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The Ugly Duckling
Tasha Jones - 2016
A bit nerdy and shy, and without the greatest fashion sense, she's definitely no prom queen. But Athena has a secret. She's been secretly dating the most popular guy at school. Mason McCarthy is the most popular guy at school. While he can get any girl he wants, there's something very unique that attracts him to Athena. But his pride does him in, and he refuses to acknowledge his relationship with any of the other popular kids. Athena moves away suddenly, and it seems like this would be the end of their love story. A decade passes as these two grow into full fledged adults. Athena is no longer the ugly duckling, and has grown into her looks and has a sense of style very unique to her. She has decided to own up to who she is, and this makes her so much more attractive. When she moves back to her hometown she never imagines Mason is still there. When Mason see's Athena, he realizes the mistake he made all those years ago, but is it too late for him to finally show her how much he truly loves her? Follow their journey as they try and rekindle their relationship after a decade apart, as Athena deals with a dangerous drug dealing partner, and her own sordid past.
He Came To Me
Smokey Moment - 2018
Pebbles wanted to grow her business and Penny just wanted to get hot & heavy with the next hot guy. The Allen sisters each have a story to tell. Each sister lives life on her own terms and drama seems to follow them effortlessly. All seems well within the Allen family dynamic until one sister hatches a plan to get out of her marriage. Her decision blows the lid off of a secret she had been keeping and her sexy, charming and wealthy husband is left dumbfounded. An explosive story about a sister who schemes to get out of a marriage she never wanted. A marriage of convenience to a man she doesn’t deserve. Rome Wade is a man of wealth, sophistication and is highly sought after. Paula is beautiful and sophisticated but carries a heart of stone. She marries simply to live better knowing she has a secret that threatens the validity of her marriage. Paula is the ultimate social climber who comes clean with herself and decides to stop living a lie. She hatches a plan that involves her sisters but the plan backfires and an innocent visit turns into a forbidden love affair. * Read along in this jaw dropping, tantalizing tales about lust, sex, lies, deceit and betrayal. Find out what happens when a woman plays the wrong game and people end up twisted up in something they never saw coming. Find out what can happen when a beautiful and sexy sister tries to help out and gets entangled in her own sisters’ web. The Allen sisters were close but when matters of the heart come into play, even family bonds can be destroyed. * Will the decision of one sister threaten to tear them apart? What happens when a woman, so desperate to live another life, deceives her family in order to achieve her goals? This is a story about lust, sex, betrayal, deceit and the ultimate con. When one woman’s desperation causes her to set a plan in motion that deceives not one, but three people. When a man is innocently caught in the snare of a bold and selfish woman and her self-absorbed ways. Read along in this intense, dramatic page turner and see what can happen when a charming, sophisticated and sexy man is caught between three sisters! Follow a story with strong characters and a powerful well written story line, guaranteed to hook you and never let you go!
Power Over Me
Kimberly Brown - 2021
The product of a scheme gone wrong, she was left with a mother who felt she ruined her life. At the tender age of fourteen, she was propelled into the world of adulthood and taking care of herself by any means. As a result of past traumas and hardships, at twenty-eight, she is a struggling recovering alcoholic who is one step closer to falling headfirst into her old lifestyle. With the weight of the world on her shoulders, Nuri is ready to throw in the towel and end it all.One night after a near slip, she meets Silas Baxter, a charming kindhearted man who helps her in a moment of need. For Silas, meeting Nuri was like meeting his soul in human form. His instant attraction to this mysterious, delicate woman propels him to pursue her in the most tender fashion. While Nuri rejects his advances, the more she engages with him, the more she comes to realize that her soul needs him more than she could ever imagine.With life becoming overbearing and secrets from her past spilling from left and right, Silas is right there to pick up the pieces as Nuri finds herself breaking. Will she be able to lean on him for support or will the pressure become too much altogether?
His Fantasy
Thayer King - 2020
But that doesn't mean she doesn't fantasize about steamy nights filled with passion. Ciaran is a boy from her past. In high school, he was her bully. Now, he claims that it was all a misunderstanding. Yeah, right.Ciaran Gregson wanted Kendal from the moment he saw her, but his family stood in his way. Now, he's an adult and he'll allow nothing to stand in his way. Not even Kendal's reluctance to trust in him or in love. He's more than willing to help Kendal live out her naughty fantasies and he'll win her heart along the way.WARNING: Kendal's fantasies include forced seduction and may not be for everyone.
Unwanted Desire
Autumn Stone - 2019
She's the middle-daughter in a family that shines bright. Painfully shy, incredibly brilliant, she works hard to find her way in a town that she's unable to shine in. She dreams of the day when she can go away. Connor McCullough is the most popular kid in town, son of the richest man in town and her bully. He plays a particularly cruel trick on Cheyenne at the end of high school prompting Cheyenne to leave and vow to never return to Cedarwild again. 10 Years Later Cheyenne returns for her high school reunion. She, returns only because her family and best friend beg her to return to the town that she has avoided for so long. While still shy, she's changed over the years and has seen the world and become incredibly successful in her own right. Connor is a man is at the crossroads of his life and trying to make amends for the choices he's made in the past. He's now a single father and trying to do right by his son and show him how to be a good person. When he sees Cheyenne at their high school reunion he now has the opportunity to right his biggest wrong-all of the years he spent tormenting her. Sparks will fly in this second chance contemporary bwwm romance.
The Bad Boy's Pregnant Bride
Alyse Zaftig - 2016
Before I knew it, I woke up next to Chris.CHRISI'm the kind of guy who hits it and quits it. So why is Nora wearing a rock on her finger?I'd annul our marriage, but I can't find her. And when I do, she'll reveal the secret that she's been keeping...a gift that'll come in nine months.Note: Only read this book if you like steamy scenes.
The Tycoon's Convenient Baby
Cherry Kay - 2015
Billionaire Media Tycoon David is in BIG trouble. A dark rumor is threatening to destroy his public image and potentially ruin the empire he built from scratch and he will do anything to change that. His advisers tell him that the only way to repair things is to become a family man and ditch the bachelor lifestyle. Having never had time to find love this is going to prove tricky. As a way of fixing this situation, David is introduced to a beautiful business woman named Elise. This would be a standard marriage of convenience for 3 years with Elise getting a huge pay off at the end. However, there is one caveat... They need to have a baby also. Neither David nor Elise are looking for love but could the bond of a convenient baby be something that potentially changes everything?
Second Chances
D.A. Young - 2016
Heartbroken over a devastating loss, Ella is fairly certain that personal happiness just isn’t in her future. Everything changes when she meets Wyatt, a sexy beer crafter who against her will, shakes her out of her stagnant existence and awakens feelings in her that she thought were long dead and it scares the hell out of her. So she decides that it's the perfect time to leave New York City and return to her home in the Pacific Northwest to finally fulfill a lifelong dream of owning and operating her own hotel and evade his advances. Wyatt has been smitten with Ella since he first laid eyes on her. Everything about the aloof beauty captivates him and obsessed with the painful secrets her eyes hold, he becomes a man with a mission: To make Ella Kemp his. They first made their appearance in the Whiskey Row series, but in Second Chances, we get to know Wyatt and Ella up close and personally from their pasts, their secrets, and what the future holds for them. SECOND CHANCES is the first story in the CIRCLE OF FRIENDS novella series. Each novella will feature a couple from the “Kismet Cove Six”, a group of tight-knit friends from high-school who’ve forged a lifetime friendship amid love, heartbreak, and secrets. WARNINGS: MUST BE 18+ TO READ. THIS BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, RACIAL CONTENT, STEAMY/EXPLICIT LOVE SCENES AND COARSE LANGUAGE. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR THOSE WHO ARE EASILY OFFENDED.
A Holiday Seduction
Tiffany Patterson - 2020
The timing wasn’t right. Desiree is still mourning the sister she lost. The same sister I tried to help save in my own way but failed. Yet, when I see her the morning of the three year anniversary of her sister’s death, I can’t hold back anymore. She belongs with me, and this holiday season I’ll prove it to her, myself, her family and anyone else that dares to get in the way of the sweetest seduction I’ve ever known.
Here Comes the Judge
Tiana Laveen - 2021
Armed with a killer smile, wicked slickness, commendable acumen, and Southern charm, he manages to mix and mingle with the best of them. A veritable heartthrob, he also manages to elude the wide arm of law enforcement time and again. Jude’s mission is simple: Be smarter than the rest. Faster than the best. Know the enemy. Accumulate wealth. Take out anyone in the way without hesitation. This motto has served him well.But there’s one problem…A change is going to come… The Judge is ready for a revolution, but with all changes, comes risk. There is one person he will protect at all costs, and if any of his enemies get their way, it could open the gates of Hell. Jude has to pick his poison and make a decision. The wrong move could bring dire consequences.Iris Ashford is a divorced cashier at a twenty-four-hour grocery store, raising her niece and trying to make ends meet. Every night, a tall, handsome man comes into the store and buys some of the most unusual items. Boy, does he have the most beautiful eyes she’s ever seen. It doesn’t take long for her to find out that her little friendly crush is the infamous Jude Cooper, AKA, J.J.E.— ‘The Judge, Jury, and Executioner.’One fateful night, a simple conversation turns into a tempting business proposition and Iris unwittingly signs up for more than she bargained for. She has stumbled into a dark, seedy underworld, and is now bonded to the Judge.Marked for life to a man who doesn’t believe in falling in love. Until he met her…Here is a tale of truth or dare, love or hate, and survival of the fittest. What is a man to do when the stakes are higher than his clientele?Ask the Judge to find out.
Against the Odds
Jewel Adams - 2007
Wanting to start over, she leaves her successful modeling career behind and goes to a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico to stay with her best friend. The ranch is the perfect place for her to take stock of her life and all she's accomplished.Then Raine meets Hayden, her friend's brother-in-law, and the opposite of all the other men she has ever known. As their friendship blossoms, so does her love of ranch life. She discovers that what she wants most-what her heart truly desires-is right in front of her.Everything about Raine and Hayden's love is against the odds. Now they must prove to each other and to themselves that no matter what trials assail them, their love will be strong enough to overcome any obstacle.
The Billionaire's Surrogate: A Pregnancy Romance
Jessica Seine - 2021
Should be easy, right? Wrong. Morgan's in for so much more than she bargained.What’s a girl to do when she needs to pay off her dad’s cancer treatment so her parents don’t lose their home? Morgan’s best friend sold her “first time” via an exclusive service online, and Morgan just so happens to be just as inexperienced as her friend was. Easy peasy. Especially since she doesn’t put much—scratch that, any—care into the whole virtuous woman thing.But she never expected Gage. When she first sees the billionaire who wants to buy her, her thoughts immediately go from “meh” to “hell yeah.” Dude. Is. Hawt. Except, when she shows up to sign the contract, it’s … not what she expected.
Because You're Mine
Naomi Wyatt - 2016
The approach of the sunny weather in Chicago also brought the beginning of a severe war between she and her husband, Brad. According to Joi, their six-year long marriage had come to an end. She had finally become so tired of his rejection, insults and vile behavior that she was walking away from the cushy life that he had provided her. Ready to find and establish herself again, the last thing that Joi wants to focus on is falling in love again. The most she wants from men at this point is for a tattooed, bearded man to spank her and call her princess, because Brad hadn’t touched her in months. So, when in walks Marco Buscemi magically appears back in her life, she thinks he would be perfect to end her dry spell. Marco had been gone for years, but the moment that Joi laid eyes on him, the memories came flooding back of the night, thirteen years ago, that she and Marco had spent together. At that time, they were only adolescents, but the fire and chemistry between them was ripe and began to burn again erratically the moment that they saw one another again. Marco and Joi had fallen for one another years ago. However, Joi is insistent that now is not the right time to fall in love again, and a battle between her heart and mind ensues. She continues to push away Marco’s attempts to claim her and reduces his love to sexual nights of passion. Constant obstacles cross the path of Marco’s attempt to make Joi his, proving to Joi that beyond their passionate chemistry, Marco Buscemi was the last thing that she needed to add to her list of trouble. But the heart wants what the heart wants. Will Joi listen to her gut or once again fall victim to her heart? Find out in this sexy, drama-filled romance.
The Billionaire's Unwanted Surrogate
Lena Skye - 2016
But she had no idea that her problems were only just beginning. Just weeks away from giving birth and Silicon Valley billionaire Matthew Chase has told River-Lea that he and his wife have separated and as a result the terms of the agreement will have to be adjusted. With Matthew's wife no longer interested in raising a baby with no connection to her, Matthew feels he has no choice but to suggest that he pay River-Lea to raise the baby for him. Can she possibly accept the billionaire's outrageous proposal? Or might there be another way to solve this predicament... BUY TODAY AND GET THIS FREE BONUS: THE BILLIONAIRE'S CONVENIENT SURROGATE Billionaire casino owner Parker Spesato was having a hard time finding a suitable surrogate to give him the child he has always wanted. Whilst at the same time Alexandria Frey was looking for a way out of her abusive relationship and was willing to do anything to make enough money to escape. When Parker proposed that Alexandria be his surrogate mother it seemed to be an arrangement based more on convenience than perfection but it seems that both of them have nothing to lose but possibly everything to gain... Scroll up and start reading these right away!
Where the Heart Is
Cristina Grenier - 2014
They grew up together and were inseparable from the time they were in diapers until it was time to leave for college. Simon moved to the city, hoping to realize his dream of being a successful doctor, while Jamie stayed in their little no-name town, going to community college and taking care of her sick mother. And though they had promised to keep in touch so nothing would chance between them, their last night together is the last night they see each other for a long time. It's been seven years since then, and neither of them can honestly say that they are completely happy with they way their lives have turned out. But when Simon comes back home for his first visit in seven years, Jamie's feelings for him come back with a vengeance, despite how angry she is at him for essentially cutting her out of his life. She knows that it's not going to go anywhere, not when he's got money and new friends and a fancy life a couple hundred miles away, but for two weeks, she wants to pretend like they have a chance. When a drunken accident results in more than either of them were bargaining for, they will be forced to examine their relationship and see what's there to salvage.