Resultados para "The Book of Secrets" en Contemporánea

I'm house-sitting for a year, and my next-door neighbor is the devil in disguise. He throws loud parties that last all night, and the women scream like he's some sort of god. But he can't be that good. He even had the nerve to have my car towed—just because he could. He's rude, arrogant, and worse, he knows exactly how to get under my skin. His bare chest and sculpted arms make my brain short-circuit. If I didn't despise him so much, I'd be tempted to climb him like a tree.

I fled my wedding and stumbled into a stranger's car. It wasn't exactly my proudest moment, but I wasn't expecting him to save me. Now, I can't stop thinking about the brooding CEO who makes scowling an art form. He's grumpy, guarded, and as infuriating as he is gorgeous. But beneath his icy exterior, I see glimpses of something warmer, something real. I'm no stranger to difficult men—my family is full of them. The last thing I need is to fall for one who makes me question everything I thought I wanted.

I'm the glue holding EnergiFusion together, and I've got the spreadsheets to prove it. So when Rhys Smalls hands the CEO reins to Theo Reed—my insufferable ex-fling with a smile that should be illegal—I brace for chaos. He's late, distracted, and thinks I'll clean up his mess. But I'm not the same woman he walked away from. Now, I'm his right hand… and the one person who refuses to let him coast. Working with Theo is like juggling grenades—sexy, smug grenades with killer abs. But the more he pushes, the harder I push back.

Longing. I've wanted him most of my life. Since the day he saved me from drowning when I was a kid. But he's never noticed me, never given me a second thought. To him, I'm just a child. And now, he's ordered to marry me. He doesn't want me, not in his heart or in his bed. But everything is allowed in war and love, and I am ready to do whatever it takes—even lie to a man who doesn't remember his past.

Bronc riding has always been my main focus. The plan was simple: work hard, go pro, and show the world what I was made of. It hasn't been easy, but I did it through dedication and a whole lot of determination. My dreams came true, my life more than fulfilled… Or so I thought. I never knew how much I ached for more until I stopped to help a stranger on the side of a one-lane road one chilly fall afternoon. He couldn't be more different than me, with his messy curls and the chipped black polish.

We were not meant to be together…then a dark twist of fate stepped in, and we're the ones who will pay for it. As the eldest son and heir of the Cavalieri name, I will inherit a great deal more than a billion-dollar empire. I will receive a legacy of secrets, lies, and scandal. After enduring a childhood filled with malicious rumors about my father, I have fallen prey to his very same sin. I married a woman I didn't love out of a false sense of family honor. Now she has died under mysterious circumstances, and I am left to play the widowed groom.

Captivating. Vulnerable. Agonizing. Seductive. Frankie Clermont was supposed to be like a sister to me for as long as I’d known her. But no one knew the depths of our lies. I had been in love with her before…before everything changed what we could be. Undeniably connected and effortlessly infatuated, the two of us had remained each other’s weaknesses through everything. I couldn’t afford to allow her to be my weakness anymore. I was in love with someone else. I was engaged. But it didn’t matter how much time had passed, the moment I saw her again, I knew I would never escape her.

Billionaire business guru Charles is a love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. That's certainly no secret. Unlike the affair he's about to engage in with August who is half his age. A younger man he really has no business calling Sir. Auggie is only supposed to be pet-sitting for his father and step-dad while they are on their honeymoon. Not kissing Charles and making him laugh. Not buying his favorite food and taking him out on dates. One night is what they agreed on. A secret shared between only their lips as Charles discovers he's not so straight after all.

Dane is a former SEAL turned CEO. Oh, how I wish CEOs weren’t that irresistible. As a self-made woman who never used her daddy’s resources, I have a ton of pride. I would never risk my career by sleeping with my boss. I would never destroy my reputation by falling into bed with my dad’s best friend. Or so I thought. Yes, I did those exact things but that’s not even the worst part. I’ve got a bigger problem to deal with. Not one but two problems. I’m having his twins, and I’m effectively panicking. Am I about to lose my heart, my career, and my sanity all at once?

Adored for her sweeping Rocky Mountain Legacy series, Kristen Heitzmann inspires countless fans with her tales of Christian faith and romance. The search for a family secret drives Lance Michelli to the old villa once owned by his grandparents. But its present owner, Rese Barrett, is independent enough, and beautiful enough, to derail his efforts, distract his heart and stir his faith.

Faith changed her name to escape a life she never chose. Now a second-grade teacher in small-town Idaho, she’s traded runways and deadlines for quiet mornings and snow-dusted streets. Life is finally her own—until Adam Peters walks into her classroom. But Adam’s heart is still guarded, and Faith’s secrets could shatter everything. In a town blanketed by snow, falling in love might be the one risk neither planned to take.

Maggie Harper has spent her adult life building a career as a home designer to the stars in California. Working on a new reality TV show seems like just another feather in her cap, especially since it will mean creating something perfect for a certain hunky action star. When it all goes horribly, mortifyingly wrong, there is only one place she can go to dodge the determined producer who engineered her downfall: Echo Key and the loving arms of her older sister, Olivia, and their firecracker of an aunt, Coretta.

Brodie Taggart travelled around the world, and all he has to show for it is a broken heart. After meeting Liam in Greece and falling headfirst into a whirlwind affair, Brodie is left alone and bereft after Liam receives a mysterious phone call and breaks things off. In love with a man who doesn't want him anymore, Brodie does the only thing he can think of—he goes home.

Between college, surfing, and girls, Trent was living his best free-spirited life in Miami. He was careful not to let anything complicate that. So, when he met Kate, and they quickly became friends, he made sure to keep it that way. Better to play it safe than to risk losing her to a casual hookup. Kate was an independent girl who loved surfing, shopping, and partying with her friends. Her only hang-up in life was the hopeless crush she had on Trent. She couldn’t believe she had allowed herself to fall for the most unavailable guy she knew.

Billionaire tech mogul Ethan Thorne has it all—wealth, looks, power—yet behind the magazine covers and designer suits lies a man tired of shallow relationships. Determined to find love beyond his fortune, he joins a dating app as “just Ethan,” an ordinary guy seeking something real.

Former rock star Xander Sinclair may be out of rehab, but he's not out of the woods. Still haunted by his parents' murders, he has secluded himself in his Amesport mansion and dodges any attempted contact from his two brothers. Struggling not to fall into relapse, he believes he's battling his demons alone. That is, until Samantha arrives to work as his live-in housekeeper. Effortlessly charming and cheerful and wickedly sexy, she challenges Xander to abandon his isolation.

I dated her best friend in high school. That makes her an automatic no-no. Don't go there, right? Wrong. I can't stop thinking about her. We're friends. Best friends. She's the one I can talk to. Guy like me, in this life, that's priceless. Especially since I just was discharged from the military with an injury that's changed my life. She's precious to me, but I can't go there. Right? The only problem, I can't stop thinking about her.

1850s Shropshire. Returning to her mother's birthplace at the age of 18, Beatrice Ashford encounters a complex family she barely knows. Her great-grandmother Queenie adores her, but the privileged social position of Beatrice's family as masters of the local brickworks begins to make her uncomfortable. And then she meets Owen Malone: handsome, different, refreshing - and from a class beneath her own.

Austin York has had a rough life, no doubt about it. Abandoned as a young teen by his drug addicted mother, he was bounced from foster home to foster home. Now, at 26 years old, he's determined to make a life for himself and prove that he's capable and worthy of good things. But when a petite auburn haired spitfire crosses his path and lands him in the middle of a fake engagement, his world is turned upside down in more ways than one.

I'm in love with the man who was hired to keep tabs on me. Turns out I'm the one keeping tabs now because he's my neighbor… and he's hot! I was still able to think straight until I found out Noel had a son. All my common sense went out the window when I watched him care for the kid. The last thing Noel wanted was another relationship, and the last thing I wanted was heartbreak. So, I made a deal with myself that I knew I wouldn't be able to keep. Three words were all I needed to remember: No strings attached. I was prepared for everything except… the two pink lines on a stick.