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Brash
Jade Kuzma - 2018
I feel like I'm going crazy in this town.That was until I met her. Lydia.An angel from out of town who came here to save me.She's the only girl who makes me feel sane.She's a damn goddess.I have to do anything to keep her happy, anything to make her mine, anything for her..."LYDIA"Sean. They call him Brash. I can see why.He's part of some motorcycle club or something.The tattoos. The muscles. That demeanor. Why am I not surprised he just got out of prison? They don't make'em like him in the city.I don't know if I can handle a man like him. But damn if I'm not so attracted to him..."Welcome to Ivory, home of friendly townsfolk, honest cops, and motorcycle clubs.Lydia leaves the big city to start her life over in the small town of Ivory. It's nothing like she's ever experienced, including Sean, member of the Black Reapers Motorcycle Club. The ex-convict has Lydia captivated. A torrid affair draws them to each other. But the life of a club member is never easy. Will a passionate attraction that the two of them crave be enough to keep them together? Or will life in Ivory be too much for them to overcome?BRASH is a STEAMY standalone romance novel featuring a bad boy biker and the woman he'll do anything to protect. There are no cliffhangers and no cheating. Happy ending? You'll have to read to find out!
Internship with the Devil
Jaqueline Snowe - 2020
But working under Brock Anderson turns out to be the job from hell. The hometown hero turned athletic trainer has a reputation as the best in his field, but his volatile personality makes working with him miserable.Despite the animosity between them, he’s highly respected in his field and interning under him could mean everything for her career. The long days, longer nights, injuries, and busses filled with smelly athletes are the easy part. The biggest battle is the unwarranted attraction to Brock that she can’t seem to shake. But as Grace spends more and more time with her brooding boss, she uncovers that his abrasive nature is deep rooted in his grief—something she’s no stranger to. The glimpses of the man beneath the harsh exterior Brock presents to the world leave Grace conflicted in her feelings for him. As the internship draws to a close, Grace is faced with a choice that could set her future on an entirely new course.
No Strings Attached
Lara Ward Cosio - 2021
Especially not random guys in my local coffee shop. I mean, I’m a single working mom, completely devoted to my four-year-old daughter. This so isn’t me. It’s just that his backside is … phenomenal.Turns out his name is Tanner and he’s been watching me right back. Not at the coffee shop, but from his construction site across the street from my apartment. After a couple of flirty encounters, our mutual attraction leads to a no strings attached bargain based purely on convenience and pleasure. This arrangement is totally uncharacteristic for me, but it’s also perfect. Or so I tell myself. Before long, we’re spending time with each other that has nothing to do with our agreement and things between us start to feel all too real. When my swoony, completely unreliable, rock star ex comes back into town begging for a chance to reunite our family, things get … complicated. Suddenly, Tanner is jealous and I’m trying to figure out where I stand and what I want, torn between what makes me happy and what’s best for my daughter. No Strings Attached is a steamy stand-alone romance with a guaranteed HEA by the author of Hula Girl.★ Author's Note: No Strings Attached is based on a previously published short story titled One More Try. The main premise is the same, but there's a whole lot more romance and story to be had with No Strings Attached!
Come Down Under
Weston Parker - 2020
All that’s left is this silly internship. Making it international is the only fun part about it. And I’ve won the jackpot on the company and location. I get to work with one of the most successful businessmen in the world. He’s an over-the-top sexy Australian who’s considered his country’s favorite son. The only drawback? He’s a grade-A jerk. Where he is, you’re sure to find models, ritzy nightclubs, fast cars, and faster socialites. Crazy enough, our bachelor of the year is also a single father, and his little boy could make anyone’s heart melt. Seeing my a-hole boss with his son is a rare look at the man behind the tabloids that very few get.Which is good, seeing as it makes my panties melt like they’re made of candy. I’ve only got six months. I can do this. I must. When things heat up, and they do oh so fast, the important thing is to keep our love affair a secret. Can you imagine the scandal? And worse, what if Oxford learns about us?My internship will be yanked and my entire future might go with it.Come down under. It’ll be beautiful. Wonderful. Incredible.Sure, unless you drown in lust and can’t seem to find your way back up.
Bitch Slap
J. Kenner - 2017
I love the way they look. The way they smell. The way they feel. Especially the way they feel. And I’ve pretty much made it my mission to give each and every woman who shares my bed the ride of her life.Then I met her. Bitchy as hell and completely uninterested in me. And damned if I didn’t want her. Crave her. I told myself I only wanted to tame her. That it was all about the challenge. I never expected to break through that ice queen exterior and find the softness underneath. Never expected how wild she’d be between the sheets or the way she’d cry my name with such sincere intensity when I totally rocked her world. Most of all, I never expected to fall for her. But I did.And the question is, now that I know I want her, how the hell do I go about keeping her?
Brody
A.S. Roberts - 2018
rock band, Default Distraction have everything money can buy... Brody Daniels, lead singer of DD has a life that many people envy. Money, fast cars, extravagant houses and a constant stream of beautiful women. But he's tired of the rock n roll lifestyle, and so damn sick of the pretence. He wants something real, something tangible... Amy Harper has had more than enough of “real”. She has nothing to call her own. Unless you count a large overdraft and a struggling village shop. She's so tired of pushing against the tide, just for once she wants to be swept away with it... An accidental meeting is all it takes for Brody to claim the reality he wants. A few stolen moments are all Amy has to give, before once again her reality consumes her. Can he convince her to take a chance on him when experience tells her to walk away?
My Redemption (The Elite Securities Series, #1)
Jennifer Hanks - 2018
Quietly suffering in a life filled with loneliness and regret, he’s accepted his punishment for not protecting the only person he’s ever loved.In his experiences, he’s learned to always expect the worst.He never expected to meet a woman who would bring light into his life, who would show him forgiveness and the beauty in acceptance.He never expected a chance at redemption.He never expected Isabella Hampton.This is the first book in a spin-off series of The Dimarco Series. Can be read as a standalone. Many characters from The Dimarco Series will appear in this story.
Franklin
Billie Lustig - 2021
Perks such as: the best food, the best deals, the best horses.And the best accountant. For that, I want Kenny. Especially when I find out that Kenny is a beautiful brown-haired, blue-eyed woman named Kendall. My brothers aren’t too happy about it. Say she can’t be trusted.That she will be my downfall. That she’s lurking around making plans with my biggest enemy. But I’m not some love struck little boy. I control this city. You can’t deceive me.Besides, no one dares to mess with a Wolfe, anyway.** Franklin is book #1 in the Boston Wolfes series, containing four interconnected standalones about the Wolfe Brothers **
The Billionaire and the Virgin
Jessica Clare - 2015
Fans of Maya Banks, Melody Anne and J. Kenner will be dazzled by the scorching-hot chemistry of this New York Times bestseller.You met the six bachelors of the Billionaire Boys Club... Now it's time to pair up some filthy-rich billionaires with lucky ladies in waiting and enjoy the spoils... Marjorie Ivarsson is the picture of naivete. A hardworking waitress raised by her grandmother, an evening playing bingo is her sort of socialising. But when she's invited to be a bridesmaid at her friend Bronte's wedding, she enters a whole new world. Whisked away to the billionaire groom's private island, Marjorie is awe-struck by the glitz and glamour. But what dazzles her most is notorious playboy and hot-shot TV producer Robert Cannon. After Marjorie saves Robert from drowning in the island's turquoise lagoon, she can't help but feel drawn to him. But she's not the only woman intrigued, and with his wild and womanising ways, they couldn't be more wrong for each other. With the blistering attraction between them becoming hard to ignore, and the idyllic, irresistibly romantic island as their playground - will opposites attract?
Sucker Punch
Eva Logan - 2018
His big dreams have left him at rock bottom and when you’ve lost everything, losing becomes easy because there’s nothing to fight for. The love of his life left him for a life he couldn’t give her and now she’s engaged and on top of the world while he claws his way out of the hole he dug when she left. Lotus Shaw plays the role of the media’s darling, and dutiful fiancé to a man only her parents approve of. She should be on top of the world, but she left her heart on the floor of a fight gym. Now, she’s got to get it back. One little secret from the past is keeping her from the future. When they come face to face again, nothing could’ve prepared them for the sucker punch love was about to land. Nothing worth having comes without a fight.
Rescued by a Daddy (Under Daddy's Roof Book 2)
Jaye Diamond - 2020
I’m watching her.And I like what I see.I don’t celebrate Thanksgiving.What's the point when you have no one to share the meal with?I’d rather forget about it, until I see Pamela: lost, helpless, and stunning.Now I have something to celebrate—her arrival in my life.The much younger girl is happy to be rescued by me, but will she remain happy when a scarred and lonely dominant daddy confesses everything he wants to do to her?This is a standalone, safe, HEA, insta-love romance.
Knock Out (Beautiful Boxers, #1)
Willow James - 2020
The last thing he wants is to find his mind and body derailed by a luscious, shy librarian. Now all he can think about is coaxing her to come out of her shell and how he's going to make her his.Humiliated by the only man she ever let into her bed, Tabitha Simms took the job in Walton, MA, determined to play it safe and accept her life as a lonely, quiet librarian. She doesn't count on Brodie, a tattooed, possessive boxer interrupting her life and bringing out a side of her she never knew.Knock Out is a sweet, steamy romance and is the first short read in the Beautiful Boxers Series. If you love possessive, alpha men, curvy women, hot love scenes, and instalove all wrapped up in a sweet, sexy story then grab a glass of wine and curl up in your favorite spot, because this one is for you
His Virgin Bride
Kara Hart - 2017
There are two choices: say “I do,” or leave forever. The first time I met James Mason, my number was up. I couldn’t stop smiling. When he talked to me in the parking lot, I knew he’d be the one. I should have ran when I had the chance. He looked at me like I was the answer to all his problems. He couldn’t resist. Neither could I. We fall into our own world, where he promises me all that I can dream of. When he holds me, I’m his everything. My heart pounds. My body aches. Something inside of me changes. And at the end of all this, I get totally screwed. He gives me an offer. A proposal for marriage, in exchange for some crap piece of land. I’m left floored. Breathless. Shattered. When your heart is broken, you start to understand just how the world works. I said I’d never forgive him, but there’s a first time for everything. Why shouldn’t I be his to have, to hold, and to touch forever? **His Virgin Bride is a standalone, full length small town romance novel with a HEA and absolutely NO CLIFFHANGERS!**
C is for Carter: A Secret Baby Mountain Man Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)
Natasha L. Black - 2022
Jax (Ink-Fusions)
Penny Anglene - 2019
I had sworn off women for the last couple of years because of what one female had done but then she walks in. She’s a natural brunette that has hair down her back and a body that dreams are made of. I fell hard, then one unpredictable disaster struck. How do I make it right again?RiaAfter a very troubled past, I am content with my life. Through love of family and counseling I pulled myself out of the darkness. I finally meet the man of my dreams and then the unthinkable happens. Ghosts from my past have come back to haunt me. Is it real or just coming from my subconscious? Can I trust myself enough to let Jax into my life, or are we both to damaged? Do I trust my ‘dream man' to save us both?