Christine Bell - Free Library Land Online

Deprecated: Array and string offset access syntax with curly braces is deprecated in /www/libraryLand/subs/religion/engine/classes/templates.class.php on line 232 Call Stack: 0.0004 408504 1. {main}() /www/libraryLand/subs/religion/engine/rss.php:0 Christine Bell - Free Library Land Online - Religion https://religion.library.land/ ru Christine Bell - Free Library Land Online - Religion DataLife Engine Down for the Count https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/699-down_for_the_count.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/699-down_for_the_count.html

Truth or dare...When Lacey Garrity finds her groom in flagrante delicto in the reception hall closet with her bridesmaid, she's saved by her best friend's older brother--childhood tormentor, crush, and boxing bad boy Galen Thomas. Galen's solution to her problem is both exciting and dangerous. What better way to forget the mess of her life than go on her honeymoon with a hot guy who can't promise anything beyond today?...or TKO?Galen had been counting on Lacey's wedding to put her out of reach--and out of his mind--once and for all, but their steamy Puerto Rican escape is testing all his boundaries. Now that Lacey's embracing her inner bad girl, Galen is tempted to throw in the towel and claim her for himself. But with the biggest fight of his career on the line and an important business merger threatening to derail Lacey's resolve, their romance might be down for the count before it even begins. Other books in the Dare Me series:Down and DirtyDown the AisleDown on Her Knees]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:26:39 +0300 Wife for Hire https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/695-wife_for_hire.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/695-wife_for_hire.html

Wife for Hire: A For Hire Novel by Christine BellHe needs a wife for three weeks... Owen Phipps is out for revenge. His mission? To expose the man who stole his sister's money and dignity. All he needs is a "wife" who can play along. Too bad his last best hope is an actress who tries to mace him with perfume when he offers her the role of a lifetime.Lindy Knight is a real sap. She loves too hard, feels too deep, and often finds herself saying yes when she should be saying "Let me think about it." She can't believe her good fortune when Owen offers her more than enough money to hold off foreclosure until she can find a job. Three weeks at a resort, money she desperately needs, and she gets to help bring a criminal to justice? Score. It seems easy enough until a couples bonding game turns intimate, and they realize how dangerous their mutual attraction could be. Can they keep their hands to themselves long enough to find the evidence Owen needs? Or are the close quarters more temptation than they can handle?]]> Sun, 10 Jun 2012 15:24:50 +0300 Dirty Trick https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/693-dirty_trick.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/693-dirty_trick.html

This matchmaker’s about to meet her match...Grace Love is lousy with men. She can spot a match for someone else a mile away, and her balls-on instincts are why her matchmaking business is thriving, but finding her own Prince Charming? The only guy who makes her sixth sense tingle is her playboy best friend, Trick, and no way is she risking their friendship, no matter how hot she knows the sex will be. SWAT officer Trick Mathews is a patient guy, but Grace's inability to see what's right in front of her is grinding on his last nerve. Yeah, he blew his shot at breaking out of the friend zone when he tamped down the urge to lick her from head to toe the day they met, but he's got a plan that'll change her mind. Incognito at Salem's hottest Halloween party, he'll show her exactly how good they could be…and that he's the man for her.]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:22:43 +0300 Down on Her Knees https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/696-down_on_her_knees.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/696-down_on_her_knees.html

Four lessons, no strings... Detective Rafe Davenport has always made Courtney DeLollis uneasy. While her instincts whisper, Touch him, her mind says, Run. But since she learned that he's dominant in the bedroom, she hasn't been able to forget about it. She should be appalled - she knows all too well what happens when a man has too much control - but a deeper, darker part of her is fascinated... And so is Rafe. The sexual tension between them is thick enough to touch, and damn, does he want to touch. So he suggests something that will benefit them both. Four scenes - because anything more is a relationship, and Rafe won't go there ever again. Each scenario is designed to tease and torment. To show Courtney that with every submission comes the reward of scintillating pleasure. But once he has Courtney down on her knees, Rafe realizes that she might be the one woman capable of bringing him to his...]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:26:20 +0300 Down and Dirty https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/698-down_and_dirty.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/698-down_and_dirty.html

Cat Thomas has never been the kind of girl to stick. A self-professed infatuation junky, she latches on the newest, hottest guy on the block, then finds a reason—real or imagined—to dump him. When she accepts a dare to rekindle her high school flame and jump in bed with her brother's best friend, Shane Decker, she knows she's in trouble. She can't resist the man, even after all these years apart, and that just won't do.Shane has come back to town for a couple reasons. The biggest one? He's tired of living away from those he loves, including Cat. But now she's spooked and will do anything to drive a wedge between them, including trying to fix him up with other women through an online dating service.What does he have to do to make her see that settling down doesn't mean settling, and he's ready to spend a lifetime proving it?Each book in the Dare Me series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order:Book #1 Down for the CountBook #2 Down and Dirty Book #3 Down the AisleBook #4 Down on Her Knees]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:26:34 +0300 Guardian For Hire https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/694-guardian_for_hire.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/694-guardian_for_hire.html

Sarabeth Lucking's life is turned upside down when the couples’ retreat she works for winds up embroiled in the biggest scandal of the year. With her reputation in tatters, she can’t imagine things getting worse, until her former co-workers are rubbed out, and a bad-ass, ex-Army Ranger shows up hell-bent on protecting her. She shows him the door, perfectly content with letting him go find someone else to brood over. Right up until her car explodes into a ball of flames...Gavin McClintock grew up on the streets of Edinburgh, so protecting Dr. Stick-Up-Her-Rear isn't on his bucket list. Still, a promise is a promise, and, after her brush with death, he’s going to do whatever it takes to keep Sarabeth safe. When she finally sheds her librarian-in-mourning look in favor of a sexy new disguise, the revealing clothes and new hairdo bring out the spitfire she's been hiding beneath that shell of propriety. Maybe the doc isn’t the only one in need of protection…]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:22:59 +0300 Down the Aisle https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/697-down_the_aisle.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/697-down_the_aisle.html

Lacey Garrity is about to have the wedding she's always dreamed of. She and Galen had planned on a big family, but now fertility issues are turning that dream to ashes. When another setback comes to light a week before their wedding day, she wonders how she can marry him knowing that being with her might mean he can never have the life he imagined…Galen Thomas loves his woman, and whether they have a big family or it's just the two of them forever, he can't wait to spend his life with her. With the big day coming, he'll pull out all the stops to remind her how good it can be between them and that, together, they can do anything…if he can just get her down the aisle.Each book in the Dare Me series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order:Book #1 Down for the CountBook #2 Down and Dirty Book #3 Down the AisleBook #4 Down on Her Knees]]> Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:26:31 +0300 No Small Shame https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/578460-no_small_shame.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/578460-no_small_shame.html

Australia, 1914. The world is erupting in war. Jobs are scarce and immigrants unwelcome. For young Catholic Mary O'Donnell, this is not the new life she imagined.

When one foolish night of passion leads to an unexpected pregnancy and a loveless marriage, Mary's reluctant husband Liam escapes to the trenches. With her overbearing mother attempting to control her every decision, Mary flees to Melbourne determined to build a life for herself and her child. There, she forms an unlikely friendship with Protestant army reject Tom Robbins.

But as a shattering betrayal is revealed, Mary must make an impossible choice. Does she embrace the path fate has set for her, or follow the one she longs to take?

From the harshness of a pit village in Scotland to the upheaval of wartime Australia, No Small Shame tells the moving story of love and duty, loyalty and betrayal, and confronting the past before you can seek a future.]]> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 15:05:45 +0200 Score (Skin in the Game Book 1) https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/141195-score_skin_in_the_game_book_1.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/141195-score_skin_in_the_game_book_1.html

]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2016 16:12:29 +0200 Trust Me: Matty and Kayla, Book 2 of 3 (McDaniels Brothers 6) https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/165547-trust_me_matty_and_kayla_book_2_of_3_mcdaniels_brothers_6.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/165547-trust_me_matty_and_kayla_book_2_of_3_mcdaniels_brothers_6.html

]]> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:39:41 +0200 White Lie Christmas https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/175592-white_lie_christmas.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/175592-white_lie_christmas.html

]]> Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:27:20 +0200 Fix You: Bash and Olivia, Book 3 https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/133729-fix_you_bash_and_olivia_book_3.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/133729-fix_you_bash_and_olivia_book_3.html

He’s not going down without a fight…

Now that Bash has a second chance with Olivia, he doesn’t want to blow it, but if he tells her the truth about his nighttime activities, he could lose her forever.

Olivia loves that Bash is willing to stick his neck out for those he loves, but not when it might ruin his career...or worse. When she finds out he’s left her bed in the middle of the night to compete in an illegal, bare-knuckled fight run by a notorious Boston mobster, she’s furious.

How can she trust Bash if he keeps lying to her? And how many more times can he put himself at risk before it finally catches up with him?

]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:06:09 +0200 Fix You, Bash and Olivia Book One https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/133730-fix_you_bash_and_olivia_book_one.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/133730-fix_you_bash_and_olivia_book_one.html

Olivia Beckett’s once-charmed life is falling apart. Her family is about to lose everything, and she has almost no chance of continuing her college education. She can't even seek solace from her high school sweetheart. He's changed. She doesn't recognize the boy she used to know— his violent behavior is escalating and it scares the hell out of her. Her whole world is crumbling, and she has no one to turn to…… Sebastian “Bash” McDaniels is an up and comer in the boxing world working nights at the local college bar until he can land the fight of his dreams that will get him the hell out of Boston and away from his family's tragic past. He’s weeks from his goal when Olivia Beckett comes tumbling into his life in a flash of silky dark hair and haunted eyes. When he saves her from a potentially brutal beating, they begin to grow close, but Olivia's ex isn’t ready to let her go so easily. Bash can't bring himself to walk away, but fixing Olivia just might leave him broken…

]]> Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:06:09 +0200 Catch Me if You Can https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/127123-catch_me_if_you_can.html https://religion.library.land/christine-bell/127123-catch_me_if_you_can.html

Sadie Leighton might spend her days slinging hash, but she spends her nights in disguise, conning the rich and undeserving, taking what she needs from the worst of the lot to make ends meet. This last job will be the mother lode…the one to get her out of the biz altogether, if only she can get past the infuriatingly gorgeous stranger intent on foiling her plans and haunting her dreams...

Jake Callahan has one thing on his mind, and that’s revenge. After years of preparation, he’s finally got all the pieces in place to destroy the man who cost his father his career and, ultimately, his life. Now that the end is in sight, he won’t let anything get in his way. Especially not some fake Countess trying to steal his mark, no matter how sexy she is.

Never one to back down from a challenge, Sadie engages Jake in a battle of wits, but winning it just might put her in danger of losing her heart…

]]> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 08:05:25 +0200