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Isabella When one of my clients expresses a desire to meet national hero Riordan O’Connor, I’m determined to make the wish come true. I don’t expect the grumpy mountain man to be the sexiest silver fox I’ve ever seen or the sparks that fly between us. As we are forced to work together, I discover there’s more to Riordan than meets the eye. Can I convince him to let down his guard and give us a chance? Redeeming The Mountain Man is a short sweet and steamy, small town instalove romance with a happy-ever-after. It can be read as a standalone or together with the rest of the books in...

Shirley Wolf and Cindy Collier met in a juvenile detention center and had known each other for only a few hours when they decided to escape and randomly kill a stranger. They would go to a senior condominium center in Auburn, California, where they would seek an elderly victim. They would find one in the 85-year-old Anna Brackett. They entered her home under the ruse that they needed to use the phone to call their parents.

Nara Tengo una tendencia a enamorarme perdidamente de hombres increíblemente atractivos que terminan destrozándome el corazón. Mucho mayor que yo y experimentado en todos los aspectos que importan, Patrick O'Connor es el hombre más atractivo que he conocido. Cuando me mira, siento como si fuera todo lo que ve. La única manera de salvar mi corazón es mantenerme alejada de él, terminar mis estudios de posgrado y regresar a la ciudad, donde pertenezco. Patrick Sé que Nara Johnson es mía en el momento en que veo sus curvas irresistibles caminando por mi campo. Pero la joven belleza ...

What was this mysterious, eccentric, and irresistibly seductive man doing in Sedikhan, and what did he want with an ordinary woman like Billie? Her curiosity piqued, Billie followed David to the lavish pleasure fortress he called home, with its armed guards and adoring staff. He warned her that the pleasure he offered her would last forever. What he didn't know was that Billie only believed in now.

A music therapist who thrives on helping others, Kendra Michaels cherishes the ordinary life she has achieved after stem cell surgery restored her sight. The skills she perfected during those sightless years - the ability to pick up the most subtle audio, olfactory, and tactile cues in the world around her - coupled with her laser-sharp mind - have made her a uniquely potent observer and problem solver. Kendra’s uncanny way of connecting the dots is as baffling to law enforcement as it is legendary.

When Eve Duncan gave birth to her daughter, she experienced a love she never knew existed. Nothing would stand in the way of giving Bonnie a wonderful life - until the unthinkable happened and the seven-year-old vanished into thin air. Eve found herself in the throes of a nightmare from which there was no escape. But a new Eve emerged: a woman who would use her remarkable talent as a forensic sculptor to help others find closure in the face of tragedy. Now with the help of her beloved Joe Quinn and CIA agent Catherine Ling, Eve has come closer than ever to the truth.

A CIA agent’s two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Nine years later, Catherine Ling’s instincts - maternal and professional - tell her that her son is still alive, but she needs the help of someone as driven and obsessed as she is to find him - and that person is Eve Duncan. Eve has walked this same path and shares Catherine’s nightmare, having endured the disappearance of her own daughter, Bonnie.

Harriet is leaving her boyfriend Claude, "the French rat". That at least is how Harriet sees things, even if it’s Claude who has just asked Harriet to leave his Greenwich Village apartment. Well, one way or another she has no intention of leaving. To the contrary, she will stay and exact revenge - or would have if Claude had not had her unceremoniously evicted. Still, though moved out, Harriet is not about to move on. Not in any way. Girlfriends circle around to patronize and advise, but Harriet only takes offense, and it’s easy to understand why.

Charmian Kittredge London (1871–1955) was the epitome of a modern woman. Free-spirited and adventurous, she defied modern expectations of femininity. Today she is best known as the wife of the famous American author Jack London, yet she was a literary trailblazer in her own right. This biography is the first book to tell the complete story of Charmian’s life—freed from the shadow cast by her famous husband.

When Joy McGuire arrives in the sleepy Missouri town of Heron’s Landing, she thinks she’s left her past behind in Chicago. As a journalist, Joy just wants to write - and to forget. When she meets local vineyard owner Adam Danvers though, she discovers not only her next story, but a man who makes her heart pound faster. The only problem? Adam hates journalists. But when he kisses her, she forgets that she’s supposed to hate him. Instead, she soon realizes she’s given him her heart.

Alexander For generations, marriages in my family have been nothing more than mergers. As the only heir, I’ve been groomed to do whatever makes our business empire prosper. So, when my father arranges an alliance with the daughter of another powerful conglomerate, I expect nothing more than mutual courtesy from her. Fresh out of college, my bride to be is twenty years younger than me but her age and innocent looking eyes don’t fool me. Nia’s family is just as ruthless and calculating as mine. But the more I get to know her, the softer my heart becomes. She doesn’t scurry away at the...

The coronation of King Adrien de Guillory is fast approaching, but there’s one problem: The crown of Staria is missing. Captain Ferrin Leonhart only has a few clues to go by: A young thief caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, rumors of a man in a green cloak, a city guard captain who knows too much…and Silver, the royal tailor and former thief.

Catherine Ling is one of the CIA's most prized operatives. Raised on the streets of Hong Kong, she was pulled into the agency at the age of fourteen. If life has taught her anything, it is not to get attached, but there are two exceptions to that rule: her son Luke and her mentor Hu Chang. Luke was kidnapped at age two, and now, nine years later, he has astonishingly been returned to her. Catherine vows never to fail him again.

When it comes to Eve Duncan, never say never....Is she dead or alive? That is the question on everybody’s lips. Eve appears to have been the victim of James Doane, the psychopath who kidnapped her and forced her to use her skills as a forensic sculptor to reconstruct the skull of his depraved son. That’s what everyone attending her funeral thinks, at least.

Finn No he podido olvidar a la mejor amiga de mi cuñada desde que la conocí. Aiyana es mucho más joven que yo, pero la veterinaria del zoológico tiene las curvas más sensuales que he visto jamás. Y como yo, solo está interesada en relaciones casuales, lo que parece el regalo de Navidad perfecto. Pero un día con ella es suficiente para que mi corazón se enamore. ¿Cómo convenzo a esta belleza temerosa del compromiso de que soy digno de su confianza? A Fling For Christmas es un romance corto, dulce y ardiente de Chica Curvilínea, Diferencia de Edad, Instalove Navideño con un final...

Jasmine Acabo de graduarme del título de enfermería que siempre quise hacer y no puedo esperar a viajar por el mundo cuando el hombre más atractivo que he visto en mi vida se muda a la casa de al lado. En el momento en que Hunter Wilson me conoce, me propone matrimonio. Estoy segura de que el autor de thrillers psicológicos está loco: es mucho mayor que yo y no me voy a casar a los veintidós años. Pero cuando resulto herida y necesito ayuda, descubro qué hombre tan cariñoso es. Se vuelve cada vez más difícil resistirme a él y empiezo a cuestionar el camino que tracé para mi ...

Gorgeous Hollywood stunt double Kendra Michaels is vying for the job of her life - a high-paying, high-risk jump that will clear the debt on her brother's medical bills. Casey Michaels was a stuntman himself until a job went tragically wrong. Now Kendra is prepared to take the same chance. There's just one man standing in her way, a man whose irresistible magnetism seduced her in ways she'd never experienced - and never before surrendered to.

Pensó que había guardado su corazón para siempre, hasta que él rugió de vuelta al pueblo para demostrarle que estaba equivocada. Rosa Nunca pensé que volvería a ver al hombre que robó mi corazón y me dejó con dos hermosas hijas. Pero ahora Raidon está de vuelta y quiere una segunda oportunidad. ¿Puedo confiar en él con mi corazón otra vez? ¿Con nuestras niñas? Single Mom And The Biker es una lectura ardiente y dulce de una hora que presenta a un hombre que quiere reclamar a su familia. Tiene un final feliz dulce. Puede leerse de forma independiente o junto con el resto de ...

Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century's great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between England, Ireland, Italy and America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest in one country. Fifteen years later, that country would be at war with her own. With piercing insight, Origo documents the grim absurdities that her adopted Italy underwent as war became more and more unavoidable.

Murder by Candlelight The Antique Key Mysteries – Book 3 by Iris Calder When the lights go out, the truth comes into focus… Clara Bennett is still learning to rebuild her life while running her grandmother’s antique shop in Windward Cove. But when she receives a stunning brass candelabra engraved with mysterious symbols, she never imagines it will become the centerpiece of a deadly crime. At a crowded town fundraiser, the room plunges into darkness — and when the lights return, a respected community leader lies dead at Clara’s feet. Poisoned. Now, the candelabra is more than a ...