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Sinful in Spurs


Laura Wright - 2014
    But Keely is turning out to be anything but cooperative. The once shy, small town girl has turned into a gorgeous and very stubborn hellcat with big city excitement on her mind. And when Sawyer returns from a rodeo to find her gone, he knows he will do anything it takes to bring her home.Keely O'Hare is sick and tired of her brother's best friend babysitting her. It's her final year of college and she's ready to explore the dark sexual needs she's been keeping secret in her heart. So when Sawyer goes away for work, Keely escapes to the city and to the notorious sex club, The Playhouse. But when Sawyer finds her there, unexpected and explosive sexual tension flares hot and heavy between them--and Keely refuses to return home with him until he spends two nights in The Playhouse with her. If he wants to bring along his bull rope? Even better.

The Bodyguard's Baby


Kristi Avalon - 2014
    But Lindsey Graham becomes a temptation he never expected. Every day with her weakens his resolve to stay detached so she doesn’t discover the guilt he carries with him from his dark past. Still on edge after a traumatic kidnapping, Lindsey’s lifelong dream comes into sharp focus – to have a baby of her own. However, doctors warn a childhood illness impacts her chances of conceiving. While exploring fertility treatments, she realizes her most alluring option is only a bedroom away… Can Slone’s desire for Lindsey and the promise of the family he’s denied himself breach his defenses and heal his battle-scarred heart? **The Bestselling Billionaire Bodyguard Series:** Book 1 - Billionaire Bodyguard Book 2 - The Billionaire's Possession: Defended & Desired Novella 2.5 - Bedded by Her Bodyguard Book 3 - The Billionaire's Prize: Taken & Tempted Novella 3.5 - The Bodyguard's Baby Coming Soon! Book 4 - The Billionaire's Dare: Saved & Seduced (Summer 2014) Book 5 - (Winter 2014)

CaddyGirls


V.K. Sykes - 2010
    She doesn’t mind playing dumb while hauling clubs if it means she can get her golf career back on track, and she’s going to need an influx of cash to focus on the pro circuit. A booking from video game mogul Julian Grant could be Torrey’s cash-flow solution.In town for a business deal, Julian’s partners plan for a little action on the greens. They’re looking for some fun with their rent-a-caddy girls, and have a lot riding on who can score, on the course and off. This type of gamble isn’t Julian’s style, but he’ll do whatever it takes to keep his partners happy – even if that includes breaking a few hearts along the way.Julian soon discovers that Torrey is more than just a caddy girl and they spark an intriguing attraction – but if Torrey discovers the truth behind his idiotic wager, all bets are off…

Manna From Heaven


Karen Robards - 2012
    But when the lawman takes Charlie hostage, an electrifying adventure begins....

Christmas for the Wolves & A Wolf for Valentine's Day


E.A. Price - 2014
    They are available to read for free on my website, but are being released here for anyone who wishes to have them on their reading device too. The stories are all just quick peeks into the lives of the characters that have cropped up in Books 1 – 9 of the series. Christmas for the Wolves – Stories take place after Book 7 In the first collection, the stories take place in and around Christmas. Terri spends her first family Christmas with Mal’s family and has a little bit of news for her mate. Hans finds that spending Christmas in his childhood home, and in bunkbeds, is much more fun with his mate, Melanie. Rosalee takes her gruff, Alpha mate to a spa – (he’s adamant that real men don’t go to spas). Andy gets a very unwelcome, and bitter, visitor but then a nice surprise from his mate. Liv and Alec realize that compromising isn’t so bad. Don and Kayleigh jet off to spend Christmas in Texas, (did anyone say mile-high club?). While Gabe deals with his sister-in-law’s very misguided and lovelorn stalker. A Wolf for Valentine’s Day – Stories take place after Book 9 In the second collection, the stories take place on and around Valentine’s Day. Rosalee tries to diet, much to her mate’s displeasure. Kira and Gabe calm the frazzled nerves of a bride and groom. Delilah realizes that now she is pregnant she will have to make compromises – especially when overprotective shifters stick their noses in. Carly and Cain find themselves arguing over a bed after an ex drops by. Don whisks his horrified mate away for a camping trip, (where is she supposed to plug in her hairdryer?!). Mal is taken aback by a blast from Terri’s past. Melanie finds that her mate isn’t the only one prone to jealousy (thanks to a slobbering she-wolf). Alec suspects his sweet mate of cheating. While Deanna and a reluctant Casey spend Valentine’s at a party – (why would they go out when they can stay at home in bed?!). But, caution is advised! These stories contain swearing and scenes of a sexual nature with m/f interaction intended for mature readers.

Heart of the Storm


Shannon Stacey - 2013
    His plan is to go in, meet his new baby nephew, and get out. Then a winter storm takes a turn for the worse, and Brody can't escape…from former neighbors, old regrets or painful glimpses of his ex-fiancée.When Delaney Westcott runs into Brody at the town's emergency shelter, she's shaken. She wants nothing to do with the man who left her—and Tucker's Point—without so much as a goodbye. Being cooped up with him in a high school gym is stirring up more than just bad memories, though, and soon Delaney finds herself confiding in Brody. But will he have any reason to stay once the blizzard ends?

Falcon's Landing


M.J. Fields - 2017
    Divide. Gage Falcon's life is turned upside down. When backed against a wall, he does what men with 'Steel' convictions do...take control. Fight. Strength. Phoenix Star knows it's going to take everything inside her to be who she is destined to be. Fresh out of college and knowing she can't go home and get where she wants to get, she takes the path less traveled. Redefining life sends them both down a long dirt road to...become. She what happens at Falcon’s Landing. (This novella leads to Steel Country book 1 HAMMERED releasing April 24th, 2017)

Bittersweet Melody


Belinda Boring - 2014
    I should've saved him. I could've. But I didn't. Sometimes late at night when my demons haunt me, I wish I could go back. Back to when I was that naive, punk kid who thought the world was full of rainbows and butterflies. Back to where my soul didn't feel so stained and broken. But I can't. I have to live with my failures. And it doesn't matter how hard I run, there's no escaping my guilt." Cooper Hensley is the perfect front man for Damaged Souls. After returning from his time as a Marine, all he wants to do is to bury himself into the rock and roll lifestyle with music, alcohol, and one night stands. Chasing sweet oblivion to numb his pain, nothing can rattle his carefully guarded heart . . . that is until Caylee Sawyer comes looking for the man she believes a hero, the best friend of her dead husband. What she finds instead is someone broken, someone who needs to forgive himself and move on, someone who affects her so completely, she can't walk away. But can she convince him to lower his guard long enough for her to claim his heart? And when he does, will she be prepared for the consequences?

Sinker


Colleen Charles - 2017
    I'm filthy rich, filthy mouthed, filthy on the mound and in the mound. I've never met a woman who didn't worship at the altar of my cleats. Opposing batters eat my smoke and scream for their mama as they swing through dead air. They'll never be running the bases on my watch. But with the lovely ladies...I'll take them around the bases and drive for home all day and all night long. I get everything I want whenever I want it.But not her.Beautiful, smart, Brenna Sinclair. My arch nemeses. She's a reporter for Sport Taste magazine and she's been charged with hating my guts. She relishes every single hit piece she writes about me containing a sensational headline in bold, black letters. And I give her plenty to write about. RHETT BRADSHAW TAKES NEW YORK BY THE CROTCH. Yeah, that one was my favorite. But she got beamed with my baseball. And now she doesn't remember anything. In spite of the fact that I know it's wrong, payback's a bitch. I'll make her fall madly in love me. And she'll squeal my name. BrennaYankee's pitcher, Rhett Bradshaw, is a chauvinistic,immature playboy. An embarrassment to mankind. Women lift their shirts at games and throw their panties on the field. Their panties. What self-respecting woman does that? There's nothing I relish more than announcing to the world what I think of him and his juvenile antics. Threesomes in a limo? Check. Blow jobs in a back alley? Check, check. He disgusts me. Bad decisions happen when money and talent meet those panty-melting good looks. I'd love to know if there's any semblance of a decent human being underneath his pinstripes. I have the journalistic world by the tail and I'll write anything I want whenever I want to.But not about him. No, not anymore. I'm done with Rhett Bradshaw. Until an errant Sinker from his glove knocks me for a loop. Now, I don't remember anything from the recent past. And like an angel sent from heaven, there's this gorgeous baseball player hovering, worried about me. And before I know it, I'm thinking about what's underneath his sexy uniform. He's rich. He's talented. He's charming. For the first time in my life, I want to throw caution to the wind and just take what I want. Besides, what could possibly be wrong with letting myself fall?This full-length alpha billionaire romance by best-selling author Colleen Charles is meant for mature audiences. For a limited time, a FREE copy of Colleen's #1 Second Chance Romance novel, Wasted Love, is included. Colleen's books are always FREE with Kindle Unlimited.

Rome for the Holidays: A Novella


Judy Angelo - 2014
     Arie Angelis is floored when she lays eyes on the handsome hunk seated at the head table at the holiday event she's catering. She literally can't take her eyes off him. She's always prided herself on being the consummate professional, but not this time. But, attracted or not, when she finds out who he is she realizes he's way out of her reach. But you can't stop a girl from dreaming... Rome Milano is used to getting what he wants but when he meets the hot and heavenly Arie Angelis he learns that he can't always have his way. He's used to calling the shots but, if the lady has her way, not this time...

Jesse's Hideout


Kallypso Masters - 2017
    Tillie Hamilton has made the 180-year old house her sanctuary ever since its owner, a lonely old woman, rescued her from neglect when she was only eight-years-old. When her benefactor's grandson, Greg Buchanan, discovers that Tillie has been exploiting his grandmother's memory by putting out cookbooks and advertisements claiming Gram haunts the house, he vows to debunk the innkeeper’s claims. Until he discovers that Tillie is not what he expected. Greg has a hidden agenda of his own as he came here to prove that Jesse James returned to the house long after he was believed dead. But proving that theory without Tillie thinking he's off his rock might be harder than he thought. Does the infamous outlaw and Gram have something brewing in the hideout—like finding a happily ever after for two workaholics who need each other?

A Kategan Alphas Christmas Special: featuring Vane and Sarina


T.A. Grey - 2015
     Join the Kategans for a special Christmas gathering! Sarina Kategan is having a difficult time this holiday season. Not only does she have two-year old baby Vince to deal with but her mate Vane insists on caroling to all of the pack members (and drinking spiked egg nog along the way!), which leaves her to stew on their recent troubles. Sarina is unhappy as of late with her mate, and her unhappiness has nothing to do with the caroling or the excessive egg nog drinking. It does, however, have everything to do with the fact that she wants a new baby and her ever-loving mate doesn’t seem too inclined to the idea. Well, Sarina is fed up with Vane’s dodgy shenanigans! The Kategan family Christmas holiday has Vane backpedaling to keep up as Sarina arms herself with the ultimate cold shoulder. She’s prepared to do battle, because she wants another baby and she’s going to get what she wants. Other books by T. A. Grey: THE BELLUM SISTERS SERIES (paranormal succubus romance series) -Chains of Frost -Bonds of Fire -Ties That Bind -The Fallen King -The Bellum Sisters Bundle THE UNTOUCHABLES (dark vampire and Were-filled world) -Take Me -Tempting Gray -Merely Immortal THE KATEGAN ALPHAS (fated lykaens meet their match and their mates!) -Breeding Cycle -Dark Awakening -Wicked Surrender -Eternal Temptation -Dark Seduction -Tempting Whispers -The Kategan Alphas Vol. 1 and 2 THE MacKELLEN ALPHAS (contemporary-style flair on these intriguing lykaens) -The Loneliest Alpha -The Silent Princess OTHER TITLES -The Vampire's Mate -Jace (Bodyguards for Hire, #1) -Midnight Sex Shop -Capturing Jeron -Ecstasy Overload -Hunted (A Claiming Novella, #1)

Riding Out the Storm


Desiree Holt - 2009
    Hours of scorching sex made her pulse race and her body heat. She doesn't understand why, afterward, Logan avoids her like the plague. Then a storm of epic proportions throws them together in an isolated cabin, and Jody realizes she's only had a small taste of the exotic, erotic ways Logan enjoys sex. As the storm rages outside, a comparable one explodes inside the cabin. There is nothing they won't try, nothing they don't enjoy. But Jody can't help but wonder what will happen when the storm is over...

Set the Night on Fire


Jennifer Bernard - 2016
    The town bad boy is back to clear his name Firefighter Sean Marcus left Jupiter Point in disgrace, but now he’s coming home to clear his name. As the man in charge of setting up the new Jupiter Point Hotshots wildfire crew, he’s out to prove he’s no longer the troubled boy who fled after a night of violence. He’s back for one reason only--and it isn’t to fall in love. The town sweetheart has a secret Evie McGraw has never spoken about that night. But she can’t escape it, especially now that her brother’s wild friend Sean is back. Rugged, sexy and irresistible, he’s the only one who knows what happened. Evie put her life on hold to protect her family, but now, she has to make a choice. Keep silent…or put her heart on the line and let Sean help heal the past?

Off the Hook


Laura Drewry - 2016
    Perfect for readers of Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery, the Fishing for Trouble series features three unforgettable brothers—each of whom is a great catch.Major league pitcher Liam O'Donnell knows his best days are probably behind him, but that doesn't mean he's ready to retire and become a fishing guide. Still, after all the time he's spent chasing his dreams, he owes it to his brothers to pull his weight around the lodge. The Buoys is their father's legacy, and they can't let some developer take it from them. The one snag Liam isn't counting on is a blast from the past: his ex-wife.The moment Kate Hadley steps out of the seaplane, she knows this assignment is going to be trickier than she thought. She has to persuade the owners to sell—and one of them is Liam O'Donnell. Ten years ago, she made the biggest mistake of her life when she married Liam during a fling in Vegas. Now he's her only lifeline in the middle of nowhere. Kate's trying to keep things cool, but Liam just reminds her of the scorching few nights they spent together—and tempts her to make new memories that are just as steamy as the old.