Kirjahaku

Romance may not be all that awakens while two best friends renovate a mansion rumored to be haunted.If you kiss your best friend...Halloween-loving Ren needs a new job. The only problem? The sole accountant opening in her small town requires construction experience, which are skills she lacks. Luckily, her best friend Leo-sexy, grumpy and completely off limits-is a construction hotshot. Their relationship is perfect as is, and, despite the intense chemistry, Ren refuses to ruin it with romance. Leo agrees to teach her, with one condition-she must live on site with him...and somehow survive the temptation.You'd better be sure...Skeptic, sword-swinging Leo has loved Ren since she mistook him for a hardware employee in the plunger section two years ago. While he took his time winning her trust, she caged him in the friend zone. He's done hiding his feelings, and living together-working, sleeping, playing-at the Gothic mansion he's renovating will convince her that best friends make the best lovers.It's meant to be forever.Ren resolves to resist Leo, even if he bends every rule. Discovering the mansion's secrets-and lingering spirits, no matter what Leo claims-offers distraction enough. But with her defenses splintering, one kiss is all it takes to shatter every boundary, one night of passion to believe in happily ever after...and one crumbling letter of unrequited love to awaken ghosts forgotten. If Ren and Leo can't piece together the past for two lost souls, they might lose more than their hearts.

Introverted teacher versus unstoppable violinist. She wants to be alone. He wants her heart. Let the games begin...After the unexpected death of her musician brother, third-grade teacher Adara buries her grief, avoids all music and vows to exist without attachments. Social solitude works perfectly...until she's forced to share her classroom with the new music mentor, a man who rattles her carefully constructed cage and sparks emotions she prefers to keep chained.Always up for a challenge, violinist Garret is a master of patience and persistence, and the minute he meets Adara, he knows what he wants. Her sharp humor and haunted eyes inspire him in a way he's never felt before. He makes it his mission to chip through her shields and breathe her back to life--no matter how hard she resists.Even as Adara struggles to keep Garret at a distance with each clash of wills, each smile he coaxes, each kiss he steals, her resistance crumbles. But when the past catches up with them both, they will discover that some promises are meant to be broken...and others are worth risking everything for.

She wants the full fairy tale. He's no prince offering a happily ever after. True love may have met its match this time.True love... Happily ever after... The full meal-deal fairy tale... Glamour girl Gia Hellman almost had it all until death stole the love of her life. Two years and a string of dead-end hook-ups later, she's through fooling around. Love will be hers again, but sexy, one-night-only lawyer Ian O'Connor doesn't fit into the equation. No matter how charming or tempting, he's neither knight nor prince, and she's done kissing frogs.Prestige... Power... A pristine reputation... Ian O'Connor allows nothing to derail his goal of becoming the next partner in the most distinguished firm in town, not even Gia, the curvy vixen in sparkles and pink stilettos who haunts his fantasies. With a past full of long-buried secrets, he never breaks his rule of only one night with any woman. But when the case to propel Ian to the top requires working with Gia, and a slip-up results in a fake engagement, keeping his distance may be the trial of his life.As the passion between them builds and rules break one by one, Ian must decide between protecting a secret that could destroy him or risking it all for Gia's dream of happily ever after. If only Ian believed in fairy-tale endings...

An annoyingly irresistible cop and a dare that could ruin her life... Love is a complication Kat will avoid at any cost.Sharp-shooting cop Katerina Hellman needs a fresh start. Leaving behind a failed marriage, she ditches the city and bunks with her sister in the tiny town of Graywood. When the local police chief offers her a position as the temporary firearms instructor, she jumps on it. So what if it's a 'mostly boys' club? She's done with men, doesn't need their unrealistic expectations and not even the tall, dark and annoying badge Roman can change that.Roman Farkos lives for his job, to serve and protect...until Kat shows up with her snarls and superiority. He can't resist pushing her buttons. She wants to be considered one of the boys, which would be fine if she didn't stir a desire to do more than protect and serve her. Kat may be raw from her recent split, but Roman resolves to convince her that love--preferably with him--is worth the risk.When Roman challenges Kat to a six-week contest of wits and skills, it's game on. As they work and play side by side, her resistance fades and unexpected passion flares. But when big-city danger hits and secrets are revealed, Roman faces the greatest challenge of all--convincing Kat that real love is worth the fight.