Showing results for "Alibi" in Contemporary

Farah Highland was raised with more money than most people could ever dream of, but with that wealth and privilege came cold indifference and cruelty. Determined to start living for herself, Farah cut ties with everything and everyone she’d ever known for the chance at starting over in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains. Cannon Banks, notorious town playboy, grew up living the good life. Love and commitment were the last things on his mind...until he locked eyes with a woman across a crowded bar, and everything changed in a heartbeat.

When Europe's designer du jour, Jean Luc LeCroix, invites Maddie to show her creations at Paris Fashion Week, Maddie's sure she's died and gone to heaven. That is, until Jean Luc's top model is found dead on the runway, stabbed with a familiar stiletto heel. Sure someone is trying to frame her, Maddie enlists the help of her friends, including the sexy Detective Jack Ramirez, to uncover a daring jewel heist, a devious blackmailer, and even a few skeletons lurking in the closets of those closest to her.

The Good Girl pledge: A Good Girl doesn't lie. Okay, except when I'm on the job. At My Alibi, I'm well paid to provide cover stories 24/7. Good Girl knows money isn't everything. I'm not greedy, honest! The fast cash I'm earning is going into a dream: my own lingerie design business. A Good Girl helps her family. My sister needed a favor for a friend. Now I'm in big, big trouble.

Er hasst mich! Schon bei unserer ersten Begegnung verliebe ich mich unsterblich in Will, obwohl er in mir bestimmt nur die kleine, pummelige Freundin sieht. Bis ich höre, wie er sich über mich lustig macht. Damit bricht er mir nicht nur das Herz, sondern nimmt mir auch den Glauben an echte, aufrichtige Freundschaft. Drei Monate später und mit dreißig Pfund weniger auf den Hüften habe ich meine Schutzmauern meterhoch gezogen. Will kann mir nichts mehr anhaben, auch wenn er sich sehr bemüht, mich vom Gegenteil zu überzeugen.

Ich werde erpresst! Und das ausgerechnet von dem Typen, der mit jedem Kerl vom Campus schon mal Blutsbrüderschaft getrunken und jede Tussi - die bei drei nicht ihren Verstand benutzt - nackt gesehen hat. Ich habe gedacht, dass er mein Geheimnis bewahrt. Jetzt steht nur noch ein heißer Rugbyspieler zwischen mir und der absoluten Vernichtung meines Rufes. Ich hasse dich, Zach! ... Ich habe sie in der Hand! Besser kann es nicht laufen. Während ich mein College-Dasein in vollen Zügen genieße, hält Ivy mir meine Verflossenen vom Hals.

William Henry Harper has everything - the money, the career, the looks. But one woman haunts his thoughts - an ex-girlfriend who died because of his betrayal four years ago. Now, her younger sister is coming back to town, and she insists they meet up, even if it dredges up their long, sordid past.

Sailor Carlson comes back to Boston to make amends with her dad, only to find he passed away, and his bar, the Alibi, now belongs to a bearded, grumpy hottie. Mr. Hottie liked her enough for a night of nameless sex on the kitchen counter, but he wants nothing to do with her now he knows who she is.

Until her new job starts in September, buttoned-up elementary school teacher Laurel Harris is at loose ends and in need of cash. Fortunately her best friend's older brother is a single dad and desperately needs a nanny. Or so she's told. She doesn't anticipate him being such a menacing, muscled, and undeniably gorgeous man . . . or that he has zero interest in hiring a nanny.