And when I find out he's a pro football player, that lands him firmly in the swipe left category.PalmerWinning the championship game should have made me the happiest man alive. Instead, I'm hiding out at a mountain lodge trying to keep a low profile and trading verbal barbs with the curvy gal in the room next door. When we get stuck in a snowstorm together, every part of me wants to give into the temptation to kiss her senseless. She's gotten under my skin, and after one night, I know I need to make her mine.What happens at the yearly writer's retreat stays at the retreat...except the bonds these authors forge and the stories they tell. But someone forgot to mention that to the men they find themselves falling for in stunning Lake Tahoe. From the small-town sheriff to the hot, bossy cowboy to the grumpy, reclusive mountain man, these romance authors have stumbled upon real life trope-tastic heroes that sweep them off their feet. Sometimes literally. Get ready to laugh, cry, and swoon this Valentine's Day when these six authors bring you on a Galentine's Getaway you won't forget. Galentine’s Getaway is a collection of steamy short romances brought to by six of your favorite instalove authors!

    Curvy, quiet Shay Parson won’t give me the time of day, even though I’ve been working with her for weeks. I’ve never met a babe who can resist my charms, but that’s not why I want her so bad.There’s something about this dark-haired beauty that makes me want to push her. Test her. Bring her out of her comfort zone, and into my bed where I can show her the only pounds that matter are the ones I give her with my hips. She doesn’t know it, but…I wanna nudge that pudge.When I get a peek into her big heart, I realize Shay could be the one I’ve been waiting for. The one I want to spend forever with. Now, I just need to make her see me for who I really am. Not the flirty, care-for-nothing, meathead she thinks me to be.But I got a plan. It will take a little pizza, lots of listening, and a match-making grandma to help me convince my curvy cutie that I’m her happily-ever-after.

    

    The picture is soft, just like her curves, and instantly he's obsessed. Cali Carr is at the end of her full-figure modeling career when she's hired for a new campaign. But when the owner of the company steps out of the shadows and starts calling the shots, a job is the last thing it feels like. Love at first sight isn't supposed to be real. One-touch isn't supposed to ignite so much. A single picture isn't supposed to drive a man insane. But luckily for us, it's happening in Curvy! Warning: Over the top isn't strong enough for what this short story is. It's velvety sweetness coated in insta-love cheese, and it's waiting for you to take a bite.

    After twenty-five years of living each other’s lives, they are about to find out what should have been.ROSEMARYI couldn’t have known that when I took the genealogy DNA test, that the results would turn my world upside down. Suddenly I find myself leaving the comfort of the small town I grew up in to travel to the big city to meet the strangers who are my real family. Upon my arrival, it’s clear I don’t fit into their world and I’m ready to bail, until one of my brother’s friends helps me navigate this lavish new lifestyle. But can two people from different worlds find a way to get their happily ever after?ALEXWhen the news hits that my best friend’s sister was switched at birth, it shakes the foundation of his affluent family. Once his real sister shows up, he makes it clear that she’s off limits, but it’s hard to fight the attraction and connection we share. Will I be forced to choose between a new love or a lifelong friendship?THE SWTICH SERIES #1-2 is a duet. These are short, sweet, and steamy standalone romance about two curvy women who find out they were switched at birth, the road they take to find love, and the family they never knew. Read SWITCH BACK if you like small-town girl in the big city, her brother’s best friend romance, and a family reunion twenty-five years in the making. No cheating. No cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed.

    He’s a trucker who loves those curvy backroads. He can give her a ride home, but can he also give her a happily ever after?JennaAfter my Spring Break plans fall through, I decide to go home to visit for a couple of weeks.That means finding my way across the country with no car and no money.Fortunately, my brother’s best friend is a truck driver who’s in town for a job.When he offers me a ride, I can’t say no.Not that I would want to.Thorne Donnelly is sexy, serious, and makes my heart race.But will our new love hit a dead end when we get off the road and back to real life?ThorneI enjoy life on the road and never thought I would want to settle down.But lately, it feels like something—or someone—is missing.And that someone seems like it could be Jenna Daniels.Once an awkward, giggly teenager, now my best friend’s little sister is all grown up.Jenna is confident, curvy, and knows how to shift my gears.By the time we reach our destination, I don’t want to let her go.Will I be able to convince her (and her brother) that I’m in it for the long haul?

    I couldn’t stop it. He’s a professional baseball player, with women falling all over him… but he chose me, the plus-size woman in the stands. But the day of the wedding, his true colors come out, and with my heart broke in two, I escape and leave him standing at the altar. Jason I knew the first time I saw her that she would be the woman I’d marry. In a whirlwind, we set the date. But with a case of misunderstandings and mistaken identity, she leaves for our honeymoon… single. I do what any man in love would do… I follow her – and make her mine. This is a Steamy, Sweet, Short Story Romance. No Cliffhangers. This is the first story in the Blake Brothers Series. If you love short romances with insta love, hot love scenes, and a sweet story, then this one is for you.

    It was supposed to be the perfect spot to unwind. And I think it would’ve been, if the big, bearded man on the opposite side of the bar would stop staring at me. God, he’s twice my age. Still, he looks pretty sexy holding that guitar, strumming along with the band on stage. I should say hi after this set. No, I should avoid eye contact at all cost. Actually, maybe I’ll give him one flirty grin and see what happens. I’m on vacation after all.AtlasShe’s too young for me to be ogling over. I know that right away, but I can’t help myself. She’s got a dramatic look about her that says she has a story to tell, and I want to know every syllable of it. That said, I’m sure she won’t even give me the time of day. My buddies tell me all the time I’m about as gruff as they come. I blame that on the work I do. My day-to-day life results in a less than eloquent conversations. Still, there’s something drawing me toward her and smooth talking or not, I can’t let this one get away.What happens at the yearly writer's retreat stays at the retreat...except the bonds these authors forge and the stories they tell. But someone forgot to mention that to the men they find themselves falling for in stunning Lake Tahoe. From the small-town sheriff to the hot, bossy cowboy to the grumpy, reclusive mountain man, these romance authors have stumbled upon real life trope-tastic heroes that sweep them off their feet. Sometimes literally. Get ready to laugh, cry, and swoon this Valentine's Day when these six authors bring you on a Galentine's Getaway you won't forget. Galentine’s Getaway is a collection of steamy short romances brought to by six of your favorite instalove authors!

    Safe, no OM/OW drama and a guaranteed Happily Ever After.♥ A dare, a lie and a vacation fling that just might lead to a forever kind of love ♥EmmyI might be young and idealistic, but I set goals in life. One of which–being a successful romance author–I’m already living. While at a writer’s retreat with my besties, I drink too much Champagne and let my secret slip. I may write about dirty things but have no real life experience. My friend suggests a solution and the smoking hot mountain resort groundskeeper seems like the perfect candidate to help solve my ‘V-card ‘problem.’GriffI have more money than I know what to do with, and giving it away makes me happy. I'm tired of people judging me by the number of zeroes in my bank account. Being burned one too many times leaves me feeling guarded and private.I own Big Bear Lodge Mountain resort, and when a sweet and way-too-young-for-me guest assumes I work here, I don’t correct her. After one heated night spent in each other’s arms, we both want more. I won’t let any other man have her, but in order to claim her, I have to come clean. She values honesty above all things and we started with a lie. Will she accept me when she finds out who I really am?What happens at the yearly writer's retreat stays at the retreat...except the bonds these authors forge and the stories they tell. But someone forgot to mention that to the men they find themselves falling for in stunning Lake Tahoe. From the small-town sheriff to the hot, bossy cowboy to the grumpy, reclusive mountain man, these romance authors have stumbled upon real life trope-tastic heroes that sweep them off their feet. Sometimes literally. Get ready to laugh, cry, and swoon this Valentine's Day when these six authors bring you on a Galentine's Getaway you won't forget. Galentine’s Getaway is a collection of steamy short romances brought to by six of your favorite instalove authors!

    I never expected to run into my biggest high school crush in the hallway.It’s been five years since my brother’s best friend left town to become a hotshot firefighter.Now he’s back, looking sexy, strong, and hot enough to set my panties on fire.Everybody says I’ve finally blossomed with a new life, a new job, and a new look.Do I want to commit to someone before fully exploring life’s possibilities?GrantI always wanted a life of travel and adventure--joining a hotshot crew was the best way to do that.After a terrible accident takes one of my buddies, I decide to take a break.When I move in with my best friend from high school, his gorgeous housemate takes me completely by surprise.She’s smart, curvy, and ignites a burning passion in my heart and body.Can I convince her that our love is a strong, steady flame and won’t burn out?

    

    But after struggling to find love in the real world, I caved and downloaded that one where you swipe left or right depending on how you feel about someone. I wasn't expecting much.Then I got myself a date and my hope levels lifted. I put on my favorite dress, drove to a bar in the middle of nowhere that served nothing but wings and whatever was on tap for this guy. And then...he didn't even bother showing up.Sure, I was disappointed. I was even a little humiliated as I sat there alone, wondering if he'd seen me from afar then decided my true size was more then he could handle. But I wasn't shocked.Until the hottest man I've ever seen in my life sat opposite me and asked if he could be my date instead.And that's where my real love story starts.I might have swiped for a man offering empty promises, but what I got was a gorgeous bartender holding a cosmo in his hand and a good time in his gaze. And I was going to make the most of it... As with all Megan Wade books, this Whisper Valley romance comes with her Sugar Promise. High heat, low drama, guaranteed.

    

    No longer taking orders, he lives life one day at a time, turning wrenches at his little shop in Driftwood, and keeping to himself up on the mountain. Being alone and answering and looking after no one suits him just fine.And then he finds the woman who he will not only answer to, but who he will always look after.Elena Major is running blind from the only man she ever trusted. Living her life like a caged bird, she has no idea how to take care of herself or survive on her own--but she has to try. Winding up in a tiny mountain town and finding the biggest, most beautiful man she has ever laid eyes on, she suddenly she thinks maybe he can help her survive her nightmare.The mountain men are calling, and we must go . . .This spring, twenty-one of your favorite romance authors are joining forces to bring you a mountain man series to make you swoon. Join us all May long for thick beards, big hearts, and instalove that won’t be denied. The Spring’s Mountain Men series of short, steamy stories is sure to put a spring in your step. *wink* HEAs guaranteed!

    But things are starting to look up when my catering business finally gets local recognition.When my oven overheats in the middle of baking cookies for the annual gingerbread house decorating contest, the smokin’ hot guy next door offers to help with my goodies.Drake is a steamy cup of hot cocoa and I’d love to dip my cookie in his cream.But can I trust my heart to a guy with a notorious reputation and bachelorhood emblazoned across his chest?DrakeVoted Cranberry Corner’s most eligible bachelor is an honor, but it’s not who I aspire to be.Full disclosure: I’m tired of serial dating and one night stands. I want the deluxe relationship package with all the sprinkles and cream filling.Problem is I’ve found the red-headed woman of my dreams, but she thinks I’m nothing more than a smooth talking player.Hope is a curvy swirl of cinnamon and sugar and I’d love to taste her candied ginger center.Can I convince her there’s more to me than what greets the naked eye?Sugar & Spice Nights is a multi-author series of holiday inspired instalove, curvy woman and hot guys stories. Come find out how hot and sweet the nights can get today!Don't forget to meet ALL the hunky sweeties!Sugar Cookies & the Single Dad by Brynn HaleShortbread & the Scotsman by Lana DashGingerbread & the Guy Next Door by Piper CookEggnog & the Engineer by Elsie JamesCupcakes & the Cowboy by Scarlett WoodsPeanut Brittle & the Prince by Kate TilneyMacarons & the Mountain Man by Tarin LexBiscotti & the Bad Boy by Krysta FoxLemon Bars & the Lawyer by Layne DanielsFudge & the Firefighter by Sadie KingBrownies & the Billionaire by R.K. CovenXOX Piper