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The Fireproof Girl
Loretta Lost - 2016
When the constant danger became too much to bear, she ran away, thinking she could survive on her hacking skills alone.That was until she met Cole Hunter. He became the only person she could trust: her family, her friend, her partner-in-crime. Her everything. After struggling through college and starting their lives together, she believed that nothing could ever tear them apart. Until it did.When news of a brutal murder reaches Sophie, she’ll do everything in her power to fix what is broken. If it isn’t too late…---------When Cole was nine years old, he watched his whole family burn to death in a house fire. Fueled by years of obsession, he started one of the world’s leading architectural firms, with a mission to design homes resistant to fire, earthquakes, floods, and every threat known to man. Sophie was his secret weapon. She was his purpose. Since they were teenagers, he was determined to build a better life for her, so she could finally be safe, and they could be together. But disaster has always followed Cole around, ripping away everything he loves. This time, if he isn’t careful…His enemies might just take him down.
Controlling Interests
Luna Kayne - 2021
She dangles the only thing I want in front of me and I have no choice but to obey. My father's will states that I take possession of our family beach house on my 25th birthday. I have six short weeks left to toe the line then the only thing I've ever wanted becomes mine and I'm free. But then they come into the picture. Two men. Brothers. My new sexy and controlling bosses. And suddenly, there's more to want in this life. But will having them cost me everything?Declan and Lucas Our father is living with a narcissistic gold digger. And her daughter just came to work for us. She doesn't know who we are, but we know who she is. We'll use her to find out what we need to know about her mother. But then she walks into our office and our plans change. She's everything we want and we're more than willing to share. Her little straight and narrow life is about to take a detour because we're in the driver's seat and we're taking control. She thinks she knows where her comfort zone ends... she's about to find out how very wrong she is.
The Endgame
Cleary James - 2016
Now he's become her worst nightmare.Trapped in an abusive relationship with her controlling, obsessive boyfriend, Lisa is secretly saving the money to leave him and start a new life. Until then, she is resigned to playing the part of Mark's living sex toy. But with no job, she knows freedom is a long way off ... until she meets wealthy and devastatingly handsome architect Grayson Fielding.Lisa and Grayson are instantly drawn to each other, but Lisa keeps him at a distance, determined to ignore their magnetic attraction. She can't afford to get attached.However, when Mark's demands become intolerable, she proposes a deal that will give them both what they want. In exchange for the money she needs, she offers Grayson the only thing she has to give: herself.Will Grayson want her badly enough to agree to her terms? And if she lets herself get close to him, will she ever be able to walk away? With her life rapidly spiraling out of control, it's a chance she has to take.The Endgame is the first book of a two-part story, but works as a standalone novel. If you like Sylvia Day and E.L. James, you'll love this intensely erotic romance.
Possessed by You
J.M. Walker - 2014
Not for a younger reader audience*** Releasing control is relief… I was warned about men like Brett Maclean. He was dark and thrilling, intense and controlling. And he captivated me from the very start. He unleashed something inside of me like no other. His bad rep and troubled past drew me to him like gasoline feeding a flame. With just one taste, I felt the danger in him, the uncontrollable power that left me breathless. The passion consumed me. Fast and hard. Temptation couldn't guard my heart. I should have known a man of such raw and wild desires came with competition.
Then There Was You
Alexa Rivers - 2020
Now a stranger wants to take away the only thing she has left.When Kat Hopa lost her husband, her B&B in Haven Bay became her sanctuary. With every room she renovated, she put a piece of herself back together too. So when Sterling Knight knocks on her door with an offer to buy her property, she isn’t interested–no matter how intriguing she finds the shadows behind his icy blue eyes.Sterling is determined to prove himself at work, and that means ensuring that his company’s next project–on Kat’s land–is a success. Now all he has to do is convince the stubborn (and distractingly beautiful) owner to sell. Ignoring his intense attraction to her is impossible, and before long, Kat–and the tight knit bay community–are inching their way into his heart. Kat never imagined she’d get a second chance at true love, and especially not with someone who’s as much in need of fixing as she is. Sterling never expected to meet a woman who’d make him consider giving up everything he’s worked so hard for. Can Kat and Sterling overcome their painful pasts to take a chance on happily ever after?
When Love Comes
J.H. Croix - 2014
Once wild and impulsive, she shut her heart off to love and adventure after her parents died. When she meets Luke Winters, their immediate attraction is overwhelming.Burned once before, Luke has committed himself to nothing but casual dalliances with women. Rugged and smoldering, he finds no shortage of women happy to oblige. When Hannah comes along, he questions what he might be missing. Both fight the depth of their feelings—love is not part of the plan.Hannah’s sense of identity is shaken when she unearths a surprising truth about her family. Meanwhile, Luke’s interfering family and complications from his past challenge Hannah and Luke to face their true feelings for each other. Can two people who don’t believe love is worth the risk find the courage to face their fears and open their hearts?
Beginnings: A Romance Series Starter Collection
Victoria Pinder - 2019
Get swept away in the glitz and glamour and let me know if you prefer billionaires or princes…. Secret Crush Billionaire FBI agent John goes home to his father’s funeral and re-meets Alice, his sister’s best friend. But when he falls for the down to earth farmer’s daughter, he brings trouble and drama into her world- but her sweet kisses are worth protecting. Forbidden Crown Prince Antonio must find a wife or forfeit his throne within two weeks. Grad student Kristin is willing to fill the role, but playing princess-to-be leads to more excitement than she expects — especially when their red-hot chemistry makes faking a romance so easy… Tempting Gabe Falling in love with his enemy wasn't part of the plan... Irresistibly Lost Aaden was in love but he listened to his mother and left his bride to be. However he comes back as he was wrong. Can he convince the one he lost to give him a second chance? You’ll love these contemporary romances to start these series, because everyone loves to answer the question… billionaire or prince or maybe a little of both?
Earning It
Angela Quarles - 2017
One case of mistaken identity. One Navy SEAL faced with his high school crush. What could go wrong?Pepper was looking for a simple hookup. She'd just named a Madagascar hissing cockroach after an ex, so yeah, not exactly in the head space for a long-term relationship. She wanted to prove her douchey ex wrong--she wasn't cold.And her blind date? A hot lawyer.It should've been simple. A hot, sweaty afternoon quickie and never the two should boink meet again.But it wasn't simple. The blind date? Her old high school nemesis Luke Haas, or Haashole as she called him. All grown-up and… and… brawny and maddening and omg-so-hot.EARNING IT is a steamy second chance, enemies-to-lovers standalone romantic comedy from RITA Winning and USA Today bestselling author Angela Quarles with a happy-ever-after and no cheating or cliffhangers. Warning: there's a scene where guys get all hot and sweaty playing the ancient Irish sport of hurling, just sayin'.NOTE: This was previously published for 90 days in the boxed set SOME LIKE IT GEEK with the title TO SCORE OR NOT TO SCORE.
Love and Shenanigans
Zara Keane - 2014
When she discovers the drunken vows she exchanged with the groom during a wild Las Vegas trip eight years previously mean they're legally married, her future plans ricochet out of control.Gavin Maguire's life is low on drama, high on stability, and free of pets. But Gavin hadn't reckoned on Fiona blasting back into his life and crashing his wedding. In the space of twenty-four hours, he loses a fiancée and a job, and gains a wife and a puppy. Can he salvage his bland-but-stable life? More importantly, can he resist losing his heart to Fiona all over again?
Taming a Texas Bad Boy
Katie Lane - 2019
. . where bad is, oh, so good. Six men return to the boys' ranch they spent one summer at as troubled teens. They're all searching for different things: peace, family, forgiveness, redemption, hope, and faith. It will take the love of strong Texas women to heal these wounded hearts and make these bad, bad boys realize they're good, good men. He’s a wild Texas whirlwind, trying to outrun his painful past. She’s a sweet Lone Star cowgirl, with deep down-home roots. Life in the fast lane is how bad boy Cru Cassidy escapes the aching memories of his childhood. Fast cars and fast women—not necessarily in that order—keep the sexy cowboy from caring or thinking too much. When a road trip has him passing through Simple, Texas, where he spent one summer on a boys’ ranch for troubled teens, he can’t help stopping in to see the two old cowboys who run it. When he sees the bad shape the cowboys and the Double Diamond Ranch are in, Cru knows he has to stay and help . . . and his job is made more enjoyable by the beautiful daughter of a neighboring rancher. He hopes to score a ride with the feisty redhead, but Penny is harder to catch than an unbroken filly. And when he discovers the soft heart under the womanly body, he soon starts to worry that he’ll be the one getting broken and tamed. Penny Gardener has loved Cru almost as long as she’s loved the Texas ranch she calls home. Unfortunately, when they first met, she was an awkward thirteen-year-old—which explains why Cru fell for her pretty older sister instead of her. Since her family’s happiness has always been Penny’s priority, she tries to push her feelings aside. But when Cru returns and sets his devilish green eyes on her, she struggles to remember that he was her sister’s first love. Discovering his heartbreaking past will finally have her giving into her feelings and putting her own happiness first for a change. But will her love be enough to rope and heart-tie her bad boy? Or will he slip through her fingers like the elusive Texas wind?
Played: A Gaming The System Box Set
Brenna Aubrey - 2015
(Includes never-before-published bonus material, which was previously made available only to newsletter subscribers.) This boxset contains the first three books in the Gaming The System series. At Any Price To cover her family's mounting debts, gaming blogger Mia decides to auction her virginity to the highest bidder. But when sexy CEO Adam Drake wins the prize, Mia wonders if she's the one being played. At Any Turn Just when control-freak Adam starts to accept that their relationship can survive Mia's med school ambitions, a shocking twist of fate threatens to tear them apart forever. At Any Moment Faced with a life-or-death decision, Mia must lean on Adam for support. Now there's more than love at stake, and life makes no promises.
The Worth Series: Books 1-3
Mara Jacobs - 2013
Having lost half her body weight, she's headed to her small hometown to test out her new body on an old flame. Just a harmless fling to get her self confidence back before she returns to the city and the new man in her life.But Lizzie's plan has a few bumps in the road.Finn Robbins can't believe Liz is back in town. Desperate to be the holder of her innocence eighteen years ago, he never got the chance. Now she's back and he can finally check her off his to do list.But her friends, his son, and the mysterious Annie may have something to say about that.Book 2:Worth The DriveAll Katie ever wanted was a baby. Be careful what you wish for.Katie Lipton is the town beauty, but that never got her what she wanted most—a baby. And, oh yeah, a faithful husband would have been nice, too.Reeling from her husband’s cheating and desertion, Katie embarks on a one-night fling with professional golfer Darío Luna. Never could she have imagined that one night with Darío would give her something fifteen years of marriage couldn’t—morning sickness.Darío was raised without a father, and he has no intention of the same fate befalling his child. He’s still not sure about Katie, though. Did she trick him? Lie to him? But his feelings for her, and this crazy attraction he feels, soon has him putting his doubts aside to spend more time with her. He tells himself it’s for the sake of the baby. Yeah. Right.Agreeing to try to work out some sort of relationship before the baby is due, Katie travels with Darío to his golf tournaments, walking the course with him by day...and giving in to their attraction by night. But will it be enough?Book 3:Worth The FallAlison is way too smart to be this dumb about a guy.Alison Jukuri is the smart one. But it hasn't seemed to help her much in her relationships with men. And now she's on the verge of making one, big stupid move.Again.Petey Ryan has spent his life hitting and being hit as a defenseman in the NHL. But now he's about to go up against his biggest foe of all ... tiny Alison Jukuri.A woman with whom he shares a long-held secret. * * * * * * * * * * These books each contain 2-3 fairly graphic love scenes and the F-bomb is detonated somewhat frequently. If they were movies, they would be rated R.The Worth Series thus far:1. Worth the Weight (Lizzie and Finn)2. Worth the Drive (Katie and Dario3. Worth the Fall (Alison and Petey)4. Worth the Effort (Deni and Sawyer)4.5 Totally Worth Christmas - novella (Phoebe and Charlie)5. Worth The Price (Liv and Twain)6. Worth The Lies (Kelsey and Huck)
Crossing Boundaries
Sandra Alex - 2020
An abandoned medical degree. And a woman who will make Daniel forget all that.Kayla marries Nick when she isn’t old enough to know better. With an ever-ailing mother and co-ownership of Nick’s company, Kayla is too busy to see what everyone else does until it is too late. With no children, an unfinished education, and both the intelligence and drive to move mountains, nothing can stand in Kayla’s way…until the first day of school.Daniel is hard-nosed, has a chip on his shoulder, and he has neither the time nor the desire for anything other than work. Pre-med and former military, Daniel is the chosen sibling to watch his father post-stroke, adding fuel to his ire, as his already busy life has been put on hold. He’s a loner, hard-working, he’s rich…and he is about as sexy as they come.Kayla and Daniel have a very awkward meeting….at least on the second attempt. Daniel can’t stand the once-too-forward girl he met when forced to go out with his friends, and Kayla begrudges her friends for forcing her to slip off her wedding ring and party before the ink dried on her divorce papers. Kayla never expected things to end up the way that they did, and if she could take it back, she would. But life’s like that.Everything is all perfunctory between Daniel and Kayla until Daniel learns something about her that compels him to help her in a way that nobody else can. While she refuses to take the hand that he’s offering her, she soon realizes that when it comes down to it, he is all that she’s got, and he soon realizes that she’s all that he’s ever wanted…he just never knew it. A once-hardened man softens and learns to open his heart, because his heart will take nothing less than hers.A heartbreaking yet heartwarming love story about what happens in real life when two people are forced together under difficult circumstances. Daniel and Kayla will warm your heart and renew your belief that true love is really out there, even when you’re not necessarily looking for it. Pick up your copy today!
Romance Series Starter Bundle: Caden + Chaos & the Geek
Elizabeth Stevens - 2021
Featuring the first books in the LOVING THE SYKES and the GRACE GRAYSON SECURITY series.Loving the Sykes #1: CADENCADENI just have to hope I haven't waited too long. And that her three big brothers, the only family I have left, aren't the thing that finally manage to kill me.I need to make her my girl.LUCYI don't know if he'll ever see me as anything more than a little sister. Not with another in his heart. But, I'm willing to do whatever it takes.I've always been his girl.Grace Grayson Security #1: CHAOS & THE GEEKAMBERHow do you politely refuse when the only guy to star in any of your dirty fantasies has just offered to put you up for the foreseeable future and your brother’s just accepted like you were in fact still thirteen and couldn’t make decisions for yourself? You don’t.KITWhen I find out about my best mate’s little sister’s situation, the offer is out of my mouth before I can stop it; Hawk’s like a brother to me even if Amber’s never looked twice at me. It might just be time that this chaos gets a little geek.
Crash into Me
K.M. Scott - 2013
And he wore it all so well. From the moment his mesmerizing gaze met mine, I had no choice but surrender to everything he was. His power. His decadence. His passion. He was all I never knew I needed. He wanted to possess me, and I wanted to be his everything. All I had to do was accept what he offered. But everything has a price. The world he gave me fulfilled my wildest dreams, but would that be enough when the past crashed into the present?