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Nick's Snow Angel (A Forever Safe Christmas #15)
ChaShiree M. - 2019
Annoyed with the lack of focus around the holidays from his employees, he can't wait for it to be over. Deciding to ignore all the jubilance around him, he continues on as always. That is, until he sees...HER! Snow is kind, beautiful, smart and funny. She makes him feel things he never thought he would feel. How is this young girl changing everything about him? It doesn't matter. He has found her and he isn't letting her go. Join Nick and Snow as they find love unexpectedly and learn to open up. This is the 15 book in the A Forever Safe Christmas series and it promises to be quick, full of love, and hot sexy times. Sit back, grab some hot cocoa and enjoy!!! Oh...and Merry Christmas.
Restored
Alexa Riley - 2019
After losing her dad and their beloved classic car, it’s been tough finding her feet. One thing that’s always been constant is her dad’s right-hand man Bronx. He was loyal to their family, and her dad treated him as a son. But since Gemma confessed her feelings for him when she was sixteen years old, he’s kept her at arms reach. Could it have been because she was too young, or did he only see her as his mentor's daughter? Bronx wouldn’t be the man - or success - he is today if it wasn’t for Gemma’s father. He tried to give her time and space to heal after he died, but a man in love can only be stopped for so long. The only problem is that Gemma’s suddenly got in her head to test him at every turn and now he’s chasing her all over town. He just hopes she’s ready to be caught because that’s exactly what’s going to happen. Warning: Can one man bring our heroine back and restore her heart? Well, we did name the book that…so the outlook is good! This is sexy-sweet with a sprinkle of angst and one heaping spoon of happily ever after!
A Groom By Christmas
K.L. Fast - 2018
Until he walks into my office. Suddenly, it's all I can think about. Kyle Rothschild I never gave the future much thought, never gave women much thought either until I walked into her office. Now, I can see the future and it stars her. When everything she's worked for and what they've built together is threatened, they must find the culprit before it's too late. This is a KL and MK Flirty Filth novella, but there are some twists. Kick back and snuggle up with some hot chocolate or maybe a hot toddy and enjoy this Christmas instalove yumminess.
Love Me Forever
Tory Baker - 2019
He used to love it, he lived for the thrill. But lately, business has left him cold. He knows there is more to life. He never expected walking into a small local flower shop he would find the answer to his dreams. Amelia She's a sweet girl next door, with a body made for sin. The moment Damien has her in his sights, he won’t stop until she admits she will love him forever. This book contains an over the top alpha, with a guaranteed safe, happily ever after.
Taking Tessa
Aria Cole - 2016
As a detective with the local PD, he fills his hours investigating criminals with little time left for much else. When a tip comes into the office about a possible kidnapping at a suspiciously familiar address, Cage is prepared to do whatever it takes to rescue the girl, but when he lays eyes on sweet, innocent Tessa, a firestorm knocks him off his feet. She needs him, and he damn sure wants her–for now, for life, forever. Nineteen-year-old Tessa Talbot hasn't seen the outside world in two years. Her stepfather keeps her under his thumb after the tragic death of her mother, convinced she'll only succumb to all the sins the world has to offer. He's kept her wildly untouched, and after years of sheltered homeschooling, she's doubtful her life will ever look any different. That is until one tall, dark, and devilishly handsome detective knocks on her door. Scared to let him in, even more afraid to turn him away, Tessa makes the decision of her life and decides to trust the man she's only just met and leave the only world she's ever known behind. She's just praying the past won't return to haunt her, he's just praying he can save her when it does. Warning: Cage is a rough and growly alpha male with a fierce loyalty for the woman he loves. This story is a wild, twisty ride coated in sugary, Aria Cole sweetness with a sinfully delicious dollop of sexy times drizzled on top. Snuggle in and get swept away with Cage while he's taking Tessa!
Cover Model (Love at First Sight Book 4)
Loni Ree - 2020
Okay, it was a big mistake, really big. If I want the jerk to continue keeping my mistake a secret, I have to give up my vacation plans and play detective for his friends. Someone is stealing from their company, and I’m supposed to quietly investigate, but there’s a catch. To keep my investigation under wraps, they’ve come up with a cover for me, and when I meet her, things change drastically. My “Cover” is model Brianne Bisset, and I’m about to make capturing her heart my new mission. There’s no way I’m leaving here without making the stunning Cover Model mine forever.Brianne BissetWhen my best friend asks me to pretend to be some computer nerd’s girlfriend so he can investigate thefts at her husband’s company, I’m not too sure about their plan. I’m uncomfortable around new people, but this is all for pretend, so I figure why not? I mean, I don’t really have to date him. One look at the hot nerd and I change my mind. Dating him isn’t going to be a hardship at all. Now, I’m hoping I get to keep him.You might remember Brianne Bisset from Nerd Boy. She’s giving Justin Mackenzie a run for his money in this new book that brings the Love at First Sight, Sweet Beginnings, and Loving a Bennett Boys series together. This book is a standalone story, but there are characters from all three series in it.
Finding His Heart (Finding His Love Book 3)
M.K. Moore - 2019
I was too young to love him, but I did it anyway. Now, she's mine and nothing will keep me from her. Now, I'm his and I'll never break his heart. This is a safe, steamy instalove with all the over the top feels you can handle.
Spread 'em
Olivia T. Turner - 2017
"Wide."
I've loved Jack for years.But he's my father's best friend and I'm only a young innocent girl in his eyes.I was so desperate for his attention that I came up with a stupid plan.Work in a stripclub so he'll finally look at me like a woman. How could he look at me like a little girl if I was getting naked in front of men every night?It worked like a charm.Because when he saw me stumbling on stage in my high heels, he turned from my father's best friend into an obsessive Over The Top alpha who wants me all to himself.Now we're alone in the VIP room, and he's demanding to see what I've saved for him.He's ordering me around in his deep commanding voice that sends shivers racing through my tense body."You want me to look at you like a woman?" he says, watching me with a dark grin as he sits on the couch. "Then show me. Everything."You down with OTT? This is an Olivia T. Turner book, which means it features a possessive and totally obsessed Over The Top male who isn't afraid to take what he wants! If you like your book boyfriends sweet and cuddly than shut the computer off and walk away. If you like your heroes, rough, dirty and possessive to the extreme, come on in and have some fun...
Bring Him Home
Ella Goode - 2019
Even though she knew her parents wouldn’t approve of it, she’d made herself a promise that one day she’d go. There was something she had to find. Drake Weston is used to getting what he wants. The problem is he hasn’t wanted for anything in a long time until a sweet country girl comes falling right into his lap. Except, she’s the daughter of the man he holds in the highest regard. Drake promised to keep her safe.
Cannon
May Gordon - 2019
His life only about the next mission. So, when the General’s daughter is kidnapped, his team prepared for another routine rescue. But when Dean lays eyes on her, he discovers how different this assignment is and that he was born to be hers. Harper Reese has spent her life as an Army brat, never having a real home. With a fresh teacher’s degree in hand, she decided to teach underprivileged kids in Columbia. She never imagined that decision would lead to Dean. His height, strength, and intimidating build doesn’t faze her though because she sees the real man underneath. Running for their lives, danger at their heels, Dean and Harper know they’ve found their missing piece, unaware the threat followed them home. Their relationship will be tested, but what the enemy doesn’t understand is that Dean will move heaven and earth to save his woman. Warning: Sweet, sexy and safe read! Happily ever after guaranteed! This author writes what she likes to read. That means there will be instalove, OTT Heroes, and, brace yourselves, virgin characters at times. If none of those float your boat, you might want to find another book. If they do, you're in the right place.
Hot for the Ranger (Hot for Heroes, #8)
Ember Flint - 2020
Again. What if you made the perfect love connection and then you forgot about it? 37-year-old former Army Ranger Wyatt Ridge doesn’t remember much from his past —including that one week that had finally changed his lonely life for the better. When he woke up, he was told he had no one, but that wasn’t true. For seven days he had it all, then a cruel twist of fate took everything away from him.It should be okay since he doesn’t recall a single moment of it, but it isn’t.No one would believe that you could feel the loss of something you don’t even recollect ever having had in the first place, but Wyatt does: he feels the loss every day and he has for five years now, even if he has no name for his longing and the ache in his heart.One bullet to the head should have killed him and he knows he is lucky to be alive, but he can’t help the feeling that his injury took something far more precious than breathing from him. Now, he is an entirely different kind of ranger and his existence is one of stubborn solitude and hard work in the wilderness of a nature that is the one thing he does remember loving from before. What if you were sure to have found ‘the one’, only to end up waiting for a call that never came? Five years ago, 26-year-old graphic designer Kenna Davis took a grudging break from studying to go on a brief oceanside vacation with her roommate. A whirlwind romance with a stranger was the last thing she expected, but she got it all the same. For seven days she had it all and everything was toe-curling kisses, fast-beating hearts, magic nights, and a head full of a happily-ever-after that she couldn’t wait to start living. And then he had to leave.He told her they were each other’s forever and that she was his heart, and she believed him; how could she not when she could feel so deeply that he was hers?He promised he would call soon, that he would come back for her and Kenna promised she would wait. And she did.There are hateful days when she wishes she could forget it all, but most of the time she still longs for him. The memories that haunt her have kept her alone all these years, but they are still much sweeter than they are bitter, and she can’t let go of them yet, but maybe she can start to move on now.She’s the part of his soul he didn’t know was lost.He’s the part of her soul she can’t bear to forget.And maybe, just maybe, the very fate that ripped them apart will finally throw them together again. Dear Reader: By saying ‘maybe’ I mean ‘sure it will': this is a full-blown HEA-guaranteed, cheesy-sweet novella after all and Wyatt & Kenna are just too in love not to find their way into each other’s arms again.This NO-cheating, steamy book has it all and does away with all the unwanted annoyances you don’t ever wanna see in your cute romantic reads.So let’s see what exactly did I throw into this thing: amnesia, hot insta-love all over the place and sweet second chance romance at the same time, a clueless —literally— possessive, growly, big alpha mountain man with a beard —of course!—, a sweet curvy heroine with a heart that needs mending, an unexpected inheritance, soap-opera-quality medical miracles, a quaint, small town in the Rockies as a backdrop, a red-hot passion that will set your kindle on fire and a boatload of babies. Hot for Heroes is a series of short and sizzling romances. Make sure to check out the rest of the books:Hot for the Marine by Beatrice BraeHot for the Firefighter by Autumn SummersHot for the Cop by Sadie KingHot for the Sergeant by Liz FoxHot for the Doctor by Brynn HaleHot for the Pilot by Barbra CampbellHot for the Navy Seal by CL CruzHot for the Soldier by Elisa Leigh
Her Scottish Savior
Shaw Hart - 2020
A Scottish-American, he moved back to the states with his mum after University and started Iver Aeronautics. He built it from a start-up to a billion-dollar company with government contracts. Now all that’s missing is a bonnie lass to share his success with. He finally spots her on his way home and is all set to sweep her off her feet… too bad she gets away before he can claim her. Nova Donahue is screwed. She just lost her roommate, her apartment, and most of her belongings and now some guy keeps popping up and declaring that she’s meant for him. She’s been an optimist all of her life but given her current situation, she’s starting to have trouble seeing the best in people. Will Baylor be able to convince his girl that what they have is true love? Or has Nova been through too much to trust again? *Warning: This instalove romance is full of heat! Looking for an alpha hero with a strong Scottish accent who isn’t afraid to go after his woman? Then hit that button because this is the book for you!
Night Before
Dani Wyatt - 2017
Now, his Scrooge is melting away along with thoughts of if her sugar plums taste as good as they look. Penny Evergreen lives for Christmas. When her parents send her to New York for a month-long training to relieve the piano prodigy of her paralyzing stage fright, she takes one look at the elaborate Christmas Village at the prestigious Knight & Knight department store and she hatches a holiday plan of her own. Will these two star crossed opposites attract? Or will their deceptions be the end of this holiday fairy tale before it has a chance to take off? Author’s Note: Grab your candy canes and sit in front of the fire. This sugary sweet Christmas story will warm your heart and melt your panties. This May December quick holiday romance is sure to have you asking Santa for some Malcolm of your very own. Complete insta-everything, safe and always a happy ending. Or two. Or ten.
His Love
Fiona Davenport - 2019
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.
Stealing Valentine
Madison Faye - 2019
I came to rob diamonds, But now I’m stealing her too… I’ve spent my life taking what I want, even if it doesn’t belong to me. Stealing the infamous Whistler diamonds is supposed to be my last job before I can retire wealthy beyond imagination, and I’ve planned for everything… Everything except for her. Valentine is like nothing I’ve ever known before. Good, young, sweet, and alluring—with curves and an innocence far more tempting than any vault or priceless art. I didn’t plan on her, and I sure as h*ll didn’t plan on the diamonds I’m supposed to steal being draped around her neck. …So I’m taking her too. But when I lay my hands on the gorgeous little tease squirming against me, and with one taste of that sassy mouth, I’m lost. And when I find out she’s never been touched? Well, that’s something else I’ll be stealing too. I know she’s off limits. I know this breaks every one of my rules. I know I don’t give a damn about any of that. Claiming her cherry is going to be the sweetest sin. But stealing her heart is going to be the greatest heist this thief ever pulled… All the clichés, ridiculously over-the-top, and more sugary sweetness than a marshmallow peep. Chocolates, roses, diamonds, kidnapped by an obsessed growly alpha... you know, just the old fashioned classics ;). As with all my books, this standalone is safe, with no cheating, and a HEA guaranteed.