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Cherry Popper


River Laurent - 2018
    It wasn't like I'd go without. And I didn't. My bedroom became a revolving door.Years later and she's back in my small town.Well, well, the little rich girl has become a luscious woman with curves I want to lick. Best part of all is she's in a jam and needs my help.Sure, baby. Sure, I think I might have just the tool you need...MiaHe doesn't know it, but I was crazy about him. I only turned him down because I didn't want to be just another notch on his bedpost. Not that it bothered him, with his wicked smile and piercing blue eyes he went on to take the cherries of so many girls he earned the title of Cherry Popper.After college, I moved to the city, but now I'm back for my friend's wedding, and the first person I run into is him.Oh my, but he's a sight for sore eyes. The grown up, Jesse Cooper all hard muscles and oozing sex appeal, may even be able to fix my...uh...other problem too...*A sexy, curvy girl, standalone romance with HEA.

Written on His Skin


Simone Stark - 2017
    I could be anyone. And then, suddenly, we're more than anyone. We're someone...When Abigail Trent agreed to write a letter to a soldier deployed overseas, she expected it to be a fleeting exchange. A friendly back-and-forth that ended barely after it began. She didn't expect Theodore LaRoux.It isn't strange that writing feels so good. It's right. Here's my secret: I like making you feel good...Abby didn't expect Roux to be a living fantasy, either--sexy, smart and strong enough to star in every one of her dreams. So, was it any wonder that when he asked for a photo, she sent one that would star in his dreams? The fact that it was a picture of someone else wouldn't be a problem. After all, it's not like they'd ever meet...right? Wrong.***Written On His Skin is a sexy, dirty 30,000-word novella featuring a set-the-pages-on-fire Cajun hero and the curvy girl who wins his heart. HEA guaranteed.

PS... You're Mine


Alexa Riley - 2016
     She isn’t prepared for what happens after she gets the first letter. Sergeant Major Mark Gunner is serving his last tour and looking forward to getting out of the Marines. When he gets a letter that captures his heart, everything suddenly changes. Their worlds connect and letters flow, creating a love unlike any other. But when their time is up and the letters stop, will his claim remain? Warning: This is a super quick, sweet, and dirty read with a small Valentine twist. *whispers* Don’t worry, it’s a happily ever after!

Have Yourself a Curvy Little Christmas


Sugar Jamison - 2013
    Finding her young son’s father and making him take responsibility for the child he created is the only thing on her wish list. But instead of finding the man she was looking for she runs into his stuffy older brother Ben.Ben has never liked Dina, but being trapped together on the holidays allows him to see a different side of her. She brings back his Christmas spirit and in the process reminds him what it feels like to love.  Dina’s past makes her wary of falling in love, but Ben is determined to make her stay as his permanent Christmas gift.

Mountain Daddy: The Single Dad's New Baby


Layla Valentine - 2017
    Well I’ve got some news for him… He’s got another baby on the way. Ethan: Living off-grid wasn’t a lifestyle choice, As an ex bounty hunter I need to make sure my past doesn’t come back to haunt me. My life is up here And I’ll protect my daughter till the day I die. Serena’s a city girl, And I’m a mountain man. There’s no future for us, But that doesn’t mean we can’t have some fun. Serena: I needed a vacation, But I ended up taking a ride on the wild side. Swept away by a tall, dark, and hot as hell single dad. We got cozy up in the mountains, Only he left me a little something to remember him by… I’m pregnant. And I’ve gotta tell him his daughter has a sibling on the way… This is a full-length romance, with steamy love scenes, a beautiful HEA and utterly no cliffhangers.

Ace's Redemption


A.C. Bextor - 2014
    Fear has a paralyzing effect, and love isn’t always enough to keep you safe.Ace was the gateway to a freedom I hadn’t known since I was fifteen. He offered his protection from the demons that haunted me; both living and dead.Although I knew I wasn’t enough to keep him, this didn’t deter my hope that one day he’d love me for who I was, not the broken girl he tried so desperately to save. In the end, the ghosts of my past found me. Their malevolence knew no bounds, and I was forced to succumb to their will of darkness. Each threat named against those I loved made any escape impossible; choosing my life for theirs became my desolate absolution.Inevitably, it was my own weakness and self-doubt that became my undoing.AceEmotional ties are sometimes severed. Friendships don’t always endure their hardships, and love offered isn’t always returned. I was in love once. For me, leaving her back in Ohio was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. For her, moving on with her life that included her son and the man she loved was no less than she deserved -- unconditional happiness.My reasons to bring Cherry home to California were obvious. I needed help with my family, and she needed help staying clean and convincing her parents she was ready to give her son the life he deserved.It was a perfect plan. However, the best laid plans often get lost amidst their best intentions.Cherry fell in love with me, and in return my love for her acted as the catalyst to her destruction.Authors Note: This novel contains material that is not suitable for individuals under the age of 18. Content includes: drug use, explicit language, violence, rape, and other scenarios with content that readers may find offensive. Please use caution when deciding on this book, as every reader has the right to understand the product before purchase. Ace’s Redemption is the first standalone novel in the Devil’s Despair series. Although the main character of Ace was introduced during the Lights of Peril trilogy, you do not need to read that series in order to follow this one.

A Biker for Christmas: Jokers' Wrath MC & MC Sinners


Bella Jewel - 2019
    Just us. The club. No kids. Christmas. Food. Laughter. Drinks. The silly season. But of course that’s never how it ends up. Of course someone had to come on our cruise ship and start murdering people. Of course we’re stuck out in the middle of the ocean with no way out. Of course we’re with another club, who, frankly, don’t seem to like us being here. Our eyes are on them. Their eyes are on us. It’s not going to end well. I can just feel it. All I wanted was a damned cocktail vacation, minus the tail, if you know what I mean. Ah, but instead here we are. Again... CIARA Seriously. Why? I mean, can’t we even go out into the middle of the ocean without drama? No. Of course we can’t. That would be far too easy. Now we’re stuck on a ship, with some crazy murderer and our vacation is ruined. Ruined. Then there’s that other club…the ones who seem to think it’s their problem and not ours. The ones who seem to think we have something to do with it. How do two clubs end up on the same ship? On the same vacation? Don’t look at me, how the hell should I know? Man, I just wanted Spike, a bed and some serious lovin’. Now I’ve got Spike, a ship, and a serious killer. Is it really too much to ask? Of course it is. Ah, because instead here we are. Again…

Something Wild


Lexi Ryan - 2014
    A long-term guy. One who does dates and romance and emotional strings…I’m just an asshole who wants to tie you up, make you come, and walk away.” Samuel Bradshaw is a man with a reputation—the kind of reputation that should have me running the other way. Instead, it has me searching for the shortest distance to his bed. I won’t be the starry-eyed girl who thinks she can change a man like Sam, and despite what he thinks, forever is not what I need. I need the things he makes me feel, the way he turns me on, and the promise of pleasure in his eyes. I need SOMETHING WILD.The Reckless and Real Series includes:SOMETHING WILD (Liz and Sam’s story begins - novella)SOMETHING RECKLESS (Liz and Sam’s story continues)SOMETHING REAL (Liz and Sam’s story concludes)

Off Limits


Callie Harper - 2015
    Now’s my shot to fight for real, step out from my billionaire father’s shadow and be my own man. This summer’s all about going after my goal of becoming a pro MMA fighter. The problem is the girl I want to f*ck. She’s driving me crazy with her little yoga outfits, her creamy skin, luscious curves and wide-eyed innocence. Normally, I’d hit it and quit it, get her out of my system and focus. But she’s my goddamn stepsister. And she hates me. This summer we’re supposed to spend eight weeks together living under the same roof. I need to taste her. I won’t rest until she’s writhing beneath me, begging me to let her come. I’m a man who gets what he wants, and what I want now is Jewel. Jewel I want him so bad it hurts. I’ve never felt this way before. I’ve never had a problem keeping my distance from bad boys. The more muscles, tats and testosterone, the more I ran the other way. I learned my lesson, growing up with a trainwreck of a mother. Until now. Tuck makes my panties melt. He keeps me up at night, twisting in the sheets, obsessed with fantasies while I touch myself. But he’s my stepbrother. And he’s an alpha, dominant asshole. We’re sharing a house and he’s walking around shirtless, every inch of him ripped with hard muscle, sweaty after his brutal workouts. I don’t think I can hold out much longer. I’ve always been the good girl, but he makes me want to be bad. ***Off Limits is a standalone stepbrother romance novel with a HEA (85,000 words).

Leonardo


Melissa Schroeder - 2013
    It is the way to live a well-ordered life. He never planned on dealing with the hardheaded physical therapist who is taking care of his friend. He definitely never planned on being so totally infatuated with her.Maryanne Johnson doesn't have time for a romance—especially with a military man. Sure, Leo is drop dead sexy, but more than one man in a uniform had hurt her before. Unfortunately, she can't seem to resist him or his kisses. It doesn't help that the man is as sweet as he is sexy. Falling for him is easy, but she does her best to keep herself from admitting it to him.Leo knows she wants to keep things simple but when a Santini is in love nothing will stop him from achieving his goal—even the hardheaded woman he loves.

One Night with her Best Friend


Noelle Adams - 2012
    She's secure now with a good job and an impressive boyfriend. And with Aaron, her best friend since high school.Aaron might be smart, funny, and sexy, but he has never been anything more than a friend. Kate will never risk her stable world and her closest relationship by turning the friendship into romance. It doesn't matter how irresistible she's starting to find him, she still intends to resist.But then everything changes in only one night...

Addicted


Lauren Landish - 2015
    He’s filthy rich and arrogant with a set of abs that is the envy of all young men everywhere, and did I forget to mention devilishly handsome? He’s a bastard of the first order. I can’t stand to be in the same room with him. But with one wink or a flash of his mischievous grin, I go weak in the knees. It pisses me off. I’m supposed to hate him. He’s an asshole. Yet, I can’t help but be drawn to him because I’m . . . ADDICTED.

His Obsession Next Door


Cathryn Fox - 2014
    Now he s forced to live with the fact that Gemma Matthews is completely off limits.Though Gemma s always had a crush on the darkly handsome, far-too-serious explosives expert, she can t forget the sting of his rejection. Now here they are, ten years later, with Cole still stubbornly in the role of protector. But when she catches him watching her from his house next door, she jumps at the opportunity to show him "everything" he s been missing.Cole can barely keep his cool at Gemma s bedroom window performance. He s never been a risk taker, but her all-out campaign of seduction ignites a fuse that can only blow up in his face.All thoughts of backing off are swept away in the heat of reckless passion. Leaving him wondering how he will live with himself amid the razor-sharp shards of his broken promise.Warning: Contains a smoking-hot explosives expert and enough heat to set an ammunition depot ablaze.

Indiscretion: Volume One


Elisabeth Grace - 2014
    Pump and dump. Hit it and quit it. One night stand. Didn’t matter how I branded it—that’s all she had wanted it to be. That much was clear when she left me with my pants down and my dick still out.What she hadn’t counted on was fate intervening and our worlds colliding—again.The day I showed back up in the life of Chloe Griffins, I knew I had to have her again. My body was hungry for another taste. Like an addict, I’d been craving another hit for months, and there she was—flesh and bone, tits and ass.The fact that she worked for the competition should’ve been reason enough for me to leave her alone. I had a job to do that summer and f*cking Chloe wasn’t part of it. But I was like a man possessed.I’d do whatever it took to have her again.

Falling for the Backup Epilogue


Toni Aleo - 2013
    Toni Aleo's novella will have you believing in the power of love at first sight . . . and second sight . . . and third.