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Unconditional Love
Alexa Whitewolf - 2018
This means chilling, hanging out with friends and meeting hot boys. Not so for Maya Finnigan, who’s stuck in summer school with extra classes in order to make it to college. Looks like another summer of studying and boring “fun” - and hanging out with her loyal German Shepherd, Bear. Or will it be? Kolt Waters meets the “hot” criteria with his intense blue eyes and Brit accent, plus he’s the boy-next-door. But his smug attitude and never-ending jabs get on Maya’s nerves. When Bear goes missing, surprisingly it’s Kolt who jumps to the rescue. But is their budding romance a happily ever after or a wreck in disguise? And what’s the story with their parents, and the secrets they hide? Dig in for a summer of fun, mystery and first loves...as unconditional as they come.
Courting Jealousy 2
Kimberly Dean - 2015
It’s not easy dating a handsome, hot alpha male, but somebody has to do it!Also in the Courting Series:Courting JealousyCourting TroubleCourting InnocenceCourting Danger
Christmas Is Coming
Lucia Jordan - 2016
Emily McAlister was never coming back to Hope’s Road, Montana. She’d left after high school with the intent of making something of herself. Life had other plans for Emily. After a series of broken hearts and a horrific breakup, she decided that home was the one place she needed to be. However, life wasn’t done throwing her curve balls. Shortly after returning home, on the eve of her twenty-seventh birthday, her grandmother passed away. Now, four years later, Emily is in charge of running the business her grandparents started half a century ago, a Christmas tree farm. Christmas is getting closer and Emily finds herself in need of help. The demand for trees is higher than it has ever been. After taking an ad out in the local newspaper for help, she is shocked to find not one but two strangers arriving on her doorstep. Unable to turn down the help, she hires them on the spot but there is something more to it. These men are unlike any men she’s ever met before. Their sultry good looks and sparkling charm sparks something to life inside her that she’d thought had long since died out. She must curb her attraction in order to run her business, but ignoring her heart and head might prove to be a little more difficult than she thought. For Emily, everything is on the line—her business, her livelihood and her . . . heart.
Hot Renovations
Kristen Kelly - 2017
If someone told me six months ago, I would be visiting a cave one hundred and fifty-six feet underground in the pitch dark and that the journey would change my life forever, I would have bet odds on my having a panic attack and possibly not living through the experience. Add a hot sexy stranger to the mix and the fact I wanted to rip his clothes off the minute I laid eyes on him … and nearly did … in the middle of a public tour, I'd say you were certifiably insane. The hard brush of his lips and the way he's packed into those tight mouth-watering trousers, set my mind racing out of control. It's just sex though. Raw. Carnal. Bone-melting sex. That voice. It drives me crazy. A few choice words spoken in that deep Southern drawl, and currents of electricity sizzle up my spine. In a single kiss, he's brought me to my knees. Literally. As the most sought after house reconstruction designer in all of Albany NY, Sam lives 11,000 miles away and that is the way I like it. I retain complete control in this relationship. No expectations. No ties. A contract with my very own escape clause. Only one problem. My heart never signed on the dotted line however.
Styling Wellywood
Kate O'Keeffe - 2014
Goodbye exciting London, hello old-fashioned boredom. And she’s got a lot to deal with. There’s her overbearing mother, her new fashion career, not to mention the sudden disappearance of her best friend. Thank goodness for Ben, her reliable, cute friend who always has a broad shoulder to cry on—at least when his gorgeous girlfriend isn’t around. Then sexy tennis pro, Scott bursts into her life, serving up a hot and steamy love match. But off the court Scott is running a different racket—one that might just open Jessica’s eyes and heart. With everything she ever wanted and feared in front of her, will Jessica finally find her way home?
Longing for Forever
Debra Clopton - 2019
He returns home to Sunset Beach searching for a way out of the dark hole he's found himself sinking into. He agrees to help out at his mentor's small-town family practice, a lot different than the fast-paced trauma units he's used to. He's not sure what life holds for him. But when he moves into a rundown beach cottage he plans to renovate and meets the ray of sunshine that is his new neighbor, his life will never be the same...Rosie Olsen nearly died and has been given a second chance at living and she is doing that full force. Spreading joy and smiles with her coffee shop and homemade muffins and other pastries, she is on a mission to change lives. But when the good-looking doctor moves in next door to her she spots a chance to help change his life.She's just not counting on how he will change her life. And make her want things she isn't sure she can handle.Can love find a way...will they risk their hearts?
Stormsurge: A Small-Town, Contemporary Romance Novella
Shawna Lynn Brooks - 2018
Then a storm changes everything. With a car on the blink and a hurricane barreling towards her, she must find her way to safety. When her high school friend, the sweet but nerdy Gene Blackwell, finds her stranded in front of her feed store, she can barely believe this hunk is the guy she used to know. But how could she ever be enough for someone as brilliant as Gene?Gene has a happy life in Atlanta--far away from the bullies that used to taunt him and the love for Lacey that he never let show. But when he rescues Lacey from the storm, he soon discovers his infatuation is not as dead as he thinks. Lacey will never see him as anything but Eugene the nerd. Can he make it through the night without turning back into the kid who forever obsessed over someone he could never have?
Hotter Than Ever
Linda Cousine - 2012
Follow along as unconventional Lexi Taylor navigates the minefield that is menopause in this fast-paced fun spin on aging. She had it all ... and lost it in a hot flash.Lexi Taylor had the picture perfect life--fame, fortune, beauty, and a loving family. But Lexi's hit the big five-o and now everything has changed. In one year, she's managed to lose her husband, her figure, her friends … and she just might have lost her mind. After her second incarceration for acts committed while in the throes of menopausal madness, a family intervention convinces Lexi she needs some professional help, and she checks herself into Sunnyvale Sanitarium, Home for the Mostly Menopausal, for a ninety-day stay. With the help of an army of doctors and one very therapeutic nun, Lexi manages to reclaim her sanity, her self-respect, her sex-drive, and learn the true purpose of her colorful life. The Middle-Aged Hottie series: HOTTER THAN EVER (Book 1) TOO HOT TO HOLD (Book 2) HOT TO TROT (Book 3)
Meant for Each Other
Delaney Cameron - 2017
Here she can forget the episode that nearly ruined her last year of college. Was it unreasonable to suppose that this far from the scene of her crime she would be safe from meeting the man who knew all about her worst moment? After six months of nonstop traveling, Trey is happy to trade living on the road for the peace and quiet of Tybee Island. In such surroundings, he should be able to work undisturbed. These plans are interrupted by the appearance of a former student. Running into Kirsten is a disturbance of the worst kind: a reminder of an encounter he hasn’t been able to forget. Author’s note: This is a revised and expanded version of a novella published years ago under a different title and pen name. It takes place before the events of Dream of Me.
Finding Home
Jason Patrick - 2016
Megan hopes that a new job, a new school, and the slower pace of life on the island will be exactly what she and her son need to heal and move on. Despite her difficult marriage, Megan desires to find love and build a new life on the idyllic island.Josh Reynolds moved to Charlotte Island to join the police force and begin a new life of his own. But when his girlfriend abruptly left him, his heartbreak raised a struggle with past troubles that now threaten to overtake him.When Megan runs into her former high school sweetheart Josh at a local coffee shop, it ignites an old flame. Josh’s fondness for Megan results in his own excitement at reconnecting with his past love. Can Megan and Josh find love again as adults? Does Josh have the strength to overcome his struggles, or will it destroy their second chance at love?
The Island Affair
Helena Halme - 2019
During their usual holiday to Åland, the Nordic islands where Alicia grew up, the rift between the couple deepens.Enter tall, blonde Patrick, with the most piercing blue eyes Alicia has ever seen. When Patrick confides in Alicia about the near loss of his daughter and the breakdown of his marriage, Alicia is surprised to feel an affinity with the Swedish reporter. He’s the only person who understands Alicia.But secrets held by people close to Alicia give her life another surprising turn and she finds there is a reason to live – and love – again.
Read this new family drama set in one of the most captivating holiday islands in Scandinavia today!
Wild Sexy Thing
Serena Grey - 2018
I was something wild and wanton, with no inhibitions.Daphne doesn’t want love, or romance, or sex, or even a relationship. She wants some time alone without casual sex with guys whose names she can’t be bothered to remember in the morning–a temporary period of celibacy.Too bad her new roommate’s brother is hot, insanely hot. Like...melt your panties and spread your legs kind of hot. From the moment she sets eyes on Jason Wild, Daphne can’t stop craving the sensual delight she knows she will find in his arms. Her self-imposed celibacy is no match for his blatant sexuality and all the naughty things he promises to do to her.Jason is not interested in commitment, and Daphne is done with hookups, but it’s only a matter of time before they indulge in their naughty fantasies about each other. Only, what happens after, when it’s time to walk away?This is the first installment of Serena Grey’s Wild Sexy Series. If you like hot men, steamy scenes and panty-melting heat, don’t miss this series.
Cooked Goose
Susan Amanda Kelly - 2015
He invited me for Christmas. I have a ticket for the same flight as you. Tonight.”With those words, Big Mike sucked the oxygen out of the room. Minnie intended her father would meet her new man, Big Mike… eventually. Minnie wanted to give Daddy time to get used to the idea that his 'little girl' is embroiled in a serious relationship. A few decades, perhaps. Because Daddy’s not your run-of-the-mill protective father - he's a criminal. But now Minnie is heading home for the holidays with Big Mike in tow.Big Mike is no delicate violet. He’s quiet and lethal, an ex-Special Forces soldier whose day job involves ‘keeping the Free World safe’. But Big Mike doesn’t want to spoil Minnie’s Christmas and promises not to hurt anyone… His resolve will be tested by Minnie’s father, her psycho brother and three outlaw lieutenants who want his woman. *This is a 12,000 word story packed with everything needed for a very merry Christmas: love, laughter, bikers and psychos.
Pastels and Jingle Bells
Christine S. Feldman - 2013
In fact, much to her astonishment, she actually starts to like the guy. A lot.Trouble is, Ian doesn’t know who she really is, and explaining it to him is going to be a little difficult now—which is bad news, because Trish is starting to realize that all she really wants for Christmas this year… is Ian.
Kissing Santa
Aithne Jarretta - 2011
There's also the potential reunion with an old flame. The storm of the century hits the little community where Lily grew up.Christopher Crin is well known for his holiday gift giving. He even bears the nickname Cringle. This year he has a special gift to give.Will Lily accept?