Taboo.During their college years, they made a silly drunken pact to get married if they were both single when they turned thirty. Then they drifted apart.Every failed relationship in her life has reminded Quinn of how special a man her best friend truly is, and how all other men fall short.Now years later, goal-oriented Carson makes a surprise visit for Thanksgiving dinner with a newly made fortune -- and one thing left to accomplish.Can both people get the lucky side of the wishbone?***** ** ****** This short story is part of the Second Helpings series, a Thanksgiving dinner-themed stand-alone series. Check out all the fun and quick holiday stories by these incredible and acclaimed authors: Sierra Hill, Frankie Love, Alexis Adaire, Tessa Blake, Olivia Hawthorne, Laney Powell, Vivian Ward, Derek Masters, Dori Lavelle, Sher Dillard and Tracy Lorraine.** Each book is a second-chance romance -- all guaranteed sweeter than sweet potato pie -- and dirtier than a sink full of dishes!*** After reading this series, you’ll never look at drumsticks or gravy in quite the same way again!***** ** *****

     If I’d been completely sober, I might have stopped the crazies who burned the man effigy at the Anti-Valentine party I went to. I mean, that’s not really my thing. I don’t hate men. I’m just a normal, single girl trying to get through college without being noticed. Because everyone in my family is famous. And then the party and the stunt made national news. And there I was, front and center on the Film at 11. It's okay. I’ve got this. I’ll dodge the paparazzi, and soon they’ll tire of me. I’ll sink back into obscurity. Then he shows up—my little brother’s manager. He’s going to fix my reputation—thank you, I didn’t know it needed to be fixed. It was just one dumb party! And apparently, he’s my date for Valentine’s Day, too. That ought to be fun. He doesn’t even like me. That’s okay. I don’t like him either.

    When she finally bursts through the door, bringing with her a boatload of Florida sunshine, he is suddenly in danger of forgetting to worry about the coming storm. Avery has her reasons for moving from balmy Florida to work at a small newspaper in the middle of the icy Heartland in January, but she's going to have to bring her A game to win the trust of the grouchy, underpaid staff. After working late into the night, the road between the office and her hotel is impassable, which puts her in an awkward position with her new coworker. Luckily, he has a couch she can sleep on, an extra toothbrush, a spare shirt for her to wear, and plenty of body heat to share. Get ready to cuddle up and keep warm with these two brand-new coworkers while the blizzard of the century literally blows the doors off!

    GQ good looks and a bazillion dollars –Carter, my new charming hotel mogul boss.When he expressed interest,I knew I desperately needed to have a little fun.But what if he finds out I’m pregnant with his baby?You see, my parents abandoned me with my kid siblings.Raising them was tough enough,but then we lost the house.I couldn’t roll over and give up.The last thing I needed was romance.Carter’s opening of a hotel in my little seaside town opened me to a job that wouldn’t run me into the ground.The catch? I had to work for him,and he was irresistible.I shouldn’t be adding more to my plate,but Carter was a fresh of breath air when I was suffocating.Like fresh air, Carter revitalized me,and I brought him something he never had — a total family experience.Only I didn’t know how ‘total’ that experience would really be.When Carter finds out about our accident, will he be ready?Or will he run away?

    The day when all the pain and loss of the last five years would disappear, and I’d finally get a real chance to collect my small inheritance and honor my parents.But I should’ve known that my greedy, abusive uncle would never let me go.Not only has he emptied my accounts, but now he’s trying to marry me off to a man almost three times my age. There’s only one reason a man like him wants a girl like me...and it isn’t good.When we show up at Club Sin for our introduction, I’m immediately looking for a way out. And I find it…. in Room Twenty, and the arms of a trio of rugged, mountain men who are old enough to be my daddies.This is totally irrational, and the last thing I should be doing is getting hot and heavy with strangers right now, but I know this might be my last chance for pleasure—and I’m grasping at it.This entire situation is wrong and taboo, and yet the further down the rabbit whole we go, the more I want. But I know it’s only a matter of time before my uncle and that man find me, and everything gets taken away from me…again. *This is a forbidden age gap reverse harem romance with an HEA****Fantasies are meant to come true and the men of Club Sin will see to your every kinky desire. This November, 22 of your favorite steamy romance authors take you inside Club Sin, a forbidden place where you’ll find love and pleasure with multiple hot men in these Reverse Harem novellas. Can you handle the heat?22 rooms, 22 fantasies…Which door will you step through?

    I owned this world.Men wanted to be me.Women wanted to be with me.Life was one big party until my best friend died,And I left it all behind.I found success and kept my billions.I was untamable, cold, and incapable of love.Then a twist of fate brought me Zoe.A raven-haired beauty with virgin curves, and luscious lips.I claimed her innocence and she became my new addiction.But someone thinks he owns her.And he'll do whatever it takes to steal her from me.When it comes to Zoe and our unborn child.I'll do everything to keep my family safe.Even if that means taking her...If they try and stop me, I'll make them pay!

    And my fate is a tasty little brunette with curves for days, who was wearing one of the dresses I designed a few seasons ago. At thirty-four, I’m one of the top fashion designers in the industry. I didn’t set out to amass a fashion empire, it just sort of worked out that way. But lately, I’ve been feeling restless. Unsatisfied. Like something’s missing. Something like the voluptuous woman I met by chance at the park the other day. She’s too young for me, too innocent. I have a disaster of a situation to deal with at work. And yet… One look in her warm, curious, honey-colored eyes and I’m a goner. My new mission in life is to make her mine and spoil her rotten. My honeybee isn’t used to being taken care of, so I’ll have to go slow. But make no mistake; she’s mine forever. WILLOW: I didn’t even know who he was! The tall, chiseled, stupidly handsome man who complimented my dress at the park was Nolan freaking Blackwell. And apparently, I was wearing one of his dresses. I found it at a thrift store, which I told him. Because I’m an idiot who has no filter. I have no idea what someone as rich, handsome, and powerful as Nolan would want with me, but he’s relentless in his pursual. I’m nobody, a chubby girl just barely scraping by, about to be evicted, and loaded with abandonment issues to boot. Oh, and my only friend is a cat named Fluffles. So, yeah. I’m quite a catch. If he doesn’t stop being so sweet and protective of me, I’m gonna fall for him. Hard. I don’t know if I could survive someone like Nolan Blackwell… DESIGNED BY FATE is a short, sweet, over-the-top sexy little novella about a big, beautiful woman and the rich, older, alpha male who wants to claim her as his. Willow is a little skittish at first, but Nolan proves to her he can be patient, understanding, caring, and provide every single thing for her. If you like cute, quirky, curvy heroines, and growly, gorgeous alpha males with a soft spot, then this is the book for you. Expect instalove, steamy scenes, and a sugary-sweet HEA! **Mature content, 18+ only, please!**

    She looked as if she hadn’t worked a day in her life, and besides, he had to eat there! But he was soon working up quite an appetite for “Calamity Holly” when he discovered there was more to her than designer clothes and an attitude. Maybe his Christmas wishes were going to come true after all...

    Having graduated with her degrees in history and archaeology, you’d think she could just waltz right in wherever she wanted, right? Wrong. Dean Savageman, host of The Adventure Channel’s No Trespassing, is the rock star of documentaries, and is always called first to explore the most forgotten, dangerous, and inaccessible places around the country. No one gets dibs before him—certainly not the huffy wanna-be archeologist who keeps showing up at the most obscure undocumented locations, no matter how beautiful she is. After years of run-ins—and unwanted fantasies—with her self-proclaimed mortal enemy and having given up on gaining entry to one of her dream sites the legal way, Emmy sneaks into the NOLA Catacombs, having no idea Dean is in their depths. What happens when these two get trapped together, alone, twenty-five feet under the streets of New Orleans is one for the history books, or at least an episode of… No Trespassing.

     I watched Scarlett fall for a guy who ended up breaking her heart and leaving her at the altar, crushing her dreams of a family. I waited until she was ready. But I'm done waiting. Now I'm going to make her mine. When she meets me at my club in SoHo on New Year's Eve, I plan to tell her how I feel, but she asks for something I don't expect. Scarlett wants a baby and she wants me to give it to her. What she doesn't know is I'm going to give her a lot more than a baby. When the ball drops, I'm going to give her the kiss that starts our forever. It’s the New Year! Time to ring your bell with some hot and hunky resolutions! Join fifteen of your favorite romance authors as their stories get off… on the right foot this year. Champagne corks aren’t the only things popping!

    Instead, they’re mistakenly booked on a singles’ cruise. Despite this series of unfortunate events, Kendall is determined to follow through on her original plan… At least until she meets a gorgeous stranger who might just be enough to tempt her into breaking all her rules.Alex Jeffries is on his first vacation in over ten years, and he hates every second of it. He can’t stop thinking about what could be going wrong with the bar he owns back home, at least until he meets Kendall and forgets about everything but kissing her. Maybe a party cruise wasn’t the worst idea after all…Kendall and Alex embark on a sexy fling, but it only takes a few days for the truth to sink in. The mind-blowing chemistry between them is only getting stronger, and despite the expiration date they both agreed on, they can’t help wondering if this vacation fling can go the distance…Or are they destined to crash and burn when they come back to reality?Five friends. One singles cruise. So many sexy shenanigans...Be sure to check out all the books in the series:#2: Gaming Grace by Piper J. Drake#3: Attracting Aubrey by Avery Flynn#4: Beguiling Benjamin by Robin Covington#5: Loving Liv by Stacey Kennedy

    Join the authors of Flirt Club with The Fireworks Series of stories that celebrate summertime, BBQs, and all things that end with a bang! Where will you be when the fireworks go off?She’s a big-city girl that ignites his small-town heart. Jordana Bolton is Milltown’s newest resident, seeking solace and a fresh start in the small mountain town, hundreds of miles away from the big city elements she’s running from.After a robbery at gunpoint leaves her shaken, the new bank manager and part-time animal rescuer, Jordana finds out that you can’t always outrun crime or your past. Officer Cord Clawson was raised in a family of police officers, where tradition is to protect and to serve their small town. As a returning vet and cop, Cord is first on the scene of the bank robbery, where he finds Jordana, the beautiful bank manager who he’s had his eyes on for weeks, injured and in shock. From that moment on, he vows to protect her from any future harm.Cord doesn’t expect to fall so hard or so fast for the sweet animal-loving city-girl, whose secret past seems to follow her, putting her life in danger. Can Cord be the one to rescue this explosive firecracker and be her true blue forever?

    Holidays with the Hometown Hero is a series of standalone short, sweet, and steamy instalove romances. No cliffhangers. No cheating. HEA guaranteed!

    Hiding from the men who killed her father, Summer is on her way to her childhood cottage in Blue Bay when she runs into Sean Owens, the forbidden bad boy from her past. After giving him a fake name, she gives in to one steamy night with him, never expecting to see him again.Sean isn’t sure why Summer is pretending to be someone she’s not, but he’ll play her game if that means he can indulge in one of his oldest fantasies – a night with Summer. He’s shocked to see her when he returns to Blue Bay, and even more surprised when Summer offers him a job renovating her old family cottage. Hot workdays turn into hotter nights, but when Summer’s secret catches up with her, she’ll have to decide if she can trust Sean with her heart—and her life. Demolished nails the perfect combination of emotion, scorching intensity, and a touch of suspense that will draw readers to this fantastic new series!

     She is sweet, innocent, naïve; I’ve got my enemies’ blood drying on my hands. But she’s desperate for a baby, and I decide I’m the one to give it to her. Twenty-four hours of unprotected lust – that’s the deal. But she doesn’t know that once I get my hands on her…I’m never letting go. At first glance, Josephine looks nothing like the kind of girls I typically screw. She’s too prim and proper. I prefer my women to be wild – that way, I get to enjoy breaking them. But beneath the blond veneer and the pearly smile, there’s a frantic lust. I can work with that. Her mother is dying, and she wants to give her a grandchild before it’s too late. So we strike a deal. For twenty-four hours, anything goes. Anything my twisted desires can conceive is fair game. The only goal is for me to put a baby in her belly… And then walk away forever. But as it turns out, that’s easier said than done. I never thought I’d fall victim to such a powerful craving. Our time has ended, but I need her again. I need her now. And when I find out she’s carrying my son, that seals the deal. Josephine is coming back to me, whether she likes it or not. Nothing comes between me and mine. MINE is a full-length, standalone bad boy romance with an HEA, no cheating, and some very hot sex!