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Dragon Song


Jordyn Tracey - 2010
    He thinks he's above everyone and everything, Tielle decides, but when she saves his life using her nursing training, her life is changed forever. Common sense tells her not to get involved with the man, but the touch of his hands, the lilt in his Irish accent, and the way he makes her feel are too much to resist. She should have listened to her best friend Jamie who advised her that Stone was out of their league. All of a sudden, Tielle is being pursued by a man who wants something from Stone, and he'll use Tielle to get it. With Tielle's life in danger, Stone has no choice but to whisk her away to his family's castle in Ireland where he can better protect her. While he's trying to discover who is after him and why, he will do whatever it takes to keep safe the one woman who has been able to get beneath his skin. She may throw a fit and spout to him about his interfering with her life plan, but Stone knows how to calm her in his bed at night. Now, if he can just keep his dragon shape-shifting gene a secret while he discovers the identity of his enemy, all will work out fine.

Designer Desires


Kasey Martin - 2015
    Her dreams of success have her working hard to become one of the most sought after newcomers in the fashion industry. However, all work and no play has made Korrine a lonely girl. After a discussion with a close friend, Korrine decides she’s going to let loose for once and have a little fun. Antonio “Tony” Cameron is a strikingly handsome playboy that is all about fun, and when he decides that Korrine is just the woman he needs to have fun with the sparks fly. Korri and Tony heat up the sheets with a hot and steamy fling, but when trouble finds Korrine the fun turns serious, and so does the growing feelings they have for one another. Will the sparks continue to fly with danger lurking or will the trouble be too much for their budding romance?

Reye's Gold


Ruthie Robinson - 2010
    Original.

Alone Time


Lauren Dane - 2012
    Visits to Petal, Part 1 It’s date night in Petal, Georgia, and Nathan, Matt and Shane have some long-awaited alone time with their women and they’re not about to let that opportunity go.Product WarningsThis free story is bonus material for readers of the Chase brothers and Petal, Georgia, series and is not intended to be standalone.

Passport Diaries


Tamara Gregory - 2005
    There's just one problem with her picture-perfect life -- she's not got one eligible man in sight. Well, thank God she has her career . . . at least until she gets suspended from her job. To regain her sense of purpose, she plans a restorative girl's night out -- all the way to Europe.In this fresh and funny Los Angeles Times bestseller, Kia embarks on what becomes a defining journey to London, Paris, and Greece, where she finds a little bit of trouble, a whole lot of laughs, and what she didn't even know she was looking for -- herself.

Seasoned Just Right


Renee Wynn - 2012
    To escape the memories, she moves from her from southern hometown to a small town outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along with her teenaged sister. Hoping for a new start, she forfeits her plans for law school and opens a small catering business. Her goal is to focus on her business and make sure her sister is taken care of. All that changes when she wins the coveted contract to cater a high society event. There she meets billionaire, playboy Mason Spaulding, a man that makes his own rules when it comes to business and relationships. The fire ignites upon their first meeting. They begin an affair and agree that when it ends they will go their separate ways. But all of that changes when Mason decides he wants more and rewrites the script.

The Wreight Kind Of Love: Love at First Sight


Kimberly Smith - 2017
    He is everything she has ever imagined in a boyfriend and potential husband, but there is no spark between them. It isn't until she meets Lance Wreight that she begins to feel alive. When he touches her her body comes to life, but what could the blonde haired, blue eyed Adonis possibly want with her? Lance Wreight has spent his life working to achieve success to be able to support his mother, brother and sister. At a time in his life when he seems to have done that the only thing he wants is to find a woman to love and start a family with. He spots Renee alone at a table in the club he owns with his brother and starts a flirtation that will have him chasing the elusive Renee Andrews until he catches her.

Loving The Head Man


Katherine Cachitorie - 2011
    A newly-minted attorney with an eye on the big leagues, she quickly discovers that her brains are not enough in the dog-eat-dog world of a major law firm. When her supervisor pressures her to sleep with him, and when a family crisis forces her to make bad decision after bad decision, she discovers that the only person in her corner is the owner of the firm himself, Robert Colgate, a man who favors Bree from the start and ends up breaking every rule he has lived by, including sleeping with and craving the young and brilliant Bree, even though she works for him.But when Robert finds himself accused of sexual harassment, it is Bree who ends up in his corner, not only to help get his good name back, but to help him through turbulent nights where their unbridled passion for each other becomes a powerful antidote to the craziness around them. Bree and Robert forge a different kind of interracial love affair, the kind built on trust and need and perseverance. And even when Robert’s son comes into the picture, and attempts to drag his mother, Robert’s ex, back in with him, it is that very love that’s tested over and over, almost to the breaking point.

Cutting To The Chase


Stephanie Morris - 2009
    She moves back to San Angelo, TX to be closer to her family and friends. She has made enough money to live comfortably for a little while until she decides what she wants to do. Unfortunately things don’t go as she planned. Upon stopping by the hospital where she started out in physical therapy, she runs into her old mentor. While there her help is enlisted for a patient who needs her expertise. When she finds out the new patient is Christopher Morgan, her world is sent into a tailspin. She and Chris have a history. They have been friends since the age of five and she had kept a secret from him. It is a secret that could rock the foundation of their friendship. She is in love with him. Christopher Morgan feels like he is having the worst luck in the world lately. His mother is an awful meddlesome matchmaker distracting him from being able to find the woman of his dreams on his own. It only gets worse when his horse training session goes awry and he ends up in the hospital. To top it all off he is told his new physical therapist is Ashley Bennett, his childhood friend and woman he has secretly been in love with for years. He had no idea she was back in town but now that he does he doesn't plan to let her go.

All Things Burn


Jodie Slaughter - 2019
    What sparks between them is just as unavoidable as it is life-changing.Halle Temple is a good person; she doesn’t know anything as surely as she knows that. A successful black woman who uses her expensive law degree to work full-time at a women’s legal aid center, she has no doubt that her entire existence is being spent in the service of others. That perfectly normal life takes a deadly turn, however, when she crosses paths with a man who is willing to go to extreme measures to take possession of her.After he sets his threats on her family, Halle begins to question every moral she has ever held dear as she realizes that there is only one way to get him out of her life for good. To do that, though, she needs a bit of help.Callum Byrne is an Irish-American hitman who has made a life out of robbing others of their own. Darkness has always lurked inside of him and he has no qualms about setting it free - especially for profit. Halle enters his life suddenly, bringing with her an intensity that he has never felt before. It isn’t long before Callum’s narrow view of himself is twisted and challenged.As the job she’s given him becomes more complicated by the minute...so do Callum’s feelings for her.Content Warning: this book contains themes of violence and murder as well as mentions of domestic violence.

Bad Boy's Baby


Sosie Frost - 2015
    Trouble-maker. Baby-maker? Star professional quarterback Jack Carson has the worst reputation in the league. He’s arrogant and gorgeous, and if he’s not in bed with a new woman, he’s sleeping off the party in a jail cell. But now he’s gotten in trouble too many times and needs my help to protect his career. As his publicist, I’ve hidden his dirty exploits and silenced the sexy rumors…but I missed the hottest scandal of the year. Apparently, Jack and I are dating. When the trouble-maker lies to the league and claims we’re in a committed relationship, he jeopardizes both our jobs. I can’t trust the tattooed bad boy, but now I’m stuck defending him. I have to make him seem respectable—no matter what. But his shameful reputation isn’t fixed with a few photos of us on a date. With the league determined to expel him for bad-behavior, Jack has only one option to convince them he’s wholesome, dependable, and responsible. Jack Carson wants to start a family. And he’s chosen me to give him the baby. This super steamy, bad boy romance is a standalone with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. For a limited time only, HARD is also included with this novel. HARD is a bonus full-length, bad-boy Navy Seal romance. Enjoy!

Blind Date with a Book Boyfriend


Lucy Eden - 2020
    I flew from New York to Culver City, CA to interview for the job of a lifetime.When I walked into The Bookstore, I only wanted a steamy romance or two to help pass the time before my big meeting.I walked out with a gorgeous and sweet, cinnamon roll who was more funny and charming than all of my favorite book boyfriends combined, which definitely wasn’t the plan.But Mike was irresistible, and the time we spent together exploring Culver City was more fun than I’ve had in a long time.But I’m smart enough to know if something feels too good to be true, it probably is.I mean, Happily Ever Afters are just for fairy tales and romance novels … right?

His Captive


Kaye Blue - 2016
    Want the only thing he would ever deny me.His heart.

Saving Ben


Ashley Farley - 2013
    When Katherine Langley’s roommate, Emma, disappears from a house party on New Year’s Day, the only evidence left is a single set of footprints in the snow leading down to a deserted dock. Flashback sixteen months to Katherine’s first day at the University of Virginia when life is sweet. She is finally free from the drama of her parents’ dysfunctional marriage and ready to focus on studying to become a nurse. Her brother, Ben, belongs to the hottest fraternity on campus, and her new roommate, Emma, is beautiful and charming, a party girl whose answer for a hangover is happy hour. She is also a psychopath. When Katherine’s obsessive-compulsive overprotective brother succumbs to Emma’s charms and falls dangerously off-track, Katherine must save Ben from himself. From the University of Virginia campus to a cozy cottage on Carter’s Creek, Saving Ben is a haunting tale of love and loyalty, anger management, substance abuse, and betrayal.“This beautifully designed book might have come from any of the biggest publishing houses and sit shoulder to shoulder with some of the best LOOKING books to be released this year . . .The writing is exceptional and the story compelling with an emotional resonance that demonstrates a maturity to the writing that makes Ashley Farley an author to watch.”— Judge, Writer’s Digest 21st Annual Self-Published Book Awards

Don't Lie to Me


Willow Rose - 2019
    She's the town's most beloved surf idol, and it was believed that she could be the next Kelly Slater.As another child, the son of a well-known senator is kidnapped, and the parents receive a disturbing video, FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas — who has just returned to her hometown, divorced and out of a job — plunges into the investigation, breaking her promise to her children not to do police work again.Local law enforcement, with her old flame Matt Miller in charge, are the ones who ask for her help in a case so unsettling that only she can solve it. But the deeper they dig, the deadlier it becomes for Matt and Eva Rae. Soon, everyone she holds dear is in grave danger as this case hits a little too close to home. DON’T LIE TO ME is the first book in the Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Series and can be read as a standalone.