Lisa Gray
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While celebrating the Supreme Court same-sex ruling, Josh hides his deep aversion to marriage. He lets his lover Adam believe they'll eventually marry. But when his wedding-planner mother pushes him too hard to take that step, Josh declares in anger he won't ever marry Adam. Adam overhears and flees. Crushed at having been led on, he takes refuge at his old hangout. There he runs into his ex-boyfriend, who tries to take advantage of Adam's vulnerability....
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Horses, a sympathetic ear, or a good night's sleep. Cole Woodruff, owner of the Lazy W Dude Ranch, supplies whatever his guests need. But when Jack Harmon arrives, Cole's own desires clamor to be met. Should he risk the ranch to satisfy what might be nothing more than an itch? And even if Jack turns out to be that special man Cole's yearned for, is it right to move forward when a vulnerable child is involved? Not long ago, Jack was awarded custody...
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Coco, a struggling entrepreneur who bakes her way through business, falls for her gorgeous and ever so practical accountant, Rose. Coco hides her longing though because, as her mom always says, how could anyone be serious about such an unaccomplished "second best" like Coco?
When faced with a last-minute impossible wedding cake order, Coco seizes the make-or-break challenge and sets to work. Hours later, lonely, discouraged, and close to failure,...
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Revisit veterinarian Marc Elias and composer Owen Rhys from the best-selling story Just a Little Magic. When Marc sets off to visit family for Christmas, feeling guilty about leaving his Wiccan lover Owen at home alone. But Owen, reluctant to meet Marc's family, insists on staying to care for the houseful of stray cats they've taken in. Marc leaves his marriage proposal in the form of a spell for Owen to find on the winter solstice when Owen celebrates...
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Wiccan Owen Rhys inherits a house outside a small town, where he hopes the solitude will help with his music. But a zealously religious neighbor is convinced he's a devil worshiper, and her gossip causes the townspeople to view Owen with suspicion. A series of pranks ensues, including dead animals left on his porch, threatening the feral cats living on Owen's property. Though a bit out of practice, Owen casts a spell to summon a protector -- someone...
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Stephen's lover Emmett accuses him of being boring and way too predictable. To prove him wrong, Stephen plans a surprise romantic getaway to a cabin on the river. But Emmett has plans of his own for romance -- ones that don't include Stephen anymore. Depressed at yet another break-up, Stephen wonders if it isn't time to give up hope. But finding that elusive man he longs for -- the one willing to risk everything to be with him -- would take a miracle....
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In a non-shifting alpha/omega society, omegas have become so scarce, they're sequestered at birth in isolated facilities. Rafael Vargas, cyber expert, is an omega hiding in plain sight. At least until activists recruit him to hack an omega facility and rescue the children. He gets away clean until a prime alpha unwittingly hires him to trace the hack. With his precious freedom at risk, Rafael battles his instinctive attraction to the alpha. Grant...
8) Family Ties
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Danny Carmody has lived life privileged but lonely. He has always sacrificed his own needs to meet the demands of his family. Now he is faced with an arranged marriage intended to reunite the Carmodys and the Dwyers, the city's two most powerful families. Out of his sense of duty, he agrees. But always a romantic at heart, he secretly nurtures hopes of finding love within this sterile business arrangement. Once he meets his intended groom, Evan --...
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Keir Moreau, a middle school teacher living a solitary life, is excited to welcome a handsome new neighbor. But after their first meeting goes alarmingly wrong, Keir decides it's safer to keep his distance. Besides, he has to focus all his attention on finding help for a student who is being forced into conversion therapy.Riley Quinn used to be an award-winning photojournalist, roaming the world and exposing corruption. An injury put an end to all...
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"Conflict in romantic relationships is inevitable-but it doesn't have to be unhealthy. In Healthy Conflict, Happy Couple, a conflict resolution expert offers readers practical, step-by-step skills to let go of blame, communicate effectively with their significant other, pursue shared values, and fight for their relationship, rather than against it"--
"Stop fighting with each other and start fighting for your relationship. This unique guide uncovers...
11) Myles
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I'm Kayla Martin . . . I was once sweet and innocent, saw the world bright with color, but now all I see is black and white. He not only ripped my innocence away from me, tortured me and made my life a living hell, but he stole the very soul that made me who I am. I'm a shell of the girl I once knew. But it's all about to change. I'm ready to face my fear. And that's going right back to the very place all this started. Grayson High. I've had to stay...
12) Mason
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I'm Denny Smith. I moved away to my Nan's house after my parents happily kicked me out. Why, you ask? Because I ruined my future, so they say. If you ask me, I was a naive seventeen year-old girl who chose to sleep with the boy she had loved from afar for years, only for him to want nothing to do with me in return. So here I am, back at the one place I had hoped to never return, where I'll attend court as a witness. Now I have to face him . . . Mason....
13) Max
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Max . . .
I've got my looks, my charm, and well, a smile that melts panties. My charm only gets me so far though. I don't even care when the courts finally give me a punishment for vandalizing the church property; in my defense, I didn't know it was a church. They've got me serving community service working at the local church's Salvation shelter. They think three months here will change me; that I will change my delinquent ways. If only they knew...
14) Malik
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I'm Harlow Evans. Shortly after my parents were murdered. I moved in with my Grandma. It meant switching schools, losing friends, and moving away from the only home I knew. All I wanted was to finish the school year hassle free. Switching seats on that first day altered my life. After surviving the loss of my parents I never thought anything could break me, but then HE came into my life . . . He wants to hurt me. Destroy me. Ruin me. Tragedy brought...
15) Maverick
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Maverick
I'm the eldest of five brothers. Brothers I fought to protect. Brothers I failed. They don't know the truth. I've kept secrets. Told them lies.
And now everything I've worked so hard to keep hidden is about to explode and everyone I wanted to protect will be caught in the crossfire.
Teagan
Meeting him was fate. Him being a part of my past was a coincidence. Falling for him was my destiny.
What happens after . . . that is a...
16) The dark room
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Thomas & Mercer
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[2022]
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"Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers' forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film-the murder of a young woman. But that's impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier. He has never been able to shake...
17) Thin air
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Jessica Shaw novels volume 1
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Thomas & Mercer
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2019.
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She investigates missing persons: now she is one. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is used to getting anonymous tips. But after receiving a photo of a three-year-old kidnapped from Los Angeles twenty-five years ago, Jessica is stunned to recognize the little girl as herself. Eager for answers, Jessica heads to LA's dark underbelly. When she learns that her biological mother was killed the night she was abducted, Jessica's determined to solve a case...
18) To die for
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"In the elite world of luxury real estate, it is often kill or be killed, something agent Andi Hart knows all too well--and after recent events, she's ready to set her own rules. So when her boss challenges the team to find a buyer for a glitzy Malibu beach house, with a prize commission of a cool $1 million, she knows it's her ticket to a new life. But she's not the only one who not only wants but needs the money. Each of her four colleagues has...
19) Dark highway
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[2020]
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Private investigator Jessica Shaw and her partner Matt Connor discover a link between a series of kidnapped women, all taken from along the same highway, and a group of former college friends. But no sooner do they follow this up than one of the kidnapped women's parents gets spooked and drops the case. Jessica is blindsided, but she's determined not to give up: three women are missing, and many more may be at risk. Jessica can't turn her back on...
20) Bad memory
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Jessica Shaw novels volume 2
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Thomas & Mercer
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[2019]
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"Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her sister, Rue Hunter, a convicted murderer whose execution is days away, Jessica can't resist the offer. Rue doesn't remember what happened the night two high school students were killed thirty years ago, but everybody in town is certain she's guilty. As Jessica...