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The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer
Jennifer Cody - 2021
I’m either the luckiest mute boy ever or possibly the unluckiest. Who knows, maybe him kidnapping me will turn into the greatest love story ever told? Hey, it could happen! You never know how these things will turn out. I happen to believe in love and soulmates, and if nothing else, Arlington Fox doesn’t treat my disability like a nuisance. It’s not every day you find someone who just gets you, and I’m not going to look a gift horse in the mouth even if the horse in question is a man so good at killing people that I should probably introspect a bit about why that skews my moral compass and possibly my kinks. But c’mon, competence is sexy, amiright?The Trouble with Trying to Date a Murderer is an MM Paranormal Romance with lots of sass, humor, a ridiculous 3000 year age-gap, and an inordinate number of tables.
Savage Bear's Kiss
Scarlett Ray - 2019
Jax is dangerous and ruthless. He’s all wrong for me. But the animalistic sparks between us are undeniable. His strong arms are built to hold me tight. Especially when my jealous childhood friend tries to tear us apart. Our happiness is at risk. Our family may not survive the scandal. But Jax would do everything in his power to protect me …and our secret baby! Even if that means going to war.
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.
Secrets and Indiscretions: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
Layla Johnson - 2021
What is written in it is not meant for any living soul. But now Bingley knows, and much more than he should. The shame is overwhelming for both friends and their relationship itself is put on trial.Upset with himself for his weakness and his obsession with Miss Elizabeth Bennet, embarrassed that Bingley has discovered his deepest secrets, caught between duty and desire and struggling to protect his privacy, Fitzwilliam Darcy is caught in the midst of a storm of emotions where he feels lost as never before. And the situation gets even worse when he has to face an old enemy.Will he leave Hertfordshire and run away from any dangerous indiscretions and temptations, or will he be capable of putting his pride, resentfulness and haughtiness aside, allowing other sentiments to come to the surface?
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!
Sheikh's Baby
Sophia Lynn - 2016
Now, she’s wary of romance and is an accomplished art historian, raising the daughter Adir fathered without knowing. When she encounters Adir again - now a Sheikh – by chance, she’s infuriated and frightened by the passion that boils to the surface. She’s unprepared for the truth about what happened all those years ago… Sheikh Adir al-Omari was once deeply in love. It wasn’t until he learned that Abigail never wanted to see him again that he decided to bury his love and try to forget it. So when he crosses her path five years later, he’s at a loss when she throws her drink in his face immediately. When he’s able to speak with her, he can see on her face that she never stopped loving him. How can he stop the love he buried from rising to the surface? Will Abigail be able to trust him again? How will Adir prove to her what really happened? How will Abigail tell him about his daughter? Note: Story contains steamy scenes of passion and romance between an alpha Sheikh and an innocent young woman.
Claimed by the Mob Boss: A Secret Baby Mafia Romance
Bella King - 2022
Jay Walking
Jacques N. Hoff - 2014
Where love is instant the moment you find your mate. Where there’s only one true pecker for every man. Where the sex is so hot it will singe your tail feathers. Where bird-watching is both a recreation and a preoccupation—that usually leads to feathers flying. Simon Spoonwell—intrepid bird store owner and history geek—knows avian shifters exist. With so much myth and lore, there must be a touch of reality. But he doesn't expect his proof to come in the form of hottie cop and blue jay shifter Jay Azure. It’s an innocuous ticket for jaywalking that brings them together, but an inescapable attraction, a love of awful puns, and a shared need to protect the vulnerable will make them true mates.
Orion's Belt
Loki Renard - 2020
Now I owe him everything. Orion Steelbane is the meanest, most augmented gunslinger in the West. It's best to stay off his radar, but when he saves my life, I lose that option forever.Orion doesn't do anything for free, including rescuing distressed damsels, so now I am in the alpha outlaw's debt - and Orion knows exactly how he wants to take his payment.My rebellion and Orion's passion go hand in hand.Every time I defy him, we get one step closer to his bed.I might even be falling in love, if it is possible to love a man like him.Or if he could ever love me back...
Dark Shores
Danielle L. Jensen - 2019
Jensen.In a world divided by meddlesome gods and treacherous oceans, only the Maarin possess the knowledge to cross the Endless Seas. But they have one mandate: East must never meet West.A SAILOR WITH A WILL OF IRONTeriana is the second mate of the Quincense and heir to the Maarin Triumvirate. Her people are born of the seas and the keepers of its secrets, but when her closest friend is forced into an unwanted betrothal, Teriana breaks her people’s mandate so her friend might escape—a choice with devastating consequences. A SOLDIER WITH A SECRETMarcus is the commander of the Thirty-Seventh, the notorious legion that has led the Celendor Empire to conquer the entire East. The legion is his family, but even they don’t know the truth he’s been hiding since childhood. It’s a secret he’ll do anything to protect, no matter how much it costs him – and the world. A DANGEROUS QUESTWhen an Empire senator discovers the existence of the Dark Shores, he captures Teriana’s crew and threatens to reveal Marcus’s secret unless they sail in pursuit of conquest, forcing the two into an unlikely—and unwilling—alliance. They unite for the sake of their families, but both must decide how far they are willing to go, and how much they are willing to sacrifice.
Our Forever Starts Tonight
Rebel Hart - 2021
I’m a debate dork with a little extra weight, and he’s the hot AF quarterback every girl wants to date.Yet, it wasn’t always that way. As kids, he was more than a friend to me. He was my first crush, and I was his. After his mom was imprisoned, I protected him from the bullies, knowing he’d always be there for me. Then his father took him away, hoping to vanish his son’s traumatic past… and erasing me with it.But nothing can stop destiny.Eight years later, Tristan and I find each other in my new high school—the encounter shaking us to our core. Soon, we realize the connection between us is electric and undeniable, transforming the love we once shared into an all-consuming attraction. Except, my heart breaks when I discover that he’s not the same boy I knew, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to defend his title as the school’s hottest jock… even if it means bullying me.Forced to protect myself from the one person I never thought would hurt me, I can’t help but wonder, can Tristan overcome his pain, and fight for us without caring what others think? Or is it time to accept that my first love was never meant to be?Our Forever Starts Tonight is a Standalone High School Romance full of angst, drama and love. It ends with a HEA.
In Too Deep
Elyse Riggs - 2021
It’s not every day a girl gets cheated on the day of her wedding. She’s sworn off men and only plans to stay in town long enough to get her car fixed. Then she has to figure out the rest of her life.Enter grumpy mountain man Tyler Drake. Whatever happens, he knows he can’t fall for the beautiful tourist who walked into his bar. No matter how many sparks fly, she’s forbidden fruit he’s determined not to taste.In Too Deep is a full-length, standalone, enemies to lovers, small-town romance with humor, steam, and lots of HEA.
Roots and Wings
M. Mabie - 2016
Yet, all could think about was Mutt, or at least that’s what they called her.To me, she was gorgeous and witty ... and perfect. She knew more duty than desire, more perseverance than passion, and more acquaintance than affection, but here was no way I’d ever want to change her. In fact, I was dying to show her the life she'd been missing, but first she'd have to trust me enough to tell me her real name.I wanted to plant roots, but I refused to clip her wings. Not when she was everything I’d been looking for and all the home I’d ever need.Roots and Wings is a standalone contemporary romance. If you're looking for a good time, then you've come to the right place. Welcome to Wynne.