I'll do anything to save her. A woman I've never met, whose name I don't even know, gambled her own life to protect my child. In return, she was taken by a mad man. I'll put my career, my security, and my life on the line to get her back, even if it means facing the truth about my own mistakes. The only thing she can't trust me with...is her heart" -- Back cover.
New York Times bestselling author, Nicole Blanchard's final title in the Friend Zone series, Friends with Benefits. Some friendships come with a happy ending...
I knew falling in love with him was bad for us both, but I did it anyway. For a brief moment, we had it all. Even though he was leaving to join the Marines and I had four years of college ahead of me, he was everything I ever wanted and didn't think I deserved. But real life has a way of dashing dreams--and that happy future we envisioned together? It disappeared at the hands of a monster. Ten years have passed and I'm not the same naïve girl that believed in happily-ever-afters. When unforseen events draw me back to our hometown and I find myself caring for my two teenage brothers, the last thing on my mind should be reconnecting with the hottie-turned-hero who I loved at seventeen. As the past begins to repeat itself and old threats resurface, I'll have to trust him with the secrets that tore us apart if I want a second chance at his heart.
Pick your pleasure...Enjoy three binge-worthy romances from New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Nicole Blanchard! Included in this limited time only collection are three sizzling novellas from secret baby to shifters. Each novella progresses from sweet and steamy to smoking hot. Spark: One night with him changed my life forever and I didn't even know his last name. (Secret baby, low heat / spice) Bear With Me: Everything from his claws to his glare is dangerous, but I don't care. I want to know more. (Bear shifter romance / medium heat and spice.) Darkest Desires: Caught between the dream man my heart is falling for and the stranger who satisfies me in ways I've only dreamed of, I learn the cold, hard truth. No one can ever cure me of my darkest desires. (BDSM Romance / high heat and spice.)
Dashiel Hampton is her enemy. Layla Tate reminds herself of that fact every morning she goes to class and sees his smug face smirking up at her. There hasn't been a moment they weren't pitted against each other and she refuses to back down...not even when she learns he's the teaching assistant for the new class she's taking. Layla Tate is going down. There is nothing that makes Dash Hampton as happy as the look on Layla's face when she realizes he's won. He lives to drive her crazy because if he can't have her beneath him, then he'll have her any other way he can. He'll get her to notice him, even if it means making her semester a living hell. When their classroom rivalry crosses the line between frenemies and forbidden, the hardest lesson they'll have to learn is that sometimes you have to lose to win.
Caroline Abernathy has lost her mind. Perhaps it was the bump on the head she took when she nearly drowned in the ocean or maybe the stress of grad school has finally proven to be too much. Whatever the cause, she finds herself alone in a strange underwater world and at the mercy of a ruthless pirate. Everyone has a price, at least according to the Pirate Prince, Ezra Castle. In order to purchase the fare needed to bring her home, Caroline agrees to spend the remainder of the voyage on his ship, helping him locate the priceless artifact she cost him. What starts as a simple journey turns deadly when their ship is attacked by a band of assassins. Stranded, wounded, and without transportation, Caroline and Ezra will have to rely on each other to make it back alive. Life and love are on the line and time is running out. Tick Tock.
I had everything I ever wanted. I was brilliant, successful, esteemed. Alone. But I didn't mind. I liked being alone. Until they stole me. And I wake up, captive, pregnant with an alien baby-and still a virgin. For a race of freaks nearing extinction, there seems to be far, far too many of them. Everywhere I turn, one of the morts or their human mates wants to comfort me, make me feel welcome and safe. But I don't want to feel welcome or safe. I want the life they stole from me. None of them pay any heed to my angry tirades, least of all the father of the child I carry. There's no doubt he wants the baby, but that isn't all he wants. In fact, I'm beginning to think if some of the morts had their way I'd never be alone again.
Nothing satisfies me anymore.I'd abandoned my dreams of making it big in New York, freed myself from my last relationship, and swallowed my pride by returning to my hometown of Karim, Texas.A chance to forget about my failures and make a fresh start.By accepting an invitation to an exclusive establishment known only as The Club, I want to indulge in my forbidden passions. Maybe one night exploring my fantasies will finally allow me to move on to the respectable doctor I'd just met.But after one encounter with the mysterious stranger in the secluded room, I fear one taste of him will never be enough.Caught between the dream man my heart is falling for and the stranger who satisfies me in ways I've only dreamed of, I learn the cold, hard truth.No one can ever cure me of my darkest desires.
We're all pretty nice people, right? It's just that occasionally we're tempted to gossip or indulge in a little justified road rage . . . or snap at our spouse . . . maybe scream at our kids . . . I mean, if everyone else would get with the program, we wouldn't be this way! But maybe the trouble isn't with all those other people who aggravate us. Maybe we're the problem--specifically, the way we react to inconveniences, accidents, and just plain old everyday life with negative words, thoughts, and actions. Because the truth is, when we stop focusing on how we're being affected and start responding in kind ways, that's when something remarkable happens: we actually feel happier ourselves. With humor, compassion, and encouragement, Nicole Phillips draws on scientific research and real-life examples to help us recognize unhelpful negative thought patterns, show kindness toward others even when we don't feel like it, and discover how one little change actually changes everything.
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