It’s my identity. But for the first time in my life that protective streak extends outside a hockey rink.

Because the second she walks through the stadium doors she’s mine.

All I can think of, all I want to do, is wrap up this little girl in my arms and shield her from the dangers of the cold, harsh world.

My game might not be up to par lately, but suddenly that slump I’m mired in doesn’t seem to matter.All that matters is her and keeping her safe. Making her mine. It’s as if the rest of the world doesn’t even exist, as if she’s the sun in a sea of clouds.

She’s a special snowflake all right, the most special in all of eternity. And she will be mine.
This is a short, steamy "daddy-lite" romance with some daddy elements, but it is not a spot on ddlg story. No OM / OW drama and no cliffhangers. Always a sweet HEA.

     I watched Scarlett fall for a guy who ended up breaking her heart and leaving her at the altar, crushing her dreams of a family. I waited until she was ready. But I'm done waiting. Now I'm going to make her mine. When she meets me at my club in SoHo on New Year's Eve, I plan to tell her how I feel, but she asks for something I don't expect. Scarlett wants a baby and she wants me to give it to her. What she doesn't know is I'm going to give her a lot more than a baby. When the ball drops, I'm going to give her the kiss that starts our forever. It’s the New Year! Time to ring your bell with some hot and hunky resolutions! Join fifteen of your favorite romance authors as their stories get off… on the right foot this year. Champagne corks aren’t the only things popping!

    She's too pure.Too innocent.Too young. I crave what I shouldn't. Her father is my best friend.I watched his daughter grow up.But now she is a woman.Just barely.And when she shows up at my house, caught in a snowstorm, she lowers her chin, bites her lip, and drops into a curtsy. "I will be a good little girl," she promises. We both know she's not that little.And that she wanted to get caught in this storm.I'm older and wiser.I know what this princess needs.  She needs more than a mountain man.She needs a mountain daddy. Dear Reader,Hawkin is the older man we all dream about.The snow is falling, the sky is dark, and it's time to let this alpha warm us up in his cabin.Naughty is filthy-sweet romance at its best.This time, emphasis on filthy!Enjoy!Xo, Frankie

    Overprotected. Forbidden from going out on my favorite night of the year. Enter - my dad’s two big, hot cop friends. John and Elliot. The two men I’ve always wanted, ached for, craved. They’ll jailbreak me. They’ll protect me. They’ll keep me safe from the things that go bump in the night. I know plenty of hot cops, but none of them hold a candle to John and Elliot. Fiercely protective, crazily beautiful, and the sole objects of all my dirty, wild, forbidden dreams. Elliot is tricky - frustrating, mysterious, a white-hot tease who makes me ache and whimper. And John is all treat - yummy and delicious and sweet enough to give you a sugar high. On Halloween night, my dad sends them to the house to check in on me. After what happened to my mom, he isn’t taking any chances. But once they confirm I’m safe at home, I decide I’m not spending another night locked up by myself. Time to Rapunzel this sh*t. I know John and Elliot will keep me safe in their arms if anything happens to me. But I never expected this. One brush with danger and they tell me I’m theirs. They go into crazy-obsessed mode and tell me I’m not allowed out of their sight. And now? Well…once they tell me I belong to them, that’s when the danger…and the fun…really begins. Hello there! “Bump in the Night” is a super-steamy over-the-top treat with two possessive older cops and one younger woman who might not be experienced but knows *exactly* what she wants. Lots of hot mfm (no mm for this one!) fun and thrills to keep you warm on a dark and stormy night. This book is part of the “Night” series but each is a stand-alone and they can be read in any order. Enjoy! xx, Lauren

    He wants Keely for his own—but he tries to keep her at arm’s length because she’s the daughter of his partner.He asked Kingston to look after Keely, but he’s pretty sure looking after her isn’t supposed to involve all the dirty little things he wants to do to her.But when an enemy rises up and Keely gets caught in the crossfire, all bets are off.Kingston will stop at nothing to protect the woman he loves—the woman he has always loved.Lily is back just in time for the Fourth of July to serve you up a hot American Hero that’s sure to give your holiday a big bang! As always the story inside is hotter than the July sun, safe, filled with true love, and enough sparkle to shine all night long!

    It’s just enough to bring you a bit of sweetness for Valentine’s Day!Sometimes fate needs a little help. Welcome to the files of the Zaftig Dating Agency, where alpha men find the curvy women of their dreams!Each book in the series is a complete, standalone story.This is a sweet but sexy very short story romance, complete with insta-love and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. If you’re looking for an escape from everyday life with an alpha older man and the curvy BBW younger woman that he loves, this is the book for you!

    Watched over me. Protected me. Though he’s older than me, I’ve always seen him as someone I can relate to on every level. He still sees me as a little girl, so I tell myself I have to let him go. Then the world comes crashing down on me. And where do I run? Right into his open arms. Now that I’m grown up, I want him to see me as more than the little girl he used to dote on. I want him to see me as the woman who loves him with every breath I take.She’s always had a place in my heart. When she was little, I loved spoiling her. As she got older, I was happy to be a shoulder for her to lean on. And when she was all grown up? That’s when I realized I needed distance, that I couldn’t trust myself around her. She’s too young, too innocent, too everything-I’m-not. That doesn’t stop me from keeping tabs on her, though. Watching her every move from afar. Until one day she comes running, and I finally let myself hope for more. But can she love the man who’s kept her at arm’s length the past few years? Or will she run again when she finds out all I’ve done to make her mine?

    But I’m not most girls. Marisa’s driving back from a party with a friend when they’re pulled over. The sweet female’s in big trouble because if she gets a ticket, then her parents are taking away her privileges and she’ll be stuck at home while everyone else goes off to college. Officer Liam Davies is a ten-year veteran of the force. And when he sees Marisa’s car weaving on the road one night, the sirens come on because it's his job to keep the community safe … even if it means cuffing the curvy brunette! Hey Readers – Our sassy heroine meets her match in this steamy novella. As always, there’s a guaranteed HEA with an engagement and a baby on the way :) Bonus books included. Enjoy! xoxo, Cassie and Kendall

    What millions of single women say is to get through the tough day with a little dignity, but they don't really hate it. They hate that they're single. They don't hate the actual day.Well, I do.I hate it, hate it, freaking wish it would die a slow painful death hate it.I hate it the way turkeys hate Thanksgiving, the way Santa's elves hate Christmas, the way bartenders hate Saint Patrick's Day.You see, my family owns a flower shop. So, Valentine's Day has always been hell.But once I catch sight of Mr. London during a delivery, my hellish day turns to heaven.Because billionaire CEO Joseph London is a man in a god's body.He's out of this world.And once we see each other, we're going to exchange more than just cards and roses.We're going to give each other our hearts.You won't need chocolate after reading this sweet and steamy book! You might need a cold shower though! SAFE, no cheating, and of course a sugary sweet Valentine's Day worthy HEA. Enjoy!

    On the eve I am to take over for my dad, my dear sister decides she’s going to do a disappearing act. Blamed for her leaving, I am sent to down to Florida of all places. It’s hot, I’m pissed, and my Christmas spirit is quickly fading. Until my eyes fall on Crystal Sugarplum, the baking sweetheart who thinks Christmas is a conspiracy from the sales companies. Can I be the Undercover Santa I was sent to be? Or will I end up on the naughty list for wanting to spank one delectable non-believer? Either way this holiday season, Santa’s getting his hands on his own Christmas Gift. **This is book 14 in the "A Forever Safe Christmas" Series.

    Only it isn’t a what that she’s wishing for this year… it’s a who. But what are the odds that Santa can fit Jacob Marley in her stocking? Warning: Some of the best gifts come in small packages. Which is a good thing since this sweet & sexy novella is short… but not as short as the blurb!

    Major sparks flew with a first kiss, but reality had them crash and burn their freshman year. Fast forward the start of their senior year at University of the Desert. He’s in trouble, and she is his only hope. When he asks for help, she finds herself striking up the deal of a lifetime. An exchange. She will help him pass Greek Mythology as long as he will pretend to be her boyfriend, so her match-making sorority sisters will leave her alone. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Wrong! All too quickly they start to realize the fireworks from their first kiss years ago were far from a fluke. The high-voltage chemistry they share now is undeniable. Can Miss Smarty Pants and the Jock have a future? Or is it a matter of time before they fizzle out? Temps might be dropping this fall but things are starting to heat up with the girls at Kappa Sweets!

    30-year-old Blake Long got a raw deal when he was but two, but he managed to pull through. Now, completely alone in the world, he’s the quiet, reclusive and shy CEO of Long Safeguard, an IT firm he built from the ground up, starting from a beat-up, cast-off laptop and ending with a billion dollars in his bank account just as he turned twenty-five, but his professional accomplishments mean nothing when all he has waiting for him at the end of the day is an empty bed in an empty flat, just as hollow as his own bare life.24-year-old Sunny Brooks is a positive-thinking, sweet, smart-mouthed freelance photographer that has been told her entire life that her parents couldn’t have picked a better name for her, and she’s always believed it was true, but lately her smiles have started to lose their momentum. For the last year or so, her boisterous, happy, forever-nosing-around family has been hounding her to settle down and if her beloved, but meddlesome older sisters attempt to set her up with their weekly version of Mr. Right one more time, she’s going to scream.And then she meets him.What happens when your smile finally finds a purpose?And then he meets her. What happens when you finally meet the one that can make you smile?They couldn’t be more different, but they just can’t walk away.Like day and night, dark and light, like the sun and the moon, but also like two magnets, two parts of a whole that, upon recognition, can no longer be kept separate. Dear Reader: This inflammable, saccharine story is so filthy, you’d better make sure no one’s standing behind you while you read it, and so fluffy-sweet, it packs its own calories. I swear: it’s gonna stay on your hips as much as the big, possessive hands of this adorable, dirty-talking, protective OTT alpha hero stay on the heroine’s curvy ones —which is FOREVER. As usual in this book there’s NO-cheating, no OW/OM drama, it’s HEA-guaranteed and features a voluptuous, innocent but spunky heroine that’s sparkly and bubbly as a flute of champagne on an empty stomach and a hero that brings tall, dark and handsome to another level, so brooding you’ll want to make him smile yourself and so uptight, strait-laced and no-nonsense, you just know he’s going to explode when the time is right (and the time is so right!). Do opposites attract? Oh, yeah, they do, baby! If you don’t believe me, come and see… Warning: hot, crazy-fast insta-love coming your way! Might melt your kindle and your heart too!

    I should be out hanging on the beach, making bad choices, and maybe even finally getting rid of this pesky v-card. Throw in a record-setting heat wave, horrible tourist customers, and a broken air conditioner, and I’m about ready to burst into flames. And that’s before the completely gorgeous AC repair guy scorches into my world. Because after that, I’m definitely catching on fire. West Farrow is sinfully hot, rough, and dangerous—a surf loner with a glint in his eye and a jaw that makes my panties melt. He’s here to fix the AC and “cool things off"? Yeah, good freaking luck with that. But a lack of central air is the least of my problems when armed men start shooting. And before I know it, West is whisking me away from a whole heap of trouble, to his surf shack to lay low. Just me and my crazy good-looking and stormy-eyed hero: hot, sticky, and all alone. Gee, what could possibly go wrong? Smutty, steamy, and oh-so-fun. If you’re hungry for the type of beach-read to make you growl at the cabana boy, look no further ;). Get yourself a cool drink and some sun screen, because things are about to get very, very hot.

     Alexandra Cooper is desperate to get away from home. A four-month gig as a cook at the Circle B Ranch is exactly what she needs. Except when she gets there, it feels like she jumped out of the pan and straight into the fire. Alexandra is nothing like Colton Booth expected when he hired her. If he’d realized “Alex” was a gorgeous eighteen-year-old girl, he never would have given her the job in the first place. But now that he has her on his ranch, he doesn’t plan to ever let Alexandra go. Wrangle Me is a steamy novella with a sexy cowboy who has a wicked sweet tooth and an innocent virgin who knows how to satisfy it. Written by bestselling author Rochelle Paige.