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Can't Walk Away by Tory Baker


romance
alpha-male
novella
virgin-heroine

My Father's Rival


Fiona Davenport - 2017
    When a member of a rival MC puts one of his brothers in a coma, he’ll do whatever it takes to get answers—including kidnapping Bridget Pierce, their president’s daughter.

Loan Shark's Obsession


Mink - 2020
    Always have. It’s a gift, or perhaps a curse. The moment I get a glimpse of Laura, I get the same feeling as when I see a stolen work of art from a master. It’s real. Authentic. And it makes everything inside me hunger to possess her. But Laura can’t be bought, and she’s turned me down every time I’ve approached her for nothing more than a date. Giving up isn’t an option, not when I’ve found a woman so rare, so I call in all of her brother’s loans. She’ll offer herself to save him, and I’m just the sort of man to take advantage. And I do. I take it all. But I also want to give her something I’ve never offered to anyone else. When she finds out who I really am, will she accept my heart or leave me empty-handed?MINK's note: Keep a fluffy kitty standing by for love and cuddles while reading this sweet and stalkery tale of happily ever afters.

Steamy


Flora Ferrari - 2018
    His rock hard muscles, sultry bedroom eyes, and steamy looks have this American woman saving her first time for an Italian romance with him and only him. As a personal assistant just out of college and the boss’s daughter I need a real man, not a series of dull dates with boisterous boys and clueless, clumsy coeds desperately seeking a girlfriend. This gorgeous geologist is a magician of the mountains, an artist of the earth, and an engineering alpha. And in doing so he’s become my dad’s best friend and right-hand man. With shoulders like boulders, abs of steel, and a sculpted chest this big city man’s got this small town woman knowing it’s time to bypass the boyfriend / girlfriend stage and go straight to the baby making phase. When this possessive alpha male calls me “baby girl” I know I need him to be my baby daddy, taking my virginity and in return giving me a baby girl of my very own. *Steamy is an insta-everything standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

Back To You


Elena M. Reyes - 2018
    His kisses drugging. Mila Alexander is on summer break when she literally bumps into the man of her dreams. Nick Adams promises far more than he should, and it all comes with a catch: to wait for him. His contract is airtight, and the commitment to a charity close to his heart must come first leaving her little to no choice. However, life is full of broken promises. Moments in time that no one can predict, and he’ll fight like hell to come back. To hold her once more. She is his, and he is hers.(This book is Sweet, Safe, and Sexy AF)

Adored by Burke


Rebecca Wilder - 2021
    He’s a gruff giant. Can these opposites attract?Maple Aster has just moved to this tiny Connecticut town to open her candy store. So far, things aren’t going well. Her roommate ran off with her half of the rent and now Maple is stuck living out of the back of the shop.She’s still looking on the bright side, though. At least she has her store and the grumpy piece of eye candy next door to keep her spirits up.Burke Masters is the town loner. He moved here a few years ago after his mom passed away and he needed a fresh start. He runs the town hardware store, fixing up properties on the side. He likes being left alone. That is, until Maple moves in next door.

One look and he knows that he’s screwed but nothing can keep him from wanting her. Will he be able to convince her that he’s willing to be sweet—at least to her?

Smiling in Love


Ember Flint - 2019
    30-year-old Blake Long got a raw deal when he was but two, but he managed to pull through. Now, completely alone in the world, he’s the quiet, reclusive and shy CEO of Long Safeguard, an IT firm he built from the ground up, starting from a beat-up, cast-off laptop and ending with a billion dollars in his bank account just as he turned twenty-five, but his professional accomplishments mean nothing when all he has waiting for him at the end of the day is an empty bed in an empty flat, just as hollow as his own bare life.24-year-old Sunny Brooks is a positive-thinking, sweet, smart-mouthed freelance photographer that has been told her entire life that her parents couldn’t have picked a better name for her, and she’s always believed it was true, but lately her smiles have started to lose their momentum. For the last year or so, her boisterous, happy, forever-nosing-around family has been hounding her to settle down and if her beloved, but meddlesome older sisters attempt to set her up with their weekly version of Mr. Right one more time, she’s going to scream.And then she meets him.What happens when your smile finally finds a purpose?And then he meets her. What happens when you finally meet the one that can make you smile?They couldn’t be more different, but they just can’t walk away.Like day and night, dark and light, like the sun and the moon, but also like two magnets, two parts of a whole that, upon recognition, can no longer be kept separate. Dear Reader: This inflammable, saccharine story is so filthy, you’d better make sure no one’s standing behind you while you read it, and so fluffy-sweet, it packs its own calories. I swear: it’s gonna stay on your hips as much as the big, possessive hands of this adorable, dirty-talking, protective OTT alpha hero stay on the heroine’s curvy ones —which is FOREVER. As usual in this book there’s NO-cheating, no OW/OM drama, it’s HEA-guaranteed and features a voluptuous, innocent but spunky heroine that’s sparkly and bubbly as a flute of champagne on an empty stomach and a hero that brings tall, dark and handsome to another level, so brooding you’ll want to make him smile yourself and so uptight, strait-laced and no-nonsense, you just know he’s going to explode when the time is right (and the time is so right!). Do opposites attract? Oh, yeah, they do, baby! If you don’t believe me, come and see… Warning: hot, crazy-fast insta-love coming your way! Might melt your kindle and your heart too!

Finding Home


Ella Goode - 2019
     She likes stilettos, sidewalks, and the Starbucks on every corner. It doesn't matter that her heels hurt or the sidewalks cracked or no one at the coffee store remembers her name. The horns of taxi drivers serenade her as she walks to work and fast-paced action fills her days which is why she needs her boss to come home from the farm. There are contracts to be signed. Money to be made. Hands to be greased and—oh my gosh, is that a cow? Colton Blackwood is a countryman.  He wants slow walks, slow kisses, and slow love-making, but more than anything he wants that with Charlotte. It doesn't matter that she's scared of the farm animals or that she's suspicious that the store clerk knows her name. He knows that love's the same whether you're wearing a suit in the boardroom or a pair of cowboy boots on the ranch. The trick is convincing Charlotte but, it'll happen because Colton won't accept anything but her by his side.

Mine


Olivia T. Turner - 2019
    She already has.I'm on a first date but I can't stop thinking about what's waiting for me at home.A young innocent babysitter named Brooklyn.I'm a single dad and she's taking care of my son.But when I get home she's going to be taking care of me.I can't get those sweet cherry lips off my mind and by the time I get the check, I'm damn near obsessed.When I get home she's going to find out that it's my house and I'm in charge.I can make her do whatever I want while she's under my roof.And once I get my possessive hands on her...That sweet cherry will be mine.This alpha hero is going to teach this young innocent babysitter what happens when you tempt an Over The Top older man!This book has no cheating and an extra sweet HEA guaranteed.

Unwrapping His Christmas Virgin


Penelope Wylde - 2018
     I play for keeps and this Christmas I know what I want to unwrap. She’s too young and too innocent. I know she’s off-limits for the likes of me. I’m no better than the devil for thinking I could have such a sweet angel as my own. But I don’t care. I know she’ll taste like heaven and I’m starving. The second her uncle decided to scheme me out of my billion-dollar company with a game of blackmail I knew she would be mine to protect, to love, and to possess. No one can stay innocent forever and tonight I will be the one to make her every dirty Christmas wish come true. Now and forever. Author's naughty note: Naughty and nice, oh-so-hot with a side of sweet so good your teeth will ache. Quick, filthy, over-the-top Christmas romance with a HEA & NO CHEATING!

Saddled Love (Forever Safe Romance Book 6)


Claire Ashlynn - 2019
    Needing a fresh start, she and sister take off for the wilds of Montana, unknowingly with danger close behind. She never thought she’d find love on a dude ranch, but cowboy up! Here we go! Rett has been making life work. Taking over his Dad’s dude ranch with his brothers has been a wild ride. Taking on a new cook will help settle things done, so he thinks. Standing in the kitchen is a five foot nothing of pure sexiness. He doesn’t know what hit him but he knows has to have her. Will her past catch up to her? Can he save her? Can this be a forever Love? Saddled Love is part of the Forever Safe Series. This book is a novella. This is an Insta-love romance with a guaranteed HEA. It's steamy and recommended for 18+.

Amber's Allure


Evie Harrison - 2018
    That's because each and every Channing was lucky enough to find their soulmate-- and most of them found their partner early. At thirty-two, Jake's just about given up on the whole thing- until the night he goes back to work to grab a file and finds the girl of his dreams shaking her hips while cleaning his office. Amber never believed in soul mates until she met a certain tall, dark and handsome CEO. This pancake-loving cleaner is about to find out that happily ever after arrives when you least expect it. This steamy insta-love novella will melt your heart and your reading device! Erotic Intentions are short, sweet, insta-love books that are meant to steam up your reading device and melt your heart. No drama, no angst— just lust, love and some smoking hot love. * * * Please note that Amber's Allure was previously published under the pen name Evie Harrison in 2017.

Husky


Jessa Kane - 2020
    And he’s exactly what she needs.Now to convince the gruff former bodyguard turned bar owner to be her pin cushion for the night…Daws doesn’t need convincing.The moment Parker sets foot in his bar, he’s a goner.He’ll do anything to be alone with the fresh-faced sweetheart, even if it means walking down a runway in front of a thousand strangers.It’s not long before temptation takes over and Daws shows Parker that big men do it better.But can he fit into her perfect world permanently?Or will they have to exist on the memories of their one explosive night?

Falling for the Babysitter


Penny Wylder - 2017
    A very, VERY hot single dad. And he wants me to be his babysitter. I could use the extra money so that part's easy. What's NOT easy is the fact I've had a crush on Deacon for years. He never knew, and it never mattered. I was too young then. But I'm not now. He looks at me like he wants to rip my clothes straight off. His brother hates me, though--thinks I'm no good, just another woman trying to wreck Deacon's life. If he catches us together, he'll probably throw him AND his cute daughter out on the street just to prove a point. I can't let that happen. But after seeing Deacon shirtless... noticing how stiff his whole body gets around me... I'm not sure I can keep resisting. Or if I even want to. This is a standalone novella with a HEA and NO cheating! Penny Wylder writes just that-- wild romances. Happily Ever Afters are always better when they're a little dirty, so if you're looking for a page turner that will make you feel naughty in all the right places, jump right in and leave your panties at the door!

A Home for Noelle


Haven Rose - 2019
     Noelle Perkins has seen the pain “love” can cause, and she wants nothing to do with it. Until she meets her best friend’s older brother. The attraction may be mutual, and she’ll eagerly act on it, but that’s all it can be. Xavier Benson has witnessed firsthand the consequences of lust through his father’s many relationships. He wants Noelle more than his next breath, and while he’s not sure what that means, he knows it can’t last. Fate has other plans for these two, though, and that’s forever. Warning: Inside these pages, you’ll find a man and woman who fall instantly, yet fight it for fear of being hurt. Psst…don’t fret, I always deliver a safe and happy ever after. **This is book seventeen in the A Forever Safe Christmas Series.**

The Glass Slipper (Black Valley Shifters, #1)


Mila Crawford - 2021
    For ten years, I have been planning my escape, desperate for my freedom, far from the dysfunctional pack, the cruel Alpha that ruled them. I never believed it would be possible until I met him. AxelIt was meant to be a quick conference. I was supposed to be there to represent the Black Valley Wolf Pack. I wasn’t expecting to challenge anyone or change a whole system of corruption and evil embedded in the most deranged and depraved pact in the region. That was before I saw her. My mate. Now I would burn the whole world and everyone who stood in my way to make her mine.