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Italian Mountain Man


Flora Ferrari - 2018
    Speaking up in front of the head of the family will likely get me killed, but life isn’t worth living without her.I’m tired of keeping my desire for her a secret, and that’s not the only secret I’m keeping.It’s time to come clean about everything but when I do, what happens when I find out she’s been keeping a secret of her own?*Italian Mountain Man is an insta-everything standalone instalove romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

Tempting Fate (A Rolling Hills Romance Book 1)


Elisa Leigh - 2020
    

Nick's Snow Angel (A Forever Safe Christmas #15)


ChaShiree M. - 2019
    Annoyed with the lack of focus around the holidays from his employees, he can't wait for it to be over. Deciding to ignore all the jubilance around him, he continues on as always. That is, until he sees...HER! Snow is kind, beautiful, smart and funny. She makes him feel things he never thought he would feel. How is this young girl changing everything about him? It doesn't matter. He has found her and he isn't letting her go. Join Nick and Snow as they find love unexpectedly and learn to open up. This is the 15 book in the A Forever Safe Christmas series and it promises to be quick, full of love, and hot sexy times. Sit back, grab some hot cocoa and enjoy!!! Oh...and Merry Christmas.

Lucky's Charm


Aria Cole - 2020
    Paddy’s Day, she’s suddenly found herself just desperate enough to take a stranger up on his offer for a warm bed. She didn’t anticipate weathering the storm at O’Malley’s Bed & Breakfast, and it isn’t just liquid courage shooting through her veins every time Lucky O’Malley’s devilish gaze catches hers across the crowded bar. But after one night together, he’s made up his mind. And his mind is set on her. She’s never found luck in love but fate may have just delivered her forever with a thick brogue and a mouth filthy enough to make an Irishman blush. Lucky’s one hot Irish import that’s determined to keep his precious lucky charm forever.

Zander's Firecracker


Ember Flint - 2020
    34-year-old, strait-laced, straight-faced Zander Markos is a lawyer who never cracks a smile if he can help it. As one of the heirs to the ubiquitous and all-powerful Markos Inc’s empire, no one could argue with him if he’d say he has no time to even think of having fun, let alone actually do such a mundane thing. In light of all of this, it remains a mystery why his brother thought it would be a good idea to put him —a no-nonsense, micromanaging, security freak— in charge of overseeing the preparations for the company’s July 4th retreat and beach party at their estate on Lake Tahoe. And yet here he is, neck-deep in organizing funny family-friendly activities within an inch of their lives, until there’s no fun left whatsoever in them.Of course, any Independence Day party worth its name’s got to have a firework display and the Markos must have only the absolute best. And therein lies the problem, because ‘the absolute best’ this time is not what Zander expected.24-year-old Alexandra ‘Alexa’ Tinley may be short compared to most kids, let alone adults, but she’s a tough spitfire through and through. She’s been ‘one of the boys’ all of her life and still has the mouth and scrapping abilities to prove it. She could not tidy a room if her life depended on it because she’s in constant motion and wherever she goes, disorder rules, but when it comes to her art no one could say she’s not the absolute best. A man and a woman can’t get any more different than these two: he’s order, she’s chaos, he’s ice, she’s fire, he’s Scotch neat and she’s… nitroglycerine, and yet they can’t look away. The explosion is inevitable.This little voluptuous nuclear firecracker might have ‘handle-with-care’ written all over her, but she’s still the spark he was missing and he’s the tether she didn’t know she needed. Dear Reader: Man, these two are gonna butt head!But don’t worry: it won’t last much since Zander and Alexa are only safe from each other if they stay away from each other, which they don’t, because… duh: this is one of my books so that’s never gonna happen!This is a quick, fun, steamy novella.Here’s what you get is:NO-cheating NO OW/OM drama A passion that’s gonna set the summer sky on fire with a white-hot display you won’t forget.As always, your sugary shot of guaranteed Happily-Ever-After is included in the kit, but do bring your own safety-goggles! *Please note that ‘Zander’s Firecracker is part of ‘The Holiday Firecrackers’collection of standalone books brought to you by some of your favorite insta-love romance authors out there.

Saved For Me


Abby Knox - 2018
    Complicating matters is Lars’s innocent new neighbor, who may as well have a target on her back in this seedy neighborhood. Whether she wants it or not, she’s under his protection now. Wendy Wilson is a poor college student who’s been on her own for some time. When she takes out an online ad looking for babysitting work, she finds herself in a dangerous predicament. But the one person who shows up to help her might be even more dangerous to her virtue than being held captive by an evil kingpin. Warning: This special Holidays With Alexa Riley story will leave you happily breathless! This gritty Christmas story has everything and more that readers would expect from characters ripped right out of Alexa Riley: a hot, over-the-top possessive alpha, steamy insta-love, a holiday-themed happily ever after, zero condoms, at least one virgin and tacos. Wait, the tacos … that was me, Abby. ANYWAY … get ready because Lars and Wendy are going to fill your stocking with all the swoons!

Hungry for Dameon


Tarin Lex - 2020
    An Older Alpha Hero, Younger Curvy Heroine RomanceAveryThe best and worst thing I ever did was kiss my dad’s best friend.That was over two years ago, right before I left for college.By some crazy stroke of luck, I’m able to make it home for Thanksgiving this year.I wasn’t supposed to come.And he wasn’t supposed to be here.Seeing Dameon again only reaffirms what I already knew:I’m still so in love with him.DameonI messed up when I let Avery kiss me that day.Not because it was wrong on every level.But because I was never able to forget about it.Now that she’s here, I can’t deny my true feelings.The timing might never be right for us, but that won’t stop me anymore.Could my best friend ever understand how much his daughter means to me?Ready for these all-new alphas to take over this Thanksgiving holiday??Check out all 9 of the Hungry Hearts series!

Bare Your Soul


Rochelle Paige - 2016
    Walking into a strip club and asking for an audition certainly qualifies as desperate, but when her mom's battle with cancer ends months before Angelica is due to start college, she doesn't feel like she has much choice. The moment Morgan Cadwell sees her on his stage, he knows she's the one woman who could make him break all the rules. There's no way he's going to let Angelica dance for other men, so he hires her as his live-in personal assistant instead.Morgan's offer lets Angelica keep her clothes on...but little does she know that, in the end, he'll make her bare her soul instead.

Blackburn


Brynne Asher - 2018
     I’m her boss’s boss. Hell, I own the company. Pursuing Lillian Burkette was a line I shouldn’t cross. Until a work trip from hell changed everything. I didn’t just step over the line. I annihilated the damn thing.   When it comes to her, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do.  I’d even kill for her. When they say the corporate world is a jungle … they have no idea.

Her Scottish Savior


Shaw Hart - 2020
     A Scottish-American, he moved back to the states with his mum after University and started Iver Aeronautics. He built it from a start-up to a billion-dollar company with government contracts. Now all that’s missing is a bonnie lass to share his success with. He finally spots her on his way home and is all set to sweep her off her feet… too bad she gets away before he can claim her. Nova Donahue is screwed. She just lost her roommate, her apartment, and most of her belongings and now some guy keeps popping up and declaring that she’s meant for him. She’s been an optimist all of her life but given her current situation, she’s starting to have trouble seeing the best in people. Will Baylor be able to convince his girl that what they have is true love? Or has Nova been through too much to trust again? *Warning: This instalove romance is full of heat! Looking for an alpha hero with a strong Scottish accent who isn’t afraid to go after his woman? Then hit that button because this is the book for you!

Secret Santa


Kati Wilde - 2016
    That is, if she lasts that long. Because Logan Crenshaw, the creative force behind the company, doesn’t seem to want her there.Not being wanted is nothing new for Emma…but she doesn’t know what she’s done to make Logan stalk around the office, growling every command as if her very presence infuriates him. She can’t afford to lose this job, so her plan is to keep her head down and try to avoid any contact with him—no matter how big and sexy and unavoidable he is.But a Santa hat full of names, an office gift exchange, and one unexpected knock at her door are about to shake up all of her plans…Warning: This super-hot holiday romance contains Santa hats, red satin blindfolds, and an obsessed alpha male who talks dirty and knows exactly what to do with his big hands. Lots of swearing. No cheating, no cliffhangers.

Sugar Kisses (Warming Up to Love, #5)


Megan Wade - 2020
    bah-humbug!Things have to look up at some point! It's Christmas after all. And miracles happen, right? Right?When a delicious-sounding voice interrupts her woe-is-me thoughts, Sophia thinks this just might be the miracle she was hoping for. Riley is tall, dark and handsome. And bonus, he also has a beard--Sophia's kryptonite.Once these two get talking, they realize Christmas miracles really do happen, and maybe, just maybe, they're each other's...Sugar Kisses is the fifth book in the Warming Up to Love Collaboration and can be read as a standalone. As always, it comes with her Sugar Promise—high heat, low drama, guaranteed.

Angel


Dani Wyatt - 2016
    His world has revolved around tearing things down, not building them up. That is, until Cassie waits on him at a local art gallery and her sweet smile and lush curves instantly light his fuse.Cassie Johnson is tired of losing things. Her mom. Her dog. Her home. She dreams of being safe and loved by someone that understands her. Even at twenty years old, her bed overflows with stuffies and she can recite every line from Beauty & the Beast.When Magnus shows up just in time to save Cassie from yet another horrible loss, she realizes this hulking, bearded force of nature might just be the special hero she’s been waiting for. But when a dark secret is revealed, will Cassie ever be able to trust her new Daddy again?Author Warning: This is cotton candy, red bottoms and pouty lips. It’s love-at-first-sight, filthy fantasy. If the words “Daddy”, “princess” and “baby-girl” steam your mirror, then grab your Kindle and an icepack, and get reading! This is a HEA/Safe read which contains DD/lg play. (If a swoon worthy Daddy Dom doesn’t make you weak in the knees, this may not be the book for you.)

Until Arsen


K.L. Donn - 2018
    The oldest of the Daniels siblings, he knows what it takes to provide for his family. What he doesn’t have is the one thing he’s always wanted…A family of his own.Marina Parks longs for a normal life. After a tragic accident seemingly robs her of the chance to have a family of her own, she gave up on love. Refusing to seek it out when all she’s found in the past, is heartache.Until Arsen…Love is a novel creature, grabbing on and never letting go when two souls collide. A collision course is about to happen as Marina and Arsen discover what love truly is.**Author note**Until Arsen is a sweet novella introduced into Aurora Rose Reynolds Happily Ever Alpha world featuring popular characters from her bestselling UNTIL series. In this edition you will find cameos from Nico & Sophie Mayson. Previously published in the Kindle Worlds program. NO NEW CONTENT ADDED.

A Groom By Christmas


K.L. Fast - 2018
     Until he walks into my office. Suddenly, it's all I can think about. Kyle Rothschild I never gave the future much thought, never gave women much thought either until I walked into her office. Now, I can see the future and it stars her. When everything she's worked for and what they've built together is threatened, they must find the culprit before it's too late. This is a KL and MK Flirty Filth novella, but there are some twists. Kick back and snuggle up with some hot chocolate or maybe a hot toddy and enjoy this Christmas instalove yumminess.