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  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...