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Have You Met My Wife?: After I Do
M.K. Moore - 2022
He used his power to make her his, but will it be enough to keep her?Kenya Vitali loves being Brando’s wife. She went into this headfirst; she knew what she was getting into.Secrets get you killed, and love never fails.This is a safe, over-the-top novella with all the love.
Anastasia
A. Marie - 2021
Strip physically, emotionally, mentally.Strip until you get it into your head that you are mine."Anastasia had the weight of the world on her shoulders. To make matters worse, she had to find a way to keep everything afloat for her family. Thankfully, her friend told her about a job that would ease her financial burden. Working at the club would more than cover her family's medical expenses. It was her only solution, so she accepted.The last thing Anastasia expected was to meet Valentino Romano, club owner and mobster who had one intention--make her his.Unfortunately, as she got closer to Valentino, the uglier things got. Worlds collided, everything crumbled around her, and life as she knew it ceased to exist.
Selling Her Virtue
Dani Wyatt - 2022
Turns out, he's way more than I bargained for. He makes me feel safe and treasured and before you know it, I'm the one begging him to take what he dropped a half-mil to secure.Only, when he shows up the day after the auction sitting at my parents' dinner table, I realize just who the man who claimed my first time really is.Spoiler alert...things are about to get complicated. Author's Note: The last place this brooding, possessive hero wants to be is at a virgin auction. He's about to bail when he spies something he can't live without. Get comfortable and watch these two go from zero to sixty as soon as the auctioneer bangs his gavel. Safe, no cheating, and a HEA of course.
His Sunshine
Cameron Hart - 2019
Just as I'm grumbling about the... less than desirable accommodations offered by the NYC public transit system, I see her. My sunshine. She’s standing on the platform wearing beat up converse and a light pink, lacy dress that hugs her tiny frame and generous curves. She has porcelain skin, pouty lips, green eyes, and a frizz of blonde hair that’s just begging me to wrap it around my fist while I... well, while I have my way with her. It's not just her stunning looks though. She’s got this innocence and warmth about her. I want to wrap her up in my arms and let her goodness seep into my bones while I protect her from the world. I never saw my little sunshine coming, but now that I have her, I'm never letting go. HAILEY: I never expected to meet the man of my dreams while riding the train into work. Yet, here he is. He can't possibly want anything to do with me though, right? I'm just a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, barely scraping by at the bakery I work at to pay off my father's many debts. But Parker keeps showing up, keeps talking to me, keeps making me go crazy with want. HIS SUNSHINE is insta-love at its best. An alpha male who knows what he wants as soon as he sees it, and a wallflower waiting for someone to notice her and break her out of her shell. WARNING: This book contains some scenes that might be difficult for some readers. If you are triggered easily, proceed with caution. As always, there is a guaranteed HEA and no cheating!
Recluse
Nikolai Andrew - 2021
Instead, she followed her heart, even though it meant she would get zero financial, or moral, support from her upper crust parents.When she’s assigned a welfare check on the local recluse, the sparks that fly would light up the Fourth of July sky. But what Melanie doesn’t know, is the man she’s sent to check on, has been checking her out since the day she arrived in town.This reclusive stalker never believed he could catch the eye of the curvy, golden haired beauty, and yet, she’s dropped like manna from heaven straight into his world and now, he’s never letting her go.Only, if she finds out his secret, will she understand or run screaming into the woods?Vincent Weber has never quite fit in, and he’s given up trying. He’s satisfied living alone in the woods, until the day he sets his eyes on his own personal Goldilocks. She’s too soft, he’s too hard, but when they get together, they are oh so just right. This Daddy bear has found his little one, and he’s never letting her go. Safe, no cheating with a few swats on the behind and boom… it’s way over the top insta-love and a happy ending that feels like a fairy tale.
Incite: Adam
Heather C. Leigh - 2014
He turns to his love of music and countless girls to escape his sad reality.Beautiful and naïve Ellie Palmer comes from a well-off family that suddenly finds themselves living in one of the poorest neighborhoods in London. Alone in a frightening new place, Ellie is afraid to leave the safety of her home, only going out to walk to school and back.When Adam prevents Ellie from becoming the victim of a horrific sexual assault, they discover something that two teenagers never thought they would find in such a depressing place. Each other.After tragedy, lies, and distance tear their future away from them; they each wander through life empty and hopeless no matter who or what they use to replace the feelings of loss.From the crime-ridden streets of London’s East End to the over-the-top display of wealth in L.A. Can two broken souls conquer their demons in order to find true happiness?This is book 1 in the 4 part Rockstar Series. It is a spin-off of the Famous Series. These can be read as standalones
Never Been Kissed
Lucy Darling - 2020
But he’s the one threat I never saw coming. Silent, strong, and far too good-looking, he makes me feel when I should be doing anything but. I’ve always prided myself on keeping up with the boys. But this time, with this man, I don’t want to be just one of the boys to him. I want to be his everything.She’s the kind of woman you savor. One that deserves devotion and sacrifice. I’m more than willing to give it all to her. Strong and soft, courageous but hiding secret fears—she’s the woman who owned my heart from the moment I saw her. Sharing my life with her includes sharing my nightmares, but will I be strong enough to fully let her in when the time comes? Knowing losing her would be the biggest nightmare of them all.
Rock Hard
Kat Austen - 2016
Especially one as unlikely and turbulent as Elodie and Caspian’s. It’s been years since she’s seen the rough rebel she fell in love with as a teen. She’s put him behind her and moved on. That’s the story she tries to sell her friends and family, but deep down, she knows it’s a lie. She hasn’t moved on from Caspian Cruz and she probably never will, but she has to finally give up hope they’ll ever reunite. Or does she?When her friends drag her to a sold-out rock concert, she comes face to face with the lead singer . . . who just so happens to be the boy she fell for all those years ago. She never thought she’d see him again. She never realized he’d made it in the music world. And she never expected him to confess that he’s been waiting for her as long as she’s been waiting for him. What will happen when their worlds collide again? A repeat of the past or a second chance to get things right?ROCK HARD is a short and sexy read, chock-full of excessive sweetness and heaps of filthy talking. Not for the faint or square of heart.
Seven Year Itch
Sarah Curtis - 2020
The dreaded stage in a relationship where couples can grow antsy and lose interest. One stupid magazine article, luring her in with its catchy title was all it had taken to turn Alison Evan’s life upside down.At the time, she’d only rolled her eyes and laughed at the list of red-flag signs it offered readers, warning of a cheating lover. After seven years and two kids, her own marriage to Garrett was rock solid.Or was it?Because lately, that list didn’t seem so ridiculous. In fact, that list was mirroring her life.Which was why, by employing some creative investigative skills and dragging her best friend along for the ride, Ali decided to find out once and for all...Was the seven-year itch about to scratch out another relationship?
Don't Come Around Here
Eva Luxe - 2018
Brad was my first kiss, my first love, my first everything. Then my dad found out. And he made sure Brad didn't come around any more. I've never been able to get him off my mind. Now, we're both back in our hometown, and it seems the feeling is mutual. He wants to be with me again, but he left back then. My panties get soaking wet when he's around. But I know better than to let him in them again. He may have stolen my innocence, but I won't let him steal my heart. The problem is, he did that a long time ago.
And this bad boy still takes what he wants.
Don't Come Around Here is a full length standalone romance featuring a dominant, alpha male athlete and the curvy, feisty woman he falls for. It has no cheating and no cliffhangers, but a very happy ever after and plenty of steam.
Heart of Winter
Lauren Gilley - 2020
He was also not at all married to Oliver’s mother, a washerwoman, who died when Oliver was only six.”Oliver Meacham, bastard nephew of the Duke of Drakewell, and a massive disappointment to his father, has just lost all his male relatives to the war with the invading Sels from the West. Without an heir, the duchy of Drakewell stands to fall into enemy hands, unless one of Oliver’s cousins can marry a lord with an army strong enough to defend it – which is how he finds himself escorting his cousin Tessa to the Great Northern Wastes; to the kingdom of Aeretoll, with a hope that Tessa might wed the fearsome warrior king who rules there, Erik Frodeson, in order to protect her people.But the stern, forbidding Erik refuses to marry. He offers his nephew’s hand to Tessa instead. And to Oliver he offers insult, challenge – and the sorts of loaded glances that leave Oliver as flustered as he is furious.Tessa doesn’t relish the prospect of marrying for a political alliance, but she’s ready to fulfill her duty to her family and people – even more so when she realizes that she won’t have to wed the churlish Erik, but his charming nephew, instead. Only…the king has two nephews. And Tessa has a choice to make.The Drake Chronicles is a slow-burn fantasy series, full of court intrigue, adventure, drama, dragons, and passionate romance. Heavily influenced by Viking history and mythology, the series follows the intertwining stories of multiple couples as they fall in love, and fight to save their families, and their kingdoms.
Twice As Wicked
Elizabeth Bright - 2017
But how to expose a seducer without falling prey herself? As she gets closer to Nathaniel, she finds she is in serious danger of following in her sister’s much-too-tempted footsteps. The man is nothing like the heartless rake she expected...and his kisses are truly divine. Could she be wrong about him? When a mysterious and gorgeous woman confronts Nathaniel at a fancy ball, he suspects she has murder on her mind—his own. But the more he tries to determine who the deceptively innocent beauty is—and what she’s up to—the deeper he falls under her alluring spell. Nathaniel fears he’s in imminent danger of losing his life...or worse, his heart.
Son of the Morning
Linda Howard - 1997
John, a scholar, unwittingly discovers the Knights of Templar's secret treasure. Suddenly, her life is upturned when she spies her boss murdering her husband and brother. With no reason to live, except to extract vengeance, Grace becomes a fugitive of the law as she attempts to find an explanation for this horrible act.Grace simultaneously translates 14th century medieval documents written by Black Niall. This embittered knight reaches into Grace's subconscious and the two begin to share dreams 700 years apart. A scholar specializing in ancient manuscripts, Grace St. John never imagined that a cache of fragile, old documents she discovered was the missing link to a lost Celtic treasure. But as soon as she deciphers the intriguing legend of the Knights of the Templar -- long fabled to hold the key to unlimited power -- Grace becomes the target of a ruthless killer bent on abusing the coveted force.Determined to stop him, Grace needs the help of a celebrated warrior bound by duty to uphold the Templar's secret for all eternity. But to find him -- and to save herself -- she must go back in time.Summoning the magic of an arcane ritual, Grace steps back to the barren hills of 14th-century Scotland, enduring the perils of an untamed land to confront Black Niall, a fierce man of dark fury and raw, unbridled desire. Driven by a mix of fear and passion, Grace enlists this brazen knight to join her in a modern-day search for a killer.In their quest to protect a timeless secret, they uncover a love for all time -- and a deadly duel of honor that risks everything they have.
Professor Maxwell
Loni Ree - 2020
Now Reid Maxwell is going to find out he picked the wrong girl to boss around. She’s going to show him.Professor Reid Maxwell hasn't let any woman get close enough to catch him. The Economics Professor has no room in his life for entanglements since raising his younger sister takes all his time.All that changes when he takes one look at Tori Barton and realizes she's the one. Only Tori isn't going to make things easy for Professor Maxwell.Now, Reid has to make sure that love at first sight leads to happily ever after.
Dream of Me/Believe in Me
Josie Litton - 2001
They know that their only hope for peace is to persuade the Saxon Lord Hawk to unite his noble family with theirs — in a bond sealed forever by the sanctity of marriage. Together these three men will strive to overcome centuries-old rivalries and hatred. Each will unite in marriage with an extraordinary woman who has her own special gift — and her own dreams of bringing about an end to war....Book OneIn Dream of Me we meet the Viking leader Wolf Hakonson as he embarks on a mission to kidnap the Lady Cymbra, a legendary beauty Wolf mistakenly believes is the cause of war. Instead he discovers that she is a gifted healer who will challenge him to confront his deepest yearnings — and together they will become soul mates who forge a future blessed by peace. Book TwoThe drama continues in Believe in Me, when the Saxon Lord Hawk, brother of Cymbra, seeks to strengthen the alliance by wedding a Norse noblewoman. But Lady Krysta arrives bearing many secrets — including her gift for seeing what others cannot. And as an unexpected love ignites, only Krysta can sense the looming danger that threatens the peace — and Hawk as well.Now, discover Josie Litton....