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From USA Today Bestselling Author Laura ScottWalking the line between danger and love!Threatened by an arsonist...When Dr. Faye Kimble finds her car on fire, she believes it to be a teenage prank. But when her house is also torched, she realizes that someone has targeted her, on purpose. And as the arson attempts escalate, she turns to her high school crush, Colin Finnegan for support.Colin Finnegan became a firefighter largely because of Faye's father's influence. Fire Chief Dorian Kimble believes the attacks against his daughter are related to his terminating a firefighter. Colin is determined to keep Faye safe, a difficult task as the arsonist seems to know their every move. The danger surrounding Faye, threatens her love for Colin. Will they uncover the truth in time to plan a future, together?

Katie Carter always wanted a close-knit family and a place to call home. Katie was raised by a flighty mother with wanderlust and an absent but loving father. Katie was alone in the world. So, she turned to music as an outlet for her hopes and dreams. Katie's career as a rising country music star is on fire. But she's not forgotten her desire for a family.Jackson Holt comes from a family of overachievers. He bucks against familial expectations and demands to forge his own way. Living life on the edge, Jackson is an adventurer; an adrenaline junkie; a player. Then, outside a bar one night, Jackson realizes he's ready for something genuine, something meaningful. But he doubts he'll ever find it.Falling in love may have happened quickly for Jackson and Katie, but that doesn't mean it was easy. To survive and stay together, they must overcome insecurities, past demons, betrayal, and a violent stalker.Katie and Jackson's story continues in books two and three of the Love & Survival Series.Please read CW/TW's on the author's website.

Dr. Brittany Anthony is no stranger to set backs, but she never lets anything stop her--not even a life-threatening disease. As head of obstetrics, Brittany goes after everything she wants--even when life tries to knock her back down. But when she collides with an arrogant and stubborn pediatrician, she meets her match.Pediatric Surgeon Tommy Williams lives for his work, and taking care of children is his only priority--and a feisty OBGYN isn't going to deter him from his job. As the two doctors grow closer, Brittany's life is on the line. But this time, the enemies can't be cured--they're out for blood. When Brittany and Tommy finally demolish the walls that surround them, it's time for more healing than either of them ever imagined. Suddenly, their pasts threaten the very future they were both afraid to face. Are these two doctors more afraid of pain than the patients they treat or can they handle a little agony for a lifetime of love?

My past isn't something I talk about but it is what drives meThen I met him.He is dangerous and I have become addicted to him.Everything inside of me is drawn to him and I can't fight it.I would soon find that Dominick King is my hero and my villain.But I am the one with the Secrets.

Lexi had lost her dream job and her fiancee, Phillip, in New York City on the same day. Now, she was worried about her safety because of his indiscretions and of the illegal banking information she had stumbled upon that Phillip had been doing to his clients. The only thing she could do now was get out of New York City fast and stay under the radar of Phillip's rage. Lexi would now return to her family's home in Michigan, where she thought she would be safe from Phillip, only to have him track her there. Little did she know that her first love was working at the resort where she had lived with her Aunt Sandy.On Lexi's return home, her life becomes an up-and-down battle. She battles with her old New York life that continues to haunt her, and the new life she is seeking keeps her in constant turmoil. As she tries to plan her future, she uncovers things from the past that happened during her college years that become so devastating to her that she thinks it may be in her best interest to just move away from all her family and friends.Will Lexi find a future and the love she desires so desperately?

After a year filled with drama and danger, Erin and Ivan are ready to focus on the one thing they want the most--starting a family. When she has yet another negative test, Erin worries there's something wrong with her.Ivan urges his wife not to worry because it will happen when it's meant to happen. He hates seeing her stressed out and does whatever he can to make her happy.But, when Erin's wayward sister is released from jail, he hesitates to allow Ruby to live in their home. He's worried she hasn't changed and that Erin will only end up getting hurt again.Trouble follows Ruby from the cell block to their front door, and Ivan finds himself faced with an insurmountable problem.f he can't save Ruby's life, he'll lose everything--Erin, the family they desperately want and his freedom.

Elle était belle. Elle ressemblait à un ange. Elle avait vingt ans et était promise à un bel avenir.Son destin s'est brisé au pied d'un pont un soir d'octobre.Qui était vraiment Carole ? Que s'est-il donc réellement passé ? Suicide ? Accident ? Meurtre ?Sous la houlette d'une commissaire acariâtre , Matt et Alex, en quête de vérité et de justice, vont tout faire pour résoudre cette énigme.Le premier a deux passions dans la vie : son métier, pour lequel il se dévoue corps et âme, et surtout Charline, sa petite fille paralysée suite à un accident de voiture.La seconde, sa coéquipière et meilleure amie, est une flic au coeur tendre, si tendre, qu'elle refuse qu'on le lui égratigne encore.Chantage. Trafic. Tentations. Amour. Passion. Amitié...L'existence est pavée d'embûches, et les sentiments parfois bien difficiles à désenchevêtrer...

"Glaub mir, wenn ich dir sage, dass du nicht für immer wegrennen kannst. Denn egal, wie schnell du rennst, deine Vergangenheit ist genau hinter dir."Jeder Sommer wird besser als der letzte. So war es immer, doch ein eiskalter Winternachmittag nimmt Katharina diese Illusion mit der Kraft eines beschleunigenden Zwölfzylindermotors.Als sie im folgenden Sommer die Auffahrt zu einem herrschaftlichen Landsitz in Ostengland entlangrollt, weiß sie, dass er katastrophal wird.Samantha, die Eigentümerin, stellt sich nicht nur als Katharinas leibliche Mutter heraus, sondern zwingt sie auch zum Bleiben. Aber zurück nach Hause kann Katharina sowieso nicht.Also bleibt sie in dieser neuen Welt voller Glamour und Luxus, die sie gleichermaßen fasziniert wie abstößt.Doch da ist Adrian. Zu ruhig, zu aufmerksam, zu besorgt. Er sieht direkt hinab auf die Scherben, die tief in ihrem Inneren verborgen sind. Adrian, der gegen seine ganz eigenen Dämonen kämpft und überdies selbst ein dunkles Geheimnis hat, das tief mit Katharinas eigener Vergangenheit verbunden zu sein scheint ...

Keeping secrets is my job. Uncovering the truth is his.GracieAs a highly trained operative in a family of spies, I learned a a long time ago what happens when you fall in love and reveal your secrets. Devastation. Trusting no one is the only way to survive in this world. So, no matter how charming he is, Special Agent Leif McAllister won't convince me that he's left the FBI and wants to join my family's less than legal operations.DustySpecial Agent is my title and Leif McAllister is technically my name, but "Dusty" is what everyone calls me. Been told I can talk a stone to dust. That kind of verbal fortitude makes my job easier. People trust an open book. Even if it's filled with lies. Most people, anyway. Gracie Parish, my best way into her family's illegal activities, just won't trust me. No problem. I'll use everything I've got--fair, unfair, and so-good-it's-wrong--to penetrate her defenses, discover the truth, and prove my case.As the red-hot attraction between Dusty and Gracie explodes, Dusty's investigation ignites a deadly threat and long hidden lies. They'll have to decide quickly how far they can trust each other, because now it's not just Gracie's family secrets in jeopardy. It's her life. **This is a creatively reimagined version of an early work The Price of Grace. It is told in first person, present tense with completely new chapters. Content Warning: This book contains sexual situations between consenting adults, graphic violence, and on page exploration of character backstory that may deal with childhood trauma, including abuse and neglect.

"Five sexy, disturbing stars!" (Amazon Reviewer)"Hands down the best book I've ever read!" (Amazon Reviewer)I didn't expect this. I didn't ask for this. I never wanted to confront anything close to this feeling. Falling in love terrified me. I wasn't prepared for the ultimate "fall" from grace. I had plans to leave New York City and never look back. Growing up in a dysfunctional household with Mom and Rob had scarred my psyche. I needed to break my mother's generational curse. I didn't want to marry an abusive jerk and financially struggle while he broke all his promises.Little did I know that I had cursed myself when my world collided with Noah Hunter, a sexy, cutthroat attorney based in California, the destination that was calling to me. The first time I saw his ocean eyes, my heart broke and bloomed opened at the same time because I knew... I knew I could never love this man like a father.Mom had lied.So many secrets... including the sweetest sins shared between me and Noah. He was older than me. My heart was blind to the red flags. Was it infatuation? A crush? Far from it. Noah didn't want to drag me to hell with him. But falling for a fallen angel had liberated me from purgatory. I had to make him realize this, regardless of how wrong our attraction was.

When Jane Chasen visits her neighbor's penthouse to see a recently acquired Frida Kahlo self-portrait, Jane's assessment reveals it's a fake. The next morning, as Jane and her boyfriend Jesse walk along the bayou that winds through her condominium complex, they stumble over the dead body of the penthouse owner. Jesse, a police detective, disappears into his demanding job, and tensions rise with the discovery of a second body. When Jane herself is targeted, she realizes her own home is no longer safe. One of her friends and neighbors wants her dead.

Auf diesem Landsitz lauern Mysterien, Romantik und unvorhersehbaren Enthüllungen …Der spannende Liebesroman für Fans von Familiensagas und FamiliengeheimnissenEin ungelöstes Rätsel in ihrer Familiengeschichte verschlägt die junge Journalistin Juliana auf den abgelegenen Landsitz des faszinierenden Pferdezüchters Valentin Falkenstein. Inkognito und mit ihrer geheimen Mission ausgestattet, schlüpft Juliana in die Rolle einer wohlhabenden Adeligen. So kann sie in Ruhe dem Schicksal ihrer vor Jahrzehnten verschwundenen Großtante Gabriela nachspüren. Doch auch das Falkenstein Gestüt in den Karpaten wird von allerlei Geheimnissen umweht, genau wie dessen Besitzer Valentin selbst. Obwohl Juliana das Gefühl hat, ihm nicht trauen zu können, knistert es zwischen den beiden gewaltig. Als sie kurz davor ist, die Geheimnisse auf Falkenstein aufzudecken, gerät sie selbst in Gefahr und muss sich die Frage stellen, ob die Wahrheit diejenigen schützen wird, die sie liebt …Erste Leser:innenstimmen„Kann mit spannenden Wendungen und überraschenden Geheimnissen überzeugen."„Ein großartiger Familiengeheimnis-Roman!"„Liebe, Spannung, Intrigen - hier ist alles geboten."„Ich war von Seite 1 an gefesselt und wollte schnell erfahren, was Juliana alles herausfinden wird, super packend geschrieben!"„Was fürs Herz und trotzdem spannend - Krimi und Liebe sind hier perfekt verwoben."

"A unique, delightful, hilarious, unputdownable romance... I'm wonderstruck by The Blonde Identity!" ? Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisThe New York Times bestselling YA author of the beloved Gallagher Girls series bursts onto the adult scene with a fast-paced, hilarious road trip rom-com about a woman with amnesia who discovers she's the identical twin sister of a rogue spy... and must team up with a rugged, grumpy operative to stay alive.It's the middle of the night in the middle of Paris and a woman just woke up with no memory.She only knows three things for certain:1. She has a splitting headache.2. The hottest guy she has (probably) ever seen is standing over her, telling her to run.And oh yeah...3. People keep trying to kill her.She doesn't know who. Or why. But when she sees footage of herself fighting off a dozen men there's only one explanation: obviously. . . she's a spy! Except, according to Mr. Hot Guy, she's not. She's a spy's identical twin sister.Too bad the only person who knows she's not the woman they're looking for is this very grouchy, very sexy, very secret agent who (reluctantly) agrees to help her disappear. Which is easier said than done when a criminal organization wants you dead and every intelligence service in the world wants you caught. Luckily, no one is looking for a pair of lovesick newlyweds on their honeymoon. And soon they're lying their way across Europe?dodging bullets and faking kisses as they race to unravel a deadly conspiracy and clear her sister's name.But with every secret they uncover, the truth shifts, until she no longer knows who to trust: the twin she can't remember or the mysterious man she can't let herself forget..."Spies! Amnesia! And banter that'll make you chant ?Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!? No one writes an action rom-com quite like Ally Carter." ? Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs

Auch im zweiten Teil von »Angst kann man nicht küssen«, dreht sich wieder alles um die Insel. Sandra und Jonas wollen endlich heiraten, ebenso Melanie und Tobi und sie würden das, wie schon ihre Inselfreunde am liebsten in Miami tun. Natürlich fehlt dazu das nötige Kleingeld, aber Iris wollte das eigentlich bezahlen. Doch wo ist sie und wo ist Tom, ihr ehemaliger Nachhilfelehrer, dem sie so viel zu verdanken haben? Seit sechs Jahren gibt es kein Lebenszeichen von ihnen.Als sie schon nicht mehr daran glauben, ihre amerikanischen Freunde jemals wiederzusehen, stehen die beiden vor ihrer Tür. Da Jonas und Tobi mit dem Studium noch nicht fertig sind, fliegen Sandra und Melanie mit in die Staaten, um mit Iris die Trauung vorzubereiten. Doch was sich anfangs nach Urlaub anhört, entwickelt sich schnell zu einem Abenteuer, denn mit einem Mal überstürzen sich die Ereignisse und ihre Hochzeit droht zu platzen. Zudem ist Tom plötzlich verschwunden.

Ce roman publié en 1937, évoque l'effervescence du milieu culturel de La Chaux-de-Fonds par l'intermédiaire de nombreux personnages dont les destins s'entremêlent. Il y a le compositeur Félix Courvoisier, dont les riches parents habitent dans une maison de Le Corbusier. Courvoisier a pris sous son aile un pianiste étrange, Wild qui défend avec passion la pièce de Schumann Le Concert sans orchestre. Il y a le peintre Louis Ravens et Vitus, le sculpteur...

Refusing to lose her brother to the violent Hermanos street gang, Benny turns to Dimitri, the dead sexy Russian who lives in the apartment above her family's bakery. He's the only man tough enough to get through to Johnny and save him from a life in prison-or worse.There's nothing Dimitri won't do for Benny, even if it means dealing with her troublemaking brother. He quickly realizes that it's not just Johnny and his thug friends that pose a threat to Benny. A shady real estate developer needs to buy her bakery to secure a multi-million dollar deal and he'll stop at nothing to make her sell.Threatened from all sides, Benny finds safety in Dimitri's strong arms - and in his bed. Her big, sexy Russian has no intention of ever letting her go-and he'll brave the fires of hell before he lets anyone harm her.