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After the Fire by Kate Meader


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One More Round


Alice Clayton - 2020
    A gorgeous restored Victorian house in Sausalito, flourishing careers, an eternal spark for each other, and a cat with more attitude than is legal in the state of California. So what’s plaguing the couple of the century? They’ve got everything anyone could wish for, except...a family. After several close calls, Simon and Caroline are coming to terms with the idea that being parents might not be in the cards for them. They’ve been married several years, and they’re realizing it may just be the two of them, forever. Which is okay, right? Caroline’s career has taken an intriguing turn, Simon is working more than ever, they’re fresh from a trip across the pond to see their besties Jillian and Benjamin - things are falling into place, without a baby rattle. But just when you think your life is set, the universe gives you a...twist. Come back in for one more round with Simon and Caroline.

Lighting Fire


Leslie North - 2018
    A fiercely independent helicopter pilot for the National Guard, Sookie is back in her hometown to fly her copter and help fight a fire, not to hook up with some junior firefighter from Alaska. Especially when this particular firefighter works for her brother, the one person in the world who’s let her down the most. The hunk in yellow & tan is off limits. But when a date intended to just make her brother’s blood boil turns into much more, Sookie and Chase give in to their raging attraction. Both agree it’s a quick fling—something that will last only as long as it takes to knock down the flames threatening her town. Leaving Chase behind will be as easy as leaving her hometown was the first time. No attachments. No regrets. Chase wasn’t looking for a hook-up and definitely not with his boss’s little sister. Besides, Chase isn’t about to fall for Sookie. Their “relationship” is all about the great sex, thank you very much—he’s been burned in the past and there’s no chance of a repeat. No way. Not even if Sookie is starting to get under his skin and he can’t seem to get that little firecracker of his head. Just when Chase is beginning to believe they may have something real, the demons he’s been fighting for years come back with a vengeance, making a future between the two as unpredictable as the fire they’re fighting. As the fire rages on, will Sookie and Chase douse their own flame? Or realize they’re meant to face any inferno together?

Reckless Heat


Lynn Raye Harris - 2016
    He's everything I ever wanted. And he doesn't know how I feel. I have three weeks left to tell him before he leaves this place forever… There’s only one way I know how to do that. I have to give him what I've never given anyone. I'm going to ask him to be my first… Matt Girard is the guy every girl wants. Rich, handsome, and popular, his future is brighter than the sun. Evie Baker comes from the wrong side of town. She loves Matt desperately, but he only sees her as his tomboy best friend instead of the young woman she's blossomed into. Until one fateful night when a reckless dare changes everything… This is the prequel story to Hot Pursuit, Book 1 in the Hostile Operations Team Series.

Just Friends


Mira Lyn Kelly - 2019
    Best friends.Roommates.A secret crush twelve years in the making. ONE. HOT. NIGHT.What could go wrong?Nichole...All I want is one night with Matt. He's the epitome of sexy--I'm talking underwear model fine, brains that go on for days, and a way of feeding my fantasy file that's keeping me up nights. The problem? Not only is always-in-control Matt my best friend, he's also my roommate...and he’s been shutting me down for twelve years.Matt... I know better than to lust after his brother’s ex. Nichole is off-limits. She’s the kind of gorgeous that makes reasonable guys reckless, and that's just not me. Except this time, Nikki isn’t playing fair…and I can only resist for so long. **Please note: This book has been previously published under the pen name, Moira McTark. It has been edited and updated to first person POV, but the story remains unchanged.**

The Christmas Truce: A Novella (Rosalind Brewery Series)


Palmer Jones - 2020
    

Scenes from the Hallway


Penny Reid - 2018
    Sometimes it's the good kind. Mostly, it's not.What you don't know is how it all started. You don't know how we met, you might not know what happened in Vegas (or the morning after), and you definitely don't know what happened after that.You want to know the story before the story? Well... here you go.But be careful what you ask for. As I've discovered the hard way, you might not like it.'Scenes from the Hallway' is a companion short prequel/short story (11k words) for Marriage of Inconvenience, and includes the first 3 chapters of that book.No longer availableNow included in Neanderthal Seeks (Extra) Yarns. WARNING: This short story contains a lot of cussing. Do not download or read if you dislike curse words in novels.

Making Memories


Vivian Arend - 2013
    The oldest brother of six, Blake’s been enjoying married life and his twin baby girls. He wouldn’t change a thing, even though he still teases Jaxi they were supposed to have all boys. Jaxi’s more than content—this is what she’d longed for.Timeline: This scene takes place during the final months of Rocky Mountain Desire, and about eight months before Rocky Mountain Rebel begins.

Saving Grace


Kristen Proby - 2015
    The problem is, despite living in rugged and picturesque Cunningham Falls, Montana, Grace is the clumsiest person ever born. To prepare for the trip, she is taking lessons at a local ski resort. She just prays that they have an ambulance on standby.Sexy hotelier Jacob Berkley is ready to play ski instructor, but he quickly discovers that the best place on the mountain for Grace is in the lodge with a hot toddy. Her sense of humor and easy laugh quickly pull him in, and soon he’s determined to help her get off the bunny slope for a fun vacation with her friends. He just didn’t expect their steamy chemistry to trigger an avalanche of desire straight to his heart.

My Curvy Valentine


Sugar Jamison - 2015
    Life is pretty sweet until her brother's best friend opens a bakery beneath her apartment. The smells from the bakery are tantalizing, and so is it's sexy pastry chef owner. Too bad Maggie has known Alex all her life and wants nothing to do with the boy who used to pull her hair, even though he's turned into a man that's just as delectable as the food he makes.Love tastes a little sweeter...World class pastry chef Alex Sanna was told his entire life that only women belonged in the kitchen. After years of working in New York's best restaurants he decides to return to his hometown to open a bakery and prove to his father that real men aren't afraid of getting a little flour on their hands. He's worked hard to get where he is, but his career and his bakery are depending on the Valentine's Day ball he's catering to be a success. All of his focus should be on perfecting his pastry, but his neighbor Maggie is driving him crazy. She's grown from the awkward girl he used to know into a delicious woman who he can't seem to get enough of.Will a disapproving brother and a pining ex get in their way? Or will Maggie and Alex find love on Valentine's Day?

Just One Night


Gayle Forman - 2014
    Just One Day followed Allyson’s quest to reunite with Willem; Just One Year chronicled the pair’s year apart from Willem’s perspective. Now, back together at last, this delectable e-novella reveals the couple’s final chapter.

Baby, It's Cold Outside


Kimberly Kincaid - 2019
    He’s arrogant. He’s drop-dead sexy. He drives her crazy in every sense of the word. Even worse, he’s her boss. And now they’re stuck together for the holidays. Sofia Vasquez eats determination for breakfast. She’ll do anything to fulfill her dream — and her father’s dying wish — of becoming a doctor. She’s not going to let anything stand in her way. Especially not her ridiculous attraction to Emmett Mallory, a.k.a. Dr. Cocky. Sofia’s here to become a doctor, not play doctor. No matter how much the sexy surgeon turns her on. Emmett shouldn’t want his resident. From her sharp tongue to her even sharper tenacity she’s like a walking, talking off limits sign. But she needs his help to pass her boards and he’s got no plans for the holidays. So what if they argue every time they’re together? So what if it makes him want her even more? But as Christmas draws closer and the passion between them grows hotter Emmett and Sofia begin to realize they’re not explosive because they don’t mix. They’re explosive because they do. From USA Today best-selling author Kimberly Kincaid comes a scorching hot romance featuring a cocky bad-boy hero and the headstrong heroine who’s protective of the heart he wants to steal. This steamy holiday happily-ever-after contains sexy banter, cupcakes, and a complete love story. No cliffhangers, all hotness!

A SEAL's Proposal


Tawny Weber - 2015
     Being the best means making sacrifices, but do vows made at 16 hold true at 24? Duty First, Duty Only… As a teenaged Sea Cadet, Sam Morelli joined the elite club his brother formed with other teens, focused on a single goal: to become Navy SEALs. Membership required a vow that once he became a SEAL, the team would be his only commitment. Distractions like relationships or dependents would be forbidden. Eight years later, on the cusp of achieving his goal, Sam has forgotten that vow. But Bryanna Spencer hasn’t. Sugar, shoes, and a sexy SEAL… Numbers whiz Bryanna Spencer loves chocolate, designer shoes, and Sam Morelli. She’s always dreamed of one thing: being Sam’s wife. Raised in a Navy family, she knows the rules: to be a great SEAL, a man can’t have a woman weighing down his thoughts. Bryanna’s been nibbling on sweet, sexy, better-than-chocolate-covered-caramel Sam for four years, but Sam’s dream of being a SEAL has been with him longer. His dream is her nightmare. Some vows are made to be broken… With Sam home on leave for Christmas, Bryanna has one last chance to prove to Sam that he wants her more than he wants his SEAL Trident. But time is running out. Once he finishes the last phase of his training, she may lose him forever. But Sam may have different kind of vow in mind…

When Sparks Collide


Kaylee Ryan
    It doesn’t matter to me that she’s my captain’s daughter or that she continues to turn me down. I know what I want, and it’s her. I won’t stop until she’s mine.I’m trying to resist him, but my efforts are fruitless. It’s those big calloused hands and their gentle touch. It’s the way he looks at me, and the way he’s adamant that I’m who he wants. It’s the way he can see right through me and knows he’s all I want.The sparks are flying, and it’s only a matter of time before they collide.

Second Glances


Elena Aitken - 2014
    Will she finally see what was always in front of her?When Kylie Wilson receives a mysterious invitation for an all expenses paid trip to a tropical, all inclusive resort, there's no doubt in her mind who it came from—Marcus Stone, the only man she ever thought she'd loved. The same man who'd promised her forever and then promptly left town to pursue his dream without so much as a backward glance. Kylie owes it to herself to take a chance and despite her conflicted feelings, she decides to risk her heart again and before she can talk her way out of it—is jetting toward the island of Eden and the man she hopes will finally fill the void in her life. But when she arrives, and it's not Marcus who greets her at all, but his much sexier twin brother, Malcolm. Kylie’s more confused then ever. But on an island that is supposed to 'know exactly what you need', can Kylie open her body, mind, and more importantly—her heart to the idea that sometimes in love you have to take Second Glances?

A Midnight Clear


Hope Ramsay - 2015
    Tom Crawford isn't feeling the spirit of the season when he arrives in Last Chance. Far from friends and family, he's the odd man out in this town of gossiping, tight-knit Southerners-until he meets a sweetly sexy single mom who makes him feel welcome. Suddenly the handsome doctor is thinking he's finally found a place to call home. Local florist Teri Summers has her hands full of mistletoe in preparation for the holiday, yet finding someone to kiss is her last priority. But when the gorgeous new doctor makes a connection with her special needs son, Aiden, Teri finds herself wondering if she's finally found happiness in this season of joy. For Teri and Tom, Last Chance may be their best chance at love . . .