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I was really an idiot. How I didn't see the signs is beyond me . . . but yet, here I sit, holding the diamond ring I tried to place on my girlfriend's finger. Hopefully the whiskey will do its trick and help me forget the last three years ever happened. I'm such an idiot. Really, I am. I thought my boyfriend was going to propose tonight. Instead, I'm sitting here chugging vodka cranberries like they're water. I just want to forget the last couple years ever happened.

My brother's best friend will do anything to win. Even if it means pretending to date me–his sworn enemy. But claiming my V-card wasn't part of the plan. He's Goalie-zilla of the Houston Heatwave and the man I can't stand. Number 33. Ryker-freakin-Balinger. The only things we have in common are the temporary roof we share and the arena where we both work. Dealing with this muscular, tatted-up grump is the last thing I need. But he needs good press. And I want revenge on the team's newest arrival. So this relationship is all for show.

Kunststudentin Valerie kann es nicht fassen: Ihre Abschlussarbeit wird von Graham Harper, DEM Shootingstar der New Yorker Kunstszene, zerrissen. Er war ihr großes Vorbild - doch jetzt empfindet Valerie nur noch Abscheu und möchte ihn zur Rede stellen. Als sie dann aber vor ihm steht, ist ihre Wut verflogen. Sie blickt in seine Augen, die so viel Schmerz verraten, und kann sich seiner düsteren Aura nicht entziehen.

"Ein Loch klaffte in meinem Herzen. Für Gwen und all die Dinge, die ich nie mit ihr erleben würde. All die Dinge, die ich nicht über sie und sie nicht über mich erfahren würde. All die Gefühle, die wir niemals füreinander entwickeln würden - denn sie sah mich. Sie sah meine Zerrissenheit und erkannte in diesem Moment, dass es hoffnungslos war, mehr von mir zu erwarten." Für Gwen bedeutet Liebe nur Schmerz und Enttäuschung. So hat sie es schon bei ihren Eltern beobachtet. Und auch in ihrer letzten eigenen Beziehung.

"Unsere Blicke verfingen sich in einem unlösbaren Knoten, der mich völlig gefangen nahm. Ich spürte, hörte und sah nichts anderes als sie. Dieser Blick, in dem ich mich verlieren und den ich für immer auf mir spüren wollte." Joanna hat nur einen Wunsch, als sie nach Los Angeles kommt: Oberflächlichkeiten und Vorurteile hinter sich lassen. Diese hat sie während ihrer Zeit als Model mehr als genug erlebt. Nun möchte sie als normale Studentin ein normales Leben führen. Doch dann lernt sie Elias kennen, und plötzlich ist nichts mehr normal.

Will Bowie is supposed to be training for the Olympics, but the toddler unexpectedly dropped into his life isn't interested in his schedules. Still, he's pretty sure he's got things under control . . . until a sexy chef lands on his doorstep and offers a temptation he can't resist.

Wyn and Remy Gastineau were perfect together. Until, without warning, Remy walks out on their life, love, and marriage. Wyn is blindsided and heartbroken. It takes her years to get over the loss of Remy. Sometime later, their children call a family meeting, and Remy is acting strange. Wyn refuses to hope. Remy has moved on. She must do the same. But she’s wrong. Remy wants her back, and he’s pulling no punches. He’s determined to do the work to piece together the marriage he shattered. Forced by circumstances to tell Wyn things he never wanted her to know, Remy reveals his tragic secrets.

Everyone remembers their first love. Jess Thomas definitely does. So, it’s more than a little awkward when Jess’s first love, Jamie Ferguson, turns out to be the best man at the wedding she’s catering for. And more than a little insulting when he doesn’t appear to remember her at all. Since Jamie broke her heart (via text!), 10 years earlier, Jess has sworn off romance. And with a booming catering business to focus on, she’s doing OK. She has no interest in revisiting the past. But when Jess’s car breaks down on a country lane, she has no choice but to accept Jamie’s help.

Rory's just a simple southern boy from St. Antoine's Parish, Louisiana, but he knows what he wants - the girl of his dreams, reclusive and mysterious artist Ran Yamane. He's loved her since junior high school, and now he has the chance to meet her. He chucks everything and travels 1,500 miles to Anime Expo in Long Beach just so he can tell her. He's determined that nothing and nobody are going to stand in his way. Turns out, Ran Yamane isn't a girl, but he gets that a lot.

When Scott and Abby Wagner welcomed their baby boy home, they envisioned their son's future — his first date, his high-school graduation, going off to college. They never dreamed that Hunter would be ripped from their hearts four months later when his birthmother wanted him back.

Set in snowy Amsterdam, Together by Christmas is a moving read of secrets, romance and heartbreaking dilemmas by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan. 'We couldn't put it down' – Bella magazine When Lee first came to Amsterdam, it was with a newborn baby and a secret. Five years later, her life...

When Adam proposes to Sarah, the last thing he expects is to be single and heartbroken less than forty-eight hours later. But Sarah has a secret, and she's willing to sacrifice everything to keep it.

Comédie romantique. Une seule règle : ne jamais tomber amoureuse de son ennemi... Une île tropicale, le soleil, la plage, la mer et ses eaux cristallines... que rêver de mieux ? C'est dans cet endroit paradisiaque que ma petite sœur Meghan va vivre le plus beau jour de sa vie et s'unir enfin à son amour de toujours.

Will they find their happy-ever-after in Lilacwell?Eva needs a change. After a tragic miscarriage and breaking up with her unsupportive boyfriend, she is desperate for a new start somewhere peaceful, where she can focus on her pottery.In The Cobbled Courtyard of Lilacwell, she meets the mysterious Fitz, a carpenter who similarly escaped to the tiny village a few years ago.But can you ever really run away from your past? Eva and Fitz – two wounded souls – will need to help each other heal to find love and happiness once more.A charming cosy romance for fans of Holly Martin and Suzanne Snow.

Ça vous est déjà arrivé de vouloir quelque chose vraiment très fort et de succomber, tout en sachant que vous allez sûrement encore souffrir ? Non ? Eh bien, vous êtes plus raisonnable que moi. Je m'explique : À 27 ans, je reprends tout juste ma vie en main après une relation amoureuse désastreuse. Institutrice en attente de titularisation, mon bonheur est tout ce qui compte et je sais que je suis sur la bonne voie. J'exerce le job de mes rêves, j'ai des amies en or, un toit au-dessus de ma tête et je suis l'esclave d'un chat despote. Je coche toutes les cases, non ?

Comédie romantique.Une histoire d'amour (& de dindon).Que se passe-t-il lorsque deux personnes aux caractères diamétralement opposés se retrouvent obligés de partager le même chalet ?Précisons un peu.Dans cette coloc improbable, vous trouverez : Un dindon de compagnie au caractère bien affirmé. Une excentrique.

Some love stories have to begin with a falling-out-of-love story.... Mattie Carrigan's been helping her rodeo-cowboy husband, Wes Bishop, run his family's Tennessee walking horse operation since they were married 19 years ago. Blessed with twin daughters who've recently left for college, Mattie is looking forward to this new stage in her and Wes' life. But when she finds a strange key in her husband's jacket, she's forced to admit that Wes has been quiet and distant lately.

For five years Viktor Prakenskii has put his life on hold to take down the world's most feared motorcycle club from the inside. But carrying out the insane violence and seeing their exploitation of the innocent has brought his traumatic past roaring back. And there's only one cure: to see the wife he left behind.

Laney McGregor’s previous holiday season ended in disaster. Add to that her recent Election Day loss, and her spirits are decidedly un-bright. She’s determined to spend a quiet Christmas at home in Mapleton, helping out on her family’s tree farm when needed but mostly keeping to herself. That is, until a job opportunity sweeter than sugar plums gets dangled in front of her … if only she’ll participate in a sequence of Christmas clichés.

Authors Nikki Ash and K Webster present the second book in the Torn and Bound Duet series.