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| Pitcher Perfect by Tessa BaileyWhen Boston University softball pitcher Skylar Paige catches the eye of rookie Boston Bearcats hockey player (and notorious playboy) Robbie Corrigan, she wants nothing to do with him -- until he devises a fake-dating scheme to make her crush jealous. This 4th banter-filled entry in bestselling author Tessa Bailey's Big Shots sports romance series will be a home run for fans of Elle Kennedy's Campus Diaries novels. |
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The Love Haters
by Katherine Center
Katie Vaughn has been burned by love in the past-now she may be lighting her career on fire. She hastwo choices: wait to get laid off from her job as a video producer or, at her coworker Cole's request, take a career-making gig profiling Tom "Hutch" Hutcheson, a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Key West. The catch? Katie's not exactly qualified. She can'tswim-but fakes it that she can. Plus: Cole is Hutch's brother. And they don't get along. Next stop paradise! But paradise is messier than it seems. As Katie gets entangled with Hutch (the most scientifically good looking man she has ever seen . . . but also a bit of a love hater), along with his colorful Aunt Rue and his rescue Great Dane, she gets trapped in a lie. Or two. Swim lessons, helicopter flights, conga lines, drinking contests, hurricanes, and stolen kisses ensue-along with chances to tell thetruth, to face old fears, and to be truly brave at last.
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Accidentally Amy
by Lynn Painter
Isabella Shay is usually a very honest person. But when she's running late for her first day at her dream job and the barista yells for "Amy" three times with no answer, she does the unthinkable. Izzy takes that PSL. It's the exact drink she ordered and paid for, only way further ahead in the queue-and she'll take whatever bad karma is coming for her; she's desperate and very late. But when she turns around and runs directly into the most attractive man she's ever seen, spilling the drink all over his made-for-GQ shirt and tie, she ends up having the ultimate meet-cute. Karma who? Sparks fly and things feel beyond promising, until he says to her: "See you tomorrow, Amy." Izzy reasons she can just straighten things out the next day, no biggie. Only when she gets to her new office and meets the VP of her department, it is none other than Blake Phillips-the hottie from Starbucks.
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| The Battle of the Bookshops by Poppy AlexanderIn this feel-good contemporary retelling of Romeo and Juliet, publishing assistant Jules Capelthorne returns home to quaint seaside village Portneath, England, to help her great-aunt Flo with her family's foundering bookstore. The only problem? Her childhood crush, wealthy Roman Montbeau, is also in town -- and he's just opened a rival bookstore across the street. For fans of: You've Got Mail; Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady. |
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Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
by Carissa Broadbent
Serving the Goddess of Fate has turned Sylina from orphaned street rat to disciplined killer, determined to overthrow Glaea's tyrannical king, but when she is asked to infiltrate a vampire conqueror army and become seer to warrior Atrius, her forbidden connection with him keeps growing stronger.
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Under Loch and Key
by Lana Ferguson
Keyanna "Key" MacKay is used to secrets. Raised by a single father who never divulged his past, it's only after his death that she finds herself thrust into the world he'd always refused to speak of. With just a childhood bedtime story about a monster that saved her father's life and the name of her estranged grandmother to go off of, Key has no idea what she'll find in Scotland. But repeating her father's mistakes and being rescued by a gorgeous, angry Scotsman-who thinks she's an idiot-is definitely the last thing she expects. Lachlan Greer has his own secrets to keep, especially from the bonnie lass he pulls to safety from the slippery shore-a lass with captivating eyes and the last name he's been taught not to trust. He's looking for answers as well, and Key's presence on the grounds they both now occupy presents a real problem. It's even more troublesome when he gets a front row seat to the lukewarm welcome Key receives from her family; the strange powers she begins to develop; and the fierce determination she brings to every obstacle in her path. Things he shouldn't care about, and someone he definitely doesn't find wildly attractive. When their secrets collide, it becomes clear that Lachlan could hold the answers Keyanna is after-and that she might also be the key to uncovering his. Up against time, mystery, and a centuries old curse, they'll quickly discover that magic might not only be in fairy tales, and that love can be a real loch-mess.
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Perfectly Wicked
by Lindsay Lovise
There have always been rumors that something magical is afoot at Wicked Good Apples. Rain during droughts and other inexplicable happenings have long haunted the Maine orchard, but only Holly Celeste and her family know the truth: the Celestes are just a little wicked. Despite the magical secret ingredient in their cider, the family business is floundering. When Connor Grimm, a charming and nationally beloved paranormal investigator, requests to film an episode of his popular TV show on the mysterious farm, Holly reluctantly accepts. She knows the publicity could be the miracle her family needs--as long as Connor doesn't manage to actually make any paranormal discoveries while he's there. Intent on keeping Connor in the dark and pushing him toward the ghost story believed by the locals, Holly joins him as he interviews eyewitnesses, hunts for old records, and unearths potentially devastating stories from the past. Despite her resolution to dislike him, she begins to fall for the only man who's ever madeher feel like strange could be normal. As Connor gets closer to uncovering the real secrets behind the orchard, his and Holly's blooming romance begins to threaten everything they value--Connor's commitment to his career and Holly's commitment to protecther family.
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Throne of the Fallen
by Kerri Maniscalco
Sinner. Villain. Ruthless. These are wicked names the Prince of Envy welcomes. They remind him what he isn't: a saint. And when a cryptic note arrives, signaling the beginning of a deadly game, he knows he'll be called much worse before it ends. Riddles, hexed objects, anonymous players, nothing will stand in his way. With a powerful artifact and his own future at stake, Envy is determined to win, though none of his meticulous plans prepare him for her, the frustrating artist who ignites his sin--and passion--like no other... Talented. Darling. Liar. The trouble with scoundrels and blackguards is that they haven't a modicum of honor, a fact Miss Camilla Antonius learns after one desperate mistake allows notorious rake--and satire sheet legend--Lord Phillip Vexley to blackmail her. And now it seems Vexley isn't the only scoundrel interested in securing her unique talents as a painter. To avoid Vexley's clutches and a ruinous scandal, Camilla is forced to enter a devil's bargain with Waverly Green's newest arrival, enigmatic Lord Ashford 'Syn' Synton, little expecting his game will awaken her true nature... Together, Envy and Camilla must embark on a perilous journey through the Shifting Isles--from glittering demon courts to the sultry vampire realm, andencounters with exiled Fae--while trying to avoid the most dangerous trap of all: falling in love.
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32649 Electric Blvd.
Avon Lake, Ohio 44012
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