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Worth the Risk
Karen Monroe - 2020
She’s not a plain-Jane, but she’s also not a partier. When her roommates coerce her into attending a frat party, she can think of a million other things she’d rather do…like maybe wash her hair, or floss her teeth really hard. Fortunately for Cassi, the night’s not a total waste. She winds up meeting the star quarterback for the team...and that’s just the beginning of the night.Griffin Mackenzie knows a good thing when he sees it. Years of spotting his targets on the football field have given him good instincts. His life has been blessed with riches…on and off the field. Girls? Plu-eeze! He only needs to wiggle his finger to get one. He’s at the party because he’s the designated driver. Someone has to keep the yahoos on his team in-line. He’d been expecting to be bored. He never expected to meet someone like Cassi!Can two people who shouldn’t have anything in common survive the pitfalls of new love…especially if that love includes YouTube fame, trending on Twitter, and a crazy stalker? Find out if Cassi and Griff are…Worth The Risk!Author’s note:This is a spicy sports romance. American football, bad language, and the actual sport of football features prominently in the story.
Until Ireland
T.L. Reeve - 2021
An emotional pull that can complete a man in one second and destroy him in the next. Mack Redman doesn’t believe in the phenomenon, until he meets a caustic tongued, hot-blooded woman, named Ireland Banks. She can turn him inside out with a single look, leaving him aching for more.Bad days are par for the course when it comes to Ireland Banks. After finding out her ex-boyfriend had been fencing stolen cars, her world’s torn apart. Starting over in a new town isn’t easy, but Ireland doesn’t know the word quit. Now, as the co-owner of Banks Automotive, she prides herself on being above reproach.When she meets Mack Redman, she knows he’s the one. Throwing caution to the wind, she gives in to the magnetic pull between them—until the moment she finds out, he just like her ex.Mack isn’t willing to give up on Ireland, and he’ll prove his love for her is real. All she has to do is meet him halfway. But, when her past meets his future, the danger becomes palpable. Can Mack clear his name and take down an international car theft ring, or will he lose Ireland forever?
Nightmare
Rosie Alice - 2021
Nothing breaks through her surface, she doesn’t let anyone in – doesn’t need to.Until he comes along.Travis Monroe, dark and passionate. He refuses to let her walk away, and when her nightmares come back to haunt her, he finds himself revisiting bad habits he’s long given up – all to save her.**NIGHTMARE is an emotional romance novel that may be uncomfortable for some readers. Please read the trigger warning on page one in full before reading.
Bring Me Back
Jenika Snow - 2017
The past is behind me, and now it’s time to enjoy life, or that’s what I tell myself. That’s what I’m trying to do. And then he sweeps into my life like a tornado. But he doesn’t destroy me…he helps heal me. Until Adrian I was content to let it pull me to the bottom. Until Adrian I was content enough to keep moving through life. But I’m done pretending that I’m happy with who I am, with where I’m at. I want to let Adrian show me that living doesn’t have to be toeing the line. And I don’t care what anyone says, not Alex, my brother, and certainly not my childhood crush, Holden. ADRIAN I’ve never let my past dictate who I am. Fighting has been the only solid thing that keeps me grounded, that lets me get out the self-hatred and pain I keep buried deep down. But then I see Skylar. She’s the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen. She has her own darkness, her own heaviness that weighs on her. With her, I feel like the world is right, that things make sense. She says I’m helping heal her, but she’s the one who makes me feel complete. I’ll go to any lengths to keep her by my side, even if that’s going up against the two people that have been a constant in her life… the two people who know I’m not good enough for her.
Emma's Home
Maryann Jordan - 2014
She raised her niece when they were orphaned and she cares for the students that she works with. Deciding to move to Fairfield where her niece now lives, she was hoping to finally find a place to call home. Jake Campbell, was gorgeous enough to catch any woman’s eye, but he had a hard time finding the right one for him. A Fairfield detective, he lives with his mother to help care for her since she was diagnosed with a debilitating disease. After meeting Emma, he knows he has met the woman of his dreams. Now he just has to convince the independent Emma that it is time someone took care of her.While helping one of her students, Emma becomes suspicious of criminal activity in her new town. Will Jake be able to save Emma in time for them to build a life together?
Too Intense
Rosa Mink - 2019
My father is military and every time it seemed like I would finally make friends, we were off to another. So I stopped. I coasted through the rest of high school and was determined to stay put for four years of college. I didn’t anticipate meeting Conner. I didn’t anticipate falling in love with him without even knowing him. All the other girls say he’s too intense. That’s okay, because to me, he’s perfect. The only problem is, he’s a senior and I’m a freshman, and he’s a football player. Do I risk everything for him or do I continue to hide in the library as the world goes on around me? Do I really have a choice once Conner claims me as his? My heart’s his, let’s just hope he wants to keep it. Conner Too intense. Hell, I know that’s what all the girls say about me. Well, that and that I’m a playboy because I date a lot of girls. It doesn’t make me a jerk and I don’t sleep with all of them. I’m focused on football, going pro, and finding the one. I know she’s out there just waiting for me to find her. The second I lay eyes on Hailey I know she’s mine. She’s skittish, has a bit of a stalker, and I know I need to control myself but I can’t. She’s my woman and I’m going to claim her. I’ll do whatever I have to in order to make her mine entirely, even put a baby in her so she stays with me. She’ll fall just as I have given enough time and then, she’ll be the queen beside me as I hit the pro circuit. Her parents’ lack of caring piss me off but I’ll show her what it means to be loved by someone too intense. Everything I do is now for her. I hope she’s ready for it. Too Intense is a short read around 20,000 words, with strong language, no cheating, and HEAs. It's intended for an adult audience that will leave you longing for a man that’s maybe just a little too intense.
Go Long
Joanna Blake - 2016
You don't mess around with another player's girl and you don't touch the coach's daughter. Well, I've never been good at following the rules. Belinda Carmichael is uptight, prissy and the hottest girl I've ever seen. She's also the head coach's precious baby girl. And she's entirely off limits. The trouble is, I didn't know who she was when I met her. And she had no idea I was her daddy's newest star player. It was her job to show me around campus, and I showed her a lot more than that. But we fumbled the ball – she never told a soul who got her pregnant. Not even me, the baby daddy. As the quarterback I'm not supposed to date the coach's daughter. I'm definitely not supposed to knock her up. Well, too bad. I don't just want to date her. I don't just want her in my bed. I want to score the ultimate, game-winning touchdown. Her heart. *Go Long has a guaranteed HEA and no cheating!
Fighting For Hope
Olivia T. Turner - 2020
Money. Power. Fame. But it was only when I met Hope did I truly have something to fight for. She was a ray of light into my dark world. Beaming innocence. Radiating love and joy. I’ve faced dozens of opponents in the cage but she was the first person to knock me off my feet. She needs me to fight for her. I’ll give everything for Hope. And with her by my side, I’ll be unstoppable. This OTT alpha cage fighter will have you sweaty, breathless, and then begging for more. An MMA romance book that is SAFE, with no cheating, and a HEA guaranteed.
Exception
L. Miles - 2021
Playboys abandoning their lifestyle, hot and cold kisses, smouldering glances…Things start kicking into high gear when a secret stalker reveals themselves and my security team scrambles to guarantee my safety. Suddenly my guys are overwhelmingly protective. Alpha. Dominant. And everything starts to change.SAFETY SQUAD: This is a New Adult reverse harem book, meaning there are multiple love interests for our heroine and she doesn't have to choose. Medium burn, guaranteed HEA by the end of the duet, and absolutely no cheating (and no OW drama, woo!). Just gorgeous men with eyes only for their woman.
Cruel King
Rina Kent - 2019
I'm your king.You have three rules. Bow. Break. Bend the knee.Fight me all you want, but soon enough, you'll be chanting long live the king.AstridOne day I'm Royal Elite School's small fly, the next I'm hunted and left to die.He doesn't only shred my life to parts, but he's also coming after my heart.He thinks he broke me, but the new princess will bring the king to his knees.Aside from the previously published book, this version contains a never-published-before bonus scene.Cruel King is a complete standalone in Royal Elite world. No book should be read prior to this. Disclaimer: This is a high school bully romance, mature new adult, and contains dubious situations that some readers might find offensive. If you've been looking for a hero, then you won't find it in Royal Elite. If you, however, have been itching for anti-heroes and villains, then welcome to their royal court.
A Love Like Ours
Tory Baker - 2020
She loves being a teacher and she has two of the best friends a girl could ask for in Lyla and Callie. They’re closer than sisters and always make sure to reconnect, despite their busy lives. They have monthly girl’s nights at their favorite bar in town, Maverick’s Place. Lincoln Anderson is the bar’s owner and Presley may not know it, but he’s had his eye on her for a while now. He wasn’t ready, before. He had to get his priorities in line, making sure his bar was a success was at the top of his list. A chance meeting one night has Lincoln claiming Presley and now that he has her, he’s never letting her go.
Tory is back with a series she can’t wait to deliver. The Finding Love Series is about three best friends, finding their Happily Ever After. It’s a whirlwind romance with insta-love, and Alpha-males finding the women of their dreams and heating up the pages.
Resisting Her
Kendall Ryan - 2013
Too vulnerable.I'm too rough. Too fu*ked up.I will ruin her.But you and I both know that won't stop me.Resisting her is harder than I ever imagined. My name is Cole, and this is my story of trying to do the right thing, and failing. Don't judge me too harshly until you've read the final page.Forbidden erotic romance. Read at your own risk. Full length stand alone. No cliffhanger.
What You Own
A.M. Arthur - 2013
Then my best friend. And soon my entire world. But a gay bashing rips us apart before we can be more, and I try to move on. Joke’s on me when we’re thrust together four years later to do a fundraiser for my local community center. Adam might look right through me, but I still want him down to my bones.
I had a plan, damn it. Survive my summer internship with my homophobic father’s company, graduate college, get my trust fund, and then find Ryan again. Beg his forgiveness for what happened in high school. But that plan shatters when my internship leaves me working with Ryan on a fundraiser. Old feelings can't be denied, and as we come back together over a shared love of musical theater, I realize neither one of us knows the whole truth about the night that tore our friendship apart.
WHAT YOU OWN is a standalone, 60k word MM romance novel. It was previously published and has been lightly updated, but no significant changes were made. Warning for mentions of past violence.
Sin & Discipline
Lily White - 2019
That moment should have been the last of us; our beginning and end. Fate, it seems, had other plans.A dedicated musician, Lennon would become my mentor, my shadow, my protector and nightmare.We were two discordant notes that somehow blended with perfect harmony.Challenged to become a pianist as talented as him, I became Lennon's SIN, while he became my DISCIPLINE.(A Taboo Student/Teacher Romance)
Dangerous Curves
Marysol James - 2014
He’s left the hell of his younger and wilder days behind, and now he has a bar, a house, a truck, and a bike. Oh, and all the casual sex in a bar back room that a man like him may desire. Jax lives his carefree life for ‘now’, and keeps things ‘temporary’. At least he did…until she threw everything he thought in to question.Sarah Matthews is a woman who would love to change her life in some ways. By default and sheer bad luck, she juggles a staggering number of responsibilities, both personal and professional. She’s single, stressed, and seriously in need of some fun. If only she could escape her overly-scheduled, vanilla life, and cut loose… just for a little while.When Jax and Sarah decide to get together – just temporarily and just for fun – it changes both of their lives for the better. But when a man from Sarah’s past returns, it changes everything for the worse. In fact, it couldn’t be worse. As Sarah fights to come back to him, Jax is forced to confront the kind of person he was, who he is now, and the man that he wants to be… both for Sarah, and for himself.