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Hard Bastard
B.B. Hamel - 2016
They say I’m a hard man. Rough. Dirty. Bad. I have a reputation and it sure as f**k isn’t a good one. None of that matters when she walks back into my life. Sadie was my high school sweetheart, a nice girl from a loving family. She was too good for me to resist. But I knew it wouldn’t last. I couldn’t let her get dragged down by a low life like me. When she moved across the country, I had to let her go. Ten years later and now she’s back. I couldn’t resist her then and I sure as f**k can’t resist her now. I know she remembers how I made her body feel when we were teenagers, and she’ll definitely never forget what I can do as a man. The only problem is, she’s the attorney assigned to prosecute the Russian mob, and I’m the hired killer tasked with taking her out. I’m going to go through hell to get her, and I’m going to make damn sure I keep her. Hard Bastard is action-packed, incredibly steamy, and features some dirty language. It’s only recommended for audiences 18+. Hard Bastard is a STANDALONE, full-length novel. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA. Includes bonus content!
Hard Love
Joanne Schwehm - 2017
He had it all: striking looks, more money than he could ever spend, good friends, and any woman he wanted. Margo Perry’s life wasn’t perfect, but it was her own. She didn’t need a man to make her happy or feel better about herself. Then he saw her – a gorgeous, rain-soaked stranger – but she wasn’t a stranger at all. They’d known each other a lifetime ago, when she was just a girl. Now, she was all woman.Then it happened. The man she had spent her teenage years lusting over rescued her on a bleak yet fateful day. There he was, straight out of her dreams, looking better now than he had years ago.The more time he spent with her, the more he questioned everything he knew. The more time she spent with him, the more those old feelings resurfaced and grew stronger. Too bad it only took one night, a few words, and a terrible decision, to ruin it all. Too bad it was too good to be true.
Gabe
Evan Grace - 2015
When she graduates from college as valedictorian with a degree in social services, her friend and mentor Jill Swanson offers her a job, but with one condition. She has to take two weeks off and just have fun. Taking the instructions to heart, Jasmine goes to a club called Debauchery and has a sizzling encounter with a sexy stranger. Ex-pro football player Gabriel Johnson is done playing the field. Gabe is tired of meaningless relationships, but when he meets a mysterious, beautiful, blue-eyed blonde at Debauchery and the chemistry is undeniable, he knows he’s finally found the one. What he didn’t expect was for her to freak out and run off. Jasmine thought she made a clean getaway, so needless to say, she’s shocked when she finds herself face to face with the hot guy from the club once again. He’s Jill’s. Half. Brother. Gabe wants to pick up right where they left off and doesn’t waste any time convincing her. Jasmine’s blown away by the intensity of their relationship. How can she control something that makes her feel so wild and uninhibited? But Jasmine can’t handle the pressure. First, she’s confronted with old insecurities. Then suddenly, her brother has a secret he’ll only share with Gabe, the father who abandoned her shows up—at Gabe’s instigation—and a professional tragedy is the last straw. What happens when it all falls apart?Is being with Gabe more than she can handle?
Double Dealing
Lauren Landish - 2016
One unsuspecting good girl.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, right? Well, it might be, but it could be the best thing that’s ever happened to me, too. Felix and Francois may have taken me hostage, but they’re the hottest damn criminals I’ve ever seen. I SHOULD be thinking of every possible way to escape. But all I can do is gaze into their mysterious eyes — eyes that promise dark, forbidden pleasures that I’d never dare tell my mother about. The two brothers have a rivalry, and neither of them will be outdone in their bid to claim me. There’s two of them and only one of me. Call me greedy, but why should I have to choose? Can’t I have my cake and eat it too? **Double Dealing is a full-length standalone novel with an HEA. Normal price will be $2.99
Macon
Marie James - 2017
Sing country music, go on tour, top the charts—with my popularity growing every day, I was on my way.All it took was a gust of wind that blew up your skirt, and those white cotton panties had me hooked. I didn’t know your name, and you turned down every attempt I threw your way. But I knew you were different, even though you told me I was the same.“Just friends” is what you offered, and I played by your rules, but, Adelaide Hatfield, you have to know, from that day, it was only you.I just hope I can make you see how much you mean to me before we both drown in the sorrow of what heartbreak will bring.
Donut Overthink It
Shantel Tessier - 2018
Hadley Burns—the temporary secretary, hardworking, keeper of the donuts, girl-next-door type. Even though she wants him and knows he lusts after her, he is her boss. Crossing that line is a no-no until one misunderstanding lands Hadley in hot water and she needs Aiden's help. It was supposed to be just sex, to scratch that itch they both have, but things change. A new relationship is hard enough, but when you mix in secrets and a stalker , it either implodes or builds a solid foundation. Do Aiden and Hadley have what it takes to beat the odds?
His Dirty Little Secret
Terri Anne Browning - 2017
So, I kept quiet. Blinded by love and bound by my own desires, I allowed it all.I didn’t tell a single soul about my time with Sawyer, not my brother, not my closest friends.Not then, and especially not now.How can I? My best friend is his ex-wife.The past is the past.I’m over him.I refuse to still love him.He will never own me again.I repeat the lies over and over again to myself every single day.Only, deep down, no matter how hard I try to deny it, I’ve always been his.I want more between us than a dirty little secret.**Standalone***
Stay
Emma Nichols - 2018
So, when her latest lemon of a boss dumped her in the middle of nowhere after she refused his advances, and she found herself stranded with the reserved and handsome Xander Cross, Cadence decided to make lemonade. Maybe if she played her cards right, she’d be making more than that too. Xander Cross fled LA after a failed music career, determined to build a life on his terms, without anyone else. He still enjoyed his weekend dalliances, but he’d vowed never to let a woman in again, until he didn’t have a choice. When he found her, Cadence was a crumpled heap on the side of the road, but when she fixed her eyes on him for the first time, his resolve melted. Cadence wasn’t the kind of girl who was built for fun, she was built for keeps.
Scared to hold on, but too stubborn to let go.
From the Ground Up
Jennifer Van Wyk
And sex? Well, it's been months.Months.It's time to take matters into my own hands and kidnap my wife for a week alone.The only problem? How do I convince Tess to fall back in love with me when she never fell out of love in the first place?How do we rebuild, from the ground up?
Always You
Stephanie Rose - 2015
All we had was friendship and my silly hope for more. When he left and took all of that with him, I moved on. Settled. I figured that happiness wasn't in the cards for me. Until, one night of drinks with an old "friend" gives me a hope I never expected, but don't know what to do with. This time, I have the chance I always dreamed about—but I'm not free to take it. *** Ten years ago, Samantha was only a friend, a sweet girl I never wanted to hurt. Now, she's everything I want and nothing I can have. She belongs with me, even if she's not really mine, and I can’t settle for anything less than all of her. Now that I’ve got a second chance, I'm grabbing it with both hands. Why did it take so long to realize that it was Always You?
Swerve
Kristi Lynn - 2018
One decision forced me to walk away from my future. Tragedy brings me home after twelve years, forcing me to face my past and the truths I refused to hear. Surviving Trystan once almost broke me completely. A second time would be impossible.Trystan Harrison One mistake. One disaster of epic proportion left the only woman I have ever loved, broken and devastated. After twelve years, Camryn is back home and will be forced to realize that everything is not always as it seems. Second chances are not always promised and I refuse to waste mine.
5 Years Later
Jaxson Kidman - 2017
and there's a knock at the door. He's back, again. And this time he's not alone.
* Full length standalone romance with guaranteed HEA and no cheating *
Heartbroken
Gabrielle G. - 2020
But the universe is funny that way. My life is proof of it—secrets and all.So I’m not surprised when he stands in my classroom before me as the parent of one of my students. Forgiving him when he walked away had always been hard, but not as hard as it is to finally tell him the truth.***Can you forget your first love?I didn’t.Even if I didn’t recognize her right away, the girl with a star-shaped birthmark was always somewhere on my mind. But she isn’t the competitive and driven seventeen-year-old captain of the girls hockey team I loved anymore.I don’t know what happened but she has lost her fire and never made it into the pros like she dreamt of.Now I know why, and it’s my turn to decide if I can forgive her. A second-chance, small-town romance novel you won’t be able to put down.