Craving Absolution

Craving Absolution

Nicole Jacquelyn

Romance / Contemporary Romance

Farrah Miller and Cody “Casper” Butler have a longstanding relationship that both refuse to discuss. It isn’t romantic. It may not even be classified as a friendship. Casper’s been saving Farrah from herself for longer than he’d care to admit, watching silently as she drowned herself in alcohol. Then, when she finally got her act together, he left. He told himself he was giving her time to sort herself out. He tried to give her space. But getting shot in the chest can change a man’s perspective, and Casper’s done waiting. When he shows up on her doorstep one night, everything changes. He’s the man who’s seen her at her very worst. She’s his weakness. He runs when things get hard. She never lets anyone see below the surface and is terrified of being abandoned. He knows it’s a long shot, that there’s a good chance she’ll never drop her guard for him—but he has to try. Because a life with Farrah is exactly what he wants—even if he has to fight her for it.
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Until It Fades

Until It Fades

K. A. Tucker

Contemporary Romance / Romantic Suspense / Women's Fiction

Twenty-four-year-old truck stop waitress and single mother Catherine Wright has simple goals: to give her five-year-old daughter a happy life and to never again be the talk of the town in Balsam, Pennsylvania: population two thousand outside of tourist season. And then one foggy night, on a lonely road back from another failed attempt at a relationship, Catherine saves a man’s life. It isn’t until after the police have arrived that Catherine realizes exactly who it is she has saved: Brett Madden, hockey icon and media darling. Catherine has already had her fifteen minutes of fame and the last thing she wants is to have her past dragged back into the spotlight, only this time on a national stage. So she hides her identity. It works. For a time. But when she finds the man she saved standing on her doorstep, desperate to thank her, all that changes. What begins as an immediate friendship quickly turns into something neither of them expected. Something that Catherine isn’t sure she can handle; something that Catherine is afraid to trust. Because how long can an extraordinary man like Brett be interested in an ordinary woman like Catherine…before the spark fades?
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Tainted

Tainted

Dani Matthews

Romance / Contemporary Romance

Ren I’m tainted. The blood that runs through my veins is the same as his. He manipulated me as a child, and as a teen, I learned the horrific truth of what my father is—a serial killer. I escaped him once, just barely. But now he’s back, killing innocent teen girls and leaving messages for me. He’s coming to do what he should have done long ago. He’s going to kill me. Holden When I look at her, I see a lost soul. She was dealt a shit deal by fate, but she can rise above it if I can only get her to trust me. There’s just one problem. She’s bait. It’s the only way to draw out her psychotic father, but I can see her crumbling beneath the pressure while she hides behind her smartass mouth and false bravado. I may be working this case, but it soon becomes more than just a job. She’s my future…if I can keep her alive. Author’s note: This book contains graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. This is a full-length standalone novel with a guaranteed HEA and no cheating or cliffhanger. Recommended for ages 18+.
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Allegiance

Allegiance

K. A. Tucker

Contemporary Romance / Romantic Suspense / Women's Fiction

Evangeline finally got what she longed for - the cursed pendant off her neck and Caden in her arms - only it has come at a steep price. An unknown poison now courses through her body, slowly morphing her into something no one but the Fates can foresee. She has her suspicions, though...and, if she is right, it will spell certain ruin for her and Caden. She won't last long enough to realize that, though, if Viggo and Mortimer uncover the treasonous secrets she keeps from them - that Veronique is now free of her entombment and in the torturous clutches of the Witches and the Sentinel or that she is protecting a Sentinel within their very midst. Always the naive human caught in the midst of the vampires' web of deceit, Evangeline is now weaving her own dangerous web in order to keep her friend alive, rescue Veronique, and stop a seemingly inevitable war from starting. But can her honorable nature handle the depths of duplicity for which she must go to be in league with the Vampires?
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Reunions and Ruses

Reunions and Ruses

Marie Landry

Contemporary Romance / Women's Fiction

Three reasons Stella shouldn't fall for Leland:1. He's her brother's best friend2. She's a bit of a disaster, and he deserves better3. He's her fake boyfriendEver since the car accident that dashed her dreams of skating professionally, Stella has made countless bad decisions. At almost thirty-five, she has a failed marriage under her belt, no job, and she's living rent-free with her best friend after returning to her hometown.Her latest bad decision? She agreed to go to the high school reunion hosted by a former friend...and she roped her brother's best friend Leland into being her fake boyfriend so she wouldn't have to attend said reunion alone.The timing is perfect, though: with Stella's past mistakes and disastrous dating history haunting her, a fake relationship is exactly what she needs to prevent her from continuing her journey down the Hot Mess Express. Bonus points for the fact she actually enjoys Leland's company while they spend...
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Shut Up and Kiss Me

Shut Up and Kiss Me

Lauren Blakely

Romance / Contemporary Romance

A best-friends-to-lovers, second chance, only-one-bed-in-the room romance! How to resist sleeping with your best friend when you're stuck in a hotel room with the charming, glasses-wearing hottie. One. Slather your face in a grapefruit mask Two. Wear a big, fluffy robe Three. Make him do the same. Oops. Too bad our libidos have other plans. But after a night of epic, soul-shattering banging, I'll have to wrestle the sex genie back into the bottle the next morning when I get the big news. Nolan and I just landed a once-in-a-lifetime for our scrappy online restaurant review show. We're going to New York for a month and we'll be together in a hotel all the time. I've already lost my best friend once, so I'll do whatever it takes to resist thoroughly delicious Nolan again. Until I learn whatever it takes might cost me everything. ...
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Birthday Suit

Birthday Suit

Lauren Blakely

Romance / Contemporary Romance

There is no rule in the Man Code as unbreakable as this: no matter how beautiful, smart, clever, and witty she is, do not—under any circumstances—fall in love with your best friend's woman. Yeah. So there's that. Look, it's not like I didn't know I screwed up by falling for her. Also, for the record, unrequited love sucks big time. And, I might have cut myself some slack by now, given everything that went down in the last few years, but Lulu just walked back into my life in a big way. *** There are three things I've never been able to resist—my friends, my family, and chocolate. Leo Hennessy? He was nowhere on that list. He's been a true friend—a friend who walked through hell and back with me. Now, I'm stepping into my new future. I didn't expect it to include a riddle-filled, race-against-the-clock scavenger hunt across New York City. With Leo. Suddenly, I'm looking at...
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