Pretend You’re Mine: A Small Town Love Story by Lucy Score leads the Self-Published Bestsellers List this week.
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Amazon Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of November 18, 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. Monster Prick by Kendall Ryan: “That’s what I told Gracie when she informed me of her plan to pick some random guy she met online to get rid of her pesky virginity. If anyone is touching her, it’s going to be me.”
3. 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.”
4. Mechanic by Alexa Riley: “Everything was fine until that innocent little rich girl walked into my garage. Since the second I laid my eyes on her, all I’ve wanted to do is get my dirty hands on her pure body. There’s one minor obstacle standing in my way, but I’ve got a plan. All I’ve got to do is claim her, and she’ll be mine forever.”
5. 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.”
6. Corrupt by Penelope Douglas: “My boyfriend’s older brother is like that scary movie that you peek through your hand to watch. He’s handsome, strong, and completely terrifying. The star of his college’s basketball team and now gone pro, he’s more concerned with the dirt on his shoe than me.”
7. Prince Albert by Sabrina Paige: “He’s the most famous one on the planet – wealthy, gorgeous, and a notorious playboy. He’s also the most conceited, insufferable, arrogant man I’ve ever met. Did I mention he’s a freaking prince? An actual, real life Prince Not-So-Charming.”
8. Arrogant Playboy by Winter Renshaw: “Noun. A moneyed man who spends his time enjoying himself, especially one who acts irresponsibly or is sexually promiscuous. Synonyms: ladies man, philanderer, womanizer. See Also: Beckham King.”
9. Fatal Terrain by Dale Brown: “The People’s Republic of China has launched a terrifying attack against Taiwan. Cold. Swift. Deadly. The U.S. isn’t willing to stand by and watch, but when they come to Taiwan’s aid, they’re dealt an unexpected blow from Chinese forces. It looks like the U.S. is going down..”
10. Call Me Killer: A Bad Boy Romance by Linda Barlow: “She doesn’t know they call me Killer. Used to be I could get any woman I wanted… I had the Harley, the tats, the ripped bod, the badass attitude. No ties, no commitments, no limits, no worries. Until a girl I was seeing vanished.”
Smashwords Self-Published Bestsellers for the Week of November 18, 2015
1. Methods of Pulse Differentiation and Assessment 辨脉平脉法 Biàn Mài Píng Mài Fǎ by Stephen Bonzak & Tzu-Ying Chiang
2. Negotiating for Success: Essential Strategies and Skills by George J. Siedel
3. 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
4. A Guidebook to Inks,Paints And Functional Inks by Robert Murray-Smith
5. Naturally Flawless: A holistic approach to clear skin by Andisheh Farahmand
6. Balancing the Equation by Yuri Marmerstein
7. Credo – Economic beliefs in a world in crisis by Brian Davey
8. Aesthetic Resistance Programming 3 by Justin Maguire
9. Supercapacitors 101 – A home Inventors Handbook by Robert Murray-Smith
10. The Generous Qur’an: An accurate, modern English translation of the Qur’an, Islam’s holiest book. by Usama Dakdok