Showing results by narrator "Laurie West" in All Categories

Separated from the pack, will Aika and Thomas survive? He’s a beautiful threat, but Aika’s convinced she can trust him. But the mysterious, scarred alpha has startling secrets that change everything. While winter rages around them, they’ll have to work together to steal back what belongs to them. No matter what, even if it means painting the Crimson Forest with their enemies’ blood.

Avery Kingwood’s marriage crashed and burned…on his honeymoon. After he finds out his wife Cassie’s devastating truth, she forces him to sign a separation agreement — one that's more like a gag order. Unable to say what happened to his marriage, Cassie expertly manipulates Avery’s entire family against him. Tucked away on the opposite end of the country from his wife and family, Avery finds something that gives his life renewed meaning and hope: Sheila Beller. Perfect, well-respected, charming — and untouchable.

It’s been days since Old Man’s Den burned to the ground and Grady swore he heard his lost alpha howl. While holed up in a tiny inn, tensions are high. There’s no sign of the alpha. Aika is itching to improve her poison. And they’re being hunted. Risking the frigid temperatures outside is the only option - or is it?

I find myself in the clutches of the monster who murdered my father. He wants something from me - something I have no intention of ever giving him. But there are men with him who I fear more, men who will take whatever they want from a woman, whether or not she agrees. Locked in a dark cell, with threats coming at me from every direction, only one thing keeps me going - that the five guys who burst into my life so unapologetically will now come to rescue me.

A love affair. Two weeks in Normandy. She’s a classy princess, I’m a dirty SEAL. She’s been promised to another man; I’m married to the teams. She’s willing to enter a loveless marriage for her country; I’m willing to die for mine. Until I fall in love with her. Nothing will stop me from making her mine.

When green-eyed charmer John Beller breaks through the chaos of her life, offering all the fruits of lust and love, 32-year-old Mary Williams desperately wants to partake. On the verge of a mental break where footsteps echo from empty rooms and constant phone calls have no one on the other end, she craves the peaceful embrace of John’s arms. His confident sphere is the one place she can forget about her weakening grasp of reality.

Pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled adventure has always had 25-year-old Kasey Loren's heart. She's a woman who knows how fast life can slip away and is determined to seize every moment she can. She's sacrificed love, friendship, and stability to reach her goals, and nothing will get in the way of her chance to land a prestigious job at Outdoor Adventure Magazine. Not even the extra dreamy owner of MacKenzie's Bookstore who carries worn out novels in his back pocket.

Just because she has fiery red hair doesn’t mean that Aubrey has the temperament to match it. Actually, it was quite the opposite, Aubrey was the shy one out of the group of friends. Maybe, it was the horrors she’d had to endure growing up or maybe it was because until she’d met her four best friends that summer long ago, she’d never felt a connection before.

Scarlett had learned to keep her head down early in life. Zoey, her older sister, had always taken the reins in life, even when it came to helping their mother get back up after their father stole everything and ran off with a woman half his age, leaving the three of them with only the clothes on their backs and Zoey and Scarlett’s inheritance. She’d been behind her sister one hundred percent in investing into River Camps. It had only taken one look at the sexy Levi to convince her that this was where she wanted to be.

My two suitors are exact opposites. Lucas, the corporate hottie, wants me to spend Christmas Eve at his penthouse and Connor, the bad boy rock star, wants to take me to an isolated cabin on Christmas Day. I’ve agreed to both invitations. Hey, a girl has to explore her options. And then everything went wrong. Because who couldn’t see this train wreck coming, asides from me? Both guys wanted to see me on New Year's Eve, each one sliding a naughty note under my door promising copious amounts of spiced eggnog and an even spicier night

Musician Tempest Moon knew the world was a rough place. Raised in the inner city of Detroit, the only way she learned to succeed was to be smarter - and tougher - than the next guy. Being a sexy, talented singer/lead guitar player with her own band was her way of staying in charge of her destiny. Whether anyone else liked it, or not. Tempest's band was gigging in yet another downtown dive.

Living modestly in a quiet suburb with her grandmother, Caterina Ryan vows to have no connection with her former life in the spotlight. The door to her past has been locked and the key thrown away. When a home renovation project brings the irresistibly charming and gorgeous Mateo Cruz into her life, she finds herself drawn back to a dark place. A place where dreams were shattered and hearts betrayed.

You will marry me. Our wedding will be in your father’s hotel. You will invite 200 guests so we have plenty of witnesses on our happy day. Your father will walk you down the aisle, dance with you, and give a delighted speech. Then, you will come home with me, where we will live happily-ever-after. You have two weeks to pull this together. And if you try to disappear during that time, I will find you. And when I do, both you and your father will find yourselves in a very...unfortunate situation.

Gemma is a survivor. She never learned how to love while being raised in a world of seduction, power, money, and lies. But after helping put her parents in prison, Gemma is thrown out into the world with only her brother and cousin to guide her. When Cash comes into her life, Gemma pushes him away. Cash wants Gemma to realize she deserves happiness and that he's here to stay. He brings her into his family. He treats her the way she should've always been treated.

Four years after graduating Mission Woods High, she returns as the new young teacher. Miss Gray’s colleagues can’t stop staring, the students write naughty things about her on the bathroom walls, and their parents think her clothing is too provocative. She loves the attention, but Samantha has no idea what her career has in store for her.

Zoey Rowlett knows putting her savings into a run-down summer camp is risky. But River Camp has sentimental value - it’s where she met her best friends and coinvestors. Their plan is to turn the Florida camp into a sexy retreat for wealthy snowbirds looking for love, and if Zoey finds love, too, that would be just fine. Dylan Rhodes and his brothers are on a secret mission to find their father. He’s absconded with a large sum of money, and Dylan thinks he might be buzzing around this wild new summer camp. Hoping for answers, Dylan takes a job at the camp.

Jax Tanner knows this is it - one last season of summer ball before his dreams of being a Major League draft pick dry up and scatter in the wind like the dunes of Silver Lake. Once a Top 20 prospect, he’s now a wait-and-see thanks to a shoulder injury. If he doesn’t literally hit a homerun - lots of them - the only baseball in his future might be the community rec team sponsored by his family’s hardware chain. But baseball isn’t Jax’s only unfinished business in Silver Lake. There’s also her.

Sometimes true love shows up when you least expect it. Finding happiness right on the heels of heartbreak isn’t what our hero expected, but he’s thankful for it. All that’s left to do is to marry his soulmate and enjoy forever. Simple, right? A disastrous bachelor party, dress drama, and a host of other issues will test the foundation of their relationship. He’s weathered storms before, but could this one leave a lifetime of sunshine in its wake?

After myriad mistakes and a devastating breakup, Lily Hamilton is no longer the impulsive, selfish person she used to be. She longs for the chance to prove she’s changed to the one person she believes holds the key to her happiness. Adam Carter’s days of serial monogamy are long gone, and he’s been burying his hurt by dating women he has no intention of committing to. But when he sees Lily for the first time in months, he’s reminded of the man he used to be, the man he wants to try to be again - for her.

Sexy ex-hockey player Max Samson is the bad boy with something to prove. Handsome single father Adam Carter is the man most women wait a lifetime for. They each take bold and impulsive Lily Hamilton on a journey of self-discovery that’s woven with jealousy, deceit, and a whole lot of fun.