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Ex Scrooge Me (Love for the Holidays #1)
Brynn Paulin - 2019
Worse, Eli McSpadden gets under my skin by just…breathing! Have I mentioned he’s my ex who broke up with me on Valentine’s eve last year. Yeah, Mr.-Gorgeous-and-I-Know-It is the one who broke my heart. But I’m over him. And I hate him. Eli I’m a stupid jerk. There! I said it. When my company relocated me with no noticed last winter, I did the one thing I thought was best. I broke up with the girl I love. I told her we both needed to set down roots in our separate cities. The thought of her “rooting” with anyone else eats at me, but what could I do? Her life is at her university; mine is wherever I get sent. It took three seconds for me to realize I made a huge mistake, and now that I’m back in town and we’re both heading home for the holidays, I’m going to make it right and hopefully not end up in a ditch—physically and emotionally—while I’m trying.
Smiling in Love
Ember Flint - 2019
30-year-old Blake Long got a raw deal when he was but two, but he managed to pull through. Now, completely alone in the world, he’s the quiet, reclusive and shy CEO of Long Safeguard, an IT firm he built from the ground up, starting from a beat-up, cast-off laptop and ending with a billion dollars in his bank account just as he turned twenty-five, but his professional accomplishments mean nothing when all he has waiting for him at the end of the day is an empty bed in an empty flat, just as hollow as his own bare life.24-year-old Sunny Brooks is a positive-thinking, sweet, smart-mouthed freelance photographer that has been told her entire life that her parents couldn’t have picked a better name for her, and she’s always believed it was true, but lately her smiles have started to lose their momentum. For the last year or so, her boisterous, happy, forever-nosing-around family has been hounding her to settle down and if her beloved, but meddlesome older sisters attempt to set her up with their weekly version of Mr. Right one more time, she’s going to scream.And then she meets him.What happens when your smile finally finds a purpose?And then he meets her. What happens when you finally meet the one that can make you smile?They couldn’t be more different, but they just can’t walk away.Like day and night, dark and light, like the sun and the moon, but also like two magnets, two parts of a whole that, upon recognition, can no longer be kept separate. Dear Reader: This inflammable, saccharine story is so filthy, you’d better make sure no one’s standing behind you while you read it, and so fluffy-sweet, it packs its own calories. I swear: it’s gonna stay on your hips as much as the big, possessive hands of this adorable, dirty-talking, protective OTT alpha hero stay on the heroine’s curvy ones —which is FOREVER. As usual in this book there’s NO-cheating, no OW/OM drama, it’s HEA-guaranteed and features a voluptuous, innocent but spunky heroine that’s sparkly and bubbly as a flute of champagne on an empty stomach and a hero that brings tall, dark and handsome to another level, so brooding you’ll want to make him smile yourself and so uptight, strait-laced and no-nonsense, you just know he’s going to explode when the time is right (and the time is so right!). Do opposites attract? Oh, yeah, they do, baby! If you don’t believe me, come and see… Warning: hot, crazy-fast insta-love coming your way! Might melt your kindle and your heart too!
Winning Her Curves
Flora Ferrari - 2020
Unlike my mob competitors, I don’t have family to back me up, but I do have a tight knit team and I’m the master of my own domain. I answer to no one, nothing gets me rattled. Until the day she walks in… She’s fucking perfect. And she’s in my Casino. I’d say that’s as good as possession, which is nine tenths of the law. Ten tenths in my books. Vincent’s law. Georgia I’m only here to save my dad’s ass, to get enough money to pay his mob debt and get the hell outta here. I’m into books, not slots and craps. The casino is plus sized scary and the looks I’m getting from the guy opposite me are enough to make me think I’m in for a whole lot more trouble than I bargained for. Vincent Chambers to the rescue. He’s probably the hottest guy on the planet, and if I can only get my foot out of my mouth long enough, I might even be able to get him to help save my dad’s ass. But something tells me he has both his smoldering eyes on my own curvaceous behind. He wants to make me his, to feed, seed then breed me. If I can just get past the ‘girl like me’ complex, I think I might have just found the man of my dreams. But is it really that easy? Does love at first sight really exist regardless of age and size differences? I’m prepared to die finding out.
Breaking His Rules
Tory Baker - 2019
As owner of one of the premiere fine dining experiences in Florida, he has plans to expand and turn a small sleepy town into a tourist attraction. His restaurants are thriving and he makes sure his employees are happy and well paid. He only has one rule he lives by. He will never date his employees. Then he saw his newest employee, Harlow. One look at her and Evan knew that he was going to claim her as his. He wasn’t about to walk away. To hell with his rules. He had to have her. Besides, they always say rules are meant to be broken.
Tory has cooked you up something extra special this go around with Evan Jackson, restaurant owner and one over the top Alpha with his eyes on a girl he plans on making his dessert over and over and over… (You get the picture). Pull up a chair, grab a fan and dig in! As always guaranteed Safe read with a Happy Ever After sure to put a smile on your face.
His Innocent Flower
Sadie Barron - 2019
Her shop, Tori’s Blooms, is just scraping by, so being hired to style the flowers for the society wedding of the year could put her business on the map.If she makes it out alive, that is. It’s not a Bridezilla that Tori has to worry about. It’s the bride’s demanding, perfectionist—and drop-dead gorgeous—father.An all-too-demanding man…CEO Gabriel gets exactly what he wants, or else. His little girl is getting married, and he’s taking a hands-on interest in everything—including the beautiful florist whose baby blues have his protective alpha side roaring to possess her.Tori is the woman for Gabriel, today, tomorrow and forever, and he’ll be taking her pretty flower before anyone can say “I do.”Author's note: this is a short, steamy, over-the-top and safe insta-love romance that will have you sighing with happiness. No cheating, only a big flowery happy every after!
Break My Fall
Megan Wade - 2020
She wished he’d never left.
TylerGoing back is never easy. Especially when the night you left is also the night the girl of your dreams said she loved you.I wasn't enough for her back then. I wasn't enough for me either.Avery and I were just kids, and I had dreams that were bigger than Oakwood falls could provide.Not to mention, she was my best friend’s kid sister. She was off-limits then. A decade later, she's probably still off-limits. But this time, I don’t care. I won't let anything stop me.I've come back to make Avery Roberts mine.AveryHe broke my heart. I handed it to him on a silver platter and instead of taking care of it, he stomped it into the ground and didn't look back at the mess he made.A whole decade has passed since that night, and I’ve grown up. I'd like to say I don't think of him, but that would be a lie. I think about him all the time. I think about him so much that when I see him again, I don't quite trust my eyes. I've seen him in the faces of strangers so many times that it's hard for me to recognize him in the flesh. But he's here. He's back. And I’m…angry.He says he came back for me. Question is, am I still the girl he left behind?I won't let him break my heart again.Mother Nature has other ideas for these star-crossed lovers. When the rotting floor of an old cabin gives way and traps them together in an old cellar, they’re LOVE TRAPPED. They have no choice but to confront their past, and possibly discover their future…As always, this Megan Wade book comes with her ‘Sugar Promise’. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.
As Luck Would Have It
Jenika Snow - 2019
Hawk’s everything a woman would want, but he’s also her competition.
They come from two rivaling bakeries, so that should mean there’s no way they can be together. But it seemed fate had other plans.
Because as luck would have it, once Hawk had her, he’s not letting her go.
The Virgin Auction
Olivia T. Turner - 2017
Turner book, which means it features a possessive and totally obsessed Over The Top male who isn't afraid to take what he wants! If you like your book boyfriends sweet and cuddly then shut the computer off and walk away. If you like your heroes, rough, dirty, and possessive to the extreme, come on in and have some fun...
King's Castle
Ella Goode - 2020
After his abusive old man kicked the bucket, King took the family fortune and built a haven for women and children who needed protection. He has one rule and that is the women decide when they get to leave. When Hayden shows up, all his self-discipline goes out the window. He’s ready to risk it all to keep her…even against her will. Hayden came to find her sister—not a man—but one look at King has all her female parts kicking into high gear. He’s autocratic and demanding and everything she shouldn’t like but she can’t help being attracted to the soft heart he keeps hidden. She should run away but every moment she spends with him has her wishing that her home could be the King’s Castle.
Hungry For Owen (Hungry Hearts Book 7)
Cameron Hart - 2020
I’m one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery. Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down. When I run into an unexpected problem with the bank, I’m forced to go confront my mother. I planned on spending Thanksgiving alone, but it looks like I’ll be staying with family after all. The worst part is, I think I miss seeing Owen’s lopsided grin. Crap.Owen: My very pregnant sister demanded macaroons from her favorite bakery, Sweet Perfection. I was a little annoyed at first, but one look at the gorgeous baker and I know I’ll be thanking my sister for the rest of my days. She inadvertently introduced me to my future wife, and that’s definitely something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. I’m hoping for a Christmas wedding, but my angel is a little skittish. That’s alright. I’m no stranger to hard work, and Emery is certainly worth all my effort.What to expect from a Cameron Hart book: Lots of heat, plenty of sweet, and just enough drama to keep things interesting. No cheating, safe, guaranteed HEA!
Home Is Where The Beard Is: A Heartfelt, High-Heat, Mountain Man, Holiday Romance
Frankie Love - 2019
Alone. That's the way I like it.Until this December.When Maple St. Claire knocks on my cabin door and everything changes.I may be a grump, but I'm a sucker for sweet things.And this girl? I've been in love with her since I was six years old.It's the season for miracles and maybe just this once I'll get the present I've wanted all my life:Maple St. Claire in my arms under the mistletoe. Dear Reader,It's Christmas and I was feeling generous... so I gave you not one, but two virgins. That's right, this filthy-sweet romance features an alpha hero who is saving himself for his one and only... and a sweet as sugar heroine who's been dreaming of this moment all her life. They're both about to get a really good Christmas gift! xo, frankie
Adored by Burke
Rebecca Wilder - 2021
He’s a gruff giant. Can these opposites attract?Maple Aster has just moved to this tiny Connecticut town to open her candy store. So far, things aren’t going well. Her roommate ran off with her half of the rent and now Maple is stuck living out of the back of the shop.She’s still looking on the bright side, though. At least she has her store and the grumpy piece of eye candy next door to keep her spirits up.Burke Masters is the town loner. He moved here a few years ago after his mom passed away and he needed a fresh start. He runs the town hardware store, fixing up properties on the side. He likes being left alone. That is, until Maple moves in next door.
One look and he knows that he’s screwed but nothing can keep him from wanting her. Will he be able to convince her that he’s willing to be sweet—at least to her?
Hungry for Leo (Hungry Hearts, #2)
C.L. Cruz - 2020
Hungry for Leo is the 2nd in the Hungry Hearts series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!GillianAs the the free-spirited youngest sibling in a huge family, I’ve always been kind of the black sheep.Which is why, when it’s my turn to host the Price Family Thanksgiving, I’m surprised everyone agrees.Unfortunately, I don’t know how to cook, so I enlist the help of local chef, Leo Estrada.He’s sexy, good with his hands, and knows how to stuff my turkey.But will my big family scare him away before things have a chance to get serious?LeoI’m living my dream life as a busy and successful chef.But without any family nearby, I’m usually alone on the holidays.When Gillian, one of my waitresses, asks for help cooking her family dinner, I jump at the chance.She’s bubbly, beautiful, and her curves make me want to go back for seconds.As things heat up in the kitchen, can I convince her that I want a permanent place at her table?Ready for some all-new alphas to take over this Thanksgiving holiday? Check out all nine of the Hungry Hearts series!11/18: Hungry For Kellen by Barbra Campbell11/19: Hungry For Leo by C.L. Cruz11/20: Hungry For Jensen by Brynn Hale11/21: Hungry for Dameon by Tarin Lex11/22: Hungry For Dash by Shaw Hart11/23: Hungry For Hunter by Flora Madison11/24: Hungry For Owen by Cameron Hart11/25: Hungry For Wade by Elisa Leigh11/26: Hungry For Curtis by M.K. Moore
Her Midnight Mistake
Barbra Campbell - 2020
Right?How many sparkling ciders would it take to drown my misery? I might have found out if a handsome stranger hadn’t taken the barstool next to me.He didn’t flinch at my choice of drink. Said all the right things. And when I confessed why I was sitting alone at the bar, he pulled out an engagement ring. Too soon? No worries.It wasn’t actually an engagement ring.It was adjustable, and it’s fake diamond made Cubic Zirconia seem like an extravagant option.It was a piece of costume jewelry from a machine at the front of a grocery store. He’d gotten the trinket for his daughter.But the way he looked into my eyes when he slid it onto my finger hit me deeper than anything my ex had ever done.According to nearly everyone, by the time the clock struck midnight and ushered out the horrendous year, the engagement ring they expected to see on my finger would be from my former boyfriend. He was back in town and everyone seemed to know he was going to make amends and pop the question.But he was a former boyfriend for a reason.And the ring sliding on my finger wasn’t from him.Was it wrong to undermine his proposal in such a silly way?Was it wrong to dream of my fake fiancé being something more?And was I foolish to believe my knight in shining armor had shown up that fateful night purely by chance?Is there anything better than falling in love? Finding another HEA? I'll always give you a dirty-sweet story to keep your heart full and your windows steamed!Her Midnight Mistake is part of the Hot for Curves series of New Year's Eve romances. We're ready to move on from 2020 and wanted to bring you some sexy stories to help pass the time while we wait for the stroke of midnight!
Not Yet
Alexa Riley - 2019
They became best friends instantly and spent years thick as thieves, but that all changed in high school. All she has to do is make it through the homecoming dance and then she and Drake can go their separate ways, but when he asks to be her date, suddenly she sees the boy she once loved.Drake has loved Ali since the day they met and nothing has changed since then. He’s had to keep her at arm’s length because he can’t have a happily ever after with her. They’ve been raised as siblings and she doesn’t deserve that kind of gossip. But when it’s time for the homecoming dance, he can’t let anyone else be by her side. It’s time to give in to what his heart has always wanted and what it’s waited for.Warning: These childhood best friends can’t make this work…or can they? Fall in love with us as these two finally realize what’s right in front of them and dare to hold on to it. We promise it’s worth the wait!