The Shape of My Heart

      Ann Aguirre
     The Shape of My Heart

Some people wait decades to meet their soul mate. Courtney Kaufman suspects she met hers in high school only to lose him at seventeen. Since then, Courtney's social life has been a series of meaningless encounters, though she's made a few close friends along the way. Especially her roommate Max Cooper, who oozes damaged bad-boy vibes from every pore. Max knows about feeling lost and trying to move beyond the pain he's been on his own since he was sixteen. Now it's time to find out if he can ever go home again, and Courtney's the only one he trusts to go with him. But the trip to Providence could change everything because the more time he spends with Courtney, the harder it is to reconcile what he wants and what he thinks he deserves. It started out so simple. One misfit helping another. Now Max will do anything to show Courtney that for every heart that's ever been broken, there's another that can make it complete.

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    Brutal Precious

      Sara Wolf
     Brutal Precious

Life meets death. The end meets the beginning. Eighteen-year-old Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, forty-three weeks, and two days. Or so she thinks. The boy she maybe-sort-of-definitely loved has dropped off the face of the planet after his girlfriend's death, leaving a Jack-shaped hole. Determined to be happy, Isis fills it in with lies and puts on a brave smile for her new life at Ohio State University. But how long can that smile last with all of her friends gone? How long can it last with the guilt of Sophia's death crushing her? And how long can it really last when Will Cavanaugh attends the same school, taunting her? Isis is good at pretending everything is okay. But not that good. The cracks begin to show. Isis Blake is good at putting herself back together. But Jack Hunter is better. **This book contains language and sexual scenes, some of which may be unsuitable for younger readers. **This is the third and final book in the LOVELY VICIOUS series.

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    The Fortunates

      Skyla Madi
     The Fortunates

“I’d hold on to us until this world fades into the next.” “And when that world dissolves into another?” “Eternity is a long time, but it’d never change how I feel about you.” He’s a complex man, Kaden Sario. He doesn’t know if he wants to help me bring the new world into light or play ignorant and plunge this fragile society further into darkness. He claims he’s capable of love and that he isn’t like them, but sometimes I see no difference. There’s a restlessness growing in the pit of my stomach, and I can’t ignore it. Something big is coming, and I refuse to be on the wrong side when it hits. I finally understand that, in this brutal society, it’s kill or be killed.

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    Oracle of Spirits #6

      Mac Flynn
     Oracle of Spirits #6

Enid’s adventures in the world of light and shadows is about to come to an end as all hell breaks loose. Literally. The trail of the missing mystics leads them to the Paranormal Society where they find skeletons hidden in the archives. Old foes make their reappearance and old allies come to the rescue as Enid faces who, and what she is, in order to win victory for the forces of light.

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    The Last Killiney

      J. Jay Kamp
     The Last Killiney

On holiday in England, Ravenna Evans begins to recall her past life as an eighteenth-century Irish viscount’s lover. When she is swept back in time to relive this affair (along with Lord Killiney’s very unwilling modern counterpart), she learns that living in the past isn’t all fun and games, and that history can’t always be changed to one’s liking.The Last Killiney, the first book in The Ravenna Evans Series.On holiday in England, Ravenna Evans begins to recall her past life as an eighteenth-century Irish viscount’s lover. When she is swept back in time to relive this affair (along with Lord Killiney’s very unwilling modern counterpart), she learns that living in the past isn’t all fun and games, and that history can’t always be changed to one’s liking.

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    Afterburn

      Karen L. Abrahamson
     Afterburn

Vallon Drake, American Geological Survey agent, harnesses a power that can rewrite the landscape—or protect it. When she discovers her ex-partner murdered, she must solve a case with too many links to her own troubled past. If she can't solve it, and fast, Seattle will be written right off the map.Loner.Bad Girl.Secret Agent.In this mystery thriller Vallon Drake, investigator and agent of the ultra-secret American Geological Survey, finds her latest partner entombed in the wall of a parking garage that didn’t exist just a few hours earlier. The AGS, an arm of Homeland Security, protects America from supernatural terrorists and the psychic population who can use magic to change the landscape with a stroke of the pen. Borders? They mean nothing. Earthquakes? They can cause them. Mountains? They can erase them, too. With the police eyeing Vallon as a suspect in her partner’s murder and Homeland Security dubbing Vallon a potential rogue agent, she must investigate the mystery of a string of agent murders on her own. When a mysterious, sexy ‘warlock’ with exceptional psychic powers gets in the way of her investigation she accepts his help to unravel clues to the crime—and her past. The alternative? Leave an uncontrollable dark power to destroy Seattle. “An exciting and original addition to the urban fantasy genre.” Adrian Phoenix, author of the Maker’s Song Series.What readers are saying:“…wonderful writer and loved this book. Writer had plenty of plot twists and turns to keep you mesmerized throughout the book. I would recommend this book and series to those that like adventure and limited sex.” Shirley Sells “An enjoyable book that kept me on the edge wanting to just keep going. A well managed diversification in the characters and their "parts" in the story.”John A. Byrdon

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    At the Right Time

      Lynn C. Kelly
     At the Right Time

Ready for his first assignment as a guardian angel, Rudolph Jones meets the provocative Julie Winters. He must find the confidence to connect with her. And the courage to face love at first sight. A short story concurrent with the novel In the Right Place.Ready for his first assignment as a guardian angel, Rudolph Jones meets the provocative Julie Winters. He must find the confidence to connect with her. And the courage to face love at first sight. A short story concurrent with the novel In the Right Place. Includes a free preview of the novel.Lynn C. Kelly is the romance pen name for Kelly Cairo. A prize-winning author whose short fiction has appeared in anthologies published by Simon & Schuster, she also publishes science fiction and fantasy as Kelly Cairo, and mystery as Kasey Carson.

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    Finding Finn

      Lynn Crandall
     Finding Finn

The only brother of three to remain simply human, not a were-lynx, research scientist Finn Monroe loves his life. But when a group of violent were-lynxes arrives in town and threaten his research partner Nissa Bellow, his life is changed forever.A short story loosely connected to the Fierce Hearts series’ were-lynx colony.Asher Monroe’s younger brother Finn has never had any trouble accepting his human identity despite Asher’s extraordinary were-lynx abilities and rich life with the colony. In fact, Finn loves his life as a research scientist and living on his own terms. But when a disease that is targeting were-lynxes brings a group of violent were-lynxes to town to threaten his research partner, Nissa Bello, his life is changed forever.

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    Whispers

      Robin Jones Gunn
     Whispers

Teri meets three incredible men in Maui...but which one is the man of her dreams? Teri Moreno went to Maui hoping to start one special relationship. But romance takes a complicated twist when the Spanish teacher from Glenbrooke, Oregon, finds herself enjoying the attentions of three men: the handsome marine biologist who called her back to the islands; a charming old crush from high school; and a clumsy, endearing Australian with a wild past. Swept up by her feelings, yet determined to make the right choice, Teri makes powerful discoveries about God's law and His grace in this new release of Whipsers, now book two in the heartwarming Glenbrooke series from Robin Jones Gunn. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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    Eternal Beast

      Laura Wright
     Eternal Beast

A Taste of Blood Ever since his abduction by the Eternal Order of Vampires, Gray Donohue has finally found his true calling: vengeance. He will stop at nothing to bring his fellow Impure vampires the freedom they deserve. Now if he could just release his primal need for the beautiful vampire who saved his life—and rules his thoughts and desires… After nearly killing the senator she was assigned to protect, Dillon is now in mortal danger. The jaguar within her has been unleashed, and she can no longer control it. Sex is the only thing that can tame her shift. And Gray is the only man who can make her surrender to a passion strong enough to overpower her inner beast. But she doesn’t want to surrender—she wants her life back. Because she is determined never to belong to anyone, especially not Gray—the male whom destiny claims is her mate…

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    Goddess Legacy

      M.W. Muse
     Goddess Legacy

Legacy is an average teen with a crush on Adin, the hottest guy in school. Her life is typical, normal even, until she learns her mother is a Greek Goddess and she is changing into one too. Legacy a goddess? Um, yeah. Right. But when she meets the new guy in town, River, she discovers the truth of her heritage, and the legacy she wants just might not be the legacy she is destined to have.Legacy Kore is an average seventeen year old with your basic insane crush on the hottest guy in school... rather Adin Shepard was the hottest guy in school before he graduated a couple of weeks ago. Now it's summer vacation and she's not sure when she'll get to see him again. Until he shows up at her surprise seventeenth birthday party. Cue saliva glands--it's time to drool.But her giddiness is cut short when her guardian delivers an emotional blow, telling Legacy her mother hadn't died when she was baby, but that she'd left for Legacy's protection all those years ago. After the initial shock, she expects some story about how her mother was in the Witness Protection Program or something else just as crazy, but when she's told that her mother is a Greek Goddess and that Legacy is changing into one too, she thinks her guardian needs a trip to a mental hospital. Legacy a goddess? Um, yeah. Right. And her BFF is the Easter Bunny.While trying to make sense out of something that was impossible to believe, Adin asks Legacy out on a date. She is thrilled that her fantasy might become a reality, but when she meets the new guy in town, River, she discovers everything isn't always as it seems, and the legacy she wants just might not be the legacy she is destined to have.Order of Goddess Series:Goddess LegacyGoddess SecretGoddess SacrificeGoddess RevengeGoddess BaredGoddess Bound

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    Love Bats Last

      Pamela Aares
     Love Bats Last

The baseball diamond isn't the only field for all-star player Alex Tavonesi; he also runs his family's prestigious vineyard. What he can't seem to run is his love life. He's closing in on the perfect vintage and the perfect game, but so far the perfect woman has eluded him.A stormy night changes their lives forever...In LOVE BATS LAST, (The Heart of the Game, #1), the baseball diamond isn't the only field for all-star player Alex Tavonesi; he also runs his family's prestigious vineyard. What he can't seem to run is his love life. He's closing in on the perfect vintage and the perfect game, but so far the perfect woman has eluded him. Veterinarian Jackie Brandon is eluding her aristocratic past and memories of a soccer star who jilted her just before their wedding. She devotes herself to a marine mammal rescue center on the northern California coast, where hundreds of seals and sea lions are washing up dead. A chance meeting in a midnight storm brings Alex and Jackie together to rescue a stranded whale. Watching her work, he realizes she's the passionate, courageous woman he thought he'd never find—he just has to overcome her deep distrust of jocks. Jackie’s passion and courage lead her to discover what's killing the sea mammals. The culprits want to silence her, and Alex is the only one standing in their way. What will he sacrifice to save the woman he loves?Get ready for the entire HEART OF THE GAME series coming in Spring 2014, by award-winning author Pamela Aares. Love Bats Last (Book 1)Thrown By Love (Book 2)Fielder's Choice (Book 3)Love On The Line (Book 4)

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    The Handkerchief

      Jerusha Moors
     The Handkerchief

A Regency Romance Short Story.Jane Ratcliffe and Charles Montgomery were childhood friends, two lonely children who found solace in each other. When an incident destroys that friendship, the two don't speak to each other for years. Will the Midsummer Ball change that and give them a second chance?Without the power of the world's five elemental crystals, the world of Vida will fall into darkness. Only the prophecy of the Light Bringer can restore peace to Vida.In this first novelette of a five part series, Regina Lepue finds herself taken hostage by a nameless vandal, who claims the world's Crystals of Balance are in peril. Can she believe this ruthless killer, or is there something deeper to his story?

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    A Shard of Ice - Chapter Sampler

      Alivia Anders
     A Shard of Ice - Chapter Sampler

THEIR SOULS, REAWAKENED.THEIR POWER, UNMATCHED.THEIR BATTLE, IS ONLY BEGINNING.THEIR SOULS, REAWAKENED.When 13-year-old Lilix Morgan is found alive and floating on a bed of ice at sea, everyone counts it a miracle. Kidnapped nearly four weeks earlier, she remembers nothing of her mysterious abduction. When she tries to remember what happened, she hears only a melody – a faint and delicate set of notes, strung together in a tune she doesn’t understand. THEIR POWER, UNMATCHED.A year later and desperate to put the lingering nightmares of her past behind her, Lilix crosses the country to enroll at Baelmorte Academy, aiming to become the violinist she once dreamt of. Things seem to be finally going well, and Lilix settles into a routine of sheet music and inspiration among new friends.Then the dreams start. The melody and night terrors she thought she’d left behind return with a vengeance, threatening to ruin her fragile version of normalcy. Then an unlikely ally tells her that she isn’t alone. That there are others just like her, fighting to hide their own shocking truths from coming to light. That they know who she is, and what she’s been through. Now, accompanied by four other girls, Lilix discovers her nightmares are larger than a single trauma; they’re a window to a hidden part of her soul, a place of immense power with a destiny that cannot be ignored. THEIR BATTLE, IS ONLY BEGINNING.With this knowledge comes a new and frightening reality. For Lilix has been reawakened to stop an age-old enemy, one thought to have been destroyed centuries ago. Trapped by her destiny, Lilix is torn between what feels right and what she remembers. Her memories tell her of a star-crossed love waiting to be reunited, of friendships and trust broken in the past. But can she save that love when reality brings her an enemy, and an evil that will be the undoing of them all if they don’t destroy it?

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    Changing Everything

      Molly McAdams
     Changing Everything

Paisley Morro has been in love with Eli since they were thirteen-years-old. But after twelve years of only being his best friend and wingman, the heartache that comes from watching him with countless other women becomes too much, and Paisley decides its time to lay all her feelings on the table. Eli Jenkins has a life most guys would kill for: Dream job, countless women, and his best friend, Paisley, to be the girl he can always count on for everything else. But one conversation not only changes everything between them, it threatens to make him lose the only girl who has ever meant anything to him. When tragedy strikes his family and Eli is forced to reevaluate his life, he realizes a life without Paisley isn’t a life at all. Only now, he may be too late.

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