t want forgiveness. I want her.
Wren
SIRE is my gift from God, and the Devil’s son. He saved my innocence from being sold. And now, he must take it. I insist. I don’t care how young I am or how he resists me.
He’s a captivating pastor and a predator when he leaves the pulpit. An escaped Russian Bratva prince, he and his brothers avenge the crimes of their father. He’s the oldest and deadliest of his brothers. The darkest angel.
But Sire gave his flesh for mine, and now I’m his. When his evil father comes for him and my wicked captors come for me, I know he can protect me. He’s brutal, blood thirsty, and beautiful. He’ll be my first, my forever, my sacred sinner.
And I will be his young queen. I want the kings, his brothers, to initiate me. They will protect me, too. I crave their taboo rituals. Our bonds cannot be broken. His secret family will be mine.
Damned and divine, our forbidden love will be stronger than any evil. Evil that is coming for us.
Author’s note: SIRE is a dark, not-mafia-mafia romance set in a world of taboo traditions, biting banter, morally grey heroes in a vigilante band of brothers with some heavy themes, and very explicit scenes. This is an interconnected, standalone—the third in the Belles & Bratva Beasts series—with a guaranteed HEA.
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