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Est-ce vraiment mal de vouloir assassiner son patron ?

Deux ans que Dylan travaille pour Gabe. Deux longues années pleines de remarques sarcastiques et d’insultes. Deux longues années à devoir refaire le café quatre fois chaque matin pour qu’il corresponde à des exigences impossibles à satisfaire.

C’est donc sans surprise qu’il a dédié énormément de temps à imaginer les pires façons de l’assassiner. Entre le poignarder dans l’œil avec une fourchette à gâteau ou l’étrangler avec sa cravate hors de prix, Dylan a pensé à tout.

Jusqu'à ce qu'une rencontre fortuite lui ouvre les yeux sur l’attirance qui existe entre eux. Une attirance cachée sous une épaisse couche d’antipathie.

Mais il y a un problème de taille : Gabe est toujours un connard.

Sa ligne de conduite était pourtant stricte et bien définie : on ne mélange pas le travail et le plaisir.

Fruit d’une enfance chaotique et désorganisée, Zeb aime l’ordre et le contrôle, ce que lui fournit sa position de patron d’agence de placement. Tout dans sa vie rentre dans des cases claires et bien organisées.

Jusqu’à Jesse.

Jesse Reed est le parfait opposé de Zeb. Il est le chaos personnifié, une tornade de désordre. Mais il est aussi charmant, drôle, et représente une distraction dont Zeb n’a pas besoin.

C’est pourquoi il s’étonne lui-même lorsqu’il demande à Jesse de jouer le rôle de son faux petit ami pour quelques jours, à l’occasion d’un mariage à la campagne.

Et plus le temps passe, plus il se trouve irrémédiablement séduit par l’impertinent et joyeux Jesse.

L’auteure à succès des séries Messages contradictoires et Finding home nous offre une romance chaleureuse et amusante sur deux hommes : un luttant pour garder le contrôle, l’autre, bien déterminé à le lui faire perdre.

Ceci est le premier tome de la série Étroite proximité. Toutefois, il peut être lu seul.

#MM #différenced'age #fakeboyfriend

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"C'était tout ce que j'attendais de Lily Morton... Quelle lecture géniale, amusante et douce !" - Wendys Wycked Words, Goodreads

Que se passe-t-il quand le provisoire devient définitif ?

Oz Gallagher n'est pas doué pour les relations. Sans emploi après une nouvelle aventure désastreuse et désireux de chasser son ennui, il décide de quitter Londres pour un travail provisoire dans la région sauvage des Cornouailles. Il est persuadé que gérer une immense propriété à la campagne sera plus facile que de naviguer dans les décombres de ses relations passées. Six mois là-bas apaiseront un peu sa soif d'aventure, lui permettant de revenir ensuite à Londres libre comme l'air, comme au jour de son départ.

Cependant, lorsqu'il arrive là-bas, il découvre une maison sur le point de s'effondrer et un homme totalement différent de tous ceux qu'il a déjà rencontrés. Issu d’une très ancienne famille de comtes, Silas est l'incarnation vivante du devoir et du sacrifice. Deux choses qu'Oz n'a jamais désirées. Il est également chaleureux et drôle et il attire Oz comme un aimant.

Oz compte sur leur grande différence d’origine pour éviter de tomber amoureux de Silas. Mais que fera-t-il lorsqu'il réalisera que ces différences mêmes font partie de ce qui les attire l'un à l'autre ?

Tomber amoureux suffira-t-il pour qu'il arrête enfin de bouger et se rende compte qu'il est enfin chez lui ?

#OpposésS’attirent #MM #RomanceContemporaine #Cornouailles #Campagne #Sexy #Humour #FeelGood #DifférenceD’Âge

Après un deuil et une rupture, Levi Black a grand besoin de changement. Alors en apprenant qu’il est l’heureux héritier d’une maison située à York, il saute sur l’occasion pour démarrer un nouveau chapitre de sa vie.

Mais une fois sur place, il découvre une demeure étrange, incapable de conserver ses habitants. Après quelques jours, il comprend pourquoi. Levi n’a jamais cru aux fantômes, mais, lorsque les choses commencent à prendre une tournure sinistre, il doit se rendre à l’évidence et commencer à chercher de l’aide.

Il ne s’attendait pas à la trouver en la personne d’un extravagant meneur de visites surnaturelles aux cheveux bleus.

Blue Billings sait bien qu’il devrait ignorer Levi. Le secourir signifierait perdre le peu de contrôle qu’il possède. Mais quelque chose dans cet homme aux yeux si doux l’attire. Quelque chose qui lui donne envie de rester et de se battre pour lui, quand son instinct lui hurlerait en temps normal de prendre ses jambes à son cou.

Alors que les deux hommes enquêtent pour faire éclater la terrible vérité, un lien profond se tisse entre eux. Mais quand les événements s’accélèrent et que sa vie pourrait être en danger, Levi doit se demander s’il est vraiment sage de faire confiance au mystérieux et fantastique Blue Billings.

#MM #Secondechance #Maisonhantée #fantômes #slowburn

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“J'ai tellement aimé ce livre. Il a totalement dépassé mes attentes. Il était différent, rafraîchissant et si bien écrit. Je pouvais littéralement visualiser tout ce qui se passait dans l'histoire et chaque endroit mentionné. J'ai adoré les personnages, le décor, l'intrigue. L'équilibre entre la romance et le mystère était tout simplement parfait.” - Snjez

“J'ai adoré ce livre. Le côté hanté était suffisamment effrayant, il était très bien écrit et la romance était excellente, comme d'habitude chez Morton.” - haletostilinski

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Levi Black is at a crossroads. After suffering a loss and breaking up a long-term relationship, he’s looking for a change. When he receives the news he’s inherited a house in York, he seizes the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his life.

However, when he gets there, he finds a house that has never kept its occupants for very long. Either through death or disinclination, no one stays there, and after a few days of living in the place, Levi can understand why. Strange noises can be heard at all hours of the day and night, and disturbing and scary things begin to happen to him. He never believed in ghosts before, but when events take a sinister turn, he knows he must look for help. He finds it in the unlikely form of the blue-haired leader of a ghost tour.

Blue Billings is edgy, beautiful, and lost. Utterly lost. He conceals so many secrets that some days it’s a miracle he remembers his own name. He knows that he should ignore Levi because he threatens the tenuous grip Blue has on survival. But there’s something about the kind-eyed man that draws Blue to him. Something that demands he stay and fight for him when he would normally run in the opposite direction.

As the two men investigate the shocking truth behind Levi’s house, they also discover a deep connection that defies the short length of time they’ve known each other. But when events escalate and his life is on the line, Levi has to wonder if it was wise to trust the Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings.

As the best friend of a psychic, Will Buchanan can’t help but believe in the dead. It’s the living that he finds to be problematic. However, after a spate of betrayals, he finally has the chance of a new life within his grasp, and he’s not going to risk it for anyone or anything. Staying safe is the name of Will’s game.

Jem Dawson defines the word temporary. A talented cameraman, he’s here today and will undoubtedly be gone tomorrow chasing adventure and danger. But, while he’s in York, he’s made it clear he wants Will, and Will can’t help liking the charming daredevil.

This inconvenient attraction results in Will accompanying Jem to the site of a notorious poltergeist outbreak. A malevolent spirit has targeted a family, and now the ghost hunting team for whom Jem does camerawork are going to be locked down in the house for three days.

The house is strange and filled with sinister and violent undercurrents. One by one, the group experiences threatening incidents, and as events escalate, Will has to ask himself if he's risking not just his heart but also his life with this impulsive gesture.

This is the first book in the Arcana Books series featuring characters from the bestselling Black and Blue series.

A lifetime of repressed feelings. A commitment phobic rock star. Totally friend zoned.

Welcome to my world!

Mabel has been in love with her best friend Charlie since they were thirteen. He’s funny, clever and unbelievably hot. There are just three tiny problems:

1. He’s the lead singer of Beggar’s Choice, one of the biggest bands in the world, and the object of most women’s fantasies

2. He has an incredibly beautiful supermodel girlfriend

3. He doesn’t love her back

Now, as part of a family emergency she’s stuck sharing a house with him for the first time since they were kids. How will she manage to keep her feelings hidden while living in such close quarters with him and what will happen if Charlie finds out?

Charlie has always been a love them and leave them type of bloke, and being a musician he’s had plenty of opportunity to develop this persona. However, the one constant in his turbulent life has always been his best friend Mabel. It hasn’t escaped his notice that she’s utterly beautiful but he can’t ever risk losing her in his life, so there’s no chance of anything ever developing between them – or is there?

Two best friends living together – what could go wrong?

This book is part of a series following the boys from Beggar’s Choice but can be read as a standalone.

Joe Bagshaw doesn’t believe in love or marriage anymore, which is rather a hindrance for a wedding planner.

His own marriage was a whirlwind affair that ended before the ink could dry on the wedding certificate. Nevertheless, even with his divorce pending, he’s getting by. Or at least he was until he finds himself snowed in at a remote Scottish hotel with the wedding party from hell, a terrible ABBA tribute band, and his soon-to-be ex-husband.

Lachlan has missed Joe from the second his husband walked away. He wants Joe back and is prepared to do anything to get him. Being snowed in together seems to offer the chance Lachlan needs, but does he have what it takes to get Joe to trust in love and their marriage again?

From bestselling author Lily Morton, comes a romantic comedy about love, matrimony, and the best of second chances.

What happens after the happy ending?

Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party.

It includes stories previously written for her website and readers’ group, along with deleted scenes and four brand new and exclusive short stories - Bad Valentine, Marrying Jude, Babysitting Billy, and House Hunting.

Jonas Durand is successful, rich, and controlled. He owns a prestigious modelling agency and has the world at his fingertips, but a turbulent childhood has taught him to be focused and never deviate from a plan.

Dean Jacobs threatens that stance. He’s one of the world’s most sought-after supermodels, but he’s also laidback and lighthearted and free in a way that Jonas has never quite managed.

Dean has always been interested in Jonas and has never made any secret of his admiration, but from the beginning, Jonas put him in a neat little box labelled, “Don’t touch,” turned the key, and never looked back.

However, the universe seems determined to thwart Jonas’s plans. Over the course of one hot summer, the two men come together, and Jonas’s well-ordered life becomes something a whole lot wilder.

Moving from the glamorous worlds of London and Paris Fashion Weeks to the sleepy South of France, Jonas finds himself liberating partridges, chasing his supermodel, and falling in love.

From bestselling author Lily Morton, comes a romantic comedy set in the fast-paced and snarky world of modelling. This is the first book in the Model Agency series.

It’s going to be a long hot summer.

John is an exceptionally good lawyer. He’s driven, arrogant and hides a warm heart underneath a façade of cool politeness. He’s used to people disliking him but for some reason when meeting Matt in London the other man’s open dislike of him bothers him. He’s therefore surprised to find himself offering Matt a place to stay in his villa in the South of France while he’s working nearby. He’s surprised because he’d actually planned to spend the summer working on his book and plotting to get his ex-wife back.

However, his perfect plans take a blow as the long hot summer progresses and the two men get closer, and John starts to nurse an unexpected attraction to his houseguest from hell.

Matt is John’s polar opposite. He’s warm, funny, sociable and scruffy. He loves people and they love him back. However, to his consternation he hates John more than he hates Marmite, and Marmite makes him vomit. He hates his arrogance, his public school voice and the air of superiority that he carries around. The idea of staying in his home with just him for company sounds torturous and not in a good way.

However, as the hot, lazy days slip by he’s forced to realise that maybe he’s not such a good judge of character after all, because underneath that arrogance is a warm, funny, vulnerable man who’s incredibly sexy. The only problem is that while Matt is gay John is completely straight and Matt now wants him more than he’s ever wanted anything in his life.

See what happens when two men who think that they have nothing in common apart from a past mutual hatred find out that they might actually be each other’s future.

From the author of the popular Beggar’s Choice series comes another scorchingly hot romantic comedy.

This is a spin-off from the Beggar’s Choice series. It features characters from the series but can be read as a complete standalone.

Noah and Sage have been best friends since they were seven when Sage climbed over the wall between their childhood homes. They know everything about each other apart from one small thing. Noah is hopelessly in love with Sage and doesn't ever intend to tell him.

However, fate has other plans. A dating website with a glitch in its system leads Sage to challenge Noah. Two days in which they will show each other their best dates. What could possibly go wrong?

At the end of these two days will the men discover that the best love comes with someone who really knows you, or will they fall back into being just good friends?

This short story from bestselling author, Lily Morton, was originally featured in the Heart2Heart Anthology. It has had a new scene and epilogue added to it.

Archibald Henry Zhang is my best friend. He’s funny, feisty, and loving. He’s also the only person I’ve ever trusted and the only one who has never let me down. So why, after finding my current boyfriend cheating, am I taking my best friend out on a series of Valentine’s Day dates all over London?

Even more importantly, why am I noticing things about him that I’ve never seen in the ten years of our friendship? Like the fullness of his lips, how gorgeous his eyes are, and – maybe most importantly – the way he’s looking back at me?

Because Archibald Henry Zhang can never be anything other than my best friend. Can he?

From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a romantic comedy about how one wild day and night on the town can change two best friends’ lives forever.

Arlo Wright’s introduction to his sexuality came when he saw his older brother’s best friend, Jack Cooper, in his sweaty football kit. Unfortunately, he didn’t have long to enjoy the revelation because he promptly knocked himself out on a table.

Relations between them have never really moved on from that auspicious beginning. Arlo is still clumsy, and Jack is still as handsome and unobtainable as ever.

However, things look like they’re starting to change when Arlo finds himself sharing a room with Jack while on holiday in Amsterdam at Christmas. Will the festive spirit finally move them towards each other, or is Arlo just banging his head against a wall this time?

From bestselling author, Lily Morton comes a warm romantic comedy set in chilly Amsterdam.

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Est-ce vraiment mal de vouloir assassiner son patron ?

Voilà deux ans que Dylan travaille pour Gabe.

Deux longues années jonchées de remarques sarcastiques et d’insultes.

Deux longues années à devoir refaire le café quatre fois chaque matin pour satisfaire les goûts pointilleux de môsieur.

Sans surprise, Dylan a imaginé les pires façons d’assassiner cet homme impossible à contenter. Entre le poignarder dans l’œil avec une fourchette à gâteaux ou l’étrangler avec sa cravate hors de prix, Dylan a pensé à tout.

Jusqu’à ce qu’une rencontre fortuite lui ouvre les yeux sur l’attirance qui existe entre eux.

Une attirance cachée sous une épaisse couche d’antipathie.

Mais il reste un problème de taille : Gabe est toujours un connard fini dont la règle d’or est de ne jamais s’engager émotionnellement.

Alors ? Prendront-ils le risque de briser cette règle au risque de voir leurs cœurs brisés en retour ?

#Patron #Ennemietolover #Briserlesrègles #MM

Chaque tome peut se lire indépendamment des autres.

It can safely be said that Lord Barnaby Greenwood is not having the best of Christmases.

He’s penniless, up to his eyeballs in debt, and about to lose his estate. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising that when a local property developer offers a lot of money to buy King’s Wood from him, Barnaby is very tempted. But his father had always impressed on him that the green wood was sacred and must be protected at all costs, so he finds himself saying no.

He knows this will result in the loss of his home, but duty comes before everything. However, that fateful decision leads instead to a magical Christmas for Barnaby, complete with an old god who grants him a favour, and a beautiful statue that comes to life.

Cosmo is perfect for him. He’s funny and kind and completely enraptured with Barnaby, and for the first time in his life, Barnaby falls in love. But how can this lead to anything but heartache, when on the last stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve, Cosmo will go back to being a statue and take Barnaby’s heart with him?

**From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a truly magical romantic comedy.

The bestselling Finding Home series is now available in one collection. Set in Cornwall, the series follows a group of friends as they each find love with a lot of heat and humour along the way.

Oz

Oz Gallagher does not do relationships well. Bored and jobless after another disastrous hook up, he decides to leave London for a temporary job in the wilds of Cornwall. Surely managing a stately home on a country estate will be easier than navigating the detritus of his relationships at home.

However, when he gets there, he finds a house in danger of crumbling to the ground and a man who is completely unlike anyone he’s ever met. An earl belonging to a family whose roots go back hundreds of years. Silas is the living embodiment of duty and sacrifice. Two things that Oz has never wanted. He's also warm and funny and he draws Oz to him like a magnet.

Will falling in love be enough to make Oz stop moving at last and realise that he's finally home?

Milo

Milo has been burying himself at Chi an Mor, hiding from the wreckage of his once promising career and running from a bad relationship that destroyed what little confidence he had. Niall, his big brother’s best friend, has been there for him that entire time. An arrogant and funny man, Niall couldn’t be any more different from the shy and occasionally stuttering Milo, which has never stopped Milo from crushing wildly on the man who saved him.

However, just as Milo makes the decision to move on from his hopeless crush, he and Niall are thrown into close contact, and for the first time ever Niall seems to be returning his interest. But it can never work. How can it when Milo always needs rescuing?

Content warning: There are descriptions of domestic abuse in this book.

Gideon

Gideon has everything he should want in life. Fame, money, acting awards – he has it all. Everything but honesty. At the advice of his agent, Gideon has concealed his sexuality for years. But it’s starting to get harder to hide, and his increasingly wild behaviour is threatening to destroy his career.

Then he’s laid low by a serious illness and into his life comes Eli Jones. Eli is everything that Gideon can’t understand. He’s sunny tempered, friendly, and optimistic. Even worse, he’s unaffected by grumpiness and sarcasm, which forms ninety percent of Gideon’s body weight. As Gideon gets to know the other man, he finds himself wildly attracted to his lazy smiles and warm, scruffy charm that seem to fill a hole inside Gideon that’s been empty for a long time.

Will he give in to this incomprehensible attraction when it could mean the end of everything that he’s worked for?

Les INTÉGRALES des éditions Bookmark reviennent, découvrez la série Étroite proximité, de Lily Morton. Soit 3 tomes à dévorer tout de suite.

Sa ligne de conduite était pourtant stricte et bien définie : on ne mélange pas le travail et le plaisir.

Fruit d’une enfance chaotique et désorganisée, Zeb aime l’ordre et le contrôle, ce que lui fournit sa position de patron d’agence de placement. Tout dans sa vie rentre dans des cases claires et bien organisées.

Jusqu’à Jesse.

Jesse Reed est le parfait opposé de Zeb. Il est le chaos personnifié, une tornade de désordre. Mais il est aussi charmant, drôle, et représente une distraction dont Zeb n’a pas besoin.

C’est pourquoi il s’étonne lui-même lorsqu’il demande à Jesse de jouer le rôle de son faux petit ami pour quelques jours, à l’occasion d’un mariage à la campagne.

Et plus le temps passe, plus il se trouve irrémédiablement séduit par l’impertinent et joyeux Jesse.

L’autrice à succès des séries Messages contradictoires et Finding home nous offre une romance chaleureuse et amusante sur deux hommes : un luttant pour garder le contrôle, l’autre, bien déterminé à le lui faire perdre.

#MM #AgeDifférence #FakeBoyfriend #HumourAnglais #OppositesAttract

Découvrez également dans cette intégrale les histoires de Charles et Misha et de Felix et Max !

« C’était tout ce que j'attendais de Lily Morton... Quelle lecture géniale, amusante et douce ! » - Wendys Wycked Words, Goodreads

Malachi Booth is a supermodel. He’s used to moving about the world, sleeping with whoever takes his fancy and watching the money roll in. The last place he expects to find himself is on a run-down farm in Cornwall, but a bad bout of bronchitis means that he’s stuck there. The only compensation for this dismal state of affairs is that the farmer is very good looking, even if he’s the grumpiest person that Malachi has ever met.

Cadan Landry’s farm has been in his family for hundreds of years but that doesn’t make it any easier to make ends meet. As a consequence, Cadan could be called grumpy. Most men would consider a supermodel collapsing at their feet while dressed in the skimpiest pair of briefs ever made to be a sign of good fortune. Cadan just resents the fact that the young man is taking up space in his cow field.

These two men are from different worlds, but can they ever meet in the middle?

From bestselling author Lily Morton comes a novella about snarky models, misconceptions, and finding a home in the most unlikely of places.