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I Saw You


Elena M. Reyes - 2016
    He gorged on the perks for more than a decade until life became dull, and the taste of a woman became bland on his tongue. Nothing excited him. Nothing, until the day life literally crashed into him.Arianna Garcia is tough, fiery, and doesn’t back down or fall sway to his charms. She isn’t a groupie, making the hunt so much harder and the rewards so much sweeter. His money and fame mean nothing to her.All he wanted was to relax and release some pent up tension.Now all he wants is her.The chase is on.

Married to the Bad Boy


Vanessa Waltz - 2015
    A man-whore. Whatever the hell you want to call it, I get around. During the day, I crack heads and extort businesses. At night, I find girls to f*ck. I live to hear them moan for me, but one night is all they get. No one ever made me want more. Until her.Elena.The moment her lips wrapped around me, I was done. All day, I think about running my tongue all over those curves. Too bad those curves are off limits. She's running from a man who will kill me for touching her.Well, she's tired of running and needs my help.She thinks I'm doing it for money.I'm doing it to make her mine.

A Fighting Chance


A.J. Sand - 2014
    Jesse Chance is reborn into a new life, and set on keeping Glory, Texas--and Henry Chance--in his rear view.Until a visit from his father in the middle of the night changes everything.Forced to return to Glory to prevent a tragedy, Jesse is soon back on the fighting circuit with Drew's help and facing the history he was so desperate to escape, the part of him he would prefer to hide.As he slips back into his old ways--Henry Chance's ways--he finds himself torn between the guy he was and the one he’s been struggling to become. And in a world dead set on betting against you, can you ever really overcome your past… or your destiny?

Pure Passion


M.T. Stone - 2013
    He was Captain of the football team, drove a red BMW convertible and was destined to inherit the family business. One fateful night however, he lost his family as well as his soul mate and woke up flat broke with nowhere to go. As Max hit rock bottom, in his mind all he needed was a break. Little did he know, his break would come in a form that he least expected. A quirky, young brunette named Lara, who had secretly been in love with Max since she was thirteen years old. In one roller coaster month, both lives would be changed forever, as their chance meeting set in motion a series of life changing events. At the end of their journey, nothing would remain the same… including Max’ name.If you are looking for a fun summer read that will make you laugh and cry as well as provide a nice dose of steam, then you will enjoy Pure Passion.Due to descriptive sexual content, this book is not appropriate for younger readers.This is a complete book. No cliff-hanger!

Work of Art


Monica Alexander - 2013
    So she moved across the country and started over. It was all she could do. Now she’s one of the most sought after female tattoo artists in the country, she has a successful business, and she has great friends. But she hasn’t had great luck in love, and she doesn’t exactly let people in. Then on a cross-country flight, she meets Brandon Cooper, a guy who’s been through the love ringer a few times himself and is just looking to have some fun. And for some reason, Harper and Brandon click. He tells her all about his friend he’s visiting in San Francisco, a guy who is about to marry the wrong girl, who Brandon is determined to corrupt during his visit. And part of that corruption is getting his friend a tattoo from the hot girl he met on the plane. But neither Harper nor Brandon realize that she actually knows his friend. And when he walks into her tattoo parlor, for the first time in ten years, Harper comes face-to-face with Ryan Carson, the guy who stole her heart over a decade earlier and then broke it into pieces.In Just Watch the Fireworks, Ryan Carson was on the losing end of a love triangle. And in response to being dumped, he dove headfirst into work, a new relationship with a girl his mother set him up with and a new life in San Francisco. On paper, his life is perfect, but in reality it’s anything but – and he’s getting married in four weeks. Then one weekend everything changes when he runs into Harper Connelly, the girl he lost ten years earlier. Old secrets still haunt them and old feelings dominate their interactions with each other, but Ryan and Harper are drawn to each other in ways even they can’t explain. And when the ultimate secret is revealed, Ryan starts to think long and hard about his life and the people he thought he could trust, but one thing is clear – he still loves Harper. But when it comes down to it, can Harper get past everything that happened between them and give him a second chance?Work of Art is a spin-off novel from Just Watch the Fireworks, but it is also a stand-alone novel.

A River Bend Wedding


Molly McLain - 2016
    Joseph’s Parish.But shh! Keep it on the down-low, because the bride doesn’t know!**It is recommended that you read Can't Shake You (River Bend, #1) before reading this novella.

Logan


Carole Mortimer - 2019
     Author’s Note: Beware of the very sexy & very alpha Steele brothers. These books are HOT! LOGAN Steele is having a bad day. Well…after being shot, and almost dying, he’s having a bad month. Being forced to recuperate by manning the offices at Steele Protectors, the family security company, is not improving his already short temper. Which might be one explanation as to why Logan, after having a particularly difficult weekend, is so rude to the beautiful August Harvey when she is shown into his office one wet Monday afternoon. The other reason could be that Logan is just naturally rude and impatient. Nor is his mood improved by what August Harvey has to tell him. August had thought she was doing the right thing by coming to see one of the Steele brothers when her friend Jenna disappears. But after only two minutes in the company of Logan Steele, August is seriously rethinking that decision. Logan might be one of the most dangerous and handsome men she has ever seen, and hotter than hell, but he’s also arrogant, rude, and just all-round impossible. But there’s no denying that Jenna is missing, and the Steele brothers are the ones that need to find her. Being treated as if she might have had something to do with Jenna’s disappearances is the last thing August expected. Until it’s revealed that she does…

Nice Girls Don't Ride


Roni Loren - 2015
    But when her car breaks down and her boyfriend bails on her, she’s left stranded in an auto shop dealing with a way too cocky, way too hot mechanic, who seems to be intent on pushing every button she has.Monroe Hawkins knows he shouldn’t be messing with a girl from the uppity private college. Especially when he can tell she sees him as the help. But he’s having trouble resisting the redhead with the smart mouth and the killer legs. So when Natalie’s night goes from bad to worse, there’s no way he’s letting her spend her birthday alone. He makes her a deal—he’ll take her home but not until the sun comes up.Ten hours, one motorcycle, and the city of Austin at their fingertips…things are about to take a major detour. And soon, there may be no U-turn in sight.

Misjudged


Sarah Elizabeth - 2013
    One night of pure intimacy, with a guy she knew nothing about, that couldn’t have prepared her for the next chapter in her life. But will it be for better, or for worse?Eighteen year old Alexis Harper is a smart, attractive and ambitious young woman with great friends, a doting father and a scholarship at one of Washington State’s most prestigious Performing Arts Colleges.When the mysterious stranger makes his arrival in her life, she’s captivated by him. She’s intrigued by his past and more so by what the future could possibly hold for them.Meet Brandon Taylor. A damaged and confused twenty year old who is grieving for the life he once had.He didn’t think for one moment that he could ever find happiness, and he didn’t want to. He was happy living within the high walls he’d barricaded around himself. It felt safe.When Alexis and Brandon’s worlds collide, nobody could have prepared them for the emotional rollercoaster they were about to board together.With love, loss, deceit and betrayal abound, it’s pretty hard to trust even those closest to you, as both Brandon and Alexis are soon to find out.***Suitable for 18 years + due to language and sexual content***

Mitigation


Sawyer Bennett - 2014
    He’s proven to me that there is something inside him other than icy control and masculine force.I’ve seen care… tenderness… even protectiveness.I’ve seen vulnerability.But Matt Connover’s issues run deep. I know Cal hurt him deeply, and he keeps himself protected because of that. I also sense there is something more to his pain that even I cannot comprehend.Matt is struggling between what he knows and what he wants.I’m struggling with boundaries and how to protect my own fragile heart.This time I’m drawing a line in the sand and Matt can either step over to join me, or these Legal Affairs are finished forever.

Damaged Locke


Victoria Ashley - 2017
    It’s the first time I’ve felt anything in a long time. But would she really be scared knowing the depth, the lengths I go with my brothers to make any fucker who crosses us pay? I need a woman who can accept me for who I am.For what I am.I’m hoping like hell it’s her because I want nothing more than to claim her as mine…Kadence KingI know Aston’s dangerous, know people fear him. But I want him. I’m drawn to him, just as he’s drawn to the darkness.I should be afraid of him, should turn the other way, but I can’t. I’ve gone mad and let him in my room, in my life, allowing him to consume me. He possesses me, dominates me. Aston Locke shows me what it means to want to be claimed by him and only him.And when he tells me I’M HIS, I have no doubt that’s the truth.Because in the end, it’s what I want too.No matter how dangerous he is…

Sacrifice for Love


Vicki Green - 2015
    For he loves her like no other and she him but they are told that their love can never be. Brock and Taren’s love was as innocent as their childhoods but as they grew so did it. Their families were far from friends. Brock from the ‘Blue Collar’ side of the track. Taren grew up in wealth and privilege. But that didn’t matter to them as they were oblivious to anything but their friendship.Brock’s determination causes him to devise a plan to have what is his, what was always meant to be but, will it be the end for him and Taren? Will his sacrifice cost too much?A Modern day ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with a twist.*This contains graphic sex and adult language and is intended for 18+ readers.

With Every Heartbeat


Melody Grace - 2013
    The city of young lovers, dark secrets, and intoxicating new desire… I thought I knew what I wanted in life. I thought my destiny was set. Then I met him, and everything changed. Raphael is bold, passionate, and seductive. He sees something in me I never dreamed possible, and now he's determined to show me a world beyond rules -- a dance without limits. I want to trust him, but I'm scared. Because I know once I fall, there'll be no going back. An innocent dancer. A mysterious stranger. As Annalise is drawn deeper into the sensual delights of Rome, she'll question everything she believed about her future. But with opening night looming, can she find the strength to risk it all? And will she be forced to choose between her one true love, ballet, and the new passion in her heart?** This book contains adult content. 17+ **

Fair Catch


Meghan Quinn - 2013
    Lexi didn’t see the need to party since she didn’t know what the hell she was doing with her life after college but her friends wouldn’t take no for an answer. Little did she know going to the first party of the season was going to flip her world upside down. Jake Taylor, starting quarterback for Cal U and campus heart throb spent his entire college career, partying, getting drunk and winning football games but it is all finally catching up to him. He is ready to throw in the towel of his partying days when he decides to have one more last fling. That is when he runs into the one person that could turn his life inside out. Lexi wants nothing to do with Jake and his partying ways but after one bet gone wrong , she finds herself on a date with the annoyingly obnoxious, egotistical heart throb. Even though she wants nothing to do with him, she finds herself gravitating toward him and giving into his charm. They fall hard and fast for each other as they find love, comfort and a home. They live in their own littler world where nothing matters besides the love they share for each other. But love isn’t enough for Lexi when she is trying to find her way after college. She slowly sinks into Jake’s shadow and finds herself clawing out of the Jake sized hole she buried herself in so she can find who she is, who she wants to be and what her future holds for her. Fair Catch is a true love story that goes through the trials and tribulations of Jake and Lexi’s insecurities, jealousies, short comings and strong personalities. Love is one hell of a strong bond but sometimes, it’s not strong enough. Follow Jake and Lexi as they try to hold on to the love they share while they try to find themselves and find out what life is after graduation.

Reckless with Their Hearts


Anna Howard - 2013
    Instead it went horribly wrong!Sebastian had been fighting his feelings for Eve for way to long now. He’s been good, keeping his hands to himself. But when he gets home from a mouth long business trip to find Eve was in the middle of a bank robbery his feelings suddenly cannot be contained.~Terri Anne Browning~After waking up in the hospital broken and unable to remember the months leading up to the car accident, Alexis has fought hard to get back on her feet. Moving to California to live with her father was supposed to be a new beginning for her.But when she walks into her father’s office and comes face to face with Jared Giordano she is forced to face those unknown months leading up to the crash…