He hadn’t done anything to deserve her… Jaxson Swift felt like his hands were still dirty after the things he’d seen and done as a collector for a Las Vegas bookie. Although he left his past behind him, he never expected to find someone like his red-haired angel when he came to Chicago. But that didn’t mean he was going to let her go… Kiara Kelly is too shy to approach the smoking-hot bouncer who’s caught her interest. Lucky for both of them, Jaxson doesn’t have a timid bone in his body. And once he makes his move, there’s no going back for either of them. If you listened to Bounced Into Love on the Read Me Romance Podcast and have been waiting for the epilogue…look no further!
He stayed away from trouble... Mark Anderson was a steadfast kind of guy. He did all the right things—earned his MBA, worked hard, dated appropriate women—but he was still single when it seemed like everyone around him was happily coupled up. Until it came barreling his way in a tempting package... Ariana Valenti had always been a party girl. But after a major wake-up call, she's a reformed one. Except not everyone in Las Vegas has gotten the message, which sends her running to Chicago...and straight into Mark's arms. Chased Into Love can be read as a standalone. Each book in the Bachelorette Party Series features a different couple.
This collection has hockey hotties galore, a fake bachelorette party with a very real suck-for-a-buck shirt, an accidental marriage in Vegas, a damsel in distress, and more! The set includes all of the stories from the Bachelorette Party series, plus an extra scene from Andrew & Jocelyn's honeymoon. Sucked Into Love: Andrew knows that he wants Jocelyn the moment he lays eyes on her, but he's never been one to poach on another man's territory. He walks away but finds himself changed by the experience. Imagine his surprise when he sees her again, only to discover she isn't married and has never even been engaged. Checked Into Love: Not a single night has gone by without dreams of the fiery redhead Jason met in a bar months ago. When he finally sees her again at a friend’s bachelorette party, he’s ready to do what it takes to keep her right where she belongs by his side. Mixed Into Love: Dating guys from the bar is something Addilyn has never been tempted to do. Until Dane. With a little nudge in his direction from a bachelorette, she finds herself saying yes...and winds up with more than she bargained for! Slapped Into Love: This hot hockey player was skilled on and off the ice, but a sexy speedskater was going to make Ryan even better. Married Into Love: What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay there, and somehow this hockey hottie found himself married to a stranger. Chased Into Love: This steadfast guy stayed away from trouble, until it came barreling Mark's way in a tempting package. Bounced Into Love: This smoking-hot bouncer felt like his hands were still dirty after the things he’d seen and done as a collector for a Las Vegas bookie, but that didn’t mean Jaxson was going to let his red-haired angel go.
When Sam is stuck sharing the streets for Chicago’s summer festivals with a man she can’t stand, she’ll find it’s often a bumpy road that leads to love…. As office manager of the city’s leading luxury boudoir and pinup photography studio, lovable grump Samantha Sawyer has everything under control. With an eventful summer season on the horizon, Sam is balancing a hectic workload while preparing the Buxom Boudoir “Photobus,” a vintage coach bus converted into a mobile photobooth and meeting space, to make the rounds at Chicago’s bustling summer street festival roster. Sam’s busy schedule makes avoiding the difficult parts of her life much easier, but there’s one person who can see right through her to-do lists and icy façade, really see her. A lot has changed in the last year for Russell Montgomery. Years of odd jobs and couch surfing around the country had left him scrambling, but after reconnecting with his brother, Reid (and coming as close to settling down as he’s ever been), Russ now works at a hot local restaurant. Russ has been welcomed into his newly engaged brother’s circle of friends—all except a close friend and coworker of Reid’s fiancée, an intriguingly stormy woman named Sam. Luckily, Sam is certain that the chaos of her calendar will ensure their distance, and she won’t have to deal with Russ or his irritating, handsome smile. But when Russ is charged with the launch of a restaurant food truck for the festival circuit, the sizzling Chicago heat is no match for the fire between them….
This steamy collection includes the first three stories from the Bachelorette Party series, plus a bonus scene from Andrew & Jocelyn's honeymoon. Sucked Into Love No man ever wants to be knocked off his feet by a woman he meets while she's wearing a bachelorette "suck for a buck" shirt... Andrew knows that he wants Jocelyn the moment he lays eyes on her, but he's never been one to poach on another man's territory. He walks away but finds himself changed by the experience. Imagine his surprise when he sees her again, only to discover she isn't married and has never even been engaged. Checked Into Love Jason hasn't been able to get Cecily off his mind... Not a single night has gone by without dreams of the fiery redhead he met in a bar months ago. When he finally sees her again at a friend's bachelorette party, he's ready to do what it takes to keep her right where she belongs...by his side. Mixed Into Love It's always been easy for Addilyn Johnson to tell customers no... Dating guys from the bar is something she's never been tempted to do. Until Dane. With a little nudge in his direction from a bachelorette, she finds herself saying yes...and winds up with more than she bargained for!
Weyman's memoir evokes the excitement of war and battle, the horrors of danger and loss. And it celebrates the optimism of youth and the healing powers of love.
An unexpected summer fling could turn out to be the best decision she’s ever made! After her father loses the family fortune in an insider-trading scheme, single mom Parker Welles is faced with some hard decisions. First order of business: go to Gideon’s Cove, Maine, to sell the only thing she now owns—a decrepit house in need of some serious flipping. When her father’s wingman, James Cahill, asks to go with her, she’s not thrilled…even if he is fairly gorgeous and knows his way around a toolbox. Second on Parker’s list: find a nice man to have a no-strings-attached summer fling with…if that’s even possible in a small town. Having to fend for herself financially for the first time in her life, Parker signs on as a florist’s assistant and starts to find out who she really is. Maybe James isn’t the boring lawyer she always thought he was. And maybe the house isn’t the only thing that needs a little TLC. Previously published.
When Emma Chance met her best friend's elder brother, she knew instantly that he needed somebody to put the bounce back in his boots. But it couldn't be her, of course. She wouldn't know where to start. Against the odds, Emma Chance survived a childhood of cruelty and neglect. She's never had time for fairytales or Prince Charming and, as a young woman with a logical mind, her preference is for tidy facts over messy feelings. But with one glance from his dark eyes, Captain Guy Hathaway causes poor Emma a bundle of the latter and turns her cautious world on its head. To him she is nothing more than his little sister's shy, awkward friend, and she wouldn't know what to do with herself, in any case, if he ever looked at her as anything more than that. But there's something about Captain Hathaway... * * * * The charismatic captain has a reputation for trouble. Brawls, duels and dangerous women litter his past. With a mischievous sense of humor, a hot temper and a reckless impulse to leap in with both feet, he has always sailed along at a steady clip, determined never to be anchored too long in one place and never risking his heart. But lately he's felt a strange emptiness, a yearning for something he cannot identify. It began a few years ago, about the time he escorted his younger sister and two of her friends to a ball. Did he lose something there, or did he find it? Until he gets to the bottom of this mystery, he knows he won't be whole again. In the meantime, while he seeks out the source of this discontent, he can make himself useful, initiate some changes in his life and do a few good deeds for once. Why not? For instance—timid, plain little Miss Chance, his sister's droopy best friend, could surely benefit from a helping hand. The first time he met her she was a mess of nerves, covered in a red rash and itching as if riddled with fleas. But he can't help feeling there is more to the strange creature than meets the eye. Yes, indeed, there is something about Emma Chance...
This book is a continuation of the story that began in my first book, The Second Time Around. It depicts marriage disappointments and disillusions from a male perspective. Most men are fundamentally good and can resist the temptations of infidelity when given a choice. The challenges of dealing with a wife that constantly pushes them to the margin of her life can often be too much for some men to bear. As a young man right out of college, Norman, was assigned by his company to a territory in southern Pennsylvania. While living there Norman met Gail, an attractive middle-aged woman that was ten years his senior with a teenage daughter. Gail and Norman became inseparable and very much in love. Neither of them felt any pressure to get married. After six years Norman was promoted and had to transfer to another part of the country. Fearing that their age difference would cause their relationship to fade, Gail opted to stay in Pineville and they drifted apart. Many years later when their paths crossed again Gail realized that she was still in love with the man that she had considered her soul mate. This book tells what happens as the star-crossed lovers struggle to forge a relationship that seems to be destined for a life of together ever-after. With admirers from several different angles, Norman struggled to maintain his fidelity to his marriage and disappointments in the effort threatened to derail his resurgent relationship with his wife.
LGBTQ people have strategies of resilience at their disposal to help them deal with the challenge that heteronormativity as a power structure poses to their affective lives. This book makes the concept of resilience available to queer literary and cultural studies, analysing these strategies in terms of narration, performance, bodies, and space. Resilience turns out to be a highly interactive mode of being in the world, which can set free creative energy as well as draw inspiration and energy from artistic work. Authors and artists discussed include Katherine Mansfield, Christopher Isherwood, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Jeanette Winterson, Michael Cunningham, and Ian McKellen.
