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Defining Us by Karen Deen
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Faking it with my Brother's Best Friend
Melissa Schroeder - 2021
Any Order. Individual Love.I’ve been in love with Milo Darling for as long as I can remember. He’s my brother’s best friend and would never be interested in a curvy girl like me. I’ve seen the women he’s dated in the past, and let’s just say they don’t look like me. I’ve come to terms with it…mainly.When I hear my ex is going to be at a charity ball I have to attend, the natural thing is to ask Milo. He’s safe, and he’s a gentleman, and well, who wouldn’t want to spend the night with the most beautiful man ever created.Only, he’s not looking at me like I’m just a friend, and when he kisses me on the dance floor, I lose every thought I have ever had in my life. And, yeah, maybe, I’m going to be okay with a one-night fling with the man of my dreams. Who can blame a girl for taking him up on his offer?And that night? I will just say that it blows my world apart.But I know as soon as the sun rises, this girl will have to put on her big girl pants and get on with my life. Because there is one thing I understand and that’s that girls like me don’t get happily ever afters with guys like him.
Silver Dish
Tarin Lex - 2020
NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. This is book 4 of the Hot Sweet Alpha Love series, and can be enjoyed on its own. HEA Guaranteed. <3
Never Say Never
Taylor Holloway - 2018
Never hesitate. Never get emotionally involved.Words I've lived by. Until her.I'm a fixer.I fix bad, embarrassing, illegal problems, for the right price.My clients are rich, famous, powerful, and very dangerous.Now I’ve got a problem of my very own: Eva Martin. She just happens to be both my best friend’s little sister, and at the center of the most explosive problem I’ve ever faced. As the body count rises around us, I’m falling for the one woman that’s totally out of bounds. Her wide innocent eyes, perfect curves, and sexy, smoky voice—she’s a liability and a weakness, but I'm unable to resist.Eva’s a risky distraction for a man like me. I'm going to make her mine, and I'll use everything in my arsenal to keep her safe.Even if it means everyone else—including me—becomes collateral damage.
Lone Star Ex-Con: A Reverse Age-Gap/Curvy Girl Romance (Saddle Creek, TX: The Crawfords Book 1)
Kat Baxter - 2022
Cuffed By Love
Shayla Hart - 2021
Whoever said that was right because no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get him out of my head or my heart. I foolishly thought my heart wouldn’t miss what it couldn’t see, but I was wrong because I never forgot, not for one moment.You’re not supposed to kiss your best friend. You’re not supposed to give your virginities to one another, either—but we did. We were kids, teenagers, full of hormones and mixed emotions, but it felt right. He was the first boy to kiss me, the first boy to touch me and taste me in a way only a lover would.“Say you want to be mine….” He whispered while I shook in his arms. And I did.And then he wrecked me.After I trusted him and gave myself to him, he disappeared, left me naked in my bed, the scent of him still lingering on my skin, the taste of kiss still fresh on my lips. He left me after the amazing night we shared after we became one another’s and disappeared without a word. I didn’t hear from him for almost ten years. Until one day, out of the blue, he pops up like a nasty rash as the newly appointed CEO of our firm. Was I shocked to see him standing in the office after a decade? Yes. Did I almost faint? Hell yes. My panties may have melted a little when he smiled right at me, but he wouldn’t ever know that—because I hated him.But here I am, the VP of an established publication firm standing in the CEO’s office handcuffed to the pompous jerk face.Why are we handcuffed, you ask? Well, that's a funny story...
One Hot Secret: A Second Chance Romance (Love on Fire)
Sarah J. Brooks - 2021
Can't Hate You
Emma Vikes - 2020
How can I possibly break my vow?But never did I expect what is waiting for me - an unexpected twist in my life that takes both Ryan and myself by surprise
Finn (Adorkable Love, #6)
Brynn Hale - 2020
Specifically, old cars. His company restores and modifies classics, especially muscle cars, to their former glory.Too bad, there's one thing from the past that can't be brought back, even if he wishes she could.But on a Friday drive home, a car off to the side of the road returns dreams and wishes to his head.She's back.This time he's not letting her go, even if it means fixing the one thing in life that might change the past.Shelby's life never turned out to the way she wanted, but not for lack of trying.There was always something missing. Something not right.But when her car breaks down and her past steps from a pickup truck, she's nineteen again with all those feelings rushing over here.Is this second chance the one chance she has to make things right and can she let go of fears of not being enough to take the chance?Find out in this adorkable love story of an alpha geek and a curvy woman, today!
All My Christmases
A.J. Alexander - 2021
I’d even go as far as to say I hate it.But when my baby sister asks me to walk her down the aisle on Christmas Eve, I can’t say no. So, instead of soaking up the sun on a remote island, I’m freezing my ass off, surrounded by mountains of snow. What I didn’t expect was for my baby sister's best friend to turn into a curvy snow bunny. She’s too young, too innocent, and too good for the likes of me. But no matter how hard I try, Noelle Eden has thawed my ice cold heart.I didn’t come here looking for love, but I plan to ensure that the rest of my Christmases from now until forever are with her.Tis’ the Season to Get Married! Nine of your favorite romance authors have joined forces to bring you a world full of wedding bells and Christmas cheer! Each short and steamy story promises a happily ever-after, with plenty of mistletoe and snuggles by the fire. The question is, will you end up on the naughty or nice list? #TheHolidayBelles are ringing beginning December 1st!
Finding Jackie: A Surprise Baby Romance (Recovery Ranch)
Annie J. Rose - 2021
My Beastly Boss: A Surprise Pregnancy Age Gap Romance (Forbidden Temptations)
Sofia T Summers - 2022
In Too Deep
Elyse Riggs - 2021
It’s not every day a girl gets cheated on the day of her wedding. She’s sworn off men and only plans to stay in town long enough to get her car fixed. Then she has to figure out the rest of her life.Enter grumpy mountain man Tyler Drake. Whatever happens, he knows he can’t fall for the beautiful tourist who walked into his bar. No matter how many sparks fly, she’s forbidden fruit he’s determined not to taste.In Too Deep is a full-length, standalone, enemies to lovers, small-town romance with humor, steam, and lots of HEA.
Best Friend's Little Sister
Riley Rollins - 2018
But hell, she was Randy's little sister. Trouble is, she f*cking grew up. Now I can't live without her… not that she left me a choice.Ember's the only woman in the world with the power to end us, to reduce me to ashes. She gave me her body. I gave her my soul.Then I traded a life of privilege to chase down disaster, to put my life on the line. It was the one choice with the power to tear us apart. And it did. I made one wrong decision that cost me everything, and I paid for three long years. Now I'm back, and I won't stop until my ring's on her finger and my son's in her belly. She'll have to tell me to my face that she never loved me… and that she never will.But I'm praying she won't. As a matter of fact, I'm counting on it. Because I'm in the fight of my life now, and none of us will survive without one last chance.
Ember
Everyone has one moment they'd give anything to do over.
Jason's my tower of rock-hard strength. A pillar of steel-cut muscle and piercing blue eyes. There's nothing he can't do. From fighting wildfires, to splitting wood and pounding… nails.Trouble is, he treats me like I never grew up. He makes decisions without me that affect our lives and our future. It's better to be alone, than to be with the wrong man. But it doesn't make alone any easier… I've loved him my whole life, I always will. Our lives were woven together the first night he took me in his arms. Take away a single thread and we weaken. Remove one of us, and the other is nothing but shreds. My body burns with a need I can't satisfy or deny. I'm alone and I'm terrified. What if there's only one way to a second chance?
Jock Baby Daddy (Hate to Love You Book 3)
Alexa Hart - 2020
I hate everything about him before we’ve even met.He’s a player in every sense of the word.On and off the field.If he thinks I’m going to swoon over him like every other woman on earth,He can just think again.I refuse to fall for him.But there’s no law against a girl having a little fun… is there?And fun is all this can ever be.I’m not dumb enough to fall for the playboy of the century.Just do the job and go home… right.I may already be in way too deep to just walk away…READY FOR A SHEET-MELTING BAD BOY TO ROCK YOUR WORLD? SCROLL UP AND GRAB YOUR COPY OF JOCK BABY DADDY TODAY. THE PASSION IS OFF THE CHARTS. HEA IS A GIVEN. AND OF COURSE, THIS ROMANCE CAN BE ENJOYED AS A STANDALONE.