Showing results for "The Book of Summers" in Literature & Fiction

Struggling artist Avery Ross is barely scraping by. Bartending at a trendy New York City restaurant for an overbearing boss and two weeks away from losing her apartment to a condo developer, she's desperate for a break. So when she's offered a temporary housesitting job, she takes it. Living at one of the poshest addresses in Manhattan is like entering a new world - one that catapults her into the orbit of billionaire Dominic Baine, the darkly handsome, arrogantly alpha resident of the building's penthouse.

When bodies start turning up with connections to her father’s cartel, Regenia Cortez is pulled back into the dangerous world she left behind years ago. She doesn’t know who she can trust, least of all Roan Fox—the man hired by her father to keep her safe. Forced into each other’s lives, Reggie and Roan find themselves tangled in a sinister plot that runs much deeper than they ever thought. Tensions rise, and the lines they swore not to cross start to blur. Their own demons threaten to tear them apart, but one thing is for certain—he will stop at nothing to keep her safe.

Aidan Storm is part of a unique New Orleans family whose magical connection with the weather goes back many years. Aidan uses his powers only when it suits his purposes. Wielding the magic of summer heat can be advantageous when heating up the sheets with his latest girl-du-jour. Until he meets Melissa Cross. She fires him up hotter than a Louisiana heat wave, and if he doesn't watch his heart, he might suffer a meltdown.

The controversial couple made it out of the messy kidnapping with Amanda’s ex-boyfriend and decided the designated wedding was not necessary anymore. But the locked doors did not keep the secret affair from their past from showing up on their doorstep one more time. The bride felt too betrayed by this truth to continue, and the groom was left with two options: embrace his new reality, or run after his bride.

Hunter Le Blanche is one of New York's most sought-after billionaires. People call him the Wall Street Shark because he always gets what he wants. His latest conquest just happens to be me. We met by mistake. I thought he was someone else when I was attempting to cross off the most significant item on my bucket list—losing my V card. Fleeing with embarrassment, I hoped never to see the beautiful devil again. However, fate had other plans for me the next day when my father announces I'm to marry him.

He’s my enemy, my nightmare, and my forbidden solace. In a world full of monsters who control the secret society and the Bratva, I made the fatal mistake of falling for the worst one of them all. My brother’s best friend—Zakh Volkova. He was one of the most powerful men in Boston, and we were off-limits to each other. Until he crossed the line for me. We saw each other in secret, and I gave myself to him.

In the Cherchez wolf pack, loyalty is earned, not given. For Andreas, the pull he feels toward Kari cannot be ignored, a physical bond immediate and unbreakable - though Andreas wants to win Kari's heart as well as her body. But someone isn't happy about his new mate, and Kari's just beginning to trust him and the pack when attempted murder threatens their newfound happiness.

His secrets could tear us apart. I've done what no other woman has: I've made the legendary Hunter Carlisle make a compromise. I have a toehold into his solitary life. Unfortunately, the pain of his past still lingers. When we're forced to go to a work conference out of state, secrets emerge. Damaging secrets that shut him down and make push me away. I can't lose him. But how can I get him to confront the past and let me in?

Mr. Carlisle is looking for an admin. Apply within. I'm way overqualified, but the economy doesn't care. After six months of job searching, I'm flat broke and mostly desperate. Rent is due in a week, my roommate sucks and is ready to toss me out, and I need an answer - fast! >Nothing prepared me for the man in the suit. Not two steps into the office and my panties burst into flame. The word "handsome" doesn't do him justice. Lucifer would slap him a high-five.

Morgan thought she’d spend the summer in Europe but her mother decided to go all by herself. She’s angry and acts out but stepfather says if she behaves, he’ll take her on a summer road trip in an RV before she goes to college. She tries to resist his rules but she can’t resist how she suddenly feels about him. On the very first night, she loses control and throws herself at him and he can’t resist her perfect young body.

Addison York craves her boss’ best friend, Hayden, but he has never given her an ounce of encouragement - until tonight when he kissed her after winning the Oscar. Was that kiss the start of something or another in a long line of frustrations where Hayden is concerned? Something is keeping him from acting on the attraction that simmers between them, and Addie is determined to find out what it is.

I could hardly believe how fast things were going with this busty little blonde nymph. Evie turned and lay with her back against my side, pressing my hand to her breast. She squirmed and sighed as she nestled against my body. Then, she brought the wine glass to her lips and took a big gulp. I refilled her glass. After putting the bottle back on the coffee table, I sat back on the couch and pulled little Evie back into her position, lying back against me. My hand reached from behind and cupped one of her big tits.

Jillian Grayson is a disillusioned divorcée and best-selling romance novelist who suddenly can't write a chapter without her hunky male heartthrob suffering ED, an STD, or even worse. Brian Nash is a tennis-obsessed college senior who's unlucky in love and the roommate and best friend of Jillian's son, Rob. When Rob brings Brian home for Spring Break, and Brian meets the surprisingly young and tennis passionate Jillian, their shared interest quickly develops into an intense mutual attraction.

In volume two, Ariel confesses to her new boyfriend that she has been working as a call girl. To their surprise, knowing she is with other men arouses Jack, and the two find satisfaction in their relationship when she cuckolds him. Warning: For download by very mature listeners only. Contains graphic sexual content, to include themes of cuckolding and domination.

Tate "The Saint" Donovan's jaded outlook really makes him more of a devil's advocate. Ever since he discovered his ex-wife doing more in their bedroom than rooting for the home team, he's given up on finding The One. In fact, he's given up on finding Any One. So he isn't surprised when his teammate's engagement party is one mishap away from going up in flames—until a sexy, free spirit whisks in from Paris and drags the party from the fire. She's whimsical, wild, and oh so wrong, but her breezy, freestyle attitude makes her utterly irresistible.

Infamous Rough Riders' playboy Grant Saber has been sidelined for a bum shoulder. If he has to be off the ice for three weeks of recovery, he'll do it on his back - breaking in a new wanna-be cowgirl every night. But pressure from the team's owner and Grant’s parents land him in his hometown of Holly, North Carolina, instead. Things look up when he learns the hometown beauty who was once so out of his league is now single, and sexier than ever.

Jasmine Pritchett needs a job. A pathway to financial independence. When Transform, the local gym, initiates an expansion to offer fitness classes, she sees her opportunity. Armed with several instructor certifications and even more persistence, she finds herself interviewing for the job in front of two of the sexiest men she’s ever laid eyes on. Maddox Gibson craves control.

Out of my mountain, out of my reach. I’ll do anything to get her back, even break a truce that’s kept my kingdom safe. I can only breathe again when she’s back in my arms. When I can make her pay for every second I spent in fear. I want more than her body. I want her heart. And I will punish her until it’s mine.

We share everything, including women. We like our sex fast and hard. Women come and go in our lives, because of what we do...the bad thing that we do.... Taking her was a mistake, she wasn’t supposed to be there. We don’t know what to do with her now, because the only thing we can think about is f--king her brains out...together. But it was wrong! Not only did we take her against her will but she’s a virgin.... And for the first time, we want more than just a quick fix.

Anna Blake was in a rut. Her days had become lonely and tedious, with her kids away at college and her husband fixated on the family business. Only long hours at the local gym broke up the monotony. All that changed with a short holiday weekend visit from her children and Tyrone Williams, her son's Black, football-playing college roommate. Something inside Anna awakened, something that had lain dormant for a long time. Maybe it was having a new, undeniably uber-masculine man in her home. Or maybe it was how she felt naked under his intense gaze.