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Under His Ink
Maya Hughes - 2018
Now, I’m back because she’s the only person I can trust. And I couldn’t stay away for another day.Being near me means danger for the both of us because no one leaves the mob unscathed. She’s inking over my past one day at a time and it's strictly business for her, but the flames licking at our heels aren’t just from the heat between us.But the only thing harder than leaving the mob is leaving her. I’ll show her that what we have is forever as long as I’m still breathing…Under His Ink is a 55,000 word second chance mob romance.
How Heathcliff Stole Christmas: A Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries novella
Steffanie Holmes - 2019
. . but Heathcliff, the surly bookstore owner and fictional bad-boy, does NOT! Luckily, Mina Wilde loves him anyway, as well as her two other literary boyfriends – the ‘Napolean of Crime,’ James Moriarty, and Poe’s contemplative raven, Quoth. It’s tough buying the perfect Christmas gifts for three lovers, but Mina’s determined to make this year the best Christmas Nevermore Bookshop has ever seen. That is until the charity Christmas tree and all the presents donated by the village go missing. Heathcliff’s grinching makes him the obvious culprit, but Mina knows Heathcliff isn’t mean enough to steal gifts for the animal shelter … or is he? Mina and her men must race to solve the mystery and save Christmas before the village roasts Heathcliff over a Yule log! The Nevermore Bookshop Mysteries are what you get when all your book boyfriends come to life. Grow your heart three sizes and join your favorite punk-rock heroine, her three hot book boyfriends, a meddling mother, a troublesome cat, and a cast of strange and wonderful Argleton villagers in this fun reverse harem Christmas mystery.
Sin and Cider
Kimberly Reese - 2017
Too bad I belatedly realized something was missing.Determined to find myself again, I quit my job and head back to my family's apple orchard to do some soul-searching.A lot can also stay the same.Case in point: my brother's best friend, Lawson Westbrook.Still charming. Still ridiculously handsome. Still an expert at making my heart race in an achingly familiar way.His desire-filled eyes and seductive promises tempt me to take him up on his offer for a sinful summer.Lawson may see me differently, but my heart's still vulnerable.Something's brewing between us, but I don't know if it's happiness or heartbreak.
Claimed (Armstrong Lovers, #1)
Chelsea McDonald - 2019
It was my time to serve our country, just like my father and my grandfather before me. The pain that throbbed in my chest every night I was away was the stone cold fact that I’d left her behind, not ever having told her how I felt. After twelve years and only a few short visits in-between, I’m finally back for good. I’ve waited long enough and I’m ready to take back the girl I let get away all those years ago.Finding out he was back in town isn’t too shocking, but finding out he’s back permanently - that’s a whole different story. He’s been my unicorn for as long as I can remember and the more I think about seeing him, the more I want to run and hide. Twelve years is a long time to live without someone in your life, we’ve both grown up and I doubt he’ll remember the little girl his brother dumped in middle school. Now that he’s back how do I hide the feelings of desire and heartbreak that he left me with all those years ago.
Beautiful Surrender
Ivy Wild - 2021
Xavier:My truth is control.My truth is that good is rewardedand that bad is punished.Aubrey Knight thought she could disrupt my businessand get away with it.But, she was sorely mistaken.So, when her father lost the electionand came to me begging for money I struck a deal.The little brat would serve as collateral until the loan was repaid.She thinks she can test me.How laughable.She will submit to me,and it will be a beautiful submission.Aubrey:I will never submit to him.Beautiful Submission is a complete standalone romance with age-gap, enemies to lovers, captive and BDSM themes.
Finding Home
K.L. Humphreys - 2019
It's easier than letting people in and telling them about that night.I live my life in the shadows because happiness is something that I can't have.I keep my pain where it belongs, in the past. I keep my secrets buried deep down.Now my past is colliding with my future, and I'm not sure how I'm going to survive.But in the midst of the darkness is a shining light: Trent.Sometimes you find home in the place you least expect it.
Cocky Contender
J.M. Kelley - 2020
I gave it all up after my brother’s accident and now I’m just trying to figure out how to save my family’s legacy and get over a broken heart. I’ve been in love with my friend Soraya since the ninth grade. Too bad she’s in love with someone else. I even have the broken jaw to prove it.My life is a mess. Until a smoking hot, little firecracker with a zesty attitude walks into my gym and turns everything upside down.She’s keeping secrets, something or someone she’s running from, and I’m going to find out.I won’t let her run anymore. I’ll prove she’s worth the fight. I must pull off the biggest win of my life. I’m ready to battle in and out of the octagon for her.I’m ready to save my family’s livelihood and win the woman of my dreams.I’m ready to battle for my destiny.Don’t think you know how this fight is going to turn out.
The Naughty List
Caisey Quinn - 2019
Cover & Synopsis Coming November 6
Greaser (Soulless Kings MC, #4)
Andi Rhodes - 2021
I would die for them, bleed for them, kill for them. Patched members, prospects, blood relatives… they all have my loyalty, no questions asked. What I won’t do is tolerate lies, no matter who they come from. Until I catch a brother in one. Danger shows up at our doorstep and I find myself reevaluating my boundaries. I don’t have a choice. It could mean the difference between life and death for the woman who’s done the impossible: risen from the dead. Trinity…People don’t come back from the dead. It’s impossible, yet it’s exactly what I’m doing. For twelve years, I ceased to exist. My family, my friends, the world thought I was gone forever. I was a statistic, a faceless number among millions. But I’m back and I need to be seen, to be heard, to be remembered. My escape isn’t planned. It happens fast but I don’t look back. Not until I’m forced to. I manage to track down the one person who will recognize me, my twin. Looking at me should be like looking in a mirror. The problem is, his new family doesn’t know I exist and they don’t take kindly to lies or strangers. And I represent both.
Till I Found You
Michelle Fernandez - 2019
With the overload of work, there’s no time for romance, nor does he want it. His rule—don’t mix business with pleasure. Until one assignment puts that rule to the test. Chloe Channing is not to discover his undercover role as her protective detail from an unknown psychopath. But as their days pass together in tropical paradise, it becomes difficult to keep his desire from compromising everything. Including her safety.All Chloe wants is to remember, but so much of her memory was lost after her assailant left her unconscious. On a summer trip with friends at her family’s estate in the Bahamas, she yearns for the quiet respite from a previous heartbreak and her tortured nightmares. She never expects a man like Julian to help her find emotional peace and physical healing. But as she falls deeper, her flashbacks slowly come together, and they include glimpses of one handsome, mysterious, yet all-too-familiar face: Julian’s.Is Chloe’s mind playing tricks on her again… or has she met this man before?Even if Julian could let go and risk it all, could he ever forgive himself enough to fall in love again?
Fighting Chance
Lea Coll - 2022
James rejected me in high school. It's her cluttered storefront I have a problem with. Still, it’s hard to stay mad at her when she’s more beautiful than I remember and her son keeps finding new ways to sneak over to my hardware store every chance he gets. While I admit he needs a male figure in his life, I’m the wrong guy for the job. Despite my reluctance, the little guy brings us together even as our pasts keep us apart.I’m falling deeper for this woman, and the more I get to know Savannah, the more I realize I may have misjudged her. Maybe we can get a second chance after all.
Hollywood Redemption
Harlow Layne - 2018
Nothing exciting ever happened here, unless you counted being harassed by her ex-husband. Until one night changes the entire course of Alex's life. But even with all the good that occurs in her life, Alex must overcome her past demons, the very demons that caused her to become a shell of the woman she once was, that is if she wants to fight for the promise of the new life brought before her. Luke was a Hollywood actor, famous, gorgeous, and completely unlike anything I’d ever come across. He was a man on the rise, whose work ruled his life, that is until a chance encounter with Alex.He claimed to be nothing like the egotistical, selfish Hollywood type that the world made actors like him out to be, but convincing Alex of that would be tough as hell… especially with all that she has at risk.Can two people from two very different worlds - collided by fate and pushed apart by distance get a real chance at love?Finding love was the easy part... Making it last was another story all together. I couldn't imagine my life without Luke. He was kind, gentle and the most down to earth guy... but being a famous Hollywood actor came with strings. Messy ones; like crazy fans and having our lives torn apart all over social media. Sure I had my own baggage, an abusive ex-husband that didn't want to let go, and the amazing son that we shared. But my life was simple, quiet and it was hard to focus on our budding romance with the noise our relationship was causing from coast to coast. We found ourselves back to being miles apart, and with the distance came doubt. I wanted a forever with Luke, but our happy ending seemed just out of reach.I knew our life wouldn’t be easy, but I never thought our love would put us in danger. Could we really overcome everything standing in our way, and finally get the fairytale ending we deserved?
Three Years Later
Casey McMillin - 2013
The first thing she did when she got there, however, was run headlong into her happily ever after. Unfortunately for her, the guy was way out of her league.Collin Blake, along with the rest of his college swim team, was just visiting Los Angeles for a few days. It was something the U Cal swimmers did every year. Falling in love definitely wasn't on his list things to do while he was there.Is love at first sight even possible?Collin and Rachel thought so. They had an instant connection... right up to the point when Rachel disappeared.Can they pick up where they left off even though it’s... Three Years Later
Snowed In
Linnea May - 2017
It was not supposed to turn into a f*cking trap, imprisoning in the middle of nowhere during a blizzard. Matters shift from bad to worse when I find myself stranded and dependent on her. Lena, the beautiful but impertinent small town girl who offers me shelter. We didn’t get off to a good start, but now we’re forced to ride out this damn blizzard together, trapped in her strange house, snapping at each other and bantering back and forth like an old couple, even though we just met.It may be the alluring depth of sadness in her ocean blue eyes, her flawless porcelain skin, or the sweet and tantalizing lure of the mulled wine she’s making – but something tells me, she’s ready to take what I have to offer. She’s not sassy by default, but she’s awaking the monster in me.And there’s nowhere for either of us to run.
Take Me Back
Summer Brooks - 2018
Now he’s back. After nine years, there are three reasons I should stay away. For one, Matt is my boss. On top of that, he is my older brother’s best friend and business partner at the most prestigious law firm in the country. And to make things worse, Matt doesn’t know about our son. Matt Dawson, with his cool blue eyes and dominating persona, can send shivers down my spine with a single touch. His forearms are stronger than my resolve to resist him. And I know that he won’t stop until he makes me gasp and tremble with pleasure again. Hiding our son’s existence complicates things, but it’s my brother who is the gravest concern. If he discovers that Matt is the father of my child—or even that Matt and I are together—he would be angry enough to kill. And murder is something he is more than capable of doing. But Matt would go to unimaginable lengths to protect his family.