Rugged. Playmaker. Casanova…All those names apply to Darren Walters. Yes, he’s cocky too.How can you not be when you look and play like him?The beginning of college should be the start of something new.Yet, here I am still stuck crushing on the star quarterback of the college team,and my older brother’s best friend - Darren.I’m sure he’s always seen me as the nerdy younger sister type.Oh, and did I forget to mention that I’m still a virgin and have no idea about guys?I know… I'm hopeless.Darren promised my brother that he’d look out for me and protect me.The best thing I can come up with is to have him coach me how to date.Coach me to say all the right things,kiss the right way,and when we’re alone…Sigh, if only our love story was that simple.

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    He appeared into her life again, only to kidnap her on the night before her wedding.Rohan is an ex-Air Force pilot asked to rescue a politician's daughter held hostage near a forest. It was supposed to be a simple task, until the maddening woman put up a fight.Heated arguments flare up during journey through the forest. Years of unresolved feelings along with strong, sizzling attraction turn into unexpected roaring passion.Will they part ways after the rescue? Or will the days spent together in the beautiful wilderness make them fall in love?Wild in Love is a standalone enemies-to-lovers romance.

    The intensive education that follows offers Henry a model for future excellence; a model that he is doomed to fail.On his accession, he chooses his brother’s widow, Caterina of Aragon, to be his queen. Together they plan to reinstate the glory of days of old and fill the royal nursery with boys.But when their first-born son dies at just a few months old, and subsequent babies are born dead or perish in the womb, the king’s golden dreams are tarnishedChristendom mocks the virile prince. Caterina’s fertile years are ending yet all he has is one useless living daughter, and a baseborn son.He needs a solution but stubborn to the end, Caterina refuses to step aside.As their relationship founders his eye is caught by a woman newly arrived from the French court. Her name is Anne Boleyn. A Matter of Conscience: The Aragon Years offers a unique first-person account of the ‘monster’ we love to hate and reveals a man on the edge; an amiable man made dangerous by his own impossible expectation.The story continues in A Matter of Faith : Book Two of The Henrician Chronicle.

    I grew up idolizing those players, and I ached to wear the orange and black, representing my hometown and playing the game I love.But the team doesn’t want me.I’m one of the hottest players in Major League Baseball, but the Baltimore owner thinks I’m too much of a risk. All because I drink too much and might have trashed a hotel room or two in my day.Everybody thinks getting married means you’ve “settled down.”I figure I need a wife if I’m ever gonna have a chance at playing for the Bay Birds.I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that woman who poured hot coffee on me the day we met. Sweet, beautiful, and stable medical school student, Lyric Rivers. Future doctor.Also known as the future Mrs. Brady Keaton.First Pitch Swinging is the first book in a new, steamy sports romance series. No cliffhangers, lots of humor and heart, and a sexy HEA.

    It can grill, defrost, roast, steam and brown, and is a perfect one pot cooker. This book's recipes are about getting the best out of a halogen cooker.

    

    Meet Riggs, the President, his VP, Cree, and the club’s Enforcer, Chains. While all these men are vastly different, the one thing they have in common is their love for their club. Brought together in a band of brotherhood to support each other after leaving the Forces, these men fight hard and play even harder.When Riggs meets Anna, dynamics in the club change. Not only is their President falling for the female who’s running from her ex, but his VP feels just as strongly about her best friend, Eva. As the brothers fight to keep the club going, themselves alive, and their ladies by their sides, Chains is next to fall for the charms of a woman, only this one is forbidden fruit. One he was never supposed to touch.Follow Riggs, Cree, and Chains' stories as they discover that there's more to life than the King's Reapers MC . . . and that sometimes, love is worth fighting for.

     But despite the adulation of his peers and the love of his betrothed, Harry ‘Hotspur’ is not content; his heart yearns for Elizabeth Plantagenet, the sister of his childhood friend and the king’s rival, Henry Bolingbroke. As his infatuation threatens to destroy his marriage, he finds himself a pawn in an increasingly bloody struggle for power – and ultimately, the throne. Set against the evocative backdrop of Chaucer’s England and an English coup, A Border Knight is stirring historical tale of love, loyalty and obsession. For fans of Sharon Penman and Elizabeth Chadwick.

     Everyone knows that when “The Angel of Death” takes over your company, your job is as good as dead. But I’m terrified for an entirely different reason. Because Jet Bishop isn’t just my cruel and heartless new CEO. He also happens to be the father of my child, and he doesn’t even know it. Our one night stand took place years ago, and I’m certain he doesn’t remember me, or the night that rocked my world in so many ways. Now I have a beautiful little girl to protect. A job that I desperately need. A terrible man that I need to stay far away from, only now he is so close. And every hour he gets closer. Because Jet has his sights set on me again. He might not remember me, or maybe he does. What I do know is that the moment he touches me again, I will be his. I’ll melt for him like I did that one night, and he will do whatever he wants to me. Until everything I’ve ever loved is shattered in pieces around me…

    A REAL DESIRE. FRIENDS WITH NO BENEFITS HAS NEVER BEEN HOTTER! All Jazzed Up by Tracy Ellen is the first book in a brand new series Love, Lies, & Ninja Missions. A wickedly delicious, stand-alone, HEA romance you’ll want to read again and again! Jazy is freaking out. But waking up one day to the gut-wrenching realization she’s fallen in love with a player, who also happens to be her best guy friend, would be enough to freak any girl out. If that isn’t bad enough, Jazy knows the wealthy, incredibly sexy Max Byrd is just not into her that way. To Max, she’s his best, and only, platonic girl pal. But Max has problems, too. He suspects another woman is trying to trap him into marriage. Max naturally turns to Jazy and begs for her help. Reluctantly agreeing to Max’s idiotic scheme of a pretend marriage, Jazy soon perks up and decides to take control of her life. After all, she is a horse-whispering, Celtic Cursing, straight-shooting, potion-mixing, sex-loving Axelrod woman! And there’s nothing an Axelrod woman can't accomplish if she sets her mind to the task, and Jazy wants Max’s love. Armed with determination and her unique talents, can Jazy seduce the cynical womanizer Max to believe in “True Love” and happily-ever-after? Or will Jazy learn real love needs no convincing? Preorder your copy today of the tantalizing All Jazzed Up, Book One in the Love, Lies, & Ninja Missions series! (Psst…you don’t have to read The Adventures of Anabel Axelrod series first to enjoy Jazy’s story. But for those of you that have, All Jazzed Up is a spin-off novel from the series and takes place immediately after Coupled with Chance.) Note from the author: All Jazzed Up is meant to entertain 18+ adult audiences and contains swearing, sexual situations, and mild violence. Other Books by Tracy Ellen… The Adventures of Anabel Axelrod ongoing series A Date with Fate, Volume I Courted by Karma, Volume II In Love by Design, Volume III Adieu to Destiny, Volume IV Family & Fortune, Volume V Coupled with Chance, Volume VI The Kiss of Kismet, Volume VII (For Sale February 14, 2017!) Love, Lies, & Ninja Missions series All Jazzed Up (Preorder now! For Sale December 15, 2016!) Undying Love Series Acadia’s Law: Book One Acadia’s Revenge: Book Two Acadia’s Apocalypse: Book Three (Coming winter 2017!) Thank you! Let's stay in touch. Sign up for my newsletter at www.tracyellenink.com

    He's focused now on his new job as a fireman in Sunset Bay and raising his young daughter, helping her overcome the tragedy of losing her mother. They've found a place to start over in the small coastal town among it’s caring and sometimes eccentric folks. And they've found friends in the Sinclairs, the family his sister has married into, with strong family ties and big hearts who have welcomed him and his sweet daughter with open arms. His only problem...he keeps thinking about Cassie Sinclair and he can't seem to get the world class photographer off his mind. Cassie Sinclair has no plans to marry. She loves her career, capturing some of the most sought-after photos, in the most unusual and sometimes dangerous poses around the world. When a photo shoot of a wedding couple on the side of a mountain goes wrong, she comes home, shaken from the experience and struggling with the uncertainties that now plague her. She finds an understanding shoulder and comfort in the strong, handsome fireman and father. Hunter has been through tragedy and she admires him--but when her heart gets involved her world is turned even more upside down. Can a small-town fireman and a woman with wanderlust in her veins find a happy ending?

    When I least expected it, he came into my life. He fought his way into my heart when I thought it my walls were impenetrable.Tank made me want to do anything that would keep him and his family safe, even if it meant risking my own life. I was responsible for my own actions, and I chose to protect not only him, but the club too.TankI knew she would be a wild ride from the minute I laid eyes on her . . . but I never thought she would go behind my back and endanger my family.She didn't stop there though, she betrayed me.When she puts herself in danger, do I leave her to sort out the mess she has created? Or can I brush that betrayal away and bring her home with me where I know she belongs?

    An Alpha Billionaire Romance Young coffee-house owner Sarah Bailey has finally got over the mysterious disappearance of her husband two years previously and is looking forward to her new life as a single woman. She doesn’t count on meeting Isaac Quinn, billionaire tech magnet, who sets out to seduce the beautiful Sarah. Unable to resist the incredible connection between them, they soon begin a passionate and sensual relationship that soon becomes headline news in the gossip columns. Their happiness is marred when Sarah attracts a jealous stalker who sends her threats and Isaac begins to wonder if his fame and status has put the woman he is falling in love in terrible, terrible danger…. Download your copy today!

    The rental is getting the repairs it needs and the end of the school year is in sight. Time to unwind, go for a jog, encounter a dying woman in the park, get held up in a bar, and become embroiled in a mystery stretching back decades. The usual…After discovering that the dying woman was murdered, Samantha finds herself mixed up in a quest to uncover the truth behind the woman’s best friend, an orphan who disappeared fifty years ago. Maxie and Olivia, Samantha’s best friends, are dealing with problems of their own, and Ben Parker, her FBI agent boyfriend, is back in town and not overly excited that she’s treading into danger again.As Samantha investigates the mystery of the missing orphan, she uncovers long-held secrets that someone in Oak Valley has worked hard to keep hidden. The situation escalates quickly when there is another murder, and now Samantha is in a race to find a killer before someone else gets hurt.