After losing both legs below the knee in a drunk driving accident, Hailey Warren dreamed of helping others similarly disabled by becoming a physical therapist. When the university she decided to attend denies her that opportunity based solely on her disability, she is left devastated and rudderless. Now, the handsome and irresistible Marcus Harrington, eighth Earl of Storrington, has offered to use his education, connections, and position to help her fight for her dream, but will her love for him survive after she discovers his devastating secret?
Hailey Walker's predictable life of school, track and home is about to be turned upside down when her father accepts a job that sends the whole family south for the summer. Along with her best friend, Alison, and the rest of the Walker family, Hailey heads to North Carolina for a summer full of horseback riding, swimming, and, oh, yes, solving the Mystery of the Freedom Trail. While helping at a church yard sale, Hailey finds a notebook that was written by a dead man. It contains riddles that promise to lead to treasure. Will Hailey and her friends be able to decode the clues and find the treasure? Where is the Freedom trail? What secrets and dangers does it hold? The story, as well as the trail, has many twists and turns. They not only find adventure, but also learn that there is more to the mystery than just a treasure-much more.
Damon has a secret... Every Friday night, the F5F partner who is the quiet powerhouse leaves on the dot of five without explanation. Where does Damon go? What does he do? His partners want to know, but Damon can't bring himself to share the truth about his mom's battle with cancer. She's the anchor in his life and he doesn't know how he'll go on without her. In the middle of the night, when he's most alone, he wants to control all the variables for someone, to prove he's not completely powerless. He doesn't expect to find such a willing, or seductive, volunteer... Haley loves solving mysteries... Especially ones like the gorgeous guy who visits her favorite patient every Friday night. He must be Natasha's son, but is he also the model on the billboard for that fitness club downtown? Where did he learn therapeutic massage? Even though she's a nurse, Haley's interest in him and his skill isn't just professional. She wants to feel those hands on her own skin, for as long as possible. One night, she takes a chance and asks for a lesson from him, only to discover that she has a hunger for the sensation only Damon can satisfy. This story was previously published under the title In the Midnight Hour. This edition has a new epilogue.
Unmarried Men Of Mule Hollow: Run For Your Lives! When Haley Bell Thornton arrives back in Mule Hollow wearing a wedding gown, no one bothers to ask where the groom is. Especially not Will Sutton, the first of her ditched fiancés. The runaway bride has done it again! And now the woman he loved and lost ten years ago is tottering around the dusty ranch town in her high heels and fancy honeymoon clothes. Will vows not to care. Definitely a problem, since Haley’s granddad—and the matchmaking ladies—have a secret holiday plan to make wedding bells chime by Christmas Originally published in 2007
ARCANE FOREST Get Lost in Worlds of Fantasy and Awe! Read 9 different first books from 9 different Fantasy (romance) series. We hope you enjoy the books you are about to read and meet some new characters to love! Book 1 by W.J. May – Rae of Hope Book 2 by Chrissy Peebles – Eternal Vows Book 3 by Kaitlyn Davis – The Golden Cage Book 4 by C.J. Pinard – Eternal Immortals Book 5 by Kristen Middleton - Wicked Book 6 by Karin De Havin – Jin in Time Book 7 by Natasha Brown – Fledgling Book 8 by Emma Shade – Finding Obscurity Book 9 by Kate Thomas – Resounding Truth NOTE: These are all First-in-a-Series books. Some may end on cliff hangers. Keywords: Free, Freebie, Vampire, Wolf, werewolf, sexy alpha, free fantasy, supernatural, comic book, free paranormal, witch, paranormal romance, fantasy series
[BookStrand Contemporary Romance, HEA] Michael Flannery is the kind of man every woman dreams of—tall, handsome, intelligent, successful, and fiercely protective of those he loves. The talented architect has two goals: become a partner at Miller Engineering and Design, and find Miss Right. Haley Preston has two goals as well: start a new life, and learn not to be such a gullible idiot. The rich, beautiful interior designer has been duped and used. Never again. She has sold her immensely successful business in New York and moved back to Tennessee to rebuild her life. Sexual chemistry ignites an undeniable desire the moment they meet. Haley fights her attraction, but Michael will not be dissuaded. No one will interfere with his Designs on Haley. Will Haley's secrets tear them apart? Can Michael banish the ghosts of Haley's past? Is lust enough? Or does his blueprint for the future require true love? ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance
New York City, 1990:When you slip through the cracks, no one is there to catch you. Monique learns that the hard way after her girlfriend Donna vanishes without a trace. Only after the disappearances of several other impoverished women does Monique hear the rumors. A taloned monster stalks the city's underground and snatches victims into the dark.Donna isn't missing. She was taken.To save the woman she loves, Monique must descend deeper than the known underground, into a subterranean world of enigmatic cultists and shadowy creatures. But what she finds looms beyond her wildest fears-a darkness that stretches from the dawn of time and across the stars.
Dr. Bronson and Dr. Yorshenko are sworn enemies... until they meet Rick. They hate each other. It's automatic by now. But when Rick is around, it feels so different. Rick is getting perfect grades, like he's supposed to. He's taking both cardiology electives -- the Bronson and the Yorshenko courses -- like he's supposed to. He's staying single and focusing on his studes, like he's supposed to. Anything beyond that, Rick isn't supposed to do. Especially not having a relationship with a professor. Or two professors. Three hearts might be saved, if three sweet guys can do what they're not supposed to. Three Hearts is a 41,000 word enemies-to-lovers first-time MMM romance. No violence, no abuse. May contain surgical banter, beach volleyball, and a very exhausting sauna.
