Showing results for "Stella" in Contemporary

She’s off-limits, but he’s never been good at following the rules. Discover the sizzling, small-town brother’s best friend romance that went viral on TikTok—now a special edition with an exclusive Q&A with the author! “A sweet slow burn . . . sunshine in written form.”—USA Today...

To Braden Elliott, I’m still that spoiled little girl next door. A child to be taken care of, instead of the woman I’ve become. Until I walk in his club on the arm of the man who put in the winning bid for my innocence. Now, Mr. Elliott is determined to have me. To own me. All of me. No matter the cost.

How Stella Got Her Groove Back is full of Terry McMillan's signature humor, heart, and insight. More than a love story, it is ultimately a novel about how a woman saves her own life—and what she must risk to do it. Stella Payne is forty-two, divorced, a high-powered investment analyst, mother...

A vanilla businessman experiences a spicy bi-awakening when he gets snowed-in with a lumberjack couple in this MMF romance buzzing on BookTok. Picture being snowed in with a pair of loggers who look like they’ve stepped right out of your steamiest daydreams. Nathan Clark didn’t plan on...

Stella is making up for lost time. She's a newly single mother in her early thirties. Her ex has her daughter every Thursday night so she's free one night a week to work her way through every dating archetype she missed out on in her twenties. Dom starts out as the No Strings Attached Guy. But Lou doesn't jump into bed with him and Dom soon becomes The Friend instead, spending time with her and her daughter whenever she's not on a date.

She is my fair lady—my Eliza Doolittle if you like. A blank canvas on which I will create a masterpiece. Somebody to fool the most discerning eye. But I am no gentleman. I am the man she fears the most. The devil waiting behind the mountain range. I will teach her how to be my perfect woman, and she will thank me for it. I am the master of the game. She doesn't even realize we are playing one. She signed a contract inked in tears and sealed with blood. Now she is mine, and there is nothing she can do about that because hidden in the small print—she gifted me her soul.

What started out as a deal quickly became a friendship that conquered monsters. I killed, but I escaped hell. Emotionless. Disconnected. Cold. A mannequin. It's what I'd become in order to survive the years held in captivity. I was able to endure the abuse and devastating loss as long as I remained detached. But he wouldn't let me. Crisis, the bass guitarist in my brother's rock band, Tear Asunder. He's cocky, rude, a total man-whore.

Librarian Cara Leone fell down a rabbit hole when she began secretly reading very spicy books. They not only piqued her interest in that lifestyle, but made it abundantly clear how much her love life has been lacking in the intimacy department. On a whim, she books a week-long stay at the resort to see if the sweat-inducing romances she reads are more fiction than reality.

Han vil gøre alt for at få hende … også lyve. Christian Harper er hævet over al moral. Kærlighed interesserer ham ikke. Han er et monster i et perfekt jakkesæt. En mand, der kan gennemskue alt – og få alt. Men én bestemt kvinde forbliver et mysterium: hans unge underbo, Stella Alonso. Hun er hans svaghed. Og han vil gøre alt for at få hende, ikke mindst skjule, hvem han er. Og bryde alle regler. Stella Alonso arbejder hårdt. Hun leder ikke efter et forhold, men da hendes fortid indhenter hende, tvinges hun i armene på Christian Harper. Med Christian føler hun sig set, elsket, ønsket.

She knew how to give people what they didn’t even know they wanted...As one of Washington D.C.’s most sought-after interior designers, the color has gone out of Stella’s life with the death of her beloved mentor and the infidelity of her longtime boyfriend. So she does what any 46-year-old woman on the run from her current life might do - she goes home...sometimes, in the end, a second chance is in order - and just sometimes, that second chance can bring a woman on the run what she didn’t know she wanted.

Sixteen-year-old Stella dreams in such detail that she can't be sure which side of wakefulness is reality. Some days she is Stella Barone, private school rich girl, and others she is Stella McGillivray, poor waif from the east valley. She lives in the same city, only a matter of miles and a full week apart.

Was, wenn der Mann, den du am meisten hasst, genau der ist, der dein Herz höherschlagen lässt? Stella McGrady hatte sich geschworen, nie wieder einen Fuß nach Velvet Creek zu setzen. Doch nach dem plötzlichen Tod ihres Vaters bleibt ihr nichts anderes übrig, als in ihre Heimat zurückzukehren und über das Schicksal der Familienranch zu entscheiden. Und natürlich ist da Luke Sawyer - der letzte Mensch, den sie in ihrer Nähe haben will. Groß, charmant und mit einem Lächeln, das jede Frau zum Schmelzen bringt, ist Luke alles, was Stella nicht brauchen kann.

Dorie Madison has dedicated her young life to helping dogs—whether it’s running a struggling dog spa or volunteering at County Rescue. But when she starts noticing an alarming trend of abandoned animals and shady breeders, she realizes there’s more to the story than bad luck. Someone is profiting from vulnerable dogs, and Dorie won’t stand by and let it happen. Even though her father thinks she needs to grow up and get a real job.

An inspirational Seattle-based startup, The First Hill, originally designed to preserve the legacy of terminally ill cancer patients, winds up becoming the go-to digital platform for preserving all important moments in history - past, present, and the future moments to come. Written in a documentary style, the narrator takes you back in time to mindful moments in each founders' past that inspired them to create, and leave behind, a world-changing legacy.

Piper Dove è una ragazza ambiziosa e determinata: il suo sogno è diventare la migliore detective di Chicago e riscattare un passato difficile e tormentato. Il suo primo incarico consiste nel pedinare Cooper Graham, celebre ex quarterback dei Chicago Stars, una vera e propria star in città. Peccato che venga scoperta quasi subito... Ora che rischia di perdere casa e agenzia, Piper non ha altra scelta che accettare il lavoro nel club alla moda di Cooper, lo Spiral, ma la vita dell'ex campione negli ultimi tempi è diventata piuttosto movimentata e rischia di coinvolgere la ragazza in affari ben più pericolosi di una crisi finanziaria.

Ausnahmetalent David Benett hat es mit Hartnäckigkeit und Zielstrebigkeit zum Cornerback bei den San Antonio Lions geschafft. Was er nicht erwartet hat: Ab sofort steht auch Yoga auf seinem Trainingsplan! Schließlich ist klar, Yoga ist nichts für harte Kerle und Yogaladys sind allesamt alte, verschrobene Kaffeeweiber... oder? Stella Hartwig, die neue Fitnesstrainerin der Mannschaft, ist ganz anders, als David sie sich vorgestellt hatte. Sie ist sexy, tough und schlagfertig. Innerhalb von Minuten zieht sie David in ihren Bann.

"Sono l'ufficiale di polizia Betancourt, del distretto di Paris." "Scusi, ha detto polizia?" "Sì. Lei è da solo in casa? Può sedersi per favore?" "Sono in piedi e sono solo." "Si sieda, per favore." "Sono seduto." "Bene. La chiamo perché abbiamo trovato questo numero sul cellulare di una ragazza qui a Paris; ha subito un incidente. La situazione è molto delicata. Abbiamo chiamato 'casa'. Quindi supponiamo lei sia della famiglia." "Sono il suo ragazzo."

As Christmas approaches, Ella's pregnant, alone and scared. Tragedy strikes her life, tearing apart all that she knows and loves in Chicago. She travels to Texas to marry a man she has been corresponding with. As she prepares for her new life, the tragedy haunts her....

Her voice is too curt, and her shifty look is downright confusing. I'm pretty sure she's asking for help, and it gets me to thinking. Four weeks ago, I almost lost her to hypothermia, while her employer, my ex-roommate, chased her into the woods. What if he's back? Maybe, that's why she's acting so strange. Whatever the reason, I'm sure as hell not letting her go. I'll fight to the death to keep what's mine safe.

What if all I got isn't enough? When you get right down to it, I am one mean son of a gun and make no apologies. You can’t own a billion-dollar company and be anything less. There’s just one thing I regret. I'm turning into the person I hated most growing up, but even he had the decency to walk out. Me, not so much.