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Steam and Ink
Carrie Ann Ryan - 2017
When blasts from both of their pasts intrude on their present, however, it will take more than a promise of what could be to keep them together.Delicate Nights (A Montgomery Ink Bonus Short Story) by Carrie Ann RyanAustin and Sierra have weathered terror, angst, and uncertainties but now they're happily married and the parents of two amazing kids. Only problem? They need a night to themselves and a long-awaited Montgomery Ink wedding might just be the perfect way to make that happen.Throttle Me (Men of Inked Book 1) by Chelle BlissWhen goodie-two shoes math teacher, Suzy McCarthy breaks down on the side of the road, she never expected to be rescued by tough, biker tattoo artist Joe 'City' Gallo. Even with undeniable attraction, Suzy isn't sure that a dirty-talking alpha bad boy is in her future. Joe will stop at nothing to capture the heart of Suzy and make her his girl.Inked Fantasies (A Men of Inked Bonus Short Story) by Chelle BlissCity and Suzy have been married for over a decade and their children consume much of their lives. Joe thinks they need a night away to reignite their flame, living out one of Suzy's fantasies, they embark on an evening of carnal pleasure.
Before the Hunt: Sandra & Naythan
J.M. Klaire - 2017
the claws come out and the fur flies!
Meet Sandra, a runaway bride looking to provide for her widowed mother, and Naythan, a wolf shifter determined never to settle down. When their paths cross, they agree to help each other out. He’ll help her find a husband and tie the knot if she’ll help him avoid an ex set on roping him into a similar fate.They seal the deal over the objections of his wolf, who’s already scented her as his and has no interest in seeing her mated to anyone else.The Alpha Hunted Series Recommended Reading order:
Before The Hunt: Sandra & Naythan (Prequel)
Alpha Hunted: Keelyn & Bane
Alpha Hunted 2: Bella & Mac
Alpha Hunted 3: Ivy, David & Ryker
Alpha Hunted 4: Enid & The King
An Impawsible Christmas (Sequel)
All can be read as stand-alones, though the Alpha Hunted series does have an over-arcing, bigger story that carries through the entire series.
Under His Protection
Alyse Zaftig - 2017
Well, consider me burned. The first time I see Jason, he’s rescuing me from a gang of thugs outside a night club. My natural instincts tell me to resist him. I’ve always played by the rules, and men like him are bad news. But within the space of a few hours, he’s got me eating out of his hands. His world is one of danger and excitement, and to me it’s a drug I can’t get enough of. One taste of his delicious kiss and I’m hooked. One touch of his muscular body and I’m aching for more. One thrust of his body into mine, and I’m his forever. This story is a deep, dark fantasy with a HEA that will have you begging for more.
Fight
Clarissa Wild - 2014
Scolded. Smeared. Betrayed.
From an early age, shy nerd girl Autumn Blakewood didn't know how to fend for herself. Teased and bullied her whole life, she's withdrawing more and more. Not even her broken family can help her get through high school.Her only friends, Brody and Evie, are both social recluses too, and they seek comfort in each other's support. However, Autumn's friends can't always protect her from her malicious classmates who seem set on destroying what's left of her heart.When Autumn thinks her life can't get any worse, devastating news rips her family apart. It's up to her to pick up the pieces of her life and find a way to fix everything. Will she find the courage to fight?Fight is a short story prelude to the Fierce series and contains about 8500 words.
Claimed by the Alpha
Renee George - 2014
It is not intended for readers under the age of 18. Anna Davis has accepted that her four-year battle with cancer is finally over. With only weeks to live, she makes peace with her life and makes arrangements for her death.Twenty years ago, Anna fell in love with Conor Evans at the wrong place and in the wrong time. She’d had to make the toughest decision she’d ever faced—and let him go. Now at the end of her life, he’s offering her a chance to finally follow her heart. He has invited her to the cull—a tradition of transformation from human into a lycanosapien by “bite and blood.”Anna has her reasons for refusing Conor, even if it means only living another month, but Conor refuses to give up on the only woman he’s ever loved—not without a fight. Anna has another tough choice—go back to her frail humanity or accept Conor’s invitation and…claim.
Through My Window
Jayne Rylon - 2010
I brush my hair, fix my makeup and flip on the glaring red light in my booth before turning to face my audience on the other side of the glass.”For Star, this is another night on the job, though no two are ever alike. Adaptable and perceptive, she becomes many things in the course of one evening—whore, lover, nurse, psychologist and friend. But above all, she’s still a woman. Join her, through her window.
A Heart to Call Home
Amanda Torrey - 2014
She's not sure if the small town life is for her, but since part of her new mission in life is to adopt the free-spiritedness her mother had once embodied, she knows she has to give it a try. She needs her freedom, and she needs it now. Even if the fresh air might suffocate her. Rogan Douglas agrees to take on the job of getting Reed's property up-to-snuff so she can re-open the once grand-now dilapidated-cottage motel in town. Struggling to raise his five kids on his own after the accidental death of his wife, Rogan didn't realize the job would cost him so much. Like his sanity. And his heart. Reed and Rogan are venturing down different paths in life, but can they resist the powerful attraction that threatens the way they see themselves? Their futures? And is it possible for two people with such different personalities and values to find a way to call each other's heart their home?
Holding Out For A Hero
Amy Andrews - 2013
After all, she's just buried her mother.Two years later, back in the city, their paths cross again but this time Jake is in the process of destroying her favourite dive bar. With her home facing a wrecker's ball, her school being closed down and her 15-year-old brother hell bent on self-destruction, it's the last straw. Throw in a dominatrix best friend who is dating a blue ribbon guy so straight he still lives at home with his mother, it's no wonder the sanest person in Ella's life is a dog.With all this to contend with, the last thing Ella needs is Jake back in her life. But, as fate would have it, Jake is the only chance she has to save her school.As the school football season heats up, old secrets threaten to surface and Ella takes on greedy developers, school boards and national tabloids. But can she save not just her home, her school and her brother, but also the reputation of the man she's never been able to forget? And, more importantly, does she want to?
Holding Out for a Hero
is a quirky, heartwarming tale of unlikely romance, friendship and family.
LUKE: Unzipped: Parts 1, 2, & 3 (Luke, #1-3)
Cassia Leo - 2015
Corporate spy Brina Kingston is sent to steal the latest billion-dollar technology from the hottest bachelor in America, tech billionaire Luke Maxwell. But Brina soon finds herself in over her head, battling her conscience and Luke’s irresistible sex appeal. Now she must choose between the most important assignment of her career and the sexy billionaire in her bed. This set includes Mirror (Luke #1), Memory (Luke #2), and Linked (Luke #3).
Falcon's Landing
M.J. Fields - 2017
Divide. Gage Falcon's life is turned upside down. When backed against a wall, he does what men with 'Steel' convictions do...take control. Fight. Strength. Phoenix Star knows it's going to take everything inside her to be who she is destined to be. Fresh out of college and knowing she can't go home and get where she wants to get, she takes the path less traveled. Redefining life sends them both down a long dirt road to...become. She what happens at Falcon’s Landing. (This novella leads to Steel Country book 1 HAMMERED releasing April 24th, 2017)
The Adventure
Leslie Pike - 2019
She looks like Tinkerbell and thinks like Wonder Woman. Her latest trip, a month in Italy, is coming to an end when she spots an old friend across the piazza. Fig Dragoni, heir to an iconic Italian tire company always lusted after the funny girl he went to high school with in Manhattan. But his shyness got in the way. Now years later a chance meeting ignites an old spark. He’s not going to blow his chance this time. When the two embark on an Italian adventure, all the walls come down and passion storms the castle. La Dolce Vita! *A Standalone Love In Italy Novella*
Last Call
Nancy Stopper
She’s sworn off bad boys. Their passion erupts while trapped in a snow storm, but will she ever see him again?Dr. John “Butch” Daniels climbed on his bike and sped out of Oak Grove several months ago with demons on his tail. He’s ready to come home and pick back up where his life left off, but have the demons left him behind? A blizzard has him stuck in what used to be his favorite motorcycle club, and the sweet and spunky bartender is getting under his leather-clad skin.Carla Daniels is a loner, not able to hold on to the ones she loves. She’s sworn off bad-boys after a recent ex dumped her in Oak Grove. The owner of motorcycle club turned bar and grill offers her a lifeline in the form of a job and place to live. Her life is turning around. But there’s something about the bearded stranger who turns up late one night while a snowstorm rages outside.When passion flares, the two are forced to confront their darkest fears: Does Carla dare to trust a reckless biker with her heart? Can Butch risk caring for someone when life has no guarantees? This might be their Last Call for love.
One Insatiable
Tia Louise - 2015
Mercy Quinlan is a whip-smart lynx and the youngest in her shifter clan. She's tough and independent and dreams of escaping her alpha sister's control and living life on her own terms.When a lone black panther shows up in her hometown, Mercy is intrigued. He's just passing through, which makes him perfect... Along with his broad shoulders, defined muscles, and sexy fighter moves.Koa "Stitch" Raiden is picking up what's left of his broken life. Exiled from his black panther clan, he's running from Princeton to Seattle when he's drawn to Woodland Creek.He's aware Mercy is watching him. What he doesn't know is the sexy little vixen who sneaks through his window each night is both the trouble he doesn't need and the hope he can't live without.A STANDALONE Alpha Shifter Romance with an HEA, related to the One to Hold series. Contains alluring alpha heroes, scorching-hot shifters, and panty-melting sexy times. Keep the fans nearby... Readers 18 and older only, please.
The Casanova Club Box Set: Books 1-3
Ali Parker - 2020
12 men and 1 girl's heart. Who will win? Piper The Casanovas. Twelve of the world’s most eligible bachelors are personally invited to take a seat in this exclusive, private match-making club. (Piper: Sharing is caring?) The purpose? To find the perfect wife. Ten women are considered, but only one is chosen. Each of these men are after one lucky girl’s heart. Vetting these ladies is a yearlong event. Contests. Forms. Interviews. Demonstrations. Galas. (Piper: All of which I missed. Darn.) The prize? One million dollars or a ring from the bachelor of her choice after the yearlong multi-engagement period is over. Lady’s choice. (Piper: Show me the money.) The problem? Me. I need cash more than anyone could possibly understand, and there’s no way in hell I’d ever be invited to woo twelve men for a chunk of change. (Piper: Good thing I know the coordinator.) The promise? To save my family from losing their house, their business, and their hope. All I need is a shot at the position. (Piper: Determination, haircare products, and a strut like I own the place will do the rest.) Piper: These boys are in for a treat. Maybe. Possibly. What did I just get myself into? The Casanova Club – Only one can win her heart. Joshua January 1st, 2019 The journey has begun—in the frozen north. All the way to Canada to meet my first Billionaire Bachelor. Joshua Curtis. Dark hair. Beyond hot. An artist? How in the world do you make a billion dollars in art? I’m clearly in the wrong business. This new journey is thrilling. Scratch that. Terrifying. What does he expect from me? Or think of me? Probably that I’m a cookie-cutter version of everyone else on their long list of “must-have” qualities. Yikes. He’s about to get a lovely wake up surprise. Like signing up for a purebred horse and getting delivered a half-ass donkey. Ha! I’ll just keep my cool and breathe deeply. It’s just a month. It doesn’t matter. I have to keep my eye on the prize. There’s a million dollars at the end of the road waiting for me. And it has the power to fix everything. I got this. I think. Oh hell, I have no clue what I’m doing. But I just have to survive the month, and then the months after that, and I’ll be right where I need to be. Accepting the check from Jackson Lee at the end of the year. Then I’ll walk away. No regrets. Or will I? What if he’s romantic? The kind of guy that lives out of love and isn’t shy about it? Oh man. Please let him NOT be that guy. I can’t fight against that kind of guy. This year is about money and helping the family. After it’s over, I’ll fall in love. Unless I do before it ends. Ugh. Easton No way in hell. If someone had told me at the end of last year that I would have already fallen hard for one of the Casanova Billionaires, I would have called them a liar. A dirty, dirty liar. But they would’ve been right. Who wouldn’t fall for Joshua? I’m never going to make it through this. It’s the second month in the year, and I’m faltering. Fast. But Easton Price, NFL superstar and playboy hottie isn’t interested in where I’ve been. He wants to know where I’m headed and with who. Hunky. Abrasive. 100% alpha male.
Slow Burn
V.J. Chambers - 2013
She’d rather snort lines than think about that. She’d rather do shots of marshmallow-flavored vodka until she can’t remember.When Griffin Fawkes arrives with the news that her father’s dead, she isn’t sure if she cares. He wasn’t much of a father anyway. The only silver lining here is that Griffin’s jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and Leigh wants him bad.Griffin owes his life to Leigh's father. The man begged him to keep his daughter safe. But Griffin didn't expect a cocaine-fueled party girl who barely seems to care about her own safety. It seems like she'd rather destroy herself than anything else.Even worse, he didn't expect he'd care about her. He knows he's too damaged to ever really be with a woman. The best he can do is to make sure she’s safe from whoever could hurt her. Including herself. Including himself.Of course, fighting off men with guns is starting to seem easier than keeping his hands off Leigh.