Yours Truly, Taddy by Avery Aster
(The Undergrad Years, Book 2)
Jetting to Martinique for a modeling assignment with
three of Europe’s hottest magazine photographers—Gustave, Fabian, and
Leon—should’ve been easy, breezy beautiful. Never did I expect to look up and
see a hole in the ceiling of our plane that was bigger in size than my Birkin
bag.
Shit! We’re nose-diving toward Eden Island. I pictured
how my New York Times obituary might read when I’m gone, “Taddy Brill,
Manhattanite, dethroned descendant of the Austrian House of Brillford royalty,
dies at age eighteen, penniless, unloved, and a virgin.” I swear this crap only
happens to me. Suddenly, Leon pulls me with Fabian and Gustave. Adrenaline
racing through me, our bodies clung as one. We prepared to…crash.The Undergrad
Years is a New Adult contemporary miniseries about first loves,
independence, and everlasting friendships.
Wild Ride by Opal Carew (Ready to
Ride)
Her friend told her dreams come
true at Eden, but this is more like a nightmare.
Marissa is shaken when her bad-assed biker ex-boyfriend
begins to stalk her. After receiving an invitation to an exclusive resort
called Eden, she jumps at the chance to get away. But even in paradise, she
can’t escape the man from her past. As he’s closing in on her, a passing
stranger on a motorcycle pulls up and orders her onto his bike. Frightened and
willing to take any chance to flee her dangerous ex, she does as he says. Her
knight in supple leather manages to lose her ex and take her to a secret
hideaway, but now she finds herself overwhelmed by his potent masculinity and
submitting completely to his authoritative commands. Killer didn’t want to be
her saviour. He had problems of his own. But once Marissa’s under
his protection, he will do whatever he can to keep her safe. Even force
her to face her deepest fears.
Rough Draft by Mari Carr (Big Easy,
Book 4)
Capture, bondage and fantasies
fulfilled. It’s all fun and games until someone gets killed.
Bestselling crime
novelist Jett Lewis is stumbling over a wicked case of writer’s block, his
fast-flowing words having run dry. His publisher’s screaming “deadline”, the
fans are ready to riot, and Jett just wants to disappear. His friend Carissa
suggests he get away, clear his head…get laid. And she has just the ticket. Literally.
Two passes to Eden, an exclusive island paradise. Recently sans girlfriend,
Jett convinces Carissa to go with him, and the resort is more than either of
them bargained for—especially when the simple beach trip turns to murder.
Thrust into a plot sinister enough to rival Jett’s books, the couple embarks on
a search for the killer. The most shocking revelation of all might be their
mutual attraction…and how much Jett and Carissa love working undercover.
Breaking Free by Cathryn Fox
Spring Break at college is supposed to be a time
of fun and parties, but Alaska Rossi, AKA Jane Smith, is on lockdown thanks to
her father’s mafia dealings. She wants only to party down with the
rest of her classmates. At least her hot, darkly mysterious
bodyguard—deep undercover as her dorm’s resident assistant—gives her
something to fantasize about during her boring nights in confinement.
When she wins a campus radio contest, and is gifted with a special
invitation to an exclusive island, she knows it’s her chance to break
free. After all, it’s a place where no one knows her name, so what danger
could possible come to her? But when danger appears in the form of a
masked man who takes control of all her pleasures, tapping into her
darkest fantasies, she begins to wonder if her undercover lover, and the
mysterious bodyguard who’s deep undercover, are one in the same…
Hold Me Close by Eliza Gayle
(Purgatory Club, Book 6)
Sometimes you need to cut and run and sometimes the ties
run too deep to abandon. Bonnie’s job at Purgatory keeps her on edge in more
ways than one. Every day the pain of her grief over losing her Dom threatens to
consume her. Her only escape comes at the hands of the resident tattooed
bad boy who likes to keep things light and loose with a variety of women.
He may not be the Dom of her dreams, but he chases away the darkness if only
for one night… Dex is used to unattached submissives coming to him for a chance
to feel the kiss of his flogger or the sting of his whip until they find their
own Doms. With his busy life of ink and kink he likes keeping his women at
arm’s length. Except one night a month when Bonnie shreds him every time she
asks him to hold her close.
When a secret invitation to an island resort arrives, is
it the answer to their problems? Or their worst nightmare?
Return to Sender by Steena Holmes
(Return to Sender trilogy, Book 1)
Lauren Summers is the stable sister, the one who runs
the family company while her sisters take off and travel the world. One weekend
a year she hides herself away and mourns a love she lost six years ago. That
weekend is now, except she’s being whisked away to a mysterious island despite
her protests. After being pampered with luxury, massages and the best chocolate
a girl could taste, she starts to realize that its time she left the past
behind and moved forward with life, and maybe with love. What she doesn’t know,
is that someone from her past has other ideas…
Escape From Reality by Adriana
Hunter
When curvy single and struggling romance author Leila
Connors receives a mysterious invitation to spend an all-expense
paid week on a tropical island, it simply seems too good to be true. Who
is responsible for sending the invitation? Why does the envelope
smell of dominant male possession? And most importantly, why
her? With a string of failed relationships and a career on
the down-slide, Leila feels she has nothing to lose and agrees to the trip. But
when she arrives at her destination, far away from everything she knows,
she can’t help but wonder if she made a mistake. That is until she comes face to face with the incredibly
handsome Sebastian Phillips, a tortured stranger with dark secrets, and a
man who will take without asking. With just one touch he awakens a
desperate need within her. Before too long Leila finds herself caught up
in a game of irresistible obsession, where truths are exposed, and the
dangerously blurred line between fantasy and reality threaten to
drive her to the point of no return.
Blurring the Lines by Roni Loren
A year has passed since Gretchen lost her fiancé, but
she still can’t sleep. Or paint. And her new home in New Orleans is either
haunted or she’s finally going crazy.
Her bet is on the latter.
So when her best friend, Burke, offers to sweep her away
to a private luxury island for a break, she can’t say no. Maybe if she can be
someone else for a few days, the ghosts of the past will quiet. At least for a
little while.
Burke knows what she’s going through. She lost her
fiancé, but he lost family. He gets her in a way no else can. But lately she’s
noticing things she shouldn’t about her former fiancé’s younger brother—his
sexy smirk, that spicy Cajun accent, and the way he looks at her when he thinks
she’s not paying attention. A week alone with him? Dangerous. If she blurs the
lines between them, she could ruin the only friendship that means anything to
her. She could ruin it all.
But the island of Eden has its own agenda. The island
knows what you need. That’s what the invitation says. She just never imagines
it will grant her the one wish that could destroy them both.
Fight For Me by Sharon Page
(Yardley College Chronicles, Book 3)
I had to drop out of college to raise my son after his
dad, notorious MMA fighter Ryder King, and I broke up. Ryder is so haunted by
demons he won’t let anyone touch his heart. Fame, fortune, and fighting didn’t
bring him any peace, and I knew, for the sake of our baby, that I had to leave
him. That’s when I met Ryder’s best friend, Xavier Malone, a former fighter who
built a billion dollar empire. Xavier is gorgeous, sweet, and wonderful with my
son. I’m falling for him—but I’m scared to commit. Then I receive an invitation
to the island of Eden, a luxurious resort where I can live my every sensual
fantasy. I’m certain Xavier sent it. But after I leave my son with my mom and
fly to Eden, I discover I’m in the middle of a grudge match between Xavier and
Ryder. They are going to fight for me: inside the ring in a televised match,
and outside it—where they both plan to seduce the pants off me. But I have a
surprise for them too.
How To Tempt A Tycoon by Daire St.
Denis (Savage Interactives, Book 5)
Tessa Savage has traveled all over the world but she has
never been to Eden. So when she receives a personalized invitation to this
enigmatic island location, there’s no way she can refuse. She’s been told that
Eden will fulfill her every fantasy but instead Tessa is faced with the choice
of overcoming one of her two greatest fears; total vulnerability or total
submission. To Tessa there is very little difference between these two things…except
that the choice means she must make a decision between two very special men
from her past. Help Tessa decide what to do in this smokin’ hot and emotionally
charged interactive tale.
Ivy in Bloom by Vivi Anna writing
as Tawny Stokes (Hothouse series, Book 3)
After getting out of a bad relationship and dropping out
of university, Ivy Watts decides she needs some much needed stress therapy so
she tags along with her parents to a luxury island resort called Eden.
She expects to laze around on the beach with a drink in her hand and figure out
what she wants to do with the rest of her life, but what she doesn’t expect is
to learn a few life lessons from the tall, dark handsome man in the penthouse
suite.
Ivy In Bloom: Chapter 1 Excerpt:
Chapter One
The last thing I expected as I walked across the Glendale
campus to my economics class with a
Venti Moccachino in my hand was to be completely humiliated and embarrassed in
front of a bunch of strangers. But that was exactly what happened at 10:24 that
morning.
It was a gorgeous day and I loathed spending it indoors, but
in California almost every day was gorgeous, so it wasn’t like I was never
going to have another day like this to spend working on my tan. I walked quickly across the center quad
because as usual I was going to be late for class. It was quite possible that I
had set a college record for the amount of tardies in the first year. In high
school I had gotten that honor.
I was just about to open the door to the west hall, when I
heard my name.
I turned to see Derek, my boyfriend of the past three
months, strutting up to me. And the boy did strut much like a peacock. The cock
of the walk. At six foot two he pulled it off tremendously. I put up with it
because he was extremely cute. He even had dimples in his cheeks when he
grinned.
His two douchey friends, Brett and Rico, stood off to the
side to wait for him. Neither of them liked me much because I didn’t put up
with their immature bullshit. I had questioned Derek
many times on why he was friends with them. He never really gave me a definitive answer.
Just mumblings about having been friends since high school.
I still had friends from high school, Violet and Dahlia, but
they were awesome. Although I hadn’t seen either one of them in a few months.
Dahlia was across the country at a design school and Violet was still trying to
get her life back together after some horrible shit happened to her. We texted
and talked on the phone though.
“Hey baby.” I wrapped a hand around his neck and pulled him
down for a kiss. I missed him as we hadn’t hooked up the night before like we
usually did. He said he had some test to study for. Which I thought weird since
I had never seen him study for anything since I’d known him. He was in his
second year of aviation, and all I’d ever seen him do is fly more beer and weed
into his mouth.
I pulled back and looked him over. He tasted like coffee and
the one cigarette he allowed himself every morning in an effort to kick the
habit and, surprisingly, cherry lip gloss. My stomach lurched. I didn’t wear
cherry flavored anything.
“Did you study for your test?” I asked, although by the way
he was looking at me, I didn’t think he wanted to talk about studying or
school.
He took my hand. “We need to talk.”
“Look, you are really pretty and stuff, but…”
“Are you breaking up with me?”
He looked down at his feet.
“You’re screwing someone else, aren’t you?”
“What’s it like then? Huh?” I pulled my hand out of his.
Others who mingled around in the quad started to look our
way. It was highly possible my voice was a few octaves higher and louder than
normal.
“I’m sorry, but it’s just not working for me anymore.”
“What’s not working? The sex we have all the time? The blowjobs
you beg me to give you? The time I tied you up and spanked you? Huh? What?”
There were some giggles from the other people in the quad.
“What way? Mad?
Because you stuck your dick in someone else BEFORE you broke up with me.
Why on earth would I be mad about that?”
He shook his head and ran a hand through his mop of dark
hair. “This is exactly why this ain’t working.”
I raised my eyebrow and tilted my head to say “Go on
motherfucker tell me what’s wrong with me. I know you want to.”
“You’re so damn controlling all the time. And bossy. And I
can’t do anything without asking for permission.”
“You wanted permission to fuck some other chick?”
“No!” He threw up his hands. “Jesus, you’re so damn
irritating.”
“Well whatever.” He took a few steps away. “We’re done. Your
shit is in a box on my porch. Collect it today or it’s going in the garbage.”
He walked back to his friends, who were
“I’m surprised you had the stones to even do this in
person.”
“I told him to just text you,” Rico said. “Since I thought
that’s all you’re worth.”
I flipped him the middle finger. “Fuck you Rico. Good thing
I didn’t tell him about all the secret texts you were sending me trying to hook
up behind his back.”
Derek gave Rico a sidelong look as they walked away. I knew
it wouldn’t amount to much. In his mind, it would be my fault about Rico. That
I had somehow encouraged him just by being a girl.
I turned around so I didn’t have to watch him walk away from
me. The tears were welling in my eyes, but I really didn’t want to let them go
here in public with ten strangers watching with avid interest.
I adjusted my purse strap on my shoulder, then instead of
going into the school I started back the way I’d came. There was no point in going to class today. I
wouldn’t have been able to concentrate anyway. So I figured a good long cry and
forty minutes on the elliptical was in order.
I liked to sweat when I was upset. I was a size 2 because I
got upset a lot. Some girls would be
jealous of me because of my figure, but they had no clue how much I suffered
emotionally for it.
Dahlia and Ivy didn’t really know either. I had always put on a carefree façade,
especially when it came to guys, but deep down I had battle scars all over my
heart and soul.
I always picked the wrong ones. Guys who only wanted to know
my outsides and not my insides. Any time I ever even hinted that I might be
more than my C cup and pouty pink lips, guys got spooked and looked for a way
to break up with me. And that way usually involved another girl. It was so
typical.
When I returned to my apartment near campus I immediately
went into my bedroom. I grabbed an old plastic bag I sometimes used for garbage
and opened my closet door. I tore an old chambray shirt from a hanger and
shoved it into the bag. It was one of Derek’s. I slept in it sometimes because
it had smelled like him, a combination of CK One and man.
Turning, I snatched up the stick of deodorant on my dresser
and the spearmint chapstick beside it and tossed both in the bag. Then I made
my way to the bathroom and tossed in the razor I had bought him and the
toothbrush. I was about to leave when I stopped and faced the toilet.
Angry tears were rolling down my cheeks now. I didn’t want to
shed them over him but sometimes a girl just has to have some release. And some
pay back.
I reached into the bag and took out the toothbrush. I opened
the toilet lid and peered into the bowl. The water wasn’t dirty, I used an
automatic cleaner inside the tank, but I hadn’t scrubbed the inside of the bowl
in a week or so. Until now.
I crouched and vigorously rubbed the bristles of the
toothbrush inside the bowl. I dipped it in the water and scrubbed the stained
porcelain. It was stained when I moved in, but still it made me feel better to
do it. I scrubbed and scrubbed until my arm was sore and the tears on my
cheeks had dried. Satisfied, I straightened then tossed the
dirty wet toothbrush into the bag.
In the living room I set the plastic bag on the table and
plopped down onto the sofa. I felt a little better. Ruining his toothbrush gave
me some joy. It kept the tears at bay for now and sometimes that was all a girl could hope for
in a situation like this.
I took out my phone and texted my friends, Dahlia and
Violet.
Me: So, another one bites the dust
I waited a few minutes. I knew Dahlia might be in class but
Violet usually answered right
Violet: Why did you break up with this one?
Violet: Oh crap babe, I’m sorry. What happened?
Me: Dumped me for some other chick
Me: Says I’m a control freak. Can u believe that?
I didn’t text her back. I couldn’t believe she was agreeing
with Derek. I mean, she was
supposed to be my best friend. Best friends had each other’s
back no matter what. I didn’t judge her when she hooked up with weirdo
Devon. Well, I guess maybe I did say a
few hurtful things about him even after I’d realized she really did like him
and it wasn’t just a brief dive into the dark side.
Violet: Sorry hun. I wish you were here so I could hug you
Violet: If you want to talk, call me. I’m here
I did want to talk but in person. I hated that I was here,
and Violet was there, and Dahlia was all the way across the country. I needed
my girls. Especially now.
I set my phone down beside me and looked around at my
apartment. It was a decent place. Bigger than what the majority of the students
lived in. My parents paid for it, as well as the bills. I was lucky that my
parents were wealthy and could afford to pay for my education.
This was one of the reasons I had agreed to go to
Glendale. My dad especially wanted me to
get a college degree. He didn’t care
what it was in, as long as I got it. I
had tried to argue with him about it, insisting that it would be a huge waste
of money, but he was stubborn and was used to getting his way.
But I was stubborn too. And now seemed like the perfect time
to prove it.
I got up and went into my bedroom. I grabbed the suitcase
from under the bed, opened it and started to pack up my clothes. I was going
home.
Second Glances by Elena Aitken (The
Springs)
When Kylie Wilson receives a mysterious invitation for
an all expenses paid trip to a tropical, all inclusive resort, there’s no doubt
in her mind who it came from—Marcus Stone, the only man she’s ever really
loved. The same man who’d promised her forever and then promptly left town to
pursue his dream without so much as a backward glance. Kylie owes it to herself
to take a chance, and despite her conflicted feelings, she decides to risk her
heart again and is soon jetting toward the island of Eden and the man she hopes
will finally fill the void in her life. But when she arrives, all is not as she
expected it to be. More to the point, he is not who she expected him to
be. And on an island that is supposed to ‘know exactly what you need’,
can Kylie open her body, mind, and more importantly—her heart to someone and
something, she’s never considered?
Delicious and Deadly by C.C.
MacKenzie (Ludlow Hall, Book 8)
Emma Ludlow’s temperature is rising and it’s not because
of the sweltering Florida sun. Her lucrative business is bloodshed and
slaughter. All she wants is peace and quiet in Eden to plot her latest murder.
However, a much-adored celebrity chef is in Eden, too. The man is insufferable
with an overblown ego she’s dying to kill. His slow smile may be ‘Delicious’,
but she won’t taste it, not again. Being famous and wealthy isn’t everything
it’s cracked up to be. Oscar Zamani learned that life lesson the hard way when
he let the seductively mysterious Emma slip through his fingers. Now an
Invitation To Eden has given him another chance to show her that this time he
can be trusted. But little does Oscar know that Emma has a dark secret. A
secret that might be ‘Deadly’ to his heart.
MASTER OF THE ISLAND by Lauren
Hawkeye
When his life takes a dark turn, billionaire Theodosius
Vardalos purchases a deserted island in the Bermuda triangle. It's accessible
only by plane- the better, he thinks, to hide his scars from the rest of the
world. What Theo doesn't know is that the island has an incredible secret, one
that gives him hope... hope of future happiness, despite the horrible scars
that make him a recluse. Hope to be had in the arms of a mysterious blonde he
hasn't yet met...
