AMBY AWARDS TOP PICK 2024❤️ I can only see half of his face, reflected in the mirror at the front of the bus, and part of that is obscured by the peak of the black company-branded cap he's wearing. But I can see enough to glean that there's a strong jaw covered in scruff. A wide mouth that looks like it would be prone to smiling. He's wearing glasses with trendy light tortoiseshell frames, and I can't quite discern the colour of his eyes from my position . . . but some weird intuition is telling me that they'll be hazel, and I wonder when my brain is going to catch up. Because I *know* him, don't I? I'm almost certain of it. And he seems to know me, too. Or at least he thinks he does. The way he's glancing over at me lets me in on that. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mirren Shepherd has *many* pet peeves. Top of the list, though? Staycations . . . And surprises. So when her girls' trip abroad is cancelled at the last minute and she finds herself roped into a minibus tour of Northern Scotland instead, she isn't remotely happy. And when she finds out who their guide is . . . It's yet another reason for her to dislike surprises. Because Owen Sullivan wasn't so much the one who got away . . . He was the one who just didn't return. And, after she finally got over him, she never expected to see him again. Mirren would prefer to leave the past in the past, but Owen is determined to try to right his wrongs. Can she trust him? Can she trust *herself*? Maybe, just maybe, this surprise - and staycation - won't be as bad as Mirren thinks . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Dark City Chronicles ⁓ Book One The creatures of evil won't stand a chance! The Demon's Reprisal is an action-packed novel with spicy romance, seductive vampires, dark humor, budding love, and the everlasting bonds of friendship. After the death of her father, Hannah seeks out the one person who can give her closure. She begins suffering prolific dreams and sets out to find a kidnapped girl. Suddenly thrust into a bloody underworld of dangerous conspiracies and veiled histories, she struggles to stay alive. If only, through it all, she could find a way to rid herself of a troublesome demon intent on witnessing her ruin. Kane's content endeavoring to keep his late father's magic shop afloat while battling the forces of evil in his spare time, but fate has other plans. If he's going to keep the one person in his life worth saving out of the clutches of darkness, he'll have to load his gun and pray he has enough bullets because enemies are everywhere and time is running out. Reid's left the tatters of his dismal past behind him and looks towards a bright future - that is, until his mother's murderer returns, newly killing and bodies are piling. He's thrown back into the dark world he'd escaped. It's a slippery slope to obscurity, and he's balancing on the razor's edge. One slip, and the alluring darkness will devour him whole. [COMPLETED]

♡I was shocked to see whose still bewitching eyes had just accidentally met with mine. Giovanni! A boy, a crush, and one fantastic kiss. I thought I'd never see him again. ♡Dual POV ♡ It's the mid-90s on the West Coast: grunge music, mix tapes, pagers, skateboarding and baggy clothes. Lauren, an ordinarily shy 8th-grade girl, risks the first move to approach her long-time elusive crush, Gio, a gorgeous and mysterious outsider who has a secret crush of his own. The night of the school dance, they get exactly what they dreamed of: a first dance, a first kiss...but the timing isn't on their side, and the budding relationship slips through their fingers. Fast-forward to her junior year-the worst year of her life so far-and Lauren feels anything but confident. Gio reemerges at school after a three-year absence, and the unexpected encounter sends tremors through both of their lives. But their attraction to each other is as intense as ever, and interactions between them heat up quickly. However, Gio's school life is a disaster, and he harbors a secret he won't share, but it's the truth that Lauren keeps from him that really threatens to tear their young romance apart. "This is a great teen romance with angst, humor, and two incredible main characters. Ren is the friend I would have loved to have growing up, and Gio . . . well, he is just teen crush perfection! Also, it's set in the late nineteen nineties, which was my own teenage era, so I love revisiting the nostalgia of that time! " -Polly Ford. "This is a heartwarming and nostalgic read that will take you back to the late nineties, where we follow Ren, who is so relatable, as she comes of age on her journey with the swoon-worthy Giovanni, who will make your heart melt several times! Their journey is emotional, passionate, and both heart-wrenching and heart-warming-such a beautiful book! " - Heidi Carroll.

A possessive vampire who learns to control his hunger for his human best friend, she has no clue what he's hiding. --------- After a fateful tragedy, her uncle thought Suzy Paige would never be able to have a normal childhood. But things changed when Suzy met a boy named Tristan Ackerman. They developed close relationships; he became her best friend. As they grew older, Suzy began taking notice of the captain of the football team, Aiden Kenna. Tristan began to act differently, and their relationship dynamic shifted as horrifying events began taking place, lines were crossed, and chaos ensues in their small town. ------------------ Tristan stands at the doorway watching her. Sensing him, Suzy sits up on her bed "Do you have a lot to do?" Suzy asks Tristan walks into her room, he sits next to her leg "No, not a lot" he said "Good, so I looked up some more on your topic mythological creatures. So fascinating, do you think Cthulhu exist?" She asks Tristan chuckles "Suzy, no it doesn't exist. Cthulhu is a fictional character created by Lovecraft." "You think so?" She looks up at him He run his finger over the bridge of her nose lightly she crunches her face up at him "yeah, I know so. Now show me what else you got." He said leaning in closer to her laptop. Her long lashes fan as her eyes scans the computer screen, cute button nose with tiny freckles. His eyes drop lower to her full bottom lip, they part slightly concentrating on screen. He runs his eyes down lower to her slender neck, pulsing under his gaze. "What about vampire?" She asks The room humps in quiet energy as he looks into the depth of her blue eyes. "What about them?" He asks softly, not taking his eyes off hers. "They're mythological creatures, says here they're creature of folklore originated from the European." Dark figure hover over a woman's exposed neck. His eyes linger on the intimacy of their embrace. *Original cover by @KieraRayy

Highest Rank reached: #8 in Romance He will do anything to have her, to make her his. _ After her ex-boyfriend, Dane left her. Allison led a depressing life, her joyful self dispersed and was buried in the shadows. Her path was obscure and she was nothing but just a mere, hollow body, thinking about nothing but only her insecurities. But then, she bumped and spilled her white coffee over Hades Ezekiel Friso de Vries, a powerful man that she sees and thinks as a monster, a beast. She wasn't planning to see him again but she was clueless that the latter was smitten to her the very first day they met. That day, their fate was bound, rather, Hades forced it to.

(SAMPLE) Now available everywhere in ebook & paperback (and on Kindle Unlimited in the US & Canada). Kendall works the night shift at the campus library. It's the perfect job: she gets to spend hours reading her romance novels without interruption... until the night that Vincent, king of campus and star of the basketball team, comes to the front desk and asks her for reading recommendations. (75k words. No cheating, no love triangles, happy ending. Adult content. 18+ recommended.)

[COMPLETED]Donovan (Blaze) Hill is a mystery. He rarely talks and when he does, it's only short answers. The man doesn't know what a smile is and no one knows where he's come from because he only existed five years ago. But we all know one thing about Blaze: he's exceptional at his job - which is protecting his clients. Especially his Everlee. Everlee Cabrera is the owner of a jewellery brand and has worked herself up to be an extremely successful businesswoman - no thanks to her mentor Leona Tahan. Unfortunately, with her success, comes a lot of danger, especially when her father is a famous scientist. So what does he do? He hires a bodyguard for his precious daughter. Blaze, to be exact. +++ "I'm here to protect you, nothing more, nothing less. So stop looking at me like I'm your favourite person in the world." "Maybe you are." "Shut up." #1 in Bodyguard 29th June 2022

"A Pair of Blue Eyes" is the third novel by Thomas Hardy, and the first to be published in his own name. First published in 1873, the book tells the story of a love triangle between a young woman and her two suitors from very different backgrounds. Elfride Swancourt, a vicar's daughter living in a remote corner of England, knows very little about the world that lies beyond when she becomes entangled with two men; The boyish architect, Stephen Smith, and the older literary man, Henry Knight. The former friends become rivals, and Elfride faces an agonizing choice.

The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.

Storie Sovany is used to being dismissed as the fat friend, until she moves from New York City to rural Ohio for college and the charming frat boy Liam Alexander approaches her. Torn between disbelief and flattery, Storie hopes her luck may have finally changed - but is it too good to be true? [author's note: this is not a romance!]