Pretend You’re Mine: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score continues to lead the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 9, 2015
1. Pretend You’re Mine: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score: “Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn’t have a girlfriend and doesn’t want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s out on another mission.”
2. Some Sort of Crazy by Melanie Harlow: “When a psychic tells Natalie Nixon her life is about to be upended by a mysterious stranger, she laughs it off. After all, she has everything she’s ever wanted—a successful bakery, the perfect boyfriend, and the keys to her dream house.”
3. A Shade of Vampire by Bella Forrest: “On the evening of Sofia Claremont’s seventeenth birthday, she is sucked into a nightmare from which she cannot wake. A quiet evening walk along a beach brings her face to face with a dangerous pale creature that craves much more than her blood.”
4. Undercover Love: A Billionaire Romance by Lucy Score: “Despite being smart, sassy, and driven, Ashley finds herself left out in the cold thanks to her fiancé Steve’s career. During a disastrous cocktail party, Ashley’s finds herself all alone after being ignored by Steve and humiliated by his ice queen colleague Victoria.”
5. Roommates by Erin Leigh: “Life is full of expectations. For Brady Coldwell it’s always been about the game. Hockey is and always will be, his life. His family sacrificed everything to get him here and he won’t let them down. He knows what’s expected of him.”
6. The Stocking Was Hung by Tara Sivec: “What happens when your life goes to crap the week of Christmas? You invite a hot Marine you met in an airport bar to come home with you for the holidays, to distract your crazy family from the truth.”
7. Seducing Simon by Maya Banks: “Toni Langston certainly has her share of problems. She’s in love with one of her best friends, Simon. Firemen Simon lives with Toni and her brother and another fireman they’re best friends with. The four have been friends since high school and Toni has been in love with Simon for seemingly forever.”
8. Christmas Kisses and Cookies by Linda West: “This is a hilarious light hearted and charming romance about a delightfully funny family and their determination to win the prestigious Christmas cookie competition against all odds.”
9. The Truth About Cads by Elisa Braden: “When a wager goes wrong …
Painfully shy Jane Huxley is the furthest thing from a diamond of the first water. Bookish, bespectacled, and, well, plain, she never expected to befriend a dissolute charmer like Colin Lacey, much less agree to help him retrieve a lost family heirloom. Fortunately, he is nothing like his cold, rigid older brother.”
10. At His Mercy by Hannah Ford: “Authors Hannah Ford and Kelly Favor combine to bring you the sexiest, hottest books with the most dominant alphas—guaranteed to leave you gasping for more! With hot and demanding bosses and achingly seductive billionaires, this TWENTY BOOK BOX SET indulges every secret desire you’ve ever had.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of December 9, 2015
1. Naturally Flawless: A holistic approach to clear skin by Andisheh Farahmand
2. Methods of Pulse Differentiation and Assessment 辨脉平脉法 Biàn Mài Píng Mài Fǎ by Stephen Bonzak & Tzu-Ying Chiang
3. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. by Usama Dakdok
4. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills by George J. Siedel
5. How to Have a Healthy Holy Holiday by Dr. Mike Courtney
6. Do Chu by John Perttu
7. 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
8. Ba Mùa Yêu by Châu Sa Nguyễn Phương Văn
9. Credo – Economic beliefs in a world in crisis by Brian Davey
10. Exposing the Truth about the Qur’an: The Revelation of Error, Volume 1 by Usama Dakdok