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I want to set the record straight. Everything you've heard about my stepmother is wrong. Okay, she did have a magic mirror of sorts, but that is about the only truth in the tale you've heard. For a start, she wasn't my stepmother, she was my mother. The victors write the history, or at least the ones with the pen do. My mother gets a bad rap because she stood up to some powerful people and those people were the ones who got to dictate the 'truth.'The story you've heard, or read, tells of a woman twisted by vanity who couldn't stand that her stepdaughter was more beautiful than she was. Such utter crap. Only a man could write something so asinine. I'm pretty sure that men purposely pit women against women so that we can never unite because every man knows if women could come together, they wouldn't stand a chance against us...but I digress.According to the 'history', my stepmother-mother-was so jealous of me that she commanded a huntsman to take me into the woods and kill me. Apparently, my stepmother wanted to eat my heart so she could become immortal-insert eye roll here. Of course the valiant man did not kill me-insert another eye roll here-but rather helped me to escape my evil stepmother's clutches.If you haven't guessed already, I'm not exactly happy with the way things have turned out.Let's not forget about the multiple attempts to kill me-all blamed on my mother, of course-or the fact that a complete stranger stole my body while I was in a coma...yeah, we'll get to that. This entire story has been nothing but propaganda. A blatant attempt by a neighbouring king to marry me off to his son, take over my homeland, and dethrone my mother.Well, I've had enough. I'm writing this down to document the truth. This is truth as I experienced it...the real truth. This is the full and unabridged tale of my own life. Me, Snow White, the Poisoned Princess.

Sara was a cliche, the third wheel, the one who didn't get the guy...and the whole town knew about it. But with Christmas coming, Sara was determined to turn over a new leaf and shake off the dust of the past. Her heart may be broken but that didn't mean it wouldn't mend and what better way to get over her unrequited crush than to get under someone new.Mitch was the fun guy, the side-kick, the comedic relief. He was fine with that...sort of. He knew he was to blame for the way the town saw him, and it honestly didn't bother him that much. Mitch knew he would never be the leading man.Then he started to see Sara in a new light.He could never compete with her life-long crush, but maybe they could have a bit of fun over the Christmas season. He could help her get over Archer and maybe she could help him get over...that thing that happened.

"Two broken people didn't make a whole one. The friendship we had, it just worked. We were kindred spirits. We had shit in common. We were both running from the same demons. That didn't mean we could make a romantic interlude work, in fact, it almost guaranteed that we would be a complete bloody disaster."DarcyI liked Cole from the moment my best friend introduced us, and if I hadn't been seeing someone at the time, we might very well have hooked up. But, instead, we became friends, good friends, and I came to value that friendship more than I'd ever imagined. Cole just got me. When I was around him, I could let all my defences down and just be me. Sure, he was hot, and I knew if we ever went beyond friends, we would rock each other's world, but our friendship was too important to me to throw it away for one perfect night between the sheets. I didn't do long term relationships, so one night was all we could ever have, and that just wouldn't be enough. Cole and I would be spectacular, and then we would self destruct. Neither of us was emotionally available to deal with the fallout. Maybe if things were different, if I wasn't so broken, but they're not, and I'd rather have Cole as a friend for life than just a sweet memory.ColeDarcy knocked me on my arse the first time I met her. She was gorgeous; a tiny little thing that I'd like to pick up and carry around in my pocket. But she was also smart and funny and a great wingman. Except that I'd rather sit at the bar talking to her all night than go home with the women she picked out for me. And now my body had gotten on board, and it wanted more, much more. But Darcy was my friend, and the relationship I had with her was probably the healthiest male/female relationship I'd ever had, and I just didn't want to screw it up. She was too important to me to be a one night stand-even though I knew it would be amazing-and I'm a one night stand kind of guy. That might be an awful thing to admit, but I'm not whole, and I didn't think it was fair to lump my baggage onto someone else. So having Darcy as a friend was the only way to keep her in my life, and I definitely wanted to keep her.

Forced to retire due to injury, ballet star Quinn Markam returns to his hometown to choreograph an up and coming group of dancers. And he's not happy about it. Bitter because of his untimely retirement and depressed because the only job he can get is with the B Company, Quinn is not in the least prepared to deal with a young upstart like Beth who is determined to become the next big thing.Bethany Reynholm has lived and breathed ballet and dance since she was old enough to walk. Nothing feels better to her than letting go and letting the music flow through her. And now she is on the brink of achieving her dream, she just has to impress the one dancer she has idolised for years, except that he is nothing like she expected. Quinn Markam, the dancer she has looked up to for so long, turns out to be a big disappointment. He is bitter, rude and impossible to please and despite all that, she's attracted to him, much to her own disgust.Beth wants Quinn to see that he still has an amazing opportunity in the world of dance, if he can just get over himself. And if he can do that, then there might be a chance for the two of them as well.

NoelleI was having a very bad day. The worst day of my life. With only eight weeks left until my thirtieth birthday (oh, and Christmas) I was determined to cram every last ounce of fun into my life before I officially became an 'adult'. But my pursuit of the perfect lead-up to my thirtieth birthday was ruined when I turned up at work to find out I no longer had a job. Then I got home to find my boyfriend in bed with someone else. I didn't hang around for his explanation, instead packing my stuff and walking out, leaving him and the apartment we'd shared behind.Now I was jobless, homeless, and broke. Things couldn't get much worse.LoganI was having a very bad day. With less than an hour before I was due to address the board of investors about the next round of funding for my medical research, I couldn't find a damn thing. My PA had abandoned me for marriage, leaving me high and dry (well, not really, she did arrange for a replacement, but apparently I was impossible to work for) so now I was stuck with an office that looked like a tornado had torn through it and no report to give the investors and the very possibility of being refused the money I needed to make the medical breakthrough I knew was within my grasp.I was a genius-my mother had me tested-but I really sucked when it came to filing.One drunken online ad later and Noelle walked into my life, turning it upside down and leaving me wondering how I ever survived without her. But being a PA is just a temporary solution for Noelle, and she has no intention on staying permanently. No matter how good we are together.This is a sexy office romance set at Christmas time in Australia where things get hot and steamy (and I don't just mean the weather).

Sutton Sharp's life was perfectly fine, thank you very much. Maybe the entire town of Hope Springs treated her like a kid, but was it really that bad if people looked out for her? Okay, so maybe she could do without walking in on her brother and his girlfriend doing it on every available surface in the house she shared with them, but apart from that inconvenience (and frankly disturbing image) her life was great. She certainly didn't need her brother's best friend riding in on a white horse to offer her a place to live where she wouldn't be constantly confronted with her brother's bare backside. She had her own plans...and she had a secret that would be impossible to keep if she moved into Daniel's place. Daniel Forster had only ever thought of Sutton as Tony's annoying little sister...okay, there was that one time at the B&S ball where he kissed her, but that was just to shut her up. She'd been arguing with him at them time and he couldn't think of another way to make her be quiet. That was his story and he was sticking to it. Asking her to move in with him had come as a shock not only to her, but to him as well. Yes, he needed a new housemate to cover his mortgage payments, but Sutton was the last person he wanted to give an up close and personal look at his life...especially not after the incident in the warehouse behind the hardware store. Despite both of their aversions to living together, neither of them had any other choice. But it was only temporary and they both agreed they could do temporary. Neither one of them was prepared for what being 'up close and personal' would do to their relationship. *This is a hot and steamy best-friend's little sister/enemies to lovers romance with a happy ever after and lots of flying sparks and lacy lingerie along the way. **This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

Trina Farrady is coming home, although she doesn't know if the small town of Hope Springs is still home. After nine months on the other side of the world to heal her broken heart, the time has come to face her past and maybe, just maybe, she can finally get over the man who broke her heart. She even has a speech prepared for when she will inevitably run into him...she just wasn't supposed to run into him before she'd even stepped out of the airport. Tony Sharp knew he'd see Trina again one day, but he hadn't expected it to be this day. He wasn't ready and despite trying to convince himself otherwise, he wasn't over her either. Seeing her again proved just how not over her he was and maybe, just maybe, she wasn't over him yet either. Was it time for the two of them to find closure? Or was this a sign they should try again and maybe finally get their happily ever after? This is a 20k word Novella and also includes a 12k word bonus prequel

Lucas Andino had been summoned by the king...the only problem? He needed a wife...or at least a fiancée, which wouldn't have been a problem except...his girlfriend just broke up with him. In desperation, he turned to his best friend, Francesca-or Frankie as she was known to, well, everyone. Frankie needed a topic for her sociology dissertation, and she needed it yesterday. When Lucas suggested they become fake engaged so he could answer the summons of the king, Frankie saw the opportunity for what it was. Who else would have unfettered access to a monarch for their dissertation? Who else could do an up close and personal examination of an emerging nation? Besides, Frankie would do anything for Lucas. They were best friends for a reason and if he needed her, then she was his girl. So what if she had a tiny crush on him? They were both going into it with their eyes wide open. No one was going to get hurt.

Rivals.Neighbours.One hot night that changed everything.Layne Miller is all set to change her cafe, Delicious, into a cafe/cocktail bar. It’s been in the works for months and top secret and now she’s just a month from opening…that is, if Eli doesn’t ruin everything.Eli Jackson, owner and brewer of the brew pub Brewed, is not too happy that Layne has decided to go head to head with him. Isn’t owning the only cafe in town good enough? Does she also have to steal his customers too by opening a cocktail bar? If it’s competition she wants then it’s competition she will get.

Best friends.Too many years apart.Too much alcohol.One hot night that changes everything.Kaila and Jasper have been best friends since he had rescued her from a tree, but life and circumstance had meant that they’d spent the last five years apart.  Of course they’d kept in contact, but it wasn’t quite the same as seeing each other in person.  But now Jasper is coming home to take up a position at the local fire station and things between them are about to heat up.

Manscaping- the fashion and style column on The Playbook online men's magazine…and Mia's new job. Well…internship. It was only for six weeks, just so she could get the credits she needed to graduate from university, but they were paying her, so…yeah, her new job.The only problem?She would be working directly under Liam. Not that she had a problem being under Liam. She'd been there once before and it had been the best night of her life, but yeah, that was exactly the problem. She'd been under Liam before and now he was going to be her boss.He probably didn't even remember her. He'd never called or tried to contact her after a night she would never forget so maybe it hadn't been so unforgettable for him…but now she would be working directly under him.Yeah. That was going to be a problem.

Shiloh was living her best life.  She had a career she loved, she lived in a penthouse apartment in one of Sydney’s most exclusive areas, and she was practically engaged to one of the country’s most eligible bachelors.  She was living the fairy tale she’d always imagined.Until it all started to unravel.Brandt wasn’t the man she thought he was and their life wasn’t the fairy tale he’d led her to believe.  How could her life go from idyllic to life threatening in almost an instant?Running was her only option.  That and praying that Brandt would never find her because if he ever got his hands on her again…her life would be forfeit.

Lady Georgina Darkly, the newly titled Duchess of Pemberton, did not need one more thing to deal with the week before Christmas.  The temperature was dropping alarmingly, a snow storm had been predicted, the milk tanks in the dairy were close to freezing and there was a leak in her bedroom roof.  To top it all off Clarabelle, the cow that had a mischievous streak a mile wide, had escaped the confines of the barn and could very well freeze to death if Georgie didn’t find her soon.  The absolute very last thing she needed was an arrogant, stubborn, wealthy, and undeniably gorgeous Italian to turn up on her doorstep in need of rescuing. Leonardo Ricci, youngest son of one of Italy’s wealthiest families did not want to be stuck in the middle of a snow storm in a country barely more than the size of a postage stamp.  He wanted to be with his friends in Milan, not suffering through a stilted family Christmas with his parents.  When a cow appeared in the middle of the road and caused his beautiful Ferrari to careen out of control into a snow bank, he honestly didn’t think his day could get any worse…and then he met the Duchess.  She was opinionated, stubborn, far too capable for her own good, stunningly beautiful, and immune to his charms.  They had nothing in common and if she hadn’t rescued him then he probably would never have given her another thought.  But then they got stuck together in her run-down mansion with no electricity and no phones.  That’s when the sparks really started to fly. This is a Sweet Romance - These are romantic tales without the bedroom scenes and the swearing, but that doesn’t mean they’re boring!

“I got stuck in an elevator with a Christmas elf,” was not a sentence Zoë Farraday ever thought she would have to utter.  And to have it happen in the building of her brand spanking new job kind of made the entire situation worse.  Of course, she had to then have a melt-down in front of him to make her humiliation complete.  Asking him to come home with her for Christmas and pretend to be her boyfriend was madness and her only excuse was the trauma of her near-death experience by way of plummeting elevator.  Or perhaps the way he filled out that elf costume momentarily melted her brain.  It may also have had something to do with her mother’s meddling and the very real possibility of being set up with one of her dad’s colleagues that pushed her over the edge.She didn’t think he’d accept.Blake Austin—AKA the Christmas Elf—spent the previous twelve months back-packing around the world in an attempt to ‘find himself.’  Growing up as the middle child in a family that only ever cared about the almighty dollar messed him up and his only redemption was to escape the toxic environment and find out who he really was when all the trappings of wealth were stripped away.  Now he was back and determined to somehow mend the ragged, torn seams of his family and Christmas was the perfect time to do it.  Except none of his family planned to be in the country.Abandoned at Christmas by his family made the outrageous proposal from Zoë more than tempting.  And it didn’t hurt that she was a knock-out.  It was only for a week and it was only pretend…what could go wrong? This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart.

Lady Margaret de la Fontaine was the forgotten lady in waiting. She didn't mind…most of the time. She liked working with Lady Savannah and the others and believed whole-heartedly in what the queen was trying to achieve in their small country of Merveille. She just wished that someone would notice her, just once.Queen Alyssa's ladies in waiting had, one by one, met and fallen in love with their dream partners, all except Margaret, not that anybody had given her single status another thought. That didn't mean she didn't also wish for someone to love, but she wasn't holding her breath, especially since her best friend, Lady Hadley Winchester, was now part of the ladies in waiting. It seemed the newest member of the group was a hit with everyone, including the queen, which was great but once again left Margaret as the wallflower.Until Brín.Brín noticed the sweet wee Maggie standing against the wall while everyone else at the ball danced and chatted. He felt a kinship with her, even across the room and sought her out for a little bit of harmless flirting. He was supposed to be checking out the candidates for his arranged marriage, but he really wasn't keen on the whole idea. He understood his responsibility as the lost heir of a broken down estate that was haemorrhaging money, but he didn't really see himself as the marrying kind…and even if he did, he'd want to do it for love, not money.Brín was immediately taken with Lady Margaret, but alas, she was not the debutante his advisors had picked out for him. That honour went to Maggie's best friend, Lady Hadley. But what was a newly minted earl to do when he had the livelihoods of several staff and families to look after? Not to mention, if he didn't find a solution he may very well lose the estate and the title that went with it.

McKenzie Allsop was desperate.No job. No home. No money.When she finally got a job under false pretences, she refused to walk away from the opportunity of a lifetime. Especially when the copy guy was so hot.James Baker Manning (JB to his friends) couldn't get the woman-or the kiss-out of his mind. A chance meeting in a club and a kiss hotter than the surface of the sun and now she was plaguing his dreams…until she walked into his office and he realised he was her boss.How were they going to keep their hands off each other when they're sent to a remote town to try and work out who was sabotaging their development? The simple answer? They couldn't.

Vanessa Court never had any aspirations of being famous, she just wanted to play with her band for the simple fact that she loved drumming.  If her band had somehow made it to the big leagues then that was just gravy.  But now that they had made it, it wasn’t as fun as she thought it was going to be.  The pressure to be ‘the next big thing’ was almost more than she could bear.Carson Giles, Senator for the Tennessee General Assembly and heir apparent of the Giles family real estate conglomerate, Aegidius Developments, hated his job…both his jobs.  Or more precisely, he hated that he was a puppet for other, more powerful members of the party and merely more than a yes-man to his father.  But this was what he had been groomed for all his life.  He didn’t know how to do or be anything else.A chance meeting between Vanessa and Carson had them losing themselves in the physical pleasure of being with someone who didn’t expect more.  A ‘friends with benefits’ relationship was what they both needed to blow off steam and reduce the stress in their lives.It was fun.  It was secret.  And best of all…there were no strings attached.This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a ‘Too hot to Handle’ Romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

Savannah has a secret…a secret that could cost her everything she’s been working for. Coming to Merveille and taking up a position as one of Queen Alyssa’s ladies in waiting hadn’t been part of Savannah Rousseau’s plan, but she wasn’t going to turn down the opportunity when it came her way.  The daughter of an impoverished viscount, Savannah had nothing to lose and everything to gain by being included amongst the new queen’s entourage…as long as no one found out about her secret.Savannah loved her son.  Archer was the sun and moon of her life, but being a single mother would mean instant disqualification from the ladies in waiting.  So she hid him from the queen and her new friends…for two years.  Now someone had stumbled upon her secret and Savannah would do anything to ensure that she didn’t become a royal embarrassment. Jed Fairchild came to Merveille to escape his own scandal and the last thing he wanted was to be embroiled in another.  Finding out about the young boy and impoverished viscount that Savannah had stashed in the abandoned hunting cabins was a complication that he didn’t need.  Being attracted to the hot-tempered lady in waiting was another.  All Jed wanted was to live a simple life working with his horses and ignoring the rest of the world, but with Savannah in his life and the inquisitive Archer following him like his very own shadow, the quiet life was the last thing Jed had…and maybe it wasn’t really what he wanted after all.This is a Sweet Romance - These are romantic tales without the bedroom scenes and the swearing, but that doesn’t mean they’re boring!

Alcohol, getting dumped and a smart phone were not a good mix.Peyton Sheppard thought her world was just weeks away from being perfect.  The future she had always dreamed about was within her grasp - the perfect guy, the perfect wedding, the perfect house in the suburbs.  That was until her fiancé ran off and married a Las Vegas showgirl.To say she was a bit miffed was perhaps an understatement.  Still, an ill-advised video uploaded to Facebook shouldn’t have meant the end of her life as she knew it.Flynn Devereaux loved his life just the way it was, thank you very much.  He was not at all impressed when his editor insisted he do a blog series on the woman whose meltdown went viral.  The absolute last thing he needed - or wanted - was to try and get her to fall in love with him because of some ridiculous bet made on national television.  But what was a guy to do?  A challenge was a challenge and maybe he could limit the humiliation that was sure to follow both of them during the fallout of said challenge.He didn’t believe in love or happily-ever-after and she was done with the whole husband, marriage, white picket fence thing so there was no chance of either of them falling in love…

Nadine Court was a hot mess.After crashing and burning in spectacular fashion during her debut tour with her band Court’n Jacks, Nadine had gone to rehab to get her…ahem…stuff in order.  Now she was ready to try again and hopefully, this time, they might actually finish the tour without her ending up in hospital and on the front page of every country music website in the world.  Which was why it was a very, very, very bad idea to get involved with her therapist… former therapist.Gabe Rousso had thought he had contained his attraction to the feisty violinist.  That was until that last session when an innocent kiss on the cheek had turned into something a whole lot hotter.  He wasn’t technically her therapist anymore, which was why he’d accepted her invitation to see her perform for the first time since her breakdown.  He shouldn’t have gone… but he did and of course that had led to more compromising of his closely guarded ethics.  She was a weakness he couldn’t afford and a temptation he couldn’t resist.This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart.

Stevie Jacks was on her way to the top.Her dreams of being a country music star were on the precipice of coming true, but there was something missing.  Nate Nash.  She thought she hated him for the way he left her all those years ago…turns out she was wrong.  She loved him then and she still did.  For a moment, she thought she could have it all - the guy and the career - but it turned that out Nate was the same selfish bastard he was back then and he once again left her broken-hearted and alone.  But she still had her career and with doors opening up everywhere she looked,  she was determined not to once again let him rob her of her chance of stardom.Nate was slowly crawling back to the top of the record charts, but it was a whole lot different the second time ‘round.  He missed Stevie like nobody’s business but he knew he was no good for her.  He wanted her to have everything she always dreamed about - everything she’d wanted before he stole it from her with the single stupidest idea he’d ever had.  Falling in love with her had never been part of the plan and once he had, he didn’t know what he was going to do about it.  Would she ever take him back after all the pain he had brought her?  Did he even deserve to have her in his life?This is part two of a two-part story and concludes the story of Nate Nash & Stevie Jacks.*This is a ‘Too hot to Handle’ Romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

Nate Nash was a rock star… used to be a rock star.  Now he was just a sad cautionary tale.  He’d been living the high life for the last five years, since he was discovered in a dive bar.  He’d chosen a chance at fame over loyalty to his friend and duet partner.  He walked away from her when the record company told him they didn’t want her.  Five years later, having made too many bad decisions and lost too many nights to the pleasures of the flesh, his career had tanked and now the record company that signed him wanted its pound of flesh.To make him feel even worse his partner, Stevie Jacks - the one he walked away from in order to take the record deal - had just hit the big time.  It was just his luck that when his life was on the way down the crapper, hers was headed for the stratosphere.Was there any way he could salvage his flagging career and repair the rift between them?This is part one of a two-part story - a happily ever after is not guaranteed and it may very well end on a cliff-hanger.*This is a ‘Too hot to Handle’ Romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

Mason Pressfield liked his quiet, solitary, ordered life. He liked his mostly nocturnal existence, working late into the night and sleeping through the day. He liked the quiet of his apartment, one of only two on his floor, and he especially liked being able to escape from people whenever he wanted to. It's not that he didn't like other people, he just found them so… draining. So what if two of his friends had found their forever partners? It didn't mean that he was missing out on anything. He wasn't the relationship type anyway, and he liked to be able to keep the women in his life at arm's length. He liked to have complete control over any and all interactions with them. So why was his new neighbour getting under his skin? And what the hell were those strange noises coming from her apartment in the middle of the night?Abby Sutherland chose her apartment because it was only one of two on that floor and the building manager assured her that her neighbour was the type to keep to himself. She liked her anonymity and a quiet, unobtrusive neighbour was exactly what she needed. Abby had a secret that she was bound and determined to keep just that - a secret. The last thing she needed was a nosy neighbour butting in and trying to find all the skeletons in her closet.When she first saw her new neighbour, it wasn't under exactly ideal conditions and may have even come across as slightly suspicious. And then he caught her again, also in a compromising position and she doubted the wisdom of choosing this particular apartment. Even though she knew she needed to keep away from him, she was drawn to her tall, dark and handsome neighbour and her very active imagination began to use him as her muse for all sorts of fantastic tales. But would the real Mason be a disappointment as she got to know him, or was he exactly what she had been fantasising about all along?