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Love Under Fire


Judith LucciInge-Lise Goss - 2018
    From around the edges of every day existence lurks mystery, betrayal, greed, and death. With every turn of the page, feel the heat of adrenaline as fear lights up the night. Fight alongside the tenacious heroes and heroines as they battle for survival. They'll put everything on the line to thwart the evil coming after them. They want to trust in the power of love. But is it enough? Click to buy and let the adventures begin. EVERY SALES HELPS a VET get a PET Judith Lucci - RUN for your life"Besieged by threats and haunted by memories, can Alex and Jacob survive another fiery attack?" Stephany Tullis - Blue Lady's MISSION UNDER FIRE"The mission changed. Her cover is blown. With no where to run and nowhere to hide, what can she do to survive?"Fiona Quinn - Cold Red"Undercover, under fire, under arrest, it's hard to save a special agent's life while handcuffed."Anna Celeste Burke - Lily's Homecoming Under Fire"When Lily returns home to California's wine country, sparks fly amid a hail of bullets as she and US Marshal Austin Jennings take cover. Who wants Lily dead?" Margaret A. Daly- Monsters in my Closet"No one knows her secrets, not even her best friend. Can she keep her secrets and her monsters at bay long enough to give love a chance again?" Linda Watkins - The Witches of Storm Island, Book I: The Turning"In 1685, a forbidden love catapults young Maude Prichard into a life fraught with danger...." Tamara Ferguson - Two Hearts Under Fire"Will Two Wounded Hearts Under Fire Survive LOVE?" Suzanne Jenkins - Running with Horses"Moving horses to the high country comes just in time when Mindy and her coffee date witness murder at a Mojave Desert cafe." Inge-Lise Goss - Diamonds and Lies"When murder upends a diamond heist, can the jewel thief trust the mark who vows to protect her?" S.R. Mallery - Tender Enemies"When Lily sets up a spy trap, she faces great danger--of falling in love." Jinx Schwartz - Baja Get Away"Sometimes love is... Murder." Uvi Poznansky - Virtually Lace"Michael creates a virtual reality simulation of the murder. Can he solve it in time, before the killer turns on the woman he loves?" Kathryn Knight - The Haunting of Hillwood Farm"A dangerous ghost brings them together...but will they survive long enough to find happiness?" Stephanie Queen - Ace Under Fire "Can this bad boy make a come back to save an old flame?" Casi McLean - Reign Of Fire"Lies, Corruption, and Murder... exposing the truth leads to love--and a ghostly encounter. " Valerie J. Clarizio -The Code Enforcer"Can they overcome their painful pasts--and a murder investigation--to find happiness together?" Chris Patchell - Deception Bay"She's armed. He's dangerous. Together, can they stop a killer from tearing a small island community apart?" Aaron Paul Lazar - The Asylum: A Carmen Garcia romantic suspense novel"Carmen has a secret, and his name is Dr. Micah Worthy." Alyssa Richards - Chasing Secrets"Her husband's secret is priceless, her attempts to retrieve it could be deadly." K.M. Hodge - Summer of '78"Susan Evenbright, pledges to make her last summer in Texas a killer one." Pamela Fagan Hutchins - Buckle Bunny"The last guy to call Maggie a buckle bunny didn't make his eight seconds."

Secret Sauce: A Bourbon Springs Short Story


Jennifer Bramseth - 2015
    In the days after their very public engagement, newly elected Judge Brady Craft has a sweet and sexy Christmas surprise for his new fiancee, Judge Rachel Richards: he spirits her away for a holiday escape to a familiar and special locale. In addition to indulging their taste for each other, however, they stumble upon a reminder of the problems back home in Bourbon Springs, while Rachel gets an unexpected glimpse at a happy future. SECRET SAUCE: A BOURBON SPRINGS SHORT STORY is about 11,000 words (not including back matter) and is set in the Bourbon Springs Series world. It takes place between SECRET BLEND (Rachel and Brady—Bourbon Springs Book 1) and FILTERED THROUGH BLUE (Hannah and Kyle—Bourbon Springs Book 2). SECRET SAUCE narratively connects the two books and hints at events even later in the series. The next book in the Bourbon Springs Series, DISTILLER’S CHOICE (CiCi and Walker), will be released on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, exclusively on Amazon (no preorders). The subsequent book, CEDAR AND CINNAMON (Harriet and Goose—Bourbon Springs Book 5), will be released by the end of 2015, also exclusively on Amazon.

Take Me Home


J.H. Croix - 2015
    Croix, a new contemporary romance series! A sexy Christmas romance set against the wilderness and beauty of small-town Alaska. Gage Hamilton is a smoldering Navy SEAL and a man on a mission. He’s returning to Diamond Creek, Alaska to resurrect his dream of reopening Last Frontier Lodge. Marley Adams moves back home hoping to find a sense of security and safety after it was stolen from her.Gage has spent many years successfully avoiding emotional entanglements. He is looking for nothing more than peace and sanctuary at his family’s old ski lodge. His new neighbor, Marley, was definitely not part of his plans. Marley is a brainy computer whiz and way too sexy for Gage’s own good. A man who prides himself on always being in control, Gage finds that he has little when it comes to Marley.Marley only wants to get her feet back under her after her world was turned upside down in Seattle. She’s been focused on little else beyond her work and is seriously out of practice with anything resembling romance…including the scorching hot attraction that sizzles anytime Gage crosses her path.Gage and Marley are powerless against the magnetic pull between them. Steamy and snowy nights weave a spell around them. While Marley thought she escaped whoever set out to hurt her in Seattle, she finds the threat of danger has followed her to Diamond Creek. Gage must face the depth of his feelings for Marley when he realizes he will do anything to protect her. Can Marley and Gage discover love in time for Christmas? The magic of a white Christmas is right around the corner.*All novels in this series are full-length standalone novels with an HEA.**Take Me Home is an updated title for Chrismas on the Last Frontier

Cross My Heart


L.H. Cosway - 2017
    She has her trusty Doc Martin boots. She has her Bowie obsession. And she has the stray cat that sneaks into her bed and keeps her company at night – it’s a quid pro quo relationship. The cat gets a warm body and she gets something alive beside her when she would otherwise be alone.She also has a job. Sure, washing dishes hardly has her rolling in dough, but with no permanent abode, it’s the best she can do. She knows her new boss only lets her work in his restaurant out of pity, but she isn’t above cashing in on a little human compassion if it means she can survive to live another day.Everything is going fine until Liam Cross starts to take notice of her, poking his newly minted police badge where it doesn’t belong. And if he doesn’t quit soon her not so legal living situation could find her in hot waters. Little does she know, Liam isn’t just being nosy, he’s trying to help. Iris has no idea that he’s been watching her for months, and that he’s completely enamored with her strange and peculiar ways.When Liam discovers her secret Iris has two options: stay and face the music or run for the hills.***Cross My Heart is a contemporary romance novella and tells the story of the youngest Cross brother, Liam Cross.***

Sexiest Billionaire


Sierra Cartwright - 2018
     She’s his friend’s daughter. Off-limits to a man like Jax. Jaxon Mills is stunned — then furious — when sees his biggest investor’s daughter at one of the most exclusive clubs in New Orleans, dressed in a scandalous outfit and wearing an inviting smile. The tempting woman with the compassionate heart is supposed to be tucked away at grad school, where’s she safe from men like him. Willow Henderson has one escape from her overprotective family — the French Quarter. There, she can be anonymous, even if only for a short time. But she never expects to come face-to-face with Jaxon, a sexy self-made billionaire Dom whose arrogance is matched only by his bank account. Jax, an avowed workaholic determined to outrun his troubled past, has never allowed a woman to distract him. Until Willow. And when he discovers she’s a virgin, it’s more than a dominant urge that flares. It’s an honorable instinct he hadn’t known he was capable of. He will do anything to make her his. ***This story contains plenty of steam! It’s a standalone story with a feel-good happily ever after. ***

Rough Rhythm


Tessa Bailey - 2016
    Yet the girl's quiet pride spoke to him from across the bar, louder than a shout. Troubled, hungry, and homeless, she'd placed her trust in him. But after losing the grip on his dark desires that one fateful night, James has spent the last four years atoning for letting her down.This time I'll finally crack him.Rock band drummer Lita Regina has had enough of James' guilt. She wants the explosive man she met that night in Hollywood. The man who held nothing back and took no prisoners - save Lita. And she'll stop at nothing to revive him. Even if it means throwing herself into peril at every turn, just to get a reaction from her stoic manager.But when Lita takes her quest one step too far, James disappears from her life, thinking his absence will keep her safe. Now it's up to Lita to bring James back...and ignite an inferno of passion in the process.Listener Advisory: Rough Rhythm contains fantasies of nonconsensual sex acted upon by consenting characters. Readers with sensitivity to portrayals of nonconsensual sex should be advised.Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a stand-alone story. For new listeners it's an introduction to an author's world. And for fans it's a bonus book in the author's series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.

Wednesday


Kendall Ryan - 2016
    He’s filled with turmoil and heartache and regrets, but for two hours every Wednesday all he feels is me. How much I desire him, how desperate he makes me, how much I’d like things to be different between us. Real.He used to be my best friend back before he got married. And now? Now, he’s a young widower. It would be wrong on so many levels to expect something more from him, so I give him what he needs. Dark, delicious fucking.But I know I can’t keep this up. I’ve already given him my body, my soul. I want him to have my heart. It might drive him away forever, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take.Wednesday is an angsty romp told from dual points of view. If you’re in the mood for something quick and dirty, you’ve found it. Proceed at your own risk.

The Kelly Brothers, Books 1-3


Crista McHugh - 2014
     The Sweetest Seduction (Book 1): Lia Mantovani has created one of the hottest restaurants on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, but all that could disappear if she loses her lease with Kelly Properties. Having had her dreams ripped away from her before, she’ll do everything in her power to keep her restaurant. Her fate hangs on the whims of the frustratingly handsome Adam Kelly. Adam has spent years trying to convince world famous chef Amadeus Schlittler to open a restaurant in Chicago, but he wants the prime location held by Lia. Business has always come first… until sparks fly when Adam meets her. When things get hot outside the kitchen, though, they’re both in danger of getting burned. Breakaway Hearts (Book 2): Hockey star Ben Kelly has retreated to his mountain cabin in the ski town of Cascade, BC, to recuperate from a season-ending knee injury and contemplate his future in the NHL. He never expects to run into the one woman who got away. Nine years may have passed, but nothing has dulled the explosive chemistry between them. Now he wants more than just one night. Hailey Eriksson had Olympic-sized dreams until an accidental pregnancy from a one-night stand halted her ambitions. Her life was shattered when her son died. Nothing will keep her from fulfilling her promise to him to make the Olympic team, especially not the charming Ben Kelly. Unfortunately, he’s out to sweep her off her feet this time, and she finds him harder and harder to resist with each passionate kiss. But when he learns about the child he never knew, will their rekindled romance be on thin ice? Falling for the Wingman (Book 3): Air Force pilot Caleb Kelly has come back home with one mission in mind—to propose to the woman whose letters and lucky charm helped him survive his deployment in Afghanistan. But when he finds their apartment empty with a note saying she’s left him, he arrives at her mother’s house in rural Alabama less than a week before Kourtney is about to marry another man. Now he’s out to win her heart again and gets some unexpected assistance from her younger sister, Alex. Alex Leadbetter has always thought Caleb was too good for her manipulative, social-climbing sister. She had assumed Kourtney’s identity to write letters to him and keep his spirits up until he returned home to the hard truth, never expecting to fall in love with him along the way. After he shows up in town, she convinces him that the best way to get Kourtney back is to make her think he’s fallen for someone new — her. But when a fake romance becomes all too real, her deception may leave them both grounded.

That Night


J.S. Cooper - 2014
    When Liv Taylor met a handsome stranger at a friend's wedding, she decided to give in to temptation. It was lust at first site and when she followed the man she nicknamed Mr. Tongue into a room before the wedding ceremony, she experienced pleasure like she'd never experienced before. That was why she agreed to one night in his hotel room. One night of unbridled passion. That was all it was supposed to be. But then, her mystery man turned up after that night and his identity was no longer a mystery. It turns out that Liv's one night stand is about to get a whole lot more complicated and she has no idea what she's going to do. Because sometimes one night stands never end at one night. NOTE: This novella is a free steamy prequel to the full-length standalone novel One Night Stand, that will be released on January 5th. It will also be included in One Night Stand when it is released, so you can read it first as a free download or you can read it as part of the novel on release day.

Ho, Humbug, Ho


Kate Angell - 2012
    Richmond Rogues baseball star Alex Boxer speeds through a school zone on a Sunday in Holiday, Florida. He gets a ticket and faces forty hours of community service. That service includes playing Santa Claus at a local mall. He's one unhappy man, until he realizes local Holly McIntyre could be the best Christmas present ever. She's sugar and spice and all things nice.

Better than Before


Kathryn Shay - 2012
    But his deceit trips him up with sweet and generous Annie Hopkins who’s looking for the type of man he’s pretending to be. When the truth comes out, Spence must find a way to make Annie love him for the man he is.

Winter Nights


Penny ReidCharlotte Byrd - 2018
    Kenner Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy More Than Want You by Shayla Black Survival of the Richest by Skye Warren The Space Between by Kate Canterbary Her Seductive Dare by Lena Hart Black Edge by Charlotte Byrd Bidding on Brooks by Katy Regnery

The Billionaire's Christmas


J.S. Scott - 2014
    The arrangement suits Grady just fine—until an unassuming woman rings his doorbell, awaking his long dormant passion with her fearlessness. All he wants is to make the fiery blonde his forever. But will he have to become the monster everyone thinks he is to get his Christmas wish?Emily Ashworth is desperate. The Youth Center has been robbed of all its money, and as the director, she has to find a way to give the town’s needy children the Christmas they deserve. With nowhere else to turn, she ventures to the mansion of a mysterious billionaire to ask for help. Warned to expect a beast, Emily is shocked to find Grady Sinclair a handsome and very sensual man. With steamy kisses under the mistletoe and seductive whispers while hanging the wreath, Emily finds there’s more to Grady than meets the eye. Is this misunderstood billionaire just a lonely soul who needs the gift of love for Christmas?This edition of The Billionaire's Christmas, which was previously published in A Maine Christmas...or Two - A Duet: The Billionaire's Angel & A Mermaid Isle Christmas, includes editorial revisions.

A Very Shitake Christmas


Patricia Mason - 2012
    Two factors conspire to ruin Mo's holiday: 1) her boyfriend's obnoxious father, and 2) a mad bomber out for revenge.*This story is approximately 12,000 words and is a sequel to the Amazon Kindle Bestselling Romantic Suspense In Deep Shitake

Second Chance Holiday


Aurora Rose Reynolds - 2014
    He decided long ago that he would rather stay single than get mixed up with a woman again. Then Kathleen Mullings comes back into his life with her teenage son and changes everything. What happens when a man set in his ways meets a sassy woman who knows what she wants? Mix in the Mayson clan and the Christmas season and you’re sure to enjoy the ride of Second Chance Holiday.