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Sin with Me


Lacey Silks - 2017
    I’m his secretary.Our love is forbidden and it’s not because of faith.Cops shouldn’t make mistakes, but I did. I only wanted to save my mother’s life but the big boys put a price on my head and now they’re after me. Under the pretense of a parish secretary, I end up on the other side of the country to clear my name.Except there’s nothing easy about my job when Father Cameron joins the parish. He’s young and hot, and I can’t stop fantasizing about him in ways no woman should.Wanting him is constant.Needing him is intoxicating.Resisting him is impossible.The temptation that grows inside me will turn into sin. We both know it. After all, forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest, except when it’s poisoned. And if my past catches me here, committing the unforgivable sin may not be the only reason I go straight to hell.Fall in love with Kate and Cameron in this romantic suspense as the couple fights to resist a temptation as their forbidden love grows, in Sin With Me.Note: Intended for mature audience only. While Sin With Me can be read as a stand-alone novel, the author recommends to read it after book 1, Run With Me.

Teacher's Pet


Pixie Chica - 2019
    She’s also a hopeless romantic, in love with the idea of love. Then she finds her soulmate, a fellow teacher, and he becomes the star in her fantasies of forever. Kyle hates Starbucks, sees things in black and white, and prefers to go with the flow. He knew Penelope was meant to be his the second he met her and has gladly consumed at least a thousand of the sugary coffees just to be close to her. The problem? They’ve unintentionally friend-zoned each other. Will these two finally admit what their hearts want? Or will a bunch of preteens need to school their teachers? *** Warning*** This is a sweet, sexy short, about two teachers. This book is intended for those 18 years of age an older.

The Five Stages of Falling in Love


Rachel Higginson - 2015
    Grady's prognosis was grim, even from the start, but Liz never gave up hope he would survive. How could she, when he was everything to her?Six months later, she is trying to pick up the pieces of her shattered life and get the kids to school on time. Both seem impossible. Everything seems impossible these days.When Ben Tyler moves in next door, she is drowning in sorrow and pain, her children are acting out, and the house is falling apart. She has no time for curious new friends or unwanted help, but Ben gives her both. And he doesn't just want to help her with yard work or cleaning the gutters. Ben wants more from Liz. More than she's capable of ever giving again.As Liz mourns her dead husband and works her way through the five stages of grief, she finds there's more of her heart to give than she thought possible. And as new love takes hold, she peels away the guilt and heartache, and discovers there's more to life than death.

She Found Him


B. Cranford - 2019
    One thing she’s not so proud of: whacking a man on the head with her handmade sign at an animal rights march. Especially when she takes the whimpering puppy dumped on her front porch to the nearest vet and he turns out to be the man she struck . . . Awkward. One thing Rose didn’t expect to find before going back home to Australia: Love.

Pull You Through


Kaylee Ryan - 2018
    The hell I lived through with my drug-addicted parents led me to the Marine Corps. Committing my life to my country was easy. My brothers were my family--all I had and all I needed. I wasn’t looking for her, but I should have known life had other plans.It led me to her.From the moment we met, I knew he was different--I just didn’t realize he'd change my life. He was a guy on leave, an acquaintance. Until he was something more, something unforgettable. I never imagined he'd leave ten days later, taking a piece of me with him. Then again, maybe I did know. I just didn't care.He was worth it.

It Was Always You


Andrea Johnston - 2019
    . . Boy and girl are childhood best friends. Boy moves away and devastates girl. Years later, two strangers meet on the internet and one of them has a secret.Or two. When Ally Honeycutt rushes home to her small town of Pickerton Grove she never expected to find her once best friend working at his family’s business. No longer the small little boy she once chased lightning bugs with, Drew Collins would give any sinful rock star a run for his money. With soulful dark brown eyes and hair that slips easily through her fingers, she’s less worried about what he keeps trying to tell her and more interested in the way his lips feel on hers. Drew Collins has made a lot of mistakes in his life, the last one landing him behind bars. He never dreamed a single dare would find him back in contact with the first girl he ever loved. Ally Honeycutt is everything good in the world, and his mistakes make him the bad boy every fictional girl dreams of. Now if he could only stop falling in love long enough to tell her the secrets that could ruin it all. They say you can’t go home again but what happens when home is in the heart of your best friend?

Best Friends Forever


Jess Bentley - 2018
    He’s back in my life. And he’s all man. I'm ready for new step—best friends with benefits. But now he wants more than this single mom ever expected. To honor our marriage pact—til death do us part. Clay: I never stopped loving Penny. She was everything to me, and I never told her, Not even when she casually promised me her hand in marriage. "If we're still single in fifteen years..." Now those fifteen years have passed—and she's shown up in town, Fragile and beautiful, falling into my arms and rekindling the spark we felt so long ago, Until it's an inferno. She melts at every touch, whimpers and begs for more. But she tells me she’s not in it for love. She just wants s*x, that's all. I get it. But I'm not a kid anymore. I know just what she needs. She wants stability, a father for her young son. She wants a man who can take care of every inch of her. I’ll make her fall in love, show her she belongs to me. She always has. I'll give her our 'forever,' And prove to her that we were meant to be so much more than just best friends. Jess is not about cheating, cliffhangers, annoying heroines and alphaholes. You won't find any of that in Best Friends Forever. Just a satisfying and delicious second chance, marriage pact romance. For a limited time, enjoy some bonus content including the EXCLUSIVE book, Colt: A Brother's Best Friend romance.

The Image of You


Melanie Moreland
    Braving danger and devastation, he is determined to tell the world the stories he captures through his lens.Until a misstep leads him to her.Alexandra Robbins.With her fiery red hair and crystal-blue eyes that hide her secrets, she draws him in. And he is willing to change his life for her.Except her past holds her captive. Nothing seems to free her, and despite his best efforts, she is lost to him. But her image never fades from his mind—or his heart.Until their paths cross again.And this time, he is determined to keep her. He won’t lose focus until she is back in his arms and his life.Permanently.(Formerly published as My Image of You, 2017)>

Ink Me: A Short Story


M.K. Moore - 2018
    Patient. Rebel. Miles Heart took on too much too quickly. In order to keep his family together, he traded a full ride scholarship to be an apprentice in a tattoo shop in his hometown of Bleak, Minnesota. Once he was fully licensed, he started on his own shop and brought his family on. Finally, he started living for himself again. Can seventeen years of celibacy just be erased by the beautiful mess in his chair? Whore. Trailer Trash. Homewrecker. Jacquie Sherwood has been no stranger to this kind of pettiness since she was a teenager. The broken mess the death of her husband left behind ripped her suddenly charmed life right back to the trailer park in Road to Nowhere, Illinois. When her daughter suddenly heads to Moosehead, to help her grandfather, everything in her tells her to go along. Can two broken hearts be mended by the gentle lull of his tattoo machine? Ink Me is a standalone short story in the Queen of Hearts Ink Series.

Honor


Andi Jaxon - 2018
    Honor. Obey. Words that meant forever to Katie when she married her first love. But those vows are broken when she buries her husband along with any hope of happily ever after. She fades in his absence, until a smooth-talking stranger asks her to dance, reminding her how it feels to be desired.Honor. It defines Logan’s life as a Navy SEAL. But fulfilling a man's dying wish is tougher than anything he has attempted in his life. With nowhere else to run, it’s time for Logan to man up and accept the future he never planned on, with the woman he’s always loved.

One Final Breath


L.K. Collins - 2017
    From International Bestselling Author, LK Collins, comes One Final Breath an emotional and unforgettable read about losing the one you love and learning how to go on without them.One life.One choice.One love.Sometimes it's all we get and one moment could change it all.I hate the number one--it haunts me; my every waking moment is a constant reminder of what I lost.One day, I met a guy and I fell in love.He asked me one question...I said yes.Our life was perfect...until one day everything changed.I watched him slowly slip and fade away.The one person I loved, my best friend, my partner, my everything, was slowly dying right in front of my eyes.The doctors said he had one year left; he only lasted one month.As I held on to his hand, he took one final breath and slipped from this world.Leaving me; one woman, one broken heart, one child to show the world to...all alone.This is my story about the power of one...One Final Breath is a full-length standalone novel with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

One Week With the Marine


Allison Gatta - 2017
    Still, when her long-term best friend with benefits comes home on leave with a plan—including marriage and children—she realizes she’ll have to do something drastic in order to keep him. Luckily, drastic is what she does best.…isn’t enough anymore.U.S. Marine Holden Morris has never backed down from a challenge. And this time, that challenge is persuading wild child Avery Forrester, the woman he’s loved his entire life, to marry him. He wants the whole deal—a wife, a family. But convincing her to become a military wife won’t be easy. Then again, he knows Avery—in every way possible. Armed with that kind of knowledge—carnal and otherwise--how can he possibly fail?

Quick N' Dirty


Aden Lowe - 2018
    They can't give the Quick Ranch the future their grandmother wanted if they can't even feed themselves. Sick of frozen pizzas and no clean shirts, Jake's dad orders him to hire a housekeeper, and do it quick. He has no idea where to start and doesn't have time on top of his ranch work, but the local minister has the perfect candidate. Jake hires Ande as soon as he hears her story, and vows to do anything, no matter how dirty, to keep her and her two small children safe. Now, he just has to hope he can keep his hands to himself and not ruin this for his family. Note: Sam’s story, Quick Start, book 2 is now available! Here on Amazon!

When You're Ready


J.L. Berg - 2013
    waiting.As a widow and a single mother, I’d made peace with a quiet life. After all, I lost the love of my life. No one could ever replace him. But then, I met Dr. Logan Matthews and everything changed. He appeared like a white knight, caring for my injured daughter as he slowly mended the pieces of my broken heart. The letter Ethan left me has three words written on the envelope, When You’re Ready.So, I guess the question is...Was I ready... to love again?

A Home for Lily


Elizabeth Kelly - 2014
    Now, alone and broke, she’ll do whatever it takes to provide for her baby.Firefighter and single dad, Logan Anderson, needs a nanny for his traumatized child, Hazel. When the fragile woman he rescued from the wreckage of a car shows up at the station to say thank you and applies for the job, he agrees to hire her. Lily is determined to keep her new job as a nanny. It means the difference between keeping and losing her baby. But will her growing feelings for her new employer destroy her chance at a fresh start for both her and her baby?