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Snowed in with my secret crush. Knocked up by New Year's. Best Christmas ever. Fresh from dumping my boyfriend, I wanted a girls' trip with my best friend. I wasn’t expecting to be snowed in with her older brother—all six feet of gorgeous, experienced man and the star of every forbidden fantasy I've ever had. One kiss under the mistletoe later, I’m offering him the chance to be my first. The snow kept us trapped. His obsession kept us busy.

My billionaire boss caught me reading a very spicy book when I should have been working… The price of keeping my job? One night as his fake date. We’ve all read a book so good we couldn’t help sneaking just one more page, right? Mr Blackwood is dangerous - a London mafia boss - and was scheduled to be out all afternoon. When my favorite daydream is absent, I make do with fiction. I thought I was going to be sacked, or worse, for sure. But when I begged him, he looked at me severely and told me his conditions: I have to attend an event with him this evening and pretend to be his fiancee.

I shouldn't have pretended to be a hitman, and now the mafia boss is obsessed. My brother made me join a super anonymous messaging service, and when I teased him about being a spy or in the mob, I thought it was a joke. I even changed my profile pic to a skull, and my name to Bunny the Killer. Then I get added to a mafia group chat, with my brother and tattooed men in suits. The Kingpin messages me privately. He wants to know who I am. I can't put my brother in danger by revealing his mistake, so I play along. But the mafia boss isn’t convinced.

Her ex’s dad and his friend gave her a whole new education... My boyfriend just dumped me and when I go to get my stuff from his house, I run into his dad. I’m inexperienced, but when I’m overwhelmed with desire, I throw caution to the wind and offer him everything. Only…I didn’t expect his friend to join us.

Bestselling author Tiffany Reisz returns with an imaginative tale of lust and magic, and the dangers unleashed when the two are combined… On the day of Lia’s university graduation party, her parents—wealthy art collectors with friends in high places—gift her a beautiful wine cup, a rare...

My brother's best friend just got under my hood…and under my skin. My car dies three blocks from Jax's shop. It's Sunday. He's supposed to be closed. But there he is—all greasy forearms, stubbled jaw, and the kind of hands that make a girl forget how engines work. I've been crushing on him for two years, and today we’re alone. When I trip and he catches me falling off a stool, he holds on a little too long.

When my brother's best friend arrives at our family's beach house, I never expected my long-held crush to ignite into something more. Brent tries to fight the attraction, but being around him makes me eager to explore the limits of our connection. The chemistry between us becomes impossible to ignore, and I want him to be my first.

My fresh start is finally around the corner—but so is the man standing in the middle of the f*cking road. He could’ve died when I hit him, and his two friends are downright furious. But instead of pressing charges, they offer me a deal: work for them for six months, and they’ll let it go. Their secluded mountain estate is vast and beautiful. Full of stolen artifacts and dark secrets.

From the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Quicksilver comes a contemporary dark romance. What happens in the dark never stays in the dark. As one of Seattle's most dangerous, feared men, Zeth Mayfair has always carried out the jobs he's sent on without a second thought...

Cyril woke up in a hospital bed with a ruined body and no memory of how it happened. His only chance at a normal life was agreeing to a splicer's experiment with a twisted condition: he was forbidden to learn the circumstances surrounding his injuries. Rose saved a life and wound up exiled from her gang, friendless and broke in Oolytau. Given an out by a notorious mob boss, she found herself in the Tracts working with a man who might be everything she never knew she needed.

When my mother married Richard Banks, I never expected cold shoulders and cruelty from his triplet sons. Chase, calculating and ruthless. Blade, clinical and unforgiving. Thorn, whose smile hides venom. Three identical faces with emerald eyes that watched me with contempt, three voices that cut deeper than any chemo ever could. They made it their mission to break me, not knowing I was already breaking from the inside out.

What starts as a battle of wills turns into a passionate weekend. When my parents leave for a European vacation, I'm excited to have the house to myself for the summer. That is, until I find out a family friend is staying with me for a few weeks over Fourth of July. The last thing I expect is to be attracted to the older man. After some bratty behavior on my part, the tension between us explodes. Soon, I'm desperate to please him and earn his praise. I’ve never wanted someone so badly. This is shaping up to be the hottest Fourth of July of my life.

My name is Rose Madden, and I have spent my life being the perfect daughter. Thanks to my daddy, I'm an expert marksman who dresses like some modern-day freaking June Cleaver. My life has been perfectly scripted since the day I was born. I've never deviated from the plan - until I met attorney Max Decker. Now he has me doing insane things to get his attention, like grabbing him in his car and being arrested for stalking my ex-boyfriend just so he'll come bail me out of jail.

I wasn’t meant to see the advert for a convenient wife. He wants a short brunette with blue eyes (that’s exactly me!) to keep him company, laugh at his jokes (his dad jokes are the best), and be his homemaker. The money he’s offering is dizzying. The only hitch is: I can’t do the no love bit he requires. I’ve been head over heels for Mr. Blackstone since we met. He’s my secret crush.

Some say I’m too soft and cuddly for a guy who wields bone saws and strings friendship necklaces with human eyeballs—but I just call that work-life balance.

Arelia hides a terrifying secret that paralyzes her with fear, longing for a life free from her hidden monster while maintaining a facade of calm. Unbeknownst to her, fate will soon force her to confront the truth. Tau, a carefree switch with no ties to A/O/B, enjoys flying and relaxing in his spirit form, dreaming of finding his mate. His life takes a turn when an evil witch kidnaps him, but he is rescued by his human mate, who remains unaware of his shifted state and the existence of magic.

Monster. Victim. Predator. Prey. I’ve always been certain of one hard fact–I don’t deserve to live. For all the pain and suffering I’ve inflicted, I tried to take the ultimate punishment. Anything to escape the horror of living with my crimes. Survival wasn’t part of the bargain. The family I never intended to find are determined to keep me alive, but my mind has been turned against me. I don’t know what’s real anymore. When the devil comes knocking, I’m forced to confront the truth.

Dive into the first four books in USA Today best-selling author Renee Rose's Zandian Masters series. Featuring: His Human Slave. Collared and caged, my human slave awaits her training. Like all humans, she was born into galactic slavery. I bought and paid for her, which means she’s mine now. Mine to use. Because according to our gene-matching program, she’ll produce the best offspring. And our species is nearly extinct.

Reserved to the point of being aloof, Lord Westerfield never attended balls or considered taking a wife... until he met Miss Kitty Stanley and his orderly world turned on end. Determined to have the animated sister of his friend but doubting his ability to effectively court her, Westerfield strikes a bargain with her brother for her hand.

Dans "Les pétales de rose", Priscilla Turcotte nous entraîne dans un voyage empreint de poésie et de mystère. Originaire de la vallée de la Matapédia, l'auteure tisse une toile d'histoires captivantes, où chaque pétale révèle une nouvelle facette de la vie et de l'amour. Avec une plume délicate, elle explore les émotions humaines et les liens invisibles qui unissent les êtres. Laissez-vous emporter par cette œuvre qui mêle douceur et profondeur, et découvrez un univers où chaque détail compte et où chaque histoire est une invitation à rêver.