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Stolen in Her Wedding Gown


Amanda Cinelli - 2021
    After the news Greek playboy Eros has just shared about her convenient groom, she can’t go through with it. To save her father’s business, she flees in her white dress…and weds Eros instead!To beat his brother to the family inheritance, Eros must stay married for one year. Stealing Priya as his wife was the first step. Then he discovers her deepest secrets—and a burning mutual desire. What started as convenient suddenly got very complicated…

Justice for Oswin


Julia Bright - 2019
    When her past comes back to haunt her, she’s tossed into a world of human trafficking and slavery.
  Aiden Knight is too shy to ask Oswin out, but he goes to get his hair cut by her every two weeks, whether he needs to or not. She’s the nicest person he’s ever met, but fear of being turned down stalls him.
  When Oswin is worried about her mother, Aiden gives Oswin his number. What happens next throws them into the center of an investigation that might destroy their world.
 Can Aiden and Oswin hide from evil, or are they too exposed to break free?

Securing Ara


Melissa Kay Clarke - 2019
    He’s also the most reserved and plays his cards close to his chest – not only when it comes to his job, but also his personal life. The wild and crazy bachelor lifestyle doesn’t appeal to him. He’d rather have one girl in his life than a revolving door of many and he’s got his eye on the one that he wants. The only problem is he needs to convince her of his sincerity.   Dr. Ara Palmer worked hard to get where she was in her career. As a Navy psychologist and trauma therapist, she finds satisfaction in helping her clients cope with problems and situations inherent to military service. Most would call it boring, but she found it to be thrilling – a little too thrilling lately as her life seems to have become one long list of accidents and mishaps. But, what if those accidents weren’t misfortune?   A mission gone wrong gets Railroad captured in a hostile country. He’s surprised to find someone from the team’s past has masterminded the whole thing in a bid to take them out, one at a time. With the others hurt, another team, headed by Wolf Steel, is sent in to rescue the hostages. Time is of the essence as one of them is critically wounded. They have to get them out, and now, before it’s too late for one of Railroad’s friends and for Ara. She’s been targeted and it’ll be game over if he doesn’t get home in time to save her.

Hard Rustler


B.J. Daniels - 2018
    And there’s nothing cowboy Dawson Rogers wants more than to see his ex-lover’s backside…on the road out. He’ll even risk his heart again and help sell her late grandmother’s house so Annie can leave ASAP. Except along with the house, Annie inherited a mystery. And if they don’t solve it soon, someone’s willing to kill for the answer.

Billionaire's Secret Baby


Mia Ford - 2020
    He was handsome, suave, charismatic, and just damn sexy. Plus, being a successful man was just icing on the cake. I could see Mason had a great heart. He loved his son. I respected him so much. And when he mentioned he was looking for a nanny… I quickly offered to help. Little did I know what I was putting myself into. The man who looked so perfect from outside had a broken heart. Soon, I realized he was too wounded…the scars were so fresh. Maybe I was too blind to think of a future with him. But once he knows I am carrying his baby… Would he be willing to open the doors to a world he had been cutting himself forever?

Courting The Cowboy


Carolyne Aarsen - 2017
    She didn't count on having neighbors, but rancher Cord Walsh and his three children are just a stone's throw away. Still healing from a tragic accident, Ella has no plans of reaching out, but she's having a hard time keeping them out of her yard...and her thoughts. And when little Suzy ropes Ella into helping her with an art project, she can't help her growing feelings for the girl's rugged daddy. With three persistent children, Cord and Ella may find their fenced-off hearts opening up sooner than they thought!

The Capture Bundle


Jenika Snow - 2018
     THE WOLF'S CAPTURE: It should have just been a simple vacation, away from everyone and everything to clear my head. But I soon realized I wasn’t alone. He stalked me, hunted me. I should’ve run faster, tried harder. But the truth was I liked him chasing me. Wolf was a ruthless man, his way of living barbaric. Now he had me in his off-the-grid cabin, what he deemed my new home. I was his new wife, would have his babies. I was his irrevocably. I shouldn’t have felt arousal. But I did. He’s not going to let me escape ... but then again, maybe I don’t want to. THE BEAR'S CAPTURE: The solitude had always been my companion and I accepted it, embraced it. Living on my own with the forest as my backyard had always been good enough for me. Until it no longer was. The quiet could be loud, the loneliness a burden. I was tired of being on my own. I wanted a wife, needed a woman to call my own. Who I wanted was Susie. She was sweet and kind, innocent and soft in all the right places. She made this caveman part of me rise up and take control. The things I wanted to do to her would probably frighten her, scare her away for good. I didn’t pretend to be a gentleman. I was brutal and savage in my way of living, but when I looked at her I felt something soften within me. It was time to man up and tell her what I wanted, that she was all I thought about, all I needed in my life. NOTE: Dive into two safe reads featuring over-the-top alpha heroes who will do whatever it takes to be with the women they love. Both stories are filled with happily ever afters and epilogue goodness. THESE ARE NOT PARANORMAL.

Texas Bodyguard


Jean Brashear - 2012
    His opportunity comes in the form of film star Annabelle Quinn, who's in town and in need of a bodyguard. Her best friend is his top suspect, and he can use the connection to break his case. But when Annabelle comes to mean so much more than a means to an end for Sean, his objectivity is in danger, and he's painfully aware that the lies between them could doom any hope for a future for them. Lives depend, however, on him closing the case. When his deceptions endanger Annabelle's life, can he convince her to trust him enough that he can save her?

Hunted for Christmas (Love Inspired Suspense)


Jill Elizabeth Nelson - 2020
    

Groom Under Fire


Lisa Childs - 2014
    But when there are no demands for money, only attempts made on Tanya's life, Cooper's protective instincts go into overdrive. Nearly losing her makes Cooper realize he never stopped loving her, and their pretense as husband and wife resurrects the passion between them. Cooper has vowed to honor and cherish her, and he is determined to find the truth—even if it means in the end he must let Tanya go.

Protecting Hawk


LeTeisha Newton - 2017
    She explored her creativity, lived her life on the edge, and never apologized for it.Needless to say, she made enemies along the way, and now one of them wants her dead. Eric “Hawk” Standing can’t get the screams out his ears, or visions of what he’s done out of his head. When a string of missions hits too close to home, he loses the thin hold he had on his spiraling PTSD. Under Medical Review, and faced with losing his military career, he’s offered a job by Brotherhood Protection to get away and relax. But a rich socialite isn’t what he finds in Lana, nor the easy mission he originally thought it’d be. Instead, he finds a temptress with the heart of an eagle, and a blazing love that singes away the pain. He just has to keep her alive long enough to keep what he’s found.

Persuading Piper: Brotherhood Protectors World


Susan Boles - 2018
    She lives in a planation home that’s been in the family for generations with her overprotective father and Ham, the family guard dog. She dates, but keeps her broken heart under lock and key. Nobody will ever hurt her again like Ian Elliot did. Ian “Hawkeye” Elliot lives his lifelong dream of being a Navy Fighter pilot until a busted eardrum clips his wings forever as a pilot. Brotherhood Protectors, Inc. throws him a lifeline working with other retired veterans offering valuable skills honed by military service. Until his latest assignment, nothing shakes him, but this job threatens not only the life of the woman he loves, but also his heart. Using a visit to his mother as cover, Hawkeye arrives back in town to provide bodyguard services to Piper’s father. His challenge is to keep his charge alive while avoiding the glares and hostility from the girl he left behind. Complicating his job is Ham-the-guard-dog, who hates him. The question is which is more deadly? Bullets, a mean dog, or emotions? Only time will tell.

Taming the Texan


Jules Bennett - 2018
    But then she meets brooding Texas rancher Hayes Elliott. Heir to an empire and suffering deep emotional pain, he tries to push her away—even as she craves his touch. And when a storm strands them together, their undeniable chemistry explodes. Now Alexa finds herself introducing Hayes to her precious son, imagining herself in Hayes’s world and keeping secrets that could destroy everything…

Code Of Silence


J.L. Drake - 2016
    He’s known for solving even the most impossible cases. Except for one… The murder of Stacy and Charlie Knight is still open, and Agent Colin doesn’t have an answer. What happened to the small town girl and her mysterious lover who were killed over twenty years ago? Colin has one suspect, but he’s never found any evidence to back up his hunch—until now. The Mafia is involved, and Agent Colin is hell-bent on proving it… Agent Colin travels back to Nashville where the murders took place to revisit the case. With some help, he manages to infiltrate the Mafia and finally uncover enough proof to pin down the elusive murderer. Sometimes the answer you have been chasing can also be the key to your future… There is more riding on this case than just Agent Colin’s reputation. The choices he makes will change not only his life, but those of the people he’s grown to care about. Will Colin finally close the case that’s been dragging him down, or will he take justice into his own hands and take the… Code of Silence?

Pitbull


Kendra Mei Chailyn - 2018
    With Tex and Mozart in tow, he jets off to adventures in Canada. When he receives a phone call that plunges him back into his past, he is beyond livid. ​ Anke Fisher's best friend is missing. To make matters worse, the cops around her area are no help. Frustrated and with nowhere else to turn, she puts in a call to Daniel Hunt. But the sexy, stud of a man wants nothing to do with her or her problems. ​ With bullets flying, Anke begins seeping beneath his skin. But Pitbull knows, no matter what happens, he cannot fall for Anke for about to be drawn into a past he's been running from. Those who pull him in will learn, when Pitbull gets angry, things go boom!