Download or read book MARRYING JAKE written by Beverly Bird and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wedding Ring The rogue had met his match…. HE COULD NEVER BE A HUSBAND Policeman Jake Wallace had a jaded heart—and he'd vowed no woman would snag it. Then he began the kidnapping investigation—and met Katya Essler, a gentle beauty who awakened his lonely soul…. SHE WAS MEANT TO BE A WIFE Raising four children alone, Katya yearned for a man's heated touch…for this rugged outsider whose gaze promised wicked pleasures. Helplessly, Katya was swept into Jake's world, where rules—like hearts—were recklessly broken. The Wedding Ring. Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"

Download or read book Jake s Girls written by Jay Barrett and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story starts with Jake Pardee in Crayville, Colorado, where he works as a cowhand on the Circle C Ranch for the owner, Dan Christopher. On one of his rare trips to town, he sees Jenny and is instantly attracted to her. Jenny is the daughter of the owner of the general store. They meet, and their lives together begin.

Download or read book Jake written by Shirley Rogerson and published by Shirley Rogerson. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexy Jake McCall and captivating Catherine St. John spent a year of college as passionate lovers . . . until fate and duty tore them apart. Now a prosperous rancher, Jake’s past comes full circle when their son shows up on his doorstep! While still beautiful and alluring, Catie seemed to have hardened her heart toward Jake. But the unwavering cowboy vowed to hold on to his son. He didn’t want to hurt her again, so he was determined this time to have Catie . . . as his bride!

Download or read book Jake s Adventure written by Frank R. Jarnot and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story depicts the adventures of a young man who accidentally discovers a large quantity of drug-related cash during a trip in the Bahamian Islands, which then allows him to extend his vacation further to a trip to France, where he encounters a young café waitress and convinces her to join him in traveling the rustic countryside by train. The young man and woman eventually yield to their desires at a later time and engage in a torrid love affair, which leads them to become engaged and married. Their relationship and the young man’s funds allowed them to visit the Bahamas, where they simply relaxed and indulged themselves with many sensuous sexual encounters with each other. These torrid encounters eventually lead to the girl’s pregnancy, but she refuses to marry the young man due to fear of what her uncle and others may think of her and her present condition. The young couple finally agreed to be officially married in a church ceremony, which was to be conducted in both the countries of France and the United States so that each of their family members could attend and celebrate their wedding, and without knowledge of her pregnancy. Their baby girl is eventually born in Connecticut, where the young man’s Italian family members engage in many facetious episodes while caring for both the baby and mother and verbally clashing occasionally due to their cultural differences.

Download or read book Small Town Bachelor written by Jill Kemerer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Place to Call Home When Reed Hamilton arrives in Lake Endwell for a family wedding, he expects to do his part as best man then head back to the big city. But when a a tornado postpones the wedding, the town is in shambles and Reed is injured. Thankfully maid of honor Claire Sheffield offers him one of her cottages to recuperate in. Dedicated to her family and her dream job at the zoo, Claire is all about roots. She's this city slicker's opposite, yet as they help the town rebuild, Reed is captivated by her stunning looks and caring ways. He can't ask Claire to leave the life she loves for him, but he also can't imagine ever leaving her behind…

Download or read book Marriage for One written by Ella Maise and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only way to secure her dream is to marry a handsome stranger . . . When Rose and Jack meet, she has just lost her uncle, and with him her dream of owning a coffee shop. Rose wanted nothing more than to open a café in her uncle’s building. But her uncle’s will is clear – the building goes to Rose’s husband. Not to her. Then, his lawyer, Jack, offers an unusual solution… she can marry him. She’ll get the café and he’ll get the building. For some reason, Rose agrees. It might be a marriage of convenience but it’s anything but simple. Despite it being his idea, Jack is unbearably surly... But then he does something that shows Rose he might just have a softer side. Maybe love can start with a contract… but will Rose still feel that way when she learns the full terms of their deal?

Download or read book Smart Girls Think Twice written by Cathie Linz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sociologist Emma Riley’s new research project depends on a sexy bartender who wants nothing to do with her project—and certainly nothing to do with Emma. Too bad she’s way too smart to ever take no for an answer.

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Download or read book Recusal written by R.L. Sommer and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Lehman, fresh out of law school at NYU, finds himself swept into the political intrigue and moral dilemmas plaguing the nation’s capital when he lands in Washington, DC, for a clerkship with the venerable Supreme Court Justice White. As he begins falling for a fellow clerk--a brilliant and gorgeous Rhodes scholar from Stanford--a political scandal erupts, implicating the president and raising questions of Justice White’s bias toward the case. Set in America’s near future, Recusal provides an inside look into presidential pardons, censorship, and recusal issues, drawing on current events to show the gray spaces within judicial ethics.

Download or read book The Icicles A Christmas Wedding written by R.W. Clinger and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s about time writer Jonah Icicle takes Sandy Keye’s hand in marriage ... on Christmas Day! The Icicle family is upside down again and who better to rescue them? Jonah, of course. As a blizzard builds outside, his fiancé Sandy becomes concerned the storm might threaten their wedding day. No fear, though -- Jonah gears up and plows forward, ready to face the snow and the Icicles. A new addition to the family surprises him -- Magnum McKee, a snow buddy who happens to be his brother-in-law Bobo’s sexual therapy partner. Magnum causes a rift between Jonah’s two younger siblings, Jake and Willa. The brother and sister are in a face-off concerning Magnum’s position in Willa’s “threesome” marriage. Can Jonah smooth out their sibling rivalry before his happy day? His mohter Pam is hiding a secret. Where is she running off to again? Something is going on and Jonah must get to the bottom of it. And his father Bill hangs out in the neighbor’s basement. Jonah has to help put a stop to his straying before he ends up in the next town over. Throw a blizzard into the mix, Jonah’s bottom catching on fire, matching Christmas-themed briefs between Magnum and Bobo, a human snowman, and a wedding coordinator on cocaine. Despite all this, will Jonah have the perfect wedding on Christmas Day? Will he have the chance to marry the man he loves or not?

Download or read book THE WEDDING CONTRACT written by Kelly Jamison and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage Contract Party of the First Part: Jake McClellan I promise to hold Laura when she cries at silly movies, pour tea for Molly and her friends at tea parties and be the official family mistletoe hanger. From this day forward Molly is my daughter…and Laura is my wife, friend and…lover. Party of the Second Part: Laura Halstead I promise to laugh at Jake's jokes, ride shotgun on his tandem bicycle and eat the fish he catches (though I refuse to clean them…). I gladly welcome him into my house, into my bed and into my…life. Both Parties do hereby decree that this contract is based solely on convenience, and not on matters of the heart… A most convenient arrangement…until they fell in love.

Download or read book BABY DREAMS AND WEDDING SCHEMES written by C.J. Hill and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TO HAVE A FAMILY OF HER OWN… Perpetually single Sasha Lambert would do anything to have a baby. But days before her trip to the sperm bank she met a lonely little boy…and his irresistible father. Despite widower Jacob Windsor's announcement that he was not interested in marriage, Sasha could see he desperately needed some help with his adorable son. What choice did a natural-born do-gooder have? Sasha would help father and son to reconnect, gaining some invaluable lessons on mommyhood. And hope that when the time came, one very determined single dad would agree to grant her baby wish…and maybe a trip to the altar, as well!

Download or read book Justice Delivered written by Bill Sambito and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Justice Delivered, Jake Moyer is a young Marine Corps offi cer who is involuntarily assigned to a covert Special Operations unit comprised of Marines and CIA operatives. After a decade of service and numerous missions, Major Moyer becomes disenchanted with his occupation and after falling in love with Janet Rung, he resigns from the military to get married and establish a charitable foundation with his multimillion dollar family fortune. While Jake is on his honeymoon, his father is murdered in a senseless shooting by members of a Los Angeles area gang. Although it quickly becomes evident who is responsible for the shooting, the police cannot gather suffi cient evidence to make an arrest. Jake with the cooperation of an L.A. Detective, recruits a former member of his special operations team and they begin to obtain evidence which leads them to discover that these gang members are just pawns in a major drug operation. After Jake sets up a sting operation, the ring leaders and major players are arrested by the police and his father’s killers are lured into the desert where justice is delivered. The twists and turns make this much more than just a murder revenge plot.

Download or read book JAKE HOWARD S WIFE written by ANNE MATHER and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I knew it was only a marriage of gain and loss, but my heart ached... Helen, an aristocratic young woman, accepted a contract marriage to Jake, a wealthy billionaire. When her father died in an accident after spending all his money, Helen was left penniless and with no other choice. For the next three years, Helen played the role of the perfect wife Jake wanted, without sharing a bedroom with him. But now, every time she looked at Jake, she felt a sad ache in her heart. He only wants an elegant, decorative trophy wife. He can't possibly love me...

Download or read book A Year of Second Chances written by Buffy Andrews and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One wish list, a whole new future!

Download or read book If Rednecks Had Been the Chosen People written by Charlie Thompson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1999-02-27 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the beginning, God created Alabama," from which Adam Bob and Eveleen were banished because they ate the forbidden asparagus. This book humorously outlines the Old Testament from a Southern perspective without losing the integrity of the message.

Download or read book The Marriage Pact written by Michelle Richmond and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far is too far when it comes to protecting your marriage? Find out in this relentlessly paced novel of psychological suspense for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door. “Ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say ‘I do.’”—Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Switch Newlyweds Alice and Jake are a picture-perfect couple. Alice, once a singer in a well-known rock band, is now a successful lawyer. Jake is a partner in an up-and-coming psychology practice. Their life together holds endless possibilities. After receiving an enticing wedding gift from one of Alice’s prominent clients, they decide to join an exclusive and mysterious group known only as The Pact. The goal of The Pact seems simple: to keep marriages happy and intact. And most of its rules make sense. Always answer the phone when your spouse calls. Exchange thoughtful gifts monthly. Plan a trip together once per quarter. . . . Never mention The Pact to anyone. Alice and Jake are initially seduced by the glamorous parties, the sense of community, their widening social circle of like-minded couples. And then one of them breaks the rules. The young lovers are about to discover that for adherents to The Pact, membership, like marriage, is for life. And The Pact will go to any lengths to enforce that rule. For Jake and Alice, the marriage of their dreams is about to become their worst nightmare. Praise for The Marriage Pact “This fast-paced nail-biter goes in unpredictable directions. . . . It also raises thoughtful questions about individual agency and marital commitment. With strong writing, intriguing characters, and a compelling conceit, this psychological thriller seems destined for the top of summer reading lists. Recommended as a fresh voice for readers of Gillian Flynn or Ruth Ware.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Creepy and engrossing . . . [The Marriage Pact takes] readers deep into the heart of a marriage and exposes some of the darker drives, such as possession and control, that can lurk within even the most harmonious of unions.”—Booklist “Gripping, thought-provoking, and irresistible.”—Dean Koontz “Riveting psychological suspense! This book will keep you up all night, while making you second-guess everything you know and everyone you’ve ever loved.”—Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Right Behind You