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romance
age-gap
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Bounced


Brill Harper - 2017
    I've seen some crazy stuff as a bouncer. I thought I'd seen it all.But I've never seen anything like her. Just one look and I knew my life was never going to be the same. She's sweet, innocent, and looking for trouble.She found it.I'm big and mean and more trouble than she ever imagined. I'm going to mess up all her carefully laid plans. And I'm going to make her mine.SarahI'm a careful girl. Life is too dangerous not to be. I have a plan. Goals. And none of them include an overly-muscled, tattooed, possessive bouncer with an eye patch from the road house just outside of city limits.I just wanted one night off from being perfect, boring, and careful.He's too much man for a girl like me. Too intense. Too visceral.But I don't think he's going to let me go.Author's Confession: I don't even know if this could happen in real life. Luckily, it's a book. That means the hot, tatted, beardy bouncer can totally take one look at the virgin college student studying actuarial science and know he's going to marry the sh!t out of her. Right?

Educating Emma


Kat Austen - 2016
    Despite her best efforts, Luke Faraday seems immune to the brilliant blonde who sits enthralled in his lecture hall every day.When Emma decides to confront her enigmatic professor and confess her feelings, Luke has a confession of his own to make. Will his confession send her running? Or will it send her running straight into his arms?Either way, Emma’s about to get more of an education than she bargained for. Note: This is a Dark Fantasies Novella, fantasy being the key word. Get lost in the story, hold off jumping to conclusions, and brace yourself for the sweet surprise waiting at the end.

The Hitman's Forbidden Princess


L. Nicole - 2021
    The daughter of kingpin Larson Corelli.That doesn’t mean I don’t want her, dream of kissing her, touching her…making her beg.It can’t happen. Mr. Corelli would never allow a hired killer like me to touch his little princess.But when Giovanna sneaks into my room at her dad’s estate… I’m not strong enough to push her away.And once I give in?What the hell, if I’m going to die, I might as well make it worth it—over and over again.

Blind Love (Forever Safe #2)


M.K. Moore - 2019
    She used to be at the top of her game. Being blind isn't going to stop her from falling for the wrong man. Wayne Bryant is the best at what he does. He is at the top of his game at the but that doesn't stop him from falling for his patient. His job means everything to him until he meets her. Together they make it work. Love is blind in this tale of love at first touch and sound. Safe, sexy, and over the top, this MK Moore novella is the second in the Forever Safe Series.

Nanny Tempts the Beast


Mink - 2021
    But now I’m all the family they have left. I can’t let them down, and I won’t.All I have to do is hire a nanny. I interview plenty, but I know the moment Charlotte walks in the room—she’s the one. Innocent and young, something about her pulls me in until I want to know every last detail about her. She’s amazing with the children, and she soothes the beast that lurks inside me. Her touch quickly becomes an addiction, one I won’t deny.She doesn’t know what sort of man I am or of the danger that follows in my wake. I should tell her the truth, but I can’t risk her leaving. So I show her what she means to me by visiting her room every night, by giving her more than me than I’ve ever given anyone else.But the danger is part of my life, my business, and my dark world. When Charlotte and the children are threatened, I’ll stop at nothing to keep them safe, and I’ll tear apart anyone who tries to take them from me.MINK: Grab your fave feline and your top caffeine for this windswept romance with a guaranteed HEA.

Sin's Temptation


Evie Harrison - 2016
    Time and time again he's lived up to the nickname the press calls him, Mr. Sin. This confirmed bachelor has no intention of ever settling down. That all changes during a visit to one of his Erotic Bent sex stores when he spots eighteen-year-old Natalie Farrar in aisle six. The dark haired beauty has him ensnared in the blink of an eye. The attraction between them is palpable and within minutes Jordan knows there's nothing he won't do to claim and keep her by his side forever. Sin's Temptation is Book One in the Erotic Intentions series. Each story will be a standalone full of page-melting heat courtesy of alpha men claiming their women. No cheating. No lying. No deceit. Just true love and an abundance of steam. These books deal with insta-love and are heavy on the sexy times. *please note that Sin's Temptation was previously published with my pen name Evie Harrison in 2016*

She's All Mine


Ella Goode - 2019
    She wasn't smart enough for her dad and she wasn't a good enough dancer for her mom. At college, she's retreated into a shell—dancing at night and avoiding people. The one person she can't escape is a local boxer named Tank. He's determined to show her that everything she's dreamed of can be hers if she would only see herself through his eyes. Tank believed boxing and babes didn't mix until he met Erika. He can't get enough of the shy girl who rules his every thought, but she's wary of relationships. This is one fight he can't lose.

Say Uncle


C.M. Steele - 2015
    My eyes never left hers as she came up behind me, wrapping her arms around my waist, and placed her cheek on my spine. The feelings of completion engulfed me. “Thank you, Uncle Dean,” she said sweetly. “Did you just say uncle?” I asked menacingly, and I felt her smile on my back. This woman was too much.

Her Dirty Professor


Penny Wylder - 2016
    But when everyone kept saying that Loche Johnson has literally THE biggest... well, "Johnson" of any professor at our college, that he used to do porn and there's a birthmark on his hip that proved it, I got skeptical. My friends pressed me to ask him. So I sacked up and did. The rumors are true—porn star Johnson is real. I was just supposed to look, but then he gave me his infuriatingly cocky smirk and said that girls like me couldn't handle guys like him. Girls like ME? We shouldn't have slept together. And it should NOT have been amazing. Now he keeps teasing me—in class, on campus, like he doesn't care if we get found out. If anyone learns we hooked up, I'll lose my scholarship. I'll lose everything I worked so hard for. I won the dare. I'm not sure it was worth it.

Bare Your Soul


Rochelle Paige - 2016
    Walking into a strip club and asking for an audition certainly qualifies as desperate, but when her mom's battle with cancer ends months before Angelica is due to start college, she doesn't feel like she has much choice. The moment Morgan Cadwell sees her on his stage, he knows she's the one woman who could make him break all the rules. There's no way he's going to let Angelica dance for other men, so he hires her as his live-in personal assistant instead.Morgan's offer lets Angelica keep her clothes on...but little does she know that, in the end, he'll make her bare her soul instead.

Nailed


Tory Baker - 2018
    They know the exact moment they meet the right woman. They know it so much that they are ready to claim them right then and there.

 It’s always been that way, from Dex’s father to his grandfather and even his great grandfather.
Call it fate, kismet, soulmates, whatever you want—Dex is a firm believer. 

That’s why the moment he lays eyes on pretty little Emma he is sure that she’s his woman. This stubborn alpha-male carpenter won’t stop until he claims her and he won’t let anything get in his way. Make a list now: Over the top Alpha, instant... gratification, and a quick, hot, ride to melt your kindle. Got a fan?

Wanting More (Alpha Men, #3)


Hope Ford - 2019
    He’s been my best friend for a year now. I want more… but he doesn’t. Mack I loved Stacy the second she walked in the door. She’s younger than me, but that doesn’t bother me. She’s rich… really rich. And I come from the wrong side of the tracks. I know she deserves better than me. Until I realize I can’t live without her, and NO MAN will love her as I do. Note: This is a steamy, sweet, SHORT romance. It has a HEA with a tattooed, alpha and a plus-size woman that makes him hers! If you love short romances with insta love, hot scenes, and a sweet story, then this one is for you.

Valentine's Rose


Dani Wyatt - 2017
    Growing the world's rarest and most coveted roses is this mountain man's obsession until he walks into her flower shop and his new obsession takes over. There's just one thing holding him back from staking his claim that ring on her finger. Rose Everhart spends her days arranging flowers. On this Valentine’s Day, she lets it slip that although she's send out thousands of arrangements to other lucky recipients, she's never been the receiver of flowers herself. What she doesn't know, is wearing her grandmother's scratched and worn rose gold wedding band has kept the hulky flannel wearing rose grower that's filled her fantasies for months at a distance for too long. Will these two unlucky at love introverts finally discover what it's like to discover your one and only? Only, will someone from Rose's past force her to retreat back into her solitary world just as she's beginning to understand the power of true love? Author's Note: This indulgent treat smells like roses and tastes like chocolate. Well, maybe not really. But if you like happily ever after and believe in love at first sight this sweet, filthy treat is just for you. Always safe, always smutty and utterly swoon worthy.

Working Under the Professor


Olivia T. Turner - 2019
    Everything about this is inappropriate.The looks.The little touches.The extra attention in my office hours.The locked doors…I’m her professor and I’m supposed to remain professional.But this has gone way past professional.The obsession has taken over. I’m its slave now.She’s the teacher’s pet and I’m about to give her a lesson she’ll never forget.She’ll learn that her professor is a possessive one and this won’t be done after the semester ends.Because I’m never letting my pet go.She’s mine now.School is not out yet! And believe me, you’ll be wanting to stay for summer classes when you get a load of Professor Gosling. This Over-The-Top man will have you begging for detention with his obsessed and possessive ways! Safe, no cheating, and a sweet HEA that will have you smiling (and blushing).

Secret Crush's Baby


Ember Flint - 2019
    Ryker has kept his feelings to himself for years, but even the strongest man has a breaking point… and she just f**king pushed him through it. 34-year-old Ryker Forrest is the all-powerful, stern and imposing CEO of Forrest Holdings, his family multinational enterprise, and very few people are allowed to see his more playful side, but there’s a thing even his nearest and dearest don’t know about him.He has a secret.He might be the most sought-after, eligible, debonair bachelor in the state of New York, but he hasn’t been on a date in seven years.Not since he met someone that grabbed ahold of his heart and never let go, but she can never know.He wishes he could talk with his best friend about it, but something tells him the guy would be none too pleased if he knew that someone is his little sister.Izzy Garnet is sweet and shy, the odd one out in a long lawyery dynasty. She’s a 26-year-old eleventh-grade chemistry teacher that has been called ‘geeky’ more times than she could count, but she’s proud to be a nerd and would never let words slow her down. Her totally-up-in-your-business family thinks they have her all figured out, but they don’t know she has a secret. She’s been covertly crushing on her older brother’s best friend since the day they met. Not only Ryker and Izzy unwittingly share a corresponding secret, they also have the same wish: they want a baby. Now. Dear Reader: This HEA-guaranteed story has it all. It’s sweet, filthy fluffiness with NO-cheating and no OW/OM drama and features baby-making-fever, an innocent but willful curvy heroine that is totally oblivious to her luck, a possessive, just-this-side-of-crazy, over-the-top alpha hero that does more growling than any sexy man should be permitted to do and an off-the-pages, slow burn love that will jump at you from the start and melt your Kindle into a gooey puddle. So what do you think? Are these clueless two going to immediately own up to their feelings or will they come up with a wacky plan that allows them to have everything and nothing at the same time?Option B, ladies and gentlemen. Option B all the way. I’ve given you sweet heroes with filthy in them, and filthy heroes with a sweet filling, but probably never someone as dirty as Ryker. You have been warned!