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It was supposed to be nothing more for Lola Larson and TJ Kingston than three days of fake dating before going back to their everyday lives. Not thinking they will see each other again, they part ways without getting each other's last names or phone numbers. Two years later, they're in college, where they meet again. However, their priorities are different from the last time they saw each other.

Maggie is living from one day to the next and making things up as she goes. Her life is four kids and a whole lot of chaos, but the best kind. Two years ago, she gave up her dreams, and after a devastating loss, she may have to give up one more. With four kids depending on her and not a chance she'll let them down, she's about to learn just exactly how far she'll go to keep them safe.

I have a plan. A goal. It never occurred to me how sheltered I was until I played—and failed—a game of Never Have I Ever. Now, I have a list of firsts I want to experience. And there's only one person who can help me with it. Grayson is the complete opposite of me. Tattoos, dark hair, piercings. You name it, he's probably done it. And now I'm on the way to ask him to take my virginity and to show me his world, how he lives, how I can be like him.

It all started with an anonymous letter. He wasn’t supposed to find it - no one was. And he definitely wasn’t supposed to answer it. We end up talking through letters and sticky notes in a book. All baring our darkest, deepest secrets. It’s all fun and games until I find out who my pen pal is...Xavier Emery. King of my basketball-obsessed town, my childhood bully, and the guy I am in grave danger of falling in love with. But the rules were clear: We can never know who we’re talking to, and the confessions can never, ever get out.

A star quarterback and a feisty detective play for keeps in this sporty, sexy, sassy novel—a long-awaited new entry in the beloved, award-winning, New York Times bestselling author’s fan-favorite Chicago Stars football series. Piper Dove is a woman with a dream—to become the best detective...

I didn't plan on him...or for him. I didn't plan on anything that had to do with Cal Donovan from Boston. Meeting him was a complete and utter surprise, taking me completely off guard. I met new people every single day in my line of work, and none of them affected me. Isn't that just the way of things? You could meet a thousand people, and they'd all mean nothing to you, but then you'd meet that one and they suddenly meant everything.

The furniture district is my personal hell. I don’t know my a-s from an ottoman. But when a hot designer comes to my rescue, I realize my problems are bigger than the house I’m trying to furnish.

Drei Jahre ist es her, seit Lachlan, Eishockeystar am Fairview College, in einer Nacht alles verloren hat - seine Karriere, seine Zukunft und das Einzige, was er jemals geliebt hat: Lyla. Neben dem Wunsch, sich an ihr für den Schmerz der letzten Jahre zu rächen, plagen Lachlan alte Gefühle, die neu in ihm zu erwachen scheinen. Noch immer wird Lyla von einem düsteren Schatten aus ihrer Vergangenheit verfolgt, der sich holen will, was ihm zusteht: Lylas Körper und ihre Seele.

Weil die Medizinstudentin Dawn ihrer schwerstkranken Tante Sterbehilfe geleistet hat, fliegt sie von der Eliteuni – und verliert den Rückhalt ihrer Familie. Vorbestraft und verschuldet sucht sie verzweifelt einen Job und eine neue Zukunft, doch niemand will sie einstellen. Bis der charismatische MMA-Kickboxer Landen ihr einen Job in seinem Trainingscenter anbietet. Unerwartet findet sie in Landens rauer Welt aus harter Arbeit und Kampfsport etwas, das ihr lange gefehlt hat: Offenheit und Vertrauen. Zwischen Dawn und Landen knistert es vom ersten Moment an.

Delaney a tiré un trait sur les athlètes après que son ex lui a brisé le cœur. Mais Maverick est déterminé à la faire changer d’avis. Quand Delaney Shaw, passionnée de chatons mignons et de Star Wars, reçoit un message de « Musclor » la défiant de passer une nuit dans son lit – une nuit qu’il promet (en plus) d’être inoubliable – elle sait qu’elle devrait simplement l’ignorer. Mais qu’a-t-elle de mieux à faire pour la Saint-Valentin ?

When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He's got one little hurdle to jump first. He has to win a trivia contest against the man's estranged daughter. Oh, and there's a caveat: he's only in the running if he lives and works with the spoiled princess who blew off one of the greatest men he's ever known. As if it wasn't hurtful enough that Seraphina Crutchley's biological father replaced her with a bunch of sweaty hockey boys, now he's forcing her to vie for her inheritance with one of them.

Since his rookie season, Cedric Reeves has proudly worn the title of the NFL's Bad Boy. But when his agent drops him at a critical time in his young football career, the league's favorite troublemaker finds himself in more trouble than he bargained for. Cedric must find a new agent before his contract comes up for renegotiation at the end of the year, and it looks as if his only hope is . . . a woman?

Muffin-Liebhaberin trifft auf intellektuellen Lesebegeisterten. Selbstbewusster Footballstar trifft auf Sport-Legasthenikerin. Jill freut sich auf ihr letztes Uni-Jahr. Ihre beste Freundin befindet sich gerade auf Abwegen und meint, ein Quarterback namens Blake wäre etwas für sie. Und ihr selbst macht Nick O'Donnell, Teamkollege und bester Freund von Blake, einen sehr dicken Strich durch die Rechnung, als er sie verzweifelt bittet, seine Alibifreundin zu spielen. Aber wer zum Teufel hat ihn glauben lassen, dass sie sich darauf einlassen würde?

WSJ best-selling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new enemies-to-lovers second-chance romance between the football hottie and the feisty nerd girl he can’t forget.

After a heartbreaking loss, Mark O'Neil finds himself back where it all started—Lavendale. With a great push from his family and friends, he makes an appearance at All-Star weekend, where he finds himself reevaluating his life. His list of things to do: regroup, spend time with his boys, and land a contract with the Lavendale Knights. Saving a soft-spoken beauty wasn't on his agenda. When they collide, he is unable to see anything other than her.

Cash Ryatt is a distraction. It's no secret the bad boy race car driver has built a reputation from two things. Winning and fu-front-page headlines. I've read he's the best at both, but I have no intention of finding out firsthand. I have my own plans, and they don't include making the gossip sites as his next one-night stand. My three older brothers, his bosses, would never stand for it anyway. So, how did I find myself daydreaming about the one man I've been forbidden from dating? His mere proximity causes my heart to beat wildly in my chest.

My name is Betsy Sullivan, and I'm a hot mess. My parents have cut me off. No jobs interest me. I have no idea what I want for my future. Then there's my love life. Or lack thereof. So I do what every twenty-something does when she's lost-pack up my life and move to a small town in Tennessee.

"Ich schwor, dass ich versuchen würde, der Mann zu werden, den sie verdient hatte. Auch wenn sie nichts mehr mit mir zu tun haben wollte." Vier Jahre ist es nun her, seit Darren Keyton seiner großen Highschool-Liebe Bay das Herz gebrochen hat - vier Jahre, seit sie aus seinem Leben verschwunden ist. Doch das Schicksal gibt den beiden eine zweite Chance: Ihre Wege kreuzen sich wieder, als Keytons Footballtrainingslager an Bays Universität stattfindet. Plötzlich hat Keyton die Möglichkeit, seinen Fehler wiedergutzumachen und ihr zu zeigen, wie sehr er sie immer noch liebt.

"Ihre Stimme war einfach vollkommen. Sie brachte Dinge zum Vorschein, die so tief versteckt waren, dass sie mir Angst einjagten." Für einen kurzen Moment fühlt es sich an, als würde Dares Welt stillstehen. Als der Highschool-Footballspieler eines Abends seine Nachbarin Bay singen hört, löst ihre Stimme etwas in ihm aus, das er noch nie gefühlt hat. Eigentlich kennt Dare seine Mitschülerin kaum: Die beiden bewegen sich nicht im gleichen Freundeskreis und Bay gehört ganz sicher nicht zu den begeisterten Fans, die Dare auf dem Football-Feld anfeuern.

It all started with an ad . . . "House sitter needed for the summer, room and board provided." Guess I missed the part about the cocky basketball player sleeping down the hall. Finn Richards is hot, cruel, broken beyond repair. Oh, and did I mention hell-bent on making me quit? Whatever. It's not like his charms work on me. I'm immune to his deep hazel eyes, and I'm not even a little bit curious about what happened that night. It's just two months. I can definitely go two months without ripping his head off. Only problem is, I'm not sure the same goes for his clothes.