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The Tycoon's Revenge
Melody Anne - 2011
She hasn't seen him in ten years, and they are both going to learn the truth of what happened back then.Jasmine grew up wealthy and oblivious to the destruction her father caused all around him. Derek was from the wrong side of the tracks. In ten years their lives will be reversed. He is now a multi-billionaire tycoon and she works hard, but barely gets by due to her father’s unethical business practices.Derek comes seeking revenge and instead finds out he has a half grown son and the woman he's been angry with for so many years is not who he thought she was. They both fight against the passion they still feel for each other, but in the end it is irresistible.Come take the journey with Derek and Jasmine as they rediscover a passion that never died and the lies that kept them apart.
The Last Prince of Dahaar
Tara Pammi - 2014
And as it is the only way to restore order in Dahaar and quash whispers that name him The Mad Prince, Ayaan Al Sharif will marry Zohra Naasar. Zohra knows something of duty's destruction -- it's stolen her freedom before, and it won't happen again. She'll convince Ayaan not to marry her -- by refusing to sleep with him! Even if he does evoke a desire she's never felt before. Ayaan may have agreed to her outrageous demand, but is this the one promise the last prince of Dahaar can't keep?
Midnight Hunter
Brianna Hale - 2018
I thought I understood the consequences of trying to flee to the West. Death. Imprisonment without trial. Instead I’m being hunted by the most dangerous man in the city, secret police officer Reinhardt Volker.Now I’m his prize, no longer a traitorous factory girl but his elegant and pampered secretary. He wants to possess me, body, soul – and heart. I’ll do anything to get away from him, but first that means getting closer.I want to feel only hatred for my captor but beneath his uniform I discover a man with a past as scarred as Berlin’s.And if I don’t escape him soon it will be too late.**A full-length dark romance by Brianna Hale
The SEAL's Little Virgin
Blythe Reid - 2017
Most of the men in the f*cking place old enough to be her daddy. Hell, I’m no different. Except she doesn’t give any of them ‘f*ck-me eyes.” Only me. The sweet little thing better watch herself, or she’s going to find her knees sore, her lips swollen, and her body owned by a big mother f*cker like me. She thinks she can handle herself in the bar, but I wonder how quickly she’d cry out in the bedroom. After a long couple of years overseas, I want two things. Time with my son and a long week of being f*cked nice and hard by the pretty little virgin down at the base bar that’s finally legal. I don’t want her to cry Uncle. I want her to cry Daddy. And she will. Over and over and over again. A single father navy SEAL and a virgin romance. He’s 16 years older, and she’s dying for a chance to experience a night with him. She has been for most of her life. Poor thing. One night will never be enough.
Frisky Business
Staci Hart - 2016
Not the drama of working in a tattoo parlor, which seems to be around every corner. When things get him down, he smiles and cracks a joke. But he’s not the kind of man you cross, or you’ll find yourself at the wrong end of his fists.Annika Belousov takes everything seriously.Like her job as a reality television producer, given that she typically has something to prove. Or her love life, which is defined by a series of requirements — affluent, ambitious, accomplished, to name a few. Definitely her family, who worked their whole lives to afford her every opportunity, a sacrifice she doesn’t take lightly. When she’s tapped to produce a reality show at Joel’s shop, she doesn’t think twice, just goes in for the kill, as if there were any other way.The second Annika walks into Joel’s shop, he makes it his mission to crack her open, but she’s not having it. He’s all wrong — too crass, too hairy, too un-serious. But it doesn’t take her long to find out there’s more to him than smirks and tattoos. And what she finds could put her career and his heart on the line.Not that Joel cares. Because for the first time in a long time, he’s found his tonic.
Bounced
Brill Harper - 2017
I've seen some crazy stuff as a bouncer. I thought I'd seen it all.But I've never seen anything like her. Just one look and I knew my life was never going to be the same. She's sweet, innocent, and looking for trouble.She found it.I'm big and mean and more trouble than she ever imagined. I'm going to mess up all her carefully laid plans. And I'm going to make her mine.SarahI'm a careful girl. Life is too dangerous not to be. I have a plan. Goals. And none of them include an overly-muscled, tattooed, possessive bouncer with an eye patch from the road house just outside of city limits.I just wanted one night off from being perfect, boring, and careful.He's too much man for a girl like me. Too intense. Too visceral.But I don't think he's going to let me go.Author's Confession: I don't even know if this could happen in real life. Luckily, it's a book. That means the hot, tatted, beardy bouncer can totally take one look at the virgin college student studying actuarial science and know he's going to marry the sh!t out of her. Right?
Love-Slave to the Sheikh
Miranda Lee - 2006
But now this oil-rich billionaire was facing a roadblock: he had a brain tumor.There was a fifty-fifty chance Bandar would recover. With weeks to go before starting treatment, he would distract himself with a trip to Australia, where he'd indulge in his favorite pastime: a woman in his bed and at his command, a slave to his legendary lovemaking.... That was where Samantha Nelson came in....
Desert Target
Cassie Mint - 2021
But when I track my target into the desert, she’s… a hairdresser?
I need to get out of this life. But first, I need money, so I take one last job--a hit on the notorious Viper.The Viper is evil. Unhinged. She’s killed hundreds of innocents. But when I track her to the desert, she’s… on vacation?This isn’t the Viper. It’s some poor gorgeous doppelganger who floors me with a single blink of her doe eyes.But I’m not the only one with a case of mistaken identity. And the desert is a dangerous place.I hope the hairdresser likes big, brutal hitmen. Because I’m her ticket to survive.
Desert Target is a short and steamy instalove story with an OTT possessive alpha hero and the innocent heroine who’s stumbled into disaster.
Kept by the Billionaire
Sasha Gold - 2017
And I need a wife to warm my bed. What don’t I need? To waste a bunch of time romancing a fiancée. After all, I have a 20,000-acre ranch to run. Lucky for me, I have deep pockets and people to handle things. The firm that takes care of my investments will pick a bride for me. I’m paying Atkinson and Wainwright a small fortune to sort through the candidates. They’re sending a woman to my ranch for a week. If we get along, we’ll tie the knot, and I’ll go back to business as usual. But one look at Rebecca, and I know. She’s the one. She’s beautiful. Sweet. Innocent. I’m supposed to take it slow, but her lush curves and honeyed scent shred my self-control. Our wedding night can’t come fast enough. Rebecca Bloom – I’m determined to make a good impression on my first job What do I need? To impress the heck out of my billionaire client, Mr. Will Branson. Atkinson and Wainwright manages wealth for the mega-rich. I’m their newest intern and they’re sending me on a special job to set up a non-profit. Lucky for me my new client seems to like me. A lot. But Mr. Branson makes me nervous. His slow smile. His rugged good looks and his powerful build make my heart flip every time he’s near. I’m trying to keep things professional but it’s not easy when Mr. Handsome Branson keeps giving me that sexy smile and smoldering gaze. It’s almost like he thinks I’m here for way more than an accounting job…
One-Eighty
Marie James - 2019
He loves what he can't remember —she can't forget the truth...PIPERArrogant, controlling, and an absolute jerk.He's everything I loathe, and everything I want to forget.But he doesn't remember a bit of it.One accident, one misstep, changed everything.Changed him.Now, he's different and unbelievably sexy.But I refuse to fall for a bully.DALTONSexy, smart, feisty, and perfect.She's everything I want, and nothing that I remember.What she says I am, I refuse to believe.For her, I will be anything.I will do anything.Even destroy the bully from before.
Breaking Up with Barrett
Katy Regnery - 2014
(Except Alex. He's a womanizing manwhore. And maybe Stratton, because he's wicked hot, but super awkward around girls.)Barrett English, aka "the Shark," is the fair-haired, first-born of the English brothers, and the CEO of the oldest, most prestigious investment banking firm in Philadelphia. He rules the boardroom with an iron fist, refusing to take no for an answer and always getting his way.Emily Edwards, a first-year doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, grew up in the gatehouse on the outskirts of Barrett's childhood estate. The daughter of his family's gardener and housekeeper, she was always looking through the window of privilege, but forced to remember her place at the very periphery of the kingdom.When business partners suggest that a fiancee might soften Barrett's image over business dinners, he approaches Emily for the "job" of fiancee. And while love wasn't necessarily on Barrett's radar, he begins to realize that Emily always has been. But will his take-no-prisoners boardroom tactics work on the heart of the woman he loves.____________________________*All books in The English Brothers series are approximately 200 pages. The RWA classifies this as "Mid-length Contemporary Romance."
Hosed
Pippa Grant - 2019
Too bad both are written in my stars.Yeah, I’m the world’s oldest virgin code-writing nerd.And he’s the world’s hottest firefighter.And even though he intimidates the heck out of me, I can’t seem to control my libido when he’s around.Where is my dignity? My self-respect? My panties?Seriously…. Have you seen them? Anyone?Maybe they’re hiding in his bedroom. With my heart.Yeah, I know. I’m hosed.So hosed.Hosed is a steamy, fun romantic comedy between a firefighter and the virgin nerd next door, complete with a pet raccoon, scandalous gossip, and dildo football. (No, really.) This romance has no cheating or cliffhangers, and ends with a banging hot happily ever after.
Last Chance
Kira Blakely - 2017
That’s what the ad will say. I’ll need a baby, too, but we can ease into that. It’s like some sh#t out of a movie. My inheritance is on the line, and I don’t have a choice. But I never expected Janine Davis to respond. She's the one I left behind. The soft curvaceous goddess is everything a woman should be. Popping her cherry was the sweetest event of my life. But then the war came knocking. This is our second chance. I’ve never failed a mission, and I won’t start now. I’ll come, I’ll conquer, I’ll fu@king devour. This is a steamy full-length novel with a happily ever after.
Claiming His Nine-Month Consequence
Jennie Lucas - 2018
He’ll do his duty and keep pregnant Ruby by his side—he’ll even marry her. But when all he can offer is intense passion and a vast fortune, will that be enough to get idealistic Ruby down the aisle?
Have My Baby
Taryn Quinn - 2017
But Seth is a workaholic millionaire and doesn't have time to meet someone. Someone who won't screw him over, like his kid's mother. Only problem is this someone has secretly been in love with him since high school. I've been hiding it forever, not wanting to risk our friendship. Sleeping with him is my biggest fantasy. And I've fantasized plenty, being a virgin. Another thing he doesn't know.Now I have to make the biggest decision of my life.Is having a no strings attached affair just to make a baby better than never having him at all?Author’s note: this case of insta-love and insta-naked-time has been brewing for over a decade. Babymaking has never been so hot…or so funny…or so complicated.Author’s Note part deux: Have My Baby is a standalone rom com with a romantic HEA ending and no cliffhanger.