Readers love these tasty tales from their favorite funny authors and swoon-worthy heroes. By popular demand, here's the third issue of LOL! You'll love (and laugh out loud) at these novellas, with satisfying, romantic endings and not a cliffhanger in sight. Enjoy 16 brand-new stories from your favorite NYT Bestseller and USA Today Bestseller romance and romantic comedy authors, plus a few fresh new faces. The theme of this volume is SNOW. Enjoy!LOL #3 features exclusive stories from:Waiting for Snow - Melanie MarchandeFor the first time ever, here's his version of how the world's most obnoxious billionaire playboy fell in love with his muse.Heat level: EroticSkiing in June - Blair BabylonRae Stone-von Hannover is no fairy tale princess. She’s a country bumpkin currently turning into a pregnant pumpkin.When three real princesses try to steal away Rae's handsome prince, she'll do anything to keep her man.Heat level: Spicy hot, 4 flames!The Snowman - Sky CorganFerne Lynch hates living in Alaska. She wants nothing more than to get away and explore the world. One night, she builds a snowman and makes a wish upon a star. Before the night is through, a mysterious man shows up on Ferne's doorstep. Are they meeting by chance, or is something magical happening?Heat level: SweetCan You Love Me Now?: Oakland Hills Short Story 3 - Gretchen GalwaySasha Selkirk has been in love with her bestfriend’s brother, Jake Lapinksi, since she was thirteen. Now twenty-eight, she finds him at the snowbound mountain cabin where she’s staying. . .and trying to forget about him.Heat level: SensualSnowbound - Victoria WessexWhen a blizzard traps shy girl Arabella in a gas station with cocky but gorgeous Jarrett, it feels like a fate worse than death. But as temperatures plunge outside, the friction between them leads to sparks...and a whole new way to keep warm.Heat level: SpicyIt Was Always You - Brenna AubreyWhen Jeremy, her brother’s best friend, came back into her life, Michaela cursed the fact that she was in a relationship. Now Michaela’s single again, but he’s dating her roommate.Heat level: SensualTake for Granted - Daisy PrescottJo and Ben Grant are spending a week in Aspen, without the kids. Bliss. Heaven. When Jo plans a wild evening out, will Ben embrace the crazy?Heat level: Sweet & SpicyFall Fast - Zoe YorkNavy SEAL Nathan Meyers isn’t complaining about being snowed in at O’Hare Airport with a sexy flight attendant. But one night together isn’t going to be enough. . .Heat level: EroticVegas Holiday - JJ KnightJo’s high-profile wedding is getting to her, so sheescapes to Las Vegas with her best friend to take a day off. Mayhem ensues, including a surprise attack by an army of XenaWarrior Princesses, and the arrival of an entire troupe of Elvis impersonators.Heat level: Moderately spicyWhen Things Go Wrong - Lacey SilksHigh school friends who don’t believe in lasting relationships reconnect when they’re forced to spend the night together, trapped in a cave.Heat level: EroticThis Never Happened - Julia KentA stolen kiss with her professor two months ago comes back to haunt a young woman when fate—and Mother Nature—bring them together.Heat level: Mostly sweet, some spice!Snow Kissed: A Three Girls short story - Rachel SchurigToo-shy-for-her-own-good Bella is taking a break from her med school applications to get some dating experience. Scott seems like just the guy to help her, and a working vacation at a luxurious ski resort is the perfect setting… for romance, ordisaster.Heat level: EroticBegin Again - Harlow NashAfter catching her cheating ex in the act, Louisa Gallo has sworn off men forever—until she collides with an old flame and starts to second guess everything she thought she knew about love.Heat level: SweetOnce Upon a Midnight Snowy - N.M. SilberProsecutor Kevin Taylor can't help falling for his feisty neighbor Alison Klein twice - once in the show, and once in the night. A cryptic note and a unexplained bang bring the two would-be sleuths and lovers together for romance and mystery.Heat level: SweetWarm Winter Kisses - Juliet SpenserBest friends forge a deeper connection during a winter storm. Hannah is a B&B manager and her best friend, Liam, is a detective. Can she keep her feelings a secret from the hunky investigator?Heat level: SensualLove and Elephants (Love & Witches Short Novella) - Mimi StrongA jaded businessman who doesn't believe in love crosses paths with a witch or two. A case of mistaken identity leads to shenanigans, and kissing!Heat level: Sweet

    His friends decide to shake him up by entering him as a prize at a charity event.Accountant Lizette Burke is dressed to the nines and covering for her boss at a charity event. She’s hoping to land a donor for the struggling non-profit agency that employs her.She never expected to win a date with a billionaire.He never thought one night could turn his life upside down.One lie stands between them and their happily ever after. Too bad it’s a big one!Betting on You Series:Book One: The Billionaire’s Secret (Free!)Book Two: The Billionaire’s Masquerade (Coming April 2015!)Book Three: The Billionaire’s Longshot (Coming May 2015!)Book Four: The Billionaire’s Jackpot (Coming July 2015!)

    This boxed set contains the previously published: Ready to Fall (full length novel) Take the Cake and Run (short story) Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat (full length novel) Ready to Fall: Tall, dark, and handsome is an understatement when it comes to John Day. With rugged good looks, his ever present plaid shirt, and a dog named Babe, John is a modern alpha male lumberjack in more ways than one. After his favorite neighbor rents out her cabin for the winter, John finds himself living next door to Diane Watson, a beautiful brunette with her own messy past and recent battle scars in this friends to lovers romantic comedy. *** Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat:I, Thomas Clifford Donnely, am a manwhore. You can call me Tom Cat. I've been told I'm irresistible to women. Like catnip for a different kind of pussy-cat. This is the story about how I lost my wingman, broke all my own rules, and found myself falling in love. Tom Donnelly isn't the marrying kind, or the dating kind. Even after losing his #1 wingman to love, he doesn't see the point in relationships. When his sister's best friend returns to Whidbey Island and propositions Donnelly for a one-night stand, he breaks one of his biggest rules--no fooling around with his sisters' friends. It's just sex, nothing more. That's what Tom does and does well. What happens when "just sex" isn't enough? *** Bonus content: Take the Cake and Run, a hilarious short story featuring John and Diane from Ready to Fall, with cameos by Tom Cat.

    He’s ready to leave his wild Vegas playboy ways behind and become a new man. And he knows just the place to do it… his brother Joe’s new hometown. He’s never spent time in a place described as quaint or idyllic, and now he intends to revel in every charming, sweet thing he can find. Like the homegrown country girl his brother sets him up with for the Christmas formal.After several attempts to find holiday magic on her own, Kate just wants one great Christmas. Her quest takes her to her friend's hometown of Sapphire Falls. The Christmas-crazy town is a far cry from San Francisco and Kate quickly finds herself drawn into everything from the snow to the hot cocoa. And, of course, the sweet country boy she'd been set up with for the formal. Looks like she’s going to get everything she wanted — and more — under the tree this year. Getting In The Mood Kate’s back in Sapphire Falls to surprise Levi on the most romantic day of the year… and with her plan to stay in Sapphire Falls this time. But she soon discovers Levi hasn’t shared everything about his new life. In fact, he almost seems to be trying to scare her off with all the talk of snakes and bugs and bad coffee and worse oatmeal. He even lied about the county’s best muffins being right here in Sapphire Falls. Why would he deny her muffins?! The sex is still off the charts, but if that’s all Levi wants, Kate will have to learn to deal with it… somehow.Warning: A very sweet story ahead, including cheesy quotes about love, candy and chocolate, a town that overdoes everything including construction paper hearts on Valentine’s Day and two people who are crazy in love — with each other and with this quirky town.Includes the bonus short story, Getting Frisky... Kate and Levi's New Year's Eve together!

    Get the first three books in the Bourbon Springs Series plus a bonus short story in this box set. Included works: Secret Blend (Book 1): In a smoldering story of law and love, brand-new judges Rachel and Brady start a secret, passionate romance behind chamber doors. But it's hard to keep a secret in Bourbon Springs, Kentucky. Secret Sauce (BONUS Short Story): To celebrate and get away from Bourbon Springs for a few days, Brady takes Rachel on a tasty holiday excursion. Connects Secret Blend and Filtered Through Blue. Filtered Through Blue (Book 2): Hannah Davenport, the co-owner of Old Garnet, and Kyle Sammons, the Craig County Sheriff, have a history and share a secret. She’s borne the burden in private while he’s carried the weight of disapproval in public. But perhaps finally time and tears can wash away the pain of the past. Angels' Share (Book 3): Lila McNee has lost everything except her land–her refuge from the world. But Bo Davenport, her distillery neighbor to the north, needs that land to expand Old Garnet. How do they share they thing they love the most–the place they both call home?These four works are the first stories in the Bourbon Springs Series of contemporary romances set in the Land of Bourbon and Bluegrass.

    Seduced. Purring.Laurel de Courcey is captured by terrorists, chained up in a disgusting bunker, and videoed for a ransom demand which is shown worldwide.Ooops - wrong hostage! Who'd expect a shy Kiwi nanny to be worth anything?Laurel's soon tied up in Sheikh Rafiq's bed instead, because he rescues her and appoints himself her personal bodyguard. Very personal. But she has good reason to distrust men.Imprisoned in his old royal hunting lodge deep in the desert 'for her own protection', Laurel rebels. Spectacular fireworks, dangerous escape attempts, and an impossible love affair follow.Warning: contains one red-hot Sheikh with a wicked tongue and unlimited stamina.

    Everything she thought she knew—heck, everything she thought she wanted for her own life—feels like a lie. The truth is love is a risk. And the true kind, the kind that lasts, might even be a fairy tale. Reeling from the divorce, Summer derails her own future by breaking up with her parent-approved boyfriend and giving up her lifelong plans for a big-city career. She moves back home, business degree in hand. Dad needs her to fill the gaps her mother left behind; Summer needs to find who she is outside of the cookie-cutter life that failed so miserably for her parents.Ford O’Neal’s future involves one person: himself. He doesn’t have a permanent address and he definitely doesn’t commit. To a place or a person. Raised by hippies, he plans just far enough ahead to secure his next stop, this one landing him at a work-study program at Heritage Plantation where he can grow his own herbal and medicinal creations. Summer is gorgeous and smart and fun to be with, the perfect way to pass five months. It won’t be love—Ford’s got too many things to accomplish, too many places to go, before he settles down. Yet Summer pulls him in, challenging him to rethink his own philosophy. When Ford’s five months are up, each of them must decide if love is really worth the risk.

     Book 1, A Soldier's Courage, Marie Hall writing as Summer Evans Love found... Nikki Jensen fell in love with the perfect man, Tyrese Morita. He's handsome, smart, and just like her, a soldier stationed in Baghram Airfield, Afghanistan. They shouldn't have found love during war. But they did. Life was chaos, but life was good. Until the day it wasn't. Until the day friendly fire ripped Ty away from her forever. Love lost... Hideo Morishita's life has seen its fair share of ups and downs, but nothing prepares him for the sight of the woman who steps through the doors of his PTSD survivors group. Pale, gorgeous, and also the widow of his best friend, Tyrese who'd died only three years ago. There are a million different reasons he should stay away from her and keep his distance. But when she turns those soulful blue eyes on him, he forgets everything except his need to save her from herself and maybe in the process, save himself too. Love reborn from the ashes of pain... Book 2, The Wright Brother written as Marie Hall From the moment he opened his eyes Julian Wright could only see the world in shades of gray. There was no noise, no sound, nothing. Deaf and colorblind, he was a loner. His world was bleak, silent and empty, until her. Until the day he met his neighbor, Elisa Jane Adrian. He wanted her. Needed her. The fractured part of him felt whole when she was around. Like the world wasn't so dark, so bleak, and so still. He knew it was impossible, but when he looked at Elisa he swore he could see color, could hear the gentle inhalations of her breath. He knows she feels it too, this magic, this desperate desire... And once a Wright sets his eyes on you, there's no going back. Ever... Book 3, A Moment, Marie Hall I killed myself tonight. Or at least I tried. But a woman I do not know refused to let me die. Liliana Delgado wrapped me up in her slim arms and told me things would be okay. But she doesn't know the demons I live with. The things that have happened to me. Every morning is a struggle just to get out of bed, and the nights are even worse. But the way she smiles at me... I feel something I've never felt before. Hope. ...will change our lives I should not have gone to that burlesque bar on Valentine's Day, but I did. My life isn't easy. I had a child when I was only fourteen, now I'm in college and things should have been easier. But they aren't. My life is spiraling out of control. Then I see Ryan Cosgrove sitting at a table with an empty, broken look in his beautiful blue eyes and something inside of me feels like he knows. He understands what it is to hurt, to struggle. So when I bump into him later that night, bloody, broken, and dying I know I'll do everything in my power to save him and maybe in the process, I'll save myself too. forever...