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Dating the Coach: An Instalove Single Mom Matchmaker Romance
Ava Pearl - 2022
Axle
Lena Bourne - 2021
He a football star, me a cheerleader. It began as a wholesome, all-American happily ever after story. Not how it ended.I wanted a career fighting crime, he was determined to join an outlaw biker gang. We had no future so I let him go. Now, almost twenty years later, I’m back in my hometown, helping my mom close down her business. I thought enough time had passed to see him again, catch up, talk about old times. I was wrong. The love we shared still burns. But the obstacles are still unsurmountable too.AxleTwenty years ago she broke my heart. Since then, I devoted my life to fixing cars and my MC. I never thought I’d see her again. Now she’s back, with all my feelings for her in tow. Feelings I thought I killed and buried a long time ago.But she’s a public prosecutor and I’m an outlaw biker. The two don’t mix.The trouble is, I can’t let her go a second time. I won’t.Axle is a steamy second-chance romance novella set in the universe of Lena Bourne’s bestselling Devil’s Nightmare MC series. HEA guaranteed!
Unexpected Valentine
Kay Marie - 2021
Luckily, her friends talk her into taking her already paid for romantic weekend getaway in Georgia. If anything, she can have a weekend of pampering and relaxation to help mend her broken heart.Her weekend was supposed to be time for her to be by herself, to unwind and decompress after her catastrophic breakup.Although, that isn't what happened -- meeting him wasn't in the plan.Weston Callahan is in Georgia for business and business alone. The only place in town where he's able to get a room is a bed and breakfast full of happy couples celebrating Valentine's Day. Being surrounded by those evidently in love, constantly gushing over one another only brings him pain and anger. All it does is remind him of last years fiasco, something he'd rather forget. He considered it torture until he met her -- afterwards, it became pure serendipity.One weekend is all they have.Or at least, that's what they originally thought. Fate intervenes, bringing these two star-crossed lovers back together to only reveal how their families have a long lived feud. Everything they thought they knew changes in an instant. Now they have to decide if fate will keep them together, or if their families will tear them apart.
Lock & Key
Cameron Hart - 2021
It’s not the life he would have chosen for himself, but he didn’t exactly have a choice.He’s been tasked with tracking down the mafia boss’s mistress after she stole from him and then skipped town. All he has to do is bring her back to New York and his debt will be paid; he’ll be free to do what he wants with his life.Then he steps into the apartment and instead of a thieving mistress, he finds an angel.Keyera Barclave is not the girl Locke is looking for.She just got to town and moved into her new apartment. When a situation back in New York traps them both in her apartment, she’s given time. Time to prove she’s not the girl he wants. Time to fall for the lonely mafia enforcer.When their time is up, will Locke believe that he had the wrong girl? Or will he turn his fallen angel over to his boss and finally be free of that life?She isn’t the girl he’s looking for…but she just might be who he needs.
The Billionaire's Frenemy
Lauren Wood - 2020
And did I ever. It was impossible not to.Nick isn’t from around here, obviously.He’s hot, rich, and charming everyone in town. Except me.His motto? Make money. Have fun. No time for anything else.He seems to get off on how much I hate him.But the real trouble starts when we both start getting off on it.And not just as a figure of speech.The fate of my shop isn’t the only thing Nick is holding hostage.I’m like putty in his hands. Will our hot affair consume me and my business alive?An irresistible small-town billionaire and his hot tenant who will give you roller coaster ride of emotions, possessiveness, intensely hot love and happily ever after!
Tarnished Throne: An Enemies to Lovers Arranged Marriage Dark Irish Mafia Romance (Reckless Reign Trilogy Book 3)
Kristen Luciani - 2021
I always knew Patrick Mulligan was a man of many layers.I just never imagined that peeling them back would awaken such a savage beast with the insatiable need to control and conquer everything and everyone around him.My husband is a beautiful, vicious monster with a god-like body that is fueled by the wrath of the devil.He can command me with a flash of his eyes and make me melt with the flick of his fingers and the delicious sting of his palm.But dark secrets, deception, and betrayal litter our happily ever after.They feed on the roots of our dangerously twisted fairy tale, threatening us at every turn. I married the man of my dreams, only to have all of them shattered as soon as we said our "I dos."Because the true villain in our story is the one we never saw coming...and the one we'll never escape.TARNISHED THRONE is the third and final book in the RECKLESS REIGN trilogy. The RECKLESS REIGN series is an epic dark enemies-to-lovers second-chance romance saga that fans of Nicole Fox and Faith Summers are sure to enjoy! This series follows one couple through a steamy, pulse-pounding trilogy with a guaranteed HEA in book three.
720 After Hours Dr.
Kaley Knox - 2021
until he pays me for last night.I’m a college student by day and a waitress in a bar at night. I left Cherry Falls to go to college but I have missed it every day since. Syn City is just too much... too big and too loud. And then I see him and just looking at him, I feel a little less alone in the world. He doesn’t take his eyes off me and I’m no longer alone in this big city. Everywhere I go either him or one of his bodyguards are following me. He says he wants me and there’s no way I can resist his possessive touch or the way he claims me. It’s like a fairytale come to life... until he pays me for last night. Do I walk away or fight for what I want?Cherry Falls is filled with returning characters and iconic destinations that will begin to feel like family. When you leave the city, and drive into Cherry Falls, it’s like you’ve finally come home.The cherry on top? Each book delivers a swoon-worthy, sexy romance!So welcome to Cherry Falls, we hope you stay awhile!
Frozen Valentine
E.C. Land - 2021
I know I should make him leave. He's surely capable of fending for himself, but it's the middle of winter, the roads are icy and around these parts that can mean a death sentence. I don't have any other choice but to help this handsome stranger. My heart has been broken one too many times, and I've refused to let anyone back in. Can I keep this man from melting my heart with his charm, or will it be as frigid as it was yesterday? Today is Valentine's after all, and stranger things have happened.
His Zesty Marinara (The Secret Sauce #6)
Fiona Starr - 2020
they really turn up the heat!Ask anyone and they will tell you: Paolo Perso is living the dream. His cooking show is number one, his new retail sauce line is about to launch, and his 5-star restaurant in Los Angeles is so popular you have to know someone just to get a reservation. So why does he feel like someone deflated his soufflé?Marina Trovato has worked hard to get where she is. A long-time assistant producer for The Eating Channel, she's just been given her big break: Producer of her own project; a special series of cooking shows featuring Paolo Perso, celebrity chef. But when the cameras start rolling, it's clear this show will end up going from the frying pan into the fire... unless she can whip it all into shape!Will Paolo’s performance prevent Marina's career from reaching her climax, or can she put the flavor back into his sauce?
Fake Bride
Cassandra Bloom - 2017
Anaconda,’ they call me. I don’t chase women, they chase me. I’ve made my fortune, I’ve built my empire. I play to win and live by my own set of rules. My darkest secret? There's something I’m missing. Something all my billions can’t buy. Till she came into my life. Every inch of her curvy form makes my mouth water. But she’s heard of my womanizing reputation. Now she needs a job. And I have the perfect assignment for her. $50’000 for her to be my Mrs. for two weeks. She is mine now. Now the game is on. And I play Dirty… I won’t let anybody f*ck with my plans. But to really fall for a girl. To make her completely and utterly mine. Claim her for my own. My wildest dream and my darkest nightmare all in one… Which one will it be? If I toy with my desires, will she steal my heart? Fake Bride is a steamy fake marriage romance story with no cheating, no cliffhanger and, as always, a happy ever after ending. Includes bonus content for your reading pleasure! Enjoy.
Forbidden You (Dark Tales #3)
Teresa Wolf - 2021
Not even my scars can take away from my devilishly good looks.Riley is my exact opposite.She is tiny, gentle, and kind. In fact, I’m realizing she’s too good for this world I put her in.My only mission was to follow her, protect her — at all costs. It’s the least I can do.What caught me off guard was how she blossomed in the span of 12 years.Now, my mind keeps traveling to her soft curves. Her innocence haunts my dreams at night, her very being during the day.I have spiraled into an obsession that can’t be undone.Riley must be mine.“Forbidden You” is dripping with sordid obsession for forbidden flesh, a dark romance filled with steamy sex scenes, where the bond between an innocent girl and her step uncle goes a little too far… and none of them are complaining.
Kieran
Lana Dash - 2021
But, there is just one little detail my boss doesn't know...he's my ex. So, will I be able to keep my feelings in check and separate from the job I need to do? KIERANI'm coming out of retirement for one more chance to compete in the summer games. But I don't tell anyone the real reason I'm doing it or why I dropped off the map two years ago. As if the pressure to compete isn't hard enough, the one that got away has stepped back into my life. Will I be able to win back her heart and a medal or will I go home empty-handed? In the heat of the summer, these sizzling playboy athletes are looking to score! But all that training and dedication never prepared them for what they'll really encounter at the summer games: a shot of love. Will these players—on and off the court—stay out of bounds, or risk falling in love for the ultimate victory? Fall in love with ALL the Bad Boys of the Summer Games!
The Mobster's Angel: An Instalove Stalker Romance
Portia Lux - 2021
I’m all of those things and worse.Olivia Thomas is mine. I knew it from the day I set eyes on her, sure, but when I had that perfect little body pressed against me with an arm around her neck and a gun pointed at her temple…?I knew it for certain.There’s no letting her go now.Men like me destroy everything we touch, but the only thing I want to break now is her innocence.I’ll keep her close.I’ll keep her safe.And with a ring on her finger and a baby in her belly…I’ll keep her mine. Forever.Authors' Note: The Mobster's Angel is a steamy instalove romance with an obsessive hero who stalks and claims a virgin heroine. Perfect if you're craving an over-the-top alpha male, scorching-hot chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.
Bruno
Raven Scott - 2020
The swagger. The cocksure smirk.The kind of man you might call a living, breathing god.The problem with this man?They say he has no soul, and they’re right.Bruno will stop at nothing until he owns this town – he vows to make San Diego his no matter the consequences.He’s the man of your dreams and nightmares all at once.In his world, anger and hate are the only emotions that make any sense.I wanted nothing to do with that.A man like that cannot love. He proved me wrong.My friends say I’m insane, and it’s true.That look in his eye – it makes me high.An explosive chemistry I’d lose my mind without.The beast with him took me over, devoured me, possessed me.He gives me the courage to live the life I want…with him.To lose him now would be a death sentence of its own kind.So why is he the only man who makes me feel safe?Bruno is a full-length standalone DARK MAFIA romance.It deals with sensitive subjects some may find triggering.
Lone Star Ex-Con: A Reverse Age-Gap/Curvy Girl Romance (Saddle Creek, TX: The Crawfords Book 1)
Kat Baxter - 2022