With every touch and word between us, I ache to possess her.I have no business thinking about Devon as anything other than a family friend. No business craving her.Just when I think I've pushed my inappropriate lust to the side, she falls under a vicious attack, tarnishing her reputation and putting her dreams of a future in music at risk.If they think they can go after what's mine... they're going to have to answer to me.I have no right to take an sweet and pure light like Devon.But after just one taste, the professor in me takes over and refuses to ignore this lesson in lust.And she's about to be educated.***** Author's note: All of Colleen's heroes and heroines are of legal age to consent. Educated is a steamy, long, age-gap novella by USA Today Bestselling Author, Colleen Charles, about a sexy professor who can't stop himself from falling for his best friend's daughter. It's the second book in the Taboo Tales series and is a standalone with all the steam and feels you're looking for, along with an emotional HEA.

    

     New York is Brie’s life. But when her mother suddenly dies, the 18-year-old doesn’t have a choice. She moves in with her family at a ranch in Texas to start over. Turns out that the ranch owner is one of the most gorgeous men she’s ever laid eyes on. But she has to forget about him. She’s too young and inexperienced for him, not to mention his son’s nanny. Little does she know that her aunt’s got it all planned out. Ranch owner Lance is every woman’s dream with his tousled hair and blue eyes. But underneath the muscles and sun-kissed skin, this wounded cowboy hides his scars. He’s focused on his work and his little son. He has no time for love. But everything changes when he sees Brie that first day, all curves, beauty and warmth. Is this wrong? Is this right? Despite their age difference and working relationship, Lance and Brie can’t deny the attraction. Will Brie be able to move past her loss and start her first relationship? Can Lance let his walls down and give into his feelings? Can they be a family and enjoy a simple life of love and joy together? The Rancher’s Virgin is a 58-page stand-alone story in a series of cowboy romance books, featuring cowboys and virgins. Other parts of the series (more coming soon!): The Cowboy’s Virgin The books each have an HEA and include stargazing, hot cowboys and steamy love scenes. Definitely intended for 18+ readers.

    He is the last person Payton thought she could trust to help her, but he may end up being the perfect one. Hunter has always treated Payton like a little sister. He’s kept her at arm’s length while hiding his true feelings. When he finds out the abuse Payton has been hiding from everyone, he makes it his job to make sure she’s safe. Spending so much time together brings the two closer and feelings start to change. Will Hunter be able to keep Payton safe from danger? Or will love get in the way and hurt them both?

    She’s spent six years pirouetting and pliéing her way up the ranks of the New York Ballet with her eye on the prize and love in the back seat. But now that Blane Baker -- Lily’s long time crush -- is finally single, she’ll throw her rules out the window without thinking twice. Reality with Blane isn’t as epic as the fantasy she imagined, and the truth sends her spinning straight into the arms of the man she never knew she’d always wanted. West Williams has been friends with Lily since the day she moved into their building and he saved her armoire from a swift, sudden death by staircase. Their friendship has always been easy, the boundaries clearly defined. With neither of them willing to risk their relationship, they’ve drifted happily through the years as companions, never considering more. That is, until they do. And that realization changes everything.

    Ben is the only man who's ever asked her to marry him. And now still single, and closing in on her thirty-fifth birthday, Kate suspects her shelf life is nearing its expiration date. Though Ben once broke her heart she's convinced fate has brought them together for a second chance at love. Asks the right question... The problem is Declan O'Connor, a sexy Irishman. Kate considers him a friend - except she's been having some very un-friend like thoughts about him. They shared a scorching kiss one night, before Ben reentered her life, and now she can't stop thinking about it. Despite the attraction with Ben, Kate is remembering her old resentments all too well. But then Ben asks her to marry him again, and her second chance has finally arrived. What do you do? From Seattle to Dublin, from the old to the new, Kate is caught between playing it safe or playing with fire.

    Last time I ignored it, I nearly died, so when I announce that I’m going to Iceland to film a documentary about Sasha Snow, everyone thinks I’ve lost my marbles.Luckily for me, my next-door neighbor and six of my brother’s best friends agree to sail across the ocean with me. Until now, I never viewed the men as anything other than my brother’s friends, but as I watch them work the sailboat, their muscles bunching, sweat glistening on their skin, my desire awakens. Suddenly, I wonder what it would be like to lie underneath them.Apparently, my seven sailors harbor the same forbidden thoughts, because they confess that they are eager to share me.How can I resist seven, well-built men with perfect abs, chiseled faces, and passionate lips? It’s impossible. Their touches and kisses make me feel like I’m in paradise.But paradise is short-lived. As I attempt to film illegal business practices for my documentary, I’m exposed to the sun and fall into a coma. Like Sleeping Beauty, I must hope that one of my seven princes will awaken me.Will the seven princes manage to bring Sleeping Beauty back to life?

    An arrestingly handsome, dangerously charming, athletically ripped man-whore. It doesn’t help that he’s the heir to a billion dollar oil fortune, either.When he’s not teasing me about being a curvy girl or making fun of me, he’s going out with every good looking skinny bitch he can find, trying to score so he can brag to his buddies.Sometimes, I hate him so much, I just want to slap that stupid grin right off his face.I can’t stand to be around him. I need to get away. Far, far away. But not for the reasons you might think. But running away means I have to support myself, somehow. Tyler My stepsister used to call me a man-whore. If only she knew why I acted like I did. Sometimes, coming from a privileged family isn’t as easy as some people think.I used to make fun of her, but I’ve missed my stepsister since she’s been gone. Something happened here at home and she ran away to go to college in another city.I’m trying to live up to my father’s expectations, to prove I’m good enough to take over the family oil business, but that’s not always easy. Sometimes I need to let off a little steam.Imagine my surprise when I book a private lap dance with a smoking hot pole dancer and she turns out to be …. Stepbrother Desires is a standalone story with no cliffhanger

    She’s a recent college grad stuck working the checkout lane of her hometown grocery store. For all she knows, love will never find her … until she gets a friend request from the hot football player who bullied her in high school. Someone she swore she’d never talk to ever again. Travis is a pro football star and enjoys the advantages of that life: money, women, fame. But deep down, he’s missing something – the nerdy hot girl he had been mean to in high school. When he sees her picture on social media, he only hopes she’ll forgive him and give him a chance to show her how much he’d always wanted her - how much he needs her now. PUBLISHER'S NOTE: FUMBLE BABY is a standalone happily-ever-after romance story with no cliffhangers

    I was only trying to protect her... That's why I put her on the back of my bike... That's why I took her to bed and showed her what a real man can do. I made her scream. I made her beg for more. But she wasn't so innocent. Her name is Gabby Loprinzi. This pretty little thing is the daughter of the most infamous mob boss in the country... and her desire for a taste of the forbidden is going to get both of us killed. Rough Rider is a full length motorcycle club romance novel with a HEA and absolutely No Cliffhanger. For a limited time, this edition of Rough Rider comes with bonus content from Nikki Wild.

    Unlike all the other students in the dorm who just like to party, she’s there to learn and actually get ahead in life. But she never expected Rick to come into her life. Star football player and the famous campus bad-boy, he’s all the things Jenny hates. But soon she realizes he might not be what she think he is, and now she’s getting much more of an education than she bargained for…

    He needs a mate to lead a pack. What could possibly go wrong? For the past two years Addison has been working as investigative journalist in Seattle. Addicted to her work, Addison doesn’t have time for anything like love. It’s all okay, though, as no man has ever been impressive enough to catch her eye. Well, not until she comes across Flint, the growling, brooding, scorching hot heartthrob of a man who’s contracted to build her new island home off the northwest coast in Washington.Flint is the alpha of a pack of wolf shifters living on Silverwood Island. Between juggling his daily job as a contractor and his duties as alpha, he worries he might never find the perfect mate, a pressure that becomes a burning desire. But once Addison crosses his sight that worry extinguishes for good, and now he hopes to earn her trust before she sees the wild wolf inside.As things quickly get steamy between Flint and Addison, a big grizzly threatens to tear apart the new life Addison and Flint are forging together. But neither are ready to just give up the fight, and when the bear comes within inches of Addison’s life, the wolf inside will come out to protect the one he loves.Note: Adults Only!

    Determined to put small town life behind her, Mercy had dreams - big cities and bright lights were her destiny. Four years later, Mercy finds herself drawn to the small town of Mason, Texas. With strangers who embrace her like family and a local cowboy with dimples offering her happiness, it’s hard to resist what the town has to offer.Will her dreams of living life under the bright lights of a big city overshadow the small-town life under the stars she’s drawn to? Only Mercy has the answer. **Mercy is a novella and part of the Wanted Kindle World**

    

    They’re getting married! If only it were that easy. After a series of mishaps, Lisa finds herself in Prairie Home, Nebraska, on Tank’s parents' cow-and-chicken farm. With the wedding days away, conflict simmers between Lisa and Tank’s holy-rolling mother, Ethel McCollister, who’s no fan of Lisa—or her books about the undead. Ethel’s certain that Lisa’s books are sacrilegious. She’s worried that Lisa might be demon-possessed. Determined to save her only son from the clutches of the woman of her nightmares, Ethel rises up—and sets out to derail the wedding. Will love win out in the end? If it does, it won’t be without one brutal war between Lisa and her potential monster-in-law when events turn vicious—and unexpectedly hilarious—between them. With Jennifer, Blackwell, Alex, Epifania and other fan favorites at Lisa’s side, “Unleash Me: Wedding” concludes Lisa and Tank’s story. Note: While this book can easily be read as an extension of the Unleash Me series, it will have more impact if you read the entire series. Reading Order: Annihilate Me Annihilate Me: Holiday Unleash Me Annihilate Him Ignite Me Annihilate Him: Holiday A Dangerous Widow Annihilate Them Annihilate Them: Holiday Unleash Me: Wedding