That’s what they call Jonathan Barnes, Boston’s most successful architect. They say he’s arrogant.Demanding.Impossible.Cruel.They say his gorgeous exterior conceals a wicked core. Like the rambling Victorians he restores, Jonathan Barnes is a complicated, beautiful, mysterious man.He also famously fired three assistants in one day.But he’s the best at what he does, which is why I’m determined to make a good first impression. Sure, I’m starting out as his secretary, and I’m wearing my sister’s hand-me-downs because I can’t afford new clothes.But I can hide my working class roots. If I can tame the monster, I might just get to use my architecture degree.It doesn’t matter that it’s Halloween on a Friday and my grad school friends are out celebrating. I’ve got one chance to show Jonathan Barnes I’m not afraid of him.Of course, I didn’t count on being stuck with him all night in a building rumored to be haunted.I’ve never worried about things that go bump in the night. Bump and grind is a whole other story...

     **READ FOR FREE WITH KU** Book 1 - Leaving to Stay As a world-renowned rock star, I have everything: women, fame, money. But the only thing I need now…is her. I never expect to see her again…Yet fate brings us back together. And when she comes back into my life, it’s like no years have passed. I'm addicted again, but this time I'm hooked on her. And she tells me something that turns my world upside down: She has two babies, and I’m their Daddy. Book 2 - Accidental Soulmates I always get what I want. That night at Vegas, I wanted her. So I took her... tasted her delicious lips and devoured every inch of her. But before I could claim her again, she was gone. I didn’t see her again, until I received a document called Marriage Certificate. We were accidentally married. This was only a mistake. But why did I find myself looking for ways to make this mistake a reality? Book 3 - Can’t Get Over You She is the most anti-social, stubborn, nerdy pain in the a** I’ve ever met. But she’s also determined, intelligent, and kinda cute... I mean, really cute. No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop thinking about her. Truth be told … I can’t stop wanting her. We shared a kiss at my sister’s wedding. I took her v*rginity before graduation. And that’s supposed to be the end of the story. A few years later, I became her new boss, and she wouldn’t let me meet her 6- year-old son. And everything finally starts to make sense… Book 4 - Marrying the Wrong Twin I’m totally screwed. I just said “I do” to the hottest man I’ve ever seen. And he’s my future husband’s twin brother. I mean, how could I know he’s the wrong one? They look exactly the same. Now there’s no way out of this, so we’ll just have to keep playing the game. We are married on paper only, for our family businesses to thrive. It’s only business, a partnership kind of deal, and falling for him wasn't part of the arrangement. But why do I keep recalling our first sinful night, when he took me right there in his suite? Why can’t I stop imagining all the tender, passionate kisses, his huge hands all over my body and the rough, hard sex? Oh, screw it! The marriage might be fake, but the baby I’m carrying is 100% real… Book 5 - Deep in the Mountains I came to the Smokey Mountains a broken man. I needed to get away from my past, and that was when I became a ranger here. For two years, my life is dull and in lack of passion. But the first time I laid eyes on Ayla Winter, I knew I was in trouble. She was charming, vulnerable, and utterly irresistible. She was like no other woman I had ever met. How could I have known that one surreal day with her would make me second- guess it all? And how could I have known that I was about to be a father? E

    Suddenly, chasing women turned into chasing the dream of becoming a doctor. Hard work and determination had me meeting my dream a hell of a lot sooner than most. And with the title of doctor came ready and willing women, set on landing themselves a wealthy physician. Little did they know that I would readily give them some hot, steamy memories to keep, but my heart belonged to someone else. Someone I didn’t want to share with anyone. But then she came along, claiming what had always been only mine. And maybe she would claim my heart as well… For a limited time, when you grab a copy of "Dirty Little Secret" you will have the opportunity to enjoy two brand new stories included that are not available anywhere else "Investing in Love" and "Nanny Knows Best". All novels have a happily ever after, no cliffhanger, no cheating, and plenty of steam. Bonus novels available. 1. Investing in Love 2. Nanny knows Best (A Single Daddy Romance) 3. Montgomery Billionaire Extra 4. Hot Nights 5. Filthy Commitments

    I returned home devastated, filled with fear and the kind of heartache it takes years to overcome.Now, sixteen years later, as I hurl through the sky on the wings of heartbreak and despair, I’m desperately trying to hold myself together. Not just because of why I’m flying back, but because I know he’ll be waiting.John Jennings — the man who made me realize I could fly without my feet ever leaving the ground.The promise I returned to keep will change our lives irrevocably.We’ve been separated for years by more than air; there’s a secret that stands between us.Only the time has come to reveal it.

    As much of a gentleman as one can be having an undisputed record with every win by a knock out. People LOVE him.Overworked barista Tegan Holland doesn't know he exists. Not until ten minutes before her friend Fiona drags her to the biggest cage fight Sydney has ever seen. By the time he heads back to his training camp in the States, she'll never forget him. But should she let him forget her? He's chasing his dream. He doesn't have time for her. Does he?For Owen, the hits just keep coming. Trash talking opponents, sensationalist media, and someone's out to ruin him for good. He can't put Tegan in the middle of it. Can he?Soon, will any of it matter? Cause life has other plans, and NOTHING hits harder than life.

    I didn’t need the stares, the jokes, or the bullies. I thought I could do it all on my own, but I was wrong. He filled my veins like a poison, the kind you can’t run from. Harsh and uncaring, he was broken, but somewhere along the way he seeped into my pores. There was no way out, so that left me with one choice: to open his eyes to the beauty around him. To help him live. TopherShe wasn’t on my agenda; it was fate’s cruel way of telling me I needed to get my shit together. To be fair, my head was so far up my ass, I’m not sure how we extracted it. I knew the power I held over my peers, I exuded it daily. I could have any girl I wanted at the snap of my fingers, and yet I found myself fantasizing about her-someone so far off my radar it wasn’t even funny. She helped me understand that sometimes you need to let go to really live. Sometimes being alive means taking risks. Learning to Live is the first book in the Infinite Love series.

    I can't do this. That's what my ex said after our son was born, leaving me a single dad. These days, my world consists of two things: Noah and my bar. Until her—the woman I want—but can never have. My ex’s sister wasn’t supposed to be stirred into the mix. Even though I try to push her away, my son falls in love with her. As much as I want to keep my distance, I can’t break his heart.Lines become blurred, and fighting our attraction becomes nearly impossible. Even though we know it’s wrong, desire doesn’t always fade away.As soon as we cross that line, nothing will be the same and everything will fall apart. And it does.

    She considers herself a successful realtor now and loves that she is doing her part to put people in their forever home. Commitment issues often remind her she may never find what she always wanted as a little girl even if she secretly dreams of love and romance, happy ever after and prince charming...that forever home of her own. Josh Turner lived through the horrific murder of his parents while he hid in the closet as a young child. He’s an investigator now sworn to protect, but those he loved...he couldn’t bear the thought of life without them. He’d lay his life on the line and make sure they never felt as scared and lonely as he had that one night. When Ruby ends up as his realtor, he realizes that she is the one he never wants to lose, if only she’d let him in.

    This book is no longer available. Please do not leave reviews on this version. The new version of Marking Madden is by J.L. Leslie. Nicole Dykes is no longer an author of this series. Please search for Marking Madden by J.L. Leslie for the correct version........Jade...I came to Hollis to leave my past. I couldn't get away fast enough. I made new friends and I found a new life. I even found love. Of course, there was heartbreak too, but I'm tough. I can handle it. But I don't know if I can handle him.Madden...She said yes and turned my world upside down. She was supposed to be mine. Not his. Not my brother's. So I left and I haven't looked back. I never expected to find someone here who'd make me forget. Someone unexpected. Someone who would mark my heart forever.**Marking Madden is the first book in the Hearts of Hollis series co-written by Nicole Dykes and J.L. Leslie. It is written as a stand-alone novel. It contains adult content, language, and sexual situations. It is intended for mature readers only.**

    We're enemies.I have no interest in being a pawn.But if that's what the family's want,Then that's what they get.Reese is pretty, powerful, and sassy to boot.But when we learn this isn't the truce,We were all expecting,She threatens to run.I didn't think I could stand her,Now I can't live without her.What's an Irishman to do?Drink and chase the lass of course.She'll be mine,No matter what war our families are brewing.

    Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do committed relationships. But he does like sex — the hotter and harder, the better. He likes it fast and filthy, which is why he refuses to even touch someone as sweet and guileless as Samantha Jamieson. Until he discovers that she likes it just as down and dirty as he does. Let the sinning begin...All books in the DIRTY SEXY Series are full-length novels with no cliffhangers!

    She’s been counting down the months, waiting to be free of her overbearing brothers and overprotective father — not to mention getting out of the small, suffocating town she’s grown up in. The one thing Tessa doesn't count on is falling in love, least of all with Brock Miller. He’s the kind of boy her father has always warned her about. He’s older, mysterious, and a little dangerous. Brock has had a hard past, and the whole town not only knows it, but won’t let him forget. Brock has come back to take care of his ailing mother and struggling younger siblings. He doesn’t have time to fall in love, especially with one of the town’s darlings, but sometimes, love comes fast and fierce. Can Tessa and Brock find a way to each other despite their pasts and the obstacles their families present?

    She can't forget.   Back then, the boy next door was a beautiful contradiction. An avid reader, the town brawler. My dangerous crush. Until one day, he left town like a thief in the night, leaving me devastated. A decade later, my nightmare returned. But Will Lewin was no longer the wild, charismatic boy of my past. He was a successful entrepreneur, a stranger. He was something bitter and resentful. A fully grown man... who still left me reeling. I didn't want his help, but I didn't have a choice. I had to let him back in. Even if I still hated him. Even if he could never forgive me for what I'd done. *** Wrath is part of Emily Blythe's Seven Vices Series, a collection of standalone contemporary romances that can be read in any order. This is a full-length book with no cliff-hanger. *** What reviewers are saying about Wrath: ★★★★★ "A flawless read... filled with angst, drama, twists, heartbreak, love, chemistry, entertainment... an all round fantastic second chance read." - Wendy's Book Blog ★★★★★ "Incredible, steamy, and downright delicious." -  Amazon reviewer

    I told them no.But after someone breaks into my gallery, destroying everything I own, and threatening me; I start to question how I'll ever come back from this.Until a stranger comes to my rescue, risking his own safety for mine.He saved me.Bold and charming, his muscles were hard as rock and his strength was fierce; he made everything right.Life began to fall back into place, and for a brief moment, I was able to forget about everything else. I wish that moment could have lasted a little bit longer.Because everything I thought I knew about my hero was a lie. He wasn't my savior, he was my enemy.I heard that bad things happen in threes.The break in, the lies... I didn't know what was next.I guess it's true, when it rains—he pours.And this man laid it on thick in all the right places.So how do I let him go?