No cheating, no cliffhangers and you are guaranteed many happily-ever-afters including engagements, weddings and babies. ***

    I’m alive. But I’m not living. I’m existing, clawing my way from one day to the next. My only saving grace is my job as a police officer, and it’s during a routine traffic stop one evening when the threads of my isolated existence begin to unravel. One glance from Quinn Harris and I feel like I’m dreaming. And the more chance brings us together, the more I’m powerless to stop the uneasy feeling that I’m losing control. She stirs up thoughts of something new and unexpected—of a life I’m no longer prepared to handle.***I’m done with men. I trusted my ex and he broke my heart.But life doesn’t seem to want to follow my plan, which is evident the moment I meet Nolan Bennett. He doesn’t score high on first impressions. In fact, he is downright rude. But as we continue to run into each other, I start to see another side of him, and I can’t deny I’m intrigued. Against my better judgment, I give him a chance. But again, life will step in and take over.Only this time I don’t think either of us will survive. Not with an unknown link between us too painful to overcome. S. Nelson’s Captured is a heart-wrenching, emotional, sexy, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Everyday Heroes World.

    Even in modern times, the line must continue. So he'll marry and produce an heir.Yes, a wife will fit into his well-ordered life.Instead he ends up with the brilliant pianist Isabella. Strong. Spirited. And highly disobedient. She rebels against every custom and every rule, threatening his careful balance.Fransisco never backs away from a challenge.Isabella never bows down to anyone.This scorching hot battle of wills may leave both of them broken.**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you'll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

    A dash of a pretend role. A shot of steamy chemistry. Put it in a shaker, then pour for one exotic cocktail on the rocks!Wesley Templeton was determined to not follow in his namesake’s path as a cardiac surgeon. Was he smart enough for it? Of course. Did he have the time and patience to master the craft? Absolutely. Was he going to let his controlling grandfather hold his trust fund over his head until he achieved what was expected of him? Hell no!Harper Fairchild was the redheaded stepchild. Literally. Smart, nerdy, picked on, and often thought of as an outcast. Her social life was as dismal as her family one, so she left home when she could and made a new life somewhere else. Unfortunately she found it was hard to break the mold of what cast her as undesirable. Until she loses a bet with a coworker and agrees to a makeover for a blind date. When that turns into another disaster she escapes to a bar to nurse her emotional wounds, striking up a conversation with the sexy bartender and wondering if she could keep up the ruse of the confident sexy chick she was pretending to be.

    

    I’m not getting myself entangled into another love situation.Not again.I’ve been hurt once.My marriage ended in the worst possible way.I moved into this new house to start afresh and focus only on my job.And the last thing I need is a distraction.Esme Smith, the girl next door seems to think otherwise.Her intoxicating smile is everything that a guy could ever want and more.Polite, as I was moving in.Angry and rude, when I tried to talk to her.Happy, as we drank and ate dinner.S$xy, as we fell into bed together.Vulnerable and afraid, as I rescued her from the fire.And now she wants answers.Maybe I want them too.Am I about to fall in love again?

    But now I want her in my bed… In my billionaire empire, business always comes first. But as a single dad, this is a real issue. I have to be away for a while and I need help. And that help is Summer Edwards, my new, gorgeous as sin nanny. She takes great care of my kids, but I want her to take care of me too. She makes my children happier than they’ve ever been. And for that I want to make her happy. So happy that she screams my name in ecstasy. But will she let me? She only wants to stay for 30 days… *** Buckle up, it's going to be a wild ride! This is a steamy STANDALONE contemporary romance with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.***

    I bloody loved that you saw me as someone other than the bloke my entire country has deemed unworthy of love. Maybe I am, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting you as desperately as I do.Before you toss this letter in the rubbish bin, just hear me out.Soon, I’ll need to return home to face the critics—the harsh reminder of the man they all believe me to be, the Forever Bachelor—and you’ll continue to live out your dreams here while nannying the twins. Simon and Bridget are so very lucky to have you.All I ask is for one night with you, one night to remove the facade we’ve exhibited for the past two weeks to mask our true feelings.Because I want you, Chelsea Banks, more than I’ve wanted any woman in my entire life, and I dare to imagine that you might just want me too.Even if just for one night.Liam

    It can’t be forever.But whatever it is—I’ll take it.For now.

    And I'd never wanted her more. Gorgeous, loyal, poised, and all grown up. Riya Guliani had been a thorn in my side since we were kids, it seemed not much had changed.Except for the fact, she was known in influential circles as "the fixer," and she was back in NYC to clean up a mess. Mine. Who cared that I was a little reckless? I hadn't turned my father's million-dollar company into a billion-dollar empire by doing what was expected of me. But sometimes the unexpected was exactly what we needed. And I needed her in a way I never saw coming...

    Lost and drowning in an endless pool of alcohol and women, he needed to take control of his life before it was too late. Taking a random safari, he encountered the heinous act of poaching and was forever changed. His life now had a new mission. When his work takes him to Louisiana and the home of his old friends from REAPER, he finds the one thing he never expected...a woman that leaves him speechless.Marie Robicheaux is the oldest sister of the Robicheaux clan. Once married and living away from home, she withheld her horrible secret from her family. Humiliated and unsure of what to do, she worked to fix her error, but relegated herself to hiding away. When a chance encounter has her standing in front of a man that makes her rethinking her entire life, she's finally given hope that maybe she can have more. The only question now is whether or not her family, and Dex will ever forgive her for what she's done.

    B. for Bossy, is fast becoming the bane of my existence.After running into him, literally, he’s now popping up everywhere, and somehow managing to weave his way into my life.He's egotistical, smug, and so ridiculously good-looking it should be illegal—he's way too hot to handle. I don't do hot, those type of guys are more trouble than they’re worth.Although, I'd secretly love to do him.We’ve kissed once—it was smokin’, and led to me dry humping his leg in front of the entire club like a shameless hussy. Oh, and did I mention I deep throated his thumb within seconds of meeting him … I didn’t even know his name.Apparently I have issues, big ones.He makes me do things I never imagined myself doing.He makes me feel things I'm not comfortable feeling.It just wouldn’t work, even if I wanted it to. Between us we have more baggage than a carousel at LAX airport.He's everything I want, but can never have.Or so I thought.

    I’ve never trusted him less. Is it murder in his eyes or just jealousy when he insists we’ll find answers in Boston, headquarters of one of our greatest enemies and home to the man I left back in Rio? I haven’t forgotten Kolt’s betrayal nor the blood that’s already been spilled between our families. Inviting him back into my life with the promise of settling our unfinished business is a dangerous gamble that could end in more bloodshed. But as his family’s twisted plan starts to unfold, nothing can prepare me for the horror of what will happen if I do nothing. More people will die, and every death will serve a dark purpose. Tristan and I may be an army of two, but one thing is certain—if we can’t save them, no one will.

    A standalone romanceAround my neck lays a wedding ring.In my right hand I hold a hotel room key.Which one do I pick?The marriage? The key?Everything is not as it seems in room one-forty-three

    Especially when she hires him to play the role of her adoring, hands-on significant other to waylay her boss’s unwanted advances.But what starts as a casual, sexy arrangement quickly evolves into an emotional connection neither one of them anticipates. Falling in love was never part of the deal, but you know what they say about best laid plans . . .Originally published as Christmas Fantasy by Janelle Denison