Bøker av Marie Johnston

I never keep secrets from my best friend, but I'm not sure how to tell her I'm sneaking around with her brother...who's also my ex-husband. I might be single, but I'm not ready to mingle. I should've stayed home from the street dance. My feet are barely surviving the two-step and my dance partners are looking for dates while I'm only interested in forgetting the man I was once married to.The night's about to end with bruised toes and a rain storm when the guy who swept me off my feet years ago cuts in right before the downpour starts. Wilder Knight has always been the best dance partner I've ever had. Just not the best husband.Once the storm hits, we take refuge in his pickup, but that isn't all we do. After steaming up the windows and losing my underwear, I make a habit out of hooking up with my ex-husband.Only the longer we continue, the easier it is to see why our marriage fell apart. I couldn't get over him the first time and losing him a second time might destroy the secure life I've built for myself, leaving me to ask... Were we better left an unfinished memory?¿

The man in the magazine spread, the one dubbed the most eligible bachelor, is my ex-husband. Six months ago, Simon's company was never more successful, just like our marriage was never emptier. I was a stay-at-home mom with a sugar daddy who had no time to pass the sugar or be a daddy. I asked for a divorce and he let me go, just like that.Now, I'm mending my broken heart and finding myself while being a strong role model for our girls. But when my mom gets sick, I need help, and he's there like a superhero in a tailored suit. And when my mom recovers, he's still there, doing grocery runs and braiding our girls' hair.I don't want to hang my hopes on my workaholic ex just because he's suddenly wearing basketball shorts instead of designer threads or because he's giving me that look that melted my heart in college.Chemistry was never our problem. I don't want to trust that he's changed only to find out that, once again, I'm not worth fighting for. He needs to prove that he'll be as ruthless about us as he is in the boardroom.Eligible Ex-husband was previously published under the same title in the Cocky Heroes World project. Some details have been changed, but the story is still the same.¿

Nannying two adorable kids was a way to support myself until I got on my feet again. I wasn't supposed to fall for their stern single dad. After a sudden, bad breakup, I land in a small town in the middle of nowhere, cut off from all my accounts and resources. I have a stalled dancing career, a mom in long-term care, and no money.Then I meet Alcott "Cody" Knight. The type of guy I've learned to steer clear of-driven, rigid, and devastating in a suit. Only he also has two adorable kids, and he needs a nanny for the summer.For two months, he'll pay more than I need to help my mom and myself. For two months, I'll take care of his kids, give them dance lessons, and see what a normal life could be like. For two months, I have to try not to fall for a guy who's hotter in jeans and cowboy boots than in a suit and treats me like I matter.But my stay was only ever for a few months, to get back on my feet so I can get my life back. I might be used to leaving, but I can't stop wishing Cody and I could be more than a temporary memory.¿

I fled minutes before my wedding when I learned my fiancé had been paid to marry me. Ten years, too many crappy exes, and one drunken decision later, I'm now his boss.A night out with a friend turned into shots and duping an old ex of mine into taking a job at my budding horse rescue. The last time Ansen Barron saw me, I was fishtailing away from our wedding with his dog. When he arrives, I expect him to reverse right back down my driveway after he learns I'm his boss. I don't expect to find a jaded man in the place of the easygoing guy I was once engaged to. I also don't expect my heart to race when he's around. Or for him to treat me like I always meant more to him than a payday. I don't regret hiring him. He's the best man for the job, and he's trying to prove he's changed, one melting kiss at a time. But no matter how hot we are together, I can't forget I once thought he was the best man for me and maybe it's safer for my heart if he stays a reckless memory.

MemphisIntroducing humans into our world is dangerous enough, but when my twin's mate has a worried brother who charges in at the wrong time to see me in full dragon mode, it's downright deadly. To save all our scale-covered behinds, I take the brother as my mate. I might've spared him, but I'm the one who has to live with a guy who's bitter about our circumstances and revolted by me.VaughnMemphis is the most sinful-looking woman I've ever met. But that's the problem. She's not a woman. I've seen what she can do, and it's terrifying. I'm a doctor. Violence and chaos turn me off-until I get a glimpse of the toll being a ruler of a small town full of dragon shifters takes on her. Yet if I start seeing her as a partner, a real person, I have to accept that I gave up everything to keep my sister safe. My practice. My home. My lonely single life. I'm little more than a prisoner, but the more I'm around Memphis, the harder it is to care.¿

Persephone's zest for life and love of bad jokes were quelled by parents who made her feel worthless. So she proved them right and became the angelic version of a rich mean girl. Until she trusted the wrong person and suffered wounds that'll scar her for the rest of her eternal life.Urban used to be an angelic warrior who was equal parts work and play. One day he'd had enough of a certain spoiled angel and said something he couldn't take back. And then he found himself standing over the beautiful female, who had injuries no immortal should suffer.During recovery, the warrior who'd verbally gutted Persephone stayed by her bedside. He even coaxed her to tell jokes again. He built her up instead of tearing her down. He helped her wonder what if.What if her parents and the rest of the realm were wrong? What if a privileged angel with no talent could make something of herself? What if she deserved love? Urban's with her the whole way-until danger threatens the realm and he's the one blocking her path.

CricketI met my husband at the wedding reception for my ex-boyfriend and my boss. I've only known Maverick for hours, yet I have a shiny gold ring on my finger. That's Las Vegas for you. An annulment would be the prudent idea, but Maverick makes it so easy to stay. So easy to say yes and run to some small town in the woods with him. I didn't know how much my decision would change my life.MaverickI plan to keep my new wife. Nothing ever felt so right, but between her overprotective brother and the fact that I'm a dragon shifter, it's going to be hard not only to just to stay married, but get her to mate me. And when I tell her what I am, I can't let her go. Keeping Cricket is my only option. But when I bring her home, there's someone who's not happy about our Vegas wedding.¿