Suspiciously Sweet

Suspiciously Sweet
Author: Samantha SoRelle
Publisher: Balcarres Books LLC
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2024-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1952789109

Trevor Hill has a secret. By day he’s a mild-mannered journalist, but by night he’s the hottest—and most hated—food critic in town. When he walks into Nana O’Neill’s Bakery looking for his next scathing review, the last thing he expects is someone like Owen behind the counter. The scowling man looks more like a bouncer than a baker, but after one bite, Trevor is in love—with Owen’s baking at least. Owen O’Neill has secrets of his own. Scarred, tattooed Owen would rather be in the kitchen whipping up pastries than dealing with actual people. But with the business failing, he can’t bring himself to kick out any repeat customers, even ones as annoying, dismissive, sarcastic, funny, and gorgeous as Trevor. All Owen wants is to be left to run his little bakery in peace—a task made more difficult not only by Trevor’s distracting presence, but also by the legions of fans that show up following a review by a famous yet secretive critic… A 35,000 word novella, Suspiciously Sweet is as light and fluffy as a genoise sponge, but served hot and filled with plenty of spice!

Sabrina Jeffries - The School for Heiresses Series

Sabrina Jeffries - The School for Heiresses Series
Author: Sabrina Jeffries
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 931
Release: 2011-09-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 145165197X

Read the first three installments in New York Times bestselling author Sabrina Jeffries School for Heiresses series. These passionate tales feature young women who learn that there’s nothing textbook about love… NEVER SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL The ballrooms of Mayfair have become much more appealing to Lady Amelia Plume since the arrival of Major Lucas Winter, an American with a dark past and a dangerous air. Lucas is brash, arrogant--and scandalously tempting. Yet Amelia suspects that Lucas has a hidden motive in wooing her. And she intends to discover it, by any means necessary. ONLY A DUKE WILL DO Louisa North likes her independence very much. So when Simon Tremaine, the dashing Duke of Foxwood, whom she once loved, returns bent on marrying her, she's skeptical. The fire between them burns as hot as ever, but when Simon's ulterior motive for marriage is exposed, along with the deeply buried secrets of her past, Louisa vows to make him pay...and the price will be his heart. BEWARE A SCOT'S REVENGE When Lady Venetia Campbell is kidnapped at pistol point by her father's sworn enemy, Sir Lachlan Ross, she discovers the wickedly sexy Scot is even more intoxicating than she remembers...and much more dangerous. Lachlan plans to use her as a weapon against her father, but Venetia is determined that his lust for revenge will be trumped by an even more powerful desire.

Verity

Verity
Author: Mark Bowman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2014-08-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1906407290

In Verity, democracy has been eclipsed. Corporations have carved up the human colonies and reign supreme. MynCorp dominates Earth by exploiting her most valuable resource - the human subconscious. Wiring together the minds of the poor provides limitless computing power, serving MynCorp's multi-global agendas. Humans are adapting to new paradigms - the elite face resurrection and reprogramming, the disenfranchised are enslaved and free thinkers become anti-corporate fugitives. The paranoid and punitive nature of the corporations corrodes ambivalence and creates a new breed of freedom fighters. The status quo is disturbed when an ancient presence emerges from a universe touched by the computing network. Now alien races, rebel consciences, idealist spirits and enslaved souls must find a co-operative path, and convince MynCorp to save human existence. Along the way attraction, rebellion, violence, love and greed bond and repel the main characters.

Making Mischief

Making Mischief
Author: Elizabeth Young
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2009-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061956988

Abby Morland's been making mischief since she was not-so-sweet sixteen, when she spied gorgeous Guy from the neighborhood being attacked by curvaceous Cara, the "Topless Piranha." It was a racy, tasty, spicy piece of gossip Abby couldn't resist passing along. But years later, her indiscretion may be coming back to haunt her -- since she now wouldn't mind a little nibble of Guy herself. With four cousins, two weddings, and a re-emergent piranha in the offing, the recipe for making more mischief is at hand, and it might just turn Guy in Abby's direction at last!

Bad Professor

Bad Professor
Author: Claire Adams
Publisher: Ownit Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 431
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Love never made headlines in Clarity Dunkirk’s life until she meets a handsome stranger at her father’s faculty mixer. As the daughter of the Dean of Students and a junior at Landsman College, Clarity kept her life organized and focused. After witnessing the wreckage her free-wheeling mother left behind, Clarity was determined to follow a carefully planned path to a good career. The last thing she wanted was a passionate love affair, but she knows from the first moment that this man is different. Ford Bauer never wanted to be a professor. As a journalist, he stumbled across the wrong story and was quickly shut down by the rich men that wanted their secrets kept. Discredited and disgraced, Ford found work at Landsman College. He is determined to keep his head down and ignore the truth, until he meets Clarity. Clarity inspires Ford to finally face his own mistakes and take the first steps to getting his life and his integrity back. When Clarity discovers the tempting man is her journalism professor, she draws a line. She helped her father pen the college’s Honor Code, and relationships between faculty and students are strictly forbidden. Still, Clarity can not get Ford Bauer out of her mind, and, what’s worse, her father invites him over for Thanksgiving. Oh my…

Prodigal Storm

Prodigal Storm
Author: Kate Sheeran Swed
Publisher: Spells & Spaceships Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2019-11-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Two weeks ago, the AI that raised LJ forced her to murder the man she loved. But Conor survived. He wants nothing to do with the woman who tried to kill him, and yet LJ's got the only crew brash enough to chase after his father--who's a step away from twisting every AI in the Toccata System to serve his greed. Conor's desperate, and he's got a scheme of his own: shut down Toccata's AIs, permanently. If the price is a voyage with LJ and her crew of ex-assassins, he'll pay. LJ wants to leave the past behind. But she's not just another AI-trained killer: she's the worst of them all, and the proof of her cruelty stands before her. As mutiny and betrayal chase them across the sea, LJ and Conor must work together to survive--and if LJ can't face the sins of her past, she'll doom everyone she loves to a future that's made of chains.

Sister Jane

Sister Jane
Author: Joel Chandler Harris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 378
Release: 1896
Genre:
ISBN:

The Pantomime Prince

The Pantomime Prince
Author: Samantha SoRelle
Publisher: Balcarres Books LLC
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2022-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1952789133

When Teddy agrees to pretend to be his famous sister and take her role in a Christmas panto, he thinks his largest problem is going to be fitting into the costume tights without making it very clear to the audience it’s a man playing the part. When flowers and letters start arriving at his dressing room from a secret admirer, he knows they’re actually meant for his sister, but he can’t help dreaming they’re for him. The whole thing has him so distracted that he crashes into the same man waiting outside the stage door not once, but twice. Each time he runs into Dr. Basil Goodall, Teddy is charmed by the handsome, witty man. He wishes the secret admirer could be someone like him, even though he knows that’s impossible. With the final curtain about to fall, Teddy faces losing both his time with Basil and his dream of a secret admirer. But maybe with a little Christmas magic, this fairy tale can still find its happily ever after. The Pantomime Prince is a 8,500 word standalone short story set in Victorian London. To read it for FREE, sign up for the newsletter on www.SamanthaSoRelle.com.