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Expecting His Baby


Sophia Kenning - 2018
    All I have to do is make a baby with him. For nine months, I’ll live like royalty, in a mansion resting on a wooded estate. I’ll dine with celebrities and share hors d'oeuvres with politicians. I’ll ride on a galloping thoroughbred over rolling hills by day and let myself be driven through the glittering city lights at night. And I’ll step onto the red carpet in my couture gown on the arm of Daniel, a billionaire as gorgeous as he is mysterious. I don’t know everything about him, but I know what matters. I know that he can start my heart pounding with a single glance. That his embrace is as overwhelming as it is protective. That his scent arouses and intimidates in equal measure. That his touch makes it impossible to think. And he uses it all to get whatever he wants. I have little time to know him better. To see what kind of man he is behind the mask. To see if he can be a good father to our child. So I can convince myself that I’m not making the worst mistake of my life. Because in nine months’ time when our baby is born... I must leave them all behind. Expecting His Baby is a stand-alone novel with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily ever after.

Indebted


Kylie Walker - 2016
    Gorgeous husband, the perfect daughter and a successful, thriving upscale restaurant in Miami, Florida. Who knew her world could fall apart in the course of one night. Destroy everything she held close to her heart. The secret, the debt her husband failed to tell her about is now on her shoulders to pay in full. Now she must deal with the monsters that threaten her and the only family she has left; alone. Until Shane walks back into her life, someone that she hasn't seen in so long. He not only awakens her dead soul but awakens her daughter Maddy, the child that has built a shell around herself from the outside world. When their worlds collide, the sexual pull is just too hard to ignore but first Holly must pay her husband's debt or have her life destroyed. This is a full length stand alone novel.

Want You Back


River Laurent - 2021
    Charlotte.I thought I'd lost my bag for good. Until, the cutest guy I ever laid eyes onhung out of the moving train's window holding my bag. He wanted to chuck it to me, but my precious laptop was in it.So we agreed to meet at the next station.To thank my six foot plus Adonis I offered to buy him a drink. It was only right. He saved my bag, and he had twinkling cobalt blueeyes that made my toes curl.He was funny and charming and gorgeous at the bar. And the chemistry... off thecharts, but I had career dreams that didn't include handsome bag rescuers. A few more drinks later I was rethinking my plans.Alex Turner looked like he would be great in bed, and I had a box of condomsback at my place.Surely one night was allowed...A Standalone Full Length ContemporaryRomance With A HEA.

The Wolf’s Surprise Babies


Jasmine Wylder - 2019
    Dangerous. Gruesome.I’ve earned this reputation.I’m mafia.My rules are simple:Rule #1: I take what I want, when I want.Rule #2: Don’t get in my way, ever, or you’ll see the beast inside.Rule #3: Love is out of the question.I didn’t ask for this life. I was born into it.Who knows? Maybe I’ll die in it.But before that, there is one thing I have to do…Make sure my daughter can escape the life I couldn’t.She is the only thing I live for.Until I meet Lizzie, the owner of the local shifter dating agency.Full lips, beautiful smile and gorgeous curves to die for.The night I touched her innocent skin,my mouth pressing against hers,I knew it…I had to make her mine.Remember rule #3? Screw it.But my origin is coming back to haunt me.Danger creeps in closer on every side.Now, I also live to save her and the babies she’s carrying.My babies.My family is mine to protect and mine to hold.Author’s Note:✦ this is a stand-alone paranormal romance story✦ with HEA, so no cliff-hangers✦ this story contains mature themes and language, and is intended for 18+ readers only

She's My Boo


Jacob Chance - 2021
    Ginny, a descendant of the original owner, is there to keep me company.One look at her and I’m instantly smitten. Beautiful and knowledgeable, she peppers my days with historical facts and my nights with spice.By the end of the week, I’m convinced we’re destined to be together.But Ginny has secrets of her own—secrets that could end it all when we’ve only just begun.This is a sweet and steamy standalone holiday novella.

I Like Me Better


Susan Renee - 2021
    Stabilize the family bakery business following the death of my father, and then get back to the city. It would have gone flawlessly had I not run smack dab into Hadley Hutton on my first night back. That spit-fire competitive girl was my college nemesis, always one-upping me, until she mysteriously didn’t return for our senior year.So, imagine my surprise when I’m introduced to the bakery’s newest manager and it’s her! Now I have to work closely with her nearly everyday. Words fly and tempers flare between us, just like they did in college, except something is different about her now. There’s more to Hadley Hutton than her sweet looks and salty attitude.Maybe if I can figure her out, she’ll see I’m not the jerk she thinks I am.Or maybe I’m just creating a recipe for disaster.This book is a full-length interconnected standalone! The books in the Bardstown series can be read in any order as each one features a different brother in the Fox family. These books are adult in nature and should only be read by those 18+ years old.

MONDAY: Tall, Dark & Aromatic


Fifi Flowers
    Basil, the man in question, is instantly smitten by Pansie and makes it his mission in life to woo her with his poetry and charm. Could it be that he is the man for her at the so-called Hookup Café?Novella - STANDALONE - book 1 of 6MEET all of THE COUPLES at Cafélicious...Basil and Pansie, MONDAY, book 1 Marzi and Avery, TUESDAY, book 2Nate and Evie, WEDNESDAY, book 3Deacon and Saylor, THURSDAY, book 4Mason and Vivienne, FRIDAY, book 5Vin and Darla, SATURDAY, book 6

Owned by the Prince (Owned #1)


Tristan Rivers - 2021
    Now she’s my prisoner, at my mercy. I’ll claim her. Keep her. Possess her fully. I’ll lock her away in my palace, train her to surrender. She’ll submit to my dark desires until she craves the way I make her burn. And when I unravel the secrets she’s keeping, nothing will stop me from owning her completely. Owned by the Prince is a stand-alone royal romance with dark themes.

SINS: The Complete Series


Emma Slate - 2020
    

Aftercare


Jennifer Hartley - 2019
    Despite her secret yearning for love, she had long since abandoned the idea of finding the perfect man: that is until he walks right into her bed and sweeps her off her feet. When an impulsive one night stands with a gorgeous dominant stranger who takes charge and gives her pleasure as she has never experienced before leads to something unexpected, Regina is filled with fear and self-doubt, her past romantic encounters keeping her from entrusting him with her heart. Will Mr. Right make her fall for him despite her inhibitions? And will Regina finally accept the love she truly deserves?

Claimed By My Best friend's Dad


Sonia Belier - 2018
    Even if you’re my best friend’s dad. I never expected to graduate Harvard Summa Cum Laude. I never expected to get hired by my best friend’s dad’s billion-dollar investment company. I definitely never expected to end up falling for my best friend’s dad after we kissed that night. Rich, powerful, with blue eyes that hypnotized me for as long as I could remember, there was no way I could say no. Now we’re racing to keep this thing on the low- and keep my best friend from finding out. He keeps telling me it’ll be alright, but I’m not sure. I know it’s so bad, but it feels so good. If I spend one more night with him, we might just do something I won’t regret. We’ll keep it our little secret for as long as we can, so I can have him for just a bit longer... Sonia Belier’s steaming hot novella with guaranteed happily ever after that’ll pull your heartstrings. Full of suspense and of course, no cheating! Tons of bonus content included!

Bronx (Steel Horse MC #1)


Blair Grey - 2020
    He doesn’t have time for a woman in his life, but that doesn’t stop Skylar for barging in and needing him. Bronx can’t let her go once he knows she needs his protection. She’s not at all what he thought he wanted or needed, but she broke down all his walls and buried herself in his heart. Skylar just lost her mom and moved back home. She’d left a bad relationship in her last town and she swore she wanted to find herself again. She’d become timid and shy and she wasn’t a fan of this new version of herself. When she finds herself in trouble she goes to Bronx, a man she’d only met a few times, but knew could keep her safe. She’s not supposed to fall for him, but how can she stop it when he’s just so good?

Shielding Jolene


Jen Talty - 2021
    Now all she has to do is hit number one with the next one and she has just the story to do it with: The Alleyway Strangler. And the woman who brought him down is willing to give her a once-in-a-lifetime interview. Jolene boards a plane heading for Texas where she meets a well-meaning emergency room doctor who happens to be her biggest fan. Except, this isn’t any ordinary fan. He’s connected to her past. And now history might repeat itself.While forced into a little mini vacation, Michael “Cannon” Santoro is asked by a fellow Delta Force soldier to pick up Jolene up at the airport and keep an eye on her while she interviews his wife. Cannon doesn’t hesitate. Jolene is like no one he’s ever met, and he finds himself in uncharted waters. Only, he’s about to uncover a sinister plan that will bring both their pasts on a collision course with the future, and it isn’t bright.

Three for a Witch


Lucy Auburn - 2018
     I was supposed to cry my broken heart away. Instead I did a spell to draw three men to me: Orlando, Roman, and Jack. There were my best friends when we were kids. Then something more when we were all fourteen. And I still long for them. But things have changed since we were fourteen. There are cracks and missing pieces. And somewhere out there in the woods, a darkness lurks… a darkness coming for us all. I just hope we can reunite in time to face it, or we might not live to see tomorrow. Three for a Witch is a complete, standalone novel with no cliffhangers in sight.

Stripped Bare


Lynsey M. Stewart - 2018
     I didn’t normally get giddy over strippers, but this wasn’t any ordinary stripper. Ethan was my childhood friend, my teenage crush, the boy that featured in all of my firsts. We had made a childhood pact. If we didn’t find the right person to lose our virginity to by the time we reached eighteen we would be each other’s first. First kiss, first love… First heartbreak. We had been apart for three years. I had forgotten how glorious he was. I watched him grind his hips to the music, creating a dance with the woman in front of him. But after the rip of Velcro, his thong thrown in my direction, his eyes finally focused…on me. Who knew being whiplashed by a sequinned thong would lead to a moment of clarity? It was time to start questioning everything that happened between us until I was left feeling bare. Stripped bare. Stripped Bare is a 30,000 word novella. If you like them long and meaty, this book may not be for you. Or depending on the context…maybe it is.