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Two people from completely different worlds are about to be thrown together...in more ways than one. She wants to keep her scholarship. He wants to stay on the team. An awkward alliance doesn't even begin to cover Rimmel and Romeo's relationship. But that's about to change.

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Small-town business owner Jason Brewster has big dreams: world travel, adventure, and, most of all, a passionate romance worthy of a fairy tale. But he doesn’t believe fantasies can come true until Adam moves in next door. He’s handsome, cultured, European, and, best of all, interested in Jason. It’s like something out of the stories Jason loves. But Adam - whose real name is Amadeo Montefalcone - has a secret. He's royalty, prince of the small country of Monterosia.

For almost a decade, I've been the secret pen pal of a convict—my best friend's father. All I wanted was to help bridge the gap between father and son. But the innocent act soon turns into more. Through our letters, I am able to be the brave, confident guy I am in fact, not. So what if I fibbed a little when I sent him a false photograph of me? And reinvented myself in those letters? After all, what's the harm when Griff will never be released from prison?

My love life has been epic. Epically disastrous. But that’s all in the past. I put my unrequited crush on Zach, my best friend’s grumpy brother, behind me years ago. My ex-fiancé, the jerk who left me at the altar, is also in my emotional rearview. Now, I’m focusing on my career. I don’t have time for romance. Then my ex shows up, and everything changes.

Self-professed nerd Maddie Maloney is an expert on jewels. Jewel thieves are another matter entirely! So when a mysterious Englishman warns her that a thief known as The Chameleon is after the rare pink diamond on display in her aunt's shop, she tells herself it's just a joke. Even if she can't get Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome out of her mind.

That's it. I've had enough. My new neighbor has been sending threatening letters for months and is now suing me. He's trying to force me to remove the beehives from my backyard. (What kind of jerk doesn't understand how important bees are?) It turns out he's some famous quarterback named Gabriel "Beauty" Bardales. (Why do jocks give each other dumb nicknames?) He wants my beehives removed because he claims the bees are interfering with his guesthouse swimming pool.

Sie war wild, frei und alles, was ich nicht war. Nie zuvor hatte ich mir vorgestellt, wie gut es sein würde, Jamie Burn zu küssen. Und als ich es einmal getan hatte, wollte ich nie wieder damit aufhören. Jamie Burn ist genau so, wie ihr Name vermuten lässt: hart, extrem sarkastisch und nicht auf den Mund gefallen. Die Studentin sieht nicht nur aus wie eine Rocker-Lady, sie ist auch eine, was wohl daran liegt, dass sie in jenen Kreisen aufgewachsen ist. Nur eines lässt sie zum schüchternen Mädchen werden: Emmett Wheeler, die jüngere Version von Jason Momoa.

"Rein theoretisch ist es vollkommen unmöglich, dass ich, Lee Hunter, einfach so ignoriert werde. Also ich meine nicht nur, wenn ich jemandem auf der Straße begegne. Allein das ist wirklich schon äußerst unwahrscheinlich. Nein, ich meine, dass eine Frau über Wochen hinweg mit mir zusammenarbeitet und mich immer noch wie Luft behandelt." Millionenerbe Lee Hunter ist sich vom ersten Moment an sicher, dass seine neue Geschäftspartnerin genau die richtige Frau für sein Bett ist. So sicher sogar, dass er seinen Lamborghini darauf verwettet.

Caleb Johnson war meine Collegeliebe. Ein dummer Streit brachte uns auseinander. Zehn Jahre später kreuzen sich unsere Wege plötzlich wieder. Seit damals hat sich viel verändert. Mit meiner Software-Idee konnte ich ein paar große Investoren überzeugen, sodass meine App sofort durchgestartet ist. Ausgerechnet meine beste Freundin kommt mit Calebs Bruder zusammen und natürlich besuche ich sie in Texas. Wie erwartet leitet Caleb die IT-Abteilung bei Johnson Security, was immer sein Traum war.

Eine Begegnung, zwei verletzte Seelen, eine Chance auf eine Zukunft. Als Deacon Hazel das erste Mal in Slades Boxclub sieht, erinnert sie ihn schmerzhaft an den Verlust, den er vor so vielen Jahren ertragen musste. In ihren Augen erkennt er den gleichen Schmerz, den er schon einmal gesehen hat und der ein Leben zerstörte. Doch ihm wird schnell bewusst, dass hinter Hazels zerbrechlicher Fassade eine starke und unabhängige Frau steckt, die er unbedingt kennenlernen muss.

The first guy Blaine ever confessed her feelings to dismissed her. The second made her friendless. The third, a viral internet sensation. And Blaine is praying the fourth will be different. After two years of pining for the aloof and secretly hilarious IT guy at work, roller-derby-warrior Blaine creates a master plan: after Lysander returns from his transfer in California, she's going to spill everything.

Eight years ago, Rue Thompson fell in love with her brother’s roommate. From across the country, he started writing her letters out of the blue. Then he ghosted her and broke her heart. Fortunately, Rue’s now stone-cold heart protects her from anything that dares make her feel, except when she’s live-action role-playing with her friends in the park. When in costume and wielding a foam sword, Rue can be whatever she wants. But then the boy—now most definitely a man—suddenly reappears in her life and shows renewed interest.

Sie schaut durch ein Mikroskop auf Schmetterlinge, er durch ein Teleskop auf Sterne. Doch sehen beide dasselbe: die Unvereinbarkeit ihrer Liebe. Millie liebt ihren Job als Insektenforscherin und zaubert den Besuchern des Wilhelmina Naturkundemuseums mit ihrer mitreißenden Art stets ein Lächeln ins Gesicht. Der Einzige, bei dem ihr das nicht gelingt, ist ihr Kollege Finn Ashford, der das Astronomie-Department leitet.

When an unexpected Player Two enters her life, a gamer must decide if their relationship is worth leveling up in this new romance from the author of The Love Con. Samara Reynolds has built a large following as a gamer under an anonymous screen name, and uses her skills as a DEIA consultant to...

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They don't call me Belinda Boring for nothing. It's my name, after all. And for a 23-year-old with plain brown hair who still lives at home and gets tongue tied over nothing, it's a fitting one. I'm not even one of those quiet girls with a hidden talent, unless making a mean order of nachos at the NHL arena I work at counts. My life consists of working, reading, and harboring a secret crush on a hockey player who doesn't know I exist. At least, until we accidentally meet and become unlikely friends.

Gemma Rowe is a shy math nerd from Sydney, who, despite having an affinity for probability and logic, only just worked out at 28 that she's not actually straight. Not only is she not straight, but she's developed feelings for her best friend, Sarah. Gemma knows the logical thing to do is to get over Sarah. She wants to be in her own happy relationship and not caught up on her straight best friend. But how is she supposed to get over Sarah when she can't figure out who she's attracted to anymore?