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First Step Forward (The Grand Valley Series #1)
by Liora BlakePro-football player Cooper Lowry is off the field and into some trouble—in the form of a very alluring, very free-spirited apple orchard owner named Whitney Reed—in the first installment in Liora Blake’s all new Grand Valley series.After eight seasons playing pro-football, Cooper Lowry knows all the right answers. Is he stubborn, short-tempered, and impatient? Yes. Are jersey chasers more trouble than they’re worth? Absolutely. Has he ever imagined a life beyond the game? Nope. Cooper has built an enviable career—the result of staying focused, working hard, and keeping his head on straight—even as his body takes the brunt. So when a hard hit during a Sunday home game leaves him in a dazed heap on the field, it’s nothing more than another day at the office. The only thing that’s different about this Sunday is a chance encounter with a certain fascinating, beautiful free-spirited woman. And some sternly-worded instructions from his coach to take a little time off and give his body the TLC it craves—before he does lasting damage. Whitney Reed is a few months away from losing the organic fruit orchard she bought three years ago in the tiny town of Hotchkiss, Colorado. At the time, she was just looking for a place to get lost. Instead, she found a home, somewhere she could finally put down roots. Now foreclosure is knocking on her door—along with a grumpy, gorgeous football player who might be just what she never knew she needed. A charming love story for romance and sports fans alike, First Step Forward is a sexy, heartwarming romp perfect for readers of Jennifer Probst, Kristan Higgins, and Julie James.
First Times
by Elizabeth ColdwellA collection of ten stories by some of Xcite's best-selling authors from the UK, US and beyond. These stories explore what it means to be someone's first, or to take that step into the unknown and act out a cherished fantasy. Vanilla, Kinky and every shade in between, the couples here know what they want and they're going to have fun getting it.
First Times
by Elizabeth ColdwellA collection of ten stories by some of Xcite's best-selling authors from the UK, US and beyond. These stories explore what it means to be someone's first, or to take that step into the unknown and act out a cherished fantasy. Vanilla, Kinky and every shade in between, the couples here know what they want and they're going to have fun getting it.
First You Were Mine
by Andi BremnerBefore moving towns to take up her first teaching position, Georgia shared one steamy night with hot as hell Jack, who was about to depart to serve overseas. Georgia only expected one night with Jack. She most certainly didn't expect him to show up weeks later, in her new town and the brother of her new boyfriend.As Georgia fights against her growing feelings for Jack, knowing she cannot break the brothers apart again after they've only just reestablished their relationship, she must also try and avoid the advances of his brother. But just when Georgia and Jack think they might finally have a chance at love, tragedy strikes and there is only the brother left for Georgia to turn to.
Firstlife: Firstlife Lifeblood Everlife (An Everlife Novel #1)
by Gena Showalter"Utterly unique and absolutely riveting-I couldn't put it down! What a marvelously cool world."--New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. MaasFrom the author of the New York Times bestselling White Rabbit Chronicles series comes book 1 of a brand new series in which life as we know it is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death.Tenley "Ten" Lockwood is an average seventeen-year-old girl...who has spent the past thirteen months locked inside the Prynne Asylum. The reason? Not her obsession with numbers, but her refusal to let her parents choose where she'll live-after she dies. There is an eternal truth most of the world has come to accept: Firstlife is merely a dress rehearsal, and real life begins after death. In the Everlife, two realms are in power: Troika and Myriad, longtime enemies and deadly rivals. Both will do anything to recruit Ten, including sending their top Laborers to lure her to their side. Soon, Ten finds herself on the run, caught in a wild tug-of-war between the two realms who will do anything to win the right to her soul. Who can she trust? And what if the realm she's drawn to isn't where the boy she's falling for lives? She just has to stay alive long enough to make a decision...
Fish Out of Water (Fish Out of Water #1)
by Amy LanePI Jackson Rivers grew up on the mean streets of Del Paso Heights--and he doesn't trust cops, even though he was one. When the man he thinks of as his brother is accused of killing a police officer in an obviously doctored crime, Jackson will move heaven and earth to keep Kaden and his family safe. Defense attorney Ellery Cramer grew up with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, but that hasn't stopped him from crushing on street-smart, swaggering Jackson Rivers for the past six years. But when Jackson asks for his help defending Kaden Cameron, Ellery is out of his depth--and not just with guarded, prickly Jackson. Kaden wasn't just framed, he was framed by crooked cops, and the conspiracy goes higher than Ellery dares reach--and deep into Jackson's troubled past. Both men are soon enmeshed in the mystery of who killed the cop in the minimart, and engaged in a race against time to clear Kaden's name. But when the mystery is solved and the bullets stop flying, they'll have to deal with their personal complications... and an attraction that's spiraled out of control.
Five Days of Famous
by Alyson NoelIs being famous the key to living the life of your (tween) dreams? Find out in this modern-day fairy tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël! Seventh-grade girls like guys who are cool. And Nick Dashaway . . . is not cool. When Nick makes a wish after the epic disaster that was the Greentree Middle School Talent Show, he doesn't actually think it's going to come true. But it does. Soon he has a whole new life--he's rich, he's popular, and girls laugh at all his jokes. He's famous. But when he begins to miss parts of his old life, is it too late to get it back?
Five Minutes Longer (Enhanced World Ser. #1)
by Victoria SueTalon Valdez knew when he transformed into an enhanced human, his life and his dreams were finished. Reviled, mistrusted, and often locked away, the enhanced were viewed as monsters, despised by the public, and never trusted to serve in the military or any law enforcement agency. Years later he gets a chance to set up a task force of enhanced to serve in the FBI, but with one proviso: each enhanced must partner with a regular human. Finn Mayer dreamed of joining the FBI from the time he was fourteen and made every possible sacrifice to make it happen, including living with his selfish mother and bullying, homophobic brother and never having a boyfriend. But his undiagnosed dyslexia stopped his aspirations dead in their tracks. His last chance is to partner with Talon, an enhanced with deadly abilities who doesn't trust regular humans with their secrets and wants Finn to fail. Four weeks to prove himself to the team. Four weeks for the team to prove itself to the public. And when another group threatens their success--and their lives--four weeks for them to survive.
Five-Sided Heart
by Max MacgowanNoah Trevelyan has lost his moorings. Disowned over his sexuality as a teenager, he hasn't been back to his home on the Outer Banks since his fisherman father kicked him out. But when he returns for the Old Man's funeral, he discovers his father left him the house and boat in his will. Noah must choose whether to stay or go, but he won't be alone. There's Ian, working to overcome the emotional scars left by a domineering ex-boyfriend, and Ty, a cheerful housekeeper who's struggling to take care of his Alzheimer's-stricken aunt. There's Joshua too, running from the destruction of his old life, and Gabriel, who was once beaten and left for dead, and doesn't know how to survive on his own. Will they find in each other the strength and courage to keep living--and learn, together, how to love again? A polyamorous relationship is the last thing any of them expected to find in the Outer Banks, but it might be what they need most, and it might even be their redemption--if they can keep their group from breaking apart under the pressure.
Five Times My Best Friend Kissed Me
by Anna Martin<p>and One Time I Kissed Him First... <p>When you realize you want to marry your best friend at age six, life should follow a pretty predictable path, right? Maybe not. As a kid, Evan King thought Scott Sparrow was the most amazing person he'd ever met. At seventeen, his crush runs a little deeper, and nothing seems simple anymore. Scott is more interested in football and girls than playing superheroes, and Evan's attention is focused on getting into art school. A late-night drunken kiss is something to be forgotten, not obsessed over for the next ten years. <p>When life suddenly brings them back together, it doesn't take much for the flame Evan carried for Scott nearly all his life to come roaring back, and Evan discovers that life sometimes has a strange way of coming full circle.</p>
Fixer-Upper (Spinning Hills Romance #3)
by Ines SaintThis charmer just needs a little attention...Spinning Hills, Ohio sure is sweet, which might be why the Amador brothers are not only renovating the town's lovely houses, but settling down in them. Because there's nothing more blissful than coming home to a houseful of love...Masquerade parties were not exactly Johnny Amador's thing--until he found himself captivated by a witty, dark-eyed young woman in a peasant costume. Even her mask couldn't obscure her beauty. Only after a disastrous case of mistaken identity did he discover that his mystery woman was none other than Marissa Medina, his best friend's youngest sister--which brings a whole new set of challenges.Marissa never forgot the night she and Johnny kissed--the feelings that flared to life. Not that she's going to give the too handsome, too sexy charmer a chance. She knows how dangerous Johnny is and she can't surrender to him at any cost. But that's a tall order now that he's showing how dedicated he is to turning his own fixer-upper--and his life--into the stuff of her dreams.
Fixer-Upper
by Meg HardingEx-business owner and soon to be ex-husband Jake has had some rotten luck of late. His world is tumbling down around him, but it's time to dust himself off and move on. Buying and fixing up the most dilapidated home he can find might be just the thing to get him back on track. But Jake gets more than he bargained for when he meets former lawyer turned landscaper Dakota. Dakota is smart and ridiculously sexy--and Jake doesn't have a clue how to act around him. After several gardening mishaps, Jake is sure Dakota thinks he's completely inept. Turns out Dakota is thinking something else entirely. And as Dakota gives Jake advice, an ear to listen, and helps him work through his issues, Jake realizes flowers aren't the only thing blooming between them.
Fjord Blue
by Nina RossingAfter a year of partying, getting into fights, and finally crashing his father's vintage Bonneville in a car chase, seventeen-year-old Benjamin has pushed his parents to their limit. It's not like he can tell them why he's so angry at life, or that he'll do anything to distract himself from the lust he feels toward his best friend's sexy cousin, Dino. He can't even protest when he's sent away from Miami to spend the summer working on his grandparents' farm in the desolate fjords of Western Norway. The farm is isolated and old-fashioned, and so are Ben's religious grandparents. It's cold and wet, and Ben is miserable and restless. Relief comes in the form of Even, the eighteen-year-old blond Viking farmhand who offers Ben friendship and a new outlook on his situation. But Even is hiding issues of his own. Ben's grandparents want him to inherit the farm, but the only thing keeping Ben there is his desire to know Even better. As the feelings between the two young men grow, things kept hidden are slowly revealed--for good and ill--and they must turn to unlikely places for encouragement.
Flame's Dawn
by Jillian DavidAll's fair in love and war when specialist Jane Larson and Captain Barnaby Blackstone give into their lust for each other while stationed in Vietnam. As the world disintegrates around them, their one night of passion ends with her evacuation back to stateside duty.Years later, Jane is neck deep in an undercover DEA operation gone horribly wrong. Kidnapped and then committed to an asylum, she has no hope of escape from the clutches of a notorious cult leader. The only thing that sustains her through the pain is her memories of Barnabyoeven as she knows she'll never be with him again.Little does she realize that Barnaby has spent several of his years as an immortal, Indebted killer yearning for the fierce and beautiful woman who had unlocked hope in his cold, hard soul. When his sixth sense leads him to her hospital room, he sets her free, but in the process attracts the attention of an otherworldly maniac intent on revenge. To save Jane from the dark forces surrounding her, Barnaby must reveal his deepest secret. Can she live with the man he's destined to be, or will the truth leave her lost to him forever?Sensuality Level: Sensual
Flame's Dawn: A Hell to Pay Novella
by Jillian DavidAll's fair in love and war when specialist Jane Larson and Captain Barnaby Blackstone give into their lust for each other while stationed in Vietnam. As the world disintegrates around them, their one night of passion ends with her evacuation back to stateside duty.Years later, Jane is neck deep in an undercover DEA operation gone horribly wrong. Kidnapped and then committed to an asylum, she has no hope of escape from the clutches of a notorious cult leader. The only thing that sustains her through the pain is her memories of Barnabyoeven as she knows she'll never be with him again.Little does she realize that Barnaby has spent several of his years as an immortal, Indebted killer yearning for the fierce and beautiful woman who had unlocked hope in his cold, hard soul. When his sixth sense leads him to her hospital room, he sets her free, but in the process attracts the attention of an otherworldly maniac intent on revenge. To save Jane from the dark forces surrounding her, Barnaby must reveal his deepest secret. Can she live with the man he's destined to be, or will the truth leave her lost to him forever?Sensuality Level: Sensual
Flame's Dawn: A Hell to Pay Novella
by Jillian DavidAll's fair in love and war when specialist Jane Larson and Captain Barnaby Blackstone give into their lust for each other while stationed in Vietnam. As the world disintegrates around them, their one night of passion ends with her evacuation back to stateside duty.Years later, Jane is neck deep in an undercover DEA operation gone horribly wrong. Kidnapped and then committed to an asylum, she has no hope of escape from the clutches of a notorious cult leader. The only thing that sustains her through the pain is her memories of Barnabyoeven as she knows she'll never be with him again.Little does she realize that Barnaby has spent several of his years as an immortal, Indebted killer yearning for the fierce and beautiful woman who had unlocked hope in his cold, hard soul. When his sixth sense leads him to her hospital room, he sets her free, but in the process attracts the attention of an otherworldly maniac intent on revenge. To save Jane from the dark forces surrounding her, Barnaby must reveal his deepest secret. Can she live with the man he's destined to be, or will the truth leave her lost to him forever?Sensuality Level: Sensual
Flash of Fire
by M. L. BuchmanFourth in M.L. Buchman's critically acclaimed Firehawks romantic suspense seriesThe elite firefighters of Mount Hood Aviation fly into places even the CIA can't penetrate.FROM WILDFIRE TO GUNFIRE When former Army National Guard helicopter pilot Robin Harrow joins Mount Hood Aviation, she expect to fight fires for only one season. Instead, she finds herself getting deeply entrenched with one of the most elite firefighting teams in the world. And that's before they send her on a mission that's seriously top secret, with a flight partner who's seriously hot.Mickey Hamilton loves flying, firefighting, and women, in that order. But when Robin Harrow roars across his radar, his priorities go out the window. On a critical mission deep in enemy territory, their past burns away and they must face each other. Their one shot at a future demands that they first survive the present-together."A richly detailed and pulse-pounding read...tender romance flawlessly blended with heart-stopping life-or-death scenes." -RT Book Reviews, 4 ½ stars for Full Blaze
The Flaw in Raffaele's Revenge: The Billionaire's Ruthless Affair Moretti's Marriage Command The Unwanted Conti Bride The Flaw In Raffaele's Revenge
by Annie WestA fragile beauty that tamed the beast within... Relentless Italian Raffaele Petri needs reclusive researcher Lily Nolan to see his revenge plans come to fruition. But the damaged beauty is feisty, argumentative and all too intriguing to be ignored! Scarred as a child, Lily shut herself away from cruel prying eyes, so working for a man as breathtakingly handsome as Raffaele makes her own physical imperfections harder to bear. Until Raffaele's kisses awaken the untouched woman inside. As Raffaele's retribution draws closer, Lily must use her newfound strength to help him release the torment eating at his soul. But will Raffaele risk his vengeance for her love?
Flawless: Everyone Goes to Finnegan's
by Heather GrahamThere's a pub in New York City that's been in the Finnegan family for generations. Now Kieran and her three brothers own it. Kieran Finnegan is also a criminal psychologist-a fitting reaction, perhaps, to her less-than-lawful teenage past. New York's Diamond District has been hit by a rash of thefts. No one's been killed-until now. FBI agent Craig Frasier is brought in to investigate; he and Kieran meet at a jewelry store in the middle of a heist. She's there to "unsteal" a flawless stone taken by her youngest brother as an act of vengeance. Craig's there to stop the gang. But the police and FBI begin to wonder if there are two gangs of diamond thieves, the original and a copycat group of killers-who seem to think their scheme is as flawless as the stones they steal. Thrown together by circumstance, drawn together by attraction, Kieran and Craig are both assigned to the case. But there's more and more evidence that, somehow, the pub is involved. Because everyone goes to Finnegan's... Includes the story Everyone Goes to Finnegan's, the fascinating origins of the infamous pub.
Flawless: Flawless All The Pretty Girls Saint's Gate The Secret Sister (New York Confidential #1)
by Heather GrahamNo one writes suspense like Heather Graham! Read this brand-new romantic thriller by one of today's most popular authors... There's a pub in New York City that's been in the Finnegan family for generations. Now Kieran and her three brothers own it. Kieran Finnegan is also, as it happens, a criminal psychologist-a fitting reaction, perhaps, to her less-than-lawful teenage past. Meanwhile, New York's Diamond District has been hit by a rash of thefts. No one's been killed-until now. FBI agent Craig Frasier is brought in to investigate; he and Kieran meet at a jewelry store in the middle of a heist. She's there to "unsteal" a flawless stone taken by her light-fingered youngest brother as an act of vengeance. Craig's there to stop the gang. But the police and FBI begin to wonder if there are two gangs of diamond thieves, the original and a copycat group of killers-who seem to think their scheme is as flawless as the stones they steal. Thrown together by circumstance, drawn together by attraction, Kieran and Craig are both assigned to the case. But to Kieran's horror, there's more and more evidence that, somehow, the pub is involved. Because everyone goes to Finnegan's...
Flawlessly Flawed
by Amelia SheaFlawlessly Flawed is a hot, contemporary romance from Amelia Shea. Book 2 in her Garrison Brothers series finds T Garrison meeting his match in event planner, Cassie Miller. T discovers Cassie is everything he is not and when the two get together life will never be the same.Oh, how the mighty fall...Bounty hunter T Garrison is a foul-mouthed, arrogant, stone-cold man. His loyalty and love is reserved only for his family. Women are strictly good for one thing, warming his bed. No love, no romance, and absolutely no forever. But even the mighty fall and as T finds out, sometimes they fall for the least likely girl.Event planner Cassie Miller is an overworked, underpaid, twenty-four-year-old woman just trying to get by. Her life is simple and normal with a nonexistent love life, until she crosses paths with a hot, rude, scary-as-hell guy who changes everything.When good and sweet meet bad and scary, all bets are off. Two people so different never looked or felt so good.Content Notes: Hot, Anal Play, Anal Intercourse
Flesh: Parte Onze (A Série The Flesh Livro #11)
by Sky Corgan Johann PiresChega é chega. Amy decide ir atrás de Lucian e descobrir o que é que está acontecendo. Ele brincou com o coração dela, fez ela achar que ele ligava e depois a ignorou completamente. E ela não vai deixar ele escapar dessa assim. Se ser sorrateira é o que é preciso, então Amy vai fazer o que for necessário para garantir que Lucian não possa mais evitá-la. Ela planeja pegá-lo completamente desguarnecido em seu próprio território e dar a ele um gostinho da dor que ele vem servindo a ela por todo esse tempo. A questão é, será que ele é capaz de sentir alguma coisa? Nível de picância: Suave Esse é o fascículo onze de uma série de episódios.
Flight from Mayhem
by Yasmine GalenornNew York Times bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn presents the second Fly by Night novel, set in the realm of the Otherworld. I'm Shimmer, a blue dragon shifter. Thanks to a mistake, I was exiled from the Dragon Reaches and sentenced to work for gorgeous, exasperating Alex Radcliffe, a vampire who owns the Fly by Night Magical Investigations Agency. Every time I turn around, somebody's trying to kill us. But you know what they say: All's fair in love and bounty hunting... A serial killer is stalking the elderly Fae of Seattle, draining their bank accounts before brutally murdering them. When Chase Johnson asks for our help, Alex and I discover that the sociopath is also a shifter--able to change shape to match his victim's deepest desires. Our friend and colleague Bette volunteers to act as bait, but the plan goes dangerously awry. Now, unless we find her first, she's about to face her worst nightmare.From the Paperback edition.
A Flight In Ice
by Vivien DeanPreviously published (2014) Amber Quill Press. Life hasn't turned out like Connor McClure hoped. His marriage is over, he lost his friends in the divorce, and his smile has been nowhere to be found for months. All he wants is to hide from the world, but the only place available to him is his parents' home in the rural Michigan community he abandoned thirteen years ago. Since they're in Florida for the winter, he'll have the whole house to himself.Except he doesn't. In their absence, the McClures asked a young neighbor to look after the property. Jerry is young, energetic, and oh yeah, gay. From everything he's learned about Connor, he might be harboring a little crush, but Connor is in no place for dating. Right now, he needs a friend, someone to help him remember that second chances are always possible...
A Flight of Arrows: A Novel
by Lori BentonHearts are Divided Loyalties Will Be Tested The Fates of Two Families Hang in the Balance Twenty years past, in 1757, a young Redcoat, Reginald Aubrey stole a newborn boy--the lighter-skinned of Oneida twins-- during the devastating fall of Fort William Henry and raised him as his own. No one connected to Reginald escaped unscathed from this crime. Not his adopted daughter Anna. Not Stone Thrower, the Native American father determined to get his son back. Not Two Hawks, William's twin brother separated since birth, living in the shadow of his absence and hoping to build a future with Anna. Nor Lydia, who longs for Reginald to be free from his self-imposed emotional prison and embrace God's forgiveness-- and her love. Now William, whose identity has been shattered after discovering the truth of his birth, hides in the ranks of an increasingly aggressive British army. The Redcoats prepare to attack frontier New York and the Continentals, aided by Oneida warriors including Two Hawks, rally to defend it. As the Revolutionary War penetrates the Mohawk Valley, two families separated by culture, united by love and faith, must find a way to reclaim the son marching toward them in the ranks of their enemies. Book 2 in the Pathfinder SeriesFrom the Trade Paperback edition.