Böcker av Smeltzer

We were like two stars orbiting each other-dancing around the possibility that one day we might collide. When we finally did, we opened up a black hole, obliterating everything around us. No one would be the same.Least of all, us.Waking up in Vegas married to the guy of your dreams sounds like a good thing, right? Not when you're Thea Montgomery and said guy is your brother's best friend.Thea and Xander have always avoided the connection between them because her brother would never approve. Now, they're married- the strongest bond you can have as a couple-and they're not even a real couple...unless they want to be.Thea wants an annulment immediately, but Xander's waited too long to see her become his and he won't let her go easily.If she wants a divorce, fine, but he wants the summer to convince her that he's the one. If at the end of the summer she still wants to end their marriage he'll sign the papers, but until then...All is not fair in love and war.

What I remember the most about that day was that it was completely ordinary. Then with one stupid decision everything fell apart and nothing was ever the same.Rae Wilder wants nothing but a do over-but life doesn't work that way. She's stuck living out the consequences of her actions. At times the burden feels unbearable.College is supposed to be her second chance.New place.New people.New life.No one to know what she did.Despite that, she has still vowed to avoid everyone and everything at all costs.Unfortunately for her, an accidental run-in with the campus heartthrob, Cade Montgomery, derails that plan.He's determined to thaw the ice around her heart and expose the girl she used to be. He wants to show her that life is worth living for and that she really is a Rae of Sunshine.

First came marriage...Then came love...Now comes baby in a baby carriage.So, at least we did one thing in order, right?It's been three years since Xander and Thea's impromptu Vegas wedding. Since then, they've dealt with family drama, his grueling NFL schedule, and her college classes. Now that Thea's graduated from college, it's finally time for them to move out and start their life together.Things couldn't be any more perfect.And then a curveball is thrown their way.Midnight feedings and a screaming infant wasn't a part of Thea's five-year plan, but, suddenly, it's very much her soon-to-be reality. Xander is thrilled at the prospect of parenthood while Thea can't wrap her head around it.But, ready or not, here comes baby.

I've learned that not everything is what it seems. If you start to look too close, you uncover things people don't want you to see. It's why I hide. It's why no one knows the real me. But he sees me. He sees the darkness in my heart but he's not afraid, because he's like me. They say opposites attract, but we're proof that like-and-like are a far more potent combination.Novalee Clarke is hiding from a past she wants to leave behind, and Jacen Kensington is running from his.The thing about hiding and running is eventually the thing you're trying to escape catches up to you.And when it does?It changes everything.

Some stories are a fairytale...but this isn't one.Caelan Gregory's life fell apart the night he went home and opened the door to find his whole family murdered. Since then, his life has held no meaning. He's angry. He's bitter. He's barely human anymore. There's nothing left to remind him of the straight A student, and football quarterback he once was...but he wasn't a good person then, and he's certainly not a good person now. He's retreated into a world where all that exists is numbness and his passion for painting.When Sutton Hale moves into the apartment across the hall from Caelan she's not prepared for her reaction to him. Something in his broken blue eyes calls to her-after all she's always had an irrational need to fix everything.But Caelan doesn't do relationships or feelings. He does drugs and alcohol. However, he can't ignore his desire to get to know the raven-haired woman across the hall.Two broken souls trying to mend one another.But not everything can be fixed.¿In the end, Caelan and Sutton will have to learn that there is beauty in the ashes.