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Getting Mine


Adair Rymer - 2015
    Unpredictable. Damaged. And every girl's secret fantasy.Arsen Constantine is many things.I'm Valentine Dawson. You might recognize me from that crazy-popular movie trilogy I star in, but if you think that's drama, you haven't met my stepbrother...When someone attacks my family, guess who shows back up to protect me?He doesn't care that we're related now. Now he thinks that I'm his property. After one sweaty, heart-stopping mistake, I almost was... And that was just the beginning.Nothing will stop him from making me beg.Getting Mine is a full length Stepbrother Romance novel that follows the lives of two lovers from infatuation to obsession. Decency be damned. 18+ suggested because of all the steamy, sexy, suspense with a tattooed, filthy-mouthed Alpha.

Lost Summer


M.T. Stone - 2016
    Now I've Been Given Chance To Save Her... Hopefully It's Not Too Late! DylanWe had the time of our lives and I finally stole her innocence. Then someone stole her. Now I’m stuck in the hot seat, being grilled under the bright lights. Sitting here, all I can think about is going out there and finding her. At this point, however, it’s going to take a miracle just to stay out of jail. Unfortunately, I’m not the type who attracts miracles or even luck for that matter.CarsonOlivia Bennett is the only woman I’ve ever loved, but I lost her after choosing the Marines instead of college. Now her daughter is missing and the blame has been pinned on my only nephew. With twenty years of military and DEA experience, I know I can hunt down the bastard who took her and bring her back alive. If I succeed, it will heal some old wounds with my family and give me another shot at winning back the woman of my dreams.SummerI return to consciousness being face down on a stinky piece of cheap, prickly carpet. My head is pounding. I can’t open my eyes. I try to move my arms, then my legs, but both are tightly bound. All I hear is the sound of tires humming against the pavement. I try to scream, but my lips are pressed so tightly together that I can barely muster a moan. My mind goes blank as I scramble to think of any way of improving my odds. I have no idea where I am, where I’m headed, who has taken me or why? My heart races out of control as tears soak the blindfold that relentlessly keeps me in the dark. I find myself spiraling into utter despair.**Lost Summer is a full-length (92,000 words) stand alone Romantic Suspense with No Rape Scenes, No Cheating and No Cliffhanger. If you like a fast-paced book that you can’t put down, you will love this one!

Wanted: Big Bad Brother: A Billionaire Bad Boy Stepbrother Romance


Natalie Knight - 2018
    Beautiful. Perfection. Everything that's good in this world.Too good for me.When she comes to me for help,I can't resist any longer. I'll make her mine. Even if it means risking everything. I'll risk it all. Go all in on the two of us.  If I win, then it'll soon be three.

Foster


Jessica Ashe - 2015
    I’m even better in the bedroom. Foster I guarantee clients the best result possible. I guarantee women a night they will never forget. I always keep my promises. Women get one night with me and that’s it. Then April comes along and turns everything on its head. Now I’m her boss, and if she thinks she’s going to get off lightly, she’s going to be in for a big, thick, throbbing surprise. April Life as a law student is tough enough, without having to deal with people like Foster Arrington. He caught me at a vulnerable moment. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. I’m sensible enough to know better, but his muscles, tattoos, and predication to violence are impossible to resist. Now I have to work with him. And he’s going to be my stepbrother. He hits on me all the time, but that’s not the problem. The problem is I think I like it. A lot. Foster is a standalone novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers.

Mr. Man Candy


Alessandra Hart - 2018
    Visit a tropical island, meet a rich, handsome player and root for the bad boy in Alessandra Hart's newest standalone romance novel. Going to a destination wedding should be fun, right? Not when there's a +1 on the invite, and you're painfully single. I don't want to face my family without a date, so I've told them all about my gorgeous, charming, all-around-amazing boyfriend. The only problem? He doesn't exist. In walks Nate Scott. Playboy. Loaded. Handsome. Bad news. He's also my only option, and surprisingly, he agrees to be my fake boyfriend during the wedding festivities. Neither of us know what we're really getting into with this game of pretend, though. We started off as enemies, but suddenly, I don't hate his guts. Suddenly, his smirk is more dangerous than annoying... and suddenly, my fake feelings have turned very real. So maybe he's not just man candy after all. The island weather isn't the only thing heating up, because I might just be falling for my very fake, very handsome and very off-limits boyfriend...

The Baby He Never Knew


Tasha Blue - 2018
    Or so he thought. This was because the young playboy was totally unaware that he was actually the father of a 4 year old boy. Breanna Webb was not sure if she wanted Kevin involved in her child's life. And to this point, they had already done pretty well without him. However, fate would soon intervene and Breanna would have to introduce Kevin to the baby he never knew... Could Breanna and Kevin possibly work through their differences and actually become a family? Or was this meeting going to end in tears and heartbreak in more ways than one? This is a unique spin on the typical billionaire romance book. Expect to get completely enthralled in this dramatic and emotional romance novel.

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?

The Billionaire's Need


Crystal Kaswell - 2015
    She keeps the world at a distance ... except for her sister Kat. In fact, she's miserable attending college three thousand miles from the only family she has left.When she hears about a programming internship in NYC, Lizzy's desperate to nail the interview so she can stay close to Kat. She's the best candidate, but there's one massive problem. The company's CEO is Nick Marlowe--the impossibly sexy one night stand she never expected to see again.Nick wants to pretend their encounter never happened, but Lizzy can't forget it ... and soon it's clear that the enigmatic, in-control billionaire wants her too. They begin a secret affair, but it comes at a price: Lizzy's total submission.What's scary is how much she wants to surrender everything to him.When Nick's past comes back to haunt him, threatening everything he's built, Lizzy faces an agonizing choice. Can she give up the man who's stolen her heart? And if she does, can he forgive her?

Wrong (Hollywood Bad Boys)


Caitlin Daire - 2017
    Right? NORA Jacob Archer is your typical bigshot Hollywood playboy—cocky, rich, and handsome. He’s also a total scumbag. After tricking me into the worst date of my life for his own nefarious purposes, he won’t leave me alone, and to add to that, I’m stuck working on a film set with him. Try as I might, I can’t seem to escape the prick. But did I mention he’s hot as hell? I know it’s wrong to want him. I know I should stay away. But every time he’s near me, my heart races. He makes me feel safe like no man ever has, and the way he looks at me makes me melt. Maybe I was wrong about him after all….could he actually be my Mr. Right? JACOB Nora Valencia is the crazy, evil ex-girlfriend of someone I know. When my best buddy suggests that I take her on a mind-numbingly terrible date to make her regret ruining our mutual friend’s life, I jump at the chance. After all, she deserves it, right? Wrong. Nora is actually gorgeous, smart, funny, and innocent of everything she was accused of. Unfortunately, she also hates me and thinks I’m Satan incarnate after that awful first date. Luckily, I have another chance to win her over while she works on my latest movie, and I won’t give up. I’m going to show her everything she got wrong about me... **Wrong is a steamy full-length contemporary romance novel with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.**

The New Boss


Penny Wylder - 2021
    He knows what he wants and expects everyone to obey.When we met, I felt a wicked tingle in my belly that made it hard to think.That's the only reason I did something stupid like hook up with a man as intimidating and off limits as him...Ever since that night, work has become a game of cat and mouse between us. But just when I think I'm getting close to my new boss, I get a surprise.The biggest opportunity of my life.Should I chase my one shot at fame? Or should I run back into the arms of a man who might ruin my future?

Donkey


Stephanie Brother - 2016
    Tilly - They call him The Donkey because of the size of his dick. I call him it because he’s a complete and total ass. I hate Landon Maddox with a passion, and I haven’t even met him yet. Underwear model, star quarterback, arrogant, muscle-headed prick. I never wanted a stepbrother in the first place, and now I have one that thinks he’s a God. Seriously. If his most famous asset isn’t beaming down at me from billboard posters all over the city, he’s spread across the front pages of every single newspaper, always for the wrong reasons. Landon Maddox is everywhere I look, and now I have to spend the next seven days with him for real, squashed into a tiny cottage in the middle of nowhere. I’m not even kidding. Family vacation with the man I spend my lifetime trying to avoid. Getting to know the enemy with nowhere left to escape. That’s not the worse thing either. Apparently there aren’t enough bedrooms for us all, which means The Donkey and I have to share. Me and The Donkey in the same room together for a week? With that thing between his legs? Now I know I’m definitely going to scream. Landon - There are two things I do better than anyone else on this planet - play football and please women - and right now I can’t do either of them. One more front page headline that's not about football and my career is dead in the water. As of now, I’m officially sworn off it. Landon Maddox is out of the game. No more late nights, no more bad behavior and definitely no more bed-hopping, until Coach says I can prove otherwise. This vacation was his idea. One week in the middle of nowhere to keep myself out of trouble. No cell phone signal, no distractions and absolutely nothing to tempt me. Maybe it’s just what I need to take my mind off it. I mean, what can possibly go wrong? I’m here with my family after all. Donkey is an 80,000 word secret baby, stepbrother sports romance light on the sports and heavy on the steam!

Devil


Aubrey Sage - 2015
    And not just for the bodies that I'm wrecking on the football field, but for p***y that I wreck in the bedroom. It wasn't always this way. A little more than 2 years ago, I was just your average guy but then I got into fatal car accident with a drunk driver. The doctors had pronounced me dead, but just as I was walking towards the white light, I was offered a deal by The Devil himself. He'd let me live and make all my wildest dreams come true. The one caveat? I could never love again. I'd have to break the heart of every single girl that would ever fall for me. It sounded easy enough at the time. But then Annie grew up, and damn... she's perfect. Annie: My stepbrother has changed. When he got out of the hospital, he got ripped–I mean really ripped. Now he's grown cocky, arrogant, and he has all these new tattoos. I never noticed him before, but he's shaped into the hottest guy I've ever seen. It's too bad he treats every woman like they're just a piece of meat. He's the star running back at UCLA, and he'll probably make it to to the NFL next year. He's that good. I hate that he's my stepbrother, but worst of all... I think I'm falling for him.

Slashes in the Snow


M. Never - 2019
    Away from our MC club, all his responsibilities, and me. We haven’t spoken since the day he handed me the keys to the kingdom. Shoved them down my throat was more like it. I hate him, and the new family he’s playing house with. He left his entire life behind for a woman he barely knows. But I’m strong, resilient, and don’t need a damn soul to survive. At least, that’s what I thought...until she walked into my bar. Kira Someone is watching me. I can feel it. I wake up in the middle of the night freaked out of my mind, paranoid a stranger is there. My skin prickles every time I leave my house, because I know someone is following me. I’m afraid. Alone. And there’s only one person left to turn to. The stepbrother I never met. The man my stepfather speaks so highly about, but never sees. He’s the president of a notorious motorcycle club, and exactly the kind of person I need to protect me. Little did I know, Ky Parish, freakin’ hates my guts. Slashes in the Snow is an enemies to lovers, stepbrother romance, romantic suspense (emphasis on romance) with dark elements. Reader discretion is advised.

The Deal


Sarah J. Brooks - 2017
    I never let emotion get in the way of a good deal. So what do you think my business mentor would make of the following situation? I’m about to close a huge deal. The documents are drawn up. The price is set. The seller is itching to sign on the dotted line. The only obstacle? His sweet, delicious, delectable, young virgin daughter is assisting me with the details, and all I can think about is taking her right here on my desk. It goes against all my rules, all my better judgments. It will completely blow the deal. But this girl is keeping me up at night. I picture myself lifting her up on the desk and devouring her. Her perfect pencil skirt, cut professionally just above the knee. Her business appropriate white silk blouse. Her tidy, tied back golden hair. I just want to mess up her entire prim and proper persona. I want to ravish her, rip off her expensive clothes, and leave her panting and quivering in my arms. Business is all about maintaining control. But love is about losing it. And with Anna Cook, I’m about to throw all my rules out the window. This exciting and steamy contemporary billionaire standalone novel with a guaranteed HEA will keep you turning the pages! Includes another exclusive bonus story only availale through this book.

Love Your Moves


Weston Parker - 2021
    This girl’s going down with a fight.The drunk video that was made with me calling him out for being the villain he is went viral. I’m both impressed and appalled.He’s far too smooth for his own good, and way too hot for mine.All is fair in love and war until one night we both lay down our weapons and concede.For one night. Besides, one night of passion has never hurt anyone, right?From enemy to lover.But it’s all a little too fishy. Maybe I’m being juked too?An extravagant date? Check.Steaming-hot guy who might not be the jerk I thought he was? Check.Gorgeous ex-wife with a shiny new rock from him on her finger? Check and check.And all of that on Valentine’s Day.Like cupid got drunk and stumbled around laughing himself into a tizzy while he jacked up lives.Like mine. But it’s my fault. I never should have dropped the enemy defense.Unfortunately, I gave my heart to a guy who happens to be missing his.