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Police Bear: Bear Shifter Romance (B.E.A.R.S. Book 2)
Candace Ayers - 2021
Demon Lost (Bloodwood Academy, Year One)
Rae Foxx - 2021
We thought we had won the war, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth.One bad guy down, except now I’ve got a demon of a boyfriend to rescue, and it’s going to be anything but easy.This Bloodwood Academy Novella is a why choose romance with a snarky heroine, shirtless men, love scenes that will send you swooning, and no end to pulsing… muscles.
Secret Bay High Bully
Blair Young - 2019
Now it’s payback time… My name is Sutton and my parents just died. Now, as I struggle to deal with my grief, I’ve been sent to live with a one of my parents’ oldest friends, a woman named Susan. Susan and I have never met before, she’s a total stranger. But my parents must have trusted her… it was their last wish that she take care of me in case anything happened. But when I get to Susan’s house, surprise surprise…Susan doesn’t live alone. Guess who else is there? My middle school crush, a total jerk named Damon. Damon used to be the class bully, and he made my life a living hell. He’s taller now. And Check out those muscles… Plus he has a a sleeve of tattoos, which is kind of my thing. No two ways about it… He’s hot. Like, scorching. But hot or not, there’s no way I’ll ever to forget what he did to me. And if it takes a little innocent flirting to make Damon squirm… Game on. Dive into a Young Adult / New Adult Romance filled with snarky humor, youthful passion, and teen angst. For Sutton and Damon, romance is the sweetest revenge of all…
Heavy Soul
Shey Stahl - 2016
He's trapped between a world he used to know and a girl he's supposed to save. She just wants to be lost... in nothing... in anything but the devastating reality, she is now faced with.
Bully Bet
Moira Barretti - 2019
Every girl in my class wants him. Except for me. Caden may be the hottest boy I’ve ever seen, but he’s also an arrogant jerk and a bully, and the heir to the Dinarti crime family—my family’s biggest rivals. Getting involved with him is the last thing I should do. Only, Caden won’t leave me alone. He acts like he owns the school and seems hell-bent on tormenting me. But he doesn’t know who he’s messing with. I refuse to bow down, and I just might take the bet everyone is talking about, even if it gets me in trouble. Caden’s icy heart will be mine. And then I will crush it. This is the first installment in the Allegri Elite High School series. It is not intended for readers under eighteen years of age and ends with a cliffhanger.
Savage Salvation (Sacred Creed, #2)
A.J. Logan - 2022
It contains sensitive topics that some may find triggering and is intended for mature readers. Savage Salvation is Book Two in the Sacred Creed Academy series and a STAND-ALONE.
Holly Bough Cottage (Holiday Cottage #2)
Cindy Gunderson - 2021
Facing the possibility of spending Christmas alone—or even worse, at her over-eager parent’s—she booked a two-week stay at the first affordable, well-rated winter retreat she could find: Holly Bough Cottage in the Colorado Rockies. With her interior design business slowing down over the holidays, Liv can practically smell the pine trees and warm apple cider, but most importantly? She won’t have to face anyone for at least fourteen days. Jonah wasn’t planning on being anywhere but home for Christmas, but when the owners of the Cottages posted on a community board that their handyman injured himself, he decided to pull them a solid. It didn’t hurt that they were offering a free stay and double the daily rate he usually made as a middle-school science teacher. When Liv discovers that the man who came to replace her thermostat is staying in the next cottage over, she finds herself looking for opportunities to sit on the porch while answering emails. Even if it is thirty below. Jonah, battling ghosts of his own, can’t help but walk the long way to the office in the hopes of catching a moment with her. With Liv's heart still raw from past wounds and Jonah hiding a past life that could ruin any budding relationship, their initial attraction doesn't seem to stand a chance. Will their unexpected meeting during the most magical of times be enough to open their hearts to loving and trusting again? If you adore cozy Christmas memories, down-to-earth characters, and sweet romance, you'll love Gunderson's heartwarming holiday tale.
Her Forbidden Alpha: Book 1 of The Alpha Series
Moonlight Muse - 2021
Dirty Hero: Twisted Reapers MC (A Reaper Romance Book 6)
Stella Andrews - 2021
Hard. Ruthless. Dominant.Dangerous & predatory.A man of duty and yet a renegade.I stepped from one nightmare into another and he holds the key to my prison.I was operating undercover. Then he arrived and everything changed.Locked in a cabin away from civilization, I am stuck with him until he says otherwise.An operation gone badly wrong that will take a miracle to put right.I may have lost everything. My job, almost my life, and now my principles because one look at him changes the rules.He only wants one thing - me and is prepared to wait for as long as that takes.I’ve never been one to run away from a fight, and something tells me this one is destiny or destruction.Will it be mine, or his?If you love a hard, tough alpha male with a soft spot for a beautiful damsel in distress, then this book is for you.This is an intriguing, emotional, and engrossing MC romance filled with thrilling moments, suspense, family, angst, and really sexy and steamy scenes.A must-read if you like rough, dirty, tough, and sinfully delicious bikers and the women they love.
Fumbled Futures: A Sports Romance Collection
Meagan Brandy - 2022
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Simone Elise - 2019
Sophia never saw herself falling in love and she certainly didn't see herself falling in love with the golden boy at her high school. But it happened and before she knew it, she was pulled into his world. She thought everything was going great — till he dumped her, on her birthday — in front of all her family and friends and on top of that was cheating on her with her best friend Kayla. He didn't just break her heart; he smashed it to pieces. A month after Kyle breaks her heart. She is forced to start a new year without her boyfriend or best friend. How could her life get any worse? Well cue her parent’s sudden departure and where does Soph have to stay while they are away? At Kyles. She is forced to stay with him and his family but she soon finds the man that keeps her sane, isn't the golden boy — Kyle any more. It's his older bad boy brother, who just got out of prison.
Wicked Lies
Mae Doyle - 2020
Friends, the chance to graduate from a high school that would open doors for me around the world, and some serious eye candy in homeroom.But the three boys who rule the school are only sweet to look at. They’re devastatingly rich, cruel beyond words, and know secrets about my past that nobody else does.I’m supposed to leave Taylor Prep. It’s the only way for me to survive, but leaving would mean giving up on the dream my dad had for me. Even though the students at school are going to try to drive me out, they have no idea what I can handle.The rogues may think they can break me, but I’m stronger than ever. My accident may have broken my body and taken someone I loved, but it didn’t crush my spirit.And I’m sure as hell not going to let three gorgeous guys and the school they run crush it now.Wicked Lies is a reverse harem high school bully romance. This is the first book in the series with dark and sexual scenes.
Teach Me To Live
Alannah Carbonneau - 2016
Each novel can be read as a stand alone as each novel will follow different characters.***All I can do is wish for one more day to fall in love with you. Madison Avery is the poster child for obedience. Ruled by anxiety and fear, she never expected Austin Weir. Everything about the tattooed, blue-eyed boy shatters every well-configured law in the Avery household. Teaching Madison to live, Austin breaks through the prison of her anxiety. They spend the summer taking chances, making memories, and falling in love. But love has no comprehension of time. It doesn't fade when summer bleeds into fall and time ends. Love, like life, must continue. Madison learns that love doesn't exist within time. It is endless and unfading and heartbreaking. But one lesson is learned: love is living without regret. Love is life.
Every Breath You Take (Sehgal Family & Friends, Book #6)
Sapna Bhog - 2021
Enter the world of the Sehgal family and friends. A brand new series of books!Here comes the bride…filled with hopes and happinessAfter a bitter experience in her past, Rhea Sehgal has deliberately stayed away from love, until Nirvaan Kapur comes crashing into her life. Her attraction to him was instant. His intense and forthright nature called to the wounded part of her soul. Being with him was easy, falling in love with him…easier, and marrying him—that was a dream come true or so she thought.Here comes the groom…filled with lies and deceptionGaming legend Nirvaan Kapur always gets what he wants, and what he wants is Rhea Sehgal. She was responsible for the death of someone very close to him and he’s vowed to make her pay. Making her fall for him was the first step. His plan was simple—marry her and thus destroy her dreams of happily ever after. It was supposed to be easy, until Rhea turns the tables on him. She declares war on him, one which she intends to win at all costs.He thought he’d win this battle of wills. But when sizzling attraction and white-hot chemistry come into play, even the best laid plans go awry.The road to love, however, is not easy, and sometimes one has to let go of the past, believe in the present, and trust your own heart to have a happy future.Will Rhea and Nirvaan find happiness or will forces working against them manage to destroy their love just when they find their way to one another?Every Breath you Take is Book 6 in the Sehgal Family & Friends Saga, and can be read as a stand-alone.If you like reading strong characters in stories centred on family and friends then you will love this series of books.
Untouchable
Danielle Hill - 2020
Scratch that: she didn’t even like the guy.Maddox ‘Reno’ Renner, the resident King of Claremont High. Dark, brooding, arrogant… you get it. He’s the kind of gorgeous no girl is immune to, including Riley. She shouldn’t feel anything for him—falling for a guy like Reno would be stupid and reckless—but when he sets his sights on her, Riley’s forced to admit just how far she’s already fallen.With expert precision, Reno manages to break down every one of her defenses, but just when Riley starts to think it might be safe to lower her guard, tragedy strikes in a way neither one of them could have predicted, tearing them apart.When Reno needs her most, Riley will have to fight to reach the boy who’s always held her heart, but this might be one fight she can’t win.Because Reno’s heart has always been untouchable.**Note: "Untouchable" is an edgy, emotional, standalone in a series on interconnected books. Each book can be read alone, but it is advisable to read them in order. Due to offensive language and mature themes, this series is intended for readers 17+.