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Baby It's Cold Out Bear Holiday Bundle (T. S. Joyce Holiday Bundle Book 2)


T.S. Joyce - 2020
    She’s home visiting for the holidays, but so much has changed. The boy she grew up with is nearly unrecognizable and his animal magnetism is stirring feelings in her that she can’t explain. Caught between being a lady who protects her reputation at all costs, and drifting into the scandal of her old life, Maya has to choose to open her heart to the boy who broke it, or keep the new life she’s worked so hard to build.Ukiah Dawson is a werewolf with big regrets. Living two lives between the Dawson Ranch, and a Ute reservation, there was never room for him to take care of a woman like Maya the way she deserves. Now, he’s slowly losing control of his animal, and he has no one to blame but himself. When Maya blows back into town after all this time, his wolf goes on the hunt and Ukiah is second-guessing every decision he’s ever made. She thinks low of him, and he can’t blame her. Years ago, he hurt her, but this Christmas, he is bound and determined to change the course of both of their lives.***************************Baby It's Cold Out Bear:Graylan is only in town for a little while before his inner animal will demand he move on. But when he meets Emry, his life is turned upside down. Not only is she beguiling and different from every woman he’s ever met, but she has him wishing he could ignore his nomadic instincts. He might not be into the holidays, but suddenly all he wants for Christmas is to settle down with the woman he’s falling for.***************************Bear Valley Valentine:Colin Cross is a lone bear shifter living on the outskirts of Bear Valley. He likes his reclusive lifestyle, but when he musters the nerve to talk to the woman he has feelings for, being alone just doesn’t seem like enough anymore. When he finds Hadley on an online dating site, it’s the perfect way to build a relationship with her without dragging her into his dark past. Hadley is human, and humans don’t belong in his world, but a little online flirting never hurt anyone.Hadley Bennett has had it with dating local townies. Determined to cast her net a little wider, she enters the chaotic world of online dating. When she finally secures a face-to-face date with the elusive Bearman28, it’ll be a Valentine’s Day to remember.And if Hadley can handle his real identity, they just might find what they’ve both been searching for.***************************Unlove Me:One wild night with friends, and Brock Evans comes up with a plan to rake in the room reservations at his lodge. Instead of celebrating Valentine’s Day, he is going to throw an UnValentine’s Day party for the singles who want to escape the hearts, and romance, and frills of February. But when a curvy beauty comes crashing into his lodge with eyes much too bright to be human, he is instantly intrigued. She has to be one of those shifters, but she fibbed about it on her room application, so she must be hiding something big. And the more he gets to know her, the more he wants to uncover all the mysteries that surround her.***************************Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.

Rocked


Stella Andrews - 2017
    One man is polished, poised and sophisticated. He is at the top of his game and has the world at his feet. He has a dark side that has led him down a dangerous path and he has lost his way back. Violence, domination, control - he uses desire as a prison. She will never escape him - he won't allow it. If she runs he will follow - and the punishment will be devastating. One man is crude, filthy and sexy as sin. He is riding high and desired by thousands. He is lost and broken inside and craves the one thing he can't have. He is her protector, her rock. The trouble is, she is fast becoming his world - can he live without her? One Woman - beautiful, sexy with an innocence that converts well to sin. Desperate to belong and desperate to love. Lost and addicted to a man she hates. Now she will run but she cannot hide for long. He will come for her and it will be at a price she can't afford to pay. There will only be one winner and the stakes are high. If the secret comes out - the world will Rock! This is a standalone novel with a HEA and NO cheating! This is one wild romance with a happy ever after guaranteed. If you like your books a little dirty that leave you panting, jump right in and leave your panties at the door! If you are easily shocked - you may want to move away now.

Dear Santa: A Christmas Wish (The Holiday Series Book 3)


Mimi BarbourStephanie Queen - 2020
    Her wish comes true when she finds Mr. Right injured and stranded, but will they survive the dangerous storm?Rebecca York – Christmas Miracle 1935: Can he trust her enough to help free her father from jail?Patricia Rosemoor – Marrying Molly: Dear Santa, Please let me meet a McKenna man who will help me end Sheelin O’Keefe’s horrible curse on both our families. Molly KavanaughSusanne Matthews – What Dottie Wants: All Ronnie wants is to give Dottie a great Christmas, but not being able to find the doll she wants may make that impossible.Traci Hall – Christmas Kiss: Can a teenage crush become forever love?Angela Stevens – Dear Sinterklaas: Dan had his heart stolen by a girl on summer vacation, now it’s Christmas time, and with a little bit of magic from Sinterklaas, he hopes to make his Christmas wish come true.Melinda Colt – Saving Maddie: The only reason demons exist is because angels do, too.Stacy Eaton – Finding Love with Dear Santa: All Faith wants is to get her life back on track.Stephanie Queen – He Has Santa: A second chance hockey romance.Josie Riviera – A Chocolate Box Christmas Wish: He’s been all over the world. She’s a home-town girl. Can a holiday wish bridge the gap?Mona Risk – Dalia's Christmas Wish: Will the doctor make the right decision between an angry fiancée and a medical emergency?Rachelle Ayala – Toy Soldier Christmas: Can a toy soldier make her wish come true?Dani Haviland – A Plate of Christmas Cookies: Is it too much to ask for a second miracle?Taylor Lee – Please Christmas: Be Done: When his 7 year old son ran away looking for Santa... and all his teenage daughter wants for Christmas is for it to be done....the district attorney concedes not only did he lose his wife to cancer, but he was in danger of losing his children.Susan Jean Ricci – Cruising for Mr. Right: Can a widow discover second chance romance aboard a Christmas cruise and make the right choice between two adoring men?Alyssa Bailey – Christmas Wishes and You: Beth’s Christmas Wish of a Second Chance at Love could happen if only she would be willing to risk her heart... again.Nancy Radke – Zsuzsa’s Christmas Wish: She asks Santa for a strong man to help corral a mule that won’t stay home, and is given a rancher who plans to corral her.Carmen DeSousa – Chicago Hope: Aspiring journalist Maura Hall dreams of changing the world, but she'll settle for Chicago.

Justice by the Lawman


Rhonda Lee Carver - 2019
     Ink artist, Wisdom Chantel, has spent most of her adult life disconnecting herself from her mob boss father. Keeping her secrets in the past meant keeping everyone at arm’s length and she had become a pro at being alone. When her sister goes missing, she is willing to do anything to get Corri back, even if that means digging deep for her buried family roots and taking down the man who ruined her life. A year after his partner was murdered by the Blue Diamond cartel, Special Agent Seb Foster is no closer in catching the kingpin, although he sleeps, eats and breathes the mission to bring the criminals to justice. When a clue leads him to a spunky, beautiful woman in need of help, he has no choice but to lend a hand, especially when he suspects she has a connection to the men who killed Sanchez. Trapped in the Wyoming mountains in a snowstorm with gunmen on their trail, Wisdom will have to trust Seb, but how can she hide her secrets when they’re tattooed on her skin? Will he ever see her for who she is now and not a Blue Diamond?

Shattered Lives 3


T.M. Pigatt - 2017
    I’ve done everything to survive. I’ve been running for so long... but no more. It’s time to stand up and fight. I will fight for my life. I will fight for the love and the passion that Charles has awaken. I won’t let them take that away from me. Charles.... From the moment I saw Samantha, I felt a connection. I knew that I was going to have to make her mine. Now, I won’t let anyone take her away from me. Doesn’t matter who I have to battle. Even if it’s Samantha herself, or a ghost waiting in the shadows, I'm NEVER letting go!

Gentleman Seeks a Lady: A Republished Regency Novella Duet


Grace Burrowes - 2021
    A is for Amorous (originally published in Love by the Letters ) and Architect of My Dreams (originally published in No Dukes Allowed .)A is for AmorousAdalicia Beauvais has no use for children, and even less use for most men. Plato wasn’t a bad sort, and Euclid was bright enough, but the modern variety of male holds no appeal for her. To earn ownership of a lovely country estate with a delightfully well stocked library, Ada must raise funds for an orphanage full of noisy, malodorous urchins.As if that isn’t challenge enough, her only ally in this endeavor, is the headmaster, Lord John, who loves children, referees cricket matches, and plucks Ada’s very, very last nerve, even though she knows his devotion to the children is genuine, as is the orphanage’s need for funds. Opposites don’t always attract, but in this case, they must work together for thirty days, or neither Ada’s nor John’s dreams will ever come true.Architect of My DreamsEugenia, Dowager Duchess of Tindale, travels to the Brighton shore for a respite from London’s din and crowding. She is both dismayed and curious to find that Adam Morecambe, the very architect whose building project has rendered her London street unbearably noisy, has also journeyed to Brighton. Adam is traveling on business—he’s always on business—though he’s also pleased to bump into the duchess who has the loveliest smile he’s ever seen.Genie has no intention of ever remarrying—once was bad enough—and Adam would never allow a romantic frolic to interfere with his busy schedule, but then he learns that Genie’s kisses are as sweet as her smiles, and all of his fixed notions about what the future might hold go flying out the nearest bedroom window.

South Side Boys: A Complete Bad Boy Collection


Alexis Winter - 2021
    This time, the big bad wolf just might eat you alive.”Meet the South Side Boys. Damaged. Alpha. Protective.So filthy you just might melt...From best-selling author Alexis Winter comes a complete bad boy collection of four full-length novels. Each book will leave you satisfied with a steamy happily ever after sure to keep you reading long into the night.Books included:Bad Boy ProtectorI’m not a protector. I’m a damaged ex-con.The last thing I need is an innocent little virgin, thinking I’m her happily ever after.So I kept my distance,Until that night.Saving her felt like redemption from my past.Falling for her was where I fucked up.Now the shadows from my past have returned and I’ll stop at nothing to keep her safe.Even if that means I have to lose her forever.This isn’t a fairytale sweetheart and I’m no knight in shining armor.This time the big bad wolf just might eat you alive.Fake BoyfriendEx-con, hothead, broken beyond repair.I’m the guy you don’t take home to mom.She may need a fake boyfriend, but you better believe the way I'll have her screaming my name is real.We agreed it was only pretend and I made damn sure she knew…I’m nobody’s happily ever after.Brother-In-Law's BabyTwo pink lines...yup, pregnant by my hot AF brother-in-law/roommate.Baby number two couldn't have come at a worse time.Look, this isn’t my dream life.I never planned on being a single mom begging to live with my brother-in-law and it’s no secret he didn’t want this arrangement either.Fresh off a broken engagement, he isn’t exactly welcoming us with open arms.So how do I tell him the reason I ran away is because he’s about to be a daddy?Bad Boy's BabyHow to NOT have a happily ever after...#1. Get pregnant by your brand new boyfriend.#2. Don’t tell said boyfriend you’re pregnant.#3. Oh, and don’t tell him you’re the reason his brother is rotting in prison.Getting pregnant by Ben is only the start to this drama, and now I’m neck-deep, hiding secrets of my own.Someone lock me up and throw away the key, I’m about to serve a life sentence for screw up of the century.Note from the author: This series was previously published in a boxset titled Say You’re Mine. Each book in this deliciously steamy set is a full-length novel with NO cheating or cliff-hangers and LOTS of heat, drama and angst.

Timeless Fairy Tales: Books 10-11: The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Snow White


K.M. Shea - 2021
    

Bride's Adventure


Caroline Clemmons - 2017
    The millinery shop she establishes is popular with area women—except for two troublemakers. When she believes her life is near perfect, a major problem arrives that requires her quick thinking. Sean Murdoch has made up his mind that Amelia is the one for him. He tries to bide his time until she’s had time to get her business flourishing but he’s finding waiting harder and harder. When a problem arises, he lends support to her surprising decision.

Falling For You: A Kensington & Benson Love Affair


Asia Monique' - 2019
    Now, as working adults in the world, each sister embarks on a journey of living out their dreams while trying to make each other proud. The lines are blurred between doing what they think is right and what they know will make them happy. When they encounter three brothers who are freely living out their dreams, things begin to shift in their worlds. 
 Jarvis, Lamar, and Khalil Kensington are three brothers living for themselves. Everything they do is for the betterment of their lives. They are proof that living your dreams is the only way of life. A chance encounter with the alluring Benson sisters brings another life-worthy theme into their world, love. What happens when these six individuals embark on beautiful love affairs together? 
 Note: This book will include three novelettes compiled into one book. Each story is connected and will be brought together by the end.

Fortis Security Vol 2


Maddie Wade - 2019
     The men and women of Fortis Security must overcome a series of obstacles to find true love including a cult that wants to take over the world, bombs exploding, and the loss of close friends. Broken Butterfly: Can Zin save Celeste from the forces of evil that are determined to keep them apart? Arctic Fire: Kanan and Roz must overcome their pasts in order to forge a future together. That is, if they both survive long enough to have a future. Phoenix Rising: Daniel is like a phoenix rising from the ashes when he finds a new love with Megan that is destined to last a lifetime. Nate and Skye: A Fortis wedding novella: You are hereby invited to join Nate and Skye as they finally have their Christmas wedding. Unfortunately, the path to the alter doesn’t always run smooth.

Sinfully Loved


Bianca Xaviera - 2020
    From dealing with her religious zealot of a grandmother to birthing a child that was a product of rape, Lavender deals with more issues at thirteen than most women twice her age. Not ready to be a mother, Lavender leaves her baby on her grandmother’s doorstep and finds the first ride she can out of the city. On a quest to find herself, Lavender rides a rocky road, teetering between life and death. Fifteen years later, she’s still searching for herself when she meets Shyheim Roosevelt. A caring, charming, and handsome youth pastor, Shyheim Roosevelt has been tasked with finding Lavender and bringing her back home. Carnal opposites attract when, in finding Lavender, Shyheim finds himself. From her outspoken opinions and alluring personality, she’s everything he could ever ask for in a woman. Her past is of no consequence to Shyheim, who also has a rocky past but has been living how his parents wanted him to for a little over a decade: by the Word. However, after spending just a small amount of time with Lavender, he understands that, like the Bible, people are capable of being multifaceted. The only things standing in the way of their love are Lavender’s reservations, his parents—and the woman he’s due to walk down the aisle with.

The Silenced Wife


Collette Heather - 2018
    Alone, that is, until the devilishly handsome surgeon, Aaron Bailey comes into her life. Like her, he is a widower, a heart-broken man in need of a good woman's love and attention.When something seems too good to be true, it usually is. Joyce quickly finds herself trapped in an abusive marriage with someone that is more monster than man.Yet nothing about their marriage is as it first appears. Both of them harbour secrets - but the question is, will either of them live to tell? Joyce will do anything at any cost to protect her daughter, and Aaron will stop at nothing to protect Joyce in the only way he knows how...

Howl - Complete Set


M.L. Briers - 2018
     Howl's You Doin'? Book 1. Bree is the kind of witch that will throw caution to the wind and try any spell once. Unfortunately, once is enough in this case when she unleashes a spell that brings the wolves to the door - literally. Howl's That? Book 2. Kelly’s been run off from her home and is looking for a new little town in which to rest her head. When she runs into the big, bad wolf, she thinks it just might be time to move on, but when the vampire intervenes, and all hell breaks loose – things don’t exactly go to plan. Howl's Lotta Lovin' Book 3. The spell that Bree let loose doesn’t seem to be over just yet, and now there’s a new witch walking around pack land as if she has a right to be there, but one member of the pack is determined to run her off. Howl's That Happened? Book 4. The spell that Bree let loose just keeps on giving, and now there is a new witch in town, but is she a mate, and who would fall under that spell this time? Howl's It Goin'? Book 5. The spell that Bree let loose just keeps on giving. Whose turn is it to fall under that spell this time? Howl's About Us? Book 6. The spell that Bree let loose just keeps on giving, but this time that spell is about to bite Bree on the backside. It's a Howl's Lotta Fun.

Dearest Billionaires: The Complete Romance Series Box Set


Mia Brown - 2019
     It includes the following books: Dearest Billionaire's Secret Baby Dearest Billionaire’s Bet Dearest Billionaire’s Virgin These have never been released and all have a happily ever after.