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Hard to Hate by L.M. Reid


contemporary-romance
august20
duets
insta-lust

Lumberjacked


K.C. Crowne - 2020
    My rules."Three years of celibacy was my life.But now Angela's presence makes things exceptionally.... hard .After the winter storm, she was supposed to be a temporary guest.But, Santa must have a sick sense of humor... I'm addicted to every inch of her.Her full breasts. Her curvy hips. Those sweet innocent eyes filled with untapped potential.The problem is I don't ask. I take. And if let myself loose....I'm afraid nothing will stop me from having all of her.

Rescuing Norah


Jessica McCrory - 2017
    For Norah, running into a handsome young benefactor had never been in the cards. Raised in shelters after being abandoned, she never expected to meet her own prince charming, until she did. But as the years pass, Norah’s seemingly perfect life begins to unravel, revealing a much more sinister side to the man she’s promised to marry. After losing his job on a technicality, Harley is determined to redeem himself in the eyes of the Seattle PD. Taking down one of Seattle’s biggest crime bosses would be a damn good way to start, but as a Mercenary working for an off-the-books firm he’s got his work cut out for him. On the night he’s set to present his evidence, everything changes, and he finds himself on the run with none other than his target’s beautiful fiancee. And as the game of cat and mouse turns deadly, Harley finds himself torn between duty and the intense attraction he feels for a woman he should hate. Rescuing Norah is the first in a series of intertwined suspense novels where the threat gets bigger, the sparks burn hotter, and the only thing standing in the way of victory is the bullseye painted on their backs.

Football Dad: (Friends to Lovers)


Terry Towers - 2019
    Football Star. Single Dad. But London only knows about the last one. When she shows up with her own son to football camp, I want to get into her end zone. She's cute and flirty. Best of all, she doesn't have a clue as to who I am. It's refreshing. It's perfect. Spending a couple months watching our kids train with such an incredible woman. I couldn't ask for more. But what will happen when the truth comes out? I've waited too long without letting her in on such an important part of my past. My fans have other plans. She's been hurt before and has her defenses up. I've got to break through that line. Because in the end, I'll make her mine.

Bride for the Russian Boss: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance


Bella King - 2021
    

Faking it with my Brother's Best Friend


Melissa Schroeder - 2021
    Any Order. Individual Love.I’ve been in love with Milo Darling for as long as I can remember. He’s my brother’s best friend and would never be interested in a curvy girl like me. I’ve seen the women he’s dated in the past, and let’s just say they don’t look like me. I’ve come to terms with it…mainly.When I hear my ex is going to be at a charity ball I have to attend, the natural thing is to ask Milo. He’s safe, and he’s a gentleman, and well, who wouldn’t want to spend the night with the most beautiful man ever created.Only, he’s not looking at me like I’m just a friend, and when he kisses me on the dance floor, I lose every thought I have ever had in my life. And, yeah, maybe, I’m going to be okay with a one-night fling with the man of my dreams. Who can blame a girl for taking him up on his offer?And that night? I will just say that it blows my world apart.But I know as soon as the sun rises, this girl will have to put on her big girl pants and get on with my life. Because there is one thing I understand and that’s that girls like me don’t get happily ever afters with guys like him.

This Is It: A Second Chance Romance: San Diego Social Scene Novella


Tess Summers - 2020
    Thinking back to the prior evening’s events, I decided it was definitely the naughty one. There had to be a mistake —I was always on the nice list. But the gorgeous, naked man snuggled next to me seemed to suggest I had a lump of… something waiting for me. Maybe the nice list was overrated. Or maybe naughty girls really did end up with coal in their stockings.GrantI was now on the ‘every-other-weekend and alternating holiday schedule' with my kids —one more thing about divorce that I detested. Attending my law partner’s Christmas Eve party seemed like a better alternative to drinking alone in my boring beige condo, staring at my new pipe-cleaner tree with its new, shiny ornaments. The last thing I expected was to be propositioned by a former PTA President. Or to wake up Christmas morning not wanting to leave her bed. But you don’t get to be our age without plenty of baggage. The question was, did ours match?This sexy, feel-good second chance romance will have you cheering for Paige and Grant to finally find their happily ever after together. But not before they discover that dating —at any age —isn’t so easy.

Beneath The Surface


Abbi Cook - 2020
    It's all I'm supposed to be.I take no prisoners. Until Lily. For her, I make an exception. But only for a week. When I walk in, time starts ticking down to zero. Her father has seven days to save her. Until then, she's mine. Mine to have. Mine to take. Mine to keep. Beneath The Surface is a standalone in the Captive Hearts series.

The Switch


Debra Kayn - 2021
    All her happy moments took place in Avery Falls, and she can't wait to give her sons the freedom to enjoy their teenage years.Except the town has changed. No longer the sleepy, remote place, Avery Falls has turned into an outdoor recreational hub owned and run by a Motorcycle Club.Brandt "Trip" Rowe is one of the original members of Avery Falls MC. More than capable of protecting what the club has invested and dedicated their lives to, he's prepared to make sure the woman who holds the deed to the house on the knoll doesn't find out what happens deep in the mountain.But being around Bonnie changes him.Changes that could make him ride his Harley straight into the side of the mountain, eliminating his existence.Not everything is what it seems in Avery Falls.

Keenan's Kingdom (Mafia Heirs Gallaghers Book 1)


Raven Scott - 2022
    I know it did for me. The irony is when blood’s shed, those who hold you dear come rushing in. It’s when Delilah came back, even when I thought she was done with me, even after I fucked everything up.She came to my bedside and it made me realize there’s a sliver of hope. If she didn’t care, she wouldn’t have come, and if all hope was gone, she wouldn’t have shown up.I destroyed what we had, but now I’m doing everything within my power to make it better than ever. I made a grave mistake when I lost her and now I’ll win her back, no matter what it takes.

6+ Us Makes Eight (Baby Makes Three)


Nicole Elliot - 2018
    And I definitely can't knock her up. Yesterday I was living the dream. Women. Money. Cars. I had everything. Now I have custody of my sister's three children. And I have my eye on the youngest's Preschool Teacher. Emma is perfect. Innocent and begging to be touched. I want her to keep me after class. She could lose her job if the school finds out about us. But I can't stay away. I have to have her. Especially once we find out She's having my triplets. 6+Us is a super steamy secret baby romance. It is a STANDALONE. It has a HEA and NO Cliffhanger. Enjoy!

Perfectly Wrong


Summer Brooks - 2019
    I slept with my best friend’s ex. He’s a football star. Rich as sin. And my sworn enemy from high school. Bryant is perfectly wrong for me. He has a big mouth. And a bigger… you know what! But we’re college roommates now. Oh, the hatred and the rough nights. He spins my world around. And I let him take control of me. On one condition. We remain each other’s secret. No one is supposed to find out about us. We have too much on the line. His career. My friendship. Our future. But every lie has a way of coming out. So, who’s gonna end up paying the price for this one?

Do You Do Extras?


Nikki Ashton - 2018
    He’s got the looks, the body and can barely crack a smile, mainly because he has the mother from hell. Phoebe Drinkwater is an Extra on Grantley’s new film. She’s happy and fun loving but will never be as beautiful as her parents’ imaginary youngest daughter, Melania. Whoever could imagine they’d ever be friends, never mind more – certainly not Grantley James, but he just can’t get the girl who’s a pain in his perfect bum, off his mind. Add a foul mouthed agent, an embarrassing incident with a glow in the dark vibrator and an estranged father and you’ve got Do You Do Extras? This is the new romantic comedy from Nikki Ashton author of the acclaimed No Bra Required and Roman’s Having Sex Again. At the centre of this beautiful romance are moments that will make you laugh out loud, and those which will pull at your emotions, but all in all you’ll get a stonking good read.

His Other Wife


M.L. Ray - 2019
    My husband, my trust, my world.  One rainy day in London when I found out that my darling, my Shawn had another wife. Had children.The day I found out he was a liar.I fled, back to my hometown of Seattle, and I vowed never to let anyone that close to me again.But then he walked into my gallery… Knox Zapata.He’s arrogant, and he thinks he’s irresistible.But he’s never met someone like me before.This is my work, my solace and no playboy artist is going to ruin that for me.Not even one as gorgeous as Knox Zapata… Knox: I know it’s time I grew up. I’m almost forty, single and yeah, okay, my career is nearing its peak and I have all the money and women I could ever want…But this isn’t me. Not really.I miss my family. My brother, my twin-brother and my younger sister.My dad.I ran from the family, from the business he built from nothing, to become an artistAnd I did…But at what cost?Now I’m back home in Seattle and I want to be a part of something, something real…I never expected that something to be Anouk Devi.She called me out on my arrogance the first time we met and I knew, right there, that this was someone who would change my life.And she did.Anouk has her ghosts too and for the second time in my life, a woman I love is in terrible danger.Can I save her and in the process, save myself?

Cranky Pants


Kayt Miller - 2021
    She works at her best friend’s flower shop with the full knowledge that this is probably as good as its going to get. That is until that same friend talks her into going out to a biker bar so they can "live on the wild side" for a night. Nate Black is cranky. He has a right to be. At least that’s what he thinks. Spending an evening now and then drinking a beer with the guys EasyRiders, is one of the only things that he enjoys, sort of.Then, he meets her. A sexy, curvy woman who makes him smile... and laugh. A dangerous woman. Good thing he’s an a**hole because getting rid of her the next morning is easy. The hard part? Forgetting her.Cranky Pants: Pick-up Lines Series Book One

King Me


Terri E. Laine - 2021
    Tall, Dark, and Handsome takes pity on me,I’m helpless not to become his prey.What are men like him made of?Everything that should make me run.Yet, before my life no longer belongs to me,I want to enjoy the ride.I can only pray my heart will be intact when it’s over.HimI’ve got one mission.To have the man that fathered me, King Me as his.I deserve the billions as much as my legitimate brothers do.But I’m thrown off that pursuit by a pint-sized woman who saves lives as a career.By contrast, my job during many combat missions has been to take them.We are too different.Yet, she’s a beautiful distraction I can't seem to give up.I’ve made the mistake of falling in love before.I won’t do it again.So when I’m forced to choose between becoming a King and saving her life—The choice is simple.