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The Lumberjack Effect
Carmen Bishop - 2019
Five years ago she had the best sex of her life with a stranger. That night turned into two blissful weeks where it felt as though their passion would never end. Until Graham walked away without a backward glance. Now, Lena finds herself uprooting and moving a state away to confront Graham, unsure how he will react when she confesses a heartbreaking truth she's not sure he will accept. Facing him will be the most difficult thing she’s ever done, and could prove to be the biggest mistake of her life. After all she’s betting a whole hell of a lot on the man he used to be.
Falling for Dr. Kelly
D.L. Gallie - 2020
I thought we were unbreakable, until someone close hurts me in an unimaginable way.Can two opposites fight the laws of attraction or will it end up tearing us apart?FLYNNI work hard, and play even harder.When it came to women, I could have anyone I want.Until I met her—Avery Evans.She’s quiet, shy, and everything I’m not.But we’re drawn together like magnets, sparking each other to life.When the unthinkable happens, our differences really show.Is our attraction about to sizzle and flame out? Only time will tell. Other Falling novelsFalling for Dr. KellyFalling for Dr. KnightFalling for Agent CoxFalling for Agent Cruz
Mafia Protection
Ali Lee - 2015
Despite Angelo’s duty to marry another woman, Angelo shows Ella a softer side that wins over her heart. She refuses her chance to leave and willingly gives up her freedom for a chance at love with Angelo. However, when their romantic involvement ignites a string of brutal attacks from an enemy group, Angelo places Ella under his watchful eye to keep her safe. But to his surprise, innocent Ella shoots back with impeccable accuracy and skill, raising questions connected to her past. This book may contain language, violence or sexual content and is intended for mature audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Challenged by You
Tracey Jerald - 2020
Although she’s throwing herself into creating sweet delicacies with a twist at Seduction New York, nothing about her life is settled.And it’s made infinitely worse when a bad review puts her job on the line.Food critic Jonas Rice is infuriated when his review is accidentally switched. He personally goes down to assure the restaurant a retraction will be printed only to walk in on Trina being thrown out.Jonas finds Trina so he can personally apologize. What he doesn’t expect is to find himself face-to-face with a stubborn-as-hell, knockout who provokes him on every level.By the end of their first conversation, she’s daring him to lead her life for one month. Much to her surprise, he accepts with one major caveat — she agrees to beinginterviewed.In the end, will Trina be able to accept life isn’t always about rising to a challenge? Will she be able to find there’s joy in finding compromise — both in the kitchen and in Jonas’ eyes.
Fourth Down
Heidi McLaughlin - 2021
After accepting a position as a meteorologist in Portland, she strives to make a good first impression. Then she meets the arrogant wide receiver who belittles her in front of her new friends. She could have walked off the sting of his bitter words, but he keeps showing up in her social circle. Now, she is determined to meet him at the line of scrimmage and prove she's not one to back down. Julius Cunningham is well aware there's a flag on the play after his harsh words to Autumn. The more he sees of Portland's new weather girl, the clearer it becomes his judgments of her were unfounded. But how can he call a timeout on the animosity he created? When Autumn attends a charity event with the Pioneer players, she sees an opportunity too tempting to resist. Julius looks miserable being a part of the date auction, making it even more fun for Autumn to bid. Will she use the opportunity for some good old-fashioned payback? Or will this be their fresh start at the twenty-yard line? Get ready for the snap and sprint for the end zone because Autumn and Julius are headed for either a tackle or a touchdown!
Under His Ink
Maya Hughes - 2018
Now, I’m back because she’s the only person I can trust. And I couldn’t stay away for another day.Being near me means danger for the both of us because no one leaves the mob unscathed. She’s inking over my past one day at a time and it's strictly business for her, but the flames licking at our heels aren’t just from the heat between us.But the only thing harder than leaving the mob is leaving her. I’ll show her that what we have is forever as long as I’m still breathing…Under His Ink is a 55,000 word second chance mob romance.
Forbidden With Me
Leigh Lennon - 2020
I was fighting for justice for a young girl who’s family was murdered before her eyes.Years later, my world is turned upside down when a series of similar murders begin to haunt the Seattle area again.Malia Strickland’s return in the midst of these crimes propels us right back into one another’s lives. She is no longer a little girl, but every bit a woman. I was her hero back then. Now I have the chance to be so much more.My life never made sense but has purpose and meaning with Malia in it.Malia Strickland deserves justice and the future that had been stolen from her so long ago. I’ve made it my mission to give her both, even if it means sacrificing myself.Malia StricklandMy life was altered, in a span of minutes when my family was brutally taken from me. I only escaped with my life, because my hero pulled me from the horrific scene.I spent eleven years away from the one place I loved so much. Now, it’s finally time for me to come back and face the demons that have haunted me. Going home not only resurfaces memories I’d rather forget, but it seems to trigger a whole new string of murders just like the ones that took my family from me.More than ever, I need Wells Shanahan to save me from the past and what’s to come.Wells has always been more than a hero to me. He’s my savior, my future, my everything. Can I convince him, that our forbidden love is worth fighting for?
His to Hold
S.L. Sterling - 2019
But that was about to change. Getting dumped at the start of my much overdue vacation was not how I planned to spend my time off. Neither was running into someone from my past. It was the last thing I expected.... but just what I needed.My brother’s best friend was headed home when our paths collided at the airport during a massive storm. Twenty years of chemistry crackles around us like lightning, and we give in to what’s been a long time coming. From stranded old friends to insatiable lovers, spending a week together at his lake house, I'm reminded what it’s like to live in the moment. When I realize I didn’t really know him at all, I can’t help but think... I might have been his to hold, but could I be his to keep? Bryce I guess there are worse things than being forced into taking a vacation. I can think of a few. But being fresh out of a bad relationship, and in the middle of a huge merger, is not the ideal time to be jetting off for two weeks. One week in, I decide to cut my trip short, only to end up stranded at the airport. Just my luck. Everything changes when I run into my best friend’s little sister. Twenty years later, she’s all grown up and very much available. One thing leads to another, and we find ourselves back at my place riding out the storm and reconnecting in ways I never imagined. Feelings that had been delayed are finally able to take flight. The girl who held my attention all those years ago is now the woman holding my heart. I’m falling fast, but when we end up face to face in the boardroom, will our vacation romance go from pleasure to business?
A Letter To Delilah
Jaxson Kidman - 2020
The letter was not meant for me to read.
It was for Delilah.
She’s beautiful.She’s perfect.She’s loved.
She’s everything I want to be.
And I need to know who wrote the letter.
Why?
You might think I’m crazy… but I’m in love with the person who wrote it.
Even if I’ve never met him.
Handled
Heather Slade - 2020
Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World.
Under Fire
Scarlett Cole - 2017
He and his Navy “brothers” start a security firm that offers the kind of services only a team of military-trained professionals can provide. But nothing prepared Six for his new client: an innocent woman on a mission to improve thousands of lives. . . unless someone takes hers first.CAN SHE HANDLE THE FLAMES?Dr. Louisa North knows time is against her as she tries to create a “miracle” medical treatment for a disease with no known cure, until she creates a sample so powerful that the wrong people want to use it as a chemical weapon. At first, Six is unwilling to accept Louisa as his client. But soon he realizes that the danger is real and that there’s much more to this plain-Jane scientist…including a burning passion between them that neither of them can resist. And now that an enemy is on Louisa’s trail, Six will do whatever it takes to protect her—or die trying.
Wild Card
Ava Ashley - 2017
How to fight. How to shove the memories of her so deep they never see the light of day. The taste of her lips, the brush of her hair against my face as we ... anyway, it worked. Mostly.Until now.When a motorcycle accident lands me on forced leave from my MMA career, my manager convinces me to spend the downtime working on my bad boy image. Which is how I end up in the last place I ever expected to be: a reality dating show.I tell myself I don’t care. It’s just one more distraction from thoughts of her, and that’s all I need.And then she walks on set.If you think I burn to touch her, to run my hands through her dark silky hair and do all the dirty things I haven’t let myself think about for six years …You’re so wrong.She screwed me, in more ways than one.F*ck my public image. This show wants fireworks? I’ll give them the damn Fourth of July.
Lost Years
M.K. Schiller - 2019
Each one of a beautiful girl, who is my best friend. We grow up together on a sunny island surrounded by water that’s as blue as her eyes. We share all our hopes and fears until we realize we belong to each other in every way one person claim another. She is my own personal serenity. Sweet story, eh?Well forget about it.The cold, harsh reality is that I’m a twenty-year-old, Manhattan bred, manwhore, who uses his fists to solve his problems. The only comfort I find is inside a bottle... and the dreams. But the dreams are my illness not my cure. Just when things look the darkest, the sun slaps me square in the jaw. I spot a picture of a scenic island surrounded by the bluest water – my island.If the island exists then so must the girl, right?So I’m headed to Serenity, Texas to find my girl and make some sense out of the chaos that is my life. Feel free to tag along, but this journey comes with a steep warning — dreams can turn into nightmares in the blink of an eye.My name is Jason Flynn and this is our story.
Protecting Her
Summer Cooper - 2019
She’s starving. She’s begging on the streets of London. But when she begins to sing she takes a piece of my soul with her. Her voice carries such sadness and heartbreak. How is this possible? How does a beautiful, talented, young, American woman like her end up homeless so far from home? The least I can do is offer her a hot meal and a bed... I’m the heir of a global luxury hotel chain after all! It would be a crime not to help her. I have to save her. I have to protect her. I have to take her away from here and make her mine.
See Me
H.L. Muller - 2021
The king of one night stands. That’s all they see me as. And to be fair, I’m not exactly a saint, but no one sees through the reputation to the real me.No one until Cecilia.Suddenly the only one I want is her, and she has me in knots. One problem: She has no idea who I am, and I’m afraid that telling her will ruin everything.CeciliaMy vision impairment has defined my entire life. I’ve been mistreated and underestimated, and I cope by surrounding myself with music. Studying to become a producer, I was content with my life until Maverick comes crashing into it. Literally.Maverick sees me for me, treats me like an equal, and shows me the one thing my life was missing—romance. I’m terrified he’ll leave like everyone else because I’m starting to fall for him for real.**See Me is a sweet and steamy 40K romance, filled with 18+ content, great music, and first experiences on their way to a HEA. This is the first book in the Fly By Boys series, the series will be in chronological order but can be read as a stand alone novels.