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Cowboy Coming Home
Jessie Gussman - 2022
She owes him a summer. The price might be too high for both of them.Armstrong Brant stepped between Glory Baldwin and a charging cow. He ended up with broken ribs and a farm and family he couldn’t care for through the pain.At the prompting of The Sweet Water Piece Makers Quilting Club, Glory volunteers to watch Armstrong’s four children while he recovers. She owed him and it made sense. But she never expected to fall for a man with four boys.Armstrong isn’t comfortable sitting around. And he’s definitely not comfortable watching someone else do his work. But he’s downright surly at the idea of allowing another woman into his life after his ex simply walked away.Still, he doesn’t have much choice since he can’t even change a diaper with his broken ribs.Spending a summer together might convince both of them they could take a chance on each other, but when his ex walks back into his home, he’s faced with a choice: does he walk away from the best thing that’s ever happened to him? Or will he come home to stay?Books in the Coming Home to North Dakota Series:Cowboy Walking Away Cowboy Coming HomeCowboy Finding Love
Love's Addiction
Priya Grey - 2017
When I land a new teaching job and stumble into class, I pray my students won’t notice that I can barely hold myself together. But I can’t fool Colter. He sees right through me. He knows the truth that I’m fighting to keep a secret. I dismiss his attempts to help me. After all, I’m the teacher and he is my student. But Colter is hard to ignore, with a strong, athletic frame matched by a fierce intellect. I never suspected meeting outside of office hours would lead us down a path we can’t turn back from… Colter Football is my ticket to a better life. They predict I may go top ten in this year’s draft. Playing professionally will give me the chance to repay my father for all the sacrifices he’s made. Schoolwork has never been a distraction for me, until the day I walked into Professor March’s class. The look in her eyes. The trembling of her hands. These are familiar signs of loved ones I have lost…ones I couldn’t save. When I offer to help Professor March, I never intend to put my football career in jeopardy. Now my passion for winning on the field is equally matched by my desire for her. Love’s Addiction is a unique student-teacher romance told from alternating points of view. It’s filled with captivating drama, courageous love, and soulful healing. Best-selling authors Ozlo and Priya Grey share a profound love story that will break your heart. Then they slowly put all the pieces back together again with an unforgettable happily ever after.
Enjoy this bold and beautiful romance today!
Boys, Toys - Oh My! Volume 2
A.M. Willard - 2017
Not as much, but the heat still rises when I stop to think about what I’m saying. Yes, this is my new life and I have to find the confidence to live it like I own it. I knew allowing her to walk away that night was a mistake… Now I have to find a way to show that I truly care about her, and maybe then she’ll understand that I can’t live my life without her. The problem is she only wants to be friends, if that’s the only way I get her then it’ll have to be enough.
Her Filthy Linebacker
Gigi Love
He's the star linebacker of the football team. After one, intense night that could wreck everything for them, where do they go from here?Holt BarloweI’m a keep-to-myself kind of guy.I’m the strong-but-silent type.And being a college celebrity makes that impossible.People are always looking at me. Asking to take selfies with me. Wanting to get in bed with me so they can tell their friends they slept with Holt Barlowe.For me, it’s just always about the game.I could leave all the rest of it behind.So, this girl is a breath of fresh air for me.Sunny lives up to her name.She’s dripping in sunshine.And I want to get so close to her that she burns me alive.
American Princess
Alexandria Hunt - 2017
The problem is that I'm the only daughter of the president of the United States. And of course I'm assigned a Secret Service detail for my first year away at college. And of course he happens to be drop dead sexy, unbelievably kissable, and committed to his duty...which doesn't include sleeping with the body he's supposed to be guarding. And worst of all, he doesn't remember our night together. But I do, and it's driving me crazy! I just hope our passion doesn't get in the way of my safety, and when bad things happen, I hope I make it through. **Recommended for 18+ due to some graphic sex and some violence.
Hybrid Hearts
Romy Lockhart - 2022
When Amanda's life is put in danger, Cheryl and Jillian rush to help their best friends. Working as a team, there's more to be gained than lost.Hybrid Hearts is a steamy, suspenseful paranormal romance novella featuring all of the main characters from the first four books in the Hybrid Shifters world. Be warned, there are spoilers in this story if you've never read the novels Vicious Love, Shifting Hearts, Hybrid Hearts and Runaway Mate.
Girl Love Happens: Season Three
T.B. Markinson - 2021
Her friends are spiraling, one in particular with dire consequences. If that’s not enough, Tegan’s job is threatened by a conman and a cop trying to recruit Tegan into a leadership role at the university.Whoever said college was the best years of your life never had to come out in a state determined to strip basic human rights from the LGBTQ community.Girl Love Happens: Season Three contains all six episodes of the continuing lesbian romance series infused with 1990s’ nostalgia. If you like tumultuous love stories, simmering chemistry, and a quirky and troubled cast of characters, then you’ll love T.B. Markinson’s smart, sexy series.
Coached
Hunter Rose - 2021
Rugged. Playmaker. Casanova…All those names apply to Darren Walters. Yes, he’s cocky too.How can you not be when you look and play like him?The beginning of college should be the start of something new.Yet, here I am still stuck crushing on the star quarterback of the college team,and my older brother’s best friend - Darren.I’m sure he’s always seen me as the nerdy younger sister type.Oh, and did I forget to mention that I’m still a virgin and have no idea about guys?I know… I'm hopeless.Darren promised my brother that he’d look out for me and protect me.The best thing I can come up with is to have him coach me how to date.Coach me to say all the right things,kiss the right way,and when we’re alone…Sigh, if only our love story was that simple.
Struggle (Beautiful Book 1)
Lilliana Anderson - 2019
It’s like people can’t fathom how a super hot, charismatic guy can be just friends with an overly tall, boyish-figured girl. Wait. I think they probably can, because the next question is always a hopeful, "He’s single?" David is always single. But, he’s never wanting. Girls throw themselves at his feet like he’s some kind of rockstar. But not me. No. I’m just his friend; a fact he likes to remind me of at every opportunity. And I’m OK with that—I think—because he’s right. Our friendship is too important. And honestly, I don’t want to be one of David’s girls. I see the way he uses them to meet his needs then casts them aside when his interest wanes. I’m not about that life. I want something more. Something I don’t think David is capable of giving me. That’s not to say I’m immune to his charms. I’ve never been immune. I delight in the way his eyes twinkle when he smiles at me. I relish in the way his voice ripples beneath my skin when we share a secret moment. And I love the way his fingers feel against my skin when we touch… Love. Yes, I’ve always loved David. Problem is, David has never loved me. Not the way I want him to, anyway. So, what's a girl to do? Pine and hope for something that will never come? Or suck it up and move on? I’m choosing to accept my reality and move on, a choice made easier when I start a new job and the hot AF junior solicitor shows an interest in me despite our office’s ‘No Dating’ policy. David should be happy for me. Elliot is the first guy I’ve felt a deep attraction to in years. Despite the secrecy needed, he seems like the perfect distraction from my troubles, the perfect solution to heal my heart. He even likes David and doesn’t make an issue about my best friend being a guy. But David isn’t happy. In fact, he’s downright angry over my new relationship. He says he’s worried I’ll get hurt again. But I don’t know, it feels bigger than that. It feels like I’m losing my best friend. Even though I’m playing by his rules. What am I supposed to do? While I’m torn with indecision, the choice could be made for me. And this time, I might lose everything… Katrina struggles with following her heart or following her mind in this gripping romantic drama featuring new and extended scenes from books A Beautiful Struggle and Too Close, republished as Struggle: Beautiful Series, one.
Sunshine Town
Maniissh Aroraa - 2017
A dream to make his parents happy and affection of a neighbourhood sweetheart, Natasha. Though both are poles apart, their interests bring them close. Together, they experience new emotions. But, just when they are ready to acknowledge their feeling of love for each other, it is too late.The rapids of life set Shlok on an unexpected journey, and he realizes one can't always be in control of circumstances. Unable to crack an important entrance exam and geographical difficulties affecting his love life, Shlok's life goes through turbulent times. All the while, his faith in God ebbs and flows, but like a wave, it ends up breaking on the shore before returning to the sea. He is confronted with a perennial question-am I good enough for anything? Holding a mirror to himself, he is faced with a decision to give up on everything he thought was right for him. Set in Varanasi, a city in North India, during the late 90s, before the pervasiveness of technology, Sunshine Town is about the aspirations and emotional turmoil of being a teenager. This story deals with the themes of love, career, and personal fulfillment.
Connected Hearts, Vol. 2 (The Matchmaker 2 #2)
Ellie Danes - 2016
There was no denying what it looked liked to my long-time assistant and now I had to trust her not to blow things up with Harper and I. I needed to fix this. I was going to fix this, even if it meant losing my top client, the woman I was caught kissing. Mason seems distant. He’s been secretive and I’m beginning to wonder how much Natalie has to do with Mason’s change of heart. She’s hot, she’s cold, but even more importantly, she’s out to get me. Connected Hearts, The Series. Harper Browning has it all, but it didn’t come without struggles. She’s put it all behind her and turned over a new leaf with her extremely romantic, good-looking and billionaire matchmaker boss, Mason Asher, but not to the liking of his personal assistant and right-hand girl. Mason Asher is known for his ability to find a match for anyone, including the hundreds of wealthy clients that pay him handsomely for his services. But when he makes a promise to Harper’s best friend, Avery Gains, he’s taken on more than he can handle and now risks not only losing his business, but Harper’s love too. Connected Hearts is the follow-up series to It Takes Two and can be read as a stand-alone series or you can follow along from the start by downloading the complete series. *** Connected Hearts is a steamy romance ideal for fans of J.S. Scott, Katy Evans, Lauren Blakely and MS Parker.
Two for One
Cassandra Hallman - 2020
When her first boyfriend throws up after seeing her naked, she swears off love. She hides her skin under clothes and her heart behind school work. Too scared to open herself up to romance, she doesn’t think she will ever be able to trust again and let someone close. Then she realizes that she already trusts someone. Jake and Lucas grew up with Emmy. The three have been best friends their whole lives and that doesn’t change after they finish high school and head to college together. The only thing that does change is the chemistry between them.
The Beaumont Boys
Rachel Ryan - 2016
Until she meets charming blue-eyed Reed and feels an instant connection. But when fate steps in and Reed is called away, Brooke believes she's lost her chance once again. Six months later Brooke reluctantly agrees to a blind date with handsome and successful businessman, Myles Beaumont. Brooke and Myles hit it off and Brooke is finally feeling like it could be a perfect match, until Reed appears in her life again and the chemistry is hard to ignore.Will Brooke follow her head or her heart? And when she learns the truth, will it completely destroy any chance she has at happiness?
Fueled Hate (Fueled, #1)
A.J. Logan - 2021
Cars are a part of my soul.Focus. Drive. Win.Once fueled by passion, I’m now fueled by hate.And I’ve never entered a race I knew I couldn’t win.Until Sadie.She isn’t supposed to cause me to swerve off course, but one look and she does.Now, it’s winner takes all. I either get everything I want or none of it.I arrived with one purpose—to punish those responsible for an unspeakable act.I’m not built to back down.Is there any hope of pulling her out of the wreckage or will we crash and burn together, both going up in flames?Fueled Hate is a dark college bully romance. It contains sensitive topics that some may find triggering and is intended for mature readers. Fueled Hate is Book One in the Fueled series and a complete STAND-ALONE.