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Wish I May (New Hope #2)  by Lexi Ryan New Adult contemporary romance Paperback/eBook, 231 pages Published October 4th 2013 by Ever After, LLC I grew up wishing on stars. My father taught me to believe…in destiny, in magic, in happily ever after. Dreams were my scripture and the starry night sky was my temple. Then Mom stopped believing, left him, and took us with her. At the age of sixteen, I cashed in my dreams to pay the rent, pawned my destiny to keep my sisters together.  Now, seven years later, I’m returning home, grieving the death of my mother, and settling my sisters back into the life Mom threw away. I never intended to stay. I don’t want to deal with my father, who is so invested in the spiritual world he forgets the physical. I don’t want to face William Bailey, whose eyes remind me of the girl I was, the things I’ve done, and the future I lost. This would all be easier if Will hated me. As it is, I have to hold my secrets close so they won’t hurt h

 Weak at the Knees by Jo Kessel New Adult Contemporary Romance Paperback/eBook, 292 pages Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN-10: 1490397604 ISBN-13: 978-1490397603 “We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.” Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of time. When a sudden death plunges her into a spiral of grief, she throws caution to the wind and runs away to France in search of a new beginning. The moment ski instructor Olivier du Pape enters her shattered world she falls hard, in more ways than one. Their mutual desire is as powerful and seductive as the mountains around them. His dark gypsy looks and piercing blue eyes are irresistible. Only she must resist, because he has a wife - and she’d made a pact to never get involved with a married man.  But how do you choose between keeping your word and being true to your soul?  Weak at the Knees is Jo’s debut