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Secrets, Vegas Style: A best friend's brother romance
by Kira SinclairHe pretends Vegas excess is all he knows. Will she be the one to reveal the secrets he&’s hiding? Find out in this fast-paced romance from Kira Sinclair.Playing a rogue hides his work as a hero.But one woman sees who he really is… Dominic Mercado deliberately cultivates his reputation as a rich womanizing bad boy as a front for secretly helping women in need. But lauded journalist Meredith Forrester&’s pursuit of a story is about to blow his cover. And for years, Meredith, the woman, has blown the Vegas businessman&’s mind. As his sister&’s best friend, she&’s off-limits. But now, as the pressure of explosive secrets and unleashed attraction build to their breaking point, will he reveal the truth and risk it all?From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry.Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Bad Billionaires series:Book 1: The Rebel's RemptionBook 2: The Devil's BargainBook 3: The Sinner's SecretBook 4: Secrets, Vegas Style
The Secrets We Carried (A Butternut Lake Novel #6)
by Mary McNearReaders who love Susan Wiggs and Susan Mallery will adore New York Times bestselling author Mary McNear newest novel. A young woman travels home to Butternut Lake, confronting her past and the tragedy she and her friends have silently carried with them for over a decade while also facing an unknown future.Butternut Lake is an idyllic place—but for one woman, her return to the lake town she once called home is bittersweet…Sometimes life changes in an instant. Quinn LaPointe grew up on beautiful Butternut Lake, safe, secure, sure of her future. But after a high school tragedy, she left for college and never looked back. Becoming a successful writer in Chicago, she worked to keep out the dark memories of an accident that upended her life. But now, after ten years, she’s finally returned home. Butternut is the same, and yet everything is changed. Gabriel Shipp, once her very best friend, doesn’t want anything to do with her. The charming guy she remembers is now brooding and withdrawn. Tanner Lightman, the seductive brother of her late boyfriend, wants her to stick around. Annika Bergstrom, an old classmate who once hated Quinn, is now friendly. Everyone, it seems, has a secret. Determined to come to terms with the tragedy and rebuild old relationships, Quinn settles into Loon Bay Cabins, a rustic but cozy lakeside resort, where she begins writing down her memories of the year before the accident. Her journey though the past leads her to some surprising discoveries about the present. As secrets are revealed and a new love emerges, Quinn finds that understanding the past is the key to the future.
The Secrets We Keep
by Rick R. ReedJasper Warren is a happy-go-lucky young man in spite of the tragedy that’s marred his life. He’s on a road to nowhere with his roommate, Lacy, whom he adores, and a dead-end retail job in Chicago. And then everything changes in a single night. Though Jasper doesn’t know it, his road is going somewhere after all. This time when tragedy strikes, it brings with it Lacy’s older, wealthy, sexy uncle Rob. Despite the heart-wrenching circumstances, an immediate connection forms between the two men. But the secrets between them test their attraction. Will their revelations destroy the bloom of new love... or encourage it to grow?
The Secrets You Keep: A Novel
by Kate WhiteFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Wrong Man and Eyes on You comes a harrowing new psychological thriller about a successful self-help author who suddenly finds her life spiraling dangerously out of control.What would you do if you realized that your new husband, a man you adore, is keeping secrets from you—secrets with terrifying consequences? Bryn Harper, an accomplished self-help author, already has plenty to deal with. She’s still recovering from a devastating car accident that has left her haunted by recurring, smoke-filled nightmares. Worse still, she can’t shake the ominous feeling her dreams contain a warning. In the beginning, Bryn’s husband Guy couldn’t have been more supportive. But after moving into a new house together, disturbing incidents occur and Guy grows evasive, secretive. What the hell is going on, she wonders? Then, a woman hired to cater their dinner party is brutally murdered. As Bryn’s world unravels—and yet another woman in town is slain —she must summon her old strength to find answers and protect her own life. Her nightmares may in fact hold the key to unlocking the truth and unmasking the murderer. With unexpected, riveting twists, The Secrets You Keep is an utterly compelling psychological thriller that once again showcases Kate White’s extraordinary storytelling talent.
Section Thirteen Bundle (Section Thirteen)
by J. L. O'FaolainDon't miss this exclusive bundle of all four stories of the Section Thirteen series by J.L. O'Faolain! The Thirteenth Child: Immortal sidhe Tuulois MacColewyn and Detective James Corhagen at the NYPD had a highly combustible friendship that burned itself out a year ago. But now that the NYPD is facing a rash of messy black-magic murders, James needs Cole's help. With a powerful killer on the loose, Cole, James, and Inspector Vallimun must race against time to stop the monster out to claim the thirteenth child. --The Thirteenth Pillar: Last month was hell for Cole... and this month is shaping up to be much worse. When Vallimun is gravely injured just as the investigation reaches a fever pitch while a snowstorm blankets the city, Cole will need all the help he can get to have any hope of salvaging it. --The Thirteenth Sigil: A mysterious force is cutting a swath through the city in search of a missing canister, and there's the disappearances of employees connected to a local children's television program to solve. And if that wasn't enough for Cole and his current flame, Joss, children's imaginary friends are somehow manifesting themselves--and they're coming after Section Thirteen. --The Thirteenth Shard: When a powerful witch is murdered by mundane means, the NYPD calls in Tuulois MacColewyn and the rest of Section Thirteen. A revelation during the investigation leaves Cole reeling and sets him up to make what could be the biggest mistake of his life....See excerpt for individual blurbs.
Secuestrada por amor
by Sharon Kleve Daiana PEl primer libro de la emocionante serie Secuestrados te introducirá en el mundo de los cárteles de droga, las operaciones de la DEA y el amor eterno entre Arden y Lucy. Arden Jones es un agente de la DEA y lo ha visto y hecho todo. Finalmente, casi consigue su transferencia a un trabajo de escritorio. Pero, cuando su buen amigo es brutalmente asesinado, debe seguir el cartel una vez más mientras protege a los que ama. Lucy Farris se dedica a hacer arreglos florales, vive en una pintoresca casa en las afueras de Seattle y tiene dos adorables gatos siameses. Lo último que espera es ser secuestrada y utilizada como carnada por el cártel para atrapar al hombre que ama.
Secuestrado (Mitos Bolsillo Ser. #Vol. 245)
by Danielle SteelMarielle y Malcom Patterson forman un matrimonio aparentemente idílico gracias a haber mantenido ocultos delicados aspectos de su pasado, pero cuando sucede la tragedia, los secretos deberán ser irremediablemente descubiertos. En el Nueva York de los años 30 el pequeño Teddy Patterson desaparece. Las investigaciones de la policía hacen aflorar secretos que su madre había luchado por mantener ocultos: un amor del pasado, Charles Delauny, a quien había visto el día anterior a la desaparición de Teddy. Las sospechas sobre Charles son tan abrumadoras que es acusado y detenido. Pero todavía quedan muchos aspectos en el aire: ¿Está implicada Marielle en la desaparición de su hijo? ¿Es Malcom, su padre, el hombre de trayectoria intachable que aparenta ser? Y por encima de todo: ¿Dónde está Teddy? Secuestrado es una novela de amor e intriga llevada con la maestría a que Danielle Steel tiene acostumbrados a sus lectores. La tensión, los volcánicos sentimientos de deseo, culpa y desesperación que arrastran a los personajes convierten su lectura en una experiencia inolvidable. La crítica ha dicho: «Una historia preciosa, excitante e inolvidable.» Marie Claire
Secure Location
by Beverly LongOne secret wouldn't change their past-but it could shatter their futureDetective Cruz Montoya never knew why his wife, Meg, suddenly ended their happy marriage. But now he's not leaving her side until he catches the person ruthlessly stalking her. That means turning Meg's new life inside out and challenging her attempts to keep his investigation-and his body-at arm's length. Cruz never dreamed Meg's anguished bravery would bring their unresolved past back with a vengeance. And make the desire between them burn even hotter. Then Meg raises the stakes when she reveals the real reason she walked away. Cruz wants answers and to sort out their future. But first he has to outsmart an obsessed killer who can't wait to ensure they don't have one....
Secure Love: Create a Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime
by Julie MenannoCreate a lasting and loving attachment with the help of the expert couple&’s therapist behind the popular Instagram account @TheSecureRelationship.What does a healthy relationship look like? A good question, in theory, but expert couple&’s therapist Julie Menanno wants you to consider: what does a securely attached relationship feel like? The answer to this question is the ultimate goal in Secure Love, a groundbreaking guide to understanding secure attachment in adult relationships. While attachment theory has grown in popularity to explain the relationship between children and their caregivers, it&’s also the closest science has come to making sense of our adult romantic connections. Julie Menanno is the couple&’s therapist behind the popular Instagram account @TheSecureRelationship, whose valuable relationship advice from her expertise gained her over a million fans. In Secure Love, Menanno tackles: - Why you and your partner have the same fight over and over (hint: it&’s called a negative cycle, and underlying every fight, argument, silent treatment, or passive-aggressive comment is an unmet attachment need). - The four attachment types, with exercises designed to help you understand you and your partner&’s attachment style. - How to improve communication, including staying connected during conflict by prioritizing vulnerability rather than protecting yourself. - &“Instead of that, say this&” suggested scripts of how to approach difficult situations in your relationship. - Why insecure attachment negatively impacts a couple&’s sex life and how to restore that sexual connection. Secure Love is a crash course in understanding how you show up in a relationship and how to get out of negative cycles. Menanno teaches you how to establish a secure attachment with your partner to create the bond you&’ve been longing for.
Secure Relating: Holding Your Own in an Insecure World
by Sue Marriott Ann KelleyExperienced mental health professionals and hosts of the Therapist Uncensored podcast offer a groundbreaking new clinical perspective that integrates modern attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and current cultural context to create a hopeful framework for deeper and more permanent change, growth and connection in all types of relationships.Secure Relating offers a refreshing and innovative approach to understanding and improving relationships in today's increasingly polarized world. Drawing on over thirty years of professional clinical experience, authors Ann Kelley, PhD and Sue Marriott, LCSW, CGP integrate modern attachment theory, relational neuroscience, and depth psychology into practical tools for deepening self-awareness and navigating closeness with strength in even the most challenging relationships.Instead of the popular broad attachment categorizations, Secure Relating presents a nuanced understanding of attachment and interpersonal defensive patterns, allowing readers to delve into the complexities of their own experience and apply the specific skills they need.Refreshingly, Kelley and Marriott make complex concepts accessible and relatable, emphasizing the realistic capacity for neural change and psychological growth. They provide contemporary concepts and interactive tools such as the Modern Attachment Regulation Spectrum, a new framework that helps readers identify their unconscious defensive patterns, update and revise their personal narratives, and cultivate a secure state of mind amid chaos and adversity. Secure Relating delivers hope, connection, and empowerment amidst the many barriers to emotional closeness and provocations towards self-protection by offering a comprehensive approach to understanding and transforming all kinds of relationships into more secure and satisfying bonds.
Secured by the SEAL: Out Of The Darkness Secured By The Seal Missing In Blue Mesa (Red, White and Built #5)
by Carol EricsonRevenge is personal—especially for one navy SEALTo find her sister, therapist Britt Jansen goes deep undercover at the core of a Russian mob. Navy SEAL sniper Alexei Ivanov is also infiltrating the club—but while Britt is driven by desperation to find family, Alexei’s motivation is stone-cold vengeance. Teaming up yields more than either of them expected—the horrific truth behind the club’s backroom business, and an attraction that could rip them apart.
Securely Attached: Transform Your Attachment Patterns into Loving, Lasting Romantic Relationships (A Guided Journal)
by Eli Harwood&“A resource that every therapist, client, and person needs in their life.&”—Dr. Nicole LePera, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Do the Work and creator of @the.holistic.psychologist on InstagramNavigating the path to an intimate, secure romantic partnership can feel daunting. But the good news is attachment theory research shows that everyone can overcome insecure patterns. Licensed therapist, attachment nerd, and viral TikTok star Eli Harwood is here to help you do just that. Want to find out why you're always running for the hills at the first sign of commitment or constantly spiraling with jealousy and anxiety? This journal is the answer.140 prompts will help you:• IDENTIFY YOUR ATTACHMENT PATTERNS. Understand which four categories inform your close relationships and why. • HEAL PAST WOUNDS. Reflect and process your unique attachment story for a perspective shift.• DEVELOP TOOLS FOR GROWTH. Quizzes, exercises, and tips provide actionable steps to learning secure patterns.• LOVE SECURELY. Find, build, and nurture healthy ways of loving—and being loved.Securely Attached clearly and gently guides you in delving deeper and overcoming problematic patterns that are holding you back from getting—and keeping—the close, fulfilling relationship you want. Transform insecure attachment patterns and unlock the key to deeply satisfying relationships with this insightful journal!
Securing Caite (SEAL of Protection: Legacy #1)
by Susan Stoker<p>Caite McCallan is a Department of Defense admin working in Bahrain when a glitchy elevator, of all things, leads to an unexpected invitation to dinner by a gorgeous Navy SEAL. When he later stands her up, Caite's understandably upset...until she overhears a plot that confirms Rocco didn't blow her off. Instead, he and two fellow SEALs are in danger--and Caite is forced to put her career and her life on the line to save them. <p>Blake "Rocco" Wise never expected his routine mission to go sideways, but he was even more surprised to find himself and his teammates rescued by the adorably shy woman he met in a stalled elevator. Caite's selfless act saved his life, but when attempts on her own make it clear someone wants her gone, it's Rocco's turn to protect the brave, sweet, sexy woman. The longer he knows her, the more he wants her...but keeping Caite close could bring her nearer to the enemy than ever before. <p>** Securing Caite is the 1st book in the SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.</p>
Securing the Greek's Legacy
by Julia JamesThe only solution to both their problems? Lyn Brandon put her life on hold to protect and keep her beloved orphaned nephew. So when rich, powerful and gorgeous Anatole Telonides arrives demanding the child's return to his Greek family, the blood freezes in Lyn's veins...even as her pulse starts racing. Anatole has spent his life building his family's empire. Now to secure its legacy he must get the beautiful Lyn to agree to his command. It should be easy, but Lyn is clearly more than the shrinking violet she seems. Her steely resistance entices him to make the ultimate sacrifice...marriage!
Security Blanket
by Delores FossenTexas P. I. Quinn Lucky Bacelli had finally tracked down Marin Sheppard, a woman he was certain knew more about her missing criminal brother than she was letting on. And Lucky wasn't the only one with that suspicion. Someone was willing to kill Marin and her son to get information. After coming to the rescue of the beautiful single mother and her baby boy, Lucky learned about her dangerous past and offered a pretend engagement. But as the connection between Marin's child and a ruthless killer was revealed, the case became frighteningly more real than any he'd ever taken. And standing in as fiancé and father had left Lucky with everything to lose. . . .
Security Breach
by Margaret DaleyINTRUDER AT THE WHITE HOUSE When White House tour director Selena Barrow is attacked in her office, the Capitol K-9 Unit goes on high alert. Selena's cousin is a person of interest in a congressman's shooting, and Selena has been collecting evidence to exonerate her. Could this be the break they're looking for? Officer Nicholas Cole and his dog, Max, step in to safeguard Selena-and to keep an eye on the evidence. As the attacks escalate, Selena finds it increasingly difficult to keep her distance from her handsome protector. But with an unknown enemy watching Selena's every move, Nicholas will become her confidant...and her lifeline. Capitol K-9 Unit: These lawmen solve the toughest cases with the help of their brave canine partners.
Security Breach
by Mallory KaneHe was back from the dead...and had a lot of explaining to do to his pregnant wife When Sandy DuChaud's murdered husband shows up very much alive on her doorstep confessing he's an undercover Homeland Security agent with terrorists in hot pursuit, she can't just forgive and forget. She has their unborm child to think about. And a future with a man who faked his own death-no matter how much attraction still sizzles between them-isn't in the cards. Still recovering from the near-fatal injury that almost cost him his life, Tristan vows to protect his wife and earn back her trust. But with the killers closing in and the overgrown depths of the Louisiana bayou hampering their escape, another funeral-this time for both of them-seems inevitable....
Security Detail
by Lisa PhillipsGUARDING THE FIRST DAUGHTER Stopping to pick up a file late at night, former president's daughter Kayla Harris discovers her law office has been ransacked-and the culprit is still there. But undercover Secret Service agent Conner Thorne comes to her rescue, and he knows exactly who is after her...just not why. Conner and Kayla go way back to their time in the White House when she was the rebellious first daughter and he was the rookie who saved her neck. Now Conner will put his life on the line again to keep Kayla away from the mobster he's investigating. And it's about much more than his job, because this time the woman he's sworn to protect is also the woman who's claimed his heart.
Security Measures (Mills And Boon Love Inspired Suspense Ser.)
by Sara K. ParkerA killer lies in wait… And now she’s in dangerTo halt a killing spree, bodyguard Triss Everett tightens security at the senior community where she volunteers—and makes herself a target. Her coworker, widower Hunter Knox, won’t let the woman he cares about more than he should become the next victim. But working together to find the murderer in their midst is the most challenging job he’s ever taken on—and the most dangerous.
Security Measures (Mills And Boon Intrigue Ser.)
by Joanna WayneAPB DADDY! Beautiful, widowed, a single mother - Janice Stevens had been given a new identity, if not a new lease on life, when she testified against a mob killer. For fifteen years she'd lived anonymously, raising her daughter - until Vincent Magilinti showed up on her doorstep claining what was his: his child and her heart. But will both turn up dead-on-arrival when vengeance is finnaly exacted?
Security Risk (The Risk Series: A Bree and Tanner Thriller #2)
by Janie CrouchRisking it all—again.Now his past is threatening both of them.Deputy Tanner Dempsey paid a high price for an undercover op gone wrong. Nobody understands a dangerous past better than Bree Daniels. Together they have to take on those real-life demons in order to stay alive. Keeping one step ahead of ruthless killers is their only option and risk is their constant companion.
Sed de venganza (Cazadores Oscuros #Volumen 20)
by Sherrilyn KenyonUn Cazador Oscuro y una mujer entrenada para borrar esa raza de la faz de la tierra se ven unidos por el destino en esta vigésima entrega de la saga de vampiros que ha revolucionado el género. Huérfana y criada por vampiros, Abigail Yager tiene un único propósito en la vida: vengar la muerte de los vampiros que la acogieron destruyendo a los despiadados Cazadores Oscuros que los asesinaron. Pero, sobre todo, quiere encontrar y eliminar a Jess Sundown Brady, el hombre que acabó con su familia. Resucitado de entre los muertos por una diosa griega, Jess tiene que encontrar y reducir a quien está matando a los Cazadores Oscuros. Sin embargo, no contaba con que su presa fuera una humana con un rostro notablemente parecido al de la persona que acabó con él siglos atrás. Unidos por los caprichos de los dioses y perseguidos por antiguos enemigos, ambos deberán encontrar la forma de superar su mutua animadversión o ver cómo uno de los poderes más oscuros jamás conocidos termina con las dos razas que ellos han jurado proteger. Reseñas:«Kenyon escribe de forma enérgica, irónica, sexy y sin dar descanso a su imaginación.»Boston Globe «Una lectura adictiva.»Entertainment Weekly
The Sedgwick Curse
by Shawna DelacorteTHE CHILLING TRUTHTo learn the truth behind her great-grandmother's past-and the curse that still surrounded both her family and the old woman's tiny country village-Taylor MacKenzie made her way to England. But from the moment she arrived at her ancestors' manor house, an eerie chill echoed the evil of the past and a shadowy figure seemed to follow her every move.Donovan Sedgwick, the new lord of the manor, had eyes that pierced Taylor's soul and held her in an otherworldly thrall. But he seemed ravaged by demons of his own-demons that only her kisses were able to calm.
A Seditious Affair: A Society of Gentlemen Novel (Society of Gentlemen #2)
by K. J. CharlesK. J. Charles turns up the heat in her new Society of Gentlemen novel, as two lovers face off in a sensual duel that challenges their deepest beliefs. Silas Mason has no illusions about himself. He's not lovable, or even likable. He's an overbearing idealist, a Radical bookseller and pamphleteer who lives for revolution . . . and for Wednesday nights. Every week he meets anonymously with the same man, in whom Silas has discovered the ideal meld of intellectual companionship and absolute obedience to his sexual commands. But unbeknownst to Silas, his closest friend is also his greatest enemy, with the power to see him hanged--or spare his life. A loyal, well-born gentleman official, Dominic Frey is torn apart by his affair with Silas. By the light of day, he cannot fathom the intoxicating lust that drives him to meet with the Radical week after week. In the bedroom, everything else falls away. Their needs match, and they are united by sympathy for each other's deepest vulnerabilities. But when Silas's politics earn him a death sentence, desire clashes with duty, and Dominic finds himself doing everything he can to save the man who stole his heart.