I'm not supposed to like this man. I'm supposed to hate him. Instead...I'm falling for him.AshleyAs of yesterday, Eli Collins was just a genius, innovative tech billionaire and the most eligible man in New York.As of today, he's my best friend's dad.The man who left my best friend and her mom nearly twenty-one years ago under mysterious circumstances.And when I meet him, I know I'm in big trouble.He is beautiful. Protective. Possessive. Brilliant. He makes my heart skip a beat and my fingers ache to touch him, and the way he wraps me up in his warm embrace makes me want things I've never experienced before.He tells me the situation with his daughter is more complicated than it seems.He tells me to trust him.And I do trust him. I can't help it.But it turns out I can't help falling for him, either...EliI've made mistakes. Hell, I've made plenty.I've spent the last two decades trying to make up for them.That's when I finally meet my daughter. I've been looking forward to this day for twenty years.Then I meet her best friend.An innocent, protective, beautiful little spitfire of a young woman. The moment I see her, I know I need to make her mine. I've never been so sure of anything in my life.I've made enough mistakes to know that letting Ashley get away would be the biggest mistake of all.I believe everything happens for a reason. It feels like my whole life, all the work I've done, all the things I've accomplished have lead me straight to Ashley. She is meant to be mine.But I can't bear to lose my daughter again.I've already lost her once before.Please enjoy this steamy novella! No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA.xx, Lauren

    I was the unpopular outcast with frizzy brown hair who was always picked last for softball.But Coach Mason was behind me every step of the way.He made me feel good. Wanted. Cherished.And now, I’m giving him something precious in return.

    Alone and heartbroken, she thinks she needs time to grieve and self-reflect. But her bossy big sister insists she needs a distraction. Preferably an experienced older man who can sweep her off her feet, dust off all those virginal cobwebs, oil those squeaky wheels and then send her on her way.She refuses to consider such nonsense. Until she meets silver fox, Carlo Novello. Carlo is just the kind of man who can perform a lusty act of kindness. He’s kind, sexy, honest, full of compliments, and doesn’t believe in relationships. He doesn’t believe in love.It’s a win- win.For once, Zelda plays by her own rules and takes what she needs. Gets what she wants. And emerges a new woman with a ravenous new libido she’d like to take for stroll.Too bad Carlo can’t stick to the plan. With his heart set on Zelda, the only stroll she’s taking is that short walk down the aisle.

    But does he really want me or is he just like every other boy out to make fun of the curvy girl.Could this handsome older man want a curvy girl like me?And what if he’s not a stranger?FinnWhile I love my job, networking quickly gets old and stale when you have to talk to the same few people at every event until I set eyes on her.Her body is voluptuous, heavenly in its curves, like an angel from an old painting.I can’t help but stare at her. I can’t remember ever being so utterly distracted by a woman before. She’s beautiful, from head to toe, and so completely different from the other women.I need to have her.I’ve waited twenty years for a woman who would be the one I need.And it looks as though I may have found her.There’s just one hiccup. She’s my daughter’s roommate, her best friend, and she’s half my age.But I won’t let that derail me.It has to be her. I’ve waited so long for someone to come into my life, and now that I have her, I’m not letting her go.Not the perfect woman for me. It has to be Candy.*My Roommate’s Dad is an insta-everything standalone instalove romance with a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

    How did she manage to make it to the last semester of college without giving away her V-card? It wasn't my intention I swear. It's just... there was this one man that I compared every college guy to. One man that made all of those boys fall short. My dad's best friend, Mark. Where do I begin? With the smoldering dark eyes that can turn my legs to jelly? Or the body that had to have been cut from granite? No, it had to be that smile, that smile that says he knows just what to do to satisfy Every. Last. Dirty. Fantasy. I have. And believe me, as a virgin, all I've got are fantasies. Now I have someone to make them all come true. Only thing is, you can't keep a baby a secret...

    But even Mitch can't get her all the way home in this weather. Instead he takes her to his cabin in the woods to wait out the storm.With just the two of them in the cozy cabin, Becca’s fantasies run wild. She gets to spend the whole night with the sexiest man she knows, and she’s not about to let the opportunity go to waste! Mitch is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—strong, handsome, experienced—and she knows he would make her first time special. But only if she can convince him that she’s not as forbidden as he thinks…

    This is the feel-good, sweet like cotton candy and steamy like a hand-made cappuccino reading treat that you've been waiting for.Read them all today!

    

    Ten red-hot stories of forbidden love.They say you never forget your first.I’ll never forget the first time he looked at me...that way.Like I was more than just his sweetheart, his angel, his baby.He’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to a father.Now I want to call him Daddy.Need an on-the-go quickie or a naughty bedtime story? These petite tales are fast-paced, to the point, and blazing hot, with a guaranteed HFN.

    Their assumptions about me would only be partially incorrect.A shy nature and lack of experience played into my name perfectly. My thoughts and who they were directed at were a different story.My best friend and I had been inseparable through our childhood and teens. We did everything together, celebrated triumphs and consoled failures, and shared our deepest secrets, except for one.Stupid Cupid had struck me with an arrow for the worst possible person on the planet… her dad!I’d known Rhett my entire life, but something had happened last Valentine’s Day and I suddenly viewed him as the strong, confident, sexual being that he was. And I’d suffered for an entire year trying to mentally stick him back in the untouchable dad category.With another Valentine’s Day around the corner, my best friend had left our small town for the big city she’d always dreamed of, and I was finding it harder and harder to get her dad off my mind.Rhett--Single-dad life was tough, but I’d successfully raised my daughter into a confident adult who was ready to live the life she’d dreamed of, and that was far away from our small town.What I hadn’t anticipated was her sweet and innocent best friend blossoming into an incredibly beautiful young adult. So when I found myself falling for her, I was biding my time for her to move away like all the other teens did when they graduated. But she had other plans.With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I was finding it impossible to resist the intelligent, demure, gorgeous woman Chastity had become.After catching her staring at me, I was certain I wanted to be the man to help her prove that names didn’t define a person.

    I bring my hand down on her bare ass, just sharp enough to make her feel it, not enough to leave a mark. She inhales sharply, her hips bucking. “And have you, Ms. Reed? Or will I need to reprimand you more thoroughly?”When Harper Reed came to Oxford, her dream was to study modern poetry with the infamous Professor Jack Kingston, NOT to sleep with him. But his lectures are intoxicating, his knowledge captivating, and his accent drops panties faster than Charlie Hunnam on a Saturday night.Harper has never made good decisions when it comes to sex and Jack has never been able to commit, yet there’s something between them that neither of them has felt before. But students and teachers are not supposed to fraternize, even as this out of control connection puts both of their futures on the line.When their forbidden love is tested, can they make the grade?

    Date a girl for a month and don’t lose my fancy sports car.It was supposed to be easy.She's my complete opposite and my worst nightmare.But her sweet innocence intrigues me,and now I’m trying my best not to fall for her.I’m in too deep, chasing down her past demons.And when I find out she has a stalker,f*k the bet, I vow to protect her at all costs. No more faking it, she’s mine!

    Until I saw her with my brotherOliviaI was devastated when Stephen pushed me away.So, I did the unthinkable.Stephen's younger brother... Chase was recovering from a professional hockey injury.He was a temporary distraction.How was I to know he was Stephen's younger brother?They say three's a crowd.But, is it really?Barbi Cox delivers another sexy slow burn, age gap, dad's best friend why choose romance with lots of page-turning feels! No cheating and of course a happily ever after!

    My teeth biting his neck. His scent on my skin. My nails carving a path down his back. His commands whispered in my ear. All of my senses filled with him. I knew it was bad. But I craved more. It had begun innocently enough, bumping into one another in a crowded Boston bar. What followed that night had been anything but innocent. Because I'd known, even as he'd slid inside of me, that he was my professor. I'd pursued him, a predator stalking its prey. And he didn't know I was his student. But he would. ***Author's note: This isn't a jail bait student/teacher novel with a butterflies-in-the-belly kind of romance. The characters portrayed in this novel are consenting adults with functioning brains. If curse words, sex, and hard ass college professors with secrets offend you, move right along.

    Their attraction is immediate. Will Savage be able to keep his hands off of her or will he corrupt the innocent eighteen year old?