Your innocent eyes brought me hope, your kissable lips gave me life and I knew that nothing could stand between you and me.Not even him. And so I did what I had to do, to make sure you'd forever be mine. When you smiled at me, I knew you understood. And now, I am never letting you go.

    At least according to mob boss Duke Toscani. Our alcohol-induced agreement is simple – He's mine and I'm his.What he doesn't realize though is I'm a package deal. My grandmother took care of me when I was orphaned, and now it's my turn to take care of her. Even if I have to work three jobs and skip a few meals and good nights' sleep to do it. She may believe in Christmas miracles, but I'll need a lot more than Santa's elves to save me from the man on the very top of the naughty list.Author’s note: Garnish with a Candy Cane is fun, funny, and completely safe, if not totally sane standalone novella. Celebrate the holiday season with a guaranteed happily ever after romance.

    Shy and artistic, she’d rather keep to herself. But when she gets talked into attending a school football game by a new friend, the drop-dead gorgeous quarterback can’t take his eyes off her. Will Blake Travis be the one to bring Skye out of her shell?Blake Travis is saving himself. The hottest superstar at UT just isn’t interested in playing any other field except the one with a football on it. A romantic at heart, he’s holding out for the real thing. As soon as he lays eyes on the shy stranger with the smoky green eyes and flaxen hair, he knows he’s found her.SCORE is a super-sweet, safe, scorching-hot story about first love. No love triangles, cliffhangers or cheating.Book #1 in the Travis Brothers series

    Right up until the day he noticed that his neighbor’s daughter had become the beautiful woman who was meant to be his. Since then, he waited not-so patiently for her to turn eighteen. He bided his time by watching over her. When he realized that all she wanted was a baby of her own, he was ready to give her more than just his love. He’d give her everything.

    It’s why I don’t date. I don’t need complications. When Zoe crashes her car, she needs help. She’s quirky, independent, hot as sin, and wants to be friends. For the first time in my life, I want more, but when I realize she’s my neighbor...well, that’s one hell of a complication! ZOE CURTISJaxon Parker is huge, he’s hot, and he’s out of my league. His nickname is the Beast and with his fame and talent, he could easily be an a$$hole. Except he isn’t. He’s helpful, kind, fun, and wants to be more than just friends, but I can’t get involved with a man who can leave anytime. When he asks me to be his date for a work function, a Halloween Ball, I can’t refuse the favor. One week in a lakeside resort with my friend will be fun, and nothing has to change. After all, he’s booked two separate rooms, how hard can it be? This October, twenty-four of your favorite contemporary romance authors are bringing you a month filled with sexy-spooky Halloween steam. Get ready for over-the-top love stories sure to set your spine — and other parts *wink* — tingling. Brew some cider, grab your favorite blanket, and snuggle up with these hot shorts. The Halloween Steam series is sure keep you warm and cozy all autumn long.

    But right now I have everything I’ve ever wanted—Except a curvy beauty to share it with.Then Natalie appears at my front door like a babe in the woods. She’s exactly the kind of distraction I don’t need while I’m deployed. I’ll worry about her. I’ll dream of her.I can throw her out—out of these woods, out of my home, out my life.But I can’t throw her out of the spot in my heart she’s carved open and crawled into.NatalieConfession: I’m a romance novel addict.My favorite kind of heroes? Mountain men.I realize I’m more likely to meet Sasquatch out here than a real-life, hulking, handsome recluse who will come to my rescue if I get lost.It’s just a silly fantasy…until my eyes land on him. My mountain man. My hero.Cruel is the fact that Gunnar is deploying in just three days.He says I don’t have to wait for him.But that’s not how the story is supposed to go.Dear Readers,Ready for a whole new band of mountain men?These alpha heroes might dwell in the shadows of the Wylder Bluffs, but when duty calls, they show up.These are the mountains they call home. The mountains they protect.And when their sweet, curvy women come for them, they’ll walk through fire to keep them safe, too.No cliffhangers. No cheating. HEAs guaranteed. <3Love,TarinWYLDER MOUNTAIN HEROES:Gunnar (Soldier)Callum (Ranger)Soren (Firefighter)Wolff (Private Investigator)Weston (Bodyguard)Mikah (Police Officer)Storm (Marine)

    Love Child caters to wealthy bachelors who’ve been unsuccessful in creating a family through traditional means. Despite Love Child being an unconventional route to take, the conception takes place exactly the way nature intended. Nearing forty and still single, Abel has accepted he won’t meet the right woman to marry and have a family with, so Love Child is his last hope for becoming a father. He’s gone through the files of the potential donors and handpicked one perfect candidate to create his baby with. The moment he comes face to face with Adeline Matthews, Abel knows she’s the one. But not just the one he’s hoping to make a baby with. She’s the one he’s hoping to create a family with.

    When a school legend returns to coach her swim team, however, her composure waivers under his stern gaze. Coach Ford doesn’t lavish anyone at this school with the praise they are accustomed to, and Addie isn’t sure what to do other than work harder, and swim faster. If she could only manage to keep her head down and keep her wet and wild fantasies under control… The majority of this book is told through the eyes of the heroine, with occasional, brief glimpses from the hero’s perspective. The wonderful, steamy, funny, sweet, smutty payoff is worth every tear-stained page of teenage longing! Not ready to go back to school? This mean, bronzed god with the whistle says YES, YOU ARE! Intended for ages 18 and up for language and graphic sexual content.

    I gave him my v card.Yea, it probably wasn’t the smartest move.He’s my hot, older next-door neighbor and he looks like he would be trouble.But after one taste of my cupcake, he’s on a mission.He watches me like an obsessed voyeur, and I probably should tell him no, but when he gets in a bind, I agree to be his fake wife.It was supposed to be a fun Christmas Eve celebration.I wasn’t supposed to fall for him.And I definitely wasn’t supposed to end up in his bed after one date.Lincoln is smart, handsome, protective and exactly what I wanted... but I wasn’t ready for the next morning when I hear another woman on the phone claiming to be his wife.Was this all a game?If so, it’s one I really didn’t want to lose.Welcome to a filthy dirty Christmas! Forget sugar and spice and everything nice … this year we want to show off our naughty side. Taboo, dangerous, and over-the-top, we’re bringing you everything you were too scared to ask Santa for. **Don’t worry, loves, these are still packed with the heroes you crave and the HEA’s you deserve!

    He prowls the halls of Black Mountain Academy like he owns them. But since he’s from one of the wealthiest families in Black Mountain, he can. He’s famous—or infamous, and not for his baseball skills like his brother—currently the Major League’s media darling.On campus, Big Mike is notorious for the giant bat he swings—the one between his legs, not on the field.And every girl swears Big Mike definitely lives up to the hype. Mike owns it, embracing his reputation. Until Violet Raines. New girl in school, pure as driven snow, and she hates his guts from moment one. Mike wants Miss Purity under him, begging for mercy he'll never give. When Violet refuses to play ball? It’s time for Big Mike to get creative and steal a home run. He zeros in on the new girl. Now, there’s nowhere for her to hide. No sassy words to save her. No denying her hot, longing glances. Big Mike gets what he wants.And Violet Raines? She’s already his.

    Ever since little Sonia Matthew’s stepped into his orbit the only thing he’s been able to think about is her. Now she is standing in front of him, willing to do anything to get herself out of the mess she is in. Tristen wants to be an honorable man but standing there watching the little morsel is too much to bear. Now he will do what’s necessary to make Sonia his forever and damn the consequences. Warning: This is a bite size, delicious morsel that will hit all the right spots. A sweet little treat and right to the point.

    She was sure he had no interest in her— right up until the night came when they couldn’t keep their hands off each other. Unfortunately an unexpected revelation followed by a misunderstanding brought their evening to an abrupt end.For more than two months Elena believed there was no chance she and Colin could ever be together. And then he turned up at her university as the new head coach for the football team.

    Lovely.I’m about to give her a piece of my mind, but she takes a piece of my heart instead.She’s perfect.A true Christmas miracle.An innocent angel in the flesh.My Holly.It only takes one look before I know I want her.Before I know she’s mine.It’s Christmas, but I’m not in the mood for sharing.I must be the Grinch because I want all of her. All to myself.And I’ll do whatever I must in order to get her.Christmas magic has never felt so sweet.Big family, big house, big heart, big you know what. We’re celebrating Christmas OTT style, sneaking around the party with a hot, rich, much older alpha who can’t take his eyes off us. Come and join the steamy fun in this May-December Holiday Romance!Insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet Holiday HEA guaranteed.

     Alexandra Cooper is desperate to get away from home. A four-month gig as a cook at the Circle B Ranch is exactly what she needs. Except when she gets there, it feels like she jumped out of the pan and straight into the fire. Alexandra is nothing like Colton Booth expected when he hired her. If he’d realized “Alex” was a gorgeous eighteen-year-old girl, he never would have given her the job in the first place. But now that he has her on his ranch, he doesn’t plan to ever let Alexandra go. Wrangle Me is a steamy novella with a sexy cowboy who has a wicked sweet tooth and an innocent virgin who knows how to satisfy it. Written by bestselling author Rochelle Paige.

    Iris Briggs gets under my skin. With her demure skirts and braided hair, she flits around the periphery until she runs right into me, hot coffee soaking me as she looks up with wide, innocent eyes.We start off scalding.In the library, we reach lava levels.And then in the city? She burns me to the ground.I’m Keaton Constantine. My duty is to my family. At least, it was until I started unbraiding the good girl and realizing there’s more to life than duty.