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Always His by Jenna Rose


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His Smarty Pants (Kappa Sweets #1)


Mayra Statham - 2019
    Major sparks flew with a first kiss, but reality had them crash and burn their freshman year. Fast forward the start of their senior year at University of the Desert. He’s in trouble, and she is his only hope. When he asks for help, she finds herself striking up the deal of a lifetime. An exchange. She will help him pass Greek Mythology as long as he will pretend to be her boyfriend, so her match-making sorority sisters will leave her alone. Shouldn’t be a problem, right? Wrong! All too quickly they start to realize the fireworks from their first kiss years ago were far from a fluke. The high-voltage chemistry they share now is undeniable. Can Miss Smarty Pants and the Jock have a future? Or is it a matter of time before they fizzle out? Temps might be dropping this fall but things are starting to heat up with the girls at Kappa Sweets!

Claiming His Babygirl


Cameron Hart - 2021
    She’s my old college friend’s daughter. She’s bratty and beautiful. Sassy and smart. Temptation personified. And totally off-limits.One look and I knew. One dance and she was mine. She needs something from me. Something she doesn’t understand. Something I don’t even understand, but I want to give it to her. I want to give her everything.I want her to be my babygirl.Arabella:Cristiano is everything I’m not. He’s commanding, experienced, and always in control. He’s traveled the world while I’m still at home, taking a gap year after high school.One look and I knew. One dance and I was his. It’s not just his body I want, it’s his care. His...discipline. Sometimes I feel like I might disappear if I don’t make a scene, but Cristiano sees me. He sees me and demands better of me.He says I’m his babygirl. Does that make him my Daddy?Claiming His Babygirl is everything you’ve come to expect from a Cameron Hart book: Lots of heat, plenty of sweet, and just enough drama to keep things interesting. No cheating, safe, guaranteed HEA!

Going Deep


Penelope Wylde - 2021
    But when my gorgeous, green-eyed one-night stand discovers my V-Card his protectiveness leaves me wondering if there could be more.Much more.He promises to go deep and teach me all there is to know about sex and when in Vegas…well, no one says no, right? And I get bonus points if it counts toward research.But when it comes to love, can an addictive flaming hot one-night fling become a forever thing?Author’s naughty note: Short, steamy and extra sizzling and all the insta-lust Vegas romance you can handle. She’s the virgin and he’s the sexy alpha who can’t get enough… As always with a Penelope Wylde book, you'll get the filthy, naughty bits you crave with the perfect happily ever after you love.

Tempting the Hitman


Hope Ford - 2021
    But now Colt is back.I’m in danger and someone wants me dead.He makes it his mission to protect me andI discover the reason he left me all those years ago.I love him. I never stopped loving him, and I think he feels the same.But is the past going to repeat itself? Or is he going to stick around this time?

The Thug


Jordan Silver - 2014
    When he overhears the hot little number over the wire at one of his clubs saying what she'd like to do with and to him, his curiosity gets the better of him and he takes a look. Now he's bound and determined to own her. Alexandra Conti is a good girl. The daughter of a cop, she's learned to tow the line. But she can't resist the allure of Bad Boy Gio. She has no idea that while she and her best friend had been sneaking into his club, that he'd had her in his cross hairs. How will she handle it when she finds herself stashed away in his house, and he claims he plans to keep her...? For good

Love Scars: Bad Boy's Bride


Nicole Snow - 2014
    Nobody explained why I've been dumped in this run down house, or who this hulk with the filthy mouth is. All I know is he wants me, he says I'm his, and I'm ignoring my instinct to run like hell.When he pulls me into his embrace, I want to push closer to his warmth, his strength, his vicious tattoos.Can I trust him? Can I trust myself? Or will obeying his wicked words confirm all my worst suspicions?DAVIDSo sweet, so pure, so confused...I almost feel bad about claiming her. Almost.Too bad she's a Rossini, and I don't regret making her old man sign her over to me for one second. I was born a Strelkov, a killer and an outlaw, and I second guess nothing.The instant my hands are on her, I know I've made the right choice. The crazy ache in my lips when they're not on hers doesn't lie. Revenge is a dish best served hot, sweaty, seething with passion, and Anna's tonight's special.Yeah, she's gonna flip when I shove the wedding contract in her face. But I'm gonna make her my wife in every nasty, beautiful, permanent way I can, even if it means adding a few more scars to my skin and Anna's heart...

Five Alarm Neighbor


Anna Leigh Keaton - 2006
    But when one night turns to two, and emotions complicate their simple affair, can they survive the inferno of their growing love?

Justified


Aurora Rose Reynolds - 2014
    Nolan sees Chloe through a window of a bakery in downtown Manhattan. At first sight, something about her calls to a piece of him he thought was lost. Without thinking, he begins watching her, and when the moment presents itself, he strikes, claiming Chloe for himself. For a man who is used to getting what he wants Nolan wont let anyone or anything stand in his way.

Bucking Bronco


Madison Faye - 2018
    Long, thick…rope. The biggest stud on the stallion ranch has his eyes on one lucky lady, And if she wants to save a horse? Well, he’s got more “cowboy” than she’s ever ridden before. Rough, wild, and ready to buck all night. I never needed much after I left my rodeo circuit days behind. Just me, my land, my horses, and my peace and f**king quiet. But that’s before she comes crashing into my world like a wild filly. Prettier than a country rose and fiercer than Kentucky moonshine. I’ve got her tied up good and tight after I mistake her for a horse thief. But one look at those big dark eyes, those legs that won’t quit, and those soft curves that beg to be held, and I’m not sure I’ll ever let her go. I know I should stay away from a tempting, teasing little city girl like Tara Stokes. I know she works for the family on the other side of a blood feud from mine. But I also know one taste of those pouty lips and all I want to do is make her mine. This little spitfire needs taming. Lucky for her, she’s shacked up with the biggest cowboy in Sugar County. Cause country boys do it better. Country boys do it harder. And country boys can go all night long. Tara might not know that yet. …Oh, but she’s gonna. Grab your hat, put on your spurs, and pour yourself some sweet tea - things are about to get hot! If completely over-the-top, obsessed alpha heroes and out-of-control insta-love is your thing, get ready ride! As with all my books, this standalone novella is safe, with no cheating, and a HEA guaranteed.

Beautifully Insightful


K.C. Lynn - 2015
    I see the world differently than everyone else, I feel everything differently and I reflect on life differently. And being different in my world is not a good thing.I live in a place that’s divided between the rich and the poor, the beautiful and the unbeautiful, the prestigious and the mediocre. I have always belonged in the first category, because my father was the Governor of Georgia. Growing up around people I could never relate with, my life had always been lonely, that was until my senior year when I met the one boy who would change my life forever. A boy who my parents would never approve of because he didn’t come from money or the same social class. He rode a motorcycle, had tattoos and was considered to be from the wrong side of the tracks. Yet he was still envied by many.Ryder Jameson was someone who every guy feared, and one who every girl wanted to be touched by. He didn’t do attachments, or have friends… until me. And for the first time in my life I finally felt like I belonged. When I was with him, my different didn’t feel wrong or ugly. He made me feel beautiful- insightfully beautiful. Then one day my world came crashing down on me, and it would be six years before I'd once again see the boy I fell in love with.RYDER JAMESON ~ After working my ass off I am given the opportunity of a lifetime, and if I pull it off I will be the youngest FBI agent to run one of the biggest undercover operations in history. Only the case that gets thrown in front of me leads me back to the one place I swore I would never return to, and to the only girl who’s ever mattered to me. Except Emily Michaels is not the same girl I left behind. She still looks the same, she’s still beautiful inside and out, but there’s one thing that’s very different about her, one very big thing, and it’s something I didn’t think was possible.Ryder and I come from a world where politics separates us and wealth defines us, but even after all this time we will not let it divide us. Here is our story.

Dax


Kate Hunt - 2020
    And I'll move the damn mountain if that's what it takes for us to be together.

Bare Your Soul


Rochelle Paige - 2016
    Walking into a strip club and asking for an audition certainly qualifies as desperate, but when her mom's battle with cancer ends months before Angelica is due to start college, she doesn't feel like she has much choice. The moment Morgan Cadwell sees her on his stage, he knows she's the one woman who could make him break all the rules. There's no way he's going to let Angelica dance for other men, so he hires her as his live-in personal assistant instead.Morgan's offer lets Angelica keep her clothes on...but little does she know that, in the end, he'll make her bare her soul instead.

You Are Mine


Lucy Darling - 2021
    Then she was gone without a trace. I don't know what sent her running, but the one thing I did know is that I wouldn’t rest until I found her. All I cared about was getting her back. And I would do exactly that, no matter what it took.KennedyLosing your memory is scary. Especially when you wake up alone and realize there’s a baby growing inside you. I have to stay strong for both of us, whoever we are. Still, in the back of my mind is a man who makes me feel so many things I don’t understand.Then he's there standing in front of me. Some tell me I should be wary of billionaire Dane Osborne. I find it hard to believe that he’s in love with me.But he still keeps saying those three words that have me wondering if I should be running from him or to him. "You are mine."

Saddled Love (Forever Safe Romance Book 6)


Claire Ashlynn - 2019
    Needing a fresh start, she and sister take off for the wilds of Montana, unknowingly with danger close behind. She never thought she’d find love on a dude ranch, but cowboy up! Here we go! Rett has been making life work. Taking over his Dad’s dude ranch with his brothers has been a wild ride. Taking on a new cook will help settle things done, so he thinks. Standing in the kitchen is a five foot nothing of pure sexiness. He doesn’t know what hit him but he knows has to have her. Will her past catch up to her? Can he save her? Can this be a forever Love? Saddled Love is part of the Forever Safe Series. This book is a novella. This is an Insta-love romance with a guaranteed HEA. It's steamy and recommended for 18+.

Christopher


Fiona Davenport - 2021
    The last thing he wanted was for Snow Valley to fall into the hands of a heartless corporation. Although he had no interest in getting married, he agreed to his mom's plan to save his hometown. He'd marry his mail-order bride but in name only. Once he and his brothers owned Snow Valley, he'd annul the marriage and move on with his life as though it had never happened.The plan was simple...until he met Winter Green and realized he was never going to let her go.The Mistletoe Brothers are ready to save Snow Valley … even if it means marrying complete strangers. The six women who arrive in this mountainside town all have very different reasons for agreeing to an arranged marriage. And none of them quite know what to make of the six ruggedly handsome brothers who greet them. But they do know this: there’s no turning back.It’s Christmas, the season for miracles … but is it also the season for falling in love? Join six of your favorite romance authors this holiday as they show you around the most romantic town you’ve ever visited. It’s got an ice-skating rink where you can hold hands, hot cocoa to sip by the fire, and plenty of mistletoe that you can kiss under.These stories are filled with high heat...because with six brothers, there are plenty of packages to unwrap.Christopher and Winter's story was previously available in the Mail-Order Brides for Christmas anthology. This edition includes two new epilogues and an expanded first chapter.