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Perfect Risk
C.A. Harms - 2021
It always has been and truth is, there is no place like it.I can hide away in a big city, pretend as if I’m not drowning. I can ignore the sadness inside my heart that is begging for a change. But if I’m being honest, my sense of belonging has disappeared. I thought I wanted the big city life, the fast track and all the glamorous things. Turns out, there’s nowhere I’d rather be than home.Coming back to help run my mom’s business gave me the perfect escape.But there is one problem.An unresolved past has a way of haunting anyone. Things can sure get complicated when the man that broke your heart all those years ago is now your new landlord.It may get a little messy, I may regret my decision to stay…But then again, this might just be the Perfect Risk.
Sugar Springs
Kim Law - 2012
Then she found herself raising her deceased sister’s twin girls when their father disappeared. Now, with her beautiful girls, a community that depends on her, and her photography studio finally taking off, Lee Ann may not have the life she’d imagined, but it’s definitely where she wants it. Until Cody, her bad-boy ex, returns to Sugar Springs… Cody’s childhood put a chip on his shoulder the size of Texas. Bouncing around the foster care system, he was always the one to leave before anyone left him first. Then he found a place he wanted to stick. Lee Ann was the best thing that ever happened to him. Only, he hurt her. Bad. He’s back now, and determined to earn her forgiveness…and maybe win back her love while he’s at it.
The Kyler Collection: The Kennedy Boys Books 1 - 3
Siobhan Davis - 2017
Complete trilogy that ends with a HEA and no cliffhanger. Two fractured hearts and a forbidden love they can’t deny. You shouldn’t want what you can’t have… Faye Donovan has lost everything. After her parent’s tragic death, she’s whisked away from her home in Ireland when an unknown uncle surfaces as her new guardian. Dropped smack-dab into the All-American dream, Faye should feel grateful. Except living with her wealthy uncle, his fashion-empire-owning wife, and their seven screwed-up sons is quickly turning into a nightmare—especially when certain inappropriate feelings arise. Kyler Kennedy makes her head hurt and her heart race, but he’s her cousin. He’s off limits. And he’s not exactly welcoming—Kyler is ignorant, moody, and downright cruel at times—but Faye sees behind the mask he wears, recognizing a kindred spirit. Kyler has sworn off girls, yet Faye gets under his skin. The more he pushes her away, the more he’s drawn to her, but acting on those feelings risks a crap-ton of prejudice, and any whiff of scandal could damage the precious Kennedy brand. Concealing their feelings seems like the only choice. But when everyone has something to hide, a secret is a very dangerous thing.
Ever's Last
Cedar Rose - 2020
When that night finally came, my best friend . . . the man I thought loved me in return . . . did the last thing I expected— he left.Memphis abandoned me when I needed him the most, and as the years went by, I came to despise him.Now, he’s back and the contestant of a local dating show— while living under the same roof as me.As much as I want to keep hating Memphis, the more I get to know him again, the more I want to be one of the girls on the show.When Memphis finally comes clean about why he left, I’m not sure if it’s going to heal us or rip us apart all over again.MemphisMy entire life is one giant mess up. One questionable decision after the other.Loving Ever is not one of them, though.The night she finally poured her heart out to me, I should have taken her in my arms and never let her go. Instead, I turned my back on her and broke her heart.It’s been forever, but I’m back home, trying to clean up my image with the help of a dating show, and living right down the hall from the woman who’s held my heart and soul since before I was old enough to realize I had either.Working my way back into her life and her heart means coming clean about what happened the night I shattered her . . .I’m terrified of losing her all over again.
Secret Baby
Scott Wylder - 2019
Midwest girl with big dreams.Moving to Massachusetts with hopes of operating my own business, how could I turn down the salary Ross Worthington offered me?I couldn’t.Then he offered me even more—a scorching hot office romance.We couldn’t get enough of each other.Then I found out I was pregnant.Thinking that Ross could never want a child, I bolted back to Kansas without telling him.Nearly four years later, he unknowingly hired my company to cater a dinner party.Imagine my surprise when I saw him there.Imagine his surprise when he found out he was a father.
His secret and my unexpected pregnancy drove us apart.An unexpected reunion and revelations spark our romance years later.Will our child be enough to keep us together this time? Or, will fatherhood prove to be too much for Ross?
Why Not Me?
Ashley Erin - 2018
All of her boxes are checked off.Sweet boyfriend? Check.Awesome job? Check.Great friends? Check.Life is going according to plan. That is until the man who broke her heart seven years ago comes crashing back into her life.Suddenly those checked boxes no longer seem important.Her once neat life is now in turmoil as she’s caught between a past love and a current one.A choice between two men. One is her best friend and partner for the past six years. The other makes her heart race, but he left her shattered.One is safe, secure.The other is a risk she doesn’t know if she’s willing to take . . . again.
Pierced Hearts
Ahren Sanders - 2019
This time, he's a powerhouse, determined to get back what we lost.Can it be that simple?PierceShe's home.Darby Graham, the woman who ruined me, has returned.She rolls back into town, stirring up memories and feelings that I buried long ago.One look at her and I know she's been hiding something.What I don't expect is for the truth to rock my world.For a second time in my life, I'm helpless against the power Darby holds over me.She's mine.Her resistance fuels my determination.My insistence drives her wild.She says we're impossible.I say she's wrong.And I'm going to prove it.Darby Graham thinks I'm crazy.She's about to see how crazy things can be.
Always Yours
Grace Owens - 2019
A hot guy. A mind blowing night you can’t remember. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. Right?Gertie Anderson had never wished for anything as badly as she wished for that statement to be true when she wakes up married to her high school bully. A bully who has grown up into a man who has no intentions of letting her go when he finally has her exactly where he wants her. As his. Cailean Baker ruined my life and now he’s done it again when he tied me down in ways a divorce can’t even fix.
When You Loved Me
Terra Lorin - 2013
The experience, thrills, and heartbreaking moments of the story will be totally ruined for you, if you do. Just a warning ; )'Unconditional Love' is a very rare thing, but the few who live it, know what 'true love' is.Songwriter Brooke Davenport's fiancé has left her for another woman. She's devastated, but this is not the first time a man she's loved has broken her heart.Tristan Jameson, her brother's best friend, crushed her dreams on the seventeenth summer of her life when he disappeared without so much as a phone call or note to her, or her brother. What could've happened that he left in such haste especially after finally winning him over to confess his love for her?Now he's back in town and Brooke wants an explanation. Will she be able to forgive him? After having been jilted twice by the two men she trusted her heart to, will she ever give her trust and love to a man ever again—much less to one who hurt her once before?As Brooke and Tristan record her duet song together, memories flood her mind and sensual desires surge through her body for the man who she had a crush on since he was a boy—her first love—the one no girl ever forgets.Get ready for a roller coaster ride with curve balls and twists and turns as mystery and suspense come into play in this endearing story of true love and romance. No cliffhanger; HEA ending! =)Word count: Approx. 73,700
Callie's Heart
Kathleen Ball - 2012
She wants neighboring rancher, Garrett O'Neill, to marry her seventeen year old daughter. It's not supposed to be a conventional marriage.Garrett O'Neill would keep Callie's ranch safe and Callie would go away to college. Four years later, Callie comes home with stars in her eyes and happily ever after in her heart. She plans to make their marriage real until finds the new housekeeper, Sylvie in Garrett's arms. Heartbroken, Callie takes off to her own house, which they closed up four years ago. She stays there with Old Henry, a longtime friend and ranch hand, until her new horse injures her. Garrett forces Callie to move back in to his house. Callie finally gets her heart's desire. Alone in a line shack, they make sweet love for the first time. Unfortunately the love light is gone from Garret's eyes the next morning.
Chasing Ivy
S.J. Sylvis - 2018
I would know—it drove me absolutely crazy…until I was the one doing the drooling. Our days were filled with stomach-hurting laughter accompanied by easy conversation, and our nights were filled with secret, awkward teenage flirting. But that was when Dawson was just my best friend. Nothing more, nothing less. And then… it was more. It’s a memory I pretend to see through blurry eyes, hazed by passing years of no communication. The one night that my heart was suddenly soaring through the starry night, only to catch fire as it rapidly descended seconds later. Six years was a long time to get my heart under control. A lot has changed, and yet here I am, still drooling over Dawson—my ex best friend.
The Truth About Love
Emma Nichols - 2015
Nina and Shane are already married and have a special needs baby. Life isn’t the fairy tale she imagined. Their happily ever after has never seemed so far away. Then one October, everything falls apart. Years of addiction result in Shane having a complete breakdown. Nina must decide whether to keep the family together, or keep Kylie safe. The choice isn’t simple. The results are unexpected. The journey to happiness is long and difficult. See, the truth about love is that it’s messy, challenging, exhilarating, exhausting, and scary. Most of all, real love never ends.
The Broken Road to Forever
Rhonda R. Dennis - 2016
We struggled and fought for our happily ever after, so why do I find myself knee deep in laundry, bills, and ungraded papers years afterwards? Why is he distant and more worried about football plays for his high school team than our happiness? Where has the spark gone? The broken road of life happened, and it's painfully relentless. Is our journey one even worth continuing? To better grasp our future, a visit to our past is needed. Take a trip back to the 90s, and enjoy the story of Mallory and Brent's high school shenanigans, their crazy college days, and eventually, their journey into adulthood. The Broken Road to Forever chronicles an emotional voyage across the decades as an unconventional couple struggles to keep their love alive.
Where the Stars Fall
Ana Simons - 2020
Left without closure, a year has passed and he's more determined than ever to make the man pay for hurting the ones he loves most, his family.Immersed in his search for justice, falling in love was the last thing on his mind. Until fate steps in and a chance encounter changes everything.Seeing Olivia again, so unexpectedly, at his best friend's wedding, stirs up memories he had long ago put away. She'd been his first love, his kindred spirit... and the woman who left him without saying so much as goodbye.Which doesn't make him want her less. He knows it, the moment she locks her deep green eyes on his.Even knowing it might be too late to repair what's been once broken, Brian refuses to lose her again and sets out to find a way back to her heart. But it's been more than ten years since their story was left unfinished. Will they get one last chance to make things right? Or will Brian learn that sometimes justice comes at too high a price?***NOTE TO READERS: A full-length, standalone contemporary romance, Where the Stars Fall was previously published as Falling Home (Book 1 of the Free Falling Duet). This edition has been fully revised with added and edited content. Cover by Perrin Brunson, @ The Author Buddy
The Billionaire’s Surprise Heir
Tara Brent - 2019
Tall, Dreamy totally irresistible …every girls dream drool… He said he couldn’t resist my red hair that I drove him crazy. But then he walked out of my life. Now after years of silence he’s back asking for a second chance. Sure, he’s a filthy rich Italian stallion that any girl would want to hook…. But me, I’m not so sure… Why? Because I have a secret that will blow his mind! And I’m keeping it to myself. Yes… I am… Calvin Every redhead turns my head. It’s my greatest weakness. Why? Tiffany…that was her name, a redhead hottie from my college days-drove me nuts! Imagine my shock when I meet up with her again on a blind date! Now, I’m not the kinda guy to go on blind dates, but I’m glad I did. This woman rocks my boat and now she’s in my life again I won’t let her go. Yet, she always pushes me away. Talk about a she-devil in disguise. She’s dodging me and lying too. What game is she playing? I WILL find out, even if it means stalking her! Will Tiffany’s secret blow up in her face and destroy her Happy Ever After? -with the only man she has ever loved…. **A Full Length stand-alone novel. No cheating with a heartwarming happy Ever After.