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Playing With Fire
Part #1 of "Tales of an Extraordinary Girl" series by Gena Showalter
Romance / Paranormal / Young Adult
Earth, Wind & Fire aren't just a band anymore. . . Used to be my greatest achievement was holding a job more than three days. Now suddenly I can shoot fireballs, chill your drink, or blow-dry your hair at fifty paces with a blink of my eye! It all started when this crazy scientist dropped something in my Grande Mocha Latte. Of course I got wicked sick. Next morning I'm waking up with this total hottie bending over me. He tells me 1)his name's Rome Masters, 2)he's a government agent and 3)I can control the four elements with a thought. He seems even less pleased by my (apparently irreversible) transformation than I am . . . Because now he'll have to kill me.
A Beautiful Lie
Part #1 of "Playing with Fire" series by Tara Sivec
Romance / Humor / Suspense
He saw her first, but his friend made the move. She settled for the safer choice, but her heart knew the truth. They love, they crave, they lie. Garrett McCarthy, Annabelle Parker, and Milo Roberts were as close as friends could get. They shared in each other's joy during graduations, promotions, and engagements. They consoled one another through heartache and loss. When one of the friend's life is tragically cut short, it's up to the two left behind to pick up the pieces and find out the truth - no matter the cost. As they slowly start to uncover the nature of his deception, and the very powerful people behind it, they begin to question everyone and everything, even themselves. Everyone has secrets - some do it for love while others do it for power. Those secrets can change perceptions, alter reality and sometimes destroy lives. What do you do when you find out your whole life has been a lie?
Playing With Fire
Part #1 of "Silver Dragons" series by Katie MacAlister
Romance / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Gabriel Tauhou, wyvern of the silver dragons, has found the one woman who can withstand his fire. Too bad May Northcott is already bound to a demon lord. But when the demon orders May to steal one of Gabriel's treasures:An immensely important relic of all dragonkin - Gabriel has to decide which to protect: his love or his dragons.
Playing With Fire
Carolyn Keene
Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers / Young Adult
Nancy is sent to Los Angeles to investigate a case of arson in a luxury hotel—and has a hot time in Hollywood!
Because of You
Part #2 of "Playing with Fire" series by Tara Sivec
Romance / Humor / Suspense
Brady Marshall has made a career of playing it safe. When he decides to do something rash and becomes a Navy SEAL, he thinks he's finally escaped the rigid structure of the high society life his parents forced down his throat. All he does is trade in one set of rules for another. He follows military protocol to a T, but it still results in the death of an entire team of Navy SEALS and puts his best friends directly in harm's way. He’s struggled to stay afloat and not drown in grief, guilt, and booze, but he's losing that battle quickly. When his baby sister flees her abusive husband and shows up on his doorstep with his young niece in tow, he has no choice but to clean up his act. He will stop at nothing to protect them and never let them down again, even if it means taking a job that goes against everything he believes in. If protecting a pop star princess who thinks she's better than everyone means he can keep a roof over their head, what other choice does he have? Layla Carlysle has lived a life of luxury. She's been a star since the young age of fifteen, and every record she releases shoots straight to the top of the charts. She has people surrounding her every single day telling her how amazing she is, how beautiful she is, and how lucky she is, but she’s never felt more alone in her entire life. She wants nothing more than to break free and do what she really wants to do: write her own music, sing her own songs, and find a way to finally be happy with her life. The only thing standing in her way is her mother, Eve Carlysle. Eve has controlled every single aspect of her daughter’s life and will stop at nothing to achieve fame and fortune, even if that means using her daughter to get there. When an overly-amorous fan’s letters become increasingly more sinister, Brady will have to suck up his opinion of how the other half lives to take the job seriously. The pair will need to learn to trust each other and put aside their differences before the letters become a reality and someone’s life is in jeopardy. Brady has been to hell and back, and he refuses to let anyone else get close to him again. Layla has never lived her life for herself, and the emptiness is threatening to break her for good. Sometimes our lives are already planned for us, but because of you, all of that could change in an instant.
Worn Me Down
Part #3 of "Playing with Fire" series by Tara Sivec
Romance / Humor / Suspense
“Worn me down like a road. I did everything you told. Worn me down to my knees. I did everything to please. ” Austin Conrad has never taken his personal life seriously. As a Navy SEAL, he spends all of his time in dangerous, life-threatening situations. The only way to leave behind the horrors he’s seen throughout his career, is to turn it all off when he gets home. He’s too much of a playboy to settle down; even if he did find a woman he could stand to be around for more than one night, he would never taint her life with the demons of his past. When his best friend and SEAL team member, Brady Marshall asks him to keep an eye on his baby sister, Gwen, Austin figures it will be a walk in the park. The only thing Austin likes more than flirting his way under a beautiful woman’s skin, is walking away with a smile on his face. Austin never expects that the single mom and her little girl will be the ones getting under his skin. Gwen Stratford knows all too well about living in a nightmare. After taking her daughter and fleeing from her abusive husband in the middle of the night several months ago, she’s worked hard to get her life back on track and forget about the man who tried to break her. Growing up under the iron thumb of her parents and then moving right on with a man who ruled their marriage with his fists, Gwen is finally able to breathe and live her life the way she wants. When scary, mysterious things begin to happen to Gwen and her daughter, she realizes you can never outrun your past; it always has a way of catching up with you. As she struggles with the desire to keep her newfound independence, she knows she won’t be able to protect herself and her child alone. She’ll need to lean on the one man who drives her crazy. Can Gwen really put her trust in a man who thinks life is one big joke, or will he be just another man in her life who tries to wear her down?
Playing with Fire
Patricia Hall
The death of a young girl leads Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard and Kate O'Donnell into a hotbed of simmering tensions, violence and threats in sixties' Soho. London, 1964. At three a.m. on a chilly autumn morning, Detective Sergeant Harry Barnard is called to a club in Greek Street where a young girl has fallen to her death from a top-floor window. A new breed of fans is flocking to Soho's rock and roll haunts. But was it a tragic accident, or something more sinister?Meanwhile, Kate O'Donnell, Harry's photographer girlfriend, receives a call from her Liverpudlian ex, Dave Donovan, pleading for her help. His new squeeze, Bernie Collins, set off for London in the hope of getting a recording contract, but she's not answering her phone. Where is she?With simmering tensions, intimidation and terror rife on Soho's streets, Harry and Kate are drawn into its dark underbelly in their attempts to find answers.
Eleanor Jones is Playing with Fire
Amy Doak
Eleanor Jones isn't looking for trouble.But someone is starting fires in Cooinda – and the first one looks like a murder. Eleanor is determined not to get involved, but when she receives a note warning her to 'keep quiet' she can't help but work out who sent it. Who had motive to murder Eleanor's neighbour? Could it really be one of her classmates? And are the fires connected to the car thefts in town? The more Eleanor tries to do the right thing, the more danger she finds herself in . . .
Playing with Fire
William E. Noland
An ancient entity, trapped and suffering; a girl who inexplicably hears cries of anguish in her dreams.... What's their connection?FINALIST: Independent Author Network - Book of the Year 2022 - FICTION: PARANORMAL/SUPERNATURALWINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Fall 2022 – BEST SUPERNATURAL THRILLER"I just kept turning the pages and could not put it down... The story was fast-paced and very interesting and kept me on the edge of my seat." ~ Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, Alma Boucher (5 STARS)Lotte has moved from Germany, and is new to Southby High School, where Eric is trapped with her as his German tutor. Despite being somewhat dazzled by her unusual beauty and keen intelligence, he quickly realizes there may be more to her crabby demeanor and the scary black circles under her eyes than anyone realizes.The unlikely couple must discover the mysterious...
Playing with Fire: A Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count)
RJ Blain
Warning: This novel contains excessive humor, action, excitement, adventure, magic, romance, and bodies. Proceed with caution.
What do you get when you mix gorgons, an incubus, and the Calamity Queen? Trouble, and lots of it.
Working as the only human barista at a coffee shop catering to the magical is a tough gig on a good day. Bailey Gardener has few options. She can either keep spiking drinks with pixie dust to keep the locals happy, or spend the rest of her life cleaning up the world’s nastiest magical substances.
Unfortunately for her, Faery Fortunes is located in the heart of Manhattan Island, not far from where Police Chief Samuel Quinn works. If she’d been smart, she never would have agreed to help the man find his wife.
Bailey found her, all right—in the absolutely worst way possible.
One divorce and several years later, Bailey is once again entangled in Chief Quinn’s personal affairs, and he has good reason to hate her. Without her, he wouldn’t be Manhattan’s Most Wanted Bachelor, something he loathes. Without her, he’d still be married.
If only she’d said no when he asked her help, she might have had a chance with him. While her magic worked well, it came with a price: misfortune. Hers.
When Quinn’s former brother-in-law comes to her for help, he leaves her with a cell phone and seventy-five thousand reasons to put her magic to the test. However, when she discovers Quinn’s ex-wife is angling for revenge, Bailey’s tossed in the deep end along with her sexiest enemy.
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Playing with Fire (Book 1 of the FIRE Trilogy)
Devika Fernando
Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Sparks fly when Felicia and Joshua meet. Discovering her inner fire and unleashing unimaginable powers makes her realize that all her life, she has been hiding her true self. When buildings burn and people are in danger, the tempting game of playing with fire becomes serious. Will their love and desperate struggle for control save her life, or will the fire magic turn itself against its mistress?WHAT READERS SAY5 stars – “Very well written with characters readers will love. A fantasy adventure on elemental powers, with plenty of romance along the way. I highly recommend this book.” (LadyDestinyRose, Book Blogger)5 stars – “Super-hot mix of Fire & Ice. This is Paranormal Romance at its best! This book has everything you can want and more.” (Azia, Reader)5 stars – “The true power of this book is the emotional depth of each character, the interactions and especially the dialogue. I can't wait for the next one!” (Booklover Reviews)5 stars – “One of those books you just can't put down; the author has a way with words that draws you into the main character's world and holds you till the very end!” (Paula, Reader)5 stars – “It was like a raging inferno of a roller coaster. As I read through the book I kept guessing.” (Jason T., Author)BOOK DESCRIPTIONIf you’re playing with fire, prepare to get burned – or to fall in love.Sparks fly when Felicia and Joshua meet. Discovering her inner fire and unleashing unimaginable powers makes her realize that all her life, she has been hiding her true self. When buildings burn and people are in danger, the tempting game of playing with fire becomes serious. Will their love and desperate struggle for control save her life, or will the fire magic turn itself against its mistress?FIRE TRILOGYBook 1: Playing with FireBook 2: Dancing with FireBook 3: Living with Fire
Playing With Fire
Part #14 of "DCI Banks" series by Peter Robinson
*Fire. It violently destroys futures and pasts in a terrified heartbeat, devouring damning secrets while leaving even greater mysteries in its foul wake of ash and debris.The night sky is ablaze as fire engulfs two barges moored end to end on a Yorkshire canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. One was a reclusive and eccentric local artist, the other a junkie, a sad and damaged young girl. To the seasoned eye of Inspector Alan Banks, this horror was no accident, its method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed the dark act. And it isn't long before the fears of Banks and D.I. Annie Cabbot are brutally confirmed, when another suspicious blaze incinerates a remote trailer in the countryside . . . and another solitary life is gruesomely consumed. But is it the work of a serial arsonist, or an ingeniously conceived plot to obliterate the trail to other heinous crimes? There are shocking secrets to be uncovered in the charred wreckage, grim evidence of lethal greed and twisted hunger, and of nightmare occurrences within the private confines of family. A terrible suspicion that a killer's work is not yet done drives Alan Banks as the hunt intensifies for an elusive, cold-blooded chameleon who could be anyone and anywhere. In Playing with Fire, award-winning, internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson delivers a modern masterwork of suspense that confirms his standing as one of the brightest literary lights in crime fiction -- a blistering tale of murder and betrayal that is as frightening, devastating, and hypnotic as flame itself.
Playing With Fire
S. E. Law
Magnolia: Okay, so I'm a bad girl. I decided to do a little strip tease for the teenage boy who lives next door, but after I was done, I looked out the window ... ... and saw his DAD watching me! Oh $hit! Please tell me I'm imagining this! But this is no joke because Ed Sterling's seen my curves now, and the handsome alpha male wants them for himself. Maybe it won't be so bad though because Ed's gorgeous, with flashing blue eyes, a broad chest, and a certain something in his pants that makes a BIG first impression. Not that I know of course ... ... but it definitely feels like I'm playing with fire. But Ed's got babies on his mind. The older man says he's happy to teach me the ways of being a woman ... ... but what happens when his son wants me TOO? This is a naughty tale that follows Magnolia, Primrose's younger sister from our previous book, The Arranged Marriage....
Playing With Fire
Derek Landy
Young Adult / Horror / Mystery & Thrillers
Alternate cover edition can be found here.
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant
Ace Detective
Snappy Dresser
Razor–tongued Wit
Crackerjack Sorcerer
and
Walking, Talking,
Fire-throwing Skeleton
—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.
These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.
The end of the world?
Over his dead body.
Book Details: Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 5/6/2008 Pages: 400 Reading Level: Age 8 and Up
Playing With Fire
Tess Gerritsen
Mystery / Thriller
A beautiful violinist is haunted by a very old piece of music she finds in a strange antique shop in Rome.
The first time Julia Ansdell picks up The Incendio Waltz, she knows it’s a strikingly unusual composition. But while playing the piece, Julia blacks out and awakens to find her young daughter implicated in acts of surprising violence. And when she travels to Venice to find the previous owner of the music, she uncovers a dark secret that involves dangerously powerful people—a family who would stop at nothing to keep Julia from bringing the truth to light.
Playing With Fire
Alexa Smith
Miranda, a normal girl with a hidden potential pretends to be the boring at school, the typical nerdy girl who always goes unnoticed and goes through life in a low key way, however, what anybody knows is that despite being a saint who does nothing but surviving school by day, by night, she loosens her hair and becomes a seductive and skillful agent, who has no mercy for who stands on her way.. Her job is to catch the country's most wanted criminals, although no one knows about this job other than her father who also works in the same organization, and her best friend, Alice, the popular girl.. Together they try to live a normal life while dealing with the most thrilling adventures and clashes with the most dangerous criminals in the city. However, everything changes when Miranda meets the love of her life ...What if he finds out about her work? ... Can it get any more dangerous for a girl...
Playing With Fire
Part #1 of "The Neon Fishnets" series by Scarlett Knight
Bass player Jackie Hernandez has landed a permanent gig with the respected all-female rock band The Neon Fishnets. There’s only one problem: Ivy Finch. In the past, Jackie and The Fishnets’ keyboardist engaged in an ugly online feud. Jackie is ready to put the feud behind them, but fiery Ivy holds a grudge. Amid recording a hot new album, spending late nights out at wild parties, and navigating the media as they prepare to go on tour, Jackie and Ivy realize they have more in common than they originally thought. And things get really complicated when their attraction to one another heats up, taking an unexpected, sexy turn.
Playing with Fire
April Henry
Mystery & Thrillers / Young Adult
When a fire cuts off a popular trail in the Oregon forest, a small group trapped by the flames must find another way out—or die—in Playing with Fire, an unrelenting teen-vs-nature YA thriller by New York Times bestselling author April Henry.Natalia is not the kind of girl who takes risks. Six years ago, she barely survived the house fire that killed her baby brother. Now she is cautious and always plays it safe. For months, her co-worker Wyatt has begged her to come hiking with him, and Natalia finally agrees. But when a wildfire breaks out, blocking the trail back, a perfect sunny day quickly morphs into a nightmare. With no cell service, few supplies, and no clear way out of the burning forest, a group of strangers will have to become allies if they're going to survive. Hiking in the dark, they must reach the only way out—a foot bridge over a deep canyon—before the fire catches them.Christy Ottaviano Books
Playing with Fire
Sandra Heath
Tansy Richardson, an orphan, would accompany her spoiled cousin Amanda back to England, where Amanda would make an advantageous match. The ladies survived a shipwreck, but it was Martin Ballard, a spy for the British, who rescued them from pirates. When Amanda realized that Martin and Tansy were drawn to each other, she plotted to seduce him, despite her coming marriage… Regency Romance by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet
Playing with Fire
Abby Gordon
Romance / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
A matchmaking being from another world sparks yet another flame...
After losing his young sisters to the foster care system, Chance Brickerton is determined to keep all women at arm’s length and well away from his heart. But while he’s stuck in Copper Fire, New Mexico, overseeing the new construction of his best friend’s home, suddenly staying away from the enticing realtor is not an option. He wants her. She wants him. So why is he compelled to search for the truth of their fiery connection when memory fails?
Bessie Andersson can’t understand why no one at the party will help her, not even the intriguing personal manager that flips her switch more than she wants to admit. Surely someone can see she wants nothing to do with the grab-happy mayor. No means no, and the bottle of wine to the head certainly reinforces her choice. But the love bite on her neck the next morning guarantees something happened in that basement…but with whom?
Playing With Fire (Grindstone Harbor, #2)
Cat Mason
Quinn BakerBassist for chart-topping rock band, Absent Without Leave.Designer shoe whore extraordinaire.Cookie Connoisseur.Forgetter of birth control. Tanner HewittLead Guitarist.Dimple flasher and all-around charmer.In love with his best friend's sister.Countertop FornicatorMaybe Daddy.She teases him, he taunts her, the tension is through the roof.Could it get any worse?
Playing With Fire
Dirk Greyson
Police officer Jim Crawford and aloof psychologist Dr. Barty Halloran are hunting a killer—one with too many similarities to Jim for comfort. One who is threatening what's most important to Jim.
![Lighting a Flame [Sequel to Playing with Fire] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More)](https://picture.bookfrom.net/img/serenity-snow/lighting_a_flame_sequel_to_playing_with_fire_siren_publishing_menage_and_more.jpg "Lighting a Flame [Sequel to Playing with Fire] (Siren Publishing Ménage and More)")
Playing with Fire
Gerald Elias
The latest Daniel Jacobus mystery holds a mirror to the glittery façade of the concert world, delving into the multimillion-dollar sleight-of-hand of violin dealing . . . When an anxious phone call from obscure violinmaker Amadeo Borlotti disturbs Daniel Jacobus's Christmas Eve festivities, he and his dear friends Nathaniel and Yumi make light of it. A seemingly humble practitioner of his craft, Borlotti preferred the quiet life in the country away from the limelight. He even found love at an advanced age. But his larceny, which began as a typographical error in a bill for a violin repair, grew incessantly. In the end he became a helpless captive of his past indiscretions and was consumed by it, and it is up to Jacobus and his team to find out how, and why.
Forbidden: Playing With Fire, Book 1
Karen Erickson
Romance / Contemporary
He always wanted what he couldn’t have… Playing With Fire, Book 1 Forbidden desires, secret needs…that’s not what girls are made of. At least, that’s what Michaela’s past boyfriends told her when she revealed her darkest, dirtiest fantasies. She knows she’s better off without the exes, but she’s lonely—and horny. It doesn’t help that her roommate, Austin, is the most gorgeous man she’s ever laid eyes on. Too bad he’s bisexual…or so he says. There’s a reason Austin hasn’t been with a woman in a long time. The only one he wants is Michaela. He’s fought his attraction for months, waiting for a sign, desperate to show her she’s everything he wants in a lover. One illicit kiss leads to an explosive night of sex that leaves her wanting more—yet afraid. But Austin is a patient man, more than willing to tear down her boundaries piece by piece. Exposing her to pleasures she’s never known. Trust leads her to whisper her most deeply held fantasy. One that rouses a new emotion Austin didn’t expect: jealousy. Possessiveness. He’s the only man he wants in her life. And he’ll do whatever it takes to prove it… Warning: Contains m/m sex, m/f/m sex, naughty, delicious punishments and naughty, delicious everything. It’s filthy good.
Playing With Fire
Ruth Staunton
Stacey Reinhardt is a 22-year-old small town girl - the quintessential rebel. She loves to party and is a serial dater. Most of her relationships, if they can be called that, are one night stands or casual flings. No commitment, no strings. She meets Sheriff's Deputy Cade Dawson in a bar and is immediately intrigued by him, but Cade wants nothing to do with her. He's attracted to her, but knows she's the type of woman he doesn't need. She's a flirt and a partier used to a string of one night stands, and he's an old-fashioned man with old-fashioned ideas. He believes in respecting and protecting women. He demands loyalty and faithfulness, and he spanks. As a joke, he dares Stacey to try dating only one man for a month. She accepts and chooses him. Much too both their surprise, they quickly find their joke relationship turning into more. Cade makes no bones about the fact that he believes in protecting women and in old-fashioned values and won't hesitate to enforce his expectations by way of a sound spanking if necessary. At first, Stacey dismisses this as an occasional thing and no big deal, but then her old ways begin to resurface, and she suddenly comes face-to-face with the fact Cades expectations and methods are very real. He will hold her accountable and spank her, and he honestly expects her to change her behavior. Will the wild child be able to change her ways for an old-fashioned spanking man, or will her rebel spirit and the pressure and rumors of a small town tear them apart?
Playing With Fire
Cynthia Eden
Romance / Thriller
"Eden's unsurpassed creativity shines once again!"—Larissa IoneAn Old FlameCassie Armstrong has plenty to atone for. The daughter of the most immoral researcher ever to pick up a scalpel, she's determined to use her own brilliance in genetics to repair the damage her family has done to the paranormals. Especially Dante, the first of the phoenixes, the one they call the Immortal. He's been haunting her dreams since she was a little girl, and she's been trying to ease his pain for almost as long. If only he remembered any of it. . .Dante doesn't know what Cassie's story is. He almost doesn't care. The minute he sees her, all he can think is mine. But there's more to the pretty little doctor than meets the eye. And Dante isn't the only one to notice. He can't trust her, but he can't stay away—and if he wants to learn her secrets, he's going to have to fight like hell to keep them both alive. . .Praise for Cynthia Eden's novels"Cynthia's on...
Playing with Fire
Sherry D. Ficklin
Young Adult / Historical Fiction / Mystery & Thrillers
One brilliant young hacker.One experimental government aircraft.One chance to keep it all from going up in flames.Still recovering from her troubled past, Farris is no stranger to change. But when the military transfers her father across the country to an experimental aircraft squadron, settling in to a new life is the least of her problems. As a series of apparent computer glitches threaten the security of the fleet and the blame falls on her father, she decides to put her computer skills to use digging up the truth. Soon she's drawn into the perilous world of a hacker who is determined to ground the fleet--at any cost.When all signs lead to someone close to her as the mastermind, Farris will have to burn more than bridges to get to the truth. She will have to risk her fragile new life to uncover the identity of the cyber criminal before they can escalate from harmless tampering... to all out murder.
Playing with Fire
Amy O'Neill
PLAYING WITH FIRE follows the intertwining paths of Noelle Dupre and Officer Trent Torres. Noelle is on the run from the abusive ex-boyfriend she left behind in Arkansas. Trent has been a ladies man for the better part of his life. When Noelle meets Trent, it isn't his ability to uphold the law that she doesn't trust, it's the pounding in her heart and the thoughts running through her head.
Playing With Fire (Kindle Worlds Novella)
Part #2 of "Second Chance" series by Reina Torres
Romance / Paranormal / Historical Fiction
She swore off ‘True Love’ - He wants ‘Happy Ever After’ - How could this end badly?
If Finley Thomas had big dreams, it was because of her best friend. She left her hometown behind to follow her dreams. When she returns to St Helena years later, determined to protect her shattered heart, she finds out she can’t hide for long. The first person to seek her out is the only one who ever made her feel safe and understood. The surprise is the emotional rush of coming face to face with her old best friend—and the scorching fire created by his touch.
There isn’t anything that Fire Captain, Roman Brady can’t handle. When he isn’t out saving lives, he’s single-handedly raising his son, and sparking interest with the single ladies in town. Sadly, those sparks haven’t flared into love. But one look at Finley, his childhood crush who’s all grown up and as surprising as she is sexy, and he thinks his luck has changed—until she admits she’s done with men. Determined not to miss out on a chance with Finley—Roman sets out to prove that friends make the very best of lovers.
Roman lost out on love in Be Mine Forever when Trey DeLuca swept Sara Reed off of her dancing shoes, but this is Roman’s turn to find happiness.
Playing With Fire continues to explore the sun dappled vineyards and groves of St. Helena after the conclusion of Marina Adair’s amazing romance series. You’ll find new friends along the way and visit with old friends at every turn.
Second in the Second Chances Series, written by Reina Torres, you can enjoy this story on its own or as a companion to "Finding Home"
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Playing With Fire
Ashley Piscitelli
Madison Stevens has had a shitty life, her mother died at the age four
and her father has always blamed her for it. She went through the foster
system and is now attending college. Her boyfriend Chris is not willing
to share Madison with anyone, not even her friends.
Her first day at college she meets Carter James, who makes her want
everything she never thought she could have. She knows that she should
ignore her feelings for Carter, but it's not as easy as it sounds.
As Carter and Madison begin to fall in love, they face many obstacles.
Their biggest one is Chris who is not going to let her go easily.
Playing with Fire will be the first book in a three book series. It is
about the obstacles that stand in your way on the path to love. It tests
the characters strength and commitment to each other on every level
from old boyfriend/girlfriends, to insecurities, and throws a little
violence and scheming into the mix.Chris was like fire. It was pretty to look at but if you got too
close you got burnt, and if it wasn’t controlled it would destroy
everything in its path. Doing what I was about to do with Carter was
dangerous, but what can I say I never had parents to warn me not to play
with fire.
Playing With Fire (tales of an extra ordinary girl)
Gena Showalter
Romance / Paranormal / Young Adult
Earth, Wind Fire aren't just a band anymore… Used to be my greatest achievement was holding a job more than three days. Now suddenly I can shoot fireballs, chill your drink, or blow-dry your hair at fifty paces with a blink of my eye! It all started when this crazy scientist dropped something in my Grande Mocha Latte. Of course I got wicked sick. Next morning I'm waking up with this total hottie bending over me. He tells me 1)his name's Rome Masters, 2)he's a government agent and 3)I can control the four elements with a thought. He seems even less pleased by my (apparently irreversible) transformation than I am… Because now he'll have to kill me.
Playing with Bonbon Fire
Dorothy St. James
Chocoholic Charity Penn must smoke out the killer to stop her newly inherited beachside chocolate shop from going up in flames in Dorothy St. James' decadent follow-up to Asking for Truffle.Chocolate shop owner Charity Penn is finally settling into life in the quirky South Carolina seaside town of Camellia Beach cooking up chocolate treats. She's even helped organize the town's lively beach music festival which has brought rollicking crowds eager to dance the Carolina shag. That is, until one of the band's lead singers is found dead beside a beach bonfire.While also trying to balance the amorous attention of music star Bixby Lewis, in town for the festival, and her quest to perfect a new hot flavored bonbon, Charity dives into the investigation. Though it's more spice than sugar when she discovers a threatening note, comes across decades of age-old secrets, and Bixby comes into the line of fire when a gas grill explodes on the deck of a beachfront...
Playing with Fire
Rachel Lee
Thriller / Young Adult / Urban Fantasy
In New York Times bestselling author Rachel Lee's latest Conard County romance, passion blazes between a fire chief and a beautiful arson investigator The cunning arsonist targeting Conard County has fire chief Wayne Camden stymied. Teaming up with investigator Charity Atkins seems like a no-brainer. She has the expertise to track down the firebug before he kills someone. But Wayne never anticipated making Charity a target. Since his wife left, Wayne's had little interest in relationships. The single dad is unsettled by the electrifying attraction Charity ignites. Wayne is rooted in the community, and Charity's a nomad. But with danger stalking them, irresistible desire forces them both to reevaluate their lives.
Playing With Fire: A Loveswept Classic Romance
Debra Dixon
Beloved and bestselling author Debra Dixon takes romance readers down to the bayou, where there’s a hot blaze simmering—and an arsonist on the loose. For a woman who’s not looking for trouble, Maggie St. John sure is finding a lot of it these days—especially after she discovers a fire in a utility closet at the hospital where she works as a nurse. Now there’s an arson investigation, and she’s at the center of it. Maggie can’t tell which is worse: the sudden flashbacks to a terrible memory buried deep in her subconscious or the incredible tension that is building with the infuriatingly cocky and undeniably attractive arson investigator. Beau Grayson thinks the hospital fire investigation will be an open-and-shut case. But that’s before he set eyes on the prime suspect. Maggie St. John is hiding something behind that sultry smile, and he needs to uncover her secret before he gives in to the body that could ignite a four-alarm inferno. Just how much heat can Beau take without getting burned?Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: All Is Fair . . ., Bad to the Bone, and Rescuing Diana.
Playing With Fire
Part #1 of "Ecstasy, Colorado" series by Jenika Snow
Romance / Paranormal / Contemporary
Ecstasy, Colorado, a town full of beauty and secrets...Jane Silver has a past that rivals horror stories, but she prevails, because with the Holden twins by her side she knows she can get through anything. The only problem is she loves not one brother, but both.Two brothers in love with the same woman...William and Rys Holden, twins, have been in love with Jane since they were young. But the brothers know she deserves so much more than what they can give her. With one brother reserved and the other the town playboy, a platonic relationship is the safest for all of them. But soon the three are involved in a love triangle with no intent on stopping. When a scandal threatens their newfound relationship, the brothers will do anything to make sure nothing stands in the way of claiming Jane Silver as theirs.Be Warned: menage sex (MFM), anal sex, light bondage, public exhibition
Playing With Fire
Part #2 of "Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade Mystery" series by J. J. Cook
Welcome to Sweet Pepper, Tennessee. Nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, it’s home to the hottest and sweetest peppers in the world—as well as at least one ghost and a hotbed of secrets…GETTING WARMERFire Chief Stella Griffin is working to solve the mysterious death of her predecessor, Eric Gamlyn—who also haunts her cabin. Yet the more she learns, the more burning questions she must answer. Just as Stella thinks she has a lead from Deputy Chum, someone snuffs her hopes—and the lawman.Adding fuel to the fire, Stella’s parents soon arrive—with her ex-boyfriend—hoping to persuade her to return to Chicago. Now Stella is torn between the life she left behind and uncovering what happened to her ghostly friend. But she’d better think fast or more than her investigation could go up in flames… **
Playing with Fire
Debra Dixon
Beloved and bestselling author Debra Dixon takes romance readers down to the bayou, where there's a hot blaze simmering--and an arsonist on the loose. For a woman who's not looking for trouble, Maggie St. John sure is finding a lot of it these days--especially after she discovers a fire in a utility closet at the hospital where she works as a nurse. Now there's an arson investigation, and she's at the center of it. Maggie can't tell which is worse: the sudden flashbacks to a terrible memory buried deep in her subconscious or the incredible tension that is building with the infuriatingly cocky and undeniably attractive arson investigator. Beau Grayson thinks the hospital fire investigation will be an open-and-shut case. But that's before he set eyes on the prime suspect. Maggie St. John is hiding something behind that sultry smile, and he needs to uncover her secret before he gives in to the body that could ignite a four-alarm inferno. Just how much...
Playing With Fire
Alison Bliss
Romance / Contemporary / Humor and Comedy
Nothing ignites a fire like the perfect match…Anna Weber is every inch the proper librarianold-fashioned, conservatively dressed right down to her tightly clipped flaming red hair. She's just moved to a small Texas town, and is determined to spend time with her friend before she has to disappear. Relationships aren't easy for her. She knows too well what it means to be burned. And the last thing she ever wants to do is fall in love…Especially not with a fireman who's hot enough to set the entire state of Texas on fire.Cowboy can't resist the fiery little librarian, and he's determined to make her his. Beneath that prim-and-proper exterior is a woman he very much wants to knowif she'd let him. She'll test his patience. His control. Hell, his very sanity. And for the first time, Cowboy wonders if he's found the one fire he can't control...
Playing with Fire
Alison Tyler
Adult Fiction / Erotica / BDSM
Why should you play hard to get when you can play with fire? The forbidden has never been so appealing as it is in Alison Tyler's latest collection. In these incendiary stories that explore the taboo side of erotica, couples go about setting their boundaries aflame. Committed to each other without question, they play out their naughtiest fantasies, pushing the limits of sex, lust, and the imagination as far as they can to please each other. Playing it a bit riskier and playing it a bit more daring will send readers and their partners steaming towards the next step in sexual exploration. Featuring new work from ADR Forte, Jolene Hui, Sommer Marsden, Shanna Germain, and others, Playing With Fire delivers enough heat to inspire readers to burn their own erotic bridges.
Playing with Fire
Lexi Ryan
New Adult / Romance
Dr. Phoenix Reid isn’t who she seems... Everyone knows a phoenix rises from the ashes. What they don’t talk about are the people she drags with her into the fire. I thought one hot night with Max Hallowell was harmless. I never expected it would force me to face my past or bring back the man who swore he’d never let me go. Now Max wants to help me. Wants to save me. But if I let him, he’ll be destroyed. I can already smell the flames. A woman with a secret past. A man determined to protect her. A dangerous passion that could cost them both everything.
Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2)
Part #2 of "Skulduggery Pleasant" series by Derek Landy
Young Adult / Horror / Mystery & Thrillers
(Skulduggery Pleasant #2)
SUMMARY:
Skulduggery and Valkyrie are facing a new enemy: Baron Vengeous, who is determined to bring back the terrifying Faceless Ones and is crafting an army of evil to help him. Added to that, Vengeous is about to enlist a new ally (if he can raise it from the dead): the horrible Grotesquery, a very unlikable monster of legend. Once Vengeous is on the loose, dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland. Now pretty much everybody is out to kill Valkyrie, and the daring detective duo faces its biggest challenge yet. But what if the greatest threat to Valkyrie is just a little closer to home? Look for Scepter of the Ancients
Playing With Fire
Sean Michael
Contemporary / Historical Fiction / Music
Erotic romance. Screwdriver line
Playing With Fire (Sweet Secrets #3)
Taylor Henderson
Ella Snotty is worth more than a quickie… After a family scandal tore their family apart, seventeen-year-old Ella chooses to stay in California with her mom for the rest of the school year. Things are lonely since her sister Lena went to live with their dad. But at least she has her new boyfriend, Shane Quinn, to make things a little less depressing. Ella isn’t the only girl who thinks Shane is swoon-worthy… Shane takes Ella out to blow off some steam, and the party isn’t short on alcohol. When a tipsy old flame “falls” into Shane’s lap, her spontaneous kiss makes Ella more than a little jealous. And when details of Shane’s dating history surface, Ella is determined to be more than a fling. The V-word will slow things down… Afraid Shane wants to use her for a little fun, Ella lies and says she’s a virgin. According to his reputation, Shane has commitment issues. Maybe it’ll make him stick around long enough for them to form a real connection before the physical sparks fly. But is he worth the lie? And what happens when both of their insecurities come crumbling down like a house of cards? She wants his heart. He’s afraid to commit. As the pressure mounts, will they find comfort in each other? Or will they learn that when playing with fire, you risk getting burned?**
