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For the first time in print! New York Times sensation Chanel Cleeton's international, angst-fueled romance is perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Lucy Score. Maggie Carpenter is a small-town Southern girl who’s never been kissed. She’s ready for a change—and to leave her ordinary life...

For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, What You Are Looking for Is In the Library, and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop comes an enchanting novel that will linger in your heart long after the last page is turned. 'I honestly can’t remember the last time a single book made me cry so much.'...

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese...

She innocently walked down the aisle toward me. Next thing she knows, she’s pregnant. Her curvaceous body has never been touched. It’s mine to claim. I’m much older than her, and our arranged marriage serves a strategic purpose. But the moment I lay eyes on her, I’m obsessed. This woman is mine. I’m a cold Bratva monster. I use manipulation and force to get what I want. She’s been raised to obey men like me, even though she resists. I will show her how to fulfill her wifely duties and make her enjoy it. I will break down her walls and teach her how to give herself to me. I’ll ...

I married the head of the Bratva for my family’s sake. Now he wants to possess all of me. He’s much older than me, and I hate everything about him. But our marriage secures our alliance and protects my family. It’s just a business deal. Until we’re wed, and he drops all pretenses: He says I’m his now and treats me as his possession. I was naïve enough to think it would all be pretend play. But he’s obsessed with me and makes it clear that he wants all of me. He wants me to live in his house, lie in his bed, and give him babies. And if I don’t agree to his demands, he’ll ...

He’s much too old for me…but he’s obsessed with me and forces me into marriage… I’m the innocent one, the good girl who didn’t know about the Bratva. Until he marches into my life and decides I’m his. And the next thing I know, I’m locked in his mansion and forced to be his Bratva bride. I spent my youth bouncing around foster care homes. I’ve never been anyone’s choice. But when he sees me, his eyes get dark and a slow smile curls his lips. He takes my phone and puts in my job resignation for me. And when someone else comes too close, he’s wracked with jealousy and ...

“Sally Koslow channels Nora Ephron in this lively tale of obligation versus desire and the politics of family power. Deftly written with equal parts intelligence, pathos, and humor, The Real Mrs. Tobias is a pure pleasure to read.”—Therese Anne Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of...

When a Gen Z content creator meets a brooding MMA coach, they are the hottest thing on the mat in this forced-proximity, enemies-to-lovers sports romance for fans of Nikki Castle and Elle Kennedy. Gloves off. And hands on… When things get hard, some choose “flight…” It’s been a year...

Amateur sleuth Odessa Dean is about to discover the only thing harder than finding her way out of an escape room is finding an affordable apartment in Brooklyn in this sequel to Killer Content. Odessa Dean has made a home of Brooklyn. She has a fun job waiting tables at Untapped Books & Café...

Joe is 17, a gifted artist and a brilliant older brother to 12-year-old Finn. They live with their Ma and Da in a Dublin tower block called Bojaxhiu, or 'the Jax'. It's not an easy place to be a kid, especially when your father, Frank, is the muscle for the notorious gang leader Dessie 'The Badger' Murphy. But whether it's daytrips to the beach or drawing secret sketches, Joe works hard to show Finn life beyond the battered concrete yard below their flat. Joe is determined not to become like his Da. But when Finn falls ill, Joe finds his convictions harder to cling to.

“A riveting tale of subterfuge, betrayal, and retribution set among the glittering world of New York’s elite.” —Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish The name of the game is revenge—no matter the cost—in this emotionally charged thriller reminiscent of The Wife...

I’m arranged to marry my much older Bratva ex. And nobody told me. He’s the Bratva King, my family’s rival. Our love was forbidden, so he broke my heart. Now he proposes that his brother marry me for an alliance between our families. But when I walk down the aisle, I find out that I’m marrying the man who broke me instead. Nobody knows about our past, that I once loved him and that he dumped me. He kisses my lips after our vows, bringing back a flood of memories. He wipes the icing off my face with his thumb, reminding me of the feel of his skin. But I know the coldness in his heart...

A rap mogul with the world at his fingertips… His dynamic personality and powerful presence command the attention of millions. What Pharrow wants he gets… Except one thing… The woman he unwittingly falls in love with to the shock of his soon to be wife! Pharrow King is a man in search of himself when he finds himself tied to the wrong woman for what he believes are all the right reasons. Sasha is wealthy, like him, and so he believes they are evenly yoked. He sees a future with the woman who is determined to marry her crush and help him conquer the world! Sasha’s pockets run deep as...

The Time Traveller's Wife meets David Mitchell meets Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow meets Kate & Leopold in this debut novel from an award-winning writer. There are several ways to tell a story. A boy meets a girl. The past meets the future. A finger meets a trigger. The beginning meets...

I can’t believe I gave my v-card to a hot billionaire old enough to be my dad. I was only going out to celebrate my friend’s birthday. Next thing I know, I’m sweaty and tangled up in the sheets - happily giving my v-card to this gorgeous grump of a man. To make matters worse, I had to sneak past his adorable little girl on my walk of shame the morning after. But he never asked for my number, so I thought for sure I would never see him again. Until the nausea started. Now I have nine months to figure this out. That is until he showed up at my doorstep with an offer I couldn’t refuse.

“An unforgettable picture of inner-city decay and despair” (USA Today), the classic novel by Richard Price, the bestselling author of Lush Life and a writer on The Wire—now with a new introduction by the author. Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a city across the river from...

Mistake #1: One scorching night with Jacob Walker, Chicago Blade's notorious playboy and my brother's best friend. Mistake #2: Agreeing to be his fake fiancé to save his career. Mistake #3: Falling for the man who doesn't know he's about to become our baby's daddy. Jacob has a body forged in steel and a smile that can melt the ice… he's every woman's fantasy. I'm the team's new strait-laced PR executive tasked with cleaning up his image... while hiding my growing secret. Whenever he holds me close for the cameras, it feels less like pretend.

I have to marry my worst enemy…so that I can have my revenge. He betrayed me and broke my heart into a million pieces. Months later, my cousin has to enter an arranged marriage with him to unite our families. I offer myself as his bride instead. So that I can break him the way he did me. I’ve been yearning for the day I can make him suffer. But who was I kidding? He’s the Bratva, after all, and older and more experienced to boot. He picks me up, throws me over his shoulder, and takes me away. He locks me in a room and says I’m his now. His private possession. He rules my world again...

The dating pool was trash... Sharla was not looking when she came across his profile... He was everything! Fine... Built... Swag... The look of a savage in a good savage kind of way. A bad boy with all the markers. What could go wrong? She swiped right. He responded. They met. And he blew her mind! Knight was everybody's dream guy. His tall perfect frame, kissable lips and eyes that hypnotized had done Sharla in. But... What started off as something wonderful, started to show cracks. The layers peeled back. And what she saw was devastating! What happened? Find out! Read along in this ...

The Bratva enemy kidnaps me, locks me in, and knocks me up. I’m the Don’s little sister, but I didn’t know anything about the family business. Until our much older Bratva enemy grabs me and throws me into his prison. And there he shows me what it truly means to be vulnerable…and pregnant. I tell him I’m innocent and that I have no idea what he wants from me. He responds that he’ll wait me out and expose me in more ways than one. He opens my prison door and keeps pushing until he breaks through my defenses. He traps my struggling body against the wall until I almost succumb. ...