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  In the Divide, magic has a way of making you pay twice. Sable has spent thirteen years as a crime lord's property. When she finally gets the chance to break free, she runs... straight into the jaws of something far worse. Harkan is ruthless and utterly uninterested in letting her go. When he severs her old chains, he replaces them with something far more a bond that hums beneath her skin every time he's near. She should hate him, and she does... But she also can't stop thinking about his hands. His voice. The way his control fractures every time someone looks at her wrong. With the Mating Moon rising and enemies closing in, Sable is caught between the man hunting her and the wolf claiming her, and a bond that's making it harder to tell the difference between captivity and craving. Seven nights. One feral Alpha. And a bond that won't be denied. Because when the moon rises and magic comes due, some bonds damn you… And some mark you forever. My Review Ooh, I really l...

  He’s a charming Coconut Beach bartender allergic to forever. I’m the runaway bride with a ticking marriage deadline I can’t ignore… Cal Bennett was supposed to be a solution. I need to be married before my thirtieth birthday, or I lose my family’s billion-dollar company. He needs nothing from me except honesty and maybe a little fun. So we make a deal. A fake marriage. Simple. Temporary. Safe. What could go wrong? Except there is nothing fake about this chemistry between us. Between family dinners and early-morning surf lessons, I’m falling for a man who feels nothing like the cold boardrooms waiting for me back in Manhattan. I fall for his family and his friends. The messy, beautiful island life I was never meant to keep. Everything seems manageable until I step into my role as CEO and the headlines start circling. New York expects its heiress back. Coconut Beach wants me to stay. And my fake husband is starting to feel dangerously real. Now I have to decide if this was just...

  I loved three men who left me for dead. Now, I’m going to war, and I’m dragging them to hell with me, whether they like it or not. Aleksandr still makes me want to drop to my knees. Cole still looks at me like I'm the worst thing that ever happened to him. Tristan's obsession is dangerous because I want to give in, and I hate myself for it. My enemies are coming, and I don't have the luxury of fighting alone. I'll use every weapon I have. Including the three men who broke me. Especially them. I woke up alone in a hospital bed, and I will never forgive them for that. They think I'm the villain. Maybe it's time I became one. Vicious Wins is the conclusion to the Cruel Games duet, a scorching hot, dark, why choose, hockey romance with groveling, redemption, and a hard-earned HEA. Check the author’s website for content notes. My Review This book picks up pretty much after book one. I thought I was ready but physically I may have been but not emotionally. This book...

  “You’re invited to the wedding of the summer. We hope you can join us. Mia, it’s a pity you don’t have a date.” After receiving that rude invite, I did something wildly unhinged. I suggested to my best friend, Luke (yes, Rex’s brother) that we should go to the wedding together and pretend we’d been secretly dating for a year. After receiving that rude invite from my childhood crush Rex, I did something wildly unhinged. I suggested to my best friend, Luke (Rex’s brother), that we should go to the wedding together and pretend we’d been secretly dating for a year. The rules were simple: Pretend we were soulmates, written in the stars. No crossing physical lines (I was dumb). Break up immediately after the wedding. As you can guess, the plan derailed as soon as Luke arrived back in town. Maybe it was being forced to share a luxury hotel room, or the game of Twister on the beach, or the strip poker we had too much fun playing, but the lines blurred almost immediately. Whatever it was,...

  He's a billionaire hiding at my bed-and-breakfast, pretending to be ordinary. I'm the woman who fell for every pretty word… Carter Banks shows up at my struggling beachside B&B looking for a place to disappear for the summer. I accept his reservation because we need the money. As it stands, I have three months to save my family's legacy and no time for distractions. But the chemistry is off the charts, and we can't get enough of one another. Between late-night meetups and early morning coffee runs, I'm falling for a man who feels like home. He helps me slow down long enough to remember what I'm fighting for and reminds me to have fun. Everything seems like it might work out until the sharks start circling, both the corporate kind and my ex wanting a second chance. Somehow, Carter's the only one keeping me together. But when paparazzi photos and gossip blogs reveal the guy I've been falling for is actually Dyson Carter Banks—billionaire CEO and exac...

  He’s my heartless stepbrother who despises me. I’m the idiot who accidentally sent him some not-so-innocent photos … Dayton Copeland is the antithesis of fun, sunshine, and sugar, which is everything I stand for. When tragedy strikes, we break our ten-year streak of no contact when we become co-owners of a dilapidated beachfront bungalow. We have one year to agree on what to do with it. Of course he wants to sell. He spends his nights counting his money. Between heated arguments about the budget and him crashing in my bedroom to help ‘oversee’ the project, I’m starting to wonder if I was wrong about Dayton’s true feelings for me all along. When the salacious photos hit his inbox, he responds in a way my ex-husband could never. The Florida sun is hot, but the tension between us just got ten times hotter. Right when I think everything might work out, a tropical storm hits, wrecking our progress on the house. Then Dayton’s ex makes a surprise appearance, leaving me to wonder if his ...

  Each autumn in the quiet village of Millhaven, the townspeople gather by the river to release paper lanterns into the current. Each one carries a message to a future that never came—a path not taken, a decision unmade, a silent dream set free. Agnes Thornfield has released a lantern every year for over 70 seasons. But this year, something has shifted. With a quiet hand and a memory of Paris folded into paper, she prepares to let go of the life she never lived—the city she never visited, the self she never became, the love she chose instead. This sleep-focused short story for adults is told in the gentle rhythm of moonlight, lavender-scented wind, and the slow drift of river water past stone arches. As Agnes walks through her village—past the same garden gates and soft footsteps of memory—the listener is invited into a space of stillness and emotional ease. It is not a story of regret. It is a meditation on love, release, and the quiet beauty of letting go. The Lanterns of Lost To...

  I walked away from my billionaire bloodline, hellbent on carving a life that belonged to me. By day, I’m a painfully shy journalist desperate for respect. By night, I write filthy stories under a false name. I let my imagination run wild, and my fantasies bleed through. No one was supposed to connect the dots. Especially not my brother’s best friend. I’ve secretly loved this man for years, but when a prison riot leaves us locked in a cell together, I learn the truth about survival, surrender, and the man behind the empire. He’s dangerous, possessive, and the muse of my stories. THIS IS A DARK ROMANCE WITH HEAVY TRIGGERS. READER'S DISCRETION IS HIGHLY ADVISED. My Review This book is what I have more recently coming to really like about Emily's writing. While the trauma that Willow endures is horrific and can be graphic, it is how she heals afterwards with the help of Diablo and Mason that I liked a lot.  I was able to connect to all three and therefore, I was able to engage w...

  Lockridge University doesn’t create monsters. It protects them. Rowyn came to Lockridge on scholarship for a new beginning. Keep her head down. Earn her degree. Leave without a mark. She fails at the first part. The moment the captains notice her, everything changes. Grayson Mercer rules the campus with a smile and a crowd behind him. Kade Langley watches from the shadows, silent and merciless. Elliot Jacobs never raises his voice, because he never has to. Football. Hockey. Baseball. Three kings without crowns.Three reasons no one says no. They watch. They test. They name her. Lockridge calls it discipline. The handbook calls it procedure. Rowyn learns the truth quickly. There are no witnesses here. No consequences. No escape. This is not a love story. This is a system designed to break her. And Rowyn has one choice. Shatter quietly or learn how to survive the boys who were made to rule. Made to break: Boys of Lockridge is a dark why choose bully romance and is intended for reade...

  We were never meant to see each other again. It was a one-night, no-names fling in Bermuda . . . until the next day when I watch her walk down the aisle at our parents’ wedding and discover she’s now my stepsister. We say it won’t happen again, but we give in to the temptation of “just one more time” . . . twice. We tell ourselves there’s no harm in it. Given my stepdad’s and her mom’s rocky marital histories, it’s unlikely we’ll ever see each other again. Except, a few days later, I walk into the Boston Rebels’ offices to assure management that I’ll focus on nothing but hockey after I missed last season thanks to an injury. Instead, I find myself face-to-face with my stepsister, Morgan, who now works for the team. At first, we pretend we’ve never met and try to steer clear of each other. But it’s impossible. Her friends are tangled up with my teammates. Her dad is my agent. She’s everywhere: at the rink, out with our friends, and in my head. I have every reason not to pursue her...

  Which would you choose: kiss, marry, or kill? When three best friends and founders of a health and wellness app on the verge of hitting the big time play a spin on the game of “kiss, marry, kill” at their company’s summer outing, they wake up the next morning in an alternate universe to discover they’ve each done just that. Kiss:  In the “real world,” quiet, indecisive Aubrey is heartbroken over things ending with her fiancé. In the new reality ushered in by the game, Aubrey finds herself in bed, naked, next to their company’s newly hired graphic designer. Marry:  Practical, straight-laced Ilena, on the brink of a divorce following a stressful struggle with infertility, wakes up six months pregnant and married to their company’s general counsel. Kill:  Mallory’s philosophy is to ask neither forgiveness nor permission. Yet the reckless behavior of their biggest investor crosses lines even Mallory didn’t know she had. Especially since she’s been secretly sleeping wit...

  The daughter of the Bratva Butcher doesn't need a savior. She needs a weapon. My life of lies has collapsed, and my only ally is the man who broke my heart. Alonzo is determined to win me back, but in this world, a second chance is a mistake I can't afford. I made a mistake that cost me everything. To win her back, I’ll walk straight into the fires of a Russian Bratva War. Aurora O’Brien isn’t just a woman I lost, she’s the only one I’ve ever wanted. I’m coming for her, and I will bring her home, even if I have to burn down everything in my path. She’s mine, and even if she won’t forgive me, I will do whatever needs to be done to make her realize that her only place is by my side. Rori I knew my past would catch up with me. I can no longer hide in the shadows. I’m the daughter of the Bratva Butcher, a trained assassin forged back into a lethal game I must win. My latest assignment is the most dangerous yet, and I have no room for distractions or second chances. But when Alonz...

  This book is very, very funny unless you are one of the authors whose manuscripts he ruined for his warped sense of amusement. It is like watching an opera singer whose trousers fall down in front of the audience. It is a bundle of laughs. After being hit on the head by his wife's lover, Jay Jackson changed the plots of the books he narrated to incriminate his attacker for humorous revenge. REVIEWS "He is mad and should be put in a straightjacket." (His wife's lover.) "He exposed me and put my privates out in public." (His wife.) "He sounds best when he has laryngitis." (His mother.) "He really xxxxed up my xxxxing book when the little xxxx changed the xxxxing ending." (Archbishop Archie Archibald, author of 'How to Forgive'.) Earlier in his life, after being the star of a horror film, his wedding video, he then became a failed actor. He once laid an actress on the red carpet, no sorry, he laid a red carpet for an actress in her...

  What to expect: 🏡 Small Town 🤭 One Night Stand 🍼 Accidental Pregnancy 🕰️ Age Gap (29/40) 🔥 Firefighter x Songwriter ❤️‍🩹 Broken Hero   📚 BLURB 📚 Two truths and a lie: they met on a fall evening, their time together was unforgettable, and that was the end of their story. The last thing Harriet Thomas expected was a surprise on a rare evening off. More determined than ever to build a bright, happy future for herself and her unborn baby, she knows what she has to do: track down Warren, the man with the sad eyes she spent the night with. Harriet makes one thing clear: you're in or you're out, and, to her surprise, Warren shows up, day and night. Happy endings aren't on Warren O'Connor's radar. He lives life one day at a time, throwing himself into his job, trying to forget a past that still haunts him. That is, until a single encounter rewrites his entire future. She was supposed to be a moment of weakness, but Harriet ends up giving Warren more than he bargai...

  In a wide meadow where the grass moves like a quiet tide, an old windmill turns beneath open skies. This gentle audiobook is a bedtime story for adults, crafted for evening listening and emotional stillness. As the sails revolve in patient rhythm, the story follows the windmill through changing seasons — from dew-soaked mornings and amber sunsets to rain-softened nights and starlit silence. There is no conflict here. No urgency. Only the steady conversation between wood and wind, meadow and sky. As a sleep story for adults, The Windmill's Watch invites you to slow your breathing and settle into calm observation. You will walk through fields brushed by twilight, listen to rain gathering on an old roof, and rest in the quiet persistence of something that simply continues — faithful and unhurried. Written in the poetic style of the Before Your Dream series, this short literary meditation offers warmth, atmosphere, and reflective peace. It is ideal Bedtime wind-down routines Gentle b...

  Rapunzel meets Little Red Riding Hood in this spicy and addictive standalone fantasy romance from the world of #1 Fantasy bestseller, A Thorn in Every Heart The Sorceress: Fae princess Aurelia wants nothing more than to have an adventure. Raised in secret to keep her safe from her tyrannical father, she was never allowed to claim her royal heritage or even leave her tower. Now, her father is dead and she’s free to go wherever she wants, but she still can’t seem to find the will to walk away…all because of the silent and aloof captain of the guards. The Soldier: Half-fae, half-wolf shifter, Fox’s life has been one long, dangerous adventure. Drafted into the deadliest army in Ellender at age six, he fought every day of his life just to stay alive. Now, he’s somehow found himself captaining the new king’s private army, and becoming far too interested in the tiny, annoyingly optimistic sorceress next door. Fox and Aurelia have maintained a secret casual relationship for almost two ye...