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Valentine Veto
Claire Wilder - 2022
But I didn’t just leave my past behind—I left Callie McIntyre, the good girl I was never good enough for.Now Callie’s mayor of our town, and I’m back too, a European-trained chocolatier with a proposal for a new facility I need her approval on. One that will redeem my family name, and hopefully me, in her eyes.But Callie still hasn’t forgiven me for breaking her heart. And if she vetoes this project, she’ll never know it was all for her.Valentine Veto is a standalone steamy second chance novella, part of the Man of the Month Club multi-author series.
Her Filthy Linebacker
Gigi Love
He's the star linebacker of the football team. After one, intense night that could wreck everything for them, where do they go from here?Holt BarloweI’m a keep-to-myself kind of guy.I’m the strong-but-silent type.And being a college celebrity makes that impossible.People are always looking at me. Asking to take selfies with me. Wanting to get in bed with me so they can tell their friends they slept with Holt Barlowe.For me, it’s just always about the game.I could leave all the rest of it behind.So, this girl is a breath of fresh air for me.Sunny lives up to her name.She’s dripping in sunshine.And I want to get so close to her that she burns me alive.
Alien Boyfriend for Christmas
Luna Kingsley - 2020
Her dream job as the lead botanist on Niri was worth traveling across the galaxy, but she’s not going to miss out on the trappings of her favorite holiday. Not to mention she misses everyone back home. Everyone except her ex, of course. She’ll do everything she can to avoid seeing him again but running into him around town is inevitable.Verrik is tired of the monotony of his day-to-day life on Niri. He works long days as an electrician to try to get ahead and save what money he can. One day he hopes to be able to support a family of his own but as an orphan, his opportunities are limited. The one good thing that comes from his current job is meeting the unique, curvy little botanist from Earth.She’s headed back to Earth for the holidays. He’s ready for his own adventure. Her suggestion to be her fake alien boyfriend is unconventional, but the payment is too good to pass up. When the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, they find themselves navigating unexplored territory.Can a Niri Alien and Earth female find a way to make a relationship work for real?Alien Boyfriend for Christmas is a standalone sci-fi romance full of steam with no cheating, no cliffhanger and a happily ever after guaranteed!
Sleeping with the Enemy
Lindsey Hart - 2021
even if their wickedly alluring dark eyes and absurdly cocky attitude will have you wetting your panties faster than you can say Oops.Book 1 - Hating my Brother's Best FriendThat prick! He just took over my business without so much as my consent.Now, he has the nerves to act like he's the boss around here!I always knew I would end up doing some serious bodily damage to him one day.I just did not know it was going to end up being of the heart variety.Book 2 - Hating My New RoommateWhat was my grandpa doing dumping a rich prick onto my lap?Really, I don't mind having a roommate.But does it have to be this infuriatingly gorgeous guy who just can't stop meddling with my life!?Book 3 - Hating The Billionaire PrickI have to live with that high and mighty jerk for six months?He's already harassing me about how messy everything is in MY house.Already making suggestions about what to change...And I have no choice but to bear with that grump for six months?!Book 4 - Hating the Best ManThe feud between our parents has nothing on our hatred for each other.The world will freeze over before I have anything to do with that A-Hole...But did I say our best friends are getting married to each other?And I'm stuck with that same A-Hole for a WHOLE week planning the wedding!But wait, it gets worse...Like ending up handcuffed to your worst enemy after a wild night out kind of worse.And with no key in sight. Eeeeeeeeeerp!
Brendan's Baby
Annie J. Rose - 2020
A businessman, an ex-Navy SEAL.When I start a mission, I complete it; just like I was trained to do.I will sweep the independent beauty off her feet,I will convince her to stay with me forever.And when her creep boss shows up on my island to try and stake his claim,I will show him that no one messes with what is mine.Elise is mine to claim.And so is the precious gift she’s carrying.
Her Enemy Hero (Alpha Ever After #2)
Kelli Walker - 2020
No Cliffhangers and a HEA!
You Rock
Lola West - 2021
No little sisters, no job, just me, visiting an old friend, celebrating Valentine’s day, and pretending I’m a carefree college student. Hungry for adventure, I’m spending my last night of freedom attending Lust and Found: A Blind Date Scavenger Hunt. I was hoping to get paired with a carefree hottie. But, instead I’m stuck with an uptight, straight-laced, stick in the mud. At least the hottie part is still in place. ♥ Eric ♥I’m a music major, a future recording engineer, and I should be in the studio working. Instead I’m participating in this silly game because my friends think it’s time for me to hook up with a girl, any girl. They can’t understand the pressure and responsibility I feel to succeed. My parents think that compared to science or math, music is a joke, so I have to prove myself a talent beyond measure. But you can’t turn down your friends every time they ask, so now, I’m burdened with this sparkling sprite of a woman. She's got lavender hair and an irritatingly joyful personality. There’s just something about her, I can’t seem to look away. The Sweet Hearts series is a collection of 14 swoon-worthy Valentine’s Day love stories from some of your favorite romance authors! Treat yourself to all the books in the series:PUPPY LOVE by Kali HartBE MINE by Jagger ColeYOU ROCK by Lola WestHEY QT by Jade BayDREAM TEAM by Anita KnightMY HERO by Mazzy KingHEART OF GOLD by Fern Fraser1-800 CUPID by C.L. CruzTOO SWEET by Lana DashCUTIE PIE by Nichole RoseKISS ME by Kat BaxterLET'S KISS by Barbra CampbellHONEY BUN by Eve LondonYES DEAR by Vanessa Booke
Accidental Daddies: A Contemporary Romance Box Set
R.R. Banks - 2018
These hot alpha males will have you begging for more all night long. Book 1 - Accidental Daddy She gave me her innocence. I gave her a baby. But she left before I woke the next morning. Will I get my family or is one night all I'll have forever? Book 2 - Becoming Daddy I gave her a contract. She gave me a baby. But will someone's change of heart keep me away from the family I always wanted? Book 3 - The Christmas Surprise Graham Castle. Hot single dad. Arrogant. Filthy rich. Rude. We couldn't be more different. But being stranded in a blizzard has a way of bringing people closer... Book 4 - Hot Daddy Life can't get any better. Until my inheritance is threatened by my half-sister. Well sugar, that shit ain't happenin'! The only way to stop her is to get married. Fortunately, I know just the candidate - Amanda. Book 5 - Redemption I'm the new fire chief in town. But there's one flame I can't put out. Gwen keeps my demons at bay. But what if she knew my secret... Would she or this town still want me here?
Til Death We Do Part, Too
Bruno Beaches - 2021
She seems wonderful, and it is love at first sight, and they marry quickly. However, not all is rosy in the garden, and a lifetime’s baggage rears its ugly head. Pablo’s ex-wife re-establishes contact with him, and he desperately seeks to exorcise the demons of that betrayal and divorce, but he gets drawn into a double life. Then, one shocking day, Hellion goes to work, and inexplicably, and without warning, fails to return home. Now he has to try to understand another devastating, bewildering calamity.Til Death We Do Part, Too is a story that scrutinises the impact of unfinished business, baggage, emotional damage, and lingering love. It balances heart-breaking loss with resilience, disorientation with hope, and desperation and bitterness with true enduring love and understanding. There is much insight into the reality of relationships and the frailty of the human psyche. It is told with immense depth of feeling, humour, and faith.
Holly's Christmas Countdown
Suzie Tullett - 2020
But when Holly catches Jeremy in bed with another woman her hopes are shattered.Faced with no other option, it appears Holly is going to have to spend Christmas with her eccentric parents. Something she was keen to avoid. After a night out, drowning her sorrows with her friend, she has a chance encounter with a handsome stranger, Fin, who provides her with an opportunity to have a Christmas staycation away from her parents. But when it turns out that there is more to Fin than meets the eye, and the attraction between him and Holly grows, it looks like she is on the cusp of happiness again.Will Holly get the Christmas she craved and the man of her dreams?Holly’s Christmas Countdown is a feel-good romantic comedy, perfect to curl up with on those cold winter nights.
Married to the Hitman
Fern Fraser - 2021
She’s too good for me, but she’s in danger and I’ll stop at nothing until I make her mine.♥Aiden Black Korah Lowe is my weakness, my obsession and….another hitman’s target. I’ll keep her captive in the only place I know she will be safe. Underground. With me.We won’t leave the safe house until all threats are eliminated and I make her my bride.I’ll keep her safe or die trying.Korah LoweHow was I supposed to know the shipment of priceless art being delivered to my New York art gallery was a lie? I’ve been duped by gangsters to cover their crimes.Now I’m a target, on the run with a sexy brute who wants me to trust him.He wants me to leave my whole world behind.He wants to keep me safe. Underground, with only him for company.He’s filthy sweet, possessive and makes me want to do very bad things.But only with him.
Villa Azure
Melissa Hill - 2019
Life is sweet for Joanna until the day she gets a call from a lawyer in Greece that knocks her for six. Her father, whom she has never met, has died. Her late mother was always reticent to discuss a vacation romance she had over two decades ago on a tiny Greek island called Skiathos, and Joanna - a hopeless romantic at heart - has always tried to fill in the blanks. According to the lawyer, her father has left her an inheritance. The condition? Joanna must travel to the island to see it for herself...
The Vets at Hope Green
Sheila Norton - 2017
Unsure whether a busy city life is for her, she flees to her Nana Peggy’s idyllic country village.But despite the rolling hills and its charming feel, life in Hope Green is far from peaceful. On first meeting Joe, the abrupt and bad-tempered local vet, Sam knows she must get him on side, but that is easier said than done...With her dream close enough to touch, will she get there, or will events conspire against her...?