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Stars, Stripes, and Mountain Man: a short, mountain man, instalove romance (Holidays with a Mountain Man)
Kate Tilney - 2021
And coordinating the whole event will be huge for my event planning career. Unfortunately, one of the local mountain men is being a real stick in the mud about the whole thing.But underneath his grouchy exterior, there’s so much more. It doesn’t hurt that he’s easy on the eyes as well.EllisIt’s not that I hate the holiday. I like to observe the Fourth of July in my own way. And my small town’s annual festival isn’t my style. However, with Rosie holding the reins, I may have to rethink my position.Will the spark between us ignite into something big or will it fade into the smoke like yesterday’s fireworks?Holidays with a Mountain Man is a series of short, sweet, and steamy instalove romances set during some of your favorite holidays. Check out ‘Stars, Stripes and Mountain Man’ if you like small towns, BBW, ex-military mountain men, and an enemies-to-lovers romance that sparks like fireworks on the Fourth of July. No cliffhangers. No cheating. Happily Ever After guaranteed!
Rock Me
Carly Phillips - 2017
Ben Hollander has sworn off mixing business with pleasure. But keeping his hands off of the sexy songstress is easier said than done and once the threat is neutralized, will she choose fame over love?
Shielding Jolene
Jen Talty - 2021
Now all she has to do is hit number one with the next one and she has just the story to do it with: The Alleyway Strangler. And the woman who brought him down is willing to give her a once-in-a-lifetime interview. Jolene boards a plane heading for Texas where she meets a well-meaning emergency room doctor who happens to be her biggest fan. Except, this isn’t any ordinary fan. He’s connected to her past. And now history might repeat itself.While forced into a little mini vacation, Michael “Cannon” Santoro is asked by a fellow Delta Force soldier to pick up Jolene up at the airport and keep an eye on her while she interviews his wife. Cannon doesn’t hesitate. Jolene is like no one he’s ever met, and he finds himself in uncharted waters. Only, he’s about to uncover a sinister plan that will bring both their pasts on a collision course with the future, and it isn’t bright.
Something Old
Liz Lovelock - 2021
My name is Scarlett and my life is a mess.I’m two divorces down and don’t have any intention of going for a third.Then Lachlan—big time football superstar, one night stand turned husband in a shotgun-Vegas-style wedding, then ex-husband within twenty-four hours—stumbles back into my life.How can I keep him at bay and my heart from breaking again?
Love me Like You Do
Rhian Cahill - 2016
Can we start with the babies?Selling most of her possessions, breaking her lease and driving across the country in search of a man who might not want to see her probably wasn’t such a great idea. Throw in an aging car with no heat, snow covered mountains and a rapidly expanding pregnant belly and Covington Valenti may have made the biggest mistake of her life.When the woman who’s had him twisted up for over a year turns up in Winter Lake Tristan Harding is more than happy to see her. What he’s not so sure about is her extra baggage. But Tris is nothing if not a loyal friend and if Cov needs his help she has it—even if that means stepping up for someone else’s kid.**This title was previously published. It has been extensively revised and lengthened.
Sweet Sinful Nights
Lauren Blakely - 2015
It’s his greatest regret, especially since she’s all but disappeared. But when the gorgeous and captivating woman walks into his life unexpectedly, he’s determined to win her back. Whatever it takes, he won’t make the same mistake twice. Easier said than done… Shannon Paige has hardened her heart to the man she was once engaged to be married to. After the way he left, and after the hell she’s been through with her checkered family, there’s no way she’s letting him into her life again. The problem is, the second she sees him, he’s more handsome and charming than before. And she’s torn between wanting to fight with him and wanting to sleep with him -- Maybe both. Soon they fall into each other’s arms, consumed with a desire that burns through the years. But if these two fiery lovers are going to have a real second chance at this kind of intense, passionate, bone-deep love, he’ll have to give her his whole heart, and she’ll have to give up all the secrets from her messy past. And that messy past is about to spill over into her carefully constructed present… SWEET SINFUL NIGHTS is book one in SINFUL NIGHTS, a four-book series. Each book will follow a new couple.
A Dragon's Heart
Jan Dockter - 2017
His friends Cade and Becca who lived with him in his castle in Scotland are mates and watching them has made him realize how alone he really is. Needing to get away, an opportunity presents itself for him to go to the United States to bring Becca’s sister Tori to Scotland to get her away from an abusive relationship. When he meets her, much to his surprise, he realizes she is the soul mate he has been waiting for; his one true love. Aldain wants to take things slow with Tori, the relationship they have is intense. He knows why, but Tori can’t understand why she feels like she has known him her entire life. He is determined to make her his and as their love grows, Aldain feels it won’t be much longer until he tells her what they mean to each other. Then the unthinkable happens. Tori suffers a devastating accident that puts her on the brink of death. As she teeters on the abyss, finding herself in a place between life and death, Aldain suffers such intense pain he is wasting away. Becoming a shell of the man he once was and without his mate; life means nothing to him. Tori can feel his life force leaving him. She needs to find a way to let him know she is alive and trying to find her way back to him. Will she make it back in time to save him or will he succumb to the soul searing pain? All books list: The Dragons of Paragon Series A Dragon's Heart - 1
To Catch a Thief
Nana Malone - 2021
you have to think like a thief. And Rian Beaumont was my mark. I’d start by stealing her kisses. But I already knew that wouldn’t be punishment enough. The only crime I committed was almost stealing her from my brother, and for that, I served my time. She thought she knew me, but she had it all wrong— I was nothing like my brother. To prove her wrong, I was going to steal her heart and make her mine. RianOliver Wexler might not have been the one that ruined my life five years ago, but he basically drove the getaway car. The only thing more dangerous than kissing the enemy... sleeping with the enemy. Good thing I had no intentions of doing either. But Ollie had a pesky habit of sticking his nose— and his lips--where they didn’t belong. Even though I’ve already learned my lessons about falling for a man like him. Because with a Wexler brother, it was never only your future on the line . . . but your heart too.
Conflicted
M.M. Koenig - 2013
Her life was everything she wanted it to be; until one fateful night changed everything – leaving her broken and without direction. Nearly a year later, she still has little faith in anyone or anything. Desperate to reclaim her life’s ambition, she takes an unexpected offer that promises to solve all her problems. But as Mia moves forward, she’s faced with obstacles she couldn’t have foreseen. The biggest of them lies within the mystery of Ethan Fitzgerald; a man who affects her like no other, but who she should avoid pursuing, at all costs. On a mission himself, Ethan Fitzgerald didn’t care who he pissed off on his road to fulfill his mother’s dying wish. He relied on himself, and was closed off to the world around him – until Mia Ryan walked through his door. Normally one to avoid messy emotions, Ethan’s world is turned upside down by Mia, and he can’t seem to get enough of her. There are lines you can cross that will change the course of your life forever …
Charming You
Kris Jayne
Now, she’s focused on her career, her friends, and making sure she doesn’t let another charming man lie to her and break her heart.Nick Halden’s life has unfolded according to plan. He’s on track to a partnership at one of Dallas’ premier law firms, and he’s marrying a woman who has the beauty, smarts, and connections to be the perfect wife. Or he thought he was.Fate and a dead car battery throw Micky and Nick together, forcing them to question what they want. Nick’s charm makes Micky’s heart pound with desire and her gut twist with mistrust. Micky’s fire awakens a passion in Nick that flips his world upside down. With his personal and professional lives colliding in chaos, Nick has one way to make sure he gets what he wants, but it means betraying the woman he craves.In their struggle to balance love and ambition, Micky and Nick will have to decide what they want and at what cost before they lose the one thing that matters. ˃˃˃ #1 in the debut Thirsty Hearts Series (Steamy Contemporary Romance) Charming You is a seasoned romance with a thirty-something, mid-career couple navigating personal betrayals, corporate intrigue, and a sexy adventure in Paris with heart and humor as well as heat. Guaranteed happily ever after.
The Cowboy SEAL's Secret Baby
Janalyn Knight - 2021
Grieving and angry with the world, he encounters witty and sexy-as-sin Morgan Flemming, the woman he spent a wild week with the year before and then promptly forgot.Carrying demons from her past, Morgan is horrified to see Flint pull up behind her in the bank drive-up where her car is refusing to start. Her uninhibited behavior with Flint while she was grieving the loss of her mother is something she’s tried hard to forget. And, at all costs, she must keep secret what happened after he returned to his platoon.Fate has different plans, throwing the two together at every turn. Having suffered a traumatic childhood, Morgan fears trusting a man in her life, let alone her baby’s life. Will Flint prove to Morgan he has put aside his anger and grief to be the man of her dreams? Can Morgan learn to trust—and love? Find out now in this tender yet sensuous soldier-turned-cowboy love story you don’t want to miss!Praise for Janalyn Knight’s books:"Janalyn Knight delivers a heart-warming story that will grab you from the very beginning.""The characters were so real, you almost felt like you were part of the story.""I found myself reading from my phone every free second I had.""These characters will remain in your heart long after you have put the book down.”
The Mountain Man’s Curvy City Girl: Spring's Mountain Men
EmKay Connor - 2021
Mr. Legacy
C.G. Burnette - 2021
Legacy, as he's known on Wall Street—knows hard work comes at a price. In business, he thrives on organization, control, and results, building a legacy and creating a future for his daughter.But his girl wants more for him than just the office. She knows he’s been alone for far too long and thinks now is the time for him to let go of the reins and maybe find love again.Indulging his daughter, Tyson leaves work behind for just one night and joins his friends for a boy’s night out. But when the haze of aged cigar smoke and fine whiskey parts, there’s a woman… One that, with just a look, Tyson knows will make him lose control in ways he never has before.And has him thinking of building a very different kind of legacy.
Saviour Boy
S.L. Sterling - 2021
His little sister, Becca, was in trouble, and I was the only one he could trust.But maybe he shouldn’t have because he doesn’t know the truth. During my last deployment, Becca had secretly written me letters that made me believe we shared something. Something powerful. We had a connection. But maybe not strong enough because when I returned to Merlot, she was seeing someone else and I was thankful I didn’t need to violate the bro code.Chris asked me to protect her in his absence. To handle the guy that was stalking her. The same guy she’d been dating. I did what I had to do to keep her safe and didn’t mean to fall in love in the process.Screw the bro code. If everything worked out, she’d be with me when all was said and done, and she would never be scared again.
Secret Acquisitions
Raleigh Davis - 2019
Fast.When I stumble onto a tech giant's plot to spy on everyone's phones, I know my security company is only one who can stop them. But my little start up needs money. Lots of it.Enter Mark Taylor, the hottest venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. And the only billionaire I know on a personal level. And the guy I reluctantly turned down in college.I'm in his office and ready to beg... but he's not the forgive and forget type.Mark: I never hear the word no. Not since I remade myself from a skinny nerd into the deal making playboy of Bastard Capital.January was the last woman to tell me no--and the one woman I can't forget. She's as enticing as ever, so I offer her a deal: I say yes to her in the boardroom and she says yes to me in the bedroom. A quick, scorching affair is exactly what I need to get her out of my system.But when a shadowy conspiracy threatens her company--and the privacy of everybody--all my protective instincts flare to life. And this quick affair is suddenly much deeper than we'd ever expected...
Enter the world of Bastard Capital: Unrivaled men. Unimaginable wealth. Unlimited power.
Books in the Bastard Capital SeriesSecret Acquisitions (Book One, Mark's story)Unfinished Seductions (Book Two, Logan's story)Competitive Instincts (Book Three, Finn's story)Intimate Mergers (Book Four, Paul's story)Hostile Attractions (Book Five, Elliot's story)Private Disclosures (Book Six, Dev's story)