epub | 7.19 MB | English| | Author: Sandra Sookoo | Year: 2024

Quote:Missing pearls, maudlin memories, and unexpected new perspectives will make this Christmastide a holiday no one will forget.

Mr. Cornelius Harding-Lord Timelbury-is a former military man who has lost the magic Christmastide used to possess due to unsavory memories. When a priceless pearl and diamond bracelet he procured as a gift for his aunt goes missing, the number one suspect is a woman who dropped by for donations. So until he can find the piece of jewelry, he has told her ailing father that they are engaged.

Miss Samantha Marchington is a woman at her wit's end, trying to make the Christmastide holidays special for the children at one of London's orphanages as well as raising funds therein. It's her favorite time of the year, but she's been run ragged and needs a break. When a handsome man with a commanding presence demands she return a stolen bracelet and then springs a fake engagement on her, she loses her temper, which helps nothing.

Though they might be enemies, Cornelius refuses to let Sam out of his sight until she confesses. They are forced to spend the days leading up to Christmastide together, and the forced proximity will spur potential scandal. Heated attraction is shared and brings with it a budding romance, but when the pair is bedeviled by a recurring evil scourge to the members of the Rogue's Arcade, danger threatens everything they might be building. Unless they can discover what truly matters during the holiday season, their Christmas might turn into a disaster for everyone.

epub | 7.24 MB | English| | Author: Leigh Landry | Year: 2024

Quote:An otter trainer and an accountant are pushed to waste one beautiful day together in New Orleans the week before New Year's Eve.
When Katie and Sydney are pushed to spend the day together, Katie's best friend-who's also Sydney's brother-has no idea they've already met.
Katie has one plan for the upcoming year: find her perfect someone. With the clock ticking down to New Year's Eve, she doesn't have time to waste on relationships with no future that could distract her from finding The One.
Sydney is back from San Diego and recently divorced, but hasn't come out to her family yet. A relationship with the first woman she's kissed isn't part of her plan, either. Especially not when that person is her brother's best friend.
Katie and Sydney have very different relationship goals, and Syd's brother doesn't realize she is already well-acquainted with his best friend. When he suggests Katie show off New Orleans to his sister for the day, neither can figure a way to discretely slip out of the setup.
Can they resist the temptation to waste the week together when it stands in the way of what they each want?
Enjoy all the promise of a new year in this sweet sapphic romance, Waste Some Time, then continue your tour of New Orleans in the rest of this series.
NOL Series:
- Collie Jolly
1 - Because You Can
2 - Sing the Blues
3 - Here You Go
- Waste Some Time

epub | 7.24 MB | English| | Author: Isabel Morin | Year: 2024

Quote:Spending the winter at a friend's borrowed cabin in the Sierra Nevada mountains was supposed to give Lucy Pond time to finish her novel and look for a permanent place to live after a big breakup. But being Florida-born and raised didn't prepare her for dangers like mountain lions, bears, and hypothermia. Most of all, she didn't expect the danger of living next door to a sexy mountain of a man whose muscled body makes her bones melt even when he's glaring at her.

Gabriel Mason isolated himself in a remote cabin to escape his grief. The last thing he wants is Lucy for a neighbor. Not only does she look like a strong wind could knock her over, she doesn't know the first thing about surviving on a mountain in winter. But Lucy's solemn eyes and wistful smile crack him open in unexpected ways, and soon he's giving into the heat that blazes whenever they're together. Still, Gabriel knows he's broken. He may want Lucy, but he has no right to share her future.

epub | 7.24 MB | English| | Author: Jemi Fraser | Year: 2024

Quote:His heart isn't whole enough to risk again.
Garrett Briscoe isn't new to loss, but losing his K9 partner overseas may have broken him for good. A dog trainer isn't much good when he can't look at the animals without his heart shattering again. Maybe helping his buddies build a brewery is a better choice.
But someone's hurting animals nearby and the sexy veterinarian next door is planning to deal with it herself. He's not letting that happen, even if it means risking his heart all over again.
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No Bones About It is the fifth book in Jemi Fraser's No Fail Heroes romantic suspense series. Each of these small-town romances can be read as a stand-alone, although they are best enjoyed in order. The book contains some strong language and sexy times. Enjoy the read!

epub | 7.25 MB | English| Isbn:9783843733052 | Author: Lucy Score, Dorothee Witzemann (Translator) | Year: 2024

Quote:Endlich auf Deutsch: die New York Times-Bestseller-Weihnachtsromance von Lucy Score!
Catalina King hat eine Mission: Sie will das traditionelle Weihnachtsfest der Kleinstadt Merry retten. Nachdem ein Sturm Merry übel verwüstet hat, möchte Catalina mit ihrer Reality-Show das historische Stadtzentrum renovieren. Der Haken? Noah Yates, mürrischer Bürgermeister und alleinerziehender Vater, will um jeden Preis verhindern, dass irgendwelche Möchtegern-Fernsehstars die Tragödie kapitalisieren. Aber Catalina »Cat« King gibt so schnell nicht auf. Jedes Mal, wenn Noah und Cat im selben Raum sind, fliegen die Fetzen. Können sie sich zusammenreißen, damit es ein Weihnachtswunder geben kann?
Die spicy Weihnachts-Kleinstadt-Romance von Bestsellerautorin Lucy Score

epub | 7.27 MB | English| Isbn:9781916719019 | Author: Morgana Bevan | Year: 2024

Quote:When life tosses you a bouquet of surprises, sometimes you just have to catch it. Or, at least, that's what I keep telling myself.
As a wedding planner, I've always been the maestro of fairy tale endings for others. My own life? Well, it's taken a plot twist worthy of the silver screen.
It was meant to be one night. No consequences. No attachments. No expectations that I respond to his texts.
Instead, the Universe rewarded me with two pink lines, a plane ticket to Los Angeles and a misplaced hope that somehow Charlie would make it all go away.
Only the longer I spend with him, the more I start to wonder if that's what I truly want. He's as charming as he's complex, and as we adjust to our new roles as co-parents, I couldn't help but wonder: Could this unexpected chapter in my life lead to a love story I never planned for? Lights, Camera, Baby! is a surprise baby Hollywood romance between an agent and the wedding planner who caught his eye and his heart in a one-night stand gone wrong. Though set in the Kings of Screen world, it can be read as a standalone.

epub | 7.26 MB | English| Isbn:9781473593398 | Author: Rebecca Dennis | Year: 2021

Quote:Breathe out your worries and breathe in calm.

This friendly support is an essential handbook to help tackle stress, anxiety, and to make everyday living easier for everyone.

Breathwork is an ancient practice backed up by modern science. It is not just for the spiritually enlightened! It is a simple but powerful way for everyone to boost their health and happiness.

Rebecca Dennis is the UK's leading breath coach, who has helped hundreds of people for over a decade to overcome all kinds of common issues simply using breathing exercises.

Dive into bite-size sections with easy, immediately impactful methods to help you with: anxiety and stress, grief, to find happiness and positivity, confidence, focus at work, energy, deeper sleep, stronger immunity and to slow ageing, find resilience and recovering (from illness), as well as family-friendly exercises to help both children and parents.

Published by Happy Place Books

epub | 7.27 MB | English| | Author: Bethany Atazadeh | Year: 2022

Quote:Jezebel's newfound shapeshifting gift breaks every rule in Jinn.

She's forced to keep it secret or risk having her ability severed, stolen from her completely. Despite the danger, part of her is desperate to embrace her power.

When Jezebel's friends discover a portal to the human world, she follows them into the strange place, unable to resist the temptation to explore her gift where no one will see.

Except someone does. Someone Jezebel thought she could trust.

His betrayal comes in whispers at first. But all too quickly, those whispers become demands. And he'll stop at nothing-not even blackmail-to use Jezebel's power for himself.

One dark decision leads to another, until Jezebel stands to lose something she can't live without-either her freedom, or her innocence.

THE SECRET GIFT is the first book in THE QUEEN'S RISE series, inspired by your favorite fairy tale villains in Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Beauty and the Beast. It's a spin-off of The Stolen Kingdom series, but can also be read on its own. Over a century before Queen Jezebel crosses paths with Arie, Rena, and Nesrin, she's just an innocent Jinni girl. who was betrayed.

If you love fairytale retellings like The Lunar Chronicles and supernatural abilities like the Graceling series, then you'll love the Queen's Rise series!

2nd edition, previously published September 2021.

Reading order for THE QUEEN'S RISE series:
Book 1: The Secret Gift
Book 2: The Secret Shadow
Book 3: The Secret Curse

Reading order for THE STOLEN KINGDOM companion series:
Book 1: The Stolen Kingdom
Book 2: The Jinni Key
Book 3: The Cursed Hunter
Book 4: The Enchanted Crown

epub | 7.26 MB | English| | Author: Jenna Bennett | Year: 2024

Quote:England, September 1926

An engagement party at venerable Marsden Manor serves up annoyances big and small for Bright Young Thing Philippa Darling and her cousins, Christopher and Francis Astley.

There's the scheming Lady Laetitia Marsden, now engaged to Christopher's and Francis's cousin (and Pippa's personal nemesis) Crispin, Viscount St George.

There's Laetitia's brother, the handsy Lord Geoffrey, and his proclivity for trying to seduce anything in a skirt-by force, if necessary.

There's the general feeling of ill-will towards Pippa's and Christopher's new friend the Graf von und zu Natterdorff-including the tension between the Graf and Francis, left over from the war Francis fought against the Germans.

There's the handful of Crispin's old flames who have received invitations, one of whom is expecting a child, and who is remarkably close-mouthed about exactly whose child it is.

And then, of course, there is the murder, and the other murder, and the attempted murder, and the other attempted murder...

All in all, it's not quite the relaxing weekend in Dorset Pippa had expected, but what's a girl to do when life serves up one mystery after another?

epub | 7.33 MB | English| Isbn:9781420140729 | Author: Fern Michaels | Year: 2018

Quote:They have a passion for strong women-and for bringing justice to the vulnerable: "The Men of the Sisterhood series has it all."-RT Book Reviews

The Sisterhood: a group of women bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Now their male allies, the Men of the Sisterhood, have formed a top-secret organization of their own, with the same goal of helping the helpless and righting the wrongs of the world . . .

When the call comes, the Men of the Sisterhood drop everything to help their friends. This time it's Cyrus, their four-legged hound dog and unofficial mascot. While member Joe Espinosa is driving along an isolated country road with Cyrus in tow, he catches a glimpse of movement in the woods bordering the road and notes Cyrus pawing desperately at the car window. As soon as he pulls over to investigate, Cyrus bolts out the door and leads Joe to three children clustered together-bedraggled, silent, and scared out of their wits. As soon as he has brought the children to safety, Espinosa arranges an urgent meeting.

Charles, Abner, Jack, Dennis, Harry and the rest of the crew gather at BOLO headquarters to hear a shocking story that confirms their worst suspicions. Many more children are still in danger. But in order to protect and avenge the victims, the team must use more cunning than ever before. With so many vulnerable young lives at stake, one mistake would be too many . . .