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Ravishing Rebounds


Heather C. Myers - 2018
    Going through a public divorce with two young children doesn’t make him an eligible bachelor even if he is making seven figures as a professional hockey player. Somehow, he wins the affection of Amanda Brown, an Ice Princess with red hair, a disarming smile, and a warmth that immediately draws him in and makes him feel safe.But his ex isn’t going to make things easy for him when she finds out - even though it was her indiscretions that led to their divorce in the first place.Three months into it and she can leave at any time. He may be serious about her but they aren’t serious - yet. And if Rita gets her way, Amanda will walk out of his life and never look back.

The Hunter


Brenda Jackson - 2017
    is about all she can handle. But when circumstances throw them back together, Mallory's about to learn that the "P" in P.I. stands for playa...but even the baddest boys around can be tamed.

Men of Moose Mountain: Series Boxed Set


Marley Michaels - 2020
    And of course, there are lots of cameos by the original Moose Mountain men too.Mountain Seeking DoctorDr Judd Cooper moves back to his hometown to replace the town's retiring family doctor. When he mistakes the small town's sweetheart for a thief, the fight is on to get her to not just accept his apology, but also give him her heart.Mountain Seeking PilotHelicopter Pilot, Rhys Cooper, has spent his life flying to new heights in dangerous and daring rescues. Now he wants to settle down and build on his own little piece of paradise next to Moose Mountain. Except his plans fall foul of his new conservationist neighbor, Amber. Can butting heads turn to falling in love?Mountain Seeking HeroSearch and Rescue Coordinator, Max Cooper, has heard the mountain’s call. Now he’s returned to his birthplace to see whether the Moose Mountain legend is true for him. He doesn’t expect it to literally hit him in the back of the head though, or for the town’s sweet, shy librarian to be the one for him.Mountain Seeking Fire ChiefThe town’s new Fire Chief can run into a burning building, but put him near a cat and he has flashbacks to a near career-ending accident that he’s never forgotten. Enter Bree, Woodward Valley’s resident cat lady, who makes it her mission to win Kane Cooper over, one feline friend at a time.Mountain Seeking VeterinarianVeterinarian Trace Cooper has traveled the world working with animals, yet its Moose Mountain that has called him home to settle down, and the mountain isn’t making him wait for it. Not when the most beautiful woman he’s ever laid eyes on steps out of her car with her two gorgeous kids in tow and he has an instant vision of the family he’s always wanted.Mountain Seeking PrincessMoose Mountain has been calling her protectors back to the mountain for a reason—she’s under threat and needs to be saved. It’s time to call in a champion and crown a new queen, and the only Cooper sister is ready to help lead her family in the fight of their lives to save the mountain for generations to come.BONUS - Also includes Mountain Seeking Santa, a Moose Mountain Christmas novella featuring all your favorite Cooper family members.***The Men of Moose Mountain series is just like the Moose Mountain Brothers series before it. It includes the same sweet, flirty, instalove stories you love, but this time you'll get more big, gruff and tough Cooper men--and the one Cooper princess--living their lives on and near the mountain. The mountain has always provided for its keepers, and now it's time for more feisty women to warm up their cold mountain hearts and complete their mountain lives forever. Can we all say, awww.

Falling Series Books #6-9 (Falling Series Collection Book 2)


Tracy Lorraine - 2020
    Everything you need to heat up your Kindle is right here. From an emotional office romance, to sexy bad boys, enemies to lovers, brother's best friends, explosive second chances, and a little m/m to mix things up. One-click and start binge-reading now. Falling for Lucas Sleeping with the boss wasn't meant to be part of the promotion.

 People think I’m a suave businessman but they couldn’t be more wrong. The expensive suit is just covering the ugly scars of my past. I have no interest in love or making promises that I can’t keep. Until I find her in my hotel suite. She’s a broken mess and everything in me wants to protect her. To make her mine. I’m falling for my employee and she should be running far away from me. Will I let her? No chance. Falling for Caleb Never stop fighting if you think you’ve found the one. I’m not fussy about the men I share my bed with, but my heart is another matter. Loving someone too much goes hand in hand with pain and suffering. It’s not something I want in my life. Then I meet him. Just one kiss and he finds his way in. It’s just a shame I don’t have the same effect on him. Can I convince him that he’s the only one for me despite what my reputation says? I’m falling for a man whose sole intention is run as far away from me as he can. Falling for Declan Hate is easy. Love takes courage. My life is sweet. I work hard, party harder, surf whenever the hell I want and get any woman I desire. It can’t get any better. Then my worst enemy moves to town. I’ve hated her from as early as I can remember, and now she’s taunting me once again. Or tempting me? It seems the girl who plagued my younger years is now a woman I can’t get out of my head. I’m falling for my childhood enemy. Nothing good can come of this, or can it? Falling for Liam She's mine, every last broken, beautiful bit of her. I’ve always been different. Always been the nice one. The misunderstood one. Everything changed when I found her, the woman I've been waiting for. Hoping for. The one. Then, she left. Now she's back, and she's nothing like I remember. She’s broken. Harboring dark secrets that beg to be exposed. And that's fine, because I've got some sordid secrets of my own. I’m going to prove I'm the one she needs. Because she’s mine. Mine to protect. Mine to love. It’s time for her to submit to the one thing she truly desires. Me. All of me.

Mountain Man's Fever: The Complete Series Box Set


Lauren Wood - 2018
    I didn't know what I was missing before I found Ayla. She was a stranger that made my heart race and my body hot. All I had to do was get my lips on hers and give her the temptation." Mountain Man's Proposal "Her smile was innocent, but her body was so damn hot. She got a job and I got a new outlook on life. She brought out the side of me that I didn’t even know was alive. With her, I started to think about the future." Mountain Man's Bride "He was back and everything was changing. He wanted something from me, more than I first thought. It was hard to think when he was near and now Chris was too close. His lips were so demanding and I yearned for the power that he possessed over my body." Mountain Man's Secret Baby "Just like the tall peaks of Alaska… Ethan is untamed and rough around the edges. No one knows why he’s here in Nome, But something draws me to his stormy eyes… And I lose control of everything." Mountain Man's Fever is a complete series box set. As always, lots of love and romance and a very satisfying HEA!

Grumpy As Hell


Marika Ray - 2022
    Literally.Ace Hellman. Star quarterback. Grumpy-as-hell firefighter. Chief pain in my ass.He’s beyond arrogant, inducing women to fake emergencies just to see his sexy swagger as he comes to save them. Not me though. That fire was a total accident. I swear. He and I actually have a long history of hating each other, starting with him ruining my live performance of the Nutcracker in kindergarten and ending with me being the only woman in town under forty whom he hasn’t dated. I wear that title with pride.Now that we've been roped into teaching a first aid class together, things can't get more awkward. He’s determined to prove me wrong at every turn, and I’m determined to stop picturing him without his coveralls. I refuse to hide who I am, and Ace stands for everything I’m against.He’s so wrong for me the whole town knows it. So why do I feel like we start a fire every time we’re together?

Dark Beginnings, First in Series Boxset: Wild Fever / Moon Kissed / Prince of Desire


Donna Grant - 2020
    Each story is the first in series and ends in a happily ever after.WILD FEVEROlivia Breaux left the small Cajun town the day of her high school graduation and never looked back. Until an unfortunate event sends her home ten years later. Returning to her hometown brings back memories and long held desires for the impossibly gorgeous - and aloof - Vincent.MOON KISSEDMyles LaRue was content owning a bar and hunting evil in the French Quarter. He wasn't looking for love, especially after the tragedy his family already experienced. But when the exquisite Addison Moore walks into his life, he can't help but be charmed. Despite the dangers surrounding them, Myles comes to one conclusion - against the odds they found each other, and now that they have, he will do whatever it takes to keep her safe.PRINCE OF DESIRELucian, a prince of a secret kingdom, must find his mate and return with her to Drahcir before time runs out. He's unprepared for Isabelle and the insatiable appetite he has for her. But will the passion

Saving Jenna


Christina Butrum - 2018
    He had left once before, and nothing would stop him from leaving again. Coming back to West Grove was the last thing Ian wanted to do. If it hadn't been for the rental property, the small town would've never seen him again. Two weeks and he'd be gone. Until he sees Jenna Avery and realizes there's more than a house needing repaired. The only problem - Two weeks may not be enough time to save her.

Ranger Knox


Meg Ripley - 2017
    Because of my role as head ranger at Acadia National Park, as well as the Alpha of my clan, I have the responsibility of making sure no outsiders know about the real reason why our park came to be. Hannah, a journalist who's been snooping around, doing research for an exposé, is most definitely an outsider, no matter how much the ursine part of my brain keeps insisting that she should belong to me.She should be mine. Except she’s not a bear--she’s not any kind of shifter. How could I want her? Is it possible that a human...could be my mate?And how will I keep her from unraveling the mystery that has kept us safe from the public eye for generations?**Intended for readers age 18+ only. Contains mature, sizzling-hot situations and language that may be objectionable to some readers.**

A Fake Marriage Collection


Anne-Marie Meyer - 2018
     They weren't supposed to fall in love...at least that's what the agreement said. Marrying a Cowboy Emma George seems destined to be the perpetual bridesmaid. She's constantly on the receiving end of every do-gooder matchmaker. Austin Maverick must marry to inherit his grandfather's ranch. A chance meeting at a friends wedding throws these two together. What starts out as a mutually advantageous idea slowly morphs into something more. Marrying an Athlete Anna Short's pretty sure that her life can't get any lower. After loosing her job and getting dumped, she's beginning to think that happiness with never happen. Defenseman, Micheal Jones, is the life of the party. Until he mistakenly proposes to the mayor's daughter. Instead of facing his mistake, he flees town to spend time with his sister, McKenna, and her adorable best friend, Anna. After picking Anna up, they discover that McKenna's marriage is in shambles. After Michael and Anna agree to fake a marriage so they can go to a marriage counseling resort with McKenna and her husband, the lines become blurred between fake and real. Marrying a Billionaire Lillian Brunette is desperate for a job not only for herself but for the baby growing in her stomach. Recently divorced and alone, she thinks fate is smiling on her when her best friend gets her a job interview with Reed Williamson. Billionaire, Reed Williamson, will do anything to keep hold of his grandfather's company. If that means agreeing to the will stipulation that he must be married to inherit, he will. After an episode of mistaken identity, Lillian finds herself contractually obligated to marry Reed. Which is the perfect relationship for her. No feelings involved. Until she discovers that Reed is kind and incredibly handsome. And just might be what she wants in a family. If only he could accept the secret she's so desperate to hide. The FIRST three books of A Fake Marriage series!

Stuck at Christmas


Georgia Coffman - 2021
    It's the furthest thing in my mind.Until her.To my surprise, one night is all it takes for me to fall for her, even though I know next to nothing about her.I never thought I'd see my mystery woman again, but like a holiday miracle, she shows up at my clinic one night with her young daughter.Every minute I’m with them only makes me fall harder, but our situation isn’t so simple.Getting stuck in a closet with Isabel just days before Christmas might be the gift we didn’t know we needed.

Simply Complicated


S. Nelson - 2021
    Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something I’ve never been able to do before with past boyfriends.But there are rules.He needs to be a stranger and someone who won't judge me if I can't cross the finish line.Luke Sorenson, one of the most famous soccer players in the world, isn't meant to be that man. He's the guy I grew up next door to. The man who broke my heart ten years ago, then moved across the country and never looked back.He also happens to be the one person in the world I can't stand.But as my best friend points out, he's the best option.Besides, it's only for one night. What can possibly go wrong?***The last person I expect to see when I walk into a random corner bar is Olivia Brighton, the one woman I let slip through my fingers when I chased my dream a decade ago.Not only do I run into her again, but I offer to help her out with her dilemma, and she accepts.It's supposed to be a one-time occurrence. One shot to prove my skills in bed.But that one shot turns into a deal, which morphs into something neither of us predicts.One thing's for certain—everything is about to get simply complicated.

Primed for Sin: A Contemporary Romance Box Set


Sarah J. Brooks - 2019
    Brooks! All five standalone full-length novels feature protective alpha males that fight for the women of their dreams. No matter if accidental fake marriages, surprise baby gifts or second chances - this collection has everything you need for long and steamy nights in your bedroom! Book 1 – Never Over You Alright, before you hear his side, let me tell you mine. I was just cleaning his room. I swear that’s it! I mean, he’s my boss for Pete’s sake. But Anthony came out of the shower dripping wet and naked from head to toe. I tried to look away, but IT was right there. And boy was it happy to see me. That’s so not my fault, right? Cute butt, killer abs, bubblegum lips that were begging for a kiss. How could I say no? Turns out he’s had a crush on me since high school. His dad’s freaking out, but Anthony’s got his own billions. So big, bad Daddy Whore-bucks can kiss my tight little… you get the idea. But I think Anthony’s having second thoughts. Will he be my sweetheart or leave me heartbroken? Book 2 – Hate To Want You Oh My Gorgeous eyes! Is that Xander–freaking– Selby? Bad boy muscle-man with a gargantuan-sized… bank account. Wow what a dirty little mind you’ve got there. Be patient. I’m still getting to his best parts. There’s a heart of gold hidden under muscles the size of New York City. He's got the face of an angel and moves like the devil. The first time I saw him my legs went to Jell-O, and I got all tongue-tied. Now tell me something, and be honest. Is it in bad taste to tie up your boss with a garter belt? Or run your tongue up and over his mountain and valley abs? Book 3 – Let’s Play Pretend “Of course I’ll pretend to be your wife.” I can’t believe these words came out of my mouth when my sister’s lawyer asked me to be his fake-wife. I don't like his plan to fake it at all, but desperate situations need desperate measures. Although I have enough to deal with on my own, I’d do anything for my family. Well, maybe I can take this lemon and make lemonade. After all, acting like I’m in love with Jonathan is easy. Too easy. The way he looks at me, touches me, protects me. It just feels so unbelievably good. All of a sudden, I'm not sure if this is fake anymore... Book 4 – Protecting Her The billions in my bank account are worthless if I can’t save her. There are times in your life when one decision can change everything. Mine was to risk my life for the woman of my dreams. Millie. Once I saw her, I knew it’d be her and no one else. Her gaze calls out to the hero in me. Her touches awaken the man. The problem? I’m not the only one who wants her. And her enemies will do everything to get her. Even the unthinkable. If they try to hurt her, I will give them nothing but pain. It’s time for this to end. There can only be one winner. Book 5 – Unexpected Love It was supposed to be a one-night stand. Now I’m carrying his baby. Oh-oh. I guess fate has a way of writing its own stories.

The Valentine Billionaire (The Billionaire Princes Book 5)


Serenity Woods - 2022
    

The Fake Girlfriend Rules


Penny Wylder - 2021
    I’ve known him forever.He’s always been able to ask me anything.I NEVER imagined he’d ask me to be his fake girlfriend.I’m terrified, but I want to help, so we make some rules.No kissing. No strings attached. It should be easy…Right?DouglasWe’ve been friends for years. Just friends.Sure, I thought she was hot, but I never looked at her as more than one of the guys.Asking her to be my fake girlfriend for a work event was a no-brainer.Until I saw her in that tight dress.Until we stumbled into a taxi together at the end of the night.Until we… well.I promised to follow her rules.Now, I’m going to break all of them.