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Unleashing The Storm (Mama's Brood, #2)
Shay Rucker - 2018
Something isn’t right – hasn’t been since love found its way inside Mama’s Brood – gets more wrong the moment Lucas ‘Big Country’ Beaumont is captivated by the raw sensuality of Stormy Redmond. Never one to be controlled by anything as deceptive as a woman’s nature, Big Country relies on a tried and true system to ensure his dealings with women remain relegated to mutually beneficial transactions that end when he says they end. Or so it was…before that feeling. Now, faced with the consequences of one unfortunate decision, and a past that will no longer be ignored, Big Country struggles to contain the truth of his nature lest it destroys everyone he cares about, including Stormy, the one woman capable of showing him why a man would be willing to die for something as foolish as love?
His Sweetest Song
Victoria H. Smith - 2018
A woman, a house, and the town that never truly left her. After I receive word of an inheritance, I end up back in Kansas, red bottom heels and all to take ownership of a house and property I haven’t set foot on in over a decade. My aunt Josephine chose me, the last of her living relatives, and now I’m left to discover what she wants done with her legacy. It’s a feat I’m willing to take on. But the man I find in her bathroom is another story. Grayden claims to be a handyman, previous help to my aunt in his well-worn jeans and smart attitude and as it turns out, he has a daughter who wants even less to do with me than I do with her father. She says absolutely nothing to me—zero words, which only slightly surpasses her elusive dad. The man known as Gray is guarded beyond anything else. He’s cold and I’m left wondering the reasons why. How did a man like that come to be such an important element to my late aunt’s life? And why did my aunt Jo leave him, this house, and this town for me? His Sweetest Song is a standalone contemporary romance by Victoria H. Smith. If you like emotionally-charged romances set in small towns, this 78,000 word novel featuring a single dad looking for a second chance at love and the city-girl he attempts to wrangle is for you!
Rich Little Poor Girl: An Interracial Second Chance Romance
C.L. Donley - 2019
Renown local designer Cynthia Gordon is a woman of humble beginnings-- starting out as a cafeteria worker at The Dvorak Group, a prestigious investment banking firm in the heart of Wall Street run by Solomon Dvorak. When she steals the heart of the CEO's handsome son and heir apparent Ben Dvorak, Solomon comes up with a plan to keep the girl from de-railing his plans for his son. Ten years later, Cynthia Gordon returns to settle the score, without getting her heart involved. Now that Ben is poised to take over the company after his father's illness, Ben is determined to find out what really happened all those years ago-- and ultimately how to win her back.
Distorted Truth
Autumn Stone - 2018
I was the much loved son of a criminal family being groomed to take over the business with my brother. There was no room for a girl like her in my dangerous life. But, I wanted her. Sienna He was the boy that I loved my entire life. He had golden eyes, and dark hair and I wished that I could be his. Our story is a story of love, loss, heartbreak , and reconciliation. Reader Warning: This story has some scenes related to child abuse, violence, and a teensy hint of a swingers' lifestyle. If you can handle it, read on! This is a BWWM Interracial Billionaire romance. Love the book? Leave a review! Distracted Love, The Destructive Love Series, Book 2 will be released soon. Sign up for the newsletter to stay in the loop! We discover Dante and Cree's story
Leaving Fletch: A Novella
Xyla Turner - 2020
Cheated twice, and he was sloppy with his escapades, which left me and my acting career vulnerable. I just wanted to escape. Go to a small town and hide. I found a tribe of older ladies, who were way too nosy and nastier than expected. Then I found a man who was way too sexy and gruff for his own good. It didn't matter, though. We were from two different worlds. Fletch: The woman floated into town, then inside my bar, asking for high-end drinks. I gave her a beer. A regular ole beer. That's what we drink. Who did she think she was? A Princess. Come to find out, she was. My princess. I couldn't keep her, though. She was destined for far greater than my small town. The very same one, I vowed never to leave. This is a quick, IR, BWWM and HEA novella. #standalone Other novellas: - 10 Spicy Novellas - Duncan's Pride - Extraction - Rectified - Lady Guardians - Lunchtime Chronicles - March, Strut - Cole - Warren
Lost and Found
Cherie Love - 2017
Eden My first love, Roman, was the pride of Greycoast. I said goodbye to him long ago, and I've said goodbye to that part of my life now. I’m married to my job. And I’d punch him straight in his handsome face if he ever came around here again. But when I throw cuffs on a hot tattooed bad boy, turn him over and see Roman's eyes, I'm right back where I was in high school. I won't let him take my heart again. Roman Eden’s love couldn’t stop me from running away. I know I’ll never find another woman like her, But she’s found me now. The look of rage on her face says everything I need to know. My biggest mistake is becoming my biggest desire. I never thought I’d have a second chance at love, but I’m bound and determined to make her mine. Lost and Found is a steamy and romantic BWWM love story with a guaranteed HEA.
Midas: The Billionaire's Game
Calisto Carr - 2019
If you like these elements in your stories then this is the novella for you... Midas is a man who doesn't get a long with anyone and that's just fine with him. Life has taught him that most people would lie and cheat in order to get what they desired. When his family's firm sets out to create a foundation in honor of someone important to him he knows he won't let preachy little Anna Marshall get in his way. He was a man who always won, no matter the cost. When he meets the striking beauty he knows just the way to change her mind. He starts down his path of deception and quickly realizes that he is the one who is having the change of heart. But what will he do when Anna realizes his game? *Guaranteed HEA *Possessive Alpha male *Can be read as a standalone, better if consumed in order :) The next novella featuring Ramsey Volkov will be available in August 2019....
Blindsided
Tammy Williams - 2009
Here, Norris grapples with falling in love and getting to know the teenage daughter he had never known he had. Original.
Carter's Flame
Tiffany Patterson - 2018
My birthright was to be at the helm of one of the world’s leading energy companies. But that wasn’t my purpose in life. Sitting behind a desk of a fortune 500 isn’t what gets me going. I’ll leave that life to my brothers. No. It took me years to find my true purpose. Saving lives. Walking into the depths of hell to pull out survivors. It’s what gets me out of my bed in the morning, and eventually, it’s what led me to her.On a day that, to her, must’ve seemed like the wrong place and wrong time, is where I met my destiny. Michelle Clarke. Our worlds collided and I knew instantly that she was mine. Everything in my life up until this point has been preparing me for her.My childhood.The eight years I spent in special forces.And the last six years spent as a proud member of the Williamsport Fire Department’s Rescue 4 squad.All of it was preparation for her. And nothing, not her reluctance, not my brother, and not even her son’s father will stand in the way of what belongs to me. My job is to rescue people and put out fires, but I will set anyone who stands in our way, ablaze. I will happily pour the gasoline and light the match and set all of this shit aflame, just to ensure she is where she belongs … with me.
Greyson
Cassie Verano - 2019
After a series of failed blind dates, Nicole buries herself in the success of her firm and turns away from pursuing relationships. But when wealthy business owner Greyson Black turns his attention her way, she struggles to resist the lure of temptation. After a bitter divorce has soured wealthy businessman Greyson Black on relationships, he turns his focus to the success of his family’s international chain of hotels and resorts. But his decision to hire local vendors has him regretting his decision to swear off relationships when he meets the lovely Nicole Cabot. She’s completely opposite of everything that he’s ever wanted in a woman, and she stokes a passion in him for living and loving that he’s never felt before. Nicole’s decision to surrender to Greyson creates passionate and steamy days and nights between the two. But Greyson’s ex-wife’s arrival creates a compromising situation that has Nicole hardening her heart against Greyson. Amid a brewing tropical storm, he must find Nicole and save her and their love.
Yule Tides
Kassanna - 2013
Seth Mathews is a single dad with his hands full juggling a precocious daughter, keeping his commercial fishing boat afloat, and staying out of the clutches of every single woman determined to end his bachelorhood status—including the ex-wife who walked out on him. Then his little girl mentions the sad woman at the pier who always stares out at the ocean. Three years ago, Mona Lisa Murphy lost her entire family in a fatal car accident at Christmas time. Observing life as opposed to living it, she now questions her existence daily…until a sexy fisherman and his precocious daughter come along. Seth wants to show Mona the joys of living. She simply wants to be left alone. Their battle of wills clash head-on, but then an unexpected turn of events gives them a Christmas miracle neither expected.
Taming Val
Trevion Burns - 2014
Young, rich, and notoriously single, Val was sure he had all the time in the world to drink, party, and enjoy the beautiful women who were constantly at his disposal. Best known as the Romanovsky brother who thrived on living in the fast lane, he always partied hard with the distant dream of having a wife and a family one day. If that dream had any chance of coming true he knew he had no choice but to settle down... and fast. But with who? Late night trysts and one night stands were his calling card. There wasn't a single woman in his life who he could picture being the mother of his child. Except the one woman he knew he could never have. Zoey Black would always have deep love in her heart for the Romanovsky family. They'd taken her in at fourteen when she’d been at the lowest point in her life, with no place else to go, and treated her as their own. Ten years later, the Romanovskys were still apart of her life--as far as Zoey was concerned, they were her family. The parents called her “daughter” and the four brothers called her “sister.” Well, not all four. Val Romanovsky never called her "sister", and as secrets, lies, and betrayals are revealed, Zoey would finally understand why. Interracial erotic romance. Strong sexual content, strong language. TAMING VAL is the first novella in The Romanovsky Brothers four-part series
Dangerous Bonds
Shani Greene-Dowdell - 2017
In her experience, relationships are anything but simple. However, when she meets Channing, her convenience store hero, she can’t help but long for a life that’s a bit more…complicated.From the moment Channing lays eyes on Kemara, he knows he has to have her no matter what it takes. Given his affiliations with a white supremacy group, getting with a black woman is going to take quite a lot. But what could he say? She’s the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen and the heart has no biases.Channing’s stone-cold heart is melting. Kemara’s warm embrace may be his undoing.Book 1 in the Dangerous Bonds Series.
Tripp in Love
Tressie Lockwood - 2012
When she discovers she doesn’t have her wallet with her license in it, she decides it’s time to use her feminine charms to get out of being hauled off to jail. The super short skirt and the f*me high-heeled boots should do the trick, but this cop doesn’t seem impressed in the least.Tripp is finding it hard to remain detached and professional while doing his job looking at the chocolate beauty he’s just pulled over. And when he discovers she’s driving without a license, procedure dictates he asks her to step out of the car. With a body he’d like to sample right there on the side of the road, this woman forces him to make her a proposition that has nothing to do with the law—no strings attached sex, all weekend long. But what will he do when it’s time for Toya to leave his small town and go back to New York?
Bratva Addiction: Russian Mafia Romance (Bratva Debt Duet Book 1)
Coco Miller - 2020
Alegra's addiction for the dangerous Bratva boss will be her destruction. They make zero sense to most, but a love story like theirs rarely makes any sense at all.Darkness comes in many shapes, sizes, and colors. And mine came in a tailored suit with a thick Russian accent.I'm captive at the hands of a notorious man who's a part of the Russian Bratva. My father owes them. And the only payment he can afford? Is me.So here I am, staring into the cold eyes of the enemy. Naively believing his every word. Stupidly falling for his seductive touch.He's become my addiction. There's no other way to explain it.But when the truth comes to light, I realize people don't change. Darkness, while it changes forms. Never has good intentions.*Please note that Bratva Addiction ends on a cliffhanger and is book one of The Bratva Debt Duet. The story concludes in book two, Bratva Redemption. One-click and enjoy this sizzling enemies-to-lovers, Russian Mafia Romance: )