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Book Synopsis Emergency Shelter ( Beach Romance ) by : Molly Maco
Download or read book Emergency Shelter ( Beach Romance ) written by Molly Maco and published by Molly Maco. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first time she sets eyes on Cooper, it is fireworks, butterflies, and the whole shebang – until he opens his mouth. Perfect for readers of Beach romance, feel-good fiction, women's fiction with heart, women getting a fresh start, middle-age woman romance, holiday romance, beach read, cozy romance, beachside romance, small-town romance, clean romance, Christian romance
Book Synopsis Lost Souls ( Beach Romance ) by : Molly Maco
Download or read book Lost Souls ( Beach Romance ) written by Molly Maco and published by Molly Maco. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hurricane displaced them, but they were already lost in the sea of bad choices. Nevaeh was living in a homeless shelter trying to get back on her feet, and then the hurricane truly ripped the rug out from under her. When she is moved to the Barefoot Bay Resort, she is immediately excited to find out she can work for the place. However, her teen son Paxton struggles, acting out and threatening to run away, pushing Nevaeh to the edge. Perfect for readers of Beach romance, feel-good fiction, women's fiction with heart, women getting a fresh start, middle-age woman romance, holiday romance, beach read, cozy romance, beachside romance, small-town romance, clean romance, Christian romance
Book Synopsis Love, Love, Love (Three contemporary romance novels: Falling Fast - Seattle Girl - Sparks Fly) by : Lucy Kevin
Download or read book Love, Love, Love (Three contemporary romance novels: Falling Fast - Seattle Girl - Sparks Fly) written by Lucy Kevin and published by Oak Press, LLC. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Sophie Kinsella, Meg Cabot, Nora Roberts & Susan Mallery will enjoy the following novels in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE: FALLING FAST (A romance about secrets, reality TV...and unexpected love); SEATTLE GIRL (Chick lit about love, dating...and my really big mouth); SPARKS FLY (A romance about the "magic" of falling in love)
Book Synopsis Barefoot Bay Resort COMPLETE Series BOXSET ( Book 1 - Book 12 ) by : Molly Maco
Download or read book Barefoot Bay Resort COMPLETE Series BOXSET ( Book 1 - Book 12 ) written by Molly Maco and published by Molly Maco. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ She put every last drop of blood, sweat, and tears into her children, being the perfect wife and a stay-at-home mother for 23 years until the day he dropped a bombshell that destroyed everything. "Things couldn't get much better, in her opinion, but they most certainly could get worse!" She had always wanted to start a small catering business, but her husband Neal forbade it as he had a high-stakes job as a financial advisor to the high-net-worth client base and expected her to care for kids and home. Then, on the day of their daughter’s graduation from college, he drops a bombshell that destroys all her hopes for the future. Now, she will turn to the two women who have always been there for her ( Lexie and Ada ). When they come up with an amazing idea for her to start over on the shores of a little tourist hamlet in Florida, it doesn’t take much for her to jump at the fresh start - but not before she puts up a fight. Nothing hurts like her new reality, but at 43, can she pick up the broken pieces and find happiness again? Or will the darkness of her raging soon-to-be ex-husband be her crushing tide? A feel-good beach romance for lovers of women's fiction with heart, feel-good fiction, women's fiction suspense. This includes all books in Barefoot Bay Resort Series ( Book 1 - Book 12 )
Book Synopsis Barefoot Bay Resort BOXSET ( Book 7 - Book 12 ) by : Molly Maco
Download or read book Barefoot Bay Resort BOXSET ( Book 7 - Book 12 ) written by Molly Maco and published by Molly Maco. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★★★★★ She put every last drop of blood, sweat, and tears into her children, being the perfect wife and a stay-at-home mother for 23 years until the day he dropped a bombshell that destroyed everything. "Things couldn't get much better, in her opinion, but they most certainly could get worse!" She had always wanted to start a small catering business, but her husband Neal forbade it as he had a high-stakes job as a financial advisor to the high-net-worth client base and expected her to care for kids and home. Then, on the day of their daughter’s graduation from college, he drops a bombshell that destroys all her hopes for the future. Now, she will turn to the two women who have always been there for her ( Lexie and Ada ). When they come up with an amazing idea for her to start over on the shores of a little tourist hamlet in Florida, it doesn’t take much for her to jump at the fresh start - but not before she puts up a fight. Nothing hurts like her new reality, but at 43, can she pick up the broken pieces and find happiness again? Or will the darkness of her raging soon-to-be ex-husband be her crushing tide? A feel-good beach romance for lovers of women's fiction with heart, feel-good fiction, women's fiction suspense.
Book Synopsis 100 of the Most Romantic Ideas for a Date by : Alex Trost
Download or read book 100 of the Most Romantic Ideas for a Date written by Alex Trost and published by A&V. This book was released on 2014-06-13 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking for a journey that will take you through this amazing obok, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Writing this book did not happen quickly. It is thorough look at accuracy and foundation before the book was even started. This book was created to inform, entertain and maybe even test your knowledge. By the time you finish reading this book you will want to share it with others.
Book Synopsis Harlequin Presents Beach Reads Collection by : Michelle Smart
Download or read book Harlequin Presents Beach Reads Collection written by Michelle Smart and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a world of intoxicating desire, where temptation is inescapable, and pleasure is guaranteed! Read all four full length steamy billionaire romances. Stranded with Her Greek Husband by Michelle Smart She wants to run…until desire stops her! Marooned on a Greek island with her estranged but gloriously attractive husband, Keren has nowhere to run. Not just from the tragedy that broke her and Yannis apart, but the joy and passion she’s tried – and failed – to forget… The Billionaire without Rules by Lucy King No rules. No limits. Untamable want… Billionaire Max plays by his own rules but, there’s one person stood between him and the truth of his birth: tantalizingly tenacious private investigator Alex. Who’s demanding they do things her way! Shy Queen in the Royal Spotlight by USA TODAY bestselling author Natalie Anderson The beauty he unmasked… To retain the throne he’s sacrificed everything for, Alek must choose a bride. Hester’s inner fire catches his attention… Alek sees the queen that she could truly become – but the real question is, can she? Bound by Her Rival's Baby by Maya Blake A forbidden night… A baby bombshell! Why, wonders Amelie, does she feel such a wild attraction to Atu? He wants to buy her family’s beach resort so he’s completely off-limits. Yet surrendering to their attraction was inevitable…and now she’s pregnant with his heir! From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
Book Synopsis Stormy Point Cove Complete Boxset - A Beach Romance by : Molly Maco
Download or read book Stormy Point Cove Complete Boxset - A Beach Romance written by Molly Maco and published by Molly Maco. This book was released on 2022-11-18 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the grand opening, Winston collapsed and died in front of those gathered, hence the saying… “Money can’t buy you eternity… not even love.” This is a great read for all lovers of suspenseful romance, suspense, and romance, later-in-life romance, beach reads, feel-good reads, middle-aged woman romance, women's fiction, or just beach romance.
Book Synopsis In Too Reap, (A Slow Burn Vampire Romance) The Accidental Reaper Paranormal Urban Fantasy Series, Book 3 by : Misty Evans
Download or read book In Too Reap, (A Slow Burn Vampire Romance) The Accidental Reaper Paranormal Urban Fantasy Series, Book 3 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chloe discovers that suppressing her necromancy abilities is causing havoc with the local earthbound ghosts. When Death tries to kill her, on top of her falling for master vampire Killion, her world goes grim robes over applecart. Is she in too deep, or can she bring the ghosts, Death, and Killion to heel? A humorous paranormal urban fantasy series with a slow burn vampire romance! For fans of Sookie Stackhouse, The Vampire Diaries, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. ★★★★★ “…engaging, funny and adventurous, I loved it.” ~ Goodreads review All I wanted was a kiss… Chasing grave robbers on New Year’s Eve isn’t exactly a dream come true. I’d much rather be at a swanky party kissing a certain—ahem—master vampire at the stroke of midnight. Since I’m on probation for violating more than a few grim codes of conduct, however, Death has me shivering with a bunch of corpses, instead. The dead call to me, wanting to be raised for a party of their own. When I see a premonition about a friend’s unexpected demise, I discover it could be my fault—my necromancy abilities are trapping ghosts and causing all sorts of odd events, including giving me hallucinations. It’s no hallucination, however, when my boss plants the Kiss of Death on me. Happy New Year! Can I save myself, my friends, and the trapped ghosts? Or am I in too reap? One-click now to enjoy this supernatural world of vampires, grim reapers, witches, shifters, and Death. Yep, Death with a capital D. ;-)
Download or read book A Kiss at Christmas written by Meg Easton and published by Mountain Heights Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She wants the perfect Christmas. He wants it over already. But fate has other plans. Kelli just wants a little perfection in her life. Have the perfect Christmas. Be the perfect daughter. Get the perfect parking spot. Be the perfect employee. And pull the perfect pranks on the adorable but off-limits Parker Brockbank in Trade Shows, the guy she went on a first date with two-and-a-half years ago. The date that was anything but perfect. You don’t always get what you want, and fate has a sense of humor. Parker wants to ignore Christmas. He usually enjoys it, but since his fiancee broke off their engagement two months ago, canceling his Christmas plans, he doesn’t want anything to do with the holiday. All he wants is to move on and go back to being the Parker that pulls pranks on the charming but off-limits Kelli Ellis from Digital and Print Ads. Fate has a sense of humor with him, too. Both Parker and Kelli think they’re going to be spending the holidays alone. Until the owner of the company they work for—a man who has a secret knack for matchmaking—invites a dozen employees to celebrate Christmas on the beach. With a competition and a prize Kelli and Parker both want, the only way to win is by joining in on the Christmas fun. And when it comes to winning against each other, Parker and Kelli are nothing if not competitive. Can they get past their workplace rivalry and take a chance on a second date that might just be imperfectly perfect? This Christmas, fall in love at the Royal Palm Resort.
Book Synopsis Surrender My Love (The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor #2) Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance by : Melissa Foster
Download or read book Surrender My Love (The Bradens at Peaceful Harbor #2) Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance written by Melissa Foster and published by World Literary Press. This book was released on 2016-01-13 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SURRENDER MY LOVE is a USA TODAY BESTSELLER The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. "You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak "Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!" New York Times Bestseller Lauren Blakely Fall in love with Cole Braden in the Bradens of Peaceful Harbor. Hot, sexy, & wickedly naughty second cousins to the Weston, Colorado Bradens we know and love. In SURRENDER MY LOVE... Annalise "Leesa" Avalon never realized that one sentence could change her life until one of her students revealed his crush--and within twenty-four hours she finds herself under fire. After a grueling investigation that turns her life upside down, she steals away to Peaceful Harbor, Maryland, with a new identity to try to pull herself back together and figure out her next step. From the outside, Cole Braden lives a charmed life. He's a top orthopedic surgeon with a thriving practice, strong family ties, and friends he adores. But there's a lonely spot inside Cole that no one can see. He has an enormous heart--and a painful past--but the desire to love and be loved is too strong to ignore. A chance encounter brings Leesa and Cole together, and the attraction is immediate and intense. But a relationship is the last thing Leesa needs--and the only thing Cole wants. Long talks, heated moments, and deep connections are hard to resist, but the harder Cole tries, the more Leesa pulls away. Cole might truly be the right man for Leesa, but is Leesa the right woman for him? WANT MORE BRADENS at PEACEFUL HARBOR? THE BRADENS (Peaceful Harbor, MD) Healed by Love (Nate) Surrender My Love (Cole) River of Love (Sam) Crushing on Love (Shannon) Whisper of Love (Tempest) Thrill of Love (Ty) The Bradens are part of the Love in Bloom big family romance collection. Love in Bloom books may be read as stand-alone novels or as part of the series. Characters from each sub-series appear in future books. SNOW SISTERS Sisters in Love Sisters in Bloom Sisters in White THE BRADENS (Weston, CO) Lovers at Heart, Reimagined (Treat & Max) Destined for Love (Rex & Jade) Friendship on Fire (Josh & Riley) Sea of Love (Dane & Lacy) Bursting with Love (Savannah & Jack) Hearts at Play (Hugh & Bree) THE BRADENS (Trusty, CO) Taken by Love (Luke) Fated for Love (Wes) Romancing My Love (Pierce) Flirting with Love (Ross) Dreaming of Love (Emily) Crashing into Love (Jake) THE REMINGTONS Game of Love (Dex) Stroke of Love (Sage) Flames of Love (Siena) Slope of Love (Rush) Read, Write, Love (Kurt)Touched by Love (Boyd) SEASIDE SUMMERS Seaside Dreams (Bella) Seaside Hearts (Jenna) Seaside Sunsets (Jamie) Seaside Secrets (Amy) Seaside Nights (Sky) Seaside Embrace (Hunter) Seaside Lovers (Grayson) Seaside Whispers (Matt) REVIEWS "With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!" New York Times Bestseller Julie Kenner "...love, loss, lies, grief, finding happiness in the face of adversity, romance, humor, bravery, hot hot hot sex scenes, marriages, births and totally awesome characters." --Supportive Business Moms, UK "Like Nora Roberts, Melissa Foster has captivated me with her fantastic, sexy, romantic stories." K. Winning NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance, and women's fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Melissa's emotional journeys are lovingly erotic and always family oriented. Melissa loves to chat with book clubs and readers, invite her to your next event. Foster's love stories are perfect steamy romance beach reads for fans of big-family, small-town romance. The characters are romantic and loyal, some are billionaires, others are not, and you're always guaranteed a happily ever after. 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Book Synopsis Fatal Vision, SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series, Book 5 by : Misty Evans
Download or read book Fatal Vision, SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series, Book 5 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Don’t miss the nonstop action and a second chance at love for the hero and heroine in the next bestselling SEALs of Shadow Force book from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Misty Evans!! In this fifth book in the SEALs of Shadow Force series, Colton and Shelby face family issues, a serial killer bent on revenge, second chances, and are joined by Connor and Sabrina from Fatal Love! ★★★★★ “This book is absolutely FANTASTIC!” ~ Reader review The gunshot that nearly killed her brought her husband back... FBI agent Shelby Claiborne was closing in on a serial killer when she was shot and left in a coma. Almost fully recovered, she still can’t remember what she discovered that day that put her in the killer’s crosshairs. The only man who can answer her questions is her sexy, renegade ex-husband. No one hurts his family and gets away with it... Former SEAL Colton Bells never thought he’d see Shelby again, much less become her bodyguard. His feisty ex-wife is smack in the middle of an investigation that points to him as a murderer. Meanwhile, the real killer is still out there, waiting—and watching. To stop a killer, they must take the law into their own hands... When reignited passions clash with their investigation, the two discover a mastermind who surpasses their darkest fears. Can Colton keep Shelby alive, or will he put them both in the crossfire and lose her forever?
Book Synopsis SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series Box Set 4 – 6 by : Misty Evans
Download or read book SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series Box Set 4 – 6 written by Misty Evans and published by Beach Path Publishing, LLC.. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Continue the adventure with books 4 – 6 in the SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series! The SEALs of Shadow Force will take you on new missions…and make you risk it all. Meet the men and women that make up the Shadow Force International family! Under the supervision of Beatrice Reese, the former SEALs, spies, and tech experts risk their lives every day against terrorists, crime lords, and serial killers. Along the way, they fight to protect the ones they love and gain their happily-ever-afters. This special boxed collection includes the fast paced, action-packed romantic suspense novels, Fatal Love, Fatal Vision, and Fatal Thrill – filled with alpha males, strong heroines, and sizzling romance! SEALs of Shadow Force Romantic Suspense Series Box Set 4 - 6 quantity
Book Synopsis The Cruising Fiasco by : Elana Johnson
Download or read book The Cruising Fiasco written by Elana Johnson and published by AEJ Creative Works. This book was released on 2022-01-17 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continue the Stranded in Getaway Bay Romance series by USA Today bestseller Elana Johnson! THE CRUISING FIASCO features a billionaire football player hero and a single mom who connect on a singles cruise...then get stuck together on an abandoned island in the Pacific Ocean! There's steamy-sweet kisses, clean romance, and plenty of room for you inside this found family of sisters! Read today! He can successfully throw a precision pass, but he's dead in the water in matters of the heart... Quarterback Maine Fitzgerald has struck out with more women than he'd like to admit—and he doesn't even play baseball. Armed with a plan to get out of his comfort zone onboard a singles cruise, he joins the very first event: a mix and mingle. Too bad he's almost completely deaf in one ear and doesn't hear the beautiful blonde tell him her name. Orchid Stone doesn't want to be on the singles cruise. She has an eight-year-old daughter to tend to, and a job to do, and a husband to mourn. But her sisters think eight years is long enough to mourn, and she promises them she'll at least try to meet someone on the cruise. She can't help it if the meathead quarterback isn't interested. When a tsunami strikes their ship, she's forced overboard with Maine and a security guard, and they make their way to a deserted island. Desperate to get back to her daughter, Orchid will do anything to survive. She climbs rock walls, escapes from wild boars, and plucks chickens. She knows she's lucky to be washed up on an old World War II outpost, complete with an overgrown garden and a herd of wild chickens, but she needs to get home. Maine does too—but he's scared of the man he'll have to be once he leaves the island. He's sure Orchid won't want to be with him once he has to go back to the public persona of Perfect Quarterback Maine Fitzgerald. Can Orchid and Maine make things work between them when they're so different? Or will their time stranded together be all they get? Read the entire Stranded in Getaway Bay series by Elana Johnson - all clean romance, sweet romance, and beach romance at its finest! 1. The Perfect Storm - billionaire, stranded, second chance, friends to lovers, beach 2. The Overboard Mistake - Navy SEAL, military, alpha hero, sisters saga, stranded, beach 3. The Cruising Fiasco - sports, football, billionaire, stranded, beach, single mom, opposites attract, fish out of water 4. The Sand Bar Misstep - cowboy, mail order bride, found family, stranded, beach, billionaire
Book Synopsis Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House by : Jocelyn Gibbs
Download or read book Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House written by Jocelyn Gibbs and published by Rizzoli. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in conjunction with the exhibition held Feb. 26-June 17, 2012 at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, as part of "Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, an precedented collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California, coming together to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene."
Book Synopsis The Girl's Guide to Homelessness by : Brianna Karp
Download or read book The Girl's Guide to Homelessness written by Brianna Karp and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brianna Karp entered the workforce at age ten, supporting her mother and sister throughout her teen years in Southern California. Although her young life was scarred by violence and abuse, Karp stayed focused on her dream of a steady job and a home of her own. By age twenty-two her dream became reality. Karp loved her job as an executive assistant and signed the lease on a tiny cottage near the beach. And then the Great Recession hit. Karp, like millions of others, lost her job. In the six months between the day she was laid off and the day she was forced out onto the street, Karp scrambled for temp work and filed hundreds of job applications, only to find all doors closed. When she inherited a thirty-foot travel trailer after her father's suicide, Karp parked it in a Walmart parking lot and began to blog about her search for work and a way back.
Book Synopsis The Great Western Beach by : Emma Smith
Download or read book The Great Western Beach written by Emma Smith and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ______________ 'Emma Smith has written a book that should - and I hope does - endure as a classic among memoirs of childhood. I savoured every page' - Miranda Seymour, Evening Standard 'A wonderful book, full of unexpected effects, and I suspect that it will become a classic of the genre ... so sincerely compassionate that I honestly can't read it without weeping' - Lynne Truss, Sunday Times 'Evocative, witty and profoundly moving' - Daily Telegraph 'Deserves to become an overnight classic and to find a home at holiday cottage bedsides from St. Ives to Great Yarmouth' - Patrick Gale, author of Notes on an Exhibition ______________ The Great Western Beach is Emma Smith's wonderfully atmospheric memoir of a 1920s childhood in Newquay, Cornwall. She recalls the rocks, the sea, the beaches, the picnics, the teas and pasties, the bracing walks, the tennis tournaments and bathing parties, the curious residents and fascinating holiday-makers - relishing every glorious, salty detail. But above all this is a portrait of a family from the astonishingly clear-eyed perspective of a nine-year-old girl: her furious, frustrated father, perpetually on his way to becoming a world famous artist but suffering the indignity of being a lowly bank clerk; her beautiful, unperceptive mother, made for better things perhaps but at least, with three fiancés killed in the Great War, married with children at last; the twins, fearless, defiant Pam and sickly, bewildered Jim, for whom life is always an uphill climb, and baby Harvey, brought on the same winds of change that mean that life, with all its complication and wonder, cannot stay still and the Cornish playground of Emma's childhood will one day be lost forever.
