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Almost Wrong by Aubrey Parker


second-chance
contemporary
dnf
romance

Unwritten


Lauren Runow - 2015
    Ashley as his clients know him, is a high-end male escort who gets paid thousands for whatever services his clients require. He’s lived the last ten years alone, not letting anyone in, enjoying his success and provocative lifestyle.Allison Hayes has no idea the man she is falling in love with is a male escort. She connects with Charlie through their love of music, playing a taunting game asking herself if she loves him, hates him or if she is going to save him.After meeting Allison, Charlie enters a world where everything he knows no longer makes sense, leaving him too scared to move forward, yet making it impossible to look back. But can he give up his entire life for love?

Against the Ropes


Carly Fall - 2013
    . . if he can’t win back the heart of the woman he loves. . .Five years ago Dylan Gomez had it all. He was an up-and-coming boxer with a loving girlfriend, and his sights were set on the big league. Then he let the hype of the fans inflate his ego—he thought he was invincible. That all changed when an alcohol-fueled decision altered the course of his life. He lost his girlfriend and then bit-by-bit his life crumbled around him.Physical therapist, Regan Holloway, has coasted through life for the last five years. She’s been in the same place all that time and most of her things are still in boxes. Agreeing to a “friendly” date with a co-worker, she ends up ringside and face-to-face with the man she’d fled to forget—Dylan.Dylan’s turning his life around and working his way back up the ranks; he’s got a big fight lined up in thirty days that will be his ticket back into the pros—if he can win. The only thing holding him back is an old shoulder injury and Regan not being by his side.When Max, Dylan’s manager, convinces Regan to come with them and work on his shoulder for the fight, she knows she needs to keep things professional so that she won’t be hurt again.In the thirty-day countdown to the big fight, secrets are revealed, their passion is reignited, and the past threatens to haunt their future. On fight day, Dylan and Regan are truly against the ropes

A Condo with Two Views


Al Daltrey - 2015
    A Condo With Two Views is told from two perspectives: Jack’s and Chloe’s. Jack is a loving and protective husband, but with a kinky penchant for sharing his willing wife. Chloe is smart and strikingly beautiful, and obeys every command from her husband, no matter how perverse. Each gives their view of the story: one where Chloe must submit to a grungy caretaker, a sexy lesbian couple, an evil developer, an older sadist, and the list goes on. But, what happens when she’s pushed too far? Is the deep love of a husband and wife more powerful than the bond of a dominant and submissive? What will win out, love or bdsm?

Guest House (Menage Romance, #1)


Sasha Jayne Moretti - 2016
    But everything changes when she learns a grant has fallen through, forcing her to spend every penny she saved from her part-time job to pay the tuition balance.All her plans were ruined until she runs--literally--into her gorgeous professor. During a dinner in his home with his equally beautiful wife, Taryn's elated when they offer their guest house to her for free.It doesn't take long, however, for Taryn to realize that the sexy couple has other plans for her--things most virgins never even fantasize. Yet, what surprises her the most is the instant sexual attraction she feels toward the couple. And how much she yearns to be invited into their bed.Author's Note: This book is over-the-top, insta-lust filled with tons of steamy F/F/M, M/F, and F/F scenes. If you're looking for hot and dirty, this is it!

Embrace The Suck


Sophia Kenzie - 2016
     Under no circumstances should a woman be considered for the special forces. And certainly not the Green Berets. I’ll be God damned if me or my brothers fall at the manicured hands of some sorority sister. Tomorrow’s the first day of US Army Special Forces training—she’s a recruit, and I’m her CO and new living nightmare…but she doesn’t know that yet. That’s why I’m going to show her whose boss, here, tonight in the bathroom of this shitty bar. She doesn’t fight, she makes it easy…but there’s something about her, the way she gives herself to me but still holds strong while I take what I want. I can’t let this hot piece of ass cloud my judgment. Tomorrow’s hell day, and it’s game on. By the time I’m done with her she’ll be begging me for an escape, and I’ll happily send her packing. Private Hannah Birk Volunteer as one of the first female Green Beret candidates — Check. Unknowingly bang my hot-as-hell CO the night before training – Check. Find out that our parents are soon to be married — F*CK. Embrace The Suck (A Stepbrother Special Forces Novel) is a full-length contemporary / new adult romance novel. 125,000+ words in length. No Cliff. Lots of dirty sex.

Push


Joanna Blake - 2015
    My latest client doesn't know who or what I am. I've been hired to take her virginity, give her an heir and steal her heart. I'm getting close. All she needs is just a little PUSH...I pleasure wealthy women for money, but that's not just between the sheets. I know the best restaurants, the finest in art and music, the perfect wine to order. I'm well read, smart and discrete. So discrete in fact that I've been hired to deflower the daughter of one of the richest noblemen in all of England. That's how I find myself flying first class to London to seduce her.Lady Rosalie.She's the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. And the most innocent. Her religious family has kept her under tight wraps. Now she's of age and feeling a bit rebellious. Who better to take her on the ride of her life than a professional like me? Except I find that when I'm with her, I'm not acting. She makes me want to be bad. But she also makes me want to be good. Good enough for someone like her.By the time I find out that I've been hired to cause a scandal and shame her, it's too late. But I'm in over my head and so is she. The only way out is to risk it all... I will stop at nothing to make her mine.PUSH is a stand alone novel with a guaranteed HEA and no cheating!

Kit


S.R. Dyble - 2019
    Keep people out. Avoid the pain. That's how Eve decided to live after her family was murdered in front of her. A year later, her love of photography was the only thing that brought her happiness. It was going to be impossible to stay invisible when Kit, a cocky Australian classmate in her photography class, decided that his new favourite hobby wasn’t boxing, it was trying to get under her skin. Kit might have been everything she was trying to avoid, but the more he hung around her, the more he edged past her well-built defences to the one spot she couldn’t afford to let him in: her heart. No matter how much she tried to protect herself, Kit was hiding secrets of his own, and they had the ability to change Eve’s life drastically. If there was a thin line between love and hate, what happens when that love is betrayed?

Never Again


C.G. Blaine - 2020
    Now he’s everywhere, determined to win her back. The more he reminds her of everything they once shared, the more she needs to hold on to the reason it all fell apart. Because Hudson St. James is a liar, and if she lets him, he’ll destroy her all over again.Hudson screwed up when he let Emilia walk out of his life without fighting for her, and he refuses to make the same mistake again. He never lied. Never betrayed her. But since he can’t prove it, he’ll have to find another way to rebuild what they lost—even though he has no idea what really ruined them in the first place.

Pieces of You


Ella Harper - 2014
    Something happened. Something terrible . . .Lucy was always sure of one thing – her future with husband and soulmate Luke. But after eight long, heartbreaking years trying to have a baby, that future is crumbling before her eyes.When a terrible accident puts Luke into a coma, Lucy is forced to reassess everything she thought she wanted. Then a woman arrives with a shocking secret that will force Lucy to make the hardest decision of her life. As compelling and powerful as Jojo Moyes and Liane Moriarty, Pieces of You is a heart-rending, haunting and ultimately life-affirming novel about a love tested to its limits.

The Boom


Glenna Maynard - 2017
    She doesn’t date and she definitely doesn’t date jocks. In her eyes, they are all cheaters. However, when sexy quarterback Tate King and his reputation are thrust into her life, she finds herself falling fast and hard. Tate King has one thing on his mind, getting drafted for the NFL. When an injury takes him out of the game and onto the dance floor of a feisty ballerina, he isn’t expecting to fall in love. Tate doesn’t do relationships, or at least he didn’t until Amaya hit him with the boom…

Always Rayne


Sierra Avalon - 2014
    With $85,000 of student loan debt about to go into repayment, she has no idea how she'll get by.Just when she thinks things couldn't get worse, Harper's boss decides to embed her in the North American tour for the hot rock band, Always Rayne. Ten days on the road with the band for her to get an exclusive story. But Harper's a homebody and the last thing she wants to do is go on the road with a rock band. And she definitely doesn't want to spend ten days with the notorious bad boy and band front man, Nic Rayne.When Nic proves to be too much for Harper to handle and she threatens to quit the assignment, Nic decides to sweeten the pot. If she stays with the tour for all ten days, he'll pay off all of her student loan debt....but there's one small catch.Harper also has to sleep in his bed every night.ALWAYS RAYNE is the first novel in the ALWAYS SOMETIMES NEVER New Adult Rock Star Romance Series. ALWAYS RAYNE can be read as a STAND ALONE NOVEL or as part of the SERIES.THE ALWAYS SOMETIMES NEVER New Adult Rock Star Romance Series continues with:SOMETIMES BROOKE (Brooke & Leo's Story)NEVER RAVEN (Raven & Xander's Story)Due to mature LANGUAGE and CONTENT, ALWAYS RAYNE is recommended for readers aged 18+.

The One Left Behind


Lena Nicole - 2013
    While Colin walks away with minimal injuries, Addison suffers from a traumatic brain injury causing her to lose her short-term memory. She can’t remember the night of the accident. She doesn’t remember being engaged. She doesn’t remember Colin at all. While Addison rebuilds her life, Colin struggles with the fact that the love of his life doesn’t remember him. When Addison meets Pierce, the one person who doesn’t have an ulterior motive, the one person she can talk to openly, Colin thinks his life may be over. Will Addison’s memory return in time for her to save her relationship with Colin? Or is it gone forever, leaving her free to love Pierce?

Forever Mine


Mary B. Moore - 2016
    Ren never expected Maya or the impact that he’d feel from meeting her. Maya never expected to meet a man like Ren. Really when it came down to it, they shouldn’t fit so well together, because how does a playboy become an advocate for relationships? Someone has a grudge against Maya's family and is determined to sabotage their business regardless of who gets hurt, and Ren's past refuses to go away. As if that's not enough, someone decides that the Townsends deserve pay back too...and loss of life is an added bonus. Accidents happen, mistakes are made, hearts are broken, but Ren's determination to have a happy ever after with Maya stays strong.Meet the Townsends, Prices and Montgomerys of Piersville and their friends in book one of the Providence Series. Who will get hurt next, who will find their happy ever after, and who and why are they doing this?

If You Love Me, I'm Yours


Lizzie Chantree - 2018
    She had a sensible job, clothes, and love life… if you counted an overbearing ex who had thanked her, rolled over and was snoring before she even realised he’d begun! She could tolerate not fulfilling her dreams, if her parents would pay her one compliment about the only thing she was passionate about in life: her art. Dot should have fit in with her flamboyant and slightly eccentric family of talented artists, but somehow, she was an anomaly who couldn’t paint. She tried hard to be part of their world by becoming an art agent extraordinaire, but she dreamed of finding her own voice. Dot’s brother Nate, a smoulderingly sexy and famous artist, was adored by everyone. His creative talent left them in awe of his ability to capture such passion on canvas. Women worshipped him, and even Dot’s friend Maud flushed and bumped into things when he walked into a room, but a tragic event in his past had left him emotionally and physically scarred, and reluctant to face the world again. Someone was leaving exquisite little paintings on park benches, with a tag saying, ‘If you love me, I’m yours’. The art was so fresh and cutting-edge, that it generated a media frenzy and a scramble to discover where the mystery artist could be hiding. The revelation of who the prodigious artist was interlinked Maud, Dot and Nate’s lives forever, but their worlds came crashing down. Were bonds of friendship, love and loyalty strong enough to withstand fame, success and scandal?

Play Thing


Kira Blakely - 2017
    but only if I can make a woman truly fall in love with me. Women are toys in my billionaire dollar world, and I have no time for love. Regardless, my new assistant, Abigail, is the perfect candidate. It should be easy. A sweet word here. A caress there. At least, I think it will be... until I see her coming down the stairs dressed like a goddess. Who knew she was hiding such perfect curves and such confidence. Sure I want to sleep with her, but I didn't plan on actually falling in love. If she finds out our relationship is based on a wager, it could ruin us and my business. Well, f@ck business. Deal or no deal, her ass is mine. I want my cake... and her. And I'm going to eat them both! Settle in and buckle up. This steamy billionaire romance is full steam ahead, and the happily ever after will have you all hot and bothered!