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Date for the Boss: A Steamy Standalone Instalove Romance
Flora Ferrari - 2021
Investing in Love (Zaftig Dating Agency #87)
Jane Fox - 2022
But as soon as I meet Lara, I'm willing to do whatever it takes to keep her in my life.Lara: It would be incredibly unprofessional to get involved with my new client, no matter how badly I want to. But will I be able to keep my hands—and my feelings—to myself?Sometimes fate needs a little help. Welcome to the files of the Zaftig Dating Agency, where alpha men find the curvy women of their dreams!Each book in the series is a complete, standalone story.This is a sweet but sexy short story romance, complete with insta-love and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. If you’re looking for an escape from everyday life with an alpha older man and the curvy BBW younger woman that he loves, this is the book for you!
Serenity & the Hermit (Hermits & Curves #2)
Megan Wade - 2022
Frustratingly, they don’t seem to take his grunts and growls in reply as anything less than encouraging, and Nelson can’t make his trips to town go fast enough for his liking.But when a trip into town brings him face to face with the new yoga studio’s instructor, Serenity Coldwater, Nelson may just have met the one person on earth who can turn his frown upside down. Hope his face doesn’t crack…
As with all Megan Wade books, this Whisper Valley romance comes with her Sugar Promise. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.
Thief
Cassie Mint - 2022
It’s cat burglar 101. Never break in while the owner is there!Except I screwed up, and he caught my sticky fingers in the act. Now he won’t let me leave until I fix the holes in his security.I guess I should be grateful he’s not calling the cops. And that he’s feeding me, letting me sleep in his guest room, and giving me the world’s best back rubs.Is this weird? It feels kinda weird. But nice, too.So, he won’t let me leave until I help? Maybe I’ll call his bluff.Maybe I want to be his pet cat burglar.
Thief is a short and steamy instalove story, starring a lonely billionaire and the beauty he can’t let go.
Dirty Mistake
Erin Havoc - 2021
Nothing will change that.Not even the baby born from the best night of my life.This man will forever be a mystery. One I don’t want to solve.Even when he waltzes back into my life.BECKA nameless woman walked into my life, marked me forever, and just left.No number, no face. I’ve searched the world for her.Can’t get her out of my head. She’s my one obsession.And now I finally found her again, I won’t let her walk away again.Alpha Billionaire Obsession has everything we love: steamy scenes, sweet romance, strong girls and possessive alphas. Adults only!
Wedding Belle: An Age Gap, Arranged Marriage, Small-Town, Cowboy Novella
Violet Rae - 2022
Her Older Halloween Treat: Halloween Steam
Khloe Summers - 2021
I'd rather be inside with a book, especially on Halloween.So when my best friend invites me to a bachelor auction, I kick and scream.Enter six and a half feet of steaming, hot werewolf, and this Halloween just got interesting. CullenRaven is far too young for me, but something is pulling me toward her. The sight of her supple body makes me want to howl at the moon.Is it love or does this Little Red Riding Hood need to be devoured by the Big Bad Wolf?Maybe both.
The Flip Side of Game On
Alexia Chase - 2021
Why? Her father was his business partner, and If he stayed around her for another second, he would do something he'd regret.The only answer - leave town.Five years later, Victor is back in town, and Everleigh is working for the company – a little something Everleigh’s father failed to mention. Now every conversation ends in a heated exchange, and Victor is fighting a battle he's never wanted to win.What happens when he finds out she’s planning a trip to Vegas to find a willing partner to share her schoolgirl fantasy kit?Is it ‘game on’ or the final blowoff?Find out in this steamy, age-gap, father’s best friend romance with all the feels.
Falling For My Boss
L.A. Pepper - 2021
Maddie has been pining for Asher since she was a teen whose mom worked in his family’s summerhouse. But she’s ok now because honestly, he needs her, he couldn’t do without her. YES. As his SECRETARY. This story has it all, from best friend's brother, secret babies, suspense, and second chances with a curvy and hot main character, and the billionaire bad boy she can't live without!
My BFD
Barbra Campbell - 2021
Their assumptions about me would only be partially incorrect.A shy nature and lack of experience played into my name perfectly. My thoughts and who they were directed at were a different story.My best friend and I had been inseparable through our childhood and teens. We did everything together, celebrated triumphs and consoled failures, and shared our deepest secrets, except for one.Stupid Cupid had struck me with an arrow for the worst possible person on the planet… her dad!I’d known Rhett my entire life, but something had happened last Valentine’s Day and I suddenly viewed him as the strong, confident, sexual being that he was. And I’d suffered for an entire year trying to mentally stick him back in the untouchable dad category.With another Valentine’s Day around the corner, my best friend had left our small town for the big city she’d always dreamed of, and I was finding it harder and harder to get her dad off my mind.Rhett--Single-dad life was tough, but I’d successfully raised my daughter into a confident adult who was ready to live the life she’d dreamed of, and that was far away from our small town.What I hadn’t anticipated was her sweet and innocent best friend blossoming into an incredibly beautiful young adult. So when I found myself falling for her, I was biding my time for her to move away like all the other teens did when they graduated. But she had other plans.With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I was finding it impossible to resist the intelligent, demure, gorgeous woman Chastity had become.After catching her staring at me, I was certain I wanted to be the man to help her prove that names didn’t define a person.
Her Midnight Engagement (Hot For Curves Series)
Poppy Parkes - 2020
During the holidays too. But she doesn’t know what else to do when she receives the massive hospital bill for the medical procedure that saved her baby’s life. January is doing this because she has to, so she and her young daughter can survive. She’s not exactly happy to find herself signing her life away in an arranged marriage of convenience.That is until she meets young tech billionaire Samson North, her arranged husband-to-be. He’s dark, broody, and so damn handsome. And beneath his rough exterior, there might just lie a heart of gold.Suddenly, with Samson by her side, it seems possible that the new year won’t be the start of the prison sentence January expected. It just might be the beginning of everything she’s ever wanted . . .
Work Wife
Dee Ellis - 2021
He may already have plenty of zeros in his bank account but this deal will make him the king of tech and who doesn't want to wear that crown? To pull it off, he needs a favor from the last person he should be asking favors of. Karina Sparks is the best assitant he has ever had. And not just because of her ass-ets, either. But those assets distract him and drive him mad. Mad enough he asks her to pretend to be his wife to seal his deal. The kisses feel real. Their touches feel real.They feel real...but can he make her more than his work wife?
Rough and Tumble
Frankie Love - 2022
Cheesy as it may sound, Home really is where the heart is.But we’re all growing up, building cabins of our own, taking claim of our land. Things are changing.I feel that more than ever, when the winter winds sweep Abby into town.This wild, fierce beauty is everything I’m not.I own the hardware store, know everyone in this town by name, and am expected to settle down with someone local.Abby tumbled into town on a train, with nothing to her name, clutching her dog Hijinx, and holding onto her memory of Home from when she came through here years ago.I’ve played it safe my whole damn life.After one night with Abby, I have someone to fight for.A reason to risk it all.But falling for her has no guarantees -- she could leave as fast as she came, taking my heart along with her.Coming Home to the Mountain is a new filthy-sweet, high heat series by Frankie Love featuring rugged mountain men who fall hard, fast and forever. And with the women they love at their side, they choose to put family first. In this series, Dad shows up. Sister’s remember to call, big brother’s always look out for you, and Mom knows to keep an extra seat at the table for Sunday dinner. Not every family is perfect -- and the Rough family has its own set of problems -- but at the end of the day, they know what matters: Coming Home.
A is for Aiden
Natasha L. Black - 2021
For our baby.I won’t keep this a secret,Even if it costs me the man I love.I could heal Aiden’s wounded soul.We could be happy together.If he can save me in time…
Falling for My Plus One (Falling Hard #4)
Dakota Davies - 2021
doctor too busy for love. A dedicated caregiver with big dreams. The promise that will break them apart.I need a Plus One for my little sister’s wedding, and I need it fast. But everyone on my list—ex-girlfriends, my current hookup—turns me down. Until shy, sweet Dr. Tess McDermott says yes.However, in return for spending a week with my crazy family as my fake girlfriend, Tess wants lessons. Yeah, those kind—the ones that happen between the sheets. And she wants them starting now, before her move to Alaska.It’s the perfect answer to my problem—two whole months of no-strings, sinful fun with an eager partner. But the more I get to know the complex woman with a heart of gold and her head full of dreams, the harder it becomes to resist my feelings.We swore to each other we wouldn’t fall in love. But can I keep my promise?