What a difference a year makes
Dec 01, 2022 5:09 am
Between the Pages
Hi
If you're anything like me, you're still trying to digest your last Christmas lunch, and here it is 1st December already. I'm thrilled that this time, my house renovations and extensions are completed on the inside, and lunch can be at home this year. You will understand what difference a year makes when looking at these photos, taken twelve months apart.
At least I had a concrete slab, but not a lot in the way of a living area.
This is now my lounge room, complete with air conditioning and a fan for those hot summer days. The walls and ceiling are packed with insulation, so to date I have been managing with just the fan on the really hot days.
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Maison Angelique
by Emily Hussey
If only it were Thursday every day of the week.
Angela was in survival mode when her husband deserted her and their child. Angelique was the solution, providing discreet, sensual services to men of substance – one client for each day of the week. Of all her clients, it was Mr Thursday who lit up her day, inflaming desire with steamy intensity.
When a kidnap attempt on one of her clients endangers her family, evidence points to the perpetrator being someone close to her. The resulting chaos forces a change to her occupation and crystallises her dreams for the future.
Luke knew it was crazy to let someone like Angelique get under his skin. This captivating woman established the rules, rules he could live by if that’s what it took. He would be there for her any day of the week. When circumstances changed dramatically, he was ready to establish some rules of his own.
Angela’s clients continue to impact on her life and her plans, but nobody pulls her strings – except for Mr Thursday. Is it Angela whose favour he seeks, or only Angelique’s?
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More Titles you might enjoy... there's a huge line-up today. Must be Christmas :-).
One Little Lie
by Robyn Edwards
Jerk. Bastard. Thief.
LIAR
My mama always told me never to trust a liar.
They will steal their way into your heart and then run away like a thief in the night.
So why didn't I listen?
Patrick was that guy.
He was the guy she always warned me about and I didn't listen.
And guess what?
He did exactly what she said he'd do.
He made me believe we'd be together and then he changed his mind.
Foolish. Gullible. Naive.
COWARD
Yes, I admit it. I ran away instead of facing things head on.
After I threatened to stab him with a fork.
Why should I be ashamed?
I left years ago to take a teaching job in Los Angeles before things got worse
But things are getting worse here too.
The school I work for wants to do a complete overhaul
Not the good kind.
I need to stop them from making a terrible mistake.
They hired a man to help them make it all happen.
Guess who's standing in my way?
Patrick, the LIAR.
LET THE GAMES BEGIN
AUTHOR NOTE: This is a mildly spicy Contemporary Romance story with an HEA ending, no cliff-hangers. There are mild language and mild scenes so must be over 18 years old to read this book!
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Naked Memory (Book 1)
by Rachel J Green
Broken and confused, Kathy knew one thing for sure...
She survived the accident…
…but her memories were gone.
How would she piece together who she was?
When she woke up, she couldn’t remember her name. The people said they were her parents and they seemed familiar, but she struggled to recognize them. The woman who said she was her friend was hiding something.
Why didn’t she trust Donna?
Back at her childhood home, surrounded by things that might help her remember, Kathy struggled to unravel the puzzle that had become her life. Her body was healing, but the amnesia remained. The man who came to dinner, Dr. Glover, gave her the sense they had been more than colleagues.
Had they been lovers?
Would returning to work be the answer?
In this new world of hers, where friends and lovers can’t be trusted, Kathy wondered where she could turn and whom she could trust.
You’ll love the next instalment of this Steamy Medical Romance series, because her deepest desires are hidden to her, for now, but they won’t stay that way for long.
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The Charity Ball
by Summer Rose
Welcome to your dream job. The one you’ve been waiting for your entire life. Too bad the one person you never wanted to see again is your co-worker. What’s a woman to do?
Charlotte
Graduating from law school and working at my best friend’s father’s law firm was everything I ever wanted.
At least until I saw him.
Jaxxon.
We’d had our fun in the past but had both moved on. Or so I thought.
Now I’m being forced to work side by side with him for the Charity Ball.
I don’t know what will happen, and I’m almost afraid to find out.
Jaxxon
Just like that, she walked back into my life.
We’d had our fun, sure, and Lord knows I enjoyed every bit of it, but that was old news.
Now I have to work beside her.
It's not the best scenario for either of us.
So why can’t I stop thinking about her and what we could have again?
What’s not to love about Our Little Secrets? Filled with passion, tension, and just the right amount of mischief, this series is quickly becoming a fan favorite. This forbidden age-gap romance series hits all the right spots and keeps the heat turned up from the first page to the last.
Read this story if you love alpha heroes, strong heroines, laugh-out-loud humor, and most importantly steamy true love.
Read it here.
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Hot-Blooded Killer
by Margo Bond Collins & London Kingsley
His captivating darkness clashes with her alluring light--and neither will ever be the same.
Lorenzo Beneventi
My brother Massimiliano always blamed the Kappas cartel for our parents’ and brothers’ deaths. But I’m certain there’s more to the story. So when I discover a connection between Los Kappas and the Rossi crime family, I know I need to make the Rossis pay. And the best way to do that? Marrying Mafia Princess Gia Rossi, the family’s golden angel. But first, I must make her mine--and that requires her absolute submission.
Gia Rossi
The Beneventi family destroyed my parents’ lives when I was only a child. So when my father tells me he’s arranged my marriage to the youngest Beneventi son, I resist his plans. Not that defying him has ever worked for me before. When I meet my new fiancé, he’s everything I expected--dangerous, cruel, savage. But something about his darkness calls to me, and the longer we’re together, the more I want him to possess me. Completely.
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Naughty or Nice
by LiLura Sloane
A fun romantic comedy, with plenty of steam!
Going home for Christmas is pure torture for Laney.
Being single is the worst thing she could do to her mother—it's not like she purposefully chose to spend an eternity alone, but have you seen the dating pool lately...
If she goes home for Christmas alone, she'll never hear the end of it.
She comes up with a genius plan!
If she can't have a boyfriend—she'd invent one, just for Christmas of course!
Poor Ethan gets signed up to be her new pretend boyfriend.
Everything is perfect!
Except Ethan doesn't show up...
But Beau does...
Laney hates Beau.
This Christmas is going to be a disaster!
Read it here.
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Fleeing with Lust
by Cassie Lee Hart
Victoria is stuck at another work party when she comes across Isabel. Isabel steals her heart with a smile. Victoria can’t help but kiss her back when Isabel plants one on her, even though she has a husband. But before the kiss can move any further the two pull apart, Victoria immediately panics before Isabel convinces her it’s all okay.
Influenced by Isabel’s smile, Victoria says yet to meet Melech, her husband. A drink and a drugging later, the three of them land in bed together. Victoria can no longer control her desires for Isabel, due to the Molly. The night quickly goes south. The next morning, frantic to satiate her desires for Victoria, Isabel gets into bed with Melech but is thankfully interrupted by Victoria.
Melech is torn away from the two by work and Victoria takes the opportunity to tell Isabel the truth about her husband. Within minutes the two women decide to do anything and everything to get away from Melech. But will he catch up to them in their lust filled love?
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Emily Hussey - Author, Poet, Coach
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