Make You Stay (A Slow-Burn, Single Dad Steamy Romance)


M.L. Broome - 2021
    Chloe is one of those fast-talking New Yorkers with an opinion about everything. Never mind that most of them are correct. She also has the greatest ass on the planet, along with a sex kitten smile that threatens to undo me every time we meet. But we want different things from life, and neither of us are willing to compromise. I have to keep my distance, no matter how much my heart wants to make her stay. Chloe:My holiday plans never included a funeral, or the grizzly bear in a suit scowling at me throughout the service, but here I am. Turns out the grizzly is named Aidan, and heā€™s actually a big softie beneath his shaggy beard. A big softie with rock hard abs. Heā€™s fun, flirty, and dangerously attractive, but weā€™re strictly friends. Thereā€™s no crossing that line, although with each passing night, heā€™s getting harder to resist. I changed my life for love once before and I wonā€™t do it again, no matter how much my heart wants him to make me stay.

Not My Romeo


Ilsa Madden-Mills - 2020
    Somehow we end up at his penthouse. I blame the gin and tonic.The next day I learn heā€™s Jack Hawkeā€”bad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isnā€™t a regular person. Please. I sign it Juliet Capulet, so goodbye, famous football player with abs of steel, and good luck tracking down this small-town librarian.But Jack keeps showing up in places I least expect him. Just when Iā€™m sure heā€™s gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. Howā€™s a plain, mostly innocent girl like me supposed to resist a man like him?Is Jack my real Romeoā€¦ or will this gorgeous football player only break my heart?

Ready to Run


Lauren Layne - 2017
    Jordan Carpenter thinks sheā€™s finally found the perfect candidate for Jilted, a new dating show about runaway grooms: firefighter Luke Elliott, a known player whoā€™s left not one but three brides at the altar. The only problem? Luke refuses to answer Jordanā€™s emails or return her calls. Which is how she ends up on a flight to Montana to recruit him in person. Itā€™s not Manhattan, but at least the locals in Lucky Hollow seem friendly . . . except for Luke, whoā€™s more intenseā€”and way hotterā€”than the slick womanizer Jordan expected. Eager to put the past behind him, Luke has zero intention of following this gorgeous, fast-talking city girl back to New York. But before he can send her packing, Jordanā€™s everywhere: at his favorite bar, the county fair, even his exesā€™ book club. Annoyingly, everyone in Lucky Hollow seems to like herā€”and deep down, sheā€™s starting to grow on him too. But the more he fights her constant pestering, the more Luke finds himself wishing that Jordan would kick off her high heels and make herself comfortable in his arms.The I Do, I Donā€™t novels each have their own enchanting HEAs, and can be read in any order.

Simply Complicated


S. Nelson - 2021
    Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something Iā€™ve never been able to do before with past boyfriends.But there are rules.He needs to be a stranger and someone who won't judge me if I can't cross the finish line.Luke Sorenson, one of the most famous soccer players in the world, isn't meant to be that man. He's the guy I grew up next door to. The man who broke my heart ten years ago, then moved across the country and never looked back.He also happens to be the one person in the world I can't stand.But as my best friend points out, he's the best option.Besides, it's only for one night. What can possibly go wrong?***The last person I expect to see when I walk into a random corner bar is Olivia Brighton, the one woman I let slip through my fingers when I chased my dream a decade ago.Not only do I run into her again, but I offer to help her out with her dilemma, and she accepts.It's supposed to be a one-time occurrence. One shot to prove my skills in bed.But that one shot turns into a deal, which morphs into something neither of us predicts.One thing's for certainā€”everything is about to get simply complicated.

Morgue to Love


Megan Montgomery - 2021
    Smythe is the youngest, Medical Examiner in Nashville, Tennessee, only I didn't know it last night when she was between my legs and just Soula.This morning, we meet again as our careers cross paths and if I wasn't concentrating on not spilling my guts from the nasty fumes of this D.O.A., it'd be awkward as hell.Our eyes meet over the autopsy table......ahem......cough......the autopsy table absolutely covered in melted, gooey human remains that are long past recognizable...I open my mouth to speak. The name, Soula, is right there on my tongue. Unfortunately, so is the stench (and taste) of putrescine. When I wake up on a scratchy, tweed couch with a pounding headache, Soula's handing me something steamy in a Dolly Parton mug. She's just as beautiful in her light green scrubs as she was naked in my bed last night, but her expression is clearā€”she wants nothing more to do with me.But I want everything to do with her.

She Likes PiƱa Coladas


Brittanee Nicole - 2021
    After dumping my apartment-stealing boyfriend and rooming with my best friendā€™s dog, the promise of fruity drinks, dancing in the rain, and maybe even a midnight romp, leaves me singing a familiar tune, excited to travel to the Azores with the stranger who answered my wanted ad.When Jack, aka Mr. Perfect, aka the one who got away, shows up at the airport, Iā€™m left to wonder if this is just another one of lifeā€™s dirty pranks.Jack isnā€™t only hot, heā€™s a fighter pilot with a sense of humor and blue eyes that make my butterflies dance. Heā€™s saying all the right things and sending sparks in every direction he looks, asking me to take all sorts of risksā€”like swimming in hot springs, jumping in mysterious pools, and giving him a second chance. But he still hasnā€™t told me why he disappeared in the first place.After a sip, or twenty, of sangria, Iā€™ll happily explore the cafĆ©s and the beaches and possibly even Jackā€™s calves, but what I absolutely, positively will not do is fall for Jackā€”again.Authors Note: She Likes Pina Coladas is a full-length, standalone, steamy and humorous contemporary read featuring a second chance at romance.

The Naughty List


Caisey Quinn - 2019
    Cover & Synopsis Coming November 6

My Favorite Half-Night Stand


Christina Lauren - 2018
    A UC Santa Barbara professor, sheā€™s a female-serial-killer expert whoā€™s quick with a deflection joke and terrible at getting personal. And she, just like her four best guy friends and fellow professors, is perma-single.So when a routine university function turns into a black tie gala, Mille and her circle make a pact that theyā€™ll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. Thereā€™s only one hitch: after making the pact, Millie and one of the guys, Reid Campbell, secretly spend the sexiest half-night of their lives together, but mutually decide the friendship would be better off strictly platonic.But online dating isnā€™t for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millieā€™s first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter ā€œCatherineā€ā€”Millieā€™s fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than sheā€™s ever been in person. Soon ā€œCatherineā€ and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie canā€™t resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fearā€”intimacyā€”or risk losing her best friend, forever.

Maximum Dare


Vanessa Fewings - 2020
    Kind of. Because Iā€™m not even sure who the invitation came from to join the Dare Club.But Iā€™ve narrowed it down to two men:Max Marquis, a tall, gorgeous Brazilian lawyer with an accent to die for and Nick Banham, a dashing English athlete who may have just broken my heart. Their reasons? Could be love. Could be a desire to watch me suffer. Or maybe those two are the same.Oh, yeah, and theyā€™re half brothers.And Iā€™m in love with both of them.So you see, thrill-seeking is just what I might need to sort this all out.If I donā€™t fall to my death first.But if thereā€™s one thing Iā€™ve learned, when it comes to love, you have to hang on tight.Maximum Dare is the STANDALONE contemporary romance novel from Vanessa Fewings, USA Today Bestselling Author of the The ICON Trilogy.

Brother's Best Friend's Package


Cassandra Bloom - 2017
    But if I follow my lustā€¦ Will she steal my heart? Iā€™m not just king of Wall Street. Iā€™m the most notorious bad boy on Broadway. Wealth. Power. Success. Iā€™ve got it all. Women crumble for my wit, charm and my rock hardā€¦abs. I change women faster than I change my underwear. Now my business partners sisters in town. Smart. Gorgeous. And mind-bendingly sexy. I canā€™t resist. What I didnā€™t count on? I think Iā€™ve just met my match. She chews guys up and spits them out. A shark just like me --weā€™re two of a kind. Her brother says sheā€™s off limits. But that just makes her a whole lot sexier. And tonight she wants me to take her all the way. Tonight itā€™s my turn. I want to claim the girl who canā€™t be tamed for myself. One night of wild sex later -- could this be a New York dream come true, or the greatest disaster ever?

Eye Candy


Jessica Lemmon - 2017
    Sure, he's a gorgeous, perfect specimen of the human race, but I can't bring myself to hit on a total stranger. However, my best friend-slash-colleague Vince Carson thinks I should do more than talk to the guy. In fact, he's borderline obsessive about "getting me laid." (His words.) But the more time we spend together, the more it's clear: The one I'm falling for is Vince. Vince: Jackie Butler's got it bad for some pompous, over-pumped A-hole who struts his stuff past her window. That doesn't bother me. I know she deserves nice things. What does bother me is that she friend-zoned me big-time last year, so I can't ask her out myself. But what if I set her up with Mr. Steroids? Then, when he breaks her heart, I can swoop in and save her like the nice guy I am. Everything's going according to plan . . . until we share a ridiculously epic kiss. And suddenly anything is possible.

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 didnā€™t get the memo.When a man screws up, he knows it, and thatā€™s what I did with Alana. I thought I was doing the right thing, trying to shield my boyā€™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! Donā€™t forget each book in this series can be read as a complete stand alone.

Frenemies with Benefits


Kelly Myers - 2020
    Iā€™ve spent my life running away from my past.And for so long, thatā€™s worked.Not anymore.Now my past is out to get me in the form of Zach Oā€™Malley.He was my first crush, but that was then.My name is still Beatrice Dobbs, but everything else has changed.Ā Iā€™m an adult now.Ā I donā€™t want to go back to my troubled past.Plus Zach is from the wrong side of the tracks.Ā Sure, back when I was in high school, I had a thing for the Bad Boy, but not anymore.And on top of that, heā€™s trying to get me to reconnect with my mother.Ā I havenā€™t spoken to her since I was eighteen, and I would rather re-take the SATā€™s than see her again.And yet, I canā€™t seem to push Zach away.Heā€™s no good for me.But maybe ā€“ just maybeā€“ my teenage self was onto something.Whatā€™s the harm in a little bit of fun?

Chance: A Bad Boy Billionaire Romance


Rachel Rise - 2017
    A love that was so passionate, so tender, that nothing could break it. She had visions of the perfect family, living the perfect life and figured Thomas would be the guy to offer her all that. Until one day her perfect fantasy comes crashing down to reality, and she discovers that Thomas just might not be the guy she thought he was and he might not be the one that is ready to give her everything she wants. An argument one night sends her seeking out some answers and it sends her right into the arms of Nolan Baxter.Nolan is the guy of every girlā€™s dreams. Heā€™s smart, sophisticated, rich, and downright gorgeous. The only problem is, some would also call him a player. But when he meets Charity, she just might be the woman that could turn him around from his past and make him see whatā€™s important for his future. Will he get to Charity and show her that he can be the man sheā€™s been looking for all along? Or, will she drive a wedge between them, just because sheā€™s worried that it isnā€™t true love? Will Charity wait too long and risk losing love forever?Sometimes if you close your eyes, youā€™ll miss whatā€™s right in front of you.*Authorsā€™ Note: Chance is a Standalone Romance with a guaranteed HEA ending and no Cliffhanger.

Burning Love


Jacie Lennon - 2019
    Spending his days fighting flames in Nashville, TN, his best nights are spent at home with his favorite girlā€”his daughter, Livie. With no time for distractions, he has no room in his life for other femalesā€”not even a sassy blonde-haired beauty and the first woman to spark his interest in years. Ezra doesnā€™t have the time to get involved. So, he walks away without getting her name, or giving hisā€¦ HANNA HAS NO INTEREST IN SETTLING DOWN. She canā€™t even commit to a hair color, an address to call home, or a man. Too busy with her career as a traveling nurse, a relationship is the last thing she needs or wants. So, itā€™s inconvenient when she fallsā€”literallyā€”for the one person as uninterested in love as she is. At least thatā€™s what sheā€™ll keep telling herself. Will a spark turn into a wildfire, or will their love go down in flames?Burning Love can be read as a standalone, has steamy scenes and an HEA.