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The Italian's Secret Quintuplets: BWWM, Billionaire, Escape To Italy, Secrets Romance (Love In Miami Book 10)


Alicia Beckton - 2021
    

Burning for Christmas


Kaye Kennedy - 2020
    His parents are relentless in their quest to get Keith to give up his dream and move to Washington D.C.They’ve made it clear that his attendance at their annual Christmas Soireé is required—as is him bringing a date—but he can’t take just anyone to a holiday party for the members of Congress.Enter Brielle—Keith’s roommate and friend who knows him better than anyone. She’s sophisticated, she’s intelligent, and she’s an award-winning news anchor. His family will love her.They went to the party as friends, but left as something more, and now he has to keep his parents from digging their talons into the woman who means more to him than anything.He puts out fires for a living, surely he can keep his family from burning down his life, right?This interracial love story will have you cheering for love to win over hate. All they need to do is survive Christmas…This standalone Christmas story is set in the world of the Burning for the Bravest series featuring New York City fireman who love hard and make love harder, but can be read without having read the series. (Be warned, you're going to want to devour the series once you get a taste of the sexy firemen in Burning for Christmas.) The author is a former firefighter, so expect authentic action scenes. You'll also get all the warm fuzzy holiday feels and a tissue-worthy HEA.

Plus Sized Woman's Babies for her Asian Billionaire


Ciara Cole - 2020
    

He Has Your Eyes


Vixa Vaughn - 2020
    on a handsome young boy?I know he’s my son. I’m not giving either of them up, ever again.I’m stunned, but I’m spurred to action.I’m going to win back his mom.Be a real part of my son’s life, because I already love him so much.Nothing and no one is standing in my way.I’m the luckiest man in the world, falling in love at first sight...twice.First with Vivica. The only woman for me.Then, our son. He’s smart, sweet, and he’s my whole world now.Can I erase the pain of the past and get us to happily ever after - as a family?Guess you’ll have to read to find out...

Christmas in the Nation


Sydney Addae - 2018
    While preparing the Compound for a large holiday celebration, Silas and his team respond to the mounting death tolls of Pack by sending Knights and supplies to assist in search and rescue. Jasmine’s joy of the holiday is dimmed by the late arrival of her kids and a strange desire to sleep. Concerned Silas seeks answers from the Goddess, whose answers send him down a trail he never wanted to go. Christmas in the Nation brings home the kids and their mates and several more. It’s a heartwarming Christmas story depicting the love and joy of Christmas.

The Model and Billionaire's Quadruple Blessing


Justeen Jones - 2019
    As a girl she was paraded around various beauty pageants by her Mom, until she started to suffer panic attacks. It led to a career in modeling however, and after years of struggling she’s finally breaking through to be a success. She’s been met with a lot of prejudice and roadblocks in her quest for fame, and the road would have been easier if she had sacrificed her integrity when powerful men came calling. But she refused, and now her success is all her own. However, when she meets Heath, a successful TV producer, she starts to realize there’s more to life than her career. The more they see each other the more she falls deeply in love with him, and for a moment it feels like she can have it all. But then, she falls pregnant, and must choose between career and romance. Find out in this sizzling hot quadruple romance by Justeen Jones of BWWM Love.

Tropical Hat Trick


Piper Rayne - 2022
    But between vacation hook-ups, one player falling into bed with the boss and a surprise guest at the resort, there’s more action—and complications—than any of them could have predicted.Note to Readers: This story first appeared in the charitable anthology, Color Theory. It has been rewritten and expanded since its inclusion. This is a companion piece to the Hockey Hotties series but does not have to be read to enjoy any of the books in that series.

His Surprise Twins


Tiana Cole - 2021
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Miles (Members From Money Season Two #62)


Katie Dowe - 2021
    

Doctor's Secret Love Child


Brittney Brooke - 2020
    I wasn’t expecting her.EricIn my profession,I couldn’t get distracted.Too many lives depended on it . . .Until she became my patient.Jewel Martell.Now, there was a woman hard to forget:Mocha skin,Sultry eyes,Curves for days . . .Damn.If I could have hit rewind,I wouldn’t have hesitatedBut things are different now. And Jewel has kept a little secret from me. The daughter I never met... JewelWhat were the freaking odds?Of all the ERs in New York,I had to end up in his.Eric “McSteamy” Thwaite’s.But if he thought we would “rekindle” things,He was profoundly mistaken.You can’t change the past.Life doesn’t work that way.Besides, he chose his career over us.How could I forgive that?Well, on the flip side, how could he forgive me?After all, I never told him about our secret daughter....

Tatum: Taming the Professor (The Campbell Brothers, #4)


T.C. Clark - 2020
    He liked the order he'd set up in his life, and love was definitely not on his agenda.Tatum had watched his brothers fall victim to love, and although he was happy for them, he had other plans for his life. Plans that were being challenged by his feisty new colleague.Sabrina Richardson was the new professor in town, and she loved every minute of it. She'd landed a teaching position at one of the top universities in Scotland. She'd worked hard for the job, and her students were adjusting well to unusual teaching methods.Everything was going great until the chief of the Science department arrived at her door with questions about her curriculum. Tatum Campbell was condescending, arrogant, and sexy as hell.The chemistry between them was unwanted but undeniable. Can Tatum and Sabrina fight the tension building between them, or will Tatum end up just like his brothers?Tune in here to find out....

Time For Family


Tyla Walker - 2019
    She’s got a lot of wealthy clients, but she’s struggling to make ends meet herself. Until she meets Noah Simmons. He’s not like her other wealthy clients. First off, he’s gorgeous as sin with his ripped body and bedroom eyes. Second, he’s got two babies that he adopted and he’s completely clueless. Malia falls in love with the two baby boys the moment she meets them. And then she falls in love with Noah. But Noah is a very busy executive that doesn’t have time for relationships. The whole reason he adopted two babies was because he figured he’d never have time for a relationship. So when he catches feelings for Malia, he’s going to need to put family first before he loses his only shot at true happiness. Will Malia be able to convince Noah to slow down and enjoy his family? Will she join his family as more than his nanny? Or will her heart be broken by the ever present demands on Noah’s time? Find out in this sizzling BWWM romance! No cheating. HEA guaranteed.

The Single Dad's New Twins


Holly Rayner - 2019
    Finding herself in debt after her efforts fail to bear fruit, however, she bounces from one temp job to another until she meets Garrett, the owner of the very company where she just had a car-crash interview. Garrett Green is a billionaire, and modern cowboy; a gorgeous, infuriating collision of designer suit and Stetson, and a single dad to boot. He and Karla hit it off immediately, and unbelievably to her, end up in bed together! Soon after, though, and it seems like his talk of wanting to hire her was all hot air – Was Garrett after one thing only? Six weeks later, fruitlessly spent trying to put him out of her mind, Karla realizes she’s pregnant! Karla has never been one to give up easily – so much so that she drives four hours out to the billionaire’s ranch to give him the low-down. Poignant revelations quickly follow, as Karla learns that she is pregnant with not one baby, but two! Can Garrett – part-time cowboy, full-time single dad – right the wrongs, and convince Karla that his heart is in the right place? Will he earn a second chance?

Releasing The Silent Killer: Davide and India's Story


Sonja B. - 2020
    Some say I’m cocky, arrogant, and quick-tempered, and I own all that shit. Many don’t like me, but I could care less. In my business, you’re not in it to make friends, just money. You might be lucky to call some friends, maybe even associates.When a business deal goes wrong, I’m left with no choice but to take matters into my own hands. What was supposed to be a simple kidnapping of a rival’s daughter has turned into something much more. I don’t know if I will be able to let her go when the dust settles. She brings out emotions in me I never knew existed.It took a lot for India to see the good in me, and I’ll be damned if I let anything or anyone come in between us. People on the streets know me as The Silent Killer, and if her father thinks he’ll be able to take her away from me, there won’t be anything silent about what I’m going to do to him.

Turquoise Mountain


Diane J. Reed - 2018
    Dillon Iron Feather is dangerous and he knows it. Hardened by his championship fighting career, he returns to his remote Colorado ranch to heal, only to discover that city girl Tessa Grove is determined to stake her claim to the old mine she inherited on a corner of his land. Stubborn to the bone, Tessa soon digs up precious gems from deep within the earth to use in her custom-made jewelry business. But those stones turn out to be sacred, and sparks fly as they begin to guide her to the secret chambers of Dillon's heart.Iron Feather Brothers Series: Meet the Iron Feather Brothers—they’re tough, they’re dangerous, and family means everything to them. Whether it’s living up to their ancestor’s outlaw reputation or brandishing their own style of justice, these men have each other’s backs. And it takes very special women to get under their skin and untangle their barbed-wire hearts in order to find love in this contemporary western romance series set in the Rocky Mountains.