Bøger af Amy Lane

Buch 1 in der Serie - Keeping Promise Rock Carrick Francis besa schon immer die zweifelhafte Gabe, Arger und Probleme jeder Art wie ein Magnet anzuziehen. Das einzige, was ihn vor Haftstrafen oder Schlimmerem bewahrte, ist seine unverbruchliche Freundschaft zu Deacon Winters. Deacon war seine Rettung und half ihm, seine ungluckliche Kindheit und die Misshandlungen durch seinen Vater zu uberstehen. Crick wurde alles tun, um fur immer bei Deacon bleiben zu konnen. Deshalb schiebt er seine Studienplane auf als Deacons Vater stirbt. Er springt ein und hilft seinem Freund, so wie der ihm geholfen hat.Deacon wnscht sich nichts mehr, als dass Crick seinen schlechten Erinnerungen und ihrer kleinen Stadt entflieht und eine strahlende Zukunft findet. Aber nach zwei Jahren, in denen seine Gefhle fr seinen Freund immer tiefer werden, kann er der Versuchung nicht mehr widerstehen und gibt Cricks Annherungsversuchen nach. Der schchterne Deacon gibt endlich zu, dass er ein Teil von Cricks Leben werden mchte.Aber Crick wartet nur darauf, von Deacon wieder verstoen zu werden - so wie er in der Vergangenheit von seiner Familie verstoen wurde. Eine seiner typischen, spontanen Fehlentscheidungen lsst ihn weit weg von zuhause enden. Deacon bleibt allein zurck. Er ist am Boden zerstrt und muss hart kmpfen, bis er sein gebrochenes Herz wieder heilen und er in einer Welt berleben kann, in der Cricks Liebe ein ewiges Versprechen ist, das vielleicht niemals in Erfllung gehen wird.

Search and Rescue: Book ThreeFive months ago boy-band lead singer Cash Harper left Glen Echo in a hospital in Jalisco... and broke his heart.Glen's heart is the only home Cash has ever known. He's spent the past five months trying to find his friend Brielle and make sense of his own instincts. Now he's ready to be a real partner and lover to Glen-but first they have to finish their original mission.Glen is ready for Cash to walk through his door needing help, but he is absolutely determined not to let him back into his heart. Men don't run. Cash did. End of story.Rescuing Brielle will take the full talents of Glen's search and rescue company, and that means Cash needs to re-earn the team's trust. Between Bond-villain traps, snakes that shouldn't be there, and bad guys with guns, they all have plenty to negotiate. If Cash can prove he can stay the course and that he deserves Glen's faith, they might survive this op whole and ready to love.

Category romance is a precise art. With such a small word count, writing the perfect category romance is a little like writing a haiku. But how do you write a book in seventeen syllables? How can you cram compelling conflict, satisfying character development, and toe-curling romantic tension into less than sixty thousand words?In Crafting Category Romance, two-time RITA(TM)-nominated author of nearly one hundred books Amy Lane describes the rules of engagement, traps to watch out for, and how to leverage common tropes to create conflict, craft a character, develop a plot, and leave readers with a happy ever after that's different every time-all in a tidy package. With practical exercises in plot, conflict, and character development, Crafting Category Romance will teach you how to use the rigid rules and expectations of the genre to your advantage and win a loyal readership following for life.

A Winter Ball NovelAs far as Clay Carpenter is concerned, his abusive relationship with food is the best thing he's got going. When a good friend starts kicking his ass into gear, Clay is forced to reexamine everything he learned about food and love-and that's right when he meets troubled graduate student, Dane Hayes.Dane Hayes doesn't do the whole monogamy thing, but the minute he meets Clay Carpenter, he's doing the friend thing in spades. The snarky, scruffy bastard not only gets Dane's wacky sense of humor, he also accepts the things Dane can't control-like the bipolar disorder Dane has been trying to manage for the past six years.Dane is hoping for more than friendship, and Clay is looking at him with longing that isn't platonic. They're both positive they're bad at relationships, but with the help of forbidden desserts and new medication regimens, they prove outstanding at being with each other. But can they turn their friendship into the love neither of them has dared to hope for?

Search and Rescue: Book TwoDog wrangler Preston Echo has been in love with his brother's best friend, copilot, and business partner since high school-and Damien Ward knew it. As Preston grew into a stunning, hard-willed man, Damien began to dream of Preston too. Then Damien almost died in a helicopter crash. While his physical wounds are slowly healing, the blows to his self-confidence and goodwill are almost worse. His body is broken and he's afraid to fly-how can Preston love him now?When Preston's brother goes on a search-and-rescue mission and disappears in an earthquake zone in Mexico, Preston and Damien are thrown together in an effort to find him and bring him back. Preston's merciless honesty-and relentless passion-may leverage Damien into his bed, but can Damien overcome his fears to allow himself to stay there?

The must-have handbook to inform and inspire you to start running for good by Amy Lane - Women's Health Digital Editor and creator of hugely popular running podcast, Well Far.

Seth Arnold learned at an early age that two things in life could make his soul soar-his violin and Kelly Cruz. In Seth's uncertain childhood, the kindness of the Cruz family, especially Kelly and his brother, Matty, gave Seth the stability to make his violin sing with the purest sound and opened a world of possibility beyond his home in Sacramento.Kelly Cruz has loved Seth forever, but he knows Seth's talents shouldn't be hidden, not when the world is waiting. Encouraging Seth to follow his music might break Kelly's heart, but he is determined to see the violin set Seth's soul free. When their world is devastated by a violent sexual assault and Matty's prejudices turn him from a brother to an enemy, Seth and Kelly's future becomes uncertain.Seth can't come home and Kelly can't leave, but they are held together by a love that they clutch with both hands.Seth and Kelly are young and the world is wide-the only thing they know for certain is they'll follow their heartstrings to each other's arms whenever time and fate allow. And pray that one day they can follow that string to forever before it slices their hearts in two.

Fish Out of Water: Book FiveJackson Rivers has always bucked the rules-and bucking the rules of recovery is no exception. Now that he and Ellery are starting their own law firm, there's no reason he can't rush into trouble and take the same risks as always, right?Maybe not. Their first case is a doozy, involving porn stars, drug empires, and daddy issues, and their client, Henry Worrall, wants to be an active participant in his own defense. As Henry and Jackson fight the bad guys and each other to find out who dumped the porn star in the trash can, Jackson must reexamine his assumptions that four months of rest and a few good conversations have made him all better inside.Jackson keeps crashing his bicycle of self-care and a successful relationship, and Ellery wonders what's going to give out first-Jackson's health or Ellery's patience. Jackson's body hasn't forgiven him for past crimes. Can Ellery forgive him for his current sins? And can they keep Henry from going to jail for sleeping with the wrong guy at the wrong time?Being a fish out of water is tough-but if you give a fish a bicycle, how's he going to swim?

Les saisons, numero hors serieAu cours d'une adolescence malheureuse et d'une vie adulte solitaire, Skipper Keith n'a reve que d'avoir une famille. Il trouve ce qui s'en approche le plus avec l'equipe de football qu'il entraine apres le travail et son meilleur joueur et meilleur ami, Richie Scoggins.Un soir venteux d'octobre, le partage pratique d'une voiture d'aprs l'entranement se transforme en une rencontre sexuelle qu'aucun d'eux n'attendait et ne veut oublier. Bientt, Skip et Richie vivent pour les week-ends, leurs matchs de football de la saison d'hiver et les jeux qu'ils apprcient hors du terrain. Grce des nez briss, des dcorations de ftes et une grippe svre, ils en apprennent davantage l'un sur l'autre que ce qu'ils auraient pu rver.Chaque nouvelle dcouverte les emmne au-del des limites du terrain de football vers les possibilits infinies de la meilleure relation de la vie de Skipper.Skipper ne peut pas rver d'une meilleure famille que Richie, mais celui-ci a de vrais problmes familiaux dont il ne peut pas se dptrer. Skipper doit le convaincre de rester avec lui au-del du coup d'envoi du tournoi d'hiver, afin que la relation qu'ils ont dbute sur le terrain se transforme en un avenir heureux dans la vraie vie

Familiar Love: Book OneOne hundred and forty years ago, Harry, Edward, and Francis met an angel, a demon, and a sorceress while escaping imprisonment and worse! They emerged with a new family-and shapeshifting powers beyond their wildest dreams. Now Harry and his brothers use their sorcery to rescue those enslaved in human trafficking-but Harry's not doing so well. Pining for Suriel the angel has driven him to take more and more risks until his family desperately asks Suriel for an intervention.In order for Suriel to escape the bindings of heaven, he needs to be sure enough of his love to fight to be with Harry. Back when they first met, Harry was feral and angry, and he didn't know enough about love for Suriel to justify that risk. Can Suriel trust in Harry enough now to break his bonds of service for the boy who has loved his Familiar Angel for nearly a century and a half?

The ManniesGrowing up and falling in love...Sometimes family is a blessing and a curse. When Tino Robbins is roped into helping his sister deliver her premade Italian dinners when he should be studying for finals, he's pretty sure it's the latter! But one delivery might change everything.Channing Lowell's charmed life changes when his sister dies and leaves him her seven-year-old son. He's committed to doing what's best for Sammy but he's going to need a lot of help. When Tino lands on his porch, Channing is determined to recruit him to Team Sammy.Tino plans to make his education count-even if that means avoiding a relationship-but as he falls harder and harder for his boss, he starts to wonder: Does he have to leave his newly forged family behind in order to live his promising tomorrow?

Fische auf dem Trockenen: Buch Eins Privatdetektiv Jackson Rivers wuchs auf den rauen Straßen von Del Paso Heights auf und traut Polizisten nicht - obwohl er einer war. Als der Mann, den er als seinen Bruder betrachtet, des Mordes an einem Polizisten beschuldigt wird, bei dem es eindeutig nicht mit rechten Dingen zuging, setzt er Himmel und Hölle in Bewegung, um Kaden und seiner Familie zu helfen. Strafverteidiger Ellery Cramer stammt aus einer reichen Familie, was ihn nicht daran hindert, sich bereits seit sechs Jahren zum straßenerfahrenen, selbstbewussten Detektiv Jackson Rivers hingezogen zu fühlen. Doch als Jackson ihn um Hilfe bei der Verteidigung von Kaden Cameron bittet, ist er bald überfordert - und das nicht nur in Bezug auf den verschlossenen, unwirschen Detektiv. Kaden wurde nicht nur ein Mord angehängt, sondern er wurde ihm von korrupten Polizisten angehängt, wobei die Verschwörung weiter reicht, als Ellery sich vorwagt - und bis in Jacksons unschöne Vergangenheit. Bald sind beide Männer tief in das Rätsel um den in der Tankstelle ermordeten Polizisten verstrickt und befinden sich in einem Wettlauf gegen die Zeit, um Kadens Unschuld zu beweisen. Doch abseits der Ermittlungen und der fliegenden Kugeln müssen sie mit persönlichen Komplikationen umgehen ... und einer gegenseitigen Anziehungskraft, die außer Kontrolle geraten ist.