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The Virgin Romance Novelist


Meghan Quinn - 2015
    I’m a virgin attempting to write a romance novel and I'm having an impossible time trying to write a passionate and swoon-worthy love scene worthy of being published, thanks to my lack of experience. My two best friends encourage me to drop the pen, step outside my comfort zone, and gain some real life experience through multiple dating facets such as blind dates, online profiles, and random hookups. But losing my "flower" is proving to be much tougher than expected… This is the story of my awkward, humiliating, and slightly terrifying life, but like all romance novels, I know it will end in a happily ever after. At least that's what I keep telling myself. **WARNING: READ IN THE CONFINES OF YOUR OWN HOME DUE TO RANDOM OUTBURSTS OF LAUGHTER. IF YOU ARE ADDICTED TO CLIFFHANGERS, GETTING YOUR HEART RIPPED OUT OF YOUR CHEST AND FEELING LIKE A BULLDOZER JUST PLOWED THROUGH YOUR STOMACH, THEN THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR YOU. IF YOU LIKE PEEING YOUR PANTS AND CRYING FROM LAUGHING SO HARD, THEN PLEASE CONTINUE READING.

Fake for Him


Caleb Borne - 2019
    Yet, I’m willing to submit. He’s claiming me. I know it and want it. In fact, I demand it. Richard’s my best friend’s brother, and totally off limits. He’s under the control of his family’s ambitiously demanding patriarch but longs for independence. His own father thwarts his every move. He needs a woman to help him overtake his father’s inheritance. That’s where I come in… as his fake wife. He asks me to pretend to be married to him, make it appear like we’re a loving couple. Not a difficult ask when I catch a glimpse of his chiseled body or feel the caress of his hand on my back. The way he looks at me is blurring the lines between real and pretend. How far will we go to keep up appearances? And will my heart stay intact through all of this? This is a stand alone. Hot and spicy. Twist and turns. Happy ending.

Remind Me


Mayra Statham - 2021
    I didn’t even know my own name. No one looked familiar. Not even the angel with striking light blue eyes that made my heart ache to remember.She tried to remind me. Every day for two years.But I shut her and everyone out. Her daily calls, the sound of her voice was what kept me going. But nothing came back.Not until she left a message saying goodbye.Now it’s my turn to remind her of who we used to be.Remind her that she’s mine. Today and always. No matter what.***It doesn't take much to cause amnesia, just a slip and fall, or a car crash, or maybe a chemical reaction. Next thing you know, the person you were madly in love with only moments ago is now just another face you don't recognize. Still, doesn't love seem to always manage to survive?Flirt Club brings you the Unforgettable Series: 8 hazy, fuzzy, swoon-worthy stories of losing a loved one to amnesia and fighting to get them back. Join us in getting lost in love October 6-15.Remind Me is one of eight books in the Unforgettable series from Flirt Club

Off Limits Single Dad: A Billionaire Best Friend's Brother Romance


Roxy Reid - 2021
    Off Limits Single Dad is a stand-alone novel with no cheating, no cliff hangers and a gorgeously romantic happily ever after.

Plus One


Aleatha Romig - 2017
    You know, the one with the to-die-for body and panty-melting smirk. And then there‘s the way his designer suits drape over his broad shoulders and big...well, we‘ve all heard the rumors, the ones that say he‘s up for any challenge.But I can‘t see him that way. He‘s my boss - technically one of the owners of the company where I work - and definitely not in my league. Men like him don‘t notice women like me, and they don‘t date them. And I don‘t date men like him. Until that one time that I catch him in a compromising position when I‘m also in need of a last-minute date for a wedding...and then it‘s not real. It‘s blackmail.For one weekend, he‘s my plus-one.Beautiful and unobtainable.From the moment she walked into my office with those stunning blue eyes and crazy sensual curves, she‘s been on my mind. Three years and never once has she acted interested in me. Usually I flash a million-dollar smile and women fall to their knees, some literally. Not her.Then on the occasion that I agree to let another woman do that - fall to her knees - guess who happens to catch us?It may not be the most conventional way to get on her radar, but I didn‘t get this far in business without knowing when to seize an opportunity. If this sexy little firecracker with perfectly kissable lips thinks she can blackmail me into attending her cousin‘s wedding, I‘m going to jump at the chance to be her plus-one.You love her darker side. Now it‘s time to meet Leatha, the lighter side of Aleatha, as she trades her renowned twists and turns for laughs and love with this sexy new standalone romance, Plus One.

Cranky Pants


Kayt Miller - 2021
    She works at her best friend’s flower shop with the full knowledge that this is probably as good as its going to get. That is until that same friend talks her into going out to a biker bar so they can "live on the wild side" for a night. Nate Black is cranky. He has a right to be. At least that’s what he thinks. Spending an evening now and then drinking a beer with the guys EasyRiders, is one of the only things that he enjoys, sort of.Then, he meets her. A sexy, curvy woman who makes him smile... and laugh. A dangerous woman. Good thing he’s an a**hole because getting rid of her the next morning is easy. The hard part? Forgetting her.Cranky Pants: Pick-up Lines Series Book One

A Friendly Wager


Nikky Kaye - 2019
    I’m not the first college princess to swear off kissing frogs, and just because we have a biology lab together doesn’t mean that he’s an expert on the birds and the bees, except… he’s given me a challenge—a friendly wager, so to speak. A thousand bucks is on the line, and all I have to do is prove that he doesn’t affect me. It’ll be the easiest money I’ll make all semester. Only, I didn't count on how hard it would be to resist his panty-dropping smirk, dirty promises, and the way he gets inside my head. Giving up oxygen might be easier.We’re both playing to win, but at what cost?

Not Pretending Anymore


Penelope Ward - 2021
    I was starting to lose hope. Until a knock at my door came and God answered my prayers. Except…uh…wrong prayer, God. I’d definitely requested the big guy find me a drop-dead gorgeous man on more than one occasion...just not as my roommate. Declan Tate talked me into interviewing him anyway. While he was amusing and charismatic, I wouldn’t have been comfortable living with a man, so I regretfully declined. Then cupcakes showed up at my door—freshly baked by Declan and just as sinfully delicious as he was. You could say he was persistent. I eventually folded. It wasn’t like I had another viable candidate anyway. Plus, I was interested in someone else. And Declan was into another woman. So it wasn’t like anything would happen romantically. After he moved in, the two of us became the best of friends. We even started to give each other advice on getting our crushes to notice us. Eventually, Declan concocted an idea: we should pretend to be a couple to make our love interests jealous. I was hesitant, but went along with it anyway. To my utter shock, his crazy plan worked. Now I was dating the supposed man of my dreams, and my best friend had the woman of his. But there was one problem. I couldn’t stop thinking about Declan. Those feelings we were trying to fake? Yeah…I wasn’t pretending anymore.

Claws and Fangs


Laurann Dohner - 2014
    But he doesn't seem to hurt anyone, so "live and let live" is Matty's motto. Until she sees a guy armed with crosses and wooden stakes breaking into the neighbor's house. Matty charges to the rescue-and ends up in Mr. Hottie's bed...and on his desk...and... Mine to Chase Jasmine met the guy of her dreams, who unfortunately wasn't interested. She's spent a year filled with lustful fantasies and soul-deep yearning for a man who doesn't want her. Now she's locked away in a dark hole, kidnapped by a madman, her life almost over. She'll never know what could have been, if only he'd felt the same. She was supposed to be his a year ago, but Chase had walked away to protect her from his world. He's a mixed-breed-vampire and werewolf-and his list of enemies is endless. His current mission is to hunt down and kill a rogue vamp who's preying on humans, but what Chase finds changes everything. Jasmine's one of the victims. Instinct demands he protect her, possess her. He won't be denied again. This time, she's his-for keeps. Lacey and Lethal Lacey hunts vampires-vile monsters who leave death and shattered lives in their wake. They murdered her sister and she wants revenge. Until she captures a big, sexy blue-eyed vamp, and the strong attraction she feels contradicts everything she's become. But she can't resist getting closer. Just looking at him makes her mouth water and her thighs clench. Lethal can't believe the little lass got the better of him. He's been drugged and chained, but he's more insulted than concerned. She's bold, fearless, as she straddles his hips and threatens to use his body, teach him how it feels to be taken without consent. Now he's intrigued and eager to get her out of her clothes. She swears he's her enemy, but he's determined to be her lover.

Return to Sender


Harmony Raines - 2013
    Yet over the last few months he had managed to open up to Christie, and now he has written a letter asking her to meet him when he returns.Just one problem it gets "Returned to Sender."Christie cannot believe the man she has corresponded with for the last few months would suddenly stop writing. It's bad enough that men don't fall for her curvaceous body when they meet her, but to be let down by someone who has never even set eyes on her voluptuous body, well, that's just too much!After an argument with her friend, Christie settles down for an evening in with a movie, and chocolate. But a knock at her door brings her face to face with her soldier, can their relationship blossom, or will it die?

Knocked up, by her best friend's dad.


Hazel Gower - 2017
    One night with the man of my dreams. One night with my best friends' young, hot dad. One night that I will never forget. One night that changed everything...

Body of Trust


Jeannine Colette - 2020
    A mansion that offered a glimpse back to the days when the mob had ruled New York. I took my seat at the bar and flirted with the man behind it—the one who made me weak in the knees yet kept his personal life a veiled secret. It started off like any other, except, that night, Jesse Grant and I shared a moment. And then all hell broke loose. As gunfire rained down, I fell to the floor in fear, only to be shielded by a man who was risking his own life to save mine.Jesse led me away from danger that night. While traipsing through the underground tunnels of the city, I learned my family wasn’t who I’d thought they were and no one could be trusted … including Jesse.He devoured my body and stole my heart. Then, he left in the shadows of the night, leaving me to wonder if he was really who he had said he was.Discovering dark secrets, intense attraction, and a plot where everyone’s life was on the line … my once-boring life morphed into that of a crime drama.And there was only one man I was willing to give my trust to. I just prayed that he was worth the risk.

The Roots of Us


Candace Knoebel - 2018
    The second time, he was ruining mine. It was only supposed to be a vacation. A chance to let the Florida sun burn away the residue left behind from my failed relationships. I wasn’t searching for love. I was on a hiatus from men, especially ones with secrets. Except Hudson had the gaze of a man drowning in his own miseries, and I was a sucker for the damaged souls. How could I deny him? How could I resist when his lips claimed mine? I knew I couldn’t stay. He told me he couldn’t bear to leave.But some roots intertwine and refuse to let go, no matter how far you run.

Let's Get Textual


Teagan Hunter - 2017
    Done.Do not continue to text. Do not flirt.A wrong number shouldn't be the first person on your mind in the morning, or the last at night...and you're definitely not supposed to talk them into buying a baby goat.Because that would be weird.When Zach Hastings and I get into a wrong-number mix-up, we don't follow the rules. We keep texting and flirting, because he's wicked funny and perfectly nerdy and a wonderful distraction.I'm not looking for love, and Zach definitely had the wrong number.But maybe...Maybe he's the right guy.

Survival


Lauren Landish - 2015
    I don't know why I agreed, after all, my idea of roughing it up was a Holiday Inn that only changed the sheets every other day. But what was intended to be a getaway to clear my head, turns out to be a series of events that lead Wes and I to learn our true feelings for one another and a fight for our survival! **This is a standalone full-length Romance with a HEA, no cliffhangers!**