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Marie Force, auteur de best-sellers classés dans le New York Times et USA Today, nous offre une nouvelle romance contemporaine torride. Deux inconnus trouvent l'amour de la manière la plus inattendue qui soit : en sauvant une vie. Austin Au sommet de ma gloire, lanceur de baseball pour Baltimore et père célibataire de la plus adorable petite du monde, je vis le rêve. Jusqu'à ce que je reçoive le redoutable appel m'annonçant qu'Everly est malade. Mon monde cesse de tourner lorsque les médecins me disent que la seule chance pour que mon bébé s'en sorte est une greffe de la moelle osseuse. Ma vie devient un véritable cauchemar alors que je me bats pour sauver ma fille. Rien d'autre ne compte. Ni mon Cy Young Award, prix du meilleur lanceur de la ligue, ni ma carrière, mon équipe ou mon talent. Rien de tout cela ne peut la guérir. Il lui faut un miracle. Une inconnue arrive... et Maria pourrait bien nous sauver tous les deux. Maria Ma vie à Miami n'est peut-être pas très glamour, mais elle est enrichissante. Je partage mon temps entre mon travail d'infirmière dans un dispensaire et mon activité de serveuse dans le restaurant cubano-italien de ma famille. Après avoir été trompée par mon petit ami de longue date, je ne cherche pas vraiment l'homme idéal, mais je ne le chasserais pas de mon lit si tout à coup il se présentait. Six mois après avoir fait un don de moelle osseuse à une petite fille de Baltimore, je reçois un mail du père reconnaissant de l'enfant, mais tout doit rester anonyme pendant un an. Je suis impatiente d'en savoir plus sur lui. La dernière chose à laquelle je m'attendais, c'est qu'il soit un joueur de baseball célèbre - et magnifique. Les mails se succèdent, jusqu'à ce qu'une amitié, à laquelle nous ne nous attendions pas, mais dont nous avons tous deux désespérément besoin, se noue entre nous. Je suis en train de tomber amoureuse d'un homme que je n'ai jamais rencontré. Lisez la suite passionnante de Combien je ressens pour découvrir ce qui se passe lorsqu'Austin doit jouer à Miami et que l'équipe organise une rencontre entre Austin, Everly et Maria.

A dozen days-and nights-to explore all the possibilities…Tobias "Slim" Jackson has the perfect life as a pilot on Gansett Island in the summer and in Florida in the winter. He's happiest when he's in the air, or at least that was the case before last summer when he met Erin Barton, Gansett Island's newest lighthouse keeper. Now he can't seem to find his usual enthusiasm for flying, winter in the sunny South or anything that doesn't include her.Erin has been stuck on pause since she lost her twin brother. She'll tell you herself that her life has been a hot mess since Toby died. After dropping out of law school, she's flitted from one pointless job to another, existing rather than truly living. Then she comes to Gansett Island to take over as the new lighthouse keeper and meets Slim, who happens to share her beloved brother's first name. That small coincidence is enough to convince Erin that she needs to spend more time with the dashing pilot-except for the fact that he's spending the winter more than a thousand miles from her.Now Slim's come home to Gansett for the holidays and to hopefully pick up where he left off with Erin. He's got twelve days before he's due back in Florida to finish out the remainder of his winter obligations. A lot can happen in twelve days, but will it be enough to convince Erin that it's time to start truly living again? Read Slim and Erin's story and catch up with the rest of the Gansett Island cast in Desire After Dark!Includes a pre-signed title page.The Gansett Island SeriesBook 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & ShannonBook 18: Episode 2: Kevin & ChelseaBook 19: Mine After Dark (Riley & Nikki)Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

Nico My reputation with women stinks. I'll admit I haven't always treated them with the respect they deserve. That's not to say I'm a bad guy or anything. What my sisters and cousin would call toxic, I prefer to think of as selfish. But I'm ready to change everything if it means I'll have a chance with the lovely, sweet, wounded Sofia Diaz--and her adorable son Mateo. They've been through a lot with her ex--and she's still dealing with him far more often than I'd like--but I'm prepared to be there for both of them, to do whatever it takes to make them happy. If only she'll stop listening to my family members who would warn her off me and give me a chance to show her how it can be between us. Sofia Nico Giordino is the sexiest man on the planet, but from what his sisters and cousin tell me, I need to keep my distance. I've already had one serious relationship end in the most painful way possible. I don't need to open myself up to more heartache by letting a bonafide player into my life--and my son's. Mateo is all that matters to me, and as he recovers from brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, I've got my hands full working at Nico's family's restaurant and taking care of my son while trying to finalize my divorce. I've got no time for romance or foolishness with a man who makes my heart beat fast. But I want him more than I've ever wanted anything, even if I know I probably shouldn't... Come back to Miami for another sexy installment in the Miami Nights Series, and catch up with the beloved Giordino family!

The hardest word in the world isn't "no." It's "yes."Kisses After DarkThe Gansett Island Series, Book 12A New York Times & USA Today bestseller!She's avoided men all her life...Growing up with an abusive father, Katie Lawry learned a thing or two about men and has made a conscious choice to stay far away from them. Until the day of her brother Owen's wedding when she's rescued from nearly drowning by Shane McCarthy. With everyone who matters to Katie assuring her that Shane is one of the good guys, she feels safe to give in to the attraction that simmers between them. Katie has waited a long time to take a chance on love, but is Shane the right guy for her?He's ready to move on…More than two years after a painful divorce, Shane has a life on Gansett Island that makes sense to him. With his father, sister and beloved baby nephew living close by and a job that he enjoys, Shane is content if not entirely happy. One thing he knows for sure is he's tired of living in the past. Spending time with sweet, sensitive, sexy Katie Lawry makes him feel hopeful, and he might be ready to risk his heart again.Surrounded by the Gansett Island community, Shane and Katie take an important step forward together, but is their new relationship strong enough to withstand an unexpected challenge?Enjoy Shane and Katie's story while catching up with some of your Gansett Island favorites in this latest book in the New York Times bestselling McCarthys of Gansett Island Series! Start the series with Book 1, MAID FOR LOVE!, FREE everywhere ebooks are sold.Includes a pre-signed title page.The Gansett Island SeriesBook 1: Maid for Love (Mac & Maddie)Book 2: Fool for Love (Joe & Janey)Book 3: Ready for Love (Luke & Sydney)Book 4: Falling for Love (Grant & Stephanie)Book 5: Hoping for Love (Evan & Grace)Book 6: Season for Love (Owen & Laura)Book 7: Longing for Love (Blaine & Tiffany)Book 8: Waiting for Love (Adam & Abby)Book 9: Time for Love (Daisy & David)Book 10: Meant for Love (Jenny & Alex)Book 10.5: Chance for Love, A Gansett Island Novella (Jared & Lizzie)Book 11: Gansett After Dark (Owen & Laura)Book 12: Kisses After Dark (Shane & Katie)Book 13: Love After Dark (Paul & Hope)Book 14: Celebration After Dark (Big Mac & Linda)Book 15: Desire After Dark (Slim & Erin)Book 16: Light After Dark (Mallory & Quinn)Book 17: Episode 1: Victoria & ShannonBook 18: Episode 2: Kevin & ChelseaBook 19: Mine After Dark ( Riley & Nikki)Book 20: Yours After Dark (Finn & Chloe)Book 21: Trouble After Dark (Deacon & Julia)

Isabella Coleman wasn't looking for love when she attended her cousin Wade's wedding in Boston, but she hadn't counted on the bride's father, Cabot Lodge. He's older, wiser and one of the most handsome, charming, and funny men she's ever met. Izzie is instantly smitten, and after a wonderful time at the wedding, she's certain she'll hear from Cabot again soon. But she doesn't hear a word from him until she's back in Boston and invites him to dinner. After yet another fantastic time together, she's once again optimistic--and once again disappointed when she gets nothing but silence from him. Cabot has his reasons for keeping his distance. After his former wife took off with their baby daughter, he spent twenty-five years looking for Mia, who suddenly reappeared in his life as a grown woman with a new husband. He's never been happier than since Mia returned, but those twenty-five years of searching left him with a deep well of bitterness that a sweet woman like Izzie doesn't need in her life. Until Izzy is seriously injured in a car accident, and all bets are off. Bitterness aside, Cabot can think of only getting to her as soon as he possibly can--and staying with her for as long as she'll have him. Now Izzy and Cabot are hunkered down in her cozy home in Vermont, and things are starting to get real. They'll both have to decide if their time together is a temporary interlude or the start of something lasting.

After I suddenly lose my husband, Patrick, in a senseless shooting, I'm lost in a sea of well-meaning people trying to make the unimaginable seem possible. How am I supposed to go on without the man who's been at the center of my life for nearly a decade? My friends and family do what they can for me, but I quickly realize that surviving this loss is going to be on me. One day to the next, I have to make the decision to go on, but life isn't done throwing me ringers, and just when I think I've got this young-widow game figured out, I find out how wrong I am. When a friend of my sister's connects me to the Wild Widows, I find a group of fellow travelers who understand my new reality in a way no one else in my life ever could. The Wild Widows have one requirement for membership to their group: I must be open to the possibility of a Chapter 2, which is what they call a second chance at love. While I'm not in any way looking for or ready for a Chapter 2, if I've learned anything, it's that I'm not in control of where this journey will take me. Come along as Roni and the other Wild Widows navigate their new realities with grace, humor, and compassion. They will make you laugh and cry and root for each and every one of them in this exciting, heartfelt new series.

D.C. is recovering from angry riots after one player's mistake blew the D.C. Federals' chance at the World Series, and Lt. Sam Holland is determined to unravel the twisted web of motives behind the star center fielder's death. Was it a disgruntled fan, a spurned lover, or a furious teammate? While Sam digs through clues, her husband, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, fights for his political life in the final days of his reelection campaign as financial irregularities threaten his future. It's a distraction Nick can ill afford with Sam in the midst of another high-profile murder investigation and both of them trying to help their adopted son, Scotty, cope with the murder of a ball player he admired. Determined to bring the killer to justice, Sam must root out the truth before another mistake proves fatal.

Back from their honeymoon, Senator Nick Cappuano and D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland are ready for some normalcy after the whirlwind of their wedding, but someone has other plans for them. When Sam discovers wedding cards containing thinly veiled death threats, she's not sure if she or Nick is the target. Already on edge, Sam and her team start investigating a series of baffling murders. The victims are well-liked with no known enemies, and the murders are carried out in a clean and efficient manner. Unable to find a clear motive for the deaths, she feels like she's chasing her tail. With no obvious connection between the victims, Sam soon suspects that she may be the ultimate prize in the killer's clever game. When the danger starts to hit a little too close to home, she has two goals: find the elusive murderer and live long enough to enjoy her happily ever after.

The story breaks as Metro PD lieutenant Sam Holland attends a dinner party with her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano: President Nelson is accused of having an affair. More shocking still, campaign staffer Tara Weber claims the president fathered her newborn son--while the First Lady was undergoing secret cancer treatment. When a high-profile murder case hits Sam's desk, she's shocked to uncover a connection to the presidential scandal. With the department caught up in its own internal scandals and the chief's job hanging by a thread, Sam questions who she can trust as her team uncovers information that clouds an already-murky case. And with calls for the president to resign getting louder by the minute, Sam needs to close this case before she finds herself living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...

A peaceful morning is shattered when Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland's beloved father succumbs to injuries from an unsolved shooting while on duty four years ago. As the community rallies around Sam and her family, one thing becomes crystal clear: her father's death has turned the unsolved case into a homicide--and it's on her to bring her father's killer to justice. But the case has been cold for years...until an anonymous tip that's too shocking to believe leads Sam down a dark and dangerous path. Her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, knows if she can't solve this case, it will haunt her for the rest of her life. She'll need the strength of their bond to pull her out of the darkness before it's too late--because as the missing pieces rapidly fall into place, Sam realizes the truth might just break her all the same...and that her father's killer isn't done yet.

It's just another day at the office for Washington Metro Police lieutenant Sam Holland when a body surfaces off the shores of the Anacostia River. But before Sam can sink her teeth into the new case, Secret Service agents seize her from the crime scene. A threat has been made against her family, but nobody will tell her anything--including the whereabouts of her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano. This isn't the first time the couple's lives have been at risk, but when a bombshell from Sam's past returns to haunt her, she can't help but wonder if there's a connection. With a ruthless killer out for vengeance and Nick struggling to maintain his reputation after secrets from his own past are revealed, Sam works to tie the threat to a murder that can't possibly be a coincidence. And she has to get it done before her husband's career is irrevocably damaged...

Escaping DC during the dog days of summer is one of the smartest moves Washington metro police lieutenant Samantha Holland ever made. Beach walks aren't quite as romantic with the Secret Service in tow, but Sam and her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, cherish the chance to recharge and reconnect―especially with a scandal swirling around the administration. No sooner are they back home than a fatal drive-by shooting sets the city on edge. The teenage victim is barely older than Sam and Nick's son, Scotty. As more deaths follow, Sam and her team play beat-the-clock to stop the ruthless killers. With Nick facing his greatest challenge―one that could drastically change all their lives and even end Sam's career―will the mounting pressure deepen or damage their bond?

As a new year dawns in the capital city, dual scandals rock the Metropolitan Police Department-and Lieutenant Sam Holland is right in the middle of them. Chief Farnsworth is catching heat for the way he handled a recent homicide investigation, and Detective Gonzales is accused of failing to disclose an earlier connection to the judge who decided his custody hearing. When Gonzo's fight for his child turns deadly and he has a shaky alibi, Sam must defend two of her closest colleagues. All while her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano, settles into his new office at the White House. Nick begins to wonder if the president is using him for a political boost, and his worries mount over a complication in the plans to adopt Scotty at a time when Sam is being put through the wringer by the always-rabid D.C. press corps. As the evidence against Gonzo piles up, Sam suspects someone is gunning for her-and her team.

Lieutenant Sam Holland is on leave, recovering from an attack that shook her to the core. With no case to distract her, she's trying to stay busy--even voluntarily meeting with her new White House staff. But it's not enough to keep the horrific memories at bay, and her family is worried...especially her husband, Vice President Nick Cappuano. Nick is dealing with his own demons where his wife's safety is concerned, losing night after night of sleep as he works to make sure what happened that day will never happen again. The pressure is building inside the Cappuanos' marriage, and something's got to give before Nick takes the oath of office. When two college girls go missing in the midst of inauguration madness, the chief of police needs the one cop he can count on to find them and save the Metro PD from disgrace. In a case full of ugly twists and turns, Sam will have to confront her past and find her strength again...before it's too late.

Washington, D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her husband, U.S. Senator Nick Cappuano, have been looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with their son. But any thoughts of a restful holiday are dashed when Sam and Nick return home to a gruesome scene: her seventeen-year-old niece Brooke, barely conscious and covered in blood on their front stoop. With lines between personal and professional blurring in this emotionally charged, deeply personal case, Sam is relying on Nick more than ever for support. But when suspicious images from the night in question appear on social media, Sam begins to wonder if her niece is telling her everything she knows about what really happened. And when Nick questions her tactics-and her ethics-as she races against the clock, Sam will need to decide how far she's willing to go to prove Brooke is a victim, not a murderer.

Standing over the body of a Supreme Court nominee, Lieutenant Sam Holland is hip-deep in another high-profile murder case. That she was one of the last people to see Julian Sinclair alive only complicates things even more. With her relationship with Senator Nick Cappuano heating up, they're attracting a lot of unwanted media attention and blinding flashbulbs. The pressure is on for Sam to find Sinclair's killer, but a new lead in her father's unsolved shooting puts her in unexpected danger. When long-buried secrets threaten to derail her relationship with Nick, Sam realizes that, while justice can be blind, mixing romance with politics has the potential to be fatal.

Washington, D.C., Metro Police Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her career--and her confidence--after a disastrous investigation. The perfect opportunity arises when Senator John O'Connor is found brutally murdered in his bed, and she's assigned to the case. Things get complicated when she has to team up with Nick Cappuano, O'Connor's friend and chief of staff...and the man she had a memorable one-night stand with years earlier. Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, and Sam has to fight to stay focused on the case. Sleeping with a material witness is another mistake she can't afford--especially when the bodies keep piling up.