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The Small Town Preacher's Fake Marriage


Lucy McConnell - 2020
    

Saving Love


Jen Talty - 2020
    When she landed in Eagle Rock, Montana, she thought just maybe, she might have found the perfect place to start her life over and give her son the kind of future he deserves. But sometimes the past has a tendency of catching up to the present. And in her case, the past could prove to be a deadly future. Only one thing really matters in Wayne “Dakota” Newark’s life, and that’s family. When his wife passed away from breast cancer, he left the military and joined the Brotherhood Protectors in order to provide a more stable life for his two little girls. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for his kids. But when his nanny quits, he finds himself having to trust a woman he doesn’t know and that doesn’t settle right in his gut. All in the name of protecting his family, he does some digging into Alabama’s past. Unfortunately, his prying into her background disturbs a hornet’s nest that has the potential to destroy both their worlds. And now he’s tangled up with a woman who has not only stolen the hearts of his precious girls but has taken his hostage and now he wants to spend the rest of his life protecting her and her young son. That is if he can keep them all alive.

My First Crush


Chloe Morgan - 2019
     But I wasn’t alone. Everyone crushed on our high-school coach back in the day. Strong. Dominant. Hot as sin. And completely off limits. Or he was back then. Now I’m finally grown up, and I’ve come back home. Life feels directionless, but one thing is dead center. My old crush. Now I’m finally old enough to do something about it, and I plan to. But I need to figure out how to tell my best friend that I’m in love. With her father.

Epiphany: The Metamorphosis Series Book One


Bailey West - 2022
    The church was in a beautiful city and was the city where she lived–the one who got away.Leona Aldaine was one of the top brokers in Sable Falls. After running into a childhood friend, she experienced a whirlwind love affair. He was everything she’d dreamt about in a man until he wasn’t.They are both in the same city.Will they deny the connection or work to find their way back to each other?

VICIOUS : A Ménage Romance (Road Kings MC Book 1) Kindle Edition


Roma James - 2021
    Until her.JAKE & SORENOf all the tasks the president of the Road Kings has assigned to us, helping a woman cross the Canadian border doesn’t stand out as high-risk. If some rich girl wants to ditch her husband and flee the country, a few passports and some hard travel are no problem. We might even get lucky on the way, and then she’ll be off our hands.Except the more we learn about Vanessa, the more she proves she’s anything but a spoiled socialite looking for the next big thing. She’s brave. She’s determined.She’s also sexy as hell. Tempting enough that neither of us want to let her go.Unfortunately, we have bigger problems. It turns out that Vanessa’s husband won’t let her leave him—not in one piece, anyway—and has the means to hunt her down. She’s terrified of him and what he’ll do if he finds her.He’s the one who should be afraid.***VICIOUS is a suspenseful biker ménage romance sure to leave scorch marks behind by the final page. Read as a standalone with an HEA and no cliffhanger.***

Unequivocally, Blindly, Yours


B. Love - 2020
    Deciding to use the arts to her advantage, she begins to take small acting and modeling gigs here and there. As fate would have it, Reina is given an opportunity that could change the course of her life – pretend to be amnesia-stricken Hudson Gray’s fiancée, and she will not only have access to the millionaire but the small fortune she’s being offered to play the role as well. A car accident takes more from Hudson than he knows right away. It not only leaves him in pain physically, but he also suffers from amnesia. Trusting those around him, he never expects that the woman who calls herself his fiancée is a fake while he goes through the process of having to learn and love her all over again. With time, Reina begins to develop real feelings for Hudson. She believes she’s finally going to have the life she’s always dreamed of and a handsome, wealthy man as a bonus. There’s just… that part about this all being a job… that slowly begins to eat away at Reina. And if she isn’t careful, Hudson will find out the truth. This would cause her to not only lose the man she’s fallen in love with but her opportunity to take over the black ballet circuit as well.

After the Sky Fell Down


Megan Nugen Isbell - 2012
    But when tragedy strikes, she is left to pick up the pieces of her now shattered life. As she tries to make sense of her new reality, life takes another startling turn, leading her down a path she never imagined. Through it all she finds comfort in a surprising companion who becomes her best friend and rock as she tries to rebuild her life. But when she unexpectedly meets someone, whose kindness and understanding offers her a chance at a fresh start, she struggles to move forward, afraid to leave her past behind. Will she be able to move on and find peace with her past in order to discover her future or will she let her past condemn her to a life of loneliness, unable to let go of a life that can never be?

The Light at Dawn


K.L. Montgomery - 2019
     It wasn’t just her marriage that crumbled in the wake of unspeakable tragedy, it was her entire life. Even though five years had passed since she lost Evan, Angelia White was still picking up the pieces. Getting involved in a cause she could pour her broken heart into was just another part of the healing process. The wounds were too fresh for Mark Lyon to keep his grip on reality. Everything he thought he knew and believed was obliterated when he lost Ashleigh, along with his heart. The only way he could pick up the pieces was to fight for a way to prevent any other parent from ever suffering such merciless pain. Two heartbroken parents enduring the darkest of nights. Two wounded souls waiting for the light at dawn. Authors Note: Contains sensitive subject matter that may be upsetting to some readers.

Just a Marriage of Convenience with the Duke


Hazel Linwood - 2021
    The only way to save the school: get married before the Season ends.Patrick Arnold, the Duke of Lockhart, is under immense pressure from his family to get married and produce an heir soon. As the days pass, a marriage of convenience seems more and more like a viable option. So when he meets a Lady in desperate need of a husband, a plan forms in his head.Before long, genuine feelings start to bloom between them, but it all comes crashing down when Bridget’s family is threatened. Heavy is the price one must pay for love, and Bridget must reach a decision soon: sacrifice her own happiness, or risk her family’s?

A Treacherous Bet to Win a Duchess


Hanna Hamilton - 2020
    Selected for the position of a governess, she is certain she will dread every minute of it. Until the moment she meets her dashing employer.Anthony Ambrose, the Duke of Sherriden, never knew that trying to raise his sister on his own would be such a daunting task. Desperate to do right by her, he hires a governess. What he never accounted for was the way her warm presence quickly melted his icy exterior.Until the residents of the manor start dropping like flies, victims to a mysterious illness. The glint of a blade is all Meredith sees before she succumbs to darkness. She’s falling into a deep sleep she might never wake up from, and Anthony must fight a monster created specifically for him.

Missy Mischief


Victoria Snow - 2019
    ‘Hot’ and Mr. ‘Hotter’ are both my Daddy’s best friends, But I want them anyways. Nothing is going to stop me;This Christmas is going to be naughty and nice.I’m going to weave my web around them until both the older men are mine!But what if my little act of seduction turns into something serious.What if both of them fall in love with me! And how am I going to figure out who the father of my unborn child is! Now, this is some mischief I did not intend to get into! A Standalone Christmas Romance with two very gorgeous older men, and one very seductive bbw. Bite into those delicious cookies, sip that gourmet wine, and save Santa that trip – Be naughty!

Single Dad Baker


Lauren Wood - 2019
    I can bring all their desires to life. I can make it happen. Cream puffs, shortbread, and even ladyfingers. All can be turned into the naughtiest thoughts. I’m the master of my trade. Single dad, nothing can stop me. But, there’s one recipe I can’t figure out. An innocent girl that crushed on me. Correction: She used to be innocent. Now she’s back. Hot, sexy and all grown up. With a touch of the same submission, I’d seen before. After all this time away. We had a second chance. Bella’s not the same though. Her eyes hold darkness that wasn’t there before. This time, I am going to be her protector. I’ll put everything on the line for her. Even the bakery. Can I really let her leave again? Single Dad Baker is the first book in a second chance romance series. As always, lots of love and romance and a very satisfying HEA!

The Hashtag Life of Isobel Irving


Alice Ross - 2020
    But that’s before she’s reacquainted with one of her former classmates, who is no longer the geek she remembers. And who adds a whole load of extra complications to the mix.

Tempting James (Mysterious Adventures Book 1)


Elizabeth Lennox - 2022
    He has to work fast in order to save Jinx after she’s arrested for a crime she didn’t commit!Jinx hadn’t known that men like James and his super-secretive team members existed until they show up in her restaurant. James is big and gruff, muscular and tender. He sees everything, but is blind to the way she feels for him and it breaks her heart – until the big, gorgeous guy comes to her rescue!

One Night Next Door


Sage Rae - 2019
    the Pre-Dad-meand I ended up in her bed.She lives in the apartment downstairs…It’s just a matter of time before we run into each other But… now I can’t get her off my mindOne Night Next Door is a steamy romance between two neighbors, one is a single dad and one has sworn off men forever. This romance stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers and ends with an awesome happily ever after.