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Fight for Me : A Friends to Lovers Romance


Sloane Peterson - 2021
    

Make Me Stay


Amarie Avant - 2018
    Donavan Hardy carries enough anger for them both. When they were young, Donavan learned sign language so he could talk to the deaf beauty. He cared, even when Avery’s influential father couldn’t be bothered with her “flaw.” In spite of things, the bad boy made her fall in love with sound… with music. They couldn’t have been any more different, but he was always meant to protect her, just like she was always meant to calm his rage. And then, Avery’s world came crashing down when the love of her life disappeared without a trace, leaving her broken-hearted and pregnant. She loses her baby, the last bit of him she has left, and her world plunges deeper into darkness. Seven years of hurt, confusion, and pain collide when they are thrown back together. Avery has to decide if the life she’s been living with the sizzling Cuban cop, whom her father approves of, is worth not having Donovan back in her life. But Donavan is fighting for her forgiveness, to prove that deep-seeded secrets far greater than their love tore them apart. Donavan will force Avery to return the key to her heart no matter the cost… ***This is a FULL LENGTH, STANDALONE novel Make Me Stay is complete at a little over 80k words... of a heart-wrenching second chance romance that will make you fall in love with Donavan and Avery and root for them. You'll laugh, cry, and fan yourself while reading exactly how hard these two love with each other. That being said, this novel ends around the 65% mark of your kindle. For your further enjoyment, an additional second-chance BWWM romance has been added as a thank you for your support***

The SEAL's Baby Deal


Katie Knight - 2020
    But when his lifelong best friend, Eleanor Thornton, shows up looking gorgeous as ever and asking for a huge favor…he’ll have to rethink his stringent stance on playing Baby Daddy.Wildlife photographer Ele knows she wants a baby—romantic partner not included. And who better to go all in on no-strings-attached baby-making than with her SEAL BFF? Besides, she’s always wondered what it would feel like to be wrapped up in David’s muscled, rock-solid alpha male arms…When their toe-curling efforts quickly lead to a positive pregnancy test, both David and Ele are secretly disappointed their contracted time is cut short—especially after David is deployed, leaving Ele to give birth to their daughter on her own.Reunited while David’s on assignment in the African rainforest, their passion is reignited. But when the area is gripped by a dangerous insurgency, all of David’s fears about getting too close come rushing back to the surface.How can he possibly hope for a future with Ele when he can’t even guarantee they’ll survive?

The Ex Proposal


Nia Arthurs - 2021
    Resisting his roguish good looks and worldly charm is… a little more complicated.As West drags old feelings back to the surface, one problem becomes very clear.He won’t settle down in Belize and she’s got roots too deep there.Can Giselle stick to the plan without losing her heart? Or will she fall for someone destined to leave her?
The Ex Proposal is a BWWM fake relationship romance, with a splash of humor, a dash of heat and tons of heart, set in the tropical paradise of Belize, Central America.

His Game


Blue Saffire - 2015
    He just didn’t know it would be so hard for her to see him, but when she does he takes his chance. He would never regret it, but what he would regret is walking away. Then she appears in his life again and he is floored by all he truly walked away from. It will never happen again, no matter what. Football had been his life, not anymore and if walking away from it all is what it takes to have her and all that comes with her so be it. He has left it all out on field, now it is time to leave it all at her feet. Because Tamara is his for keeps!

Healing the Broken


K. Street - 2017
    Monsters didn’t just exist in nightmares.They were real; they lived among us.As the sole witness to a brutal murder, Ryann Sinclair knew that better than anyone.He’d been burned once, and Cash Donovan swore it was the last time.That all changed when Ryann stumbled back into his life.She was fiercely protective of her heart, and he was hell-bent on protecting her.Never one to back down from a challenge, Cash was determined to break her.Just so he could be the one to put her back together.

Rogue In Love: Thea and Lex


Inger Iversen - 2017
     Lex knows exactly where the good people of Blackwater think he belongs. In prison, right alongside his no-good, murdering father. It’s one reason he’s spent the last two years living rough in the woods outside of town. The other? Thea—granddaughter of the man who rescued him from an irreparably broken home. The exact moment Lex noticed Thea had grown into a woman, he was packed off to the military. Lex gets it. He knows better than anyone he tends to destroy everything he touches. Now, ten years later, a mysterious summons brings Lex back to civilization, though the thought of watching Thea marry someone else ignites a savage instinct he dares not unleash. At first, Thea doesn’t recognize the grizzled, mountain of muscle who breaks into her grandfather’s house in the dead of night. Until his rusty, familiar voice emerges from all that unkempt hair. Lex, the boy who broke her heart when he walked out of her life. For a while, she had everything she thought she wanted: a successful medical career, a doctor fiancé, a comfortable future. With a single, hopeless diagnosis, she dropped everything—including the fiancé—to come home. And into the arms of the boy who has matured into a man who makes her body tremble with desire, even as her brain warns her to guard her heart. Forever is waiting just on the other side of the emotional walls towering between them. Walls that love could leap…if it’s strong enough to shed the weight of their pasts. This book includes the first chapter of Open Wounds and a sample of Incarcerated: Letters to Inmate 92510 The Love Against the Odds books are written as standalone, bwwm/interracial romances. However, your enjoyment may be enhanced if you follow this order: - Incarcerated: Letters from Inmate 92510 Katie & Logan 1 - Inevitable: Love and War Teal & Trent 1 - Indelible: Beneath His Ink Teal & Trent 2 - Rogue in Love: Lex and Thea | standalone novella - Open Wounds: Abel and Hope | standalone novella - Indebted: Til' Death Do Us Part Teal & Trent 3 - Weathered Soul: Eric and Ivory | standalone novella

First Love, Second Chance


Vesper Young - 2020
    She convinced me to follow my dreams, move across the country, and found a tech empire worth billions.Well, I did that. And none of it compared to having Kara in my arms.A twist of fate puts Kara back in my life, and I’m not going to let this chance go. I’ve never wanted anyone more. Her smile, her laugh, I need them like I need to breathe. I can’t resist her, and I don’t want to.The only problem: she refuses to let me back in her heart.That’s not an option. And I’ll do anything to prove it to her.KaraLuke’s crashed back into my life, and I’m anything but ready. When he left ten years ago, my heart shattered into a million pieces. First loves do that, don’t they? I’ve spent the past years duct-taping it back together. Then I built a wall around my feelings so it won’t happen again.Now he’s here. I can’t deny the connection we have. I convinced myself it was young love, but even now, just one look in his eyes and I know it was real.I want him. I want him more than I ever have before.But I can’t give in. I have to fight it, for a dozen reasons. He’s my ex. He’s my boss. When he left, it broke me—how can I ever risk that again?Oh, right, and the biggest reason.I never told him we have a son.First Love, Second Chance is a sweet and steamy standalone secret child romance with no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.Each book can be read on its own.1. Real Love, Fake Marriage (Mindy & Deacon)2. First Love, Second Chance (Kara & Lucas)

Bubbles with Brunch


Ainsley St. Claire - 2021
    Only the title has changed.If your best friend was arrested for murder? Would you lie or tell the truth?AxelI don’t want complicated, drama, or serious in the women I date.That was until I met her.Mia’s different—she’s beautiful, smart, and knows baseball better than I do.Her close friend is arrested for murder and life becomes complicated.Chaos engulfs her.Drama colors all parts of her life.And, maybe serious wouldn’t be so bad.MiaLife’s not as easy for me as people think.Sure I’m CEO of a Fortune 50 company I founded.I’ve got a group of girlfriends who’d doing anything for me.But I can’t meet a decent guy to save my life until I met him.Axel makes my toes curl and my heart melt.But the timing may just be wrong.Bubbles with Brunch is a romance with a happy ending and the first book in the The Stiletto Sisters series. This series is about strong women who need strong men. This book can be read as a stand alone that highlights the women seen in the Venture Capitalist Series and the Tech Billionaire series.

Mercedes


Lola Joy - 2020
    This is what happens when who you want to be and who you are, don't fu%& with one another.Mercedes: I know better, and I didn't do better, so now, here we are. But here's the thing, being stupid once does not mean you have to be stupid again. This isn't a fairytale, and I'm no princess, but I'm not a doormat either. If Lochlan Rait doesn't know that, he's about to learn.Lochlan: I've never wanted anything more than I want Mercedes. Just because I was stupid once doesn't mean I'm going to be stupid now. Mercedes has always been mine. If she doesn't know that, she's about to learn.

Fall For Me Again


Ali Parker - 2018
    Not after everything I’ve done. None of the women in my life were there for the right reasons. Not my wife, who I married for convenience and to shut my father up. And not the beautiful girl from my childhood that I used from time to time when it pleased me to do so. Not a single one of them. I’ve burned so many bridges and broken far too many hearts. And yet, fate has a way of f*cking with a fellow. As CEO of my father’s billion-dollar publishing firm, I’m always looking for great writers, and a new one just showed up. My high-school fling. Not that I expected a warm reunion, but this delicious tart is having none of it. No matter what I do to push. I’m a different man now, and I want a love affair to fulfill my life. The kind most people only dream of. It’s the holiday season, and I have one wish. To find the right woman for me and my son to spend our lives with. Crazily enough, she’s sitting across the proverbial negotiating table, looking for a job. Little does she know, she’s got the job, the ring, the future–if she wants it. I just need to convince her to fall for me again.

Not a Player


A.J. Wynter - 2020
    This book can be read as a stand-alone or as book one in the Laketown Hockey Series.

Gio


Kenya Wright - 2018
    In my studio. In my life. Yes, I need you." Giovanni steals hearts with his music, raising him to the top of Blue-Eyed Soul, and subsequently giving him a playboy reputation. But when his best friend and songwriter's life ends abruptly through overdose, Giovanni finds himself lost and broken. His search for a new songwriter leads him to Simone, an up-and-coming songstress chasing after her dreams of stardom. She's perfect. Her lyrics deliver heat to his body. Her voice strums at his heartstrings, playing him like an instrument until he loses control. He's convinced he's found more than a partner in music. Simone could be his partner in forever. However, Simone is focused and not ready to get into bed with a man known for breaking hearts. Can Giovanni show her the power of their love, or will their passion play out only through their music?

Smooch


Susan Renee - 2020
    No names. No rules. Just fun.Meant as revenge against my ex-boyfriend,And it was hands down the most physical and best night of my life.So, imagine my surprise when my one-night stand shows up at my workplace the following Monday, greets me by name, and asks for my number, adamant that fate is bringing us together.Of course, I refuse. I’m not looking for love, but within minutes I’m somehow shaking hands and agreeing to a convoluted blind date deal with Chett Hayes, my ridiculously nice, and very…gifted, one-night stand.Oh, and four other men.Four blind dates and a date with Chett after each one. That’s his deal.Choose Chett in the end and live happily ever after with apparently the new love of my life, or don’t and never hear from him again.The way I see it, this is a win-win for me,Until things start to get blurry and the rules are broken.Rules that were meant to keep my heart from breaking all over again.Maybe I’m right and I’m just not meant for a happily ever after,or maybe Chett Hayes was right all along and fate is real, and love is worth fighting for

Backing You Up


Weston Parker - 2020
    Maybe they’re right.Graduating college should have given me some relief, but not when my father was waiting in the wings to hand over his railroad company. The world thought he’d gone mad. A tycoon handing off a man’s man type of business to his daughter!To a GIRL! Especially when he has a son.But my brother isn’t interested in anything that doesn’t have surf and sun involved. Though I’m not ready for that kind of responsibility, I have no choice. Luckily enough, my dad’s righthand man, Rogan, is there to back me up. My brother’s best friend. Go figure. I need his help more than ever now, though. My father passed away unexpectedly, leaving me to fend off the wolves alone. Though my handsome new sidekick is less than thrilled to have a younger woman running the show, we make an incredible team. And then he asserts himself. As much as I hate to admit it, the man is hotter than sin and has my full attention. Unfortunately, our passion gets in the way and the board forces my man to leave. It’s time for me to grow up. To fully step into my father’s shoes. That’s all fine and dandy, but I don’t wear flats.I’m a high-heel kinda gal, and I get to choose who stands beside me and behind me. The only man I want at my back is the one I want in my bed.