Ripple


L.D. Cedergreen - 2013
    He stirs up old emotions that send Kendall spiraling back in time, remembering all the moments that led them to her ultimate deception.Will revealing the truth of what transpired all those years ago provide her the self-forgiveness that she desperately craves or will her devastating secret destroy the only man she has ever truly loved, shattering her heart in its wake?

Tempted


J.L. Ostle - 2015
    My father who I once saw as my hero, is now a stranger. It's been seven years since I last saw him, if it wasn't for my mother getting her new promotion, and me finishing senior year, I wouldn't be here. The worst part is his new wife, my stepmother. She is warm and friendly and I hate that I like her, but it's her son, my stepbrother Aidan who I can't stand. He's a cocky a**hole who has found a new pleasure to get under my skin. At school people treat him like he's some kind of God, women throw themselves at him, as the guys kiss his ass. Yes he has a delicious body you just want to lick all over, live out every dirty fantasy, but his attitude stinks. He pretends we don't live under the same roof, pretends I'm a complete stranger around others.I hate him so much, hate how he teases me in front of his friends, throws himself into my personal space, yet my traitorous body reacts to him. I want him to touch me, feel me, taste me. Have him control my body, even though I know it's wrong, it makes me crave him to want me more.I'm here for six months, surely I can handle six months living with him. Right?New adult contemporary romance with mature content. Recommended for 17+ due to mature language and adult situations

Sweet Whiskey Dreams (Deacons Of Peril MC #1)


Vera Quinn - 2019
    One night in time. One night to escape reality. One night of pure pleasure. Then we could go our separate ways. Eighteen years later I find out that one of us left with more than they came with and I now have more than just a memory of that night. I didn’t become the president of the Deacons of Peril MC by being an easy man. No one keeps my family from me. It’s time Red faces the consequences of her actions and finds out why they call me Grinder.

Forbidden


Trevion Burns - 2018
    But when unexpected tragedy strikes, they find another common thread: Stella’s newborn daughter, Blue. Overnight, they’ve become all Blue has in the world, leaving little room for the powerful tension blazing between them to spit even one more spark. Forced to put aside their differences for the sake of baby Blue, the two rivals find themselves living under one roof, fighting to juggle their careers and social lives as a baby they never planned on raising together works to uproot their lives. Try as they might, a world shaken to its core has a funny way of peeling back even the sharpest layers. Threatening to unveil a depth of forbidden love, explosive passion and dark secrets dangerous enough to destroy the only family Blue has left. And this time, forever. ---- ILLICIT is book one of a two-part series.

Billionaire Rancher Heartbreaker (Steamy Small Town Romances Book 8)


Marian Tee - 2020
    

Why Not Me?


Ashley Erin - 2018
    All of her boxes are checked off.Sweet boyfriend? Check.Awesome job? Check.Great friends? Check.Life is going according to plan. That is until the man who broke her heart seven years ago comes crashing back into her life.Suddenly those checked boxes no longer seem important.Her once neat life is now in turmoil as she’s caught between a past love and a current one.A choice between two men. One is her best friend and partner for the past six years. The other makes her heart race, but he left her shattered.One is safe, secure.The other is a risk she doesn’t know if she’s willing to take . . . again.

Brother's Best Friend Unwrapped: A Second Chance Romance


Aria Ford - 2017
     Back in high school, I gave him my heart. He broke it and left to join the Army. Now he’s at my brother’s house for our family Christmas. I know I should run, go back home before I let Carson hurt me again. But I can’t disappoint my brother’s kids by leaving. He’s still gorgeous and arrogant, but the pain in his eyes draws me in. I can’t resist him. This sizzling attraction is stronger than ever. Every stolen kiss, every secret rendezvous just makes me fall deeper for him. We’re sneaking around my brother’s house like teenagers, hot and breathless. But something’s wrong—he keeps pushing me away, wrestling his own demons from the war—I want to be there for him and make him forget everything else but us. What if he won’t let me? Maybe this is my chance to be naughty for Christmas. Or maybe he’s the answer to all my dreams.

Major Conflict


Dana Arden - 2017
    Dad died when I was twelve, check. Mom died of cancer just before my eighteenth birthday, check. Married a conceited pretty boy, check. Husband decided that our nine year marriage was an open marriage but forgot to tell me, check. Moved to Cumming, Georgia to be closer to my Southern Chaotic family, check. Became infatuated with a man-wh**re who has no problem with being an exhibitionist, check. Crazy ex-husband sending gifts, check. For once, I’d like to have a life that is planned out by me and not the people or ordeals that clash with the life I want.ChaseMy life was what I wanted until the night I found out I was a father. Being a foster child doesn’t always give you the warm and fuzzies about having a family. I’m a member of the Southern Chaotic’s MC. All I wanted was to ride with my brothers, drink myself into oblivion and find a warm body of the female variety to spend a few hours with. Now, I have a kid that is anything but the fun loving kid he should be after being abused by his mother. Learning to be a dad and deal with all the conflicts that rattle my kid is frustrating on its own, but add in the curvaceous blonde that has been placed in my path and life is anything but delightful. She tries my patience and unmans me without even knowing.For once, I’d like to have my life back to the way it was with the addition of a healthy and happy kid.This is a standalone book, but to better understand some of the situations you should read the first book Minor Glitches. This book is meant for an audience 18 and older. There are some scenes that may not be suitable for some readers.

Vegas


Dahlia West - 2014
    She hit the jackpot and now has the swankiest hotel and the hottest boyfriend in the state, but she's still not completely satisfied. She's doubling down on a future with the only man who makes her weak in the knees (when she's not kneeling on them), the only man she'd ever call 'Sir.'Warning: light on kink, heavy on D/s, M/F, F/F, F/M/F, group sex, voyeurism. If you liked Tex (Burnout 2) you'll like Vegas (Burnout 4.5). If you did not like "Tex", "Vegas" is just more of the same."Vegas" is a standalone story and does not need to be read in order to enjoy the rest of the series.

The Beast of Chauncer Hall: Can she tame this school's baddest boy?


Becca Bell - 2019
     Then, of course, she barrels into Benedict (emphasis on dick) Chauncer on her first day and opens her snarky mouth without knowing just who he is. But she soon finds out Benedict is the king of this school, and no one talks back to the king. Now Eva’s trapped between a rock and a hard place, in more ways than one, and if she wants to remain at this university (that Benedict’s parents own), and if she wants her parents to keep their jobs at the school library (so they aren’t homeless), she’ll have to submit to Benedict’s every command (AKA- be his slave). But Benedict is about to learn that Eva isn’t a pushover, no matter what the stakes are. This story has a Happy Ever After.

Ever's Last


Cedar Rose - 2020
    When that night finally came, my best friend . . . the man I thought loved me in return . . . did the last thing I expected— he left.Memphis abandoned me when I needed him the most, and as the years went by, I came to despise him.Now, he’s back and the contestant of a local dating show— while living under the same roof as me.As much as I want to keep hating Memphis, the more I get to know him again, the more I want to be one of the girls on the show.When Memphis finally comes clean about why he left, I’m not sure if it’s going to heal us or rip us apart all over again.MemphisMy entire life is one giant mess up. One questionable decision after the other.Loving Ever is not one of them, though.The night she finally poured her heart out to me, I should have taken her in my arms and never let her go. Instead, I turned my back on her and broke her heart.It’s been forever, but I’m back home, trying to clean up my image with the help of a dating show, and living right down the hall from the woman who’s held my heart and soul since before I was old enough to realize I had either.Working my way back into her life and her heart means coming clean about what happened the night I shattered her . . .I’m terrified of losing her all over again.

Claiming His Mistress


Emma Darcy - 2001
    The last time she felt such intense longing was ten years ago, in the arms of a man she was forced to give up. When the masks come off, and the past comes alive, Carver is determined to claim Katie. But as his mistress or more?

Last Good Thing (The Fallout Series 1)


Heather Young-Nichols - 2020
    I left behind, not only the dad that I adored, but also my best friends and the boy who held my heart.Now with Dad gone and loose ends to tie up, I have to go back to town where Zac lived, the town I’d promised I’d never return to. Of course luck isn’t on my side and there’s no chance of avoid Zac or hiding my broken heart. The I discover that so many things were kept from me. The fact that he has a son with my former best friend, I think, is the biggest. But I’m wrong.Sticking to my plan of tying up loose ends and leaving this town behind me is going to be harder than I thought. Can I forgive the way they forgot about me once I left or the all the secrets no one thought I should know?

Hardwired


Andrea Bills - 2018
    The house is home to a beautiful woman and a little girl with big blue eyes. Day after day, he drives back only to hide in the shadows and wonder why he can’t seem to walk away from them.His therapist says it is PTSD. His handler tells him he’s just not cut out to be part of the civilian world. Luke can’t help but feel like it’s more. The dog tags that once hung proudly around his neck, now feel like a collar; leashing him to a life that he fears he didn’t choose. After the terrible things he’s done in the name of freedom, could he possibly be worthy of something as precious as the woman and child he continues to watch?When the two worlds collide, Luke needs his mind to be stronger than the implant the government placed in his back. They’ve told him he can’t survive without the implant they use to control him, but Luke’s wondering if he can survive without the little girl with big blue eyes and the gorgeous woman she calls mamma.

Stripped Bare


Lynsey M. Stewart - 2018
     I didn’t normally get giddy over strippers, but this wasn’t any ordinary stripper. Ethan was my childhood friend, my teenage crush, the boy that featured in all of my firsts. We had made a childhood pact. If we didn’t find the right person to lose our virginity to by the time we reached eighteen we would be each other’s first. First kiss, first love… First heartbreak. We had been apart for three years. I had forgotten how glorious he was. I watched him grind his hips to the music, creating a dance with the woman in front of him. But after the rip of Velcro, his thong thrown in my direction, his eyes finally focused…on me. Who knew being whiplashed by a sequinned thong would lead to a moment of clarity? It was time to start questioning everything that happened between us until I was left feeling bare. Stripped bare. Stripped Bare is a 30,000 word novella. If you like them long and meaty, this book may not be for you. Or depending on the context…maybe it is.