Showing results for "Shot" in Literature & Fiction

Dirt bikes, racing hearts, and a speeding romance. Davey was focused on the championship, but when he met Tyler, he found something more to fight for. Tyler received the best birthday gift ever - meeting Davey McAllister, his ultimate dream. But Tyler was the mechanic for Davey’s competitor, and their relationship was off limits. They fell hard and fast, now their challenge is making it work in the competitive sport of motorcycle racing.

Evie is a shy, bookish bartender in Bradach, the biggest pirate port in the Near Systems. When the love of her life betrays her, she's thrown into the Coalition's highest security prison with no hope of escape. Larkin is a hardened assassin down on her luck with an empty bank account. Her shadowy history comes to light at exactly the wrong time, and she ends up indebted to the Cricket pirate crew.

They came to reignite their marriage. They didn’t expect him. Noah Ashcroft has spent his entire life chasing the next win. But after one mistake on the ice sends him into a downward spiral, he’s forced to face a bigger loss: his marriage. When Quinn Ashcroft gives her husband an...

Is a nice little wedding with Blow-up Randy and Jackson My Love too much to ask for? Clearly, because someone’s trying to kill one of us...again. Generally, this would be my thing and I would jump right in singing my murder song, but they want Jackson dead and I will do anything (and I mean anything) to keep him alive - including and not limited to: 10 Dobermans, bulletproof glass, and dragging Cassel in with the promise of more Jerebear.

It’s not fair that now that Jackson and Jeremy are beginning to admit and express their feelings for each other that duty calls for both of them. Jackson is busy with Head Rock Harbor Books as well as the new coffee bar and his new employee, Angel. Jeremy is helping the Head Rock Harbor Police Department recover from a public relations nightmare and might be taking on new responsibilities. Everything has been a blur in the month since Pride Weekend, and both guys are dying for a few days to simply take a breath–and enjoy a little romance with each other.

Life has never been easy for Duncan Stiel. His childhood was the stuff of nightmares, and his day job as an undercover police officer forces him to hide his true self and occasionally lands him in the hospital. So when he finally meets the perfect man, it comes as no surprise that everything falls apart around him. What Duncan doesn't expect is that the hardest hurdle to get over before he can make a life with Aaron Sutter is the one inside himself.

Josie Adams had a brilliant speech writing career in American politics - until a scandal destroyed everything. Unsure what to do with the rest of her life, she moves home with her mother in the Cotswolds. Journalist Harriet Powell ditched London after getting sacked and divorced within six months of each other. She hopes to find peace in the village, but after meeting Josie, Harry's world will never be the same. While the two don't see eye to eye on the professional front, it's hard to deny their connection, even if Josie's mum is determined to set Josie up with anyone who isn't Harry.

Laurel Darby is no stranger to hard work, but most folks can't see past her family’s name and wealth. Having built her quilt shop from the ground up, she knows how hard it is to keep a business running. But that doesn’t leave much time for a relationship, and the last thing on Laurel's mind is unraveling herself and disrupting her carefully constructed life. Fresh out of long-term relationship hell, Dallas Hayes has nothing but a dream and the sweat equity for a fresh start. Opening her bourbon lounge is the only thing on her mind. But love? Nope, she won't go down that rabbit hole again.

Talented golfer Morgan Spencer has never won a major but it's so close she can taste it - no thanks to her sexist father, a golfing legend who won't even give her the time of day. Television producer Adrienne Wyatt has thrown herself into her career after her lover left her a year ago. She has a brilliant new plan: a documentary featuring Morgan's rise and rise, capitalizing on the young woman's star appeal. The main problem is that the reserved golfer treats Adrienne's plan like an invasion of privacy. The other issue is her growing feelings for the irritatingly attractive woman.

Run. When the body of seventeen-year-old student Melanie Pirt is found, DS Gabe Martin is more than ready to take the lead on her first murder case. Determined to prove herself to the cold and mysterious DI Juliet Stern, Gabe can’t afford any distractions – especially not ones that wake her in the night, reminding her of a past she’d rather forget. Because while Gabe and Juliet have few leads, there are plenty of suspects. And every one of them is lying.

Will: Turning up on the first day of a job you desperately need to discover you’ve already slept with your billionaire boss? Yeah, that’s a bit of a conundrum. Learning he’s a closeted bisexual currently embroiled in a - by all accounts bogus - sexual harassment scandal? That’s more of a fiasco. But having to sit outside the office of one of the sexiest men alive, day in, day out, knowing there’s no chance of a repeat? That’s what I’d call a disaster.

Hot-headed and soft-hearted Street Crimes Detective Lucy "Lucky" Sorin can't seem to stay out of trouble. She even manages to get kicked off the task force working to bring down the Rat Lords, an outlaw motorcycle club in town. Instead of taking a demotion she turns in her badge, grabs her stick and goes looking for a level table with fast cloth—at the Rat Lords' clubhouse. While all eyes are on the ex-cop turned pool hustler, Lucky only has eyes for Mira Allen, the club president's lover.

McKenzie is a soldier and her girlfriend, Katie, is a contractor with the United Nations peacekeeping force. McKenzie's squad has named her Dead Shot for her uncanny ability with weapons. When her unit is ambushed, will her skills be enough?

A BRAND NEW addictive hockey romance from Morgan James and Ashlyn Kane. What happens on the road stays on the road... right? Hard-of-hearing star winger for the Ottawa Loons Riley Clapton has faced his share of challenges. Meningitis as a teen? No problem. Abysmal dating scene? He still has hope...

It's just one night. Just a surreal one night stand with a virtual stranger, a gypsy-eyed drifter with an inexplicably infectious passion for Thoreau. Yet for would-be screenwriter Greg Cannon, the fleeting encounter bears the promise of something even more elusive in this jaded town than coveted stardom. Then, in a violent instant, Harry Dawes is gone, wrists slashed, found naked in a hot tub with the body of Hollywood's hottest - and also closeted - actor.

Luca Bennett makes her living looking for people, but her sights aren't set on lost children separated from their parents at a busy mall or elderly Alzheimer's patients who wandered from the nursing home. She's a bounty hunter paid to apprehend fugitives on the lam.

Everyone knows that Tony Landon's dated dozens of different men and women since he joined the athletics department at the Falconer Institute of Training. Everyone who's ever gossiped with one of his exes knows that he's kinky, too. Donovan's reputation at the institute is different. The only reason people are pretty sure he's gay is because he drinks at the same pub as most of the gay and bi Falconer guys, and he's never actually said he's straight when he's brushed them all off.

“Look, I’m not asking you to believe me blindly. Just…give it shot. Just check out the evidence.” This is the big break that Nico has been waiting for - a new piece of evidence has come to light that will exonerate his uncle, who has been in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. Only no one will take him seriously - not even the commanding, dominant, Deputy Case. This audiobook features the dogged determination of familial love, the elation of solving a years-old crime, and two men who can’t help but come to odds when they think that they are always in the right.

The Darts' first season was a success. But as they make preparations for their new season, complications are inevitable. Tessa’s wrestling with her feelings for Fitz, a secret which she fears could tear apart their friendship. Dawn and Michelle are facing their own unique parenting challenges. Meanwhile, Fitz is forced to decide what she is willing to endure in the name of saving her marriage.

Athletic pressure dominated the star players of the varsity basketball team. So far, team captain Skye only maintained contact with beauteous forward Jean. Skye and Abby, who acted as point guard, had been friends with benefits for so long. One Saturday afternoon, the three girls developed a relationship that opened up so much more than just shooting hoops and running defenses, initiating Jean into a different type of game.