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Shimmy for Me


DeAnna Cameron - 2014
    Two lost souls. A whole world of trouble.Juggling two jobs to keep her belly dance studio afloat keeps Abby Anderson’s mind off her shattered love life—until a reawakened pain sends her into the arms of an anonymous stranger she plucks from the audience of her tribal belly dance show. No names, no strings, no romance. She tells herself it’s a harmless hookup.Until he turns up at her day job . . . Derek Collier, the sexy heir to the Collier media dynasty, just landed everything he’s always wanted: the publisher’s seat at the Orange County Herald. Except his first order of business is to sell the newspaper. Reeling from his family’s betrayal, his only comfort is the memory of that mysterious belly dancer and the perfect night they spent together. He won’t rest until he finds her again.She’ll lose everything if he does.

Dark Savior


Stella Noir - 2016
    But for me the real thrill is to see it fall apart under my touch. Kade I keep my streets clean. Someone has to do it, because the police won’t do sh*t about these scums. Sometimes you have to fight fire with fire. Mercy is for the weak. I’m tough and relentless, without a weak spot. Until I meet her. She doesn’t want to be saved, but when she threatens to vanish into the abyss, I can’t help but catch her. She wasn’t part of the plan. I came here to get rid of a problem. Instead, I burden myself with this beautiful dilemma called Meadow. I can’t f*ck her troubles away forever, though, can I? Meadow There’s nothing left for me to live for. I’m all alone, lost – done. Leaving everything behind seems to be the only option. But when I try to disappear, he shows up to catch me. Tall, strong and sinister - just the kind of man I should be afraid of. He takes care of me in his own way. He makes me forget. And he scares the sh*t out of me. There’s something about him. A dark secret. A somber depth that connects the two of us. He tries to shield me from it, but once that heavy door is opened, I’m faced with an uncomfortable truth that changes everything. **This is a full length Dark Romance with NO cliffhangers and a HEA. Intended for audiences 18+ & not for the faint-hearted. Contains situations some readers might find objectionable.** Release Special: Contains bonus novel CAUGHT: A Hitman Romance. Dark Savior ends at approximately 55%.

New Recruit


Em Petrova - 2016
    He can’t resist doing a body shot—or six—and a fiery night leads to a morning filled with questions. Like who is she and where can he find her again?Following a bad breakup, Hanna works hard to keep men at arms’ length, but she can’t get Jagger out of her head. Showing up at firehouse’s building repairs fundraiser definitely isn’t a good idea. Neither is winning his services, which happens to be a day of yard work. Or maybe she’s made the right decision after all—she does have a bush to be trimmed.Two nights with Hanna leads to more, and he’s distracted enough to make a critical error in judgment on a five-alarm blaze. He walks right past the arsonist, believing the man a victim. Throwing himself into finding the criminal means Hanna is back to feeling neglected and unimportant in the only relationship she’s taken a chance on forever.As more and more arson fires pop up over the city, Jagger has no choice but to fight them. Which leaves Hanna worried for his safety and wondering why she took a chance on a fireman of all people. But he can’t ignore the blazing inferno of lust raging out of control between him and Hanna either. Can he strike a match of understanding in her before she runs out of his life, or will his superhero ways sever his chances forever?

Limits of Destiny


Sharlyn G. Branson - 2015
    Still, she feels unhappy and depressed because she’s never managed to fall in love.But this quickly changes. At a birthday party, she meets the most eligible bachelor in Switzerland - the young and incredibly ambitious multimillionaire Alexander Kraftberg.Despite her friend’s warnings against getting involved with him due to his notoriety as a big womanizer, the two begin a love affair full of great passion and powerful sexual attraction.However, their future is threatened by Alexander’s depraved and dark past.Upon finding out about his lifestyle, Alexia is shocked. She begins to feel torn and terribly insecure…

Off-Limits


Ava Storm - 2019
    I fell for my brother's best friend. Forbidden but so exciting... He was totally off-limits. And my brother would kill both of us. But we're both adults now. And I'm a widowed single mom. But he needs me and my brother more than ever. Because him and his dad are in grave danger. And my brother is the only one who can help. But will he, knowing his best friend already claimed me?

Kill Girl


Jill M. Beene - 2016
    “A fun, captivating read…” -Amazon review. Elayna Miller kills people for a living, but only when they really deserve it... Once one of the CIA’s most talented agents, Elayna Miller struck off on her own for moral reasons. Now surrounded by a like-minded team, she selects her cases carefully and only kills those who really have it coming. KILL GIRL is the first novel in the Elayna Miller series. If you enjoy fast-paced, intelligent storytelling with well-rounded, complex characters, you’ll love Kill Girl. “Reminds me of Janet Evanovich and her awesome Stephanie Plum books, except Elayna Miller is an even more interesting character...”- Amazon review. “What a great book, kept me on the edge of my seat...” -Amazon review. When her latest case leads Elayna Miller to Mexico, it also takes her in an unexpected direction, toward her past. In the aftermath, Elayna has to confront the fact that no one she loves is as safe as she has believed, and her team will never be the same again. A fast-paced, engaging book with tons of action! You’ll be rooting for Elayna Miller… Join the scores of other readers who have fallen in love with Elayna Miller, and grab your copy of KILL GIRL today!

Finding Destiny


Christa Simpson - 2014
    He has never strayed from those rules. And yet Destiny has him breaking every last one of them. Destiny was looking forward to a bit of solitude in the north. She figured surrounding herself with her two besties, at an expensive spa retreat, would beat away the winter blues. That was the plan. Destiny liked plans. But plans don’t always work out the way you want them to. Skylar never expected to find three ladies trudging through the snow. But after finding them stranded, in the middle of nowhere, during the biggest snow storm of the year, he’s forced to invite Destiny and her friends back to his cabin. Though he tried to ignore what was subtly unraveling between them, he couldn't discount their attraction. The way Destiny could read into his thoughts and the way his jealousy raged at the thought of his brother taking her to his bed, he knew he had better stake his claim. But when tragedy strikes, torn from her arms at lightning speed, Skylar’s left to wonder whether he would ever find his destiny.

Reborn


Meredith WildMeredith Wild - 2018
    Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less. I was ready to write Isabel Foster’s name in my ledger of unfortunate souls until she uttered the one word that could stop the bullet meant for her. My name. She knows my face. She knows me. She’s the key to the memories I’m not sure I want back. Now nothing is simple. I still have a job to do, and my soul isn’t worth saving. I’m not the man she thinks I am. I can’t love her. And sparing her life puts us both in the crosshairs.

Never Close Enough


Anie Michaels - 2013
    At her greatest moment of need, a protective and sexy Porter Masters comes to her rescue. Ella takes a holiday week at the coast to discover herself and finds her attraction to Porter potent and undeniable. Uncertain of their future together, Ella struggles to open her heart to trust again. Porter Masters takes care of his own: his single mother, his company, and now he’s compelled to protect the beauty that walked into his world. Never one for relationships in his past, Porter discovers that he was waiting all along for Ella. As their time together comes to an end, will Porter fight for the woman who stole his heart? Porter will find a way to keep her, despite the obstacles.

Protecting His Best Friend's Sister


Samantha Chase - 2014
    It has since been expanded, revised, and re-edited.The only woman I want is the one I can never have.Harper. My best friend's sister. I've wanted her since I was eighteen, but she's always been off-limits. Now I'm home after years in the Marines, and nothing has changed--except everything has. Her brother is dead, and she's on a hopeless quest for answers about his death.And I want her just as much as ever.Someone is trying to kill her now, and she won't let me keep her safe. I have to protect her anyway, even if she doesn't trust me, even if she hates me for it. A man protects what's precious to him, whether or not he can ever claim her for his own.And Harper has always been precious to me.

Rewind & Go


Nancy Corrigan - 2014
    At eighteen, he had his whole life planned out—marry his long-time girlfriend, take over his parents’ farm, have kids, and live out his days in Sander’s Valley. But his perfect life came screeching to a halt the day Ronnie Axel skipped town without a good-bye.A decade later, the little rich girl he’d loved is back, looking sexier than ever. Finally, he has the chance to work her out of his system. Too bad he’s never been able to separate sex and love when it comes to Ronnie.This time, their connection is stronger than ever. Unfortunately, the years apart didn’t fix their issues. Ronnie’s obligation to the Axel fortune threatens to tear them apart a second time. But it’s the family scandal involving her that might make their separation not only permanent, but…deadly.

His Distraction


Tanya Gallagher - 2018
    She’d rather feed the homeless. Jeremy Glass, CEO of Seattle’s hottest sex toy company, has a fantastic life: he’s single, rich, and has a parade of “product testers” to help him warm his sheets at night. He’s about to land the deal of a lifetime and finally prove that his untraditional business is more than valid. The only problem is he just fired the one woman his client insists handle their account. He knows if he hires her back, Vanessa Reese will be a distraction—after all, she’s gorgeous, sweet, and witty. Jeremy knows better than to mix business and pleasure, but he suddenly finds himself chasing after a woman for a change, and this one’s determined to keep him on his toes. When Jeremy asks Vanessa to come back to X Enterprises, she isn’t interested in what he has to offer—not his pretty face and sculpted body, and certainly not his arrogant attitude—until Jeremy makes her a deal: spend ten weeks in his employment, and then he’ll help her land the social work job she really wants. When Vanessa agrees, she finds herself plunged into a world of sin and indulgence she never imagined. Despite the attraction between herself and Jeremy, Vanessa is determined not to give in and hand over her dignity and her chance at a steady paycheck. Probably. Because the more time she spends with Jeremy, the more she uncovers the kind, charming man hidden under his cocky exterior. Can a sex toy CEO and a bleeding heart ever find love, or will their connection destroy everything they’ve worked for? His Distraction is a steamy contemporary romance with witty banter, a sassy heroine, and a hot-as-hell hero!

Single Dad Times Two: A Bad Boy MFM Romance (P.L.A.Y.-Time Story 2)


Jay S. Wilder - 2019
    Two rugged single dads. One explosive connection. She’s about to learn the house rules...from both bad boys. Novella-length, standalone romance with an HEA ending and Zero Cliffhanger. Archer I work hard and play harder, but when it comes to my twin sons, Abe and Axel, I’d move mountains to keep them happy. My best buddy Russ is no different with his little boy, Reed. We’re single dads and we like to share one woman. But no one has captured our attention in a long while. Until sweet Amy walks into our lives. She's a college graduate hoping for her first job as our nanny. She wows us with her convincing interview... and all those lush curves. Amy's eager to do whatever it takes to make sure the boys are happy. I like that she aims to please. And when we realize that she’s into both Russ and me, we fight to keep things above board, but eventually, we’re going to cross the line with her. We want her for ourselves. Some rules of professionalism are meant to be broken. Author’s Notes: - Cozy up with a warm blanket and these two hot single dads! This MFM story is flirty and oh so dirty, just the way you like it. - Single Dad x2 is a MFM menage romance that is all about the woman. There are no M/M scenes. This story is all about TWO hot single dads who fall for the same woman. - Single Dad x 2 is the second P.L.A.Y-Time MFM story. P.L.A.Y. was first mentioned in Two Firefighters Next Door, and there are several more stories to come.

Sold as a Fake Fiancee


Juliana Conners - 2017
    I need a fake bride so my dad will let me keep mine.She's auctioning off her virginity to billionaires.But she doesn't know that this billionaire is bidding for a fake bride.I might just take what she's selling in addition to what I'm buying.I'll tie her up for real after she's pretended to tie me down.Then I'll have my way with her, for her very first time, on our pretend wedding night.It's all perfect until I realize it's not just my c*ck that's involved- my heart's just become the highest bidder.Sold to the Fake Fiancee is a standalone romance of approximately 25,000 words featuring a dominant alpha male billionaire and a feisty BBW. It contains no cheating, no cliffhanger and a HEA. For a limited time bonus content is included for your continued reading pleasure, including Sold on St. Patrick's Day and books from Always, Boss (Bad Boy Office Romance) and The Bradford Brothers & Friends (Military Romance). Enjoy!

Ravel


Shari J. Ryan - 2015
    The outcome could be life or death.Trent hit me once, and I cried. Then he hit me again. And again. After a while, I got used to it, as I slept on the floor beside his bed, night after night.Everyone told me to leave him, but I can't. He won't let me. The moment I wanted to give up on myself and any form of hope, Kemper—a tall, sexy Marine just home from Afghanistan walked into my bar. With one look in his eyes, I saw pain that mirrored my own.At first, I thought maybe he would be my prince charming, riding in to save me, but all it took was one tragedy for me to remember…fairy tales don’t exist in real life.
*The content in this book discusses domestic violence and is suitable for readers over 18.*