Misty Paquette

Hale Maree is the first book in the Crossed & Bared Duology. Hale Simmons is looking for a better life. Struggling on welfare, she's been having a tough time keeping her alcoholic father on track. Her dreams, of having a career and healthy family of her own, seem impossible.But, when her dad witnesses a brutal accident at the bar one night, it changes the entire course of Hale's future. Bizarre circumstances thrust Hale into an arranged marriage with Oscar Maree, the famous, playboy son of a wealthy man.Hale isn't sure she can trust a stranger to give her the life she's always wanted. First, she's got to know if love can ever happen by accident.

Unexpected Grace is the second book in the Crossed & Bared Duology.Landon Grace is a stand-up guy, but running about 7-bananas-strong, from tequila shots at Oscar and Hale's wedding reception, what happened between him and Sher Simmons was supposed to be a one time thing. A quickie, between the Best Man and Maid of Honor, at their best friends' wedding.But some one-night-stands refuse to be finished in one night.Especially when they return with a hard shot of morning sickness.Now, Landon is faced with a problem he never thought he'd have to consider...Just how much sway does a guy really have, regarding a woman's choice to pursue or terminate the pregnancy of his child?

Back in the 80's, Grace lived with her grandmother in the neighborhood 'Kool-Aid house'.Grace was in love with bad boy, James Stryker, and they had a rad, misfit group of friends nicknamed The Band. All of them totally promised to keep their big hair, to hate disco, and to stay loyal to each other.But all it took was one careless whisper for The Band to be blown apart, along with Grace and James's relationship.Now, years later, Grace returns home for her grandmother's funeral and her old friends show up-a final request from Grace's grandmother-to put The Band back together again.Time has changed everything, and now The Band has to figure out if they can find harmony again, or if that careless whisper from their past will silence their friendships, and Grace and James feelings for one another, once and for all.

"This book is powerful and dark and honest, and hot and .... this is the first book I have read by this author and I feel like kicking myself for not having read her books earlier."- Delphina of Delphina Reads Too Much; Top 500 Reviewer"Stronger = Best book of the year " - Lisa of Bookworm Betties Review Blog"This is a wonderful story filled with hope, even when it seems there is no hope left." J. McPherson of The Sated Faery Book Blog"A novel completely unique and jarring...Stronger pulls readers in, making Provencher's tantalizing story the readers' own addiction. Definitely one of my top ten reads of the year..." A Book Vacation Book Blog"With a whirlwind of emotions wrapped up in the heart-stopping tale, Stronger is definitely one of my top reads for 2014..." Kathryn Grimes of Tsk Tsk What To Read Book Blog and UtopYA Blogger of the Year NomineePeople would say Lydia's stupid for living the way she does, because they don't know all the complications that trap her. She's tried to escape her lifestyle a hundred times and failed. Now, she's barreling toward rock bottom, face first. But wait. Sultry, sexy, and stable, Aiden Badeau, has just moved in next door. His apartment quickly becomes Lydia's hide-out from the one-night-stands that just won't leave. Aiden has even given her a hand with throwing out some of the trash she's brought home. He's swiftly becoming a rock in Lydia's spiraling life. But Aiden has secrets and baggage too. His issues might prove too slippery for Lydia's grip - especially when some of his mysteries revolve around her. Lydia must claw her way out of her own problems and find herself again, before she can determine if Aiden is the rock she can cling to, or the one that will crush her heart forever.

I turned seventeen less than two months ago.A week ago, I ran away from home, in the country outskirts of suburbia. Now, I'm living at a hotel in downtown Detroit.At home, you could walk to the corner store when it was dark outside and hear frogs croaking in the ditches on either side of the dirt road. At the hotel, you don't go out at night. All you hear is squealing tires and curses shouted from broken windows. At home, we didn't lock our front doors at night. There are three locks on my hotel room door. One in the knob, a chain, and a dead bolt. I'm not sure it's enough to keep everyone out.At home, I'd be starting my Senior year in high school.Here, I'm learning what it takes to survive.I hope I make it to eighteen.