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Resisting Her


Alexis Winter - 2018
    I’m a gentleman, a billionaire and completely screwed. Look, you don’t have to tell me twice that I’m making a huge mistake. In my defense, Madeline Strickland was an actual damsel in distress and like I said, I’m a gentleman. It’s not every day that your ambitious and talented new hire ends up homeless because her apartment burns down. Besides, she’s innocent, young and fresh out of college, completely NOT my type…So why the hell do I constantly think about her? It’s bad enough I have to see her delicious curves in the office every day and now I’ve invited her to live with me until she finds a new place…welcome to my personal hell! I can’t stop myself from imaging messing up her perfectly styled blonde hair or ripping those silk blouses from her ample, firm...Sh*t! See what I mean? I’m completely F*cked.

Bay Area Bad Boys: Box Set


Stasia Black - 2017
    So he wants her to answer emails with her shirt off. So what? She worked at Hooters for years to get herself through college and it's not that much different. But when his demands get more and more invasive and he begins toying with her in front of his business rival, Jackson Vale, the job that was just supposed to pay for the lawyer in her son's upcoming custody hearing starts becoming more than she ever bargained for. PLEASE ME: The conclusion to Crush Me. Callie's determined that no man will ever have the power to hurt her again. But the path to getting her life back on track is messier than she ever expected. Especially when the man she thought she'd left behind is ready to fight for her every step of the way. But can a woman like her, having gone through the things she's experienced in her life, ever truly expect a happily ever after? WOMAN NAMED RED: (in the Crush Me universe, interacting with the previous characters) Kennedy: Her name was Scarlet and she burst into my life as an explosion of color as bright as her name promised. But don’t get confused. This isn’t a love story. I don't do love. No, this is a story about a woman with a fiery temperament and passion for life to match her name. She and I were combustible together. Which means maybe we were always meant to burn to the f*@king ground. Warning: All three of these novels contain dark themes and potential triggers which may be distressing to some readers.

One Night with Him


Sienna Ciles - 2017
    New Life. It was time to leave it all, and the mistakes I’d made, behind. At least that was plan, until I spent the night with him He was supposed to be a one and done. Someone I’d forget and never think about again. Twenty-four hours later, my life is center stage. Standing in front of a thousand strangers and right next to the one-night stand I promised to forget. The man I had spilled all of my drunken secrets to. To make matters worse…he’s my boss’s son and he’s about to spill a secret of his own. One Night with Him is a billionaire romance with a HEA.

Savage Crimes


Lana Cameo - 2018
    So I find myself protecting an injured stranger, even when instincts tell me he’s trouble. I never meant to fall in love, and at least I was right about one thing. He was trouble, and before I know it I’m left in the dust. Gone, with only the precious gift inside me as his only trace. There’s only one thing left to do now: keep this child safe…and to do that I’ll need to do everything I can to keep the father from knowing it exists. Matt: How could I ever repay her? She saved my life. A life I never asked for, but a life I live. She was the prettiest thing I have ever seen. Even as hurt as I was I couldn’t stop myself from wanting her with everything I had. I had to cut her loose though. It was a mistake to let myself get carried away in the first place. I’ll only break her heart worse down the road… or worse. In my world, one wrong move will get us both killed, and a pretty thing like that deserves better. Warning: “Savage Crimes: A Mafia Secret Baby Romance” contains mature language and scenes. It is intended for adult readers. No cliffhangers and an HEA is a guarantee.

Tempting Propositions (Strictly Business #1)


Tania Joyce - 2015
    A hotel billionaire. In town temporarily.She's savvy. A perfectionist. At the top of her game.Behind closed doors, more than professionalism is stripped away.Kickass businesswoman, Jessica Mason, wins the gig of her lifetime to open the new luxurious Somers Hotel. She thought delivering the spectacular event would be easy. Then she meets charismatic Nate Somers, the heir to the British hotel empire, and things don't go to plan.From Jessica's first meeting with Nate, the chemistry is undeniable. Unable to resist, her rule to never mix business with pleasure falters and passion overrules.With their troubled pasts, family obligations and opposing careers, their fiery fling is intended to remain temporary, fun, with no strings attached. After all, he lives on the opposite side of the globe. But what is she supposed to do when she falls for him hard?

Billionaire's Playmate


Chance Carter - 2018
    What he got was a playmate. Because playing is exactly what we've been doing. Ever since I moved in. I adore his seven-year-old. She's the daughter I always wanted. But as we get closer, as he digs deeper into my soul, as he comes further and further into my heart, the question is, will he adore me? Will he ask me to stay? Will I be moving in for real, or am I destined to remain an employee that he can't stop inviting across the hall when the lights go out? This playmate wants more. I want the whole package. I want to be his for life.

Bad Boy SEAL - A Virgin and Bad Boy Military Romance


Lilly Holden
    But this target is unlike no other I’ve encountered before. My job is clear cut. Isolate and hold my target for one week in a remote location. Easy. Until the moment I catch sight of her. Innocent. Untouched. Vulnerable. Charlotte Reed is the pawn in a dangerous game. And I hold her safety in my grasp. All it takes is one look at her fresh-faced beauty and generous curves and I am driven to make her mine. Using my brand of carnal interrogation, I break through her shyness, forcing Charlotte to share her most private thoughts and dreams. Nothing is off limits. I want to know every secret, every hope. The sweet and smart woman is left with no place to hide. So why do I feel like I’m the one whose defenses have been smashed? My ice-cool self-control melts under the primitive need to protect and win her—body and soul. But how can I erase Charlotte’s fears and gain her trust when I’m the bastard turning her world upside down? As I fight for my prize, an outside danger threatens with lethal force. Defeat is not an option when the stakes are so high. ** Bad Boy SEAL is a quick and naughty page turner involving an obsessed alpha hero, one shy heroine and enough insta-love and sizzling romantic suspense to melt your kindle. HEA and no cheating in this emotional tale.

One Last Mistake: A Billionaire Romance (The Ironwood Billionaire Series Book 3)


Ellie Danes - 2018
    New Life. It was time to leave it all, and the mistakes I’d made, behind. At least that was plan, until I spent the night with him He was supposed to be a one and done. Someone I’d forget and never think about again. Twenty-four hours later, my life is center stage. Standing in front of a thousand strangers and right next to the one-night stand I promised to forget. The man I had spilled all of my drunken secrets to. To make matters worse…he’s my boss’s son and he’s about to spill a secret of his own. One Last Mistake is a standalone billionaire romance and is Book 3 of The Ironwood Billionaire Series.

Healing the Rancher


Mary Sue Jackson - 2020
    Willow Spalding is just too darned pretty, and too much of a distraction to have around his ranch. But when her young son, Tavish, lights up around the horses, Carter just can’t bring himself to disappoint the little guy. He convinces himself that enduring her presence is worth it if he can just get well enough to ride again. His grievous injury has left him cranky and miserable, forced to walk with a cane when he wants nothing more than to get back to work. Carter hadn’t really thought about how torturous it would be to have her touching him all the time. It’s all business to her, but his body sure isn’t listening to reason. Worse, he didn’t realize just how lonely he was until Willow and Tavish came into his life. He just has to remind himself Willow’s not on his ranch for romance.Recently divorced, Willow jumps at the chance to get away from her abusive ex and spend some time working on a remote ranch—even if the sexy rancher is a grump. Besides, it’s immediately clear that something about this ranch is making her boy glow with happiness like nothing else has since he witnessed his mom being beaten by his dad. And soon she realizes her feelings for Carter are becoming more than just therapist and patient; feelings she doesn’t want and certainly doesn’t need, especially with an angry ex stalking her. Her ex is her problem and dragging a man she’s beginning to care about into her messed up life is not in the plan. With all her problems, Carter’s better off without her. As for her? She’ll get over her cowboy love—even if she’s beginning to believe he’s the man she was always meant to be with.Mary Sue Jackson and USA Today Bestseller Leslie North invite you to indulge in a heart-warming small-town western romance with a smoking hot cowboy and the woman who tames him...This novel contains sexual content and profanity.

Body Heat


Mia Ford - 2017
     I’m a different man now; rich, famous, confident, always in control.  At least until she looks at me and I find myself melting like an ice cream cone on a hot summer day. A full length Romance with HEA & no cliffhanger. And, there is some exclusive bonus too!!!

Burning Love


Jacie Lennon - 2019
    Spending his days fighting flames in Nashville, TN, his best nights are spent at home with his favorite girl—his daughter, Livie. With no time for distractions, he has no room in his life for other females—not even a sassy blonde-haired beauty and the first woman to spark his interest in years. Ezra doesn’t have the time to get involved. So, he walks away without getting her name, or giving his… HANNA HAS NO INTEREST IN SETTLING DOWN. She can’t even commit to a hair color, an address to call home, or a man. Too busy with her career as a traveling nurse, a relationship is the last thing she needs or wants. So, it’s inconvenient when she falls—literally—for the one person as uninterested in love as she is. At least that’s what she’ll keep telling herself. Will a spark turn into a wildfire, or will their love go down in flames?Burning Love can be read as a standalone, has steamy scenes and an HEA.

Letting Go This Christmas


Natasha Queen - 2019
    She’s stuck in a dead-end job and struggling to make ends meet when a fateful ice cream disaster results in her meeting Charlie Evans, a well-off photographer with the cutest little daughter she’s ever seen.Charlie Evans was thrust unexpectedly into fatherhood. With his roots in Pecan Grove, but an itch to get back on the road, he’s shocked when he meets the flame-haired widow. Sparks and tempers fly at their first meeting, but as time goes on, he realizes Cleo is getting under his skin. When he tries to pursue her, though, he realizes her heart is buried under layers of icy protection.Can Charlie chaw Cleo’s frozen heart in time for Christmas? Or will Cleo continue to hide her true feelings away in order to protect herself from tragedy again? Find out in this sweet Christmas romance!

C is for Carter: A Secret Baby Mountain Man Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)


Natasha L. Black - 2022
    

Dating the Panther: A Shifter Dating Agency Romance


Ruby Forrest - 2018
    With a billionaire apparently. An arrogant, assertive a$$hole. Blake Richardson cannot believe his top-of-the-range matchmaking service set him up with a loser. Sure, she smells good but that’s about it. And she likes cats. Which may work in his favor. Because he’s a Panther shifter. But that doesn’t mean he can tell her. Even when he finds her in danger and needing him…desperately. Will she be able to handle his dark thirst for her and his secret as well? **A shifter dating agency romance. No cliffhangers. Very mature themes and a HEA. EXTRA HOT.**

Can't Touch


Penny Wylder - 2021
    The girl I can’t touch.That’s what her uncle says, anyway… but even if he controls her, he doesn’t control me.When I see her walking back and forth in the office lobby, her long legs swishing, beautiful curves swaying, and those cherry-red lips, I decide right then: she’s going to be mine.Chianna:My first day on the job I swore I’d be professional. No mistakes. Pure and well behaved.Chris changed all of that.He’s powerful, rich, and when he smiles at me, it makes me weak.If my uncle finds out about us I’ll lose more than my dream internship.Can I keep what I’ve done a secret with Kris tempting me over and over to break the rules?