New Releases by Rachel Van Dyken

“No elijo la muerte. Ni siquiera elijo la vida. La elijo a ella.” El romance más adictivo que no podrás parar de leer Decían que los dioses eran un mito. Que los gigantes solo eran historias contadas alrededor de fogatas moribundas. Mentían. Los dioses no están muertos; tan solo están dormidos, encerrados en cuerpos mortales, desperdigados por el mundo y esperando a que la chispa adecuada los despierte. Y mi padre es el más despiadado de todos. Me crio para obedecer. Para sangrar. Para ser su espada cuando llegue el momento. Y ahora me ha enviado a la Universidad de Endir, un lugar lleno de linajes antiguos y secretos letales, para recuperar el Mjölnir, el martillo de las leyendas. Si fracaso, todas las personas que quiero morirán. Pero Aric Erikson no formaba parte del plan. Él es el heredero del enemigo. Distante. Peligroso. Y... la única persona de quien no puedo permitirme enamorarme. Se ha aislado por completo detrás de un muro de hielo, pero cuanto más me ordenan que lo descifre, más difícil me resulta recordar dónde terminan las mentiras y dónde comienzo yo. Ahora, lo único que me separa de una guerra que decidirá el destino del mundo son una misión que yo no escogí... y un hombre a quien nunca debí amar. Pero, si yo soy la chispa, tal vez él sea la mecha. ¿Y los dioses? Están a punto de despertar furiosos.

Él está destinado a salvarla. Ella será su perdición. Liv siempre se ha sentido atraida por la mitología nórdica. Tras haberse graduado recibe de forma inesperada una oferta del trabajo de sus sueños en Noruega. Liv enseguida se da cuenta de que en el pequeño pueblo de Vonn al que ha ido a parar nada es lo que parece. Además, su nuevo jefe, Tristán, es muy antipático con ella (y terriblemente irresistible), y una de las condiciones del trabajo consiste en vivir con él en su mansión, donde la tensión entre ellos es inevitable. Pero pronto se da cuenta de que él esconde mucho más de lo que ella cree, y podría suponer un peligro incluso para su propia vida. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION They said the gods were myth. That the giants were only stories told around dying fires. They lied. The gods aren't dead--they're only sleeping, locked in mortal bodies, scattered across the world, waiting for the right spark to wake them. And Odin, the most ruthless of them all, is my father. He raised me to obey. To bleed. To be his blade when the time came. Now he's sending me to Endir University, a place filled with ancient bloodlines and deadly secrets, to steal back Mjolnir, the hammer that once belonged to my dead brother. If I fail, everyone I love dies. But Aric Westberg wasn't part of the plan. He's the enemy's heir. Distant. Dangerous. And somehow...familiar. He doesn't know what he is yet--or what he carries--but I do. And the more I'm ordered to unravel him, the harder it becomes to remember where the lies end and I begin. Because there's no clean line between survival and surrender anymore. No comfort in the stories I've told myself to make any of this feel justified. Only a mission I never chose--and a man I was never meant to care about--standing between me and the end of the world. If I'm the spark, he's the fuse. And the gods? They're about to wake up angry.

Lost in Seoul is a standalone new adult romance set in the competitive world of K-pop from bestselling authors Rachel Van Dyken and Colet Abedi. A meet cute is supposed to be cute. Ours was sexy. Chaotic. Not normal. Less than 10 minutes after we met, I realized we could never be. She was forbidden to me. She held my hand behind his back. I gripped hers, knowing it was wrong. I was on the cusp of superstardom-and still I held her fingertips because it felt right. Knowing that when it all went wrong, we would be done-the media would destroy us. After all, not only was she was four years older than me, she was the leader of SWT's sister-my best friend-and someone who could wreck everything we'd worked for. But I still held on. I'm lost. So lost. I'm the youngest in the group, the one everyone sees as the most innocent. But they don't know the stolen moments with her. The kisses. The touching. They don't know any of that. So I keep acting as if I'm pure as the driven snow when really all it took was one chance meeting. To make. Me. Sin. Hi, I'm Sookie, Maknae of SWT, the most famous K-pop group in the world. And I'm pretty sure I'm not just lost... nah, I'm about to fall.

I gemelli Julian e Bridge Tennyson hanno tutto quello che si può desiderare: sono belli, ricchi e potenti. Ma, con la separazione dei genitori, le loro strade sembrano dividersi per sempre. Fino a che, anni dopo, a causa di un terribile incidente, il padre affida a Bridge il ruolo del fratello: dovrà occuparsi di gestire l’azienda al posto suo. Nessuno, però, deve sapere dello scambio di persona, soprattutto Isobel, la fidanzata di Julian. Tuttavia, la ragazza sospetta sin da subito qualcosa... L’uomo che voleva lasciare le appare d’un tratto diverso: sensibile, protettivo e appassionato, in grado di darle ciò che ha sempre desiderato. Ma può una persona cambiare così all’improvviso? Bridge dal canto suo prova fin da subito un’irresistibile attrazione per la fidanzata del fratello, e si scatena in lui un conflitto interiore che vede coinvolti lealtà, sincerità, desiderio e affari di famiglia. Ma una volta trovato il vero amore è difficile rinunciarvi, e lottare per esso diventa l’unica ragione di vita. Avevo firmato un contratto che diceva che mi sarei preso tutto di Julian, dai suoi modi di fare alle sue cose. Secondo quel contratto... io ero Julian Tennyson. E Julian Tennyson era fidanzato.

Una storia romantica sulla linea del fuorigioco dall''autrice bestseller Rachel Van Dyken! L''unico modo per vincere è infrangere tutte le regole. Da ex calciatore e ora agente sportivo di successo, Matt Kingston è convinto di saper gestire qualsiasi problema. Quando sua sorella gli telefona alle prime luci dell''alba per convincerlo ad accettarla come tirocinante, Matt - distratto dalla mancanza di caffeina e da un''agenda fitta di appuntamenti - non solo le offre il lavoro, ma acconsente a una serie di proposte senza prestare troppa attenzione. È così che si ritrova davanti alla porta di casa sua Parker Speedman, la migliore amica di sua sorella e... la sua nuova coinquilina. Con un pallone da calcio Parker è un talento naturale, ma fuori dal campo è una vera testa calda, stando alle chiacchiere. Dopo aver mollato un pugno in faccia al suo ex allenatore in diretta TV, nessuna squadra è più disposta a ingaggiarla. Adesso per realizzare il suo sogno di affermarsi come calciatrice ha bisogno di un vero miracolo o, in alternativa, dell''agente migliore del Paese: Matt. Anche se dopo un primo incontro burrascoso convincere Matt a rappresentarla sembra una missione impossibile, grazie a qualche aiutino esterno Parker riesce nell''impresa: Matt sarà il suo nuovo agente e la allenerà per le prossime settimane, in vista dei provini con alcuni importanti club femminili. Tutto sembra incastrarsi alla perfezione, peccato che lavorare insieme non si riveli così semplice per Matt e Parker, principalmente per colpa della chimica innegabile che si è accesa tra loro due. Eppure Parker sa che Matt è pericoloso: è un uomo potente, stringe tra le mani il destino del suo sogno più grande e in più possiede una straordinaria abilità di eludere la sua difesa e... puntare dritto al suo cuore. Anche Matt sa che qualsiasi legame tra un allenatore e una sua giocatrice infrangerebbe pericolosamente ogni regola ed etica professionale, ma quando è il destino a scendere in campo... tutte le regole del gioco cambiano. In amore, è il destino a dettare le regole del gioco. *Per gioco o per destino chiude il duetto Red Cards, iniziato con Per caso o per amore. I due volumi sono indipendenti e possono essere letti separatamente.*

Life''s Too Short meets The Unhoneymooners in this sparkling, steamy, and swoon-worthy novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken, in which two sworn enemies must share house, home—and maybe their hearts—when they become co-parents after a sudden loss. Colby''s living her best life: as a popular food blogger, she gets to fulfill her dreams of exploring the globe. But her world comes crashing down when a tragic accident leaves her co-guardian of her best friend''s two adorable children. Not only does she need to put down roots—fast—but she''ll be sharing custody with the one man she can''t stand sharing a continent with, let alone a house. Accountant-extraordinaire Rip values rules and plans. But when he loses his sister and his best friend and becomes an insta-guardian all in one night, Rip sees his organized life imploding. What he really doesn''t need is his sister''s irresponsible, flighty—albeit kind and gorgeous—best friend making it worse. Rip doesn''t trust Colby to take their new responsibilities seriously, while Colby can''t believe Rip thinks children will thrive under his rigid control. Yet soon Rip and Colby discover they need each other more than they hate each other. Could it be possible that following their hearts is just what their new little family needs?

A mafia romance about betrayal and faith by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series. "The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."-Ryan Bigge I grew up knowing it would happen one day. Believing that I would fall into my father's footsteps and become a monster of my own making. So I fought it. I lived. I loved. I teased. And then one day... I destroyed. And realized I loved the pain. Obsessed over the feeling. So I cut again and again and again. She saw my rage, my madness, and tried to stop me from destroying myself, and I hated her for it, pushing her away past the point of no return. Izzy Abandonato was supposed to be mine. But there are some things people can never come back from. I hurt her, she hurt me, and now I'm living a lie. Telling the ones I love that I'm on one side when for years I've been forced to play both. I'm no angel. I've fallen. And I may single-handedly bring down the Cosa Nostra-by default. I, Maksim Sinacore, will have my vengeance. I will win her back. Even if it means I have to kill everyone in my path. The pain masks the betrayal. I never realized that one day-I'd be the very rat that I hated. That I was sent to kill. But once you're deep in a lie-you'll do anything to hide the truth. She fell for the bad one. She fell for the sinner. So why does that make me smile?

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken delivers a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy with this hilarious, standalone new adult romance. Have you ever hated someone so much that you actually wondered if prison would be worth it? I have. And I had to bear witness to Mark''s cocky smile for four miserable years watching girl after girl tumble in and out of his bed while he had nothing but scorn for me. After we graduated college and, thank God, finally parted ways, I thought that I was done having to deal with the enemy. And then I got fired, sending me careening right into a local bar-and Mark''s bed. My nightmare came true as we both soon realized that we would be fighting for the same job at Emory Enterprises. We had to live together under the same roof, and as the challenges got weirder and weirder, we got closer and closer-united by the trauma that is CEO Max Emory. When I signed up for this internship, I envisioned coffee runs, not gecko sitting-long story. Soon one thing led to another, and somehow my enemy quickly turned into my best friend. But what happens when the games are over? Furthermore, how do I tell the guy I used to hate that he owns my heart when I wasn''t even aware I''d given it away? Prison time or Mark? A few days ago, I would have chosen prison. Now? He''s all I see.

The bosses sent me to protect her, to watch over her even though I was the demon she fled. We both carry scars. But if all I can have is her hate for as long as I breathe. I''ll take it. Welcome to the second generation of the mafia, may the best man or woman, be left standing. May God bless our tainted souls.

The worst thing you could do in the mafia is hang on to hope that your life will be normal. The second worst thing? Fall in love with your best friend. Enemy. And heir to the Nicolasi throne.

"Coming out of a coma was one hell of a wake-up call. While I was in the dark, my estranged twin brother, Bridge, had replaced me in the company I owned and swept up my fiancâee in the takeover. With my ruthless reputation, can I blame them for falling in love? I have to look long and hard at where I''ve been and where I''m headed. Alone time? The universe has other plans. Our family''s secluded Vermont cabin comes with a gorgeous--if at first, unwelcoming--surprise. She''s renter Keaton Westbrook, a social media superstar struggling with her own private grief. As a winter storm bears down, we''ve found something to keep us warm--an intimacy neither of us expected and both of us need"--Provided by publisher.

I hit on her first. Realized she was my best friend Finn's little sister second. And got a bloody nose third - compliments of Finn after he watched me nearly score with the new underclassman. After all I did have a reputation on campus, word on the street was that a girl could orgasm within one minute just watching me eat Lucky Charms. You can't make this stuff up - even though it was at least four minutes and included outside circumstances. Ahem, I digress. Point is, not only did I earn the attention of the worst sort of girl for me - my best friend's only sibling - but now she's out to seduce me. Me! One of the most famous Pleasure Ponies of them all! I can't shower - she follows me to the bathroom. Literally. I can't sleep - Lucky me, she lives in the same dorm. And I can't focus on anything except for her taunting eyes every single time something goes her way. I want her, but I don't want her to know I want her, and I definitely don't want to die before graduation, which is looking more and more likely considering we can't keep our hands off each other. Something's gotta give, and I have an inkling I should probably start writing my eulogy now because that something is probably going to be me.

Marlo and Ray's story continues...I wanted revenge.And I got it in the best way possible.Ray has always driven me insane, now that we're older, all I want is to make her feel the pain she put me through for four years.And then suddenly, everything shifts and I realize I just want her, It's bad enough that I'm the camp director - her boss.Our love is equal to our hate for one another and the burning tension between us refuses to relent. If anything it's gotten worse.I push her.She pushes back.Passion, whether it be born of love or hate - is a powerful beast, one I'm refusing to tame

A sexy three book enemies to lovers romance with a dirty dancing twist! Spoiled Princess is what he used to call me.We were an inferno of hate and passion wound up with a dash of chaos.For four years I watched him mow my lawn.For four years I watched my friends make fun of him.For four years I hated myself for wanting him, but even more for the way I treated him.And then I had him.For one night, we put all labels away and I spent the best night of my life in his arms.Then the next day, with my secret night under lock and key, I looked the other way while my friends shamed him.But now the jokes on me, because the scrawny lawn boy who I secretly loved from afar is now the director of Hollywood''s most exclusive summer camp.And I''m on his staff.Now it''s his turn to punish me.His turn to make me pay.His turn to take his revenge after years of humiliation.He''s no longer a boy you can ridicule.But a college graduate who can have any woman he wants.I want him to look at me the way he did that one night we had together, but right nowthe look in his eyes tells me he''s going to enjoy having me under him for two straight months.I don''t know where his hatred ends, his passion begins.All I know is he wants revenge.And I''m his lucky target.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken... With blood on my hands, I held her. With death in my soul, I took from her. With the devil in my heart, I coveted her. There are many definitions of Hell. My list was exhaustive, my definitions tragic. Tonight I was adding something new to the very top. Girl number six thirty-two. She arrived on my birthday, the same day, every year, I play Russian Roulette and pull the trigger. She was my omen. My end game. She made it personal. And for the first time in my life, I gave in. A virgin mob boss with no soul. My name is Andrei Petrov. They call me the devil. All I want is for the pain to end. All she wants is for me to share it. I am the last remaining heir to a dynasty that should burn in Hell. And my last wish remains for it to die with me.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Rachel Van Dyken comes a story about losing everything only to find it again...I was the golden boy. America's Quarterback. I was everything to everyone. Always available. Solid. I can remember how something felt wrong that day. And I haven't been able to get that feeling to go away. Not when I buried my child. Not when my fiancé looked at me like I'd been the reason for it all. Not when I look in the mirror and scream at the top of my lungs.Football kept me sane. But I've lost everything. And then I got a phone call. She was in an accident. She remembered nothing. A gentleman wouldn't fight for her, wouldn't remind her of the pain. So, I let her go. I let her live her happily ever after and I took all the darkness, all the pain, all the anger. Only, the universe had a sick sense of humor. She bumped into me. She pursued me. The beautiful woman I used to call mine. She said she wanted to make me smile. She didn't know she's the reason I stopped.

High-profile sports agent Matt Kingston thinks he can handle anything ... until soccer player Parker Speedman shows up at his door. She is young and gorgeous, has natural talent, and is looking for a team. She''s also a hothead with a punchy past who floored her last coach on live TV. Despite misgivings, Matt agrees to be both her agent and her coach. She''s off-limits, but the raw attraction between them has them breaking every rule they know. -- adapted from back cover

Even one-night stands deserve a second chance in New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken''s novel of sporting desire. What else can a virgin do when she''s ditched at the altar? Seattle heiress Mackenzie Dupont is treating herself to a single-girl honeymoon in Mexico and a desire to relinquish her innocence to a gorgeous one-night stand. Fake names. True pleasure. But when she wakes up alone, Mackenzie realizes just how much anger is left in her broken heart. Suffering a tragic personal loss, pro soccer player Slade Rodriguez has his reasons for vanishing without a goodbye. Right or wrong, he''s blaming the beautiful and infuriating stranger he never wants to see again. They''re both in for a shock when Mackenzie shows up as his new personal assistant. And they both have a lot to learn about each other. Because they share more than they could possibly know, including a common enemy who''s playing his own games. And he''s not afraid to get dirty. Now there''s only one way Mackenzie and Slade can win: to trust in each other and to stop hiding from the lies they''ve told, the secrets they''ve kept, the mistakes they''ve made, and the attraction that still burns between them.

« Un style plaisant et des personnages terriblement attachants ! On se laisse emporter dans cette histoire d'amour drôle, douce et sincère. » Bookish Lifestyle Sous le feu des projecteurs, rien n'est impossible ! « Dans ce monde régi par les statistiques, les mathématiques, les calculs et la logique, il avait fallu que je tombe sur la dernière coqueluche de Hollywood. Lincoln Greene. Un regard gris profond, les cheveux châtains à reflets roux un brin sauvage façon héros de Outlander et un corps de rêve. L'ensemble créait le spécimen mâle parfait. Et moi..., j'étais toujours accrochée à lui. » Se sentant responsable de la mort de ses parents, Dani s'est murée dans le silence. Malgré le soutien de sa soeur et de ses amis, la jeune femme est repliée sur elle-même. Jusqu'au jour où Lincoln Greene, étoile montante à Hollywood, la recrute au poste d'assistante le temps d'un tournage. Il est canon... et absolument inaccessible ! Pourtant, l'alchimie est immédiate. Tandis que Lincoln est déterminé à lui redonner goût à la vie, Dani tente désespérément de ne pas tomber amoureuse. Après tout, comment une âme rongée par la culpabilité peut-elle s'ouvrir à son âme soeur ? « Rachel Van Dyken nous livre une histoire belle et poignante à propos du deuil. » Romance Rewind « Un récit à la fois intense, romantique et amusant. Lincoln et Dani forment le plus beau des couples ! » AiraReads

Potrei avere qualsiasi ragazza desideri. Ma io voglio solo te… Lex e Ian sono amici da sempre. Si sono iscritti al college insieme e insieme hanno fondato la Wingmen, un’agenzia che aiuta le donne a conquistare l’anima gemella. Gli affari vanno così bene che hanno deciso di assumere una persona e offrire lo stesso servizio di consulenza anche agli uomini. Con gran disappunto di Lex, la scelta è caduta su Gabi, la migliore amica di Ian, cui servono soldi per pagarsi gli studi. Lex odia Gabi… o almeno ci prova. L’odio, infatti, è l’unica arma che conosce per difendersi dal suo fascino innocente, dai suoi enormi occhi verdi e dal suo sorriso mozzafiato. E, ora che deve lavorare con lei tutti i giorni, Lex ha bisogno di un’armatura, perché sa che, se solo provasse ad avvicinarsi a Gabi, Ian non glielo perdonerebbe mai… Gabi è disperata, ecco perché ha accettato il posto alla Wingmen. Altrimenti si sarebbe tenuta alla larga da Lex. C’era stato un momento in cui Gabi aveva pensato di aver trovato in lui uno spirito affine, ma poi lui l’aveva rifiutata, spezzandole il cuore. Adesso lei lo odia. Odia il suo sorriso seducente, il suo fisico da atleta e l’umorismo disarmante. Soprattutto, odia il modo in cui il cuore batte più forte non appena Lex si avvicina e il vuoto che prova quando lui se ne va. In questi anni, l’unico antidoto è stata la lontananza. Adesso che sono costretti a convivere, Gabi teme che il fuoco sopito sotto la cenere torni a divampare, rischiando di bruciarla. Per fortuna pure lui la odia…

"Sexy, Gritty, and Intense. Eulogy grabs you by the throat and doens't let go unitl the very last page." - New York Times Bestselling Author Meghan March "Dark, intense, and raw. Eulogy will set you on fire!" - Bestselling Author Staci Hart "Excuse me while I pick up the shattered pieces of my heart, Eulogy is emotional, sexy, hot, and explosive. I didn't want it to end and could not put it down." -Author HP Davenport All is lost. All. I don't recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I've lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance. Sixty lives plus one more. Mine. When the last drop of blood falls - mine will be spilled. Only one person stands in the way. She doesn't realize I'll kill her too. I don't own a heart. And even if I did - I wouldn't fall prey to its lies again. I am Chase Abandonato. Heir to a legacy of betrayal. And I will kill them all. Even if it means pointing the gun at myself. A life for a life. A soul for a soul. Now I lay me down to sleep... I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Blood in. No out. Eulogy is a stand alone mafia romance with dark themes, alpha males, violence, and enough humor woven in to make it so you don't want to hunt the author down when you finish. It is linked to the Eagle Elite series, any book can be read out of order, but will contain spoilers if you choose to take that path. Enjoy, blood in no out!

They''re serving up some red-hot revenge. A sizzling series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken. Blaire has never quite gotten over Jessie Beckett, the ex-NFL star whose kisses were hot enough to ignite the entire Eastern Seaboard. When he chose work over her, Blaire was left brokenhearted. Why else would she have married a skeezy two-timer, just to divorce him less than a year later? Now Blaire is getting even by becoming one half of Dirty Exes, a PI firm fully committed to humiliating cheating jerks. If only the new jerk she''s been hired to uncover wasn''t Jessie Beckett himself. Exposing Jessie isn''t going to be easy, especially when she still daydreams about his sexy smile. Further complicating matters is Colin, Jessie''s best friend. He''s gorgeous, a little bit cunning, and willing to help Blaire get the inside scoop on Jessie--for a price. Now caught between two men--one totally right and the other totally wrong--Blaire will need to decide just how much she''s willing to risk...and whom she''s willing to risk it for.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel van Dyken''s scorching series, revenge is a justified pleasure... Isla made one teeny little mistake. Now she and her PI company, Dirty Exes, are being targeted by one seriously angry and furiously sexy ex-quarterback. Jessie freakin'' Beckett. But there''s no way some NFL superhunk is going to take her business away. If only he didn''t make her so hot--and bothered. Jessie wants payback for a ruined reputation. His plan? Top secret. His hard-to-hide arousal for Isla? Not so much. Especially when they let down their guards and sneak a kiss. Like any juicy scandal, it goes so viral, so fast, that only a good lie can combat the bad press. Mortal enemies in a fling? No way. Um...this is love! Actually...could it be? Isla''s not faking it. Jessie can''t. As the game of let''s pretend gets real, Jessie forgets all about revenge. That''s the problem. His plan is already out of his control. Now it could undo everything they''ve been trying to build. Coming clean may be the only thing that can save it.