Cody's Fiancee


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CELEBRATION 1000 TEMPORARY BRIDE Dana Preston was wary when Cody Carson proposed a temporary engagement—even if it was just a prank on his meddling, matchmaking family. But although he never could have guessed why, a fake fiancé was just what she needed right now. Dana never expected to love Cody's family so much, or for them to be so thrilled at his choice in a bride. So when he discovered her secret and offered a real wedding, Dana had an impossible choice. Could she spend her life with a man she loved—and who would be the perfect husband—but who might only be doing the honorable thing? THE FAMILY WAY: When their beloved Granny Fran begins to play matchmaker, four cousins find love! CELEBRATION 1000!: We're celebrating our first 1000 books and their legacy of love.




Mountain Man’s Curvy Fiancée (A Small Town Age Gap Alpha BBW First Time Romance)


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CODY: I'm a lonesome country boy who's fallen head over heels for a curvy city girl. I can't get her out of my head, and it's interfering with my business. I'm a lumberjack by trade, and I'm having a hard time focusing on anything except Courtney. I only met her once, but I knew we were meant to be. She's everything I've ever wanted, with curves for days, a sweet personality, and a gorgeous face. And the fact that she's so shy and bashful is adorable... I'm an ex-soldier. That means I'm supposed to be a tough guy; a loner. But this curvy girl has managed to melt my heart... And I'm going to make her mine. COURTNEY: To tell you the truth, I've never been with anyone before. I've never even had a boyfriend because I'm so shy, and guys usually don't pay any attention to me. So, I couldn't believe it when the tall, muscular guy at the country bar approached me and started to talk to me. He was so handsome! He looks like he belongs with a skinny model, but I'm so curvy... But judging by the way he kept staring at me, I guess he liked my thick frame. I'm a city girl. I'm not used to life in the countryside, especially up in the mountains where Cody's from. But I'm ready for that change. I want to be with him so badly... MOUNTAIN MAN'S CURVY FIANCÉE is an instant-love romance from Amber Branley. It is book 2 in the Stealing My Heart series, and can be read as a standalone. You can read this series in any order you like. This book features a happy ending and NO cheating!




Coming Home to a Cowboy


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The Secret That Tamed Him? Renowned horse trainer Kade Quinn has always been hard to pin down. But when the wealthy drifter discovers he has a son, and that beautiful Bridget Wells is the child's mother, it's time for a major rethink of his priorities. This time, he's ready to be there for his found family and let himself fall for Bridget all over again. But Kade ran once. Can Bridget risk a replay? She's on the fence about trusting this still irresistible man, but boy, it feels good to come home to a cowboy, and a father for her child…




Breathless


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I have one goal—protect my heart from my best friend—the handsome Texas rancher next door, who has no clue that I've loved him my whole life… even with a front row seat to his revolving bedroom door. Joey... I didn't exactly run away. I'd call it self-preservation. My escape plan almost worked. Except I left one thing behind. Logan Carter hijacked my heart, and now it's time to get it back. This time for good. Logan... I'm not lying exactly… not about everything. Not about how much I miss my best friend Joey, and definitely not about how pissed I am that she left with hardly a goodbye. She's the last person I ever expected to ghost me, and her absence left a gaping hole in my chest. When Joey Grayson steps off that bus, I know I'll do anything to keep her home, and that means being honest. But I'm not sure how to tell her my truths, when I'm living so many lies. * * * Breathless is a swoony standalone best friends-to-lovers romance novel in the USA Today bestselling Texas Nights series. It’s a perfectly sweet, but passionately sexy story of unrequited love with plenty of angst and humor. If you enjoy irresistible, slow burn, small-town Western romances, this book is for you! Will Logan finally quit holding back his true feelings, when Joey tells him that she’s going back to Florida, during an emotional walk together on the beach… or will he let her disappear from his life forever? “It has been a long time since I stayed up past midnight reading a book without even realizing it. This friends to lovers story hit me right in the feels, tugging on my heartstrings, pining right alongside with Joey for those long awaited feelings to be reciprocated from the man she loved in secret for years. Being seen as a little sister has never been what Joey wanted, but how do you get yourself out of the friend zone with a handsome cowboy like Logan?”- Reader Review




Don't Make a Sound


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'Incredibly chilling. A contender for THRILLER OF THE YEAR' Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle 'A FAST-PACED and DARKLY DISTURBING thriller' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of Let Me Lie and I See You You can't choose your family. Or can you? Meet the Bensons. They're an ordinary couple. They wash their car, mow their lawn and pass the time of day with their neighbours. And they have a beautiful little girl called Daisy. There's just one problem. SHE'S NOT THEIRS. D. S. Nathan Cody is about to face his darkest and most terrifying case yet . . . See what everyone is saying about DON'T MAKE A SOUND... 'A MIND-BLOWING, HEAD-RATTLING, whirlwind of a thriller. David Jackson is the king of 'just-one-more-chapter'. I bloody LOVED it' Joanna Cannon, Sunday Times bestselling author 'Damn, Don't Make a Sound was good. Tore through it in two days. CREEPY, CHILLING . . . Perfect!' Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies 'Jackson catapults himself into the top echelons of crime fiction with Don't Make a Sound. This book is going to be a talking point for years to come' Luca Veste, author of The Bone Keeper 'OMG what a brilliant read! Hardly breathed the whole way through! LOVED this book!' Samantha Hayes, bestselling author of The Reunion 'One of the most DISTURBING, FRIGHTENING crime novels I've read in a long time' Martyn Waites 'OMG this book! Don't Make a Sound started off CREEPY then became so TENSE that I barely breathed from the middle to the end' Susi Holliday 'Bloody CREEPY and absolutely GRIPPING. Another hit from a chap who really knows how to fill his inkwell with our deepest fears' David Mark 'I haven't read a book in one sitting in a long time but Don't Make a Sound REDEFINES GRIPPING. And that twist at the end! Bravo!' Chris Whitaker, award-winning author of TALL OAKS 'Excellent. Such a page-turner' G. J. Minett 'A parent's nightmare. A cop's worst fear. Jackson doesn't mince his words when it comes to dark and disturbing' Mel Sherratt 'A beautifully wrought thriller that had the kid in me cowering beneath the bed covers. One of the best thrillers of my year' CJ Carver 'Disturbing subject matter, expertly handled & well executed. If you like your tension drip-fed, this one's for you' Mari Hannah 'A chilling slice of Suburban Gothic that KEPT ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT. Lock all your doors because, trust me, you're never going be able to look at your neighbours the same way again' Mark Hill




Severed


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In the distant past, an Aboriginal dies -- and makes a choice. It is 1968 and a young woman from New Orleans falls in love with a stranger. Up in Chalmette, Louisiana, a ruthless band of policemen commit an atrocity. Like gathering thunderheads these events will chain together and descend upon Detective Cody Briggs in an unrelenting storm. For Briggs, the Crescent City no longer feels like home. It has become a place where nothing makes sense, where people are not who they seem to be, where losing his life is the least of his troubles. Losing his mind is the real problem. Facing allegations of murder, official misconduct and witness tampering, Cody has to make a choice: Run, or stay and fight? But where can you hide when the devil makes house calls?




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How to be Well Read


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'Generous, enjoyable and well informed.' Observer '500 expertly potted plots and personal comments on a wide range of pop and proper prose fiction.' The Times ___________________________________________________________ Ranging all the way from Aaron's Rod to Zuleika Dobson, via The Devil Rides Out and Middlemarch, literary connoisseur and sleuth John Sutherland offers his very personal guide to the most rewarding, most remarkable and, on occasion, most shamelessly enjoyable works of fiction ever written. He brilliantly captures the flavour of each work and assesses its relative merits and demerits. He shows how it fits into a broader context and he offers endless snippets of intriguing information: did you know, for example, that the Nazis banned Bambi or that William Faulkner wrote As I Lay Dying on an upturned wheelbarrow; that Voltaire completed Candide in three days, or that Anna Sewell was paid £20 for Black Beauty? It is also effectively a history of the novel in 500 or so wittily informative, bite-sized pieces. Encyclopaedic and entertaining by turns, this is a wonderful dip-in book, whose opinions will inform and on occasion, no doubt, infuriate. __________________________________________________ 'Anyone hooked on fiction should be warned: this book will feed your addiction.' Mail on Sunday 'A dazzling array of genres, periods, styles and tastes... chatty, insightful, unprejudiced (but not uncritical) and wise.' Times Literary Supplement




Trust


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THE STORY: This is a contemporary dramatic comedy set against a backdrop of the rock music scene. In a world ruled by love, lust and lying, a spiral unwinds. Cody is a rising star musician. Becca is his fiancèe. Gretchen is a dressmaker, fitting Be