"You're not a nice man, Zane Anderson."

Zane: At only twenty-nine years old, I'm the head of PR at a Sin City casino I own with my three best friends. I got this far by being ruthless, but my warm personality will make you think otherwise. I know how to play my best assets. My family is big and close-knit, and now, I want to bring home a man that will impress my father and charm my mother.

And then trouble walks into my life in the shape of Diego Ruiz - a new casino owner on the strip who's siphoning off my business. He's a sexy-as-hell Spaniard, but there's more to Diego than meets the eye and I need to know more.

"Maybe that's why you like me."

Diego: I never meant to fall for Zane Anderson. And if I can help it, nothing will ever come out of it. I'm in a relationship after all... and even though things aren't all sunshine and rainbows, I need to stay strong, because things will get better.

I know I should keep my distance from Zane. He has bad news written all over him, but before I can stop myself, I've fallen for his flirtatious personality that matches my own, and now there's going to be hell to pay...

"Maybe that's why we fell in love..."

The Charmer is a gay enemies-to-lovers romance, with a high heat relationship, cruel exes and a love story between two young casino owners who should know better than to date a rival.

This book can be read by itself, but is even more fun when you enjoy the whole series. Zane's story is the first in a 4-book series set in Sin City, and ends with a HEA.

Book 6 (Tangled Tales)

Can a forgotten love be rekindled before it is too late?

The Forgotten Lady:
The de Bar siblings continue to be cursed by the old witch, Hecuba as Cinderella’s memories of her past are stripped away. Living with an evil stepmother and two mean stepsisters, Ella can’t remember who she is, and neither can she remember her true family or even Sir William, the man she loves.

The Determined Knight:
Sir William Fremont returns from war to reclaim his castle from his brother and win back the hand of the woman he loves. But along the way he makes a stop in town where he sees Lady Ella de Bar, the woman he almost married before he left to campaign for the king. The odd thing is, Lady Ella is dressed like a peasant and doesn't seem to know him.

The longer the curse continues, the more people forget Ella exists at all. And if anyone tells her about her past, the curse will never be broken. William sets forth with the challenge of trying to break Ella’s curse and win back her heart. But when his memories of her start to fade as well, it looks as if all hope is lost.

Can true love break the barriers of dark magic before William and Ella’s past relationship is forgotten forever?

(Each book in the series stands alone, but it is always better to read in order so that no surprises are ruined.)

Watch for the last book of the series, Heart of Ice (Snow Queen) - Book 7, coming next!

When you’re a thief trying to get by on the scraps of your labor, life is anything but easy.

Lexa Blackmoon is a low-end magical thief with a penchant for taking things others won’t miss. An orphan haunted by the memory of her murdered parents, she lives her life just trying to get by, only looking out for herself. When a shadow mage unexpectedly confronts her and tells her she’s meant for something greater, she can’t help but feel he’s telling the truth.

Taken to a secret resistance camp outside the city, Lexa learns that not only is she a mage, but she possesses the Mark of Merlin, a magical power greater than she’s ever dreamt of. She joins the resistance, training her powers to infiltrate the ranks of M.A.G.I.C., a magical police force tasked with cleaning up the streets from crime and keeping the magical realm a secret from normal humans.

But when the sinister president-turned-dictator, Kiren Nightstorm, attempts to take over the realm, Lexa knows she has to hit him where it hurts: by defeating his secret crime syndicate aimed at enslaving the magical race.

This book features a strong witch heroine and fast-paced action and adventure, including werewolves, shifters, vampires, and more!

They say if you tell a lie long enough, you'll eventually believe it, but Akiko will never forget who she really is.

Akiko Susumu is not what she seems. Her life as a normal teen living in a coastal Canadian town is a complete sham. The old man she lives with is not her grandfather, he's her captor. And Akiko isn't a teen. In fact, she isn't even human.

But Akiko isn't allowed to share the reality of her true nature with a single soul. Not even her three best friends know of the power she could wield, given the chance.

So, when she's sent back to her homeland to steal an ancient samurai sword, she jumps at the chance to secure her freedom. Only to get caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most dangerous crime syndicate in Japan.

Can Akiko escape with her life and her soul, or is true freedom as elusive as the Aether she was born from?

The grid is down, the world is in flames, and FEMA is demanding his ship and cargo, but Captain Jordan Hughes isn’t buying it.

When the lights go out, seemingly for good, Hughes quickly finds being stranded far from home on a ship with working generators and a cargo of ten million gallons of irreplaceable fuel isn’t exactly a low profile position.

Faced with rising crew discontent, and surrounded by worsening violence ashore, things can’t get much worse — until they do.

As the remains of the federal government become increasingly corrupt and self-serving, Hughes joins a ragtag band of sailors, farmers, preppers ex-Coast Guardsmen, and dissident soldiers in an effort to re-unite his crew with their families and use remaining resources to rebuild a devastated society.

Along the way they face a desperate and starving population, rampant violence from street gangs and escaped convicts, and powerful warlords created as an unintended consequence of the federal government’s ill-advised use of mercenaries.

The bestselling cult classic—soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.

It’s the year 2045, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.  

For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.

And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.

Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape. 
 
A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?

Sue Grafton ups the ante for private investigator Kinsey Millhone like never before in this “taut, terrifying, transfixing”* #1 New York Times bestselling mystery in the Alphabet series.

Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor, Gus Vronsky, may have been the original inspiration for the term “Grumpy Gus.” A miser and a hoarder, Gus is so crotchety that after he takes a bad fall, his only living relative is anxious to find someone to take care of him and get back home as soon as she can.

To help, Kinsey runs a check on the applicant, Solana Rojas. Social security, driver's license, nursing certification: It all checks out. And it sounds like she did a good job for her former employers. So Kinsey gives her the thumbs-up, figuring Gus will be the ideal assignment for this diligent, experienced caregiver.

And the real Solana Rojas was indeed an excellent caregiver. But the woman who has stolen her identity is not, and for her, Gus will be the ideal victim...

“The best and strongest book in the series...Solana is one of the most evil, calculating characters Grafton has created.”—*USA Today

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"Heartbreaking...soul-shattering." - Diary of a Book Fiend.
"Hands down my top favorite rockstar romance ever." - Dirty Girl Romance Blog.

From bestselling author L.J. Shen, comes a new, standalone, contemporary romance.


It should have been easy.
I needed the money. He needed a babysitter to keep him from snorting himself to death.
I was cherry-picked especially for him. Responsible. Optimistic. Warm. Innocent.
The worst part is that I should have known better.
Alex Winslow. British rock star. Serial heartbreaker. Casanova with whiskey eyes.
“Don’t get near the devil in a leather jacket. He’ll chew you up and spit you out.”
Guess what? I didn’t listen.
I signed the contract.
World tour. Three months. Four Continents. One hundred shows.
My name is Indigo Bellamy, and I sold my soul to a tattooed god.
Problem was, my soul wasn’t enough for Alex Winslow. He ended up taking my body, too.
Then he took my heart.
Then he took my all.

LINDA...

I dumped my jerk musician boyfriend at a party for getting with another girl, took off down the beach, and ran feet-first into a heartbroken rock star lying in the sand. The next thing I knew, I was in Jack’s bedroom.

JACK...

When I looked up and saw her in the moonlight, my heart leapt for the first time since my wife’s death. Every reason not to get involved with Linda was obliterated by what I saw in her eyes.

A Second Chance Love Story

Rock star Jackson Parker can have any woman he wants. But after the death of his wife and son he is heartbroken and alone, and wants nothing to do with anyone. That is until Linda Cray stumbles unexpectedly into his world.

On a beach in Santa Barbara, Linda finds Jack alone at night and in need of help. She’s a feisty, strong, independent woman seventeen years his junior with a troubling past of her own.

What happens next neither of them expects. They will love and pull apart, only to love again, staying strong and true to their hearts as they dedicate themselves to each other and the people they love.

The journey is far from conventional.
The obstacles between them many.
Their love enduring.

All four books in the Amazon best-selling rock star series available for the first time in one convenient, discounted bundle. More than 900 pages of addictive romance at over 50 percent off the individual books’ prices.

MATURE CONTENT

This story contains sexually explicit material, mature subject matter, and is intended for individuals over the age of eighteen.

Complete Series bundle: Yes

Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult Romance, Coming of Age Romance, Rock Star Romance, Sagas, Series

I’m the new fire chief in town.
But there’s one flame I can’t put out…

My past haunts me.
It chases me like I chase fires.
But I’ll be damned if I let my son end up damaged like me.
This new town is just what we need.
Little did I know a night of scorching lust would be my salvation.
No names, no commitment, and blazing passion.
That’s all it was supposed to be.
Until I find my curvy vixen here again.
Gwen keeps my demons at bay.
But if she knew my secret…

Would she or this town still want me here?
 

Three full-length novels!

Love Won't Run - Adelaide Kemp-Houghton witnessed the murder of her husband one dark night, and in order to save herself, she's abandoned everything she's ever known. Her refuge is tucked away in a small Arkansas town. There, she'll begin a new life under an assumed name: Della Brown.
Lo Bonham's world turned upside down the day his sister abandoned her young daughter. Bringing up his niece wasn't a challenge until she turned into a rebellious teenager. His house is in discord and if he doesn't find a solution, he may lose his mind. When he meets Della, the problem seems likely to resolve in a matter of weeks as his niece takes to her private, mousy companion. Lo can't help being drawn to Della either, even if she is hiding a deep secret.
Della shouldn't let Lo and his niece make her feel so at home, but she's fast falling for the man known as the local Lothario. When Della's past is exposed, the two men trying to track her down arrive in Sawyer's Folly. One wants to kill her, one wants her for personal gain. Even with Lo backing her, will Della ever be safe again?

Love Remembers When - Peter Bonham left Sawyer's Folly on the heels of tragedy. With his life in tatters, he's wandered the West, but when his dying cousin calls him home with a last request, Peter can't refuse. It'll mean giving up the freedom he's found in exchange for owning the horses he's long loved and the chance to reconnect with his family.
Peter's ex-wife, Lillian, is coming back to Sawyer's Folly too. With her new fiancé and the promise of a fresh start, she thinks she can put the loss her son behind her to start a new family. Although a little surprised that her ex-husband's cousin would ask her for a favor, Lillian eagerly accepts responsibility of the house and horses he offers.
But when Lillian and Peter come face-to-face, embers are rekindled. The undeniable attraction makes things tense as Lillian struggles to begin her new life. She stubbornly ignores her old feelings for Peter, determined to forge ahead with the man even her ex-husband can see is all wrong for her. To make her happy, Peter is willing to give her up--and give up his own renewed chance at happiness--but a little help from his niece might nudge Lillian and Peter back onto the road to everlasting love.

When Love Arrives - When Ethan Caldwell discovers a lost train ticket to Sawyer's Folly, it seems like his chance to leave behind disease-ravaged Memphis and begin a new life. On his travels, he meets Ethan Lorance, a conman who brags about his plan to steal a widow's livelihood through a proxy marriage. Disgusted with the plot, there's nothing Ethan can do to stop Lorance's vile intentions. A train wreck changes everything for both Ethan and Lorance's bride, Abigail.
Abigail's first husband passed two years ago. She's ready to love again and begin a family. Although her in-laws are horrified by her intentions to marry a stranger, she believes she's made the right choice. But when Ethan wakes up after the train derailment, he seems to think he's someone else. And the details of his past are sketchy at best. She wants to trust him--needs another hand on her farm--and despite the confusion, Ethan seems like a good man. As he works hard to earn his place with her, she begins to fall in love, but his lies become transparent as time passes. When her in-laws hire an investigator to find out about Ethan's past, the world as Abigail knew it crumbles. Can she ever trust him again after his betrayal?

An enormous army of mysterious supernatural Leviathan is marching across the galaxies taking entire planets captive. Lonan, a brilliant young engineer of the planet Helion, fears that his home will be next. In an attempt to protect his family and people he sets out to find answers about this seemingly unstoppable army. His quest leads him to the Seberians, a small force of humans who are the only warriors capable of defeating the Leviathan.

The Seberian leader, Armon, informs Lonan of the immense demonic power behind the Leviathan pawns and of the battle that has raged for millennia in a hidden spirit realm. The people of Helion and the Seberians are about to experience the sinister plot of Satan, the chief of all demons, who is gathering his forces for the largest battle ever waged on any spiritual plain. The Seberians and their unseen allies are the only hope for humanity as the hidden battle is revealed.

Speaking from his own experiences as a soldier and a journalist C. E. Montague writes about the boundless optimism and commitment of men who enlisted and then returned with a communal sense of disenchantment.

Describing heavy hearts and the harsh regimes imposed on both sides he explores what duty means in hindsight and questions the way in which war is fought whilst accepting the need for resolution.

He explores the pride and idealism of a nation determined to win, the scale of human loss and the traumatic legacy which is left behind.

Gravely critiquing the cost of war, ‘Disenchantment’ lifts the veil of propaganda and configured journalism which was a defining feature of WW1.

Montague expertly critiques the limits on freedom of the press and misuse of information in times of unrest which seem to highlight victories but fail to expand on the ugly darkness which is part of war, or the sacrifices made to win.

References to classic literature make this a beautifully intellectual and unique piece of war time literature.

It is an honest and philosophical account of one man’s disenchantment with a war that undoubtedly also speaks for many other men and was a pivotal piece of anti-war literature when first published in 1922.

Charles Edward Montague, (1 January 1867 – 28 May 1928), was an English journalist and novelist. In 1914, Montague was 47, but in order to enlist, he dyed his white hair black to enable him to fool the Army into accepting him. He began as a grenadier-sergeant, and rose to lieutenant and then captain of intelligence in 1915.

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Life for Grace Place is all about sucking on “meat jerkys” and Lenny Bean, her handsome lover. However, Grace’s mother has loftier plans for her daughter. She insists that Grace save her money and move to New York City so she can find fame and fortune as an actress.

Grace works as a cleaning lady for wealthy Betty Ann Houseman so she can pool her pennies for the trip north. Betty Ann has a passion for men more pronounced than her overbite, and it isn’t long before she’s parting the sheets for Lenny Bean. But just before Grace leaves Hixson,Tennessee for New York City, she uncovers an insidious plot: the Bean family is trying to steal Betty Ann’s estate.

Without being able to help Betty Ann, Grace flees to New York, where she faces her darkest hours. In a world of surprises, Grace truly discovers paradise.

My best friend's little sister has always been overprotected.

His family is worried about their little girl going off to college.
So I offer to let her stay with me while she gets settled and keep an eye on her.
But when Emma arrives, she's not the geeky girl in pigtails I remember.
Gone is that girl. Hello to the curviest piece of @ss in town and I want to take a bite.
Now I can't focus on anything with her around.
I keep telling myself I promised her brother I'd protect her.

ROY BLABS, 27, a handsome but rumpled college chemistry professor, is puzzling over a formula when TWO STUDENTS accidentally start a chain reaction. Racks of laboratory glassware fall like dominoes, splashing into Roy’s ramen lunch. When he tosses it into a trash bin, he makes an amazing discovery: The noodles can be sculpted into any shape imaginable.
Roy is rushing to the post office with a stamped envelope when he runs into his ex-girlfriend JANE HAGGARD. A svelte but scrappy 25, Jane is fleeing from two mean-looking hulks, THUG and GOON. After a brief struggle, she manages to escape. Thug and Goon capture Roy instead, intending to use him as bait. Roy claims to have no business with Jane, as he’s a chemistry professor, and she’s with the police. Distracted by some lawn sprinklers, the bumbling baddies let Roy slip away. Then the adventure really begins...

From the author of Blind River and the Absence of Screams comes a new mystery you won't be able to put down!

Norman Green is a disgraced former professional athlete turned private investigator. He has created a career out of working for those the police have turned their back on. The only people he won't work with are child abusers, rapists, and journalists.

However, when Robin Sweetwater, a journalist working for the same paper that destroyed Norman's athletic career, comes begging for help, Norman finds himself dragged into the same web of lies and deception that destroyed his life once before.

In order to find the truth surrounding the alleged suicide of Robin's younger brother, a star athlete himself, Norman will need to wade through the dark depths of his past and unravel a conspiracy stretching farther than he could ever have imagined.

Praise for Ben Follows's novels:

"Explosive, extraordinary and engrossing; this is how I would describe this exceptional book. The Absence of Screams is a sensational crime/thriller novel that chilled me to my core from beginning to end."

"What a great book. I found this book in my hands every time I had a spare minute. "

"I couldn't go to sleep until I finished this book."

"Ben Follows does it again; another excellent read by an accomplished writer."

Diana is Earth’s last hope. The courageous explorer leads her team to an ice planet across the galaxy in search of a mysterious compound that can jump start our dying sun.

The Attalans vow to give Diana everything she needs. And one thing she doesn’t: the Attalan Guard, an elite group of mate-less warriors tasked with keeping Diana and her team of Earth women safe in the remote ice mountains.

Diana’s brooding bodyguard, Mallyk, shadows her every move. He’s strong and capable and makes her feel things in places she’s forgotten about, but there’s no time to worry about her D.O.A. love life when the fate of a planet hangs in the balance. Her orders are clear: complete the mission and return to Earth.

Mallyk has other plans. And they all involve getting the feisty adventuress in his giant fur-lined bed. His insatiable lust for the Earth woman has him questioning his role with the Guard and cursing the day he took their oath of celibacy. Will his loyalty to the Guard stop him from claiming his long-awaited mate?

This science fiction alien romance is the first in a series that features feisty Earth women, giant alien warriors, and lots of steamy action. The romance concludes with a HEA, but other story elements (i.e., will they save Earth?) are resolved in later books. With that in mind, they are best read in order.

The Guards of Attala Series:

Book One: Her Alien Bodyguard
Book Two: Her Alien Protector
Book Three: Her Alien Commander (September)
Book Four: Her Alien Warrior (October)
Book Five: Her Alien Defender (November)

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I met Dr. Finn Banner on the worst day of my life.

It was supposed to be one of the best. The day you graduate and become a midwife shouldn’t end in heart wrenching tragedy.

Then he saves my life. In more ways than one.

Finn Banner is the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen. Sweet and charming, but sexy enough to cause a cardiac arrest in the ER where he rules with an iron fist.

I want love. I want a relationship. He wants nothing to do with either.

I should stay away from him. Far away.

There's just one problem with that. How do you stay away from the man you think you're falling for?

A meaningless hook-up ...

Nashville nursing student Paige McMillan only wanted to get over a cheating ex ... but a few sinful hours with a tall, muscular bad boy left the good girl with a lifetime of responsibility.

Two years later, every day is a struggle for the single mom -- but Paige wouldn't change a thing about her adorable emerald-eyed daughter, Irie. If only she could track down Irie's father ...

When a pro hockey team comes to town, Paige finds a familiar face in the most unlikely place: on the ice. As hard as it is to believe, Irie's father is Lance Couture, famous hockey star for the Boston Brawlers.

But the pro athlete isn't interested in talking about lost time. He'd rather rekindle their steamy one-night affair -- and his lips and tongue are oh so dangerous. Could this time be different? Can the bad boy become a good Daddy?

Rich, chiseled, and insanely good at hockey ...

Love him or hate him, superstar center Lance Couture makes no apologies for being the best. But before the Brawlers brass hand over the keys to the kingdom, they want their future captain to cultivate a family-friendly image.

Easier said than done -- Lance has a nose for trouble, and everywhere he looks, a puck bunny is dying to have his babies. With his pick of Boston's hottest women, why would a young stud ever settle down?

When Lance runs into an old one-night stand, he's more than ready for round two. The Nashville babe with a hint of Tennessee twang is even hotter than he remembered -- and it's obvious that she can't stop thinking about their romp two years ago, either.

But when Lance meets the little one -- and stares into her suspiciously familiar green eyes for the very first time -- his whole life changes. Did he score without even realizing it?

Ice Daddy is a 60,000 word secret baby hockey romance! This standalone novel is the second entry in the Boston Brawlers series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!