An older man, a younger woman, an irresistible attraction.My BFFs and I made a pact the last month of high school: No one was going to college a virgin. The only question was, who would we choose? I knew exactly who I wanted. My teacher, Mr. Parker.I might have just graduated, but I was still his student. But Mr. Parker isn’t teaching me anything in that boring civics textbook any longer. He’s bossy. He’s demanding. He’s so much older than I am. And he’s opening my eyes, te...

Once upon a time I didn’t know what I wanted …Then I met Mary, my sister’s nanny. She didn’t act or speak or look like an innocent. In the space between one heartbeat and the next, I stopped caring about the difference in our ages. So I’m a little older. That just means I know how to take care of her the way a real man should. Mary is gorgeous, she’s smart, she’s made it pretty damn clear she’s into me …It’s time to make her mine.This is a stand-alone romance, a fas...

It is 2001 in Vancouver, Canada. Guy Myles is a literary editor at a boutique publishing house. Yearning to revamp his bland life, he lands a job interview at a rival firm in New York, buys a van, and schedules a road trip. Just before he leaves, a manuscript about the late Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s life is dropped on his desk with a tight timeline. He must review it while traveling. His road trip quickly spirals into an adventure reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz. Guy tangles with his neig...

Ryan is a bad boy, the black sheep of one of the wealthiest families in town. He walked away from that life and went his own way. Motorcycles. Tattoos.Then there’s Taylor. Sweet and pure. He’s going to get her all dirty. She’s his now, and he’s never going to let her go.

Carter: She’s mine. I want her. I need her and I’m tired of waiting.Emma: He’s all I think about, but I can’t wait for him any longer. Tonight’s the night. I’m punching my V-card.I might be a f#cking saint waiting for her to be ready for what I want to give her. When I overhear she’s going to ditch her virginity with some random bar guy, I decide she’s not giving those soft curves and luscious mouth to anyone else.After tonight, she’ll never doubt who she belongs to...

Mary Cook explains how her recovery from grief taught her that grieving is not a battle, but a surrender, in "The Hardest Work You Will Ever Do", her contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they ...