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The Matchmaker


Thayer King - 2012
    She’s better at finding mates for her friends than for herself. So much so, they call her the Matchmaker. Her last date married one of her best friends. Frustrated, Bliss is ready to give up on romance when a friend sets her up on a blind date with Aric Ericson. But Bliss has seen Aric before. He was on a date with a man. She decides to keep seeing Aric as a friend, but fighting her attraction to him grows more difficult by the day. Aric is falling hard for Bliss, but she’s treating him as though he were only a friend. When she invites him to her friend’s wedding in Aspen, he decides it’s now or never. If she has no romantic interest in him, he’s ready to cut his losses and walk away.

The Dare


Marilyn Lee - 2008
    Lonely and horny months after her lover returns to his ex, she begins a sexually exciting cyber relationship with the lusty Jake, while wondering why she and hunky friend and coworker, Nick Hart aren't friends--with benefits. When Jake dares her to meet him for a night of real passion, she appeals to Nick to help her to resist. Tall, sexy, green-eyed Nick Hart is between lovers--while he waits for a sign that the luscious Kassidy has finally recovered from her unexpected break-up and is ready to take on a new lover. Him. The only problem is, Kassidy thinks of him as a friend--minus the benefits he'd love to share with her. When she admits to uncertainly about spending the night with her cyber lover, Nick bites the bullet and urges her to spend the night with Jake. When she hesitates, he dares her. Unable to resist the double dare, Kassidy decides to accept one last dare with surprising results for her: Nick. And Jake. Publisher's Note: This book is a re-edited work of the same title previously released by another publisher and contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, voyeurism.

Baby Wanted


Roxy Wilson - 2014
     Heather Lovey’s almost thirty-five, and she wants a baby. Badly. With no prospects in sight, she turns to Sean Johnson, her BFF. His feelings for her are enduring… Sean has been in love with Heather since forever, but she's always kept him at arm's length. When she proposes he father her child, he jumps at the chance, hoping a baby will lead to lasting romance. He demands one favor in return: that they have a baby as a married couple. She's free to divorce him after a year. The time they have together is fleeting… Marriage is the last thing on Heather’s mind. She only wants the unconditional love a child can give, something she lacked during her years in foster homes. She agrees to give Sean a year in this sham-marriage, never thinking this could turn into a friends to lovers romance. Is one year enough time for Sean to change Heather’s way of thinking and make their marriage the kind that will last? Will Sean and Heather end up with more than they planned in this captivating interracial romance?

Baby on Board


Dahlia Rose - 2012
    His entire career had been spent in the marines, and he was comfortable in his bachelor life. No wife, no children, and nothing to hold him back from taking the next tough mission. He could ride his motorcycle in the mountains or have a party or three if he had a mind to. He was a lone wolf, and he liked it that way--until one night he came home and there was a package he didn’t expect, in the form of a baby car seat holding a little girl and a note. This is Bonnie. She’s your daughter. What the hell did he know about being a dad? But when he looked into the baby’s eyes, he knew it was the truth, and there was no way he was giving her up. Rafe needed help and decided to enlist his neighbor across the street. Ivy St. Clair was a nurse, and even though he knew she thought he was some kind of playboy, who better to help him learn the ropes of raising a baby? He didn’t expect to be attracted to the shy woman with the brown eyes who had no problem saying what she meant. He certainly didn’t think he would fall for her and dream about her kisses and her taste. Rafe found his life taking a whole new road where fatherhood and the thought of a commitment took center stage. But would his lone wolf ways come back to haunt him? Especially when the threat of losing his daughter and Ivy became a real possibility.

Stronger Than Me


Shara Azod - 2011
    Her long time, live-in boyfriend is lazy, trifling and a cheat. She keeps telling herself that one day she is going to leave, that one day her future will start. But as the years fly by that one day never comes. There is never enough money, never an opportunity. Trudging along her depressing existence, she runs headfirst into her one day in the form of one seriously fine former Marine and hometown hero.Emory couldn’t explain it. There was something about Kennedy that touched down to his core. It wasn’t just her beauty, but the woman haunting his every thought. It killed him to see her working her fingers to the bone for a man that didn’t deserve her. All he wanted to do was gather her in his arms and make it all better. But how could he if she refused to lean on him, even just a little?

Loving True


Marie Rochelle - 2008
    That-s why his betrayal cuts her to the bone and she flees town, wanting to put her ex-boyfriend behind her. She vows to not let another devastatingly handsome man into her heart or life. Her promise is put to the test when she moves next door to the amazingly sexy Hayward Campbell. Hayward Campbell moved to Montana to get away from the life that still seems to haunt him. He isn-t interested in any woman until a pair of shapely mahogany legs gets out of a flashy red sports car. Will Hayward and True be able to get over their tormented pasts and find love with each other in-..Loving True?

The Firefighter's Woman


Tressie Lockwood - 2010
    But Steven has been best friends with her sister since they were in high school, and even though she's now twenty-three to his thirty-five, Odessa feels like Steven doesn't realize she's grown into a woman. She's wrong of course. After his grandfather died, Steven felt like the only family he has is Sherise and Odessa, and he doesn't want to screw that up for a night in the bed with Odessa. Still, he can't stop wanting her. She's grown into a desirable woman, one who is so beautiful that men are always after her, making Steven want choke every last one. Not until they are thrown together on a beach for their summer vacation are the two able to explore the desire they have for one another, but what's going to happen when the vacation is over, when their lives take separate directions? Will Steven admit that there is more than lust between them, or will he lose the thing he has been trying so hard to hold onto all along?

Let's Do It Again


Roslyn Hardy Holcomb - 2010
    They've been divorced for five. With a little more time on her hands, Dyanne realizes she still wants Jack. For sex at least. Jack just wants Dyanne. Let the games begin. But on whose terms?

Love Intertwined Vol.1


Pepper Pace - 2011
    Someone to Love"God, I'm happy she's gone," one of Jill's friends said. "Yeah, looking at her face makes me sick to my stomach." Words like those have followed Raina every since she was a child and half of her face was destroyed by a tragic fire. Once upon a time, she was one of the ‘beautiful ones’ with her hazel eyes, light brown skin and long flowing hair. But now, Raina only watches the world around her. Too ashamed of her looks to actually interact, she finds joy in following Bill with her eyes. With her head down and her hair obscuring her scars she manages to get by.Bill doesn’t like anyone and has little patience for Jill’s flirtations. He has been described as looking like Brad Pitt on crack—and it’s not very far from the truth. The only thing that matters is getting through the work day so that he can get high. But one day he literally crashes into Raina and for the first time in either of their lives they allow themselves to actually be ‘seen’.The Way HomeJamie thinks too hard, reads too much and doesn’t much care for her looks. At fourteen, she knows that she’s never had a real childhood. When her mother died she was the one that had to step up to the plate and run the household—and for the most part she doesn’t mind at all. And then one day she sees a white boy coming from the woods who was dirty, hungry and obviously uncared for but with eyes so lost that despite her normal shyness she offers to help him. As they come to terms with the fact that their lives transcends the ‘norm’, Kenny and Jamie’s relationship reaches heights that they could have never imagined, and lows that their love may not survive.Baby Girl and the Mean BossNicole wasn’t sure why she had gotten the nick name Baby Girl when she was not-by far-the youngest employee of The Down Home Calabash. Her much younger co-worker complained, gossiped or talked about how attractive their boss was. But Nicole didn’t have the luxury of a fantasy existence. She was on a mission to make money and to get her degree and her plans most definitely did not include Marty. Besides he was mean and he yelled at her!But once she experiences a tragic accident, Nicole sees a different side of her sexy, boss. But each has their own secrets and if they can’t express their heartfelt emotions their relationship might be doomed even before it begins.

The Accidental Mistress


Sienna Mynx - 2011
    She's lost her virginity to the man who is set to take over her father's business. How did such a thing happen? Years later she's forced to answer that question when she faces the smooth debonair stranger who's responsible for the only reckless thing Zuri has done in her life.Christophe Montague is a very pragmatic man. But after a painful breakup he seeks comfort in the arms of a young woman to forget. It works. For the next few years he channels his energies toward monetary success not love. The Oasis, a now bankrupt resort on the island of Martinique. Christophe learns it's prime real-estate and does what he and his company does best--he buys it. To his surprise the island resort is the family business of the young woman from his one nightstand. Her fight to keep control of her company throws Christophe into a sexy web of lies, deceit and ultimately love under the island Sun in paradise.

#1 Crush


Kaia Bennett - 2014
    Gabriel has always seen Nicole as his good friend’s very pretty, but extremely off limits baby sister. Then a hot summer day and an even hotter discovery pushes them over the lines of friendship, over the lines of unrequited desire, and into each other's arms.Will they indulge and move on? Or will this crush turn into something more, something deeper? Something that leaves loose ends begging to be tied…#1 Crush is book one in the Loose Ends series. Each book is a full novel and the series will conclude with book three.

Prelude To A Seduction


Lotchie Burton - 2012
    He’s known for his allure, charming personality, and ability to draw and seduce women. He’s gifted by nature with an unbelievably erotic scent that emanates from his body—natural pheromones that attract women in droves. Having used this advantage in the past with great success, he expects the same results as he sets his sights on Sarona Maxwell. He finds himself fascinated to the point of obsession with Sarona and has made it his priority to woo her, to seduce her, and to get her into his bed. However, in his quest to captivate and capture, he finds Sarona is more woman than he’s bargained for, and he’ll need more than cunning, charm, and nature’s gift to achieve his goal.Sarona is undeniably attracted to the charisma and roguish good looks of David Broussard, and like any red-blooded female alive she’s fallen victim to his intoxicating scent. Unfortunately, his reputation for being on the prowl and always in search of his next conquest precedes him. She has no illusions he has any interest in her. Considering her size and the fact that she’s black, she’s sure she doesn’t fit his usual preference for eye candy. She sees herself as merely a spectator, observing from a distance his penchant to hunt, and she watches him play his game of pursuit, seduction, and surrender.Sarona has no idea that the rules of the game have changed. She doesn’t realize that there’s no such thing as being safe standing on the sidelines and that now, suddenly she’s become the prey set in the sights of the hunter.Sensuality Level: Hot

BABY DADDY


Eve Montelibano - 2015
     She isn't looking for love and all that crapola women get hung up on like junkies. She just wants to get knocked up by a man who doesn't know her wicked intentions. Well, someone up there plays a joke on her. Or maybe not. She's granted a Baby Dada...in the form of a 25-year old who's not only ILLEGALLY GORGEOUS and BADASS NICE but a BILLIONAIRE REAL-LIFE PRINCE! You might think she'd be over the moon. Nope. It's in fact a nightmare for hard-to-the-core cynic Stella Rhodes who has sworn on her designers her hormones are immune to the male species. Yup, even if he comes with 8-packs! Even if he's THAT guy every woman wants to kidnap and bring home to mama! -------------------- Renowned fashion designer Stella Rhodes celebrates her 37th birthday with a reality check. She must have a child. An heir who would inherit her billion-dollar, hard- earned clothing empire. Now, in order to have a kid, she needs to get pregnant. In order to get pregnant, she needs to have a Baby Dada. So, why is she having this silly math? You see, despite her tremendous success in her chosen career, she lacks skill and experience in one department: Sex. It has been so long since she’s last dated and she’s VERY rusty. Uh-huh, capital. But really, that’s the least of her concerns. In order to have her wicked way with Baby Dada and acquire his genes, she must first find THE perfect man for the job. Oh she finds him, alright. One look at him and she has to remind herself of her cardinal rule regarding this mission: She wants a Baby. Just a baby. Period. No strings. No entanglements of any kind except between the sheets. Trouble is, Baby Dada comes not only with a body perfect for baby-manufacturing but he wants the baby, too AND the Baby Mama. Bigger trouble is, he’s only 25 and it was never her lifelong dream to be a cougar. Moreover, she doesn’t want to have a mega come back as a tabloid punch line! __________________________ THIS IS A ROMANTIC STAND-ALONE NOVEL WITH A HEA. Expect insta-love, insta-lust, cheesy lines, over the top plot, too-good-to-be-true character/s, eye-rolling, kindle throwing scenes that will want to make you swear off romance books for good. NOT! For readers over 18 only.

Romancing the Bulldog


Mallory Monroe - 2011
    To her shock, the man in the limo, Jason Rascone, is the same man she spent a tumultuous, sex-charged night with nearly a decade ago. Not only is he still that gorgeous, Alpha-Male hunk they called Bulldog Rascone, but he is also the mayor of their Florida city and a man many women would love to hold. Liz has had too many disappointments in her life to want to go down yet another dead end street with yet another bad news player, but she can’t stop thinking about him. . .Jason Rascone has many issues on his plate, not least of which is an upcoming re-election campaign. But when he sees Liz Morgan again, the woman whose virginity he stole years before, he knows he has to have her again. Not just for the hot sex he just knew she could provide, but because deep within him she has been able to penetrate a wall no other woman has been able to scale. And he has to have her in the worse way . . .Romancing the Bulldog is an interracial romance about two people who decides to cling to each other when so many forces conspire against them. In Jason and Liz we find two very different people who cannot get enough of each other sexually. But they quickly discover that their attraction is far more than a physical thing, but is a love thing, and when it matters the most they hold on for dear life and become even more determined to ride every tide that seeks to wash their newfound, yet profoundly heartfelt, love away.

Changing Course


Aly Martinez - 2014
    I was lucky enough to keep her for seven years before a tragic accident stole her from me. She didn’t die, but sometimes I think it would have been easier if she had.I lived in a haze for those four years after the accident. Catering to her every need, even though she hated the very sight of my face. I tried to hold on to her and the future that we were supposed to build together. But you can’t hold on to someone who doesn’t exist anymore.It wasn’t until I met Jesse Addison, a barista at the local coffee shop, that I realized I didn’t just lose Sarah that tragic night, I lost myself as well. Jesse taught me how to let go of the past and learn to love again. But what happens when your past haunts your present, and the woman you used to love refuses to accept the woman you can’t live without?*Intended for readers 18+. Each book in this series can be read as a standalone.*