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Obediently Ever After
Measha Stone - 2019
Something to relax me. Maybe I’d find a girl, maybe I wouldn’t. I had very little expectations.Until Angelica walked into the room looking like she stepped out of a 1952’s Home and Garden Magazine. It wasn’t just the sexy domestic style that caught my eye, it was more. I was drawn to her. One night. A little fun. A little roleplay. But it wasn’t enough. I don’t think I could ever get enough of her. But my pretty girl lied. She hides something from me, and I won’t accept that. She’ll learn. And when it’s all over. When I’ve saved her from the demons chasing her, I’ll truly make her mine. And she’ll live obediently ever after.
A Clean Billionaire Boxset
Anne-Marie Meyer - 2019
Get swept away today with these swoon-worthy heroes! Forgiving the Billionaire Love deserves a second chance. Hannah has finally come home after having been away for seven years. Despite her fears about facing her past, she’s desperate to get away from her boyfriend’s proposal. She didn’t expect to see Logan again. Logan is trying to adjust to his father’s death, being a single dad, and his new status as a billionaire. He thought he had a handle of that until his childhood crush, Hannah, comes back into his life. And she’s everything he remembered her to be. If only they could move on from their broken hearts. If only they could see how perfect they are together. Then maybe the mountains in front of them wouldn’t feel so unsurmountable. Finding Love with the Billionaire Opposites attract in the Alaskan wilderness. Madeline is desperate to finally be taken seriously, but that doesn’t seem to be the case when her boss asks her to write a puff piece of billionaire party boy, Liam Davenport. Liam just wanted a quiet life roaming the world. When his father dies, leaving him to face the media storm surrounding Davenport Outdoors, he’s forced to trade in his hiking boots for tailored suits. They’re determined they already know all there is to know about the other person. Until their plane crashes into an Alaskan mountain side. Suddenly, they’re faced with a choice. Put down their pride to survive, or keep their prejudices and struggle alone. Falling for the Billionaire Two lost souls make a whole. Paige has moved to New York after her father lost his business and passed away. Living with her quirky aunt as she attempts to start over wasn’t what she had envisioned for her life, but she’d determined to be successful. James has a golden finger. As a billionaire, his life is perfect—except that’s not the life he wants. Trouble is, he’s not sure what he’s meant to do. When James meets Paige, he’s intrigued by her. She seems to have everything figured out. The plan was simple. Figure out what James enjoys. If only their hearts hadn’t gotten involved. If only their pasts didn’t come back to haunt them. When everything feels as if it’s crashing down around them, the one thing they feared might be the one thing they needed all along. Fixing the Billionaire Love can mend a broken past. Millie has given up on love. After all, men never seem to show up when they’re supposed to. Joseph is trying to atone for his mistakes that he made before his daughter passed away. He’s left behind his privileged life to travel from town to town, paying off stranger’s medical bills. They were perfectly happy living their single lives until Millie rear ends Joseph in the parking lot of the hospital where she works. Fate intervenes and they find themselves thrown together. But love isn’t that simple.
The Sheikh's Bride Deal
Holly Rayner - 2020
She’s got her eyes on the prize—the CEO position of her company—and is one big deal away from getting there. After accompanying her boss to the up-and-coming middle eastern city of Kayyem to sign a contract with the ruling family of the city, she’s ready to do anything to sign the deal that will make her career. But what she doesn’t realize is that traditional Kayyem customs may make things slightly more complicated than they first seemed… Ibrahim Al-Sharim is a playboy prince with irresistible charm, and bright hopes. Though he’s involved in family business matters, he’s never been taken as seriously as he’d like, and soon comes to find out that he’s to be married off to an American woman for the sake of a securing a real estate deal. Ibrahim has lived a bachelor lifestyle for his entire life, and now he has to play husband? No sooner has the ink dried than reality sets in: Madison has just unknowingly agreed to marry a member of the Al-Sharim family to seal the deal, and she’s expected to stay in the foreign city married to a practical stranger for three months! Sparks soon fly between them—but both are painfully aware that they are contracted together into little more than a shallow arranged marriage. Will Madison discover there’s more to life than chasing titles? Will their tawdry marriage deal turn into something truly beautiful?
Second Time Around
Kelli Walker - 2021
I didn’t think I’d ever see him again. The way he left. The way he broke my heart when we were still teenagers. It’s still surreal to think about.Surreal… and pathetic. I still wear the bracelet he gifted me. Still miss his gentle touch. And the look in his eyes that said he loved me. But a lot has changed since we broke up. Ryan is a billionaire. He has women swooning over him. There’s no reason for me to think that he feels the same way about me. Seeing him back in town is going to be hard. Keeping my distance from him… even harder. Mending my heart was never easy. And doing it a second time around will be near impossible?Read as part of this series or as a stand-alone book. No Cliffhangers and a HEA!
My Mafia Boss: Pulse
Tasha Fawkes - 2020
Her pulse skyrockets every time she's near the devastatingly sexy Irish mafia boss, Marcus Ryan. And working as his security consultant, getting close happens often. Not that she mind. Bad boys are in Allie's DNA and Marcus Ryan is the ultimate bad boy. As things heat up, Allie discovers a secret about Marcus that could destroy everything. Can Allie and Marcus survive the coming storm? Find out in Pulse, the first book in Tasha Fawkes new steamy romance series, My Mafia Boss.
That One Night
Amy Brent - 2018
But Sam? That’s playing with fire. A bad boy Rockstar with melting eyes and that dimpled cocky grin. I wasn’t going to say no. It was one long hot steamy night. My hands in his tousled hair, his lips so hungry on my skin… I broke it off the next day, but I haven’t forgotten. His wounded gaze still eats up my soul. And now he’s proposing marriage to save my ass. It’s just business, right? We won’t forget it’s pretend. Will we?
Her Best Friend (Love Off Limits)
Hannah Jo Abbott - 2021
But that plan didn’t include moving home after college, single with no job. And it definitely didn’t include falling for her best friend.Travis never asked out the one girl he wanted to in high school. But it’s against the rules to date your best friend.Hoping things can be different now, Travis jumps at the chance to hire Julie at his store. But his plan to spend time with her is foiled when she tells him she signed up with a dating app.As Julie goes on dates that are epic failures in every way, Travis is the one she shares the stories with. He’s more and more sure she’s the girl for him. But admitting his feelings might scare her away.Will their friendship turn into something more, or will fear end their relationship forever?
The Playboy's Pretend Girlfriend
Raquel Belle - 2019
“I’m willing to pay $100,000 to you for helping me to learn how to function as an adult, and pretend to be my girlfriend.”$100,000? For 3 months?That’s more money than Jacqueline Cross makes in three years!Dylan Brandt has just been given an ultimatum: Get your act together… or you’re getting cut off!No trust fund, no cars, no personal chefs, no bottomless expense cards, no nothing.That’s where Jacqueline Cross — Dylan’s sexy downstairs neighbor — comes in to the picture.After she barged in to his apartment at 2am on a Thursday morning to tell him off for his loud music and irreverent attitude……Dylan thinks he knows just the person to whip him in to shape… or at least pretend to.The plan works at first, his dad is happy and it looks like he’s making real progress… barring some confusing boundaries regarding sex……until Jaqueline finds out that Dylan’s father OWNS the company she works for and HR comes after her because she’s dating the boss’s son.It gets worse…A story breaks that Dylan knocked up two separate women — AT THE SAME TIME — and they say they’re carrying his children!
The Playboy's Pretend Girlfriend is a stand-alone romance novel with a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhangers.
This Is It: A Second Chance Romance: San Diego Social Scene Novella
Tess Summers - 2020
Thinking back to the prior evening’s events, I decided it was definitely the naughty one. There had to be a mistake —I was always on the nice list. But the gorgeous, naked man snuggled next to me seemed to suggest I had a lump of… something waiting for me. Maybe the nice list was overrated. Or maybe naughty girls really did end up with coal in their stockings.GrantI was now on the ‘every-other-weekend and alternating holiday schedule' with my kids —one more thing about divorce that I detested. Attending my law partner’s Christmas Eve party seemed like a better alternative to drinking alone in my boring beige condo, staring at my new pipe-cleaner tree with its new, shiny ornaments. The last thing I expected was to be propositioned by a former PTA President. Or to wake up Christmas morning not wanting to leave her bed. But you don’t get to be our age without plenty of baggage. The question was, did ours match?This sexy, feel-good second chance romance will have you cheering for Paige and Grant to finally find their happily ever after together. But not before they discover that dating —at any age —isn’t so easy.
First Love Second Chance
Chanta Rand - 2017
She didn’t belong in his world of glamor and high-stakes opportunities. But now a chance encounter with a runaway teen convinces him there’s more to life than his own selfish needs. Despite his wealth and status, Social Services won’t consider him an acceptable candidate to adopt the kid unless he can provide a stable family environment. There’s only one woman Colt can trust to handle the job—his ex-wife, Shayla. To convince her he's a changed man, he'll have to go hard or go home. For almost a decade, Shayla Carter has fought feelings of anger, grief, and confusion every time she sees her celebrity ex-husband on TV with some new bimbo draped on his arm. She never imagines the man who filed for divorce after only two months of marriage ever would want anything from her again. So, when he shows up out of the blue with a Texas-sized solitaire and a promise to do right by her, she gives him a reception like hell frozen over. But Colt is persistent, and when he agrees to her long list of demands, Shayla can’t help but wonder if it’s time to give her first love a second chance.
Howl Of The Rejected: Sunderverse
Ingrid Seymour - 2021
They taught me the shifters’ savagery and how to destroy them.But everything changes when I’m pulled into a life among the packs, my sworn enemies.They think I’m the alpha for their powerful triad—a group of three wild werewolves with iridescent stares and indomitable hearts, one of which thinks I’m his fated mate.But I care nothing about triads and their brutal ways, and I definitely don’t care about the possessive shifter that tells me I’m his at every turn.No matter how sexy he is, I will never be his. My only hope is to escape, and neither their guards, spells, nor my twisted fate will get in the way of my escape.*Author Note: This book is not RH
Reed's Resolution
Natalie Ann - 2019
Eight Unique Stories. All Stand-alone Novels. On November 30, 2016, Hurricane Nina hit Bali, Indonesia. In the aftermath of death and destruction, eight strong sexy men will realize it’s time for a change in their lives. A resolution of sorts. A contractor, personal trainer, a millionaire, a stuntman, a rock star, a thrill-seeker, an army veteran, and a trust fund prodigal will all find a way to conquer their loss and learn to love. This is Reed’s story. Resolution: To be the man he used to be. To find a way to be happy once again. Reed Chapman thought he had the perfect life. A beautiful fiancée and a successful business. When tragedy struck, his perfect world imploded like the Titanic hitting the iceberg, making him realize his life had been anything but wonderful. Though his business is still thriving, his personal life and outlook on women are still sinking deep to the ocean floor with no life vests in sight. Taylor Winston never had much in life so when prince charming entered her life, she figured she had it made. She thought wrong. Now she’s a single mother relocating so that she doesn’t lose custody of her daughter. The last thing she has time for in her life is a man. Then why is her new sexy boss popping into her dreams so frequently and unexpectedly, making her wonder why she’d even consider accepting the proposition he so neatly laid out for her?
The Single Life with Zola Patterson Part 1 (Zola Duet)
Danielle Allen - 2020
Just follow the rules and you’ll be fine. Rule Number One: Never chase a man. Rule Number Two: Be honest about who you are and what you want. Rule Number Three: When you know, you know.Rule Number Four: Never let your men cross paths.Rule Number Five: Don’t catch feelings. Dating isn’t hard.Settling is hard.Faking it is hard.Finding the one is hard. But dating? Not so much.
Reaper
B.E. Kelly - 2020
He was so different from the little boy who haunted my dreams with his sad eyes and pleas for help. No—the man he had turned out to be was confident and cocky; willing to stand up for what was right. Saving him is my only way to save myself and I’ll do whatever it takes, including using my gifts as a seer. I come from a long line of women who can see the past and the future but this time, I’m afraid that the darkness will consume my visions and my only lifeline is Reaper.