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Sold at the Auction in Aspen Box Set


Juliana Conners - 2018
    And he'll pay a million dollars to own it.My best friend invites me on a ski trip to a fancy resort in Aspen.We find out there's an exclusive club where billionaires can buy anything they want.Including a woman's innocence.It turns out that one will pay a lot for mine.We hit it off right away- a match that only money could arrange.He says he likes my curves, my eyes and my smile.I like his tattoos, his muscles and his dirty mouth.I never thought I'd give my virginity to a stranger.But now, I'm calling out his name while he's got me tied up and helpless.I'm begging him not to stop, and hoping winter vacation never has to.What if we both like this arrangement a little more than we bargained for?* Sold at the Auction in Aspen features a complete collection of standalone but connected romances featuring dominant alpha males and curvy heroines. Linked characters reappear as the collection continues, so you can continue to catch up with your favorite couples.The titles included in this set are: 1) Sold on Christmas Eve; 2) Sold at the Ski Resort; 3) Sold as a Domme on Valentine's Day; and 4) a bonus novella exclusive to this box set, Sold in Aspen, which ties all the characters and their stories together and shows you where each couple ends up in the future. These romances have no cheating and no cliffhangers. They do have very happy ever afters and plenty of steam certain to heat up the rest of your winter and your reading device!

Tell Me Your Wish


Serenity Woods - 2020
    Gray Lewis lost his wife two years ago, and the gorgeous community police officer hasn’t looked at another woman since. He’s had far too much on his plate to think about love, including a rebellious daughter who’s now in trouble at school. And then in walks Tuppence with her green eyes and gentle manner, and Gray’s lost.Falling in love with someone on the opposite side of the world is the last thing Tuppence needs, but Christmas is a time for miracles, and she’s not the only one who’s made a wish at the well…

Blood Song: A Sanguinem Council Book


C.D. Gorri - 2021
    The immortal Vampire Prince is renowned for his ability to acquire authentic, priceless antiques for his various private clientele. Alek’s reputation is everything, until he meets her.Carina Martin has a unique talent to find objects and to identify them by touch. She uses it for other people in order to eke out a meager living among other normals along the East Coast, but there is more to life than that, and she is dying for a piece of it.When someone robs Aleksei and passes off fakes in his name, he tracks Carina down and offers his patronage in exchange for the use of her abilities.But he is not prepared for his reaction to the beautiful normal. Can he resist the female, or will he be seduced by her blood song?

Holly Island


S.J. Crabb - 2019
    This enchanting and uplifting read will have you both laughing and crying as you rediscover the magic of Christmas. Scarlett Robins lives her life through the pages of the books she sells because her reality is no fairy tale. Then she saw an advert that changed everything. ***Escape to Holly Island and enjoy two weeks for the price of one*** It seemed too good to be true. It was. She imagined five-star luxury in a place where dreams come true. • Drinking creamy hot chocolate while toasting marshmallows on an open fire. • Bracing walks along the seashore to energise her mind. • Glorious food prepared lovingly by the Michelin starred chef, while she was tucked up in the library reading the latest bestseller. • No problems, no worries – just perfect. However, Holly Island turned out to be very different from the one described in the advert. She found herself stranded on an island with a group of strangers who certainly lived up to the name. The staff had left and they needed to pull together to make Christmas special. However, Scarlett soon discovered that they all had their secrets and nothing prepared her for what she was about to discover. Scarlett wanted the fairy tale but do they exist in this brave new world? Is it really possible to enjoy Christmas without the trappings of modern life and are the simple pleasures lost forever in a sea of commercialism? Escape to Holly Island they said. What they forgot to mention was that once you arrived, there was no way back. Just when you thought the magic of Christmas was lost forever, Holly Island proves that it does exist and finds you when you least expect it.

BAILEY BROTHERS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM: A Holiday Romance Collection


Lana Dash - 2021
    Women from all over flock to the farm, hoping to meet the shirtless sexy lumberjacks from the video.With this twist of holiday fate, can the brothers save their farm and find love before Christmas?ETHANI thought the biggest thing I'd have to worry about this holiday was keeping the family Christmas tree farm afloat with my brothers. But when a news crew shows up to do a story on us, I come face to face with the girl whose heart I broke in high school. She's here for a story, and I'm ready to give her the one I should have told her all those years ago.CHRISTOPHERNone of us could have expected the response we'd get after we attempt to market the family farm with the video, but I can't deny I love the attention we are getting from it. But when my best friend calls me out on my new behavior, the dynamic of our friendship shifts, and I see her in a new light. Will we go back to the way things were before, or will we get a chance at a new beginning?LUKEThe farm is swarming with women, but the only one who isn't here for the "sexy lumberjacks" in the video is the only woman I can’t get out of my head. Can I find a way to show the gorgeous single mom that even though I’m younger than her, I might just be the man she didn’t know she was looking for?BAILEY BROTHERS CHRISTMAS TREE FARM is a three-story collection of sweet and steamy romances about brothers trying to save their family Christmas tree farm and finding love during the holiday season. If you enjoy second chance, friends to lovers, and older single mother/younger man romances—you won’t want to miss this!

Second Chance With Me


S. Moose - 2020
    I was twenty-three when I met her.She brought me peace.She was the one.And I let her go.After leaving Seattle to be with my family, I stayed away and never looked back. I thought I was doing the right thing. But I was never able to move on and let her go. Now, years later, I’m standing at her door, and looking into the eyes of my little boy. She’s even more beautiful than I remember, and my son is my twin. They say love isn’t always perfect, but it’s able to overcome obstacles and challenges, and they’re right. I’m going to fight like hell to get my family back and show her the beauty of second chances.

Hell Hath No Fury


Michelle Morgan - 2021
    She won't forget.In 2011, nineteen-year-old Charlotte Baker meets an older man and falls pregnant. Certain that Simon is going to leave his wife and build a new life with her, Charlotte is horrified when he leaves her and moves to London with his wife.Years later, Charlotte has recovered from the heartbreak, until she sees Simon with his wife during a chance encounter. But what Simon doesn’t know is that Charlotte went ahead with the pregnancy and that he has a son.When it becomes obvious that Simon is staying in the area, Charlotte decides to hide the existence of his son. She will hide her secret at any cost.But someone knows what Charlotte did. Someone knows her secret. Someone who is willing to do anything to make her pay…

Tangled In Tinsel


Elyse Kelly - 2021
    Trying to kick my bah-humbug mood, I ventured out in search of festivities.What I found was Mason Reed.The ten years since we last saw each other has been good to him, turning the awkward teen I once knew into a man who oozes sex and charm. The idea of being snowed in with Mason has visions of his sugar plums dancing through my head…But Mason is keeping a secret that is sure to land him on the naughty list, and it involves the locked chest at the foot of his bed. That’s one gift I don’t want to wait until Christmas morning to open.Stoke the fire, and hang the mistletoe, I have plans for Mason sure to make Santa blush. Yet when that box of goodies is finally cracked open, will it be more than I bargained for? Or leave me tangled up in desire?​Tangled In Tinsel is a Christmas quickie that will fill your stocking with lots of steamy goodness! This friends-to-lovers, second chance, holiday romance is sure to get you on Santa’s naughty list!

Lover Boy: Boys of Summer


Kali Hart - 2021
    

Biscotti & the Bad Boy


Krysta Fox - 2021
    Owning the bake shop my parents always dreamed of means everything to me. And when opening day happens, I think I've finally got everything I've ever wanted. Until he walks in and reminds me of what used to be. Tall, dark and dangerous - that's what Caleb has always been. For my heart, at least. But when he places a special, sweet holiday order for his mother, I can feel my defenses crumbling just like the biscotti I'm teaching him to make. Can I save myself this time? Or will my heart be broken all over again?CALEBAn unexpected trip home turns my holiday plans upside down - especially when the girl I can't forget has come home too.I should have known my mom was setting me up, but I walked right into her sweet little trap. When I see Melissa standing behind the counter of the brand new bakery in town, I can't help but remember that she's the one that got away. Her curves are still as delicious as they used to be and I can't deny I want a taste. Can I convince her to give our love another try? Or will she get away one more time?Sugar & Spice Nights is a multi-author series of holiday inspired instalove stories with curvy women and their hot guys. Come find out how steamy and sweet the nights can get today!Don't forget to meet ALL the hunky sweeties!

The Last Days of Christmas


Stacey Wilk - 2019
    Her parents were murdered on Christmas day, and she’s been running from the killers ever since. Now they’ve found her living next door to a sexy man in love with Christmas who has her thinking about naughty and nice. Zane Cutler never loses. That includes winning the prize for the best decorated street in the Christmas Light Competition. His new, pretty neighbor refuses to participate and jeopardizes the win, which he can’t allow. But when he learns her life is in jeopardy with no one else to help her, he does what he’s trained to do. Protect her. Amidst the backdrop of the holidays, Faith and Zane must learn to trust each other in order to stop the killers or this will be their last days of Christmas.

It Must Have Been the Mistletoe


M.L. Broome - 2021
    I love Christmas, but I’m not in the mood for merriment and mistletoe this year. I have a different plan—camping out at my lakefront cabin to nurse a bottle of wine and a broken heart. It’s all going smooth, until my ex-fiancée, Jackson, shows up on the doorstep with the same plan. There may be a blizzard outside, but I’m far more worried about the inferno smoldering between Jackson and me—one he insists on stoking every chance he gets. Looks like there’s more than one way to keep warm this Christmas.

The Christmas Retreat (Cape May Xmas Book 1)


Grace Meyers - 2021
    

Mating The Alpha


Celeste Raye - 2019
    Bear, wolf and panther Alphas alike need their clans to reproduce fast, and their only salvation might lie in the human women once considered off-limits. But first, the females are going to have to overcome some ‘cultural differences’, such as mating with a clan’s entire inner circle before being accepted as its Queen. Our sweet heroines are falling hard and fast, and they have no idea what’s about to hit them… Book One In the midst of darkness four brothers find hope.But lust, obsession and envy soon follow...Johnny and Evelyn’s story could end in love, or total destruction. Book Two Alpha Dominic has an unpopular plan,And a visiting scientist, Olivia, is the key to its success.Will she let the beast into her heart…and his three lieutenants into her bed? Book Three If curiosity killed the cat, this kitty is in Big Trouble.Blair finds a savior, but Jacob’s hiding some grizzly secrets,And his friends have a disturbingly hungry look in their eyes... Book Four The Alpha’s daughter is ready to wed…And the shifter who mates her will rule the clan.It’s too bad Dylan is forbidden, which only makes Nylah want him more. These sinful Alphas know it takes a team to satisfy a Queen, and they have friends on hand to help. Each standalone story is packed with forbidden fantasies as our lovers follow their hearts, despite impending disaster. Warning: Adults Only

Guilt


Michelle Kidd - 2021
    or created?A missing child.A killer on the loose.A past that refuses to die.When a six-year-old boy disappears from a local fair, every parent’s worst nightmare is about to come true.And for Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle, twenty-two years after her own nightmare began, the past she thought was buried starts catching up with her – and fast.Leading the hunt for the missing child, Nicki soon finds the chase takes on a personal twist, with her own memories haunting her every move. With time set against them, and a killer following his own chilling agenda, can Nicki and her team stop history from repeating itself? Only time will tell.But it’s time they don’t have.