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Protective Custody (American Heroes #8)
L. Nicole - 2020
He wants Keely for his own—but he tries to keep her at arm’s length because she’s the daughter of his partner.He asked Kingston to look after Keely, but he’s pretty sure looking after her isn’t supposed to involve all the dirty little things he wants to do to her.But when an enemy rises up and Keely gets caught in the crossfire, all bets are off.Kingston will stop at nothing to protect the woman he loves—the woman he has always loved.Lily is back just in time for the Fourth of July to serve you up a hot American Hero that’s sure to give your holiday a big bang! As always the story inside is hotter than the July sun, safe, filled with true love, and enough sparkle to shine all night long!
Her Cowboy Hero (American Heroes #7)
Megan Wade - 2020
And if I still wanted a man after I saved myself, he’d be more than willing to give that man his blessing.Now I’m in my mid-thirties and I’m still saving myself, one failed date after another.I don’t know if it’s the grease under my fingernails from working on bikes all day, or if it’s the fact I’m taller than most of them. There’s just something about me that doesn’t earn a callback. Maybe I saved myself so well I don’t need a man at all?Deciding that being single and awesome isn’t so bad, I pack up my apartment and abandon the city, looking for a tree change and a quieter life.But small towns notice when giant women move in, and it isn’t long before I’m the center of the latest gossip involving some rather outdated thinking. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before, but the sting is still the same, which is why I take my Harley out to clear my head.I didn’t realize I was heading onto someone else’s land.I also didn’t realize the rumble of my engine would frighten the grazing cattle.And I definitely didn’t realize how much bulls hate motorcycles.Lucky for me, Austin Cassidy realized all those things and came to my rescue.With his big strong arms, and a smile I’d sell my Harley to see more of, my cowboy hero is the first man I’ve ever met who makes me feel small—he’s also the only person in this town who doesn’t treat me like an outsider.It’s not long before I’m wondering if my dad had it all wrong. Maybe being saved by a man—or a very attractive cowboy—isn’t so bad, after all.
Christmas Eve With Dad's Best Friend
Lena Little - 2021
I only wanted him.My dad’s best friend.He’s all I’ve ever wished for since I first started developing a crush in junior high.The only man I’ve ever daydreamed about, doodling his name after mine in my notebook.The alpha energy that he exudes, holding me down, taking me, making me his once and for all. That’s what I really want for Christmas, have for years and that wasn’t about to change anytime soon…or ever.But something has changed. I can see it in his eyes. And I’m going to do whatever it takes to make my wish come true.This Christmas Eve the only gift I want Christian, my dad’s best friend, to unwrap…is me. But what if that leads to another gift, the best kind, that we were never expecting?
His Hot Tamale: Trick or Treat Collaboration (Kappa Sweets #2)
Mayra Statham - 2019
Ugly Duckling. Catalina Navarro’s heard it all. But it cut the deepest when it came from the lips of the one guy at U of D she thought finally saw her for her. Demi-god on the soccer field. Good time frat guy. But Jonah Scott is more than that. He is observant and smart. When the girl no one notices makes him laugh, he sees more than he thought possible. But when Jonah puts his foot in his mouth, does he ruin his chances with his hot tamale? Or will he be able to charm his way into Catalina’s heart? Temps might be dropping this fall but things are starting to heat up with the girls at Kappa Sweets!
Her Rock (A Rocky Start, # 2)
C.M. Steele - 2022
Her sister saved Lydia at a party, and it was time for her to repay the favor. After getting no help from the local police department, Lydia and her sister Georgie make a mad dash to Lakeland to get answers. Lydia feels wild when she comes across the local sheriff who makes her forget everything...for a minute.The past scars left her apprehensive and dangerous around men. However, Sheriff Marlowe is different. She needs him to be her rock.Whitaker Marlowe has his own dark past that needs to be healed, and Lydia just may be the balm he needs.Can he be that person to erase the pain of the past when his past is still haunting him?
Sunshine and the Stalker
Dani René - 2018
I call it clever research.It gets me what I want and when I want it.When I get bored, I move on.My system works like a charm…Until a little ray of SUNSHINE shows up.***Dating is nonexistent for me.I’m quirky, silly, and inexperienced.This means my romantic life is certainly lacking.I don’t date because no one’s interested.Some say I’m an independent woman who doesn’t need a man.But I know I’m on the fast track to becoming a lonely cat lady.How many cats are too many cats anyway?My boring world stays that way…Until my future stepmother’s STALKER shows up.
Howl It's Done
P. Jameson - 2022
So when the matchmaker chooses him for the first of the female candidates, no one is more surprised. Even more shocking is his animal’s immediate possessive reaction to her. Without a doubt, he knows…She is his to protect. His to serve. His to keep.Amber is sweet and caring, and looking for a place to call home. He knows he can give it to her, even if his packmates don’t believe in him. With his flaw, he never thought he’d be worthy of a mate. But now is his chance to show Amber that he was created to treasure–and pleasure–only her.
Black
Aria Cole - 2016
But he's unable to resist the allure of this desperate stranger.Soon the magnetism between them is undeniable, the temptation unbearable. Elle, reluctant to risk losing her heart to this dark and broken man, struggles against the sexual tension, only to surrender to the combustable heat between them.When Elle's life catches up to her and threatens to tear them apart, Maxwell will protect the precious love he's found by any brutal means necessary.✭ Black is a SAFE, sexy,
insta-love
spin on the Beauty and the Beast fairytale and is intended for mature audiences.
Dear Stepbrother, I Want You
Madison Faye - 2018
He’s rough, dominant, and hot as hell on wheels. Channing Hensley blew into my life like a firestorm, and I’ve been in love and lust with him since the minute I laid eyes on him. All in secret, of course. He doesn’t know. No one can know the things I dream of him doing to me. No one can know that I – the picture-perfect sweet little good girl – want him to be my first. So I hid it away instead, in a letter, where I poured out my heart and my deepest darkest fantasies to the man with the body made for reckless choices, and the piercing green eyes that dare you to make them. The man with the dark past and the fierce gaze that lingers on me in a way that takes my breath away. He’s six years older than me. He works for my family’s law firm. He’s totally wrong, utterly inappropriate, and completely irresistible. Fantasizing about Channing Hensley is so bad. But I want him. Filthy, scandalous, and so sugary sweet your teeth will hurt. This one’s a heaping dose of wrong in the right kind of way ;). If an older, dominant, obsessed alpha claiming his untouched heroine sounds like your cup of tea (oh, you know it is), then you should probably dive right in. Safe, no cheating, and a HEA guaranteed. No one is related in this story. For a limited time, this new release edition contains additional content for further reader enjoyment, as a thank you for your support. Though the page-count below may show differently, please be aware that this is a short, novella-length book of approx. 20,000 words.
Taking Her For Granted (The Caribbean Rivalry #4)
M.K. Moore - 2018
Too bad there was some sort of mix-up. Grant Tolliver is Isla Nubia's chief of security. For the first time, he must detain someone. Too bad he is never going to release her. Can her Caribbean nightmare turn into her dream? Can his Caribbean dream be that easy? This is the final book in the Caribbean Rivalry series. It is a quick, sexy, and over the top read with all the insta-everything you can handle. Zoey and Grant aren't taking anything for granted anymore. Isla Nubia just got a little hotter. Better bring a fan or a margarita or two.
Falling for the Hitman
Heather Dahlgren - 2021
Constantly looking over my shoulder. I know I’m being looked for, hunted. For a crime I didn’t commit, but one I’m taking the fall for.One misstep and I’m frozen. I’m face to face with the man hired to take my life.Hayden Cash has found me and I can’t breathe.
Avalanche
Dakota Rebel - 2019
We were both competing in the International Winter Games, but since I was just a kid, I never even tried to talk to him. But this year…he sought me out. Now I’m falling in love with a legend, but I don’t know if he’s just looking for a short-term fling, or if he really wants more. All I know for sure is that if he asked, I’d be his forever. James: The teenage girl that had taken up far too many of my thoughts is all grown up and sexy as hell. When I saw her standing across the room, it was as if a tractor beam was drawing me to her, and I was helpless to resist. I don’t have long to convince her that she’s mine, but I’ll be damned if I ever let her go.
Secret Billionaire Baby Daddy
Ember Flint - 2019
34-year-old Zeke Winston with his wild beard and tattoos might not look like your typical financier, but everybody knows not to let his appearances fool them. Businesslike, sensible and level-headed, he’s been the CEO of his family privately held, worldwide hedge fund company, E&W Capital International, for years and he leads the most unromantic life ever.Old-moneyed, hard-working, charitable and ruggedly handsome as he is, he can hardly avoid hitting the list of most eligible New York diehard bachelors every year, but he doesn’t think his status will ever change.He is the man who can’t be moved until, suddenly, he becomes quite the opposite when he touches love for the first time one fateful night and a curvy fairy turns his life upside down.And then, she disappears like a dream and now he’ll do anything to find her, but the Big Apple has never been so immense it seems, yet no matter how heartbroken he is and how little he has to go on, he still can never forget her and will never stop looking for his little bit of sky. He will find her. He was her first lover, she was his first love, he has already lost her once and won’t let it happen again.22-year-old Skye Brighton is a camera-shy accountant laden with more curves than she can sometimes handle. She may be full of energy, spunky and gritty, but she’s very private. She doesn’t like to draw attention to herself and she has never known much happiness. Orphaned and almost completely alone in the world, she just got unfairly fired from her first real job, but she’s used to be an underdog with no champion and won’t let this drag her down.She thinks she’s unsinkable, she’s always been, though the universe seems to hold a bit of a grudge against her and has tried to kick her down plenty of times.And then her life gets that much more complicated when a sexy, large, tattooed bearded gentleman drags her away, steals all of her firsts and leaves with her something she never expected to have. A broken heart might just be the thing to finally sink her.Wasn’t love supposed to conquer all when she finally found The One? What the heck happened there? Dear Reader: So yeah, the forecast on this stormy fairy tale might not look sunny right now, but don’t worry, you know that you can, as always, trust me to make this end 100% happily.Check out this ingredients’ list if you don’t believe me:One giant, obsessed OTT possessive alpha baby daddy, insta-heat, plenty of spicy smutty times, a heroine that’s so sugary and sassy, she will add all the sweetness and laughter you need to this story, a dusting of angst, a pinch of thrill, a tablespoon of intrigue, a side of secret bundle of joy, and a big serving of happily-ever-after that will tickle you pink and leave you full and content.By now you’ve guessed it already: this filthy-cheesy romance is insta-love fluffiness and second-chance-at-love goodieness all wrapped up in one big candy-coated messy package. There’s NO cheating, it’s HEA-guaranteed and there’s no OW/OM drama, though there’s a dastardly evil b**ch behind the scenes, fair warning!
Bought and Paid For
Jordan Marie - 2017
He wanted to own me. I just wanted to be his. JACKSON I wanted Megan from the moment I first saw her, and nothing would keep me from her. I could have been called a bastard for knowing her father would fail in paying me for a mutual business agreement, for knowing I would take Megan as payment. But she was mine and in my world, when I wanted something, I took it. And I wanted her. She was bought and paid for, collateral damage when her father failed to uphold his end of the deal. They all think it’s only for a week. They’re wrong. I’m keeping her. MEGAN My father couldn't fulfill a debt to Jackson King, but Jackson didn't seem to mind, not when he got me as his payment. Having been attracted to the brutal businessman for years, I couldn't help but feel arousal and trepidation at what he had planned. He wanted me for a week, to do with as he pleased. He wanted my virginity. But I knew this was more than just repaying a debt. This was about Jackson wanting to own me, not just my body, but every part of who I was. And the depraved part about it all was the fact that I wanted to give everything to him. I wanted to be his. WARNING: This is a fast and hard ride, featuring an over-the-top Alpha who fights dirty and plays dirtier. It’s a safe read, but it’s short, filthy and so hot you might need a nice, big, long, cool… drink to get you through to the happy ending.