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MJ Jassemolada is a big girl, and has been a big girl her whole life. Living in LA all her life, she feels like she's surrounded by the thin and beautiful of the world, and having a widower father who tells her she's beautiful every day just doesn't help. She can see her reflection in the mirror, after all, loud and clear. After graduation from UCLA, she gets a coveted job as personal assistant to superstar singer Meredith Renner, who's leaving for a world tour with Heath Spencer, who's even more popular than Meredith, if such a thing is possible.

They're going out on tour together to support individual albums, and have hired the wonderful Archie to be their nanny so their twin daughters can go with them. But they don't realize they've hired a snake to travel with them, a young keyboard player who wants Heath for herself, and will do whatever it takes to get him. MJ and Heath are settling in to the second half of the first decade of their marriage, going through some strains in the ties that bind them together. Heath has become moody, irritable, critical of MJ for the first time ever. He's almost a stranger to MJ.

A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with fur, flirtation, and unexpected feelings. Robin Taylor isn’t looking for love. In fact, she’s barely holding it together after a brutal breakup and an even more brutal move back to her sleepy hometown. Working at the local pet store was supposed to be temporary—just long enough to figure out her next step. She didn’t count on Remi. Remington “Remi” Picasso is sunshine in human form. He’s the annoyingly cheerful manager with surfer hair, puppy eyes, and a mysterious past he doesn’t talk about. He’s also the reason Robin keeps showing up...

“You’d really marry me? Just so you could stay here?” Daisy needs a baby daddy, Pete needs a place to live, and both need it pronto. Who’d have thought a promiscuous, fun-loving college co-ed in New York City would wind up a respectable married lady, just so her granny wouldn’t kick her out of the house? And who’d have thought an Italian exchange student would end up being her husband? Not Daisy. Never in her wildest dreams did she think she’d end up sharing a tiny, one-bedroom apartment with Pete, a music major who has really good hair and always seems to be laughing at her. ...

When international rock star Drew Pennington retreats to his secluded country estate to escape the relentless pressures of fame, the last thing he expects is to clash with Chiara Cavuto, the estate's fiery and determined gardener. Though opposites in nearly every way, an undeniable spark flies between them—one that refuses to be ignored. As Drew and Chiara hesitantly explore their growing connection, outside forces conspire to tear them apart. With his band's future and Chiara's livelihood at stake, Drew is forced into an impossible choice that could cost him everything he holds dear. In ...

Who would voluntarily sign up to be a nanny to three babies? When Jeffrey Ormonde, recently widowed and left single dad to adorable triplets, finally decides to ask for help, he’s not sure who will show up. Enter Goldie Sorenson, an answer to a prayer, who actually likes babies and learns all of the girls’ names right off the bat. She’s kind, young, energetic, and beautiful, the perfect nanny for Genie, Jemma, and Pippa. But is she too good to be true? Goldie is hiding a secret: She’s been hired by a lawyer who works for the babies’ maternal grandparents, who are getting ready to ...

An unforgettable true story of resilience, family, and chasing your dreams against all odds. In this poignant and inspiring memoir, Tani Hanes recounts the remarkable life of her grandmother, Mitsuko Ishikawa, who grew up in early 20th century Japan dreaming of independence and education. Mitsuko's steadfast determination carries her through an arranged marriage, raising children during wartime, and carving out an accomplished career as a midwife, nurse and ikebana master - despite a society that expected her to be only a dutiful wife and mother. Through lyrical prose and vivid detail, ...

This contains both books from New York Nanny Series in a single convenient collection. Book One: Nanny For Two Martha “Mouse” Cameron has always felt she comes by her nickname honestly; she is quiet, shy, mousey in every way. But as soon as she meets Henry, she feels anything but mousey. Henry is the wealthy widower father of the boy she’s going to nanny for the summer in the heart of New York City, and sparks fly immediately as she feels things she’s never felt before. As her feelings for Leo, the little boy, grow, so too do her feelings for Henry, his father. Is it possible that ...

Being a nanny for a hot, wealthy, single New York photographer definitely has its benefits. Book two of the New York Nanny series finds Mouse preparing for graduation from NYU as she, Henry and Leo prepare for a wedding, and becoming a family at last. A pregnancy, kindergarten for Leo, and many changes are on the horizon for the Gardeners. Following a romantic honeymoon in Bora Bora, however, they’re hit with devastating news that rocks their fledgling family to its foundations, and threatens its very existence. A partially closed door and a conversation overheard at an inopportune moment...

Whoever said “boyfriending is hard” clearly didn’t have the right tools for the job. What do you do if you’re a fifteen-year-old girl whose much older (eighteen) boyfriend breaks up with her because you won’t “go all the way?” What do you do if you live in the smallest town in the world, where everyone knows your business before you do, and it’s the first day of school, and you just want to hide under the covers and pretend you’re dead? What do you do if you love theatre more than anything, and you want to go to New York to study and be on Broadway, but your dads named you...

How can a woman afraid to be touched find a way to let a man into her world? Sumire Kotani is an arm’s length girl, with a very long arm. She doesn’t like people, doesn’t like being touched by them or having to interact with them or anything. Nick Pensieri is a model turned actor who’s convinced his good looks and charm will get him anything he wants, whether it be women or a part in a movie, whatever. When she’s hired to teach him Japanese for a movie, it’s hate at first sight. To him, she’s an overly defensive girl who’s wound way too tight about nothing at all. To her, ...

Jack and Kelsey are together now, their issues resolved. Kelsey has survived her horrific attack, and Jack and Kelsey together have achieved, if not justice, at least retribution against her vile attacker. Filming has begun on Kelsey’s movie, Power Through, and they’re living together in a permanent state of hot and steamy bliss. Life is about as good as it can get, right? But everyone knows that when things are going well, you need to be careful not to glow too bright with your happiness, because it makes you too visible, too vulnerable. The more vividly you shine, the more ...

Birdie has met the boys of UK Crush, fallen in love with Teddy, and become engaged to him in the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge. She’s accompanied the boys to the Bahamas while they write their new album, and settled in to her new life as the significant other of a world famous rock star. Now, due to cataclysmic events beyond her control, she finds herself alone and adrift in a foreign land, living a life she no longer recognizes as her own. She has to learn to love Teddy all over again, not to mention Ronan, Geth, Matty, and even herself. She has to come to terms with a terrible world and...

Aileen Foster, poor, orphaned, musically gifted, never imagined her life could change so much, so fast, but getting a job as interpreter for boyband UK Crush pitched her headfirst into tumult and a glamorous life she never thought she’d have. Now, engaged to band member Theo Shelley, and having survived her audition to Hamilton Conservatory in Manhattan, she’s off to the Bahamas with the boys while they write their new album. Life has never been easy for her, but she’s trying.

This is a two-book collection of the A Whole Lotta Cake Duet released in a convenient standalone volume. Book One: MORE THAN CAKE It's a big world, and MJ is a big girl trying to find her place in it. Can she handle a secret romance with the hottest rock star in the world? MJ Jassemolada is a big girl, and has been a big girl her whole life. She’s been called all the hurtful names: Hefty heifer, dump truck, fat, porky pig, she’s heard them all. Living in LA all her life, she feels like she’s surrounded by the thin and beautiful of the world, and having a widower father who tells her ...

This is a two-book collection of the Sexy Swimmers Duet released in a convenient standalone volume. Book One: GLIDE Jack LaGuardia is a serious swimmer, a serious student, a serious person. He eats, swims, studies, repeats. He has no time for frivolous things like dating, drinking, or parties. He certainly doesn’t have time for supermodel turned movie starlets like Kelsey Carlisle, who is basically a Victoria’s Secret underwear model party girl. Just because she thinks she’s now an actress doesn’t mean the world is going to think so, or take her seriously as one. They meet one hot ...

A haunting love story set on the windswept coast of Cornwall, England. When plucky American librarian Scout Lawson takes a job organizing the archives at the remote estate of Farraway Mist, she doesn't expect to fall for its brooding and reclusive owner, famed musician George Wilder. As Scout and George grow closer, strange and terrifying events begin plaguing the old manor house. Is Farraway Mist being haunted by the malevolent spirit of George's late wife Tessa? Scout's arrival has awakened dark secrets from the past that threaten her very life. When Scout becomes pregnant with George's ...

Being a nanny for a hot, wealthy, single New York photographer definitely has its benefits. Henry is rich. Henry is successful. Henry is handsome. But Henry is a widower with a small child who needs help, pronto. He and especially his son, Leo, are struggling, and need someone who can make sense of their topsy-turvy life. Mouse is like a breath of fresh air, and she gets Leo, who really likes her as well. What Henry didn’t count on was that he would really start to like Mouse, and find himself unable to live without her. His girlfriend and Mouse’s ex aren’t particularly happy about ...

Can a serious pro swimmer turn a lingerie model into a “real” swim beast over one rocky, lusty summer? “You can’t mean you’re going to swim in that?” he said, oozing disbelief from every syllable. His eyes took her in, from head to toe, but instead of the admiration she was used to getting, he was looking—what—amused? No way. Jack LaGuardia’s been hired to teach supermodel Kelsey Carlisle to swim for a movie, but he doesn’t know if it can be done. She’s a Victoria’s Secret underwear model, for crying out loud. And Kelsey doesn’t know if she can learn anything from ...

When she won a contest for a lunch with her idol, she had no idea she'd end up in a wild, secret fling that would shake her to the core. What would you do if you got to have lunch with your idol? Jane, a skinny, shy, plain seventeen year old, gets the chance to go with her beautiful friend Camilla when she wins a lunch with teen heartthrob Charlie McAllister, and a secret romance blossoms. Charlie falls completely for Jane, despite her inexperience, and to her surprise he thinks she’s very beautiful and sexy, and he can’t keep his hands off her. From a romantic walk through Central Park...