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Burning with Lust
Mia Ford - 2018
Simply gorgeous.Like s*x on heels!And I hire her,Soon she gets under my skin like no one has ever done before,And I can't shake the possessive feeling that she's mine.But soon I realize she's hiding something,Something big to tear us apart.And then I screwed up,Moved away without a goodbye.Didn't give her a chance,Didn't know she was carrying my baby.And when I know the truth,I am ready to shed my ego and win back my girl,After all, I'm burning with Lust!I'll prove my love to Jodi and my baby growing inside her,This time, I'm not letting her go. This time, I'm chasing after her.But, will she give me a second chance?Author's Note: Each book in "The Vegas Men Series" can be enjoyed as a standalone with a very satisfying HEA!
Orphans of an Angel: A tragic but true story of four boys who lost everything Motherless, Fatherless, Homeless and Unloved
Jay Aston - 2020
The Wedding Date (Silhouette Yours Truly, #12)
Christie Ridgway - 1996
The Wedding Date by Christie Ridgway released on Nov 24, 1995 is available now for purchase.
Mace
Maryann Jordan - 2018
All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, his Keepers were the best of the best. His focus had been on building his security company and the missions they undertook. A relationship was not on his radar. Single mom, Sylvie Gardner, toiled at a job she hated but she would do anything to provide for her son. When he witnesses a crime and danger lurked, she is grateful when Mace comes into their lives to protect them Mace just wanted to provide security for the beautiful Sylvie and her son, while the Keepers investigated the crime, but the two worked their way under his skin and the mission became personal. Can a woman who is scared to love again and a man who is afraid of love, find happiness together? Scenes in the book are similar to what you would find in an R-rated movie. For 18+ readers only.
A Diamond Choker for Christmas
Nancy Warren - 2016
Unfortunately, her latest plan to manifest success is to borrow a priceless necklace to wear to her annual Christmas party in her mobile home. Toni’s worried somebody may try to steal the valuable jewels — but the truth is much deadlier. The Diamond family’s holiday cheer may turn into holiday fear!
Lovely Wild
Megan Hart - 2014
Now she struggles every day to function as an adult in the confines of normal society. Left with only a foggy recollection of her childhood, she's consumed with being a dutiful wife to her husband, Ryan, and mother to their two children. But an unexpected twist of events returns her to that long-forgotten house in the woods. Soon, Mari is greeted with reminders of a past life, the clarified memories only inviting a new level of strangeness into her fragile world. To protect her family, she must find the beautiful, powerful strength hidden in her inner chaos. Because someone is bent on exploiting Mari's trauma, and as normal and wild begin to blend, a string of devastating truths force Mari to question all she thought she knew.
Melody's Heart
Alora Dillon - 2015
Kyle and Melody are dating! Great... but one wants to let everyone know about their relationship status and the other... not so much. If you read Melody's Crush, you know which one is wanting to keep it quiet. How can they keep their relationship a secret when it's so obvious how they feel about one another. And when friends, family and Lia discover the truth, how will the lovebirds be able to handle it? On top of dealing with a blooming relationship, Kyle is having to deal with his own personal demons... like the guilt he feels toward his sister's death. For someone who is only eighteen, this young man has gone through more trials and tribulations, heartbreaks and loss than most people go through in a lifetime... and yet, he holds onto hope... and Melody. In this story, we welcome back Jake and Max(i) who will soon be getting their own story to tell! :-) Be advised, this contemporary Teen / Young Adult Romance story has some strong language and even stronger sexual connotation. There are no "Sex" scenes. I truly hope you enjoyed this book. Please let me know what you thought about it. Alora Dillon aloradillon@yahoo.com https://www.facebook.com/aloradillon
Seeking Forever
Samantha Chase - 2016
Refusing to look back, she’s ready to put her time and focus on helping couples celebrate their happily ever after’s with a new position with Barefoot Brides. Just because she didn’t get her happy ending, doesn’t mean she’s given up on love. Unfortunately, one of the first couple’s she’s up to work with is her ex and the woman he cheated on her with!Max Santos knows every inch of the Casa Blanca Resort & Spa property like the back of his hand – basically because he’s the one responsible for it all. He loves his job. Loves his life on Mimosa Key but…he’s in a rut. Work has become his life and he’s almost desperate for something to come along and shake up his world a little bit. And when Ellie shows up in one of his equipment sheds cursing like a sailor while she’s clearly hiding out, his curiosity is instantly piqued. Soon, he’s helping her in the craziest – and sexiest - game of hide and seek all over Casa Blanca!Ellie knows she’ll never be able to truly move forward until she confronts her ex, but doing that means she won’t have any excuses to keep ‘running’ into Max. She thinks it’s too soon to start thinking about a future with him, but Max keeps proving time and time again that he’ll be there for her. And while Ellie’s been hiding from her past, Max has been anxiously seeking their future – their forever. Seeking Forever is part of Roxanne St. Claire's Barefoot Bay Kindle World
Lucky Cowboys: Lucky in Love / One Lucky Cowboy / Getting Lucky
Carolyn Brown - 2013
Lucky in LoveHunky rancher Beau "Lucky" Luckadeau has always been lucky at everything-except love. Years later, he's still haunted by a steamy night with a mysterious beauty at his cousin's wedding. She disappeared before he woke up with the hangover of his life, and he's been looking for her ever since. Now Milli Torres has come to southern Oklahoma to help with the family ranch. Great God Almighty, what in the hell is she going to do if Lucky recognizes her?2. Getting LuckyJane Day is on the run from a her crazy ex-fiancé. In Wichita Falls, Texas, she meets Nellie Luckadeau, a spitfire of an old lady who desperately needs help on her ranch. But Nellie's gorgeous grandson "Lucky Slade" is determined not to let some con artist fleece his granny. When he can't convince Jane to leave, he pours on the charm to make her spill what she's up to. She's happy to play along, but she's not going to let this hot cowboy run her off when all she needs is a lucky break...3. One Lucky CowboyAll Julie Donovan wants in Saint Jo, Texas, is a quiet life for her and her daughter, Annie. But when a sexy cowboy walks into her classroom with a daughter who looks like Annie's twin, suddenly the whole town is talking. Devoted single dad Griffin Luckadeau will do anything to protect his own, and he thinks Julie is scheming to steal his ranch. But when the dust settles, these two Texas hotheads may have found something worth fighting for...
The Doctor's Engagement
Sarah Morgan - 2001
Mark Logan's life who had never fallen head over heels in love with him! They had been best friends since childhood, so when he needed her to pretend to be his fiancée, she couldn't refuse…She hoped his gentle, protective strength would help her to get her life back on track again—but all it took was one single breathtaking kiss for Holly to discover that being Mark's fiancée was altogether a whole new experience…!
Hard Asset (A Club Altura Romance Novelette)
Kym Grosso - 2018
Charismatic entrepreneur Evan Tredioux is on a secret mission to infiltrate the sanctuary of a dangerous enemy of the state. During the covert operation, he exposes a coworker, and gives in to the desire he’s resisted for months. Caught up in a game of cat and mouse, he questions her claim that she’s innocent but vows to protect her. After Emerson Industry’s chief security officer Raine Presley’s cover is blown, she submits to a night of passion in the arms of a man she’s always wanted. Within his embrace, she surrenders to her dark fantasies, spiraling into an erotic world she has long yearned to explore. Time has run out. Their lives are on the line. Passion ignites and bullets fly as Evan’s forced to trust the dangerous beauty, but will he be able to protect the woman who’s captivated his attention?
Thirty-Two Going on Spinster
Becky Monson - 2012
She has no social life, hates her job, and lives in her parent’s basement with her cat, Charlie.With the arrival of Jared Moody, the new hire at work, Julia’s mundane life is suddenly turned upside down. Her instant (and totally ridiculous) crush on the new guy causes Julia to finally make some long-overdue changes, in hopes to find a life that includes more than baking and hanging out with Charlie.But when the biggest and most unexpected change comes, will the new and improved Julia be able to overcome it? Or will she go back to her spinster ways?
Unbelonging & Rebelonging: New Adult Billionaire Bad Boy Box Set
Sabrina Stark - 2015
Featuring two full length new adult romance novels, this new adult romance box set offers over 160,000 words of swoon-worthy bad boy romance for one special price. UNBELONGING (Book 1) Sometimes, the Place You Belong Isn't Where You Began...With an accounting degree that's getting her nowhere, Chloe Malinski spends her nights waitressing and her days housesitting in a neighborhood that's infinitely beyond her reach or comfort zone. But she knows all too well that no one wants a pauper in their mansion, so she's gotten good - maybe a little too good - at faking it 'til she makes it. With more baggage than any airline, Lawton Rastor made his money through prizefighting - and not the kind with padded gloves and some bowtie-wearing referee. He made it through the gritty, back alley kind where sweaty money changed hands over beer and bimbos. She's a poor girl from Hamtramck. He's a billionaire bad boy from Detroit. They should've never crossed paths. But when they do, thanks to Chloe's latest housesitting gig, the collision of sparks, secrets, and misunderstandings leaves both of them yearning to belong exactly where they shouldn't - with each other. REBELONGING (Book 2) How Do You Get Back Where You Truly Belong?...How do you come back from the biggest screw-up of your life? That's the question for Lawton Rastor, the billionaire bad boy from Detroit, after he lets the girl of his dreams not just slip through his fingers, but run away, fast – and with good reason. How do you resist a guy who's irresistible? That's the question for Chloe Malinski, the world's most overqualified waitress, after a nightmarish night leaves her vowing to avoid her fantasy guy for good – no matter how hard he works to win her back. Chloe finds Lawton impossible to resist. Lawton finds Chloe impossible to forget. But finding that place to belong isn't easy when neither one knows where the other truly comes from. New Adult Specials: Now, for one low price, get this complete new adult series, featuring the two breakout full novels that spent weeks in the Amazon top 100! Together, these two full length new adult books complete the New Adult Billionaire Bad Boy Unbelonging Series. They feature mature content, sexual situations, and adult language. They're not advised for under-age readers.
Why Me?
T. Renee Fike - 2015
She’s seen the good and ugly in people and prefers to rely only on herself. Hoping that college will be different, she opens up to her roommate Candace and her best friend, Chase. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Jordyn finds herself in the crosshairs of someone who would rather make her life a living hell. Wanting to help and protect Jordyn, Candace enlists the help of her sexy football star brother Avery, who is also one to keep people at bay. Brought together by a common bond, neither expects to develop feelings for one another. However, a simple friendship doesn’t work out as planned. When tragedy strikes and miscommunication occurs, Jordyn and Avery are lead down a dark and dreary path that she is all too familiar with. Will Avery be able to make her see that things aren’t always what they seem? Will Jordyn be able to survive or will her WHY ME mentality destroy her?
Crossing Hearts
Kimberly Kincaid - 2017
Nice and easy.Emerson Montgomery has secrets. No way is she going to tell anyone why she lefther job as a hotshot physical therapist for a pro football teamto come back to Millhaven.Especially not sexy, steady, still-pissed Hunter.Except then she spends time with him.Starts to trust him. Definitely remembers why she fell for him. But will her recent diagnosis of MS keep her world upside down?Or will she discover that second chancesreally are sweeter…*****From USA Today best-selling author Kimberly Kincaid comes a slow-drawl small-town second chance romance. Crossing Hearts contains a laid-back hero who works with his (ahem!) hands, a guarded heroine with a bruised heart, and a scorching standalone romance loaded with sexy, Southern HEA. Cross Creek series (in reading order):Crossing HeartsCrossing the LineCrossing PromisesCrossing Hope