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The One That Matters
Elle Linder - 2018
Falling in love isn’t high on her priority list as she deals with a deteriorating relationship with her son, Jackson, and her controlling ex. On a reluctant girls' night out, her dance partner turns out to be Parker Nichols, the sexy, charismatic star of her son’s favorite TV show. Parker is intrigued with her, but Marie isn’t interested. Everything changes when Jackson finds Parker’s business card in his mom’s purse and contacts him. Marie's once-angry son begins to soften, sparking hope for her and possibilities for love in unexpected places. But what will it take for Marie to trust again?The One That Matters is an emotional, realistic fiction story with steamy scenes.
Forbidden
Trevion Burns - 2018
But when unexpected tragedy strikes, they find another common thread: Stella’s newborn daughter, Blue. Overnight, they’ve become all Blue has in the world, leaving little room for the powerful tension blazing between them to spit even one more spark. Forced to put aside their differences for the sake of baby Blue, the two rivals find themselves living under one roof, fighting to juggle their careers and social lives as a baby they never planned on raising together works to uproot their lives. Try as they might, a world shaken to its core has a funny way of peeling back even the sharpest layers. Threatening to unveil a depth of forbidden love, explosive passion and dark secrets dangerous enough to destroy the only family Blue has left. And this time, forever. ---- ILLICIT is book one of a two-part series.
Can't Buy Me Love
Mia Madison - 2018
But I am. There's an aching void in my life I'd pay any price to fill. Grace is barely old enough to drink, yet she’s the answer to my beautiful prayer. She's achingly beautiful and I pray she accepts my offer. I'd pay any price to have her. Yes, paying a woman I don't know to marry me is weird, but you don't understand. I'm different, and I've been this way all my life. I just pray I don't scare her off. No amount of money could fill the wound she'd leave behind. Grace My parents died just days before my 18th birthday. I've spent the past four years rebuilding from the ashes, and playing sister-mom to my younger sister Heidi. But now, Heidi's ready for college, and money is tight. Hollis is handsome, healthy, and hardworking. He's just very lonely. He needs a woman who will provide lifelong companionship - you know, give him the girlfriend experience. For life . He seems interested, but he has no idea how inexperienced I am. Will he still want me when he realizes his wife has no idea what to do in the bedroom? And if not, am I ready to lose a good thing so quickly? As with all Mia Madison stories, Can’t Buy Me Love is a novella romance. You’re guaranteed a happy ever after, no cheating, and no cliffhanger!
Redemption
Amy Brent - 2018
Until Ben Taylor walked into my camp.
I swore off men. Forever. Period. The end.
Ben Taylor was the cause - the perfect muscled military hero.The green-eyed angel who stole my soul.
He claimed I cheated on him. I told him I wouldn’t cheat on the man who owned my heart.
I’ve moved on. I help other women now.Women like me whose hearts have been smashed into pieces.I offer them the space and support to heal. One day I might even heal myself.
Six years since I last saw him – still the perfect muscled military hero, now with a cute kid in tow.Still my first and only love.Still the man who didn’t trust me enough to listen. The man who broke my heart.
I’ve sworn off men. For good.
And I’ve sworn off Ben Taylor.
Right?
Walking Heartbreak
Sunniva Dee - 2015
My bestie, Zoe, talked me into going to the concert. It was just one show. Neither of us could have foreseen the rest. “Meet Bo Lindgren, the most coveted bad boy of Indie Rock.”—Fan Chicks, February Edition. Rock god. Legend. Prodigy. Pale winter eyes that seared you to the bone. First, he zeroed in on me from the stage. Next, he shook the hell out of my lonesome world. “Bo Lindgren leaves own concert with dark-haired beauty.”—Tabloid Minute, Thursday Edition One night with a rock star would have been fine. But Bo felt my darkness, my secrets, my guilt, and his heart wasn’t as empty as people thought. Fast, I became his muse. Too soon, he craved more than I could give. There was nothing I wanted more than his love, but if I surrendered, I’d be giving up my normal, my reality, my… Jude. “Did waitress Nadia Vidal inspire Bo Lindgren’s viral smash hit, ‘F*ck You’?”—Star Gossip, April Edition This is a standalone in the Rock Gods Collection.
Loving Ashley
Lauren Nicole
She’s determined to find herself again, and live each day to the fullest.That determination leads her to him. He’s the player, the ladies man and the pull she feels toward him is magnetic.Moving to Florida to run Big T’s Tavern with his older brother, Taylor has it all. His pick of women, money and success. He couldn’t ask for more, that is until Ashley walks into his bar.Suddenly the life he’s led, is no longer appealing. He’s changing, fate has stepped in and in the blink of an eye, he’s loving Ashley
The Risk: A Two Story Compilation
Mia Ford - 2018
I slept with my best friend’s brother. This has to stop. Now. Except I’m hooked. I wanted a fresh start for college. New town, new people. Right? My new best friend made me part of her family. I’ve never felt so welcome. Then I met Logan. Her brother. Playboy reputation. Star player. Gorgeous everything. His sky blue eyes locked on mine and shot a love-struck bullet right into me. I was so totally screwed. If my best friend finds out, I’ll be on her naughty list for good. So she can’t find out. Except now I’m pregnant. Time to run. I never thought I’d see Logan again, But there he is on the city street. I know I should tell him the truth, but I just can’t. It’s too late for us. We missed our chance. Do we really deserve a second one? The Risk is 2 Story Compilation comprising of Part 1: A Best Friend’s Brother Romance and Part 2: A Brother’s Best Friend Romance
How Shall I Know You?: A Short Story
Hilary Mantel - 2014
She had a face of feral sweetness, its color yellow; her eyes were long and dark, her mouth a taut bow, her nostrils upturned as if she were scenting the wind."In "How Shall I Know You?," a melancholic and ailing writer reluctantly travels east of London to give a lecture before a literary society. Mr. Simister, the organization's secretary, lures the world-weary novelist turned biographer with promises of a modest stipend and lodging at a charming bed-and-breakfast for her trouble. Nevertheless, on that rainy day she meets Mr. Simister at the train station, she wonders why she ever agreed to come in the first place. Driving past steel-shuttered windows and Day-Glo banners, Mr. Simister takes the writer to her hotel for the evening, which turns out to be crumbling and isolated rather than picturesque. As she crosses the threshold into the dank stench of Eccles House she is faced with the feral porter, Louise, and suffers through an evening that may be more than she bargained for.From Hilary Mantel's brilliant and darkly comic collection of contemporary stories, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher, comes a tale told with her distinctive blend of subversive wit and gimlet-eyed characterization. "How Shall I Know You?" showcases the extraordinary genius of Hilary Mantel, called one of our "greatest living novelists" (NPR).
Devil's Claim: A Bad Boy Motorcycle Club Romance
Claire St. Rose - 2017
She’s soft, pure, and innocent. But that didn’t stop me from claiming her. And once I had her in my arms, I’m never letting her go. I was busy running a war for my club, the Apaches MC. She thought we left her friend bloodied and bruised. I’d never thought I’d ever be challenged by someone like her. So innocent. So pure. So unaware of the danger she’s in when she stepped into my world. She doesn’t know it yet. But I’m everything she didn’t know she wanted. Everything she never realized she craves . She chose to put herself in the devil’s cage. And now the devil is laying his claim. I’m going to break her walls. I’m going to take what I want. And I won’t stop until she’s mine. Devil's Claim is book 1 of the Apaches MC trilogy. Books 2 and 3, Monster's Claim and Rebel's Claim are available everywhere now!
Definition of Stripped (Definition #1)
Lia Peele - 2018
Secrets. Lies.A girls’ night out. A handsome stranger. A lifetime of secrets.Scarlett Trent, is a young, gorgeous, and successful career woman who is fiercely protective of her reputation in the local business community. Behind her well-constructed façade she’s equally protective of the kinky secrets she’d like to keep under wraps. When she meets someone from her past, their instant chemistry throws her off balance, and that’s the last position she wants to be in. Especially with him.Brilliant, charming, and handsome, Dev Jackson never chased women. They chased him, and that’s how he played the game until now. No woman excites him as much as Scarlett. She’s hot, sexy with a sassy edge and represents everything he thought he never wanted. And it scares the hell out of him. Their chance meeting is the beginning of what will be the most exhilarating experience of his life … and he wouldn’t have it any other way. He’s got secrets too; lots of them, and as the heat between them rises, doubt begins to plague him.His attitude isn’t the only thing threatening their budding romance. Someone else wants to see them sever ties.
Outwait
Lisa Suzanne - 2017
He’s next in line to be CEO of King Communications, he’s hot and single, and he’s at the center of the New York social scene. He has a different woman on his arm every night, and he wouldn’t change a single thing about his life…until Sylvie Baker storms into his boardroom. Sylvie Baker actually does have it all. She balances a successful career with the perfect boyfriend—a man she plans to marry someday. She wouldn’t change a single thing about her life…until Carson King challenges everything with one simple confession. Sylvie is intent on fighting her feelings. Carson’s convinced it’s just a waiting game. But how long is he willing to wait for her?
Look Don't Touch
Tess Oliver - 2018
My life was about control and without control I had nothing. Then I saw her. I'd made the deal with Shay to prove that nothing could break me. ... but I was wrong. A sinfully sexy standalone novel.
When Our Worlds Go Silent
Lindsey Iler - 2018
One week alone in a surprise location. A whole lot of time loving and worshiping each other. This is their time to simply be. To remember why they’ve fought so hard to be together. Until a phone call changes everything. What happens when the walls close in and their worlds go silent? When Our Worlds Go Silent is part of a series & should not be read out of order.
Beautiful Storm
Megan Isaacs - 2015
Interviewing the notorious owner of ‘Ignition’ should have been simple. When asked to go home with him, I should’ve said ‘no.’ But Noah Hamilton’s tattooed, hard body and rugged features were impossible to resist. I wanted him to touch me. And I longed to be loved again. I craved the escape and was desperate to know him. Much like his lifestyle, our heated affair took off at warp speed, proving to be stronger than either of us anticipated. Trapped between my past and future, there was only one decision to make. So I ran… She was my downfall. From the moment Lizzie Ryder stepped into my shop, I wanted her. Had to have her. A reserved journalist with a body of sin and mesmerising eyes was all it took for me to fall. Hard. The night she let me touch her, taste her, I knew I was done for. I never deserved her, but needed to make her mine. She found the heart I never knew I had, brought it to life, and then crushed it to dust. And just like her storm-filled eyes, I drowned in the flood of her desertion. Reaching my breaking point, I struggled to forget the only woman I ever foolishly fell for and dove headfirst into my dark past, barely surviving her. And now she’s back. What happens when our weaknesses become our strengths? Do we reveal and fight…or keep our secrets and run? And can we withstand the devastation left after the Beautiful Storm?Due to sexual content, possible triggers, and excessive bad language reader discretion is advised. 18+
Brick
Charlie Lee - 2017
Her Redemption.I'm the man your momma warns you about. The one you never want to meet in a dark alley. I fight and protect me, mine, and my own. Take a bullet for anyone I love. No damn job is too gruesome for me. And I’m the most loyal motherf*cker you’ll ever encounter.I live on the wrong side of the law, and I’m damn proud of it. It's rooted deep in my soul, stems from the scars of my past.A pool of blood, a lifeless woman, and a missing child lead me into chaos, smack dab in the middle of it. Why?To protect what’s mine. Life has never had perfect timing. My sins and her redemptions are about to collide, leaving me changed forever.