There was sambuca shots, lots of them, loud music, and wild dancing.Then I spotted him. A hot hunk on his own. I did something I never imagined I would.I made it clear I wanted him and well you can guess the rest... yes, amazing. He was an eleven out of ten.Unfortunately, the morning after didn't go so well.So I took my walk of shame in my stride and life went on. I didn't forget that night obviously, but life went on.Fast forward three months and my boss, the CEO, announces he's stepping down and his son, who I've never met before, will be taking over.Yup, you guessed it again. His son turns out to be none other than my one-night stand.Without all those shots making my head swim, he is an insufferable, cocky asshole who would have loved to have fired me on the spot, only his position comes with a stipulation he has to satisfy.Mainly, he must keep me in employment at the firm and as his personal assistant.I see a whole lotta trouble on the horizon but I'm confident I can handle it. I tell myself as long as we can't stand each other we'll be able to keep it strictly professional.Then we touch. Now all bets are off.A Full Length Standalone Office Romance With Guaranteed HEA.

    

    Life of the Party, Connor Wolfe. He’s gorgeous and everything I’m not, pushing me to my limits in the best of ways.From the moment we met, I wanted to touch, taste, and feel every delectable inch of him. And I know he felt the same way about me because his body most certainly told me so.Our sexy week of fun, sun, and secret rendezvous by the lake has left every part of me aching for more. Unfortunately, Connor suddenly seems to have no interest in keeping things going when our trip ends.But I saw the longing in his eyes and felt the intense passion every time he touched me. Surely this vacation romance wasn’t completely one-sided… was it? Tripped Up is a stand-alone, romantic comedy with light angst and a HEA! It’s part of the Kismet Cove’s Singles Week Collaboration Series Coming September 2021! Looking for that special someone? Need to get away?Look no further! Join us for a Single's Week of mixers and adventures!From far and near, the more the merrier! Everyone's welcome! Twelve authors are bringing twelve brand new stories about finding love in all sorts of way and how the charm of this lake town brings people together. Known for its delightful allure, Kismet Cove is the perfect background to find The One!

    On a mission to eliminate a drug trafficker in Ireland, he meets his match - in an 11-year-old girl. She opens his eyes to the light in the world with her sassy mouth and lack of fear. It's just too bad she's the daughter of his target. Her One moment in time and her life is ruined. At six years old her world is shattered, all illusions of safety tossed out the window. With her Mam gone and her Da ignoring her except to scold her, Deidre O'Connor finds a companion in the tall scary man hired to be her bodyguard. Confusion and bitterness soon engrain themselves in her heart until she fights back and runs. Them On Deidre's eighteenth birthday, she runs away in search of her place in life. On her eighteenth birthday, Dominic is sent to find her. Never expecting the little girl he used to know to have sprouted into a gorgeous, vibrant woman. When the sins of the past come back to haunt them, are they strong enough to fight together or will they be left in the cold...alone? Warning: This book is full of instal-love with an older man and a younger woman, hot intimate times, tons of love. And a boat load of suspense and intrigue. All adults are at least 18 years of age, and consenting. If you can't handle instal-love walk away. If you love the sticky sweetness of it, what are you waiting for!?

    She has found a sense of inner peace through her sewing, crafting, and teaching children online. Jobs that keep her at a distance from everyone but her sisters.Arson inspector Bryce Cambridge has never been shot down so quickly or so curtly as he is by the woman with gorgeous brown eyes selling quilts. Luck is on his side when he runs into her at a bowling alley the next day. He’s intrigued and turned on by her smart mouth. The chemistry is explosive between them, and even though she tries to resist, the spark between them is too hot to ignore.Those blue-grey eyes and charming smile have Gina lowering the wall she’s built around her heart. But as their relationship grows more serious, Bryce wants to see all Gina is hiding. The puckered, scarred skin and the shrapnel buried in her flesh are just the surface layers of the wounds Gina tries to keep hidden. But her deepest, darkest secret may be too repulsive even for someone as strong as Bryce.Because his fears are her reality.

    Need a special set up? Just ask, and we'll be sure you have everything you need. If you would like to know more about the owners, check out their stories! Unzoned Garrick has been in Jade's friend-zone high-school. But that's about to change. But moving from friends to lovers is hard enough without the complications of his dominating ways and her need to submit. Getting this wrong could ruin everything. Getting it right could mean the world. Until Daddy No matter how panty-melting the chemistry, Carissa knows relationships don't last. Being with Jamison Croft is no exception. Jamison doesn't give up easily when it comes to getting what he wants. And he WANTS Carissa. Not only is she intelligent, gorgeous, and generous- she feeds every desire the Daddy Dom in him craves. She believed she'd never have anyone in her corner. But that was Until Daddy.PUNISHING HER (an exclusive Club Dark Lace short story)Susan has made a BIG mistake. HUGE- and it nearly cost her her life. Now she must face her husband, if he'll speak to her. This isn't how their marriage thrives. Communication. Rules. Consequences. It makes their world turn. But her actions have thrown them off course. What she needs now is his dominance, and with that will come her PUNISHMENT.

    

    He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left.There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.My virginity.A forbidden auction...Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld.Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the brand new ENDGAME series.

     She’s sexy as hell, distractingly curvy—and obviously keeping things from me and my family. Worse than that, she’s definitely afraid of something, and it’s driving me crazy she won’t tell me what. The thing is, I’m not just starting to feel protective of the walking flight risk, but damn possessive, too. And the more I’m with her, the more I want to be the man that gets her past the fears she’s got bottled up. In both her head and her heart. The HIS TO CLAIM Series Book 1: Every Last Doubt (Adler & Sage) Book 2: Every Last Touch (Walker & Ashley) Book 3: Every Last Look (Barrett & Quinn) Book 4: Every Last Secret (Sutton & Maddy) Book 5: Every Last Reason (Emerson & Delia) Previously published as Adler James (c) 2017, completely rewritten in first person POV and revised throughout with a little more steam (note that this is my first slow-burn story series, steam-wise LOL, so it is a little tamer than my usual stuff -- but not too tame, as it is a Christa Wick book, after all *grin*), along with newly added content, and a different extended ending.

    He’s strong, sexy, broody. The last thing he’s looking for is a woman to ruin his solitude. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she’s the perfect decoy. A fake girlfriend to keep his family off his back until he’s deployed.So what if kissing her sends his mind to wicked places? He can control himself. Can’t he?Harper was on her way to starting a new life… again. But something about Luke makes her want to settle down in this small town and make his house a home. When she’s in his arms, she finally knows what it’s like to feel safe. Protected.One night of sharing a bed turns into something much, much more… and soon Luke can’t keep his mind off Harper’s wide gray eyes or his hands off her luscious curves. He never thought he’d feel this way about a woman again. But he knows that he can’t tell her the truth about his dark past. And she can’t reveal what she’s running from.At least this isn’t a real relationship. It’s only for a month. It’s only pretend. Until it isn’t…

    . . and to love.Jason “Cobra” Stanley was born to fight. With a father like his, he had to toughen up just to survive. Now Cobra tries to take out all of his frustration, all of his anger, and all of his pain in the MMA cage. But after he receives one too many hits to the head during a match with Jagger Caldwell, the cycle of violence comes to a screeching halt. Cobra wakes up in the hospital, under the care of a nurse whose blond hair shines like a halo—and whose pure heart touches him on the deepest level.Lorraine Bosch is a fighter too. Having escaped from her own controlling father, she prides herself on remaining professional, despite the chaos in the ER. But Cobra is the ultimate distraction. Lorraine knows she should run away screaming from his rippling muscles and shattered psyche. And yet how can she deny this broken man a second chance—especially since she knows exactly what he’s been through? Lorraine’s used to playing guardian angel. Now it’s her turn to find heaven in Cobra’s arms.

    New/alternate cover edition here.USA Today bestselling author of the King Series, T.M. Frazier, brings you an all-new trilogy with a sexy anti-hero you're going to love to hate, and a ballsy heroine with more up her sleeve than just tricks. Love is supposed to be a fairy tale.Ours is a death wish.I'm the executioner for the Bedlam Brotherhood. She's a con artist working for my greatest enemy. I use her. She manipulates me.We find ourselves on opposite sides of a bloody war. My heart and head tell me I have to stay away. My lust for her doesn't give a sh*t. Nothings fair in love and gang war.

    BUT I’LL BE DAMNED IF I JUST STAND BY AND WATCH. STORM I didn’t have room in my life for someone else. But that was before Natalie. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. But once wasn’t going to be enough. Not by a long shot. Not until I put a ring on her finger and a baby in her belly. Not until I make her MINE. NATALIE I didn’t ask for this. All I wanted was to keep my flower shop open. But what I got was him. He takes control, thinks the law belongs to him. If it weren’t for him, I might be dead, or worse. But now this bad boy thinks he owns me. And no matter what I do, no matter what I say. He won’t take no for an answer. And I know that he’ll NEVER let go. Storm is a full-length, standalone romance novel with steamy hot sex, strong language, a happily every after ending and NO CLIFFHANGERS. Contains dark and disturbing themes, and over the top sexiness that may be uncomfortable for some readers. Perfect for fans of Joanna Blake, Alexa Riley, Devon Hartford, Sabrina Paige, Winter Renshaw, Vanessa Waltz, Emilia Kincade and Melanie Harlow

    She manages to escape Chris' wrath and hides out at a neighbors house. While in hiding, Tammy contacts her three older brothers and ask them to come and rescue her. The brothers quickly run to her rescue, but in doing so, they overlook their own flaws: one of the brothers physically abuses his own wife; a second other brother is a deadbeat dad who is supposed to see his kids the day they leave to get Tammy; and the last brother is a minister - the ultimate conflict of interest. The three men are forced to face their own demons and eventually learn that people who live in "glass houses" have no right to throw stones.

     For better or for worse, till death do us part… Those are the vows I’ve promised to uphold.I’ll stand by those vows, even if it means enduring a living hell filled with abuse and misery.There’s no escape, and my suffering runs deeper than the scars on my skin. My torment seems endless, and the depression begins suffocating me like a wool blanket, scratching at the surface and burrowing deep within the fibers of my being.Until he appears. My mystery man.He watches me. Follows me. Stalks me.He descends beneath my scars and strips the despair from my bones.With his cruel features and leather cut, my mystery man should scare me.He comes alive from inflicting pain, from drawing blood, from death.I should be running away from a man so ruthless, so brutal. A man who wants to cause pain.So, why do I end up running towards him?RECKLESS ENVY is a full-length novel that contains adult content and violent situations that may be offensive to some readers.