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Dear Isobel Jinny Alexander Publication date: March 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Two marriages, a bucket full of dreams and a pile of broken hearts. She’s not sharing her name. She’s been judged enough. Once, she had it all: a supportive husband, lovely children, and a prestigious career revitalising failing businesses in the wake of Ireland’s recession. When her friend Isobel suggested she take on a new job in their tiny rural community, she didn’t expect to fall in love. Now she has become the other woman, the marriage wrecker, the cheat, and the betrayer. When the illicit relationship ends, she’s stuck between the ruined affair and a crumbling marriage. Jobless and bereft, she must try to salvage what remains. Will talking to Isobel help pick up the pieces or shatter their lives forever? Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks / Kobo — EXCERPT: I wonder whether Isobel would be sympathetic to me if it were anyone else I had fallen in love wit...

Nefarious Mary Ann Marlowe Publication date: July 13th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary Warning: What you’re about to read is not a romance . . . Diabolical Wall Street traders, Dane Russ and Val Montgomery, vaulted into fame and fortune as the power duo of financial technology. But after they lost the internet trading company they built from the ground up to ruthless Geraldo Valencia, they had to tuck tail and run to a Midwestern firm. Dane deals with the boredom by leaning into his playboy ways. Meanwhile Val plays the role of a scrupulous mentor, while secretly playing mind games with everyone at the office. When Geraldo’s daughter shows up as an intern in Val’s summer training program, Val sees the perfect opportunity for her longed-for revenge—she’ll teach the girl nefarious business practices and send her home ethically compromised. But Dane’s not interested because he’s stumbled across his own opportunity for vengeance—a chance to seduce Noelle, the new CEO, and the wo...