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Bitter by T.L. Quinn
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Smoochin' on the Boss
Barbra Campbell - 2021
My plan has me well on my way to proving that I can climb the corporate ladder on my own merit.What I don't have a plan for is Briella. She's as driven as I am, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and if I can keep from screwing things up...she's my future.But with a company policy against fraternization, and her firm belief that independence will bring her success, I'm more likely to get fired than get a chance with her.Can I find a way to show Briella that success and pleasure aren't mutually exclusive?
I Wanted It to be You: Rebel Rendezvous #1
Piper James - 2022
One is a guy I met online, who I’ll never work up the guts to meet in real life. And the other? That’s a long story…My life feels like it’s falling apart at the seams—I’m broke, my restaurant is on the verge of failure, and my brother’s best friend just moved back to town. Okay, so maybe Brooks Callahan’s return isn’t a life-ending event, but it sure feels like it. Eight years ago, he told me he wanted me. He was just a kid, and honestly, so was I. When I tried to let him down gently, he lashed out, his awful words scarring me in ways they never should have.Now Brooks is the only one who can help me, and I have to find a way to put our issues to bed. Metaphorically, not literally. That would be ridiculous, right? Of course, it would.Maybe I’ll ask the guy I’ve crushed on for months…my online friend whose posts always seem to reverberate in my soul. Whose messages make me laugh. Think. Feel.The one who has his own crush…on someone else.What am I going to do?
Chasing Mr. Wrong
Avery Edwards - 2019
Blue Eyes is my brother's best friend.The only man to make flannel look sexy.And the one guy that's completely off limits.My brother tricked me into coming home.Wants me to forgive our dying father.Nothing like fond memories of a drunk dad and trailer parks.Everything about this ranch town sucks.Except for Chase Dalton.I actually wrote a bestselling romance about him.He just doesn't know it.He never saw me the way I saw him.I was always the little sis.Now I'm all grown up.A big city girl with a big city attitude.But Chase knows better.He sees the real me.The shy girl with a rough childhood.A heart that's longing for love.This town is everything I never wanted.And Chase is everything I always needed.I guess now I can finally finish my sequel...
Never Too Late Collection
Alexis Winter - 2021
You must have loved him at some point. I saw the pictures in there. It looks like the two of you had the perfect life together.”“Honestly, I don’t know if I’ve felt anything real since the day you left.”In the same week my husband of twenty years hands me divorce papers, the one man who walked out of my life, and shattered my heart . . . shows back up.Can I trust him again after he failed to come back for me like he promised?Or will he run again when he finds out my ex-husband . . . is his best friend?Book 2: Mia and BenHe hasn’t been back here in almost ten years, and it’s been ten years since I’ve felt like a whole person. All these years, I’ve been walking around with half my heart, half my soul.Ten years ago the love of my life walked out of this town and became a rockstar. I could never ask him to give up his dream but what I didn’t expect was to be forgotten in the process.Now he’s back, begging for a second chance. But it’s too little, too late.Book 3: Harper and RowanWhat are we doing, Rowan?” I breathe out.“If you ask me, we’re finally doing what we’ve always wanted.”Is this what I’ve always wanted? The one man I’ve hated more than anyone?Or am I just falling prey to his charm like every other girl in this small town?Book 4: Kaylee and LandonThe fact that she’s still just as forbidden as before only makes me want her more. She’s mine and has always been mine. It’s time I remind her of that little fact.Her brother warned me if I ever touched her he’d kill me, but what he doesn’t know can’t hurt . . . right?Book 5: Gabi and EastonMy whole life, I’ve wanted one thing: her. And now that she’s in my sights, in my home, working with me day in and day out, I’m going to get what I want, once and for all.You’d think the moment I showed up to my new job and realized my boss is Easton Perez, the hot-as-sin bully from school who made my life hell I’d run…Instead, I ended up in his bed.*-*This never-before-published collection of stories from Amazon best-selling author Alexis Winter is full of delicious moments you don’t want to miss, each complete with a happily ever after. Each story is a complete stand-alone with no cheating or cliff-hangers.
Wild and Free (The Wilder Brothers #1)
Nicole Elliot - 2018
And well, they aren't wrong. Billionaire. Real estate mogul. And insomniac. Which is what led me to her. She is beautiful. Perfect kissable lips. Curves in all the right places. She makes this country boy wanna throw her over my shoulder and make her mine. There's just one problem. The girl who saved my life? I don't even know her name. This game is harder than most. But that girl, man, she's a prize worth fighting for. Wild and Free is the first of the Wilder Brothers Series, about five wild brothers and their quest for love. USA Today Bestselling Author Nicole Elliot really knows how to heat up the South in these books. Book 2, Accidentally Wild is also now available!
Indecent Invitation
Piper Stone - 2021
He did.I shouldn't be here.My clothes shouldn't be scattered around the room, my bottom shouldn't be sore, and I certainly shouldn't be screaming into the sheets as a ruthless tycoon takes everything he wants from me.I shouldn't even know Houston Powers at all, but I was in a bad spot and I was made an offer.A shameful, indecent offer I couldn't refuse.I was desperate, I needed the money, and I didn't have a choice. Not a real one, anyway.I'm here because I signed a contract, but I'm his because he made me his.Publisher's Note: Indecent Invitation includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.
How to Disappear
Jason Collins - 2021
The gorgeous man from the grocery store is standing over me, and I suddenly wonder if I died in that undercover operation. Instead I’m in the ER, and the man I’d fantasized about hours ago is my doctor. I never let people get close, but Jaden won’t leave my side while nursing me to health, and I’m stunned by how well we fit. Then reality hits me like a hammer. A gang leader has put a price on my head for the raid, and I quickly remember why my job comes first. If I’m a target, Jaden’s a target—we can’t be close as long as my life is under threat. But in my line of work there’s no end to danger, and if I fall in love with Jaden, he’ll never be safe. JADEN: Imagine my shock when he ends up on my operating table. I rarely see strangers twice, so I never expected to be taking care of the handsome guy from the grocery store. Except Harris isn’t just a stunning stranger—he’s an undercover cop who was shot protecting lives. Now this stubborn lone wolf is under my care, and he can’t keep his eyes off me. The more we’re together, the closer I feel. Soon we’re more than just doctor and patient, but he has a target on his back. Once a SWAT raid goes wrong, he goes cold on me. He doesn’t want me to take a bullet for him, but I’m already in love and Harris is worth the risk.This is a standalone MM romance.
Written in the Sand
J. Marie - 2020
In love. Until one night changed everything.Changed us.The love of my life, or so I thought, had become my own worst nightmare.So here I am…Back in Moonshine Springs. A place I wouldn’t return to unless absolutely necessary. But that’s not the biggest shock. Waiting for me with open arms and a safe place to stay is my high school best friend’s brother, Beau. He’s told me I’m his, but starting over isn’t as easy as creating a new happily ever after. My past isn’t done with me and soon enough, bleeds into my present.My name is Cassidy Mae and this is my chance to begin again...*This book contains some scenes of domestic and graphic violence, sexual scenes, and mature themes. Please be aware these may cause triggers for the reader.*
Redemption
Emily Bishop - 2018
My high school ex. Still a knockout.She’s too pure for me. I know I’d destroy her. Everything I touch falls apart. I couldn’t keep my hands off her then. I sure as fuck can’t now.The pert body and innocent demeanor brings out something carnal.But her niece, Lily-Rose: she needs me. I lost my mom, too. I don’t want this girl to fall down a similar path. The tattoos, the wild parties… I don’t want her to destroy herself like I did. I’m Incapable of love, but there’s no staying away.She’s my cure. My escape.My Redemption.
His Hostage
Penelope Woods - 2020
Every. Last. Inch.Rowan is dangerous.He’s a liar with the darkest eyes and the sweetest mouth. Everyone avoids him for one reason: he’s a wanted criminal. I was the one stupid enough to let him in my world.He could have taken anyone. He chose me.Me, the freshly divorced thirty-something. I’m the one he wants? At first, I was flattered. Hindsight is always 20/20.After witnessing his crimes, his associates want me out of the picture.He has a better plan.I’m his hostage.
Forbidden Baby Daddy
Lara Swann - 2019
There are so many reasons to stay away from Ash Thorne…and I’m about to ignore every one. I’m the bad boy from the wrong part of town. Dangerous. Disreputable. Devilish. I live my life hard, fast and rough - and that’s exactly how I like it. Until she walks into it, like a breath of fresh air I didn’t know I needed. Adorable, sweet and oh-so-innocent. With an enthusiasm for life I hadn't realized I’d lost. Gorgeous curves, the cutest spattering of freckles and that sparkle in her eyes... She’s never even felt a man’s touch. She doesn’t belong here - but how can I resist? I take her home and show her everything she’s been missing out on…the kind of night she’ll never forget. I don’t expect to see her again. She knows better than to get involved with a guy like me. But then she surprises me in more ways than one. When she does come back around? She’s carrying my baby. I’m going to be a f*cking Daddy! She’s terrified, of course. Her parents are ultra-conservative and she doesn’t have a plan. I don’t give a f*ck about any of that - her assh*le father doesn’t intimidate me. But I have a past she knows nothing about - and the people coming after me? They’re something else entirely. There’s a reason pure, sweet Chloe should never have gotten involved with me. This baby is a complication neither of us can afford…but the moment she tells me, none of that matters. For the first time, I find myself wanting something else. Another life. A family. With her. And when my past comes back to haunt me? I’ll fight for it with everything I have. Forbidden Baby Daddy is a full, standalone romance with a roguish bad boy hero and a fiery heroine who's determined to start living a little. No cheating or cliffhangers, and a Happily Ever After guaranteed.
Read To Me
Sade Rena - 2021
Something my father made sure of, and like the doting son, I believed him.I guard myself…put my focus on corruption and fear instead.But, Arloe—she was never afraid.She fantasizes about men like me, except I’m real and my life is no fairy tale.They call me a monster—a thief in the night created to cause chaos, but she’s always loved a good adventure into the unknown.Perhaps that’s why she reads.Read To Me is book one in the Ciccone Brothers series. It is a stand-alone Dark Mafia Romance, complete with HEA and no cliffhangers. Please note: the books in this series contain mature content (18+), graphic violence, and may contain triggers that may be offensive to some readers.
Can't Touch
Penny Wylder - 2021
The girl I can’t touch.That’s what her uncle says, anyway… but even if he controls her, he doesn’t control me.When I see her walking back and forth in the office lobby, her long legs swishing, beautiful curves swaying, and those cherry-red lips, I decide right then: she’s going to be mine.Chianna:My first day on the job I swore I’d be professional. No mistakes. Pure and well behaved.Chris changed all of that.He’s powerful, rich, and when he smiles at me, it makes me weak.If my uncle finds out about us I’ll lose more than my dream internship.Can I keep what I’ve done a secret with Kris tempting me over and over to break the rules?
Grumpy Best Friend
B.B. Hamel - 2021
I had to escape my drunk, abusive father, but leaving her behind was the biggest mistake of my life.Now I have another shot at making things right. Jude’s new boss wants to build a factory outside of Philadelphia, and she brings me in to help.I’m thrust back into Jude’s world, and not much has changed. She’s still beautiful, still hilarious, and still hates my guts.Little by little, she’ll remember why we fell in love back in high school. I’ll make her pout, then make her laugh— then make her strip down and kiss me.And soon I’ll have her back, all grown up and perfect.Or else I'll lose the empire I built with my own calloused hands.Another hot grumpy man! Watch Lady Fluke’s assistant Jude find her happily-ever-after with Bret while they both face their broken pasts and grow together. It’s steamy and fun and I think you’ll fall in love with protective, growly Bret just like I did. As always, Grumpy Best Friend is a full length standalone novel with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed. Enjoy! XO BB
Here Comes The Fake Bride
Summer Brooks - 2020
My fake fiancé turned almost fake husband.Before this mess, he was just a guy that I casually hated. Zach is the typical rich dude who is so clueless about people’s feelings that I wonder how no one has slapped him across the face yet. That gorgeous face. But his stone-cold heart also made him the most eligible candidate for this drama. The plan was simple. Say my fake vows. Fulfill my dad’s dying wish.Meanwhile, Zach gets his inheritance and tosses me some cash.We’ve gone to great lengths to orchestrate this. So why am I secretly wishing that he’s in love with me when he says, “I do?” And more importantly, am I in love with him too?Enjoy Clara and Zach's adorable love story and HEA! All the books in this series can be read in any order!