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The Billionaire's Secret Heart
Ivy Layne - 2016
Are you kidding? Holden Winters? A scion of the notorious Winters family, Holden is gorgeous, wealthy, and brilliant. He dates socialites and pop stars, not computer science grad students more comfortable in a hoodie than couture. Our night together was a fantasy…and a huge mistake. Holden: I don't usually steal other guy's dates. I don't have to. A look is all it takes, and the women fall over themselves to get to me. Then I saw Josephine, sitting with her dweeb of a date, just waiting for a man who could appreciate her lush curves and sharp brain. When she ghosted on me, I shouldn't have been so shocked, but women never walk away from me. Josephine thought she could call the shots - she didn't realize that a Winters man always gets what he wants. And I wanted her. The Billionaire’s Secret Heart is a standalone romance with a happy ending. It’s the first in the Scandals of the Bad Boy Billionaires series, and introduces the notorious men of the Winters family. You can read it on its own, but you might want to read the others once you get a taste of the Winters men.
The Slade Brothers Collection
Alexis Winter - 2020
Brooding. Protective AF. Rich and drop-dead delicious.
If you love small-town love stories full of alpha men who will stop at nothing to claim the women they love then grab this complete best-selling Slade Brothers Series in one steamy collection.Books Included in this volume:Book #1: Billionaire's Unexpected BrideI don’t break rules. EVER.1. NEVER mix business with pleasure.2. DON’T put my job in jeopardy.3. Absolutely do NOT fall in love with a client.Guess I should say . . . I didn’t break them, until I met my new billionaire client, Drake Slade.Arrogant, rude, hated by everyone in town, and 100% NOT my type.Don’t worry, I have a plan. Sort of.He’s just a little distraction to make my time here pass. After I get the town to love him, I can move back to LA.Now I just need to convince my heart . . .*-*Book #2: Off Limits DaddyThe day my wife died - leaving me a single father - I thought the sun would never rise again.Until Brennan showed up to be my little girl’s nanny.First things first: I don’t need a stranger to help me raise my baby girl, let alone a fresh-faced young woman who still looks like a teenager.Second, this town already hates me, so the last thing I need is to get tongues wagging.But hell if she isn’t a walking, talking temptation.I knew I shouldn’t.But I did anyway.I claimed her. Made her MINE.Knowing full well I’m not her happily ever after.She deserves more than this dead-end town.And my baggage.She deserves for me to let her go . . .*-*Book #3: Baby SecretI’m just going to say it: happily ever after is BS.The only side of love I’ve seen is selfish and toxic.Until I met Clay . . .I wasn’t supposed to fall in love with him, and I sure as hell wasn’t supposed to end up pregnant with his baby.I told myself I moved to Colorado for a fresh start - but the truth is - I was running from my past.Let me be clear: I’m not a damsel in distress - I didn’t need saving.My only priority was keeping my five-year-old son safe.For once in my life, I feel the kind of love that songs are written about - the kind that keeps you up all night with giddiness.But can it survive the secret I’m carrying?Or is my past about to rear its ugly head and destroy everything?*-*Book #4: Loves Me NOTI once read that you only get one true love in a lifetime . . . and mine was Wyatt Slade.Fierce, wild, reckless - that boy was my everything.Until he shattered my heart.He was my first.The day he slipped that promise ring on my finger, I gave him all of me - there was no going back.So when I saw him kiss my best friend, I knew I had to get the hell out.A decade spent running from my heart, and here I am back in his arms, ready to embrace a new future, and let our past go.I swore I’d never trust him again.He swore he’d never hurt me again.Never say never . . .*-*Book #5: Best Friend's SisterThe first time I hooked up with my best friend’s sister - it was an accident.The second time - I was just asking to be castrated.The third time . . .He walked in on us.I close my eyes and the only thing I see is her.I can hear my name tumbling from her full, parted lips.I smell her on my pillow - and on my sheets.I feel her warmth.I can still taste her.I’m fighting an endless battle, one I know I’m destined to lose.Truthfully, I don’t know what she deserves but it isn’t me.I don’t have a clue where my life is going or where I’ll end up.She wants forever.I can’t even promise tomorrow.*-*If you love angst, passion, small-town drama and brooding alphas you will fall in love with the Slade Brothers. Grab this page-turning boxset by bestselling author Alexis Winter and enjoy each of these men as they navigate their lives in Colorado, and fall in love with five, fierce women.
Last Resort
Jill Sanders - 2015
He has been trying to run her business into the ground so his family can snatch up the land for cheap. But, how can she turn him away when just the sight of the man makes her heart jump out of her chest?Luke was sent by his father, owner of the swankiest and longest-operating resort along the Florida's Gulf coast, to gain one of the best properties at any cost. But when he sees the owner of the bar and grill, he’s torn between his duty to his family and his desire for the silver-eyed beauty.
Banging the Intern
Alex Wolf - 2018
I acquired these through hard work, and running my company with an iron fist. I don’t date. I don’t fall in love. I don’t make bad decisions. Not my style. I’ve seen enough empires crumble at the hands of temptation to know better. But right now, there’s a woman in my office. She’s applying for a summer internship. She’s young, smart, tempting, and her slightest movement sends my pulse racing. I want to own her—claim her. I always get what I want. I should tell her to get lost before the interview begins. There’s only one problem… She’s my daughter’s best friend.
Five Gold Rings (Crossroads Collection)
Jaycee Weaver - 2020
Leanne rescues him from a rooftop in a floodplain and it is clear there is much more to the story. Can their love redeem the hurts of the past to rescue their future?Laughing All the Way by Lesley Ann McDanielWhen Jessica's friends put her up to "fixing" their commitment-phobic co-worker, Conner, she doesn't take them very seriously. Conner doesn't know whether to laugh at Jessica or tell her to mind her own business.Ghosted at the Altar by Chautona HavigAfter his fiancée, Brenna, abandons Mitchell on their wedding day, she insists she loves him and still wants to marry him. As truths come to light, her little sister, Lauren, turns sleuth to solve the mystery of why Brenna ghosted Mitchell at the altar.Five Gold Rings by Amanda TruWhen three relationship-challenged couples wish for Christmas weddings, commitment coach, Oliver, teams up with a wedding planner, TeraLyn, to help make their marriage dreams come true.
Bargains, Ballots, & the Bakery
Carol Moncado - 2016
She receives help, but finds herself organizing Mallard Lake Township’s rummage sale and running a mayoral campaign. Grayson Goddard returned home after college to find his friend and mentor had died and no one told him. Her beautiful granddaughter kept Millie’s promise of giving him a job. In a whirl of flying flour, he finds himself falling in love with his new boss, helping with the rummage sale and running for mayor against his high school nemesis. Together, they work to help the town’s less fortunate through the rummage sale proceeds and end the stranglehold the mayor’s family had on the office for nearly a hundred years. No matter the outcome of the election, can they find the recipe for love?
Hard Rocked By My Bosses
Shae Sullivan - 2018
Women. Wealth. Band brothers Zed & Tyler of 'Walking in Shadows' have shared everything together. Every heartache. Every triumph. Every woman. From the outside, they seem to have it all. Rocking hot and sinfully sexy, neither of them hears the word 'no' often. Unless it comes to her. Their manager Jolene 'Jo' Gratati. She's beautiful, intelligent, and stubborn as hell. After a recent breakup with their last girlfriend, Tyler and Zed are finally ready to capture their dream girl. They'll transform Jo's 'no way in hell' into 'no, please don't stop.' Jo has no idea what's coming, because when these guys set their minds on something, they always get it. She better be ready to get rocked. Hard rocked by her bosses.
Husband for Hire
Carla Neggers - 1995
Why not? The rugged man who just shoveled off her cabin roof is sure to deter whoever is harassing her. But she’s surprised when Cole accepts her proposition. Cole is surprised, too, but he’s convinced Cady isn’t telling him everything. Then again, he isn’t telling her everything about himself, either. When Cole and Cady head to New York as husband-and-wife-to-be, their attraction to each other becomes impossible to ignore. But is it the right time for romance? All they know is they are ringing in a new year…and anything can happen. Available for the first time for your e-reader! Refreshed and updated from the original, published in a multi-author paperback anthology.
One Night with her Best Friend
Noelle Adams - 2012
She's secure now with a good job and an impressive boyfriend. And with Aaron, her best friend since high school.Aaron might be smart, funny, and sexy, but he has never been anything more than a friend. Kate will never risk her stable world and her closest relationship by turning the friendship into romance. It doesn't matter how irresistible she's starting to find him, she still intends to resist.But then everything changes in only one night...
Fair Game
Elizabeth White - 2007
ana Cutrere's homecoming to Vancleave, Mississippi, is anything but dull. Before she's even reached town, the beautiful young widow has a run-in with a stray cow, loses her son in the woods, rescues an injured fawn, and comes face-to-face with Grant Gonzales, her high school crush.Grant recently returned to town himself amid hushed controversy. His only plan: leave the corporate world behind and open a hunting reserve. Seeing Jana again ignites old memories . . . and a painful past.Tensions boil over when he learns exactly why she returned. Jana plans to convince her grandfather to develop a wildlife rescue center---dead center on the prime hunting property he promised to sell to Grant! Jana is determined to make a new start for herself and her two children---and willing to fight for it. With deadlines drawing near for the sale of the property and no decision from her grandfather, can Jana trust God with her and Grant's future, or will explosive emotions and diametrically opposing views tear them apart?
Friends--And Then Some
Debbie Macomber - 1986
Lily Morrissey knows exactly what she wants in a husband: a big bank account. Not that she’s greedy or shallow; she just needs the security for herself and her beloved grandmother. But husband-hunting is harder than she expected, especially with her best friend Jake in the way. In fact, Jake—who would be perfect for her if he weren’t so committed to everything money can’t buy—is becoming downright distracting, with those jade eyes and that disarming grin. All Jake wants is the freedom to sail his boat, write his stories, and live life on his own terms. Then his best friend tells him she’s going groom shopping. But Jake can’t imagine life without Lily or bear the thought of her in another man’s arms. How can a rootless guy living a no-strings existence and a woman looking for someone she can count on both get what they need? By letting their hearts choose love.
Grumpy Best Friend
B.B. Hamel - 2021
I had to escape my drunk, abusive father, but leaving her behind was the biggest mistake of my life.Now I have another shot at making things right. Jude’s new boss wants to build a factory outside of Philadelphia, and she brings me in to help.I’m thrust back into Jude’s world, and not much has changed. She’s still beautiful, still hilarious, and still hates my guts.Little by little, she’ll remember why we fell in love back in high school. I’ll make her pout, then make her laugh— then make her strip down and kiss me.And soon I’ll have her back, all grown up and perfect.Or else I'll lose the empire I built with my own calloused hands.Another hot grumpy man! Watch Lady Fluke’s assistant Jude find her happily-ever-after with Bret while they both face their broken pasts and grow together. It’s steamy and fun and I think you’ll fall in love with protective, growly Bret just like I did. As always, Grumpy Best Friend is a full length standalone novel with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happily-ever-after guaranteed. Enjoy! XO BB
The Conflicted Billionaire (The Conflicted Love Series #1)
Sharon Sue Thorn - 2018
After a particularly terrible blind date, she decides to give an online dating site a try, where she meets the perfect guy. There's just one problem: he lives a thousand miles away. Owen Kaine's life is filled with people who are more interested in what he has than who he is. On a whim, he joins a dating site anonymously. When things go better than anticipated, he regrets using a fake profile because his perfect girl can't stand a liar. Can true love survive a comedy of errors? Or will Owen lose the girl he's come to love?
A Secret Splendor & Above and Beyond
Erin St. Claire - 1986
But she has another sona child she gave up at birth for reasons beyond her control. Arden is convinced that finding him will ease her overwhelming heartache. But after she arrives in the tropical paradise of Hawaii, where her son now lives, Arden starts to doubt her decision to contact him. Because she knows that finding him could resurrect all the half-truths, secrets and unspeakable lies that surrounded his birth. Above and Beyond When Sergeant Richard Stroud dies tragically while stationed overseas, he leaves behind his wife, Kyla, and their newborn son. Now Richard's best friend, Trevor Rule, has returned home from military duty carrying with him the box of letters Kyla sent her husband. Reading her gentle, passionate words, Trevor fell in love with his best friend's widow. Now he needs to convince Kyla that they have the right to be happy, to move past the pain of Richard's death. But Trevor is harboring a secret, one with the power to destroy the love he is trying so hard to protect. "
Good Girl Gone Plaid
Shelli Stevens - 2013
In high school Sarah fell for her best friend’s older brother—one of the sexy, Scottish McLaughlin boys. But a painful betrayal showed her she’d been a fool to give her heart to a bad boy. At least it made it easier to leave him and move halfway around the world when her Navy dad got stationed in Japan. Eleven years later, the death of her grandmother has forced Sarah back to Whidbey Island for a month. It’s the length of time she must stay in her inherited house before she’s allowed to sell it, take the money and run. But when she sees Ian, bad as ever and still looking like sin on a stick, she can’t keep her mouth from watering. One look at Sarah stirs up the regret lingering in Ian’s heart—and never-forgotten desire lingering in his body. He should walk away, especially since divorced single mothers aren’t his style. But when she starts showing up at his family’s pub, he can’t resist a little casual seduction for old time’s sake. One thing quickly becomes clear, though. The heat between them is causing an avalanche of secrets and betrayal and nothing will ever be the same.Product Warnings: A bad-boy hero who’s good with his hands, a heroine who’s trying to be good. Contains liberal consumption of Scotch whisky, a Highland Games competition, men in kilts wielding large poles, and a potential Sarah McLaughlin of the non-musical kind.