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Reformed art forger Tilda Goodnight reluctantly joins forces with semi-reformed con man Davy Dempsey. They want to steal a dubious painting and several million embezzled dollars from a lethal widow named Clea, who has targeted a mild-mannered art collector as her next dearly departed. Complications include her sister, the female impersonator; his best friend, the reformed cat burglar; a recidivist embezzler named Rabbit; a hit man; some lousy sex; and a juke box.

Rach is a down-on-her-luck, happy-go-lucky kind of lady. Sure, she may work as an assistant to personal assistants, crash on her ex-boyfriend’s couch, and hide a whole secret past. But, mostly, things are great.

Ambitious LA lawyer Isabelle Marcano would rather run a mile in her Manolos than fly off to rustic Captivity, Alaska. But close the client's sale successfully and her firm will find room on the letterhead for one more name. Still, taking a career detour to a place that doesn't even have a Starbucks sounds like hell. Then her best friend points out the town has something stronger on tap than caffeine. Testosterone. With two single men to every single woman, this assignment might just be the best thing to happen to her sex life since the invention of the waterproof Rabbit.

Confirmed bachelor Max Sterling isn’t into rescuing damsels in distress, but when the very tempting Hailey Ellison needs his help, there’s only one thing for him to do: step in and pose as her loving fiancé. Except there is nothing fake about his attraction to her, or how much he wants her beneath him in his bed, moaning his name. But what starts as a sexy, flirty, temporary engagement quickly becomes something more serious that neither one ever anticipated.

My name is Layla Thompson, and I am undateable. Seriously. I'm 28 and I've never had a boyfriend. And with my 30s rapidly approaching, I'm starting to lose patience. Lucky for me, I have three best friends who are eager to help hone my dating skills. Zack, the rugged ex-rugby player. Josh, the sweet boy-next-door. And Luke, the silver-haired divorcee...who just so happens to be my old professor. After a bad date leaves me crying on their shoulders, the three men are determined to help me find a guy. Together, they agree to be my "practice boyfriends".

Everly Dalton is a walking, talking, martini-drinking dating disaster. Forget kissing frogs. She can’t even get past the first date. But at work, she’s a badass - the longest-running assistant billionaire Shepherd Calloway has ever had. Her coworkers wonder how she handles the big bad wolf and never gets bit.

After breaking off her engagement, 30-something Andi Cutrone yields New England to her ex and flees home to Long Island. There, she devotes her time to teaching in the writing program at Brooklyn University and overanalyzing her past failed relationships. But then she meets Devin, a male escort whose client list seems to include at least half of the accomplished women she knows. He is handsome, charismatic, and absolutely out of her league, but she can’t deny he has a certain…something. And so Andi makes him a proposition: If he will teach her to shed her sexual inhibitions, she will teach him to be a writer.

Layla Simone has been “faking it” for so long that she’s lost sense of self. Layla is tired of living her life for others, sick and tired of waiting on her man to marry her. Fed up with putting her dreams on hold, Layla moves to Los Angeles to find herself and to follow her dream of being a writer for the movies and television. She befriends gold digger Quassmirah and starts dating Wesley, one of the most popular record executives on the West Coast. Then she learns that her brother is in a coma and has to catch a flight back to Jersey.

Life has been a bit of a rollercoaster for Ella. Growing up as the 'less successful' identical twin to her 'perfectly successful' sister, Emma, has left her feeling isolated, inadequate and let's face it...a little bitter. When Emma unexpectedly reaches out to Ella in a time of need, Ella suddenly finds herself with the opportunity to fill in for her sister and experience how the other half live.

Shannon Wentworth’s biological clock is ticking, and she isn’t going to let her single status keep her from having a baby. When her wedding-photography business takes her to Mexico, she has every intention of finding a willing baby daddy to help her out. Until the bride goes AWOL, leaving Shannon to coddle the arrogant fiancé who has accused her of sabotaging his wedding.

When magic floods my small town, it brings mayhem and turns me and my besties into newbie witches. As mayor, I haven't got a clue how to handle pixie pranksters, walking tulips, or sexy shadow daddies swooping out of the sky. How the hell do I hide all these shenanigans from the non-magical world? Enter King Severin, aka sexy shadow daddy, aka my future hubs. Turns out that last one's no joke! He offers to wrap my town in Faerie glamour to protect it from outsiders… if I agree to be his fake wife for a year.

Will is popular with the girls but they don't see him as boyfriend material and, at nearly 15, he's never had a girlfriend. When he sees a photo of Hannah, his step-mum's beautiful niece who wants to be an actress, he shows it to his friend and pretends she's his girlfriend. Will's reputation soars as he and his friend Barney work out details of her life and personality. But soon, to preserve Will's credibility, his girlfriend must put in an appearance.

When Elara Silver—luxury resort CEO and queen of perfection—finds herself without a plus-one for her family's high-stakes anniversary weekend, she does the unthinkable: asks her messy, cheerful, and completely-out-of-her-element assistant, Grace Saunders, to pretend to be her girlfriend.

This trip to Greece was supposed to be simple—play the part of the perfect boyfriend, soak up the sun, and help my best friend's billionaire boss survive his family's relentless questions. I thought he would only be my ticket out of New York and away from the man whose dangerous secrets I stole. But nothing about Percy Davenport is simple. He's a genius with a yacht and a private jet but can't handle turbulence or, apparently, telling his mother no.

Drei herzerwärmende, turbulente Liebesgeschichten, die beweisen, dass die Weihnachtszeit nicht nur für Überraschungen, sondern auch für unerwartete Wendungen gut ist. Band 1 – Weihnachtshasserin Kaye Bradshaw erfindet einen imaginären Freund, um Familienfeiern zu entkommen – ausgerechnet den reichen Playboy David Holloway. Zum Schein gibt er sich als ihr Partner aus, um seine Ex eifersüchtig zu machen – doch eine einfache Inszenierung wandelt sich bald in echte Gefühle. Band 2 – Brooke Kensington sieht sich wider Willen als Verlobte ihres unerträglichen Chefs Stephen Aimes präsentiert.

Mattie is exasperated by her surly Protector who won’t say two words to her. Grath keeps his guard up around the curvy little female because he wants her but knows he can’t have her. Add a trip to Mattie’s hometown for the holidays where they have to fake-date to fool her family and you’ve got a volatile mixture. Will they survive when Mattie agrees to try…Faking it with the Hybrid?

Ophelia Adams sitzt in der Klemme. Nicht nur, dass ihr neuer Freund sie kurz vor Weihnachten bei einem romantischen Dinner sitzen lässt, hat sie zuvor in ihrer Euphorie ihrer Mutter auf die Nase gebunden, dass sie bald verlobt sein wird - und nur all zu gern zugestimmt, mit dem neuen Mann an ihrer Seite dem großen Familienweihnachtsfest in Chicago beizuwohnen. Nur... jetzt steht Ophelia ohne Mann da und möchte sich die Blöße, verlassen worden zu sein, vor ihrer Familie nicht geben, zumal ihre fiese Cousine Tessa gerade an diesem Weihnachtsfest ihre Verlobung mit Mike bekanntgeben möchte - Ophelias Exfreund.

From the day we met, Fire Carlson and I have been in chaos. His constant jokes and witty remarks drive me crazy, and he knows it. We argue and fight, but there are two things I can't deny: our undeniable attraction and how he excels as a father. One heated interaction changes our lives, and suddenly, Fire needs my help. We have to prove that his boys are safe and loved, or risk Fire losing them forever.

Kaye Bradshaw sitzt in der Klemme. Die notorische Weihnachtshasserin, die alles um die schönste Zeit im Jahr ausblendet, hat, um einem Familienweihnachtsfest in Colorado zu entgehen, einen neuen Freund erfunden, mit dem sie die Feiertage verbringen will. Dumm nur, dass sie - voll im Fahrt - behauptet, der neue Mann an ihrer Seite wäre ihr Mandant David Holloway - schwerreicher Playboy, umwerfend gutaussehend und gerade mitten in seiner Scheidung.