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Calder
Lana Dash - 2020
From what university I would attend, what career I would choose, and how many children I will have. When I set a goal for myself, it’s not if it will happen, but when it will happen. I’ve worked very hard to get where I am in my career, leaving little time for a relationship. I have clear expectations of an ideal partner for me, and I think that outside assistance will be beneficial to stay the course for my plans for a husband.CALDERAs a young boy, I somehow survived a car accident that I shouldn’t have with only some scrapes and bruises. This second chance inspired me to live my life on the edge of chaos. It’s not living if you have to pencil something in. I’m interested in someone looking for adventure, who isn’t afraid to take my hand and leap.A mountain man in search of a bride. A curvy heroine in search of adventure. One week to find out if their love is a true match.MOUNTAIN MEN MATCHMAKER is a series of short, sweet, and steamy romances about curvy women finding love and adventure with rugged mountain men. Read CALDER if you like matchmaker mistake, action-adventure, with a happily ever after. No cheating. No cliffhangers.
Thorns (The Devious Fae, #1)
Katerina Martinez - 2021
but I kissed him anyway, and now I'm here. My fault.Oh, where's here? It's definitely not the Blind Raccoon, one of Seattle's grungiest, dirtiest, most prestigious dive bars. No, that beautiful stranger at the bar is the reason I'm plucked out of the human world, where most things make sense, and brought to a place called Arcadia - the world of the Fae.A world of monsters.He brings me to a mansion called Emerald Hall, and while it's breathtakingly pretty, I'm a prisoner here, stuffed into a cell and warned not to be seen by the other Fae. I have to try to get out of here, using every trick I learned growing up, but I can't help wanting to know more about the man who stole me from my home and brought me all the way to his.You know, after he tried to kill me.There's something about him, about this place, and about me. Secrets just waiting to be unraveled, if only I cared to pull the threads. But who has time for that when there's escaping to do?
Accidentally Hitched To The Prince
Ana Sparks - 2020
He may be Prince Charming, but I hated his guts.And now? I wake up accidentally married to him!He’s the cocky Prince everyone loves to hate.A walking, talking billboard for arrogance and excess.I wanted to tarnish his name, not take it for my own!And yet here I am, with his ring on my finger.I can’t deny I find him irresistible.A few too many cocktails, and one night of passion was all it took,And a day later, we both wake up in the honeymoon suite,Stunning husband, and staggered wife.Part of me wants to work on the inside; bring him down from within,But the other part of me wonders…Could I remain married to him?Could I fall in love with him?This is the first book in the Royal Heat series.
Tease Me (Titans: The Reserve #1)
Sierra Cartwright - 2022
Forever.Covert operator and former military officer Nathaniel Stratton has one focus, protecting his country. His dedication to his job means he has no time for relationships, and there’s no place in his life for love.While he’s home on leave, helping run the BDSM club he co-owns, Nathaniel is captivated by the vulnerable and beautifully submissive Alani Dane, one of his employees.For years, Alani has been hiding a secret. She trusts no one, and especially not the overbearing and tempting billionaire who is determined to earn her trust even as he destroys the fortress she’s built around her life, and her heart.When things spiral out of control, and her worst nightmare is realized, Alani has no choice but to count on the persistent alpha protector. Will the price he demands be too high to pay?
Nanny For Bear Shifter
Brittany White - 2022
The result? A secret baby who looks just like her father. I am a wolf shifter and our clans are not friendly. To protect my baby from being stolen by the bear shifter clan, I escape to the human world – and run straight into her father. He doesn’t remember me, but I remember him, and my love has never faded. We renew our passionate affair, and we start to create a family with his twins, my daughter, and us.As star-crossed lovers from a different social standing and from different shifter clans will I achieve my dream of becoming a family with the man I love Or will I lose it all?Billionaire Bear ShifterA night of hazy passion with a beautiful wolf shifter. I had plans to meet up with her the next day but my parents forced me into a mating ceremony to further their own gains. My wife gave me twins – a boy and a girl who are my heart and soul – and then she disappeared from our lives.I hired a wolf shifter nanny with an amazing daughter. My nanny seemed so familiar, but where had I met her before? Looking at her daughter was like looking in the mirror. They changed my life and I fell in love. Before I could ask her to be my wife, My parents interfered once again. They kidnapped my nanny and her daughter to force me into another unwanted mating.Would I be able to save my nanny and her daughter from my evil parents and let my love overcome my fears and have the family I always longed for?Note: Adult Only!
Promised to the Killer: A Dark Mafia Romance
B.B. Hamel - 2022
She's the cast-off traitorous daughter of a minor mafia family with deliciously pouty lips and a wicked tongue.But after we spend one unforgettable night of sin in a hotel room, I can't walk away.I pull her from her family's clutches and make her my own. I save her from punishment and torture—and drag her into my world.She's my toy. My plaything. Nothing more. Never more.I'm too wrecked and twisted to ever let myself get too close to a woman—especially a woman like Siena.Until I get a peek beneath her ice-cold surface and taste the heat bubbling up from her core.My father will never approve of this arrangement. He'll cut my throat before he lets me take a traitor as my bride.But I can't get enough, and I might tear apart my family in the process.Welcome to the first steamy book in the Novalov Bratva series! You're going to fall in love with Maxim and Siena's gut-wrenching story, just like I did. Promised to the Killer is a full-length standalone novel with no cliff-hanger and a gauranteed HEA. Enjoy!
The Rancher's Surprise New Family
Holly Rayner - 2022
And she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t nervous about it…Help arrives sooner than expected—and he couldn’t be more different to the man he’s replacing. Dan Zark is the brooding, gorgeous ranch hand with an unexpected surprise in tow: his adorable five-year-old son, Jake.It quickly becomes apparent that Dan is the perfect man for the job—even if calling him “strong and silent” would be an understatement!As the weeks pass, Caitlin grows ever keener to reconcile the loving, warm-hearted man Dan is around his son with the gruff, monosyllabic outdoorsman he is the rest of the time. What’s eating at him?To find out, she’s going to have to cross a line, or several.And further adorable surprises may yet be in store!
Falling For My Boss’s Brother: An Age Gap Romance (Forbidden Series)
Tara Brent - 2021
Dirty Hero: Twisted Reapers MC (A Reaper Romance Book 6)
Stella Andrews - 2021
Hard. Ruthless. Dominant.Dangerous & predatory.A man of duty and yet a renegade.I stepped from one nightmare into another and he holds the key to my prison.I was operating undercover. Then he arrived and everything changed.Locked in a cabin away from civilization, I am stuck with him until he says otherwise.An operation gone badly wrong that will take a miracle to put right.I may have lost everything. My job, almost my life, and now my principles because one look at him changes the rules.He only wants one thing - me and is prepared to wait for as long as that takes.I’ve never been one to run away from a fight, and something tells me this one is destiny or destruction.Will it be mine, or his?If you love a hard, tough alpha male with a soft spot for a beautiful damsel in distress, then this book is for you.This is an intriguing, emotional, and engrossing MC romance filled with thrilling moments, suspense, family, angst, and really sexy and steamy scenes.A must-read if you like rough, dirty, tough, and sinfully delicious bikers and the women they love.
Where the Werewolves Run
Lola Glass - 2022
And I would be like them, if not for my dad.He discovered a cure, used it on me and my mom… and then ran away with us.Questionable decision, right?So I stole the research and headed into the town, determined to get the cure into the hands of the lycans.But the town hates outsiders almost as much as they hate my family.The only person who will even have a conversation with me is the hot guy who runs the town's diner, and he only talks to me when no one else is around to hear.If the lycans find out who I am, they'll kill me. But if they don't, I'll never be able to cure them.Regardless of my fate, I'm not leaving this town until everyone in it has a chance to take the cure… even if that means embracing the connection I have with the diner guy.Because I think we might be fated mates.*This new-adult paranormal romance features sass, snow, and steamy slow-burn romance.Moon of the Monsters Trilogy Release Dates (may be moved up)Where the Werewolves Run: February 10thWhere the Lycans Howl: March 3rdWhere the Monsters Change: March 24th
Baby Secrets in Seattle (West Coast Players #1)
Layla Valentine - 2021
Fat. Lie.He got what he wanted and dropped me, in more ways than one.And guess what? I’m pregnant.Now I have to choose between keeping this to myself,Or sharing it with the piece of work who robbed me of my dreams.
How to Catch a Cowboy
Tia Souders - 2020
She's a broken-hearted city slicker seeking refuge. Can rancher Rhett Montgomery overcome his bitterness and loss for a second chance at love?When Danielle Roberts discovers her husband of three years is cheating on her, her life falls apart. On a whim, she retreats to the small town of Cedar Falls, freshly divorced, and hoping to lick her wounds at Montana Wilds Ranch Resort.Rhett Montgomery works himself to the bone, burying the sorrow of his past in his business and avoiding his sister's attempts at pushing him back into the dating pool. So when one of his ranch hands is injured and a long term visitor with clear blue eyes and long dark hair offers to take his place, he refuses her help. But his sister intervenes, and before he knows it, he's stuck with a female ranch hand.Why does he have a feeling this is just another one of her set-ups?Too bad he'll have to squash any hopes of a blooming romance between him and the newcomer.Yet somehow, the more he pushes Danny away, the more she softens his heart of stone.
Small Town Dragon Daddy
Lisa Daniels - 2021
While running from one alpha male,I had not intended to fall into the arms of another.Instead of a high powered, wealthy fiancé who controlled meI find myself under the caring spell of young father.With one kiss, I know that my destiny is forever changed.Seeing his dragon shifter son in his full splendor,I can’t wait to see what Cooper looks like.Then again, his black hair, broad chest, and luscious lips –I’ve never felt such a primal pull to anyone the way I feel with him.But there’s a sadness behind his eyes when he looks at his son.Will he only ever see me as a shifter nanny?Or can I convince him that I’m worth him taking another chance on love?
Vampire King
Zara Novak - 2021
Not only can I see and feel people’s emotions, I can use this information to look into their minds and find their deepest darkest secrets. Now they want me to interview someone new, a dangerous serial killer that has never broken.Until now.When I journey to Carcoza city I know the trip is a mistake. America’s new capital is a rough jewel in a desert of blood, a boiling pot of murder, sin, and far worse. My target is Lucas Vancino, an incredibly dangerous alpha vampire locked behind bars for the murder of thirty women.He claims he was set up, and after seeing past that roiling wave of lust raging through his vampire mind, I see something else too, something that worries me.I think I believe him, but it doesn’t really matter, it just so happens I picked the worst day of the year to enter this deadly prison.As a thousand rioting prisoners battle to the death all around us the dark alpha takes me and we escape into the depraved city of Carcoza, a fugitive vampire on the run with his hostage. Before long those fierce red eyes of his turn on me, and I find myself unable to look away…He wants me to submit. He wants me to obey. He says I’m his.The scariest thing?I’m starting to think he might be right.Publisher’s Note: Punished contains strong sexual scenes, submissive themes, and a powerful alpha vampire with a playful dark side. You have been warned.
The Cowbear's Fated Mate
Liv Brywood - 2020
Now he’s back in Huckleberry Valley and he’s trying to move on, but the ghosts of his past won’t let him. Tormented by nightmares and unable to get close to anyone, he just wants to be left alone.Melody’s not having it. The curvy vet thinks she can heal him, as if he’s another one of her wounded animals. But there’s far more to his story than she could ever know. If he told her the truth, she’d walk away forever, and he’s not ready to lose the only woman he’s ever wanted to claim as his mate.This is the first book in the Huckleberry Valley Shifters series. Although all the books in this series are stand-alone, readers may find they enjoy the stories more if the books are read in order as the characters and tales are interconnected. There are no cliff-hangers, no cheating, and each book has a guaranteed HEA. Love scenes are fully realized and at times, include explicit language. Recommended for readers 18+, please. Enjoy!