Like, glass shards on top of sandpaper rough. She managed to get out of an abusive relationship only to have her ex kidnap their 4-year-old son just days before the custody hearing. Lily has become so difficult to be around that her best friend, Alexa, has finally given up hope and abandoned her in Shorty’s Pub.Gerrit Rousseau is an oasis of calm in a stormy world, downplaying his smoldering good looks as he tends bar and keeps his head down. His emotions are not easily stirred, but the brazen, tattooed Lily is lighting a fire. There’s something about her, something beyond her looks, that gets his blood pumping to all the right places.Sexual fireworks are inevitable with these two, especially during Mardi Gras—but things in New Orleans are never as simple as they seem. When a man turns up dead and Lily admits to Gerrit that she was directly involved, all hell breaks loose in the Crescent City. Gerrit is compelled to get to the bottom of the twin mysteries of the death and the missing child, but first he must figure out where the mysterious Dani Weeks and her son Riley fit in.

    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?

    Yuki Smith doubts her mother’s judgment on men, life, and definitely on naming her “lucky.”Dylan Jameson is her twin’s best friend and all the things she’s not. Filthy rich, focused, and drop-dead gorgeous. And beneath it all he is a really great guy. Then he messed it all up by asking for what she could not give, commitment.Dylan heads to Ireland, somehow he took her luck with him. Now Yuki must board a plane to god-knows-where, to encounter god-knows-what, hoping for a chance to tell Dylan the truth. Because he’s captured her heart and something tells Yuki she’ll need luck to get him back. Friends become lovers in Yuki’s Luck with strong family ties, alpha men, and professional women in beautiful Dublin Ireland.  This BWWM romance will have you happily reading non-stop until the last word. Scroll up and order your copy today! Read all the Smith Pact Duo Romances 1. Yuki's Luck2. Asher’s Sonnet3. Smith Surprise

     Ambitious and responsible, Abigail Johnson always puts aside her own needs to fulfill her boss’s. Playing the role of his fake girlfriend, however, is one task that pushed her to her limits. Pretending to be a billionaire’s girlfriend during his family’s white sand Christmas reveals a side of her boss that intrigues her. Their first staged kiss, awakens Abigail to the realization that this invented relationship might actually have become real. When someone leaks her identity to the media, she has to make a decision that will change the rest of her life, and that of her Billionaire Boss.

    She’s afraid to trust. One chance meeting changes everything. When school teacher Kelsey St. James is robbed on her way home, a handsome stranger comes to her rescue, turning her world upside down. With eyes that can see right through her and a dimpled smile that makes her weak in the knees, it would be hard not to fall for him. But she’s moving to the other side of the world in a month. She can’t fall in love—not now—no matter how much he makes her heart flutter.Keeping his secret life as a prize fighter separate from his billionaire persona is easy until Mitch Prescott saves a beautiful woman from a back alley mugger. He never counted on meeting the woman of his dreams while undercover. She assumes his secret identity is his only identity, and he’s not sure how to set her straight without scaring her away.She thinks she knows him, but he wants to prove that he’s so much more.

     Ten years ago, he ripped my family apart. I never forgave him, but I also never forgot him. I never thought I’d ever see him again. And I definitely never thought I’d be pregnant with his baby. Laura I swore I’d forget this place and never come back. But most importantly, I swore I’d forget all about him. Brendan Morrison. My brother’s best friend who got him killed. My reason for cutting all ties with this place. The unbidden subject in my darkest and most forbidden dreams. The years have changed him. He’s rougher than I remember—more dangerous, and sexier than sin. I know that I can only get hurt again if I let him too close. But I can’t help myself when I’m pressed against his hard body. When his whispers hang hot against my ear. Reminding me of a truth that ten years can’t hide: This time, he won’t let me go. Brendan Ten years ago, I destroyed Laura’s family. For ten years, I carried the guilt with me. All I wanted was a chance to make things right with her. When I heard that she was back, I knew this could be my last chance. I expected her to be cold, or angry. What I didn’t expect was a spitfire not afraid of giving me a piece of her mind. Ten years have changed her in more ways than I could ever imagine. One thing’s for sure: she’s not just my best friend’s little sister anymore. I can’t help thinking about her curves. I can’t help imagining her moaning beneath me. I’m supposed to keep my hands off her—I’m supposed to keep her safe. Instead, I’m going to chain her to my bed, and ride her until she’s carrying my kid. DECEIVED is a steamy standalone second chance secret baby romance between an outlaw biker and his best friend’s little sister. Warning: contains violence, language, dark themes, and STEAMY intimate moments.

    For Holly, it was love at first glance, the first time she saw him across the stage at drama club. Now she’s stuck in the friend zone and her only hope is that Michelle’s challenge will help to get her out.Cameron spends so much of his energy acting, he doesn’t even know who he is anymore. When he and Holly are set up to participate in a dare, he hopes it will help him find out what his true feelings are.The dare? To record a video of the two of them kissing and upload it to the internet.Let the fun begin.Sweet romance, laugh-out-loud comedy and a collection of wonderful, authentic characters who will become your friends. Dive into this series of short stories about finding love in fun and light-hearted ways.

    This Christmas, she's determined to get what she's always wanted...Zach Steal's heart. Zach: Billionaire. Biker. Bad boy. That's what they call me. Everyone assumes they know what I want in a woman. They're wrong. Bethany Riley is beautiful, curved in all the right places, and those hot-for-teacher glasses make me want to go back to school. But she's got a ring on her finger and I know she's a good girl. A soft, sweet, naive woman who'll take one look at my tattoos and leather and run... Bethany: My job is stressing me out, my engagement is a joke, and I can't stop thinking about a man I can't have. Zach Steal. Tall, dark and handsome? Check. But he's taking my boss, Alexa, to the office Christmas party. It's time for a change. With a little help from a mysterious, magical matchmaker and one smoking hot red dress, this Christmas, I'm going to steal Zach's heart. Warning: Jingle bells and mistletoe… This adorable holiday quickie is gonna make your heart hurt in all the right places. This naughty office romance will make you laugh, cry and want to throw things. If you want to see the nice girl turn naughty and take on a bad boy biker who likes to be the boss in bed, then do what you’re told and read this book! HEA guaranteed.

     Matchmaker Meg Austen is focused on one thing—finding the financial backing to create the app for her company, Love, Austen. When the investment firm tells her she needs a boyfriend to prove her faith in the process, she agrees to a fake relationship with a divorce attorney. Parker Matthews is determined to get the partnership left vacant by his father’s death. But when a colleague suggests having a girlfriend will increase his chances to get the partnership, he lucks out by finding the one girl who doesn’t expect a future with him. As they spend time together, their feelings change. But when their fears about commitment resurface, can they find a way to make it work?

    Secretly...of course. Devin Andrews loves his job at Fierce-The Brewery and working for his cousin Mason. What he doesn’t love is that his Aunt Jolene has set her sights on making him the next target of her matchmaking scheme. But he’s onto her and has no plans on falling prey like her unsuspecting children did. Besides, he’s not sure he has what it takes to fall in love since he never has before, even being the oldest of the family. Hope Hall picked up her life and moved to Charlotte for a man. She should have listened to her family when they cautioned her against it, reminding her that she was too spontaneous with everything in life...even men. After being blind, stupid, and naive once again, she doesn’t want to go home and listen to them say they were right. Instead she is trying to make a life for herself—one without a man in it—and prove she can do it on her own.

    Her cousin Chloe’s wedding is the following day and she needs to get from Northern California to Los Angeles. Unfortunately, she doesn’t have enough money to fix her car, much less buy a bus ticket. When Jake Bellomy, the hot Biology lab partner from last semester, offers to give her a ride home, she takes him up on his offer, even though she knows things are bound to get tense since he traded her for another partner in their Biology class. Kendra knows he’s a jerk, but what she doesn’t realize is that God has a way of revealing that people aren’t always what they appear to be.

    triple-fold. My son is number one. My business is number two. And number three – non-existent. I don’t have time for anything else. Love – not for me. Sex – absolutely. Relationships – hell no. I had a wife. She died. HEA over. I was content with that fate… Until my best friend’s daughter. Little Danielle was all grown up, and when she needed a job... Well, I just happened to need a new secretary. I couldn’t help being bad. I had to have her. Her beauty. Her curves. Her doe-green eyes. Her innocence. She was a forbidden temptation. But I became the snake anyway, enjoying every damn second… Until she got pregnant. I told myself another marriage and kid were off the table. Yet I was so drawn to Danielle. Now, we’re at a crossroads. One path is paved with obstacles; The other offers me freedom. Time to choose…

    But when a black-haired beauty crosses his path during a competition adventure race, he wonders if his bachelor days are numbered. Lucy Avila, recent college grad and former university mascot, isn’t looking for love when she travels to Utah with her friends to compete in Questival. She just wants the grand prize of a trip to Cusco, Peru to meet the grandmother she’s never seen, before her little Abuelita’s time is up. But standing between her and the grand prize is a Spartan-like leader of a team of firemen. Lucy likes the guy, but isn’t crazy about her chances against his team. No sooner do Lucy and Blue hit it off than they realize he was the star quarterback for her university’s biggest rival. To make matters worse, their families have long histories and prominent positions with their respective universities. From a Skylodge on the side of a Peruvian mountain to the Skybox of a football stadium, their love blossoms as they put aside rivalries. But one bad decision by Lucy pulls in hundreds of frenzied fans and causes damage to Blue’s family that may be irreparable. The only thing that is for sure … Sparks Will Fly. More books in the Park City Firefighter Romance: Station 2 Series will be available early 2018: Stone Cold Sparks by Cami Checkouts Untitled Sparks by Sarah Gay (These books are loosely related and can be read in any order.)

    With her eye for design and her cut-glass accent, no-one would guess Beth Forrest’s impoverished background. It’s all throw pillows, china patterns, and upper class brides as she manages the Wedding Registry at Pettett & Mayfield, the stately maiden aunt of London department stores. It’s not quite her dream job, but each bride she helps to select beautiful and oh-so-expensive items for their gift list brings her one step closer to buying a little home of her own, and financing the education she longs for. When physics professor James Tetherton-Hart, brilliant in his research lab but awkward and disorganised in everyday life, comes to the store in desperate need of both a gift and a partner for a wedding that evening and recognises her, all her careful plans and meticulous checklists are turned upside down. Now her first love is back, determined to make her his partner for life, not just the evening. But unless Beth can let go of the mistaken beliefs that separated them in the past, and appreciate the depth and breadth of God’s love for us all, her only gift from the wedding will be another heartbreak. Book 1 in the Love In Store series of sweet inspirational romances. The Wedding List is a novella length prequel to Believe In Me, a semi-finaling entry in Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest 2013. WARNING The Wedding List is a Christian romance! Please don't buy this book if you are offended by the G-bomb (God), Jesus, and mention of prayer, church, or the Bible. Includes Halloween costumes, kissing, and a hint of gentle slapstick humour, as well as British spelling. 37,000 words 132 paperback pages

     I'm an ex-marine turned lawyer whos looking to settle down. One day I decide to make a routine trip to the local bookshop which turns out to be anything but routine. It turns out that while I am out there looking to find a gift for my assistant, my eyes happen to gaze upon the curvy, young show owner. She has a figure that is straight out of a dream. I want her. Badly. And I will do whatever it takes to make sure she belongs to me. She needs to know. She is to be desired. People call me Ari. I am a young and determined shop owner who runs my store day in and day out with great tenacity. Also, people who know me say that I am somewhat of a curvy girl. Yeah no kidding, I am like 10 sizes too big and all the guys know it. In fact, I am still a virgin and I owe all that to the fact that the gods have endowed me with extra curves in all the wrong places. Then one day out of nowhere, in walks the most handsome looking man on the face of the planet. And he has arms the size of cannons. When he walks in and asks me out on a date, I am shaken to my core. Is he the one I am missing in my life? His lascivious glare and coy smile would have me believe so. This is book 1 of the Fateful Encounter Series. This book is short but oh so sweet. Great for you if you love romance stories with curvy girls, strong alpha males, and a happy ending. Steamy scenes included!