Now twenty-eight, she knows if he was ever going to return her feelings, he certainly would’ve done it by now. So when he shows up at the snowbound mountain cabin where she’s staying — alone, trying again to forget him — she pushes him away, never expecting him to kiss her. Or make any of her other dreams come true… CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW? is a contemporary romance short story of about 45 pages. Although it’s set in the world of Gretchen Galway’s bestselling Oakland Hills series, you don’t have to read the other stories to enjoy this one. No cliffhangers! Spice level: Sensual.

     As if it isn’t bad enough that that her favorite cousin is getting married and leaving her behind, Sofie’s unexpected pregnancy—and noticeable lack of boyfriend—is causing quite the scandal in her overbearing and overly traditional family. To make the wedding extra embarrassing, the guest list includes Jackson Coles, friend of the groom and international movie star…who just so happens to be the hottest man on the planet. Sofie has been dying to meet Jackson, the subject of countless fantasies, for ages—she just never expected her big chance would come when she was knocked up. When the ceremony ends and the party gets started, Sofie will find that weddings—and movie stars—can be full of surprises. And that Jackson Coles is a much better kisser than she had ever imagined. **11,000 words or approximately 30 pages. This is a stand-alone short story of 11,000 words (approximately 30 pages). This short story has a happy ending featuring characters from Rachel Schurig’s popular Lovestruck series. This story can be read alone and has no cliffhanger.**

     Jo and Ben Grant are spending a week in Aspen. Without their three kids. It’ll be bliss. Heaven. Finally, they’ll have time alone to reconnect with each other. Jo wants spice things up to get them out of their marriage rut. When she plans a wild evening out, will Ben embrace the crazy? Take for Granted can be read as a standalone short story. Readers first met Ben and Jo in Geoducks Are for Lovers (Modern Love Story #1).

    Sometimes he's hard to forget. When Vanessa Randall appears on "Eye of the Tiger," a popular reality TV show, she isn't prepared to see her Vegas Hunky Hottie from four years earlier. She needs the Chicago Internet mogul's help, but he's the last man she wants back in her life. Oh, Alex recognizes her all right. The long-legged brunette had called herself Vivien Leigh before slipping out before dawn. More than a little ticked off, he becomes Vanessa's mentor to help her ramp up Randall's Whipped Cream Cakes. Revenge can be sweet. When business becomes personal, things get complicated. He wasn't counting on her toddler stealing his heart. His beach house on Lake Michigan doesn't impress her. Will sand castles and cinnamon toast win her trust? No way in hell does he want to be her favorite mistake. Subtle, sexy love scenes. "Her Favorite Mistake" is the first novel in the Windy City Romance series.

    Gripping action and spicy romance meet heroism and intrigue. Complete series! Six books and two novellas. Stranded with the SEAL - A runaway bride with amnesia is stranded with a Navy SEAL bent on revenge. Sheltered by the SEAL - A secret baby story with a smoking hot twist. Harbored by the SEAL - All she wants is a fling with her brother's best friend, but their cruise ship is wired to explode. Married to the SEAL - He's hired to be her husband, but can they keep their relationship strictly platonic? Justice for the SEAL - A one-night-stand with an older woman turns out to have dramatic consequences. Targeted by the SEAL - A journalist disappears into a cult and only her ex can rescue her. Kidnapped by the SEAL - A SEAL in desperate need of medical attention is forced to kidnap a doctor and her son in the middle of a hurricane. Forever with the SEAL - A wedding novella featuring the couple from HERO Force book one, Stranded with the SEAL.

    But when a notebook of her writing accidentally falls into the hands of the sexy, fun-loving Tyler Kalinger, Rachel will do anything to get it back before he reads it. Because Tyler has never been able to resist teasing her, and Rachel’s not sure she can resist him. This small town contemporary romance novelette is 15,000 words or about 50 pages. This was originally published in the multi-author anthology, LOL Volume #1. Author’s note: While this novel can be read alone, I hope you had so much fun reading it that you’ll read the rest of the Bliss Harbor series: Book 0.5: This Perfect Kiss Book 1: Wherever You Are Book 1.5: Kiss Me Again Book 2: This Time Love Book 3: Promise Me Love Book 3.5: Then We Kissed

     DELTA: RETRIBUTION — A high-value hostage rescue reunites a former SEAL and a bio-weapons engineer after their mysterious one-night stand. DELTA: REVENGE — A jilted bride falls into the arms of her older brother’s black-ops teammate while stationed at an embassy under attack. DELTA: REDEMPTION — A woman rescued by the Delta team from a human-trafficking ring goes missing after her vigilante plans go awry. DELTA: RICOCHET — A military leader and a motorcycle club princess dive into their underground networks to save each other. Each book in this box set is a standalone novel and does not contain cliffhangers.

    Silber whips up a delicious treat that is both sweet and full of spice. When Philly prosecutor, Matt Brenner spies a beautiful woman rowing a cake to flee a raid he's amused. When she turns out to be a charming flirt with a wicked wit he's aroused. When discovers she's opposing counsel he's intrigued. Find out what yummy treats await when a brand new couple of hot and hilarious lawyers tangle in both the courtroom and the bedroom in Crime & Cake! NOTE: This is a SHORT STORY not a full-length novel or a novella.

    When her grandma’s nemesis, Abigail Winegardner, plans a living nativity, complete with a camel, Tressa’s competitive grandma won’t be outdone. Gammy is determined to create her own living—and molting—“Twelve Days of Christmas” pageant, but her aviary extravaganza is in jeopardy when the stars go missing, turning this holiday into a wild goose chase that’s bound to ruffle more than a few feathers. Will the plucky Tressa track down the missing cast before the curtain rises?

    Tired of casual hook-ups and meaningless affairs, Eric is ready for something real. When a mysterious dark-haired beauty moves in next door, Eric knows he’s found exactly what he’s been missing. She is running from her past… Lily Sotelo just got the break of a lifetime choreographing for pop star Karina Black’s winter tour. As important as it is that she does an amazing job, it’s equally as important that she remains anonymous. Which shouldn’t be a problem. She’s spent the last ten years on the move, never letting anyone get too close. Until now. Her new neighbor is as persistent as he is sexy and is making Lily want things she knows she can’t have. Book #2: Snow Days She wanted to feel pleasure… After twenty-nine years, high school English teacher Amy Maguire realizes something is missing in her life…passion. Always one to tackle a problem head on, Amy makes a plan to remedy her situation. Phase One: find a suitable candidate. Phase Two: experience passion. Simple. Right? Except after countless dates she hasn’t once felt that spark, that chemistry. That is until the sexy new History teacher walks into her classroom… He wanted to forget pain… Matt Kellan knows he’ll never love again. After tragically losing his wife five years ago, Matt has been in a holding pattern. Every woman he meets wants to fill a void that he knows will never be filled. Until he meets Amy. Her quest to find fulfillment has nothing to do with letting her into his heart…just his bed. Passion brought them together. Love may drive them apart. Book #3: Snowed In The Free-Spirit… Nikki Maguire does what she wants, says what she wants, and lives by her own set of rules. She is an intoxicating combination of beauty, sex-appeal and sharp wit that men find irresistible. Unfortunately for them, none have ever come close to holding Nikki’s attention, and settling down is not even on her radar. The Politician… Sexy Senator Michael Gowan lives under a microscope. As a man of power and influence, he always has to do and say the right thing. Every move he makes is heavily scrutinized. After being named one of People’s 100 Most Beautiful People and landing on countless Most Eligible Bachelor lists, the spotlight on his personal life has never been more intense. But Mike has no interest in love...he doesn’t even believe it exists. The Stormy Night… Grounded by a snowstorm, they share an anonymous night of passion and connection, both finding what their souls have been missing. But in the light of day, will the illicit high-stakes world of politics cause Nikki to deny her feelings or can Mike convince her that the only place she belongs is with him? When the world is against them, will their unlikely love endure? Book #4: Let It Snow Thirteen years ago…his world fell apart after his soul mate left him in the middle of an unforeseen tragedy that would bind them together forever. Ever since, sexy Fireman Jake Maguire busied himself by putting out fires in buildings and starting them in women, all in an attempt to extinguish the fire she set off in him all those years ago. Thirteen years ago…she made the hardest decision of her life. For every tear, every heartache, Tessa Hayes reminded herself that she made that sacrifice out of love.

     Or the gliding ottoman that has a—oh, dear. That’s not an ottoman. Set in the New York Times bestselling Her Billionaires world of Mike, Laura and Dylan, this is a sweeter romance, with a few spicy elements thrown in for flavor. **The story originally appeared in the LOL#3 Romantic Comedy Boxed Set** New Adult Contemporary Romance, 11,500 words (approximately 56 pages printed). This is a stand-alone short story with a happy ending. The characters are connected to Julia Kent’s New York Times bestselling Her Billionaires series, but you don't need to have read Her Billionaires to enjoy this story.

    Getting pregnant at eighteen by a man twice her age wasn't part of it. Shifting directions at the unexpected fork in the road, she moves across Wyoming to secure a future for her son from the wealthy rancher who fathered him. But a gift of five hundred acres unwillingly given isn't the boon it seems. Annemarie knows nothing about ranching, and this barren tract of land is just a stone's throw from a man and his family who hate her and everything she represents.   With six older brothers ahead of him in line for his family's ranch, Gabriel Collins knew from a young age that he'd have to find his own way in the world. Now he's a master electrician with a successful business. Something is missing, however, and when Ms. Garrett calls in desperate need of his expertise, he finds out exactly what. The indomitable young mother, her adorable little boy, and their struggle to turn Garrett Ranch from a money pit into a profitable operation might just be the family and the cause he didn't know he was searching for.

    Includes all four books: Lucas, Alex, Jake and Jake2. Band of Bachelors: Lucas Special Operator Lucas Shipley thought his living arrangement was temporary, since getting booted from the house by his wife. He sleeps on a couch in the apartment with four other divorced Navy SEALs, thinking he’ll get the call to come home any day. He ignores the not-so-helpful advice his buddies are giving him about marriage, women and romance. Until he gets served with divorce papers. Realtor Marcy Gelland is hired by Lucas’ soon-to-be ex-wife to liquidate all their real estate holdings and help her orchestrate a speedy departure from Lucas’ life. Based on what the hot-headed SEAL wife has told her, Marcy understands Lucas deserves every ounce of pain coming his way. But when Marcy and Lucas are left alone together in a remote Northern California woods, they ignite a personal bonfire that threatens to burn down the whole forest. Marcy is forced to see she is wrong about Lucas. Amidst the backdrop of hardened bachelor SEALs with their unsolicited, anti-long-term relationship advice, and a terrorist training camp operating nearby, Lucas must do what he’s always done: be the hero and save the day. But will it be in time to save Marcy? Band of Bachelors: Alex Adrenaline junkie and Navy SEAL Alex Kowicki is one of four bachelor SEALs trying to navigate his successful military career while achieving his goals as a first class connoisseur of beautiful women. He isn’t ready to jump back into anything but his free falls, HALO drops or his missions overseas. He trusts his buddies to fix him up with another blind date that won’t be as dangerous as his last ones. But Sydney Robinson has other plans. A beach volleyball player who can spike better than most men, and block with explosive speed to defend her side of the net, she executes a series of events to include stalking the handsome SEAL all the way to Sonoma County wine country, and delivering his carcass to her bed. Having achieved her first goal, she sets about to become a pro AVP player. When duty calls and Alex is pulled back to Iraq to complete a failed mission, neither expects to find that the real danger is lurking very much close to home. But this fight might cost one of them their lives. Band of Bachelors: Jake Navy SEAL Jake Green wakes up in the Honeymoon Suite at the Desert Oasis Motel in Las Vegas and can’t remember how he got there. But that’s not the only thing he doesn’t remember. A bachelor, his left hand now sports a gold wedding ring. Band of Bachelors: Jake2 Navy SEAL Jake Green comes home from deployment to a family in turmoil. With the recent death of his father, his ex-wives, mother and brother are thrown into a snakepit left by his father’s poor choices. Jake and Ginger attempt to strengthen their marriage and young family amidst a dangerous deployment to Baja California. Jake’s got alimony and child support, a blown up will he’s the executor of, illegitimate siblings and a Mexican General gunning for him. It’s one thing to come home in one piece from a SEAL mission. But which mission is more dangerous?

    Laine, comes a sweet but sexy single dad story that's a part of The Vault anthology.When Honey Hunter goes on a job interview to be an in-house nurse for an elderly man with mild dementia, she’d hoped his son wouldn’t be the only one-night stand she can never forget. Only he is. If she accepts the job, she has to remember he’s her boss, not the man that tuned her fantasies into reality.Jake gets more than he’s bargained for when his father insists he hire Honey, the one woman he can’t get off his mind. As she works her way into the hearts of his family, he has more to consider than just his need for her. His heart—which has only completely belonged to one person—his daughter, is quickly getting tangled up in Honey. If he’s not careful, the line between employee and employer will completely blur.

    You know this will be a short, hot treat... She has more than heart-shaped cakes on her mind this Valentine’s Day. And they can’t quit thinking about her heart-shaped buns. LeeLee has a secret—she has two lovers. Or at least she does in her very dirty fantasies about Jared and Brock, two of the sexiest men ever to walk the Boot Knockers Ranch. Each time one of them—or SWOON, both—walk into her kitchen, she has the urge to tear off her chef’s apron and paint her entire body with whipped cream. Jared and Brock are sick and tired of dancing around their favorite sweetheart, and this Valentine’s Day, they’ve got it all planned. A locked kitchen door, a curvy chef with a wicked sharp tongue… and enough chocolate to cover her from head to toe.