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Nailed


Tory Baker - 2018
    They know the exact moment they meet the right woman. They know it so much that they are ready to claim them right then and there.

 It’s always been that way, from Dex’s father to his grandfather and even his great grandfather.
Call it fate, kismet, soulmates, whatever you want—Dex is a firm believer. 

That’s why the moment he lays eyes on pretty little Emma he is sure that she’s his woman. This stubborn alpha-male carpenter won’t stop until he claims her and he won’t let anything get in his way. Make a list now: Over the top Alpha, instant... gratification, and a quick, hot, ride to melt your kindle. Got a fan?

The Pitcher's Assistant


Jessa Kane - 2020
    When she finds herself facing a sea of half-dressed athletes, her innocence gets the better of her and she clams up, leading to a public lecture from her boss. She never could have anticipated Cort Mulloy, legendary pitcher, to step in, defend her…and offer her an exclusive interview. There’s one catch, though. For every three questions she asks the mysterious, blue-eyed loner, she’ll have to surrender a little more to his possessive touch. Anything to get the biggest story of the year, right? Who knew she could fall for him so fast? Pippa isn’t the only one falling, though, and Cort has plans to keep Pippa in his life well past the ninth inning…

July's Love (Forever Safe Romance #7)


May Gordon - 2019
    While there, she also wants to explore life outside her small hometown, never expecting to find her soulmate at the same time. He’s the exact type of man her parents warned her about, however, under his expensive suit and hard exterior is a heart that perfectly matches her own. He may be the owner of a popular casino, but Benjamin Roche has always preferred solitude. Even now, he remains in his office, running things behind the scenes, trusting his right-hand man to be the public persona. Until a glance at his monitor changes everything and he’ll soon discover a world of possibilities are his for the taking. But with July’s love comes distractions and her whole reason for being there is in jeopardy. Will one of them have to give up more than they ever bargained for? Warning: Sweet, sexy and safe read! Happily ever after guaranteed! This author writes what she likes to read. That means there will be instalove, OTT Heroes, and, brace yourselves, virgin characters at times. If none of those float your boat, you might want to find another book. If they do, you're in the right place.

Claimed by the Firefighter


Anna Heskin - 2019
    If you enjoy instalove with heat and sweet, and a satisfying HEA, this is a kindle short read for you.

A Holly For X-Mas


Olivia T. Turner - 2021
    Lovely.I’m about to give her a piece of my mind, but she takes a piece of my heart instead.She’s perfect.A true Christmas miracle.An innocent angel in the flesh.My Holly.It only takes one look before I know I want her.Before I know she’s mine.It’s Christmas, but I’m not in the mood for sharing.I must be the Grinch because I want all of her. All to myself.And I’ll do whatever I must in order to get her.Christmas magic has never felt so sweet.Big family, big house, big heart, big you know what. We’re celebrating Christmas OTT style, sneaking around the party with a hot, rich, much older alpha who can’t take his eyes off us. Come and join the steamy fun in this May-December Holiday Romance!Insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet Holiday HEA guaranteed.

Auger


Corin Cain - 2020
    Ultra-Possessive. Totally in control.Thea:I designed him to make grown men feel small and pathetic. To me... he's a giant. 6'8. 700 pounds of flesh and steel. A killing machine with the strength of twenty men. He's the only man who could stand up to a triad of Rogue Aurelians.I designed him with one purpose. To protect the weak and helpless from the coming storm.His eyes will never open. I spill my secrets to his unknowing ears. He will never come alive.He will never link to his ward.Auger:My eyes have never opened. The only sound is her voice.Thea is brilliant. A genius, but her body is small and helpless. She doesn't know the danger she's in.Every time she touches me I latch onto her being. I feel her inside my spine.She belongs to me.She needs me to take care of her.I will make her mine.Take a look inside to preview this alien cyborg instalove ott romance, because there's been over 30 million pages read in the Aurelian Empire!

Bring Him Home


Ella Goode - 2019
    Even though she knew her parents wouldn’t approve of it, she’d made herself a promise that one day she’d go. There was something she had to find. Drake Weston is used to getting what he wants. The problem is he hasn’t wanted for anything in a long time until a sweet country girl comes falling right into his lap. Except, she’s the daughter of the man he holds in the highest regard. Drake promised to keep her safe.

Gunnar


Tarin Lex - 2020
    But right now I have everything I’ve ever wanted—Except a curvy beauty to share it with.Then Natalie appears at my front door like a babe in the woods. She’s exactly the kind of distraction I don’t need while I’m deployed. I’ll worry about her. I’ll dream of her.I can throw her out—out of these woods, out of my home, out my life.But I can’t throw her out of the spot in my heart she’s carved open and crawled into.NatalieConfession: I’m a romance novel addict.My favorite kind of heroes? Mountain men.I realize I’m more likely to meet Sasquatch out here than a real-life, hulking, handsome recluse who will come to my rescue if I get lost.It’s just a silly fantasy…until my eyes land on him. My mountain man. My hero.Cruel is the fact that Gunnar is deploying in just three days.He says I don’t have to wait for him.But that’s not how the story is supposed to go.Dear Readers,Ready for a whole new band of mountain men?These alpha heroes might dwell in the shadows of the Wylder Bluffs, but when duty calls, they show up.These are the mountains they call home. The mountains they protect.And when their sweet, curvy women come for them, they’ll walk through fire to keep them safe, too.No cliffhangers. No cheating. HEAs guaranteed. <3Love,TarinWYLDER MOUNTAIN HEROES:Gunnar (Soldier)Callum (Ranger)Soren (Firefighter)Wolff (Private Investigator)Weston (Bodyguard)Mikah (Police Officer)Storm (Marine)

VCard for Christmas


Hope Ford - 2021
    I gave him my v card.Yea, it probably wasn’t the smartest move.He’s my hot, older next-door neighbor and he looks like he would be trouble.But after one taste of my cupcake, he’s on a mission.He watches me like an obsessed voyeur, and I probably should tell him no, but when he gets in a bind, I agree to be his fake wife.It was supposed to be a fun Christmas Eve celebration.I wasn’t supposed to fall for him.And I definitely wasn’t supposed to end up in his bed after one date.Lincoln is smart, handsome, protective and exactly what I wanted... but I wasn’t ready for the next morning when I hear another woman on the phone claiming to be his wife.Was this all a game?If so, it’s one I really didn’t want to lose.Welcome to a filthy dirty Christmas! Forget sugar and spice and everything nice … this year we want to show off our naughty side. Taboo, dangerous, and over-the-top, we’re bringing you everything you were too scared to ask Santa for. **Don’t worry, loves, these are still packed with the heroes you crave and the HEA’s you deserve!

Guarding His Baby


Arabella Rae - 2016
     Janina Fullerton Heiress Janina “Jenna” Fullerton must have a baby ASAP or get bypassed as the CEO of her father's company. But she doesn't even have a boyfriend she could ask to help her. The closest man she has at her disposal is Jared De Lucca, her long-time bodyguard. Dare she ask her hard as nails, gorgeous as sin and perpetually brooding bodyguard to forget protection for a month and make a baby with her? Jared De Lucca He’s been wanting her forever. But he’s a professional. He’d sworn to protect her with his life, as her bodyguard, but Janina is asking him to cross the line from being her hired protector to her lover. What would a beautiful young woman with staggering wealth and high stature in society do with an aging, battle-scarred warrior like him, who has nothing to show for but ugly memories of a once violent life? But tonight, he doesn’t know what cosmic elements in the universe conspired to make this happen. She wants his baby. Not just his baby. Him. She wants nobody else to be the father of her child but him. He knows she’s desperate and he shouldn’t take advantage of her. He took an oath to protect her, even from himself. But God, he’d die to taste heaven in her arms, even just once. * * * NOTE: This is an older man / much-younger woman romance. IT'S VERY STEAMY, SWEET, EMOTIONAL, with a VERY POSSESSIVE BUT DASHING HERO and a FEISTY (not doormat:) VIRGIN HEROINE. Guaranteed HEA This novel is recommended for readers 18 YO and above due to strong language used and explicit contents

Her Beast, His Beauty


Jenika Snow - 2017
    But I’d come to like that, grow stronger from it. And then she came into my life, a spitfire of a woman who challenged me and showed no fear.I should have sent her away for her own good, but I was too selfish to let her go.I wanted her as mine even though I didn’t deserve her.BRITTAI should have been afraid when he said I was his.His heart has grown hard and cold, his isolation making him hate the world. He thinks people should fear him because of the scars he bears, but I find beauty in them. I was just the housekeeper, but I can’t help how I feel for him.Maybe he is a beast, a vicious animal hidden under a hard, powerful body. Maybe I should run, but I know he’ll come for me, find me. But deep down, where I can’t lie, I want him to be mine.And that frightens me most of all.Warning: This is a sweet, fast retelling of Beauty and the Beast. But this isn’t that fairytale you heard long ago. It’s packed full of hot, dirty bits that’ll make you squirm while you’re reading it. Don’t worry; it’s got that sticky-sweet Happily Ever After we all crave.*blurb unedited/not finalized

The Barista and the Billionaire


Dakota Rebel - 2019
    But there I was, decked out in a borrowed dress, trying to avoid a stranger who’d set his eyes on me the moment I walked into the room. In an effort to escape, I ran into the arms of the most handsome man I’d ever seen in real life. And from the moment our gazes locked, I knew I’d never been the same. Oliver: I mean, what man doesn’t want to be the hero of a gorgeous woman? When Chloe threw herself at me, begging me to pretend we were together, I immediately wondered who was pretending. I didn’t know who she was, or what she was doing at my party, but I knew without a doubt that she belonged to me. Now I just have to convince her.

Warm Kisses


Loni Ree - 2020
    Freaking black ice.Waking up in a hospital room is a shock. Either I survived the crash, or this is hell. My head is pounding while pain slices through every inch of my body. You could say I’m a little grumpy from the ordeal I’ve endured. After kicking every incompetent twit out of my hospital room, I’m shocked when the perfect, curvy angel walks in. Forgetting about the pain is easy as I stare into her stunning eyes.As the newest nurse on the Trauma floor, I’ve been assigned to care for the problem patient. Lucky me. Nothing makes Mr. Grumpy Pants happy. Unfortunately, healing his body won’t do anything for his nasty temperament. Too bad, my silly heart doesn’t seem to care that the wealthy, handsome businessman is such a jerk. I might be falling for Mr. All Wrong.What happens when the adorable nurse gets stuck with the world’s grumpiest patient? Her kisses warm his cold heart and turn him into Mr. So Right.This over-the-top quick read is just what you're looking for if you like sweet, clean, insta-love romance with a little bit of humor.

Hagen & Missy (The Jorgensen Legacy, #3)


M.K. Moore - 2019
     We did everything in the wrong order, but it feels so right. Will Hagen make Missy his before it's too late? Yeah, probably, this is a Filthy Modern Viking novella after all, but what a ride it will be getting there. This Jorgensen Legacy is almost too hot to handle.

I Am Eve


Nicolina Martin - 2020
    until I met him. Adam is not a good man. He's a criminal. A warlord. Someone who takes without asking. He is guarded and cold. But that's not all he is. He's also a father. A leader. A battered soul who refuses to stop fighting. I'm blind, but I see the real man behind the wounded, world-weary façade, and I want him more than I've ever wanted anything. His touch sets my skin ablaze. He fills my house with laughter and light, and then leaves me with a gift that might bring life to a dying world. It seems our love can save... everything. Author's Note: I Am Eve is a standalone dark and steamy romance featuring a sexy antihero with a tragic past, and a heroine with more inner strength than she realizes. And even in this post-apocalyptic world, a happily ever after is always guaranteed. Download your copy today.