Bøger af Tamsen Parker

Keyne O'Connell leads a charmed life. But one dark summer night before her senior year robs her of everyone she loves, thrusting her into the custody of her boyfriend's intimidating, much older brother.Jasper Andersson is not a good man. His business dealings are barely legal. He's a womanizer and a drug user. He has no interest in becoming Keyne's guardian, although given her limited options, he doesn't have much of a choice. And when his feelings become far from platonic, he must protect her at whatever the cost...even from himself. The thoughts, the urges, the dreams he had about her. He'd take that secret to his goddamn grave.

ErinI'm back at Hawthorn Hill, the only place I've ever really called home. Is it weird that it's an all-boys boarding school and I'm only four years older than some of my students? Yes. And what makes it worse is Zach Shepherd. He's my student, but he's also my biggest crush. To let anything happen with him would be career suicide but to stay away from him might shatter my heart. ShepThree years after I graduated, I'm back on the Hill, this time as a member of the faculty. Some things have changed but I still think Erin Brewster is the prettiest woman I've ever seen. I want to be with her more than anything, and I've picked up a trick or two while I've been gone. Maybe with my new skills, I'll have Erin begging to be held after class...

From USA Today Bestselling author Tamsen Parker comes a taboo romance of risk-taking, redemption, and how to give voice to our greatest fears and our greatest desires. "Don't be greedy," he murmurs into my hair, and it makes me all the more desperate."Daddy, I am greedy." When Dr. Lowry Campbell saved my life as a suicidal teen, I thought he was the most perfect man I'd ever known. And then he disappeared for fifteen years. Now, three months after I became the wealthiest woman on the Eastern Seaboard, he's back. And he wants me. Finally. But I'm not that girl anymore, and my anger is nearly as intense as my vulnerability. I've waited a long time to ask for what I want, and it's time Lowry know that if he wants to be in my life, he'll need to earn back my trust and come to terms with my desire to call him daddy...**Content warnings for mental illness, depression, suicide**

Nate Carter is living the good life. Taking a break from his engineering day job to be Camp Firefly Falls' resident tennis instructor, he's got nothing on his plate besides acting as best man for his sister and his BFF's wedding, and avoiding a summer-ending injury like the one that side-lined him last year.An unfortunate incident involving salad dressing and his tuxedo finds Nate face-to-face with struggling single-mom Ruby Hudson who's moonlighting as a cater waiter. After their calamitous meeting, they have a far more satisfying end to their evening in the back of Ruby's ancient station wagon.Nate is keen for a repeat or even a relationship, but Ruby doesn't have time for the handsome tennis player no matter how sexy his forearms are. But after convincing her to give him a shot, Nate thinks their relationship might be able to go the distance.The end of the season is fast approaching and Nate is ready to put his heart on the line, but his assurances and their chemistry may not be enough for Ruby to upend her life. After all, in tennis love means nothing.

Singing about love is one thing. Finding it is another. Teague Martell has been License to Game's bassist for over a decade, and he's played Casanova for just as long, sleeping with almost everyone in his path. But unbeknownst to even his bandmates, it's always felt like going through the motions. His best friend and LtG drummer Christian Vogel has secrets of his own. Like that he's had a crush on Teague for as long as he's had crushes. And while LtG's lead singer may have made his solo plans public and sent the band into a tailspin, Christian's got a side gig as well-one he's been keeping under wraps. A nude photoshoot for a charity calendar has Teague seeing Christian in a different light-suddenly he knows what it is to want. But disagreements about the future of the band could impact their future as a couple. Christian and Teague have to decide whether their differences of opinion create a sweet harmony or if there's too much discord in the duet they're finally playing.

Newly minted professor Evangeline "Van" Thompson's academic dreams have turned into nightmares. She can't wait to escape the pressure cooker of the university to spend the summer at Camp Firefly Falls with her bestie, Nate.Unfortunately, Nate breaks his leg halfway through the season, and his little sister Willa fills in for him as resident tennis instructor. Van has fond memories of the blonde moppet, but when Willa shows up at camp, she's not so little anymore. She's grown into a bombshell and a menace on the tennis court-why do those skirts have to be so short, anyway?Willa Carter has had a crush on Van Thompson since the third grade but Van's always been more interested in hanging out with Willa's older brother. Not much seems to have changed-Van's managing the camp's web presence while Willa rocks her tennis whites.Camp will be closing in a few weeks, and Van's barely spoken to Willa despite sharing a cabin. But when the two get thrown together to plan the last session of camp, s'mores might not be the only thing getting sticky and sweet before the season's out...

Tzipporah Berger is thirty-seven and single, which is practically unheard of in the Orthodox Jewish community she now calls home. Her increasing religiosity and need for kink may have broken up her first marriage, but she's decided it's time to try again. And the rabbi's wife has just the man in mind. Elan Klein is the neighborhood butcher whose intimidating size and gruff manner hint at a deliciously forceful personality. But BDSM isn't exactly something you discuss during an Orthodox courtship. Will a marriage to Elan solidify her place in the community that she loves and provide the domination and pain Tzipporah craves or will she forever have to rely on flights of fancy to satisfy her needs?

Snowed in at a kink club with my ex-boyfriend's dad on Christmas Eve-what could possibly go wrong? Working at a kink club in my hometown is not where I thought I'd be this holiday season. I thought I'd be finishing the first semester of my PhD. I thought I'd be making my parents proud instead of disappointing them. The prospect of ending my dry spell with my ex is the only thing that might save me from becoming the Grinch-he's supposed to pick me up from the club and hopefully make my holiday merry and bright. Except he sends his father instead and when Cal Whittaker walks in on me jingling my own bells and a snowstorm keeps me from escaping, it's beginning to look a lot like a very crappy Christmas.There are a million reasons why Cal and I shouldn't be kissing under the mistletoe, but maybe Santa's put me on both the naughty and the nice list this year...

Matchmaking? Check. Surfing? Check. Falling in love? As if.Sunny, striking, and satisfied with her life in paradise, Theodosia Sullivan sees no need for marriage. She does, however, relish serving as matchmaker for everyone who crosses her path. As the manager of her family's surf shop in Hanalei Bay, that includes locals and tourists alike.One person she won't be playing Cupid for is the equally happy bachelorette down the street. Baker Kini 'Opunui has been the owner of Queen's Sweet Shop since her parents passed away and her younger brother married Theo's older sister and moved to Oahu. Kini's ready smile, haupia shortbread, and lilikoi malasadas are staples of Hanalei's main street.However, Theo's matchmaking machinations and social scheming soon become less charming-even hazardous-to everyone involved. And when she fails to heed Kini's warnings about her meddling, she may be more successful than she ever intended. Theo has to face the prospect of Kini ending up with someone else, just as she realizes she's loved Kini all along.

Love might mean coming as you are, but staying is a different matter.Nick Fischer is a screw-up; everyone knows it and they're not afraid to tell him so. The only thing he's got going for him is that he plays a reliable rhythm guitar for License to Game, and his big fat bulldog, Princess Fiona, is so ugly she's cute. Dempsey Lawrence is a former child star turned financial advisor, and while she's curious about the hot mess of a man who's her co-panelist for a presentation on financial literacy, she has no intention of pursuing anything with him. Too loud, too crass, too wild, Nick is altogether too much. Plus, he's famous, and she is so over stardom and everything that comes with it. Except that when Dempsey gives Nick an inch, he takes a mile, and she finds that she doesn't mind so much. Until Nick brings the pitfalls of stardom to Dempsey's doorstep, then all the attraction in the world might not be enough to promise a happily ever after.