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  Savannah Cade’s dreams are coming true.  The  Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah’s been secretly writing while working as editor herself—except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction,  particularly  romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante’s inferno. But when Savannah drops her manuscript during a staff meeting and nearly exposes herself to the whole company—including William Pennington, new publisher and son of the romance-despising CEO herself—she races to hide her manuscript in the secret turret room of the old Victorian office. When she returns, she’s dismayed to discover that someone has not only been in her hidden nook but has written notes in the margins—quite critical ones. But when Claire’s own reaction turns out to be nearly identical to the scribbled remarks, and worse, Cl...

  Injured competitive swimmer, Reece never wanted to be Vice Prez of West Hill High. It was her brother Jamie’s idea and just something to do until she could get back into the pool. She knew that Jamie—who led off his campaign with a strip-tease “election speech”—would be a complete “President Dumbass.” But what Reece didn’t foresee was that she’d fall, and hard, for Jamie’s student council rival, Zain. And that big drama would follow. Zain is hot and intense, plus an amputee and a basketball star. Between Zain’s disability and Reece’s surgery, they have their challenges but that makes their connection deeper. That is until Zain drops a bombshell about his accident. And suddenly everything that is important to Reece starts to implode. Struggling with issues of family loyalty, secrets and scars, Reece must decide if real relationships are worth the heartache.

  Imagine if  Sex and the City’s  Samantha was an addict and her drug of choice was MEN. Go on a hilarious, inspiring, and at times, shocking journey as Roxanne conquers her fears, changes her ways, gets closer to healthy relationships and begins loving herself a little more each day. After years of working as an image-obsessed actress in Hollywood, Roxanne finds herself at rock bottom from a disease that is anything but glamorous. In her first year of recovery, Roxanne has to take accountability for her past. From tales of being mistaken for a prostitute at the Hotel Bel-Air to botching a threesome attempt with an A-list celebrity, she must face the truth about herself and stop playing the victim. Roxanne’s odyssey of using sex and love—as destructive and beguiling as an alcoholic reaching for a bottle—is a veritable rollercoaster of ups and downs, laughter and tears, and a true testament to facing your absolute truth and conquering your fears. S...

  Esme: She is on the run and doesn’t trust anyone. Her entire life has been nothing but pain and suffering, and she will not allow her son to grow up in that world. Now, she has a sexy as sin biker wanting to claim her as his own and he is not taking no for an answer. Offering her a job, a chance at a life so different from what she’s experienced before. The heat between them is enough to set the sheets on fire, but is that enough? When he realizes who she is, and who is chasing her, will he run the other way? Or will he and his club step up to show her the real meaning of family? Fury: The only thing he wants in life is his club, a cold beer, and a woman when he feels the urge. Until he sees her. Esme and her son make him realize what he’s missing, and he wants them for himself. No matter what he has to do to make that happen. He doesn’t care about her past because he and the club will protect her. Except, he never expected she would fight him so hard. When he finds out why, he w...

  Tess Burton is always up for a vintage adventure, and she’s risked her inheritance to open Divine Vintage clothing boutique. While modeling an elegant gown from an Edwardian trousseau, her mind is opened to a century-old murder. Visions—seen through the eyes of the murdered bride—dispute local lore that claims the bridegroom committed the crime. Trey Dunmore doesn’t share her enthusiasm for mind-blowing visions, yet the appeal to clear his family’s tainted legacy compels him to join her in exploring the past. Aided by the dead woman’s clothing and diary, Tess and Trey discover that pursuing love in 1913 was just as thorny as modern day. As the list of murder suspects grows, the couple fears past emotions are influencing, and may ultimately derail, their own blossoming intimacy. My Review I liked this book. The premise of the story with Tess receiving visions of the past when she puts on a gown is intriguing. The way the story mixed the present with the past was nice. However, I f...

  WARNING: This book contains mature scenes, disturbing situations, strong language, and violence. Emily, a small town psychic, was about to have a big breakthrough in life. She would become instrumental in finding a killer who was wreaking havoc in her small tourist town. She finally would get her opportunity to work with the FBI like she always dreamed. In that dream, she never imagined it would come with a smoking hot agent. Derrick arrived in Crystal Rivers with one thought in mind; he must find the ladies that have gone missing, before it was to late. He was racing against time trying to find the clues that would bring them home. He never expected in the course of his work to meet a beautiful lady and fall for her. At first glance, Emily took his breath away, he knew from that moment he would protect her. He knew he could not lose sight of the girls or his mission of bringing them home. When Emily’s dream has a prediction of another lady's capture, can they find the killer bef...

  I AM NOT BRAD PITT is the first of three riotously absurd tales in Ross Dreiblatt’s debut short-story collection sending up America’s sometimes-fatal celebrity obsessions.. By Ross Dreiblatt I Am Not Brad Pitt and Other Stories, Literary Fiction/Humor/Satire, Stone Tiger Books, 391 pp. I AM NOT BRAD PITT  is the first of three riotously absurd tales in Ross Dreiblatt’s debut short-story collection sending up America’s sometimes-fatal celebrity obsessions. “I Am Not Brad Pitt” opens in a prison cell in which Mr. Pitt’s clone-like doppelganger, Tobey Crawford, remorsefully recounts the sequence of unlikely events that resulted in his wrongful conviction for murder. The second story, “Please Allow Me To Introduce Myself,” considers the possibility that Keith Richards (along with, for good measure, Dolly Parton) is, indeed, a vampire. Nobel-Prize laureate Bob Dylan, the story’s vampire-killer, is equipped with more than just a harmonica and tambourine. The final work i...