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When I sold a vintage typewriter, I never imagined its new owner would become my pen pal, best friend, and secret crush. We have two rules: no photos and no real names. Over the years, "Remington" and I have gone from typewritten notes to daily texts, but our rules stay the same. And so does my life. I'm a wannabe writer who can't complete a novel, and I've fallen for a guy who I've never met. So when I received a letter my Nanna wrote before she died encouraging me to embark on a summer of risks—my first on the list was to break all the rules.

"Hey, want to help me break up a wedding?" is a dubious start to an unlikely friendship, but the bride’s ex-boyfriend, Zack, is the perfect partner in crime for Tilly's misguided plan to spoil the nuptials. The bearded and brooding man is clearly desperate to win back the love of his life, and she’s all too willing to help if it’ll break up the happy couple. But the more she tries to interfere with the wedding, and the closer she gets to Zack, the more confusing Tilly's feelings become.

It’s official. I, Ainsley James, am crazy. Desperate and crazy. It’s the only explanation as to why I’m nauseous, standing outside Maverick Lexington’s door. I mean, it’s possible the stories about his deck of playing cards - with the letters IOU scrawled across the back - are just rumors of the ruthless quid pro quo deals he barters. But the flutters in my stomach know better. Maverick is as cold as they come. But, I need one of those cards. I need to owe Maverick Lexington a favor....

Lana loves four things: science, her cats, her friends, and her books. She’s on her way to earning her professorship when she finds out her long-term boyfriend has been sleeping with her best friend! That discovery has her hiding in the broom closet at a posh hotel. Only, it turns out broom closets are the place to be these days. Christian Slade, America’s sexiest man alive (as voted by fans), in a desperate attempt to escape the paparazzi finds himself in a broom closet with one sobbing occupant. Unable to leave a damsel in distress, he offers help, only to realise she has no idea who he is!

Grace Carter thought she’d left Willowbrook—and her past—behind for good. But when heartbreak sends her back to her childhood home by the lake, she comes face-to-face with the one person she never truly let go of: Ben Jacobs, her childhood best friend turned first love. As Grace finds herself drawn back into the comforting embrace of small-town life, old feelings resurface, forcing her to confront the biggest question of all: Is Willowbrook still just a stop on her journey, or could it finally be home? Welcome to Willowbrook, where love lingers like a warm summer breeze and second ...

I've been pretending for so long it's become normal. To the average person, I have it all… a multi-million-dollar contract to play baseball, four homes, and—if I choose—my pick of any gorgeous woman on my arm. The only problem? The one woman I want—no, need—in my life completely erased me from her memory when we were only teens.

When a socially awkward finance-hotshot—aka me—grudgingly walks into Boston's famous Cheers bar to do happy hour with the insufferably misogynistic guys from work, I don't expect the cute bartender to salvage the rest of my never-ending workday with a cleverly disguised mocktail. I especially don't expect him to talk Shakespeare to me.

The last person she expected to see in the doctor’s office was the guy who broke her heart! Colleen I knew there was a reason my mother was pushing me to go get a physical – she had a plan to fix me up with my ex-boyfriend, the boy who broke my heart twenty years ago. Ben may be a handsome doctor now, but I don’t know if I can trust him when he says he wants a second chance. Ben When I moved back to the small town of Cedar Creek I figured there was a chance I’d run into Colleen, the only woman I’ve ever loved. One look at the curvy beauty and I’m head over heels in love again. I...

I knew it was a bad idea to get on the elevator. Because now, I have three problems. Number one, I’m stuck in the elevator. Number two, I’m soaking wet from the rain. Number three, he got in before the doors closed. Miles Humphries. My neighbor. The one I hate. The biggest jerk I’ve ever met. Mr. Bachelor-for-Life and I, Rose Taylor, are like night and day. Imagine my jaw dropping when he asks me to be his fake fiancée. And move in with him. Together with my cat. Hello? That’s disaster waiting to happen. But then he makes me an offer I can’t refuse.

She constructs perfect crimes. He writes perfect love stories. But the truth is something lost in the coffee grounds. Bestselling mystery author Vivienne Sterling catalogs the world in clues: the sharp angle of a liar's jaw, the cold draft of an empty room, the bitter tang of an unsolved puzzle. She knows how to decode anything—except the infuriatingly quiet man who edits textbooks at her favorite Green Arbor café. But when a spilled coffee reveals the manuscript he’s hiding, Viv unearths a secret that doesn't fit into any of her case files. The alluring stranger is actually "Evelyn ...

As the ice queen heiress to a multi-million-dollar luxury hotel chain, Margot always knew her parents would choose who she was to marry—whichever candidate had the deepest pockets and the most business assets. So when the time comes to either enter an engagement with a man she’s never met or lose her sparkling fortune, Margot knows there is only one answer. To keep her impulsivity in check, and to avoid ruining the business deal of a lifetime, Margot’s parents enlist Sumner Pennington, a new hire at the hotel, to play her secretary and to keep the leash on her tight.

"Jorgensen writes another perfect beach read! It’s a great love story with so much romance and giddy girlie feelings." A joyfully romantic novel about a beautifully confident wedding photographer and the perpetually charming groomsman. Levi is the tatted bad boy that you want to date with a heart of gold that you want to marry. Winnie is the strong and independent photographer. Serendipitous encounters continue to push them together. How many weddings does it take for them to realize they just might be perfect together? In this fast paced romance you'll experience familial trauma, dual ...

Two years ago, I had the hottest night of my life with a woman who didn’t want to tell me her name—and in a tequila-fueled fever dream, I agreed. She was funny, sexy, and after I got past her brittle shell, secretly very sweet. In the morning, she was gone. I’ve looked for her in every city I’ve played in since. That night ruined me for anyone else, but the woman I only know as “Jersey Girl” never showed up at another game. Not until I skate onto brand new ice as part of the NHL’s latest team. And there she is, in the stands at our season opening game. Very carefully not looking at me.

For Jess Chavez, a week in Maui is hardly a dream vacation—not when her sister expects her to be the perfect maid of honor. Not only does Jess have to fake perfection, but she can’t let anyone know she’s unemployed and barely scraping by. Above all, she needs to steer clear of Connor Blackwood, the sexy groomsman who broke her heart five years ago.

A divorced empty nester. A millionaire who built his fortune and his walls in equal measure. A meddling matchmaker who paired them without permission. At fifty-two, Morgan Larson is done feeling invisible. After her divorce and her daughter's move across the country, she's rattling around an empty house in Wisconsin. When did she become someone who apologizes for taking up space? So when a matchmaking service pairs her with an Alaskan bachelor she's never met, she does something reckless: she says yes. Griffin Hayes didn't ask to be matched. At fifty-eight, Silver Sound's construction ...

Tras la muerte de su padre, el prestigioso empresario alemán Eric Zimmerman decide viajar a España para supervisar las delegaciones de la empresa Müller. En la oficina central de Madrid conoce a Judith, una joven ingeniosa y simpática de la que se encapricha de inmediato.

Tres historias repletas de misterio, traiciones, ambición, romance, temores, secretos... Tres historias, aparentemente independientes, que nos atrapan en una intriga constante. Mercedes Guerrero nos presenta a Laura y su madrastra Sofía, que llegan a Salzburgo huyendo de Carlos...

Júlia Casanovas trabaja en un bar de tapas de Barcelona. Hace ya una década fue una actriz de éxito, pero su naturaleza complaciente la llevó a aceptar un papel que hizo añicos su amor por la interpretación… y su carrera. Sin embargo, todo cambiará cuando un desconocido aparezca en el local en el que trabaja con un mensaje bastante críptico: "Creo que te necesito".

Porque a veces el amor de tu vida no es tu alma gemela. Emilia es una joven odontóloga que está a punto de casarse con su prometido: el famosísimo pintor Daniel Gastón, conocido por sus enigmáticas obras donde siempre retrata a la misma mujer; él asegura a todos —incluso a su prometida—, que su misteriosa musa es solo una creación suya, su alter ego. La vida aparentemente perfecta de Emilia comienza a romperse en pedazos cuando conoce a Daniela, una talentosa escritora que acaba de volver a México después de pasar varios años en el extranjero y que luce escalofriantemente parecida a la mujer de las pinturas de su futuro esposo.

A veces las casualidades se hacen cómplices de los deseos. Costanza y Mauro llevaban media vida esperándose hasta que un encuentro imprevisto en la Gran Vía de Madrid volvió a unir sus destinos. Costanza, recién separada de su marido, abogada en un prestigioso despacho, tenía entre manos la defensa de un importante banquero, una circunstancia que le absorbía todas las horas del día. Mauro, el padre Mauro, acababa de volver de Roma para acometer un trabajo encargado por el arzobispado de Madrid.

A Tiernan de Haas ya no le importa nada ni nadie. Cuando sus padres fallecen de repente, sabe que debería estar devastada. Pero ¿ha cambiado algo realmente? Al fin y al cabo, siempre ha estado sola. Jake Van der Berg, el hermanastro de su padre y su único pariente vivo, asume la tutela de Tiernan, a quien todavía le faltan dos meses para cumplir los dieciocho años.

Leah está rota. Leah ya no pinta. Leah es un espejismo desde el accidente que se llevó a sus padres. Axel es el mejor amigo de su hermano mayor y, cuando accede a acogerla en su casa durante unos meses, quiere ayudarla a encontrar y unir los pedazos de la chica llena de color que un día fue. Pero no sabe que ella siempre ha estado enamorada de él, a pesar de que sean casi familia, ni de que toda su vida está a punto de cambiar.

¿Cómo se ignora lo que late en tu interior? ¿Cómo se recupera el rumbo de una vida trazada por una mentira? Desde muy pequeña, Maya se ha sacrificado en cuerpo y alma por el ballet. Trabaja como solista en la Compañía Nacional de Danza y los ballets más prestigiosos han puesto sus ojos en ella. Sin embargo, un grave accidente acaba con su futuro prometedor.

Michael Crist, el hermano mayor de mi exnovio, es como esa película de miedo que estás deseando ver. Guapo, fuerte e intimidante, le he observado durante años, deseando estar más cerca para comprobar si lo que se dice de él es verdad. Es la estrella del equipo de baloncesto de su universidad, jamás había reparado en mí y apenas me había mirado… hasta ahora. Tiene algo en mente, lo noto, casi puedo saborearlo pero, sabiendo todo lo que sé, ¿quiero averiguar que tiene planeado?

Llega a España la novela que ha catapultado a Abby Jimenez a las listas de best sellers y que la ha convertido en un fenómeno editorial. Sobre Justin pesa una maldición y, gracias a un hilo de Reddit, ahora lo sabe todo internet: las mujeres con las que sale encuentran a su alma gemela en cuanto su relación con él termina. Cuando Emma, una chica con el mismo problema, se cuela en sus mensajes directos, se les ocurre un plan: salir juntos y romper. De esta forma, sus maldiciones se anularán y ambos encontrarán al amor de su vida.

La novela más íntima y personal de Megan Maxwell, con la que te emocionarás de principio a fin. Alana es una periodista independiente que se refugia en su profesión porque es muy escéptica en cuestiones de amor. Un día, la revista para la que trabaja le encarga un reportaje en Nueva York, y allí, los caprichos del destino harán que conozca a Joel Parker, un atractivo norteamericano. Sin em­bargo, cuando Alana descubre que es capitán de la primera división de Marines del ejército de Estados Unidos, huye de él sin mediar palabra.