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Magnolia Creek
Magnolia Creek
Series · 4 books · 2023-2024
By
Ryan Marie
Books in series
#1
The Pieces Left Behind
2023
No love is greater than your first love the second time around. Camille Stevens life was perfect. Perfect husband. Perfect home. Perfect career. She and her husband were the envy of all of their friends. Yes, Camille's life was perfect...until it wasn't. When her husband is lost to an invisible demon, she decides to return to Texas with plans for a fresh start and resigned to a life alone. What she doesn't plan for is crossing paths with the first man she ever loved and lost. The first man to leave her in pieces. Vaughan McCallan. The sweet boy who said he'd always love her then left her is now a sexy man, complete with cowboy hat and chiseled muscles. Now that she's in his sights, Vaughan will stop at nothing to have her again. When he confesses the truth about what really happened all those years ago, old flames are stoked and their fiery love is rekindled. With her future looking like the one she always imagined they would have, Camille can finally breathe again. Or can she? Can she let her mended, yet fragile, heart believe in love again. Can she risk getting so close to the fire? Will she get a second chance at first love, or will she lose him forever? NOTE TO This story is one for the ages, but contains sensitive topics such as mental health, explicit scenes and is meant for readers 18+. Please read the full list of trigger warnings at the beginning of the book before proceeding.
#2
West Bound
2023
I was nothing more than a shy college co-ed who loved my friends, my books and sports. I was determined to take sports journalism by storm and make my own way in a man's world. I told myself nothing would stand in my way. Then in walks Phoenix West. He's the stuff dreams are made of. Tall, dark, handsome and the best college baseball pitcher around. I decided he would be the one I'd give myself to.The one I would rearrange my goals for. Then I found out I was nothing more than a pawn in a cruel game. I was a young girl with stars in my eyes but that day transformed me into a fierce woman with a hardened heart and tough exterior. Years later, I'm stomping my Louboutin's over anyone who stands in my way, and shaking sheets with the elite men of my city. Life is fabulous. But you know what they say; things happen when you least expect them. And I wasn't expecting Phoenix to come waltzing into my city, onto my team and pushing his way into my heart. With one look, I know I'm in danger of losing my carefully crafted life. He's the player who broke my young heart, but I won't let him play me again. What I didn't know is that Phoenix is playing a whole new ball game. And this time around, he's not playing fair. \*This book is a stand-alone in the Magnolia Creek series. It does not have to be read in order, but some events and names may be easier to follow if read after The Pieces Left Behind. \
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This book contains sensitive and explicit content. It is recommended for readers 18 years+
#3
Trust Bound
2024
When evil lurks, will love be enough to save them from the dark...
Luca They say life is complicated. But my life...my life is a raging storm, lying in wait for destruction. I’m rich with two empires at my command, and any woman I want at my disposal with a snap of my fingers. So what could I possibly have to complain about? Her name is Cecilia Desai, and she is the woman of my dreams and she shines a light on all of my nightmares. Until she came walking into my new kingdom, I had an arrangement that suited me just fine. It allowed me to keep my company and carry on with the lifestyle I’d become accustomed to. The moment those long legs came walking into my boardroom, I knew she would be my downfall.
Or perhaps she would be my savior.
I battled the burgeoning feelings, but she had me spellbound and I was powerless against her magic. That’s when reality reared its ugly head, reminding me I am not free to be what she needs. I want everything with her. I want her to be my present, my future…
my forever
. So if having her means that I lose all that I fought to keep, so be it. But something evil lurks, threatening to conquer me and destroy her. It won’t stop until my happily ever after becomes a nightmare come to life.
All the riches in the world won’t save us. So I’m trusting our love to be mighty enough to keep us bound for all eternity.
This book is a stand-alone in the Magnolia Creek series. It does not have to be read in order, but some events and names may be easier to follow if read after The Pieces Left Behind and West Bound. This book contains sensitive and explicit content. It is recommended for readers 18 years+
#4
Without Bound
2024
Bishop
She’s the forbidden fruit and I am Adam, tempted by what I cannot have. Like a song she called to me, serenading me with the lyrics that would unlock my heart and a desire that never existed until her. I knew there was danger involved, but my will and my sanity was only as strong as the man who possessed it. And I was a weak man. My friends kept our love a secret from the one man who could threaten to tear us apart. A man who was more like a brother than a best friend. A man that she called family. And when the chips fell, there was no one there to catch me. No one but her. Anais. My butterfly. Now I stand on my own, only her by my side, as we fight the world against us. The family I once would give my last breath for won’t lend me a hand when I’m down. It’s a battle between love and loyalty, and I’m faced with losing it all. Do I give up the friendships that have seen me through the worst? Or do I let love rule? There are only two things I know to be true. Setting a creature that beautiful free would bring me a lifetime of pain. But holding on too tight could only prove to suffocate her. Whichever path I choose will bring me a pain like I’ve never known. Maybe it’s time I walk alone.
Author
Ryan Marie
Author · 8 books