Or at least my mother does.But I'm the black sheep of the family. The one that left for bigger and better things.No farm for me. I'm a self-made billionaire bad boy now.Real Estate is the game and making money is my thing.All is well in my bachelor-like world until I rent a cottage on my property to a beautiful school counselor.Sweet. Curvy. Smart as hell.This woman shouldn't be out of my league, but it feels like she most certainly is.Good thing she falls for me too. I need a fake girlfriend to take back home, and I'm hoping she'll be up for the ruse.Which she is not. Go figure.Things don't always work out the way I plan, especially when she's hiding something from me.A baby. One I didn't think I wanted until it was inside of her.She's walking away and I'm begging. I don't need forever to win her back.Just give me the weekend.

    It’s taken years, but Emmy is finally starting to pick up the pieces of her broken life. Until the man who destroyed her heart returns, bringing with him the pain of the past. Running from Emmy was the only way Lucas Allen knew he could protect her from the demons he carried with him. After spending one perfect night together, Luke took off, certain he couldn’t possibly give Emmy everything she deserved. Eight long years later, he’s returned to Cloverleaf to try and make up for his mistakes. He can only hope it isn’t too late. Loving Luke has always been easy. It’s forgiving him that seems impossible. Now it’s up to Emmy to decide whether to give him a second chance or let him go for good.

    Just not for me. The small, one-horse town that gave me my roots, that made my soul thrive, is also the place I never wanted to set foot in again. I left everything behind and never looked back. Until now. With the death of the man who raised me, I’m forced to return to Boone. Old wounds resurface, and heartache and loss trump everything once more. Seeing the man who shattered my world the night of our high school graduation almost brings me to my knees. Jessie, my once best friend and love of my life, ruined it all for me…for us. I’m back in Boone…and my secret is about to rattle the tiny town.

    Let these Anderson brothers show you what a real HEA looks like. This is book one of the series. It can be read in any order.

    She owns a trendy, in-demand flower boutique, has wonderful friends, and an obsession with red velvet cake. After a string of disappointing dates, Blaise decides to give up on dating, and focus on the things that are most important to her.Greyson Steele is the “family stud”. After his stint in the Delta Force, he is coerced into the family business. His manipulative mother is planning a wedding for him to a woman he can’t stand. But Greyson had other plans. At thirty-nine, Greyson is ready to settle down, but only with a woman he chooses. After meeting the fiery owner of Knight in Bloom, Greyson finds his match.Sparks fly when Blaise and Greyson meet. Can he convince her to take a chance on him? Or will Blaise’s past ruin their chances for a future? Their romance forces Greyson on a chase halfway around the world to solve a mystery, and find his love.

    In a big way. Too bad that the next morning he had no memory of our night together, leaving me heartbroken, and as I later discovered...pregnant.For the last four years, I've been rocking the single mom thing, making sure my daughter comes first. In fact, everything is going fine--until Alden storms back into my life, as my new boss.His reappearance wasn't something I planned for. Add my nosy, meddlesome three-year-old and an overprotective brother, and I'm obviously in way over my head.My only hope now is that I can sway Alden to see things my way...but you know what they say about the best laid plans...

    “Your mom was right about you, you’re a troublemaker.”I’ll never forget those teasing words.He was forbidden fruit, a completely off limits temptation I knew could destroy me.Not only was he my dad's best friend,He’s the father to my very secret baby.It wasn't supposed to feel right when he touched me.It was supposed to be one night of passion.A secret…a scandal that we’d never tell.So the moment I found out I was pregnant,I ran.Left without a word.I thought I'd escaped my past when fate brings us back to New York,And face to face with the man I left behind.He's still single, and every bit the center of every one of my fantasies.The moment our eyes meet,I fall all over again.There are going to be questions...lot's of them.How do I tell him that our one scandalous night a year ago,Resulted in one hell of a secret?

    I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.Lainey is the perfect escape from my life. My plan for seclusion becomes a monthlong sex fest punctuated with domestic bliss. But it ends just as abruptly as it began. When I’m called away on a family emergency, I realize too late that I have no way to contact Lainey.A year later, a chance encounter throws Lainey and me together again. But I still have a lie hanging over my head, and Lainey’s keeping secrets of her own. With more than lust at stake, the truth may be our game changer.

    Ryan grew up hot. And his perfect kiss just saved my life.Teasing eyes. Tempting lips. Muscles that could stop traffic.No wonder he’s a soap opera star.My voluptuous curves melted against his hard abs, and the next thing I knew, I was pregnant.My little brother’s gonna murder him, but only if he finds out.I’ve never been good at keeping secrets, and Ryan’s doing all he can to pry this new one out of me.What happens if I tell?The only thing worse than losing my family would be losing him.Has love always been a four letter word?

    So when Chelsea gets offered a teaching position in an “alternative” elementary school in Texas she sees it as fate’s design and goes all in. Even hooking up with a cowboy on her preparation trip to find a place to live. After a childhood spent basically screwing-up everything he cared about, Parker Trent is now a careful man. He’s inherited a sizeable dairy farm from his father and prides himself on the purity of his milk and the purity of his dating record: he only dates tourists. But when his dairy farm’s accounts are called into question and his hot hookup from the summer turns up—pregnant—as the alternative school’s new kindergarten teacher, not only is his dating record broken, but his world is turned upside down. Chelsea is perfectly happy raising the baby on her own, but Parker refuses to fail at fatherhood. The more time they spend together, the more Parker is determined to show he can be the father their child needs. Recruiting himself to help with the school’s adaptive animal program—the program Chelsea happens to run—seems like a chance to show Chelsea that he means business when it comes to parenting and to get him back into her good graces after his less than excited reaction to their bundle of joy. But spending time with Chelsea has Parker longing to be more than just a father...for the first time in his life he’s wondering what it would be like to be a husband too. This novel contains sexual content, profanity, and scenes with referenced violence and substance abuse.

    Even though we are no longer what we used to be. Even though he doesn’t love me as he once did.The girl he loved is no more, she vanished.So did he.Both gone with the wind, left behind in the mists of time.We grew up, moved on.But just when it seems there’s nothing left between us, there comes a second chance.A whisper that grows, won’t be ignored, can’t be ignored as it ensnares us, entwines us.Whispers of love.Whispers of my skin.

    One unforgettable night with the smart, funny bartender with the floppy blond hair. He broke my heart the very next day, When he left for San Bravado with a million dollars in his pocket, and never looked back. Not even when I told him I was pregnant. Not even when I told him I was expecting twins. When fate brought us together two years later, I knew I needed to say my piece, the words I’d be dying to say since he turned his back on me, on us. Only now he claims he didn’t know about our babies… MILES She was the girl I couldn’t resist, I couldn’t get her out of my mind. We had one night together before I left, a cocky kid who’d just had his first taste of the good life. But I never forgot about Shelley, her strawberry-blond hair across my navy blue pillows. In the two years since then I’ve changed; I’m older, wiser, and a few billion dollars richer, But it’s lonely at the top. I knew I had to seek her out again. I can’t say I was surprised when she didn’t seem pleased to see me, But the biggest surprise was still to come! This is a steamy romance novel from best-selling authors Layla Valentine and Holly Rayner. Unlike Holly’s other works, it contains steamy scenes. It features a guaranteed HEA, and a tale of romance that will capture your heart.

    The only reason I said all that crap is because I was trying to get laid.” I can see the last glimmers of hope dying out in her eyes like the fading streaks of rosy sunlight across the sunset. I want to shut my mouth. I want to tell her I’m lying. That I love her with my entire body, mind, and soul. But if I do that, if I tell her the truth, she may never get out of here. She deserves more than that. She deserves more than me. I’m the bad guy. The one who destroyed Karen Baker’s heart and sent her packing. I’ve had to live with that decision everyday for the past four years. I had to sacrifice my happiness for hers. I gave up our future together for a chance to live her dream. Somehow life kept going. Years passed in a blur. I never expected to be voted in as the deputy fire chief of our department tonight and I definitely didn’t expect to see Karen walk in here. She looks like an angel. She’s so perfect, I wonder if I’m hallucinating. But it’s not a dream. It’s real. She’s really back and she really hates me. I don’t have much time to try to explain how wrong I was, to get her back, to make her mine. Because when she leaves this time, it'll be forever. **Forged by Fire is the first book in a small town, firefighter series. It can be read as a standalone. This novel has no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.**

    Or so she thinks.When her visions of a marriage proposal are met with the ultimate betrayal, Erin finds herself in the arms of sexy and strong-willed distraction, Walker Prescott.Her summer becomes life changing as she realizes Walker has left her with a tiny piece of himself and no way to find him…until he suddenly shows up and turns her world upside down.Can she let go of her past to make way for a future she never saw coming?Can Walker be exactly what Erin needs?Will he give her the perfect life she so desperately craves in the most unexpected way?Warning: This book is intended for readers 18 and Up. Strong language and explicit sexual scenes.

    Luke. My husband’s ex-best friend and my once-upon-a-time confidante. As the truth of my predicament tumbles out of me, he offers me a place to stay.And because I’m desperate and vulnerable...I accept.After all, what other choice do I have?