Ocean Submerged(take 2) by M.A.DeOlmos

Published June 25, 2014 by bookbesties

Synopsis:

Twenty-seven year old Ocean Hawthorne thought he’d known loss and pain when his twin sister Stormie died. It was his fault the world would no longer see her beautiful smile or hear her captivating laughter. The former world champion in the vicious world of MMA fighting thought he’d been through the worst and has now carried that guilt and pain with him since.

Then he met Livie Acosta. The moment he laid his eyes on the exotic beauty, he was hooked. In that split second of looking into her wild and hurt eyes, his heart began to beat again. He knew then that he would never be able to let her go… but was that the right thing for him to do? Because yet again, Ocean found himself surrounded by a familiar darkness, a pain so strong that even breathing hurt, and living felt impossible. He’d pushed too far in the effort to love and help her, and now… now he didn’t know if he’d ever see her again.

Lawrence Hawthorne has been through the ringer when it came to hurt and disappointment, but nothing could have prepared him for the possibility of losing Livie. He’d just found her and now—well, now he didn’t know what to think. To him, Livie was more than just a girl, more than just a friend. To Law, Livie was someone he needed to help and protect, even from herself, and he’d failed that simple task.

Will the Hawthorne cousins who have sworn to protect Livie survive her selfish act, or will they crumble, yet again?

Review:

The way Oceans Collide left off with you know Livie going all ‘I cant take life anymore’ I was pumped to see what would happen, would she make it, would she not what if Ocean never forgave her, will she ever forgive herself? So many questions and while some were answered some where a nice Segway into the next book. Ocean looses himself in this book and while he is trying to deal with Liv and the aftermath of what she did he is also faced with old demons he thought long gone. Everything that happened with his sister brings a tremendous amount of guilt flooding to the surface after seeing Liv do what she did. While I don’t want to give too much away I will say that this book was a lot better (IMO) than the first, while the first kept me reading and wanting to know what happen this book kept me glued to the pages. I read and got so wrapped up in the characters lives that it was well into the late night before I put it down!

We also find that new love is blossoming as well as new battles to be fought not just with Ocean and Live but with Law as well. I had very mixed feeling about Law in the first book I was very ‘Dude, why are you up Liv’s ASS all the time, that’s Oceans girl’ but mainly that was because I fell in love with Ocean right away. He’s just so dreamy, in a back off or I will break your face kind of way. He makes me all

In this book you see a whole new side to Law, he may have finally found his one true love, and that made me like him a lot more, not as much as Ocean but then well I love the Ocean. I saw a different side of Law, and while he is protective of Livie, he is even more so with his love interest. This book to me was a lot more into the feelings of each person and they all deal with the aftermath of what Liv did in different ways and as they try to come to grips with it are faced with new challenges like crazy families, crazy hospital workers and past demons. Melissa did tease us with a ‘soft’ cliff hanger which means that it’s not as bad as the first one but you are still left like ‘OMG what is going to happen next?’ BUt it’s don in such a way where you wont have to stalk her, like I sometimes do, looking for a hint of what’s next.

Melissa did a great job with this one and I can’t wait to read the third book and fourth book!

**I was gifted this book in exchange for my honest and fair review****

4 out of 5 stars!

The Dare BY Rachel Van Dyken Book Trailer!

Published June 23, 2014 by bookbesties

The Dare:

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken, comes the third and final book in the New York Time’s Bestselling Bet Series…

Boring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night.

The biggest problem? She can’t seem to remember anything about the night before except for crying into a box of cookies, and she’s pretty sure Grandma Nadine slipped something in her drink. And what should have been a one night stand turns into a six day adventure when Grandma whisks them off to Hawaii to save them from the ensuing media firestorm.

Jace isn’t looking for commitment — he believes he made that clear when he left the wedding with Beth. Then again, he can’t remember much of anything other than the way her skin felt beneath his hands. Now he’s stuck with her at some lame couple’s retreat and trying his hardest to fight the attraction only a woman like Beth could invoke.

He doesn’t think it can get any worse.

But one spider attack… A donkey ride from hell… And an unfortunate episode with Viagra tea — and there’s one thing Jace knows for sure: He should never have agreed to Grandma Nadine’s suggestion in the first place.

Because if this isn’t paradise, and it isn’t a vacation — that only leaves one option.

Survival.

But to make it through alive… they might lose their hearts in the process.

(Romantic Comedy, Friends to lovers, Vacation Romance, New Adult Romance, Funny Stand Alone, Bargain Books, Humorous Romance)

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Undeniably Chosen(A significance Series) Cover Reveal by Shelly Crane

Published June 23, 2014 by bookbesties

I’m super excited about this book, I loved the Significant series and constantly read it over and over again, yes all the books. So when Shelly said there was going to be another book, I flipped and failed like an animal from the muppet’s. And the cover is soooo, Ohhhh, and Ahhhh.

Synopsis:

Ava has watched her parents, Caleb and Maggie, live the perfect fairy tale, the perfect love story, played out in front of her eyes her entire life. Her family is love, life, and happiness. The Jacobsons are everything a family should be and Ava is loved and well taken care of. But the one thing that’s missing from her life is the one thing she’s waited for every day, the one thing her kind knows will make them complete, the one thing they thought was gone and lost forever.

Her significant.

Seth has lived with the Watsons his entire life. They’re the only family he knows, but he knows that there are things they keep from him. He knows that they lie and they do unspeakable evil, things from when he was a child that he can barely remember that cling to the edges of his memory. He barely remembers his real mother and all he knows is what he’s told. He doesn’t know what to trust. He wants to believe that the Watsons love and care for him, have his best interest at heart, but isn’t so sure of that anymore when he finally—after a lifetime of waiting for her—meets his soulmate, and the Watson’s first act is to try to take her away from him.

The Virtuoso worlds collide, hearts are exposed, humans are endangered, and the lives of Seth and Ava are changed forever. They’ll have to love without judgment or reservation, they’ll have to be wise and accepting beyond their years, they’ll have to forgive for things before they’ve even happened, they’ll have to trust without seeing, have faith without knowing, and they’ll have to light their own way in the dark when everyone else is blind to show them the way. And more than anything else…

they’ll fight like hell to keep each other.

Excerpt:

“I don’t know if I can even sleep tonight,” I muttered and rubbed at my arms. They were restless. “I can already feel myself twitching.”

“Tomorrow…” Dad began, but stopped. He sighed forcefully and tightened his fists. “I’ll go find him and make him come here if he doesn’t come on his own.”

“Dad, you didn’t see him. He was…” I bit into my lip hard. Just talking about him was making me ache all over. I closed my eyes and tried to breathe.

I heard Mom say, “Baby, I think we need to stop talking about this. It’s just making things worse for her.”

“I know, but…maybe I should go over there. Maybe I should try to find him and—you know what? No.” I looked up to find him looking down at me. “I’m not going to do that. It has to be his choice until it’s not. I’ll give him until tomorrow to be the good guy. If he doesn’t, then I’ll go get him and make him. I can tell by looking at you that you want to have faith in him.”

“You didn’t see him, Dad,” I reiterated. “He wanted this. He was worried about me. He’ll come. He’ll find me.” I hoped. “If what you said is true, then he didn’t choose any of what happened. He’s not a Watson.”

“But he’s lived with them his whole life,” Mom reasoned. “We have no idea the things they’ve done to him, the things they’ve made him do. We have to be cautious. You have to cautious.” She went into the kitchen and I heard a pill bottle shake before she came back. “Here. Take these. They’ll help you sleep tonight. They were Grans,” she said softly.

I ached as the pills went down. I heard Rodney coming in the back door loudly. Dad went right to him and put his hand on his chest to stop him. They whispered back and forth and Rodney looked at me over Dad’s shoulder. Dad wasn’t going to be able to stop him. He didn’t know that, but I did.

“Come on, Dad,” Rodney said gruffly and looked at him right in his face. “Move.”

He pushed his Champion gently in the shoulder and I watched Dad’s stunned face as he watched Rodney come and sweep we up in his big brotherly arms on the couch. He said low in my ear, but I knew that they still could hear, “Tell me who I have to hurt. Who is this guy and why isn’t he here with you right now?”

I looked at Dad and he looked so amused and bemused all at once. He waved me on and leaned his hip against the counter, pulling Mom into the ‘v’ of his legs so he could wrap his arms around her from behind. I heard her so sigh loud and hated that I was causing them so much distress.

“Seth,” I explained. “Seth Watson,” I said with as much gumption as I could muster.

His eyes rounded. I told him everything and he tightened his arms on me as he listened.

“Okay,” he said and kicked his shoes off the end of the couch. Mom was two seconds from scolding him when he asked, “So where is he? He should be here.”
Like fate usually worked, there was a knock on the front door. An insistent knock. Dad shot me a look before taking a loaded breath. I started to shake and stood from the couch quickly. It was him; I knew it like I knew my own name.

“Ava, wait,” he told me.

“Dad.”

“You, sit,” he said in his Champion voice. “I’ll answer and let him in. What if the Watsons were planning something and knew you’d run to the door to answer it thinking it was him? We know nothing about him yet. Until we do, we go at this with caution.” I sighed. I hated that I had to look at my significant with anything but reverence, but Daddy was right. I mean, I was the one that had run right out of the coffee shop this afternoon. “I mean it, baby girl,” he said softly.

Rodney turned me to look at him and held my upper arms in his hands. “If he hurts you, I can’t be held account for what I do.”

“I love you, you know that?” I replied and kissed his cheek. I tried to smile, but think I failed epically when he put one arm around my shoulders and tugged me close, as if to shield me from whatever or whoever was coming.

Dad had to know I was anxious—he didn’t make me wait. He went to the door quickly. I could hear them in the other room with deep, urgent tones. My significant.

And then there he was.

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Wild By Sophie Jordan

Published June 20, 2014 by bookbesties

A good girl goes bad in the third and final book in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s sexy New Adult romance series—where three Ivy League suite-mates testing their boundaries as they seek higher knowledge of just how far they can go.

Months after her boyfriend dumped her, Georgia can still hear the insults he hurled at her. Boring. Predictable. Tame. Tired of feeling bad, she’s ready to change her image, and go a little wild. What better way to prove her ex wrong than a hot night of adventure at the secret campus kink club?

In the shadowy den of the club, she unexpectedly runs into Logan Mulvaney, her friend’s little brother. A player extraordinaire too hot for his own good, he may be younger, but the guy is light years ahead when it comes to the opposite sex. Now he’s telling her to go home-”good girls” don’t belong here!

Georgia is tired of having others define her. She’s going to teach Logan a lesson he won’t forget-one white hot, mind-wrecking kiss . . . that leads to another . . . and another . . . and. . . . Realizing she’s way in over her head, Georgia runs.

Only Logan won’t let her go. Everywhere she goes he’s there, making her want every inch of him. Making her forget who she is. Who he is. And just how wrong they are for each other.

Sophie Jordan is an international and New York Times bestselling author whose books include historical romances and the Firelight series. When she’s not writing, she spends her time overloading on caffeine (lattes preferred), talking plotlines with anyone who will listen (including her kids), and cramming her DVR with true-crime and reality-television shows. She lives in Houston

Unexpected by Amy Marie

Published June 19, 2014 by bookbesties

SYNOPSIS:

At
twenty-seven Erin Decker has the perfect life; a thriving career, a dream home
she shares with her best friend Noelle, and a secure relationship with Robert,
her handsome and faithful boyfriend. Or so she thinks.

When her
visions of a marriage proposal are met with the ultimate betrayal, Erin finds
herself in the arms of sexy and strong-willed distraction, Walker Prescott.

Her summer
becomes life changing as she realizes Walker has left her with a tiny piece of
himself and no way to find him…until he suddenly shows up and turns her world
upside down.

Can she let
go of her past to make way for a future she never saw coming?

Can Walker
be exactly what Erin needs?

Will he give
her the perfect life she so desperately craves in the most unexpected way?

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EXCERPT:

“What’s in the bag?” I ask
while slamming the grade book closed earning his attention.

“You look so hot Erin. I’m
having a really hard time keeping my hands off of you right now.” He says
finally pulling a green apple out of the bag.

Turning around, he says
goodbye and heads towards the door as the second bell rings. My classroom is
still empty and my hormones are on high Walker alert.

“Why a green apple, Walker?
Aren’t apples for teachers typically red?” I call out before he hits the
doorway.

Without missing a beat he
spins around, arms braced on the doorframe, and I’m met with lust filled eyes.
His black polo stretching as far as it will go across his heaving chest. “I’ve
heard green makes you horny.”

“You don’t need anything
green to get me horny, Walker. All you have to do is walk into a room,” I
state, and by his expression I can tell he wasn’t expecting that to come out of
my mouth.

Pushing off the frame he
stalks towards me like a man on a mission. As soon as he is a breath away his
palms wrap around my neck pulling his mouth to mine. This kiss is different
than the atmosphere. It’s gentle, fueled by passion, and sexy as hell. At any
moment we could be caught but I don’t care. My no touching below the belt rule
is killing me and my dreams are getting more and more persistent. I want him
and I want him here. Now.

Dragging himself away from
me with a pained look he smiles and I realize he just doesn’t want to stop.
“You surprise me Erin. At every turn I am taken by surprise and I love it.” He
walks backwards and runs his hands through his hair. “I’m falling for you,
baby. Hard. Real hard.”

And he’s gone before he can
hear me whisper “me too.”

AUTHOR BIO:

Amy Marie
was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago and now resides in Virginia Beach
with her fantastically crazy husband and two kids.

As an avid
reader, she never dreamed of writing her own novel until the characters started
haunting her at night and in the shower.
Wanting to get it down on paper she set off on a journey that has been
more than she could have ever dreamed.

When not writing,
she can be found carting her kids around, breaking up their fights, cleaning up
messes, teaching Zumba, or reading.

AUTHOR MEDIA SITES:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authoramymarie

Email: AuthorAmyMarie@yahoo.com

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Hardline By Meredith Wild Release Day Blitz

Published June 16, 2014 by bookbesties

Hardline

The Hacker Series #3

Meredith Wild

Software mogul Blake Landon has met his match in headstrong Erica Hathaway. While his controlling nature and her independent spirit continue to battle, Blake has no intention of letting her out of his life again.

Erica has given Blake her trust and her love, determined that they will conquer any challenges together. But when he demands more and tests the boundaries of her commitment, she is forced to face the dark desires he’s kept hidden.

As their bonds grow tighter, their enemies close in. With Erica’s start-up in danger, Blake’s frustration grows as he tries to protect her from those who would ruin her only to get to him. Can their relationship survive when Blake’s enemies cross the line and threaten more than her livelihood?

Meredith Wild is a USA Today and international bestselling author of erotic romance. She lives in Boston with her husband and three children. When she’s not writing or interacting with fans, she’s working with high-tech startups.

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Hardpressed

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In Hardpressed, the highly anticipated second book of the Hacker Series that began with Hardwired, Blake and Erica face threats that put both their love and their lives on the line.

Despite Blake Landon’s controlling ways, the young and wealthy hacker finally won the trust of the woman he loves. Internet entrepreneur Erica Hathaway broke down the walls that kept her from opening her heart and her business to Blake.

Ready to start this new chapter in her life, Erica is determined not to let anything come between them, even if that means giving Blake back some of the control he craves in and out of the bedroom.

But when demons from her past threaten their future, Erica makes a decision that could change their lives forever.

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Hardwired

Hacker Series #1

Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling startup. The only thing she didn’t prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who seems determined to derail her presentation.

Billionaire and rumored hacker Blake Landon has already made his fortune in software, and he’s used to getting what he wants. Captivated by Erica’s drive and unassuming beauty, he’s wanted nothing more than to possess her since she stepped into his boardroom. Determined to win her over, he breaks down her defenses and fights for her trust, even if it means sacrificing a level of control he’s grown accustomed to.

But when Blake uncovers a dark secret from Erica’s past, he threatens not just her trust, but the life she’s fought so hard to create.

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A Special Announcement from Rachel Van Dyken!!!!

Published June 11, 2014 by bookbesties

So RVD has this super secret announcement that I am dying to know what it is! But first who’s excited about Elicit!!!!

Elicit Synopsis:

Cursed, numb, rejected, scorned, wicked, sinister, dark, twisted…my name is Tex Campisi and this is my legacy. I killed my father in cold blood and lost my soul right along with him.
I crave war more than peace, and I’m about to take my place in history as the youngest Capo dei Capi in the Cosa Nostra…that is until someone stops me, saves me from myself. But the only person able to do that…is my best friends sister, Mo Abandanato, and she just ripped my heart out and asked me to hold it in my hands while she put bullets through it.

Im cursed so I did it.
I’m numb so I held it.
I’m wicked so I liked it.
I used the pain Mo caused as a catalyst to turn into my biggest nightmare–the five families greatest enemy. It’s my turn to take a stand, knowing full well I’m going to lose my mind to the madness that is the American Mafia. I’ve always been told Blood is thicker than life. I wish I would have listened. Because regardless of who you love? You will betray. You will kill.
Blood Always Wins.
The only way out is death…yours.

Welcome to the Dark Side of the Family

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Roses in Bloom Blog Tour!

Published June 11, 2014 by bookbesties

Book: Rose in Bloom (Rose of Thornes Series)

Author: Mia Michelle

Genre: erotic romance

Secrets. There are many different reasons for having secrets. Sometimes we choose to keep those secrets to protect people, while other times, they are kept out of deceit and shame. Regardless of their purpose, secrets have the power to hurt us, like nothing else. When we risk losing someone we love, we will stop at nothing, to prevent the truth from ever being known. But sometimes, secrets find their way out onto the open, revealing themselves even against our desperate attempts to keep them hidden. My secret had almost destroyed us, but through the miracle of three little words, “I forgive you,” Skylar had finally set me free from my years of torment. Part of her died the night she lost her parents. No matter what I do, I can never get that part of her back again. Through the tragedy of that night, our lives are forever scarred, yet through our powerful love, I see her once again returning back to life, just like a perfect rose in bloom.

Now that she knows my secret, there is nothing that can ever tear us apart again…or so, I had thought.

Mia fell in love with the literary world at a very young age and began putting her active imagination to pen and paper at the age of six. Over the years, she has filled up numerous shelves with her notebooks and journals of her favorite stories. Twelve years ago, Mia began drafting The Rose of Thorne Series and through encouragement of a close friend, decided to finally take the leap of faith to bring her dream to life. She openly admits to having a hopeless infatuation with her Kindle and suffers from the one-click book addiction (No intervention required).

Mia is currently a stay at home mom who has mastered the fine art of making a PB&J sandwich in between laundry and shuttling kids to ballet and swimming. In her spare time (“What spare time?” She laughs), she enjoys photography, traveling, and having a girls night out with her pals. She enjoys the simple things in life: such as sleeping more than 3 hours per night and 10 minute showers without being interrupted by children yelling “mommy” from the other side of the bathroom door.

Mia Michelle resides in Tennessee with her soul mate and husband, along their two beautiful young children. She is currently working on drafting some exciting new projects due soon!

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Author Interview w/ Colet Abedi Author of Mad Love

Published June 9, 2014 by bookbesties

Mad Love

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I don’t understand the mixed reviews of this book, I for one loved it. Sophie is a breath of fresh air and I loved her inner dialog about as much as her outer. She says and think things that are so totally real life, I had to realize that she was not me!
I loved Clayton right away, even the ‘wolf’ part of him and fell in love right about the same time Sophie did. I found myself saying,”I want to be like Sophie, she’s hard-core, she swims with sharks!’ to everyone I came in contact with and having them look at me as if I were insane. The things about Clayton and his past, childhood, adulthood are shocking to Sophie but it wasn’t so much to me and the ending…that left me heartbroken and although I knew it was coming, she knew it was coming I wasn’t prepared for it and I swear if there is not another one in the works I will hunt down the author Misery style. (maybe not, but still).
This was my first book by Colet Abedi and I must say that I was very surprised and loved it!

Colet was awesome enough to do a Q&A with me!

Thank you so much for agreeing to do this Q&A. What made you decide to make the jump from entertainment to author?

Thanks for letting me stop by! Since I was thirteen and read my first romance novel I knew I wanted to be a writer. I wrote a few screenplays in my early twenties then got a break and was head writer on two telenovelas for Fox’s MyNetwork TV. I took a different route to get to my dream of writing romance novels but I believe every experience I’ve had in entertainment has made me a stronger writer. So I’m really grateful for it all.

That’s great, the thing I love most about Mad Love, was the detail in description about the Maldives Islands, It made me want to waste my savings and go swim with sharks! Have you ever been? If not what made you pick that island for the setting?

I went to the Maldives for my honeymoon and fell in love. I remember staring out on the ocean and thinking it would be the perfect setting for a romance novel. I think that’s when I started to dream about Sophie and Clayton’s story.

I wasn’t even aware there was a Maldives island until this book, and the fact that you have seen such beauty is amazing! You were a new author to me and upon reading the first chapter I was hooked and finished it really fast. How long did it take you to write?

Thank you so much! That’s the best compliment ever. I wrote Mad Love in about nine months because I was also working on a YA Trilogy with my sister so my time was split.

Being in the entertainment industry is it any different than the writer industry?(i.e. more enthusiastic fans, or more time to yourself)

I think both industries are very similar. They’re both about entertaining people and working your butt off to put the best product out there. But I have to say the fangirls and the enthusiastic response to your work as a writer is a lot more gratifying.

I’m such a pro at Fangirling! What do you like most about being an author? Least?

I love escaping to another world. I can just let go and live a different life for hours at a time which is nice to do sometimes. I don’t have a least favorite part about being a writer. I just consider myself incredibly lucky to be living my dream so I’m very thankful. If I’m in a crazy head space and feel pressure I just try to remind myself all those times when I would pray that I would publish a book. So I just give thanks.

I think you’re readers just love that we get to escape with you into your world! Now some fun random facts that I like to know about authors, see what makes them tick.(Not really)

Random Fun facts:

Thing you CAN NOT leave the house without:

Lotion. I’m a crazy lotion person.

Favorite Color:

Blue

Favorite swear word:

Fuck

First ever job:

Assistant to an attorney

Favorite song on the radio right now:

Coldplay’s Magic

Thanks again so much Colet for letting me get to know you more, you are definitely on my list of Authors to read more of!

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The Dare by Rachel Van Dyken Cover Reveal!

Published June 6, 2014 by bookbesties

Boring Beth Lynn has always lived up to her nickname… until she wakes up in a hotel bed next to a sexy as sin state senator she re-connected with at a wedding the previous night.

He doesn’t think it can get any worse.

Survival.

But to make it through alive… they might lose their hearts in the process.

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Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband and their snoring Boxer, Sir Winston Churchill. She loves to hear from readers!

You can follow her writing journey at www.rachelvandykenauthor.com

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The #1 New York Times bestseller…

“I have a proposition for you.” Kacey should have run
the minute those words left Seattle millionaire Jake Titus’s mouth. It’s been
years since Kacey’s seen her childhood friend Jake, but the minute Jake
mentions his ill grandmother, Kacey is ready to do anything for the sweet old
woman. And if that means pretending they’re engaged for her sake-so be it.But Kacey wasn’t counting on Jake’s older brother Travis still being there. She
calls him “Satan” for a reason: she’s never forgotten the way he
teased and taunted her. Yet when they meet again, Travis’s gorgeous smile is a
direct hit to her heart . . . and Kacey’s more confused than ever. As the days
pass, only one thing starts to become alarmingly clear-she never should have
accepted Jake’s deal …

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From the author of the #1 New
York Times bestseller, THE BETTHE WAGER

Lose a bet, lose your heart…

What is it about a junior-high crush that can send an otherwise intelligent
woman into a tailspin? TV reporter Char Lynn wishes she knew. Jake Titus is too
rich, too handsome, too arrogant: a trifecta that once lured Char into the best
night-and worst morning-after-of her life. Now they’ve been thrown together in
a wedding party. It’s awkward, but survivable . . . until Jake stops acting
like a jerk, and starts acting like the man she’d always hoped he could be.

If watching your brother marry your best friend is weird, being attracted to
your best friend’s other best friend is downright bizarre. Unfortunately
for Jake, Char hasn’t forgotten how he once tossed her aside. Worse still,
Jake’s already-nutty grandma is even crazier about Char. Cue meet-cute
shenanigans and all manner of meddling, and somehow, Jake’s falling. For Char.
Now all he has to do is make her believe it . . .

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