He’s no longer street racing. The past is the past, including the “girl” who rode beside him when he was Richmond’s unofficial champion street racer back in high school.Holland Powell has always been a good girl. She ran with the right crowd in school, got her college degree, a fabulous job, the right husband and had two children with that husband, before he walked out, taking her job, her kids and her self-esteem. When she’s involved in a car accident and needs a place to recover, she has no choice but to move back in with her mother and face the boy who represented her only walk on the wrong side of anything, and who she could never forget.The past lies between them, thick and heavy and impossible to overcome; except their attraction is there too, sparking and charging the air in the house they share.Is it possible they could develop a friendship to bridge the gap between trust and passion?Books in The Small Town Boys series:1. The Small Town Boy's Redemption2. The Small Town Boy's Secret Romance3. The Small Town Boy's Second Chance

    Life seems simpler in this town, until a bloodied and battered man is left behind at her bar. There’s something about him that Adeline can’t get enough of. Is it his charm? Or the fact that he’s longing to taste every part of her? As tensions and passions align, Adeline discovers a secret world, and the secret connection she shares with it that’s yearning to be unleashed.

    MiriamI finished college, and now it’s my time to learn from the best.Working for Drake Gallagher is my chance to get my foot in the door of the finance world.When my boss’ former partner tries to recruit me, suddenly I’m torn between two powerful men.I’m seeing more than just the professional side of my boss, and I kind of like it.He’s smart, sexy, and I want to invest in his stock.But am I just a prize to win or does he really have feelings for me?DrakeBeing ruthless has gotten me to where I am--at the pinnacle of my career and life.When my ex-business partner shows up again, I’m instantly suspicious.After he tries to poach the best assistant I’ve ever had, I show no mercy.That’s when I realize she’s not just my employee, she’s the best investment I ever made.Miriam is curvy, ambitious, and makes my stock rise.Now, I just need to convince her that my feelings for her are real.

    No Cliffhangers and a HEA!

    Enough of New York City, my parents, their stuffy friends, and all the tedious men they think I should be dating. Doctors. Lawyers. Investors. Yuck. Taking over the little bakery in Sugar Creek was my chance at a fresh start.So, of course, the only man in town that’s interested in me is Branson. Older. Clean-cut. Doctor. Basically, everything I was running away from. Sure, he's gorgeous, but he also does terrible things to my blood pressure. All I want is a man that appreciates my curves, my tattoos, and my unfiltered mouth. You know, the impossible dream.Thank god for online dating.•Branson•Alex is the one. She just doesn’t know it yet. My curvy little baker takes one look at me and decides I’m too wholesome. Boring. She has no idea how wrong she is or how far I’ll go to prove her wrong.All I need is one chance. One night to show her the real me. One night to prove I can satisfy every sinful desire she’s ever had. Luckily, she's not the only one who can work a dating app.

    She got his attention but not in the way she intended. He humiliated her by escorting her out of the club and left town to manage their West Coast operations.Five years later, Victor is back in town, and Everleigh is working for the company – a little something Everleigh’s father failed to mention to Victor. Now every conversation ends in a heated exchange, and Everleigh is determined to prove she’s over him.What happens when he finds out she’s planning a trip to Vegas to find a willing partner to share her schoolgirl fantasy kit?Is it ‘game on’ or the final blowoff?Find out in this steamy, age-gap, father’s best friend romance with all the feels.

    We trade our normal haunt for a different bar, and there, the curviest, most beautiful I’ve ever seen challenges me to a game of pool.The stakes get higher and higher, and when I run out of cash, I bet her a kiss—and I win.It’s a kiss that rocks me to my core, but she leaves before I can learn her name.I’ll do what it takes to find her again…even if she told me she doesn’t “do love.”RaeI don’t do love.I had my daughter when I was eighteen, after my ex promised me we’d always be together. Well, he’s an ex for a reason, and I’ve been single for the past five years.It’s hard for me to trust any man I’m not related to.But when the hottest older guy I’ve ever seen challenges me to a game of pool, I can’t resist the chance to show off my skills.He’s good too, and it doesn’t take long until we make a new wager—if he wins, he gets to kiss me.I might have lost on purpose…and man, was it worth it.But what I feel scares me. So I do what I do best—I run.All I need is my daughter, and one fun night out and one amazing kiss with a stranger isn’t going to change that.Besides, it doesn’t matter. I’ll never see him again.

    With no place to go, I start sleeping in the heated barn of a local rancher at night and working on his farm during the day. Everything is fine until he discovers me in the barn one night.Nick TaylorI wasn’t expecting to discover my curvy new hire sleeping in my barn or find out that she’s also pregnant and alone. So I take her back to my house with every intention of keeping my hands off of her. But you know what they say about the road to hell…Welcome to Courage County, North Carolina where alpha cowboys fall for strong curvy women and find love on the ranch. There’s NO cheating and NO cliffhangers. Just a sweet, sexy HEA.

    With every touch and word between us, I ache to possess her.I have no business thinking about Devon as anything other than a family friend. No business craving her.Just when I think I've pushed my inappropriate lust to the side, she falls under a vicious attack, tarnishing her reputation and putting her dreams of a future in music at risk.If they think they can go after what's mine... they're going to have to answer to me.I have no right to take an sweet and pure light like Devon.But after just one taste, the professor in me takes over and refuses to ignore this lesson in lust.And she's about to be educated.***** Author's note: All of Colleen's heroes and heroines are of legal age to consent. Educated is a steamy, long, age-gap novella by USA Today Bestselling Author, Colleen Charles, about a sexy professor who can't stop himself from falling for his best friend's daughter. It's the second book in the Taboo Tales series and is a standalone with all the steam and feels you're looking for, along with an emotional HEA.

    But without the financing she needs to continue her education, she has no choice but to return home.Gunner Wilde's family has branded him a rebel. But when he finds his mate, that all changes. Cassidy is the best thing that ever happened to him, and he'd do anything to make her smile. Little does he know, she's one of the lion shifters who've been at odds with his family for over a hundred years.When things escalate between the two shifter clans, Cassidy and Gunner are caught in the crossfire.Can these star-crossed lovers find a way to their happily ever after, or will longstanding hatred tear them apart?

    Her eyes Tempt Me.She looks like sin.She dances like an angel.His hands Tease Me.He watches with a dark stare.He touches as if he owns me.She was my student.He was my principal.She won’t let me go.He can’t walk away.Trick or Treat It’s time toTREAT ME

    The girl I can’t touch.That’s what her uncle says, anyway… but even if he controls her, he doesn’t control me.When I see her walking back and forth in the office lobby, her long legs swishing, beautiful curves swaying, and those cherry-red lips, I decide right then: she’s going to be mine.Chianna:My first day on the job I swore I’d be professional. No mistakes. Pure and well behaved.Chris changed all of that.He’s powerful, rich, and when he smiles at me, it makes me weak.If my uncle finds out about us I’ll lose more than my dream internship.Can I keep what I’ve done a secret with Kris tempting me over and over to break the rules?

    gorgeous, arrogant, rich as sin… heir to the Sterling Empire. And now my new Boss.  Josh waltzed into my hometown.I even changed my schedule to show him around.He seemed sincere at first, so I let him have me.Did you hear that? I slept with him. Big mistake.And then I found out that he was playing me all along.I’m not the one he wanted.It was my family business he was after.It’s a hard pill to swallow.The Inn was supposed to be our family legacy.Well, I’m going to get it all back.The war is on.I hate him with every fiber of my being. So why do I still want his big arms around my waist?

     We met three days ago. Now we're getting married. Here are the facts: I hate weddings. I hate relationships. I don't believe in love. Lucky me, none of that matters to Conner Whynn. He's the gorgeous slice of beefcake I met up with for a single night of fun. And it WAS fun. Unforgettable, actually. But now that he knows all my secrets, I can't ever see him again. That's my rule. So why am I going to have to stare at his brutally handsome face every day for the next week? Because my mother is my world. I'll do anything to help her out—even snag a pretend fiancé. Conner is my only option on such short notice. Seven days with a stranger. After that, we can split. Which is what I want. Or . . . I did. Here are the NEW facts: I still hate weddings. I don't hate THIS relationship . . . And I believe our fake love can become real.

    than an actual investigator.But when her file fell in my lap, I knew I couldn't walk away. Not yet.She had the body of a vixen and the eyes of a killer.I was terrified.And yet strangely attracted to the woman. Was it sane? Not at all. Every time I saw her, I was sure I would end up dead.But there were worse ways to go...LoreleiI was finally free.Well, almost. My husband had left me with a bit of a mess. And his kids...don't even get me started on them. All I wanted was my money, but that wasn't going to happen until I could get my hands on my dearly departed husband's trust.In the meantime, I needed someplace new to live. So, I pointed my finger at the map and ended up in the cutest little town.I just needed to make some friends, to blend in.I could do that, and I knew just where to start...