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Hard to Hold on To


Laura Kaye - 2014
    He may have just met her, but Jenna's the first person to make him feel alive since that devastating day in the desert more than a year ago.Jenna has never met anyone like Easy. She can't describe how he makes her feel--and not just because he saved her life. No, the stirrings inside her reach far beyond gratitude.As the pair are thrust together while chaos reigns around them, they both know one thing: the things in life most worth having are the hardest to hold on to.

One to Hold


Tia Louise - 2013
    Melissa Jones is a small-town girl trying to escape her troubled past. When the two intersect in a bar in Arizona, their sexual chemistry is off the charts. But what is revealed during their "one week stand" only complicates matters. Because she'll do everything in her power to get away from the past, but he'll do everything he can to hold her. Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18. (M/F)

Under a Crescent Moon


Violette Dubrinsky - 2011
    Still, she’s thrown completely off kilter to find out those assets also include a six-and-a-half foot, dark-haired, green-eyed giant of a man who falls to his knees and swears to protect her with his life. Not only is he gorgeous, the man—creature—claims he’s her Protector, or in human terms: zombie. Things grow even stranger when Azaleigh learns she’s the new Guardian witch of the town of Hallows Brook, and the Night Walkers, fiendish bloodsucking vampires, will massacre everyone if she doesn’t learn the right spells in a hurry. Victor St. Croix is a Protector, an immortal whose sole purpose is the safety of a witch. After Antoinette’s death, Victor is sworn to her niece, whose laughing brown eyes and generous curves make him itch with the need to possess her. With the Night Walkers closing in, and their relationship blossoming into something neither expected, Azaleigh and Victor have a tough battle ahead. In Hallows Brook, things are never as they seem, and the lines between Protector and Guardian are soon tested.

A Little Ray of Sunshine


Lani Diane Rich - 2008
    In fact, after she sent her life into a nosedive six years ago, she's tried to attract as little as possible -attention, people, or responsibility. She skips from town to town in an Airstream trailer, working odd jobs and keeping to herself until a sudden whim lets her know it's time to move again. And this works just fine, until the day two unexpected visitors show up at the New Jersey trailer park she calls home. One is a childhood friend with news: her mother and his father are getting married, and they want EJ to be there. The other is a sweet but odd woman named Jess, who says she's an angel specializing in cosmic relationship mending...and blueberry pancakes. Jess doesn't think it's any coincidence that this is all happening at once, but EJ would rather run herself over with her own Airstream before reconnecting with her neglectful, self-absorbed mother. When she wakes up to find her trailer cruising down the highway with a determined angel at the wheel, however, EJ realizes that sometimes what you want and what the Universe intends for you can be two very different things...

The Ring


Imani King - 2018
    From the special forces to the boxing ring... even in love. And I lost it all. Until I met her... My new agent. Having someone believe in me again, care for me, even if it's just professional, is dangerous. My daughter Hazel and I have been alone so long, I don't want her to get attached and have it ripped away. But I find myself falling for Kylie, and I want to give up the fight. But will she feel the same? This standalone romance is a love story with lots of steam, no cliffhangers and a heart-melting HEA guaranteed! For a limited time, a new version of my novel At Last (not available anywhere else) is included for your enjoyment.

That's What Friends Are For


Bridget Midway - 2005
    Ned is attracted to Fiona, but thinks she'll always see him as just a big nerd. Fiona is attracted to Ned, but figures a brainiac like him would want an equally intelligent woman by his side. So Fiona cooks up a plan that would get Ned a potential promotion at work and get her a job that she thinks will please Ned. In between the pretend relationship and the real one, sparks fly. When the truth Fiona has been hiding is revealed, will their friendship be strong enough to hold them together? Or will this be the end of the friendship that, according to their friends, should have never lasted this long in the first place?

Fixing Fate


Anna Brooks - 2017
    My brother’s friend and ex-partner is everything I’ll never be. Sexy, confident, and perfect. He calls me sunshine and tells me I’m beautiful. He asks me to stay. When my past come back with a vengeance, he proves just how much he’d risk to shield me from the demons that were never supposed to resurface.

Under Currents


Nora Roberts - 2019
    Now, decades later, they've come together to build a new life. But will the past set them free or pull them under?Zane Bigelow grew up in a beautiful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Strangers―and even Zane’s own aunt across the lake―see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children’s ballet recitals and baseball games. Only Zane and his sister know the truth, until one brutal night finally reveals cracks in the facade, and Zane escapes for college without a thought of looking back...Years later, Zane returns to his hometown determined to reconnect with the place and people that mean so much to him, despite the painful memories. As he resumes life in the colorful town, he meets a gifted landscape artist named Darby, who is on the run from ghosts of her own. Together they will have to teach each other what it means to face the past, and stand up for the ones they love.

Yes, Chef


Linda Verji - 2017
    When she breaks up with her longtime boyfriend for what has to be the millionth time, he decides that this is finally his chance to show her that he’s the one who truly knows the way to her heart. It’s about to get hot in the kitchen. *This sexy, bwwm romance is a standalone novel with a happily-ever-after ending and no cliff-hangers.

The Davis Years


Nicole Green - 2011
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Black Pearl


Tiffany Patterson - 2015
     Black Pearl, Book 1 of the Black Burlesque Series Monday through Friday, Devyn Williams is executive assistant to the CFO of one of the top finance firms in the country. But Devyn has a secret. At night she becomes Black Pearl, a rising performer on the Atlanta burlesque scene. Devyn's good at keeping these two aspects of her life separate, even from her company's CEO, Nikola. Nikola Collins, is CEO of Excel Financial Services, the company his father started more than thirty years ago. After graduating from West Point and serving in the military, Nikola assumed the role he'd been groomed for since he was a child, upon his father's untimely death. With his brother, Andre as CFO, Nikola has helped Excel exceed even his father's expectations. But, Nikola has a secret of his own. For the three years Andre's executive assistant, Devyn, has worked at Excel, he's been harboring a crush. Opting to not cross any professional boundaries, Nikola has kept his distance. All that changes when Nikola and Devyn are tasked with working closely with one another. The pair's attraction for one another finally boils over. Nikola finding out Devyn's little secret is not all she has to worry about. When an unwelcomed intruder from Devyn's past returns, the new couple's happiness is threatened.

Loving The White Billionaire


Monica Brooks - 2015
    Her fiancé shows his true colors and she must now learn to live without her only true love. Jaida decides to take a break from life and head to the Caribbean. While there, she meets a vacationing hunky businessman named Axel. The two of them play a flirtatious game of cat and mouse until their passion eventually overflows. Jaida and Axel are pushed back to reality when they go back to the real world that only sees black and white. Follow Jaida’s journey as she tries to move on from past love and maybe capture a new one.

Teach Me


Ella Sheridan - 2014
    His job, his Harley, and an occasional one-night stand are all he needs—or so he tells himself. But after he rescues Jess from a tense situation, he can’t get the shy, sexy brunette out of his mind. He can teach her self-defense, but can he shield his own scarred heart?Southern belle Jess Kingston spent eight weeks healing from an ex-boyfriend’s brutal attack. Now she’s ready to put her life back together. Her ex, Brit, has other ideas. She needs someone who can teach her how to fight back—someone like the tough former soldier who rides to her rescue.As the deadly game of cat-and-mouse intensifies, the heat between Con and Jess becomes an inferno. He’ll do anything to keep her safe. She’ll do anything to survive. Her vengeful ex is determined to destroy them both, and all it would take is one wrong move.Southern Nights -Teach Me (Book 1)Trust Me (Book 2)Take Me (A Southern Nights Standalone)Southern Nights: Enigma -Come For Me (Book 1)Deceive Me (Book 2)

Agnes Moor's Wild Knight


Alyssa Cole - 2014
    When the king makes a kiss from Agnes the prize of a tourney, a mysterious knight plows through his opponents to claim it. But it isn’t chance. The Wild Knight has come for her, and her champion is after after the most elusive prize of all: her heart.

Mountain Angel


Suzie O'Connell - 2012
    When a call from her stalker makes it clear he wasn’t deterred, Aelissm asks her overprotective uncle for advice. His decision to send Patrick O’Neil to keep her safe might become an even bigger problem. Pat is a haunted man with a kind smile and sad eyes. Aelissm knows he will leave, but there is something irresistible about him. He could be the best thing to ever happen to her… if she can convince him to stay.