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Submissive Secrets


Eliza Gayle - 2007
    Finally she has her chance to show him she regrets leaving him on the eve of their wedding and get him back. But will she have the nerve to tell him the truth about herself and why she ran? Will her childhood sweetheart understand and accept her true needs as a sexual submissive? Forced to return to Carli on a mission, Aidan just wants to get the Intel he needs from her and get the hell out of town. Maybe with this reunion he can rid himself of her once and for all. Until a thorough search of her home unearths some secrets that shock him to the core. Was there more to her abandonment than he thought? With this new information, a plan formulates and he is determined to learn how far she will go when she loses her prized control.

His Captive


Zahra Girard - 2016
    Ruthless. But against her? I'm helpless. I’m the firm right hand to the head of Boston’s most powerful Irish crime family. He points, I shoot. It’s that simple. And when it comes down to it, I’m the best there is. Whatever I need, I take: money, women, power. It’s all mine. All I gotta do is be the heartless killer they pay me to be. Then, there comes a job where I can’t pull the trigger. I’m looking through the crosshairs at a pair of blue eyes and a body that just sears itself into my desires. I need to have her, to make her mine. My Evelyn. I know I should kill her. I have to -- what she knows could take down my whole family, myself included. But I can’t. So I take her. It’s rash. It’s crazy. It’s as close to suicide as you can get. It’s right up my alley. But when my family finds out, there will be hell to pay. She’s worth it, though And she’s mine. "His Captive" is a 60,000 word novel with no cheating, no cliffhangers and a HEA! It's available for 99 cents for a limited time!

Baby Daddy Wanted (The Masons #3)


Hazel Kelly - 2020
    But as Maeve soon learns, picking a baby daddy is no easy task... FinnThe stunning brunette perched on my favorite barstool has baby fever. It’s one of the first things she tells me when I sit beside her after playing my set. She’s also just been dumped, but it’s her Scotch that tells me that.Talk about a bundle of baggage a bachelor like me doesn’t need in his life.Yet there’s something about her that intrigues me, something that makes me believe she’d completely unravel if I could just find the thread that has her so tightly wound.But she doesn’t give me the chance.She dashes out before midnight like a fairytale princess with a pumpkin to catch.She’ll be back, though. Not because I’m a suitable donor, but because I’m going to help her find one. It’s the perfect arrangement. We’ll flirt, have some filthy fun, and when she finds a baby daddy that meets her sky-high standards, I’ll bow out gracefully. No mess. No fuss. No feelings.What could possibly go wrong? Baby Daddy Wanted is a standalone romantic comedy full of humor, heat, and heart. No cheating, no cliffhanger. Just lots of witty banter, sexy surprises, and a happy ending that delivers.

The Teacher and the Beast


Carter Blake - 2017
    I know he’s way out of my league, but I can’t help the butterflies that take flight in my stomach every time I see him. But what could a self-made billionaire and a third grade teacher have in common, besides the explosive heat between us whenever he touches me? Nothing, besides the affection for one special little girl. I know I should keep my distance. But one touch. One kiss. And I know the man will have me breaking all my rules. **The Teacher and the Beast is a steamy, standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger**

Bound for Christmas


Ember Flint - 2019
    30-year-old Tristan Silver was a very happy nerd until his dad got the crazy idea of merging their company with that of a former competitor turned friend, creating Silver & Gold Tech and saddling him with a very annoying, pint-sized Co-CEO that’s been bent on driving him crazy since the first time they met.Natalie might be curvy and easy on the eyes, but she’s an opinionated ball-buster that only opens her mouth to pester him like a veritable malware jammed into his system. He totally loathes her. And now his dad wants to drag him to a week-long company retreat for Christmas so they can bond and set a good example for the others.That’s not how he envisioned spending his holidays.28-year-old Natalie Gold was a very happy nerd until her dad promoted her to CEO of their company with the proviso that she must work with the most arrogant, brooding, unsociable bossy jerk on the face of the earth.The giant bastard certainly knows how to do a pair of dark-rimmed glasses justice and how to rock a five o’clock shadow, but for every inch of his hunky sexiness there’s a price to pay, because he seems to live to contradict her and as soon as he opens his mouth, he becomes the absolute bane of her existence. She totally loathes him. And now her dad wants to turn her Christmas celebration into a cheery eggnog-spiked trip to snowy hell by forcing her to share close quarters with her stuck-up Co-CEO and to play nice with him to promote good teamwork between their execs.That’s not how she envisioned spending her holidays.Silver and Gold should go together, particularly on Christmas, but Tristan and Natalie have other ideas on how to spend the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year; too bad they are bound together and surrounded by snow with nowhere to escape and nothing else to do but act like they are best buddies while they try not to throttle each other. Then again, trying not to jump each other’s bones might prove to be more difficult. Dear Reader: This is a standalone, No-cheating and HEA-guaranteed naughty and nice holiday novella that features an OTT Alpha nerd that doesn’t know that there’s a fine line between love and hate, a sassy and curvy computer geek heroine that walks that thin line with him just as obliviously, and a bickering passion that turns into a fiery love that could melt snow and incinerate mistletoe just in time for Christmas.Silver and Gold are definitely a must this year, trust me, they look amazing wrapped all over each other. *wink* *Please note that Bound for Christmas is book 23 in the ’A Forever Safe Christmas’ multi-author collection, each one of the stories is set in its own universe so the books can be read in any order and also as standalones.

Ignite


Karen Erickson - 2016
    Eight years after he stormed out of Wildwood, California, West has returned to his hometown as a firefighter. His friends and family are thrilled he’s back-with the exception of Harper Hill. His best friend’s sister is all grown up and in all the right ways. He knows she’s going to do everything she can to protect her heart and keep him at arm’s length, but West has other ideas. He will win the girl that got away. No matter what it takes…