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From the Ground Up
Jennifer Van Wyk
And sex? Well, it's been months.Months.It's time to take matters into my own hands and kidnap my wife for a week alone.The only problem? How do I convince Tess to fall back in love with me when she never fell out of love in the first place?How do we rebuild, from the ground up?
Lisa: Coming Of Age
K.M. Lowe - 2018
When Lisa was left on the hospital steps seventeen years ago, it left a lot of unanswered questions in her mind. Where did she come from? Why was she abandoned? What did her future hold? Well, one thing she knew was that her adoptive parents were the one constant thing in her life. She was loved, cared for, protected... until her biological family secrets were revealed, leaving her to fight the biggest fight of her life. She turns to her best friend and soulmate, Marcus, who happens to make her world rock with emotions she didn't know existed. Will Lisa's life ever be the same again? Will Lisa's love for Marcus survive?
Getting the Goods
Elizabeth Perry - 2018
Meet a hot guy, take him back to a hotel, get busy...
Steal the sperm.
I know, I know. It sounds ridiculous, right?But in the moment, and, after a lot of tequila shots of course...
It sounded perfect.
Turns out, I'm a shitty thief.And if getting caught red handed isn't bad enough...
The owner of the sperm ends up being my new boss.
The Experiment
Holly Hart - 2018
Forbidden. Teased. Denied. I need to break the rules. It's time for an experiment... Someone just tried to kill me. Maybe I'll pretend they did. Learn who's after me and make them pay. I hole up. I lay low. And then I meet her. The girl next door, literally. I can't tell her my real name. But she didn't ask: she's hiding too. Pretending to be someone she's not. And Lily is different. She knows what she wants. Firm, yet submissive. A mystery, and the clue. I'm supposed to be lying low... Not lying next to Lily. Then pinning her against a wall. Smacking my palm against her @ss Collaring her, then making her beg for release... But this could never last. They were after me. But now they're coming for her. Lily has woken the beast inside me. And if they want her... They'll have to go through me. Holly Hart loves happy endings and hates cheating. So when you pick up one of her books, you know exactly what you're going to get! She's a twice USA Today as well as WSJ Bestselling author, and she's a five times Amazon top 20 bestseller! This full length novel also contains hot bonus material!
The Sheikh's Priceless Bride
Holly Rayner - 2018
Jacqui Bauer is barely scraping by. A talented baker who’s been dealt a bad hand in life, her bills are piling up, and customers are few and far between. Little does she know, her distant uncle left her a priceless gift, if she’d only embark on an adventure to find it. After months of searching, Khizar concludes that the diamond must be in Jacqui’s possession. Determined to make the precious heirloom his own, he engineers a plot: he’s going to woo Jacqui, and make her his bride. After all, who can resist a gorgeous sheikh? As they follow the clues the enigmatic billionaire left them, embarking on an international adventure to retrieve the diamond, the unexpected happens: Khizar begins to fall for Jacqui for real. Can the Sheikh go through with his deceptive plan now that he understands the stakes? Will Jacqui discover her birthright, and score the man of her dreams? This is a Sheikh romance novel from best-selling author Holly Rayner. It contains a guaranteed HEA, and a tale of romance that will capture your heart.
Untouchable
Ava Ashley - 2017
He’s tattooed, fierce, and sexy as hell. And when he tells me I belong to him, I believe him. But being with me is dangerous. If my family finds out, they’ll kill him. From the way he touches me, I don’t think he cares. Cooper When I decided to rent out a room in my apartment, I never expected the raven-haired vixen who showed up at my door. From the moment Branna O’Sullivan walked into my apartment—and my life—all I want to do is protect her. To touch her. But Branna’s family lives by a set of rules. If we break them, there’ll be hell to pay. Good thing I’ve never been one to follow the rules. Now her family—the Irish mafia—is coming for us. But what they don’t know is now she’s mine. And that makes her untouchable. **Untouchable is a standalone full-length romance novel with an HEA, no cheating or cliffhangers. It was previously published under a different title in a two-book duet, and has been extensively rewritten and expanded in this second edition to be better and hotter than ever.
The Woodsman
Blake North - 2017
This mountain is my sanctuary. Until some woman shows up during a snowstorm with a suitcase, insisting she’s rented my cabin for the week. She got scammed. Not my problem. She’s got curves in all the right places, but I send her away. The next thing I know, she’s crashed her car in the blizzard and I’m carrying her to my cabin. I rescued her and now we’re snowed in together. It’s all I can do to keep my hands off her. But I know she wants me, too. Sparks fly, and there’s no turning back. We’re all alone up in the mountains, snowed in and having the hottest fling in history. There’s only one problem: I don’t want to let her go. Make that two problems: I can’t let her find out my dark secret. If I tell her the truth, she’ll run away, and I’ll never see her again. If I keep the secret, I lose the girl of my dreams.
The Candidate
Alice Ward - 2018
Our differences are driving us apart.As the Republican Party’s front-runner for the White House in 2024, I’m the man the media praises for having a silver tongue. By day, I’m a very conservative, buttoned-up professional. By night, my wild side comes out to prowl, searching for something. I end up in The Black Room... and find her.Sweet little Cassandra is too good for The Black Room, too innocent. That won’t stop me from showing her everything my silver tongue can do. I can already hear her crying out in ecstasy when I sink into her. Feel her soft skin under me as she follows my every direction.And she does... except in the most important way. She won’t reveal her true name.The mystery addicts me to her but I can’t fall for her. Can’t veer away from the carefully crafted dream I thought I wanted.But now I want something else. Her.Even if it costs me my political career.
Caught Up in Love
Weston Parker - 2019
Having made a billion dollars by twenty-nine, I decided to retire. Build a boat. Back where life started in my small town on the lake. My days of one-night stands are hopefully behind me. I’m ready to find the girl who has a big heart she’s willing to give away. And I found her, but she’s tainted by her past. Seems life has dealt her a few too many blows, and rich guys aren’t her thing. They aren’t mine either. Ha! Looks like we have something in common. But this girl… she’s the one. I can feel the truth of it coursing through my veins. And if nothing else, the way she looks at me. She wants me. I’ve never been more sure of anything. There may be a million fish in the sea, but I only see one option. Her. Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~Weston
Fever
Autumn Archer - 2021
She’s a threat to his kingdom, and a new obsession.I took a flight to Rio for an adventure in the rainforest. A lifelong dream for a single twenty-three-year-old ecologist. A week later, and I’m a prisoner in the jungle. Held hostage by a fever and the most attractive devil I’ve ever seen. In the delirium, he’s my savior. But in the humid shade of swaying palms, he’s a villainous bully. The rugged man with sun-kissed muscles and wicked green eyes doesn’t flinch when he tells me I belong to him now. Unfortunately for me, I owe him a debt for saving my life.Unlucky for him, our live wire connection surpasses his control.I’ll never give in to him. Not even when my skin catches fire under his commanding touch, or my heart explodes when I pinpoint his zealous gaze through the glass windows of my cabin. He is my enemy. And I am his. Earning his trust will ensure my survival. Getting closer to Dante Valez will teach me who the man was before the world ruined him. But like any woman held captive, eventually I’ll snip the thin thread that bonds us. Give in to passion or become a traitor?
Hustle: The Doyles: A Boston Irish Mafia Romance
Sophie Austin - 2019
But I'm getting my second chance. No matter what. Evi was always a gorgeous rebel. She owns a tattoo shop. Tough girl, party of one. But sometimes I wish it were two. My brothers think I'm stuck up. Because I went to Harvard. I worked hard in school, to help the family… Become a lawyer and keep our mob dealings on the right side of the law. And now I have to help Evi too. A rival mob wants her shop's property. But they won't know what hit them. Because nobody touches my woman. Even if Evi doesn't know she's my woman. Yet. Hustle is a fast-paced, steamy romance that gives you an inside look at what happens when Boston’s sexiest buttoned-up mafia lawyer takes a walk on the dark side. Get ready for an explosive enemies to lovers, second chance, opposites attract love story that shows you some things really are destined to be. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a heartwarming, sizzling hot HEA.
Make Her Mine
Scarlett King - 2020
A newer edition of this book can be found here.Telling my boss my BIGGEST secret was just one of many mistakes…#1 I revealed that I was still a…you know what.#2 I also confessed I’d never experience the big O.#3 I don’t even have to spell it out do I?Look, I NEVER expected him to make it his mission to help a girl out,But I can’t say I haven’t fantasized about it.Even when I want to slap his arrogant face,I wouldn’t mind tearing his suit off in the process.As much as I want to let him take me in every way imaginable,My mission to find the big O,Quickly turns into Oh shit!Falling for him wasn’t part of the plan…or the agreement.Will I always just be another conquest for my billionaire boss?Or can I fall out of his bed and into his heart?
Wrecked
Lucy Wild - 2017
It was worth it when a handsome stranger rescued me, especially when I find out how badly he wants me.The way he looks at me, the hunger in his eyes when we sit together on his island, my body is melting with desire for him- but does he just want a quick fling?Rich:I didn't have a choice when I saw her drowning. I had to rescue her. Now she's here, I'm not letting her go any time soon. I'll do whatever it takes to make her mine.But will she still want me when she learns the truth about who I really am?