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Cop's Babysitter


Flora Ferrari - 2018
     Seems like every young woman in town applies but I get the feeling they’re more interested in what’s behind my badge than my baby girl. My career as a police officer is about to hit a serious speed bump if I can’t find a nanny by noon. Alyssa While everyone else is planning their summer vacation I’m looking for a summer job. When I stumble across an ad for a babysitter wanted just next door I can’t help but give it a look. The baby girl is too cute for words but what surprises me most is how sexy her police officer papa is. But when things heat up and this charming cop realizes he’s my dad’s best friend he tells me our partnership has to end. Carter When her dad starts snooping around looking for clues about what’s really going on over at my place, I know I’ve got a 911 situation on my hands. I’m going to do whatever it takes to make his dashing daughter mine even if my best buddy decides it’s time to make a citizen’s arrest. *Cop's Babysitter is an insta-everything standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

First Down: A Curvy Woman Romance (Oakwood City Players Book 2)


C.L. Cruz - 2021
    Moving to Oakwood City and opening my own gallery seems like just what I need. What I don’t need is to fall for my brother’s best friend.Dane Rios is sexy, athletic, and has a reputation of being a player. He says he’s ready for the real thing, but can I trust him with my heart?DaneMy whole life has been focused on football. I don’t know if I’ll ever settle down, but then I meet my best friend’s sister.Chloe Jennings is curvy, creative, and makes me want to commit a personal foul. Now I have to convince her that I’m not just playing a game.FIRST DOWN is a short, sweet, steamy story featuring a strong, independent, curvy heroine and the sexy football player who wins her heart. It is the 2nd story in the Oakwood City Players series but can be read as a standalone with no cliffhangers and a HEA!Don’t miss the rest of the series:Game PlanFirst DownHail MaryEnd Zone

Theron


Kali Hart - 2021
    We’ve survived basic together, shared duty stations, and gone to war together. But the needs of the Army have separated us multiple times. That’s why we agreed that when each of us got out, we’d each settle down in the same mountainside town of Three Rivers. It was a favorite place to get away on holiday weekends when the six of us were stationed together in Alaska, and as veterans now we can’t imagine anywhere better. A place filled with fresh mountain air, friendly people who are there when you need them but happy to keep to themselves when you don’t, and unexpected love none of us saw coming.Sweet & steamy short story insta-love romance with an older mountain man and younger curvy woman. NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. Guaranteed HEA.

Swim Coach


Abby Knox - 2019
    When a school legend returns to coach her swim team, however, her composure waivers under his stern gaze. Coach Ford doesn’t lavish anyone at this school with the praise they are accustomed to, and Addie isn’t sure what to do other than work harder, and swim faster. If she could only manage to keep her head down and keep her wet and wild fantasies under control… The majority of this book is told through the eyes of the heroine, with occasional, brief glimpses from the hero’s perspective. The wonderful, steamy, funny, sweet, smutty payoff is worth every tear-stained page of teenage longing! Not ready to go back to school? This mean, bronzed god with the whistle says YES, YOU ARE! Intended for ages 18 and up for language and graphic sexual content.

King's Castle


Ella Goode - 2020
    After his abusive old man kicked the bucket, King took the family fortune and built a haven for women and children who needed protection. He has one rule and that is the women decide when they get to leave. When Hayden shows up, all his self-discipline goes out the window. He’s ready to risk it all to keep her…even against her will.  Hayden came to find her sister—not a man—but one look at King has all her female parts kicking into high gear. He’s autocratic and demanding and everything she shouldn’t like but she can’t help being attracted to the soft heart he keeps hidden. She should run away but every moment she spends with him has her wishing that her home could be the King’s Castle.

Mail-Order Brit


Poppy Parkes - 2020
    Mail-Order Brit is a steamy contemporary love story set in the rolling hills of Somerset, England. Come for the age-gap pairing and a sexy silver fox, stay for the modern mail-order bride romance. You’re sure to catch feelings as you wait to discover if they will. ;) Come meet the heart-melting men of the Wayward Brits series! They might not be proper but that doesn’t mean they’re not absolutely brilliant. These spiffing standalone romances will light your fire and make you smile. Happily ever afters guaranteed!

Her Older Cowboy


Liz Fox - 2020
    DaisyMy dream is to finish college, get a good job, and move out of my judgemental mother’s house.A long weekend with the girlfriends is just the break I need.When I get lost and end up at the home of a handsome, older cowboy, I don’t want to leave.He’s strong, quiet, and I want to ride him like a bucking bronco.Have I finally found someone who thinks I’m good enough?HarrisonSettling down on a ranch was my life’s dream.But I never imagined I’d be doing it alone.When an innocent beauty knocks on my door, I want to help her.She’s curvy, sweet, and dangerously too young.Can I convince her that she is more than enough for me?

Just My Brother's BFF


L.A. Pepper - 2021
    But someone forgot to tell her the rules.I was a billionaire, rich, handsome and powerful with women panting after me…but the only woman I wanted was untouchable.I promised her brother I would NEVER break the Bro code.She was my neighbour, my PLATONIC best friend and totally off-limits.When her brother moved back in after his divorce, everything changed.Our friendship was making her brother suspicious.I forced myself to move on and find another girl, any girl, or at least make all my friends THINK I had another girlSuddenly, Isabella jealous-- This wasn’t platonic at all. We could never work..I could get my happily ever after, or ruin everything.

Pumpkin (Sweet Curves #2)


Megan Wade - 2019
    The smell. The spice in my latte. The pie that’s synonymous with my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving holds memories of family and togetherness. So when a storm cancels my travel plans, my roommate takes pity on me and I find myself sharing the holiday across the table from my greatest crush—her older brother. Finlay Ross. He was a senior in high school when I was still in pig tails. Popular, the star quarterback, he was the first boy I got a stomach flip over, and the only guy I’ve ever wanted. Pity a curvy girl like me would never be on his radar. He probably doesn’t even know I exist. So why does he keep looking at me like he’s starving and I’m the feast? This could turn out to be a thanksgiving I’ll never forget. Warning: this quick read contains over-the-top declarations, insta-love and molten hot moments between a curvy girl and a dirty-talking alpha who wants nothing more than a sweet little piece of pumpkin pie. Each Megan Wade story carries her 'Sugar Promise' of Over the Top Romance, Alpha Heroes, Curvy Heroines, Low Drama, High Heat and a Guaranteed Happily Ever After. What could be better than that?

Her Plus One


Jenn Sable - 2020
    Possibly for good.With my life rooted in Pine Haven, lovingly pinned in place by my family and passion for photography, my holiday fling with Clay would need a Christmas miracle in order to turn into a real relationship.Will Clay and I have a picture-perfect ending, or will my heart be shattered beyond repair by the new year?

Salacious


A. Zavarelli - 2017
    An artist. A visionary. A creator. If ever a perfect man existed, it would be him. The only problem is… that perfect man? He’s also my professor. *I came here to teach. To absolve myself from the guilt of my past by doing good for others. That plan has worked out just fine.Until her. Chloe Abernathy. Because when I see the shy dancer in the back of my classroom, the man in me wants nothing more to corrupt her.

Locked Up Love


Alexa Riley - 2019
    Thankfully she’s rescued by a dark knight named Rocco, but his heroic act is seen as a violent attack after the judge is bought off and Rocco is sent to jail. Rocco Lang took one look at the blonde and knew he had to save her. But when his anger got the better of him he ended up behind bars. He doesn’t regret his actions, just that they took him away from her. Now all he’s got are her letters to keep him warm at night. Can they fall in love with just a pen and paper and their hearts on the page? You’re damn right they can! Warning: This alpha might be behind bars, but he’s still running the show. Grab your jumpsuits and cozy up because this prison romance is everything your Valentine’s Day needs!

Lost in You


Amanda Bailey - 2020
    She owns him with just one kiss.Madison Green is desperate to avoid the comments and judgements that come with flying solo at yet another family wedding. Her heart does a little flip when Shawn, who she’s always harbored a secret crush on, offers to fake it with her for the weekend. What she doesn’t expect is to catch feelings for the handsome guitarist as she struggles to figure out how much of what they are doing is pretend—and how much isn’t.There’s nothing insincere about the emotions Madison stirs within Shawn Mitchell. The more time they spend together, the more intimate they become—and the more he wonders if he should have been the one at Madison’s side all along. He never expected to lose himself in the lie they’d created. To crave her. To need her like he does.When lines blur and then disappear completely, all that’s left is their intense desire to be together—for real.

Husky


Jessa Kane - 2020
    And he’s exactly what she needs.Now to convince the gruff former bodyguard turned bar owner to be her pin cushion for the night…Daws doesn’t need convincing.The moment Parker sets foot in his bar, he’s a goner.He’ll do anything to be alone with the fresh-faced sweetheart, even if it means walking down a runway in front of a thousand strangers.It’s not long before temptation takes over and Daws shows Parker that big men do it better.But can he fit into her perfect world permanently?Or will they have to exist on the memories of their one explosive night?

Accidental Score


Kristen Echo - 2020
    I kissed my best friend’s older brother.He’s a professional hockey player who dates puck bunnies.I’m a curvy college girl who doesn’t date.I didn’t expect him to kiss me back.We got carried away over the holidays.When I’m in his arms, it’s easy to forget about our differences.I didn’t intend to fall in love with him,Or end up pregnant with his baby.Will this player settle down or break my heart?