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Paper Hearts


Brittany Taylor - 2021
    Arrogant. Liar. It’s been ten years since Asher left me with nothing but the remains of our shattered dreams.  The last place I expected to see him was at a small bar in a city of over eight million. With my heart set on expanding my business, I needed one of New York City’s best real estate executives. Little did I know it would be the same man who had torn my heart like a piece of paper before setting it on fire.  Once my gaze lands on his, I know Asher is no longer the boy I loved when I was eighteen. No, this Asher treated me like a stranger. All for the sake of not wanting to sift through the ashes of our past.  Yet Asher’s arrogance rivaled any sort of rejection, even mine. Using his own selfish ambition, he needed me to claw his way to the top. Despite his true motives, I had foolishly let him back in.  I’d fallen in love with Asher Owens once before and this time I would try my best not to make the same mistake twice.

Everest


S.L. Scott - 2017
    Dynamic green eyes. Utterly irresistible. Ethan Everest stole my breath the first time I saw him. He romanced me with skill, dazzled me with his charisma, and proceeded to steal my heart right after. I might have fallen for his easy-going smile the first time we met, but I fell for him the second time.Honey-colored hair. Cherry-kissed lips. Captivatingly gorgeous. Singer Davis was the first, and only, woman to ever intimidate me. She spoke to my heart with her wit, seduced me with her eyes, and became the only thing that made sense in a world that made none. I let her slip through my fingers once. I won’t make that mistake twice.Secrets broke us apart. Can a second chance bring us back together? From New York Times Bestselling Author, S.L. Scott, comes a ROMANTIC SUSPENSE STANDALONE that will have you on the edge of your seat and swooning over this new ALPHA BILLIONAIRE.

Hotshot


Jenna Hartley - 2021
    Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World.  I’m lying. To my friends.To Ethan.And worst of all, to myself. But he makes me question everything I wanted, everything I thought I knew. From the corner office I’ve long coveted to my relationship with my recently deceased father. Now I’m at a crossroads. My head knows my future is back in Boston, but my heart is telling me otherwise.

Wild With You


J.H. Croix - 2021
    Croix!✔️ Single father with axe-swinging hotness✔️ Polar opposites attract✔️ Barn burner chemistry with a serious slow burn✔️ Meet cute, corgi includedWhen a grumpy hotshot firefighter meets a homecoming queen from the city, all bets are off.I don’t have time for romance, much less for prissy Madison Glen. The first time I meet her, I kiss her. The second time I meet her, she's breaking into my neighbor's house. She swears up and down she’s not a criminal. Maybe not, but she is definitely a distraction I don’t need. I’ve got my hands full with my mouthy daughter and an insanely busy life as a hotshot firefighter. It doesn’t surprise me at all to learn Madison was homecoming queen in high school. She’s stubborn, impractical, and she’d win the contest for least-likely to survive in small town Alaska. She’s also sultry and sassy. She’s everything I don’t need. It doesn’t matter what I tell myself though. I can’t keep my hands to myself when she’s around, and she kisses like a dream.Graham & Madison’s story is perfect for readers who love small town romance, hotshot firefighters, single father romance, alpha heroes, smart sassy heroines, frenemies to lovers, hate to love, opposites attract, slow burn, emotional romance with a dash of angst, plenty of steam and swoon, and a deeply protective grumpy hero.*A full-length, standalone romance.

Filthy Seduction (Ravenhead #3)


Crimson Syn - 2019
    LUCIANSabrina Montgomery is the sweetest pain in the ass I’ve ever met.I know what she’s doing, entrapping me in all her sultriness.But I won’t let her.This isn’t a game that she can win and she damn well knows it.But there’s something about this woman that makes me lose controlAnd I’m not about to give it up that easily.She’s about to get a rude awakening that will put her on her knees,Whether she’s willing to or not.SABRINALucian Steele is my cross to bear.I’ve been the Board’s liaison to him for the last five years,The job entails having to convince him to do what they want.They chose me mostly because no one else can handle the beast of a man.He’s aggravating in the most attractive way,Yet I can’t seem to stop thinking of him.If only he knew just how much I liked him,Maybe then he’d realize I’d do anything to protect him.*************************************************************Dirty Obsession: Ravenhead Series #1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...Beautiful Betrayal: Ravenhead Seris #2https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Ask Me Why


Harloe Rae - 2019
    Two slow blinks. Three hollow beats. I’m still here. After three years, that reminder isn’t as necessary. But everyone has their bad days. This is definitely one of them. Until an adorable little boy dashes into my store. His zest for life makes me smile in a way that’s been long lost. Then I meet his father. Well, confront is more like it. Brance Stone is volatile. Offensive. Harsh. And can’t be bothered to care. Not that I want him to. I get frostbite just looking into Brance’s glacial stare. But there’s something undeniable about him. My misery suddenly craves company. The suffocating numbness lifts whenever Brance is near. That alone should have me running in the opposite direction. Try as I might, there’s no avoiding him. If only I could understand why. As if he’d let me. I don’t ask. He doesn’t tell. A silent, bitter truce settles between us. That was our first mistake. It’s certainly not the last.

Loose Ends: Volume One


Kristen Ashley - 2018
    Introduced in Heaven and Hell, readers learned, after a heartbreaking journey through grief, Luci was ready to take another chance at love. But Hap was adhering to “the code” between brothers, unwilling to betray his dead friend Travis by falling for Travis’s widow. Further, Hap can’t quite believe a beauty like Luci could fall for a normal guy like Hap. But for Luci and Hap the heart can’t be denied. Especially when the stars align.The Favor, a short story – Deacon and Cassidy from Deacon of the Unfinished Heroes series go back to their favorite cabin at Glacier Lily, and there, Cassie asks her husband a favor. He’ll give her anything she wants. Including this.More Than Everything, a novella – Readers left Diesel, Maddox and Molly at a crossroads at the end of The Greatest Risk of the Honey series. Maddox and Molly were all in with their commitment to their unconventional love triangle. But Diesel was letting the pressures and prejudice of family and society sink under his skin, making him hold himself distant from the man he loved. Can Maddox and Molly lead Diesel fully into their lives and give him more than everything?Rock Chick Renewal, a short story – Tod has been planning Rock Chick weddings for years. He’s got a new one on his hands. And it’s not what he expected.

C is for Carter: A Secret Baby Mountain Man Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)


Natasha L. Black - 2022
    

The Lumberjack Effect


Carmen Bishop - 2019
     Five years ago she had the best sex of her life with a stranger. That night turned into two blissful weeks where it felt as though their passion would never end. Until Graham walked away without a backward glance. Now, Lena finds herself uprooting and moving a state away to confront Graham, unsure how he will react when she confesses a heartbreaking truth she's not sure he will accept. Facing him will be the most difficult thing she’s ever done, and could prove to be the biggest mistake of her life. After all she’s betting a whole hell of a lot on the man he used to be.

Love in C Minor


Mindy Michele - 2018
    Dubbed a saint by her older brother, Lincoln, she serves the community, makes straight A’s, attends church, spends her summers working with special needs children, and is a piano playing prodigy.When you’re the daughter of the mayor and the police chief in a sleepy Kansas town, toeing the line is easier than the alternative.That is, until her brother’s best friend changes the rules.Reagan’s been subject to Ridley’s antics her entire life. Growing up, he tormented and teased her, but he kept his distance—until now. When Ridley breaks a promise, late night phone calls and secret rendezvous in the haystacks quickly transform into a reckless, all-consuming love.Some promises are meant to be broken. Some secrets will not be contained, and sometimes the consequences we render are more than we can bear.

All I Want


A.D. Justice - 2021
    Right place. Right woman.I was blowing off steam when a guys’ trip led to a hot fling.She was exactly what I needed for our ten days together.I said I’d never fall in love.I said I’d never get attached.We were never supposed to see each other again.We were never supposed to be anything more.But when she comes back into my life, I remind myself of one thing:Wrong place. Wrong time. Wrong man.

Cowboy (Unfit Hero, #5)


Hayley Faiman - 2020
    Brooding. Man Whore. Rough. Labels can set us up for success for failure.I hate them, always have.There is a reason for mine. I dream of that reason morning, noon, and night. Egocentric. Greedy. Cruel. Self-Loathing. Labels shape the lonely woman that I am. I hate the person that I’ve allowed myself to become. I’ve hurt the only person that I have ever loved. I dream of him every single night when I close my eyes. Labels are worn like a badge, either in honor or horror. They do not define me. I am judged by them anyway.

His Dream


Leah Sharelle - 2021
    Successful career in the army—check. Beautiful girlfriend—check. Everything was going to plan—until it wasn’t. Injured and medically discharged with a girlfriend unable to accept his injuries, Doc turned to the people and place he knew where he had a chance to be part of a brotherhood again. Finally, he once more had a purpose—with the Wounded Souls MC. Life was going well until she happened. His dream. Meagan Steel was born to be a princess. Growing up as the daughter of the Wounded Souls VP, she never doubted she was loved and adored. Her MC family was everything to her, she loved them beyond measure, but there was always something missing. Meagan wanted what her beloved parents had together, and she wanted it with the newly appointed president of the Wounded Souls Queenscliff chapter. Doc wanted her, that much Meagan knew. Transferring closer to the new compound, Meagan knew the risks she was taking. Doc had more troubles than just his new position, his life was complicated, to say the least. Not only that, she may not live long enough to get that first kiss she had been dreaming about, once her father finds out his firstborn is lusting after a biker.

All In


J.L. Drake - 2021
    It takes something out of a movie to snap Arizona back to reality. It’s time to start over. With the help of a Christmas tree, a cast, and some dark sarcasm, she comes butt to face with an amused neighbor—a very attractive neighbor.Unfortunately, as much as she wants to close the dark chapter in her life and move on, there are a few more secrets that must cross her path first.Lieutenant Carter with the New York Fire Department runs a smooth ship over at Firehouse Fifty-Nine. He is well respected and loved by all. With the Fireman’s Curse deeply rooted in his subconscious, living alone is something he’s made peace with. But when he hears a struggle outside his apartment and finds a woman trying to move a tree nearly twice her size, he finds himself entertained at her predicament and witty comebacks. More so, he finds himself very intrigued and unable to walk away.Massive fires suddenly start to consume nightclubs and bars, sending the community into a frenzy. With too many close calls and the police on edge, Firehouse Fifty-Nine is now running on fumes. As evidence piles up and the truth starts to surface, links are made. With everything unfolding around Arizona and Carter, one thing is certain—hearts could end up broken once more. You’re either all in or you’re not. J.L. Drake’s All In, is an emotionally raw, romantic suspense, written in the K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project.

A Hundred Wishes (Band of Sisters)


Marianne Rice - 2022
    She has found a sense of inner peace through her sewing, crafting, and teaching children online. Jobs that keep her at a distance from everyone but her sisters.Arson inspector Bryce Cambridge has never been shot down so quickly or so curtly as he is by the woman with gorgeous brown eyes selling quilts. Luck is on his side when he runs into her at a bowling alley the next day. He’s intrigued and turned on by her smart mouth. The chemistry is explosive between them, and even though she tries to resist, the spark between them is too hot to ignore.Those blue-grey eyes and charming smile have Gina lowering the wall she’s built around her heart. But as their relationship grows more serious, Bryce wants to see all Gina is hiding. The puckered, scarred skin and the shrapnel buried in her flesh are just the surface layers of the wounds Gina tries to keep hidden. But her deepest, darkest secret may be too repulsive even for someone as strong as Bryce.Because his fears are her reality.