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Her Sexy Cowboy: Instalove Cowboy, Curvy Woman Romance (Love on the Ranch Book 6)


Mia Brody - 2021
    

His Sweet Curvy Treat


Sara Hazel - 2019
    But when I walk into his cake shop I can't help but wonder if fate has another plan for me... He wants all of me And I want to give myself to him. But I've never done this before. He whispers in my ear: "Just follow my lead." Liam: She came in with her sister, And I couldn't take my eyes off her. Her perfect curves and sparkling smile Will be mine. With me she'll get all the sweet and all the heat she could ever need. His Sweet Curvy Treat is a standalone short romance novella in Sara Hazel's CURVES FOR THE ALPHA series. This is a high heat older Alpha man younger curvy woman story you don't want to miss. It's INSTALOVE and CONNECTION like you crave. It makes no apologies for the sugary sweet steamy goodness you'll find within. Yeah, it might be a little cheesy, but that's on purpose! <3 This story is OVER THE TOP and filled with YOU-KNOW-WHAT! Sara Hazel writes stories red hot over the top instalove stories of curvy women who learn they can have it all -- adventure, career, and love. There is always a hot Alpha Man who sees the brilliance in the heroine's smile and wants to make her his wife. He can even be a little obsessive about it! Every story has a HAPPY EVER AFTER (HEA) and there's absolutely NO CHEATING! *If on fire/over the top Instalove isn't your thing then you probably want to look away or you might melt! ---- *BBW *Alpha Man *Sweet *Single Dad Romance *Steamy *Older Man Younger Woman *May December *Second Chance at Love

BOYD: a mountain man, curvy woman short and sweet instalove romance (Mountain Man Animal Rescue Book 8)


Kate Tilney - 2021
    

Saved by the Mountain Man


K.B. Barrett - 2021
    She’s been on the run for a year.He’s been running his whole life.She is fleeing from her past.He is stuck where he is at.She will fight with everything she has to give her son the life she never had.His past mistakes won’t ever let him forget what he lost.She needs a savior.He just needs her.Will they find a way through the fog of the past to a place where they both can heal together?A place where both of them can see a future.Where both of them can finally find peace in their love

1102 Sugar Rd. (Cherry Falls, Book 44)


Tory Baker - 2021
    I haven’t made a secret of it, but she’s not giving me the time of day. In fact, she’s driving me crazy. There’s a pull between us and I know she feels it, but she refuses to let her guard down. I know why. She’s a single mother and she’s got her son to worry about. She doesn’t want a man to waltz into their lives and leave them. What Faith doesn’t realize is that I’m not that type of man. I’m her man. I’m going to prove to her that she and her son can count on me forever. Tory is taking you back to Cherry Falls once again with a sheriff that has fallen in love with a single mother and her son. He won’t stop until he claims them both as his own. Graham Lawson is an over the top alpha who is out to steal his woman’s heart and hopefully yours, too. This is book is safe, hot, and full of a sweet happily ever after that will prove love comes when you least expect it—no matter how hard you fight it.

Mountain Man Daddy


Amy Pennza - 2021
    Living in the mountains can get lonely, but it’s easier to resist temptation when your only companions are trees and bears.Then temptation fell into my lap—literally.Allie Russo is the last kind of problem I need on my hands. Gorgeous, smart, and far too young for me, she’s running from problems of her own. She has no business being in my life. Or in my bed. Or over my knee.The problem is, she likes being there. And when she calls me Daddy with that look in her big, dark eyes, I have a hard time remembering all the reasons we’re wrong for each other.Because this thing between us feels right. And now I’m not sure I can live without her.

A Beard and His Flowers


Poppy Parkes - 2021
    Come for the found family created in the midst of the most unlikely of circumstances, stay for the protective mountain man who will do whatever it takes to protect the ones he loves.The mountain men are calling, and we must go . . .This spring, twenty-one of your favorite romance authors are joining forces to bring you a mountain man series to make you swoon. Join us all May long for thick beards, big hearts, and instalove that won’t be denied. The Spring’s Mountain Men series of short, steamy stories is sure to put a spring in your step. *wink* HEAs guaranteed!**Content warning: domestic abuse is lightly portrayed and referenced in this book.

Sweet Ward (A Virgin Romance)


Lila Younger - 2019
    Here I am, eighteen, newly graduated, the world at my feet. I should be living it up. Right? Partying in Europe, spending summers on yachts, that kind of thing. So what am I doing going back home… to nothing? Well, not quite nothing. Because there’s someone I’ve always wanted, but never could have. Someone who was meant to protect me, to guard me and keep me safe. Oh he’s kept me safe all right. I’ve never drank, never messed around with a boy. All so that maybe, I could give him the gift of my first. Now all I have to do is get his attention. (Lila Younger writes hot, steamy romance with no cheating and a HEA every time because love stories are always a little better when they’re naughty. If you’re looking for a novella that’s guaranteed to leave your heart - and your panties!- melting, then start reading!)

Police Officer's Princess


Flora Ferrari - 2017
     Whether I’m trying to figure out where my popcorn disappeared to on movie night with my daughter or where the suspect in the case I’m working on is hiding the evidence, I can always tell who’s telling the truth and who’s not. So why can’t I be honest with myself when it comes to her? I swear I’m not interested in my best friend’s little sister. Not the shy girl with the pigtails from years gone by. But the way she’s looking at me tells me she’s not so shy anymore, and it’s making this officer want to frisk her with a pat down. And those pigtails I used to pull on to tease her? Now I want to pull those long locks of hers for a different reason. But as much as my visual inspection makes me want to break out my nightstick and yell “spread em,” it’s the way her and my daughter are becoming partners in crime more and more every day that makes me know I’ve got the only girl who could be my partner for life. They’re teasing me, surprising me, and reminding me what it’s like to live and love again. My actions leave no alibi. When it comes to locking her up and throwing away the key I’m guilty as charged. But before I give her the key to my heart, I suspect I’ll have to resist her brother’s case for a domestic disturbance when he bursts through the door like a battering ram at the most inopportune time. *Police Officer's Princess is a 50,000+ word complete stand-alone novel with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed HEA.

Doctor's Orders


Alexa Blue - 2019
    If my life couldn’t get any worse, I crash into the car in front of me. When Dante insists that I go back to his place so that he can make sure I have not been harmed, I try fighting it. But there’s something about the hunky, older doctor that drives my knees to jelly. My head, and my protective father, tells me I must stay away from the man. But my pounding heart speaks a different story. Dante My clients don't come to me because of my bubbly personality or with hopes that I'd have candy in a jar once they leave. They come to me because they know I'd give them the best damn medical attention. I do not let them any of my patients until I am convinced they will be okay. But I have never been the cause for someone's injury before. I blame myself because I know my mind was elsewhere. If I was alert and moved when the rest of the cars did, she would not have rammed into me, but that is no excuse. Now, it's up to me to make sure the pretty young thing is safe, and no further harm falls on her. I have to keep reminding myself that the curvy beauty in front of me is a patient. A doctor cannot have these dirty thoughts of his patient, no matter how beautiful she is. But, I’m not sure I can hold the same level of professionalism once she is no longer my patient… Doctor’s Orders is an over-the-top, high heat, Insta-love romance with an alpha who's only mission is to keep his curvy beauty safe... and to make her his. All my romances are steamy, packed with sweetness, absolutely no cheating and a guaranteed HEA!

Just My Fake Marriage


L.A. Pepper - 2021
    My friends warned me to stay away from my new billionaire boss, Malcolm Stewart.He’s definitely hot AF, but an arrogant entitled alpha is not my type.It was hate at first sight.He had some kind of power over me that I couldn’t explain, so I confronted him first and let him know that I could not be bought and was not at all interested.Rejecting him seemed to make him even more intrigued with me, ugh.He figured out that I loved to travel, take adventures, and cherished my job.So he offered me a luxurious vacation AND ownership to the cafe where I worked...But there was one catch...I would have to play his fake wife for a week, to help him with an inheritance.I reluctantly accepted the challenge and upped the ante even more.I counter-bet him that he would fall in love with me, and I would break his heart.I knew there was no risk of losing because I didn’t have a heart to break.We sealed the deal with the hottest night of my life… suddenly I knew I was in trouble.Can two people who don’t believe in love play the game so hard that they lose their hearts to each other?Malcolm & Mina’s relationship is one emotional roller coaster filled with misunderstandings, power struggles, wrapped up in one epic love story! This will keep you turning the pages all night long! Can be read as a standalone, with no cheating and of course one heck of a HEA

Hagen & Missy (The Jorgensen Legacy, #3)


M.K. Moore - 2019
     We did everything in the wrong order, but it feels so right. Will Hagen make Missy his before it's too late? Yeah, probably, this is a Filthy Modern Viking novella after all, but what a ride it will be getting there. This Jorgensen Legacy is almost too hot to handle.

Single Dad's Nightmare


Sam Destiny - 2018
    She’s loud, careless, and manages to get on Dale’s every single nerve. The noise sure isn’t helping, not with the nightmares his precious little daughter has. He’d do anything to take them away. But he’s stuck in this neighborhood, and even worse, he can’t stop looking at his loud neighbor, Clare. Why the hell does she have to be so pretty? Clare Delaney can appreciate Dale Harris’ good looks—and that annoys her because he doesn’t seem interested, and even if he did… No, she just can’t date this annoying single dad, no matter how hot he is, and that’s that. Even if she loves his daughter as if she were her own. Even if the chemistry seems off the charts. Two people who can’t stop arguing should never hop into bed together. So why do their worlds keep colliding, sparks flying? Could it be that opposites attract after all?

Unlocking Her Chastity


Frankie Love - 2021
    And the nights, well, they’re long and frigid. The small, isolated town known for its yearly icy swim is overflowing with hunky, lonely men. These Mountain Men are waiting for their special soulmate to come along and heat things up.

1109 Cowboy Way


Hope Ford - 2021
    When one job ends, he moves on to the next. Except this time he can’t.There is something about the new Hickory Homestead owner that calls to him. All alone in that big place, there is no way one person can run a ranch all on their own.Hadley tries to hide her scars from everyone, the ones on the surface and below. But the more he watches her, the more Grayson wants to protect her and be the one who spares a lending hand.He should have left Cherry Falls and be halfway to Texas but he can’t leave. He can’t get over these possessive feelings he has for Hadley. He wants to protect her and take her pain away. He wants to love her.He didn't think he would ever be the forever type again, but it turns out this cowboy just hadn’t met the right woman. She might think he’s after her ranch but Grayson is going to prove there’s only one thing keeping him in Cherry Falls-- and that’s her.Cherry Falls is filled with returning characters and iconic destinations that will begin to feel like family. When you leave the city, and drive into Cherry Falls, it’s like you’ve finally come home. The cherry on top? Each book delivers a swoon-worthy, high heat romance! So welcome to Cherry Falls, we hope you stay awhile!