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Defending What's Mine
Aubrey Wright - 2019
No company is good company.But the way she makes my daughter smile...The way her a$s cheeks fit perfectly into those tight jeans...This has "bad idea" written all over it.Loving my family is dangerous.Knowing my secrets could mean life or death.But the time for hiding is over.I'm the predator on this mountain.Nobody messes with my family.It's time to defend what's mine.
This is a romantic suspense with a super sexy alpha, steamy action and an amazing happily ever after.
Grumpy Best Friend
B.B. Hamel - 2021
I had to escape my drunk, abusive father, but leaving her behind was the biggest mistake of my life.Now I have another shot at making things right. Jude’s new boss wants to build a factory outside of Philadelphia, and she brings me in to help.I’m thrust back into Jude’s world, and not much has changed. She’s still beautiful, still hilarious, and still hates my guts.Little by little, she’ll remember why we fell in love back in high school. I’ll make her pout, then make her laugh— then make her strip down and kiss me.And soon I’ll have her back, all grown up and perfect.Or else I'll lose the empire I built with my own calloused hands.Another hot grumpy man! Watch Lady Fluke’s assistant Jude find her happily-ever-after with Bret while they both face their broken pasts and grow together. It’s steamy and fun and I think you’ll fall in love with protective, growly Bret just like I did. As always, Grumpy Best Friend is a full length standalone novel with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed. Enjoy! XO BB
Dare Number One: Kiss Me Like You Mean It
Laura Burton - 2021
For Holly, it was love at first glance, the first time she saw him across the stage at drama club. Now she’s stuck in the friend zone and her only hope is that Michelle’s challenge will help to get her out.Cameron spends so much of his energy acting, he doesn’t even know who he is anymore. When he and Holly are set up to participate in a dare, he hopes it will help him find out what his true feelings are.The dare? To record a video of the two of them kissing and upload it to the internet.Let the fun begin.Sweet romance, laugh-out-loud comedy and a collection of wonderful, authentic characters who will become your friends. Dive into this series of short stories about finding love in fun and light-hearted ways.
Built to Hate You
Kate Hunt - 2019
But now he’s back…and I feel like I’m in heaven. Axel Moreland bullied me in high school. The best day of my life was the day I graduated from that hell. And when I left, I never intended to see him ever again. Eight years later, I learn that my parents have hired his construction company to renovate their house. The thought of Axel in my childhood home makes me sick. I take action to stop him. I tell him off like I should have years ago. He acts like he’s different now, but I know the truth about him. Don’t I? To my shock, he’s actually changed. And to my horror, I find myself liking the new Axel. I can’t fall for him, though, can I? He was so cruel to me. What if he goes back to his old ways? Right now, though, it feels more torturous to not give into my desire. BUILT TO HATE YOU is a short hate-to-love romance with steam, sweetness, and a happily-ever-after!
My Christmas Billionaire (The Billionaire Kings Book 7)
Serenity Woods - 2019
But on the night that I finally plucked up courage to ask him back to my room, he turned me down. Okay, he didn't just turn me down; he crushed my very soul. That was a month ago, and now, at Christmastime, I’m traveling with my family to the Arctic Circle to celebrate Noah’s wedding. Because Stefan and I are the only two singletons left, I just know we’re going to end up sitting together on the plane and in restaurants. I can’t bear to be near him. It hurts too much. And then he tells me he has feelings for me. He says he can’t date me, but refuses to reveal why. He wants me; the heat in his eyes convinces me of that. But what can I possibly do about it in sub-zero temperatures? “That’s it,” Clio says. “We’re commencing Operation Polar Fling.” According to Clio, all men can be seduced. I guess we’re about to find out if she's right.
The Christmas Cadeau
K.D. Elizabeth - 2019
The MEN'S bathroom.No stalls were available in mine. I'd be in and out before anyone noticed.Except someone walked in.And, oh, he was so gorgeous.Four months later we moved in together.Two years later I can't imagine living without him.He's the love of my life, to the absolute bottom of my heart.So why are we breaking up?The Christmas Cadeau has NO cheating and a happily ever after!
Valentine Veto
Claire Wilder - 2022
But I didn’t just leave my past behind—I left Callie McIntyre, the good girl I was never good enough for.Now Callie’s mayor of our town, and I’m back too, a European-trained chocolatier with a proposal for a new facility I need her approval on. One that will redeem my family name, and hopefully me, in her eyes.But Callie still hasn’t forgiven me for breaking her heart. And if she vetoes this project, she’ll never know it was all for her.Valentine Veto is a standalone steamy second chance novella, part of the Man of the Month Club multi-author series.
The Valentines Day Proposal
Bella Winters
I want to make my father proud.He wants me to take over part of the business.Now, I’m stuck in a small townAnd the only way out is to keep my eye on the prize.It sounds easy enough until…I meet the sexy redhead who steals my heart.
Damon
Alex Wolf - 2019
…but she doesn’t know it yet. Rumors run rampant in this small town. I’m spoken about in whispers, but I hear their words. I was happy to stay hidden until the new girl arrived. I’m enchanted by her beauty and drawn to her laugh. She’s too good for me, but that doesn’t keep me away. Can I break free of my past or will my demons ruin everything? Damon is a full length contemporary bad boy romance novel with a HEA!
Meant to be Yours
Poppy Parkes - 2020
Now that I look back over the past few weeks, I can see signs of this coming.I’d thought it was wedding jitters. Our family had begun trickling into Shotgun, our western Montana town, making the incoming life commitment all the more real. That’d be enough to make any groom-to-be nervous. But then my fiancé never showed up to our weddingMy three bridesmaid friends were amazing. They’d spun into action dispersing the guests while I sat, numb. Now we’re driving to the closest dive bar at my request, and I feel lots of things.Hurt. Confused. Betrayed. But most of all, I feel like my insides are alight with anger.I’m ready to blow off some steam. But love isn’t done with me yet. It has one more trick up its sleeve . . .Meant to be Yours is a super hot story about finding true love at the most unlikely of times. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and only consensual shenanigans await. This contemporary instalove romance is first in the Love at First Sight series, and will make you squirm with delight. ;) Steamy happily ever after guaranteed!
Flooded (Beautiful but Strange, #1)
J.J. Sorel - 2020
I chained myself to his pole.A STEAMY HEA ROMANTIC COMEDY FREE ON KINDLE UNLIMITEDI'm talking about the ancient oak tree his firm was going to chop down. Get your mind out of the gutter.That's how I met Sam Chalmer, the gorgeous only son of tycoon Carrington Chalmer. His company had plans to fell this beautiful old tree on behalf of a silent partner, and I wasn't about to let it happen without a fight.Even though it was tempting to just give in. I was thoroughly enjoying the idea of being at Sam's mercy while he figured out just what to do with me--until the area started to flood and I realized I had lost the key to unlock myself.This may have started as an environmental statement, but it's clear we're both in over our heads...SamThere I was, avoiding my father's typical patriarchal machinations and minding my own business, when I found out that Juniper Berry, an aptly-named daughter of genuine hippies, had chained herself to a tree my company was going to cut down.I had plenty of ideas how to turn Juni's playful taunting to my advantage, seeing as she was literally chained to a tree in front of me, her body on full display. None of them involved nearly drowning or a boat rescue.Now things are even more complicated: I'm falling for a literal tree-hugger when I'm supposed to be heiress hunting and managing a big business deal--and it's all because I made a promise to save that damn oak tree.I'm never underestimating foliage again.AUTHOR'S NOTE: There are a few steamy sex scenes in this enemy-to-lovers romantic comedy. For those who have read Thornhill Trilogy and are curious about the Thornhills four years later, they make an appearance in this story when Sam moves from San Francisco to Malibu and they become neighbors. THIS SERIES ENDS WITH A DEFINITE HEA ENDING.
Perfect Chaperone
Lauren Wood - 2019
This romance is the first story in the Next Door Daddies series.A week-long girls’-trip before my new job starts. How can I say no?It’s just a week. What could go wrong?Short answer: Everything.Add in a bad boy next-door neighbor I had a crush on as a chaperone, too many shots, and you have chaos. Casper knew my weakness and used it to his advantage. All night long. Then come regrets. Accidental marriage. And a ring to prove it, with a piece of paper the next morning. It gets worse. He’s also my boss now.
But what will he think when he finds out about our secret baby?
As always from this author -- lots of love and romance and -- a very satisfying HEA!
Falling for Mr. Bingley
Kate O'Keeffe - 2021
As in she’s read Pride and Prejudice fifty-one times, her favorite movie scene is the boombox serenade in Say Anything, and she goes to sleep every night certain that one day she’ll meet her prince and get her happily ever after.That’s why she entered the reality TV show, Dating Mr. Darcy. Everyone knows Mr. Darcy is the most romantic hero of all time, so the guy posing as him has got to be as close to perfect as any guy can get.The only problem is it’s not Mr. Darcy who’s got Phoebe’s pulse rising. It’s his best friend, Johnathan Bentley a.k.a. Mr. Bingley, the show’s presenter. Not the bachelor.Despite knowing she’s breaking the rules, Phoebe begins to snatch secret moments alone with Johnathan. But when someone discovers them, things begin to get complicated.Secrets, lies, and blackmail. Will Phoebe and Johnathan’s love story survive?Falling for Mr. Bingley is the first book in a spin-off series of the Love Manor Romantic Comedy series. Each book can be read as a standalone title.Originally published as A Very English Love Story in the Love in the City box set, this story has been expanded into a full-length novel with new scenes.
Strict
Hannah Ford - 2019
The kind of place where women fall to their knees, call men sir, and get lashed with a belt. Gage Stratford. Dark, damaged, cold-blooded and gorgeous, with secrets so deep you could drown. He touched me that night, made me feel things that excited and terrified me in equal measure. When I turned up at my internship the next day, I was shocked to find he was my new boss. My billionaire boss was the one who had made me feel like I couldn’t help but fall to my knees and do whatever he commanded. He says he can’t stay away from me. That he needs to make me his submissive, to take me over his desk, to punish me and make me his. But our horrific pasts have made us who we are, and to get close to him means to crack each other open and expose the very things we’ve worked so hard to bury. And when our secrets come out, not only our love but also our lives will be on the line -- leaving us bound together forever, or destroyed and shattered beyond repair. Being together isn’t an option. But staying apart is impossible….