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Don't Touch


Penny Wylder - 2021
    She was distracting me at work, demanding I tell her all about the sexy-as-sin head-chef I was working for. I sent her a message declaring he looked “gorgeous enough to lick from top to bottom.”Then I set my phone on the counter.Then my boss picked it up.Then he read the screen… and I knew I was screwed.It’s bad enough having a crush on your boss. What am I supposed to do with him flirting heavily with me as we squeeze together in a hot kitchen, spending hours side by side?Never sleep with your boss. It’s the main rule.What happens when we break it?

Stark Revenge


Andi Rhodes - 2020
    I’ve spent years craving it, and now that I’m finally in a position to make it happen, nothing can stop me. Enter one stripper that doesn’t fit in and everything changes. I still need revenge and to ease the ache of failure, but she makes me want something else, something I never thought possible. Now, I want a life. Katelyn…I never dreamed I’d be taking my clothes off for money, but here I am, working at The White Lily, trying to satisfy my deal with the devil. For months, I’ve done what I had to in order to protect the people I love, but when I’m given to my boss’s head of security as a reward, I wish I were more selfish. I need to finish what I started, but I also can’t turn my back on the beautifully broken man who is not at all who I thought he was. Revenge is his past and present, but can I be his future? Stark Revenge contains subject matter that some may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised.

Grant: One Night with a Billionaire (One Night #1)


Eve London - 2021
    Then he shows up unexpectedly and his brother wrangles him onto the auction block to support my fundraiser. Bidding on the billionaire might be my only chance to find out what drove him away all those years ago. But will my heart be able to handle the truth?GrantI thought everything I needed was far, far away from Broken Bend, Texas. When my brother guilts me into making the trip home for my foster mom’s retirement, the truth knocks me over the head in the form of Eliza Robbins. She’s the one I left behind… the one I haven’t been able to stop thinking about for twelve long years. After one night, will I be able to walk away again?Ever wanted to spend a single night with the bachelor of your dreams? The men of Broken Bend are going on the auction block for a great cause. Find out what happens when the winning bidders claim their prize in the One Night Series. Each book is a complete story and can be read alone.

The Small Town Boy's Redemption


Jessie Gussman - 2020
    Illegal, sure. But that’s not what sent him to prison. It was the lying, conniving Watkins girl and her father, Judge Watkins.He did his time, and he’s out. But he has to register. Despite the fact that he was innocent to begin with.He’ll never drive down that road again.His fines are paid, his time is served. All he wants now is to build his business legitimately. No more stripping exhausts and smoking the turbos.But in order to get soccer moms and little old ladies to bring their cars to his shop, he needs to look legit.Liberty Watkins suspects her sister lied. But she could never prove it. And Blade looked guilty.Still, Liberty couldn’t stop believing in him.So, when she gets the opportunity to supplement her church secretary job by becoming his parts person and bookkeeper, she’s tempted.When he suggests a dating relationship just for the summer, she’s not as sure.She’s not interested in being his temp.Can she convince the bad boy to make her his forever girl?The Small Town Boy's Redemption is the first book in the Small Town Boys series by award-winning author and Kindle All-Star, Jessie Gussman. Grab your copy today!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

Our Forever Starts Tonight


Rebel Hart - 2021
    I’m a debate dork with a little extra weight, and he’s the hot AF quarterback every girl wants to date.Yet, it wasn’t always that way. As kids, he was more than a friend to me. He was my first crush, and I was his. After his mom was imprisoned, I protected him from the bullies, knowing he’d always be there for me. Then his father took him away, hoping to vanish his son’s traumatic past… and erasing me with it.But nothing can stop destiny.Eight years later, Tristan and I find each other in my new high school—the encounter shaking us to our core. Soon, we realize the connection between us is electric and undeniable, transforming the love we once shared into an all-consuming attraction. Except, my heart breaks when I discover that he’s not the same boy I knew, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to defend his title as the school’s hottest jock… even if it means bullying me.Forced to protect myself from the one person I never thought would hurt me, I can’t help but wonder, can Tristan overcome his pain, and fight for us without caring what others think? Or is it time to accept that my first love was never meant to be?Our Forever Starts Tonight is a Standalone High School Romance full of angst, drama and love. It ends with a HEA.

Firestorm


Ellie Masters - 2020
    Asher La Rouge is forging his future. A firestorm will unite them, but will they survive the burn?Asher La RougeAs CEO of La Rouge Vineyards, eldest of the infamous La Rouge triplets, and volunteer firefighter, I can have any woman I want.People think my life is perfect.It’s not.I’ve been burned before.By my ex-girlfriend. By the demands of running the family business. And by a wildfire which threatens the wine harvest.With my livelihood on the line, I rush into action in my role as a woodland firefighter.The last thing I expect to find in the inferno is a beautiful woman struggling to survive.When sparks fly between us, they ignite a firestorm too strong to resist.After a shoddy arson investigation implicates Evelyn in setting the destructive blaze, I’m determined to prove her innocence.But sinister forces are determined to keep us apart. Can our love survive, or will it be extinguished along with our lives?FIRESTORM is an angsty, steamy contemporary romantic suspense set in K. Bromberg's Everyday Heroes World that will tug at your heartstrings and have your heart racing.

Outlaw Souls MC Box Set: Books 1-6


Hope Stone - 2020
    Get ready for a ride of a lifetime in this binge-worthy series! RyderLife...it broke me from a young age.Oh, I’m way too beast for this beauty.And yet, my hardened heart...it wanted her.I’m her nightmare.Her saviour.And the best fucking thing to walk into her life.Time to see what this sassy little sunflower’s made of.I warned her she was mine, and I meant it.PinClaire Stone’s a woman with a purpose.A skilled private investigator.A beautiful curse.She was a stranger to me until the day she barged into my life, looking for answers.I’m pretty sure she’s never found a problem she can't solve.Until me.The man of her dreams and her nightmares all in one.Who knew I’d meet my match in this smoking little spitfire?Problem is, Claire’s not just a girl, she’s made herself my enemy…Guess nobody told her you don’t go digging around in club business without savage consequences.When karma rears its ugly head, I can’t promise to be her shield,She’s faced me with an impossible choice,Love, loyalty, or survival...I’m falling, crashing, half-crazy for a girl who should have never been mine.If I bring her out of this alive, I want something in return.TrainerFierce. Protective...and Broken.Beautiful and surprisingly strong, this woman’s got a secret she’s not sharing.All I know for sure is she’s walked through hell and lived, and that ain’t easy.Who am I? I’m the best damn thing to ever walk into her life.When her past comes for her, hear my threat...I’ll become the monster she fears and hunt him down.She can hate me all she wants,But I warned her she was mine,And I’ll do anything to protect what’s mine...anything, even if I come back from hell.BladeThere's a fine line between love and hate. Blade came into my life like a wrecking ball. Tearing down my walls and rocking my world. Then I found out he was a member of Outlaw Souls. That was a problem, since my loyalty was to their enemy, Las Balas. My connection to them was one of blood, through my father and brother. I couldn’t turn my back on that, no matter how much I wanted Blade. DiegoI wanted a clean slate. La Playa carried too many painful secrets of my past. What was a bad boy rider like me doing with a hot Latino doctor to be? All I know is we were like two moths to one another’s flame. But an Outlaw gang member can’t be caught in a secret love affair can he?ColtA bad boy cowboy isn’t what I was looking for. But there’s deeper layers to Colt Winters that I yearn to know. He’s an Outlaw with a troubled existence. With a dead girlfriend, five year jail sentence and a baby girl waiting for him. Colt Winters isn’t exactly the type you take home to Mama. But… my brother’s in trouble and he’s just the man to help. In my world I save people like Colt from themselves, I fight for justice in an unjust system. Maybe this cowboy has a lot more to offer me than first meets the eye. Can we get past all the obstacles long enough to make it work?

Straightened Out (The Pastore Crime Family Book 1)


Janine Infante Bosco - 2020
    

The Reunion


Stephanie Brother - 2021
    Hearts that pound for the same woman: Me.The disaster turns into a second chance for us all to be honest about how we feel.A hot night of passion leads to an indecent proposal that would change my life completely. I'm tempted: boy, I'm so tempted.In the cold light of day, reality sets in.The biggest once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is waiting for me in LA. It would launch my fashion career into the stratosphere. But I’d have to turn my back on this second chance at love.Is there any way I can have it all?The Reunion is a full-length, steamy romance novel with no cheating and an optimistic happy for now ending.It can be read as a standalone romance, and it is book 1 in the Fashionable Friends trilogy.

Hot Men


Ashlee Price - 2018
    No cheating, no cliffhangers and you are guaranteed many happily-ever-afters including engagements, weddings and babies. ***

Mountain Calling (Secrets of Mountain Men Book 1)


Janice M. Whiteaker - 2021
    

Chasing Luck


Brinda Berry - 2014
    Especially when you’re a sole survivor...At the age of seven, Malerie walked away from a bombing that left hundreds dead—including her mother. When a crazed gunman kills her guardian on her eighteenth birthday, Malerie suspects there may be more to her survival than luck. A mysterious code holds the key to her future, and a reluctant white knight holds the key to her heart.A loner wearing emotional armor…Ace is a twenty-year-old entrepreneur focusing on two things in life: financial security and a life without ties. A life that doesn't risk losing the ones who matter. When Ace is hired to secretly act as a bodyguard for Malerie, he faces an unwanted attraction that threatens to sabotage his heart. Can Ace find the courage to love a girl with a death wish? 9780991632039 - alternate cover edition

Fighting for Foster


Bex Dane - 2020
    She's forbidden. Unattainable. Out of my league.All these years, I've struggled to deny the relentless desire to make her mine.But not anymore.Her dysfunctional crime family is destroying her and breaking her soul.I can't let that happen.So I'm infiltrating her secret world to save her.But can I earn her trust and convince her to leave before we both get killed?If you like possessive alpha-males and edge-of-your-seat action, you'll love Fighting for Foster.

As Night Falls (Connelly Crime Family Book 3)


K.B. Winters - 2019
    What a joke. Rourke It should’ve been punishment enough, right? Instead, I’m stuck with this woman, A fiery redhead with a mouth that would make a sailor blush. She hates me, but she wants me. The two aren’t mutually exclusive, And I can sympathize. Because I want to wrap my hands around her neck . . . while I kiss her. And not just to shut her up. Okay, maybe sometimes. Because the line between lust and hate is so thin, I’m not sure where I end and she begins. As night falls, even a sassy mob princess needs protection. Margo Sweet baby Jesus, the man sure is pretty. I just wish he’d keep his mouth shut. Or uses it for other things. Because Romeo and Juliet we are not, Even if we do come from other sides of the divide. Being kidnapped is one thing, but being kidnapped by him is not so much fun, Even when he says it’s for my own good. That no one will ever protect me as well as him. Thing is, I can almost believe him. Because when he’s not annoying the hell out of me, he’s making me sigh. But I don’t do love. Not now, not ever. Not even as night falls. Love filthy talking Irish American mobsters who can melt your panties with just a whisper? As Night Falls is a full-length standalone Irish gangster romance with no cheating, no cliffhangers and a guaranteed HEA!

Cautious


Candice M. Wright - 2020
    With dead parents, dead teammates, and a whole lot of survivor’s guilt, Blake just wants to be left alone and to take care of his grandmother. Until a beautiful woman full of secrets becomes his grandmother’s neighbor and brings down his walls. Callie Ward needs a hero more than ever. In a bid to escape her past, Callie moves into a new town, looking for a fresh start.Her plan was simple; Step one: Find a safe haven to call home Step two: Keep her head down and don’t draw attention to herself. Step three: Stay away from men because they cause nothing but trouble. All her plans get thrown out of the window when she collides with a wildly handsome man with a dark past of his own.Their attraction to each other is undeniable But both of them have a reason to be cautious And when the past catches up to them, They will need to make a decision, Fight for each other, or walk away.Because it’s not just their hearts on the line, But their lives.