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Who Stole My Life? (What If ? Book 1) (affiliate link)
When James Quinn arrives at work one morning, he finds that his entire office building, all his work colleagues and the company where he worked for many years… do not exist.
When the phone in his pocket rings, he answers it, and he’s instructed to take a taxi to a strange meeting in the centre of the city.
Confused, scared, and feeling very alone, he agrees, and so starts a mind-bending journey into a different world that compels James to act out everything that’s expected of him by those who demand it.
But where is his wife? And who has his daughters?
Who are the people now living in his house and occupying his home?
Sheltering Hearts (Virgin River Book 11) (affiliate link)
New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr takes readers back to her beloved Virgin River country in this heartwarming tribute to Rhonda Clemons, founder of Zoe Institute and a winner of a Harlequin More Than Words award.
By discovering a seed of compassion and nurturing it to effect real change, the dedicated women selected as Harlequin More Than Words award recipients make our world a better place. To celebrate their accomplishments, bestselling authors have honored the winners by writing short stories inspired by their lives and work.
City of Blaze (The Fireblade Array Book 1) (affiliate link)
The city is failing and no one else can see it. Its soldiers exploit the castle’s servants, confident that deadly wielders have been exterminated; wars are fought to encourage otherwise absent mortality; countless people suffer from the terrible pangs of nalka, the hunger for intimacy; and all the while its king concerns himself with choosing which of his disappointing concubines to execute next.
The duty falls upon the king’s son, Kahr Morghiad of House Sete’an, to restore the city’s strength and the army’s purpose. In his attempts to right these wrongs, he uncovers darker horrors and encounters a woman with forbidden powers – a woman who could be his greatest ally or his greatest threat.
The Librarian (MAGGIE SLOAN Book 1) (affiliate link)
Maggie Sloan survives an explosion and begins the slow process of healing with the help of her unusual team. When her world is shattered by a heart-wrenching murder, Maggie’s team trains her to fight to win, whatever the cost.
Her grief and rage transform her from prey to relentless hunter, and her brilliant observational talents threaten a complex criminal scheme.
As Maggie closes in on the truth, she realizes she’s on the trail of a mastermind, a dark puppeteer of serial killers, whose intellect threatens to match her own. It all comes down to kill or be killed.
When Rylie went to summer camp, she didn’t expect to get bitten by a werewolf and turn into a monster. She also didn’t expect to fall in love–especially not with a werewolf hunter. Between ravenous werewolf packs, a bloodthirsty family of hunters, and Rylie’s battle with her inner wolf, all the odds are stacked against Rylie’s love for Seth. But Seth will do anything to be with her… even if it means turning against his family and sacrificing everything.
She needs a place to live.
I have an empty room.
It’s a perfect match. Too bad she hates me.
“I’m not going to sleep with you.” That’s the first thing she ever said to me—seven years ago. And I’ve never been able to let it go.
From the day she turned me down, I’ve cemented my position as a playboy, never letting a woman get further than a meaningless hookup. Now, I’m starting to wonder if she’s the real reason why. If she’s the one I want. For good.
Storm Clouds Rolling In (#1 in the Bregdan Chronicles Series) (affiliate link)
Carrie had always lived a charmed life, but restlessness gnawed at her soul. She dreamed of a different future, but dramatic changes are taking place in the South. Her heart and mind would soon be tested by fire – sweeping away dreams of freedom as chaos descends.
Carrie Cromwell comes of age as the storm clouds of the Civil War swallow America. Born with a fiery spirit and a strong mind, she finds herself struggling between the common wisdom of the South and the truth she has discovered. The activities of the Underground Railroad and her close friendships with the Cromwell Plantation slaves create difficult choices. But when her decisions put her at odds with her heritage and challenge her dreams, will she be able to give up all that is precious to her?
Book Boyfriend (Book Boyfriends 1) (affiliate link)
Alex Lawson might as well be the hottest book boyfriend imaginable. A gorgeous, fun, romantic, possessive man. The best part? He’s real.
For adorkable bookworm Mia Sullivan, he’s a dream come true, straight off the pages of her favorite romance novels. From the moment they meet, and he offers to buy her books, she’s smitten.
Lying to Mia was never part of Alex’s plan. Neither was finding success as a secret romance author using a female pen name. But sometimes life takes unexpected turns. Like realizing the woman he’s falling for is his alter ego’s online best friend.
Online, Mia thinks Alex is an author named Lexi. In person, she knows he’s all man. And as their story turns into a whirlwind romance, she wonders if they’re headed for a real happily ever after.
Friends Like These (affiliate link)
One wrong click can ruin your life…
Lizzie hasn’t thought about her colleague Becca in years – not since the accident.
Then Becca’s ex-boyfriend turns up on Tinder, and Lizzie’s curiosity is sparked.
It looks like Becca hasn’t changed. She’s still all over social media: #perfectlife, #perfectjob, #blessed. Lizzie can’t resist a dig. But she sends her mean comment to Becca by mistake…
She’s about to find out you can’t always believe what you see online.
And that with friends like Becca, you don’t need enemies…
Boss From Hell (affiliate link)
There’s no two ways about it. Maximus Frost is devastatingly gorgeous.
There is no other way to describe him, but sex on a stick!
He’s got everything going for him. Ice-gray eyes, chiselled features, strong jawline, lips made for kissing, and the kind of thick glossy hair that makes your fingers itch to run through it.
And let me not get started on his body.
Oh my, dreams are made of this…
But all that doesn’t stop me from wanting to punch his handsome face in.
Grrrrrr…. He makes me so freaking angry, I feel my blood boiling in my veins. The man is impossible. It is as if the horrible man takes an extra special delight in making my life difficult.
THE VICARAGE MURDER (Monica Noble Book 1) (affiliate link)
Meet Monica Noble: the vicar’s wife with a taste for solving crimes.
IN A QUIET COTSWOLD VILLAGE ALL HELL IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE.
Monica Noble is throwing a party to welcome the village’s new residents. The guests include celebrity chef Sean and his wife Margaret. Also on the list are an Oxford university professor, a 40-something divorcée, and the owner of a chain of gyms.
Then as the drinks are flowing, a shotgun blast rings out. One of the guests is found dead.
DCI Dury and Sergeant Jim Greer are soon on the scene and discover that the victim had many enemies. Almost all the guests harbour secrets and motives for murder. Even Monica’s daughter comes under suspicion.
Daughters of Sea and Storm (The Vesper Coven Book 1) (affiliate link)
Sixteen-year-old Wren Vesper is just like every other kid she knows: trying to survive high school and figure out what she wants to do with her life. But when news of her grandmother’s death reaches her, she discovers she is not like everyone else, and that question about what to do with her life may no longer be hers to answer. Wren and her mother return to Sedgwick Cove, the tiny coastal Maine town where her mother grew up, and there she learns the truth about the family she barely knows: the Vespers aren’t just a family: they’re a coven.
Centuries ago, a bargain was struck and a powerful spell cast: As long as three Vesper witches lived in Sedgwick Cove, the town would be safe from the dark forces that threatened its borders. Wren’s mother reluctantly agrees to take her own mother’s place as the third Vesper witch, but when she disappears under mysterious circumstances, it falls to Wren to navigate the dark and winding world of witchcraft she never knew existed.
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