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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 heās actually a big softie beneath his shaggy beard. A big softie with rock hard abs. Heās fun, flirty, and dangerously attractive, but weāre strictly friends. Thereās no crossing that line, although with each passing night, heās getting harder to resist. I changed my life for love once before and I wonāt 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 heās Jack Hawkeābad-boy professional quarterback with a murky past. The NDA he has me sign should be a warning that he isnāt 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 Iām sure heās gone, he waltzes into my community theater and wins the part of Romeo to my Juliet. Howās 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 sheās finally found the perfect candidate for Jilted, a new dating show about runaway grooms: firefighter Luke Elliott, a known player whoās left not one but three brides at the altar. The only problem? Luke refuses to answer Jordanās emails or return her calls. Which is how she ends up on a flight to Montana to recruit him in person. Itās not Manhattan, but at least the locals in Lucky Hollow seem friendly . . . except for Luke, whoās more intenseāand way hotterāthan 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, Jordanās everywhere: at his favorite bar, the county fair, even his exesā book club. Annoyingly, everyone in Lucky Hollow seems to like herāand deep down, sheās 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 Donāt 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 Iāve 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 certaināeverything 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 clearāshe 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 friendās 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, Iām left to wonder if this is just another one of lifeās dirty pranks.Jack isnāt only hot, heās a fighter pilot with a sense of humor and blue eyes that make my butterflies dance. Heās saying all the right things and sending sparks in every direction he looks, asking me to take all sorts of risksālike swimming in hot springs, jumping in mysterious pools, and giving him a second chance. But he still hasnāt told me why he disappeared in the first place.After a sip, or twenty, of sangria, Iāll happily explore the cafĆ©s and the beaches and possibly even Jackās calves, but what I absolutely, positively will not do is fall for Jackāagain.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
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My Favorite Half-Night Stand
Christina Lauren - 2018
A UC Santa Barbara professor, sheās a female-serial-killer expert whoās 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 theyāll join an online dating service to find plus-ones for the event. Thereās 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 isnāt for the faint of heart. While the guys are inundated with quality matches and potential dates, Millieās first profile attempt garners nothing but dick pics and creepers. Enter āCatherineāāMillieās fictional profile persona, in whose make-believe shoes she can be more vulnerable than sheās ever been in person. Soon āCatherineā and Reid strike up a digital pen-pal-ship...but Millie canāt resist temptation in real life, either. Soon, Millie will have to face her worst fearāintimacyāor risk losing her best friend, forever.
Maximum Dare
Vanessa Fewings - 2020
Kind of. Because Iām not even sure who the invitation came from to join the Dare Club.But Iāve 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 theyāre half brothers.And Iām in love with both of them.So you see, thrill-seeking is just what I might need to sort this all out.If I donāt fall to my death first.But if thereās one thing Iāve 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? Iām not just king of Wall Street. Iām the most notorious bad boy on Broadway. Wealth. Power. Success. Iāve 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 canāt resist. What I didnāt count on? I think Iāve just met my match. She chews guys up and spits them out. A shark just like me --weāre two of a kind. Her brother says sheās off limits. But that just makes her a whole lot sexier. And tonight she wants me to take her all the way. Tonight itās my turn. I want to claim the girl who canāt 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 didnāt get the memo.When a man screws up, he knows it, and thatās what I did with Alana. I thought I was doing the right thing, trying to shield my boyās 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! Donāt forget each book in this series can be read as a complete stand alone.
Frenemies with Benefits
Kelly Myers - 2020
Iāve spent my life running away from my past.And for so long, thatās worked.Not anymore.Now my past is out to get me in the form of Zach OāMalley.He was my first crush, but that was then.My name is still Beatrice Dobbs, but everything else has changed.Ā Iām an adult now.Ā I donāt 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, heās trying to get me to reconnect with my mother.Ā I havenāt spoken to her since I was eighteen, and I would rather re-take the SATās than see her again.And yet, I canāt seem to push Zach away.Heās no good for me.But maybe ā just maybeā my teenage self was onto something.Whatās 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 girlās dreams. Heās 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 whatās important for his future. Will he get to Charity and show her that he can be the man sheās been looking for all along? Or, will she drive a wedge between them, just because sheās worried that it isnāt true love? Will Charity wait too long and risk losing love forever?Sometimes if you close your eyes, youāll miss whatās 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 girlāhis daughter, Livie. With no time for distractions, he has no room in his life for other femalesānot even a sassy blonde-haired beauty and the first woman to spark his interest in years. Ezra doesnāt 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 canāt 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, itās inconvenient when she fallsāliterallyāfor the one person as uninterested in love as she is. At least thatās what sheāll 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.