Knocked Up by the Bad Boy by Vanessa Waltz leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 6, 2015
1. Knocked Up by the Bad Boy by Vanessa Waltz: “The only settling down I do is at night, when I take a girl home to f*ck. I get laid to unwind from the chaos in my life. I live to hear them scream my name, but one night is all they get.”
2. Sincerely, Carter by Whitney Gracia Williams: “Arizona Turner has been my best friend since fourth grade, even when we “hated” each other. We’ve been there for one another through first kisses, first “times,” and we’ve been each other’s constant when good relationships turned bad. (We even went to colleges that were minutes away from each other…).”
3. PUCKED by Helen Hunting: “With a famous NHL player for a stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many a hockey star. So of course she isn’t interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. When Alex inadvertently obliterates Violet’s misapprehension regarding the inferior intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the face to match.”
4. The Friend Zone by Kristen Callihan: “The last thing star tight-end Gray Grayson wants to do is drive his agent’s daughter’s bubblegum pink car. But he needs the wheels and she’s studying abroad. Something he explains when she sends him an irate text to let him know exactly how much pain she’ll put him in if he crashes her beloved ride. Before he knows it, Ivy Mackenzie has become his best texting bud. But then Ivy comes home and everything goes haywire. Because the only thing Gray can think of is being with Ivy.”
5. Having Faith by Abbie Zanders: “Kieran Callaghan has it all. As the sole remaining single male of the Callaghan clan, he is drawing a lot of female attention. Not only is the former SEAL easy on the eyes and the poster boy for BodyWorks, the fitness center he owns/operates, but he is a genuinely nice guy with a white-knight complex.”
6. Leah (Carter Book 2) by R.J. Lewis: “After Carter left, I convinced myself I was well and truly over him. Fairy tales didn’t exist. I learned to make myself happy, while avoiding commitment like a plague. I couldn’t afford another heartbreak. Love simply didn’t exist the way I once believed it did.”
7. Departure by A.G. Riddle: “Flight 305 took off in 2014…But it crashed in a world very different from our own…With time running out, five strangers must unravel why they were taken…And how to get home.”
8. Ember by Deborah Bladon: “Being rescued in the middle of a blind date by a gorgeous fireman is the last thing that Bridget Grant expects. When he throws all caution aside to defend her honor, she sees something that she has been craving for years. Inviting him back to her place can’t hurt, can it?”
9. Protecting Cheyenne by Susan Stoker: “Living in Southern California, Cheyenne was used to seeing hot military men as she went about her daily business. An anonymous encounter at the grocery store cemented her crush on one such man. He was big, built, and incredibly easy on the eyes, but it wasn’t as if he would ever really notice her.”
10. The Mad Tatter by J.M. Darhower: “Reece Hatfield has just one rule when it comes to falling in love: don’t fucking do it. There’s no room in his life for another person. He can barely keep a handle on things as it is. A shadow of the man he used to be, Reece spends his days tattooing, the artist inside of him longing for the chance to do something different.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of May 6, 2015
1. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills By George J. Siedel
2. Private Practice Preparedness – The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Closing a Practice Due to Retirement, Death, or Disability By Rob Reinhardt, LPCS, M.Ed., NCC & Anne M. “Nancy” Wheeler
3. Damage Control By Jae
4. His Bad Boy Ways By Faye Aden
5. Strong Brains, Sharp Minds: The Definitive Guide to the MINDRAMP Method For Brain Health & Mental Development By Michael C. Patterson & Roger Anunsen
6. Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volumes 1-4 (Introduction, Planets in Signs, Planets in Houses, Planets in Aspect) By Gargatholil
7. Our Universal Journey by George Kavassilas
8. Academic and Business Writing, Workbook 3 By Maggie Sokolik
9. Passing Along A Dream – The Story Behind the Center Lovell Inn Essay Contest by Bil Mosca
10. Cognitive Activity Design: Designing Creative Activities and Art-Based Projects That Promote Brain Health and Flourishing By Michael C. Patterson