From New York Times Bestselling author Corinne Michaels comes a new second chance standalone love story.
At eighteen, I walked away from Willow Creek Valley for good.
I was young, scared, and stupid, and it cost me the love of my life—Grayson Parkerson.
Fourteen years later, a crash sends me back home to recover.
Back to where we met, fell in love, and planned a future.
The one he’s now living as a single dad to his daughter.
Working at The Park Inn together gives us a chance to reconnect, and seeing him with his little girl makes me long for the days when he was mine. One look in his gorgeous blue-green eyes, and it’s like I never left. One kiss, and my world is upside down. One night together, and I know without a doubt, in his arms is where I belong.
I’m not the girl I was—intimidated by his wealthy family and desperate to escape our small town. I can imagine a new life for us here.
But he’s learned to guard his heart, and trust won’t come easily.
How can I convince him to give first love a second chance?
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Corinne Michaels is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of romance novels. Her stories are chock full of emotion, humor, and unrelenting love, and she enjoys putting her characters through intense heartbreak before finding a way to heal them through their struggles.
Corinne is a former Navy wife and happily married to the man of her dreams. She began her writing career after spending months away from her husband while he was deployed--reading and writing were her escapes from the loneliness. Corinne now lives in Virginia with her husband and is the emotional, witty, sarcastic, and fun-loving mom of two beautiful children.
One world tour. Three rock gods. Their gutsy new guitarist who talks back. Rules are Bound to be broken.
Lilac by B.B. Reid is now live!
From bestselling author B.B. Reid comes an unconventional romance and complete standalone. I, Braxton Fawn, am the luckiest girl alive. Or so the world keeps telling me. Every so often, gods walk the earth. This time they came as musicians. When Bound loses its lead guitarist, yours truly is chosen to fill his shoes. From dive bars to the big stage, my instant claim to fame is nothing short of a fairytale. The only problem? My new bandmates. Jaded, gorgeous, and ridiculously talented--they're determined to turn my dream into a nightmare. It's no secret I wasn't their first choice. I wasn't even their last. The label wants a new image, Bound wants me gone, but I've got my own agenda. To succeed I have to survive a world tour, public scrutiny, and idols turned enemies. But the biggest threat of all isn't a meticulous frontman, a narcissistic bassist, and a drummer with too many secrets. It's me. Somehow, I must resist the temptation of Houston Morrow, Loren James, and Jericho Noble. It seemed easy enough when I boarded their tour bus, but it only took one city for the lines we'd drawn to blur. Only sixty-two more to go. *** LILAC is a contemporary rockstar romance, reverse harem, and complete standalone.
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B.B. Reid is the author of several novels including the hit enemies-to-lovers, Fear Me. She grew up the only daughter and middle child in a small town in North Carolina. After graduating with a Bachelors in Finance, she started her career at an investment research firm while continuing to serve in the National Guard. She currently resides in Charlotte with her moody cat and enjoys collecting Chuck Taylors and binge-eating chocolate.
From the author of Hell Hath No Fury, RC Boldt melds sizzling romance with this unique tale of intrigue and deceit that will keep readers guessing until the very end...
And I've found myself directly in his crosshairs. He plans to use me to eliminate his number one competitor.
I become embedded in his life where he watches my every move. Then, I find myself doing the unthinkable: I fall for the glimpses of the man beneath the dark, menacing exterior.
I want him. The criminal. The murderer. The lover. The protector. The man who never asked for my heart.
The further I fall, the more ensnared I become in his tangled web of lies, masking the truth beneath.
Because when it comes to the art of deception, nothing is as it seems.
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Confusion riddles me. I stare at him for a long beat before finding my words. “My
parents died in a plane crash years ago.”
“Your freshman year in college, to be exact.” His features harden. “But they weren’t
your real folks.”
Horror ekes past my defenses. “What?”
Deep brown eyes holding a slight tinge of gold assess me. “That’s enough talk for now.
Ain’t got time to waste. Need to get you outta here.”
“As I said before, no, thank you.”
His gaze turns glacial. “You don’t understand—”
“I understand just fine! You’re obviously a criminal.” I gesture between him and where
Goliath remains standing. “And I want nothing to do with any of this. I pay my taxes. I return my
damn shopping cart at the store while the other assholes leave them in the parking lot. I’m not
someone who gets involved with people like you!”
He lets my outburst settle in silence. His lips press into a thin, irritated line before he
speaks in a low, deceptively subdued voice. “Can’t tell me that fancy professor brain of yours
ain’t dyin’ of curiosity ’bout your folks. That you ain’t eager as fuck to find out if your real dad
was murdered.”
I flick my eyes to the gun holstered at his side. “How do I know you’re not lying to me?”
“I always follow through on my end.”
“Right,” I say derisively.
His expression turns ferocious. “You questionin’ my word?”
Bravely, I lift my chin while maintaining eye contact. “I’d be stupid not to.”
He stares at me for a long moment. Wordlessly, he pulls his cell phone from his pocket
and scrolls through it. When he stops, his eyes flick up to mine, eerily watchful before he turns
the screen of the phone my way.
I suck in a sharp breath at the sight of the woman pictured on the screen, shock
ricocheting inside me.
“That’s Johanna Santilla. Your mom.”
Oh, my God. OhmyGod. I’ve heard of that name. Hell, anyone who hasn’t been living
under a rock has heard of the Santilla drug cartel. They originated in Cuba and began calling
Miami home over sixty years ago.
No photos exist of Johanna Santilla—at least none that have hit the internet. Photos of
her father, Carlos Santilla, have surfaced since his death, but they’ve often been grainy and
slightly pixelated, like the ones featured on Dateline NBC and other true crime television shows.
As for Johanna, however, once she took over the cartel for her father years ago, it’s as
though all photographic traces of her were somehow wiped clean. According to rumors, she
decided to keep a low profile when word got out about the FBI poking around in her business.
With criminology being my specialty, stories such as these fuel my brain, making me analyze the
psychological reasoning these particular individuals employ. I recall learning that once Nico
Alcanzar came into power, taking over for Salvatore Vega, Santilla allegedly grew more
secretive. Authorities couldn’t gather enough substantial evidence to pin any murders on her,
and she’s remained elusive to them ever since.
My eyes lock on the photo of Johanna Santilla standing beside her father, Carlos. But
that’s not what has me struggling to draw oxygen into my lungs.
“She looks…” I’m unable to finish, so stunned.
It’s as though I’m peering into my future. It’s undeniable that we have the same dark
hair and facial features.
“That viral video put you on everybody’s radar. One look at you and nobody could deny
you weren’t the goddamn spittin’ image of her.” His eyes flick to the phone a second before the
screen times out and goes dark. “Luckily, I’m the first to track you down.”
Meet RC Boldt
RC Boldt enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you're in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can't recall the lyrics to a particular 80's song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she's your girl.
I should probably start this review off in a more civilized manner, but all I can think about, days after I finished reading this book, is HOLY HELL I WAS NOT expecting that twist in the story! I kinda thought I had the ending all figured out, but nope! I was like...wait. What?! And of course I’m not going to share what the twist was because that would spoil everything! You gotta read it to find out what I’m talking about.
Ok, now that those jumbled thoughts are out of my head, I can go into this review a bit more calm and collected.
At first I was a bit bothered by the way Nico spoke. I’m a bit of a grammar freak, so whenever he said things like “ain’t”, I shuddered. I got over it quickly enough because the speech was authentic to who he was. And who he was was the leader of a drug cartel. In my head I was thinking, well, he isn’t THAT bad. I mean yes, he deals in drugs, but he’s sexy AF. That’s when I fully realized that Stockholm Syndrome is real. 🤷♀️
Anyways, yes, he’s a bad guy, but the chemistry between Nico and Olivia is HOT! The banter was off the charts and brilliant.
This book is raw and gritty. RC Boldt never ceases to amaze me, or pull me into the world she has created. Phenomenal is the word I’ll use to describe my final thoughts. Seriously though...That twist was CRAZY!
From the author of Hell Hath No Fury, RC Boldt melds sizzling romance with this unique tale of intrigue and deceit that will keep readers guessing until the very end...
And I've found myself directly in his crosshairs. He plans to use me to eliminate his number one competitor.
I become embedded in his life where he watches my every move. Then, I find myself doing the unthinkable: I fall for the glimpses of the man beneath the dark, menacing exterior.
I want him. The criminal. The murderer. The lover. The protector. The man who never asked for my heart.
The further I fall, the more ensnared I become in his tangled web of lies, masking the truth beneath.
Because when it comes to the art of deception, nothing is as it seems.
Download today on Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Kobo, Nook!
RC Boldt enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you're in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can't recall the lyrics to a particular 80's song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she's your girl.
Return Billionaire to Sender by Annika Martin is now live!
I may be a shy, lowly letter carrier, but when my beloved apartment building is threatened by a mysterious and reclusive billionaire, I'm willing to push the envelope. I'm going to march right up to Malcolm Blackberg's fortress of fierceness and deliver a cease-and-desist notice he can't refuse.
Only, no sooner do I get inside his gilded doors than things go sideways--fast. I'm mistaken for Malcolm's court-ordered emotional IQ coach, as if I'm acting out a wacky postal carrier cosplay.
They drag me in, a sacrificial lamb for the big bad. Make that big, smolderingly sexy bad.
So I make up a lesson involving a story about our building as he glares and fumes. Can he tell that I have no idea what I'm doing?
Before I know it I'm flying around the country, up close and personality testing the most devilishly exasperating man I've ever met.
He's scary for sure...but the way he sometimes looks at me turns my knees to jelly and has me writing love letters to his gorgeous eyes, his mouthwatering smile, his impressive...package.
Our coaching sessions are getting hot-hot-hot, but I can't let my guard down. If he ever finds out I'm a first-class fake, I'll lose everything I've ever loved in this world...
Annika Martin is a NYT bestselling author who loves reading fun, steamy books, doing yoga, taking pictures of my cats, rocking out to 90's music, taking long baths, consuming See's chocolate suckers, mooning over heroes' hands, and helping animals. She can be found hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her awesome writer husband and tending her crazy bee-friendly garden. She has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.
Return Billionaire to Sender is the 5th book in the Billionaires in Manhattan by Annika Martin. Malcolm Blackberg is the billionaire who not only owns the building Noelle and her friends live in, he is planning on demolishing their building. Noelle honestly believes if she can just talk to Malcolm and shows him videos of all the residents that have become their own little family, he will change his mind about their building. When Malcolm mistakes Noelle for Stella the emotional intelligence coach, she runs with it and tries to teach him empathy and compassion by showing him the videos...through 21 hours of court mandated coaching.
So honestly Malcolm was a bit of an ass when the story started. I didn't love that Noelle was lying to him about who she was, but he really didn't see that how he acted was wrong. I will say I loved the banter between Elle and Malcolm from the beginning, but her keeping the truth about her identity really bothered me through much of the book. I felt like they truly became friends even before they became lovers, so it just didn't sit well with me. Honestly, it stressed me out for the first 70% of the book. That being said, I found myself laughing out loud many times over the course of the story, and I did really love Elle and Malcolm as a couple. Malcolm and Elle had amazing chemistry pretty much from the moment they bumped into one another, and I felt like Elle helped Malcolm to see life from a different perspective. Yes, they both made some huge errors along the way, but they also each went all in to fix those mistakes.
While Return Billionaire to Sender started off a bit rough for me, I ended up enjoying Malcolm and Elle's journey to their very own happily ever after. As with any book by Annika Martin, it was filled with humor and romance, and ultimately the happily ever after romance fans love.
RC Boldt has revealed the cover for Truth in Pieces!
Releasing: October 20, 2020
Cover Design: Hang Le
From the author of Hell Hath No Fury, RC Boldt melds sizzling romance with this unique tale of intrigue and deceit that will keep readers guessing until the very end...
And I've found myself directly in his crosshairs. He plans to use me to eliminate his number one competitor.
I become embedded in his life where he watches my every move. Then, I find myself doing the unthinkable: I fall for the glimpses of the man beneath the dark, menacing exterior.
I want him. The criminal. The murderer. The lover. The protector. The man who never asked for my heart.
The further I fall, the more ensnared I become in his tangled web of lies, masking the truth beneath.
Because when it comes to the art of deception, nothing is as it seems.
RC Boldt enjoys long walks on the beach, running, reading, people watching, and singing karaoke. If you're in the mood for some killer homemade mojitos, can't recall the lyrics to a particular 80's song, or just need to hang around a nonconformist who will do almost anything for a laugh, she's your girl.
They say a lady shouldn't, but we'll bet you're dying to know who's between our covers. Top Shelf Romance brings you 4 irresistible book boyfriends in just one book.
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Explicitly Yours by Jessica Hawkins
Before You by Marni Mann
Lies by Kylie Scott
Wrapped in Ink by Carrie Ann Ryan
Top Shelf Romance represents the best of the best in romance. There are no cliffhangers. These are simply must-read novels for readers looking for the best in happily ever afters.
Top Shelf Romance is bringing you the best modern classics of romance in Collection 5, DON’T BREAK THIS KISS, featuring FOUR bestselling books from authors Jessica Hawkins, Kylie Scott, Marni Mann, and Carrie Ann Ryan!
Top Shelf Romance represents the best of the best in romance. There are no cliffhangers. These are simply must-read novels for readers looking for the best in happily ever afters.
At
Santa Cruz Central High School, they called them the misfits, the outcasts, the
weirdos. But most of us knew them as the Lost Boys…
The Girl in the Love Song, book one
in the Lost Boys, an interconnected coming-of-age series of standalones, from
USA Today Bestselling author Emma Scott releases on June
7, 2020!
Cover
Designer: Lori Jackson
Miller Stratton is a survivor. After
a harrowing childhood of poverty, he will do anything it takes to find security
for himself and his mom. He’s putting all his hopes and dreams in the fragile
frame of his guitar and the beauty he creates with its strings and his soulful
voice.
Until
Violet.
No one expects to meet the love of
their life at age thirteen. But the spunky rich girl steals Miller’s heart and
refuses to give it back.
Violet McNamara’s life hasn’t been
as simple as it looks. Her picture-perfect family is not so perfect after all.
Her best friend Miller is her one constant and she is determined not to ruin
their friendship with romantic complications.
But the heart wants what it wants.
As Miller’s star begins to rise to stratospheric heights, what will it take for
Violet to realize that she’s the girl in all of his love
songs?
About
Emma: Emma Scott is an internationally
bestselling author whose books have been featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post,
New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional,
character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in
which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your
heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters, and heroes
with a heart of gold, you will enjoy her novels.
