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The author of Break in Case of Emergency follows up her the “extraordinary debut” (The Guardian) with a moving novel about motherhood and marriage, adolescence and bodily autonomy, family and love, religion and sexuality, and the delicate balance between the purity of faith and the messy reality of life.

Wyatt Rivers is the perfect no-strings hookup—a cowboy Casanova who rocks a Stetson, looks smokin' hot in his Wranglers, and never rests his head on the same pillow twice. He's exactly what I'm looking for. If only Wyatt wasn't also my best friend…I'm back in my hometown of Harstville, Texas for a few months while I wait for my dream job to start thousands of miles away. While I'm here, I hope to end an epic dry spell in the bedroom, preferably with a local cowboy. If the rumors are true, they really do ride harder and stay on longer.

My dad and I have been estranged for years, but as his only living relative, it's no surprise I inherit his massive cattle ranch when he dies. But the stipulation in his will that requires me to live on the ranch and actively manage it for a year before I can access my inheritance money. I haven't stepped foot in Hartsville, Texas, population one thousand, since my parents split when I was six. Now a city girl through and through, I never imagined having to move back to cowboy country. But I need the money to invest in my company, and a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

I have a stalker. A masked man who watches me from the shadows. A guardian who says he's there to protect me—to help me heal from almost dying at the hands of another man. He says he's willing to do anything to help me move on. That I needn't be afraid of him. I agree to keep him my secret and share how much I'm truly struggling. In return, he guards me. Even if it means guarding me from himself.

Der bewegende Roman von Kindle-#1-Bestsellerautorin Jessica Winter über das Glück einer wahren Freundschaft und die Entdeckung einer großen Liebe. Eigentlich wollte Arya nicht mehr an ihn denken - Kasey, den Jungen mit den leuchtenden Augen und dem traurigen Lächeln. Nicht nachdem ihre erste große Liebe einfach gegangen ist und alles mitgenommen hat, was sie seit Ewigkeiten verbindet. Jahre später führt Arya ein Leben nach Plan. Und doch fühlt sich die junge Frau verlorener denn je.

Die junge Ruby Danes arbeitet als Sozialarbeiterin in einem New Yorker Frauenhaus. Niemand weiß, wie viel sie mit den Frauen verbindet, die dort Zuflucht suchen, und das muss auch so bleiben. Dann lernt sie auf ihrer morgendlichen Joggingrunde im Central Park einen Mann kennen. Jake Brooks sieht nicht nur gut aus, er weiß es auch. Viel mehr noch ist er aber einfühlsam und bringt Ruby zum Lachen. Je näher sie sich kommen, umso mehr rüttelt er an den Mauern um ihr Herz. Doch Rubys Glück ist nur von kurzer Dauer.

Eigentlich gefällt es Liza ganz gut, beim Umzug gleich von ihrem attraktiven Nachbarn mit dem süßen Lächeln und dem australischen Akzent auf Händen getragen zu werden. Mit verlaufener Wimperntusche und zerfetzten Schuhen will Flirten allerdings gelernt sein. Gut, dass Liza sowieso nicht vorhat, sich in irgendwen zu verlieben. Erst recht nicht, wenn es sich dabei um den Assistenzarzt handelt, der im gleichen Krankenhaus arbeitet, in dem ihre Schwester Becca auf eine Lungentransplantation wartet.

Charlize hat alles zurückgelassen, von dem sie dachte, es wäre ihre Zukunft: ihren Job, ihre Wohnung, ihren Verlobten. Nur ihren Brautstrauß und die gefühlt dreiundzwanzig Schichten Tüll ihres Kleides hat sie mitgenommen nach Oak Harbor. Den Ort, der vor zehn Jahren das erste Zuhause war, das sie kannte. 431 Tage hat sie hier verbracht, bis ein schreckliches Ereignis das kleine Städtchen erschütterte. Jetzt ist sie zurück, obwohl Charlie sich geschworen hatte, nie wieder zurückzukehren. Und sie trifft gleich auf den Jungen, dessen Herz sie mitgenommen hat, als sie damals gegangen ist.

Jen has reached her early 30s and has all but abandoned a once-promising painting career when, spurred by the 2008 economic crisis, she takes a poorly defined job at a feminist nonprofit. The foundation's ostensible aim is to empower women, but staffers spend all their time devising acronyms for imaginary programs, ruthlessly undermining one another, and stroking the ego of their boss, the larger-than-life celebrity philanthropist Leora Infinitas.

It only took one droplet of blood to forever change me. Her blood. The taste of it. The heat of it. I swallowed her down and devoured her. For a while, it was enough. My monster was content. I believed I’d found where I belonged. But now…that droplet is no longer enough. I want rivers of it. Oceans of it. I want the world dripping in red and I honestly don’t know who I’m hunting anymore. Her?

Luke Jensen lived on the wrong side of the tracks all his life, but that never stopped him from realizing his dream and making it a reality. Now, the king of the street racing scene, he finally has everything he wants and he won't let anyone take it away from him. Violet Barnes lived a sheltered life growing up, never fitting in except in the books that she loved. After losing her parents, she forges forward, creating her own little world, content in being alone.

STEAMY SHEIKH ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE. Oklahoma schoolteacher Gracie Garner will be surrogate to a mysterious Sheikh's first-born child. There's just one catch: Both the Sheikh and his Arab wife insist that the conception occur under "natural" conditions . . . OMG.! Steamy Contemporary with HEA!

The end of the Napoleonic wars comes as a relief to Caspar Graysmark, but before he can settle into the comfortable life of an English lord he has a duty to the people of France. A treasure lies hidden in the heart of the forest, stolen gold that would save the lives of many who lost everything during the war. In his quest, Caspar stumbles across a hidden cottage in the woods, and a different sort of treasure altogether.

STEAMY SHEIKH ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE. Single mother Diane Delacort has her hands full raising twin girls on her own, and the last thing she has time for is dating. But when her daughters’ soccer team gets invited to attend an exhibition match, Diane can’t help notice the brash but strikingly handsome owner of the visiting European soccer club. Sheikh Nasser, freshly single himself, cannot keep his eyes off the full-figured, curvy soccer mom . . . and after one look he knows that he won’t be able to keep his hands off her either. But when Diane not only...

STEAMY SHEIKH ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE. An exiled, excommunicated, disgraced Sheikh on the run . . . a shy, solitary, curvy veterinarian who prefers the company of animals to men . . . secrets . . . more secrets . . . ohgod so many secrets! Steamy Contemporary with HEA!!!

I knew what it felt like to reach rock bottom. To do things I could never repent. To want things I could never absolve. I’ve wanted to die for so long. I deserve to die for what I’ve done. But not until I finish this. Not until I atone. And so, I make a decision. A cascade of decisions that will bring about the end of my world. The darkness wants to be fed. So I’ll feed it. With blood.

Posie Rose wollte als Stern am Hollywoodhimmel aufgehen. Ganz sicher wollte sie nicht zurück in ihre alte Heimatstadt, die vor zehn Jahren von einer schrecklichen Gewalttat erschüttert wurde. Erst recht wollte sie nicht die Freundin ihres Jugenderzfeindes William spielen, der alles andere ist als der Ritter in strahlender Rüstung. Nachdem sie aber am selben Tag sowohl ihren Job als auch ihre Wohnung in LA verliert, bleibt ihr und ihrer Schildkröte nichts anderes übrig, als buchstäblich zurück zu kriechen an den Ort, der sie schon einmal fast umgebracht hätte.

Der sechsundzwanzigjährige Nate Foster kennt beide Seiten der Medaille. In seiner Zeit als Feuerwehrmann hat er etliche Leben gerettet. Er kennt aber auch jedes Detail der Gesichter jener Menschen, die er verloren hat. Und er schwört sich, es nie wieder soweit kommen zu lassen. Nate glaubt nicht mehr daran, noch einmal mehr zu sehen als den tristen Grauton, der seitdem seinen Alltag beherrscht.

STEAMY SHEIKH ROMANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN. ANNABELLE WINTERS STYLE. Jenny Jones, food-lover and aspiring chef, holder of a part-time MBA from Chicago City College, is completely committed, absolutely dedicated, supremely focused on starting a high-end restaurant in downtown Chicago. But the only finance company willing to invest in Jenny's idea is Bukhaara Private Capital, and there's just one complication: Sheikh Kabeer Bukhaara and his most unusual demand . . . Steamy Contemporary with HEA!

As a recently divorced single mom, I have zero interest in flirting with guys while on a rare girls' weekend away with my sisters. I just want to have fun, celebrate my new job, and listen to live music at a honky tonk. But when I literally stumble into the most gorgeous guy ever on the dance floor, those plans go up in smoke. Growing up on the barrel racing circuit, I've seen my fair share of sexy cowboys. But this particular one is hot as hell: Sawyer's got a mustache, tattoos, and a very filthy mouth.