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Tainted Morals


Janene Hudson - 2011
    An anonymous existence and nearly absolute solitude has gone a long way toward healing the scars. But four years later, Laura has discovered she will never truly escape the madman that is after her. Even the FBI couldn’t help her before and now she finds herself trying to trust the small town sheriff with her life.Sheriff Trevor Holbrook has never given a second thought to the beautiful mysterious woman that lives in the woods outside of New Jackson. She made it clear to the entire town she wanted to be left alone. But when a horrifying turn of events drops a killer in the middle of the small town he is sworn to protect, he has no choice but to figure out the mystery that is Laura Broderick. Her dauntless courage awakens passionate feelings Trevor never could have anticipated. The deeper he delves into Laura’s past, the more terror seems to be unleashed on his town.Can one small town sheriff help her stop a psychopath the FBI hasn’t been able to touch?

The Story Sisters


Katy Regnery - 2017
     Priscilla Story, the self-proclaimed “wild child” of the straight-laced Story clan, has always had a knack for getting herself trouble. Except this time, her “growing problem” is going to require a Daddy sooner than later…or she can kiss her inheritance good-bye. Shane Olson, who previously dated Priscilla’s sister, Margaret, isn’t opposed to a marriage of convenience for the sake of furthering his business interests, but Priscilla – with her wild ways – is just about the last woman he’d choose to marry. In order to make the marriage look convincing, they end up having to spend more time together than they’d originally planned. When rolling stone, Priscilla, who lives by the seat of her muu-muu, and seriously-ambitious Shane, who’s had his whole life planned since he was eleven, start falling for each other, it’s going to take a whole lot of compromise for this Bohemian and her Businessman to find their happily ever after. The Director and Don Juan is the second of three books about the Philadelphia-based Story sisters who are all on the look-out for love. Heiress Alice Story left her father's company three years ago in a blaze of glory, inviting all of his employees to jump ship and join her, but only one accepted her offer: mail room clerk, Carlos Vega. While Alice spent the next three years getting her own company off the ground, Carlos became her indispensable right-hand man -- executive assistant and office manager, loyal counsel and trusted co-worker. And all the while, they were quietly falling in love with each other. When Alice is offered a lucrative business deal in Puerto Rico, island-born Carlos is the perfect person to accompany her on her trip as translator, but as they travel together from Philadelphia to Santo Domingo to Ponce, two unlikely co-workers will discover that during their three years working together, their feelings for each other have grown far deeper than they ever could have guessed. And though business-minded, proper Alice will try her very best to ignore the longings of her heart, scorching hot, insanely sexy Boricua, Carlos, has no intention of letting her go.

The Elite: The Complete Ten Part Military Romance


K.B. Winters - 2016
    Badass Fighter Pilots. A Heart Stopping Marine and a Sexy Navy SEAL All Ten Books wrapped up in onebox! BOOMER - Jack “Boomer” McGuire is a US Navy Fighter Pilot who’s got two weeks to make Holly fall in love with him—but he has to get her to go out on a date with him first! 2 Novel Length Books! Player - Aaron “Player” Rosen, ex-Navy Fighter Pilot and Boomer’s best friend has problems of his own. His flavor of the week, sinfully sexy Talia is not really who she says she is, and when Player finds out she’s a pawn in a dangerous billionaire's game—all bets are off. But…they don't call him Player for nothing. 3 Novellas! Slow Burn - Hard-bodied, ex-Marine, Nick Adams has a sexy ass swagger and a twinkle in his eye straight from the devil himself. He’s offered a three-month assignment in Holiday Cove, but it doesn't take him long to lock his sights on the town’s most eligible bachelorette. Carly Roberts. Her pink-streaked hair, wicked smile and curvy ass are tempting as hell. And he’s not leaving until he gets her! 1 Novel Length Book! On The Run - Chase Hart is a sexy as hell, badass ex-Navy SEAL who runs high end security detail for the government. The covert operation he’s on now is more than he could have ever imagined—and Melissa O’Keefe has a secret that will change their life forever. 3 Novellas! Exclusive BONUS! This set also includes the Exclusive Bonus…F**k her by Friday! Don't miss this amazing bundle of steamy small town romance, sinfully sexy military men and the strong, independent women who love them!

Michaels Family Romance Box Set: Books 1-3


Toby Jane - 2020
    Thomas. Each young woman has a unique path to walk, and a powerful, thrilling love to discover--and they are as different as the gemstones they're named for. Somewhere on St. ThomasRuby Why him? Why now? What else could go wrong? Set in 1984, in a world before sexting and texting, this "lushly written and emotional" New Adult romance stars redheaded spelling champion Ruby Michaels, who meets the wrong kind of man on the eve of her departure from St. Thomas for college.♥♥WINNER: SILVER MEDAL, eLit AWARDS, 2016♥♥ Somewhere in the CityPearl It's a long way from sleepy St. Thomas to the big city. The year is 1989, and magnet-for-trouble Pearl Michaels leaves her childhood home, the tropical paradise of St. Thomas, to live with her sister in Boston. Discovered as a model, Pearl finds fame, fortune, and Magnus Thorne.Harley-riding, enigmatic Magnus Thorne is a man with a past and a hazardous, secret present. The last thing he needs or wants is an addiction to a woman so famous she's known simply as "Pearl," but he can't seem to let her go. Somewhere in California Jade Dancing is everything--until it leads to love. Jade Michaels runs away and risks everything to compete in the first-ever dance reality show in LA in 1992, and meets the perfect guy--until she finds out he's her sister's ex.Can Jade and Brandon navigate the past that separates them? "These books are a fun, guilty pleasure that will leave you wanting more from Toby Neal!" ~Author Noelle Pierce

Loving Lindsey


Patricia Keelyn - 2016
    Now someone is sabotaging Lindsey’s ranch, and Will seems the most likely candidate. Although Lindsey wants to believe he’s innocent, he’s the one with the motive. Years earlier, her father had foreclosed on a loan that cost Will his family’s land. Still, he insists he had nothing to do with the ‘accidents’ plaguing Lindsey's ranch. He wants his property returned, but he plans to buy it fair and square. Lindsey wants to believe the man she’s loved since childhood, but she fears he'll do almost anything to reclaim his family's ranch. His sudden interest in her as a woman is too convenient. Can she trust a man who’s never seen her as anything but a friend, when she knows he’ll do anything to regain his family’s heritage – including breaking her heart once again?

The Love Dangerously Collection: Dangerous Kiss, Dangerous Flirt & Dangerous Tease


Avery Flynn - 2017
    Her unlikely ally in the search is a cocky, muscle-bound private investigator Jake Warrick, who ticks her off almost as much as he turns her on… Jake just wants to solve the case, but the impulsive and fiery Claire turns his plan upside down. Together they uncover a more complex crime than they’d ever imagined while things between them go from hot to downright combustible… Dangerous Flirt: Laytons Book 2 Dry Creek County Sheriff Hank Layton is the stuff of dreams. Steamy, nasty, delicious fantasies that leave Beth Martinez weak-kneed and desperately wanting the man she’s lusted after for years but can never have… Hank can have any woman in town–except his little sister’s best friend. The more he chases, the faster she runs, but when someone starts threatening her, he’s determined to be the one man she turns to for help. Together they risk their lives unraveling a decades-old mystery while Beth fights to keep her heart and her own secrets… Dangerous Tease: Laytons Book 3 Uptight history professor Sam Layton may have the abs of a movie action hero, but he stopped believing in the joy of adventure a long time ago. However, when a one-night stand with a tattooed bombshell leads to a treasure map for the long-buried Rebecca’s Bounty, the call to action is too strong to ignore. All Las Vegas cocktail waitress Josie Winarsky wants to do is paint. But when she lands smack dab in the middle in a mob plot, she has to push aside her dreams to find a treasure and save her family from harm. With Sam at her side and a Vegas loan shark on her tail, she’s running to save her life and her heart…

Unauthorized Series: The Complete Collection


Lisa Ladew - 2015
    All romantic suspense. Jen, the heroine of the first book, is Jerry's sister from the Edge of the Heat Series. Unauthorized Affair - Twenty-six year old Jen Mansko finds out the hard way that she's too trusting. Her apartment ransacked, her bank account emptied, and her heart broken, Jen has had enough and high-tails it to the only place she can think of where she will be welcomed – her brother's house. Anxious for a fresh start, Jen does something completely out of character and decides to become a cop. Soon, the athletic beauty with the striking-pink locks captures the attention of ex-navy seal Police Sergeant Hunter Foley. When she is vetted for an undercover assignment, Jen dares another feat and quickly wins the approval of the powers that be. Once embedded in the covert operation, yet another unlikely suitor is drawn to her. With two men on opposite sides of the law vying for her attention, Jen is forced to make a choice or risk having all she's worked so hard for ripped away from her. Unauthorized Deception - When blackmailing leads to leaving it all behind, Ivy is desperate for the truth. The man she'd come to love suddenly disappears, leaving a note on her bedside table, Ivy's world is shaken to the core. The man she knew wanted nothing more than to be a cop. He wouldn't have thrown it all away. It will be up to Ivy to find the answers, but the journey she embarks on is full of twists and turns. This sadistic game of cat and mouse will lead to a very unlikely source and familial bonds will be tested. After working so hard to learn to love and trust, Ivy must gather her resolve and push past the deception. Will Ryker still be the same man once the web of lies is destroyed? Unauthorized Obsession - Officer Kara Price has recovered from her injury and is back doing what she loves best, patrolling the streets of Westwood Harbor, praying that she never hears from her stalker again. But when her neighbor sees a man lurking outside her home, her partner finally forces her to take the case to the detectives. Her attention is distracted by a confident, cocky, gorgeous business owner who sets his sights on her and won't take no for an answer. Within days, her stalker turns from slight annoyance, to imminently dangerous, pulling her attention back to her current crisis. When the investigating officer suspects her new boyfriend is her stalker, Kara balks immediately. But when what they uncover in the investigation lands him in jail, Kara is torn between her heart and her safety. As her life spins out of control she holds tight to the hope that both of them will make it out of this alive and out from under suspicion. Unauthorized Return - Coleton, our handsome and rich poet from book 1 returns, battered, bruised, and a little more bitter than before. But when the Sgt. Aria Gale, the police officer assigned to protect him is the twin sister of the most recent woman to crush his heart, he wonders if standing and fighting is even worth it. When Coleton's car blows up, he has no more choice. He and Aria go on the run. But how will she react when she finds out about Coleton's involvement with her sister? Especially once he finds himself falling in love with her.

The Davenport Agency Boxed Set


Nicole Andrews Moore - 2013
    Meet the brothers, Samuel and Adam in books One and Two of the series, boxed together here. A complete set. In Hiding Out, Book One of The Davenport Agency: Samuel Davenport runs his family's New York based advertising agency. His brother, Adam, runs from responsibility and anything remotely boring. And his temp, Haley, runs so she'll never be caught and hurt again. She moved to the city New Year's Day to hide and recover, to build a new life far from her past. In an effort to lie low, Haley never expects to be more than a temp. What begins for Sam as an excuse to get to know her better, ends up being an opportunity for advancement and excitement for Haley. When Sam tries to uncover all of Haley's mysteries, he exposes her hiding place, endangers her life, and threatens to destroy any chance of them ever having a future together. In Finally Found, Book Two of The Davenport Agency: Where one story ends, often another begins. For some reason, Adam Davenport can’t see past the ending. The hit and run has forced him to slow down and stop running from the pain of losing his parents. He has tried to hide behind meaningless, superficial relationships and even more shallow friendships, but the time has come to face his loneliness. Now he is finally ready to start being a family with his brother Sam. However, Sam and Haley, who was once Sam’s personal assistant, are too busy basking in their newfound love. Though breaking the rules for the first time ever has changed Sam’s life for the better, Adam has always broken the rules, strayed from responsibility, and done as little as he could get away with. One of the main reasons that he refused to believe that Cammie was more than friend material was because she was impervious to his charms. She was so driven and determined to make her new catering company a success that she couldn’t see past her own dreams. Suddenly, Adam found himself behaving in ways he never imagined. He was working to impress a woman, but more than that, he was working to help make her dreams come true. He soon realizes that there are times in life when giving is more important than taking and when helping someone else is more important than what that person can do to reciprocate. He also learns there are times that the biggest risk is to stop hiding from emotions and to start allowing love to finally be found.

Rough Ride


Keri Ford - 2012
    Lane Iverson knows that better than anyone. Harboring a secret about his mother’s death, Lane is counting the days until he finishes helping his brothers with some work and can head back to his hiding hole hours away. As long as he doesn’t have to face his three brothers every day, the guilt is easier to carry.There is only one thing that can risk his plan. She stands all of five foot tall with these deep eyes and a voice that shudders through him. The completely addicting, Gretchen Jones. She’s been watching him the entire time he’s been in town. With courage from her friends behind her, she confronts what she wants. To her surprise, that’s the easy part. Keeping her heart protected when she knows he’ll be leaving? Not so easy, but her only choice.41,500 words

It Takes Two Box Set


Ellie Danes - 2016
    BONUS - On sale for a limited time and includes a bonus book from Ellie Danes Harper Browning is a struggling, twenty-four-year-old grad student that has been looking for the perfect man in all of the wrong places. Her search for her fantasy romantic bad boy always ends up in disappointment, but a chance invitation to attend a seemingly innocent party take her to a whole other world. Mason Asher always gets what he wants, for his clients and for himself, except when it comes to love. He can seamlessly fulfill their fantasies, but not his own, until he sees Harper. Now Mason won't give up until both of their desires are met. **This is a hot, steamy, sexy and seductive romance series that is ideal for fans of J.S. Scott, Cassie Cross and Hannah Ford.**

Elusive Obsession


Judy Kentrus - 2013
    It's a never ending challenge being both mother and father, but she's worked hard and is proud of what she's been able to provide for her children. She's never accepted the circumstances behind her husband's death. Was it a tragic accident or was he killed because he knew too much? Fate steps in when Julie's sister asks her for a last minute favor. Mardi owns a party specialty and catering business. Julie is to pop out of a birthday cake, do a little bump and grind, for an 85 year old senior citizen. It's an easy $200.00 for a half hour's work. Julie's favor turns into a nightmare when the banquet staff delivers the cake to the wrong party. The birthday boy is no geriatric senior citizen, but a virile, handsome male no older than 35. Scott Landis was losing interest in his surprise birthday party. His boredom is cut short when his special birthday gift arrives in the form of a sexy, blond stripper. It had been a long time since he felt this instant attraction to a woman, especially a female who makes her living entertaining men. When he gets hit in the face with a lacy red garter, he decides its time to have a little fun and wonders how much she would charge to celebrate his birthday in a more private setting.

Trouble: Katie & Tyler's Story


Emme Rollins - 2016
    One lick of lead guitarist Tyler Cook and that’s all it takes—Katie’s addicted. She jumps on his tour bus and into his life as impetuously as she does everything else, and no matter what happens, no matter how much it hurts, she can’t manage to quit him. After all, the man plays guitar like he loves women—plugged in, turned on, and set to the ultimate high. Every girl wants him but Katie is the only girl he wants. Until it all comes unplugged and their world goes blacker than black. Then Katie has to decide if the tormented, broken man she loves more than anything is worth everything—even risking her own life. Now read all of Tyler and Katie’s story in one giant volume!

What We Found


Kris Bock - 2012
    She’ll have to stand up for herself in order to stand up for the murder victim. It’s a risk, and so is reaching out to the mysterious young man who works with deadly birds of prey. But with danger all around, some risks are worth taking.

All In Series Three Book Box Set


Lane Hart - 2015
     This box set includes the following three full length books: ALL IN: DOUBLE OR NOTHING Lauren Jefferson is a sweet, sexy woman who has always had terrible luck in life. She started "exotic dancing" when she was sixteen to keep a roof over her and her mother's head. Tyler Evans is a cocky police officer who responds to Lauren's accident on Friday the thirteenth, when some idiot runs a red light and hits her. Tyler and Lauren make plans to meet up later that night. Unfortunately, duty calls, and Tyler gets held up. While waiting for Tyler at the bar, Lauren is approached by Caleb, a gorgeous looking bad boy. Giving up on her MIA LEO, Lauren is instantly drawn to the fun loving Caleb. When Tyler finally shows up at the bar an hour late, he's shocked to find Lauren in the arms of another man. Not just any man, but his best friend. Lauren indecision between the two men leads her to cross a few lines. After that, all bets are off. Emotions run high, and somehow the three will end up in a no holds barred game, where the winner takes all. ALL IN: BETTING ON A FULL HOUSE Jessica Dodson’s life has been anything but easy. At seventeen, she ran away from home with her younger brother to protect them both from their abusive father. Now she’s ready to have a little fun, including a fling with a hot police officer. Police Officer Tyler Evans can’t catch a break. He was recently shot in the line of duty, and he just got dumped by Lauren, the first women he’s ever loved. Jess, a sexy and sassy exotic dancer, is just the woman to help Tyler forget the woman he lost. She knows she’s nothing more than a stand-in for Lauren, but being with Tyler, even temporarily, is just too good. One night of excessive drinking sets a series of events into motion that will change Tyler and Jess’s lives, making them question their future together. Will Tyler be able to convince Jess that she’s more to him than a distraction, a replacement for Lauren, and more than an obligation? Or will the ghosts of Jess’s hellish past completely shatter Tyler and Jess’s happily ever after? ALL IN: CALLING HIS BLUFF Julie Reavis thinks the sorority girls at her expensive private school are all idiots. For some reason they've wrongly mislabeled Dylan, her brother Will's long time best friend (all six feet, four inches of his buff, blonde, Greek god like gorgeousness) as being gay. However, she doesn't mind using their mistake to make Dylan an indecent proposal. Jules asks Dylan to educate her in the bedroom, showing her how to be sexier and more desired by men. In exchange for his help, she'll pretend to be his girlfriend. Millionaire Dylan Daughtry is tired of dealing with greedy gold diggers, but he's desperate to get laid. He's so desperate that he considers going behind his best friend Will's back to teach his little sister, Jules, the art of pleasuring men in exchange for her help "getting out of the closet" and squashing rumors about his sexuality. Dylan surrenders to the temptation of Jules's offer, and they immediately start off her sex-ed with a bang. Dylan had no idea that the sweet, shy, and innocent Jules is a sexy little exhibitionist, or that he'd become addicted to her. Despite how much he wants her, he knows his best friend will never approve of him going after his little sister, so Dylan decides to just make Jules his sexy little secret.

Black River Pack Box Set


Rochelle Paige - 2015
    and the mates fate has in store for them. Crying Wolf Grace Shaw is on the run from her crazy ex-boyfriend who refuses to believe their relationship is over. He's a cop and is willing to use police resources to track her down. So Grace comes up with a plan and tricks his fellow brothers in blue into thinking he is crying wolf a couple of times when he's reported her missing. Little does she know she'll go running into the arms of a real wolf when she finally makes her escape for real.She just wants to be left alone, but then she meets Hunter Tate - the alpha of the Black River Pack. Grace tries to hold Hunter at arm's length, but there's just no reasoning with an alpha male werewolf who insists she's his mate. Shoot for the Moon Eliza Reve knows that her ability to dream of future events sets her apart from others. Her gift became a curse when she wasn't able to save her mother or the alpha's son and she found herself exiled - a lone wolf. When she joins the Black River Pack, Eliza vows never to reveal her talent to anyone. Not even the man who has walked in her dreams for years.Spencer Tate is her mate, but her visions have told her that he will renounce her. When he doesn't recognize her as his mate, she agrees to the no-strings-attached affair he offers because she thinks it's the most she can hope for. Although her heart breaks as she falls deeper in love with him, she wants to spend as many days with Spencer as possible before he kicks her out of his life.When Spencer finally comes to his senses, he has his work cut out for him to convince Eliza that he wants her forever. When another she-wolf insists she's his mate instead, things get even more complicated. But Spencer isn't the alpha's second and enforcer because he isn't willing to fight for what's his, and he refuses to settle for anything less than Eliza as his marked and claimed mate. Thrown to the Wolves Annora Channing's entire world changes the moment she discovers she's a bear shifter. With mated wolves for parents, she should have been a wolf also. When the man she grew up thinking was her father realizes she isn't his daughter, he devises a plan to use her existence to his advantage in a way that will get her out from under his roof.When her situation goes from bad to worse, Annora escapes but is badly injured in the process. Luckily, Elias Reve comes to her rescue while on his way to Wolf's Point and the daughter he lost years ago. With nowhere else to go and nobody to turn to, Annora joins him on his journey and ends up running smack-dab into the arms of her mate.Parker Tate knows Annora is his the moment he lays eyes on her. When he manages to mate and mark her within hours of when they meet, he considers himself lucky. Then the trouble nipping at Annora's heels finds her and Parker realizes the path to claiming his mate won't be as easy as he thought - especially not with the bears involved.