Boy Toys

Boy Toys

Brynn Paulin

Romance / Contemporary / Fiction

Part of the Circle of Three SeriesDana's job title is scientist not babysitter. She's irritated when her boss slates her to accompany department bad boys, Christopher and Jason, to a meeting in London on her weekend off. Since her job transfer to England, she's hidden her attraction to the much younger men. Unfortunately, the attraction seems to be growing every day and every night she fantasises about them. Three days virtually alone with them will be no fantasy and might instead be an embarrassing disaster. But...Jason and Christopher have had their eyes on Dana since she joined their department. Through a little finagling they've arranged for her to be part of this trip. They're sure her project is a spot on compliment to theirs and her presence will be an ideal addition to their bed. Now all they have to do is convince her that the bad boys will make her perfect boy toys. Forever.
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The Rescue

The Rescue

Nicholas Sparks

Literature & Fiction / Romance

When confronted by raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton’s car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them: Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, the connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others, demanding far more than raw physical courage. It will lead him to the possibility of his own rescue from a life lived without love and will require him to open doors to his past that were slammed shut by pain. This rescue will dare him to live life to the fullest by daring to love. *Did You Know?--- The Rescue was the first novel by Nicholas Sparks to debut at # 1 on the New York Times bestseller List? In the process of writing this novel, Nicholas struggled with severe writer's block? The main character was named for the producer of the film versions of Message in a Bottle and A Walk to Remember?*
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Shroud of Shadow

Shroud of Shadow

Gael Baudino

Gael Baudino

In the third book of the Strand Novels, set nearly one hundred years after the conclusion of Maze of Moonlight, one Elf is the last hope for the future of her entire raceThe magic of the Elves is fading. The Elves themselves have been viciously persecuted by the humans they once strove to protect. Natil, an elven harper, after traveling the globe in an unsuccessful search for others of her kind, finds herself in the employ of a merchant of Adria. Accompanying her is Omelda, a runaway nun haunted and abused by the voices in her mind. But when the abuse turns violently and lethally physical, Natil and Omelda go on the run, only to fall into the clutches of the Inquisition.Natil, visited again and again by visions of a future reawakening of the immortal blood, must regain her elven powers, not only to heal Omelda, but to carry on as the last—or perhaps first—of her kind.Shroud of Shadow is the third book of the Strand Novels, which conclude with Strands of Sunlight and are supplemented by the story collection Spires of Spirit.
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04 A Misty Mourning

04 A Misty Mourning

Rett MacPherson

Rett MacPherson

A ten-hour car trip with your eighty-year-old grandmother is never much fun, especially if you're seven months pregnant. But when Torie O'Shea's longtime family friend Clarissa Hart Campbell insists that she and Grandma Gert come for a visit at her West Virginia boarding house, they just can't say no to the 101-year-old dynamo. Upon their arrival, Torie and Gert find Clarissa has called together her entire family for the reading of her new will. But everything's happening too fast, even for Clari: the next morning, she's found murdered in bed. The new will stands, and her lawyer follows through on the old woman's wishes to settle an eighty-year-old debt to Torie's great-grandmother: The Panther Run Boarding House now belongs to Torie. Mystified, Torie must put her genealogy skills to work to determine what secrets worth killing for may be hiding in the dilapidated boarding house and the Campbell family story-before it's too late. A comical blend of history...
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Montana Suspicions

Montana Suspicions

B. J Daniels

Romance / Mystery & Thrillers

Discover a thrilling romantic suspense novel about a cowboy bent on unearthing the truth—and the buried secrets that might reveal more than he bargained for. From New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels. Previously published as Intimate Secrets. Josie O'Malley had the kind of secret no woman could keep. But she'd had a bigger reason to take off for the solitude of the Montana mountains, leaving Clay Jackson in the dust. For nearly two years she hid and raised her child alone. Until Clay showed up on her doorstep...more man, more cowboy than she remembered. He'd had questions and suspicions—and a tail that led straight to his child.Find out why BookPage has dubbed B.J. Daniels "the cowboy whisperer." Big Sky Deception Dead Man's Hand Shotgun Surrender Murder Gone Cold Her Brand of...
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Wicked Widow

Wicked Widow

Amanda Quick

Romance

Madeline Deveridge is aware of the whispers behind her back, the rumors that she dispatched her husband to the next world and concealed her crime. But she has a far more pressing problem than her reputation as the Wicked Widow. It's impossible to believe that her late husband is haunting her and her aunt, but something odd is happening, and Madeline doesn't dare take chances. Summoning the brilliant, reclusive Artemas Hunt, secret owner of London's favorite pleasure pavilions and master of arcane talents, she blackmails him into providing help. As soon as the bargain is struck, Artemas and Madeline find their arrangement complicated by searing desire, and the frightening recognition that the ghost poses a very real danger. Now they must plunge into a world of intrigue and ancient mysteries, where a calculating killer--and a tantalizing passion--will not be denied.
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Riptide

Riptide

Catherine Coulter

Suspense / Thriller / Romance

Political speechwriter Becca Matlock is at the top of her professional game, working for the re-election campaign of New York's popular governor, when she receives the first phone call: "Stop sleeping with the governor or I'll kill him." Though Becca isn't sleeping with the governor, the menacing ultimatums persist. The police suddenly stop believing her, even after the stalker murders an innocent person to prove his point. When the governor is shot in the neck, Becca flees for the safety of coastal Maine, choosing to hide not only from the stalker but also from the authorities. For sanctuary, she goes to Riptide, the home of a college friend--but soon finds herself at even greater risk. FBI agents Savich and Sherlock come to help an old friend of Savich's father, whose relationship to Becca is a surprise.
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Mistress of the Sheikh

Mistress of the Sheikh

Sandra Marton

Sandra Marton

Read this classic romance by bestselling author Sandra Marton, now available for the first time in e-book!Sheikh Nicholas al Rashid: hailed in his homeland as the Lion of the Desert...Amanda Benning: beautiful stepdaughter of Jonas Baron and interior designer, commissioned to refurbish Nick's already luxurious Manhattan apartment...Nick is intent on making Amanda his mistress. Does he really want her for herself, or to have his revenge?Book 5 in The Barons miniseriesOriginally published in 2000
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The Last Crown--A Novel

The Last Crown--A Novel

Elzbieta Cherezinska

Elzbieta Cherezinska

Across Baltic shores, English battlegrounds, and the land of Northern Lights, The Last Crown is the follow up to The Widow Queen, and the epic conclusion of Swietoslawa's journey from Polish princess to Queen of Denmark & Sweden and Queen Mother of England.The web of love and lies is thicker than ever as we reunite with players spread across the board of Europe in this sequel to The Widow Queen. Our heroes and enemies alike are beholden to the hands of fate.While Olav Tryggvason reclaims the throne of Norway and baptizes the land by blood, King Sven in Denmark is filled with rage at his once comrade. Not only does Olav threaten Sven's hold on Norway, but his hold on his own wife — the woman with two crowns, three sons, and a heart long spoken for. Swietoslawa, the Bold One.Meanwhile, those Swietoslawa trusts most — Astrid, her sister, Sigvald, her brother-in-law and head of the Jomsvikings, and even her own son, Olaf —...
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Magic Can Be Murder

Magic Can Be Murder

Vivian Vande Velde

Horror / Literature & Fiction / Children's Books

Nola isn't much of a witch. She can work only a few useless spells, like the one that lets her spy on people by enchanting a bucket of water. But there's no spell for keeping her mother-who hears voices and is a magnet for witch-hunters-out of trouble. The two of them evade the authorities by traveling from town to town, taking odd jobs and moving on-until the day Nola magically witnesses a murder. . . .
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