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Mr. Billionaire's Second Chance: Enemies to Lovers
Laura Olsen - 2021
It's my fault for falling for a filthy rich and obscenely handsome Manhattan type.Silly of me to think Preston had something more beneath his immaculate suit than just a chiseled body.But what a body. I still wake up sweating from dreams about the night we shared.I thought knowing I'll never experience one again was torture enough. I was wrong.
Because working with him every single day is definitely worse.
I hate that he thinks he can order me around or that he still thinks I belong to him.And I really hate that he stays late in the office when I try to bury myself in work to stop thinking about him.Most of all though, I hate seeing glimpses of the man I once believed he was.Hints of true passion and charm beneath Mr. Billionaire's stone-cold demeanor.
But it doesn't matter how many evenings we spend together in the office.
There is absolutely no way I'm falling for him again.
No cheating, no cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed!
Love in the Rockies: Sweet romance on an unforgettable train journey (True Love Travels)
Poppy Pennington-Smith - 2020
But she’s stuck in sleepy Oxford. Every day is the same. Nothing ever changes.Until, completely out of the blue, Beth gets the chance of a lifetime.She’s sent to Canada to compete in an infamous travel writing competition. Winning would propel her to stardom and make all her dreams come true. It would change everything…The problem is, she’s up against swoon-worthy Canadian, Blake O’Brien. And Blake is not the kind of guy who gives up without a fight.As finalists, Beth and Blake are forced to travel together through the Rocky Mountains and across Canada. And slowly, as Beth’s self-belief soars, she begins to see Blake in a different light. Perhaps he’s not the brash, arrogant, sarcastic guy she thought he was? Perhaps he’s exactly what she needs…But as the competition comes to a head, and loyalties are tested, will Beth and Blake realise they simply have to be together? Or will their rivalry, and their very different lives, get in the way?
'Love in the Rockies' is a sweet, clean, romance novel with no cliff hangers and a HEA. It is the first in the True Love Travels series by Poppy Pennington-Smith.
Unforgettable
Linda Barrett - 2021
A rocking career in finance, a great group of friends and singing with the community chorus fill her calendar and provide her with total satisfaction. Until the phone rings. Until an upbeat familiar voice from the past reawakens her heart and reminds her of what she’s been missing.Playwright Doug Collins has never forgotten the girl he left behind. Even though it was Jennifer who’d made that final decision. “Go to New York and have a wonderful life,” she’d said before running back to her family, a family that still needed her. But that was five years ago. Five years of Jen in the back of his mind, nestled in his heart. Now memories are not enough! Doug packs up his car and heads to Boston in search of that “wonderful life.”Most reunions have bumpy beginnings and not all end well. Jennifer and Doug have a lot to figure out. But they’re smart, honest, and were once madly in love. Do they have a chance at finding the ending they so richly deserve?
Someone Else's Fairytale
E.M. Tippetts - 2011
It's the ideal fairytale... for most people. The last thing Chloe needs is public attention. It brings back dangers from the past that she's worked her whole life to escape.
Second Time Around
Alandra Knight - 2019
He’s lived them. Four years prior, he lost his wife in a tragic accident. Since then, he's been left to raise his daughters alone.His world is everything mine can never be.It doesn’t matter that our chemistry is off the charts. It doesn’t matter that Jaxson’s arms are the only ones I feel safe in.He and I are like oil and water – and while opposites clearly attract, I can’t believe there’d ever be a place for a girl like me in Jaxson’s world of foam dart battles and bedtime stories.Or, at least, that’s what I thought until we both dared open our hearts – and began wondering if, just maybe, we deserved a shot at love the second time around.Second Time Around is the first in Alandra Knight's Finding Our Forever series - emotionally intense tales of true love, featuring beautifully crafted characters overcoming the darkest odds to earn their happily-ever-after.
Cocker Brothers 2nd Six Books Box Set
Faleena Hopkins - 2021
In exact series order.✨✨✨✨✨"I seldom give 5 stars and/or this long a review, but the series is that good." - Classy Lady• Honey Badger, Book 7:A Steamy, Edgy MC Holiday Romance to melt snow...In late December, a shiny black Harley Davidson takes an unexpected pitstop in the charming, Christmas-loving town of Nevada City, California - population 3057. The plan was to ride onward to San Francisco but when Antonio "Honey Badger" Martinez spots a shy redhead in Victorian costume who is in need of a hero, those plans change. Can two people find a Christmas miracle to call their own?• Hannah Cocker, Book 8:Welcome to the Next Generation!A Sizzling Coming of Age Romance where you'll meet the first of the 17 cousins, the Cocker Brothers now fathers.Our story begins with me, the only one who didn't know who her father was until I was five years old and a car accident took my mom away forever. The media won't let me forget, as if I ever could. And sometimes people don't realize I have a burned heart that has been looking for a way out. So when my cousin, Sofia Sol, offers a road trip to Florida on the back of her motorcycle, well...would you say no to an adventure?• Ethan Cocker, Book 9:A Billionaire Romance to drop your pencils for...I'm a computer genius who has patented security inventions so necessary to our future that I am now a very rich genius. But even though I may be well endowed, in the brains department, I can stick my foot where it doesn't belong sometimes. When I say 'foot' I mean something else. Just being a gentleman because you might be reading this in a public place. Am I making sense? No? Sorry about that. I’ve got a lot on my mind what with the hacker I'm unveiling, the stalker in my home, and the sexy boss I pissed off by assuming she'd be a man. But don't hate me. Come closer... I'll explain everything.• Gabriel Cocker, Book 10:A Rockstar Romance to make your heart sing on key...Someone has won a date with the insanely hot rockstar, Gabriel Cocker. But Paige is not exactly jazzed about her win since problems in her life make this the exact wrong time. Especially since Gabriel's cousin saw her first...• Emma Cocker, Book 11:A Billionaire Romance to make you slap a face...I am Jake's only daughter... daddy's 'Baby Love." But I don't need to be protected anymore. My boss has sharpened me, made me tough, with her verbally abusive ways. I am ready to handle this big chance to prove myself - a billionaire client from San Francisco looking for a mansion here in Atlanta to call his new home. I knew it wouldn't be easy with a man like him. Nothing good ever is. But when history comes knocking on this realtor's door, will I be the sweet doormat they all take me for or shake our foundation straight to its core?• Eric Cocker, Book 12:A Sports Romance to get your heart running a hundred yards...Eric's a star quarterback who gets all the ladies, gorgeous as he is. And kind. And funny. But when he flirts with a waitress at the sports bar his team frequents, she throws up a middle finger tattooed with birds that he can sit on...if he could fly. Even worse, she's taken. Will Eric have to sit this game out?FOUR 6-BOOK BOX SETS:1st Six Books Box Set2nd Six Books Box Set (This!)3rd Six Books Box Set4th Six Books Box Set✨✨✨✨✨Each features a different member of the same family, all intertwined in fun ways where one story pays off in another family member's book... a very fun read." - Fupping Magazine✨✨✨✨✨"...this series is a must read." - A Readers Review Site Blog
Chasing Pebbles
Felicia Blaedel - 2020
When she suddenly finds herself without a place to stay for the summer, she is forced to go back. A stubborn, foolish part of her wants to show them that she can’t be broken. She’ll hold on to her anger, push the nostalgia away even if the scent of seawater and beach-roses is making it difficult.Ever since Frida left, Oliver’s life has been a little lonelier and a little greyer, despite him staying busy to distract himself. When he realises that Frida, his favourite human, the one person who was always up for his shenanigans is coming home, he knows he has to make it right.She’s hurting, and so much is left unsaid.Frida is afraid to trust. Oliver can’t let go of his guilt.Neither of them is prepared for how everything can feel the same and yet so, so different.Chasing Pebbles takes place in Denmark; it’s a new adult, slow burn, friends to lovers romance with a nerdy, talkative hero and a stubborn, compassionate heroine.Chasing Pebbles is book one in The Without Filter Series and it’s a complete standalone.
Escape To...The Little Beach Cafe
Sarah Hope - 2018
Does she risk the little she does have to follow her dreams? Moving her young son to the seaside to run The Little Beach Cafe proves harder than Pippa ever imagined, particularly because she can't actually bake.With the help of new friends, can she make a success of her new venture or will she have to return to her old life in the City? When her son's father turns up, will he be able to win her back or will she find love elsewhere?
A single parent romance filled with self-belief, love and second chances.
Broken Hollywood
Lora Richardson - 2020
Lucky for him, she has no idea who he is.Catherine Sparrow is obsessed with caves. She spends nearly every day at Alden Caverns with Otto, her eighty-year-old best friend. Known to most of the boys in town as Cave Girl, Cat long ago decided to leave dating to her sisters. But then Otto’s gorgeous grandson Jesse arrives.Jesse Relic, the hottest movie star in Hollywood, needs to get out of LA. Burdened by guilt and weighed down by sorrow, he runs to the only person who can possibly help him get his life in order, his grandfather Otto. Hoping to hide from the world in his grandfather’s caves, he does not expect to find a beautiful, intriguing woman working there. The best part? She doesn’t recognize him.While hiking a passage of the cave together, Jesse and Cat are trapped inside when she injures her knee. The intensity of their predicament ignites sparks in the tiny cavern. As they grow closer, Jesse knows he has to tell Cat he’s an actor. But she loves her simple, quiet life, and his life as a celebrity is louder than most. If he tells her the truth, will he lose her forever?Broken Hollywood is the first book in the Sparrow Sisters Series. If you want an intense slow-burn romance that will make your heart race, you’ll enjoy this celebrity meets ordinary girl love story!
Hannah's Holiday Wish
Sophie Mays - 2019
♥ When Hannah Wyatt returns home to her family's Colorado ranch for the holiday season, she thinks the biggest surprise is the early inheritance of land parcels that her parents are gifting her and her four siblings. Little does she know that her pen-pal from the UK is about to add to the exciting homecoming! Especially when she realizes that the British friend she thought she knew, is ready to unveil a surprising twist…one that has the ability to throw an additional wrench into Hannah’s new life equation... ~From sweeping scenery to trusting-your-heart life decisions to magical snowstorms~ Join Hannah and her family as they navigate the long holiday season: A fun and bumpy ride starting with a heartwarming Thanksgiving, snowshoeing through a perfect Rocky Mountain Christmas, and into what just may be a very, merry New Year!
The Angel Between Them (Huron Cove Series Book 1)
Rob Shumaker - 2019
He’s not taking her back. But will a little angel show him love deserves a second chance? Out-of-work actress Olivia Daniels returns home to Michigan to find her parents’ B&B on the verge of sale and realizes her only hope to keep it in the family is to hire Ethan Stone, the man she once left behind, to turn the business around. Cash-strapped and the emergency guardian to eight-year-old orphan, Emma Lynn Grayson, Ethan is forced to swallow his pride and take the job to make ends meet. But that doesn’t mean he’s willing to forgive Olivia and fall in love again. Or does it? Hoping for a mother and father and a place to call home, Emma is determined to bring Ethan and Olivia back together—whatever it takes. From nudging Ethan back to church and then going missing at the Fourth of July celebration, Emma’s plan to reunite Ethan and Olivia shows promise. But Olivia’s celebrity status and the pull of Hollywood causes Ethan to think twice about falling for her again. Whether Ethan opens his heart to Olivia depends on whether the angel between them can help rekindle the flame and show them love deserves a second chance. The Angel Between Them is the first book in the Huron Cove Christian romance series. If you like stories with unforgettable characters, small-town charm, and happily ever after, then you’ll love Rob Shumaker’s brand new Christian romance. Buy The Angel Between Them to begin this exciting new series today.
In the Grasp: A Second Chance Sports Romance
Cadence Keys - 2021
I thought I’d have more accomplished by now - like a wife and family - but for nine years I’ve held onto the memory of the girl who got away. Now she’s back and I’m more determined than ever to make her mine. For good this time.PaigeAfter years of working tirelessly, I just landed my dream job at the largest newspaper on the west coast. Unfortunately, that lands me in the same city as the man who broke my heart nearly a decade ago - the same one I’ve never really been able to let go of. When my editor assigns me to write an exposé on Jack, I’m forced to decide where my loyalties lie - with the career of a lifetime, or the love of my life.In the Grasp is the first steamy standalone contemporary sports romance in the LA Wolves series.
Bossy
Kim Linwood - 2015
No promises, no regrets. He was rich, ripped, inked up, and gone in the morning. I didn't even know his name. Not until I read it off the door on my first day at work.See, I don't do bad boys, I don't do troublemakers and I sure as heck didn't graduate college with a 3.9 GPA by screwing around.I was never supposed to see him again, but now he's my new boss, as sexy in a suit as he was between my sheets.And my new stepbrother.Having him was a slice of Heaven. Working for him could mean selling my soul. But if the devil looks like Declan Riordan, Hell might be worth the burn.
A Slip of the Tongue
Nikky Kaye - 2018
It’s better. When he stormed into my office and said I owed him a date, I thought he was crazy. Okay, crazy and hot. But I couldn’t help it that my advice column blocked his, uh, rooster. I’m Miss Behave. Good girls like me aren’t supposed to fall for dirty-talking men with smoldering eyes and hidden tattoos—especially since now that we’re working together. If you can call going on blind double dates and researching adult toy stores work… Why did I want to be a good girl, again? A SLIP OF THE TONGUE is a flirty, funny, frisky romantic comedy about putting the “man” back in “manners.” This enemies-to-friends-to-lovers office romance will push all your buttons, then unbutton them…
Monday: Sweet Romance (Sweet and Timeless Book 1)
Lily Rose - 2017
L. Todd's steamy contemporary romance novel Monday. This story is the same as the contemporary romance and conveys all the passion of the original book without any explicit scenes or harsh language. I don’t believe in destiny. In fate. Or in soul mates. But I believe in Hawke. My life has never been whole since my parents left forever. I have my brother, someone I can barely tolerate most of the time, and I have my best friend, Marie. And I have myself. But when Hawke walks into my life, there’s an immediate connection. Our eyes lock and an unspoken conversation is exchanged. For the first time in my life, I actually feel something. But he doesn’t. He keeps me at arm’s length and pretends there’s nothing between us when there clearly is. I’m not the kind of girl to wait around for any guy, so I don’t. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t in the back of my mind. Our paths cross again in a way neither one of us expect and it changes everything. Was it destiny that made it happen? Was it fate? Or was it something else?