He came across a young widow that needed help with her security. Oh so that was the reason that she gave when Amber called. But Amber wasn’t looking for advice. She was looking for something far more basic, primal. Amber had needs that were going unfulfilled and Jim was more than happy to help her out.

    The term of this agreement shall begin immediately and continue through its termination date of never.The terms are as follows:1. Find the bright side when your best friend (the woman you’ve secretly been in love with for 10+ years) finds an engagement ring in her live-in boyfriend’s gym bag.2. When she discovers the ring isn’t for her, and you volunteer to mop up her tears, don’t freak out if you accidentally share a world-shattering kiss.3.  Remember she’s your best friend and law firm partner…and a hopeless romantic. Being her rebound isn’t worth risking the only family you have. 4. Immediately—rationally—draw up a no-strings agreement, stipulating equal opportunity orgasms. Under no circumstances is PDA or catching (further) feelings allowed.5. If while adding a wedding plus-one clause, the doorbell rings and it’s a moving company with all her belongings, and now you’re going to be roommates, shower. The colder, the better.In consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein, both parties agree that if at anytime while forced to live and work together they find themselves falling in love, they will re-read the fine print.Fine Print: Do not fall in love.This contract shall be binding and may not be modified in any manner unless in writing and signed by both parties.

    But when Sarah fled just weeks after their wedding, his world came crashing down. Five years later, he has given up hope of ever finding her, until a freak accident strands him in a remote Yorkshire village where she is hiding.Sarah dared to hope she was finally safe. But when her husband is thrust back into her life, she fears her dark secrets—and the fact that she has a son—will come to light. Though her heart longs to reclaim the love they once shared, Sarah rejects Alexander’s offers of reconciliation. But fate is not so easily thwarted...Forced from their home by a flood, Sarah and her child have no choice but to accept Alexander’s hospitality in her former home. Yet with each passing day, the risk of discovery grows, threatening to drive Sarah from Alexander’s life forever. Is their love strong enough to triumph over the secrets of the past? Or will life’s cruel forces finally tear them apart?

    I'd ever experienced in my life. We’d never met.  Until the day she walked into my office, her cherry lips wrapped around a candy apple sucker and an all too familiar voice that said, “You wanted to see me, Principal Hawthorne?” AUTHOR’S NOTE: This full-length romance is a complete standalone and contains subject matter that may trigger sensitive readers. All characters are adults and all interactions are consensual. :-)

    Mostly. Other days life seems a little much. Especially when Nick knows he’ll always be alone. On those days his thoughts turn black. He walks the Norfolk coast and considers the frigid embrace of the waves. And then, one stormy night, he finds someone who’s tasted just that. The beautiful stranger on the beach is near death, and Nick rushes him home to slowly nurse back to health. As he does, he finds a love unlike any other. Owen Butler’s body is as warm as the sea was cold, his heart as big as an ocean. And Owen is a man who swears to repay the favor. Nick can yet be saved from himself, and he will see that he is indeed a man ... worth keeping.

    Find out what wicked games the filthy rich students of Royal Falls Academy play behind closed doors…Royal Falls is the richest town in the country, and its ruthless residents thrive on power and control. After working just one party at one of the biggest mansions in the place, I’m starting to realize they all have dirty secrets too.Secrets they’ll do anything to hide.I had no intentions of staying in their gilded world, but I’m pretty sure I saw something I wasn’t supposed to that night at the mansion, and now the town is drawing me back in.It might be a wicked, back-stabbing place, but their prep school is the best in the world. A full-ride scholarship from there could make or break my future… and I might be in the running for one.There’s a major problem, though.I’ve already managed to attract the wrong sort of attention from the richest, hottest boy at RFA, and now it looks like I might be in trouble before our senior year even begins…Twisted Elite is the free short (novella-length) prequel to the Royal Falls Elite series. The story continues in the full-length Savage Prince.Royal Falls Elite is a dark bully romance series with content that some readers may find disturbing or offensive.