Download or read book Frosted by the Girl Next Door written by Aurora Rey and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Casey Stevens needs distance from her movie producer parents and her social media starlet ex-wife. When she lands in Rocky Springs with a bruised ego and a pile of cash, the quaint tourist town seems like the perfect place for a fresh start. But is it the right place to make her dream of owning a classy sex shop a reality? Tara McCoy knows a thing or two about licking her wounds. She never wanted to move back home, but she’s making the most of it, turning her family’s sleepy bakery into a cupcake destination. The last thing she wants next door is some seedy sex store, even if it’s promoting self-care as much as sex. And especially if the new owner is drop-dead gorgeous. With the busy holiday season heating up, neither can afford to be petty or lose a customer. But when their reluctant truce melts into a little bit of sugar and a whole lot of spice, will love prevail, or will their differences be too hot to handle?
Download or read book Tackled by the Girl Next Door written by Susan Scott Shelley and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Black is a newly retired professional football player. Forced off the playing field due to an injury, he returns to his hometown to contemplate his future and finds solace in his relationship with his best friend, Samantha O’Brien. Sam has spent the past five years caring for her younger brother. Home from college for Thanksgiving break, he parties hard and bullies his sister. When Jason comes to her defense, protecting her from a crowd of drunken college kids, Sam begins seeing him as more than a friend. Yet, she fears acting on their attraction could ruin the friendship she’s grown to depend upon. Just one kiss changes everything for Jason. Sam is no longer the girl next door but the woman of his dreams. Now, he just has to convince her that his feelings are real. But when the football world comes calling again and career decisions are on the line, both sacrifice all to put the other’s needs first. They must decide whether to follow their hearts and make the catch of a lifetime.
Download or read book The Girl Next Door written by Peggy Gaddis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Crimson Romance celebrates its first anniversary, we honor those pioneers who helped shape the direction of romance novels for all of us. Suspense, mystery, paranormal activity and love - always love - have been the cornerstone of the genre since the early 1970s. Now we have updated the covers to these classics - but not the words - and reissued these timeless reads to let you relive the thrill of discovering a world of romance all over again. Betsy Drummond was the girl next door, a passionate and beautiful young woman who was fighting to protect the man she loved - a man blinded in battle, who remembered her only as his carrot-topped teen-aged neighbor. Betsy had always known that when Peter Marshall came home from the war, she'd make him realize she was grown up now and ready for romance. What she hadn't counted on was Peter's blindness and the presence of Marcia Eldon, a gorgeous singer with a one-track mind, and the track she had settled on was Peter Marshall . . . Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors
Download or read book The Amish Cowboy s Home An Amish girl next door romance written by Adina Senft and published by Moonshell Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-11-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home is where God’s heart is. —Mountain Home Amish proverb All her life, Ruby Wengerd has felt the eyes of the two Mountain Home Amish churches on her. Because she’s the bishop’s daughter, there’s an unspoken expectation that she’ll set the example for the Youngie. Watch her tongue and never give offense. And now that she’s in her twenties, choose one of the valley’s young men pursuing her and make a godly home. But she doesn’t want to make a home with anyone but Amish cowboy Zach Miller. She’s loved him for as long as she can remember—and he only sees her as a friend. Zach has watched his brothers and sisters fall in love while he comes no closer to finding the one God means for him. At this rate, his infant sister will grow up and get married before he does. But at a Christmas wedding on their Montana ranch, a stunning realization makes the scales fall from his eyes. It’s as if he’s seeing Ruby, his childhood friend, for the very first time. As the woman he’s been waiting for. As his heart’s home. But Ruby may already have given up on him. The Amish grapevine is abuzz with speculation that she has been swept off her feet by a man from away and might even leave the valley. Is Zach really too late to court the Amish girl next door? The Montana Millers. They believe in faith, family, and the land. They’ll need all three when love comes to the Circle M! The Amish Cowboy’s Home is the sixth book in the Amish Cowboys of Montana romance series. Though the books can be read as standalones, there is a family thread running through them all. No strong language, just a loving kiss and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like books by Samantha Price, Amy Lillard, or Grace Lewis, you're in the right place. Enjoy!
Download or read book Not Just the Girl Next Door written by Stacy Connelly and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innocent small town animal trainer is out to rescue the heart of her brother’s best friend in this charming and wholesome contemporary romance. Zeke Harper has always seen animal trainer Mollie McFadden as someone in need of his help and protection. Nothing more. Having known her since childhood as his best friend’s sister, he can’t cross the line—no matter how irresistible he finds the girl next door. Until a surprise kiss takes them beyond the bounds of friendship. Now Zeke wonders if this woman who opens her life to pets in need can find a place for him—in her heart!
Download or read book The Girl Next Door written by Patricia MacDonald and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patricia MacDonald has won a worldwide audience of readers with her page-turning novels of domestic suspense that twist and turn with surprises. Now she presents a riveting thriller about a young woman who finds her life threatened when she returns to her picture-perfect suburban hometown where a brutal crime shattered her family when she was a teenager. The affluent town of Hoffman, New Jersey reeled in disbelief when highly esteemed physician Duncan Avery stabbed his wife Marsha to death one spring evening. The two Avery sons turned their backs on their father but his daughter Nina never stopped believing in his innocence. Now, fifteen years later, Nina, a struggling actress in New York City, returns to Hoffman when her father is paroled and insists on re-settling there. Not only does Dr. Avery want to repair his relationships with his sons and meet his grandchildren, he claims he wants to find out who killed his wife. But neither Nina's brother Patrick, a successful investment banker with a wife and twin sons, nor Jimmy, a recovering drug addict who has adopted a new family, can bear to acknowledge their father's return. Then, as suddenly as before, another act of violence overturns the Averys' lives. No longer certain if she can trust her family, her neighbors, or her old friends, Nina finds she can rely only on herself and a surprising new ally in her life as she searches for the truth behind crimes past and present. If she digs deep-down into the secrets of her family's and her neighbors' lives she stands a chance of catching a killer before she becomes his next victim. With psychologically perceptive characterizations, emotional realism, and a gripping story line, The Girl Next Door exposes the dark impulses and fierce passions that can rule seemingly ordinary people and showcases Patricia MacDonald at the height of her celebrated powers.
Download or read book The Black Girl Next Door written by Jennifer Baszile and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-01-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the author's coming-of-age in an exclusive white California suburb in the 1970s and 1980s, describing the prejudices that minimized her family's achievements and her struggles to define herself as "the black girl next door" in light of her parents' dreams.
Download or read book The Girl Next Door 2 written by Chase Sidora and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After finding love and losing it all in an instant, Jaysee Newsome is determined not to let one bad decision ruin her life. Despite some of her choices, Jaysee is still smart, pretty, and has a lot going for herself. However, when everyone she cares about turns their back on her, Jaysee decides that major changes need to be made before she steps into this next stage of her life. Back on familiar territory in New York, Gunny is living it up. He took a big L in Miami but is determined never to let another woman get as close to him as Jaysee had. That is until he reunites with an old flame. Cozy in a new situation, everything is derailed when the unfinished business he has with Jaysee resurfaces. Denise is new on the scene. She’s minding her business and trying to do her job when one of her students' father whisks into her life. She’s not even sure if she wants a man, but somehow, some way, she finds love in a hopeless place. Push has to win at all costs. Whether on the streets or in his personal life, he will always get what he wants. He’s one man who doesn’t know how to take no for an answer until he meets his match.
Download or read book Bachelor Dad Girl Next Door written by Sharon Archer and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Single dad Dr Luke Daniels has come home to heal his heart. Dr Terri Mitchell remembers Luke from growing up in Port Cavill—maybe too well! The twinkle in the new doctor's eyes makes her shiver, just the way it always did! Terri can't stop herself falling for Luke and his young daughter. But Luke only sees her as the girl next door…doesn't he?
Download or read book Confessions to the Girl Next Door written by Danyelle Ferguson and published by Wonderstruck Books. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They were high school best friends—bonding over terrible puns while their fingers froze to their clarinets. So what if she crushed on him while he thought of her as a band friend? It was still a glorious friendship . . . until it all crumbled in a single disastrous night. Zack Partridge broke his best friend’s heart at senior prom. He was stunned when Laura left for college, vowing never to speak to him again. But now that she’s back in town, he wants nothing more than a second chance to renew their friendship and to explore the spark between them. Laura Anderson can’t believe her bad luck. After an eight-year hiatus, how did she buy the one house in all of Crystal Creek next door to the man she wanted to avoid for at least a millennium? Even worse, he’s the PR rep assigned to help launch her new flower shop. She’s determined to keep their relationship professional. No way is she giving into the temptation named Zack Partridge ever again. Nope. Not gonna happen. She strives to keep her protective barricade intact, but Zack’s confession notes just might have the power to prune back the wall of sharp thorns and sneak past the sign labeled ‘Keep Out’. Can she find the courage to trust him again? And if she does, will Zack protect her heart or risk breaking it once more?
Download or read book Glamour Gidgets and the Girl Next Door written by Herbie J Pilato and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glamour, Gidgets, and the Girl Next Door is the latest creation from entertainment biographer and pop culture consultant Herbie J Pilato. Based on exclusive celebrity interviews, this book runs the gamut of female television legends, from Donna Douglas (who played Elly May Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies) to the stars of the original Charlie’s Angels. According to Pilato, “There are so many charismatic women who have made their ‘beauty-mark’ in television. I wanted to celebrate their contributions, not only with regard to aesthetic appeal but to honor the intelligence, individual wit, and unique talent and style that each of them have contributed to television—and how that great medium in particular was utilized to introduce and showcase so many amazing and wonderful women to the world.” Suffice it to say, for exclusive and key information on TV’s top leading ladies who shattered expectations and paved the way for successive generations, this book is the number one resource and go-to guide.
Download or read book Death and the Girl Next Door written by Darynda Jones and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darynda Jones, author of The New York Times bestselling series that began with First Grave on the Right, brings us Death and the Girl Next Door, a thrilling Young Adult novel garnering high praise and early buzz from major authors Ten years ago, Lorelei's parents disappeared without a trace. Raised by her grandparents and leaning on the support of her best friends, Lorelei is finally beginning to accept the fact that her parents are never coming home. For Lorelei, life goes on. High school is not quite as painful as she thinks it will be, and things are as normal as they can be. Until the day the school's designated loner, Cameron Lusk, begins to stalk her, turning up where she least expects it, standing outside her house in the dark, night after night. Things get even more complicated when a new guy—terrifying, tough, sexy Jared Kovach—comes to school. Cameron and Jared instantly despise each other and Lorelei seems to be the reason for their animosity. What does Jared know about her parents? Why does Cameron tell Jared he can't have Lorelei? And what will any of them do when Death comes knocking for real? Thrilling, sassy, sexy, and inventive, Darynda Jones's first foray into the world of teens will leave readers eager for the next installment. "Unique, witty, and touching—I LOVED THIS BOOK!" —P.C. Cast, New York Times bestselling author of The House of Night Series
Download or read book The Amish Cowboy s Christmas An Amish girl next door FREE prequel romance written by Adina Senft and published by Moonshell Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-12-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this FREE Amish romance series starter by USA Today bestselling Amish romance author Adina Senft! In the beginning, there was no Circle M ranch. Thirty years ago, there was only the girl next door and the boy who was too shy to tell her he loved her ... December marks one of the hardest winters the Miller family has seen in the few years they’ve been ranching in Montana. But for Reuben, the middle son, there are blessings, too. His sister is marrying a good man and she’s chosen their neighbor and Reuben’s childhood friend Naomi Glick as a bridesmaid. Reuben has hopes of courting Naomi himself once he’s baptized. The problem is, Naomi’s distant cousin Roy, who has been working on the Glick place since spring, is also sweet on her. And his sister is convinced they will make a match. When Naomi announces her plans to go along with Roy and the newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit to Lancaster County, Reuben realizes his time has run out. Showing Naomi he’s the right man for her will take all the courage and love in his heart—and maybe even a Christmas miracle… First published in More Amish Christmas Miracles, 2021.
Download or read book Ghost of the Heart written by Catherine Friend and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts aren’t real, time travel isn’t possible, and aliens do not live among us. This has been Gwen Tucker’s mantra since childhood, but when she—completely without artistic skill—visits an old Spanish fort to sketch as part of a fundraising challenge, something invisible takes control of her hand and draws a series of stunning images: a man dressed as Hamlet, herself being held at gunpoint, and her wife Billie being attacked. Being possessed by a ghost was not on Gwen’s bucket list, but she must finally admit that ghosts might be real, and one is obviously trying to send her a message. With the help of Billie and the local paranormal group, Gwen struggles to figure out why they’re in danger. Their progress is hampered by an unfriendly neighbor, an irritating colleague, and a stepbrother with a hidden agenda. Just as the confusion ramps up, Billie disappears. Gwen and Billie must answer the question: Would you sacrifice everything to save the woman you love?
Download or read book This Christmas written by Georgia Beers and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s Christmastime and everyone is in the holiday spirit at no-kill animal shelter Junebug Farms. When Junebug sponsors the annual Christmas parade to raise money and awareness for their shelter, the staff have a plan: the king and queen of the parade will spend the holidays filming adorable Christmas vignettes to bring in donations and find forever homes for lovable pups before Santa comes. What they don’t know is that Mia Sorenson, volunteer dog walker and superior matchmaker, is about to rig the voting so that her granddaughter, Samantha, and Sam’s friend Keegan, win queen and queen of the parade. Sam and Keegan have been dancing around each other for years, and if Mia doesn’t do something, they might never realize they’re meant to be together. But can Sam and Keegan ever forget the Big Embarrassing Thing that makes romance a nope? It’ll be all paws on deck to bring them a miracle and make this Christmas one to remember.
Download or read book London written by Patricia Evans and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2024-11-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bronwyn Charles had everything she’d always wanted: a handsome fiancée, the career in fine arts that she adored, and an enviable home in Notting Hill, London. Everything was perfect until she ran into Jaq Bailey, her first love, during a classmate’s wedding in the English countryside. Suddenly, her carefully constructed life started to seem like it belonged to someone else, and she’s forced to decide whether she’s brave enough to let herself remember how it felt to be truly loved. Jaq Bailey, a mathematics savant from a rundown trailer park in east Texas, attended Stratford Academy in London on a scholarship and fell in love with Bronwyn the moment they met. Despite being forced apart by Bronwyn’s wealthy family when their romance was discovered, Jaq never forgot her. After the wedding, their lives become entwined again as dangerous secrets emerge and Bronwyn’s seemingly perfect life starts to unravel. Are they strong enough to hold on to true love, or will they lose each other again, this time forever?
Download or read book The Girl Next Door written by Cecilia Vinesse and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part To All the Boys I've Loved Before, part Everything Leads to You, this queer rom-com puts a smart spin on all the YA tropes we can't get enough of. Film club nerd Cleo Ferrara’s senior year was like a storyboard waiting to be filmed. She knew the scenes, the players, and the eventual happy ending. Attend film school with her boyfriend, Daniel Sheridan. Become a film-making power couple. Take Hollywood by storm. Cut. Print. Fade to black.? But in a plot twist Cleo never saw coming, Daniel dumps her for Kiki Pearson, the head cheerleader. This would be the point in the movie where the Sad Girl Music plays while the protagonist looks longingly out her window, but when Cleo looks out hers, she sees Marianne Lacerda, her former best friend…and a new storyboard unfolds. Marianne is also nursing a heartache. When Daniel was dumping Cleo for Kiki, Kiki was dumping Marianne for Daniel. So instead of watching their exes parade around school, Cleo and Marianne start fake dating each other to ignite a little chaos in this bizarre love square. But any movie buff knows that when you introduce fake dating in Act I, it’s going to get real by Act III. With friendship, the future, and love on the line, can Cleo script a happy ending for herself—or will she get her heart broken again?
