Résultats pour "Just" dans Suspense romantique

Pour gagner sa place en tant que footballer professionnel, la deuxième place ne suffit pas. Pour être premier, Cole est prêt à tout, y compris à financer ses études dans la prestigieuse université de Holy Cross par des moyens illégaux. Lorsque Lexie, la nouvelle recrue très sexy des cheerleaders, lui vole une partie de sa came, il compte bien la retrouver pour qu'elle rembourse sa dette. Mais cette dernière est aussi déterminée que lui à réussir. Si l'union fait la force, pourront-ils surmonter leurs différences pour viser ensemble la victoire ?

When I’m tossed into the trunk of a car, I realize that what little luck I have has finally run out—especially when I find that Tony, the man who’d abducted me, is planning on using me to get back at my father. My chances for escape look pretty bleak when I’m handcuffed to Tony’s bodyguard, an intimidating man named Shepherd who apparently loves tight shirts and seems to be amused by making my life miserable. Soon, though, I learn that Shepherd has a heart and a brain.

Als Paige nach Jahren voller Hoffnung endlich einen Heiratsantrag von ihrem Freund erwartet, steht sie plötzlich vor den Trümmern ihres einstigen Glücks. Verlassen und obdachlos, muss sie in ihrer Verzweiflung vorübergehend zu ihrem Vater und ihrer verhassten Mutter ziehen. Seit ihrer Kindheit lässt diese nichts unversucht, ihr das Leben zur Hölle zu machen. Das Schicksal meint es jedoch gut mit ihr, als ihre Mutter sie zu der Ausstellung eines aufstrebenden Künstlers zwingt. Dort trifft sie auf Jayden, dem sie kurz nach ihrer schmerzhaften Trennung schon einmal begegnet ist.

Someone wants Police Chief Emilio Mendoza dead. And if his unknown assailant doesn't kill him, pining for Sheriff Abraham Beecham just might. Abe and Lio's thirty-year journey has taken them from heated rivals to best friends with countless labels and pit stops along the way. Romance is the only avenue left unexplored but not from lack of love or desire. Abe pushes people away before they can get too close, and Lio doesn't engage in situations he can't control. They've reached an impasse, and neither are willing to risk their friendship until fate intervenes.

Aggie Miller is barely holding her life together…single, pregnant, and desperate to keep her temp maid job at the Perrigo estate. She can’t afford any mistakes. But when she stumbles onto a brutal murder, her world shatters. And Ronan Perrigo, the dangerously smooth-talking enforcer, catches her in the act. Now, she’s trapped. Not in a cell, but in his world. Ronan isn’t just keeping her close to protect the Perrigo Family’s secrets…he’s keeping her close for himself.

Growing up, Grayson Legend and Kennedy Knowles were inseparable. They turned to each other when their families were nothing more than worthless guardians, and had promised each other to always stay friends. Then Kennedy did the unthinkable. She fell in love with her best friend. And Grayson took off. After walking away from his best friend because he didn’t feel like he would ever be good enough for Kennedy, Grayson Legend has become a household name in the MMA fighting world. When he runs into Kennedy at a fight in Vegas, he determines to do one thing—never let her go again.

Eric Vail has always loved a challenge. After leaving the Navy, he mastered his passion for cooking. As the sous chef at Top, one of Dallas’s hottest restaurants, his skills are pushed to the limit every night. Unfortunately, his ultimate prize still eludes him. Server Deena Holmes is the sweetest thing he’s seen in forever, but she’s as distant as she is beautiful. When they’re put together in the same training class at the infamous club Sanctum, he knows this is his shot. And this former SEAL never misses.

Lyric Petrov never meant to crash a mafia dinner, but when a terrible date takes a turn for the worse, she stumbles into a back room, and into the arms of Dante Perrigo. Desperate to escape, she offers him a hundred dollars to play along. Dante has no interest in her money. He only wants one thing: her. So he takes his shot, pulling her in and kissing her like he already owns her.

He’s a criminal—an abomination. We’re wrong in every way. If only I could’ve convinced my heart. His lips whispered promises of all the stars in the sky. I dreamt of a love that would last forever. We were gorgeously young and desperate for one another. But we're star-crossed. Fate had decided our course. Leaving us to cling to each other as we crumbled to ash. His need became possession. My innocence turned jaded. Our families declared war. All that remained was hate. But Calder was raised by wolves. The rules didn’t apply. I was his until he said otherwise—for better or for worse.

I was sold to the highest bidder. I expected a monster, a cruel, vicious man who would break me. What I got was Victor Perrigo. Older, rugged, and terrifyingly calm, he’s the kind of man who makes the world bend to his will. And now… I belong to him. “Just breathe, baby,” he says when I’m shoved into his arms. Easy for him to say, he wasn’t just auctioned off like property. I hate him for buying me. I hate the way he watches me, like I’m a puzzle he’s trying to solve. I fight him at every turn, desperate to escape the prison he’s built around me.

Lots of young women dream of being a princess. Nina Jones isn't one of them. After escaping from her palace/prison by burying herself under sacks of fertilizer, she ends up in a beach cottage on New Zealand's South Island. She's meant to be looking after a cantankerous widower. Too bad she doesn't know how to boil an egg.

When Mr. January himself tells Rowen to do what a gunman says, she’s had enough. Rowen has never really been a girl that does what she’s told. Mr. January won’t have to save her. She can dang well save herself.

Jayne Burns has come too far in her life to look back. An orphan, she's used to being no one's choice. Not anymore. When she lands a job as a private tutor for the adopted daughter of a world-famous guitarist, everything changes. The rock gods of Rochester's Pathos, Tennyson, Lee, Klaus, and Diego set their sights on her, and sweep Jayne off her feet. But the band has a secret, and if it comes to light, they'll lose Jayne. They refuse to give her up, and they'll tell any lie, barricade any door, and fight any foe to keep her.

He thought the past was finally behind him Shade Sterling has carried a torch for Lizzy Conners since senior year of high school. But the timing never felt right for them, especially since his ex-girlfriend, Ariel, disappeared without a trace years ago. Now, with their ten-year class reunion...

Hetta Coffey is a globe-trotting civil engineer with attitude who is working on coming of age, a little late. Pushing forty and still single, Hetta is the epitome of the "B" word: bold, bossy, brassy, breezy, and brash. After leaving a lifelong swath of failed multinational affairs in her jet stream, it is no wonder Hetta prefers living with her dog, R.J. But old habits die hard, and trolling for triceps is Hetta's hobby....

Annie Payne realizes her dream when she moves to San Francisco and opens an art gallery. But when she accepts a secret commission to bid for a painting going on the auction block, she finds herself thrown into a haunting swirl of events linked to a five-year-old unsolved murder. Who is this secret client?

Grant Wilder, one of the original Baytown Boys, came back from the war a changed man, walking away from his hometown and the girl he left behind. Jillian Evans worked for years to hide her broken heart, especially when Grant moved back home to become one of Baytown’s police officers. He wanted friendship only, and that’s what she’d give him. But when Jillian is threatened, Grant has to fight his wartime demons to save her...and finally declare his love.

Perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn, this sexy and seductive debut novel asks: How can you find out that the person you love is a killer . . . and continue to love him anyway? THEN Ellie Larrabee’s life is perfect. She’s thriving at work, living in a fabulous apartment...

Sparks fly when attorney Kathy Brooks agrees to represent novelist Charles Morgan, Jr. in a high-profile suit against a powerful government defense contractor. But when Charles’ hidden agenda threatens to expose the government’s dirty little secrets, what started out as the case of a lifetime could cost Kathy her heart, her career and even her life. As the body count rises and the stakes get higher, Charles and Kathy will have to decide just how much they’re willing to sacrifice for the win.

Some days, it doesn't pay to get out of bed. That's what crosses Clint Evans's mind the minute he takes on the four thugs holding heiress Julie Rose hostage. It isn't the danger that has Clint in a lather, but Julie herself. The pretty, petite schoolteacher he's been hired to return to her wealthy fiance is no fainting trust-fund baby. She's more of a hellcat, one who won't be deterred when she sets her sights on something. And her sights are set on Clint. The one rule Clint never breaks is this - don't get involved with the client. He can look, but he definitely cannot touch.