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Control


Suzanne Halliday - 2018
    Good, old-fashioned, heart-thumping, panty melting, lady boner smut. There’s a fancy box on my desk filled with letters from readers, eager to share their sinful escapades like the character in my first book! Each of the naughty writings in my fancy box is a tale worth telling, so I started weaving stories around the titillating confessions. Even though names have been changed to protect the innocent, these are the stories as presented to me along with some wicked embellishments. CONTROL is the sexy, dirty love story of Adam and Emily. For this hot couple, a mutual attraction led to her awakening and the fulfillment of all his alpha dreams.

Silver Dish


Tarin Lex - 2020
    NO cliffhangers. NO cheating. This is book 4 of the Hot Sweet Alpha Love series, and can be enjoyed on its own. HEA Guaranteed. <3

His Cheeky Chantilly (The Secret Sauce #1)


Dee Ellis - 2020
    Her days are spent baking sweet treats but her nights are spent longing for something more...savory.Only, she is hardly ready for the delicious dish that is Baker Elliot.Baker Elliot is rich, powerful, and hungry. With a hearty appetite for life, he's tasted plenty of what the world has to offer but nothing has satisfied his cravings. Until he meets bubbly, beautiful, and bashful—who just may be the flavor of life he’s been looking for.Flirt Club is cooking up something special . . . and the secret ingredient is L-O-V-E.Our latest recipe for romance is a spicy series full of flavor from nine of your favorite romance authors. Get ready for sexy salsas, romantic reductions, and creamy coulis. These short ’n’ searing stories are sure to satisfy all your cravings.

After Hello


Mhairi McFarlane - 2017
    But now happily in love and partners in crime once more, it feels like it’s all been worth it.But when a face from the past reappears, misunderstandings come between them once more.Can they hold on to their happy ever after?

Slut Shamed: A Violent Circle Short Story


S.M. Shade - 2020
    "That woman has been on more wieners than ketchup." "Her legs open more than a refrigerator. " Yeah, the neighborhood slut, that's me. It drives some people crazy that I date and sleep with whoever I want. Men are allowed to do that exact thing without suffering the same judgment so I have no plans to stop living my life. Relationships are not for me. I just have to keep that in mind every time that sexy, bearded, construction worker tries to make me forget.

Hungry for Kellen


Barbra Campbell - 2020
    I needed her.MarthaThanksgiving was my jam... and my pie, and my rolls. My obsession.When my Christmas obsessed sister asked to host MY holiday, I was more than a little grumpy. But something in my gut told me to let her have it. Turns out, there had never been a better time to trust my instincts.She'd invited a French guy she worked with, and once I got sight of Kellen, I wasn't hungry for Thanksgiving dinner anymore. After one taste of his dough, I was certain we were the perfect combination. But his work visa said otherwise.Was I a fling to keep him entertained until he left the country?KellenGorging myself on Thanksgiving dinner wasn't my ideal way to spend my extra day off, but Betsy had insisted I not 'celebrate' alone. I didn't bother to explain that the French didn't celebrate American Thanksgiving. In Betsy's world, everything was celebrated.When I met her gorgeous sister, Martha, and found an opportunity for a hands-on baking lesson, I was trying to figure out how to extend my work visa. Because once I'd tasted her goods there was no turning back.Is there anything better than falling in love? Finding another HEA? I'll always give you a dirty-sweet story to keep your heart full and your windows steamed!

Bride for the Billionaire Next Door: an instalove short romance Kindle Edition


Kate Tilney - 2021
    But could it lead to more?InesWhen my eccentric rich godmother asks me to housesit her penthouse and look after her pampered pooch, I figure this is the perfect time for me to write one of those steamy romances I always snuck read during boring college courses. After this, it’s time to join the real world, which means a real boring office job.That all changes when I meet the handsome next door neighbor. He makes a proposition better than any plot twist I could write.MilesI need a wife. Not because that Jane Austen chick said it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single man of good fortune blah, blah, blah. But according to my CFO, I do need someone who will dazzle my investors. I tell him to take a hike.That is until I meet the new girl next door. Witty and gorgeous, Ines immediately steals my heart. But how can I make her see my feelings are real? How can I prove I'm better than the heroes in her books?Bride for the Billionaire is a series of short, sweet, and steamy instalove romantic comedies. Check it out if you like alpha billionaires and curvy women who go into marriage for practical reasons but find much more: true love. No cliffhangers, no cheating, HEA guaranteed!

105 Desire Dr.


Hope Ford - 2021
    To supply produce to the local pantry and for me, David Cantal to ask her out.She is overalls, sunshine and freckles. I’m big, gruff, rough around the edges and I don’t know the first thing about women that are sweet and way too good for me.We’re as different as night and day and that’s all anyone wants to talk about. So I plan to stay away from her, no matter how tempting she is.But when she calls me in the middle of the night, asking for my help, I can’t tell her no. I go to her but she has plans to take more than just my help… she also wants my heart.Cherry Falls is filled with returning characters and iconic destinations that will begin to feel like family. When you leave the city and drive into Cherry Falls, it’s like you’ve finally come home.The cherry on top? Each book delivers a swoon-worthy, sexy romance!So welcome to Cherry Falls, we hope you stay awhile!

Spring Break Surprise (A Spring Breakers Short Story)


Fiona Starr - 2019
    I am at loose ends for various reasons and nothing sounds better than a month in Cancún during Spring Break. Nothing, that is, until Bridget Blaze--who looks like a goddess come to life—wanders into my bar. She’s here to work… just like me, but the attraction between us is so hot we find ourselves throwing off our obligations almost as fast as we throw off our clothes. It doesn’t take long to realize she’s way out of my league. She’s got it all together, a plan, a career, and no room for a guy who’s still figuring things out. She’s got it all, where do I fit in? * * * * * Is it getting hot in here? We sure hope so! It’s Spring Break season, and your favorite Flirt Club authors have put together some steamy, short stories about sexy times in the sun! So grab a piña colada and take a break while we heat things up for you. We promise you will get hot and bothered with our hunky heroes! Sun, sin, and string bikinis… everything’s going down.

Gabe (Holidays with the Hometown Hero #3)


Carly Keene - 2020
    Holidays with the Hometown Hero is a series of standalone short, sweet, and steamy instalove romances. No cliffhangers. No cheating. HEA guaranteed!Gabe's been back in his hometown for months after serving as an Army medic, but he doesn't feel quite at home as he expected he would. He's searching for his purpose -- until he's needed to rescue Makenzie from a car accident. One look at each other, and they just know.Christmas comes in hope.

The Wedding Cake Wish : (Little Duck Pond Cafe, Book 17)


Rosie Green - 2021
    

Snow Place Like Home (A Cozy AF Christmas Book 1)


Olivia T. Turner - 2020
    I've been in love with my best friend's uncle since I was eight years old.I'm home from college for the Holidays and I'm ready for a Christmas miracle.Because Ethan Hearst is going to be at the same Christmas Eve party as I am.It's time he finally sees me as a woman and no longer as his niece's goofy friend who was always smiling shyly and giggling around him.We belong together, but he doesn't know it yet.All I want for Christmas is him.I'm ready to give him everything.I'm ready for a Christmas miracle.Because it's time to make him mine.

Falling Fast


Julia Jarrett - 2021
    Marcus is nothing like me. He’s confident, bold, sexy, and oh, did I mention he’s a millionaire? And for some reason, he’s apparently crazy about me. Even though most of my friends are from the books that I read and I can’t use a real swear word without sweating. But the island is my home, and he’s a big city billionaire. What happens when his visit is over?MARCUSI did not want to come to this island. I definitely did not want to enjoy small-town life. I absolutely did not want to fall for a woman who puts Disney princesses to shame with her beauty and heart. But that’s exactly what happened the second I met Ella. She’s the calm to my storm and she’s making me re-evaluate what’s really important in life. It turns out, the answer to that isn’t money or success. It’s love. How do I prove to her that our lives may be very different, but I’ll do whatever it takes to be with her?

What Happens in Vegas...


Kelli Callahan - 2021
    Tempting AF.Old enough to be my father,But I didn't care.I came to Las Vegas with no money to my name.No way to make it on my own.All I knew was the one place that made my dad smile.The only picture I had of him was in front of that iconic sign.But there was someone else in that picture.My dad's best friend.I didn't even know his name,Until he whispered it in my ear.By the time we made the connection, we were in over our heads...Kelli's Note: What Happens in Vegas is the first book in the Dad's Best Friend series. Each book is a standalone, so they can be read in any order.

Nick (Holidays with the Hometown Hero #6)


Mazzy King - 2020
    Holidays with the Hometown Hero is a series of standalone short, sweet, and steamy instalove romances. No cliffhangers. No cheating. HEA guaranteed!Books in the Holidays with the Hometown Hero SeriesFELIX by Kate TilneyCHRIS by Tarin LexGABE by Carly KeeneLOGAN by Kali HartOLIVER by Lana DashNICK by Mazzy King