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Fighting for Her
Amy Brent - 2017
She makes me feel things no other woman has ever made me feel. In bed, she rocks me like a punch to head and leaves me flat of my back begging for more. But she has a secret, something she isn't telling me, and when I discover what that secret is, people are going to get hurt. Some who deserve it, some who do not. Either way, I'm willing to fight for the woman I love, even if it turns my brain and heart to mush.
Acquisition
Chelle Bliss - 2017
Ambitious, high-powered CEO Lauren Bradley is one press release away from catapulting her corporation to new heights. Her team is close to a breakthrough that will revolutionize the world—all they need is a little more time.Rival CEO Antonio Forte is arrogant, controlling, and sexy as hell. He’ll stop at nothing to get control of Lauren’s company.The only problem? He’s also the one-night stand she can’t get out of her mind. And Antonio wants to take over more than her company, he wants her as part of the acquisition.Let the games begin...
The Note
Teresa Mummert - 2013
His cousin is going through his own devastation and is struggling to pick up the pieces and move on with his family. As they try to help each other through the pain, Shane's path crosses Jenn's and he soon learns that everything happens for a reason. * Originally published under the title "Suicide Note".
Slow Burn
E.B. Walters - 2011
She pretends to have moved on, is a successful artist and photographer, until the morning she opens her door to a stranger she assumes is a model and asks him to strip to his briefs .
He wants to expose the truth....
Wealthy businessman Ron Noble has the body, the jet, the fast cars and the women, but he hides a deadly secret. His father started the fire that killed Ashley’s parents. Now someone is leaving him clues that could exonerate his father and they lead to Ashley’s door. Blindsided by the blazing attraction between them and a merciless killer silencing anyone who was there the night of the fire, Ron dare not tell Ashley the truth. Yet the answer he seeks may very well tear them apart.
While a demented arsonist...SLOW BURN(s)...and plots his ultimate revenge.
My Dad's Best Friend: An Age Gap Pregnancy Romance
Sofia Finn
Way too young for someone like me.And the daughter of my Navy SEAL buddy.Seeking to escape from my grief, I find Mindy, as scorned and broken as me.Her brown eyes flash under the club lights.And her sensual beauty arouses every inch of my body.One stolen kiss seals the night’s fate.A choice I make that is full of delicious regret.What the hell am I thinking?Claiming my best friend's daughter...I should keep my distance.But when danger comes knocking, she’s mine to protect.I’ll destroy anyone who tries to hurt her.And that might even include me...Because I can't deal with the surprise that’s due in nine months.Not now.Not ever.
Forever Yours: Rage Ryders Templeton Chapter
Liberty Parker - 2020
Questions that he's sure Kassi has the answers to, only she's not talking. He can't go to his brothers because she's 'club' and also 'blood' while he's merely a brother.
Kassi feels the divide between them but has no idea how to bridge the gap. She knows he thinks she has answers, only she doesn't.
Or does she? Strap on your helmet and hold on tight, the latest installment in the Rage Ryders is about to get bumpy.
Author's notes: This book is intended for mature audiences. There may be some triggers; purchase only if you can handle memories of trauma.
The Non-Disclosure Agreement
Kelsey McKnight - 2017
When I moved to New York City for a fresh start, I didn’t know I would be made a sinful offer I couldn’t refuse… My billionaire businessman boss has decided that being the most powerful man on the East Coast isn’t enough. He needs political power too. But who would vote for a womanizing playboy with a different model on his arm every week? If he wants to win, he needs a respectable wife…he needs me. I have the looks, the small-town charm—I’m already his employee, and I’ve already signed a non-disclosure agreement, making me the perfect choice. But am I willing to pretend to be even more? And will there come a point when pretending isn’t enough?
Stepbrother, Mine
Mandy Lou Dowson - 2015
It is not suitable for anyone under the age of 18, due to explicit scenes, language and situations.They were always taught that family was about more than blood, but when step-siblings Sophie Ellis and Logan Castle meet for the first time, their attraction is instantaneous. Forever trying to keep each other at arm's length, they discover that sometimes the best laid plans fall apart, when lovers fall together.He's everything she's ever fantasized about, and everything she can never have.She's all he's ever wanted, but never hoped to have.Trying so hard to be his stepsister, she can't shake the attraction she feels.He decides it's best to leave, but when circumstances see them reunite, and he discovers their initial attraction is still there after all the intervening years, he can't help himself. He has to have her.Running scared, she cuts all ties.Left behind, his bitterness grows.When again circumstances force her back into his arms, her past comes back to haunt her.He's determined to make her pay for leaving him.Desires are forbidden. Loyalties are tested. Hearts are broken. And in the end, is love strong enough to conquer all?
Perfect Betrayal
Season Vining - 2015
But Taylor’s privileged life is far lonelier than it appears.Levi is the inside man on a job to steal fifteen million dollars from one of the town’s wealthiest families, putting him on a crash course with Taylor. Neither of them believe in love, but lust. . . that’s undeniable.Now they’re locked in a wicked game of seduction and it’s unclear who is playing who. But neither of them expected the affair to lead to the deepest connection they’ve ever experienced. Because beneath Taylor’s perfect exterior lies a need for love that mirrors Levi’s own. As the heist approaches, how can Levi protect Taylor from the truth? Is he willing to give up everything to save the one girl who’s made him want to be a better man?
Vendetta
Autumn Karr - 2013
I've decided between life or death, like it was my due. None of it matters, not anymore. These are not my sins.I see her raise her hands, the dark metal she's clutching reflecting the moonlight. Her finger trembles as she cocks the gun pointed at me. Her eyes are cold, determined, but I know.I know her.My name is Devon Andre and I confess my sin. I am not a good man because this is the woman I love.She pulls the trigger.* Standalone contemporary romance.* Mature reader advised due to sexual content and strong language.
Yield: Emily & Damon
Lilia Moon - 2016
Her superpower is managing a thousand details without dropping a single one, and her deepest desire is an hour-long bubble bath and a foot rub. Until her newest clients want to get married at a BDSM club. Damon Black owns Fettered. He’s proud of who he is and what he does, and nothing scares him – until two of his favorite people want to get married at the place where they fell in love, no matter how many spanking benches they have to move out of the way to do it. Damon knows as soon as he lays eyes on Emily that she doesn’t belong in his world. A quick tour of his club will prove it. Except it doesn't...
Grumpalicious: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Marriage Romance (The Bosshole Series)
Mia Faye - 2021
You go on that abysmal reality show with me, I get your recording contract all squared away and we separate after that. During that time, you play doting wife, I b@ng whoever I like, and if you’re lucky, it will be you at some point.”When billionaire producer Cayden “Cash” Coltrane speaks these words to me, I’m in shock.Not exactly the proposal you dream of as a little girl from a small town.But he’s being slammed in the New York media when his latest victim on the long list of high profile women he’s dated and destroyed tells the public what a scumbag he is.Now I’m supposed to be the one to help him clean up his notorious playboy image.An innocent singer who’s never had a more romantic adventure than a hot kiss.But when you’re single, broke, and desperately looking to get a record deal, you do crazy things.Such as fake-marrying a man who is as intimidating as he is devastatingly handsome.So it’s all sunshine and rainbows when we pretend to be Mr. and Mrs. Right on television.Yet one thing is for sure: I will never fall for Mr. Grumpalicious in real life.At least, that’s what I thought.I shouldn’t want him, but when he touches me, the butterflies in my stomach go crazy.I should tell him to leave me alone, but when he opens his heart, I can’t turn him away.And then I give him the gift of being my first.This whole deal turns out to be a disaster in the making, with a whole lot of enemies-to-lovers-style complications and is-this-fake-or-real questions.Speaking of complications: It seems like the media found out about our sweet little wedding lie. Would now be a good time to tell Cayden that my morning sickness is anything but fake?
Steel King
Devney Perry - 2019
Everyone but Bryce Ryan. There’s more happening at the club’s garage than muscle car restorations and Harley rebuilds. Her instincts are screaming there’s a story—one she’s going to tell.As the new owner of the small town’s newspaper, Bryce is hungry for more than birth announcements and obituaries. When a woman is brutally killed and all signs point to the club, Bryce is determined to expose the members and their leader, Kingston “Dash” Slater, as murderers.Bryce bests Dash match after match, disappointed her rugged and handsome opponent turns out to be an underwhelming adversary. Secrets are exposed. Truths defeat lies. Bryce is poised to win this battle in a landslide.Then Dash breaks all the rules and tips the scales.One kiss, and she’s fighting to save more than just her story. She’s fighting to save her heart from the Steel King.
Alannah
L.A. Casey - 2018
Talking it out with the person she loves the most isn’t a possibility, not when the same face haunts him, too. To protect the love of her life from another burden, she keeps her fear to herself, even as that fear begins to consume her.Damien Slater has the life he always wanted with the woman he adores by his side, but there’s a problem. His woman is keeping a secret, and they swore they would never let another secret come between them again. Breaking Alannah’s guard will be Damien’s greatest challenge yet as he proves once and for all that he is in it for the long haul.Alannah admires Damien, and what Alannah admires, Alannah watches over.