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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...

 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...

From New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster, comes the third book in her new Love Undercover series, Getting Rowdy. Getting Rowdy (Love Undercover #3) by Lori Foster Contemporary romance Paperback, 448 pages Published September 24th 2013 by Harlequin HQN An alpha hero's attraction to the one woman he can't have could draw him into a killer's snare in the sizzling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster  Charismatic bar owner Rowdy Yates isn’t the kind of man women say no to. So when he approaches waitress Avery Mullins, he fully expects to get her number. However, the elusive beauty has her reasons for keeping her distance—including a past that might come back to haunt them both. Avery spends her nights working for tips… and trying to forget the secret Rowdy is determined to unearth. But when history threatens to repeat itself, Avery grows to rely on Rowdy’s protective presence. As the sparks between them ignite, she...

The Preservationist by Justin Kramon on Tour October 1 - November 30, 2013 Book Details: Genre: Thriller / Psychological Thriller / Women's Fiction   Published by: Pegasus/Norton   Publication Date: 10/15/13 Number of Pages: 288 ISBN: 978-1-60598-480-3  Purchase Links:   ** Note: Explicit sexual scenes To Sam Blount, meeting Julia is the best thing that has ever happened to him. Working at the local college and unsuccessful in his previous relationships, he’d been feeling troubled about his approaching fortieth birthday, “a great beast of a birthday,” as he sees it, but being with Julia makes him feel young and hopeful. Julia Stilwell, a freshman trying to come to terms with a recent tragedy that has stripped her of her greatest talent, is flattered by Sam’s attention. But their relationship is tested by a shy young man with a secret, Marcus Broley, who is also infatuated with Julia. Told in alternating points of view, The Preservationist i...

Promise Me, Cowboy by C.J. Carmichael Book three, Copper Mountain Rodeo series Contemporary romance eBook novella, 120 pages Published September 2013 by The Tule Group, LLC  Sage Carrigan never meant to be the other woman. Unfortunately bronc rider Dawson O’Dell neglected to mention he was married the night he invited her to his bed after they’d both placed first in their rodeo events. When his wife walked in on them Sage was deeply hurt and humiliated. After an accident in the ring the next day, Sage decides she’s quitting the rodeo--and cowboys—to become a chocolatier in her hometown ranching community, Marietta, Montana.  She’s doing just fine, but then Dawson shows up —five years later, with a little girl in tow.  He’s here for the Copper Mountain Rodeo hoping to win big. But he’s also got plans of settling down with his daughter and buying a house—the very same one that Sage has been dreaming about. He says he’s here for her and he’s maki...

Hello all! If New Adult contemporary romance is something you like to read, we have one to add to your TBR list. We are one of today's stops on The Art of Letting Go blog tour. There's an excerpt, Top Tens list to enjoy, and a giveaway to enter. The Uni Files: Year One- The Art of Letting Go by Anna Bloom New Adult contemporary adult  ebook, 393 pages Published September 25th 2013 by Soul Mate Publishing One year. One woman. One Diary. One question: can you ever stop history from repeating itself and if you could what would you do to stop it? When Lilah McCannon realises at the age of twenty-five that history is going to repeat itself and she is going to become her mother—bored, drunk and wearing a twinset—there is only one thing to do: take drastic action.  Turning her back on her old life, Lilah’s plan is to enrol at university, get a degree and prove she is a grown-up. As plans go, it is a good one. There are rul...

  Only You by Stephanie Feagan Formally known as The Mephisto Mark by Trinity Feagan Orphaned at six and sent to live with abusive relatives in Bucharest, Mariah learned early in life to box up violent, agonizing memories and put them in permanent mental storage. Now almost nineteen, she has a paying job, a tiny apartment, and a plan to attend university. She loves her independence and is steadily overcoming her past, but when an enigmatic stranger walks into the pub where she works and the trajectory of her life changes yet again, she begins to wonder if she’ll run out of mental shelf space. The only females unafraid of the Mephisto brothers are the extremely rare Anabo, born without Original Sin. Over one hundred years ago, Phoenix was first to find one, but he made a fatal mistake and she was murdered by his oldest brother and enemy, Eryx. Phoenix soldiered through the next century wrapped up in grief and guilt, his only outlet planning takedowns of those w...