Shadow of the Dolls

      Jacqueline Susann
     Shadow of the Dolls

The ultimate beach read is now in paperback! Based on Jacqueline Susann's own ideas, this sizzling sequel to Valley of the Dolls, the most scandalous blockbuster of all time, picks up where the original left off, and plunges readers back into the lives of Anne Welles, Neely O'Hara and Lyon Burke.Rae Lawrence, herself a New York Times bestselling author and Valley devotee, has taken Susann's original draft for a sequel and re-imagined it into a completely contemporary -- but equally titillating -- new novel that tells us everything we've been dying to know about what's happened to Anne, Neely and Lyon.

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    Wings of the Wicked

      Courtney Allison Moulton
     Wings of the Wicked

Life as the Preliator is harder than Ellie ever imagined. Balancing real life with the responsibility of being Heaven’s warrior is a challenge for Ellie. Her relationship with Will has become all business, though they both long for each other. And now that the secret of who she really is has come out, so have Hell’s strongest reapers. Grown bold and more vicious, the demonic threaten her in the light of day and stalk her in the night. She’s been warned. Cadan, a demonic reaper, comes to her with information about Bastian’s new plan to destroy Ellie’s soul and use an ancient relic to wake all the souls of the damned and unleash them upon humanity. As she fights to stay ahead of Bastian’s schemes , the revelations about those closest to her awaken a dark power within Ellie that threatens to destroy everything—including herself. She’ll be betrayed. Treachery comes even from those whom she loves, and Ellie is broken by the deaths of those who stood beside her in this Heavenly war. Still, she must find a way to save the world, herself, and her love for Will. If she fails, there will be hell to pay.

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    Holiday Bear

      Scarlett Grove
     Holiday Bear

Another romantic mystery from Scarlett Grove A woman betrayed ... Knitting artisan, Layla Watson, is a master of her craft. Life in Fate Valley is good ... until she discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. On a whim, she signs up for a shifter-human dating website and gets an instant match: Liam Nash. A Christmas wish ... Liam has built a successful career as a real estate investor, but his wealth hasn’t brought him happiness. All he really wants is to finally find his fated mate. When he learns he’s been matched with Layla, he’s thrilled -- but meeting her is just the beginning. A Holiday Plot The discovery of a body at the Holiday Market embroils Liam and Layla in a murder investigation. With everyone around them a potential suspect, can they carry on a courtship while they uncover a killer? And is Layla ready to trust a man who wants to claim her forever? Holiday Bear is a steamy romance cozy mystery. This is a quick and fun short read with sexy times ahead.

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    Threshold

      Sara Douglass
     Threshold

Over the hot southern land of Ashdod looms the shadow of Threshold, the pyramid which the Magi of Ashdod are building to propel themselves into Infinity. Over the years, thousands of slaves have given their lives to the construction of Threshold. Now construction is almost complete; the Magi need only to add the finishing touches. The Master of the Magi knows the glassworker slave Tirzah is hiding something, but he would never guess her secret is forbidden magic. Tirzah can communicate with glass-and the glass in Threshold screams to her in pain. For it knows what neither Tirzah nor any of the Magi suspect: Something waits in Infinity, watching, biding its time, and when the final glass plate is laid and the capstone cemented in blood, it plans to use Threshold to step from Infinity into Ashdod...

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    Destiny

      Gillian Shields
     Destiny

In Destiny, the fourth and final book in Gillian Shields’s romantic, gothic Immortal series, Helen, Evie, and Sarah, the Sisters of the Mystic Way, must use their powers to battle for their souls. Malevolent forces haunt Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, the girls’ elite boarding school on the English moors. Dr. Franzen, an evil man from Helen’s past, has taken over as headmaster. And while Helen longs to believe her mother, the priestess of a coven of dark witches, has reformed, she fears her mother cannot be trusted. At least Helen can cling to the prediction that a love "beyond the confines of this world" is waiting for her. Could this be Lynton, the mysterious music student who visits Wyldcliffe for his lessons?

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    The Heart of the Desert

      Honoré Morrow
     The Heart of the Desert

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1913 Original Publisher: Burt Subjects: Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Romance / General Fiction / Romance / Contemporary History / General History / Native American Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

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    Escolta

      J.X. Nulud
     Escolta

Charles spends his day at the flea market where he meets a girl in the most unexpected way. Drawn together by the situation of their lives, they end up spending the day together sharing their experiences of heartbreaks and realize that they are both lost souls finding the right direction. Was their meeting on that particular day was by chance, mere coincidence, or fate?Four best friends.Four love stories.Four happily ever afters...Sutton Woods, Book 1: Ally's storyAlly’s mother used to create magical events in The Red Barn. Now the red has faded and only echoes fill the barn that once rang with laughter and music. Ally’s father wants to tear down the structure at the edge of his property, but his seventeen-year-old daughter begs for one last party.Carter will celebrate her eighteenth birthday on Halloween, so Ally decides to throw a surprise party for her newest friend. A Halloween-themed event will be the perfect way to say goodbye to the place where Ally spent so many happy years helping her mother plan parties. She furtively acquires Carter’s contacts in Cedar Lake, and then, just days before the big event, a handsome stranger arrives at The Red Barn and demands, “cancel the party, or else I will.”Jasper, Carter’s cousin, still lives in Cedar Lake. Appalled when party invitations show up in the town that Carter and her mother fled just one year earlier, Jasper knows he must shut the party down before Carter’s past catches up with her, but one stubborn girl named Ally is standing in his way. As the days tick closer to Halloween, Jasper and Ally must find a way to put their differences aside and work together for Carter’s sake, but could one simple compromise change their lives forever?

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    Bear-I-Licious Cowboy

      Jami Brumfield
     Bear-I-Licious Cowboy

He's not looking for love. She isn't ready for a relationship. Danger brings them together, but will it also tear them apart? Tucker is more concerned with his duties as the alpha bear of his pack, then finding love. Unfortunately, an ultimatum from a power he can't refuse has made it clear he must settle for someone in order to keep his alpha seat. Ashlee has been through her share of drama in the love department and the last thing she needs is to find another man to mess things up for her, but her best friend has other plans. When Ashlee meets a dangerous man at a dating club mixer and another who wants to be her hero, she has some decisions to make. Will she choose love or a normal life? Will she defeat the monster that has her in his sights? Will she find out who set her up and why? This is a complete story. There are no cliffhangers. It is the first book in the Aphrodite Love Connection series. Each paranormal romance in this series will have a HEA or HFN ending and all books in this series can be read in or out of order. This book contains adult content and recommended for reader 18 or older. Contains sexual content and violence.

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    False Security

      Angie Martin
     False Security

Rachel Thomas longs for normalcy, but if she stops running she could die...or worse. Chased by a past that wishes to imprison her, haunted by dreams that seek to destroy her, Rachel finds solace in a love she could not predict. A love she cannot deter. Mark Jacobson is the man who never needed love. He has his bookstore, his bachelorhood, and his freedom. In the moment he meets Rachel Thomas, he is swept into a world he never knew existed. One filled with the purest of love. One filled with betrayal, lies, and murder. Now Rachel and Mark are forced to face her past. The truth may kill them both.

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    Same Beach, Next Year

      Dorothea Benton Frank
     Same Beach, Next Year

New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank returns to her magical Lowcountry of South Carolina in this bewitching story of marriage, love, family, and friendship that is infused with her warm and engaging earthy humor and generous heart.One enchanted summer, two couples begin a friendship that will last more than twenty years and transform their lives. A chance meeting on the Isle of Palms, one of Charleston's most stunning barrier islands, brings former sweethearts, Adam Stanley and Eve Landers together again. Their respective spouses, Eliza and Carl, fight sparks of jealousy flaring from their imagined rekindling of old flames. As Adam and Eve get caught up on their lives, their partners strike up a deep friendship—and flirt with an unexpected attraction—of their own.Year after year, Adam, Eliza, Eve, and Carl eagerly await their reunion at Wild Dunes, a condominium complex at the island's tip end, where they grow closer with each...

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    The Broken Cup

      Heinrich Zschokke
     The Broken Cup

NAPOULE, it is true, is only a very little place on the bay of Cannes; yet it is pretty well known through all Provence. It lies in the shade of lofty evergreen palms, and darker orange trees; but that alone would not make it renowned. Still they say that there are grown the most luscious grapes, the sweetest roses, and the handsomest girls. I don't know but it is so; in the mean time I believe it most readily.

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    Voices in the Summer

      Rosamunde Pilcher
     Voices in the Summer

First published by Sphere 1989, transferred to Warner 1992. Laura never feels as if she fits in with her husband's side of the family. When she stays with them in Cornwall to recuperate after an operation, the unseen presence of his first wife and daughter are ever present to destroy her tranquility.

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    My Control

      Lisa Renee Jones
     My Control

Mark's POV novella I have lost the man I once was, letting guilt and heartache define who I am. Darkness has controlled me, and one woman has seen what no one else has seen in me, what I do not wish to exist. My hunger for her has driven me to the edge of sanity, but no more. She's about to find out that the Master has returned.

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    Shady Lady

      Ann Aguirre
     Shady Lady

View our feature on Ann Aguirre's Shady Lady.Whenever Corine Solomon touches an object, she immediately knows its history. But the future concerns her more when former ally Kel Ferguson wlaks through her door with a warning for her: the Montoya cartel is coming for her-but they don't just pack guns. They use warlocks, shamans and voodoo priests. And Corine has become enemy number one...

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    Second Chances: The Power of Renewal

      Gabriela Louis
     Second Chances: The Power of Renewal

In High School Rosalyn wanted to date the hottest guy in the school, John. While waiting for him, she had been assaulted. Because of her trauma, she walks away from God, her parents, and everyone she knows. Creating a world of distractions, eventually she must get real. Unknown to her, the employer she works for lives a life of crime. When these circumstances occur, interesting things happen.While in high school, Rosalyn had been excited to go on a date with John. While waiting for him to meet her, she had been assaulted. To protect herself from any reminder of that awful day, she walks away from God, her parents, her daughter and her friends. She creates a world that only involves academics. Eventually, she is forced to move to the real world, with real life problems. She gets a job working for a man, who is infatuated with her. This man lives a life enjoined with crime. When a bad man meets a girl running away from the world things get interesting, interesting enough to turn life itself upside down.

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