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The History of Love
Nicole Krauss
Literature & Fiction
ONE OF THE MOST LOVED NOVELS OF THE DECADE.A long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man searching for his son and a girl seeking a cure for her widowed mother's loneliness.Leo Gursky taps his radiator each evening to let his upstairs neighbor know he's still alive. But it wasn't always like this: in the Polish village of his youth, he fell in love and wrote a book. . . . Sixty years later and half a world away, fourteen-year-old Alma, who was named after a character in that book, undertakes an adventure to find her namesake and save her family. With virtuosic skill and soaring imaginative power, Nicole Krauss gradually draws these stories together toward a climax of "extraordinary depth and beauty" (Newsday).
Kaleb
Nicole Edwards
Zoey Stranford might’ve had a crush on the sexy boy next door since middle school, but she’s a woman now, and that crush has turned into a full blown case of lust. So why is it that at twenty nine, her libido decides to ramp into high gear and the only thing she can focus on is the intensely sexy, scorching hot boy next door who is definitely not a boy anymore? The only problem is that Zoey and Kaleb have been best friends for as long as she can remember. Not to mention, Kaleb and his brothers are working on buying Stranford land to build a new resort, and she’s more than a little hesitant about his intentions.Kaleb Walker has had his eye on Zoey for close to twenty years, but never before has he considered taking their friendship to the next level, no matter how many fantasies he’s had about her over the years. That doesn’t explain why Kaleb is hell bent on having her – in as many ways as possible. Kaleb finds himself in a precarious situation. His brothers have nominated him to pursue Zoey’s father about purchasing the land needed to get their new resort off the ground. Finding out that Carl Stranford is on the brink of foreclosure and Zoey might just lose her house and the land, Kaleb now has to convince her to put aside her pride and let him help her.It doesn’t take long before the flames start burning bright and hot, and the two of them burn up the nights and the days as they explore each other’s forbidden fantasies. But can their friendship survive a business transaction or the new friends with benefits clause? Or will they realize that they’ve been overlooking something much deeper that’s been right in front of them all along?Warning: This book contains sexual encounters and graphic language that some readers may find objectionable, including, but not limited to m/f/m encounters, anal sex, exhibitionism, and voyeurism. Consider yourself warned! Contains graphic material that is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.Erotic RomanceMature Audience
Infatuation - A Club Destiny Novel
Nicole Edwards
At what point does infatuation turn into obsession? McKenna Thorne doesn’t have the answer to that question, but she’s dangerously close to finding out. Tag Murphy’s content with the nontraditional aspect to his relationships and he always has been. Until McKenna unexpectedly walks into his life. Now he has only one goal: to see how fast he can make her pulse race.
Devotion (Club Destiny #7)
Nicole Edwards
Ever wonder what life is like after the happily ever after?Attention: Devotion is the follow up story of Luke McCoy, Sierra Sellers and Cole Ackerley from Temptation. This will contain spoilers of the other books within the Club Destiny series. For two very complex, very alpha men, life after love isn’t necessarily an easy thing to embrace. Although Sierra Sellers is, and will always be, the lifeline between Luke McCoy and Cole Ackerley, everyday life proves to be the true test of the bond the three of them have forged. No one ever said that life was going to be rainbows and butterflies after the three of them admitted their love for one another. Between their own personal insecurities, a relationship that falls well outside what most people consider traditional, and a baby on the way, the three of them find out that there are still going to be a few ups and downs. With insecurities comes doubt, and no matter what obstacles fall into their paths, the one thing the three of them aren’t willing to sacrifice is their devotion to one another. Warning: This book contains sexual encounters and graphic language that some readers may find objectionable, including, but not limited to: m/f, m/m, m/f/m, m/m/f encounters, anal sex, exhibitionism, and voyeurism. Contains graphic material that is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18.Erotic RomanceMature Audience
Crossing Stars
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
While the city of Chicago sleeps, a war wages in the streets between two powerful families. While the public assumes organized crime is nothing more than a chapter torn out of America’s history, the Costa and Moran families battle for territory and domination.
Caught up in the middle of this sinister world is Josette, the only child of Salvatore Costa, the ringleader and notorious godfather of Chicago’s Italian mafia. After the Irish Morans attempted to assassinate her when she was a child, Josette’s parents hid her behind the walls of their sprawling estate and kept her contact with outsiders to a minimum. But now Josette’s eighteen, and she’s questioning if a long life behind walls is worth trading for a potentially short one filled with excitement and adventure and all the things she’s only lived in her dreams.
On the night she decides to risk becoming just an anonymous face in the crowd, Josette realizes that death isn’t only a possibility—it’s a certainty. Yet when a young man comes to her rescue, the turbulent waters between life and death are further muddied.
Man Walks Into a Room
Nicole Krauss
Literature & Fiction
A man is found wandering the desert outside Las Vegas. The cards in his wallet identify him as Samson Greene, a Columbia University English professor last seen leaving campus eight days ago. Thirty-six years old, with a wife, Anna, and a dog, Frank. But Samson doesn't even recognize his own name, and by the time Anna has made her away across the country to pick him up, doctors have discovered a cherry-sized tumor in his brain; its removal eradicates the last twenty-four years of Samson's memories.
Samson and Anna return to New York together, where Samson struggles to connect with the woman he knows he is supposed to love, with his career, with his home, with his life. He remembers his mother, his childhood in California, the basic shape and processes of the world, but everything else remains blank. In the meantime, Anna sees the same husband she has always seen, but every day has to steel herself against the notion that the man she loves is the Samson who remembers the last quarter century, the Samson who has been shaped by the history of their lives together.
Into these daily lives fraught with a peculiarly intimate tension comes a charismatic scientist who invites Samson to take part in a groundbreaking, experimental project involving the transfer of memories from one mind to another-all it requires is a trip back to the Nevada desert. It doesn't take much to lure Samson away from his profound loneliness in the City-where he is stuck between missing the past life that surrounds him and yearning to enjoy the fresh start he's been given-though Anna is never far from his thoughts as he embarks on the adventure that could mean the end of the old Samson Greene.
In Samson, Nicole Krauss creates an ordinary man who his facing a searingly new world with gritty poignancy and purely instinctual empathy. Reminiscent of early DeLillo, but with the emotional sensitivity of a budding Cheever, Krauss's sharp, intelligent storytelling effortlessly peels away the layers of quotidian circumstances to reveal the subtle joys and woes of simple survival. From the Hardcover edition.
Fissure
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
His confidence on a hiatus, his swagger on sabbatical, and his ego bruised, Patrick Hayward is a shell of the man he once was. Cursing at and writing off love after the only woman he let himself fall for wound up marrying his older brother, Patrick enrolls himself at Stanford hoping college life, the California girls, and the epic surf will get him back to his free-spirited, ladies-man-extraordinaire self.
Just when Patrick feels the shadow of himself returning, Emma Scarlett enters his life, seeing through his shenanigans and calling him on his crap.
Intrigued by this fascinating creature who is ignorant to his charm, surrounded by four older brothers that look at Patrick like he's a bug to squish, and dating the same guy for the past six years who gives new meaning to the term territorial boyfriend, Patrick gravitates to Emma, knowing she's everything he shouldn't fall for.
So, of course, he can't help himself.
It doesn't take long for Patrick to discover Emma has as many secrets as he does. And hers may be just as dark as his.
This time, falling for the girl could not only break his heart, but his spirit.
FISSURE is the first installment in the two part series, THE PATRICK CHRONICLES, and is a side story to the best-selling YA series, THE EDEN TRILOGY. The final installment, FUSION, will be released in the summer of 2012.
Scandal in Seattle
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Revenge isn’t what the Eves are about. Justice is.
But when Sienna Stevens leaves Miami for her Errand in Seattle as Ally Andrews, revenge is the only thing on her mind. A woman scorned is one thing, but Ally is something else altogether. She will not rest until the man who upended her world is brought to his personal and financial knees. She won’t settle for just upending his world in return. She’s going for full-blown annihilation.
Ally’s barely in Seattle a day before complications arise. She begins making slips. She’s one error away from being pulled from the biggest Errand of her career when she comes face to face with Henry Callahan. Former lover. Current Target.
Things just went from complicated to catastrophic.
Damaged Goods
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
When Liv Bennett said good-bye to her sinkhole of a hometown, she planned to leave that chapter of her life behind forever. But forever turned out to only be three years.
After her addict of a mother up and disappears, Liv returns to what she considers her own personal hell smack in the middle of nowhere Nevada to take care of her two younger sisters, and she promptly reinstitutes the golden rule that got her through her first nineteen years of life without getting knocked up, roughed up, or messed up: don’t date the local boys and, god forbid, don’t fall in love with one of them.
It isn’t long before that golden rule is put to the test.
Will Goods grew up in the next trailer over, but the wild, careless boy who used to tear up the town with his three brothers has morphed into someone else so completely, he’s almost unrecognizable. The quiet, contemplative man who works on cars every night and takes care of his mentally ill mother every day is nothing like the local boys Liv grew up avoiding.
But when Liv considers suspending her golden rule just this once, she finds out something about Will that will change everything.
Will Goods isn’t who he used to be—he’s not even the man Liv thinks she’s gotten to know over the summer. He’s become someone else entirely.
He’s become . . .
Damaged Goods.
Heart of Glass
Nicole Jacquelyn
Romance / Contemporary Romance
The next standalone novel from Nicole Jacquelyn about love, friendship, and forgiveness.
Henry Harris was living his dream as a staff sergeant in the Marines. When he's killed in action, his devastated family is in for one more shock: he had a daughter they never knew about.
Morgan Riley has been raising Etta on her own, and that's always been fine by her - until Henry's brother Trevor arrives on her doorstep, willing to do anything to help and make up for his brother's mistakes. Their attraction feels wrong, but Morgan can't seem to turn him away.
Trevor is suddenly in too deep. He has always wanted a family, but Etta and Morgan come with complications. Yet as Etta brings them closer together, Trevor begins to imagine giving Morgan and Etta the life his brother never could. But he wonders if Morgan will ever learn to trust another man with her heart, especially a man whose last name is Harris.
Touching Down
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
The whole world might be in love with him. But all he’s ever loved is her.
Grant Turner’s name is synonymous with football. The fans and media can’t get enough of the player known as The Invincible Man, a nickname he earned while growing up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in the country and the nickname he’s kept by being one of the best players in professional football today. No one can take him down. He’s unstoppable.
But even a suit of armor has its weak point, and Grant’s has always been Ryan Hale.
They were a couple of kids when they fell in love, and just when it looked like the happy ending neither expected was within reach, Ryan disappeared. No explanations. No good-byes.
Grant coped by throwing himself into the game for seven years, and he’s finally moved on. Or so he thinks.
When she walks back into his life, all of those feelings come crashing back, despite the warnings in his head that tell him she’ll leave him again. Grant can withstand the league’s toughest defensive line, but he’s always been weak where she’s concerned.
No man can take Grant Turner down.
But one woman certainly can.
One woman will.
Hate Story
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Nina can’t let herself fall in love with the man she’s going to marry. Both of them have experienced the sting and sham of love and have no intentions of falling victim to it twice. Love is expensive—hate is free.
Three years. A million dollars. A solution to both of their problems. They planned it all, from the story of their first meeting to the date of their divorce. Nothing could go wrong.
But what they didn’t consider was chemistry, and Nina and Max have no shortage of it. After too many near-kisses, Nina convinces herself that hating Max is better than loving him, and the more she gets to know this soon-to-be-husband of hers, the more she discovers just how very much she truly, madly, and deeply . . . hates him.
This isn’t a love story. This is the other kind.
Heart & Soul
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES & USATODAY Bestselling Series
Love is what makes us. It’s also what breaks us.
If this is true, Rowen just became the proverbial wrecking ball to Jesse’s life.
Upon discovering Rowen is pregnant after taking every precaution to ensure otherwise due to a life-threatening heart condition, Jesse is forced to face too many harsh realities and they send him into a desperate, dark place. To consider the possibility that he might lose his wife and unborn child is too much for Jesse to bear.
The situation is out of his control, so he gloms on to the few things he can control. Like noting Rowen’s every move, or dialing the doctor whenever her face goes a shade pale, or even acknowledging the fact he’d be willing to make a deal with the devil in exchange for his wife’s and child’s lives. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do or give or sacrifice to keep them from harm.
But what happens when the devil takes that deal Jesse struck, and the tables turn? A life for a life. A soul for a soul. A heart for a heart. His life for theirs.
Love is what makes us. It’s also what breaks us.
Love’s made Jesse and Rowen. Love’s about to break them too.
Craving Constellations
Nicole Jacquelyn
Romance / Contemporary Romance
"How is it, that someone can make decision after decision attempting to get away from their past and somehow end up right back where they started?"
When Brenna decided to leave the only life she'd ever known, she never thought she'd ever be back. Now, five years later she's running from her clean cut husband straight back to the motorcycle club that raised her... and the man she left behind. She left with a secret, and as soon as she returns the truth will break her carefully constructed life wide open.
Finders Keepers
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES and USATODAY Bestselling Series
There’s tortured. And there’s Garth Black.
His life has been a constant carousel of tragedy and disappointment, including his love life. Of course, applying the term “love” to Garth’s conquests is a gross misuse of the word. Some people were made to give and accept love, and others weren’t. Garth Black redefines the “others” category. He’s made a vow that the day he meets a woman who could sucker him into falling in love will be the day he runs away.
Garth’s plan has one flaw. What happens when he’s already fallen hard for a girl before the warning signs and red flags go up? What happens when the love he’s avoided his entire life brings him to his knees? What happens when Garth Black lets the dirtiest four letter word he’s ever known into his dark, lonely life?
This cowboy’s about to find out he can control some things, and he can’t control others. Number one on the what he can’t control list?
Love.
Recommended for mature readers due to moderate content and language
Pinehurst
Nicole Grane
Romance / Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Evie has been “dumped” at Pinehurst, a private school for the Mageia—where classes teach defensive spells against the deadly creatures of the Underworld, spiders are big enough to suck your face off, and boyfriends can turn into Gargoyles and try to kill you. When her father is captured and held hostage in Hell, Evie seeks help from Antonio, a Slayer and her ten-alarm crush, to rescue him.After attending years of public school and for reasons unknown, sixteen-year-old Evelyn Hollyander AKA Evie, finds herself suddenly "dumped" at Pinehurst, a stuffy private school for the Mageia—the children of magic. Gone are the days of Geometry and Keyboarding, Evie’s schedule now consists of classes that teach defensive spells and charms against the deadly creatures of the Underworld. She discovers that her magical abilities are far more pronounced than that of her classmates, or even her teachers for that matter. She's forced into sixth period PE, boys only “boot-camp” for Slayers; and is taunted by some of the students for being the only female Slayer—ever! But life isn’t all that bad. She has a ten alarm crush on Antonio, a hunky nineteen year old Slayer who is assigned as her personal trainer. She’s ecstatic until she realizes that Antonio can also communicate with her telepathically—translation: he can hear every steamy thought she has for him. After learning that her father has been captured and is being held hostage in Hell of all places, Evie seeks help from Antonio and Havoc, a feisty pixie who Evie’s sure is evil incarnate. The three of them journey into the Underworld, battle two-headed vipers, a troll, and spiders that are big enough to suck your face off. She’s propositioned by the Lord of the Underworld himself. Proving more powerful than expected, Evie is an acquisition he must have—as well as his ticket to the Outer World. The bargain: the safety of her friends and the knowledge to save her father's life in exchange for an unthinkable price.
Exes With Benefits
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
He wants a second chance. I want a divorce. To get what I want, I’ll have to give him what he does.
From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, Nicole Williams:
The only benefit I want from my ex is a divorce.
We got married for all the wrong reasons. The one thing we got right was our separation. I should have known better than to think I could bet on forever with a guy like Canaan Ford. Everything about him screamed impermanent, from his wild eyes to his restless soul.
When I left him and the small town I’d spent my whole life in, I swore I’d never go back. Never only turned out to be five years. Canaan claims he’s changed, but he hasn’t—same knowing smile, same rough demeanor, same body crafted from sin and sinew. And yet, something is different. He thinks this is his chance for redemption. My disagreement comes in the form of divorce papers dropped in his lap. He refuses to sign them. Unless . . .
He wants a month to prove himself to me—that’s his offer. One month to make me fall in love with him again and if I don’t, he’ll sign the papers. As much as I want to say no, I agree. I can suffer my ex for a short amount of time if that’s what it takes to be free of him once and for all. I fell for him once; I won’t make that same mistake twice.
He says we’re not over. I say we were over before we got started. Only one of us can be right, and I can’t let it be him.
Almost Impossible
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Fans of Sarah Dessen, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han will delight as the fireworks spark and the secrets fly in this delicious summer romance from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.
When Jade decided to spend the summer with her aunt in California, she thought she knew what she was getting into. But nothing could have prepared her for Quentin. Jade hasn't been in suburbia long and even she knows her annoying (and annoyingly cute) next-door neighbor spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E.
And when Quentin learns Jade plans to spend her first American summer hiding out reading books, he refuses to be ignored. Sneaking out, staying up, and even a midnight swim, Quentin is determined to give Jade days--and nights--worth remembering.
But despite their storybook-perfect romance, every time Jade moves closer, Quentin pulls away. And when rumors of a jilted ex-girlfriend come to light, Jade knows Quentin is hiding a secret--and she's determined to find out what it is.
Fusion
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Patrick Hayward isn’t used to feeling helpless. He’s a man of action used to controlling his destiny. But falling in love with Emma Scarlett had a way of upending everything, his sanity included.
Locked away as inmate number one-three-seven-oh for a crime he didn’t commit, Patrick spends his days slopping toxic sludge onto trays, resisting the urge to tear the scratchy, orange jumpsuit from his body, and making sure every hardened criminal behind bars with him knows he’s the biggest and baddest of them all. With the help of his handy little gift of teleportation, his nights are spent watching a certain green eyed goddess from the shadows.
When he discovers a couple of Inheritors stalking her one night, he realizes the obstacle of explaining who and what he is to Emma might not be the biggest battle they face.
Tempest Rising
Part #1 of "Jane True" series by Nicole Peeler
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Memoir / Paranormal
Living in small town Rockabill, Maine, Jane True always knew she didn't quite fit in with so-called normal society. During her nightly, clandestine swim in the freezing winter ocean, a grisly find leads Jane to startling revelations about her heritage: she is only half-human. Now, Jane must enter a world filled with supernatural creatures alternatively terrifying, beautiful, and deadly- all of which perfectly describe her new "friend," Ryu, a gorgeous and powerful vampire. It is a world where nothing can be taken for granted: a dog can heal with a lick; spirits bag your groceries; and whatever you do, never-ever rub the genie's lamp.
Three Brothers
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
I grew up with three brothers. They weren’t tied to me by blood, but our connection went beyond genetics or bearing the same last name. Our connection was forged the summer I turned thirteen, the summer my mom ended her life and left me in the custody of John Armstrong, a man I’d never met. Packing all I owned in a couple of boxes, I left the familiarity of the big city and headed west to Red Mountain Ranch, set in a lonely valley outside of Jackson Hole.
Nothing was as it seemed at Red Mountain—it didn’t take long for me to figure that out. John was kind to me but distant, as if he was afraid to let anyone get too close. His three teenage sons had their own devices for keeping love as far away as they could. The eldest distracted himself with cheap relationships that had a shelf-life of one night. The middle son threw himself into the rigor of running a ranch, and the third wielded cruelty and mind-games in his quest to keep people from getting close.
Time has gone by, and I’ve spent those years trying to forget the brother I’d fallen for—the biggest mistake of my life.
Finally, I’ve moved on. Finally, I’m back. But what I didn’t realize was that running away from the wrong brother meant I’d also run away from the right one. The one who’d been there for me all along, waiting in his brother’s shadow for the day I either would or could move on.
But a decade is a long time to wait. Has the brother I should have chosen all of those years ago moved on too? Am I about to discover that my biggest mistake wasn’t falling in love with the wrong brother, but failing to return the love of the right one sooner?
Does unrequited love have an expiration date?
I’m about to find out.
Author’s Note:* This book is a “sweet” romance that isn’t overly sexy. Fans of Lost & Found will be interested in Three Brothers*.
The Shades of the Rainbow
Tyler Nicole Helms Thompson Clayton
Kaelynn Daniels must face the demons in her life in learn to destroy themA teenage girl must learn to face the challenge of life and she has a secret that no one knows that soon will be revealed.. will this make her fall harder in the world she has discovered or will it make her see the light in her life?
Flicker Blue 3: Momentum
Brea Nicole Bond
Fantasy / Young Adult / Contemporary
The search for the Book continues in Momentum, the 3rd installment of Flicker Blue! As the journey leads Jane to unexpected destinations and directly into the path of mortal danger, she learns the heavy cost of her supernatural ability and discovers new secrets of the Curse.A tale of gryphons, snow-dragons, elves, dwarves, dragons and men. An evil elf-mage is haunting the frozen wastelands in the north. Hinfane the tavern-keeper finds unlikely allies in the mysterious creatures that come on the first night of the new moon to collect the mead that she leaves out for them. You can fight an elf, and it seems that you can win. But elves are not so easy to kill... Hwedolyn the gryphon ends up going on a quest, barely believing in the purpose of it himself, not knowing how it will end. This is the first in the Gryphonomicon Gryphon-Dragon histories, a saga that spans generations and tells of the battles between gryphons and dragons and the rise of Aerae, Princess of the North, Empress of the South. An epic heroic fantasy in the tradition of Tolkien, C.S.Lewis, David Eddings.
Flicker Blue 2: Jigsaw
Brea Nicole Bond
Fantasy / Young Adult / Contemporary
In the 2nd installment of Flicker Blue, the plot thickens when Jane discovers that she and Dr. Sylfaen are not alone in their affliction, and Cris finds a way to help her piece together clues about her puzzling new existence.Eighteen-year-old Nessa knows what it’s like to be an endangered species. Grown up in a dying world where nine out of ten babies are born male, she survives by trusting no one. When Marlin, the nineteen-year-old gunslinger with the sky-blue eyes, kills the man who has been keeping her enslaved, Nessa decides this handsome stranger might be her meal ticket. What she doesn’t realize is love is still possible, even in their decimated world. When Nessa discovers she’s pregnant with Marlin’s child, her difficult life now teeters on a knife’s edge. Can she bear to bring a child into their shattered world? Better yet, can Marlin keep them safe from those that hunt Nessa?A companion story to The Breeders, this prequel novelette (34 pages or 10,000 words) explores the origins of two important characters and gives a deeper look into their background. It contains minor spoilers to the novel and is intended for mature teens and adults.
Shattered
Nicole Banks
Fiction / Suspense / Romance
He was finally home, but guilt weighed heavily on his soul.
She's been broken, running from a past she can't seem to escape.
Two childhood friends, beaten down by life, find their way back to each other after years of pain and torment. As passion and desire rises, can Jasmine and Angel find solace in each other’s arms? Or, are the shattered pieces of their lives too much for either of them to put back together?
Join them on an intoxicating ride through life. With ups and down, laughs and tears, they’ve survived for this long being broken. Can they survive it just a little longer to find their own happy ending?
Fit In or Fit Out
Pamela Nicole
Fiction
In this work of non-fiction, written by a teenager herself, the subject of fitting in is analyzed to its depths, using famous quotes and relatable examples, the truth about high schools and human nature in general is revealed.Every person is the main character of their own story, and no one is less important thant anyone, right? Then, why do we have such a hard time understanding this simple concept? Why do we push people away and keep the wrong one close? In this work of non-fiction, written by a teenager herself, the subject is analyzed to its depths, using famous quotes and relatable examples, the truth about high schools and human nature in general is revealed.
Craving Trix
Nicole Jacquelyn
Romance / Contemporary Romance
Bellatrix White had loved Cameron Harrison for as long as she could remember. He was her best friend and her closest confidant, and she knew one day he’d be her forever.
Then he broke her heart.
After five years of complete silence between them, the motorcycle club they grew up in comes under attack, giving Cam the opportunity he needs to work his way back into Trix’s life.
Because while Trix was nursing her broken heart, Cam was realizing exactly what he’d given up.
They fall into a relationship easily, but when new tragedies mix with old memories, neither of the lovers are prepared for the fallout.
The Bonnies
Nicole N. King
When a lost two hundred year old painting said to be cursed with the world's most darkest powers suddenly surface, four friends come together to steal it.Seventeen year old Autumn Jones has it all. She’s rich, she's the most popular girl in school…and she's a thief. Nicknamed “The Ghost” by the media, she and her best friend Yuri have pulled off some of the most perfect heists. But when her father turns up dead during summer break, Autumn decides to put her heist days behind her. That is, until a new challenge arises.The lost painting her father spent his life searching for has suddenly surfaced. But there's a catch. The painting is rumored to be cursed with deadly dark powers, that in the wrong hands, could lead to the world's demise. Despite the myth, Autumn and her best friend, decides to steal the painting. But unlike other heists, this one calls for more than a two woman team. The girls team up with two other classmates, while Autumn tries to ignore the sudden feelings she is starting to have for the new transfer, Micah. Being around him is putting a dent in her bad girl reputation, and is also taking her attention away from the heist. But as the days for the heist grows closer, Autumn begins to discover secrets and clues about her father, that may have caused him his death. It seems there is another thief after the painting, and they will do anything to keep the girls from stealing it, even if it means killing them.
Near and Far
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
NEW YORK TIMES & USATODAY Bestselling Series
There’s optimistic. And there’s Jesse Walker.
If he wasn’t so charming, his sunny disposition and incessant grin would get old. Fast.
Falling in love with the broken girl who had at first seemed immune to anything resembling love was the best thing to happen to Jesse since the Walkers adopted him when he was five.
As Jesse’s life continues at the ranch and Rowen begins making her mark in the Seattle art community, they wonder where the middle ground is. Or if there even is one.
As push comes to shove, they’re forced to make choices neither are eager to make, and Jesse and Rowen have to face what their lives might look like without the other.
Can two people with such tragic pasts and different presents expect a promising future together? Whatever the answer, they’ll need a lot more than love to make it.
Recommended for mature readers due to moderate content and language.
Dating the Enemy
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Ms. Romance, Hannah Arden, writes one of the top read relationship advice columns in the nation. Mr. Reality, Brooks North, writes the top read relationship advice column.
Ms. Romance believes in true love and soul mates. Mr. Reality believes love is a term humanity has assigned to the primal instinct to procreate. She believes in fate—he in chance. She knows there’s one right person for everyone—he knows there are multiple ones. The two writers couldn’t be more polarized on relationships. They’re professional rivals, and philosophical antagonists.
For eight years, their battles have been fought with words and ink. That changes when they apply for the same position at the World Times and find themselves face-to-face for the first time. Brooks isn’t the sour-faced, antiquity of a man Hannah pictured. And Hannah isn’t exactly the middle-aged shrew with cat hair on her housedress that Brooks imagined either.
In lieu of competing for the promotion traditional ways, the two writers are presented with playing the leading roles in a social experiment unlike any before. Can a person be tricked into falling in love? Can a relationship be crafted under the right string of circumstances? Hannah knows the answer. So does Brooks.
Agreeing to the terms, the two set out on a three-month dating experiment, live-streamed for the world to watch. All Hannah has to do to win is not fall in love with the narcissistic brute. All Brooks has to do is get the starry-eyed dreamer to fall in love with him. Both are so confident in their philosophies, they expect the challenge to be easy.
With the world watching, Brooks and Hannah will be forced to confront their beliefs and conclude, once and for all, who’s right. The answer is one neither of them saw coming.
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Legends of Litha (Wheel of the Year Anthology Volume 3)
Cherron Riser, Ashley Nicole Davis, Tara Ann Moore, & Taylor Lexus Brown
Paranormal / Romance / Science Fiction
Bring Forth the Power of the Creature in your Soul!Enter a magical world where those around you are not who they seem. Take a quest as fantasies become real, and mysteries unfold into beautiful tales and horrid betrayals. Inside these pages, you will be sucked into a realm where all that seemed impossible is anything but.Bring Forth the Power of the Creature in your Soul!Enter a magical world where those around you are not who they seem. Take a quest as fantasies become real, and mysteries unfold into beautiful tales and horrid betrayals. Inside these pages, you will be sucked into a realm where all that seemed impossible is anything but. Dragons, Bird Men, Demon Hunters, and Mermaids all await you within these stories. Litha, also known as Midsummer, is the day of the summer solstice, when the sun is at the height of its journey. It is a day filled with fire and magic before the year begins to wane. For each pagan holiday, there will be a corresponding volume in the Wheel of the Year Anthology.Stories Included-A Dragon’s Heart and Sparrow’s Soul- Cherron RiserBlood and Ashes- Ashley Nicole DavisThunder Born- Tara Ann MooreAllure of the Sea- Taylor Lexus BrownConfession- Taylor Lexus Brown
The Blindman's Wife
Nicole Peters
She made a bargain with him, now she must follow through or risk losing her family. Azolah Kurtis didn't come from much, but what little she had she worked hard to achieve. As a single mother she prided herself to provide the best for her son no matter the cost. After her only relationship ended in disaster, she swore off the opposite sex, especially wealthy men. However, when someone from her past threatened to destroy her little family, she was forced to turn to the one person that had the means to help her, her wealthy, arrogant boss. In return for his help she found herself agreeing to more than she expected. All his life Liam Bradford got whatever and whomever he wanted. That all changed when tragedy took the woman he loved and left him blind. He now keeps a secret that weighed heavily on him. Consumed by anger and guilt, he closed off his heart to love. Then a certain feisty woman came into his life turning it upside down.
Owen (Book 3)
Nicole Fox
Romance / Contemporary / Suspense
This is book 3 and the finale of the Fourstroke Fiends MC romance series! Owen owned my body and gave me the baby I never asked for.CAREYI'm a girl with big, big dreams.No man is going to derail that, despite my mother's best attempts to marry me off to some rich bastard.Enter Owen: a brooding, tough-as-nails biker from the wrong side of the tracks.He's not exactly rich, but the 'bastard' part is spot on.All I know is he makes my heart shiver and my knees quake with longing.And when I let that longing get the better of me, we ignite in a fit of wild passion—and then we do it again.I'm a girl with plans. A guy like Owen couldn't possibly factor into them…Until the baby he gives me throws all my plans out the window.
Saving the Single Dad's Bookstore
Nicole Lam
A doubtful owner. A determined employee. Together, can they build a future? After inheriting his late grandfather's bookstore, Dominic Tang must make a big decision: keep it or sell. But manager Gianna Marchesi insists she can prove he should keep Tang's Terrific Tomes open if he'll stay in town for two months. Falling for the charms of the store—and Gianna—comes easy. But when property damage threatens his already-tight budget, will Dominic risk everything to follow his heart?From Love Inspired: Uplifting stories of faith, forgiveness and hope.
Sun, Sea and Seduction
Nicole Gestalt
In this second all female anthology from Nicole Gestalt the focus is on holidays and enjoyment. The holidays are taken in lots of different places from a sunny island to a bar made of ice. Some of the woman are arriving on vacation others are at the end but one thing is for certain they all will enjoy themselves.
The Triumph
Part #3 of "The Regiment Trilogy" series by Christopher Nicole
Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers / Romance
Secrets in a Small Town
Nicole Stiling
Town manager Savannah Castillo has everything under control, just the way she likes it. But when she starts to receive unsolicited gifts and messages from a stranger, her life turns to chaos. Against her better judgment, Savannah accepts Deputy Chief Mackenzie Blake's help in the investigation and is more than a little annoyed when Mackenzie suggests herself as a part-time, live-in bodyguard.Savannah isn't Mackenzie's favorite person. She's rude and entitled, and she always has to have the last word. Always. But when she and her daughter Eliana need help, protecting them becomes more than just a job. Mackenzie's mission is to find the person harassing them before they cause real harm. Savannah's fleeting and incredibly sexy smiles don't make the task any easier, and there's no time for distractions.Not when someone waits in the shadows, watching and preparing to strike.
Possessed by Lust
Nicole Banks
Fiction / Suspense / Romance
Sex was his trade—not by choice, but Elijah learned a long time ago you can't escape fate.There was something inside of him that his mage blood enticed, and when it was hungry, it left naked bodies in its wake.Elijah has lived a life of solitude because of it, until someone found his unique gifts useful.He's left drugged and chained up—a prisoner to his own demons.Until he dreamed of a brother he never knew, who sends a dark-haired pixie to help set Elijah free.For the first time in forever, she silenced the hunger that lived within Elijah. A hunger that never quite belonged to him.The only problem? Elijah wasn't the only man she was there to rescue, and that awoke a different beast inside of him.***Note****This book is part of a seven-book series. Each book can be read as a standalone, and the books do not need to be read in order to understand the plots and general story ideas.However, some of the main...
Marilyn Monroe Meets Anna Nicole Smith- Death Conspiracies
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Comparison of Anna Nicole Smith's life and Marilyn Monroe's life and death.This book combines the life of Marilyn Monroe and Anna Nicole Smith's lives and death. They were believed to have similar lives and deaths.
A Shield of Fate and Ruin
Nicole Bailey
When the world is at war.No one is safe.Not even the gods. Apollo would hide with Hyacinth and hold him until the sun burned out.But that is not their destiny. When Ares arrives announcing a turn of the tides and war thundering towards Niria, Apollo and Hyacinth take on a journey to save everyone from Zeus' wrath.But when things don't go as planned, they might destroy themselves instead. In this third installment of the Apollo Ascending series, romance, fate, adventure, and tragedy intermingle into an exhilarating story of loyalty and sacrifice.
Crush
Nicole Williams
Young Adult / Literature & Fiction
Football glory. A giant diamond. A wandering eye.
Jude and Lucy are happily engaged . . . but that doesn't mean life's a bed of roses.
Once again, Jude and Lucy are torn apart by football training and a summer job that creates new tensions. This time Jude's the one with trust issues. Will Lucy's life-changing news bring them back together or end their relationship for good? Can love triumph forever?
Everlasting Desire
Stephanie Nicole Norris
Contemporary / Romance
Discovering the truth behind her boyfriend's infidelity, Jada Wilson decides it's time to regain her independence. She wants to shed her anxiety, and while looking for a stress-free resolution, the answer to her quandary comes from an unanticipated source—her best friend. He's been the only consistent person in her life, and the unexpected way his touch ignites a passion within her takes Jada to new heights she wasn't ready to explore, until now. Award-winning MasterChef Solomon McBride has reached the end of his reservations regarding Jada Wilson. As her best friend for the past three decades, Solomon's had enough of witnessing her heart break. But aware of her vulnerability, he carefully treads a path to rebuild her trust in love, and he's ready to lead the way if she is willing to allow him. Read the other books in this series! Heart's Desire by Delaney Diamond Soul's Desire by Sharon C. Cooper
Mother Water Ash
Nicole Cooley
Mother Water Ash, a wrenching new collection of poems by Nicole Cooley, explores the personal grief of a mother's sudden death alongside the environmental crises of the storms, fires, and floods that now dominate our world. Examining the landscapes of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, these poems ponder what it means to mourn in the face of ecological catastrophe, and traipse the terrains left by loss.
Wolf Hunted
Nicole R. Taylor
Fantasy / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy
A werewolf civil war. A vampire blood ritual. To stop both, werewolf Sloane will have to go to war.Barely escaping with their lives, Sloane and Chaser are on the run.The Fortitude Wolves are split down the middle, the Hollow Men are on their tail, and the threat of death hangs over their head at every turn. Their only choice is to keep their heads down and find a way to end the madness once and for all.Short on friends, Sloane is backed into a corner with little hope remaining. Her only way out is through a maniacal vampire who wants to sacrifice her in a blood ritual—which isn't her idea of a happy ever after.But in the darkness of the Australian bush, an unexpected visitor may have the answer she's been searching for. An answer to a question she never dreamed of asking.If they want their forever, Sloane and Chaser must make their final stand and go for broke...or die trying.Wolf Hunted is the final book in the Fortitude Wolves...
Wyoming Cowboy Sniper
Nicole Helm
Romance / Mystery
Carsons and Delaneys have always been enemies...Until these two must join forces to save their unborn childVanessa Carson informs Dylan Delaney she's pregnant moments before armed robbers break into his family bank...and Vanessa loses her memory. Despite the obstacles against them—including their feuding families—Dylan can't forget the passionate night he and Vanessa shared. Now, trapped together in a remote cabin, the former soldier must use his best sniper skills to safeguard three lives...
Wyoming Cowboy Bodyguard
Nicole Helm
Romance / Mystery
Her bodyguard was murdered.Will she be next?Following her scandalous divorce, fans turned on country music "bad girl" Daisy Delaney. Now someone wants her dead. But former FBI agent Zach Simmons isn't letting this violent psychopath get any closer to Daisy. Because the bodyguard will do whatever it takes to protect the bad girl he's falling for...
Wolf Called
Nicole R. Taylor
Fantasy / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy
A werewolf and a vampire walk into a pub...and embark on a road trip from hell.Sloane is trying to make the best of a bad situation.She's spent most of her life trying to hide from her troubled past, keeping her head down and her identity a secret. But she has no idea how much danger she's in until a vampire walks into the pub where she works.Pushed headfirst into a supernatural world she never knew existed, Sloane finds herself the target of a mysterious clan of vampires known as the Hollow Men. They're looking for a special werewolf, one who isn't bound by the power of the moon. Someone like Sloane.Forced to team up with a vampire sent by her maniacal father, the alpha of the Fortitude Wolves, she has no choice but to flee across the vast Australian outback if she wants to live.With death snapping at her heels, the lesser of two evils may be her only way out...Unless she answers the call of the wolf within.Wolf Called is the first...
A Cry from the Renegades
Part #2 of "The Rager Series" series by Rebekah Nicole
Everything is a game to him. We move, he moves, we move, he moves. But his house of cards won't stand. We'll be sure of it.Emma knew that making it to the base was only the first step in taking down the regime hell bent on destroying humanity. What she didn't expect was the Colonel. He's cruel, sadistic, and growing increasingly paranoid. Her life, and the life of many others, are being held in his blood-stained hands. Stealing the cure. Growing a network of rebels and spies. None of it will be easy. Every step Emma takes in the right direction is met with trepidation and looming danger. Who can she truly trust? Thomas, her dad, the woman with a warning?What Emma does know, is that she'll have to help destroy them all if she wants to save them. But will it kill her in the process?
Home to the Outback
Nicole Flockton
Romance
Coming home isn't always easy... Three years ago, nurse Sindy Carruthers returned to Bunya Junction wounded, wary and shamed by a relationship gone wrong. Welcomed home by her family and supportive community, she now manages the local medical practice and enjoys her newfound confidence. She's perfectly happy on her own, until a blast from the past in the form of Ryan Flanagan appears. Dr. Ryan Flanagan—renowned plastic surgeon to the stars—heads to Bunya Junction to pay his last respects to the man who opened his heart and house to an abandoned boy. Ryan's no fan of Bunya Junction or the harsh judgments of some of the townsfolk, so he's stunned to discover that his old mentor has bequeathed him half a general medical practice—hoping he'll stay on and serve the community. The other half of the practice now belongs to the beautiful Sindy Carruthers, his closest friend's twin sister. Sindy knows Ryan will never stay in Bunya...
Primal Instincts: Volume 9
Nicole Edwards
When you give your heart to someone, there’s always the chance it can be broken. When you give your heart to more than one person, the chances are significantly greater. My entire world has erupted in chaos, and the lives of two men I love are in danger. On the outside, I’m holding my head up, but on the inside, I’m curling into a fetal position, wishing someone would hold me so I don’t fall apart. It’s coming. I can feel it. My heart can’t handle the pain of not knowing whether Hawk or Creed will live through the night; it can’t process the fear that Garrison and Nick will meet the same fate. I’m stuck in this horrible void of nothingness as I wait for someone to give me a lifeline to hold onto. I’m starting to think it will never arrive, and I’ll be left to drift off into oblivion. Volume 9 is the last book in the Primal Instincts series. Although they endure some dark times, love wins, and this unconventional love story ends happily ever after. As a bonus, there’s a glimpse of the future for Journey, Creed, Hawk, Garrison, and Nick.
Body Language
Nicole Chung
A kaleidoscopic anthology of essays published by Catapult magazine about the stories our bodies tell, and how we move within—and against—expectations of race, gender, health, and abilityBodies are serious, irreverent, sexy, fragile, strong, political, and inseparable from our experiences and identities as human beings. Pushing the dialogue and confronting monolithic myths, this collection of essays tackles topics like weight, disability, desire, fertility, illness, and the embodied experience of race in deep, challenging ways. Selected from the archives of Catapult magazine, the essays in Body Language affirm and challenge the personal and political conversations around human bodies from the perspectives of thirty writers diverse in race, age, gender, size, sexuality, health, ability, geography, and class—a brilliant group probing and speaking their own truths about their bodies and identities, refusing to submit to...
Just Right Jillian
Nicole D. Collier
In this heartfelt middle grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother. Fifth grader Jillian will do just about anything to blend in, including staying quiet even when she has the right answer. After she loses a classroom competition because she won't speak up, she sets her mind on winning her school's biggest competition. But breaking out of her shell is easier said than done, and Jillian has only a month to keep her promise to her grandmother and prove to herself that she can speak up and show everyone her true self. A warm and relatable middle grade debut novel about family, friendship, and finding the confidence to break free from the crowd and be who you truly are.
Dances
Nicole Cuffy
A ballerina at the height of her powers becomes consumed with finding her missing brother in this “striking debut” (Oprah Daily).At twenty-two years old, Cece Cordell reaches the pinnacle of her career as a ballet dancer when she’s promoted to principal at the New York City Ballet. She’s instantly catapulted into celebrity, heralded for her “inspirational” role as the first Black ballerina in the famed company’s history. Even as she celebrates the achievement of a lifelong dream, Cece remains haunted by the feeling that she doesn’t belong. As she waits for some feeling of rightness that doesn’t arrive, she begins to unravel the loose threads of her past—an absent father, a pragmatic mother who dismisses Cece’s ambitions, and a missing older brother who stoked her childhood love of ballet but disappeared to deal with his own demons.Soon after her promotion, Cece is faced with a choice that...
Allure
Nicole Banks
Fiction / Suspense / Romance
Going through a messy divorce, Syra needs a new start.Opening an all women-owned sex club with her friends gives her a way to rediscover herself.They find the perfect location.Except it's owned by a man from Syra's past.Marco still wants Syra and harbors anger over the way she ended things with him.But along with his partner and best friend Asli, the ruthless businessman has a plan for her.One that involves exploring what Syra really wants and needs.Things are finally looking up.Until a mysterious threat sets its sights on Syra and those she cares about.Everything is on the line.And one wrong move could cost her all she's worked so hard to find.
Faye and the Heart of Fire
Nicole Bailey
It only takes a spark of unrest to ignite an inferno of treachery. Faye thought the worst was behind her when the war ended. But leading a race of wary dragons comes with unforeseen challenges. She believes she has everything under control until an attack shatters that illusion, leaving her with an injury and the knowledge that a traitor is concealed among those closest to her.Needing a personal guard she can trust, she turns to Alec. Alec is all too happy to swap his lackluster days teaching music for a more thrilling opportunity. But what seems like a simple task escalates when he enters the searing flames of the dragon culture and attempts to uncover the traitor. Faye's magic is building up, threatening to erupt and enemies are closing in. Can Faye control her powers? Can Alec work with allies to prevent another attack? Or will the traitor destroy Faye's reign? Author Nicole Bailey masterfully...
The Trouble with Cowboy Weddings
Nicole Helm
Romance / Mystery
From Nicole Helm, the author of the national bestselling Stone Cold, Navy Seal Cowboys, and Big Sky Cowboys series! In Colorado's glorious big-sky country, everything is done with cowboy flair—even boot-stomping, hat-tipping cowboy weddings . . . As the middle Tyler brother, Gavin doesn't always have much say in ranch decisions, but when it comes to his heart, he's the only authority. He's loved Louisa "Lou" Fairchild for longer than he can remember, even though they've never been more than friends. But with Lou stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place, Gavin is going to help the way any true friend would—with a proposal of a strictly business-like, in-name-only marriage . . . at least to start. Lou can't believe her beloved grandmother has backed her up against the wall. The choice between finding a man to marry and letting her no-good father back into the family to run the...
Fifteen Love
Part #6 of "Pretty Tough" series by Nicole Leigh Shepherd
PrettyTOUGH serves up another ace! Maggie Anderson and her twin sister, Bella, are a doubles team destined for tennis greatness. They've just started their freshman year at Beachwood Academy and it seems like everything--even the Olympics!--is within their sights. But when Maggie quits the tennis team suddenly, she leaves Bella in the lurch. Told in alternating first-person POVs, Fifteen Love is the kind of sweet, super-clean paperback you'd give to your younger sister. And with the original online series coming up--and a splashy series repackage to match--the PrettyTOUGH books should have an even wider readership than ever before!
Mountainside Murder
Nicole Helm
Romance / Mystery
She's hunting a hit man...Now she and his next victim are targets... North Star undercover operative Sabrina Killian is on a hit man's trail. She doesn't need help from Wyoming search and rescue ranger Connor Lindstrom. But the persistent ex-SEAL is the killer's target—and soon they are both being hunted. Now they've joined forces to uncover a treasonous conspiracy. But will Sabrina's and Connor's most dangerous secrets even the odds—or take them out for good?From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.Discover more action-packed stories in A North Star Novel Series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order: Book 1: Summer StalkerBook 2: Shot Through the HeartBook 3: Mountainside MurderBook 4: Cowboy in the Crosshairs