Bøger af Lizzie Shane

She's trying to live down her reputation. He's trying to live up to his. Elena has always been impulsive, until one wild night on a reality dating show earns her a reputation she can't escape. She wanted to be famous, but now she's infamous and determined to redeem herself. No more impulsive Old Elena. New Elena is going to be respectable and sweet if it kills her-and her first task is attending the wedding of the woman who beat her on the show. Secret Service golden boy Adam Dylan never wanted fame, but when he's caught on camera saving the daughter of an A-List actress the video goes viral and he becomes America's favorite hero. But there's more to the story than the media hype. Now a sought-after celebrity bodyguard, he's determined to earn his heroic reputation-even if that means nothing more glamorous than working security at a celebrity wedding. When one of the wedding guests doesn't want to take no for an answer, Adam comes to Elena's rescue. It's been a long time since anyone has stood up for her, but her reputation can only drag him down. Elena knows she should keep her distance, but it's oh so tempting to give in to her wild impulses just one more time.

Not your average girl next door...As Hollywood's hottest leading lady, Maggie Tate is a master of illusions-so much so that she's even managed to convince the world she's perfectly happy. But when her estranged aunt leaves her a run-down beach house in sleepy Long Shores, Oregon, she jumps at the chance to escape the bubble of her perfect life. What better place to lay low than the tiny coastal town where she used to spend her summers?But when Maggie arrives in Long Shores, nothing is quite like she remembered...including the boy next door.The unforgettable boy next door...Ian Summer was the first boy Maggie ever kissed, but he's all grown up now, with a daughter of his own. She knows she should keep her distance-no matter how rugged and manly he's turned out. With her disastrous relationship track record, she's sworn off men, but she's never been able to resist the emotionally unavailable ones.Ian isn't the ambitious musician he was when Maggie knew him. He's got his daughter to think of now, and a steady job as the town handyman. He doesn't need a diva actress coming in and rocking the boat-but the more time he spends with Maggie, the more glimpses he catches of the girl he used to know. And the more right it feels.Could this be love?Maggie can play the love interest like no one else, but with Ian it isn't an act. After a lifetime of Hollywood illusions, could this finally be the real thing?

In this uplifting small-town romance, a rambunctious puppy gives two childhood friends a second chance at love. When her Olympic downhill dreams were crushed by an injury, Kendall Walsh retreated to Pine Hollow to help her parents run the local ski resort—and watched from a distance as her childhood best friend took the winter sports world by storm. Now nearly a decade later, Brody James has suddenly retired and returned to Pine Hollow for his sister’s wedding, but he isn’t the same carefree daredevil Kendall remembers (and had a secret crush on as a teen). Haunted by the recent death of his fiercest rival, and struggling to regain his footing in a life after sports, Brody finds himself trailing after Kendall at the resort as eagerly as her golden retriever puppy. Kendall had promised herself she wasn’t going to bother with things like romance until she’d proven herself as the ski resort’s new events coordinator, but Brody has always been her kryptonite and maybe they both need to remember how to be a little more daring…

When two childhood friends return home after their sports careers don't go as planned, a puppy just may give them a second chance at happiness together.She's always been the girl with the plan ... until the plan crashed big timeKendall Walsh has exactly one second to save a fancy, five-tiered wedding cake and any possibility of being a wedding planner--not to mention her family's struggling ski resort. All because of one very cute, very furry, golden menace of a retriever who has a serious thing for butter chiffon icing. Which is exactly when Olympic skier Brody James shows up and saves the day ... and the cake.Brody makes Kendall feel about a million indecipherable things. He's her brother's bestie. Her first crush. And a ridiculously popular Olympic hero, which only reminds her of her own failed Olympic dreams. What Brody isn't telling her is that he's walked away from it all. The fame. The sponsorships. The celebrity girlfriend. Now he and Kendall are both lost somewhere between their past and a future they can't yet see. But four weddings, one mischievous puppy, and a few steamy kisses later, these two might just realize that they are both exactly where they need to be...with each other.

What's the hottest movie star in the world to do when she wants privacy for her wedding day? Pay someone else to stage a fake wedding half a world away, of course. Struggling artist Bree has been the great Maggie Tate's decoy for a while now, but when the movie star asks her to impersonate her for three weeks to distract the paparazzi from her real wedding she has no idea what she's getting herself into. Especially when she realizes she's going to be isolated in one of the world's most romantic settings with the bodyguard she can't stop drooling over. Retired football star Cross has always been driven to be the best at everything he does - whether that's professional sports or personal protection. He doesn't make mistakes. Ever. But when the sexy little decoy and her complete lack of impulse control start throwing him off his game, he's about to discover that there are some things in life he can't control. Like the irrepressible decoy... and his heart.

Event planner Rachel Persopoulos doesn't have an impulsive bone in her body. The one time she threw caution to the wind, she wound up alone and pregnant, just like her mother before her. Now her life as a single mom only works because of her determined avoidance of anything that isn't part of her plans. But when her boss assigns her a massive Christmas charity fundraiser, she learns the celebrity face of the event is the one person she never planned on seeing again.All-Star catcher Cameron Cole never stopped thinking about the woman who dumped him via text message two years ago-though he never expected to find her coordinating a celebrity bachelor auction. He'd fallen hard for Rachel, and when she ghosted on him he'd told himself it was for the best. He'd been in the middle of a messy divorce-which, yes, he should have told her about, but she should definitely have told him he'd fathered a child! When he meets his baby daughter for the first time, Cam knows instantly that he wants to be part of her life-a desire which becomes more complicated when he realizes he still has feelings for her mother.Rachel isn't sure she can trust Cam again, but if he isn't the married playboy she thought was using her, could he be exactly what she needs? She wasn't planning on letting him back into her life, but this Christmas nothing is going as planned...

Widowed father of twin girls and descendant of a political dynasty, Aiden Raines has been going through the motions since he lost his wife, throwing himself into work and focusing on taking care of others. He might work a few too many hours, but he's getting by and he isn't interested in rocking the boat-or getting involved in another relationship. Until he finds himself growing keenly aware of the woman who's been right under his nose for years... Samira Esfahani moved to DC and took the job as a live-in nanny when she was running away from a failed marriage. After learning how wrong she'd been about her ex-husband, she wasn't ready to trust her romantic instincts again, but if she were to decide she wanted a man, Aiden Raines would be the prototype for the perfect one. Unfortunately, he's also her boss, and off limits in more ways than one... until one kiss changes everything. As much as Samira wants to be with him, she's leery of trusting her heart-especially if being with Aiden would thrust her into the political spotlight, or worse, leave her hiding in the shadows as his DIRTY LITTLE SECRET.

What would Cinderella do? Wedding planner Sidney Dewitt is always the fairy godmother, never the heroine of her own love story--until she's selected for the reality dating show Marrying Mister Perfect. It might finally be her chance to ride off into the sunset, but when she sneaks out of her room on the night before the show begins to catch a glimpse of her prince, the man she meets is far from Prince Charming. The jaded--and recently divorced--host of a television show celebrating love and marriage, Josh Pendleton doesn't believe in fairy tales anymore. He's done with love and getting involved with a Suitorette is the fastest way to destroy his career, but there's something about Sidney he can't get out of his head. On a show where everything is staged, could this be real? "A fresh, fun voice in contemporary romance, Lizzie Shane shines!" -Kim Law

It all started with one harmless little fib... Fifteen years ago Candy Raines moved to California to get far away from her high profile political family-and all the baggage that comes with them. She's built a damn fine life for herself in Tinseltown as the resident tech specialist for Elite Protection, complete with the perfect no-strings relationship. If she had to invent a husband to get her Machiavellian mother off her back, that lie is just the price of her freedom. But now her sister is getting married in a splashy society wedding and Candy has to make an appearance-with her husband. Ren "Pretty Boy" Xiao has plenty of secrets of his own-secrets Candy has helped him hide-so when the woman who never asks for help tells him she needs him to pose as her husband for a week, he can't refuse. Especially when it gives him a chance to see behind Candy's many masks and reignites his hope that he might finally convince her to take their relationship beyond friends-with-benefits. But when they arrive at the wedding, they realize the secrets run deeper than they could have imagined-and nothing is darker than Little White Lies.

Between 'I will' and 'I do', there's room to fall. Caitlyn Gregg just agreed to marry 'Mister Perfect' on national television. There's only one problem: as soon as the cameras stop rolling on their whirlwind reality show romance, she realizes she doesn't love him. Returning home to Colorado as the show begins to air, she has only her doubts for company--until she accidentally sets her apartment on fire and finds herself in the arms of oh-so-sexy fire-fighter Will Hamilton. Sparks immediately fly--and not just from her singed apartment--but Caitlyn is engaged to another man and is contractually forbidden from talking about the engagement, breaking it off, or seeing other men until the show's finale. Will doesn't know what to make of Caitlyn's hot-and-cold routine, until he turns on the TV one night and sees her being wooed by another man. Thinking she must be gunshy after what is about to be a very public break-up, he tells her they can take it slow... but their insane chemistry has other ideas. Falling hard for Will is against all the rules and every week she dreads Tuesday, knowing any episode could be the one that drives him away. When the truth comes out, will Caitlyn lose the man of her dreams because she already said yes to Mister Perfect?

Sometimes it takes a reality television show to show you the love that's right in front of you... To Louisa Tanner, Jack Doyle is perfect-heart surgeon, loving single father, and best friend a girl could have-so it's no surprise when he's tapped as the next Mister Perfect for the reality dating series Marrying Mister Perfect. But watching her secret crush romancing gorgeous women on national television? That flat out sucks-even if he will never see her as more than a pal. Jack is skeptical of reality shows as a path to love, but drastic measures are needed to shake him and Lou out of their rut. His friend deserves better than being his live-in nanny and will never chase her dreams if she is busy taking care of him and his kids, so he vows to take the show seriously and find a new wife. But the more stunning women he woos on command, the more he begins to realize the only woman he wants just might be the one he left back home. How can he seduce his best friend without jeopardizing their friendship? Especially when the cameras are always rolling...

Be careful what you wish for... Heartthrob Ty Walker always gets what he wants. So when he announces on a press tour that he's ready to give up his playboy ways and start a family, he's confident the universe will provide him with the fairy tale future he's envisioned - and completely unprepared to come home a week before Christmas to find an eleven-year-old girl sitting on his doorstep with a note claiming she's his daughter. Ty has never been on close terms with responsibility, but even his oh-so-capable assistant can't wave her magic wand and fix this one for him - not when she's about to fly home for the holidays for a family wedding. Taking her movie star boss and his potential daughter home for Christmas isn't on any of Andi Cooper's carefully crafted agendas. She knows Ty is nothing more than an overgrown child who uses his heart-melting smile to get away with murder and she's immune to that smile...until she sees it on the face of a vulnerable little girl. Clement, Minnesota, here they come. But when they arrive in her small town, Andi begins to see a different side of her boss. Could there be more to the playboy than she thought? Could he actually become a good father? And could a movie star really be interested in his glamour-less assistant? Could they actually become the family he was wishing for all along?

They aren't in it for love... but love has it in for them. Marcy Henrickson isn't looking for love as the latest Miss Right on the reality dating show Romancing Miss Right. She's realistic enough to know the odds of finding true love on national television are astronomical--but the chance that the exposure will boost her next book onto the New York Times Bestseller List? That's a risk worth taking. And if she's the one picking from the handsome Suitors, how can she possibly get hurt? The last thing Craig Corrow wants is to fall in love. San Diego's Favorite Bad Influence is looking to transition from local radio shock-jock to national television host and a reality dating show is his ticket to fame and fortune. He's there to stir things up and Miss Right is just another pawn in his game plan... Until he meets Marcy and she isn't the fake reality princess he was expecting. She's all too real--and so is the way he feels about her. But when he's faced with a choice between love or money, can this bad boy give up his villain ways and get the girl?

A heartwarming holiday romance from award-winning author Lizzie Shane. Elia Aiavao wants nothing to do with Christmas this year. Once known for his good humor as the "Smiling Samoan" of mixed martial arts, he hasn't had much Christmas cheer since he lost his beloved niece, so when he's offered a job working through the holidays, he jumps at the distraction of running security for the Princess of Pop...only to discover his client is actually Calliope Rae, the star's nine-year-old daughter. Elia is determined to keep his distance, but that's easier said than done when he meets Callie...and the sultry singer who is her unconventional mother. Alexa Rae didn't know the first thing about parenting when she found herself famously widowed with a baby on the way-so she did what she always does. She focused on her career while her personal life was falling apart and hired the best nannies in the business to take care of the baby. But now that baby is nine years old and every time Alexa looks at her she's crushed by the guilt that she couldn't be the parent she herself had never had. With a new album and a new tour to promote, Alexa knows now is not the time to let up on her career, but maybe with the help of one unlikely Christmas elf-in the body of a sexy six-and-a-half-foot Samoan bodyguard-the singer and her daughter may find a Christmas miracle of their own and finally learn how to be a family.

Parvati Jai knows better than to pin any romantic hopes on Max Dewitt. She may have had a crush on her best friend's older brother since she figured out what boys were good for, but she's looking for Mister Forever - not a workaholic entrepreneur with a romantic attention span that tops out at two weeks. Yet with her business failing, her newly-engaged best friend vanishing into a love bubble, and even her teenage niece announcing she's getting married, Max becomes the one person she can rely on - and the idea of a little fling with him becomes even more tempting. Max knows his little sister's best friend is off-limits...until Parvati confesses she once had a crush on him and he can't help seeing her in a new - and very intriguing - light. He's never been good at letting people past his charming facade, but something about Parvati makes him want to let down his defenses. But even if he lets himself fall for her, how can he convince a woman who knows all about his love-'em-and-leave-'em ways that he finally wants forever?

When two childhood friends return home after their sports careers don't go as planned, a puppy just may give them a second chance at happiness together in this uplifting rom-com, perfect read for fans of Abby Jimenez and Jenny Hale.When her Olympic downhill dreams were crushed by an injury, Kendall Walsh retreated back to Pine Hollow to help her parents run the local ski resort-and watched from a distance as her childhood best friend took the winter sports world by storm. Now nearly a decade later, Brody James has suddenly retired and returned to Pine Hollow for his sister's wedding, but he isn't the same carefree daredevil Kendall remembers (and had a secret crush on as a teen).Haunted by the recent death of his fiercest rival, and struggling to find his footing in a life after sports, Brody finds himself trailing after Kendall at the resort as eagerly as her golden retriever puppy. Kendall had promised herself she wasn't going to bother with any romantic nonsense until she'd found her feet in her new role as the ski resort's events coordinator, but Brody James has always been her kryptonite and maybe they both need to remember how to be a little more daring...

Do the "Cupid chocolates" from Lucy's shop really help people meet their One True Love? Dean, a TV reporter, has his doubts…Lucy's chocolate shop, How Sweet It Is, has been in her family for generations…along with the secret recipe for Cupid chocolates. Rumor has it that if you eat one on February 14, you'll meet your soulmate. Lucy herself isn't sure if it's magic or just romantic optimism, but a family legend is at stake. Besides, with her grandmother to support and a rival bakery opening up across the street, it certainly doesn't hurt to believe. Dean, an ambitious and skeptical TV reporter, doesn't like the idea of a business taking advantage of romantic desperation. He doesn't count on Lucy joining him as he tracks down and interviews couples supposedly brought together by the chocolates. Together, they find that the truth can be complicated…especially when it comes to their own hearts. This sweet romance includes a Hallmark original recipe for Chocolate Hearts with Creme Fraiche.

A heartwarming romance featuring a cast of irresistible characters of the two- and four-legged - kind, sure to capture your heart!

A heartwarming Christmas romance featuring a cast of irresistible characters of the two- and four-legged - kind, sure to capture your heart!

A delightful holiday romance about a small-town single dad and an animal rescue owner as they try to find forever homes for a dozen lovable pups before Christmas.Pine Hollow has everything Ally Gilmore could wish for in a holiday break: gently falling snow in a charming small town and time with her family. Then she learns some Grinch has pulled the funding for her family's rescue shelter, and now she has only four weeks to find new homes for a dozen dogs! But when she confronts her Scroogey councilman nemesis, Ally finds he's far more reasonable -- and handsome -- than she ever expected.As the guardian of his dog-obsessed ten-year-old niece, Ben West doesn't have time to build a cuddly reputation. But he does feel guilty about the shelter closing. So he proposes a truce with Ally, agreeing to help her adopt out the pups. As the two spend more time together, the town's gossip is spreading faster than Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. And soon Ben is hoping he can convince Ally that Pine Hollow is her home for the holidays. . . and the whole year through.