 Release date - 1st November 2016
Book length - 416 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk BLURB "Are you afraid?" "Yes," she replied in a soft voice. "But I love the way you frighten me." Lily Chadwick has spent her life playing by society's rules. But when an unscrupulous moneylender snatches her off the street and puts her up for auction at a pleasure house, she finds herself in the possession of a man who makes her breathless with terror and impossible yearning... Though the reclusive Earl of Harte claimed Lily with the highest bid, he hides a painful secret-one that has kept him from knowing the pleasure of a lover's touch. Even the barest brush of skin brings him physical pain, and he's spent his life keeping the world at arms' length. But there's something about Lily that maddens him, bewitches him, compels him...and drives him toward the one woman brave and kind enough to seek to heal his troubled heart.
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 Marmalade’s First Christmas A Novella By Paula Millhouse Pre-Order Blitz  When billionaire Jake Simons rescues a kitten the week before Christmas, the orange tabby cat leads Jake to the greatest gift of the season - Veterinarian Marley West. The last thing Marley needs is a client meddling in her personal business, but Old Man Winter, Mother Nature, and Jake’s pregnant mares have other plans for her holiday. When she gets snowed in with Jake during the worst blizzard in racehorse country, sparks fly. But will Jake be strong enough to let go of ghosts from his past? And, in this friends-to-lovers story, will Marley learn to trust that Jake just might be her very own Christmas miracle?  Jake woke to an empty bed, and he startled up. Where was she? He tugged on a pair of sweats and a shirt, and left the bedroom searching for her.
What he found both surprised and pleased him. “You’re up early,” she said, grinning at him with that breathtaking smile. She was sitting on the cushions in front of the fire, sipping a mug of something warm, reading one of his mother’s old romance novels. Marmalade was purring on her lap, and the Christmas Tree, the only other light besides the crackling fire lit up the room. “I found hot chocolate in the kitchen,” Marley said. Jake took the mug and sniffed it. “Oh, this won’t do. Give me a sec and I’ll make you something amazing.” He got up to go make the drinks, and Marley followed him. She watched him like a hawk as he simmered heavy cream, cinnamon sticks, and carved a big block of dark chocolate. “The secret is in not letting the cream reach a full boil.” He turned to the pantry and pulled out a bottle of Baileys Irish Cream. “And Baileys, of course.” He poured the steaming elixir into big cheerful Snowman Mugs, added a shot of the liqueur, and then stirred a striped red and white candy cane in each mug. “Merry Christmas.” She took one sip, and her eyes rolled back in her head. “Oh, Holy Night, this is incredible.” He laughed, and sipped his cup too. “Pretty tasty.” “I love this time of year, you know. It’s as if this one week, everything is perfect. Unblemished. Full of possibilities.” She had a chocolate mustache from the drink, and he reached in and touched her upper lip. “You got a little something right there…” She giggled. He swiped his tongue across the chocolate on her lips. He groaned. Her soft full lips tasted even better with chocolate on them. “This is turning out to be my favorite week this year too.” She blushed, and her whole face turned holly berry red. Her delicately curved neck too. He took the mug from her hands, set it down, and backed her up to the granite counter. He kissed her properly, thoroughly, deeply. She sighed, so he knew he’d gotten it right. The tingly taste of peppermint and chocolate on her tongue instantly became his favorite new treat. “Mmm…” The kitchen heated up with their kisses, but a few moments later she pulled away and said, “We should go check on the mares, and their babies.”  Book length - 432 pages
Available now on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk BLURB Diana Jager is clever, strong and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her personal details are released on the internet as revenge for her writing. Then she meets Peter. He's kind, generous, and knows nothing about her past: the second chance she's been waiting for. Within six months, they are married. Within six more, Peter is dead in a road accident, a nightmare end to their fairytale romance. But Peter's sister Lucy doesn't believe in fairytales, and tasks maverick reporter Jack Parlabane with discovering the dark truth behind the woman the media is calling Black Widow...  Release date - 1st September 2016 (Paperback)
Book length - 432 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk BLURB Mid-December, and Cambridgeshire is blanketed with snow. Detective Sergeant Manon Bradshaw tries to sleep after yet another soul-destroying Internet date – the low murmuring of her police radio her only solace. Over the airwaves come reports of a missing woman – door ajar, keys and phone left behind, a spatter of blood on the kitchen floor. Manon knows the first 72 hours are critical: you find her, or you look for a body. And as soon as she sees a picture of Edith Hind, a Cambridge post-graduate from a well-connected family, she knows this case will be big. Is Edith alive or dead? Was her ‘complex love life’ at the heart of her disappearance, as a senior officer tells the increasingly hungry press? And when a body is found, is it the end or only the beginning?  Release date - 25th October 2016
Book length - 386 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk Nina Popkins is all alone in this world - both of her adoptive parents are dead and her ex-husband is now happily settled with someone else. Thirty-five and yearning to belong in a family of her own, Nina decides to begin her search for her biological mother, and suddenly her life will never be the same again. Discovering that she has a sister, Lindy, who was also given up for adoption and lives in the same town as her, Nina also meets Carter through work and falls quickly in love with him and his two crazy teenagers, Indigo and Tyler, and then with the support of her friends, Nina finally discovers her mother's name and address. But family life is never straightforward. Trying to have a relationship with her control-obsessed sister isn't easy, and being a step-mom in a house with no rules is challenging even when you love each other, and what will Nina do when her biological mother isn't sure she can face them and tell them the devastating truth of their origins? Will Nina ever find her place in the family she longs for?  Available now on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk
Book length - 320 pages BLURB Life isn’t all love and cupcakes … Katie has had her fair share of bad luck, but when she finally realises her dream of opening a bakery it seems things can only get better. But the reality of running a business hits Katie hard and whilst her partner, Steve, tries to help she can’t help but feel that the situation is driving them further apart. Could Katie be set to lose her relationship and her dream job? Then, one winter’s day, a man walks into her shop – and, in the space of that moment, the course of Katie’s life is changed. But nobody finds happiness in the blink of an eye. Sometimes it takes two Christmases, three birthdays and a whole lot of cake to get there... Previously released as Sweet Occasions by the author. Revised and edited by Choc Lit December 2015.  Release date - 21st October 2016
Book length - 348 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk Lizzie Stevens adores her home, her two grown-up daughters, and her best friend, Ann. But it is her relationship with her husband, Henry, that is the only sad spot in her life. Together over twenty years, they were always deeply in love with each other, but in the past two years, Lizzie and Henry have lost their way. More housemates than a couple, they pass each other like ships in the night, but Lizzie is determined that this Christmas, something must change. And when she encounters her handsome new neighbour, Marcus, he sets something alive in Lizzie's mundane existence. But is the grass always greener on the other side? And will Lizzie risk losing her family for a stranger? LIZZIE'S CHRISTMAS ESCAPE by Christie Barlow is a brilliant story about family, love, secrets, and starting over, and I could not put this book down! Lizzie feels invisible and desperately wants a sense of direction in her life, and when Marcus comes along, he seems to offer her everything that she used to have with Henry. Throw in two grown-up kids with their own complicated lives, a best friend who has her own problems to handle, secrets, lies, and the magic of Christmas, and this book cannot be missed. With engaging characters, beautiful scenery, and a captivating plot, LIZZIE'S CHRISTMAS ESCAPE by Christie Barlow is a must-read for fiction fans so go and buy it now!! BOOK RATING - 📖📖📖📖📖 5+ Author Bio: Christie Barlow is the author of A Year in the Life of a Playground Mother, The Misadventures of a Playground Mother, Kitty's Countryside Dream and Lizzie's Christmas Escape. She lives in Staffordshire with her husband, four kids, horses, chickens and a mad cocker spaniel. Her writing career came as somewhat a surprise when she decided to write a book to teach her children a valuable life lesson and show them that they are capable of achieving their dreams. She is a Mum who wrote a book to prove to her children whatever you want to do in life go for it. The book she wrote to prove a point is now a #1 bestseller in the UK and USA. For more information: Website - christiebarlow.com Twitter - twitter.com/christiejbarlow Facebook - www.facebook.com/ChristieJBarlow/ *Book received from Netgalley.com  Release date - 10th October 2016
Book length - 292 pages Available on - www.amazon.com | www.amazon.co.uk BLURB Desire tempted them. Honor forbade them. Love ensnared them. Legendary warrior Lachlan MacLeod has never encountered anything or anyone he could not conquer. But when his younger brother confesses his love for Bridgette MacLean—the only woman Lachlan has ever wanted—Lachlan turns away from the beautiful Scottish lass, vowing to be no more than her friend. Yet his need for Bridgette enslaves him and may well prove to be the one thing he cannot defeat. Fiercely independent Bridgette longs to be treated as an equal to the men. She always imagined great battles in her future, not great love. Then Lachlan saw her as no one ever had and captured her heart, awakening new cravings inside her without realizing it. But when Lachlan’s younger brother suffers a grave injury while saving her life, she feels unable to deny his plea for her heart. However, it is impossible to give what belongs to another… Torn between their own desire and their loyalties, Bridgette and Lachlan must find the courage to grasp the passion awaiting them and face the pain their choice will cause. Yet even as they confront their future and love finally seems within their grasp, a fight for the Scottish throne divides the Highland clans and Bridgette becomes a pawn in a political game that threatens to tear her and Lachlan apart forever. |
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