epub | 7.34 MB | English| Isbn:9781835257081 | Author: D.K. Hood | Year: 2024

Quote:Stepping into the dark cave just a short distance from the safety of her college friends, the blonde-haired girl immediately senses danger. A tall figure steps out of the shadows, and she knows there's no time to run.

When a heavy storm hits Black Rock Falls, it brings a trail of destruction. Sheriff Jenna Alton is more than prepared, but she never expects to find college sweethearts Abby Jaye and Cole Peters floating among the wreckage in the river. Missing for twelve years following an end-of-school party, no clues were ever found and the couple's devastated parents gave up hope that their beloved children would ever come home. Could the fraternity pin clutched tightly in Abby's hand be the key to finding out what really happened that night?

As Jenna and her deputy David Kane speak to the pair's classmates, they're struck by how startlingly similar their stories are. They all say that nothing suspicious happened that night-they describe the open fire, the cans of cheap beer and the way Abby and Cole seemed totally in love before they disappeared. Their accounts are word-for-word identical, Jenna suspects the friends are keeping a deadly secret, and she's determined to find out what it is.

Days later, Marissa, who still lives in town with her husband and young children, is found dead at a remote farm miles from her cozy family home just hours after answering Jenna's questions. Jenna's pulse races as she realizes the killer could be one of the group, and so could their next victim.

As Jenna inspects the isolated barn, gun shots ring out nearby. Heart pounding, she receives a panicked phone call from the youngest member of her team. She races to the forest, praying that her friend is still alive. But with a deadly storm brewing overhead, and a twisted killer on the loose, will she make it in time to save another life from being taken?

If you love reading Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot, you will be hooked by this absolutely gripping crime thriller from USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author D.K. Hood.

**Each Kane and Alton book can be read as part of the series or as a standalone**

What readers are saying about Tears on Her Grave: "I can't express how much I love this. I was kept guessing right up until the end. Must read!" Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

"I love this. Gripping. Had me hooked and once I started I couldn't put it down. I loved all the twists and turns!" Stardust Book Reviews, 5 stars

"Had me on the edge of my seat. I did not want to stop reading!. I loved every minute of it!!!" Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars

"Addictive. Hard to put down! I loved so many things. Delivered and then some!...

epub | 7.42 MB | English| | Author: Libby Kay | Year: 2024

Quote:On the first day of Christmas, Buckeye Falls gave to me...

A snow storm...

Uninvited dinner guests...

A Christmas pageant...

And a friends' reunion dinner to warm your heart.

It's been ten years since five couples found love in this charming small Ohio town. Families and careers have grown, but the love remains the same.

Max is hosting Christmas at the diner, a final sendoff before the beloved hangout gets a facelift. But the risk of a snow storm and a few uninvited guests threaten everyone's plans. Will it be a Christmas to remember, or will their holiday get plowed away?

Revisit your favorite couples in this holiday novella, which includes favorite recipes from the series. Warning: this story will make you hungry and may cause uncontrollable swoons.

epub | 7.46 MB | English| Isbn:9781662509421 | Author: Alexis Hall | Year: 2024

Quote:From the author of Boyfriend Material comes the absurdist adventure of two friends determined to avoid marriage to unsuitable people as they race through Regency England to marry each other instead. Sir Horley Comewithers isn't particularly interested in getting married, especially when his match is a perfectly respectable young woman. Sir Horley is, after all, extravagantly gay. But he's resigned to a fate there's no point resisting-until a dear friend does it for him.
Arabella Tarleton has no interest in romance, but even she can see that Sir Horley's nuptials are destined to end in a lifetime of misery. Well, not on her watch. And what are friends for, if not abducting you on the night before your wedding in an overdramatic attempt to save you from a terrible mistake?
Their journey to Gretna Green is a hodgepodge of colorful run-ins and near misses with questionable innkeepers, amateur highwaymen, overattentive writers, and scorned fiancées. Then again a bumpy road is better than an unhappy destination.
But when it comes to marriage, Belle and Sir Horley are about to discover that it's not what you do or how you do it but the people who you choose to do it with that matter most.

epub | 7.45 MB | English| Isbn:9781738100460 | Author: Alana Dyer | Year: 2023

Quote:Soulless - werewolves who have turned rogue with no humanity left, giving in to their beastly urges.
Rejection - an act in which your soulmate rejects the mate bond, causing immense pain to the rejected.
Moon Goddess - the deity that created the werewolf race whom her creation worship
Omega - The lowest ranked wolf in the pack sometimes treated as nothing more than a slave or an object
Alpha King/Queen - The rulers of the werewolf nation
Runt - The smallest of the wolf pack, usually ignored or bullied for being the smallest
Crystalline Thorn grows under the abuse by her father as she trains to take the throne one day and become the Alpha Queen, leader of every wolf in the werewolf nation. She dreams of the day when she meets her mate and be accepted as a strong Queen, especially since she is a runt. But her dream is soon shattered when on the day of an Alliance her mate discovers her "weak" form and rejects her promptly leading to her father disowning her and her hopes to inherit the throne is dashed. But that is the least of her worries. Soon, with the help of Geminie and Amberle, Crystalline learns of a war that has been brewing for thousands of years, of a destiny that has been written in the stars by the original Moon Goddess - Luna - and the Goddess of Destiny - Morai - have placed upon her and her connection to the Lost Princess. Will Crystalline be able to retrieve her throne?
Will she accept the mate that rejected her or chose the second chance mate?
Or will the weight of responsibility handed to her crush her entirely?

epub | 7.41 MB | English| Isbn:9781782508533 | Author: Inkeri Karvonen, Hannu Taina (Illustrator) | Year: 2023

Quote:A touching holiday tale. Rise of the Guardians with a sprinkling of Swedish charm. Little Tomte lives happily in his cosy house beside a beautiful tree. When winter arrives, he's worried that Christmas won't come. So he makes a special Christmas wish and embarks on a candle-making plan which will help make his wish come true.
A heartwarming festive tale drawn with gentle humor by acclaimed Finnish illustrator Hannu Taina.

epub | 7.4 MB | English| Isbn:9781498934909 | Author: Airicka Phoenix | Year: 2014

Quote:I assumed I was human.
I assumed wrong.
I dream of death and warm blood on my hands. I dream of the day I burn the world to the ground. I dream of the day
I will finally die.
Running is something my mother taught me to do very well. I never knew why until the night I cause an earthquake and meet Isaiah. My shadow. My protector. My other half. I need him. I need his blood. He is the only one who can keep me hidden from the man who created me. The man who created
the monster.
The world is depending on me not to fall in love. But what happens when the temptation becomes too great and falling is my only option? Can I live knowing I will destroy the world because his touch is the only thing keeping me alive?
And how can I trust someone as lost as I am?
Touch Passion. Touch Power. Touch Smoke!

epub | 7.46 MB | English| | Author: Aubrey Wynne | Year: 2024

Quote:A contest to win her fortune...
Lady Winfield, a long-time wealthy widow, is infamous for her outrageous house parties. While hosting her annual Christmastide gathering, Christiana proposes a new game: a daily challenge of her choice. She will accept the proposal of the man who can best her at three or more competitions by Twelfth Night. Though all agree to the diversion, no one expects the games to include marksmanship, archery, and fencing.

A contest to win her heart...
When Lucius, Viscount Page presents Lady Winfield with a secret challenge, she can't resist. Will their midnight rendezvous and private contests end in certain victory for one or a dual attraction for both?

epub | 7.46 MB | English| | Author: Rene Webb | Year: 2023

Quote:Daddy's is not the only one who notices how special Violet is...

A well-respected professor, Violet Davis.
I had all but given up hope of finding a man, a Daddy, who would respect me professionally and cherish my little side. Someone I didn't have to hide who I really am from. Then I ran into Professor Etienne Martin and he showed me what a patient and caring Daddy he could be.
Will the anonymous texts alluding to my private little side ruin everything?

A famous nature photographer, Etienne Martin.
I returned home to the small town of Pinetree to take up the position of assistant professor of photography at the local college. I needed to distance myself from the phony littles who only wanted me for my status and wealth.
I never expected the perfect little girl to bounce into a faculty meeting and introduce herself as the history of photography professor, Violet Davis. But I'm not the only one who notices how special Professor Davis is.

Can Daddy protect Violet from a crazed stalker and learn to love again?

epub | 7.67 MB | English| | Author: Samantha Kane | Year: 2024

Quote:THEY EACH HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN A DANGEROUS GAME. WHEN THEY DROP THEIR MASKS, LOVE MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN SAVE THEM.

"No one does the hot historical better..." Kate Pearce, NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author.

Brothers in Arms Book Fifteen

Hastings loves his job as a secret agent for the Home Office. He always gets to kill the bad guys and save the day. He wakes up after a bout of heavy drinking to find himself naked and abandoned in the country, in the garden of a kind, handsome vicar. Suddenly he's not so sure that the lonely, violent life he's living-a life that requires him to deny his feelings and avoid commitment-is the best thing for him after all.

The Reverend Mr. Stephen Matthews has always ministered to his wayward friends and acquaintances with patience and kindness, despite their unusual personal relationships. Relationships he accepted but didn't always understand. Then he finds a naked spy in his garden-a gift from one of those friends-and he wants to indulge the side of his nature he's always denied: impatient and wicked in the best possible way.

When Madelyn Hyde shows up seeking shelter and protection-sent by the head of the shadowy Home Office agency Hastings works for-she complicates their lives even more. She's beautiful, mysterious, and so very lonely. Stephen recognizes her loneliness despite the disguise she uses to hide it, and Hastings recognizes it because her hunger and loneliness mirror his own.

Can three people who have lived their lives trying to be what other people demand find the happiness that has eluded them when they drop their masks and show each other the real people underneath?

A friends to lovers, opposites attract, rivals to lovers, forced proximity, historical erotic romance.