Life can lead us many places. It can be cruel, like it can be amazing; most of all, it shapes us into becoming the people we are today. Suffering the loss of your parents is never easy; something Amelia Reed knew all too well... Being uprooted to Port Hope at the age of sixteen, a small town where she grew up spending her summers, making friends with the boy next door, Amelia didn’t seem to mind moving in with her grandmother after her parents’ death. She had looked forward to seeing Christian again. It had been five years since her last visit; reasons were unknown to her why her parents suddenly stopped visiting Port Hope. After her final torturous two years of high school, losing the only best friend she thought she had, she moved to the city to make a name for herself. In her later years, bad news shifts Amelia’s world on its axis, once again. Forced to temporarily put her life in the city on hold, she moves back to Port Hope to care for her ailing grandmother, the only family figure she has left. Eventually deciding to make the move permanent, people from her past come back into her life. Memories and life experiences help to transform her person. Forgotten passions, abandoned talents, forgiveness and love are all things that confront us in everyday life. We can either choose to embrace these opportunities that present themselves or we can ignore them. That, is our ultimate choice. No one knows why life throws us these curve balls. We only know that some of us learn how to roll with the proverbial punches, and others fail miserably. © ItalRT4u, 2012

© Carey Decevito, 2013 At 24 years old, Erica Pattinson never saw herself as a victim. Trapped in an abusive marriage where she is beaten, demeaned and suffers every type of torment imaginable, she tries to find an out-an escape. When Thomas (Tom) Clarke rolls into town and discovers that his best friend's wife is in the hospital after a terrible "fall", he knows that something is amiss. The two never expected for Erica's husband to refuse her freedom or the fact that hero and survivor would develop more than a simple friendship in this thrilling tale of love and courage.

(Book 1 of the 'Fever' series): A romantic crime mystery spiked with attitude (most of it warped), tons of humor, and enough steamy sex to drive those who dare read it racing for a cold shower. 5 Stars: "One for the Money meets Best in Show." 5 Stars: "Fun romance with laugh out loud humor!" An impulsive pet spa owner who loses her client's prize pooch ... After a lifetime of impetuous mistakes, pet spa owner Grace Donnelly outdoes herself when she loses Miss Coco Chanel-a shoo-in to win the annual Jersey Shore Fur Ball. Money, careers, and lives are in jeopardy. Too bad her helpers consist of an aging hippie aunt, a renegade schnauzer, and a drag queen. Worst of all, the only man truly qualified to help is her former flame, the hunkiest bodyguard north of the Mason-Dixon Line. A smokin' hot bodyguard with his own agenda ... Security specialist Nick Jackson faces his worst nightmare when Grace's amateur investigation nearly blows his undercover operation. Unless he nails the con-artist who scammed local seniors and whacked a witness, his homicidal granddaddy will take justice into his own liver-spotted hands. To salvage his case, his sanity, and his ex-lover's velvety skin, Nick joins forces with the sassy crusader who rubs him the wrong way-and so many right ways too. Together, they weather an explosion of murder, mayhem, and fun ... Action bounces between a beach harboring washed-up corpses, a fancy yacht no honest preacher could possibly afford, and the bawdiest nightclub in Atlantic City. Hazards multiply like bunnies, culminating in romance ... and a Fur Ball extravaganza the locals will never forget.

Jack and Cindy are safe in the compound that hides paranormal fugitives. For now. Cindy's main concern is the rescue mission Jack will be part of to save his ex girlfriend. He could be captured. He could be killed. Best case scenario means he will live, but he could also realize that everything he gave up in order to protect Cindy, everything he risks now, really wasn't worth it after all. A short sequel to Burns Like Fire, which is available now in a box set with eight other sexy bad boy romances featuring some of the hottest New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Authors. Now on Amazon, Nook, and Kobo, for 99 cents or less! Captured http://www.amazon.com/Captured-Boxed-Set-Bad-Boys-Capture-ebook/dp/B00NC3AJSK/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/captured-boxed-set-opal-carew/1120326033?ean=2940046153545 http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/captured-boxed-set-9-alpha-bad-boys-who-will-capture-your-heart-1 Note: This is a short, semi-sequel to Burns Like Fire that takes place between A Shock To Your System and Cold as Ice, so there will be spoilers if you weren't into that sort of thing :)

(ROUGH DRAFT)Bad Boy Billionaire Silvio tried to make things work with Jane, the gorgeous free spirit he had a fling with (that may or may not had started in the bathroom of the hottest club at the time). But Jane wasn't just having a relationship with a billionaire. She writes about them. As in romance novel, happily ever after, pie in the sky type of writing. The fantasy was different from the reality, and with Silvio's past, a life of abuse and murder with reporters hounding his every move and every love, theirs was doomed from the start. Except Silvio could never stop thinking about the woman who stole his attention and held on tight, and after Jane's bad break up with her limp noodle boyfriend, he's willing to make it work this time. All he has to do is get her to say yes, and that might involve being a little tricky. Like, offering to give Jane the fantasy billionaire romance from one of her sexy novels. "Research," he'll call it, with everything included, all the way down to the hot sex and HEA. **** Special Thanks To the awesome Cover Artist, Melody Simmons, and to Patrons! Their names will be included in the dedications pages of each chapter. You guys rock! XOXO https://www.patreon.com/mandyrosko

Isla King grew up wealthy, but not as wealthy as Billionaire playboy Arturo Calendri. The family company was being taken over by Arturo's greedy father, but he's in prison now, and she's in Arturo's high rise office to beg for some mercy now that he's the one in charge and running Calendri Corp. When face to face with him, however, he reminds her of one tiny little detail that she might've forgotten. That time she told him to fuck off when he hit on her in her family's boutique. She'd forgotten all about that, and hadn't recognized him back then! How was she to know? But Arturo is holding all the cards and very happy about it, and if Isla wants the family business back, she's going to have to agree to a little arrangement. Spend four weeks with him in his lonely mansion, and yes, sex is involved, or go home with nothing. Edited Ebook is now available on Amazon and in Print! ***Sign up for my email list at http://mandyrosko.com/contact.html and I'll send you my Starter Library for Free. The Vampire's Curse, Burns Like Fire, and Sold To the Enemy! (Copy and paste the link into your browser)*** #Wattys2015