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Distracted
Michelle Fernandez - 2021
Our childhood was carefree and full of daring adventures. Then we grew up, pursued our careers, and moved on with our lives. She's the girl I've loved since I was fifteen. The thing is, she doesn't know it, and I never plan on telling her.The death of her parents brought us back to our hometown of Sunnyville six years ago. We reminisced and I was her shoulder to cry on. One thing led to another, giving each other a night I will never forget, and the bond that ended our friendship.Now, another funeral brings me back home, and there she is, with her daughter. Sabrina is everything I want but can't have. I want to talk to her about our awkward night and rectify what we once had.But just when things get right with us, complications arise, and outside forces threaten our lives.Distracted will be written within K. Bromberg’s bestselling Everyday Hero world and the sexy Malone Brothers will definitely make their appearance. It’s an epic crossover from The Broken Hero Series that you’re sure to enjoy!
One King's Way
Samantha Young - 2015
So when it comes to women, all he wants is a good time. But once Rain Alexander walks into his life, there’s no denying that this woman could be worth much more than a one-night stand….Rain’s lifelong regret is having left her sister Darcy alone years ago with a guardian who turned out to be abusive. So when Darcy’s boyfriend publicly humiliates her in a cruel way, Rain’s overprotective instincts kick in and she follows him to Club 39—where she meets a guy who just might be her perfect match.The chemistry between Rain and Craig is explosive, but Rain is out for revenge, and refuses to be sidetracked by flirtation. As things between them heat up, she’ll have to make a heartbreaking choice between giving in to the man of her dreams or putting her sister’s happiness first….
Jacked
Tina Reber - 2014
Since that moment, she has made it her life goal to pursue emergency medicine, pouring her heart and soul into assuring another innocent life isn’t lost to the hands of the wicked.
We all have secrets we've never shared.
Detective Adam Trent has lost control of everything, starting with losing his partner to a punk with a gun and then everything else to the crushing guilt. Now a member of the elite Auto Theft Task Force in Philadelphia, it's his job to be one step ahead of the criminals stealing expensive cars in the city. Too bad the television cameras keep getting in the way of his investigation.
We all have pasts that we can never escape.
A stolen car, a tragic chase, and a traffic stop crosses the fates of these two, tying them together in ways that are unimaginable. As their love and trust grows, so do the enemies that threaten their survival, testing the strength of their commitment. Can true love endure half-truths, past pains, and secrets never meant to be shared?
Some things are just out of our control.
Love Unscripted spin-off featuring Kyle Trent's older brother, Adam.
Her Protective Mountain Man (Strong Mountain Men of Burly Creek Book 4)
Flora Madison - 2021
Shorty Got Herself A Baller
Heiress - 2018
Unfortunately, her dreams didn't match the life that her father outlined for her. With her passion brewing from inside her, she takes a leap of faith and decides she rather chase her dreams than be stuck in school for four years. Now, Love was the last thing on her mind but even she couldn't fight the attraction when she bumps into a sexy player. Juice has everything a young black boy from the hood dreams of. Money, Fame, Good Looks and talent that takes him all the way to the NBA. One hand was dribbling a ball and the other hand was in the streets. What professional ball player do you know out here slangin'? When Juice is offered a new contract at a new team, he jumps at the opportunity to get back on the court after he tore his ACL. Little did he know he would have a chance encounter with a spicy dancer who turns his world upside down. Sit back and enjoy your popcorn as you watch this love game play out. What happens when an engaged rude mannered basketball player falls for a southern charmed single dancer? Could they give it all up for love? Or will, fame, Drugs, money or lurking fiancé get in the way?
The Professional: Part 2
Kresley Cole - 2014
Ordered to protect her, Sevastyan will do anything to possess her as well—on his own wicked terms.Rules are made to be broken...PhD student Natalie Porter had barely recovered from her first sight of the breathtakingly gorgeous Sevastyan before the professional hit man whisks her away to Russia, thrusting her into a world of extreme wealth and wanton pleasures. With every day she spends under his protection, she falls deeper under his masterful spell.Are you ready to play?Yet all is not as it seems. To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest—and most forbidden—fantasies can come true...
I, Porn Star
Zara Cox - 2016
Rich. Entitled. By night, I'm the exclusive porn star only known as Q. Why? Because I love women. If I believed in an almighty being, I'd thank him for creating them. They're by far his most perfect creation… especially when I'm fucking one of them. Oh, did I mention I'm an asshole? Fuck yeah. According to my shrink, I'm one twisted motherfucker. And that's just the way I like it. Until she walks into my life…My name is Elyse Gilbert, nicknamed ‘Lucky' because according to my dad, I'm the unluckiest person alive, and I'll die the same way I came into the world: naked, screaming, and dirt poor.Yeah, my life is a twisted, seething mess. But that life changed the day I met HIM. He made me forget the cameras. He made me forget I was doing this for the money. He made me forget my shame.He made me forget everything. I was consumed by him. Only him.But now my past has caught up with me.
Lords of Carnage MC: Box Set Books 5-8
Daphne Loveling - 2019
This four-book collection from Amazon best-selling author Daphne Loveling is a hot, steamy ride of four standalone novels. Every one of these take-charge alpha male book boyfriends will leave you satisfied and panting for more! NO cliffhangers, NO cheating – and a heart-pounding HEA guaranteed in every book! This special collection includes: THORN, BEAST, ANGEL (complete with exclusive bonus epilogue!), and HALE.
Bite Me, Vol. 1
Tracey H. Kitts - 2013
Kitts, combined for the very first time into VOLUME ONE of the Bite Me, Vampire Romance Collection.The Bite Me Vampire Romance Collection, Volume One includes:1. Till the Break of Dawn2. Frank and The Werewolf TamerTill the Break of DawnThanks to a bet with her best friend, Dawn is about to get involved with the undead love of her life for the second time. So what if he's immortal. It could work, right?Warning: This book contains graphic sex, graphic language, and one smoking hot vampire.Frank and The Werewolf TamerKatherine has had a hard time finding work, mostly because she's a vampire. Turns out, people aren't clamoring to work with the undead. She goes to the massive theme park, Notte Oscura, as a last resort. What Katherine doesn't realize is, there's a lot more waiting for her than just a job.Warning: This book contains graphic sex, graphic language, and violence.
A Hundred Wishes (Band of Sisters)
Marianne Rice - 2022
She has found a sense of inner peace through her sewing, crafting, and teaching children online. Jobs that keep her at a distance from everyone but her sisters.Arson inspector Bryce Cambridge has never been shot down so quickly or so curtly as he is by the woman with gorgeous brown eyes selling quilts. Luck is on his side when he runs into her at a bowling alley the next day. He’s intrigued and turned on by her smart mouth. The chemistry is explosive between them, and even though she tries to resist, the spark between them is too hot to ignore.Those blue-grey eyes and charming smile have Gina lowering the wall she’s built around her heart. But as their relationship grows more serious, Bryce wants to see all Gina is hiding. The puckered, scarred skin and the shrapnel buried in her flesh are just the surface layers of the wounds Gina tries to keep hidden. But her deepest, darkest secret may be too repulsive even for someone as strong as Bryce.Because his fears are her reality.
Rock My Heart: A Rockstar Romance (Mephisto Book 1)
Nadia Blair - 2021
Talon
Sybil Bartel - 2016
I fuck. I pretend to smile. Two years ago my life was perfect, until it wasn’t. I scattered my wife’s ashes then walked away from the Marines. I didn’t think I had anything left to lose. I was wrong. The blonde showed up on my doorstep beaten and stabbed. I did what I was trained to do — I stitched her up. I didn’t have a clue who she was and I told myself I didn’t care. Until they came looking for her. I swore I’d take my last breath before I let anyone else hurt her, except I didn’t know she was keeping a deadly secret. Now I had two choices, her life or mine. Marriage and combat taught me the same thing — I was no one’s hero. And I was about to prove it. Warning: This book contains offensive language, violence and sexual situations. Mature audiences only.
Shepard: A Spawns of Chaos MC Novel
Rae B. Lake - 2020
Gerry took product from the Spawns with promises to sell but instead got high with his junkie friends. He was ten grand in the hole and since he didn't have the money, little Gerry had to die.There was nothing about his sister that I was interested in, nothing in her demeanor that said she would be a damn problem for me. She offered herself to clear his debt and that bastard didn't even put up a fight.I don't get involved, I never have, it causes nothing but problems but this one I want to break. I want to see that fight in her eyes dwindle to nothing. I want to drag her down to my hell and see her burn.
Defying Dorian
Sloan Storm - 2016
UNTIL LOVING HIM MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE.TEMPESTB*stard. Hunk. Billionaire. My life was just fine before he swept me up - hauling me away in those thick, strong, tattooed arms and dragging me off to God knows where.Now, it's do what he says, when he says, or else.I'd run as far my legs would carry me, if only I could. Under the guise of protecting me, he's locked me away at his opulent estate complete with everything a girl could want - except my freedom. I mean, sure, it's almost impossible to resist his bad boy attitude, insane good looks and rock hard... muscles. Even so, I'm determined not to fall under his spell. Unfortunately, my melting panties seem to have ideas of their own.He's the most dangerous man I've ever met. How could I ever trust someone like him to protect me from anyone - especially himself?DORIANIt was supposed to be simple. Just do a favor for a friend - hell, a brother.Everything went to plan. Well, almost. Once I got my arms around Tempest, nothing would ever be simple again.Now she's in danger and there's no one who can, who could, protect her like me. She talked tough but had a lot to learn about life's harder edges. The problem is that unless you know what you're doing, those edges can cut and sometimes, much worse.Normally, women like her don't exist in my reality - except for one reason. But keeping her with me has nothing to do with getting her in bed. Combing my hair is harder than finding a warm body to fill that role.Or at least, that's how it started...Now unless I can hear her scream my name for the rest of my life, I'll never be satisfied.I won't settle for anything less."Defying Dorian" is a standalone billionaire romance complete with twists, turns and scorching hot love. There are no cliffhangers and an ending guaranteed to leave you happy, ever after!
Rose
Leslie North - 2017
Instead, he’s found himself the leader of a sinking ship, thrown together with a gorgeous woman who won’t back down. But with the threat of closure if he doesn’t turn a profit ASAP, working alongside her may be his only option. Gio can do just about anything with his talented hands and bare skin, but this bad boy will need something different if he’s going to save Thorn... Riley Bryne is an Irish lass that’s as smooth as whiskey—if you don’t mind the burn that comes along with it. As Thorn’s new co-manager she’s desperate to pull it back into the green to clear her own debt, but her numbers-focused tactics throws her up against her Gio’s art-centered direction. Challenging the tattooed hunk is easy, but stopping herself falling for his smouldering touch? The odds don't look good. Riley is business savvy and a little bit bossy—something Giovanni finds frustrating in the studio and hot as hell when he’s got her pinned to their office desk. But if Thorn Tattoo is going to survive they’ll need to combine not just their bodies, but their talents outside the bedroom, too.