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Bad Boy's Honor


Jessica Ashe - 2016
     Riker I’m big, bad, and I don’t play around. Ex-con, lone wolf, general hardass. I’m focused on training for a series of upcoming cage fights, which I hope will be enough to boost me into the UFC circuit. I don’t have time for games, and I definitely don’t have time for fancy girls with college degrees. Still, when I walk into the bar where Nora works, I can’t deny myself one hot night with her… she’s sexy, sophisticated, and doesn't take any sh*t. And she’s far too good for the likes of me. I know better than to get attached, because everyone around me ends up hurt or dead. I just wish I could let her go... Nora Guys like Riker are NOT on my “to-do” list. Riker begins to train me in the ring, but soon I want him to train me in the bedroom. He's a cocky, arrogant bastard, but I need him with a burning passion I can't switch off. Closer up, I realize that Riker is even more damaged than I am. His secrets threaten to tear our relationship apart, and I don't think I'm strong enough to fix it. One thing's for sure--never get in the way of a bad boy and his honor. Bad Boy's Honor is a standalone novel with a HEA ending. For a limited time only, the ebook version includes two FREE bonus books. Bad Boy's Honor will finish at about the 33% mark on your kindle.

Her Christmas Bonus


Rain Danvers - 2014
    She is highly valued by her boss and she loves her job, but there's a problem - she's totally attracted to him and the stress is killing her. She's taking three days off for the Christmas holiday and has posted her availability online, hoping to find a job when she returns. Before she can leave, she has to find her cell phone and she doesn't know where she left it. Terrance is the founder and owner of Templeton Designs and considers Sage so valuable to the company, he can't afford to acknowledge the feelings he has for her. He's stuck at the company this year when normally he would be enjoying the holiday in a warm, tropical location. It may be the year he finds a way to acknowledge the woman who holds his heart captive.

Exes & Ho Ho Hos


Pippa Grant - 2018
    And it was the worst mistake of my life.So when she shows up to play Santa for my daughter’s preschool Christmas party, you’re damn right I’m going to try to get her back.Except Kaitlyn Holly’s lost all of her Christmas cheer. Which means it’s my job to help her get it back. No matter what it takes.Exes and Ho Ho Hos is a short, sexy, standalone Christmas romance told in alternating first person, complete with reindeer, a Santa brawl, and a little mishap on the most iconic skating rink in New York City. It stands alone and has a merrily ever after.

Three Men and a Maybe


Katey Lovell - 2016
    You wait all day for a bus, and then three come along at once. But proposals? That’s just ridiculous. And yet, on New Year’s Eve, as the countdown finishes and the whole pub erupts in celebrations, Cerys finds herself staring at her ex-fiancé, Ricky. Who just so happens to be kneeling on the floor, ring in hand, asking her to marry him. Again.And if that weren’t enough, hot barman Angelo, and longtime friend Huw also decide to pop the question. At the exact same time.Three men, two real contenders, but just one choice. What on earth will she do?

The Mistletoe Effect


Cate Ashwood - 2016
    After being laid off and facing eviction, he’s eager to make a fresh start. When a friend mentions an opportunity in Sin City, he packs up and heads west. Unfortunately, plans run awry when his truck breaks down a little more than halfway there and he’s stranded in the cold with no money, nowhere to stay, and no way to get to Vegas. ‘Tis the season, but not for Merrick Holland, who loves being a part of the community in the small town of Rowley Bridge. Christmas has been a little tainted since his father died three years ago, and when people start to deck the halls, he withdraws. When Merrick finds a man asleep inside his bakery one morning, rather than call the police, Merrick makes him a cup of coffee, and after hearing his story offers him a job and a place to stay. The two men strike up an unlikely friendship, but with Christmas only three weeks away, could a little holiday magic bring them together?

Mine for the Holidays


Megan Wade - 2020
    Just for the holidays... Skin care is my life. My business, my baby.I don’t have time for a relationship.In fact, I don’t even want one. As one of seven children, the last thing I want is marriage and kids. I enjoy my single life, thoroughly—thank you very much.When I’m faced with yet another year of questions from well-meaning relatives, I decide a little white lie won’t hurt anyone, and say I’m dating. Actually, I tell them I’m quite serious about an imaginary man I dub, ‘Liam’. Not my finest hour.It starts out quite innocent at first, but as the lie grows, I find myself promising that Liam will be joining us for Thanksgiving.But, that’s fine. I can just tell them he’s busy—or we broke up—and then I can insist I don’t want to talk about it and live to fight another day. Right?The plan seems workable until my mother calls to warn me about the ‘surprise’ my great aunt has for us—a month-long holiday cruise. Sounds like Paradise, but add the fact that she’s already bought myself and my imaginary boyfriend non-refundable tickets, I’m faced with admitting I was lying, or...finding myself a stand-in.I’ll bet you already know what I decide...Mine for the Holidays is the first full-length novel by Megan Wade. It contains all of her usual sugary goodness, and of course comes with her Sugar Promise—high heat, low drama, guaranteed.

All Is Bright


Sarah Pekkanen - 2010
    . . Thirty-year-old Elise Andrews couldn’t bring herself to marry Griffin, her childhood friend turned sweetheart, so she let him walk away. Eight months after their breakup, she arrives in her hometown of Chicago on Christmas Eve and hears a voice from the past calling her name in the grocery store. It’s Griffin’s mother, Janice, who invites Elise over for a neighborhood gathering of eggnog and carols. Walking into Janice’s house sends Elise tumbling headlong into memories of her relationship with Griffin—and with Janice, who exudes the kind of warmth Elise ached for after her own mom passed away when she was six. But Griffin has moved on, and suddenly Elise doubts her decision to give him up and lose her chance at being folded into his wonderful family. Confused and reeling, she goes in search of an answer to a universal question: How do we say good-bye to people we’ve loved without losing everything they’ve meant to us? Heartwarming and witty, All Is Bright is a charming story about coming home for the holidays—and finding gifts in the most unexpected of places.

Where Forever Started


Barbara Elsborg - 2021
    Now he’s dodging a posse of angry yobs, his head reeling from more than the missile that just hit him. Just who is this stranger sprinting at his side? By the time it’s safe for him and Raf to emerge from their refuge, there’s a definite connection between them. And yet there’s something about Raf’s story that doesn’t quite add up. Will Barney's I-dared-to-believe dreams go up in smoke or is this New Year’s Eve the one Where Forever Started?

RYKER (Rogue Billionaires, Book Two)


Olivia Chase - 2018
     When she came in my office, her chin high and those dark eyes fixed on me, soft brown hair tempting me to stroke it, it took all my effort to maintain my cool professionalism. To not give away that I wanted to run my hands up under her skirt, to feel those curves, to stroke her until she screamed. Andrea is sexy, hot, curvy, f**kable…and she has no idea the effect she has on me. Every time I see her, dirty images rush through my mind. Andrea naked, spread out on my desk, begging me to shove into her soaking-wet p**sy… I don’t want to feel this pull for her, this urge. There are plenty of available women I can hook up with if I want to. My willpower and discipline are strong. I can resist her. Until I can’t… ANDREA Ryker Baldwin. My new boss. He’s gorgeous—dusky blond hair, strong jawline, his dark gray suit molding to his perfect lean body. He’s a god, and I’m reminded just by looking at him how much I’m only a mere mortal. And those eyes. Those piercing brown eyes. They look right through me, like he can read my mind. Working for him is frustrating as hell. He’s demanding, arrogant and downright condescending. He’s also jealous when I so much as speak to another man. I hate feeling so lost, so confused, so turned on, so frustrated by what I can’t possibly ever have. Except that it turns out…maybe I can. Because soon Ryker has broken me down. He’s tempting me, teasing me, stroking me. And it’s the sweetest torture I’ve ever felt. Before I know it, he’s taken control of me, and I’m doing whatever he wants, wherever he wants. I am willing to be totally consumed by him, even if being with him ruins everything else in my life and burns it to the ground…

All I Want Is A Kiss


Willow Winters - 2019
    It never falters. The electric tingle races through me, from head to toe. Until he breaks the kiss, leaving me breathless and wanting more. I thought fleeting weekends would be enough and it always was… until the distance threatened to tear us apart for good. This kiss may be the last kiss and every part of me hates that. For the first time since we started this, I’m all too aware that this may be the last time. No matter how much I want to lie to myself. How did we get this lost? More importantly, how can I have one more kiss?.

Winter in Sweetwater County


Ciara Knight - 2014
    With no job or social support, she flees to a small town in hopes of finding a good family for her unborn baby, but instead finds a man who is as broken as she is. Eric Gaylord returns to his home town for a respite after a tragic loss, but when his spitfire mother takes on an unknown woman as a business partner, he is forced to face the nightmare he’d left behind or risk losing the one woman who could heal his heart.

Holiday Bound


Beth Kery - 2009
    Could it be that after so many stormy years, "slick Mitch" Carradine wants to offer an olive branch? Maybe the old man is mellowing, settling down with the new lover he's bringing along. Then Alex realizes the acid truth. This is no warm family visit. His father's new conquest is none other than the woman of Alex's sexual fantasies, meant only to dangle tauntingly in front of his face. At least an unexpected blizzard has frozen his father out of the picture entirely.Angeline Kastakis was looking forward to taking the next step in her relationship with Mitch. Too late, she realizes she's been led into a familial battle zone. Now it's Christmas and she's marooned in a blizzard with an insolent, gorgeous hunk of man whose blazing blue eyes tell her loud and clear he wants her in his bed. Preferably tied to it with a bow. There's no escape in sight. But as Alex stirs her secret longing to be mastered by a man, escape is the last thing on her mind...Warning: This book contains scenes of sensual submission hot enough to make you sweat in a blizzard.

Holding Out For a Hero


Stacey Joy Netzel - 2011
    Good thing she's a smart girl and a quick learner. When he rescues her from her Good Samaritan act gone bad later that same day, she doesn't make the same mistake twice.

Christmas with the Alexanders


M. Malone - 2013
    Unfortunately he doesn't seem to like her much so she's spending the holidays with her disapproving parents, both of whom think she's screwing up her life. Elliott Alexander's security business is booming and he's finally in the position to come home for good. But home brings bittersweet memories and puts him in the path of a woman who makes him feel things he isn't ready for.When Kay's car skids out of control on Christmas Eve, she's forced to reach out to the only man she trusts to save her.THE ALEXANDERS SERIESReading OrderBook 0.5 - Teasing Trent ~ The PrequelBook 1 - One More Day ~ Jackson & RidleyBook 2 - The Things I Do for You ~ Nick & RainaBook 3 - He's the Man ~ Matt & PennyBook 3.5 - Christmas with The Alexanders Book 4 - All I Need is You ~ Elliott & KayleeBook 5 - Say You Will ~ Trent & Mara*Book 6 - Just One Thing ~ Bennett & Katie**coming soon

Double Dare


Rhonda Nelson - 2000
    Sheltered by her overbearing father, Louisa has years of catching up to do and can think of no better person than gorgeous Sam Rawlins to show her. Is she ready for the time of her life? Hell, yes.Ordinarily unflappable adventure guide Sam Rawlins makes his living showing the wealthy how to have fun, but nothing in his experience could have prepared him for the "adventure" Louisa Honeycut asks for. He might be showing Louisa the time of her life, but the quirky little snack-cake heiress is soon turning Sam's own life upside down...and perversely, he likes the new vantage point.