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An Offer She Can't Refuse
Emma Darcy - 2012
She's got the one thing he wants - the Zavros heir Magazines regularly devote gossip column inches to Greek magnate Ari Zavros and the supermodels gracing his arm - and his bed - each week! Tina Savalas is nothing like Ari's usual playmates, but this ordinary girl hides the most scandalous secret of all: four years ago her red-hot fling with Ari left her pregnant...Her bombshell revealed, Ari can see only one solution: the innocent Tina is perfect for the role of Good Greek Wife...And it seems marriage into the Zavros family isn't a choice - it's a command!
Hot Ride
Erin Havoc - 2020
An Alpha Older Man, Younger Curvy Woman MC RomanceDARCYHis perfect frame doesn’t matter.Neither does how my body reacts to his.He’s abandoned me once.I’m protecting my heart whatever it takes.RUSSELLShe’s the woman of my life.She has always been.I let her go once to keep her safe…Now I have a second chance to show her we are meant to be.
The Plan
Ella James - 2017
Woman feels her biological clock ticking and gets someone to knock her up. Not for love, for baby. Crazy, right? That’s what I thought. Then I found out my fiancé had a vasectomy. The life I thought I had? Nope. Suddenly I’m 33, and I don’t even have a kissing buddy. When my mom’s health takes a turn and I wind up back in my hometown of Fate, Alabama, I tell myself to leave things up to…well, you know. Then I see Gabriel McKellan. He’s Fate’s most famous son, a bestselling author who is beautiful, complicated, and living just below me. In addition to his plus-sized brain, Gabe’s well-endowed in other ways, and great in bed to boot. I would know. He's my ex husband. When I suggest The Plan, I don't imagine that he'll take the bait. It's been ten years, and we don't work. But Fate has other plans for both of us.
The Girl He Loves
Roya Carmen - 2019
Pragmatic. Perfectionist. Neurotic. Diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder at the age of eleven, she can’t remember being any other way. Thankfully, with the assistance of medication and therapy, her life is well under control. Some might even say it’s perfect: a beautiful husband, her sons Trevor and Tristan, a fabulous condo, work she enjoys and great friends. Yet she’s still extremely fragile. It’s the reason she always guards her emotions very carefully. And unfortunately, nothing can help her when, by chance, she discovers her husband’s secret — Ava, a beautiful young woman. She was so sure she knew her husband, but now she desperately needs to uncover the truth. It’s no surprise when she becomes obsessed with Ava, with every trivial detail of her life; her friends, her beautiful mother, and most of all, her gentle and sweet father. Driven not only by curiosity and obsession, but also by jealousy and lust, she heads down a turbulent path as she sets out to uncover everything about her husband’s secret life and all the mysterious people in it. Author's note: Contains some sexual content and coarse language - for adult audiences 18+. The Girl He Loves is Book One of the Orchard Heights Series but can be read as a standalone. Genre: Psychological Romance Suspense
Bride of the Lion
Elizabeth Stuart - 1995
But nothing could defend her from the brooding magnificence of the invader who quickened her wild Welsh blood and stole her tender soul.Robert de LangleyFaull of arrogance and outlaw vigor, the fabled Lion of Normandy would hold his old enemy's daughter hostage for his plundered lands - until he decreed that he must keep them both.Tossed between vengeance and lingering desire, war made them enemies, and passion possessed them.
The Secret Baby Bargain
Melanie Milburne - 2006
So when Ashleigh Forrester found outshe was pregnant with his child, she ran!But Jake's back. The billionaire has returnedto convince Ashleigh that she belongs in hisbed. But when he meets her little boy, theresemblance is too obvious to ignore. Jake nolonger wants her as his mistress…but he'llbuy her as his wife….
Rock Me Longer
Jenna Jacob - 2019
As lead singer of the iconic rock band, Licks of Leather, fame and fortune had been more than generous. Still, he was restless, struggling with burnout, and pondering hanging up his microphone for some peace and privacy.Sofia Jackson grew up poor and fast. After clawing her way out of the gutter, she worked diligently to earn a killer reputation in the music promotion industry, ensuring no one would ever have the power to drag her down again. Work was her life, which left her no room for frivolous fantasies, especially those about Burk.But their forbidden fantasies can’t be contained, and their passion combusts, consuming Burk and Sofia. When secrets are spilled and trust is broken will betrayal destroy them both?
THE DOMS OF GENESIS:Embracing My Submission – Book 1Masters Of My Desire – Book 2Master Of My Mind – Book 3Saving My Submission – Book 4Seduced By My Doms – Book 5Lured By My Master – Book 6Sin City Submission – NovellaBound To Surrender – NovellaResisting My Submission – Book 7Craving His Command – NovellaSeeking My Destiny – Book 8THE DOMS OF HER LIFE - RAINE FALLING:One Dom To Love – Book 1The Young And The Submissive – Book 2The Bold And The Dominant – Book 3The Edge Of Dominance – BookTHE DOMS OF HER LIFE - HEAVENLY RISING:The Choice – Book 1The Chase – Book 2HOTTIES OF HAVENSin On A Stick – Book 1Wet Dream – Book 2Revenge On The Rocks – Book 3Beef Cake – Book 4LICKS OF LEATHER (Bad Boys of Rock)Rock Me Longer – Book 1Rock Me Harder – Book 2Rock Me Slower – Book 3Rock Me Faster – Book 4Rock Me Deeper – Book 5PASSIONATE HEARTSSky Of Dreams – Book 1
Unwrapping The Billionaire
Catherine Wiltcher - 2019
Jonas Farley is a Christmas-wrecker. Two years ago, he broke my heart, and this year, he’s on the brink of destroying my father’s legacy. I hate that man, even though his voice drips like warm honey into unmentionable places... But even dirty-talking titans of industry can’t escape a reckoning. And this Christmas, Jonas Farley, is about to get more than he bargained for. Three spirits will shine a light on all he’s done to me, and everything in between the sheets. Three spirits are going to bring that man to his knees... And then I’ll make him pay.
Ditch Flowers
Amanda Linsmeier - 2015
Just holding one sets Julia’s heart thumping. She’s wanted a child for so long. When she finally gets pregnant, she’s bursting to tell the world….until a checkup from the doctor confirms a miscarriage.Julia’s world feels like it’s dissolving. This second tragedy following her father-in-law’s death, shakes her and her husband Greg. To support his mother, they uproot their lives and move to Greg’s childhood home. Under the bright Midwestern sky, Julia can feel a new world and new hope beginning.But trouble comes in threes, and soon a boy shows up at Julia’s new daycare whose blue eyes and freckled face look eerily like Greg’s. Despite her love for her husband, Julia finds her thoughts haunted by the boy’s face, and she can’t shake the feeling that her husband has a secret.
A Modern Love Story
Jolyn Palliata - 2012
Abandoned as a small child, Luc is a foul-mouthed rebel who takes it upon himself to be her defender, whether she likes it or not. As they grow up, they fumble through their different roles in each other's lives—family, confidants and then, ultimately, lovers.Just as the couple is settling into their newfound relationship, they encounter a beautiful lawyer, Payten, who is immediately taken by Luc's rough edges. But he denies her, making him absolutely irresistible in her eyes. Payten is a woman who has grown accustomed in her privileged life in obtaining whatever she wants, no matter the cost or sacrifice. And she is fairly confident Luc will eventually see things her way…one way or another.Trigger Warning: Cheating hero
Second Chance Husband
B.B. Hamel - 2018
This is my last chance. I’ve messed up enough for one lifetime, and I need to get my sh*t together. Bad boy, bastard, a**hole. I’ve been called it all and deserved it once or twice. But I’m changing, and I’m starting with her. Piper’s the producer of my new travel show and my ex-girlfriend. Messed up, right? During a scene in Las Vegas, she gets tricked into signing a real marriage license. That’s right, she’s my accidental bride, and I plan on keeping her. She’s not happy about it, but that doesn’t matter. She needs me just as much as I need her. I can see it in her eyes: She remembers how it used to be, back before I messed up, the way it felt when my fingertips brushed against her skin. She knows how I can make her feel, but she’s afraid. I’ll remind her why I’m the best thing that got away. In the end, she’ll beg to stay my wife, or both our careers will go up in flames. Second Chance Husband is a steamy romance with tons of hot scenes and bad language. It’s only recommended for readers 18+. Second Chance Husband is a STANDALONE, full-length novel. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA!
Devotion
Marianne Evans - 2012
It will take a lifetime of devotion.
Last Good Thing (The Fallout Series 1)
Heather Young-Nichols - 2020
I left behind, not only the dad that I adored, but also my best friends and the boy who held my heart.Now with Dad gone and loose ends to tie up, I have to go back to town where Zac lived, the town I’d promised I’d never return to. Of course luck isn’t on my side and there’s no chance of avoid Zac or hiding my broken heart. The I discover that so many things were kept from me. The fact that he has a son with my former best friend, I think, is the biggest. But I’m wrong.Sticking to my plan of tying up loose ends and leaving this town behind me is going to be harder than I thought. Can I forgive the way they forgot about me once I left or the all the secrets no one thought I should know?
Honor and Redemption (Saint's Justice MC #2)
A.C. Bextor - 2019
Born into a life of solitude and crime, she never understood the sanctity of safety, or the serenity that came with being loved. Until… One day, when she least expected it, she locked eyes with a young man and fell in love with his messy hair and boyish grin. With his ironclad determination to set her free, Cricket’s entire world was forever changed. Gypsy’s life has never been his own. Growing up as the son of the Saint’s Justice President, he had little choice but to shadow his father’s footsteps. Until… He made a choice to follow his own path. Gypsy’s decision to join the Army took him away from the only family, the only girl, he ever truly loved. Now he’s back, resolved to pick up the pieces of the heart he shattered when he walked away all those years ago. But Gypsy doesn’t come home to the open arms of the carefree girl he left behind. Instead, he’s too late. She’s already given her heart to someone else. His club brother, Leglas.
Marchese's Forgotten Bride
Michelle Reid - 2009
The tingling of Cassie's skin lets her know her new boss is the man who left her pregnant with twins! And now it seems he's forgotten her altogether! But the formidable Italian is more affected by Cassie than he lets on. The darkness of his memory is lifting. Now Alessandro needs just one more thing to complete the picture--Cassie, with his wedding ring on her finger...