Best eBooks: Archives
Contemporary Romance
| Tender Secrets Ann Christopher Kimani Press, 2008 Contemporary (African American) Investigative reporter Viveca Jackson vowed she'd destroy the wealthy Warner family. After all, the powerful clan was responsible for her father's unfortunate accident and her family's ruin. But when the feisty journalist embarked on her quest for payback, she didn't count on arrogant Andrew Warner's devastating charm, or the passion that flared between them. Read more about this book. . . Five Stars A Romance Review |
| Just One of the Guys Kristan Higgins HQN Books, 2008 Contemporary Being one of the guys isn't all it's cracked up to be… So when journalist Chastity O'Neill returns to her hometown, she decides it's time to start working on some of those feminine wiles. Two tiny problems: #1—she's five feet eleven inches of rock-solid girl power, and #2—she's cursed with four alpha male older brothers. While doing a story on local heroes, she meets a hunky doctor and things start to look up. Now there's only one problem: Trevor Meade, her first love and the one man she's never quite gotten over. Read more about this book. . . 
Five Stars Publishers Weekly |
Pleasure to the Max! Cami Dalton Harlequin Blaze, 2008 Contemporary, R Hot Cassie Parker's globe-trotting great-aunt has sent her a Gypsy "lover's box." All she has to do is write down her most erotic fantasy, tuck it inside the box and presto!...Treasure hunter Max Stone isn't amused. His latest treasure has been swiped and he's followed it to a dusty little antiquities shop in the States. Surely one woman can't stand in the way of his retrieving the priceless lover's box? Read more about this book. . . 
Five Stars Romance Junkies |
| The Countess of Suburbia
Gabrina Garza Amber Quill Press, 2007 Contemporary Screw Cinderella! Miranda Gilbert is convinced that she will never be queen of the neighborhood, but who cares? It's time for the average girl to have some fun. But first she needs to say goodbye to her cheating husband, and what better way than a billboard? The modern girl's magic wand! Her stunt makes her a suburban demi-celeb, but the glamour quickly fades, and Miranda decides that her work and twin four-year-olds are her calling in life. Resigned to the mundane, the last thing she wants is another relationship. Or so she thinks until a chance meeting with a British-born photographer makes her reconsider celibacy. Read more about this book. . . |
Bachelor Bid Stephanie-Anne Street The Wild Rose Press, 2007 Contemporary City slicker Benedict Laverton finds he has top billing at a country town's charity bachelor ball. To escape the ordeal, he persuades one of the organizers, single mother Rosy Scott, into bidding for him with his own money. That's fine, except Rosy experiences an acute adrenaline rush and doubles her bid to win the prize. When she goes to the stage to claim her man, Rosy not only has to face Benedict's stunned disbelief that she's spent a cool $10,000 of his money, but she has to kiss him too - and properly! After their spectacular kiss, Rosy's adamant that anything more to do with Benedict would only end in tears, but Benedict has other ideas. Read more about this book. . . |
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This is How it Happened (Not a Love Story) Contemporary |
Letters to a Secret Lover Toni Blake Avon, 2008 Contemporary The last thing she needs right now is a man. . . Lindsey Brooks had it all—an awesome job doling out advice to the lovelorn, a fabulous high-rise apartment, and a to-die-for fiancé. But then she got dumped—wearing nothing but a "Kiss the Cook" apron—and desperate to escape, she retreats to a tiny Montana town to reclaim a family treasure. She never dreamed anyone would try to stop her—or that he'd be sexy as sin. |
| Still Mine Mary Wine Samhain, 2008 Contemporary Love is the last line of defense. Jolene Benate has spent six years keeping a vow to herself to never again be that weak woman weeping at her young husband's graveside. Now she's a deputy marshal on the elite warrant squad, as physically and mentally tough as they come. But moving on isn't as easy as it looks. Especially when the husband she thought was dead suddenly reappears. And, even in the face of his betrayal, she still wants him. |
The Ten Best Days of My Life Adena Halpern Penguin/Plume 2008 Contemporary/Women's Fiction A heavenly novel about what truly matters in feIn this hilarious and heartwarming first novel, twentynine- year-old Alexandra Dorenfield suddenly finds herself in heaven after an unfortunate encounter with a Mini Cooper. The seventh-and highest-level of heaven to be exact. |
| Shaken and Stirred Kathleen O'Reilly Harlequin Blaze, 2008 Contemporary, R As a student and part-time bartender in Manhattan, Tessa Hart has found that a succession of roomies and cramped apartments are necessary evils in her life. Until she's out on the street and Gabe O'Sullivan, her mentor, boss and certified babe-magnet, steps in. Any other woman would die to share his apartment... |
Sex, Straight Up Kathleen O'Reilly Harlequin Blaze, 2008 Contemporary, R Meeting a handsome loner on a deserted beach in the Hamptons was like being hit by lightning…. Abruptly, though, Catherine's forty-eight hours of fun are at an end when her family's exclusive auction house is hit by a very public scandal. She's ready to step in and save the day, but she's hoping Daniel, her hot Irish hunk, will lend a hand. |
| Welcome to Redemption
Donna Marie Rogers, Stacey Joy Netzel The Wild Rose Press, 2007 Contemporary, PG Second chances don't always come easy, but in the small town of Redemption, if you're willing to try, anything is possible. From a single mother struggling to make it on her own, to an EMT drowning in the guilt of his past...four couples, eight journeys, one place they all call home. |
A Little Ray of Sunshine Lani Diane Rich NAL, 2008 Contemporary/Women's Fiction Emmy James is not the kind of girl who attracts angels. In fact, after she sent her life into a nosedive six years ago, she's tried to attract as little as possible -attention, people, or responsibility. She skips from town to town in an Airstream trailer, working odd jobs and keeping to herself until a sudden whim lets her know it's time to move again. |