The day her father announced she was to be wed to a stranger, she only hoped her unknown husband would save her from her dark and deprived life.
Now married to the cityโs top prosecutor, and the lead lawyer on the case against her brother, Alessandra finds herself in the balance of saving herself and saving her family. Relying on her training to meet her husbandโs deepest desires, ๐จ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐.
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Born and raised in a mafia family Alessandra has always been at the mercy of her powerful and dangerous father. With her brother about to face criminal charges she once again becomes his pawn when her marriage is arranged to the District Attorney who is prosecuting her brother, the only problem is that neither she nor her groom knew the whole plan was until it was too late.
Drake is focused on his legal career so love or a relationship comes a distant second. He was drawn to Alessandra from their first meeting, but their unexpected marriage could place his career in jeopardy. He now finds himself in a race against time as he tries to protect her and his career.
Despite the events that brought them together the feelings between them are very real however the marriage was only supposed to be a temporary arrangement and those around them want to ensure it stays that way. Through the narrators you could feel both the feisty and insecure sides of Alessandra as well as the dominant yet caring side of Drake.
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Cristina Lollabrigida specializes in cultivating books that are dark and twisty. They are a tantalizing blend of emotion and blazing chemistry that will leave you with feels. Her twists will leave readers thirsting for more.ย
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Originally from Chicago, Cristina is a country girl at heart. She lived in rural Wisconsin for years and now lives in South Carolina. When she’s not writing, she’s an avid reader and has created Sims characters from her favorite stories.
I started writing after having my little girl, Evie, December of 2015. All during my pregnancy with her I read. I only wanted to read romance novels and I read everything I could get my hands on. I would read a book a day โ sometimes two. In January I was staying up late with her and just thinking of all these stories. They came to me constantly. I finally sat down and just started writing. I always wanted to do it so I figured, why not?
I never thought I would reach this point of success to be honest. Itโs insane to me that I have connected with so many readers.
And I love each and every one of them for all of their support. Iโll be honest, some days are HARD. I have my littles during the day and I write at night. Some days are just simply exhausting and then I hear from a reader and it motivates me to push through and keep writing. I couldnโt be more grateful for this wonderful career.
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post and #1 Amazon best-selling author Lauren Landish welcomes you into a world of rock-hard abs and chiseled smiles.
Her sexy, contemporary romancesโincluding her wildly successful Irresistible Bachelor Seriesโhave garnered a legion of praise from her readers.
When Lauren isnโt plotting ways to introduce readers to their next sexy-as-hell book boyfriend, sheโs deep in her writing cave and furiously tapping away on her keyboard, writing scenes that would make even a hardened sailor blush.
Now that she has finished school Ravenโs next step is finding the perfect job to jumpstart her career. Her attempts for a perfect interview take a turn when her potential new boss sees her public breakup with her now ex boyfriend. She may not have gotten the job but having her and Dylan unite as a team against her ex might even be better.
Dylan is intrigued by the woman who is interviewing for a job at his company not because of her qualification but because they both have their reasons for despising her ex. Instead of a job he offers a way for her to show her ex that he has just lost the best thing to ever happen to him.
The characters of Raven and Dylan draw you in, the surprise keep coming and the chemistry is intense. What began as an arrangement towards a mutual goal turns into a love that neither saw coming and canโt live without.
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Genre: Standalone Motorcycle Club Romance Authors: Esther E. Schmidt & Addy Archer Cover Design: Esther E. Schmidt Release Day: November 26, 2024 Nixie – I never expect to start over and rearrange my life at the age of forty-five. Not only did my marriage end, but I also lost my mother while I was in the process of moving to another state. Three months later, Iโm still picking up the pieces while I breathe through the chaos of life.
Zale – I didnโt know I had a new, next-door neighbor, but it turns out she’s a smart, one of a kind, fierce beauty. She steps up when my kid needs saving and has me enthralled beyond belief. Nixie might be older than me, but it doesnโt diminish the intense need to claim and protect when sheโs unwillingly pulled into the mess of my past.
Lennox Kennedy is beautiful, loud and the love of my life.
Sheโs also my ex-girlfriend.
The first time I saw her after ten years apart, I slammed into the plexiglass minutes before our game was set to begin. The second time I threw up. But third timeโs a charm apparently because as my fiancรฉe and I walked into an appointment to meet the woman hired to plan our nuptialsโthere she was again.
Obviously, I did what any smart man would doโI called off the wedding.
I donโt have a plan per se, other than winning back the only girl Iโve ever loved.
As a future hall of famer and one of the best centers hockey has ever seen, I know a thing or two about winning, but convincing Lennox Kennedy to give this hockey boy another chance might just be the challenge of a lifetime and this game Iโm playing may turn out to be nothing but a pucking disaster.
Love doesnโt break us; it makes us whole, my nana used to say.
However, one minute, my world is set on fire, literally. The next, I am raising a six-year-old as a single mom without a clear path ahead of us. No place to live. No job. No money.
Iโm returning to Sterling Falls to claim whatโs mine, then there will be no looking back on this beloved small town, a place I consider a handful of sand in the hourglass of my life.
Then again, Clay Sylver has shaken up that ancient time clock. The silver fox in his forties is a bit cocky, but solid in every way that matters. He loves his siblings. He works hard. He owns an honest business. Honest, the emphasis here. He also suffers from damsel-in-distress syndrome with a savior complex for lost causes, like stray animals and down-and-out women.
And I have a secret crush on him.
When I see Clay stranded on the side of the road one dark, stormy night, I stop to offer assistance. Burning with fever, Clay is sick, and my mom-instincts kick in to give him comfort. That decision throws me off course again. While my past lurks everywhere, I find myself falling in love with Sterling Falls once more and falling harder for the man giving my son and me a safe haven.
Love is a risk, according to Clay, but heโs slowly rescuing my heart while Iโm saving his.
A.L. Jackson is the New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes emotional, sexy, heart-filled stories about boys who usually like to be a little bit bad.
If she’s not writing, you can find her hanging out by the pool with her family, sipping cocktails with her friends, or of course with her nose buried in a book.
*Rudy Award Winner and a Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist*
JD and I were opposites in every way. I was the girl from the wrong side of town, the one from a broken home who had a chip on her shoulder and everything to prove. The girl living a life full of too many struggles and too many dreams just out of reach.
JD was the charismatic golden boy, a rising football star with the world at his feet and a charm that melted my defenses. I fell hard for his denim blue eyes, twin dimples, and promises of forever. But like most young love, it was a beautiful fiction.
I once told JD that everyone leaves. He swore that he never would. He lied.
Five years have passed since I last saw him. Five years Iโve spent painstakingly stitching together the broken pieces of my shattered heart and building a new life without him. And the moment Iโm finally able to move onโฆ JD comes back. He says he came back for me. Unfortunately, all the secrets that made him walk away five years ago came back with him. Secrets that could destroy everything.
My head says to run, but my heart? Itโs in deep trouble when it comes to JD Hallstead.
That Girl is a second chance, small town, sports romance. Recommended for mature readers. Please check Reader’s Note in the front matter of the book for potential TWs. Recently updated with new discreet cover.
When Officer Lacey James is called to the scene of a brutal murder, she doesn’t recognize the victim. Jonathan Jones–JJ is new to Sweet Home. Everyone Lacey talks to in the close-knit community claims he was a good guy, but someone is lying. Someone wanted JJ dead. And someone else knows why.
On the hunt for the murderer, Lacey reconstructs the victim’s trail. A bar fight. A bloody footprint. A faulty timeline. Together with her partner, Eli Davidson, Lacey pieces together the clues while keeping track of the witnesses’lies. Each twist in the case raises new questions about the victim. About the motive behind the crime. Until Lacey and Eli unearth a piece of salacious gossip that
sends the investigation reeling down a dark and dangerous path.
Will the killer be punished?
Or will the hunt for the truth land Lacey in the crosshairs of a killer?
It’s narrator reveal day for Brutal Bargain by Laurelin Paige!
Rose Dioro is reading Adly Sebastian and Ryan West is reading Axel Morgan in a duet style narration. Brutal Bargain is the next highly anticipated standalone in the Brutal Billionaires series.
It killed me to leave her behind. Every night I closed my eyes to the images of her lifeless body in the hospital. Her second chance came, but it wasnโt with me. It was with my brother. I wanted to kill him and take his place. Except it wouldnโt change anything. She hated me. But then secrets unraveled. The truth would twist into something bitter before it set me free. Masks dropped. Gloves were off. Iโd fight for her. Iโd bring her back. Iโd protect her even if it was the last thing I did. We made a promise. She was mine, and I was hers. To win, Iโd risk it all. My heart and life included.
โจTEASER: SOMEONE YOU DESERVE by @harlowjamesauthor is coming October 4th! This will be a simultaneous release in Audio with the amazing narrators Aiden Snow & Vanessa Edwin!
Rule number one of bro-code: exes, sistersโand of course, wivesโare off-limits.
Donโt think about them and sure as hell donโt kiss them.
But what if your best friend dies, and suddenly you want the woman who has always been his?
Four years ago my childhood friend lost his life serving our country, and Astrid and her kids became my responsibility.
But before I knew it, something started to shift between us.
Her smile started to make my stomach twist. Our conversations gave me something to look forward to. And working with her made me appreciate just how strong she truly was.
But then one night, I did the one thing I shouldnโt have but couldnโt fight any longerโI kissed her.
She pushed me away, told me it was a mistake, and begged me to forget it ever happened.
And then she shoved me deep and fully into the friendzone, where Iโve resided since then.
Until one instance changes everything and I know for certain sheโs the woman I want.
Just when I think weโre on the same page, a secret from our past threatens to destroy our future.
I shouldnโt want my best friendโs widow. I shouldnโt care what other people think.
But in the end, the only thing that matters is being someone Astrid deserves, and Iโll stop at nothing until she believes that too.
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Summer. The annual end of semester college party at the lake. Everything was good, until I stepped onto the boat with Grayson, the hockey team captain, and Micah, the team photographer.
We saw something we shouldnโt have.
Did something we shouldnโt have.
And Cruz Martinez, the bad boy of Blackwell Lake, was there to witness it all.
Now, someone is after us. Someone who knows our secret.
We need to find out whatโs beneath the surfaceโฆbefore itโs too late.
Now my should-be ex-husband, Ramsey Stockton, the former pro football star turned felon and hero who left this townโand meโbehind years ago, is at my door offering me a deal with the devil.
If I let him stay and play his wife again for ninety days, heโll give me a quiet divorce and his family ranchโthe one my inn is on.
When I scoff at the idea, he offers a million-dollar bonus to help my business float through this rough patch, but only if Iโm his.
Then heโll walk away, and I can walk down the aisle with my fiancรฉ. Or I can say no and watch everything Iโve worked so hard for fall apart.
Thereโs only one answer I can afford to give him. But he knows everything about meโevery hurt, every secret, and every single weakness I have, including him.
And while Ramsey might want me, his brothers want him back in the family business.
If there’s one universal truth in this town, it’s that Stockton men stop at nothing to get what they want.
There are three rules I live by: My boys come first, the rest of my family second, and never mix business with pleasure.
I take pride that Iโve never broken these.
Until her.
Sheโs a wildcardโthe type of woman I never chase.
She has no straightforward plan for her life.
Her version of how to be strict with my boys is laughable.
I swear, she selects her outfits based on what tattoo she wants to peek out, just to make me wonder all day what the rest of it looks like against her flesh.
And that blush she somehow has nailed everytime I look at her, wreaks havoc everywhere it shouldnโt.
The most annoying thing about her?
Sheโs taken by a neanderthal who treats her like crap (based on the phone conversations Iโve secretly overheard).
Why you are going to love this bookโฆ ๐ Football Player / Sports Romance
๐ Second Chance Romance
๐ Single Guardian
๐Pediatric doctor
๐ The one who got away
๐ Overachiever
๐ No third act breakup
๐Florida: boats, sunshine, and dolphins
๐ Goldendoodle named Molly
๐ Previous characters appearing
๐ Found family
๐ Forced Proximity
Jonah Dallmann
Over two years ago, I met a woman on New Yearโs Eve, and it was the best night of my life. Until the next morning when it became the worst.
One voice message. One swerve over a double yellow line. One little girl, my niece, whoโs now mine.
It hasnโt been easy. These things never are, but weโre trying. Now, Iโm twenty-six, and determined to be the best wide receiver on our team, while sheโs seven and spends her days reading books and dancing ballet.
Only, I havenโt just grieved the loss of my brother, but her too. My heart ached for what could have been, and what I had to let go. I know what I did to her was wrong, yet I never got the opportunity to explain. But when the door opens and she steps in wearing green scrubs and a long white coat, shock ripples through me, and I hope I might finally get the chance.
Sophie Black
I always wondered if this day would come, but I never expected to see him here, with her, in one of my patient rooms. Heโs even better looking than I remember and giving off single dad vibes, too, as he cares for his adorable niece. A niece I didnโt know he had.
I was surprised when he asked if he could see me again, but I instantly declined. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Only now we keep running into each other, and Iโm confused. Is fate throwing us a second chance, and if so, should I catch it?
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