Bücher von Marie Force

They're beloved members of the Gansett Island family... But they've never had their own book until now! Dan Torrington and Kara Ballard take center stage for the first time ever in this prequel novel. Revisit their story from when they first appeared in FALLING FOR LOVE through HURRICANE AFTER DARK, with many new scenes, characters and backstories as we prepare to follow Dan and Kara to Bar Harbor, Maine, to deal with the most intense Ballard family drama yet. This is an 87,000-word preview ahead of the upcoming DOWNEAST story, which will pick up right where Dan and Kara's story left off in HURRICANE AFTER DARK.

Lei ha rinunciato a ciò che lui ama di più. Una relazione non potrebbe mai funzionare tra loro. O forse sì? NatalieDopo essermi scontrata con il destino, scopro che può essere un'arma a doppio taglio se include la più grande stella del cinema al mondo. La sua celebrità è una minaccia che non avrei mai immaginato per la nuova vita che mi sono costruita. Ma, quando il mio incubo peggiore diventa realtà, Flynn non lascia mai il mio fianco. FlynnNon riesco a credere che sia successo e voglio la testa della persona che l'ha tradita. Farò tutto ciò che è in mio potere per proteggerla, ma è tutta colpa mia. Dopo aver giurato di difenderla, quando si calmeranno le acque, spero che non mi odierà per il casino che ho combinato.L'amore appena sbocciato tra Flynn e Natalie sopravvivrà allo sguardo incessante dei media? Da Hollywood a Las Vegas, la travolgente storia tra Flynn e Natalie ha tutto: amore, passione, notti di fuoco, paparazzi instancabili e un omicidio che potrebbe sancire la loro fine. Flynn è un eroe sboccato che mette in gioco tutto per la donna che ama, soddisfa ogni suo desiderio e farebbe di tutto pur di proteggere ciò che è suo...

Wrenched apart by tragedy, they're brought back together by love.Carly Holbrook and Brian Westbury are weeks away from their high school graduation, and their future seems bright with promise. Everything changes one spring night when their six closest friends, including Brian's younger brother, are killed in a fiery car accident that Carly and Brian witness.The trauma leaves Carly unable to speak, and Brian is forced to make unimaginable decisions about a future that once seemed so certain. With Carly incapable of going forward with their plans, Brian leaves home and Carly for good. Fifteen years later, disturbing new clues indicate the accident that wrecked so many lives wasn't an accident at all, bringing Brian home to face a past-and a love-he's never forgotten.Content warning: A storyline involving sexual assault may be disturbing to some readers.

When you have their jobs, there's no such thing as a peaceful vacation... Sam and Nick are ready to get out of DC-and the White House-for a much-needed vacation to celebrate their second anniversary. Due to ongoing political pressures, they decide to scuttle their plans for a return to Bora Bora to stay closer to home at their favorite oceanfront house at Dewey Beach in Delaware. But before they can make their escape, Sam is summoned back to work to deal with yet another crisis in the ongoing investigation into former Lieutenant Stahl. Just when they think they've seen the full scope of his depravity, there is more. Sam leaves Gonzo, Freddie and the rest of the squad in charge of a new investigation of a murdered college student while Gigi and Cameron deal with the Internal Affairs Board and plot their strategy to respond to a lawsuit from the Patrick family. Meanwhile, Nick's mother is working on a plea deal with an unexpected new advocate who wants her to reconcile with her estranged son. As always for the first couple, nothing ever goes according to plan, but the chance to spend a week mostly alone is just what they needed until their children, family and friends join them for the final weekend at the beach. It's March in Dewey, and Sam and Nick are snuggling in front of the fire as they prepare to begin their third year of marriage.

She has everything she ever wanted-except the man she can't live without.Ten years ago, their relationship was a scandal. Now it's forever. Kate Harrington goes after the man she left behind when she set out to chase her dream of music superstardom. Now she has everything she ever wanted, except for the one thing she can't live without. What will Reid say when she shows up unannounced in St. Kitts, looking to reclaim their lost love? And what will Jack, Kate's father, say when he hears she's gone back to her first love, a man Jack once considered a friend? And what do you think will happen when Jill Harrington, Kate's sister, attorney and manager, faces off with Ashton Matthews, Reid's son, the same man who made life miserable for Kate many years ago? The sparks will fly when the Harrington, Matthews and O'Malley families gather in Nashville for a Christmas none of them will ever forget!

Sometimes rock bottom is the best place to rebuild.In a drunken stupor, Brandon O'Malley frightens his brother Aidan's girlfriend, enraging his brother and the rest of his family. Aidan offers Brandon the choice of rehab or jail, and Brandon reluctantly enters treatment. While in rehab, he confronts the lifetime of secrets and resentments that fueled his spiral into alcoholism, and these revelations have a major effect on his entire family. When he returns home expecting to resume his supervisory role in the family's construction business, Brandon learns his father has retired and put his younger brother, Colin, in charge. Brandon is unhappy to be given the job of renovating an apartment building where he loses his heart to an adorable five-year-old tenant named "Mike." After he falls hard for Michaela, Brandon becomes involved with her mother Daphne, who is running from a past that will later test his sobriety and his mettle as a man.

Her life was torn down to the foundation. Rebuilding will take one small miracle at a time."Marking Time" continues the story begun in "Treading Water" as Clare Harrington begins a new life. She's considered a miracle, but everything that's happened since she recovered from a three-year coma has been something less than miraculous. Now left to grapple with the aftermath of a selfless decision, she is home from the hospital and trying to figure out what the next chapter in her miraculous recovery has in store for her. Meanwhile, her eighteen-year-old daughter Kate, a talented singer and songwriter, sets out to pursue her musical dreams in Nashville. Her parents have agreed to allow Kate to spend a year there, but they couldn't have anticipated Kate falling in love with a much older man. Her newly divorced parents are forced back together to confront their wayward daughter. Spanning from Newport, Rhode Island, to Nashville, Tennessee, to Stowe, Vermont, "Marking Time" is the story of new beginnings and new loves.

When you're living one step at a time, the next one could change your life...forever.Love is the last thing on Jack Harrington's mind when he sets out to meet Andi Walsh's flight. Recently back to work after spending more than a year tending to his comatose wife, Jack is focused on getting through each day and caring for his three daughters. However, the moment he sets eyes on Andrea Walsh, the interior designer who has come to decorate the hotel his company is building in Newport, Rhode Island, Jack begins to wonder if Andi might be his second chance. After a disastrous marriage, Andi, single mom to a hearing-impaired son, isn't exactly looking for love, either, but that's what she finds with Jack. The two embark on a long-distance relationship fraught with challenges as they balance the needs of their children and dueling careers while Jack continues to care for his wife, Clare. Just when Jack thinks his life is once again settled, he is confronted with a new challenge that tests him in ways he never could've imagined, leaving him to wonder if "happily ever after" is in the cards for him.

Denial: refusing to admit the truth or reality of something unpleasant... His mother has been arrested, his government is under new threat, the relentless media is driving him mad, and denial becomes the word of the day for President Nick Cappuano. Meanwhile, his wife, DC Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland Cappuano has caught a big new case with suspects everywhere she looks. Watch for her partner, Detective Freddie Cruz, to take center stage in this investigation when a variety of personal situations keep Sam off the job. With the countdown on to their second anniversary, the first couple is keeping their heads down and their eyes on the prize of a week away from the capital city. But with threats circling all around them, will they be able to make it happen? The fifth First Family book picks up right where State of Shock left off, with Sam and her family continuing to absorb the loss of a beloved family member as she and her team work to clean up the mess former Lt. Stahl has left behind.

La mia feroce cagnolina ha appena morso la più grande stella del cinema al mondo... e lui mi ha chiesto di uscire.NatalieL'ultima cosa che cerco al mondo è un uomo. Voglio solo portare a spasso la mia cagnolina e vivere la mia vita ma, quando Fluff scappa e morde l'uomo più famoso sulla terra, capisco che la mia giornata non andrà affatto secondo i piani. Dopo quello che ho passato, non sopporto gli uomini convinti che le donne debbano loro qualcosa, soprattutto uno che potrebbe avere tutte quelle che vuole.FlynnResto immediatamente ammaliato e voglio conoscere il suo nome e tutto ciò che c'è da sapere sulla stupenda e giovane proprietaria del cane che mi ha morso. Non mi importa se dovrei lavorare né del mio amico che vorrebbe uccidermi per il ritardo nella produzione. Voglio lei ma, quando le corro dietro, capisco che ci vorrà molto di più del mio nome e della mia faccia famosa per superare i muri che si è costruita intorno al cuore.Riuscirà l'amore appena sbocciato tra Flynn e Natalie a sopravvivere all'attenzione incessante dei media? Da Hollywood a Las Vegas, la travolgente storia d'amore tra i due ha tutto: romanticismo, passione, notti bollenti, paparazzi instancabili e un omicidio che potrebbe segnare la loro fine. Flynn è un eroe sboccato che mette in gioco tutto se stesso per la donna che ama, che soddisfa ogni desiderio e farebbe qualsiasi cosa pur di proteggere ciò che gli appartiene... ATTENZIONE! Per conoscere la storia bollente tra Flynn e Natalie, dovete leggere d'un fiato Virtuous, Valorous e Victorious. La serie prosegue poi con cinque romanzi autoconclusivi (libri 4-8) sulle avventure dei soci in affari di Flynn della Quantum Production Company.

Eine zweite Chance für die Liebe: Die Krönung der SPIEGEL-Bestsellerreihe Max Abbott weiß, wie sehr ein gebrochenes Herz schmerzt. Erst hat ihn seine große Liebe Lexi verlassen, dann auch noch die Mutter seines kleinen Sohns. Deshalb konzentriert sich der alleinerziehende junge Vater ganz auf seine kleine Familie und hat den Frauen abgeschworen. Bis er bei seinem zehnjährigen Klassentreffen Lexi unerwartet wieder gegenübersteht. Sofort sind da wieder die alten Gefühle. Doch sein Leben ist jetzt ein anderes und Lexi hat dunkle Jahre hinter sich. Sie weiß nur zu gut, wie zerbrechlich das Glück sein kann. Können sie ihrer Liebe trotzdem eine zweite Chance geben? Ein sehnsüchtiges Abenteuer für dein Herz: In der Kleinstadt Butler in Vermont findet jeder seine große Liebe. >Lost in Love - Die Green-Mountain-Serie

She helped to bring me back to life. Now I want to return the favor. MiloWhen I open my eyes, I have no idea where I am or who I'm with. The woman beside my bed is lovely, with dark hair and eyes and a warm smile that makes me feel safe. I learn I've survived a major surgery that might've killed me after being shot in the neck, and Gianna is my nurse. She soon becomes the center of my universe as I recover. All I want is to get out of the hospital so I can really get to know her, but my recovery is slow and full of frustrating setbacks. The minute I get out of here, I'm taking her on the best date of her life. GiannaHe's the nicest man I've ever met, but I've learned to be wary of nice men. They tend to talk a big game, but when it comes down to it, they're all the same. The longer Milo is under my care, however, the more I like him-and his big, overly involved family. Since my parents died and left me to finish raising my two younger brothers, family has been in short supply in my life. The Giordinos are right out of a TV show, and I find myself as interested in them as I am in Milo, despite my reservations. He's promised me the best date of my life. We'll see if he can deliver.

This is the one you've been waiting for... Max Abbott takes center stage in the Butler, Vermont Series finale when the timeline jumps forward five years and finds Max staring down his ten-year high school reunion, with no desire whatsoever to attend. Under pressure from his family to go, he ends up glad to be there when he connects with the only person from high school he wanted to see--his ex-girlfriend, Lexi, who's been "missing" the last ten years. When Max finds out where Lexi has been--and why--and realizes all the old familiar feelings are still there, he'll have to decide if he can risk taking a chance on an uncertain situation with her or if he'd rather continue to be alone with his son, Caden. Find out where all the Abbotts and Colemans are and what Fred and Dexter are up to five years later as this beloved series comes to an exciting and heartfelt conclusion.

Dr. Ted Duffy has finally met a woman who makes him ache with desire. Too bad she's his best friend's girlfriend.Dr. Ted Duffy has finally met a woman who makes him ache with desire. Too bad she's dating his best friend of twenty years. This simple premise has momentous consequences for Ted in The Fall, a story that explores the bonds of friendship, the expectations of family, and the power of love to unite and divide. Ted is a third-generation pediatric oncologist in Boston. He is thirty-seven years old, married to his work, and considers his patients to be his kids. He and his friends spend summer weekends in Newport, Rhode Island, which is the only break Ted allows himself from the grind of his job. After a devastating loss at work, he leaves for Newport where he meets his friend's new girlfriend, Caroline. Over that first weekend, Ted and Caroline fall in love. When they later act on their feelings, shock and disbelief ricochet through his tight-knit group of friends and family. A highly respected doctor, a beloved son and grandson, a loyal friend, Ted is stunned by his sudden free-fall from grace.

Grief brought them together. Will it also tear them apart? Eighteen months after suddenly losing the love of my life, I'm coming out of the fog of early grief and taking a hard look at the rest of my life. With three young children to care for on my own while also managing their grief, I haven't had a lot of time to ponder what's next for me. When I think about what I really want, I keep coming back to one thing. Or I should say one person--someone who understands what I've been through because he's been there too, only his losses were far worse than mine. I find myself thinking about him all the time, but is he ready for the things I want? I have no idea, but I'm determined to find out.

President Cappuano has been working for months on his first State of the Union address, his highest profile moment yet as the country's new president. He's dealing with a wide array of complex issues and is counting down to the televised speech before a joint session of Congress. While he tries to strike the right tone to assure the American people that their new president is hard at work on their behalf, his wife, Metro Police Lt. Sam Holland is faced with one of the most confounding cases of her career and juggling some complex issues at home with the couple's children. Add to that some vexing security concerns, and the first couple are on edge as they wonder whether they'll pass this first big test for the fledgling Cappuano administration. As always, when things get too hot to handle in the rest of their lives, Sam and Nick turn to each other for solace as their bond grows deeper by the day in this latest installment in the First Family Series!

Star-Quarterback Ryan Sanderson hat zehn Tage Zeit, um seine Frau Susannah zu überzeugen, es noch einmal mit ihm zu versuchen – und es gibt nichts, was er nicht tun würde, um sie zurückzugewinnen, auch wenn er dabei zu schmutzigen Tricks greifen muss.Susannah Sanderson hatte endlich einen Schlussstrich unter ihre stürmische Beziehung mit dem beliebtesten Spieler der Denver Mavericks gezogen. Als ihr Noch-Ehemann also plötzlich auftaucht und verlangt, dass sie ihm und ihrer Ehe noch eine Chance gibt, würde sie ihn am liebsten zum Teufel jagen. Wenn seine Küsse nur nicht so unwiderstehlich wären ...Marie Force ist die New-York-Times-Bestseller-Autorin von über fünfzig zeitgenössischen Liebesromanen. Zusammengenommen haben sich ihre Bücherbislang über sechs Millionen Mal verkauft.Ihre Ziele im Leben sind einfach: ihre beiden Kinder zu glücklichen, gesunden, produktiven jungen Erwachsenen zu erziehen, Bücher zu schreiben, so lange sie kann, und niemals in einem Flugzeug zu sitzen, das Schlagzeilen macht.

Wie tief ist deine Liebe? Der 14. Band der romantischen Spiegel-Bestseller-Reihe »Lost in Love - die Green Mountain-Serie« von Marie Force Isabella Coleman war nicht auf der Suche nach der Liebe - mit Cabot Lodge hat sie sie trotzdem gefunden. Doch Cabot hält Isabella auf Distanz. Zu groß ist der Schmerz und das Gefühl des Verrats, das er aus seiner ersten Ehe davongetragen hat. Dann gerät Isabella in einen schweren Unfall und Cabot will unbedingt bei ihr sein. Für sie da sein. Kann Isabella seinen Beteuerungen glauben? Fällt Cabot am Ende in seine alten Muster zurück oder könnte es wirklich der Start von etwas Besonderem sein? Ein berührendes Abenteuer für dein Herz: In der Kleinstadt Butler in Vermont findet jeder seine große Liebe. >Lost in Love - Die Green-Mountain-Serie Band 1: Alles, was du suchst  Band 2: Kein Tag ohne dich  Band 3: Mein Herz gehört dir  Band 4: Schenk mir deine Träume  Band 5: Sehnsucht nach dir  Band 6: Öffne mir dein Herz Band 7: Jede Minute mit dir Band 8: Ein Traum für uns Band 9: Meine Hand in deiner Band 10: Mein Glück mit dir Band 11: Nur Augen für dich Band 12: Jeder Schritt zu dir Band 13: Ganz nah bei dir Band 14: Meine Liebe für dich

Marie Force, auteur de best-sellers classés dans le New York Times et USA Today, nous offre une nouvelle romance contemporaine torride. Deux inconnus trouvent l'amour de la manière la plus inattendue qui soit : en sauvant une vie. Austin Au sommet de ma gloire, lanceur de baseball pour Baltimore et père célibataire de la plus adorable petite du monde, je vis le rêve. Jusqu'à ce que je reçoive le redoutable appel m'annonçant qu'Everly est malade. Mon monde cesse de tourner lorsque les médecins me disent que la seule chance pour que mon bébé s'en sorte est une greffe de la moelle osseuse. Ma vie devient un véritable cauchemar alors que je me bats pour sauver ma fille. Rien d'autre ne compte. Ni mon Cy Young Award, prix du meilleur lanceur de la ligue, ni ma carrière, mon équipe ou mon talent. Rien de tout cela ne peut la guérir. Il lui faut un miracle. Une inconnue arrive... et Maria pourrait bien nous sauver tous les deux. Maria Ma vie à Miami n'est peut-être pas très glamour, mais elle est enrichissante. Je partage mon temps entre mon travail d'infirmière dans un dispensaire et mon activité de serveuse dans le restaurant cubano-italien de ma famille. Après avoir été trompée par mon petit ami de longue date, je ne cherche pas vraiment l'homme idéal, mais je ne le chasserais pas de mon lit si tout à coup il se présentait. Six mois après avoir fait un don de moelle osseuse à une petite fille de Baltimore, je reçois un mail du père reconnaissant de l'enfant, mais tout doit rester anonyme pendant un an. Je suis impatiente d'en savoir plus sur lui. La dernière chose à laquelle je m'attendais, c'est qu'il soit un joueur de baseball célèbre - et magnifique. Les mails se succèdent, jusqu'à ce qu'une amitié, à laquelle nous ne nous attendions pas, mais dont nous avons tous deux désespérément besoin, se noue entre nous. Je suis en train de tomber amoureuse d'un homme que je n'ai jamais rencontré. Lisez la suite passionnante de Combien je ressens pour découvrir ce qui se passe lorsqu'Austin doit jouer à Miami et que l'équipe organise une rencontre entre Austin, Everly et Maria.