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Title:  The Night We Lost Him Series:  N/A Author:  Laura Dave First Published:  September 17, 2024 Goodreads rate: 3.74 Estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for over fifty years, one that may have been fatal... Liam Noone was many things to many people. To the public, he was an exacting, self- made hotel magnate fleeing his past. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving albeit distant family man who kept his finances flush and his families carefully separated. To Nora, he was a father who often loved her from afar – notably a cliffside cottage perched on the California coast from which he fell to his death.    The authorities rule the death accidental, but Nora and her estranged brother Sam have other ideas. As Nora and Sam form an uneasy alliance to unravel the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their father’s past—and uncover a family secret that changes everything. With Laura Dave’s trademark combination of so...

Title:  Reaper's Property Series:  Reapers MC #1 Author:  Joanna Wylde First Published:  January 9, 2013 Goodreads rate:  4.06 Reaper's Property - English Marie doesn’t need a complication like Horse. The massive, tattooed badass biker who shows up at her brother’s house one afternoon doesn’t agree. He wants Marie on his bike and in his bed. Now. But Marie just left her abusive jerk of an ex-husband and she’s not looking for a new man. Especially one like Horse. She doesn’t know his real name or where he lives. She’s ninety percent certain he’s a criminal and that the “business” he talked with her brother wasn’t website design. She needs him out of her life, which would be a snap if he wasn’t so damned sexy. Horse is part of the Reapers Motorcycle Club, and when he wants something, he takes it. What is he wants is Marie, but she’s not interested in becoming some biker’s property. Then her brother steals from the club. Now Marie can save him by giving Horse what ...

Title: Daimon Series: Covenant #0.5 Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout First Published:  April 19, 2011   Goodreads rate: 4.03 Daimon - English For three years, Alexandria has lived among mortals pretending to be like them and trying to forget the duty she'd been trained to fulfill as a child of a mortal and a demigod. At 17, she's pretty much accepted that she's a freak by mortal standards… and that she'll never be prepared for that duty. But as every descendant of the gods knows, Fate has a way of rearing her ugly head. A horrifying attack forces Alex to flee Miami and try to find her way back to the very place her mother had warned her she should never return - the Covenant. Daimon - Español Durante tres años, Alexandria ha vivido entre mortales, intentando ser como ellos y tratando de olvidar la misión que debía cumplir por ser hija de un mortal y un semidios. Con diecisiete años ha aceptado ya que es algo fuera de lo común para los estándares mortales… y que nunca ...

Title:  Natalia’s Secret Spinster’s Society Author:  Charlotte Stone Series:  N/A First published:  April 23, 2018 Goodreads rate:  4.23 Circumstances have forced her to keep her true identity hidden.  It is unfortunate that the boy she once knew, now a very handsome man, is eager to expose her secrets in the most cruel and sensual of ways. William Tift knows there's more to the eye than what the cryptic Mrs. Wells presents to the world. Something about Leah is not quite right.  He'll find out what it is, never mind that he feels a familiarity with her. The point is, she knows too much and William will do what he must to keep her quiet. But Leah won't go down easily.  . When with each encounter, the sexual tension becomes harder to ignore. ... as do their hidden feelings. What will happen when Leah's true identity is revealed? And when secrets come to light, will love stand strong or fall under its weight?

Title:  Black Author:  Ted Dekker Series:  The Circle #1 First published:  December 25, 2003 Goodreads rate:  4.18 Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide Fleeing his assailants through deserted alleyways, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of a building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head . . . and his world goes black. From the blackness comes an amazing reality of another world--a world where evil is contained. A world where Thomas Hunter is in love with a beautiful woman. But then he remembers the dream of being chased through an alleyway as he reaches to touch the blood on his head. Where does the dream end and reality begin? Every time he falls asleep in one world, he awakes in the other. Yet in both, catastrophic disaster awaits him . . . may even be caused by him. Some say the world hangs in the balance of every choice we make. Now the fate of two worlds hangs in the balance of one man's choices.

Title:  Tall, Dark & Royal Author:  Leanne Banks Series:  Dynasties: The Connellys #1 First published:  January, 2002 Goodreads rate:  3.67 THE MAN WHO'D BE HER KING…He stood before Erin Lawrence—bare-chested, sleeptousledand sexy as sin. Could this be Daniel Connelly,the new king of Altaria? Erin knew she'd have herhands full teaching the American businessman royaletiquette—and avoiding falling under his sensual spell.Son of a former princess, Daniel had been raised witha strong sense of family honor. But nothing hadprepared him for the night-and-day sessions withErin…or the flare of heat that burned him in herpresence. Erin was prim, proper and pure, and he—well, he was no innocent, and soon he'd be her king.For both Daniel and Erin, duty warred withpassion…but which would reign?

Title:  My Rogue, My Ruin Author:  Amalie Howard & Angie Morgan Series:  Lords of Essex #1 First published:  November 21, 2016 Goodreads rate:  3.90 He stole their riches, she stole his heart. The Marquess of Hawksfield’s lineage is impeccable and his title coveted, but Archer Croft is as far from his indulgent peers as he can get. His loathing for the beau monde has driven him to don a secret identity and risk everything in order to steal their riches and distribute them to the less fortunate. Lady Briannon Findlay embraces her encounter with the Masked Marauder, a gentleman thief waylaying carriages from London to Essex. The marauder has stirred Brynn’s craving for adventure, and she discovers an attraction deeper than the charming thief’s mask. Brynn is a revelation, matching Archer in intelligence, wit, and passion. Stubborn and sensuous in equal measure, she astonishes him at every turn, but when someone sinister impersonates Archer’s secret personality...

Title:  No More Sweet Surrender Author:  Caitlin Crews Series:  The Korovin Brothers #1  Scandal in the Spotlight #4 First published: February 2013 Goodreads rate:  3.42 Enemies attract! Ivan Korovin is determined to cement his evolution from dirt-poor dreamless kid to billionaire philanthropist. But first he has a serious PR problem to take care of: outspoken Miranda Sweet has ruined his reputation by labelling him ‘Caveman #1’ in her bestselling book. The solution? Give the ravenous public what they want – to see the enemies become lovers! From the red carpet in LA to black-tie charity balls in Moscow, they play out their pretend love story for all the world to see. But beneath the glare of the spotlight it’s getting harder to tell what’s real and what’s for show…

Title:  When Fangirls Lie Author:  Marian Tee Series:  How (Not) to be Seduced by Rockstars #1 First published:   May 9, 2013 Goodreads rate:  3.76 19-year-old Saffi March is not the perfect girl everyone thinks she is. When the pressure of pretending becomes too much, she escapes for a weekend and transforms herself into another persona - a hardcore groupie for the rockstar also known as Sweden's #1 Sex God, Staffan Aehrenthal. One look at the beautiful girl hopelessly trying to hide her innocence behind skimpy dresses and garish makeup and Staffan immediately knows the groupie called "H" is hiding a secret. He also knows he needs her desperately. He's determined to make her his, the only girl who's able to soothe the demons in him. But before Staffan can let Saffi into his life, those stars in her eyes have to go - and he'll do everything for that to happen, even if it means cruelly hurting Saffi until she realizes that he would never trust anyone with his h...

Title:  The Iron King Author:  Julie Kagawa Series:  The Iron Fey #1 First published:  January 19, 2010 Goodreads rate:  3.88 Meghan Chase has a secret destiny; one she could never have imagined. Something has always felt slightly off in Meghan's life, ever since her father disappeared before her eyes when she was six. She has never quite fit in at school or at home. When a dark stranger begins watching her from afar, and her prankster best friend becomes strangely protective of her, Meghan senses that everything she's known is about to change. But she could never have guessed the truth - that she is the daughter of a mythical faery king and is a pawn in a deadly war. Now Meghan will learn just how far she'll go to save someone she cares about, to stop a mysterious evil, no faery creature dare face; and to find love with a young prince who might rather see her dead than let her touch his icy heart.

Title:  10 Things I Hate About Prom Author:  Elle Gonzalez Rose Series: N/A First published:  May 14, 2024 Goodreads rate: 4.17 The best things in life come in pairs. Peanut butter has jelly, Taylor has Selena, and Ivelisse Santos has Joaquin Romero. They are not only next-door neighbors; they’re platonic soulmates. Ive gets Quin like no one else. At least, she thought she did before Joaquin shocks her by revealing that he wants to ask Tessa Gordon to prom. Tessa freaking Gordon. The same Tessa Gordon who spread the rumor that Ivelisse started the infamous Second Grade Lice Outbreak. Why her ? Tessa and Joaquin are a match made in popular kid heaven. The head cheerleader and the star of the baseball team going to prom together makes more sense than Joaquin and Ivelisse—a member of tech crew—would. But just because it makes sense doesn’t mean it should happen. To make matters worse, Joaquin wants Ivelisse’s assistance planning the grandest, most elaborate promposal Corde...

Title: The good liar Series: N/A Author: Laura Caldwell First Published: 2007 Goodreads rate: 3.68 Kate Livingston and Liza Kingsley have been best friends since their childhood in the suburbs of Chicago. They know everything about each other. Or do they?When Liza sets up the newly divorced Kate with Michael Waller, an elegant man sixteen years her senior, neither woman expects Kate to fall for him so soon. The relationship is a whirlwind that enthralls Kate...and frightens Liza. Because Liza knows she may have introduced Kate to more than her dream man; she may have unwittingly introduced her to a dangerous world of secrets.And yet Kate marries Michael and follows him to a French-Canadian town called St. Marabel, where she begins to suspect that Michael isn't exactly who he seems. As each new suspicion arises, Kate finds herself investigating her husband, but what she doesn't know is that she's about to steer her friendship with Liza on a collision course that will race fr...