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Aiden
Jet Masters - 2019
Plunge head over heels as you ride out a hurricane on an oil rig. Dive into ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐ด๐๐๐๐ & ๐ด๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฆ by master storytellers, Jet & Ellie Masters where your happily ever after is waiting.ARIEL BLACKFor a woman unlucky in love, Ariel certainly falls for it fast. With a Cat-Five hurricane barreling down on the Gulf, her mind should be on the mission.So why is she falling into the installation managerโs arms? Aiden Cole makes her heart race, her pulse pound, and the butterflies in her stomach soar, but true love and happily ever afters have never been in the cards for a woman like her.AIDEN COLEItโs been years, and Aiden refuses to honor his wifeโs dying wish to find love again. With wounded men on his rig, he only cares about getting them to safety before the storm hits. When the rescue pilot turns out to be a woman, heโs surprised. When she falls into his arms, heโs shocked. And his entire body is taking notice.Can Ariel be the one? His second chance at love?But when Hurricane Julian arrives ahead of schedule, there are more pressing concerns than falling in love. Will the worst storm of the century destroy their chance at a happily ever after? Or will true love prevail?Sparks will fly in this love at first sight, steamy contemporary romantic suspense. If you believe in true love and soulmates, this story is your happily ever after. Donโt miss out, get your copy now.๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐ถ ๐โฏ๐๐พโฏ๐ โด๐ป ๐โด๐โฏ ๐๐โด๐๐พโฏ๐ by JET & ELLIE MASTERSLove is everywhere in this swoon-worthy, steamy series of combustible coupleโs romance stories.โ
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๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐.Youโll find it all. Plunge head over heels as you ride out a hurricane on an oil rig. Get swept off your feet by a treasure hunter as you hunt for sunken Spanish gold. Be carried away by a Delta Force Operative in the middle of a mountain rescue. And find true love with a special ops Para-Jumper in a small town. Dive into ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ: ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐ by master storytellerS, Jet & Ellie Masters where your happily ever after is waiting.๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐: ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง & ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐: ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ & ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐: ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ & ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐: ๐๐๐ฑ & ๐๐๐ง๐ขโ
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Sins or Secrets
Khardine Gray - 2021
what he didnโt know was I lied because I had to.It was the only way to protect him from my fatherโs cruel hand.That last goodbye was supposed to be forever.I left town and never expected to see him again.Then Aunt Lily died, and I returned home.Not knowing her will would open Pandoraโs box.Her will threw me right back in Loganโs path, and back in his bed.But heโs not the boy I left behind.Heโs the irresistible, tempting ex-marine women put on their wish list.And our attraction is incinerating.All consuming.Undeniable.And, unlike the past, thereโs no one standing in our way.Thereโs nothing to stop us.Except me.
lost in texas
Sandy Appleyard - 2021
The city girl in a strange predicament. The scoundrel that thinks fiancรฉs come with a price tag.Never, ever date a client. Thatโs what I keep telling myself. Until Terence Daniels walks into my office. Fine. I caved. Biggest mistake of my life. Next thing I know Iโm fleeing Louisiana, hunkering down with my best friend in Dallas. Iโm starving, terrified, so confused, and Iโm thinkingโฆthings just cannot get any worse. Until Kateโs car breaks down outside this bar that looks like their patrons kill women with sticks. We have no choice but to go inside. What I find in there is nothing that I would expect. What unfolds in the coming weeks are more mistakes. Better ones. And then one that Iโll forever call my favorite mistake.***After the day Iโve had, Iโd sooner eat my boot than cook something. My brother Zack agrees, so we go to this hillbilly bar, where we keep a tab. One cranky woman and her sidekick show up, looking like lawyers among us cowboys, and we ask if we can help. The cranky one thinks weโre trying to steal her car, but the other one softens. All is fine and dandy until she hits us with something that would shock a groundhog back into his burrow until hell freezes over. The look in her eyes is what gets me. Fear. I canโt stand that in a woman. Especially this one, with the tough exterior, making out like sheโs fine when inside sheโs a crumbling mess. Never figured sheโd turn things around like she does. Never figured Iโd be the one to help her put it all back together. Never figured sheโd see right through me yet show me the way in a way that nobody else has.โฆand for the life of me, I never figured that sheโd inadvertently bring so much danger to the ranch.HEA (Happily Ever After)Ranch romanceCowboy romanceMedium heatCourse languageCliffhanger ending
Mafia's Dirty Secret
Summer Cooper - 2020
Ungrateful. Bitch.Thatโs what Marieโs mother always calls her.She never wanted Marie in the first place and never stops reminding her.Marie almost escaped her abusive mother once.If only she really could have been a bitch.If only she could have left and let her mother rot away in her sickbed...She could be at university now, studying to become a doctor.Instead, sheโs trapped in a place where sheโs an outcast.Day after day, taking care of her motherโs every need and enduring every abuse.Until she meets him.Surely, a man like that wouldnโt notice her. Exceptโฆ he had.But good things never happen to someone like her, do they?What if the rumours about him being mafia are true?Would it even matter?Warning: Story contains strong language, domestic abuse and adult scenes that may be upsetting. Intended for adults only.
Love, Riley (Redemption Hwy 4) (The Pennington's Book 1)
Leaona Luxx - 2017
TROUBLE.Thatโs all she is and all sheโll ever be.What in the hell was I thinking getting involved with her?Everyone knows her reputation precedes her.But Iโll be damned if I donโt like it.Hurricane Ava crashes to shore wreaking havoc, the beautiful disaster she is.And I love it.Whatโs worse, she does too.So, why am I in love with her? Because, she loves me.She just doesnโt know it yet.
Primal Howl
Piper Davenport - 2019
My father founded the Primal Howlers and he expects me to wear his patch one day. The problem is, I donโt know if thatโs what I want. Lately, I couldnโt give two sh*ts about anything. Until her. RaquelI moved to Monument, Colorado to write my thesis and get some much-needed distance from my overbearing family. What I didnโt expect was to find is myself hung up on a biker who appears to have nothing to lose. I, however, have everything to lose and Iโm worried Orion just might be my downfall.
Fighting for This: The Last Resort Motel
Gwyn McNamee - 2018
The California surf boy has no business being up Spruce Mountain or anywhere near The Last Resort Motel. There can only be one reason heโs hanging aroundโto search one of the old mines in hopes of striking it rich. And as soon as heโs done, heโll be gone fast enough to make my head spin. But Max brings more than just a danger to my heart. MAX Aurora Clayton is the last thing I expect to find at The Last Resort Motel. What in the world is a girl like this doing in the middle of nowhere, Nevada? Search the land I inherited and get back to Californiaโthatโs the plan. I never expected to find something here even more precious than silver. But someone else is after whatโs down that mine shaft. And Iโll do everything in my power to protect what Iโve found, including Aurora. ***Fighting for This previously appeared in The Last Resort Motel shared world as Room One***
Healthy Scratch
Robyn M. Ryan - 2021
The only kind sheโs willing to consider are friends-with-benefits and even a red-hot and sexy hockey player like Dave Martin isnโt going to change that. Right?When those chocolate brown eyes threaten to melt her defenses she has to remind herself that demons from her past could rise up at any moment. Which is going to be pretty hard to do, since she loses herself every time they touch.Dave used to love the benefits that came easily to professional athletes; especially when they were in the form of puck bunnies who only wanted one night. But when he meets the pint-sized girl with bewitching green eyes and sun-streaked auburn hair his outlook suddenly changes. He wants forever with Lauren. Now he just has to convince her.Can Lauren risk everything for the man sheโs secretly been falling for? Or will her past stop her from taking a chance on love?Healthy Scratchโbook #1 of the Tampa Suns Hockey Seriesโis a standalone romance whose main charactersโ lives are intertwined with those introduced in The Clearing the Ice Trilogy. You donโt need to read the trilogy to enjoy Healthy Scratch. The book stands on its own, promises HEA, and no cliffhangers! To heighten your enjoyment of the Tampa Suns Hockey Series, you may wish to read The Clearing the Ice Trilogy.
Rookie in Love
Zoe Beth Geller - 2021
If I wanted winter, I'd work in New York City location, not the Miami office.I prefer to represent clients for movie roles and commercials but no, I'm sent to Maine, which is more like freaking Siberia in winter. And to top it off, I have to track down this punk kid with an attitude.I'd rather be sipping a Cosmo on South Beach where I live but I have to rethink this when I meet Wyatt over the burn bin at the hockey pond. The wood isn't the only thing sizzling when he bedazzles me with his pearl-white smile, and the way he fills out those jeans, well... did I mention that I hate the cold weather? And the minute he takes to the ice with his buff body has me second-guessing my love for football? And my hatred for a committed relationship?
Crashing Back Down
Kristen Hope Mazzola - 2013
Her late husband, Randy, left for the Army right after their wedding. Instead of celebrating his homecoming and living in marital bliss with her soulmate, Mags finds herself living in constant agony. Dealing with the guilt of still living without Randy, are Randy's best friends and parents. Rising from the ashes of this tragedy, Mags starts to learn how to love and trust again, finally being able to find happiness. But sometimes things really are too good to be true and again Mags learns how cruel the world can be as she crashes back down.**18+ for sexual situations, cursing, and adult content.***
Love at Sunset Lake
Sally Bayless - 2018
An artist who's withdrawn from the world. A property battle that just might heal them both.When struggling caterer Tess Palmer inherits her great-aunt's home at Sunset Lake, Missouri, she thinks she's found the way to save her business. Selling the property can provide just the infusion of capital she needs to pay off her debts and move to a larger commercial kitchen.Wildlife painter Jack Hamlin, who lives across Sunset Lake, wants the area kept exactly as it is--a place where waterfowl can thrive and where he can find peace and solitude to ease his troubled heart. Although he's drawn to Tess's honesty and beauty, he's appalled to learn she would welcome a deal with a developer, and he vows to stop her.As Tess discovers the reasons why Jack is so passionate about protecting the lake, she finds him more and more attractive. She takes a tentative step past her own emotional pain to risk her heart again. But there seems to be no solution to the impasse over the property. As a sale becomes imminent, can Jack and Tess trust God--and each other--and finally find a love that will last?
Bayou Cottage
Suzanne Jenkins - 2020
Itโs the perfect place to run away to after her heart was broken.The first night while sheโs down at the road to lock the gate, a hunky guy on horseback steps out of the woods, but Maggie doesnโt recognize him. Turns out they were childhood playmates long ago during winter visits to her grandparentsโ cottage. Justin Chastain, local vet and wild horse advocate, heard through the grapevine that Maggie had returned to Cypress Cove and wanted to see her for himself. But he didnโt know that she was hiding from a failed marriage, leaving her with a big chip on her shoulder. It remains to be seen if she can ever trust again. The chemistry Maggie senses fluctuates between lukewarm and molten, but for Justin, itโs constant and heโs falling in love, hard. Then he unintentionally commits a blunder that Maggie will struggle to forgive, and they have to start all over again. Is there another chance at love for Maggie Angel?
Hooked
K.C. Falls - 2013
He lets women believe what they think they see. Itโs easier that way. No woman would want the truth heโs never shared. Lara Lamb is sailing away from what she thought she wanted. Because she wanted the wrong things and always for the wrong reason. Lara sees Morgan for what he is: a rich, shallow Peter Pan who happens to have a cute monkey. Trouble is sheโs only right about the monkey. Sheโs everything Morgan never wanted. She makes the easy way look like the cowardโs way. Ready to take the chance, Morgan struggles with how to let Lara closer than anyoneโs ever been. Will his unspeakable wounds be too deep for her to bear?
Intrigued
Z.L. Arkadie - 2019
He was the abyss, the dark sea and buried in his depths were treasures, wonderful beautiful treasures." Get Christmas all year longโฆ I thought I would end the holiday season as I had every year, alone in my bed, binging on my favorite seasonal TV shows while feverishly working to find my next article to write. That was until I received a call from an old friend, who made me a proposition I couldnโt afford to refuse. And so this year, I was spending Christmas with the Christmases. When I arrived at the mansion, Bryn, the one who invited me, was nowhere to be found. It was her older brother, Jasper who welcomed me with un-opened arms. Jasper Christmas was a beautiful but dark angel. He was intense, brooding and the epitome of sexy; danger dripped from his pores. Brynโs proposition would put me at odds with this mysterious being, who guarded their family's secrets with his flaming sword. So soon I found myself passionately entangled with Jasper Walker Christmas. Iโm now worried that our encounters will make me betray the reason Bryn invited me here in the first place.
Hot for Teacher
Whitley Cox - 2020
Three sexy single ladies who drink a ton of wine every Saturday night, bitch about life, have each other's backs, are the ultimate mama bears, and hope to one day, just maybe find love again.This is Celeste's story ...Fifteen years ago, Celeste was eighteen, in love and on the honor roll.Then she got pregnant.Now, a widow and a single mom, she does her best to give her daughter, Sabrina, a good life.But something is missing in her world.Or someone.Back when he taught her math, Celeste didn't have a crush on Mr. Travis, but that doesn't mean she's not hot for teacher now or able to ignore her rampant fantasies.All Max wanted to do was buy was a pair of jeans. However, when he bumped into his former student, Celeste, he ended up with so much more.She's not a kid anymore and it's impossible for him to stay away from her. Even when he knows he should.But an angry student is out to wreak havoc for them all. One who hates Sabrina, and wants to cause problems for Max and Celeste.Like love, high school can be a battlefield, only neither of them knew just how dangerous it could be until the scandal explodes like a grenade. Celeste and Sabrina's relationship hangs precariously in the balance, and Max isn't sure if he should stay and fight for the woman he's falling for, or get out of dodge before everything he's worked so hard for goes up in smoke.**Note: This book can be read as a standalone. It includes lots of steamy scenes, cursing, a sexy alpha male, and of course as with all my books, this has an HEA and no cliffhanger or cheating. If you liked my single dad series, then you'll love this spin-off trilogy.