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Love You More by Emily GiffinBillie has built the perfect life. Her medical practice in New York City is thriving, and she's finally found the right partner in Dean after years spent trying to move on from her high-school sweetheart, Mick. Their young love had been intense and true, but distance and ambition pulled them apart when she left Wisconsin for medical school. Then one morning, just after she's accepted Dean's romantic marriage proposal, Billie's phone rings. It's Mick--calling for the first time in nearly a decade. His news is urgent and in a moment, everything changes. As Billie boards a plane back to Wisconsin, her past comes rushing in--her hometown friendships, the love she and Mick shared, and the choices that shaped them all. What awaits her is a reckoning with what she's lost, what she's built, and what she still wants.
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The Princess Trapby Talia HibbertCherry Neita is thirty, flirty, and done with men. As far as she can tell, they're overrated, overpaid, and underperforming--in every area of life. But a girl has needs, and the smoking-hot stranger she just met at the office seems like the perfect one-night stand... Prince Ruben of Helgmore is reckless, dominant, and famously filthy. The outcast royal is rebuilding his reputation--all for a good cause--but he can't resist a pretty face. And bossy whirlwind Cherry's got the face, the body, and the attitude to make Ruben's convictions crumble. Even better, when she propositions him, she has no idea who he really is. But when paparazzi catch the pair, erm, kissing in an alleyway, Ruben's anonymity disappears faster than Cherry's knickers. Now the press is in uproar, the palace is outraged, and Ruben's reputation is back in the gutter. There's only one way to turn this disaster around--and it involves Cherry, some big fat lies, and a flashy diamond ring. On her left hand. Unfortunately, Cherry isn't pleased with Ruben's fake engagement scheme...and neither is the king. |
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The Guest Book by Mae MarvelThe whole world believes Cosima Frank's life has been a fairytale. Now she's trying to live up to the overwhelming legacy left to her by her late mother, the Queen of Hollywood. As the pressure begins to build, Cosima does the only thing she can think of: run straight to the inn where her parents met and fell in love, intent on finishing her mother's bucket list. Edie Whitelock isn't like anyone Cosima has ever met. She's persistent enough to march up to Cosima's door and provoke her to get out of bed and follow the disarming woman through the charming English village. Edie's also on the run from her past, but she finds that she relishes bickering with the pretty Los Angeles princess a whole lot more than she expected. The two women couldn't be more different, but they find themselves inexplicably drawn to each other. Trapped indoors by thunderstorms, Cosima and Edie discover the inn's guest book, whose entries date back more than fifty years--and inside it, a romantic treasure hunt left behind by a long-ago guest whose clues unexpectedly send them across England, Spain, and France on an adventure they hope will change both of their lives. But sometimes the treasure you seek isn't the one you find. |
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Father Material by Alexis HallFirst comes love, then comes marriage, then comes...what was that, exactly? Luc and Oliver have been through it all: fake dating to save Luc's career, I-guess-this-is-actually-for-real dating when all of that blew up spectacularly, (briefly) breaking up over irreconcilable differences, (definitively) getting back together over perfectly reconcilable everything else, (almost) getting married, (finally) moving in together, and ultimately celebrating years of perfect domestic bliss. But as all their very grown-up-now friends begin reaching new life milestones, advancing careers and having babies, Luc and Oliver decide it's time to open their hearts and lives to something new: a tiny, squirming, adorable bundle of furry joy named Spud. And maybe now that hearts-and-lives are already open, there's room for someone else. Something more. Something that may require them to find in themselves a little father material. |
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Penny Huff and Jack Craig are neighbors by floor plan...and enemies by choice. Thanks to a tragically thin wall in their NYC apartment building, Penny knows far too much about Jack--like his taste in too-loud music, the noxious fumes from his kitchen, and his habit of suspiciously aggressive vacuuming. And she knows all about the tearful brunette fleeing his apartment the day he moved in--the one crying about her cheating ex. Not even Jack's piratical charm can undo what Penny knows: the man is bad news. When her attempt to get the wall soundproofed literally blows a hole in it, the two are forced into a DIY disaster that traps them in each other's lives...and spaces. With eviction looming, prank wars escalating, and unexpected sparks flying, Penny starts to suspect her insufferable neighbor might just be the plot twist her love life needs. Packed with witty banter, laugh-out-loud moments, and sizzling tension, this fast-paced romantic comedy proves that love can bloom where drywall--and patience--have crumbled. |
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| Shattered Gods by Katee RobertFifteen years ago, Circe and Hermes lived in peace on the outskirts of Olympus -- until Zeus married Circe and left her for dead. When Circe returns to Olympus seeking revenge, Hermes finds herself torn between her long-lost love and Atalanta, the woman who helped her heal. This 10th and final installment of Katee Robert's Dark Olympus erotic romance novels picks up where previous entry Tender Cruelty left off, culminating in "a worthy finale to a blockbuster series" (Publishers Weekly). Try this next: Vengeful Gods by Elliott Rose. |
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Sandwiched between caring for her mother and rebuilding the relationship with her estranged daughter, Emma, Rosie Lucas's life is full. In the best way. With Emma and her 3-year old daughter, Olive, back home, Rosie has a partner for The Rainy Day Bookshop, the family business, and a chance to fix the past. What she doesn't have time for is a romantic relationship. And even if she did, Andrew Morgan is the last person she'd choose. Not only is he an arrogant and reclusive writer, but he's a single dad with two young kids. She's already been there, done that. Still as an irresistible flirtation builds between them, he becomes her unexpected confidante on the distance Rosie can't seem to overcome with Emma, a secret she can't quite unravel... Emma isn't proud of her past. But she's pulled herself up by the bootstraps, caring for her own daughter, and protecting her mom at all costs. Just as she always has. She never told Rosie what she saw all those years ago and she never will. But some secrets refuse to stay buried, and sometimes the truth is more shocking than fiction. Rosie and Emma will have to navigate an unimaginable path forward. Together. |
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Keeping Scoreby Rebecca JenshakThe last thing gymnast Hannah Walsh needs is a distraction, especially one like her neighbor: the cocky, handsome pro-hockey player who's been asking her out for weeks. But after a hazy, whirlwind night in Las Vegas, she wakes up as Mrs. Travis Bennett and avoiding the guy who cost her a sponsorship is no longer an option. For Travis, on the other hand, it was love at first sight. But waking up in Sin City married to Hannah wasn't part of the plan. Still, he's not about to let the opportunity slip away. After the media catches wind of their sudden nuptials, the two agree to stay hitched until Hannah's season begins to avoid a PR nightmare. Travis knows he's got one shot to prove they belong together--whether Hannah believes it or not. And as they pretend, Hannah starts to see Travis's softer side. Her former nemesis packs her lunches, walks around shirtless in the kitchen, and refuses to give up on her. But will their sham marriage end as planned when her season starts? Or will their accidental love story turn out to be the real thing? |
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Gods once ruled the land, until King Menelaus cast them out and crowned himself in their place. Now, drought scorches the earth and a mysterious affliction steals the breath from the living, while defiance is answered with death. When the king resurrects the ancient trials meant to choose his queen, Helena becomes her dying village's only hope. Cursed with a terrible beauty, she steps forward, not for glory but survival. But beauty alone cannot save her from a crown stolen from the gods. Alone in a dangerous court, Helena must decide whom to trust: Achilles, a legendary warrior bound to the throne by blood and oath, or a mysterious prisoner bearing forbidden magic and long-buried truths. One guards her cage. The other whispers how to escape it. And one of them is lying. The fate of her people rests on Helena's shoulders. If she chooses wrong, Sparta will not simply fall. It will kneel. Helena must claim the throne--or be destroyed by it. |
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Professional bull rider Emmett Bush is not looking for love. He’s looking for a paycheck to save his family’s farm from bankruptcy. So, when he agrees to be the leading man on a hot new reality dating show, Romance Ranch, he’s already decided it’s all one big performance.
Until Julia Silva walks onto his property. Smart, snarky, beautiful, and off-limits in more ways than one. As the location consultant on set and the little sister of his most bitter professional rival, she’s the last woman who should pique his interest.
Julia has been warned about Emmett. She knows better than to fall for his cocky swagger, broad shoulders, and smoldering good looks. Plus, she’s sworn off relationships. But as Julia and Emmett work together, mutual distaste grows into an unexpected connection and then… something more.
Soon, they find themselves searching for excuses to spend time together and out of reach of the cameras. Knowing glances. Stolen kisses. Secret rendezvous. Still, Emmett signed up to play the role of an eligible bachelor searching for the one. His family’s land and legacy depend on him completing the show.
The problem is, he’s already fallen in love.
Just not with a contestant.
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