Böcker av Rebecca Gannon

Vinny Carfano is determined to show me that his last name doesn't mean he's a bad man, and I'm determined not to listen.Until he gives me no choice... Ever since my mom got remarried a few years ago, it's felt like it's been just my nonno and I against the world. I'd do anything for the man that helped raise me, including putting my senior year of college on hold for a semester to help him run the deli he's owned for the past forty years. But even when he recovers and I'm back at school, I still check on him every day, and he repays me by pushing me back out the door, telling me I need to stop hovering and go out and have some fun again.Of course, I don't think he knew that night would flip both of our lives upside down.It was the night I met him. Vinny Carfano. He tells me his name and I know I need to walk away. Nothing good can come from being with a Carfano. But he doesn't make it easy with his charming smile and eyes that hold promises I want him to make good on. From that night onward, he's there at every turn, inserting himself into my life and fixing problems I don't need him to fix. And when I tell him that, he just doubles down, liking how I react when I'm mad at him too much.Probably because it involves my lips on his. It's why he continues to raise the bar on his crazy gestures, until he goes a step too far and I get my revenge the only way I think he'll listen. Of course, I didn't account for him taking the opportunity to blackmail me into both accepting his help and to go out with him.He's relentless.And I think he knows I secretly love it.

Why does this keep happening to me?For the second time, I've had to quit my job because my boss can't keep his hands to himself.I've already been blackballed from one career, forcing me to start over, and now I have to do it again. I have no idea how I'm going to do that, but a trip to Maine to visit my best friend is the perfect place to start. Returning though, brings me face-to-face with the man who's been on my mind day and night for months. Sheriff Ryan Taylor is good looking, cocky, fills out his uniform perfectly, and is capable of making me forget who I was before him, which scares me more than anything. That's why I have to keep my distance.Until a massive snowstorm hits, and I'm stranded with barely any food, no working phone, and no way to leave. Ryan comes to me like a white knight, except he has more than a simple rescue in mind. He wants me to stay with him until the storm passes, making it that much harder to keep my distance from the man I want more than anything when he's going to be right down the hall. It turns out though, that he has very persuasive ways of getting me to give up the one thing I've held onto with a vice-like grip, dissolving it under his touch. My control. But I'm the girl who doesn't get attached. So when things get too real, too fast, I do the only thing I can think of. Run. The good sheriff isn't one to give up, though. **Author's note: This is not a holiday or Christmas themed book, just a steamy winter romance!

Note to Self: If I'm going to be able to work every day with James Lancaster, then I'm going to need a plan. 1. Don't acknowledge what he admitted to me.2. Don't bring it up.3. Don't think about him as anything other than my boss.4. Mind my own business and do my job. Not him. Okay, a simple four step plan. I can do that. I think... I've worked hard to make a better life for myself. I studied my weekends away in college instead of partying, I spent my summers interning instead of at the beach, and I avoided all distractions that might have kept me from landing my dream job when I graduated.And it all paid off.But when I walk into work on my first day to find my new boss waiting for me, I immediately know I'm in trouble. James Lancaster has spent years travelling the world, landing himself splashed across the tabloids, internet, and social media with whichever actress or model he's seeing for the moment. His father hopes he'll take over as CEO of Lancaster Industries when he retires at the end of the year, but James's latest breakup has landed him in hot water with both his father and the board, and no one believes he'll be able to run the company successfully. I expect him to be this easy-going party guy like he's been portrayed, but the James Lancaster I meet is serious, uptight, and doesn't want me as his assistant. He tells me I was only hired as a test from his father - a temptation placed in front of him. A temptation neither of us can give in to because it would mean the end of both our careers, but there are only so many days I can work beside him before I do. And when his father sends us to look at a property he wants to acquire, James proposes we don't pretend while we're away. For two days I'm his. We give in, don't hold back, and don't think about what happens next. I have no business falling for my boss, but he makes it too easy, and I don't think I can go back to how we were before we stopped pretending.

I was sent to Breaker Estates to take over the annual Icewine Festival from my coworker, and while I was ecstatic to run an event on such a grand scale, I wasn't prepared for the owner. Ben Breaker. Ex-hockey star. Broody. Rude. Hates every change I want to make. Hates publicity. And, oh yeah, is 6'4" with a body that's made for making women wish they could have a taste, paired with midnight blue eyes that hold everything he doesn't say. He drives me crazy. I want to both hit him and kiss him half the time, but I can't ignore the way my body reacts whenever he's near. I don't know how I'll make it the next three weeks working with him, keeping it strictly professional...Oh, right, I can't.

Walking in on my boyfriend with another woman is permanently etched in my brain. We lived and worked together, too. So now I have no home, no job, and nowhere to go.With all of my friends having moved to Pine Cove, a small coastal town in Maine, I decide maybe hiding out there for a long weekend is just what I need. What I don't need is a new man.But Tyler Taylor isn't a man easily ignored. As the town's most eligible firefighter, he's handsome, charming, and has the ability to make women fall at his feet with a single look and a flash of his dimples. He's a complication I don't need after the disaster of my ex, but he promises that if I give him just five minutes, he's sure to convince me he's just what I need. The perfect distraction. When my weekend away turns into longer, I find myself falling for the town, its people, and the man who's becoming much more than a simple distraction. I don't know if I'm ready for something more, though.I don't know if I have it in me to trust again.

I've been running on empty for a while. As a nurse in a metropolitan hospital, I'm always working, always busy, and always tired. I've dreamt of living a slower-paced life for years now, but haven't found the right time to make the change. When the perfect opportunity falls into my lap, I jump at the chance to be closer to my friends in Maine, and closer to the peace I've been seeking. The one thing that could jeopardize that? Alex Bane. I'm the good girl, the one who plays it safe.Alex is wild, free, and lives life on his terms. I know his reputation. I know he's not a one-woman man. But I can't help needing his emerald green eyes on me, wanting to map out his tattoos with my hands, or taking another ride on the back of his Harley. Alex is everything I've always wanted, but never let myself have. He's more than the man he lets everyone see, but I risked everything when I left my life behind to start over in Pine Cove. Am I willing to put it all on the line for a chance at forever with him?

AngelaI've been a captive my entire life behind the walls of my family's making.And while the walls have kept me in, they didn't keep the monsters out. Under a constant watchful eye, I have no choice in anything, my path already carved out for me the moment I entered this world.Until the night my door is kicked down, and I'm dragged away from the only life I've known by a man who simultaneously sends a chill down my spine in fear and makes my heart race for a completely different reason. Luca Carfano All I've ever known from men like Luca is betrayal, but I can't help wanting him when he lets me see beneath his hard, emotionless exterior.He may have taken me out of one cage and put me in another, but Luca has a way of keeping the monsters away that makes me want to stay his little bird even when he sets me free. LucaThe mission was clear - get in and get out.We were there for the man who had our father killed, not her.But when I found her locked in her room, I decided to take her too. Angela Cicariello As the daughter of our enemy, she wasn't supposed to be anything other than leverage, but it turns out she wants her father to suffer as much as we do. And when I see the pain behind her eyes, I'm determined to know why. Unravelling her isn't easy, but I've never backed down from a challenge, and I've never wanted someone more.Angela is mine to protect now, and I'll see to it that she's free from the nightmares that have haunted her for years.