Showing results for "Bittersweet" in Romantic Suspense

With one look, Brooke knows that she cant fight the desire that pulled them together before, despite the skeletons in both their closets. Leif Montgomery fell hard for Brooke Alder in Paris when they were young, and he thought their fling was just an early taste of what life had in store for him. But life had other plans, and he didn't find that kind of love—or see Brookes face—for years.

USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Tracy Lorraine brings you this dark bully college romance collection that includes Leon & Macie’s duet: "The Devastation You Reap" and "The Retaliation You Deliver". From the twisted lies that torment them to the dangerous truth that could set them free.

Ben Coleman left his hometown and the family business that should have been his to pursue his true passion: art and tattooing. Coleman Ink has become his world, and he's tailored the business to fit his life the way he wants it, rather than the life that was originally laid out for him. Until early one morning he's woken up by what he thinks is an intruder only to find it's just his new neighbor. His new neighbor, who has no regard for her own safety, wakes up way too early, and seems to have made it her job to tempt him.

Dr. Will Montgomery had already given in to his temptations. He’d tasted the forbidden fruit again and again for months. Despite the obstacles, he claimed the beautiful Charlotte Pierce and fell head over heels in love. But a stolen love, a forbidden love, comes at a price. And in the aftermath of their affair, Will finds himself backed into a corner, desperate for an escape from the chaos. Chaos that threatens to destroy him and reveal the secrets he’d kept hidden. And if there’s one thing Dr. Will Montgomery should have learned by now, it's that the truth always comes out.

Everyone tells me I need to get out there again. That I can't live my life with a permanent scowl on my face, jaded from my past, and not looking forward to my future. Dating is the last thing on my mind, especially when my beloved cafe can barely stay afloat. That's where Pack Axton comes in with an offer I can't refuse. Pretend to belong to Donovan, Liam, and Hunter. One has a heart of stone, one wears a thousand-watt smile, and the other is obsessed with me. If I can be the doting Omega to the three billionaires, my cafe and everyone's jobs will be saved.

Affairs aren’t permitted between staff members at St. Michael’s Asylum, but Carmen and her handsome young psychiatrist find a way to sneak in a kiss or two in empty storerooms when no one’s looking. It doesn’t take long for her suspicions to rise, however, as she gets to know some of the patients. Why are some kept locked in their rooms, doped to the gills? And where are the two dozen patients whose names appear on the med lists, but whom she’s never met? Moreover, what’s so forbidden about the ancient passages snaking beneath the two-hundred-year old monastery?

My whole life is nothing but a lie—the poor Esme Denver is gone, replaced by the heiress Esmeralda Forbes. I’m torn from my ordinary life and thrown into a world full of money, hate, pain, and unspoken rancor led by a calculating, uncaring father I wished never found me. This new life brings me a brother who hates me on sight and will stop at nothing to have me gone. There is also his frenemy, Caleb, who is as wicked as he is beautiful. They’re both on a mission to make my life living hell—at home and school—where they hold all the power.

After two years of brutal captivity, Portia Lamont has escaped and returned to her family's Vermont horse farm - only to find her parents gone to New York to try an experimental treatment for her mother's cancer, and her childhood friend Boone Hawke running the farm. The man Boone has become frightens her to near paralysis, but she's too traumatized and physically devastated to put up a fight.

Cameron. Eigentlich wollte ich nie nach Nebraska zurückkehren, doch ich muss das Haus meines verstorbenen Vaters verkaufen. Hoffentlich laufe ich Jordan nicht über den Weg. Immerhin ist er der einzige Mann, der mir je das Herz gebrochen hat – und der erste, den ich ausgeraubt habe... Jordan. Ich weiß genau, dass Cameron nach dem Tod ihres Vaters zurückkommen wird. So herzlos, nicht aufzutauchen, ist nicht einmal dieses Miststück – und ich werde auf sie warten. Rache ist süß, sagt man. Nach all der Zeit sollte sie noch süßer schmecken als Cameron selbst.

Shane. Ihr Bruder hat uns beauftragt, sie zu beschützen – nur ist Ryanne der Meinung, unseren Schutz nicht zu benötigen. Ich weiß nicht, ob ich sie lieber erwürgen oder küssen möchte, damit sie ihr vorlautes Mundwerk hält... Brann. Ryanne stellt meine Geduld auf eine harte Probe. Eigentlich halte ich mich immer an das Motto "Erst die Arbeit, dann das Vergnügen", aber Ryanne bettelt förmlich um eine Lektion. Außerdem merke ich, wie Shane sie ansieht. Ich wäre eifersüchtig, wenn ich nicht wüsste, dass wir stets brüderlich teilen.

Ethan. Es ist mir egal, dass Alexa – oder wie auch immer sie heißt – behauptet, seit neun Monaten für mich zu arbeiten. An die Kurven und den Arsch könnte ich mich ganz sicher erinnern. Ich weiß nicht, wie oft sie mit der Nummer schon durchgekommen ist, aber bei mir wird sie es nicht schaffen. Ich habe andere Pläne für Alexa Caine. Alexa. Seit sieben Jahren raube ich mit meinen Komplizinnen reiche Firmen aus. Bisher ist immer alles glatt gegangen. Rein, Geld erbeuten, wieder raus. Niemand wird verletzt. Bis jetzt.

Is there a serial killer in Taos? It’s the height of the wedding season at Sweet’s Sweets and Sam has all she can do to stay ahead of the rush of bakery orders. Plus, her side job - breaking into houses - isn’t allowing much summer time off either. Not to mention that her mother is pressuring Sam and Beau to set a wedding date. When Sam encounters two older women who then die suddenly, it appears that there may be a serial killer on the loose.