Suzanne: 500 books

The majesty of the state, purple mountains rising around them, and rugged slopes lined with larch and fir and pine, stole her breath. She was a speck amidst so much grandeur. But the man, dusty blue jeans, worn boots, his cheeks brushed with a few days' growth of beard, he was a fixture among it,...

Startled by his change of words, her face cleared, as if she didn’t know how to react. She was even prettier than when she was angry. He’d bet he couldn’t handle her being happy. “Oh, that’s … Thanks. But …” She looked past him at the driveway, then to the right at his car....

Being honest with herself, the fat girl never got the cute guy, but the fat girl always fell too hard too fast. It was like knowing it wouldn’t happen made her want the impossible that much more. Sitting on the couch with him, she’d been far too comfortable, and in that moment, she’d remembered...

She’d planned this from every conceivable angle, outlined what she’d say and how he’d react. She’d considered how it would ultimately be received by her parents and couldn’t see any huge point of failure. She’d thumb her nose at her parents’ lofty plans and marry someone who was everything...

One hand in the center of her chest, she tried to capture her breath. This went way beyond friendship. They’d had years of that. He knew her as well as she knew him, likes and dislikes, funny habits. The part they didn’t know, what they hadn’t experienced now begged for attention. But was it...

What if your book boyfriend came to life? Paige Ridgeway moved away from home after a bad breakup with her longstanding boyfriend, Karl. A year has passed, yet she needs to prove herself as an independent woman more than ever. With a great job at a Central Florida library, her own comfy apartment,...

She'd fall hard and fast for him if she'd let it. But the pain of her mom's betrayal and what still lay unsaid with her dad stopped her, and instead, she teetered on the edge, her mind warring with the daydream he'd spun around her. Hannah Giselle hopes two weeks with her dad in the northern...

His hand extended, palm upturned, he wiggled his fingers, and she settled hers in it, rising at his tug. He didn't bother to close the car door, but walked her into the light of his headlamps and drew her into his arms. Swaying, he sang a tune from his younger years, but what had been done on a stage...

He felt around in the icebox, and she traced the twist and turn of his trim waist, the lift of his muscled arms, desire spiraling in her gut. Age had improved him and that made seeing him much harder. ----- When Michael O'Fallen walked out of Amber's life, things around her fell apart....

~ It'd seemed so easy when she'd planned this. She'd hire a boyfriend, make sure he understood the story she'd concocted, and they'd pretend to be a couple for two weeks. Nothing could go wrong with that as long as they had a mutual understanding first. ~ Carley Schaeffer ran from home at age...

“Cerise.” The pull of her breath flared her nostrils the tiniest bit and lifted her chest. She was beautiful, and priceless, like this house. She didn’t deserve to be trapped by all its legends. Because that is all this was, the stories of the past holding her in some vice-like grip, the grip...

In association with The Edge Books. www.theedge-books.com She shut the door and stood over Morgan, gazing down at her slumbering form, then slowly sank onto her knees. All she cared about was laying right there and in the other bedroom. Why couldn’t Carol see that? And why couldn’t...

"What are we?" she asked. He ran one hand up and down her back. "I think they call this falling in love." ----- Ian McKinney's wife tried to kill him, and that made up his mind for good. He's out of the dating game. He has friends, a comfortable job, other...

He rolled over on his side, facing her, and took her head in his hands. "You're good at way more than pool. I don't know why anyone ever rejected you, but I want to say this up front. No matter who you are, I want you here." Haydn Fabrinni is a spoiled rich boy used to getting his...