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Love Unconventional
Kay Shanee - 2019
After her most recent relationship ended in disaster, Coco decides that she’s going to take a break from the dating scene and focus on herself and her career. After several months of doing exactly that, Coco lets her friends talk her into a night out that she won’t soon forget.Young entrepreneur, Malcolm Alexander, is all about taking care of business. Focused on making sure that his new club is a success, he doesn’t have time for much else, including a relationship.When the two them literally collide, sparks fly and neither of them can ignore it. Will Coco allow Malcolm to give her what she’s been missing, or will she let their differences stand in the way of happiness?
Daddy's Temptation (Big Daddies of Los Angeles Book 2)
Kelly Myers - 2021
Absolution (Protect and Serve Book 1)
Reana Malori - 2020
When doing what he loves turns into his greatest fear, the lines between black and white turn gray. A little boy who needs to be saved, and a beautiful mother he can’t stay away from, bring him back from the darkness. Life and death are a part of his daily life, but Julian must find his own road to Absolution before he loses the one person he never realized he needed.KoriRaising her son was her only focus. When their lives are shattered by a devastating event, she knows they need a miracle. When he enters their lives, he seems to be the answer to her prayers. Now she wants nothing more than to grab on to him and never let go. Being a good mother was all that mattered, but that was before Julian entered their lives and made her desire something more. Is she willing to open her heart to someone who hasn’t forgiven himself for his past mistakes?
Reckless Behavior
J.J. Harper - 2018
Taught by Master Salvatore Moretti, and with walking papers in hand, Santo is determined to turn the family name around and distance it from the drugs and prostitution his father’s legacy is built on. Santo seeks revenge on his father, the man who framed him, and the whereabouts of his younger brother, Luca. When he finds him, in the worst place a child could ever be—a children’s home simply known as “The Pound,” where unwanted children disappear—Luca has a friend he refuses to leave behind. At the first sight of Ezra’s brilliant, ice-blue eyes, something shifts in Santo, and he knows he has to help this boy, too. Ezra, dumped at The Pound when he was barely eleven years old, takes one look at Santo and knows his heart is lost. He also knows he has no chance with him. He might be seventeen, but he’s nothing more than Santo’s little brother’s best friend. After a massive error in judgment, Ezra runs, obliterating all trace of him. Santo, sent to investigate a dancer for his club six years later, crosses paths with Ezra. Santo’s reckless behavior shocks them both and leaves them stumbling to trust their hearts. *** This is a gay romance with BDSM scenes and lots of men-on-men action. Due to sexual content, it is advised that readers are 18 and over. Editor: Petra Howard Cover Artist: JC Clarke
Island Magic
Rochelle Alers - 2000
Thomas alone, to drown her sorrows in the Caribbean sun. But a handsome senator threatens to intrude upon Erika's solitude-- and her heart...An Estate of Marriage by Shirley HailstockA travel mix-up finds Naomi Davenport and Stephen Weller sharing the same Hawaiian estate together. Virtual strangers, the two have nothing in common. Nothing, but fierce chemistry that will either have them at each other's throats-- or in each other's beds...Then Came You by Marcia King-GambleJilted by her fiance just days before her wedding, Raven Adams insists on taking their honeymoon by herself-- after all, it is paid for, and what she needs right now is to disappear. Swearing she's done with love, Raven doesn't expect to fall for the fine-looking bartender at her Grenadine Island hotel-- and that's not the only surprise in store for Raven...Enchanted by Felicia MasonAn "all-girls" trip to Martinique is fine-- unless you're the only unmarried woman in the group. Alone and disenchanted with love, Regine Bryant wants nothing more than an island fling-- but when she meets a sexy older man, she might get more than she bargained for...
Unforgettable
Delaney Diamond - 2014
She hasn’t seen him in nine years and never expected to again. Avoiding him is a must. She can’t let him uncover her secret, but Lucas won’t be denied. When her deception is revealed, it throws his life into a tailspin and forces them to face the truth of their feelings for each other—feelings they’ve both tried in vain to forget.
Mistletoe in Juneau
Dahlia Rose - 2021
She sort-of broke up with her boyfriend-slash-manager, and she escaped her fast-paced life in New York to spend Christmas with an old friend in Juneau, Alaska. Danni takes in the beauty of the scenery and the warmth of the community…and she’s drawn to the local sheriff. Before Declan was an Alaskan state trooper, he was in the Army. An IED explosion cost him his leg…and his fiancée, who couldn’t deal with the injury. He knows Danni’s a city girl, while he loves the Alaskan wilderness. Could two very different people find what their hearts are looking for?
Meant For You
G.L. Tomas - 2019
In the eyes of the law, and on paper, he's still married to his first wife Benny. Walking away from a love like hers had always been difficult, but serving her divorce papers proved even more obstacle. Still the enchanting beauty he remembered her to be, his first love might still harbor a fire that can't be extinguished.Bendicíon Obiang thought she'd never see Olli again. She certainly didn't plan after an eight-year estrangement that the reason he'd re-enter her life was to confirm her deepest fear. Her only true love was moving on. Could this happenstance reunion be the push she needs to finally reveal the truth after all this time? That they share a child?Reuniting face to face should’ve been simple. Sign the divorce papers. Wish him happiness on his new life. Go back to California. Only a Nordic snowstorm has other plans for the past lovers; plans that include Benny on her knees succumbing to Olli's dominance.It only takes one weekend to make two things perfectly clear. The former submissive was always his to claim, and the secret she's been keeping might just be the thing that breaks him.This story features a BWWM couple with no cheating and a HEA. This read is steamy and spicy featuring a dormant Dominant who reunites with his former submissive and despite what you take from the blurb features NO CHEATING! If Dominance and submission isn't your cup of tea, sit this one out but for those that enjoy it, this quiet, grumpy Alpha knows how to melt his way into your heart.
Let Me Please You
Alexandria House - 2019
Loved, treasured, and sheltered by her brothers, Kat McClain is working to heal the pain of a failed marriage to a man she loved from her teenage years and move on with her life, but she’s a woman, she has needs, and she is understandably lonely. Tommy Kirby has protected her brother since he was barely a man and has been a silent staple in the McClain family for just as long. He loves his job and his life, is loyal to his employer, but more than anything, he wants a family of his own. Perhaps these two are exactly what the other desires. *** This is a novella that takes place during the same time as Let Me Show You, book 3 of the McClain Brothers series. *** Contains mature content.
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde and Other Stories
Robert Louis Stevenson - 1886
Jekyll has been experimenting with identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature, allowing him to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr. Hyde. But gradually the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr. Hyde will break free from Dr. Jekyll’s control puts all of London in grave peril. This groundbreaking tale of identity and morality is accompanied by several other of Stevenson’s best short stories, including “The Body-Snatcher,” “A Lodging for the Night,” “Markheim,” “The Misadventures of John Nicholson,” and “Thrawn Jane.”
Summer Fling
Té Russ - 2020
When Jade Sheppard rents a guesthouse near the beach for a week, her only plan is to study for the bar exam and avoid any and all distractions.But when she runs into Keenan Barker, her incredibly sexy host, she quickly realizes that he just might be a distraction that’s impossible to resist.
An Alpha's Romance: A Valentine's Day Novella
Kasey Martin - 2018
She owns a bakery, and is allergic to working out. He owns a gym, and thinks sugar is a sin. She likes cookies, treats, and is really quite sweet. He likes weights, protein, and is really quite mean. Will the stars align for Keisha Love and Conner O'Bryan, or will spiteful, conniving, dangerous exes continue to keep them apart?
Carter's Flame
Tiffany Patterson - 2018
My birthright was to be at the helm of one of the world’s leading energy companies. But that wasn’t my purpose in life. Sitting behind a desk of a fortune 500 isn’t what gets me going. I’ll leave that life to my brothers. No. It took me years to find my true purpose. Saving lives. Walking into the depths of hell to pull out survivors. It’s what gets me out of my bed in the morning, and eventually, it’s what led me to her.On a day that, to her, must’ve seemed like the wrong place and wrong time, is where I met my destiny. Michelle Clarke. Our worlds collided and I knew instantly that she was mine. Everything in my life up until this point has been preparing me for her.My childhood.The eight years I spent in special forces.And the last six years spent as a proud member of the Williamsport Fire Department’s Rescue 4 squad.All of it was preparation for her. And nothing, not her reluctance, not my brother, and not even her son’s father will stand in the way of what belongs to me. My job is to rescue people and put out fires, but I will set anyone who stands in our way, ablaze. I will happily pour the gasoline and light the match and set all of this shit aflame, just to ensure she is where she belongs … with me.
Tempted
Eve Vaughn - 2018
The job? A nanny position for two precious children. What she thought would be a piece of cake becomes a challenge in the form of their intimidating and very sexy father. Frustrated and falling… Victor Meade never claimed to have all the answers, especially when it came to his children. However, when a spitfire in the form if a very delectable Jasmine enters his life, his world is turned upside down. With each passing day, he finds himself battling the sweet temptation she presents. When these two can no longer fight the fiery attraction they hold for each other, their flame burns red hot. But will it all come tumbling down when Victor discovers Jasmine’s secret?
Her Marine Next Door
Aliyah Burke - 2020
He’s covered in tats, rides a motorcycle, and his parties keep me up all night. The fact he’s sexy as sin doesn’t change the fact we are oil and water.I’m a quiet artist. He’s a rowdy marine. I’ve got a broken heart. I’m convinced he doesn’t have a heart at all.Thankfully, my bad-boy neighbor is on leave from the Marines for only thirty days. But then the jerk has to go and show me that he has a soft side beneath all those hard muscles. He actually leaves his own party to help me, and he didn’t even have to.Fantastic. Now I owe him.I’m not worried, though. What are the chances he’ll need me to do anything before the month is up?But when a woman shows up with a kid at her side, knocking on Parker’s door, it turns out those chances are pretty good...