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Rotten Apple
Kate Allenton - 2019
Gwen Bennett As an operative with a hidden talent, I know how to keep my clients safe. It’s ingrained in my unusual DNA, and I’m damn good at my job. So, when a thief swindles my grandmother out of a fortune and flees to a private island that’s by invite only, I’m determined to find access, even if that means taking a job I don’t want for a family I’d rather avoid. Maxwell Pierce She needs me. There’s desperation in her eyes. I have something she wants. And I know it. When my brother sends me to recruit Gwen Bennett for a job after she’s turned him down, I thought it would be more difficult to make a deal. Offering to share my island suite and my bed was more than enough to get her to agree. Now I just need to get her to realize that my sister's life is on line and that's worth more than any money she can hope to recoup. They’ll have to get creative to keep from losing it all when lives, a family fortune, and their hearts hang in the balance.
One Semester
Charlotte Byrd - 2016
But I wasn’t going to let that stop me from attending my dream school. There’re more than 30,000 students on campus. What were the chances that I’d see him again? Or so I’d thought. And then I discovered that Tristan was going to be my roommate! It’s as if the whole universe conspired for us to fall in love again.
Candy for Christmas
Novalee Swan - 2015
The hickory was burning. Focused intently on her.Nolan Ducayne plays ice hockey for the Rangers and is the best defender in the league. Candice Levine is an Olympic gold medallist figure skater. They're fiercely attracted to each other. There's just one little problem. They're at war over the pond ice that lies on the boundary between their properties.Christmas has always been lonely for Candice but this year she plans to embrace the season. She's even going to get a tree, which leads to all new problems with Nolan bloody Ducayne. The bane of her existence. He thinks he owns the ice. If only he wasn't sin on skates.When Nolan comes home and finds the ice princess trying to cut down a tree on his property, he can't help but take advantage of the situation. It's a pity Candy hates him, because she stirs every one of his protective instincts. Not to mention the other thing she stirs.Hockey player versus ice skater. The battle lines are drawn. But when the pond ice breaks and Candy falls into the freezing water, Nolan risks his life to save her. Hypothermic and trapped together by a blizzard, they're forced to confront their feelings and negotiate a Christmas ceasefire. The only question is... how long will it last?A short and sexy standalone with a guaranteed HEA.
Torch's Tornado (Dublin Falls' Archangel's Warriors MC Book 16)
Ciara St. James - 2022
She’s sassy, strong, and able to take care of herself, but he still wants to protect her and love her. Only she comes with a haunted history and a father who’s more likely to kill you than like you. She’s trying to make a life independent of her dad and isn’t looking for a man, especially a biker. Brooklyn never thought her trip to Tennessee to help out family would land her in the sights of a sexy biker who is intent on making her his. He’s not scared of her dad. He’s not going to let her tell him no. He says they’ll be together. He’s convinced she’s the one. She’s not sure she can do that. Can she trust him? She knows what bikers are like. When her dad comes seeking her, more things are revealed, and they find danger is lurking in the background. Alliances are made. They think they know who’s behind it, only to find out that person is out of the picture. Who’s after Brooklyn? What will Torch, his club, and her dad have to do to save the woman he considers Torch’s Tornado?Warning This book is intended for adult readers, It contains foul language, adult situations, discusses events such as stalkers, assault, torture and murder that may trigger some readers. Sexual situations are graphic. There is no cheating, no cliffhangers and it has a HEA.
King
Samantha Leal - 2015
The small town of Slate Springs is hiding a wild and lawless secret... At the center of its quiet society is a ruthless motorcycle club, The Forsaken Riders. They are everything the straight laced town is not…wild, dangerous, full of themselves … and sexy as hell. Feisty Lexi has always had a wild side, so when she is fired from her job at the only strip club in town, she knows working a 9-5 isn't going to be for her – but she doesn’t know what else she can do. Having to deal with a creep of an ex-boss and her overbearing mother, she is desperate to get out on her own and make a new start, but it seems everything she tries just gets her more and more stuck. Just when Lexi thought her bad luck was there to stay, she meets King, one of the dark and sexy bikers from the secretive Forsaken Riders. King is everything she had spent most of her adult life trying to stay away from. He’s the epitomy of the outlaw your mother warned you about…and she can’t get enough of him. As much as she tries to resist him, their connection is undeniable from the second they lock eyes. Lexi has spent her whole life trying to hide from men like him. Truth is they always scared her…but now she realizes how alive she feels in his arms and with the bikers. So far she has kept on the right side of town and managed to avoid being caught up in their lawless games... But now that she knows King, how will she ever be able to stay away as the lines between right and wrong begin to blur? With each passing moment she is getting in deep and falling faster and harder for her hot new man. But will a family secret destroy everything? Or will Lexi find out her own past is more entwined with King's than she ever could have dreamed of? ***INCLUDES 30 plus FREE STORIES for a limited time only!!!!*** Warning: This ebook contains mature language and themes and is suitable for 18+ readers only
Forever Blue (The Weight of the Badge, #2)
Kaylee Rose - 2021
In her, he sees someone who understands his law enforcement career and is strong enough to accept all that comes with it. But the universe has other ideas and throws the good and bad when least expected, turning Lance’s world upside down. Kellie Bryant always believed in the happily-ever-after. All that changed the day Lance Malloy left town, taking her hopes and dreams with him. Falling in love with a man she barely knew wasn’t planned but ruled by her heart, she gambled her future, and that of her niece, Rory.With her world spun on its axis, Kellie can’t afford to hold on to a man who isn't able to love her back.**Forever Blue is the second book in The Weight of the Badge series and is meant to be read in order.