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Hot Nights in Morocco
Catherine Wiltcher - 2019
Too bad it comes with movie mogul Jake Dalton who’s equal parts sexy and arrogant ass. He's also a man who comes with a thousand warning signs. Good thing I have zero interest in complicating my life.But while stuck on set in one of the most exotic places in the world, the desert heat isn’t the only thing making me sweat. The more time we spend together, the harder it is to deny the chemistry sizzling between us.When we finally give in…the sex is off the charts. But Jake has too many secrets, and combined with my past, trust is impossible. This craziness is temporary, right?
Trust
Mignon Mykel - 2020
Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project.Trust. Verb. To rely upon someone or something.Six weeks ago, Crew Dawson lost the partner who he knew without a doubt would always have his back. Losing K9 Ammo was the hardest day of his police career, and finding a new K9 partner isn’t working out too well for him. He’s ready to give up his role in the K9 unit when Sunnyville Police Department teams up with a high-risk dog shelter. Instead of finding a K9 that the department is looking for, though, he chooses rescues that unlikeliest of dogs.Trust. Verb. To have confidence; hope.The last fifteen years haven’t been too kind to Shawn Ypma. A teenaged mother, she fought hard to land on her own two feet. While she had the support of her parents, she stopped believing in love and happily ever after. Why should she trust a man when they’ve all failed her time and again? Her first and only priority right now is getting her daughter Austin through school, and hope Austin doesn’t make the same mistakes she did.When Career Day comes to Sunnyville Middle School, Shawn doesn’t know how to take the smiles and kind words from the new School Resource Officer. Little does she know, he and that massive dog of his are about to teach her a lesson in trust...
Guarded
Rachel Leigh - 2020
Bromberg’s KB Worlds - Driven & Everyday Heroes.When I left this town, I left behind a piece of my heart. I did it for us. Enlisted in the army, served overseas—it was all for a better life. A life she deserved. A farmhouse with a white picket fence, a dog, kids—the American Dream. Going home to her has always been the plan. I just didn’t anticipate any other reasons for escaping this sandpit. Now I’m back. Burying our dreams. A shattered heart and no mending in sight. Guarded like a shield to protect me from a pain that I never knew existed. I didn’t think I could possibly move on, let alone with someone else. And, never with her sister.
Brazen Bossman
Emma Nichole - 2020
But the heat of the moment took over... We went too far... and I liked it. Maybe I should just leave the city and change my name to spare myself the embarrassment. Stop me now before I do it. Please. Royally Screwed in the City, Piper
Inked
Tracy Lorraine
I say I’m embarking on the life I’ve always dreamed of. It’s all I have left.LA is everything I hoped it would be—a distraction from the life I’m desperate to escape. Fresh air and a fresh start. A chance to rediscover myself.But before I can do that, I discover her.Harlow Winters. She falls into my lap, and everything changes.The artist in me recognizes her beauty. The broken man relates to the darkness threatening to consume her.Suddenly, the future isn’t quite as daunting.I’m trying to escape my past... but she refuses to let hers go.With the scars of our past inked onto our skin and tattooed on our hearts, can we salvage a future under the weight of our memories, or will they crush us both?
Dangerous
Piper Stone - 2019
I should have been.I knew Erik Chenault was dangerous the moment I saw him. Everything about him should have warned me away, from the scar on his face to the fact that mobsters call him Blade. But I was drawn like a moth to a flame, and I ended up burnt... and blushing, sore, and thoroughly used.Now he's taken it upon himself to protect me from men like the ones we both tried to leave in our past. He's going to make me his whether I like it or not... but I think I'm going to like it.Publisher's Note: Dangerous includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
Billionaire and Nanny Secret (Daddies and Babies Book 1)
Lauren Wood - 2021
Bossy Baller: A Hero Club Novel
Melissa Belle - 2020
Not the hottest guy I’ve ever laid eyes on…I’m probably not the first runaway bride to get discovered hiding in the back of a stranger’s pickup truck. And Maverick should probably dump me on the side of the road and be on his way. Instead, he agrees to give me a ride across the country. I quickly learn that Maverick isn’t just a sexy football star. He’s also bossy as hell with a surprising sweet side.We’re supposed to stay in separate hotel rooms, not share nights fraught with sexual chemistry. We’re supposed to drive straight to Chicago, not veer off on romantic side trips.So when absolutely nothing goes according to plan, I tell myself that whatever happens on this temporary road trip will be just that—temporary. Nothing lasts forever.The last thing I need is to get attached to a bossy baller whose priority will always be football.But just when I think I’ve got everything under control…Maverick changes the play at the line.
Mister Know It All
Amélie S. Duncan - 2021
Listening Length 10 hours and 8 minutesA romantic comedy set in the world of Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward's Stuck Up SuitWhat’s a girl to do when she discovers that her boss/boyfriend (I don’t need a lecture, thank you very much!) is a cheating windbag?Dump him and quit her job, of course.After that, it was supposed to be the Summer of Me—a totally self-indulgent few months.Except that I met a drop-dead gorgeous Viking with a bossy attitude.We clashed on his arrogance and crassness, but geek bonded over Star Wars and Star Trek.He offered himself as a no-strings-attached candidate for my get-my-groove-back sex plan, and I left because he already had a girlfriend, even if they were on a break.But I couldn’t stop thinking about him.I really, really needed to find someone less complicated, but he infiltrated my thoughts.He was hot, after all (And his towel might have slipped on purpose.) Seriously hot.No matter how many times I decided not to pursue anything with him, he kept showing a softer side of himself.But we couldn’t keep going like that, neither here nor there.Some decisions had to be made.One that could change everything.If someone had told me how my Summer of Me would end? I’d never have believed them.But I regret nothing.
Her Alpha Dog
Katana Collins - 2020
Josh is demanding, intense, grumpy… and also the sexiest man I’ve ever seen.And once that sexy scowl of his is directed at me, I see so much more to it simmering below the surface. I see the intense heat, desire, and even… tenderness.Tenderness? That can’t be right. Alpha-holes aren’t tender… are they?
Heart of a Rebel: Rebel Aces MC Part 1
K.D. Latronico - 2019
Growing up in a motorcycle club, with a stint in the military, he had always taken the responsibility of protecting others seriously. There had always been one weakness for him, though, in the form of a vibrant, beautiful redhead - Leah. As the new president of the Rebel Aces, the entire world is now on his shoulders. When old threats resurface, Ward will do everything in his power to protect and keep safe those he loves. Leah Martinez’s entire life was turned upside down when tragedy struck during her teenage years. To her, life could end at any time, and she vowed to cherish every single moment. Twelve years later, the peace she and her siblings had found becomes threatened again. With those she considered family being in the line of fire, including the man she loved. Together, Ward and Leah embark on a chaotic journey in order to protect those they valued and loved. Bonds will be tied. Loyalty will be stretched. Family will be strengthened. But will it be enough? Can sheer determination and control keep the demons at bay for both of them and the club before it all is yanked from their grasp, including their love? DISCLAIMER: This book is 18+ and does contain sexual situations, strong language, and violence. This is the first book in the Rebel Aces series, and it is NOT standalone and does have a mild cliffhanger. No cheating, couples do have a HEA - the overarching plot of the series continues on into the next novel.
Crush
Kelsie Rae - 2020
Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes Worlds project.I signed up to be a surrogate because the dating pool is that shallow. Besides, my uterus might as well get used before it starts to grow cobwebs, right? Go figure that fate would screw with me as soon as I check in at my first doctor's appointment.It's official. I've hit a new rock bottom.Now I'm stuck drooling over my obstetrician, Dr. Benjamin Bennett. The wounded widower knows how to play my heartstrings like a seasoned violinist.I thought I'd be stuck lusting from afar, but it seems luck is on my side when I find him on a dating app.Dr. Bennett is looking for a friend with benefits, and I'm more than ready to jump his bones.What I don't expect however, is the man beneath the good looks. The longer I'm around him, the more I start to wonder if he'd ever be interested in pursuing something real, or if I'd always be lost in his wife's shadow.
Ruthless Renovator
Paisleigh Aumack - 2021
The opportunity to host a satellite radio show gave me a new lease on life and everything was great…until I was forced to interview a ghost from the past.I guess what they say is true…some ghosts are meant to haunt you. He was always my ultimate dream but instead he became my devastating heartbreak. With his interview over, I was ready to move on with my life. However, he had other plans. While his focus was getting reacquainted in a way he said was meant to be, I just wanted him and the memories he brought gone. He challenged me. I built up my walls—my heart was closed to him—but I forgot he was ruthless in the pursuit of what he wanted.They say there is a fine line between love and hate and I skated it until I couldn’t fight it anymore.
Bought And Paid For (Part Three)
Paige North - 2019
He has everything—cars, women, a billion-dollar company, and a rumored sex tape that was hurriedly scrubbed from the web faster than you can swipe right. Now Grayson’s PR people want an image makeover for their buttoned-up client, and I’ve been hired to act like the girl next door who’s tamed the wild beast. He’s a total bastard, but I’ll take his arrogant, belittling attitude if it gets me the money I desperately need to save my family. What I don’t count on is Grayson Royal turning me into the exact opposite of the nice girl I’ve been hired to play. He looks at me like he wants to devour me, kisses me until I’m dizzy, and uses his mouth on me until I scream his name. The worst part is, I like it. I like being who Grayson Royal has bought and paid for. I just don’t know how I’m going to pick up the pieces after he destroys the perfect life we’ve created. Because even though the romance might be fake, the heartbreak will be real…
Catch
Deborah Bladon - 2020
I found something that belongs to Keats Morgan, the notorious bad boy sports agent. So I do the right thing.I return it.You’d think the man would be happy to have it back. He’s not.Instead, he proceeds to fire his assistant right in front of me. He looks to me to step in as a replacement, but I want nothing to do with the jerk.Keats is gorgeous and charming as hell. It’s his arrogant attitude that makes me turn around and almost walk out the door. The problem? I desperately need a job. Any job. And Keats is offering me an incredible one.I agree to his terms before I realize there’s a catch, and it’s a big one.