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Guarded by the Hero


Adele Niles - 2019
    I’m paying through the nose to hire the best. But when my hot new bodyguard moves in to start his job, I start to forget which one of us is actually the boss… Cody It was a simple job until I laid eyes on the body I’d be guarding. Heiress Maria Diamante’s got curves for days, a bigger heart, and scars from what the prick I’m guarding her from did to her. I’m definitely going to keep her safe...and I’m definitely going to keep her. Love over the top older alpha men and the younger curvy women they love? You will love this BBW romance about a sexy hero that rescues a damsel in distress. This instalove book will have you looking for your own hero. This short read can be read as a standalone steamy romance in any order of the series. An Older Alpha Male and Curvy Younger Woman Romance.

First Sight (Firsts, #1)


Loni Ree - 2020
    When I walk into the local shelter to find Duchess a new home, I find my forever, instead. One look at the beauty and she owns my heart and soul.Elyse SheridanSlater walks in and turns my world upside down. I convince him to keep his inheritance, and he persuades me to give him a chance. It turns into the best decision I ever make.Slater may have to fight a few battles to keep Elyse, but he’s more than ready. There isn’t anyone who can take her away from him now that he’s found his perfect love at First Sight.NO one.

Rumble and Growl (The Holloways Book 3)


Lacey Thorn - 2016
    The alpha was the first to die, but his murder was followed by carefully planned attacks focused on one thing: find and kill the female shifters. Xandra Blackstone is out for blood. She’s spent the last five years forced to hide and wait while the person responsible for the deaths of her parents and youngest sister remains free. Separated from her surviving siblings, her rage has only grown. She and her bear are in agreement. They’ll settle for nothing less than blood. Declan Holloway is on a mission. Now that he and his brothers know there are female shifters still hidden among them, they’ve made it their focus to find them and protect them. What he didn’t expect was to find himself pursuing one frustrating female who seems hell bent on killing him. With each trap he dodges, his temper rises. When he gets his hands on Xandra Blackstone he might just take her over his knee for the trouble she’s caused him. With one glance, neither can deny what their bears know is true. No matter how much they rumble and growl, they belong to one another. *NOTE: Though Rumble and Growl is part of the Awakening Pride: The Holloways series, it is a standalone book with an HEA and no cliffhanger.

Pumpkin King


Abby Knox - 2020
    When he impulsively complicates everything by offering a job to cute single mom Jane, he realizes he's got a lot more work to do: both on the farm, and on his finessing his new employee.Jane has moved back to her hometown to start over, hoping a change of scenery and proximity to her best friend, Rocket, will provide the stability she wants for her daughter and for herself. The last thing she needs is a man, least of all one who’s her boss. If only he’d stop being so attractive in that sweaty shirt … and smelling so good … and looking at her like that, she might be able to concentrate on her work.Come along for some good old-fashioned autumn fun with Henry and Jane, and stay for the not-so-wholesome pumpkin patch shenanigans! Don’t worry. Henry’s gourds are extremely sturdy.This book is intended for readers 18 and over due to graphic sexual content.

Crazy For You


Tory Baker - 2020
    He’s put his past behind him, and now he knows what he wants. That’s Michelle Delaney. She’s the gorgeous brunette who owns the hair salon he goes to. They’ve been playing a game of cat and mouse for months now, but he’s tired of waiting. It’s time to make his move. Michelle likes Devon, maybe too much. She knows his history, but she’s drawn to him, like a moth to a flame. When he asks her out, she decides to not only take a chance on him—But on love too. Readers asked and Tory listened. Devon caught your eye in A Love Like Ours and you demanded his story and she’s serving it up while it’s smoking hot. As always you’ll find a love story that’s safe, sweet, sexy, and packed so full of happily ever after goodness it will make you believe in true love.

Ink Me: A Short Story


M.K. Moore - 2018
    Patient. Rebel. Miles Heart took on too much too quickly. In order to keep his family together, he traded a full ride scholarship to be an apprentice in a tattoo shop in his hometown of Bleak, Minnesota. Once he was fully licensed, he started on his own shop and brought his family on. Finally, he started living for himself again. Can seventeen years of celibacy just be erased by the beautiful mess in his chair? Whore. Trailer Trash. Homewrecker. Jacquie Sherwood has been no stranger to this kind of pettiness since she was a teenager. The broken mess the death of her husband left behind ripped her suddenly charmed life right back to the trailer park in Road to Nowhere, Illinois. When her daughter suddenly heads to Moosehead, to help her grandfather, everything in her tells her to go along. Can two broken hearts be mended by the gentle lull of his tattoo machine? Ink Me is a standalone short story in the Queen of Hearts Ink Series.

Anything For You


Leah Sharelle - 2021
    In fact, it’s downright tragic, but it is all I have and it’s mine. Or so I thought. For six years, I hid from the world, gave up on living and instead focused on surviving. Nightmares plague me, fear controls me, my past overwhelms me, trust has deserted me, and that was fine—until he came along and turned my world on its head. My mind, body and soul were broken, too broken for any kind of happily ever after, or so I thought.Beau doesn’t think so, twice my age and carrying the weight of his criminal past on his broad shoulders. He saunters into my life and insists that he wants me. Baggage be damned. My choice is simple, fight my demons and take what Beau is offering or continue to hide away from living. Simple and terrifying, but Beau believes in me. I just have to learn to believe in myself. BEAU I lived most of my life on the wrong side of the law. My world consisted of my MC, my brothers, my president, and being the best enforcer, my club has ever had. My loyalty belonged to my club until I woke up one day and realised that there had to be more to life than breaking bones and the law. Leaving the only family I knew, I walked away, taking my pain with me, landing myself in a small country town. There I found the meaning of a new beginning. There I found Natalie, a broken younger woman with a tragic story. Now, I had a reason to heal because a life without Natalie was a life not worth living. All I had to do was convince her I was her one—the one that would do anything for her for the rest of her life.

Mountain Daddy's Nanny


Samantha Leal - 2018
    That's how she likes it - and it seems to like her. So when she quits her job at the general store in a fit of rage, it is almost fate that the very same day she manages to land a new role as a nanny up on the mountain for the allusive and arrogant Trent. Trent is a mountain man through and through, and he has the brutish attitude to prove it. He and his adorable little girl Emma have traveled back to Wakestone Pines to start a new life closer to nature- and away from trouble. And even though he has sworn off women... Once Morgan walks into his life, there is no turning back. True love, innocent hearts, and a family bond that could stand the test of time all flourish in a cabin in the woods up on Wakestone Mountain... And one thing is for certain, all of their lives are about to change… **This is a novella length 30,000 word, standalone Mountain Man Nanny romance. For a limited time, I've included bonus stories!** Warning: This ebook contains mature themes and language and is meant for 18+ readers only.

Ulrich


Alexi Ferreira - 2020
    She says that if I want her, I will have to show her that I deserve her. How the hell do I do that? I'm not the flower and poems type.ANASTASIAHe thinks that just because he belongs to a badass motorcycle club and is as handsome as sin I would just leave and follow him like a puppy. Well, he will have to show me that what he says is true, actions talk louder than words and the only actions he has been showing me is of a possessive caveman.

Knox's Jewel


Darlene Tallman - 2020
    Tasked with increasing the pipelines that the club has throughout the United States, he oversees a group of shifter brothers that range from owls to otters, as well as his own leopard brethren. Despite the challenges they’re facing trying to find a group of missing women, the quest becomes personal when he touches something that belongs to a woman he’s never met and realizes that the one thing he never thought he’d find may be gone before he can find her – his mate.Jayda Dyche has been on her own for many years, having left her pride to escape the taunts and bullying she’s endured her whole life. Out one night with friends, she finds herself waking the following day trapped in a hellish nightmare. When her leopard tells her that they were kidnapped for her pelt, she realizes that she may leave this earth without ever knowing what it’s like to have someone love her.Can Knox find Jayda in time? Or will he forever be alone?This story originally appeared in The Dark Leopards MC anthology. It has been expanded and has additional content for your reading pleasure!

My Confession (A Sinfully Unrequited Series Book 1)


Alexia Chase - 2021
    The best friend she was in love with–until he turned into a jerk.Now he’s her mortal enemy.But damn it, why does Jett look so good in grey sweatpants? And where is his shirt?More importantly, what are all those women doing coming in and out of his place at all hours of the day?Everything goes up in flames the second Vivian’s package gets delivered to the wrong address.What’s a guy to do when he opens a priest and prostitute role-play kit with all the goodies?

Riding His Sleigh


Cameron Hart - 2021
    And a backup plan. But then my picture-perfect life shattered, leaving me all alone, scrambling to pick up the pieces while still taking care of my newborn baby. I was done with the drama, heartache, and violence of my past. That’s why I made my sister move with me and my son, Carson, to Christmas, Michigan three years ago. We’ve settled in, and she went and married the sweetest man who loves her endlessly. I’m doing great, too. Really, I am. I’m just fine. I don’t need a man to make me happy this Christmas, or any other time of year, for that matter. Even if he’s a firefighter. And an ex-military man. And has tattoos and a smile that makes me want to ride his sleigh all night long...He’s about to turn her world upside down. Drake: I knew the second she fell into my arms that Melissa was going to be my wife. She thinks her life is complicated and her past is too big and scary for me to deal with, but she’s wrong. I’m going to need a Christmas miracle to get Melissa to open her heart up again, but I won’t give up. Melissa and Carson are my family now, and no one is going to take them from me.*Trigger Warning: One of the main characters talks about past abuse.*What to expect from a Cameron Hart book: Lots of heat, plenty of sweet, and just enough drama to keep things interesting. No cheating, safe, guaranteed HEA!

Accepting His Witch’s Sass


Dawn Sullivan - 2019
    A brief glimpse of the future was enough to show her that a mating between the two of them would never work. Not when Noah was unable to accept the part of her that was a witch, one she was unwilling to change, even if she could. She needed her magic. Her charges depended on her. Besides, the stubborn bear should love her for who she was, not what she was. Noah Channing despised witches. When Fate gave him one as a mate, he knew it must be Her idea of a cruel joke. What had he done to deserve such a punishment? There was no way he could bond with the one thing he hated the most, even if she was a beautiful, feisty redhead who set his blood on fire. When someone Aurora loves inadvertently brings danger to her door, she knows she will protect the ones she cares for at all costs, including sacrificing her own life in the process if needed. With this newfound threat, Noah begins to see his mate in a different light, but is it too late? Someone else has set their eyes on her, staking his claim. Which one will win?

Saddled Love (Forever Safe Romance Book 6)


Claire Ashlynn - 2019
    Needing a fresh start, she and sister take off for the wilds of Montana, unknowingly with danger close behind. She never thought she’d find love on a dude ranch, but cowboy up! Here we go! Rett has been making life work. Taking over his Dad’s dude ranch with his brothers has been a wild ride. Taking on a new cook will help settle things done, so he thinks. Standing in the kitchen is a five foot nothing of pure sexiness. He doesn’t know what hit him but he knows has to have her. Will her past catch up to her? Can he save her? Can this be a forever Love? Saddled Love is part of the Forever Safe Series. This book is a novella. This is an Insta-love romance with a guaranteed HEA. It's steamy and recommended for 18+.

Ryker


Flora Madison - 2020
    This weekend marks my last of my Airbnb tenants. They say every ending marks a new beginning. And when Mikey Amato steps out of her car, I’m awestruck. Love at first sight doesn’t describe it. The curvy city girl is the woman of my dreams. I left the hustle and bustle of the city behind me, But Mikey’s whole life is there. How can we make this work if neither one of us is willing to leave our current lives? The short answer? We can’t. Mikey: I write horror movies for a living, working my tail off, waiting for my big break. The well ran dry, and I needed inspiration. A weekend rental in the middle of the country sounded creepy! A chance to ignite my fears, but something else ignited. A spark for a woodsman named Ryker. But he hates the city for its grit and grind. I couldn’t possibly live without it. Pain only belongs between the pages of my scripts. And falling for Ryker Novak isn’t worth the risk of getting hurt. Insta Love at First Sight is a quick and steamy standalone romance series featuring alpha heroes craving BBW heroines. Each one hour short reads romance is jam-packed with Insta Love chemistry and safe, swoon worthy tension. Cuddle up on your coffee break, in the carpool lane, or when you need a steamy quick reads romance to hold you over. All books in the series are short reads standalones with an HEA guarantee!