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The Handmaid's Billionaire
Gigi Marlowe - 2019
She ran away.Sickness stole Corbin’s wife and love of his life.Mattie ended her marriage the day it should have begun.Corbin and Mattie are strangers living in Malibu, unaware of each other...Until Valentina Del Torre steps in.The matchmaker brings the lonely billionaire entertainment entrepreneur and the creative Broadway musical writer wannabe together, but it’s up to them to build a relationship.Corbin wants to love Mattie, but something is blocking him.Mattie must face her past and make a choice.But will Corbin wait for her to make it?Is new love just as good or better than first love?
Ashwood's Girls: A Troubled Spirits Novel
J.R. Erickson - 2021
It ended in murder.In present day, Adam Tate is in a rush to build his wife’s dream home. She’s ill, and he lives with the looming fear that her days are numbered in months rather than years. As he digs the foundation for their new home, he makes a chilling discovery-long-buried skeletons. On impulse, he hides the grave and pushes it from his mind.When Adam and his wife Holly move into their new home six months later, it becomes clear that Adam has awoken something that will not be silenced.Step into a story of betrayal, murder, and voices from beyond the grave.
Villa Azure
Melissa Hill - 2019
Life is sweet for Joanna until the day she gets a call from a lawyer in Greece that knocks her for six. Her father, whom she has never met, has died. Her late mother was always reticent to discuss a vacation romance she had over two decades ago on a tiny Greek island called Skiathos, and Joanna - a hopeless romantic at heart - has always tried to fill in the blanks. According to the lawyer, her father has left her an inheritance. The condition? Joanna must travel to the island to see it for herself...
The Shell Shop
Mia Alexander - 2020
But when her husband dies in a tragic diving accident, that’s just where she finds herself. And now the Shell Shop is in danger, and along with it all of Julia’s precious family memories.Julia and her husband started the shell shop decades ago, before their now-grown children were born—he sold the rare shells he found on diving trips around the world and she got to raise their kids amongst the balmy breezes and waving palm trees. She left him to it—he had his own system and she knew nothing about shells. Her world was cooking, making sandcastles and snuggling with the kids. Their arrangement was perfect, until it wasn’t. Now that John’s gone, the bills are piling up and she can hardly bring herself to open the shop even though tourist season is fast approaching. Her eldest, Dillon, knows a bit about shells but doesn’t seem interested in stepping up to help. He prefers diving and surfing to having a proper job. Her daughter Aubrey is having an identity crisis and has her hands full with Julia’s beloved grandchildren. And the baby of the family, even in her mid-twenties, is struggling to make a go of it in a very difficult profession. With all of this on Julia’s mind, she has to dig deep to figure out a way to keep the shop—and her home—afloat. When a world-famous shell collector expects a rare shell that her husband promised to provide, can the Montgomery family rally and figure out the method to John’s madness and keep the shop in business? Escape into this feel-good beach series. You’ll fall in love with the Montgomery family while you visit the warm sunny beaches of the Florida Keys!
Instant Attraction: A Billionaire Romance
Avery North - 2021
But when Mia starts shaking up the department and making enemies on day one, it looks like flying under the radar won’t be an option.Ryan Maddison is all too aware of the rumours that hiring his friend’s sister could spark. But as soon as he meets Mia, he can’t control his growing attraction for her – even if an office romance risks creating a massive scandal. Mia and Ryan are determined not to let their blossoming desire get in the way of work. But when a business trip puts them alone together and away from the public eye, who knows what could happen between them…After Ryan’s attention-seeking ex gets her hands on incriminating evidence and threatens to make it public, can Ryan and Mia hope to sweep this story under the rug? Or is their relationship over before it even had a chance?Perfect for fans of steamy romances which are filled to the brim with tantalizing sexual tension, the first book in the Secret Favor series won’t disappoint. Scroll up and grab your copy now, because this wild ride has only just begun.Recommended Reading Order For Secret Favor Series by Avery North:1. Instant Attraction2. Forbidden Affair3. Hard Choice4. Unwelcome Revelation5. Just Exoneration6. Sweet Freedom
Highlander’s Lost Heir
Fiona Faris - 2020
When she confesses how she feels, his rejection shatters her to pieces, but then a marriage proposal from the future Laird comes.Broehain doesn't want to reject the woman he has been in love with since he was a boy. The debt of life he owes to his best friend is forcing him to. After one kiss, though, he realizes that staying away from her is impossible.To achieve happiness means to defy Ragnall, the man he calls brother, but that's not his only misfortune. Broehain's origins will come to light, and he will discover that the only family he knows, has murdered his true parents.Friends will become enemies, and love for the same lass will tear them apart forever…
Midsummer Fling
Abby Knox - 2020
When she discovers who snatched her single-bed cabin, it seems that fate has stepped in and booked her a one-way trip to a happily-ever-after. Josh wants nothing more than to spend two weeks fishing, ship watching and gazing at campfires. To his chagrin, the resort owners double booked his reservation with that of an oddly familiar woman he refuses to leave out in the rough waters without a raft. When destiny -- and the age-old problem of two people/one bed -- takes the wheel, Josh quickly realizes it's time to reach for his dreams with his fated-forever shipmate.
Best Friend's Little Sister
Riley Rollins - 2018
But hell, she was Randy's little sister. Trouble is, she f*cking grew up. Now I can't live without her… not that she left me a choice.Ember's the only woman in the world with the power to end us, to reduce me to ashes. She gave me her body. I gave her my soul.Then I traded a life of privilege to chase down disaster, to put my life on the line. It was the one choice with the power to tear us apart. And it did. I made one wrong decision that cost me everything, and I paid for three long years. Now I'm back, and I won't stop until my ring's on her finger and my son's in her belly. She'll have to tell me to my face that she never loved me… and that she never will.But I'm praying she won't. As a matter of fact, I'm counting on it. Because I'm in the fight of my life now, and none of us will survive without one last chance.
Ember
Everyone has one moment they'd give anything to do over.
Jason's my tower of rock-hard strength. A pillar of steel-cut muscle and piercing blue eyes. There's nothing he can't do. From fighting wildfires, to splitting wood and pounding… nails.Trouble is, he treats me like I never grew up. He makes decisions without me that affect our lives and our future. It's better to be alone, than to be with the wrong man. But it doesn't make alone any easier… I've loved him my whole life, I always will. Our lives were woven together the first night he took me in his arms. Take away a single thread and we weaken. Remove one of us, and the other is nothing but shreds. My body burns with a need I can't satisfy or deny. I'm alone and I'm terrified. What if there's only one way to a second chance?
Doctor's Orders
Hope Stone - 2020
She doesn’t expect the handsome doctor to turn out to be the handsome man of her dreams. But one thing leads to another and romance is in the air. Libby I almost gasped a little, the doctor wasn’t at all who I’d been expecting. I guess part of me thought he’d be a lot older, perhaps in his fifties or sixties, with gray hair and a jolly laugh. I definitely wasn’t expecting him to be extremely handsome and in his late thirties or early forties, with salt and pepper hair and a chiselled jawline that belonged in Hollywood. Dr. James AvenI thought she was the most beautiful woman I’d seen in years and I had to stop myself from flirting with her. It was unprofessional. But there was something about her smile that I couldn’t let go of. In this steamy standalone novella, you’re guaranteed a story that will keep a smile on your face the whole way through. There are no cliffhangers, but there definitely is a guaranteed HEA.
Secrets, Fireworks, and her Billionaire Boyfriend
Chelsea Hale - 2019
A billionaire with a PR nightmare, and the summer party that could change everything.
Welcome to The Cove With heavy iron gates, two security stations, and a groundskeeper's cottage, The Cove has everything a billionaire could ask for in a home. Dubbed Billionaire Bachelor Cove because of the resident's single status and income portfolios, The Cove is the perfect place to hide away from the world. But, as the residents soon find out, they can't hide from love. Secrets, Fireworks, and her Billionaire Boyfriend Sayler Davenport lives to work. When her boss, Liam Summers, goes on his honeymoon and forces Sayler to take a six-week vacation, she finds herself out of her element trying to relax. Changing course, she visits her brother in The Cove, determined to be productive during time off by decorating her brother’s mansion. She never expected she’d need to defend the property from a thief. Billionaire Brooks Morgan is a resident in The Cove, and most definitely not a thief, but he has secrets that can’t be shared with anyone; especially not while his company has received worldwide negative attention. He wants to make a good impression by throwing the biggest party The Cove has seen to date. In danger of losing his company and his heart, he sets out to win Sayler over and to improve his PR situation. When doubt creeps in and secrets threaten to tear all that has been built apart, will sparks fly or will the only fireworks be in the sky? Read all of the romance novels by bestselling author, Chelsea Hale! All of the romances in this series can be read in any order. Each book is a sweet/clean contemporary billionaire romance and has a guaranteed happily ever after. A Falling for You Clean Billionaire Romance Series: The Undercover Resort Billionaire Her Fake Christmas Eve Billionaire Boyfriend Snowed in with the Movie Star Billionaire Her British Billionaire Best Friend Hart to Heart with the Billionaire A Rich and Famous Romance Series: Mr. Write Love in Focus The Companion Perfect Catch
Danny (Downton Cowboys Book 1) Kindle Edition
Miley Maine - 2021
Gigi Mans. The woman who owns this rancher in the palm of her hands. She had me at hello. Her smile showed me a possibility for a future that I didn’t think existed. As an introverted cowboy and an heir to a massive fortune, I hadn’t given much thought to my love life until she came along. But she also brought with her complications. Her mother was opposed to us. She hated the very sight of me. And if that wasn’t enough… Gigi was hiding behind a secret. One that would inevitably change our lives. I couldn’t win her heart if she was going to keep it from me… Could these external forces be more powerful than our love for each other?
Santa's Little Helper
Lisa Chalmers - 2020
But Emma is completely different from every other woman he's met. Suddenly he's the one seemingly doing the chasing.Can he turn this flirtationship into something real?
Love Finds a Way
Kit Morgan - 2017
But after serving in the war, he sold his business and ran off with his father and brother to mine gold, even though they were years late to the gold rush. But, they had to give it a try. After all, what did they have to lose? Unfortunately, Bart lost plenty. But he did gain a friend. Elizabeth Cornell dreamed of going on a grand adventure one day. Her husband had been a tailor, and they set out west with their dreams and everything needed to make a new life. Too bad her husband died on the way. Heartbroken yet determined, she forged on and settled in Cutter’s Creek Montana, where dreams really can come true … Enjoy this, sweet, clean, historical romance set in the lovely little town of Cutter’s Creek, Montana. Other books by Kit Morgan in the series: That Healing Touch (Cutter’s Creek Book, 1) Love is Blind (Cutter’s Creek Book, 8) Recipe for Christmas (Cutter’s Creek Book, 10)
Redemption
Alexa Blue
Eat, work, sleep, dream about work... and repeat.As a therapist, I know I'm something good. People come to me because they feel trapped; hell, some even fear for their life.It's my job to make sure they see the light at the end of that dark tunnel. But when my efforts to help one particular patient backfires and a threatening note is slipped under my door, I have no other option but to seek the help of a professional. From the moment I step into Adam's Boxing Gym, I'm smitten--head over heels madly in love with him.This man is set out to teach me a whole lot more than just throwing a punch...AdamWhen Charlotte steps into my gym it's as if time had come to a complete standstill. I sense fear in her doe eyes. It's like she's running from something.Whatever it is, I know--I must drop everything and take her under my wing.But when I agreed to take her on, I had no idea how difficult these training sessions would become.I'm a born fighter. And I never lose a fight. Yet, why is it that I cannot fight against these feelings she fills me with?Do I give in and accept the loss when it comes to controlling my urges around her? Or could that loss just be my greatest victory?Redemption is an over-the-top, high heat, insta-love romance with an alpha who's only mission is to keep his curvy beauty safe... and to make her his.All my romances are steamy, packed with sweetness, absolutely no cheating and a guaranteed HEA!
In Too Deep
Elyse Riggs - 2021
It’s not every day a girl gets cheated on the day of her wedding. She’s sworn off men and only plans to stay in town long enough to get her car fixed. Then she has to figure out the rest of her life.Enter grumpy mountain man Tyler Drake. Whatever happens, he knows he can’t fall for the beautiful tourist who walked into his bar. No matter how many sparks fly, she’s forbidden fruit he’s determined not to taste.In Too Deep is a full-length, standalone, enemies to lovers, small-town romance with humor, steam, and lots of HEA.