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Splinter the Bone (DI Haskell & Quinn #3)


Bilinda P. Sheehan - 2020
    He knows you’re alone… and he wants to be with you.A new elite team is formed in the North Yorkshire police force to tackle the most heinous crimes.When a young girl is found washed up at the base of the cliffs in Whitby, the police suspect human trafficking.Coming off the high of catching a vicious murderer, Drew and Harriet are called on to investigate a series of seemingly unconnected, and random, crimes.One of which Harriet fears bears all the hallmarks of a fledgling serial killer.With Drew fighting the lasting effects of the Star Killer, and Harriet trying to help him reintegrate, this may turn out to be their most challenging case yet.

Hazel and Her Billionaire Tower


Catelyn Meadows - 2020
    Finally, the connection she’s been searching for surfaces in the least likely place possible:With her ex-boyfriend at his mother’s hat shop in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.Thanks to the distinct, one-of-a-kind hats sold there—and the hat that is an almost exact match to the one Hazel’s birth mother left for her years before—Wesley and his mother hold the missing links to the answers she’s seeking.But Wesley broke her heart. She can’t be near him, especially not since Wes seems to think they need to give love a second try.Following the hat’s clues means more time with Wesley. She’d rather lock herself away in her mansion tower on Beaver Lake.That’s the problem with towers, though. Being up so high makes the possibility of falling again way too easy…Fans of swoony, second chance romance and toe-curling kisses will love this clean Rapunzel retelling by Catelyn Meadows!

Small-Town Affair (A Secret Baby Romance)


Lauren Wood - 2021
    I’m the one that called it off.The first woman I’ve loved in years, and now she hates me.Time didn’t make it better, only worse.Missing her became my occupation.I don’t blame her for wanting to cut me out of her life.I earned it.We had something great going.I got scared and callously broke her heart.Her gorgeous body and seductive eyesMake me jealous as everyone looks her way.I know I can’t have her, and it kills me.Mila is the woman every man wants by his side and in his bed.Sexy, kind and she is going to be a great motherTo my child that she carries, as I tossed her aside.I am no longer the idiot that called it all off.I deserve a second chance with her.I’ll make it right with her.Then she will forgive me and truly be mine.Note: Adults Only!

Rabid


Zahra Girard - 2021
    Can an angel redeem a devil?I’m a hunter.Relentless, ruthless, driven by revenge.I have one target - the men who killed my family.There’s no room for love in my cold, callous heart.The only people I call family are my brothers in the MC and my dog, Sheila.Then I meet Claire.Then I want more.Claire Thompson is everything I’m not.Kind, loving, beautiful – in or out of her sensible courtroom suit.She thinks she can save me.I know it’s wrong to let her in.To let her believe I’m anything more than a monster.It’s a mistake that could get us both killed.Because the dangerous men I’m hunting know I’m close.They know about Claire, too.And they’re ready to kill again.There’s only one way to save her life – be the beast she’s afraid of.But saving Claire could cost me everything.Including her.

Cowboys & Crushes: Western Romance (Baker Brothers of Copper Creek Book 2)


Natalie Dean - 2021
    

Daddy's Luscious Little: An Age Play, DDlg, Instalove, Standalone, Romance (Sheriff Daddies Little Girl Series Book 2)


Jess Winters - 2021
    He swoops in to save her…STEPHANIEIt feels as if every Little in this town has been claimed.I stay up most nights, daydreaming about my perfect Daddy.Then, I meet him at a chance encounter in my backyard.He’s tanned, tawny and muscular, strong enough to lift me off my feet—literally.I can’t possibly be enough for him.But, he’s protective, and good at what he does.Does he want me as much as I want him?Will this end in true love?THOMASI’ve dated Littles before, but my last girlfriend broke my heart.I’m sick of being cheated on and taken for granted.When I moved to this town, I thought I’d finally get a clean slate.Then I meet her.Curvy, sweet, and bratty, I’m hooked.I thought I’d saved her from danger once.Turns out I’ll have to do it again, and I’d do anything for her.I’ll do anything to protect my Little.Daddy's Luscious Little is a hot, short, sexy Age Play romance featuring two consenting adults who are the perfect match for each other. It includes some DDlg elements, some moments of suspense, lots of lust and love, and a Happily Ever After you can root for. Enjoy!This is Book Two of the Sheriff Daddies Little Girl series, a collection of standalone novelettes exploring the Daddies of a little West Virginia Town, an area full of mystery and romance. The books can be read in any order.

Ashes to Ashes


Cory Toth - 2013
    Then, after a business misfortune and a stormy relationship, he lost everything but his sanity and his love for his baby daughter. He is now struggling to make it through each day, emotionally and financially, when disaster strikes and the floodgates of Hell are opened. Danger lurks in the background, tearing at the fabric of his fragile existence. Someone has been watching him. Someone is following his every move, waiting in the shadows, terrorizing him with unknown motives. He begins to suspect everyone in his life, including himself. He must fight to learn what is happening before it is too late for him...and his family.

Cowboy Strong (Cowboy Up, #5)


Allison Merritt - 2017
    Love a man who is Cowboy Strong.... The Cowboy’s Secret by Allison Merritt Can an all-around cowboy make peace with his past and find love with a spunky cowgirl who steals his family’s heart? Not the End, Cowboy by Autumn Piper Hitting humanity with a pandemic isn’t enough for Fate—she’ll make you survive it with the one person you never want to see again. Bidding for the Cowboy's Heart by Melissa Keir Going once, going twice, sold. Can a New York socialite find love with a Colorado bull rider she won at auction? Saving Cowboy by Leslie Garcia Betrayal embittered them both—can love heal their hurt and help them save a horse named Cowboy? Welcome Home, Cowboy by Sara Walter Ellwood Who says you can’t ever go home? Lorelei Kent fears she’ll never find love again. Back on her ranch isn’t where playboy bull rider Tucker O’Connell wants to be. Will she welcome him home? Or will his secret promise to her ex destroy any chance they might have had? Her Taylor Made Cowboy by D’Ann Lindun As a successful model, Taylor Griffin hated being judged for her looks unless Waylon Wainwright can prove he sees the woman, and not just her beauty.

A Fresh Start: From Bluebird Bay to Cherry Blossom Point


Christine Gael - 2021
    

The Whippoorwill Trilogy


Sharon Sala - 2020
    But the Kansas territories are a difficult place, and Letty has to do what it takes to survive. Now, she’s the last saloon girl in the rough-and-tumble town of Lizard Flats, a place where happily ever after’s are nothing but a dream.

Grayson: A Beckett Brothers Novel Book 5: The Beckett Brothers


Susan Fisher-Davis - 2020
    

Sasha's Secret


Christie Adams - 2021
    The former SAS trooper doesn’t know what his long-term future holds, but there’s no place in it for the family vineyard and winery in Sicily.

 Working as the PA to a pop star scaling the heights of international fame is worlds away from the career that put Sasha Morgan’s life on the line countless times. When her previous experience enables her to identify the very real danger lurking in the twisted messages appearing in her employer’s social media accounts, she doesn’t expect assistance to come in the form of a hot-as-sin, half-English, half-Sicilian security expert.

 Mutual attraction grows as Rocco and Sasha work together to uncover the source of the threats, but there’s only so much they can do alone. Backup comes from an unexpected source—an elite team of Delta Force operatives, led by Captain Keane “Ghost” Bryson, but the surprises don’t stop there…

Hot Player: An Accidental Baby, Office Romance (Hot Billionaire Daddies Book 7)


Suzanne Hart - 2020
    

Her Dark Path


Ken Ogilvie - 2017
    Rebecca was only eight years old. The killer has never been caught. Growing up, Rebecca vowed that one day she would track him down and make him pay. Now Rebecca is a young police woman in Ontario. She wants to become a homicide detective. Her first investigation is the cold case of a woman who vanished for 16 days and then was found dead in her own home. The brutal crime shocks the remote Canadian town of Conroy. The puzzling case has uncanny similarities to the murder of Rebecca’s mother. Both victims were found strangled in their own kitchens. Can Rebecca keep her emotions together as she closes in on a killer with connections to her family and tragic past? And will she finally get justice for her mother?

Axed - A Forbidden Dark Romance Novella


Samantha Towle - 2022
    The only person he has to answer to now is his parole officer.Imagine his surprise when the stuffy, middle-aged overweight guy he’d conjured in his mind turns out to be anything but that, and he finds himself sitting across the desk from Eden Briars—the girl he went to high school with. The girl that’s consumed his dreams since he was a teenager. The girl he once loved.And now she’s his parole officer.What’s worse is that, since his release, his old classmates have started dropping like flies, all dying under suspicious circumstances. Of course, the people in town are only too quick to point their fingers in Axel’s direction.Because once a murderer, always a murderer, right?**Previously part of the Scouts Anthology**