Either I go along with this marriage of convenience to an arrogant and obnoxious billionaire I don’t even know, or my family risks losing everything…I’m across the country when I find out my father hired a big-time publicist to announce my upcoming wedding to one of the most powerful men in the country. A king in the hotel industry. The problem is, it’s news to me. I’ve never even met this man.I flat out refuse Phoenix König’s preposterous proposal. In fact, I protest vehemently.That’s until my father fesses up to deep, dark secrets he’s been holding back from me. We’re on the verge of bankruptcy.To save my family’s legacy—and hold on to the vestige of the precious heritage my deceased mother left behind—I have to agree to a merger-marriage?Sure, the tall, blue-eyed, commanding mogul with the chocolatey voice is so gorgeous, it makes my head spin, but that doesn’t change the facts. He’s a complete stranger.To dig himself out of a hellish abyss, my father turned me into a pawn. A payment.Just like that, I find myself stripped of all decision power. Either I go along with this fake marriage or my family risks losing everything.As long as I remember this is all pretend, I should be able to pull this off, but the way my fake husband says ‘my wife’ like he means it and the steadfast way he's ready to burn down the world to protect me blurs the lines we carefully established.In 365 days, will saying ‘I do’ turn out to be the biggest mistake—or worst, the biggest heartbreak—of my life?USA Today Bestselling Author Scarlett Avery brings you an arranged marriage romance between a smoking hot billionaire who enters a marriage of convenience to secure his CEO position and a firecracker who makes the ultimate sacrifice to save her family’s legacy. Along with becoming a fake wife, our heroine agrees to become her fake husband’s assistant, adding a dash of workplace romance to the plot. Get ready for an explosion of passion.__________????? “TOP 10 RECOMMENDED!”????? “There is no doubt that the chemistry between Phoenix and Michaela could melt the biggest iceberg in the world...”????? “The storyline is pretty terrific which makes it a heart-stoppingly brilliant read.”????? “This was a really awesome story and my favorite part was how Phoenix and Michaela are with each other.”????? “Scarlett Avery has outdone herself - again!”????? “This book was over the top. I couldn’t put it down.”????? “Scarlett has a great way of keeping the reader tied to the pages.”

Dating a rising film star is exciting, but the stakes of living in the public eye could leave both of them wondering if love is worth the risk.Brotherhood historian Casper Penhurst has always lived in the past and his own mind, and he’s felt invisible because of it. He’s been passed over for his dream job of teaching at a major university and rejected by literary agents one too many times because of it. Now he’s working as an on-set consultant for the After the Wartelevision production, but he might as well be one of the props for all the attention people pay to him.Then rising superstar Sawyer Kingston smashes into his life—literally—and brings Casper out of the shadows and into celebrity chaos.Sawyer has always felt like his sexuality is his own business, but with his celebrity star suddenly rocketing to the stratosphere, everyone wants to know if he’s really gay or if he’s faking it. The only thing Sawyer is interested in is captivating Casper and the way the shy historian makes him feel so good about himself. But as someone who considers himself borderline ace, Sawyer worries he won’t be enough…for Casper or for the voracious public expectations of what a superstar should be.Star Stakes is the sixth book in The Brotherhood: Legacy series…which tells modern-day stories of the men of The Brotherhood. It involves a step back in time on a film set, midnight snacks and kisses, social media disasters, good interviews and really, really horrible ones too, sweetness and understanding, The Chameleon Club, finding love on their own terms and no one else’s and, of course, the nearly two-hundred-year-old organization known as The Brotherhood. You can read more about the origins and Victorian doings of The Brotherhood in The Brotherhood: Origins and The Brotherhood series.

USAT author PJ Fiala, brings you steamy, small-town romantic suspense stories, where outside forces threaten to ruin the peace and tranquility Blossom Springs was built on. Sean West has been living a rock star’s life for years. Jamming on his treasured bass guitar with Hart & the Hurricanes, booze, drugs, and women, wereSean’s for the taking—everything he’d always dreamed of. Lately, though, fame feels a little empty and he finds himself asking: Is this all there is?Violet Slyk tackles each day with a vengeance. She earned her dream job - her own television show. It didn’t come easy, having started as a cub music reporter, and suffering more than her fair share of seedy clubs and smoky bars. The high-end studio that shouts prestige, is more her style.After months of trying, she finally lands a coveted interview with one of the band members of Hart & the Hurricanes. The bass player is coming to town for a reunion, and he'll sit down with Violet for an interview.But, when the door to the room swings open, she comes face-to-face with her painful past, and neither her nor the man staring at her are prepared for the dramatic turn their lives are about to take.***USA Today bestselling author PJ Fiala brings you the Rockstars of Blossom Springs series—heroes willing to sacrifice everything, for the men and women they love. A novel with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed.

NYT bestselling author Ginny Baird delivers her signature charm in this cozy and festive alternate reality rom-com about the road not taken and the messy joy different choices can bring.One woman, two lives—but did she choose the right one? Practical-minded Paige Pierce has her life in order. She’s got a job she loves, teaching English, and is launching a new “Paws and Read” literacy program for struggling students at her school. Despite her dismal dating record, Paige rarely thinks about her old college boyfriend, Dean Burton. Then dreamy Dean surprises her at her school’s faculty holiday party, upending her world. When she learns Dean’s been hired as their replacement physics teacher, Paige can’t help getting stars in her eyes and wondering what her life might have been like if they’d never said goodbye. With a rare comet passing overhead and the aid of a mysterious holiday market vendor, the universe grants Paige a chance to find out… The next morning, she wakes up in an alternate reality, greeted by Dean’s sunny optimism, their two kids, and a dog. Suddenly in way over her head with myriad household chores, a precocious little girl and a toddler boy who’s—yikes—potty training, Paige is desperate to scramble her way back home. Until her heart starts melting under the mistletoe, due to Dean’s swoony kisses and the cute shenanigans of their sweet kids and loyal pup, and she finds herself questioning where her home is truly meant to be. Yet the enchantment that’s brought her here won’t last forever.With the clock ticking on Christmas magic, can the past be undone?

His final mission may be the most dangerous of all…to her heart.Autumn Messina has finally put herself first and achieved her dream of becoming a teacher. She’s only sorry it’s come at the expense of having to sell the once thriving Messina Farm. Autumn loves her father and the farm, but she can’t do it all, and her brother has no plans to move back home. And then her brother’s best friend saunters back into her life even more handsome than she remembers and arrogantly full of plans and answers to questions she no longer wants to ask.After exiting his special forces unit to return home to Last Stand, Sam Russell feels duty bound to help his best friend’s struggling family farm. He’s not expecting such fierce resistance in the form of a still-angry Autumn, who’s become even more beautiful and tempting in his years away.Autumn doesn’t want his help, but Sam has never given up so easily. And what starts off as just doing his duty quickly becomes something much more personal.

Purely Business. No hearts involved… That’s how this public relations romance – a showmance – was described to best-selling author Paige Mitchell. Dating Hollywood heartthrob Nate Mason is all for the publicity. He’ll hold her hand down the red carpet, and in return, she’ll let him star in the movie based on her book. It’s a win-win for both of them.Nate is charming and sexy with perfectly polished cheekbones and a smooth as chocolate British accent. She’s an American soccer mom who has had less than good luck in the love department. They shouldn’t have anything in common except ambition. The more time they spend together, the more Paige begins to see the man behind the spoiled movie star façade. In private, he’s a different person, and things are starting to get very personal. It’s going to be difficult to remember… They’re only kissing for the cameras.