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A Cowboy’s Secret By Vicki Lewis Thompson

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A cowboy by any other name…

When Air Force vet Aaron Donahue lands a dream job in Eagles Nest he doesn’t have love on his mind. Then Caitlin Dempsey pops on his radar and he can think of nothing else. But his chances of successfully wooing her take a nose dive. Against all odds, he shares his name, both first and last, with her cheating ex.

If only he could start fresh with a different name…

Saddle up for the sixteenth book in the McGavin Brothers western romance series from the NYT bestselling author who brought you the Sons of Chance and Thunder Mountain Brotherhood. If you like sexy cowboys, charming small towns, and laugh-out-loud adventures, you’ll love the McGavin Brothers. Pick up your copy today!

The McGavin Brothers
A COWBOY’S STRENGTH (Book 1)
A COWBOY’S HONOR (Book 2)
A COWBOY’S RETURN (Book 3)
A COWBOY’S HEART (Book 4)
A COWBOY’S COURAGE (Book 5)
A COWBOY’S CHRISTMAS (Book 6)
A COWBOY’S KISS (Book 7)
A COWBOY’S LUCK (Book 8)
A COWBOY’S CHARM (Book 9)
A COWBOY’S CHALLENGE (Book 10)
A COWBOY’S BABY (Book 11)
A COWBOY’S HOLIDAY (Book 12)
A COWBOY’S CHOICE (Book 13)
A COWBOY’S WORTH (Book 14)
A COWBOY’S DESTINY (Book 15)
A COWBOY’S SECRET (Book 16)

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New York Times bestselling author Vicki Lewis Thompson divides her writing time among cowboy heroes, werewolf heroes and nerd heroes. She’s threatening to dream up a book about a nerdy werewolf cowboy. The recipient of Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award, she has more than a hundred published books and has at least a hundred more story ideas swirling in her head.

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Bad Love By Piper Lawson

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LOGAN

I bet my family’s legacy on making 10,000 women happy.

Kendall Sullivan, marketing queen, is my only hope of saving the thing I care most about.

She doesn’t have time for my shenanigans or my playboy reputation.
Too bad I can’t get her out of my head.

So what happens when I only want to please her?

KENDALL

Pastor’s kid. Single mom. Divorced before I could drink.

I’ve never regretted any of it.

Until the infamous Logan Hunter makes me an offer: I help him with his problem and he helps me with mine.

He’s the most gorgeous, infuriating man I’ve ever met. Every bit of my control crumbles when I’m around him.

It’s reckless. A bad idea. A devil’s bargain…

I’m totally going to hell for this.

Bad Love is a provocative new contemporary romance from USA Today bestselling author Piper Lawson! It is a full-length standalone in the interconnected Modern Romance series (#2).

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Piper Lawson is a USA Today bestselling author of smart, steamy romance! She writes about women who follow their dreams (even the scary ones), best friends who know your dirty secrets (and love you anyway), and complex heroes you’ll fall hard for (especially after talking with them). Brains or brawn? She’ll never make you choose. Piper lives in Canada with her tall, dark and brilliant husband. She believes peanut butter is a protein, rose gold is a neutral, and love is ALWAYS the answer.

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Coming Soon – The Nanny Rules by Melynda Price

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Don’t touch the nanny. It’s one rule I’m most certainly going to break.

Since becoming a single father, I have two things that keep me sane—my daughter Lily and playing football for the NFL. But when my meddling sister hires a nanny without my knowledge, I’m not thrilled to come home and find the woman has taken over my house. Our instant attraction is one more complication I don’t need in my life.

But my daughter loves Amelia, and I will do anything for that tiny munchkin. Even if it means walking around with blue balls most of the time. Why does the nanny have to be so sweet—and drop dead gorgeous? She’s driving me crazy. Never in my life have I wanted a woman more.

I just need to make it through this season. I can do that. Hands free, of course. But then there’s that moment, and I know she’s thinking what I’m thinking and, well, yeah. Screw the rules…

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Melynda Price is a bestselling and award-winning author of contemporary romance. Her Against the Cage series has finaled in many awards such as the RONE, USA Today BBA, Golden Quill, National Readers’ Choice, and New England Readers’ Choice.

What Price enjoys most about writing is the chance to make her readers fall in love, over and over again. She cites the greatest challenge of writing is making the unbelievable believable, while taking her characters to the limit with stories full of passion and unique twists and turns. Salting stories with undertones of history whenever possible, Price adds immeasurable depth to her well-crafted books. She currently lives in Northern Minnesota with her husband and two children where she has plenty of snow-filled days to curl up in front of the fireplace with her Chihuahua and a hot cup of coffee to write.

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New Release – Contemporary Romance – Moonshine and Magnolias

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Hotel executive Wendy Marsh puts her career on hold when she inherits half of her family’s inn. Her to-do list? It’s simple: teach her spoiled cousin how to manage Fountenoy Hall, then hightail it back to her structured, careful life in Atlanta. Romance has never been part of Wendy’s plan – so what is it about the sexy history professor researching the inn that she finds so tempting?

Rob Upshaw would be enjoying his time at the Inn at Fountenoy Hall if he wasn’t secretly hunting for a family treasure lost during Prohibition. Only a few minor inconveniences stand in his way. His uncle’s old journals are cryptic, he has only a vague description of the loot, and the beautiful, uptight innkeeper with a subtle sense of humor might hold the key to his quest. Even though Rob’s career is built on facts, he accepts he might have to lie to Wendy. But falling for her? That’s out of the question.

Moonshine and Magnolias is a Just Add Peaches novel. Each book in the series is a stand-alone, passionate and playful contemporary romance, but you’ll want more than one juicy bite.

At the same time she marries Kenton, a stroke kills his father. And then before she can tell Kenton she’s pregnant, he dies in an automobile accident. Heartbroken and burdened with the gift of the Chandler Hill Inn and Winery, she’s left with the task of making them a success. Struggling to raise a child alone while working to grow the business, Lettie makes a shocking discovery that changes everything.

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Abigail Sharpe is a Boston-bred Yankee now eating grits and saying “y’all” in North Central Florida. She dreamed more of being a stage actress or joining the CIA than being an author. While she still enjoys participating in community theater productions and singing karaoke, the secret-agent career was replaced by hours at her computer, writing passionate and playful contemporary romance.

When she’s not writing, she can be found wearing a corset and singing bawdy songs with Just Desserts, an a cappella musical comedy act, at places that won’t throw them out.

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Pretty Reckless From Best Selling Author LJ Shen

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We were supposed to be best friends But turned out to be worst enemies…

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.

I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and

now my heart was completely iced.

I took her first kiss.

She took the only thing I loved.

I was poor.

She was rich.

The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.

Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.

Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.

Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother.

There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears.

Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen. I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.

Daria

Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk.

But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way.

The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you.

In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day.

Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him.

Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything.

His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free.

Now? Now he is making me pay.

Reader Reviews

“A runaway train of revenge, rivalry and angst. This complex and venomous tale takes on a modern-day Cruel Intentions/Mean Girls vibe. Pretty Reckless is unputdownable and absolute Kindle Crack.” – Kindle Crack Book Reviews

“Add claws, teeth and nails to whatever you expect of a ‘high school’ romance and you’ve got All Saints High.With the first installment, Shen has crafted a story so fresh, it feels like its own new genre.” – Kennedy Ryan, award-winning bestselling author.

“My words are inadequate to describe how freaking epic Pretty Reckless is. I’m broken and destroyed for all else. The talent this author possess has once again soared to another level. LJ Shen takes us up to the stars with Pretty Reckless and I never want to come down.” – Harloe Rae, USA Today bestselling author.

“Nobody gives me the feels for a bad boy like LJ Shen! I loved every minute of this delicious read, and I went back and reread the end twice just to get the rush again and again!” – GingerScott, bestselling author.

“Each chapter was a punch, each poem was a stab, and each word was a promise. This book was everything and more, and I can honestly say, I didn’t see it coming.”– CL Matthews, bestselling author.

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LJ Shen is a USA Today and Washington Post bestseller of over a dozen books. Her books are translated into more than 10 languages.

Vicious A Complete Standalone and a Part of the Sinners of Saint Series

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Emilia

They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.
The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares.
He is a brilliant lawyer.
A skilled criminal.
A beautiful liar.
A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover.
Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived. Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him.

Vicious

She is a starving artist.
Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom.
Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down.
She paid the price.
Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend. The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate.
That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t.
So she hates me. Big fucking deal.
She better get used to me.

Vicious a complete standalone and a part of the Sinners of Saint series

Reader Reviews

An epic deliciously wicked must read that will blow your mind and leave you with a massive book hangover.- Books and Boys BookBlog.

This book totally lived up tothe hype and so much more. It’s one of those books that as soon as you’ve finished you want to start it again. It’s that good. – Kristina, For The Love of Books.

WhatTheFuckityFuck this book was absolutely Alphatastic!!! Five stars really isn’t enough for this one. L.J. Shen blew me away with this one. –Book Smacked.

LJ Shen has done it again.Taken an absolutely HORRIBLE character and made him into a swoony motherfucker. Still a complete asshole, but a swoony one. – Mel’s View.

I absolutely have no idea where to start. This is probably the first book I’ve ever read that has left me speechless. And I’m not even lying. Literally no words are being formed in my head to describe how much I love this book. – Togan Book Lover.

It was amazing and thought provoking, staying with me long after the last word was read.- Rosa Sharon,iScream Books.

Eeek, I can’t believe it! One of the most anticipated books of the year – heck, ever – and I totally devoured it in one sitting. What is it if not love at first read? Jesus, what will I do afterthat? I just simply can’t get over this mind-blowing story. – Rebecca, Little Red Reading Hood.

This book right here blew my FUCKING MIND!! Just wow. I loved Sparrow, Tyed, and Blood to Dust, but Vicious……. he became my one and only! – Julia, The Romance Rebels.

He’s a Bona-fide, “take your heart and crush it under his foot”,”Ruin your life” badass. He puts all the other Bad Boys to shame.- Shabby Arora, BookBistro Blog.

It’s official. L.J. Shen is a witch. How else could the woman possibly crawl inside my mind and create a story that seriously felt custom written for me? -Lana, Dirty Girl Romance.

I couldn’t have wished to have had a better initiation into Ms Shen’s storytelling, too. The editing and proofreading which I give a lot of importance to was faultless. Bravo ma’am – Sharon, KKF Forever.

LJ Shen has created an addictive story line with characters that will frustrate you to no end. – Lina’s Reviews Book Blog.

L.J. Shen pulled off a fucktastic slow burning story of alpha dominance and pain! Which can only describe Vicious! – Heather, QueenZany.

Vicious is everything. Cover, story, sexiness, characters, heat level. Everything was just perfection. – The Romantic Book Angel.

Enemies to lovers at it’s very best it’s also a second chance with a twist. – Lisa’s Bookluscious Blog.

I was completely bowled over by this book, the story flowed really well and the writing was as close to flawless as it could be. – Confessions of a Book Geek.

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About the Author:

L.J. Shen is an International #1 best-selling author of Contemporary Romance and New Adult novels. She lives in Northern California with her husband, young son and chubby cat.

Before she’d settled down, L.J. (who thinks referring to herself in the third person is really silly, by the way) traveled the world, and collected friends from all across the globe. Friends who’d be happy to report that she is a rubbish companion, always forgets peoples’ birthdays and never sends Christmas cards.

She enjoys the simple things in life, like spending time with her family and friends, reading, HBO, Netflix and internet-stalking Stephen James. She reads between three to five books a week and firmly believes Crocs shoes and mullets should be outlawed.

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YA Romance – Someday, Maybe By Elise Faber

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It’s okay to be different.

Ha. That’s what people are supposed to say, supposed to pretend in this new age, hipster reality that I live in. Except high school students aren’t accepting and having my life up for debate in the halls, well . . . it really—really—sucks.

Then a single conversation with my dad shatters all of my childhood memories and my mom copes with his news by spending every hour losing herself in work. Suddenly, it’s not just my high school’s hallways that have become a freaking horror film. Just traversing the relationship between my parents is more dangerous than crossing a minefield.

So I’ve been keeping my head down, hoping to just survive my senior year. That is, until Jason Monroe waltzes into my life and invites me to Homecoming. The soccer god is popular, hot as hell, and my every teenaged fantasy come to life.

And for some insane reason he likes me. Me. The Harry-Potter-loving, pajama-wearing, bookworm nerd who is too lazy to spend much time on makeup and hair. Somehow Jason Monroe likes me.

But my life falling apart means that I’m a terrible bet and Jason couldn’t possibly want to run the gauntlet of high school or my home life with me.

Except . . . what if he does?

Reader Reviews

“Wow…It’s hard to find the words – I just finished this book and am still bawling. Beautifully written and it hit me right in the feels. This is not a light and fluffy book, this will tear out your heart and then piece it back together. It is amazing. – Rachel Sherfey, Reviewer

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Aside from writing romance, Elise’s passions are chocolate, Star Wars, and hockey (the order depending on the day and how well her team — the Sharks! — are playing). She and her husband also play as much hockey as they can squeeze into their schedules, so much so that their typical date night is spent on the ice. Elise is the mom to two exuberant boys and is thoroughly addicted to Dancing With the Stars.

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