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Not Fake for Long (affiliate link)
The one person I can’t stand wants me to be her bridesmaid.
My sister. Not that I have time for her crap.
I’m a stockbroker in training and the last thing I need is to cater to my high-maintenance sibling’s every desire.
And her first request? To learn to ride horses. So she can enter the wedding on one.
You’ve got to be kidding me. We’ve never even touched a horse before.
With lots of peer pressure and guilt tripping, we head to a breathtaking ranch, and lucky for me, the horses aren’t the only beautiful things to look at.
The riding instructor is honestly the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. Everything about him sends me in a tizzy.
Best of all, he’s nothing like my sister’s rich jerk of a fiancé.
Wealthy guys are the worst. I work for them, with them, and avoid them at all cost.
This hottie and I hit it off, and he offers to be my plus-one to the wedding, with a fake romance attached to it.
Switchback: A Patrick Flint Novel (affiliate link)
All Patrick Flint wants is a peaceful getaway in the Wyoming mountains. He’s grown weary of the bicentennial celebrations, the angry families of patients, the rash of campers coming down from the mountains high on speed, and the midnight call-outs to cover for the town veterinarian.
But Flint’s family vacation takes a horrifying turn when his daughter Trish disappears—along with their camp, horses, and truck. Is she a runaway, or has she been kidnapped? The answer lies deep in the wilds of the mountains. And with a storm threatening to wipe out any trace of her, Flint must embrace his inner warrior, navigate treacherous terrain, and confront a deadly threat. With his family fragmented and time running out, it’s a desperate, heart-pounding race to rescue his daughter before the wilderness swallows her whole.
Honeymoon For One (Honeymoon Series Book 1) (affiliate link)
USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston invites you to sit back on a lazy afternoon, kick off your shoes, put your feet up, and join her for a few hours with laughter and love in the world she’s created for Michelle and Kirk. (P.S. The scene in last chapter at the office is her favorite, too.)
Drizzle of Death (Baker Street Book 4) (affiliate link)
The Fledglings (Martin Falconer Book 1) (affiliate link)
Man against man. Face to face. One machine against another.
It was shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Martin Falconer and his friend, Frank, were anxious to ‘get into the scrap’ as soon as possible, their youth blinding them to the real danger of it all.
Geoffrey, Martin’s elder brother, knew that it wasn’t a game. He had fought in the trenches, been wounded and had seen friends die.
For Geoffrey the R.F.C. offered an opportunity to escape the mud and horror of the Front, while for Martin and Frank it was the chance to be in at the start of a totally different kind of fighting. They were to be pioneers.
The Supernatural Dragon Hunter Files (Books 1 – 4) (affiliate link)
Bounty hunter John Smoke gets more than he bargained for when the search for a small-time thug reveals a dragon man.
Bailed out by a mysterious wizard, John Smoke, an ex-con turned bounty hunter, is returned to his home with his life hanging by a thread. Aided by his sharpshooting wife, Sid, they set out on an explosive mission against dragon invaders sent to enslave mankind.
Through inter-dimensional portals, savage winged dragon men, ferocious dragons and shapeshifting monstrosities wielding otherworldly magical powers threaten the very existence of humanity. And it will take more than flesh and blood to stop them before they seal the world’s fate.
No matter what the cost, Smoke, Sid, and a formidable group of allies from other worlds must unearth ancient powers long buried – or see the life they know come to an explosive end.
Arabella and the Reluctant Duke: The Wishing Well Series (affiliate link)
A runaway Duke’s daughter. A dashingly handsome blacksmith. A festering secret.
Everything was a lie ….until it all unravelled.
Being a Duke’s daughter is not what it’s cut out to be. Surely, there must be more to life than embroidery, balls, and finding a husband? Running away to work as a governess, Lady Arabella does not count on being hired by a precocious 14-year-old girl who runs the family….and a dashingly handsome father.
Mr Philip Merivale, inventor, blacksmith, and widowed father of three lively children, is not amused. There is one thing he dislikes the most: the aristocracy.
Clearly, the pretty girl who answered his daughter’s advertisement must be a lady. Why did she choose his family for her social experiments? She must be taught a lesson on middle-to-lower-class life.
Adjusting to her new life is difficult, especially when Philip is bent on challenging her at every turn. As the spats between the two grow to undeniable attraction, Arabella uncovers Philip’s devastating secret that jeopardizes everything.
How can Arabella succumb to love when her real identity is what Philip despises the most?
The Butterfly’s Daughter (affiliate link)
Highlander In Her Bed (The Ravenscraig Legacy Book 1) (affiliate link)
She’s fallen in love with an antique bed.
But the ghostly Highlander it comes with is more than she bargained for…
All-business American Mara McDougall thinks there are no such things as ghosts. But a trip to Scotland and one gorgeous phantom are about to prove her dead wrong.
A self-employed tour guide, Mara is weary from leading her charges all over London. So she takes a breather in an antique shop, and spots perhaps the handsomest bed ever. Then she bumps into the handsomest man ever. He has a sexy Scottish burr, a heated gaze, and a chip on his brawny shoulder. Despite a bad start, Mara can’t deny her attraction to the irresistible Highlander. Then she discovers she’s inherited a Scottish castle, and the stipulations she must meet in order to claim her unexpected windfall will help her banish the hot Scot from her mind, or so she hopes.
As a ghost, Sir Alexander Douglas has reviled the name MacDougall for ages. Once a medieval knight betrothed to a lass he’d yet to meet, he fell victim to her beau, a MacDougall, who tricked him into a curse that he would forever haunt the bed intended for his would-be bride. Now Alexander will stop at nothing to keep the magnificent four-poster out of MacDougall – or McDougall – hands.
Riverbend Reunion (affiliate link)
Riverbend, Texas, doesn’t look like the crossroads of anywhere. But for four high school besties reuniting after twenty years, it’s a place to unpack a lot of baggage.
Risa’s headed for divorce, Mary Nell’s been kicked to the curb by her leech of a boyfriend, and Haley was just blindsided by a shocking family secret. But restless army veteran Jessica Callaway, looking to plant roots, has an idea: corral her fellow former cheerleaders and renovate an abandoned church smack-dab in the middle of three dry counties into a bar. Throw in a grill and Wade Granger—a onetime nerd turned surprisingly crush-worthy investor—and their lives are on tap for a turnaround. Amen to that.
Except for one hitch: the white-clapboard dream is causing a ruckus. With a renewed bond, hard work, and the promise of romance, Jessica and her friends aren’t backing down. For Riverbend, this is going to be a homecoming—and a scandal—to remember.
Enough Rope (affiliate link)
The Carpet People (affiliate link)
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet . . .
That’s the old story everyone knows and loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and there’s a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls—and of two brothers who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened.
It’s a story that will come to a terrible end—if someone doesn’t do something about it. If everyone doesn’t do something about it . . .
First published in 1971, this hilarious and wise novel marked the debut of the phenomenal Sir Terry Pratchett. Years later, Sir Terry revised the work, and this special collectable edition includes the updated text, his original color and black-and-white illustrations, and an exclusive story—a forerunner to The Carpet People created by the seventeen-year-old nascent writer who would become one of the world’s most beloved storytellers.
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