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A new standalone novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Deborah Bladon .I chose the woman I brought home with me last night for one reason and one reason only.She looks like her.It's the same with every woman I bring home with me.They always look like her.Light brown hair, sky blue eyes, and a body that takes me to that place I crave.It's where I forget - her innocence, my cruelty, everything.Last night was different.This one didn't only look like her, she danced like her, spoke in a soft voice like her, and when she lost control on my sheets in that split second I live for, she made a sound that cracked my heart open.My heart; cold and jaded as it is, felt a beat of something for this one.She left before I woke up.I need to forget about the woman from last night, just like I've forgotten every woman but the one who started me on this path to self-destruction.I might have been able to if I wasn't standing in a crowded courtroom ready to take on the most important case of my career staring at the woman who crawled out of my arms just hours ago and into the role of opposing counsel.I may be a high-profile lawyer, but her name is one I'd recognize anywhere.The woman I screwed last night is the same one I screwed over in high school.Court is now in session, and it's me versus her.

Compass, a second chance romance novel from New York Times bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Gage Burke was supposed to be my happily-ever-after.When he dropped to one knee on my twenty-first birthday, I saw the promise of forever in his soulful green eyes.I picked the venue, bought the perfect wedding dress, and chose my favorite flowers for the bouquet.Every detail was arranged, but just days before the ceremony, my fianc set sail on a new adventure without me.I picked up the pieces of my shattered heart and patched it back together.I left sunny California and headed east, unaware that Gage felt the same pull to New York City that I did.When he walks into the bridal boutique I own, time stops.He tells me that I'm his true north and that fate crossed our paths again.I tell him to go to hell and to take fate with him.I can't forget what happened between us in the past, even if Gage is determined to chart a new course toward our future together.

From New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon, PULSE - The Complete Series. Jessica Roth dumped her boyfriend, moved to New York and wanted desperately to start her new life off with a bang - a literal mind-blowing, soul-shaking night of pure, raw, memory making sex.She thought her one time chance encounter with attorney, Nathan Moore, in a hotel room would become a jumping point for her exciting, single and adventurous life in the city.One night turned into two, into four, and into more - always at the same place, always at the same time - no last names, no personal details, and absolutely no complications.What Jessica doesn't count on is that in Nathan's world boundaries are made to be pushed.He wanted her in ways he promised he never would. She wanted him in ways she couldn't admit.When their lives ultimately collide outside the walls of the hotel room, Jessica is forced to face the truth about the only man who has ever made her pulse race and her body ache with unadulterated pleasure.

The NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling series. Sex.That's all Noah Foster wanted when Alexa Jackson showed up at his apartment.After returning from a semester in Paris, Alexa is back in her hometown of Boston and looking for anything but the drama that surrounds Noah. He's intense, gifted, famous and a bastard through and through.Alexa doesn't take life too seriously. Noah doesn't do calm and easygoing.Their unexpected meeting sets them both on a course towards an unlikely connection. As Noah embarks on a journey to teach school teacher Alexa the ways of his dark and mysterious world, she's fighting her own demons and the memory of a stranger in Paris.When Alexa's past suddenly becomes her present, she's forced to face the reality of whether the passionate moments she's spent in Noah's arms, in his bed, and in his life mean anything to him, or has it all been in vain?

HAZE, a new standalone from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. Standalone Book. No Cliifhanger. Isla Lane is an ambitious violinist, who yearns for the career her grandmother had and had always planned for her. Though determined to make her mark on Manhattan and follow her dreams, she just can't seem to get back on course. Consumed with pain from the loss of her grandmother, Isla thinks that she has found the perfect distraction, but this perfect distraction will challenge her in ways she couldn't have imagined. Work is the sole focus of Gabriel Foster's life. His family depends on him to chart the course for all of them. He works tirelessly to keep everyone and everything in his life in order. When Isla Lane falls into his path, his entire world is set off its axis. The attraction is immediate and intense. She's unlike anyone he's ever met. He's everything she didn't know she needed. As they explore what they can offer one another, they both realize that what they have left to give may not be enough.

Standalone Book.No Cliffhanger.Falon Shaw is the go-to photographer for celebrities in New York City. She's young, beautiful and driven. She's determined to be the best and she's not about to let anyone get in her way. She dreams of a future filled with travel and photographs of places far away from the only world she's ever known.Music is Asher Foster's passion. After he dug himself out of the pit of his addictions, he turned his life around. He found not only solace on the stage, but fame as well. He's trying to put his demons behind him and right when he thinks life can't get better, it all crashes down around him.She's there to help him pick up the pieces. He's there to show her how to love herself.Together they realize that their pasts can't define them and the future they envision together, may be the one thing that can save them both.

RISK, a new standalone from New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon.Standalone Book.No Cliffhanger.Nolan Black is gorgeous, bold and unapologetic in his desire for me. When I fall into his lap in Las Vegas, our connection is instant.Once I'm back in Manhattan we can't resist the attraction. The draw is too intense and the desire is addictive.I want him in ways I promised myself I wouldn't. He needs me in ways he didn't know existed.The pull is strong enough to erase the doubt and to drown out all the questions. Until the secrets we've buried in our pasts collide in a way no one could have predicted.Please note - You do not need to read any of my other books to enjoy RISK. This is a complete standalone.

From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author, Deborah Bladon. TENSE - The Complete Novel Duet Nicholas Wolf's mind is a dangerously dark place.He dreams up tales of murder, intrigue, and passion so intense that his detective novels have enthralled readers worldwide. He's captivating and consuming.Once I have my first taste of him, I crave more.I'm addicted to his body and his mind is the lure that keeps me coming back for more.I can't get enough of him until the one night when he promises me my dreams will come true.It's not what it seems.Everything I've ever wanted is taken away from me and the one man to blame is the only man I've ever really loved.As we work to rebuild what we lost, a new challenge rears its ugly head in our direction.The threat is real and when my life hangs in the balance, one moment changes everything between the man that I love and me.

Bloom, a new standalone novel, from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Liam Wolf should come with a warning.The man is all kinds of hot. He's nailed down the tall, tattooed, gorgeous-as-sin look.I shouldn't be swooning over him.He's in my floral shop to order a bouquet for the woman of his dreams.I swallow the bitter taste of envy and design a to die for arrangement. I offer to deliver the flowers personally because I'm a glutton for punishment.The delivery should go off without a hitch.It doesn't.I end up at Liam's office with the bouquet in one hand and a no thank you note from his ex-girlfriend in the other.I walk away. Liam follows me.What blooms between us is based on a rebound.We agree to a simple no-strings-attached fling, but I soon discover that nothing in Liam's world is simple.

I crash-landed in the middle of the wrong blind date. That scorching hot stranger I shamelessly flirted with is my new boss. When I agreed to go on a blind date my best friend set up, I had no idea how the night would end.As soon as I got to the restaurant, I spotted the dark-haired, gorgeous man I thought I was there to have dinner with.I sat down at his table and proceeded to flirt awkwardly with him.When his actual date came back to their table from the ladies' room, I realized my mistake.The sinfully sexy man I told a condensed version of my dating history to wasn't Dale, the friend-of-a-friend I was there to meet.Mortified, I went home and hid in my bed for the rest of the night, swearing off blind dates forever.Three days later, I came face-to-face with the hot-as-hell stranger from the restaurant again.This time he introduced himself.Barrett Adler. He's that Mr. Adler. Barrett is my new boss.He quickly proves he's the most annoying, arrogant, and ruthless man I've ever met.My employment contract ties me to him for the next year.Three hundred and sixty-five days from now I'll be free of him forever.Or will I?

SIN, a hot new standalone from New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. West.That's what he said his name was when I met him on the flight from New York City to Las Vegas.I was on my way to sin city for a bachelorette party. West had business there.He was wickedly handsome, demanding, and the intensity in his eyes melted me from the inside out.I left his hotel suite before he woke up because a one-night stand is just that. It's one night of pleasure that doesn't seep into the next day.At least that's what it's supposed to be if it doesn't go completely wrong. I didn't give him my real name. We never exchanged numbers.West didn't need any of that to find me.All he had to do was look across a conference table in Manhattan two months later.Out of all the advertising agencies in the city, Jeremy Weston chooses the one my father owns to work on the campaign for the launch of his company's latest product.I try to pretend I'm not the woman he spent a night with in Las Vegas, but my body betrays me. Not everything that happens in Vegas stays there.The sin of my past proves that. Author's Note: Although some characters from my previous books appear in SIN, you don't have to read any of my other books to enjoy this swoon-worthy romance

LACE, a hot new standalone from New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. Alexander Donato is the most annoying person I've ever met.The arrogant jerk thinks I should help him find the random woman he spent last night with.I don't care if she took something that belonged to him.It doesn't matter to me that he's tall, gorgeous, and built for sin.I refuse to help a man like that with anything.Until I find out that there's more to his story.There's more to our story too.I'm not the kind of woman who falls for someone like Alexander, but truth be told, I've never met a man like him before. Author's Note: Although some characters from my previous books appear in LACE, you don't have to read any of those to enjoy this breathtaking romance

Do you see what I see? I see my half-naked neighbor staring at me whenever he gets a chance.When I moved into this apartment, I knew I'd get used to the noisy tenant across the hall, the broken air conditioner, and the squeaky floors. I didn't think I'd grow accustomed to the lustful stares of the gorgeous man who lives in the building next to mine.He watches me when dusk falls with an intense hunger in his eyes I've never seen before.I sense his gaze trailing over every inch of my skin as I strip slowly, just for him.It's innocent until I finally get the chance to pitch my business idea to a trio of private investors. That's when I realize that the man who stands at his window every night staring at me is one of the three people who hold the future of my start-up in their hands.Rocco Jones has seen my body, and now he wants to touch it. I want my business to succeed, and I want him, but is it possible for me to have both?

Exercise is supposed to strengthen the body and clear the mind, right?Wrong.When I'm looking across the gym at a half-naked Smith Booth, it's hard to focus on anything but his gorgeous face, piercing brown eyes and the way the sweat travels down his abs to his....I can't.If I didn't already know Smith, I'd think he's the hottest man on the planet, but we have a past.It's not checkered. We didn't have a sordid affair that ruined anyone's life.He stole the only thing that ever mattered to me.Forgiving him is not an option. Apparently, avoiding him at my favorite gym isn't either.I can hold a grudge forever, can't I?I just wish my pulse didn't race every single time he looks my way.

Adley York is everything I want in a best friend.She's honest, kind and speaks her mind. The fact that she doesn't care that I'm hot as hell and rich as sin makes her the perfect person to hang out with.I'm the first to admit my mind wanders to other places when I'm with her. Who can blame me? It's not just the fact that Adley is gorgeous. She's also smart as a whip and the most fearless person I've ever known.She's completely off limits though.When I challenge her to a game of Truth or Dare, I vow to myself to keep it clean.That crashes and burns the instant she asks me about my first time.We cross a line we swore we never would, but I want even more.She says I'm trouble. She's right.I didn't get where I am in life by following every damn rule. I go after what I want, and the beautiful blonde who claims she still wants to be just friends is the only woman I think about.I dare Adley to not fall in love with me because the truth is that I'm falling in love with her.

WORTH, a new standalone novel from New York Times bestselling author, Deborah Bladon.One month.One job.One opportunity of a lifetime.As a real estate broker in New York City, my life primarily consists of my work. I've been on the hunt for new clients, so when Julian Bishop, the CEO of Bishop Hotels, offers me the exclusive contract to sell all twelve residential units in his newest luxury hotel, I jump at the chance. The one condition is that if I can't find a buyer for the most expensive unit within thirty days, I'm out and another broker takes over. I need to ignore the fact that Julian and I have been dancing around our mutual attraction for more than a year. I can't focus on his chiseled jaw, his ocean blue eyes or what's under his three-piece suits.This is my once in a lifetime shot to make a mark on the Manhattan real estate market. I'm determined to concentrate on the job Julian hired me to do, but when he starts appearing around every corner, the line between business and pleasure blurs. His past won't let him go. My future is in question.I want it all, but I may end up with nothing at all.

From New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Deborah Bladon, comes Hush, the first instalment in the Love in Manhattan series. I have three hard and fast rules when it comes to one-night stands.Don't tell her your last name.Don't take her home with you.Don't knock her up.I'm screwed.Jane Smith was supposed to be a quick fling. I saw her as a brief escape from the never-ending drama that is my life as a surgeon in New York City.Now, she's pregnant and scared as hell.Oh, and apparently her real name is Chloe Newell.It's probably not the best time to tell her that I'm the guy who ruined her life two years ago. Author's Note: This romance contains a gorgeous doctor, an unexpected pregnancy and a past connection between the hero and heroine that could change everything. Hush is part of the Love in Manhattan series. Each book features a different couple and the books are not connected so they can be read in any order.

BARE, a hot new standalone novel from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Deborah Bladon. The first and last one-night stand I had ended with zero orgasms for me and my wallet gone.I fell asleep after the man who called himself Kent rolled off of me and out of my life.The only thing he left behind was a business card on the floor next to the bed.Griffin Kent. Attorney at Law.Since I don't know a soul in New York, I head straight to the jerk's office on Madison Avenue to get back my wallet and reclaim my pride.I'm not prepared for what happens when I arrive at the prestigious law firm of Kent & Colt.I doubt that the real Griffin Kent would leave a woman unsatisfied in any way. He's tall, dark haired and dangerously handsome. He's also the complete opposite of the imposter I spent the night with.The arrogant attorney orders his assistant to help me, but he's the one who enrolls in the art class I came to Manhattan to teach.He may be my student, but something tells me that Griffin is going to be schooling me in the art of seduction. Author's Note: This sexy standalone novel contains a dirty talking attorney, nude male models and a touching HEA. Although some characters from my previous books appear in BARE, you don't have to read any of my other books to enjoy this breathtaking romance

My twenty-fifth birthday was just like the twenty-four before it.I stood next to my identical twin sister as we blew out the candles on our shared birthday cake.She wished for a healthy new baby to add to the family she already has with her husband.I wished for my parents to stop asking me why I wasn't more like my twin.When I get back to Manhattan after my birthday trip, a surprise is waiting for me.A tall, gorgeous, tattooed stranger is in my apartment.Did I mention he's naked?He says it's not a big deal. I say it is a BIG deal, if you know what I mean.I assume he's here to see my roommate, but apparently I'm wrong since she left town while I was away.Sebastian Wolf is my new roommate.I'm tempted to throw him out after the first day, but I agree to give him another chance.When I start to wish for more, I discover that my new roommate isn't the man I thought he was.