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The Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a workplace fling romance that starts off with a literal bang. Daisy Montgomery Knight is about to meet her match when it comes to Hugh Hendrix.One look across the aisle at a wedding and I fell in lust.He's on the bride's side. I'm on the groom's.But by the end of the night, we're against a wall, over a table...and in bed.I'm prepared never to see him again except in my memories.Only the next week things become awkward: I'm his new boss.And it turns out he's just as demanding outside of the sheets as beneath them.We need to stay away from each other-he has his demons, as well as an adorable little girl, and I'm trying to heal after a job gone wrong.I know I need to walk away...even if neither one of us wants to.

The Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a workplace fling romance that starts off with a literal bang. Daisy Montgomery Knight is about to meet her match when it comes to Hugh Hendrix.One look across the aisle at a wedding and I fell in lust.He's on the bride's side. I'm on the groom's.But by the end of the night, we're against a wall, over a table...and in bed.I'm prepared never to see him again except in my memories.Only the next week things become awkward: I'm his new boss.And it turns out he's just as demanding outside of the sheets as beneath them.We need to stay away from each other-he has his demons, as well as an adorable little girl, and I'm trying to heal after a job gone wrong.I know I need to walk away...even if neither one of us wants to.

A new town. A new bar. A new life.At least, that's what I'm hoping for.I moved to Denver to try to piece my family back together, but I have no idea how to do that.Then the most beautiful woman I've ever seen walks into my bar, and I think things are looking up.She needs a fake boyfriend for the night and I'm all too eager to play along.But when the sun rises, reality settles in and I know I want more. Only I don't think she's ready for what I have to give.I want to be more than a good time, but I know what I'm good for. I need control. And she's far too innocent.Only when something happens that changes the rules, we'll have to make a choice quickly, or we could lose everything before it even starts.

A new town. A new bar. A new life.At least, that's what I'm hoping for.I moved to Denver to try to piece my family back together, but I have no idea how to do that.Then the most beautiful woman I've ever seen walks into my bar, and I think things are looking up.She needs a fake boyfriend for the night and I'm all too eager to play along.But when the sun rises, reality settles in and I know I want more. Only I don't think she's ready for what I have to give.I want to be more than a good time, but I know what I'm good for. I need control. And she's far too innocent.Only when something happens that changes the rules, we'll have to make a choice quickly, or we could lose everything before it even starts.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan comes a sexy new contemporary series.Devin Carr likes his life. He likes his job, his family, the outlook for his future. Then he meets her. Erin. As soon as he sees her, drunk and wearing a sequined dress as her world crashes down around her and she fights to put on a brave face, he knows what he's been missing. Her.When Erin Taborn finds her high school sweetheart and husband banging the former head cheerleader of their graduating class at their high school reunion, she tells herself she'll be fine. She just needs to figure out what fine means. There's only one problem. Devin. She didn't plan on him. And for someone who thinks they have all their plans in place, that's a problem.One she'll have to find an answer to if this whole friends-with-benefits thing is going to work.If not, she'll fail just like with everything else.

From the NYT Bestselling Author of Breathless With Her comes a fake relationship romance that's all too real.Professing her love to her best friend while wearing only her favorite panty set and coat probably wasn't the best decision Amelia Carr has ever made. In fact, it's perhaps the worst. But when her family becomes their overprotective selves while encroaching on her life, she makes a rash decision: her brother's best friend will just have to be her beard. Too bad, he has no idea what he's in for.Tucker Reinhard loves women, and they tend to love him even more. Despite the love, he never would have expected Amelia to come up with the plan she poses to him. He'll go along with it, but only because he doesn't want to see her hurt-even if that means fighting his best friend.In the midst of her scheme, Amelia realizes she doesn't know Tucker as well as she thought. And neither of them are prepared for what happens when they let the façade go and see what truly lies beneath.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Carrie Ann Ryan completes a sexy contemporary series with an unrequited crush on the bad boy next door.Caleb Carr might have once been ready for commitment, but when the unexpected slams into him with the force of a two-ton truck, he knows he has to run away from anything that might be important. Zoey might well be his final temptation, but to keep her whole, he'll walk away.Zoey Wager has loved Caleb since they were eight. And has had her heart broken from afar repeatedly ever since. It doesn't help that every time she sees him-even when she's running away halfway across the world-he's with another woman. She's watched him fall in lust her entire life. Now, she's ready to watch him fall in love. With her.

Die Montgomery Ink Reihe wird fortgesetzt mit der sogenannten vernünftigen Schwester und dem einen Mann, in den sie sich niemals hätte verlieben sollen.Für Thea Montgomery hat das Backen nicht nur einen therapeutischen Effekt, es ist außerdem ihr Traumberuf. Sie hat unzählige Stunden geschuftet, um ihre Bäckerei zu einem Erfolg zu machen, und nun ist sie endlich so weit, den nächsten Schritt zu wagen und zu expandieren. In Bezug auf ihren Job und ihre Familie hat sie alles im Griff. Ihr Privatleben jedoch ist so eine Sache für sich.Wenn Dimitri Carr nicht unterrichtet und seine Tätowierungen unter einem langärmeligen Hemd versteckt, um dem Wunsch seiner Vorgesetzten zu entsprechen, versucht er, der bestmögliche Bruder und Freund zu sein. Nach seiner Scheidung hatte er erwartet, Thea für immer zu verlieren, denn sie ist die beste Freundin seiner Ex-Frau. Doch nun, da er frei ist, wird den beiden klar, dass sie ihre Freundschaft weiterführen wollen. Doch dann merkt er endlich, was ihm die ganze Zeit über gefehlt hat.Aber es gibt noch andere Probleme außer der Tatsache, dass Dimitri der Ex von Theas bester Freundin ist. Und als zufällige Berührungen und Flirtereien den beiden nicht mehr genügen und sie schließlich bereit sind, den nächsten Schritt zu machen, müssen sie herausfinden, wie hoch der Preis dafür ist. Und sie werden die Kraft aufbringen müssen, sich dem zu stellen.

Ein äußerst Whiskey-reicher Abend verwandelt sich schnell in etwas Ernstes in diesem zweiten unabhängigen Teil der beliebten Serie Whiskey und Lügen von NYT Bestsellerautorin Carrie Ann Ryan.Fox Collins gefällt sein Leben genau so, wie es ist. Seine Geschwister verlieben sich einer nach dem anderen, doch er konzentriert sich viel lieber auf seine nächste Geschichte als auf eine ernsthafte Beziehung. Doch als sein jüngster One-Night-Stand nach Whiskey zurückkehrt - diesmal für immer -, wird er lernen müssen, seinen Instinkten zu vertrauen, um herauszufinden, ob er ohne sie leben kann.Die ehemalige Tänzerin Melody Waters ist endlich bereit, sich in der kleinen Heimatstadt ihrer Großmutter in Pennsylvania niederzulassen. Schlechte Entscheidungen und schicksalhafte Nächte haben ihren Pfad mehr als einmal verändert, doch nun konzentriert sie sich nur noch auf eines: die Eröffnung ihres neuen Tanzstudios. Doch das Schicksal ist durchtrieben und wieder einmal muss sie lernen, dass Taten Konsequenzen nach sich ziehen, und einige Auswirkungen können dein Leben nicht nur für immer verändern, sie können auch wiederkehren, um dich heimzusuchen ... ein gebrochenes Versprechen nach dem anderen.

Die Montgomery Ink Reihe wird fortgesetzt mit einem Ableger in Colorado Springs, wo eine bereits bekannte Montgomery ihren Platz in einem neuen Tattoostudio findet - und in den Armen ihres besten Freundes.Adrienne Montgomery lebt endlich ihren Traum. Zusammen mit ihrem Bruder Shep und zwei ihrer Cousins aus Denver hat sie ein Tattoostudio eröffnet, und sie ist bereit, mit ihrer Kunst die Stadt im Sturm zu erobern - solange sie dem Druck standhält. Als ihre neuen Nachbarn jedoch entscheiden, dass ihr Laden nicht in die Umgebung passt, muss sie sich auf den einen Menschen stützen, von dem sie nie erwartet hätte, dass sie sich in ihn verlieben könnte ... ihren besten Freund.Mace Knight ist stolz auf zwei Dinge: seine Kunst und seine Tochter. Er weiß, er geht ein Risiko ein, indem er in dem Laden der Montgomerys neu anfängt, doch der Einsatz erhöht sich, als er merkt, dass er Adrienne mehr begehrt, als er es für möglich gehalten hätte.Die beiden verlieben sich Hals über Kopf ineinander, doch sie kennen auch die Regeln; sie dürfen ihre Freundschaft nicht riskieren, egal wie gut sie im Bett sind und egal wie viele Menschen sich ihnen in den Weg stellen.

I was ready to say, 'I do', then my fiancé left me at the altar.Broken and embarrassed, Trace and Elliot helped me run away-ditching my wedding dress in the process.When I come back to the Wilder Retreat to show the world I'm no longer hurting, I know I must ignore my traitorous needs when it comes to these two men.Because my body wants them both.And my soul craves them just as much.I know I can't choose, and part of me asks why I should.Only when we decide to take that chance and share everything, the danger from our pasts refuses to let our choice stand.With one kiss, one dance into temptation, we could lose everything.Including our lives.

I was ready to say, 'I do', then my fiancé left me at the altar.Broken and embarrassed, Trace and Elliot helped me run away-ditching my wedding dress in the process.When I come back to the Wilder Retreat to show the world I'm no longer hurting, I know I must ignore my traitorous needs when it comes to these two men.Because my body wants them both.And my soul craves them just as much.I know I can't choose, and part of me asks why I should.Only when we decide to take that chance and share everything, the danger from our pasts refuses to let our choice stand.With one kiss, one dance into temptation, we could lose everything.Including our lives.

The day I lost my best friend was the day I realized that I'd been living in the past. I've tried to find a way to heal, to mend that break. Somehow, I came through it partially whole. But I know I couldn't have done that without Aiden Connolly.The problem is, he once loved my best friend. And now she's gone, and I refuse to be in that shadow, or worse, a replacement for someone we both loved. I left them all behind.My brother.My family.My best friend.And her.Only Sienna Knight doesn't realize what she means to me. But before I can make sure she knows, I need to figure out exactly what that is.

I've been many things in my life: daughter, friend, student, lover, wife...and now, widow.Getting past those labels and finding who I could be without them was the hardest thing I've ever done.Then I became friends with Brendon Connolly.Every time I look at him, I see a past, I see a present, and I'm afraid if I look too hard, I'll see a future.

I fell for Cameron Connolly at the wrong time.And when he left, I thought my life was over.But then, after the worst happened, I truly understood what that phrase meant.Now, he's not ready for a second chance, and I'm not offering one.Though given that our families have been forced together after losing one of our own, I know there's no turning back.Not this time. Not again. Not when it comes to Cameron.

"It took two days for me to know Kendall was the one for me and it took two years for me to realize I had to leave in order to protect her. When I walked away, I told myself it was for the best. But now we work together, and every time we're in the same room, we end up fighting. If we didn't, we'd end up naked. Or worse; spilling heartbreaking secrets. If she knew the truth, she'd either walk away for good or convince me to take a second chance. The first thing would break me, and the second would break her. I can't let either of those things happen."--Publisher marketing.

The Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a forbidden romance between two best friends and the woman they both crave. Ford, Noah, and Greer aren't ready for what happens next.I fell for my best friend long before I knew what that meant. Only I know he'll never love me back.He's stuck in his head and his past demons and can't see what is right in front of him.But when Greer loses her home and needs a place to stay, both Noah and I know the only place she belongs is with us-in every way possible.Now I'm falling for both of my roommates and trying to keep the people I protect safe.Only someone is coming for them, and I can't stop the inevitable fall.I just have to hope that we made the right choices and that one day soon Noah and Greer will finally see who we can be.Before we lose it all...or I finally walk away for good.

The Montgomery Ink Legacy series continues with a forbidden romance between two best friends and the woman they both crave. Ford, Noah, and Greer aren't ready for what happens next.I fell for my best friend long before I knew what that meant. Only I know he'll never love me back.He's stuck in his head and his past demons and can't see what is right in front of him.But when Greer loses her home and needs a place to stay, both Noah and I know the only place she belongs is with us-in every way possible.Now I'm falling for both of my roommates and trying to keep the people I protect safe.Only someone is coming for them, and I can't stop the inevitable fall.I just have to hope that we made the right choices and that one day soon Noah and Greer will finally see who we can be.Before we lose it all...or I finally walk away for good.

The Wilder Brothers from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continues with a secret romance that East and Lark never saw coming.The world thinks I only write songs about my ex-boyfriends.They study each lyric to point a finger at which man broke my heart-even if I've never met him.Only the man I refuse to write about is the one who is so tangled in my mind that I know I can never be with him.I had one night with East Wilder, and I know that's all there will ever be.He broke my heart without even trying.Yet now I can't seem to write a single verse and I need a place to hide while I figure out who I am. The Wilder Retreat will have to be my refuge as the Wilders prepare for my best friend's wedding.And when I'm there, I refuse to fall for East again.Even if the dark shadows in his eyes draw me in and the dangers of his past might be the one thing that forces us to finally give in.

When my best friend and I fell for the same guy in middle school, I stepped back.I'd always expected to dance at their wedding.Not sit in the back pew of her funeral.I left town for my own reasons, but now that I'm back, it's clear Sebastian Montgomery isn't the same man I left.He's hard. Broken.And a single father to an adorable little girl.When it turns out he's my new neighbor, I can't stay away.But I know I'm playing with fire and the heat between us burns enough to scorch.I thought I was over my crush.But now it might crush me.

Sparks fly between a former cop-turned-bartender and his new innkeeper in the first installment of a Montgomery Ink spin-off series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.Dare Collins is a man who knows his whiskey and women-or at least that's what he tells himself. When his family decides to hire on a new innkeeper for the inn above his bar and restaurant, he's more than reluctant. Especially when he meets the new hire. But he'll soon find that he has no choice but to work with this city girl and accept her new ideas and the burning attraction between them.Kenzie Owens left her old life and an abusive relationship behind her-or so she thought. She figures she'll be safe in Whiskey, Pennsylvania but after one look at her new boss, Dare Collins, she might still be in danger, or at least her heart. And when her past catches up with her despite her attempts to avoid it, it's more than her heart on the line. This time, it might mean her life.

Two best friends follow a dangerous and seductive path in the final standalone novel of the bestselling Whiskey and Lies series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.Ainsley Harris has always kept a secret from her best friend. She's stood by his side, helped him raise his daughter, and tried to keep her distance even though she's been in love with him for years. She knows he has secrets of his own and she's not willing to chance what they have on a possibility.Loch Collins has hidden himself and his past from the world for good reason. Darkness always comes back to haunt those who fight against it, and he knows better than most. One night of temper, however, forces him to realize his true feelings for Ainsley-for better or worse.But Loch's former allies aren't on his side anymore, and now not only is his life and the life of his daughter on the line, but Ainsley is in the crosshairs, as well. Together, two best friends must fight for each other and their small town, because Whiskey has never burned brighter. And danger, it seems, is ever lurking.

One whiskey-saturated night turns into something far more in the second standalone installment of the bestselling Whiskey and Lies series from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.Fox Collins likes his life just the way it is. His siblings are falling in love all around him, but he'd much rather focus on his next story than on a serious relationship. However, when his latest one-night stand returns to Whiskey-this time for good-he'll need to learn to trust his instincts to figure out if he can live without her in his life.Former dancer Melody Waters is finally ready to settle down in her grandmother's small Pennsylvania hometown. Bad decisions and fateful nights have changed her path more than once, but now she's focused on one thing: opening her new own dance studio. But fate is a funny thing, and once again, she'll be forced to learn that actions have consequences and some repercussions can not only change your life forever, they can also come back to haunt you...one broken promise at a time.

The Wilder Brothers from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan continue with Elijah's last chance at redemption and love.I made plans. I followed the path. I fell in love.Then the world took her away from me.I swore to never love again, and I've done all I could to keep that vow.But life finds a way and I can't stop this burning attraction with my best friend.Maddie stood by me when my world shattered.She deserves more than a broken man who promised to never love again.Only I swear she feels the same way about me. And I have no idea what to do about it.Now she might leave the Wilders and I can't tell her to stay-even if it means shattering the one piece of me I have left.