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Grant Wood. Even his name is sharp and unforgiving.I’ve disliked him since the first time we met, all those years ago. He had taken one look at me and dismissed me as vapid and ignorant. The spoiled young daughter of his business associate.Sure, I’d done my best to live up to that image lately, but the judgment still stung. We had carefully avoided each other at events ever since. It was a perfect plan. We were both happy with that.Until I’m given an ultimatum by my dad. “Work at the family empire or I’ll cut you off.” So I have to swallow my pride and show up at the office of Grant Wood, CEO. The only good part is that he seems just as unnerved by me……and I love it when his cold facade falters. So if they want me to intern at Hathaway’s? Fine. I’ll be the best intern they ever had.I'm going to prove Grant wrong about me. And I’m going to push his every button.This is a full-length romance novel with a HEA! Guaranteed to give you all the feels.

"I dare you…"If anyone knew the truth about Beth Risk's home life, they'd send her mother to jail and seventeen-year-old Beth who knows where. So she protects her mom at all costs. Until the day her uncle swoops in and forces Beth to choose between her mom's freedom and her own happiness. That's how Beth finds herself living with an aunt who doesn't want her and going to a school that doesn't understand her. At all. Except for the one guy who shouldn't get her, but does….Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock—with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him.But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams—and his life—for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all….

What's the worst thing about wanting a sexy NFL football player? Everyone else wants him, too. After catching my boyfriend getting deep-throated by a skanky cage girl, I've learned my lesson - never date a professional athlete. Never. Besides, I have more important things to worry about, like not blowing my shot to make it as a broadcast reporter. I won't let anything get in my way, not even the new "it boy" of the NFL and my hot-as-hell neighbor. What's the worst thing about getting death glares from his new neighbor? It doesn't make him want her any less. I've worked my ass off to make it to the pros. The last thing I need is the complication of a relationship, especially since my last one was a total train wreck. But I can't stop thinking about the feisty girl next door with the smart mouth. And I'd love nothing more than to show her what to do with that mouth. Friends with benefits might be the best idea he's ever had. Or the worst. ***New Adult Contemporary Romance Series - Recommended for readers 18+ due to mature content*** ORDER OF BOOKS (Each can be read as a standalone): Dearest Clementine, #1 Finding Dandelion, #2 Kissing Madeline, #3

When you're clueless, Mr. Romance can help. CharlieI'm not sure how it happened, but it turns out I've unknowingly been dating three people. Friends don't spoil other friends, apparently. My trust fund means I can afford to, though, and what's a meal here and there? Or some clothes? Or textbooks? That doesn't mean we're dating, right? Others disagree. If I want to get through the rest of college knowing who my friends are, I need help from someone who knows all about dating and can tell me what not to do.Someone like Mr. Romance. LiamWhen people look at me, romance is the last thing they think of... but I'm still the first person they call. Need a first date planned? A big romantic moment? Gotta beg for forgiveness? I'm your man. When it comes to romance, I've got it handled.Not personally, though. My romantic life is... barren. All I really want is someone to snuggle with and spoil me. What I've got is planning dates for people who have no clue about romancing someone.But now I'm somehow Charlie Martin's anti-romance consultant. Charlie, who's completely clueless yet the most accepting and friendly person I've ever met. Who's giving and generous. Who's befriended me and wants me to be happy. I'm supposed to help him stop his friends from falling for him. The last thing I need is to fall for him myself.

Will the Tri Beta sorority survive civil war between ex-best friends KC and Courtney? Will coming face-to-face with death give Faith's life new meaning? Will Lauren's magazine internship bring her more than journalism experience? Readers will find out in the latest installment of Freshman Dorm.

Decisions, decisions . . . You’ve survived your first semester and captured the interest of not one but two of the hottest guys on campus. Now who are you going to choose? Callie Andrews returns for her second semester at Harvard determined to do better than the previous fall, where those Bs on her report card seemed pretty good compared to the state of her extracurriculars (F, as in if at first you don’t succeed, you should probably stop trying), friendships (C-minus, since she and former BFF Vanessa are still on thin ice), and love life (D, as in don’t even go there). But various campus rivalries soon threaten to thwart Callie’s resolve. Will Callie ever be a match for— Grace Lee the take-no-prisoners managing editor Alessandra the gorgeous transfer student Clint the guy who might just be too perfect and Gregory the guy who may never be perfect enough. Callie will face some of the toughest choices imaginable: in friendships, in loyalties, and in love. The pressure to pick a side—and a suitor—has never been higher. But will she and her friends choose well?

I've heard the whispers on campus of what a player Teddy McCallister is. Most girls on campus are vying to be the one, but guys like him don't settle down. When he overhears that my tuition has been pulled and I'm going to basically be a college reject he makes me an offer I can't refuse. Be his fake girlfriend until graduation so he can get his inheritance. It seems simple enough. I need the money and he needs someone to make him look committed. If one thing is certain, it's that I won't be falling for him. But no one warned me about what happens when my fake boyfriend starts to fall for me.

If you don’t like a smattering of serious on a bed of parody, clichéd characters, and over the top situations that know exactly what they are, then this book is definitely not for you.What do you get when you introduce Deadpool’s personality to Disney's Giselle’s? If you answered a love story for the ages, you wouldn’t be totally wrong… But, you wouldn’t be totally right, either.With a heroine who won’t let a stupid little thing like being too good get in the way of showing her stupid ex what’s what and a hero who wants no part of being the male lead in a romance novel, these two opposites find themselves in an unconventional partnership.When peppy-go-lucky Avery eventually wears down bad-to-the-bone Davin’s defences, he agrees to help her trash her reputation. And, if Davin can help her pass math while he’s at it, all the better. So, it’s goodbye to Little Miss Goody-Two-Shoes, and hello to a whole new Avery.Davin was only supposed to be Avery’s mistake – the guy that everyone would eventually call her ‘little phase’ – and he figured it would be good for a laugh when he looked back on it. But, the more they’re together, the less either of them feel it’s a mistake.Now, if only one of them could mention that to the other and ease all that angst-ridden tension…A laugh-out-loud modern-day fairy-tale in dual POV for those who know life never quite goes according to plan.The first book in a new standalone series: Bad Boy's Guide to...Please be aware that this story is set in Australia and therefore uses Australian English spelling and syntax.

What happens when a shy socialite asks a man she just met, "Will you give me boyfriend lessons?" Find out in this Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals novel by Sophia Singh Sasson. Her cardinal rule for learning the ropes of romance? Don't fall for the teacher! Shy Lone Star heiress Caitlyn Lattimore is eager to ditch her wallflower status. So when her best friend playfully suggests she practice dating, Caitlyn goes one further. She asks friend of a friend Dev Mallik to give her boyfriend lessons. The spark between them soon turns fun into fire. But is Caitlyn setting herself up for heartbreak? Because Dev's exacting parents want just the right woman for their son--and they aren't so sure she's the one... From Harlequin Desire: A luxurious world of bold encounters and sizzling chemistry. Love triumphs in these uplifting romances, part of the Texas Cattleman's Club: Ranchers and Rivals series: Book 1: Staking a Claim by Janice Maynard Book 2: Boyfriend Lessons by Sophia Singh Sasson Book 3: On Opposite Sides by Cat Schield Book 4: Rivalry at Play by Nadine Gonzalez Book 5: Vacation Crush by Yahrah St. John

What happens when the boy you crushed on in high school—the one who crushed your heart—turns up 6 years later…and he needs your help?Natalie Henderson was that girl in high school. The invisible one lost in her books; going unnoticed in the hallways. Until he paid her attention. Matthew Barkly was that boy in high school. The star of the soccer team and all-round Mr Popular, and he’d started noticing her. Under the guise of studying together, Natalie was swept into his spotlight and started believing that perhaps she wasn’t invisible after all. But turns out…it was all a lie.Six years later, Natalie is taking her first steps into adulthood. Leaving behind the shy, awkward girl from high school and embracing her new role as a nurse in a busy hospital, she has everything carefully planned out. Until her one and only crush comes barrelling back into her life, disrupting everything.Matthew is a national soccer hero and has the world at his feet. He’s also wondering if any of it—fame, attention, money—is worth it. And then he sees her again. The one he always wanted, the one he can’t forget. Grasping at any opportunity to spend time with her; he begs Natalie to pretend to be his girlfriend to help fix his playboy image. Unbelievably, she agrees to play along, and soon the lines between what’s fake and what’s real are blurred and all those long-forgotten feelings are flaring back to life.But as Natalie navigates the pitfalls of fame and media attention that follow ‘dating’ a celebrity sports star, will the distrust and uncertainty from their past stand in the way of them becoming something more in the present? Or will Natalie have the courage to believe that Matthew could possibly notice her…for real this time?Find out in this delightful celebrity romantic comedy with a splash of fake dating and no third act breakup. Noticing Natalie is a closed-door romance that will make your heart swoon with steamy kisses and has no explicit content.