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Gabby Striker has secretly been in love with her best friend Aaron Van-Ray for years. But when he asks for her help in winning back his ex-girlfriend, Gabby knows it's time to let go of her feelings and move on. However, as Gabby accompanies Aaron on a trip to a hot, tropical island to carry out his elaborate plan, pretending to be his lover, she finds it harder than ever to resist her attraction to him. With Aaron sending her mixed signals and her...

Journalist Lauren Miles cannot bear to hear the song "Unchained Melody" because it is directly connected to the most painful event of her life--that is, until she hears the song delivered in profound beauty by a twenty-six-year-old superstar Chance Harrison, made famous by his role on a television pop-music reality show. Instantly, she feels God has brought her to this moment in time for a reason, serving as a vehicle to heal her deepest grief. She...

La novela profundiza en las complejidades de un amor que florece en medio de la hostilidad y la rivalidad, desafiando las convenciones y expectativas sociales.Rivalidad y conflicto: la impresión negativa inicial y la rivalidad entre los personajes principales, Vincent y Jessica, evolucionan hacia intensas competencias, desafíos y sabotajes, que reflejan inseguridades y deseos de reconocimiento más profundos.Atracción inesperada: la historia explora...

What happens when the world is yours for the taking?You take what you want.ChasinFor Chasin Carver, the possibilities were endless. With his family having founded Carver, Connecticut, he had full permission to do whatever he wanted, and he usually did. His family's wealth was the envy of the entire city, and everyone who was anyone wanted a piece of what it meant to be a Carver. With his parents too busy to rein him in, he had no qualms about wreaking...

Former lovers are reunited as a hurricane approaches the island of Oahu.Once, Julianna was plain Julie Ann, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who dared to love the son of the town's most powerful family. Gray loved her, too, and married her to give their unborn child a name, but sometimes love isn't enough. Ten years later they meet again. She is successful, beautiful, and certain that a decade ago he betrayed her, but despite their painful...

Will her past catch up with her? When Amelia Bailey moved to Cape Charles she fell in love with the beautiful small town. But what none of the residents know is that she's in hiding from some people she wished she'd never met. People who want revenge and will do whatever is necessary in order to get it. Unable to trust anyone, she keeps everyone at a distance. Then Liam walks into her life, and try as she might, she can't help her feelings of attraction...

A surprise birthday gift."The Bytes of Life offer an almost illicit, forbidden glimpse at what goes on when no one else is supposed to be looking!" ~Mark Woods, Author of Fear of the Dark and Time of TidesIn the third short story in the COUNTERMEASURE: Bytes of Life series, Trevor and Cassandra Bauer's romance continues to burn even after a near death, their wedding, working cases for the NSA, and their own personal investigation into the disappearance...

"Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see." - Benjamin Franklin David Wylde is successful in business, but his personal life is nonexistent because the mere sight of him is so detestable that it sends people running. Stunning and gregarious, Evangelina Roth is a successful business woman loved by all who know her. The news of David and Evangelina's engagement spreads rapidly through the offices of Nash Industries and has everyone asking...

Genevieve Rodriguez is less than thrilled when her older brother's best friend, Deo, runs off and marries Whit, the girl who doesn't even deserve him. At least that's what Gen believes. And so what if everyone thinks it's just a stupid crush? She's had a thing for Deo for as far back as she can remember. Freshly heartbroken and downright annoyed, Genevieve is also one 'D' away from getting kicked out of school. In other words, life could be...

After surviving a divorce that turned her life upside down, Sophie was about to lose the baking business she ran from her tiny studio apartment. Her choices were: move her business to a commercial kitchen or lose her business license and her only source of income.Winning the $5000 prize in a gingerbread contest would provide the cash to secure a commercial space. She hadn't counted on falling for Gareth Haskins, the lead singer of the band Safe Haven....