(18+) Due to frank scenes of sensuality and profanity, it is intended for mature audiences only. Kaitlyn Reynolds is a year out of college and fighting to become a journalist when she gets the biggest break of her young life: the shot at a cover story in Rolling Stone magazine. But there's a catch. She'll be covering the hottest bad-boy in rock, Derek Kane, whom Kaitlyn met when she was a freshman in college and he was a struggling unknown. It was passionate two-week affair: tumultuous, sensual, exhilarating... ...and it ended very, very badly. Now Kaitlyn has to decide whether she can face the pain of the past, her fear of the future ā and the man who might just have been the One.
I once heard a question that both unnerved me and made things startlingly clear: is it more important to love someone with all your heart...
...or to be loved by someone with all of theirs?
We all want to fall head-over-heels in love, and we all want the other person to love us back exactly the same. But that's not usually the way it turns out.
In fact, I think that's rarely the way it turns out. Both people may be in love, but it always seems one person is more in love than the other.
So... if you had to choose, which would it be?
Love someone else passionately and completely, even if they don't feel as powerfully as you?
Or be loved passionately and completely, even if you don't feel exactly the same towards them?
I thought I knew the answer when I heard the question.
Then I found out years later that no... I didn't know the answer at all.
PRESENT DAY:
I sat across from the Rolling Stone editor in his office overlooking midtown Manhattan.
I'd arrived 15 minutes early for my meeting. I thought I was there to interview for some lowly staff position. Layout grunt... gofer... toilet scrubber.
Actually, I hoped and dreamed it was a staff position. As desperate as I was, I would have taken an unpaid internship.
I mean, come on. It was Rolling Stone.
Glen the editor sat across the desk from me, hands folded, serene. He was bald on top with curly hair around the sides, and he wore black, plastic-frame hipster glasses. His personal sense of style was somewhere between 70's Rocker and College Professor.
"Kaitlyn Reynolds. Finally we meet. Good to put a face with the voice over the phone."
"Same here. Nice to meet you, too."
"Journalism degree from Syracuse, right?"
"Yes."
"When did you graduate?"
"A year ago." I put on a polite smile. "Almost to the day."
"I read the pieces you emailed me. Not bad. Not great... but not bad."
Not great... but not bad.
My temper spiked a little bit. I'm a bit of a hothead sometimes.
But I calmed myself down by thinking, When an editor at Rolling Stone says your stuff isn't bad, ignore the 'not great' part.
"Well, I'm still working on building up my portfolio ā "
Glen interrupted me, ignoring what I was saying. "There was something I especially liked, a short story you wrote for the Syracuse literary magazine."
I frowned. "I... didn't include that in the email."
"I know. I went and tracked it down on the internet. I liked it. Had a distinctive voice I don't really see in your articles."
My jaw set a little. "Um... thank you?"
Glen smiled. "I'm just saying I think you've got it in you to be a very good writer. It hasn't come out yet, but you have a lot of potential. But you're going to need to bring it out quick if this is going to work."
My heart raced.
This sounded like it might be something better than a toilet-scrubbing position.
I swallowed. "Are you... are you offering me a job?"
"Not a 'job,' per se. But we want to give you a shot at a feature article. Shanna didn't tell you?"
Shanna was my college roommate from freshman year at the University of Georgia. We lost touch when I went to Syracuse, but we stayed Facebook friends ā which basically means I just read what she posted on her wall. She moved to New York City a couple of years before I did. When I announced on Facebook I was moving, too, she told me to look her up. That's how we rekindled the friendship. We occasionally had dinner when I had the extra money (which wasn't often) and when she wasn't seeing three different guys at once (which was practically all the time).
I was starting to get dizzy. A shot at a feature article. "No, she was pretty vague about the whole thing."
Glen grimaced. "Yeah... she said you might not be that happy with the assignment."
Two minutes ago, I would have scrubbed toilets for free.
Now he was talking 'feature article.'
'Might not be happy with the assignment'?
HA.
I was fighting to get pieces published in crappy independent newspapers. You know, the kind mostly devoted to club ads listing what bands were playing, with dubious 'massage' ads in the back.
As for my online endeavors, the Huffington Post had turned me down three times in the last month.
I couldn't even give my writing away.
And now I was talking with an editor at Rolling Stone about a feature article.
There was nothing I wouldn't do for a break like this. Undercover hooker? 'Day in the life of a sewage worker'? Pro bono proctology exams? I was there.
"I'm sure it won't be a problem," I laughed, a little too giddily. "I mean ā what exactly do you want me to do?"
He settled back in his seat.
"Shanna told me you once dated Derek Kane."
My face froze. I could feel every individual muscle straining to keep my smile in place.
Shit.
Please God, not this.
Anything but this.
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Lily Ross was having another miserable day at work when tall, dark, and stunningly handsome walked in. When she's least expecting it, mysterious Connor Brooks turns Lily's world upside down and plunges her into a torrid, passionate love affair that might just ruin her life... or save it.
IT'S PERFECT. UNTIL IT'S NOT is a blend of sensual, erotic romance with sweet & delicious head-over-heels love. HEA, no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a fairytale romance with a bad boy who's complex but magnetic - and of course, heaps of hot, juicy, passionate sex! Katie is running from lies and heartbreak back home when she crosses paths with the most intoxicating man this sweet but sassy Kansas girl has ever laid eyes on. Ian is a surfer in Venice, California. 6'3". Body of a Greek Adonis, face like a Calvin Klein model... demeanor of an iceberg. After a random and painfully awkward meeting, what follows are surfing lessons, ice cream on the boardwalk, and lazy summer days on the beach. As Katie and Ian spend more time together, they begin to fall in love. Hard. It's perfect. Until it's not. Ian has secrets he's hiding - a dark past he doesn't want to share. Katie swore she would never let a man lie to her again... but when do secrets become lies? And despite a passionate love and an unwavering bond, can Katie forgive?
Skylar Kinseyās life is in the toilet. Literally. She should have been starting her first job out of college, working at a prestigious advertising agency. Instead sheās in hiding, cleaning bathrooms and offices in a fancy high-rise building in Boston. But when she catches billionaire Madden Cross in a compromising position, sheās faced with an impossible choice. Wicked seduction. Devilishly handsome real estate developer Madden Cross knows how to control everything, from his company, to his public imageā¦and especially his women. But when he first sets eyes on the innocent and curvy Skylar Kinsey, Madden knows that she will be his most difficult conquest yet. And thereās nothing that whets his appetite like a challenge. Wicked Bad. Soon, Skylar is presented with an offer that she cannot refuse. A weekend with the powerful billionaire in exchange for ten thousand dollars and the chance to start a new life. But will the billionaireās need to dominate her voluptuous body lead her down the path to hell, or will she find that even the wicked can sometimes be good after all?
"Please trust me, I didn't do anything." "I don't believe you. I am rejecting you as my Queen and giving you the punishment of death." Alina was living outside her pack for five years. Her parents didn't try to contact her and always ignored her. Her best friend convinced her to go back to their pack and she agreed. But she had never imagined what was waiting there for her. She never thought she would meet her mate and had to face betrayal from everywhere. She had to pay for the crime which she never committed. Aaron Robertson is the king of Lycans. He is a very dominant and powerful King who not only rules Lycans but also rules other ranks of werewolves. Everyone is afraid of Lycans and he is the king of them. But who knew that he would get a mate who was just a simple Omega with no powers and strengths? He called her weak all the time but little did he know that his weak Omega would give him the biggest betrayal of his life for which he had to give her the sentence of death.
Rumors claimed that Fernanda, newly back with her family, was nothing more than a violent country bumpkin. Fernanda just flashed a casual, dismissive grin in response. Another rumorĀ suggested that the usually rational Cristian had lost all sense, madly in love with Fernanda. This frustrated her. She could tolerate gossip about herself, but slander against her beloved crossed the line! Gradually, as Fernanda's multiple identities as a celebrated designer, a savvy gamer, an acclaimed painter, and a successful business magnate came to light, everyone realized they were the ones who had been fooled.
Darya spent three years loving Micah, worshipping the ground he walked on. Until his neglect and his family's abuse finally woke her up to the ugly truth-he doesn't love her. Never did, never will. To her, he is a hero, her knight in shining armour. To him, she is an opportunist, a gold digger who schemed her way into his life. Darya accepts the harsh reality, gathers the shattered pieces of her dignity, divorces him, takes back her real name, reclaims her title as the country's youngest billionaire heiress. Their paths cross again at a party. Micah watches his ex-wife sing like an angel, tear up the dance floor, then thwart a lecher with a roundhouse kick. He realises, belatedly, that she's exactly the kind of woman he'd want to marry, if only he had taken the trouble to get to know her. Micah acts promptly to win her back, but discovers she's now surrounded by eligible bachelors: high-powered CEO, genius biochemist, award-winning singer, reformed playboy. Worse, she makes it pretty clear that she's done with him. Micah gears up for an uphill battle. He must prove to her he's still worthy of her love before she falls for someone else. And time is running out.
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Kaelyn devoted three years tending to her husband after a terrible accident. But once he was fully recovered, he cast her aside and brought his first love back from abroad. Devastated, Kaelyn decided on a divorce as people mocked her for being discarded. She went on to reinvent herself, becoming a highly sought-after doctor, a champion racer, and an internationally renowned architectural designer. Even then, the traitors sneered in disdain, believing Kaelyn would never find someone. But then the ex-husbandās uncle, a powerful warlord, returned with his army to ask for Kaelynās hand in marriage.
In her previous life, Kimberly endured the betrayal of her husband, the cruel machinations of an evil woman, and the endless tyranny of her in-laws. It culminated in the bankruptcy of her family, and ultimately, her death. After being reborn, she resolved to seek retribution against those who had wronged her, and ensure her family's prosperity. To her shock, the most unattainable man from her past suddenly set his sights on her. "You may have overlooked me before, but I shall capture your heart this time around."