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Amy's Wish


Kay Harris - 2018
    Due to a traumatic past, romance is the furthest thing from her mind. But when a new job opportunity brings her face-to-face with the only man she’s ever had a crush on, Amy’s journey to make her wish come true takes an unexpected path. Carlos Diaz has been burned in the past and he’s reminded of it every day because his ex-wife still works with him at this best friend’s candle company. But he seems to completely forget all the reasons he should stay away from women when Amy walks into his department. A complicated history, over-protective family, interfering best friend, and evil-intentioned ex-wife all conspire to keep Amy and Carlos apart. Despite the hurdles, they will fight to make their wishes come true.

Juniper Smoke


Sadia Ash - 2016
    Juniper Mills is a straitlaced but sassy curator at a History Museum. Raised by her mother to hate men, she worries she’ll die a frigid scholar in a musty house with an army of cats and a lake of books.Kyle Paxton is an intense and intimidating inventor of a successful micro camera from San Francisco. He schedules dating like his work—with robotic precision. This helps him cope with the dark memories of his ex-girlfriend, who still haunts him. Not looking for love, he only hooks up with Amazonian models. When he joins the museum board, Juniper falls for him. She wants him, but knows it's going to be as hard as catching the ocean in a teacup. Juniper becomes Kyle’s obsession, but the tragic secrets of his past cloud his feelings. Juniper manages to knock Kyle’s world off its axis and their galaxies collide in this very unfairy tale. But can they overcome their differences and stop a hateful and vindictive person from tearing them apart?Juniper Smoke is a smoking hot read with fun twists, dark secrets and edge-of-your-seat drama. Nothing is as it seems and no one behaves as you would expect.

Unexpected Promises: An Intertwined Hearts Spin-Off


Kimi Flores - 2017
     Retreat to Hope Falls for the summer, seclude myself in one of the many picturesque mountain homes and study for the test that had kept me from advancing my career. No distractions. No interruptions. I should’ve known fate would have its own agenda. All it took was a few sarcastic comments from my temporary roommate and one coy peek over her shoulder to make me feel again. And now all my carefully laid out plans had been shot to hell. *** This story is a stand-alone small-town romance that can either be read with the other Intertwined Hearts novels or on its own. It takes place around the same time as Grafted Vines ** This title was originally published in Melanie Shawn’s Hope Falls Kindle World. Elements of the world, including characters, are used with permission.

Texas Hold Em'


Ali Parker - 2021
    Either way, this Texas boy ain’t scared. I’m looking for love in all the wrong places.

Yours Always


Rhonda R. Dennis - 2014
    Her distorted reality makes her believe that anything other than working hard will tempt fate, thereby inciting further misfortune upon her. In her eyes, a very simple life is the only way to guarantee freedom from further pain. As a veteran suffering the horrid effects of post traumatic stress disorder, Fletcher Reilly is also a survivor, and after a chance meeting with Savannah, he makes it his mission to free her from the torment of her past. He wins her over, and they start a beautiful life. However, the more Fletcher helps Savannah, the more he falters with his own healing. Demons from his past launch a terrible assault upon him just as Savannah finally discovers how wonderful life can be. Fletcher tries to hide his struggles from her, but the day comes when he must reveal his secret. Savannah is forced to choose between sparing her fragile heart by leaving, or totally committing to the only man she’s ever truly loved. The road promises to be arduous and trying, but she decides to give it her all. Will Savannah’s love be enough to see him through the hardest battle he’s ever had to fight or will their relationship buckle under the pressure of an unseen enemy?

Beautiful Mine


Jordyn White - 2017
    Will it be enough now? I met Connor Rivers in the most unlikely of places — on the Camino pilgrimage in Spain. For three days, we lost ourselves in an impassioned love affair. He made it clear it wouldn’t last, and I accepted it. I went home to California knowing Connor is a restless spirit who can’t be captured by anyone. Even me. I managed to save myself from falling in love with him the first time. But when we meet again almost a year later, in the wake of his family’s horrible tragedy, everything’s different. He’s living in California helping his siblings run their luxurious Rivers Paradise Resort. His wanderlust threatens to destroy his family’s fragile stability. And his power over me is a force I can no longer resist. I tried not to fall in love with Connor Rivers, but it’s too late. Now I can only wonder if love is enough. Or if we’re destined for another gut-wrenching goodbye. BEAUTIFUL MINE is a standalone that kicks off the Beautiful Rivers contemporary romance series. If you like Melanie Harlow, Lauren Blakely, and Staci Hart, you’ll love Jordyn White’s sexy, heartfelt new series.

Bought by a Billionaire


Lexi Jordan - 2015
    She wants a life of passion, adventure and maybe even a little danger. But most of all, she wants a chance to go to college and become an artist. Dylan is willing to give her everything she wants and more, including paying her tuition, but what he wants in return is her complete and utter submission.

Cliché


Ryleigh Sloan - 2018
    To the world, Kevin Peyton is the heartthrob Oscar nominee. To me, he's my best friend, with some sexy benefits.But then I got a taste of his world. A world where being mobbed by fans, violated by intruders, and stripped of all privacy is the norm. I never realized how brutal being in the spotlight would be.I didn’t fit into his world. I didn’t fit into his plans. I only wish I’d discovered that before falling in love with him and changing the game plan.Sometimes changing the game plan changes more than the game. Sometimes it changes your everything.

Love & Other Chaos


Jackie Walker - 2020
    Brody’s my friend - just a friend. He’s also my autistic son’s favorite teacher.He’s as off limits as they come, no matter how drop dead gorgeous he is. Falling for him would be wrong. Resisting him though, is becoming pure torture. After being burned by men who can’t handle dating a single-mom of a special-needs child, I refuse to date anymore. Not until my son is grown. My plan is working fine until my trouble-making bestie presents me with a dare that I can’t resist. I’m a sucker for a good dare - especially when margaritas have been consumed. And she’s just dared me to plant a surprise kiss on Brody’s sexy lips, while she records it for a trending TikTok challenge video. But if I do this, it could change everything. My life is already pure chaos and maybe now is not the best time to shake things up even more. Is it worth risking our friendship and his important role in my son’s life for one kiss? What if he wants more? What if I do? Love & Other Chaos is a hilarious, steamy, friends-to-lovers romantic comedy featuring a drop dead gorgeous and seriously buff teacher with the hots for a single-mom of an autistic pre-teen son... who happens to be one of his students. This story also includes wise-cracking grandparents with zero respect for personal boundaries, swoon-worthy beach scenes, a jerky boss with no concept of personal space, nosey siblings and a foul-mouthed best friend who loves to instigate trouble. If you don't like sarcasm, steam, sexy-times, heroines who drink copious amounts of margaritas and laugh-a-minute dialogue, then this might not be the book for you. It’s a stand-alone novel with a happy ending, because cliffhangers will kill your margarita buzz.

The Author


Lexy Timms - 2018
     Annie Clark is a woman stuck in a horrible job with no expectations or desire to find love. She thinks love and relationships are too much work and more drama than she is willing to deal with in her messy life. When Lincoln and Annie meet, the sparks fly. Neither of them can deny the attraction. She can't do love. She can't do relationships. Could Lincoln be the man who changes her thinking? Could she be the one to help him find love again? "Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be." Spelling Love Series Book 1 – The Author Book 2 – The Book Boyfriend Book 3 – The Words of Love

Stray


Natasha Stories - 2014
    But when devastating news of her ex follows her there, she begins to think she has made a terrible mistake. Tall, stunning-looking Jon Miles had only one goal: to save the mountain canyon where Sunshine is located from businessmen who want to exploit it. But how can he do that when he is already an outcast? There was nothing to suggest they’d ever meet, much less strike a spark of red-hot romance. Except that Erin can never turn away a stray. . .

Accidental Princess: A Hidden Kingdom Novel


Lexi Whitlow - 2018
    That's what I was expecting in Ibiza. But I got way more than I bargained for. A fake wedding with a red-hot Prince Charming turned me into a real princess. Prince Andreas: In Bellecoaste, no one becomes a royal by accident. We’re expected to marry "well," which means one thing: boring. That's not me. I throw parties, I fall in lust for a night or two, and I make a game of everything -- even love. Until I meet Freya—she’s different. She’s got a smart mouth and a sizzling set of curves. And when I taste her for the first time, I can't let her slip away Even if our wedding was an accident, I know I'm in trouble: Because every cell in my body wants to make this fake marriage real. Accidental Princess is a steamy, sultry standalone romance, the first in the Hidden Kingdom Series. The series follows the royals of the Hidden Kingdoms and their journeys through love and heartache. Accidental Princess contains NO cliffhangers, ZERO cheaters, and lots of delightful dalliances on the sun-soaked beaches of Ibiza.

Tempted


K.B. Winters - 2019
    She’s changed my life for the better, and I still get my kicks at work. This time, running Texas’ biggest Adult Entertainment Club. Yee-haw! But when Trouble comes knocking at my door, I can’t say no. Not again. Peaches. The girl looks as sweet as her name. But looks can be deceiving because she’s no ordinary girl. She's all woman with a kick ass job, one that has her in trouble with the US government. They’re out for blood. Says she can handle it on her own, That she doesn’t need my help. But she came looking for me, all the way from Mayhem. I let her go once, It won’t happen again. The woman has lit a fire in me, A flame I can't put out. I need her in my life, not for a day or a week, But for always. Love grumpy bikers who fall in love? Redemption? Or just a hot AF ride on the wild side? You've come to the right place! Tempted is a full length novel with no cheating, no cliffhanger and a guaranteed HEA!

Set Me Free


Serenity Woods
    Read in any order and enjoy!Book 3: Set Me FreePreviously published by Escape Publishing as Summer Fling.A love story that starts at the top of the world. For Chloe, a tandem skydive seems like the perfect opportunity to prove to her ex that she's not as boring as he declared. But planning to jump and actually jumping are very different things. Luckily, there's a gorgeous instructor who is happy to come up with an ingenious way to distract her. After escaping captivity in Afghanistan, Garth Rowland spends most of his time outdoors, trying to forget the terrifying memory of being imprisoned and tortured. Then he meets Chloe, who embodies freedom with her sky-blue eyes and hair the colour of the summer sun. A one-night stand on the beach quickly leads to a summer fling. But they both have ghosts to exorcise before love can set them free.

Lusting For Luke


Sara Celi - 2017
    I worry every  day about my bills and student loans. He's the heir of a wealthy American family, a dynasty that expects him to marry a blueblood--and soon. I grew up on the wrong side of Kissimmee, Florida. When Luke Rothschild races into my life, however, everything changes. He's a breath of fresh, coastal air, a gusty breeze that infuses a brand-new, tempting scent into my world. I lust for Luke, I fall fast, and I fall hard, so much so that I almost forget how little we have in common.  But then comes the inevitable...the stark reminder that I don't fit into Luke's rich, sparkling life. No matter how hard I try to play the part outside the bedroom, or how much I lust for him in his boudoir, there is no way I can erase my past and become the woman his family will accept with open arms.  Or...is there? LUSTING FOR LUKE first in a series of romance novels and novellas set in Palm Beach, Florida. All titles in the "Billionaires of Palm Beach" series can be read individually and independently. More details to be announced at a later date. ****BOOK COVER NOT FINAL*****