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Restless: Carter & Lianne


Kaylene Winter - 2021
    “My mistakes nearly cost me everything, including my life.” Carter Pope is a rock superstar on the rise.His band Limelight catapulted him into a world of fame and excess.Meeting his soulmate was not in his plan.Neither was having a son at age 19.When he succumbs to a crippling addiction?It’s all gone in an instant.Now he’ll do anything to redeem himself and reclaim his family. “I got off the merry-go-round to protect my son.” Stunning prima ballerina Lianne Rocks is taking the ballet world by storm.Coveted, worshipped, she has her pick of suitors.But she only has eyes for one man.Guitar superhero, Carter Pope.Caught up in a merry-go-round of addiction and fame.She leaves to create a stable life for herself and Zane.Her son, the musical prodigy who really needs his dad.When Carter gets clean, Lianne reluctantly lets him back into their lives.Only so he can reconnect with his son.Little did she know,a RESTLESS soul can always be tamed by true love.

Deconstructed


Liz Talley - 2022
    Her plan: hire an investigator; find an attorney; enlist the help of her new assistant, Ruby; and make her husband pay.Ruby knows how quickly everything changes. After a dicey past, she’s determined to forge a new future by working for Cricket and reinventing herself as a designer, deconstructing vintage haute couture. If anybody can help mend a few tears in Cricket’s life, she can.But turns out Cricket’s life isn’t just a little torn. It’s wrinkled, stained, and falling apart at the seams. With Ruby and her ragtag relatives—a soused PI and a hunky tow truck driver—Cricket is sleuthing her way to the truth, no matter how dangerous it gets.Sure, Cricket’s life isn’t what she imagined. But she’s embracing change and figuring out what she really wants. And that’s kind of fabulous.

Flawless


Sienna Parks - 2017
    No one knows that better than Lily Tate… A chance encounter with a tall, handsome businessman, throws Lily’s organized world into disarray. After witnessing her dad’s murder when she was fifteen, she keeps men at a distance, reluctant to love or be loved – scared that she wouldn’t survive another loss. Tormented by nightmares, and racked with guilt, Lily struggles with the onslaught of emotions that accompany this enchanting stranger. Alexander Rhodes is the whole package - intelligent, gorgeous, and wealthy. From the outside looking in, his life is perfect, but he learned the hard way not to expect loyalty or love from those around you. Success comes at a price. Xander is determined not to make the same mistakes again, but a breathtaking beauty forces him to throw caution to the wind, and win her love. A chance encounter; two broken souls; explosive consequences. Will Xander and Lily be able to heal each other’s wounds, or will their past spill into the present, extinguishing any chance of a future together? Flawless is a sexy, sassy, and elegant take on a classic fairytale - the endearing knight in shining armor, intent on conquering the heart of his fair maiden… no matter the cost. *This is a full-length stand alone Romance with a happily ever after and no cliff hanger!*

Up in Smoke


Hannah R. Conway - 2017
    Her dreams of a high profile law career are reduced to rubble when she returns home to assume custody of her sister, Brie. Without the financial means to take legal custody of her sister—or a binding will to place her safely in her arms—Leanna’s future becomes more uncertain than ever. Already prepared for a blazing custody battle, with less than capable relatives, Leanna’s world is set ablaze when her ex-fiancé complicates matters in an attempt to destroy her future and her faith. US Army, SSG Garrison Burke has spent the last few years alone—balancing flag and fatherhood since the tragic death of his wife. Facing deployment, Garrison is desperate to find a safe caretaker for his son, Ezra—preferably anywhere but the abusive home he grew up in. So, when Leanna Wilson walks unexpectedly back into his life, he’s not sure if she’s a blessing or a curse. More importantly, Garrison cannot seem to forget how he betrayed Leanna many years ago. Yet, as Leanna and Garrison begin to run out of time, they start to see that the solution to their problems might lie within each other, but will they forget the past and allow their broken hearts to mend? As sparks begin to fly and their love is rekindled, a marriage of convenience will either make their wildest dreams come true or cause their best-laid plans to go up in smoke.

Rough Ride


Keri Ford - 2012
    Lane Iverson knows that better than anyone. Harboring a secret about his mother’s death, Lane is counting the days until he finishes helping his brothers with some work and can head back to his hiding hole hours away. As long as he doesn’t have to face his three brothers every day, the guilt is easier to carry.There is only one thing that can risk his plan. She stands all of five foot tall with these deep eyes and a voice that shudders through him. The completely addicting, Gretchen Jones. She’s been watching him the entire time he’s been in town. With courage from her friends behind her, she confronts what she wants. To her surprise, that’s the easy part. Keeping her heart protected when she knows he’ll be leaving? Not so easy, but her only choice.41,500 words

The Wideness of the Sea


Katie Curtis - 2017
    When she returns home to mid-coast Maine for his funeral, she faces all that she left behind when she left seven years earlier. The pain of her own mother’s death, the fractured relationships with her father, and her first love. The life she had built for herself in New York - the art world, her boyfriend, her roommate who is also her best friend - allowed her to forget the grief and hurt she had left behind in Maine. But when her uncle leaves her a surprising inheritance, if forces her to face them, and the parts of her self she’s buried. As she searches for answers about herself, and where she belongs, she discovers how people and places shape us, and how understanding, forgiveness and grace have the power to transform us and the people we love.

Over You


Christine Kersey - 2012
    But when her aunt decides to do some remodeling on the old house, Jessica is dismayed to discover that the contractor is her ex-fiancé, a man who dumped her several years before. Helping distract her from her troubles are mysterious fifty-year-old letters she finds in her aunt's attic. The contents of the letters spur Jessica to do some digging, but as the truth of the past begins to be revealed, Jessica regrets ever finding the letters. Over You does not contain any profanity or sexual content.

That One Night


Amy Brent - 2018
    But Sam? That’s playing with fire. A bad boy Rockstar with melting eyes and that dimpled cocky grin. I wasn’t going to say no. It was one long hot steamy night. My hands in his tousled hair, his lips so hungry on my skin… I broke it off the next day, but I haven’t forgotten. His wounded gaze still eats up my soul. And now he’s proposing marriage to save my ass. It’s just business, right? We won’t forget it’s pretend. Will we?

Professor Trouble (Girls of Lowell College Book 1)


Soraya May - 2016
    Except Will Spencer isn't what she expected: he isn't old, and he isn't a fuddy-duddy... Stay out of trouble, they said.   But Emily Masterson, sitting in the front row of my class, was the kind of trouble I didn't see coming. I bet I’m the only college professor in all of Britain who’s punched his boss for being an asshole. But he got up again, and hit back pretty good—he knocked my ass three thousand miles across the Atlantic. Now I'm in exile for a semester, teaching bored college students in New Hampshire. It’s only a semester, they said. It’ll blow over, and you can come back to your real job. All I need to do is stay out of trouble. Especially the kind of trouble that comes in a cute little package, with red lips, and round hips, and little polka-dot skirts. Especially when that trouble is in my class looking at me as if I’m the most important thing in her world. Especially when she's my new student, and all the things I want to do to her are completely forbidden.   Stay out of trouble. Right.

Finding Rachel (Moonshire Bay Romance #1)


Elle Sweet - 2020
     She heads to Moonshine Bay and rents a summer place hoping to have a relaxing few months and get back in touch with who she is again as a single woman. Then she meets Evan Harris the bartender and owner of the local bar, and despite thinking she was never going to fall in love again, she can't help but be intrigued by this handsome man. Evan came to Moonshine Bay ten years ago to escape his past. Resigned to living his life alone meeting Rachel is making him rethink that decision. Can they both get past the hurt and learn to trust again?

Knocked Up By My Billionaire Boss


Ella Brooke - 2018
     I've always been a businessman. It's in my blood. It defines me. Well, that and being a single dad. My daughter is the only thing I prize above money. And I want to be the role model she deserves. But when I'm suddenly on the verge of bankruptcy, the s#!t hits the fan. And in more ways than one. Maybe that's why I turned to my new secretary - to fuck away my troubled thoughts. Elena Hayes. Twenty-four, fresh out of college, green eyes, tall, curvy, smart… No man in my position could resist all that. I knew she was off-limits. She knew I was bad for her. But that didn't stop us… Until the test with the two pink little lines. I want to support Elena. I want this baby. But I have a dark past that isn't done toying with me yet…

Fluffy


Julia Kent - 2019
    Of course it did. I’m a professional fluffer. It’s NOT what you think. I stage homes for a living. Real estate agents love me, and my work stands on its own merits. Sigh. Get your mind out of the gutter. Go ahead. Laugh. I’ll wait. See? That’s the problem. My career has used the term “fluffer” for decades. I didn’t even know there was a more… lascivious definition of the term. Until it was too late. The ad for a “professional fluffer” on Craigslist seemed like divine intervention. My last unemployment check was in the bank. I was desperate. Rent was due. The ad said cash paid at the end of the day. The perfect job! Staging homes means showing your best angle. The same principle applies in making a certain kind of movie. Turns out a “fluffer” doesn’t arrange decorative pillows on a couch. They arrange other soft, round-ish objects. The job isn’t hard. Er, I mean, it is — it’s about being hard. Or, well… helping other people to be hard. Oh, man… And that’s the other problem. A man. No, not one of the stars on the movie set. Will Lotham – my high school crush. The owner of the house where we’re filming. Illegally. In a vacation rental. By the time the cops show up, what I thought was just a great house staging gig turned into a nightmare involving pictures of me with an undressed star, Will rescuing me from an arrest, and a humiliating lesson in my own naivete. My job turned out to be so much harder than I expected. But you know what’s easier than I ever imagined? Having all my dreams come true.

A Novel Experience


Heather Guimond - 2018
    His good looks and charisma have landed him in his share of beds. Though he’s never heard a complaint, there’s more to the man than just the next good time. An unexpected trip home shows him old wounds heal slowly, and loneliness is always just one night away. Needing something more in his life never becomes more apparent than when he knocks Stacy Sanders off her feet. Literally. It’s a catch-as-you-can world and you never know what the universe has in store. Will she be the one to snatch him off the market or will it be fizzle instead of sizzle? Read this free, short prologue about Gage, then dive into the really good stuff with The Novel Approach on January 8, 2019 when romance’s reigning sex god crashes into the Sweetheart of Sweet Romance.

Bound to Submit


Laura Kaye - 2016
    Twelve Masters. Infinite fantasies. Welcome to Blasphemy...He thinks he caused her pain, but she knows he’s the only one who can heal her…Kenna Sloane lost her career and her arm in the Marines, and now she feels like she’s losing herself. Submission is the only thing that ever freed her from pain and made her feel secure, and Kenna needs to serve again. Bad. The only problem is the Dom she wants once refused her submission and broke her heart, but, scarred on the inside and out, she’s not looking for love this time. She’s not even sure she’s capable.Griffin Hudson is haunted by the mistakes that cost him the only woman he ever loved. Now she’s back at his BDSM club, Blasphemy, and more beautiful than ever, and she’s asking for his help with the pain he knows he caused. Even though he’s scared to hurt her again, he can’t refuse her, because he’d give anything to earn a second chance. And this time, he’ll hold on forever.

Accidentally His


Sienna Ciles - 2017
    One restaurant One little town. A not so perfect place for a new start. At least it was, until I almost killed the one hot guy in town in an accident. Now Joshua Jackson, the hot rich country boy, has made me an offer I can't refuse. Be his for a day as repayment for the damages I caused. Accidentally His is a country billionaire romance with hotter and steadier content than a Texas summer.