NOBODY WARNED ME CHARMING MEANS INFURIATING, INTENSE, AND IRRESISTIBLE...CLAIREI'm ready to slap my new step-brother clean across the face.Brash, arrogant, and stinking rich doesn't begin to describe Ty Sterner. He's also sinfully sexy, and wicked talented at making my blood boil.Ty thinks it's funny to chase me around like I'm the next notch in his bedpost. He lives to piss me off. But that isn't why my heart skips a dozen beats every time I look at him.What happens if his crude jokes about us hooking up go too far? What if I admit I actually want this filthy talking playboy, and one little misstep lands me in Prince Not-So-Charming's bed for real?TYI can't decide whether to laugh my ass off or kiss her 'til her panties ignite. Little Miss Perfect's too hot and uptight for her own good. Knowing she's off limits just makes me want her more.There's a twisted thrill to flirting underneath our parents' roof. And I want a whole lot more than teasing her cheeks red, or watching her eyes pop when I'm strutting around half-naked. I want to rock her world into a screaming mess and leave her soft lips breathless.Too bad this is the summer I'm supposed to get my crap together to build the family fortune. That's a distraction I don't need when all I really want to do is find out how perfect Claire feels between the sheets...
What grows out of the ordinary? This volume focuses on that which has been regarded as ordinary, self-evident and formulaic in literary and cultural phenomena such as diasporic cuisine, pet adoption narratives, Prairie writing, romance between stepsiblings, the program of a political party, and everyday shopping in poetry. The book argues that by engaging with that which is perceived as ordinary we also gain understanding of how otherness becomes defined and constituted. The volume seeks new ways to access that which might lie in-between or beyond the opposition between exploitation and emancipation, and contests the hegemonic logic of revealing oppression and rebuilding liberation in contemporary critical theory to create new ways of knowing which grow out of the ordinary.
My older stepbrother Christopher hates me. Or that’s what I thought. When I plunge into the cold water of Manhattan’s harbor, a strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher protects me, but he won’t let himself love me. Then Sutton appears–ruthless and seductive. He doesn’t care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he’s determined to win. No matter the cost. Will his interest bring Christopher closer? Or will it finally break us apart? This love triangle isn’t a real choice, because I’m just a game to them. One I’m sure to lose. “Skye Warren absolutely owned me with THE CEO. A twisty, raw exploration of money, greed, love, and lust, you’ll be left with your heart in your throat and hooked on the pages to discover what’s coming next! An absolute must-read.” ~ A.L. Jackson, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author “What an incredible book! THE CEO has everything — Skye Warren’s beautiful writing, a sexy, compelling story; intricate characters, and a provocative love triangle that will captivate you until the very end.” ~ New York Times bestselling author Nina Lane
My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan's harbor. A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. He was supposed to be my enemy... Christopher protects me with fierce determination. My story begins with a fall but it doesn't end there. Because my fortune is about to change. From a New York Times bestselling author comes a new world where the battle for love and money brings down the greatest men.
When Sera's new art teacher mistakes her for a model and demands that she strip naked, sparks start to fly. Will Mr Marek be able to keep his student at arm's length after seeing everything she has to offer? And what happens when his malicious, scheming ex girlfriend appears on the scene?
Olivia Bailey was happily working as the personal assistant of Wilson Alexander, the owner and CEO of Alexander Corporation, when he suddenly died of heart failure. Grief-stricken over the loss of her boss, who was like a father to her, Olivia was left to deal with Wilson's dashing estranged son, Pierce. She can't stand Pierce, and he doesn't seem to trust her. But they eventually develop a mutual respect that turns into an intense attraction to each other. Is a long-term romance possible? Or, is it too much for them to handle on top of the pressure from work and their personal lives?
Lord Ivan de Greystoke - Don't let my fancy title fool you because I'm a bad boy. I've always been. Now I've set my sights on Tawny Maxwell the one woman who stirs a possessiveness and desire in me that makes my insides twist. She's nineteen, blonde, fabulously beautiful, and married to Robert Maxwell. Which makes her a gold digger and my f**king stepmother! Oh and completely unavailable ... until now. For the old man's dead, she's the heiress of a hundred million fortune, and I'm the executor of her trust, but it ain't no walk in the park. My stepbrother and stepsisters feel robbed and are of the opinion that she should join her husband a.s.a.p, and I've got a raging hard-on. Permanently. Then I come up with the perfect solution. A fake marriage ... to me. - Tawny Maxwell Everyone thinks I'm a gold digger. Even the dazzlingly, beautiful man whom I can't stop thinking about looks at me with distrust and suspicion in his silver eyes. But they don't know the whole story. I have a secret. It's so big it will blow their minds, but I'm not telling. Never...
HE BOUGHT A WIFE. I BOUGHT INTO MAKE BELIEVE... ERIN Cinderella had it easy. I'm lying to millions of people, and it's all Silas' fault. Yes, that Silas. Billionaire. Prince. Scandals galore. Downright royal b*stard. Everything that screams run. If only it weren't for his rock hard edges and wild tattoos, tempting anything female on all seven continents. But I don't care about his looks. Really. Our deal is simple. He needs a pretty little lie, a wife to cover up his dirty deeds. I need a fortune to buy the treatment that just might save my father's life. Match made in hell? Totally, and I'm going to make it work. No, I'm not stupid. I'm not getting played by this billionaire prince. Forget his banter, his charms, the rumors I've heard about his ridiculously over-sized...ego. What's that phrase he teases me with - Prince with benefits? Not in a billion years. Yes, I'll lie for him. But I swear, my panties are absolutely, positively not melting every time I imagine his kiss... SILAS It's almost perfect. An engagement with an American girl, desperate as she is beautiful. Anything goes with Erin, except one rule. Her body's off limits. She's joking, right? Charming any girl I want into my bed doesn't mean a thing when there's only one on my mind. I want Miss Make Believe. My fake, sassy, sexy fiancee. She, who says 'no, ' and makes me so obsessed I'm about to trade in my designer suit for a straitjacket. I convinced her to wear my ring, easy. I'll get her clothes off next. Show her what the world's most infamous player does when he's on fire. Then I'll move on. No more playing castle. I'll have my Princess with benefits on her knees, treating me like royalty... This is a standalone romance novel packed with broody billionaire alpha male lovin' fit for a royal! No cliffhanger, HIGH heat advisory, and no apologies. Happily Ever After? Always.
The steamy, sizzling, fun and quirky fifth book in the best-selling series THE BILLIONAIRE'S BECK AND CALL, is now available as a full novel! This romance has an HEA, no cheating, and can be enjoyed as a standalone for those who haven't read the other books in this beloved series! Damien Black... And to think, when I woke up this morning, head splitting from the wild night before, I worried today might be boring. Then again, when you were a billionaire with nothing to do except whatever you pleased, that was always your greatest fear: that boredom would creep into your life with no cure in sight. When you've seen it all and done it all, every party tends to look the same--every supermodel blends in with all the others, and each bottle of fine champagne is identical to the last. And in the end, all you have to show for your day is a hangover and the fact that you kept boredom at bay for one more day... barely. But this--this little thief with her big dolls eyes and her tight little body squirming in my arms--this was something new. Something exciting. No one ever dared cross me, the heir to the Black family's steel empire, or my family, for that matter. We ran this town, and everything and everyone knew it. No one messed with Damien Black... which is why I couldn't just let this little lady go. No, no. She was far too interesting to just set free. And beneath those baggy clothes and boy's baseball cap, she was far, far too pretty... Lilly Maverick... Stealing's easy. It's living honestly that's hard, which is why I stick with what I know. I was taught how to lift a wallet before I learned how to throw a ball or ride a bike, and over the years I got damn good at it. They say if you're good at something, you should make a living out of it, and you'll never work a day in your life... or something like that. Who the hell knows what normal folk do, with their 9-to-5's and their white picket fences? I sure ain't one of them, and I make my way the best way I know how. That's how I came to be in possession of the wallet of Mr. Damien Black, billionaire playboy, on that fateful June day, and how he suckered me into being his. Normally, I wouldn't spit on a man like him if he were on fire, even if he was the most gorgeous man I'd ever seen in my life. Folks like him and folks like me didn't mix, and that was that. Well, usually. But when I bumped into him as we waited in a crowd together at the crosswalk, we made eye contact for the briefest of moments. And it was then, I knew, my life was about to change forever... This often funny, devilishly charming romance has it all--lust, lies, love, and above all, an ending that you'll remember long after you put this book down! Don't miss this incredible ride from best-selling author, Delilah Fawkes! **This 58,000 word novel comes with a FREE BONUS STORY in the back: "Hitched to Him, Part 1: Roped (The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book Six)"! Don't miss the other novels in this sizzling series, available now! The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book One Bound to Him: The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book Two Tied to Him: The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book Three Unmasked: A Billionaire's Beck and Call Short Story Run to Him: The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book Four Hitched to Him: The Billionaire's Beck and Call, Book Six (A Current Series) And a NEW bad boy biker billionaire romance: HE RIDES HARD! (Dangerous Billionaires)
