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*Formerly: The Need To Have Him A scandalous game... A stranger in her apartment... An intruder with an agenda... A game gone wrong? Maybe! “Don’t move,” were the words that will forever echo in her mind. In one second, Joi’s world changed. He stood behind her, hands over her mouth. And her life would never be the same. Joi thought it was a game. But it wasn’t! After that night, Dominic tried to move on. He tried to get past the guilt he feels. A game played through a social media app, has him wondering about the woman at the root of it all. Her teasing and taunting of men, that ...

She's my best friend's sister. The one woman who's always been off-limits. Bridgette Pierson is stubborn, sassy, and damn gorgeous. Our constant bickering hides the scorching chemistry I've tried to ignore for years. But when we're trapped together after an earthquake, keeping my hands off her is impossible. One heated encounter leads to a secret, no-strings fling I can't resist. Except I start craving more than just her body. I want all of her—her smiles, her laughter, the way she loves my daughter. But one wrong move could destroy the only family I've ever known. Walking away is safer, ...

A rap mogul with the world at his fingertips… His dynamic personality and powerful presence command the attention of millions. What Pharrow wants he gets… Except one thing… The woman he unwittingly falls in love with to the shock of his soon to be wife! Pharrow King is a man in search of himself when he finds himself tied to the wrong woman for what he believes are all the right reasons. Sasha is wealthy, like him, and so he believes they are evenly yoked. He sees a future with the woman who is determined to marry her crush and help him conquer the world! Sasha’s pockets run deep as...

1924. Ginger Kelly wakes up in tranquil Cocoa Beach, Florida, having fled south to safety in the company of disgraced Prohibition agent Oliver Anson Marshall and her newly-orphaned young sister, Patsy. But paradise is short-lived. Marshall is reinstated to the agency with suspicious haste and put to work patrolling for rumrunners on the high seas, from which he promptly disappears. Gin hurries north to rescue him, only to be trapped in an agonizing moral quandary by Marshall’s desperate mother.

Ciudad de Dios es, a su vez, producto de un estudio de la antropóloga Alba Zaluar sobre la favela Ciudad de Dios, de donde el autor de esta obra fue su habitante. Asimismo, Lins fue integrante del equipo de investigación de Zaluar. De ahí que estas páginas sean una fiel mirada sociológica sobre el fenómeno que aquejó a la sociedad carioca en la década de los noventa, cuando explotó una caótica guerra por la droga.

On the night he celebrates a big win, defense attorney Mickey Haller is pulled over by police, who find the body of a former client in the trunk of his Lincoln. Haller is immediately charged with murder but can’t post the exorbitant $5 million bail slapped on him by a vindictive judge. Mickey elects to represent himself and is forced to mount his defense from his jail cell in the Twin Towers Correctional Center in downtown Los Angeles.

A one night stand in Paris with a hot billionaire left me pregnant and alone. I went back to find him, instead I got stuck with my archenemy. And he’s the grumpy Navy SEAL next door. When my child's father rejects us, his broad shoulders become my refuge. Watching him hold my little girl melts my heart. He’s built like a truck, with rippling muscles that my hands beg to explore. Our once fiery fights are now explosive passionate nights. His whispered secrets leave me wanting more. His smoky gray eyes seem to look right into the depths of my soul…I'm falling for him. But I'm not sure ...

I'm pregnant with my ex's brother's baby. The plan was to avoid anything related to my ex-boyfriend Jacob Cane by leaving my hometown of Braven Bay. But fate had other plans. I crossed paths with his older brother, Nate, in the Windy City. Nate is a former Marine and firefighter with forest green eyes and an incredible body. Nate is not only in the same city as me, he's also my neighbor. And... He doesn't like me. He holds animosity towards me from years earlier when fate first brought us together. It doesn’t stop the electricity we both feel. As we become closer, Jacob's sense of ...

There’s chaos in Hollywood at the end of the New Year’s Eve countdown. Working her graveyard shift, LAPD detective Renée Ballard waits out the traditional rain of lead as hundreds of revelers shoot their guns into the air. Only minutes after midnight, Ballard is called to a scene where a hardworking auto shop owner has been fatally hit by a bullet in the middle of a crowded street party.

My plan was to get my art career off the ground, not sleep with my brother’s best friend… again… Growing up, James Calder was always the hot, tall and dark, bad boy. So, it was no surprise when he left town after our one hot, steamy night without saying goodbye. Not even to my brother. Now, James is back as the newest firefighter in town. And this time, he’s got secrets - his son being one of them. Seeing his face again made my body tremble with anger, but also desire. His charm always pulls me right back in. Next thing I know, things are firing up and cooking between us in my ...

My father's best friend just became my bodyguard...And he's smoking hot. Off-limits? Absolutely. But that only makes him more tempting. I can't face this trade conference alone after my breakup. Thankfully, my new bodyguard agreed to be my fake boyfriend One week in the Bahamas—what could go wrong? Tall, rugged, ex-Army - he's everything I shouldn't want. But one fake kiss turns into a real night of passion. The way he protects me, the way he makes me feel safe… It's more than just a charade. His strength, his passion—undeniable. But my father’s unexpected arrival ruined it all. ...

It’s 2008, and things are falling apart: Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers are going under, and the residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an old woman dying of a brain tumor and her graffiti-artist grandson, Pakistani shop owners and a shadowy refugee who works as the meter maid, the young soccer star from Senegal and his minder - are receiving anonymous postcards reading "We Want What You Have." Who is behind it? What do they want?

A man hangs himself in a neighborhood chapel. Bodies of young girls are being found in canals and rivers across the city with high levels of Mandrax in their bloodstream. McCoy is asked to watch over a colleague's niece, who has left home young and is running with a bad crowd in Glasgow. DS Wattie is attempting to become a sergeant. Drugs in Glasgow have gotten darker and more dangerous. Glasgow, its music, and its inhabitants all have rough edges in this hard city fought over by gangs, organized crime, the forces of law and order, and ordinary people trying to get by.

I can’t believe I gave my v-card to a hot billionaire old enough to be my dad. I was only going out to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Next thing I know, I’m sweaty and tangled up in the sheets - happily giving my v-card to this gorgeous grump of a man. To make matters worse, I had to sneak past his adorable little girl on my walk of shame the morning after. But he never asked for my number, so I thought for sure I would never see him again. Until the nausea started. Now I have nine months to figure this out. That is until he showed up at my doorstep with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

Every day Iona, a larger-than-life magazine advice columnist, travels the ten stops from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station by train, accompanied by her dog, Lulu. Every day she sees the same people, whom she knows only by nickname: Impossibly-Pretty-Constant-Reader and Terribly-Lonely-Teenager. Of course, they never speak. Seasoned commuters never do. Then one morning, the man she calls Smart-But-Sexist-Manspreader chokes on a grape right in front of her. He’d have died were it not for the timely intervention of Sanjay, a nurse, who gives him the Heimlich maneuver.

Get ready to be swept away on a journey of forbidden love and intense passion as three sizzling couples fight for their happily ever afters.❣️ Lose yourself in the world of irresistible billionaires, intense second chances, and forbidden love affairs in this collection of steamy contemporary romance novels that will set your heart racing and leave you craving for more❣️ This three book series brings you: Book One: "Forbidden Billionaire Playboy Boss" Sparks fly in this scorching world of power, seduction, and desire as Noah and Nina set the boardroom ablaze in "Forbidden Billionaire...

Dive into a world of irresistible temptation with this sizzling collection of three forbidden romances, where domineering alpha males blur the lines between professional and personal boundaries. Get ready for explosive chemistry, scandalous secrets, and unexpected pregnancies, as these full-length novels pull you into passionate tales of fake marriages, revenge schemes, and forbidden love. These stories will leave you breathless and caught in the thrill of crossing lines that should never be crossed. Lose yourself in the delicious world of Forbidden Alpha Billionaires! Book 1. Faking It ...

The Coin’s narrator is a wealthy Palestinian woman with impeccable style and meticulous hygiene. And yet the ideal self, the ideal life, remains just out of reach: her inheritance is inaccessible, her homeland exists only in her memory, and her attempt to thrive in America seems doomed from the start. In New York, she strives to put down roots. She teaches at a school for underprivileged boys, where her eccentric methods cross boundaries. She befriends a homeless swindler, and the two participate in an intercontinental scheme reselling Birkin bags.

The irresistible bad boy billionaire who broke my heart is back. This time, he wants more than forgiveness, and as a single mom, I don’t have nine months to spare. I slammed the door on David Robertson six years ago, but he's crashed back into my life with a deal I can’t refuse: a chance to save my fledgling start-up. Only hitch: I have to pose as his fiancée in Vegas for the weekend. His chaos is the last thing I need. But if I can hold my nose and fake it for two nights, I just might land the break I need for my life's work. I can do anything for forty-eight hours, right? But when ...

My life was empty until my fake marriage turned real. I've dodged marriage for years, but now my inheritance is on the line. Then Erin walks into my life, a beautiful disaster. I'm a grumpy billionaire almost twice her age, and she's a sassy waitress. She was having a string of bad luck. She needs a break, and I need a wife. I see my chance and propose a fake marriage for a hefty sum. We must stay married for two years to secure the company my grandfather left me. We kissed and shared a passionate wedding night that shifted everything. My heart burns with desire when I look at her now. I ...