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Only For Him


Lauren Milson - 2019
    He's twice my age. It's so wrong. But that won't stop him. What might? The diamond ring on my finger...When I broke things off with my fiancé, he begged me not to expose him for the cheater he is.I agreed - as long as I could keep the engagement ring for the holidays.My dad is the world to me, and I know telling him the truth would crush him.But then I meet Jason - a big, tough Brooklynite. Faded tattoos over rippling muscle. A withering stare and fierce emerald eyes.I've never met anyone like him before.He doesn't fall all over himself to impress me.He's cold, he's distant, but I see the way he's sneaking glances at me.It makes me hot all over. It makes me feel something new blooming inside me.I want him. I need him.Now I just have to convince him that I'm no one else's.That I'm only for him.And once I do?This obsessed, possessive older man tells me he'll show me exactly what it means to be his.Come along for a wild sleigh ride through this over-the-top insta-love holiday romance as Jason and Madelyn make their sweet, crazy and steamy journey to a very happy HEA.Happy Holidays :)xx, Lauren

This Christmas


Jeannie Moon - 2014
    Having Charlie meant putting some of her own dreams on hold, but Sabrina is content to surround herself with family and friends, safe from the realities of the outside world. She had enough of that when the man she loved broke her heart. Jake Killen’s career in professional hockey has brought him many rewards on and off the ice, but returning to New York brings back a flood of memories. When he sees Sabrina again, he discovers that he didn’t just walk away from her ten years ago, but also from their unborn child. Struggling with anger, guilt, and chemistry that’s off the chart, Sabrina and Jake wonder if they can find love again and, this Christmas, make all their wishes come true. Christmas in New York Book 1: This Christmas by Jeannie Moon Book 2: All I Want for Christmas by Jennifer Gracen Book 3: A Light in the Window by Jolyse Barnett Book 4: Goodness and Light by Patty Blount

Flip Trick


Amo Jones - 2018
     I had a one-night stand. Then in true me fashion, I left my phone at his house during my desperate venture to escape. I tried hard to ignore the texts sent to my best friend’s phone... Amethyst: Sup, these selfies are cute as shit, but your lips looked better wrapped around my… I did NOT text him back. I DID vow to never speak of him, or that night again... I’m Amethyst Lily Tatum, and up until this point, I’d managed to maintain a fairly low-key life. I’m what you would call a socially unacceptable hot mess. Instead of partying, I’m skating, flipping ollie’s over guys who loved to underestimate me. Then I started college, met a wild girl who I would soon call my best-friend, had my first drunk one-night stand, left my phone at his house, and then, when I finally managed to meet my mom’s new boyfriend, I found out that my one-night stand, was now my new stepbrother. *this is a standalone novel*

Dirty Curve


Meagan Brandy - 2021
    She does.  But I don’t want to steal her time anymore. I want to earn it. If anyone can do that, it’s me. I’m Tobias Cruz, the king of the curveball. I don’t lose. Not the game, and surely not the girl. Little did I know, this girl has a secret...and it’s the dirtiest curve yet. ___From USA TODAY & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy comes an all-new standalone romance set in college about a hotshot pitcher and the girl who never saw coming.

Untouchable


Isabel Love - 2017
    One-hundred percent untouchable. Too bad I didn't know that when we first met. We were just two strangers in a club, drawn together by chemistry. Hot, SIZZLING chemistry. Imagine my surprise when I discover that she's my new boss.And now that we work together, she's determined to keep it professional. My problem? I can't forget the night we met. That searing kiss. The way she felt in my hands. I find myself willing to break the rules to get closer to her.Though she tries to fight it, I know she feels it, too. This pull. It's all in the way she fidgets whenever I'm around. It's all in those lingering, hungry looks she casts my way when she thinks no one is watching. Despite the risk to my job that comes with pursuing her, I can't seem to stay away from her.I want to forget about the rules and make her mine. Warning: This book is recommended for readers over 18 years of age.

The Rivalry


Beth Bolden - 2020
    Sam turns out to be nothing like Heath expects. He’s kind and funny and irreverent—and also unbelievably, shockingly sexy. For three short, glorious, life-changing days, there are no rules.The second time they meet, Sam has just been traded to Heath’s team, and instead of lovers, now they're rivals. Heath has spent the last five years working desperately to be the best quarterback the Riptide could ever need, but when injuries threaten to derail his career, Sam is right there, standing on the sideline. Ready to take over, and ready to ruin everything Heath has given his life for. Rival. Enemy. Teammate. Friend. Lover. As their orbits collide, sparks fly, and Heath struggles to find the right label and the right box to shove Sam into, hoping to keep him contained. But Sam—and Heath’s feelings—refuse to cooperate.Sam might not be just one of those things, he might be all of them, and so much more.

Stuck With You: An Enemies to Lovers Romance


Abigail Graham - 2019
     Jocks? No thanks. Football? I don't know a touchback from a tight end and I don't care to. So of course someone calls in a favor and sticks me with Tyler Sinclair, gridiron god, big man on campus, star quarterback with a million watt smile, a body to die for, and an attitude as big as his... reputation. Now he's my problem. He needs me to graduate and I need him to stop driving me insane. I can't have a simple conversation with him without getting into an argument... or getting hot under the collar. I can't stand him and I can't keep my hands off him. When he's not making this difficult he's making me melt. One more lewd suggestion whispered in my ear might be all I need. Worse than that, he might not be the man I thought he was. We might be more alike than I realized. I might be falling for him, but loving Tyler might cost him his future and cost me my career. We have everything on the line, but love doesn't care. Stuck With You is a standalone romantic comedy with a jerk jock with a heart of gold, a sassy heroine, and an HEA.

The Sin Bin


Nikky Kaye - 2017
    I still hold the league shutout record. But you snuck between my legs and now I can’t get you out of my head.” BECKETT Lucy Solomon showed up to watch a hockey game in a luxury box wearing jeans and a hoodie, and she didn't give a puck who I was. Now the hotter it gets between us the better my team does on the ice, and I'm getting superstitious. I'm not skating around my feelings--I want to win the playoffs, and I want Lucy, but something's gotta give. LUCY After being in a grad school cave for two years, it made sense that I'd be drawn to a Neanderthal. I melted for Beckett Hallstrom's brazen moves and boyish charm when we first met, but things exploded when I found out who he really was. Beck wants me to be his good luck charm, but the press is relentless and now my career is in jeopardy. Every competition has a loser and I'm afraid it's going to be me losing my heart. THE SIN BIN is a fast and feverish standalone sports romance novella, where high sticking is totally allowed.

The Not-Outcast


Tijan - 2020
    I was an outcast.He was best friends with my stepbrother, that same stepbrother who hated me.His two parents loved him. My mom was a junkie. My dad barely knew me.Years passed.I got my life together.Cut went onto NHL stardom.Then there was a text.I was drinking.There was a party.Cut was there...I loved Cutler Ryder since the first moment I saw him.The only problem? He never knew I existed.