But I'm not convinced until her curvy best friend walks into my gym, looking for a personal trainer.Haley's got my attention with her lush lips and shy eyes. I want to wear her thick thighs like ear muffs, and if that's wrong, I don't wanna be right. When my heart pounds at her nearness, I know the truth immediately...I'm a thigh guy.She wants to feel more comfortable in her skin. I know exactly how to make that happen. And it has nothing to do with lifting weights.I'm going to show her what it's like to be utterly adored. Worshipped. I plan to kiss every sumptuous curve, every hill and valley until I make Haley mine forever.

    So when she learns her father is dying, her first inclination is to leave the old curmudgeon on his own. Only adding to her stress are the unexplainable feelings of attraction she's suddenly having for her best friend, actor Dixon Nash. Can a Christmas kitten named Star point the way to the Answer she so desperately needs?Finding Christmas and You, by Jan ClineNot only is Jolene Miller struggling to regain her memory after an injury, she's drawn to two men with opposite personalities. As the mystery of her past unfolds in the weeks before Christmas, Jolene discovers the truth about one of them just in time to give her a Christmas miracle.Once upon a Christmas Star, by Kathleen FreemanWhen Misty discovers Papa wanted to be an astronomy professor and gave it up to raise her, she signs him up for grad school and donates her savings to the cause. Unbeknownst to her, Papa has sold his telescope equipment so Misty can quit her ferry job and go to medical school. A handsome med student only confuses the situation. This Gift of the Magi retelling could lead to disaster, unless wishes and prayers really do come true.A Christmas Hallelujah, by Dori HarrellRomance is the last thing on their minds--who'd take on their drama anyway? Piper is dealing with her troubled teen sister. Alex's young son is glued to his side 24/7. And each thinks the other lives on the wrong side of the Cascade Mountains. But as a surprising and heartwarming friendship unfolds before their eyes, will Piper and Alex orchestrate a Christmas hallelujah out of the beautiful messes that are their lives?The Second Noel, by Chautona HavigWhen Breanne Homstad learns that a local family got scammed out of thousands for a Diabetic Alert Dog for their little boy and must find the money for another one ASAP, she embarks on the seemingly impossible task of raising $25,000 dollars...now!Breanne, friends, and a local fireman she still hasn't forgiven for a "date and dash," work to fulfill one little boy's Christmas wish--and maybe a second chance at romance.Home for the Holidays, by Lesley Ann McDanielWhen a handsome stranger fails to respond to Victoria's flirting the way men usually do, she's perplexed. She discovers that he runs an organization that builds affordable housing, and decides to volunteer. So what if it's a faith-based ministry. She can pretend to be a "church person," right?Montana Skye, by Sylvia StewartSkye hadn't envisioned serving the supper crowd in plans for her future. So when Shell, a handsome, flirty cowboy, comes into the Starlight Café, she puts him in his place along with his supper, coffee, and pie. She doesn't need him reminding her of all she's lost back home. But will Shell prove more than she bargained for?

    Now, trapped together in an isolated cabin, snowed in together, there aren't enough barbs or snarky comments in the world to keep the heat that flares between them at bay.

    Pandering to his whims is the last thing she needs right now. Ever since he took over the apartment building, he's been making her life a living hell, running her ragged for peanuts a day. But winter storms are made for starting anew. Even if it means making jerks into lovers... A short enemies-to-lovers romance with clean snow and dirty language. Dear Readers, For the winter holiday season I wanted to bring you a heartwarming, low-angst, happy-shivery little novella. Sometimes falling in love means taking a chance...or two. Meet Lia and her sexy neighbor/landlord, March, two residents of New Highland who are made to be together...with a little help from a blizzard. Enjoy! -Deana

    From Halloween to Valentines this group of friends will find everything they’ve wanted. Tami, Layla, Penny and Keke have been friends from the beginning of their freshman year in college, but in the three years since they’ve become closer than just friends, they’re now family. Their lives are about to change as they meet just the men to handle their curves. Collie My life was falling apart just weeks ago, and now, I’ve met the most amazing women that have taken me in and made a spot for me in their lives. No one has done that for me since my parents died and it makes me hope that someday I’ll meet someone the way they’ve all met men they adore. I mean, they all feel hard in the last few months, and while I’m curvier than they are, they give me hope it’ll happen. I’m happy helping take some of the workload off Tami, even if it means waking up at three in the morning on Valentine’s Day to serve people that likely are going to be as over the top as Tami and the others are with their men. It’ll keep me busy and hopefully not remind me that I’m still all alone at night when the others leave. I just wasn’t quite prepared for the girls to play cupid, or that the cinnamon roll loving Mike would be such a hunk. What’s a girl to do but go along with it and hope, her heart doesn’t get shredded in the process? Mike I know I’m the butt of the guy’s joke, their claims that the only thing I love are the cinnamon rolls at Tami’s shop, but hey, I’ll take their yummy goodness over women that are heartless. I have my reasons why I don’t date, ones that my friends don’t know about, and ones that not a single woman has begun to change in six years. So what if that curvy blonde makes me want to take a bite out of her, taste her sweetness rather than Tami’s cinnamon rolls for once? Learning that blonde is Tami’s new hire here at the shop, not to mention knows how to make these cinnamon rolls is all it takes to break my resolve, but one kiss is all I need to know she’s mine. The guys think I’m obsessed with these rolls, that’s nothing with the obsession with Collie’s that hit. The others all got their curvy girls and I’m claiming this one as mine, plus get my favorite treat on top of it. How’s that for a sweet Valentine’s treat? Collie’s Cupids is book 5 in the Curvy Girls Holidays Series. If you’re looking for a quick read with alpha men, curvy girls, strong language, no cheating, and HEAs, you’ve found the right book. It's intended for an adult audience that will leave you longing for friends to play cupid and bring you an obsessive, sweets loving man this Valentine’s Day.

    But that hasn't stopped her from dreaming about Noah Harper. Gorgeous, strong and darkly sexy, his rough edge beneath the polish promises no mercy in the bedroom. When Grace learns Noah's engagement has ended in scandal, she shyly offers him her support and her friendship. But Noah's looking for something extra...Noah wants Grace - badly. He wants to possess those curves that go on forever, to savor her sweet innocence, to take her to the limits of white-hot desire...again and again. What he doesn't want is anything more complicated than that, and he knows Grace is a woman who deserves better. Grace, however, knows exactly what she wants - the kind of ecstasy only Noah can give her. Brazenly, she accepts, and Noah promises to make all her secret fantasies come true...

    Her dating advice blog becomes a smash hit overnight due to a shout-out by a big celebrity. Pretty soon, she has published a book, and goes live on national television with her long-term boyfriend, Scott, to promote it. On air, Sydney decides to make a bold move by breaking traditional gender roles and proposing to him. But he surprises her with the wrong answer and instead reveals that he has been cheating on her. Heartbroken and humiliated, Sydney watches as her book sales and her reputation as America’s love doctor go down the drain after the televised fiasco. In order to help Sydney, her best friend introduces her to a talented publicist, Drew Young, who she doesn’t like at first glance. However, after Sydney unexpectedly meets Drew in a shopping mall they begin to fall in love with each other. What Sydney wasn’t counting on was Drew breaking every rule that she had ever believed about men, and changing her life forever.

    She’s afraid to trust. One chance meeting changes everything. When school teacher Kelsey St. James is robbed on her way home, a handsome stranger comes to her rescue, turning her world upside down. With eyes that can see right through her and a dimpled smile that makes her weak in the knees, it would be hard not to fall for him. But she’s moving to the other side of the world in a month. She can’t fall in love—not now—no matter how much he makes her heart flutter.Keeping his secret life as a prize fighter separate from his billionaire persona is easy until Mitch Prescott saves a beautiful woman from a back alley mugger. He never counted on meeting the woman of his dreams while undercover. She assumes his secret identity is his only identity, and he’s not sure how to set her straight without scaring her away.She thinks she knows him, but he wants to prove that he’s so much more.

    Quietly suffering in a life filled with loneliness and regret, he’s accepted his punishment for not protecting the only person he’s ever loved.In his experiences, he’s learned to always expect the worst.He never expected to meet a woman who would bring light into his life, who would show him forgiveness and the beauty in acceptance.He never expected a chance at redemption.He never expected Isabella Hampton.This is the first book in a spin-off series of The Dimarco Series. Can be read as a standalone. Many characters from The Dimarco Series will appear in this story.

    A Short Steamy Romance with Best Friend's Sister.She’s the one I’ll always love.I’m in love with my best friend’s sister.She’s pretty and curvy but off-limits.I run away and spend 5 years in an unsuccessful attempt to forget her.I finally return with a hope to confess my feelings.The only question is will she give me a chance?

    There was so much more to learn about Mason. But love was already creeping in the back door of my heart, and looking for a place to get comfortable...I know I’m a Daddy’s girl. My family is oddly close, except for my kooky Aunt Betsy, whom I’ve only met a few times. She did a crystal reading on my 16th birthday, telling me that I’d fall in love with a wildly improbable man with a bent little finger, and green and gold eyes. Imagine my shock when her prediction came true! But I can’t let myself fall in love with Mason – he’s Dad’s boss and 14 years older. He’s cold but brilliant. Beautiful, but... I’m not the right woman for him.No matter that he seems instantly obsessed, and makes me his intern so that I’ll stay close. No matter that prickling sparks run up my spine every time he touches me. No amount of lust is worth risking Dad’s promotion... is it?*This steamy light romance is filled with feel-good moments, some heat, and of course, a HEA.

    Cole Stanton would love to heal her pain and chase away the ghosts of her past, but she’s just a complication he doesn’t have room for in his life.Or so he thinks.It doesn’t take Cole long to realize he’s more than willing to let temptation get the best of him, more than happy to deal with complications if that’s what it takes to get her.What he has and what he needs are two different things…and what he needs is Rocki.

    Ever pretended to be a stripper to save someone from an awkward situation? Taylor Francis hadn’t. Until he had.Francis runs a successful event company and lounge bar. Greta Winters is an old-money socialite. Their paths would never usually cross: Francis avoids women in Greta’s tax bracket like a New Yorker avoids Times Square. But in the face of unexpected public embarrassment, he won’t leave her to the wolves.The impulse rescue sparks an attraction Francis can’t get out of his head. But Greta is wary of being charmed by this too slick, too smooth, too gorgeous lothario. Which would be much easier if his voice didn’t make her think of sweaty limbs and twisted sheets. Mostly his limbs. And her sheets. And his –Damn. She’s in trouble.Sexy and funny, with a voice that leaps off the page, this is a 16,000-word contemporary romance with a HEA. Contains graphic language and on page sex. Yay.

    He exercises shirtless in his office, is notorious for his lunchtime nooners, he even yawns sexily. If I didn't need this job so bad, I'd take his black Amex and tell him where to swipe it.He doesn't even know I exist, but why would he? He jets off to Paris with supermodels, I spend Friday nights with Netflix and a chunk of Pepperidge Farm frozen cake—waiting for his call. Because every time he crashes his yacht, or blows $500k on a single roulette spin in Monte Carlo, I’m the PR girl who has to clean up his mess.But this time, it’s going to take more than just a fat charity donation. This time, the whole company is on the line. He needs to show investors that he’s settling down, and Step #1 is pretending to date a nice, stable girl until people forget about what happened with the Playboy Bunnies backstage at the Oscars.My plan is perfect, except for one thing:He picks me.