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Protecting His Brother’s Babies


Katie Knight - 2020
    After her boss and ex, Devon Shepperton, ends up dead, Lake worries someone is trying to kill her too.When Devon’s Navy SEAL twin, Drake, shows up to settle his late brother’s estate, she reaches out for help. Drake offers to keep her safe in his condo until danger passes—especially as she’s pregnant with his brother’s child. But as the two spend more time together, Lake soon realizes that with the gruff and delicious SEAL around, keeping her heart intact might be her biggest challenge.Drake knows he’s returning to his SEAL team, so getting romantically entangled with the gorgeous Lake is definitely off the table. His role is protector, not lover. Then comes The Kiss. That one kiss from Lake is throwing him off his game, and making him feel things he’s never felt.But he needs to stay focused. The danger to Lake is very real, and he strongly suspects the Shepperton Foundation is at the heart of it. As the danger swirling around them becomes a tempest, Drake finds himself drawn closer to Lake, realizing he’ll do just about anything to keep her safe. And to win her heart…

The Non-Disclosure Agreement


Kelsey McKnight - 2017
    When I moved to New York City for a fresh start, I didn’t know I would be made a sinful offer I couldn’t refuse… My billionaire businessman boss has decided that being the most powerful man on the East Coast isn’t enough. He needs political power too. But who would vote for a womanizing playboy with a different model on his arm every week? If he wants to win, he needs a respectable wife…he needs me. I have the looks, the small-town charm—I’m already his employee, and I’ve already signed a non-disclosure agreement, making me the perfect choice. But am I willing to pretend to be even more? And will there come a point when pretending isn’t enough?

Enemy Fiance Billionaire


L.A. Pepper - 2019
     She takes a position working for the infamous and infuriating Nick Meryton. He’s charming, controlling, a world travelling, pretty boy billionaire. Crazy rich and famous with amber eyes that would melt any woman on the spot, what Nick wants, Nick gets! But someone else is also eyeing Chloe. When he sees his brother making a move on her at the company gala, he arrogantly claims her as his fiance. Now, he’s fake engaged to his sassy work enemy. Chloe's not sure how she ended up half-naked in a broken down elevator with her boss, or why she’s agreed to play the game with her arch enemy. She's smarter than that. She graduated from Princeton for pete's sake! All she knows that her heart beats fast and her blood sings around him. The more time she spends with him, the more she realizes it’s not just an attraction to his rippled chest, but an attraction to his heart, and respect for his integrity. This love terrifies her more than anything, so she runs away, back home. Nick comes looking for her, in the middle of a snowstorm ready to get her back or let her go. What if love doesn’t have to be a fight or trap at all? What if love is what sets you free?.

Rescued


Jill Burrell - 2021
    Stranded and desperate, she finds herself at the mercy of a handsome, brooding mechanic. When he offers her help, she accepts, knowing too well the pain that comes from trusting others.Widower and grieving father, Ben Young, fixes cars and avoids people. He can’t stand to see the pity in their eyes. There’s something different in Amy’s eyes, though, and he’s driven to help her—for her little girl’s sake. But helping means caring, and that’s not something he’s capable of. Not anymore.Just when it looks like a relationship might be possible between Ben and Amy, she realizes her breaking down in this small town wasn’t an accident. She holds the key to what happened to Ben’s family. But will her quest for answers cost her everything?

Lies


Cassie Wild - 2018
    To celebrate, all books are only 99 cents this week. Suria: I live in a world anything but normal. Lies, cheats, cons and fortune tellings are all part of my everyday life. Most people call us Gypsies, but they don't know us. I love my family and I’m proud of being part of the Romani people. Except for one thing. One day soon, I’m supposed to marry a man I haven’t even met yet. Yes, arranged marriages are all the craze in our world but there’s no way in hell I’ll live in a loveless marriage. Kian: I didn’t have it easy growing up. My father left before I was born. He sends gifts to ease his guilty conscious, but I see through his guise. I’m the one taking care of my mother, I run a pretty decent garage, and I enjoy a casual hookup every now and again. But last night I met someone special. She makes the single life seem like a waste of life. We flirted at the club and now I can’t get her out of my head. Hardworking Kian is dedicated to improving his high-end car shop and caring for his mother. The night he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman, his life was already a delicate balancing act but now his attention is driven away from his obligations and causing him to rethink his priorities. Follow the mysterious Suria and the hardworking Kian in LIES, book 1 of Cassie Wild’s new Deceit and Desire series.

What Comes Next


Desni Dantone - 2016
    Her search for the truth leads Ana home to where it all started. What Ana doesn’t know is that an unexpected surprise is waiting for her—one that will make her doubt the choices she made, and force her to reconsider her future.Experience the rush of young love as Ana and Ben relive the best and worst years of their lives while they ponder the question, what comes next?From #1 Bestselling Author of The Ignited Series, Desni Dantone, comes this contemporary romance standalone that will make anyone believe that second chances are always possible.

Never Say Never


Taylor Holloway - 2018
    Never hesitate. Never get emotionally involved.Words I've lived by. Until her.I'm a fixer.I fix bad, embarrassing, illegal problems, for the right price.My clients are rich, famous, powerful, and very dangerous.Now I’ve got a problem of my very own: Eva Martin. She just happens to be both my best friend’s little sister, and at the center of the most explosive problem I’ve ever faced. As the body count rises around us, I’m falling for the one woman that’s totally out of bounds. Her wide innocent eyes, perfect curves, and sexy, smoky voice—she’s a liability and a weakness, but I'm unable to resist.Eva’s a risky distraction for a man like me. I'm going to make her mine, and I'll use everything in my arsenal to keep her safe.Even if it means everyone else—including me—becomes collateral damage.

Knocked Up By My Billionaire Boss


Ella Brooke - 2018
     I've always been a businessman. It's in my blood. It defines me. Well, that and being a single dad. My daughter is the only thing I prize above money. And I want to be the role model she deserves. But when I'm suddenly on the verge of bankruptcy, the s#!t hits the fan. And in more ways than one. Maybe that's why I turned to my new secretary - to fuck away my troubled thoughts. Elena Hayes. Twenty-four, fresh out of college, green eyes, tall, curvy, smart… No man in my position could resist all that. I knew she was off-limits. She knew I was bad for her. But that didn't stop us… Until the test with the two pink little lines. I want to support Elena. I want this baby. But I have a dark past that isn't done toying with me yet…

Hold Me (Hart of Stone Family Book 2)


Tory Baker - 2022
    That was what Alana was supposed to be, what she became was so much more.Keller is more than what meets the eyes, a single father, completely devoted to his son, Jace. Who also happens to be a student in my classroom, my eyes were wide open when Keller and I started our quote-unquote relationship. Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo.When a man screws up, he knows it, and that’s what I did with Alana. I thought I was doing the right thing, trying to shield my boy’s heart and my own. Too bad that plan blew up in my face and I was left feeling more than I ever have before.This book is sure to make you feel all the emotions with this guaranteed happily ever after, hot romance, and a Hero that is sure to make you swoon! Don’t forget each book in this series can be read as a complete stand alone.

This Is Fate


Zee Irwin - 2021
    He’s once-bitten and twice-shy. Together, their passion is—complicated.Maddie McComber is driven to succeed. Working her way through Harvard by tending bar, the dual MBA and law student isn’t about to lose focus by letting any of her regulars take her to bed. But the flirty banter she shares with the well-dressed older man definitely makes her tingle in all the right places.Daniel Jones has no faith in love. The high-flying billionaire divorce attorney knows from both personal and professional experience that almost all perfect affairs end in expensive disasters. But the way the attractive grad student at the pub sees past his wealth and acknowledges his true self has him totally hooked.Moved when he rescues her from an attacker, Maddie starts to feel her anti-dating regulations may require serious review. But though Daniel recognizes she’s everything he wants, his heart remains mired in the pain of the past.Can these two legal eagles soar over their fears and into a happy future?This Is Fate is the standalone first book in the delicious Fated Loves contemporary romance series. If you like strong women, conflicted men, and steamy open doors, then you’ll adore Zee Irwin’s gorgeous tale.

The Bet


Lily Zante - 2018
    Womanizing. Jerk.Xavier Stone has been called many things, and he's proud of most of them.Driving a Ferrari 488, living in Tribeca, and running businesses that spit out $$$, he's living the dream.He can, and often does, have any woman he wants.Except for Isabel Laronde.That chick is something else.And right now, she's not interested.Failing to attract her attention, Xavier seeks to prove himself by placing a bet: $10K to win Isabel over and to get her into his bed.Piece of cake.Except that Isabel is mistrusting of the rich and privileged, and Xavier represents everything she hates in a man. Finding him to be arrogant and self-obsessed, Izzy sees right through Xavier's flirtatious attempts--and there's no way in hell she's falling for any of them.Until, despite her best intentions, she does.When her defenses crumble, her resistance falls to the wayside faster than her panties.But Xavier Stone should have come with a warning.She should have listened to her gut.She should have stayed away.First impressions are rarely wrong and this man was trouble right from the start.** The Bet is a 110K sexy standalone contemporary romance with a HEA, no cheating, or cliffhangers.It is also Book 1 in the Indecent Intentions series (a spin-off from The Billionaire's Love Story) **

Dashing


Sophie Brooks - 2018
    The only thing dumber? Falling in love. The Prince needs a nanny… Cara isn’t anything like what he was expecting. The beautiful young blonde is fun-loving, impulsive, and unafraid to step on a few royal toes. Nico hasn’t been any of those things since a tragic accident in a country he’s vowed never to return to. Romance is the last thing on his mind, but the feisty American just might make him reconsider. The nanny needs a fresh start… What do you do when your dreams go up in flames? If you’re like Cara, you run off to a fairy-tale castle on the other side of the world. To her shock, her new boss is Prince Nico, the hard-partying playboy who was plastered over US tabloids for years. Nico’s different now. He’s as handsome as ever, but he’s almost as closed off as his children. It’ll take all of Cara’s enthusiasm and dedication to make a difference in this royal family’s life. In the face of nearly insurmountable odds, could she possibly go from servant to Cinderella? **Dashing is a full-length contemporary romance novel with steamy scenes, no cheating, and a very happy ending.**

EveryDayLove!


Lucy McConnell - 2018
     Daisy Covington has dreamed of having her own line of cosmetics since she was a fourteen-year-old girl with a beauty channel. Her channel has grown over the years to be one of the top two beauty channels on the MyHeartChannel site and her dream is within reach. She just needs a segment that will put her over the top. When Beckett Kingsly, Daisy's older brother’s best friend and career humanitarian, crashes on her couch for a couple days, she comes up with a plan. She’ll do a fundraiser for the charity Beckett works for in exchange for the chance to give him a makeover on her show. His worn-out cargo shorts, unruly beard, and man bun are all on the chopping block. After some pressure from his boss—FreeWater could use the exposure to Daisy’s eleven million subscribers—Beckett reluctantly agrees. But as Daisy works to transform Beckett, she realizes that her crush from long ago hasn’t faded. She’s falling for him even though he’s waiting for orders to leave town. Though Beckett seems like the perfect guy, Daisy wants to settle down with a man who will actually be in the same country for more than a couple weeks. If She can’t find a way to make it work, she'll miss her chance at a truly beautiful life.

Hometown Lover


Annabelle Love - 2019
    So, how did I end up in my best friend's bed? Well, he did rescue me from my broken down car. Plus, he’s grown into a complete hunk of a man and is hardly the beanstalk that I recall growing up with. It just... happened. I mean, if you call being trapped inside due to a snowstorm and then finding yourself being ravished in bed 'just happening'. A fling… that’s what we agreed. We know this can’t last, I’m only back in my hometown for a couple of weeks. My life is in Vegas with the job I love. And his is here with his ranch. We physically can't be together… So, why don’t I want to leave? ***Hometown Lover is a stand-alone read with toe-curling romantic scenes. There's no cheating, no cliffhangers, no escaping the steamy nights (and days), and a guaranteed HEA***

Defending What's Mine


Aubrey Wright - 2019
    No company is good company.But the way she makes my daughter smile...The way her a$s cheeks fit perfectly into those tight jeans...This has "bad idea" written all over it.Loving my family is dangerous.Knowing my secrets could mean life or death.But the time for hiding is over.I'm the predator on this mountain.Nobody messes with my family.It's time to defend what's mine. This is a romantic suspense with a super sexy alpha, steamy action and an amazing happily ever after.