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Down-and-out Pastry Chef Star Bloom has no choice but to swallow her pride and take a job at a mom-and-pop diner. But the goofy antics of a fellow waiter and the attentions of a sexy patron are starting to lift her sour mood. When her new friends help her land a spot on a televised cooking show, she’s hopeful it’ll be the big break she needs to open up her own bakery.

Angelique meets a renowned vampirologist in Budapest who is currently researching the mysterious caves in which Prince Vlad Tepes III had been imprisoned. Despite not having revealed her true nature to the mortal, Damien opposes the friendship. More than that, her lover’s constant criticism is causing a strain on their relationship. A shocking betrayal leads to the discovery of a deadly plot. Angelique is forced to warn her coven and face her sire, Arsham. The arrogant vampire prince confesses dark secrets and bestows precious gifts, prompting her to question her existence.

Angelique is forced to wed a monster in exchange for a noble title. The Duke of Annecy is cold and cruelly sadistic, making the young duchess's life a living hell. On a fateful summer night in the lavish palace of Versailles, she meets an exotic courtier whose glittering dark eyes promise more than mere temporary relief from a loveless marriage. Angelique is offered the gift of immortality by the ancient vampire prince, and she accepts it with open arms.

Successful Daytona Beach real estate broker Melanie Beckett loves helping people find their forever homes. But with no mother or father to be proud of her success, her abandonment issues remain painfully unresolved. After listing a foreclosed house, she’s shocked to see it’s the same building that appears in the only remnant of her past: a photo of her parents holding her as a baby.

How to Turn Objections to Your Advantage is written by international expert in communication sales techniques, motivation, and personal empowerment Tania Bianchi. In over 25 years, she has trained more than 27,000 managers and employees for hundreds of renowned commercial companies and multinational corporations such as Fiat, Lancia Automobiles, Technogym, Charming Hotels & Resorts of the World, Figurella, Soennecken, tour operators, software distributors, call centers, nonprofit organizations, cooperatives and banks.

To Damian Vaughn, image is everything. As CEO of the family business and heir to a fortune, he lives his life above reproach, not wanting to repeat his father’s mistakes that almost brought the company to ruin. Gabriela Romano has discovered she’ll never be able to bear children. Distraught and still recovering from surgery, she leaves for an extended vacation in the Azores Islands, far away from her family’s prying eyes and the constant reminders of what she’ll never have. Then, social services drop off a baby they say legally belongs to Damian.

You are the high spirited 19-year-old daughter of a penniless widow, born and brought up on an isolated, windswept South Atlantic island, a girl with virtually no prospects, when out of the blue the most famous man on earth falls into your lap. Still smarting from his defeat at Waterloo, still the hero of Liberals everywhere, Napoleon has been exiled to tiny Saint Helena, because it is the remotest and most easily defended island in the British Empire. But far from being broken by defeat, Napoleon’s fertile imagination seethes with escape schemes.

A gripping new psychological thriller from S.J. Watson, the New York Times bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep, in which a documentary filmmaker travels to a sleepy fishing village to shoot her new film and encounters a dark mystery surrounding the disappearance of a local girl. They...

When Filipe Romano arrives at the SoliMar beach resort, his newest acquisition, he plans to complete renovations quickly before moving on to his next property. But a stumbling block arises when he discovers Celeste, the sister of his deceased best friend, is an employee at the resort’s aquarium, which he intends to sell. To complicate matters more, he has unresolved feelings for Celeste and blames himself for the accident that killed her brother.

“The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. With empathy and humor, McCormick unravels the ties between brotherhood and betrayal, love and abandonment, and the fictions we create to live with the pain of the past. This novel will blow you away.”—Brit Bennett...

When Luciana Romano arrives in Hudson Springs, New York, her plan is to complete her restoration job at the museum so she can return home to her family right after Christmas. But a blizzard grounds all flights, and she finds herself stranded. The DiLorenzo family offers her a place to stay, and she accepts their hospitality. But the unexpected attraction between her and the quiet, good-looking son makes it hard to want to leave.

An ex-con reforming his life. A pregnant widow hiding her past. Will the price of her secrets cost her his love? Catarina Romano has lost everything: her husband, her house, her lifestyle. She flees to her cousin’s empty manor in the heart of Portugal, trying to find peace and to hide from the scandal spun by the media, only to discover she is pregnant. Afonso Cortez is done with all the lies. Fresh out of prison for trusting the wrong person, he’s ready to leave the past behind and look ahead to new opportunities.

Virgin Husband & Wife features Annika is a 25-year-old Russian doll who is trapped in the grip of tradition. No sex before marriage, and no marriage unless her parents approve of it. Virgin Annika wonders if she will ever leave home and experience what it is like to have sex....

Once, long ago when I was a pompous rock ‘n’ roll guitar player and Lizzie Delmonico was in a dance crew with Victoria (my girlfriend at the time), Lizzie and I had almost had an affair. We had the kind of chemistry that defies logic. It has been over 10 years. The then-girlfriend has long since become a wife and the mother of my two children. Just when I decide to retire from the rock ‘n’ roll scene to focus on my family, Victoria decides that she has had enough of me. Sadly, she dies in a grisly car accident three days before we are due to sign the divorce papers.

Vanessa Haystings is a flourishing entrepreneur who has brought her family’s small business to new heights...and the best boyfriend she could ask for. When things start to go wrong in her relationship, Vanessa discovers that her true love is not as perfect as he appears... A secret room in one of his less-known residences reveals that he has a dark, dominant side to him. In this steamy romance, follow these two lovers as they dive into a whole new world of kinks and fun.

Between a bad breakup and a rocky relationship with her overbearing father, 23-year-old Vanessa Clark has a history of being disappointed by the men in her life. So when her long-lost grandfather reenters the scene and persuades her to tour northern Portugal on one of his river cruise ships, Vanessa boards the vessel looking for answers about her estranged family, not looking for love.

Dealing with the fallout of a costly mistake that has divided the Parker family, Scarlett sets her mind to going her own way, with big plans for her life that don’t include living the same one as her sisters or having anything to do with her father’s ranch. That is until one day, she meets a man who is everything she is not. A man who belongs to no one and turns the tables on Scarlett. She is suddenly the one who is forced to face her hidden fears and the one being tamed.

In this playful and provocative, sensual and suspenseful novel, Janice Eidus merges the timeless, romantic myth of the vampire with contemporary life in volatile New York City-and beyond. Unlike most current “Vamp Lit,” The Last Jewish Virgin will appeal to multiple generations as it explores faith and secularism, the complicated love between mothers and daughters, and the allure of "bad boys" to women of all ages. The heroine is Lilith Zeremba, a vibrant young woman rebelling against her emotionally complex feminist mother. Lilith is determined to make her own way-on her own terms-in the world of fashion, but she unexpectedly finds herself in a place where mythology and sexuality collide. She meets two men to whom she is drawn in ways that feel dangerous and yet inevitable: the much older, wildly mercurial and mesmerizing Baron Rock, and Colin Abel, a young, radiant artist determined to make the world a better place, one socially progressive painting at a time.

After her impoverished family sends her to live with her wealthy aunt and uncle at opulent Mansfield Park, Fanny Price finds her life forever changed by the aristocratic Bertrams and the city-dwelling Crawford siblings. But is it for the better? While the others seem content to abandon what’s right to further their own interests, Fanny decides to hold true to her heart - a choice that will make or break her future.

Lucy’s Chantress magic will make her the most powerful - and most hunted - girl in England. “Sing, and the darkness will find you.” This warning has haunted fifteen-year-old Lucy ever since she was eight and shipwrecked on a lonely island. Lucy’s guardian, Norrie, has lots of rules, but the most important is that Lucy must never sing. Not ever. Now, it is 1667, Lucy is fifteen, and on All Hallows’ Eve, Lucy hears a tantalizing melody on the wind. She can’t help but sing - and soon she is swept away into the darkness.