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Her Alaskan Men


Chloe Kent - 2017
    She runs straight into a cage meant to trap wild animals. She tries not to panic. The trappers will see their mistake and free her. Instead, they see an opportunity. A pet. Panic sets in. Just when she thinks it can’t get any more bizarre, a gorgeous, hunky, blue-eyed newcomer strolls by. Looking at her in awe, he decides she is the answer to a prayer. He and the trapper barter over her like she’s a prized trophy. He rescues her from one captor, only to put her into the hands of two others. She’s the angel all three have been waiting for. The men don’t hesitate to make a party of three when it comes to disciplining her thoroughly anytime she deserves it, but their touch also ignites her submission and her heart. Can this city girl live happily off-the-grid with her Alaskan men for the rest of her life and be their wife? Or will she run at the first chance she gets?

First Day of School


Sean Michael - 2015
     It's the first day of school for the twins and Lizzie doesn't want to go. Hutch would love to let her stay home with him, but he knows it's his job to make sure she doesn't need him anymore and school is the first step. Once the kids are gone, Adam teaches Hutch the hidden benefits to having the house to themselves!

Dear Sexy Swimmer


Dee Ellis - 2019
    Get ready to devour this matchmaking series set in a shared world! True love and happily-ever-afters ... one quickie at a time! Life is not all pretty hearts and sweet candies for Maia Gamble.Heartbreak led her to a new life in a new town. It also left her lonely enough to consider trying romance a new way.Old fashioned matchmaking romance!Matched with a sexy swimmer--training for the Olympics--they share letters that let them be themselves and has her wanting to take the plunge.Pike Paine is known for one thing: his breast-stroke.Always chasing gold has lost its spark. He's more than a golden boy. And Maia wants him for the man he is outside of the pool. Will she still once she realizes they jumped right in to the deep end of a forbidden romance?

Hungry for Leo (Hungry Hearts, #2)


C.L. Cruz - 2020
    Hungry for Leo is the 2nd in the Hungry Hearts series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!GillianAs the the free-spirited youngest sibling in a huge family, I’ve always been kind of the black sheep.Which is why, when it’s my turn to host the Price Family Thanksgiving, I’m surprised everyone agrees.Unfortunately, I don’t know how to cook, so I enlist the help of local chef, Leo Estrada.He’s sexy, good with his hands, and knows how to stuff my turkey.But will my big family scare him away before things have a chance to get serious?LeoI’m living my dream life as a busy and successful chef.But without any family nearby, I’m usually alone on the holidays.When Gillian, one of my waitresses, asks for help cooking her family dinner, I jump at the chance.She’s bubbly, beautiful, and her curves make me want to go back for seconds.As things heat up in the kitchen, can I convince her that I want a permanent place at her table?Ready for some all-new alphas to take over this Thanksgiving holiday? Check out all nine of the Hungry Hearts series!11/18: Hungry For Kellen by Barbra Campbell11/19: Hungry For Leo by C.L. Cruz11/20: Hungry For Jensen by Brynn Hale11/21: Hungry for Dameon by Tarin Lex11/22: Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart11/23: Hungry For Hunter by Flora Madison11/24: Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart11/25: Hungry For Wade by Elisa Leigh11/26: Hungry For Curtis by M.K. Moore

Wishing Under the Mistletoe (The Sweater #6)


Barbra Campbell - 2020
    I love living in the house I grew up in, minus the parents who’d moved to a retirement community. I love it when everything stays the same.What I don’t love is that the sweet little old lady I’ve always lived next door to passed away. To make matters worse, her money-hungry grandson showed up to do a couple of quick fixes before putting the house on the market.Rowdy is the epitome of everything that’s wrong with the world, including the stupid nickname he insists on using. Where was he when she was alive? Why can’t he respect my privacy when I’m in my backyard? And how could his smile be so contagious?It’s not that I was opposed to smiles or happiness or guys who exuded sex appeal. The problem was that he was only going to be in town for a couple of months, short enough he wouldn’t even tell me his real name or what he did for a living.Then he had the nerve to take a job at the grocery store where I worked. He couldn’t possibly get any more annoying. Why bother with a job when you aren’t sticking around? And how in the world did we end up under the mistletoe together at the company Christmas party?The kiss was almost enough to make me let my guard down. Almost. But the bombshell I found out immediately after the kiss was more than I could handle.RowdyImagine my surprise finding out my grandmother had been alive. Had been. Unfortunately, I didn’t find out until I got a letter explaining that she’d passed away and I’d inherited her house.She’d lived in a small town in the Colorado mountains. A far cry from my life in Vegas but all I had to do was fix it up, put it on the market, then let the realtors do the rest. Between the income from the sale and my savings account, I’d be able to quit my job as a stripper and go back to school. I wasn’t sure what for, but it wouldn’t be stripping.I’d heard small towns were friendly but my grandma’s neighbor hadn’t gotten the message. No matter how many times I said hi and tried to talk to her, she made it clear I was the unwelcome outsider.Did I simply want what I couldn’t have or was Mae truly the woman of my dreams? She was sweet and simple in a way I’d never understood. The most basic offerings in life like sunsets and snowflakes filled her with joy.I’d thought I wanted a reprieve from the fast-paced life of a stripper, but Mae showed me what I really wanted. Life with her and all of the simplicities. Without a university in sight, it’s possible I overstepped my bounds taking a job at the grocery store where she worked but I was dragging out my stay and spending as much time with her as possible.Little did I know it would lead us to a kiss under the mistletoe. A kiss that solidified every suspicion I’d had that my life wouldn’t be complete without Mae. But I might have misread her starry eyes when I pulled away because minutes later, she was running out of the party instead of into my arms.Was giving up city life and my plans for a university education worth the fantasy I could convince Mae we were meant to be together?

The Irresistible Billionaire (The Billionaire Princes Book 1)


Serenity Woods - 2021
    

How to Love a Heartbreaker


Loni Ree - 2020
    His place is strictly NO PETS ALLOWED. 
Kennedy Roberts is babysitting her adorable cousin and Shelby’s cute service dog, Bear-the Heartbreaker, when their growly neighbor beats on the door complaining about Bear.
Liam forgets all his pet complaints after one look at Kennedy, but she has already gotten a pretty bad impression of the businessman. Now he has to find a way to change her mind so he can go from Bearly Lovable to Loved Forever.**This story was previously published in the Must Love Dogs Anthology under the name Bearly Lovable. The story has been expanded and re-edited.**

The Best Laid Plans


Shaw Hart - 2021
    

A Holly For X-Mas


Olivia T. Turner - 2021
    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.

His Billion Dollar Proposal (Billionaire Diaries, #1)


Janine Taylor - 2020
    She prides herself on always being put together with the perfect outfit, hair, and makeup, as image is everything in her business. She has big plans for her future. Imani has zero time for a man! All of her energy is focused on her business and employees who she considers family, until the moment that the arrogant billionaire Theo Warrens graces the doorway to her salon with his presence.Theo Warrens is a billionaire tech mogul with a meddling mother. After turning his back on the family’s established law firm, he decided to take a major chance on a tech invention of his own creation which made him a billionaire. Forever in the limelight, he needs to always be looking his best. However, an unexpected botched hair job has him turning to Imani to save him.Soon after, Theo has a tempting proposal for Imani that has her in two minds.Theo is not a man used to being ignored or not catered to at every turn, so Imani’s indifference to him intrigues him.Will Imani put running her business on hold and accept Theo’s offer? Will sparks fly between them? Or will she turn down the handsome, bossy billionaire?Find out in this brilliant BWWM romance book by Janine Taylor of BWWM Love.

Hired for the Holidays


Luke Prescott - 2017
    Surrounded by excited children, supportive family, and the magic of the holiday season. Not even close. Listening to her mother ridicule her for the decision to be a successful single woman living on her own, Addilyn can’t take it anymore. A simple white lie snowballs into a complicated holiday situation. She says she has a boyfriend. Not even close. Nate Wheeler is available at the touch of a button. Literally. If you need a date, he’s your man. Just pick up the phone. When he gets a desperate phone call from Addilyn, he agrees to her two week timeline. Something he never does, but there was something in her voice that made it impossible to ignore. It’s just another job. Nothing will happen. It will be played out perfectly like it has every time before. Not even close. When they get together rules begin to break, and hearts begin to beat. It’s the perfect holiday ending right? Not even close.

Slow News Day


Danielle Allen - 2020
    When I was offered the opportunity to sit behind the desk, I was ecstatic. Hours later, instead of reporting real news from a real desk, I was going on assignment to document Groundhog Day. That’s not even a real holiday! But when asked about my hottest holiday hookup, my mind flashed to the second day of February. Everything that happened that day was completely unexpected. It might’ve been a slow news day, but I came fast.

Sleighed It


Max Monroe - 2017
     Question: What would you do if every holiday you ever spent with your family ended in disaster? I’ll tell you: you’d cry. I know, because each and every celebration with my family ends in chaos—and I’ve had more than my share of mental breakdowns because of it. But I’m done with the tears, the insanity—I refuse to take it anymore. This Christmas is going to be perfect. I’ll put Thatch in a fluffing Santa Claus suit and have him tap dance to Jingle Bells, if I have to. I deserve Christmas smiles and that feel-good Christmas high I’ve been missing. My name is Georgia Brooks, and by Christmas night, my husband, my kids, and my closest friends will be thinking only one fluffing thing… She Sleighed It.

Pushing the Limits


Brooke Cumberland - 2015
    From USA Today Bestselling Author comes a new adult student/teacher romance...He's my art professor.I'm his student.With an electric connection and undeniable chemistry, I know it won't be long until one of us cracks.When the opportunity arises to pose naked for the entire art class, I can't help the thrill of knowing he'll be watching me.While they all look past me with their eyes narrowed and concentrated, drawing only the lines and angles of my body, he sees right through me down to my vulnerability.He sees more than just the physical aspects--he sees me.That's when I see the struggle in his features as he tries to stay in control.How do we keep our distance when everything seems to be pulling us together?What feels so right can only go wrong if we keep pushing the limits.Recommended for 18 & above due to explicit sexual content, language, and adult content.*Pushing the Limits is a 102,000 words standalone.*

Her Savior: Ellison Brothers


Vera Roberts - 2017
     Like pronto. Like expeditiously. Interning at a law firm where there are nothing but white folks and very few black faces may not be my ticket to go. I don’t want to get trapped somewhere between a Pumpkin Spice Latte convention and the Sunken Place. Yet, when I do cross paths with him, well, it’s game over. Every girl has that line they will not cross. Savior Ellison was that line.