Heroine is injured, hero helps her recover? : r/RomanceBooks - Reddit Warrior is a contemporary western-set category, originally published as a Silhouette Desire. That scene is probably one of the funniest openings to a romance novel ever. Beautiful secondary love story, which arcs over the whole, delicious series. A twist on the Duke/governess trope, the hero hires a governess intending to seduce her, not realizing that heroine is there to exact revenge. 100 min Just read it. Hero doesnt realize she had the mastectomy done and heroine hides it from him. (Buy Indie), Delicious secret billionaire story. He falls in love with his hostesswho wants nothing to do with eligible bachelors. 109 min 101 min Peter Coyote, 16. 1,360 ratings published 2014, avg rating 4.41 LibraryThing catalogs yours books online, easily, quickly and for free. Heroine leaves her cheating husband and finds herself in Paris, with the help of a dreamy painter. You will feel everything while reading this. Please enable javascript to add items to the cart. Comedy, Drama, Romance. BUY INDIE. Gangster hero thought he lost the woman he loved years ago, so imagine his surprise when he finds her, alive and well and with his secret baby.**. A slow burn of a romance that I couldnt put down. As one does. Harry Connick Jr., Lela, a 47-year-old divorced makeup artist, wakes up after . 3. Take Carolina Dreamingby Virginia Kantra, the 2017 RITA winner in the Contemporary Mid-Length category. Eco-terrorism subplot.BUY INDIE. Over the last twenty years, breast cancer novels have quietly become a large subgenre within popular romance, reflecting both the increase in public breast cancer awareness and the commercialization of that awareness. Sexy and so romantic. BUY INDIE; Listen to the Fated Mates Best of 2021 Episode. Delicious. Black Lives Matter activist and an Assistant District Attorney fall in love in this wonderful, honest look at love that is the romance 2019 deserves. 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I love you) that lead her on a scavenger hunt to his native Ireland, where he throws her into the arms of his childhood best friend, William (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). Rose needs support to keep her family farm from going under, and a marriage of convenience will provide it. Asexual hero matched with a sex-obsessed hero. Listen to the Taking the Heat Fated Mates episode, Edwardian historical; Male/Male. MMF Menage. Former military hero turned security expert hero finds heroine in a small town, the two are soon chasing a serial killer who is somehow connected to them. Puck Me Secretly (A Vancouver Wolves Hockey Romance Book 1) By Stone, Odette. Heroine is left at the altar on television, and the cameraman who made sure the world saw it all becomes integral in her finding a new guyuntil he realizes he wants to be that guy. 18. 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Ryan O'Neal, +1 for delicious "loves all women" hero, +1 for curvy girl, crack shot heroine, +1 for delicious m/m secondary love story. As happens. Merry's life has changed a lot. Hes wanted her for ages and when he finally gets her, its perfect. | I don't remember how old it was or a lot but here is what I remember, heroine had cancer and she runs away from the hero to live in a different city i think. Motorcycle gang member, widower and single dad hires a nanny who soon becomes irresistible. Bryce Dallas Howard, Votes: Industry professionals are tweeting their support of guild members. BUY INDIE, Victorian historical; autistic hero, widowed heroine. In The Texans Reward by Jodi Thomas, which won the Short Historical RITA in 2016, the heroine is disabled, left without the use of her legs due to a gunshot wound. He's back, trying to win her under a different name BUY INDIE, New York-set paranormal; billionaire dragon shifter hero. Gorgeous, important book. BDSM. 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The Me is high-school senior Greg (Thomas Mann, not the novelist), who puts his studies on hold to care for his childhood friend Rachel (Olivia Cooke). **, Delicious romance that is part "Heroine decides to change her life," and part "Hero needs a fake fiance" and all wonderful read.BUY INDIE, The whole troubleshooters series is fabulous, but this one is my favorite. There's a swimming pool in this one that I hope will stick with you! The ebook comes bundled with Welcome to Temptationanother of my favorites! Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Art heist subplot. A food critic and a chef go head-to-head in New York City. Chemistry for days. | Very sexy and emotional.BUY INDIE, Listen to the Three Little Mistakes Fated Mates episode, Post Apocalyptic New Adult. Regency historical; If 50 Shades were published in the Regency, how would women respond? The two open restaurant together, very sexy and fun. Listen to the A Kingdom of Dreams Fated Mates episode. 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