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Biscotti & the Bad Boy
Krysta Fox - 2021
Owning the bake shop my parents always dreamed of means everything to me. And when opening day happens, I think I've finally got everything I've ever wanted. Until he walks in and reminds me of what used to be. Tall, dark and dangerous - that's what Caleb has always been. For my heart, at least. But when he places a special, sweet holiday order for his mother, I can feel my defenses crumbling just like the biscotti I'm teaching him to make. Can I save myself this time? Or will my heart be broken all over again?CALEBAn unexpected trip home turns my holiday plans upside down - especially when the girl I can't forget has come home too.I should have known my mom was setting me up, but I walked right into her sweet little trap. When I see Melissa standing behind the counter of the brand new bakery in town, I can't help but remember that she's the one that got away. Her curves are still as delicious as they used to be and I can't deny I want a taste. Can I convince her to give our love another try? Or will she get away one more time?Sugar & Spice Nights is a multi-author series of holiday inspired instalove stories with curvy women and their hot guys. Come find out how steamy and sweet the nights can get today!Don't forget to meet ALL the hunky sweeties!
A Cowboy Christmas: A Billionaire Cowboy Story
A.E. Easterlin - 2019
Christmas marked the date my husband left our home and ran into the arms of his secretary. It happens so frequently and to so many women, it isn’t even interesting anymore. That is, until it happens to you. When it’s your husband asking for a divorce it’s a different story. It took time before I met Logan. Before I cuddled close to him, relieved, happy with my nerves on high. Before he tilted my chin so I could see into his eyes as he bent his head low to kiss me. Slow at first, building the burn, a stealthy kindling that caught fire and I wondered what it would be like to be loved by a man like him.
Ignoring the Rules
Loni Ree - 2020
He needs to make her his, but that’s against the rules...There’s a code between friends. A line drawn in the sand. A set of rules you never go against. Sleeping with your best friend’s sister is one of them.Not that I want to sleep with her. No. What I want goes far deeper than that.It’s been years since I’ve seen Bianca Russo. She was the cute pigtailed kid sister who’d hang around and drive us guys nuts. But that was years ago. I left for college and never looked back. It isn’t until I wander into a random bar that I see her again, all grown up, and walking toward me like a dream.I’ve never been the kind of guy who believes in love at first sight, but one look at the woman she’s become, and I want her in every way there is. No. I need her.Her brother is going to kill me. I made a promise to never break the rules, but if I’m going to follow my heart, I’ll have to risk it all and ignore the rules completely.
Mistletoe Magic
Rose Pearson - 2019
Her brother, the Earl of Allerton, has chosen a suitable gentleman but when Georgiana meets him, she finds him rude, arrogant, and selfish.Knowing it would be unwise to cry off, Georgiana tries to build a regard for Lord Poole, only to find her heart stolen by someone entirely unsuitable - Mr. Oliver Lowell, a wealthy financier from Boston. Whilst Mr. Lowell is treated with respect by society, Georgiana knows she cannot let him steal her heart. Yet Lord Poole is even worse than she expected.Aware that Mr. Lowell will return to America after Christmas, Georgiana cannot bear the thought that she will never see him again. But if she leaves with him, then the scandal will be so great that she can never return to England! And what will her betrothed, Lord Poole, do if he discovers she intends to cry off?Will Georgiana do what is expected or follow her heart?
A Whisper of Hope
Julie Lessman - 2017
He’s desperate for an empty nest. Love is desperate to surprise them both. With a husband dead set against adoption, Charity O’Connor Dennehy has barely a whisper of hope for more children, but if hope doesn’t disappoint … will it be enough to find a precious bundle under her tree?
A Christmas with Snow
Ellie Danes - 2017
This time I got him. Christian Snow is off limits — he’s my best friends’ brother. Now we’re spending Christmas together. I would have run if I knew he was going to be there. There are reasons I can’t be with Christian, reasons why I shouldn’t even try. I’ve got a secret weighing on me, But all I can think about is unwrapping the perfect Christmas package. A Christmas with Snow is a hot and steamy holiday romance with plenty of love, romance and steam with a HEA you'll love
The Magic of the Season (Christmas in Silver Falls #2)
Tammy L. Grace - 2019
In the midst of the annual Christmas festival, an accident forces her to return and manage her mom’s candy business at the Sugar Shop.Grant hasn’t seen her since she left for college, but remembers spending summers at the lake with the skinny, plain girl he and everyone used to know as Sugar. The contemporary advertising executive he encounters now is anything but plain.Will Grant’s kindness, the charm of Silver Falls, and the caring community open Sugar’s heart to all she’s been missing?The best-selling author of A Season for Hope, the tale readers describe as the perfect Christmas story, delivers a touching sequel with the second in her Christmas in Silver Falls series in this new festive novella that pairs perfectly with a cup of cocoa in front of a blazing fire.
Hard
Ivy Nelson - 2019
Seven months before he died, she met David Eastman, a billionaire Dom who swept her off her feet and promised her the world. He has every intention of delivering on that promise but then he gets the worst news of his life. He's dying. Now he's on a quest to fulfill his bucket list and make sure Emily doesn't pine for him when he's gone, because even billionaires can't buy the cure for his cancer. But Emily is determined to see him through his illness and business rivals are determined to make sure his dreams don't come true. David must face his own mortality and Emily must come to terms with the fact that the love of her life may be ripped from her at any moment. The odds of their love surviving seems hopeless, but they are surrounded by a group of friends who think it's worth the fight.
Mistletoe and the Marquess
Wendy Vella - 2016
Determined to have one last night of freedom before marrying a man she detests; Jemma attends a Christmas Masquerade Ball. When a handsome highwayman awakens something inside her, with stolen kisses and whispered promises, she flees, vowing to forget about the man who touched her soul. From the moment the Marquess of Harrington sees the Grecian Goddess enter the ball, he wants her. Harry is not usually one for irrational impulses - indeed his life does not allow for that - but this woman makes him lose all reason. Her touch ignites a fire inside him, and her kisses sear his soul. When she runs from him he is determined to find her and finally unmask the woman who has captured his heart.
Wrapped Up In Her
Jagger Cole - 2020
Next, get yourself into witness protection, because the mob knows what you saw and wants you “taken care of”.Step three? Have one last night out and drunkenly lose your v-card to a gorgeous stranger.Actually, there’s a step four: find out the very next day that your gorgeous stranger is actually the dark, brooding FBI agent who’s going to be watching you one-on-one for the next week.It was supposed to be one freaking night. One night, no inhibitions, no regrets, no rules. Except now me and Mr. Grumpy-Hot are locked in a cabin in the woods together for a whole week pretending to be newly-weds for our cover story.The mob wants me dead, it’s freezing outside, and I’m trapped in the woods with the hottest bossy-pants I’ve ever met. Four walls, two not-so-strangers, one bed, and sleigh-load of mistletoe. Gee, what could possibly go wrong in this scenario?I already gave him my v-card. But when things heat up under the mistletoe, there’s something else he’s after, too: my heart.And this Christmas, he might just get it.Looking for the perfect blend of steamy and sweet? This is just what you need! So pour some eggnog, get cozy, and grab a sleigh-load of mistletoe! No cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.
Mistletoe Kisses
Macie St. James - 2020
But that's exactly what she finds when she returns from being out of town. Worse, the bear has been deliberately trapped by the shop's owner, Will Parker.Will is starting a new life in the town of Reindeer Ridge. His shop, The Big Bear, sells novelty items while also providing guests the chance to see a live bear kept humanely upstairs. Unfortunately, the shop owner across the way seems to be determined to have his shop closed down.But Annaliese soon begins to realize that Will isn’t the bad guy she wants to make him out to be. As their feelings for each other start to grow, they both begin to realize the importance of compromise.This book was previously included in the December 2020 anthology, Small-Town Christmas. The rest of the series was not part of that anthology.The Reindeer Ridge series is a sweet, clean contemporary Christmas series filled with swoon-worthy heroes and a small-town setting.
On Santa's Lap
N.K. Pockett
Even till the age of seventeen she believed that Father Christmas existed somewhere, but just before her 18th Christmas her world changed and so did her beliefs and thoughts. That's till she runs into the plaza's Santa who sported a very sexy six pack under that pot stomach of his, not that she cared. She didn't. But with all the christmas spirit in the air, he was a dose of a miracle that she needed. Even if it was just for Christmas, she can let loose...right?
Healing Love at Christmas
Sam Crescent - 2011
It is a time of moving forward. Natasha and Jake had a terrible year. Accusations of cheating splintered their once blissful marriage.Away for the holidays, alone to work through their troubles, the couple wondered if the season could be a time to mend a broken heart and bring them together. Would Natasha discover Jake was really cheating? Would she discover an equally painful secret? Jake and Natasha were about to test the healing love of Christmastime.
The Christmas Truce: A Novella (Rosalind Brewery Series)
Palmer Jones - 2020