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Inked Souls
Lucia Grace - 2017
A product of foster care, she's never had a family, she's never known love, she's never been wanted. So, as she gets older and her looks get her the attention she's always craved, she takes it. No matter the consequences. After another failed attempt at finding what she's always longed for--to be loved--she leaves the only town she's ever known and swears off men so she can find herself. But what happens when a rough and crass tattoo artist is exactly what she needs? A past riddled with loss and neglect haunts Rhett Shaw, his younger sister his only remaining family. Because of his past he only allows meaningless one night stands to warm his bed, never forming a connection, barely learning their names. He prefers it that way so he doesn't open himself up to more hurt. Something he's felt enough in his lifetime. He's content in his life. He has his sister, his tattoo shop, and enough women to keep him satisfied. But what happens when an angel on earth is delivered to heal his inked soul?
Second Chance Holiday
Aurora Rose Reynolds - 2014
He decided long ago that he would rather stay single than get mixed up with a woman again. Then Kathleen Mullings comes back into his life with her teenage son and changes everything. What happens when a man set in his ways meets a sassy woman who knows what she wants? Mix in the Mayson clan and the Christmas season and you’re sure to enjoy the ride of Second Chance Holiday.
Cupcakes & the Cowboy
Scarlett Woods - 2021
Come find out how hot and sweet the nights can get today!CheyenneI pride myself on being a hard worker and I never let myself get distracted from my dreams. My next goal is to own and operate a bakery. But first I need to pay off my student debt.In the meantime, I’m one step closer to my dreams when a local restaurant hires me as a seasonal temporary pastry chef.When my best friend’s older brother visits me at work, I give him a tasty treat.Jordan is sexy, smooth, and works hard on me.But can I let him veer me toward love over my career?JordanAfter years of busy life in the city, I lost who I am and I’m done with the chaos. I couldn’t be happier to move back to my small hometown and take a job as a ranch foreman. But most of my old friends moved away and the holidays are a little lonelier than I imagined.Luckily, everyone at work is extremely welcoming and I’m sure I’ll find friends fast.When my sister’s best friend stands behind the counter, I’m sweet on her.Cheyenne is kind, curvy, and I want to butter her bread.But can I prove to her she’s the one and not just the next one?
Off the Market at Christmas
Chelle Sloan - 2021
The more accurate statement is that nice guys and nerds finish last. We don’t get the girl. We don’t get the happily ever after. Even if it is the one thing we’ve asked for from Santa Claus this Christmas. So when Presley Dawson comes back into my life after twenty years, I don’t even try. What’s the point? As a Nashville Fury cheerleader, she is the fantasy of every man in Tennessee. What would the girl next door from my childhood want with a geek like me? She’s outgoing. I’d rather stay inside. She’s adventurous. I think adventure comes in the form of a new video game. We have nothing in common. Except when we’re together. Then there are enough sparks to guide Santa’s sleigh without Rudolph. But when she finds out that I never outgrew my geek phase, will she still want me? Or will our story be over before the ball drops at midnight? Pine-ing for the perfect holiday romance? It’s love at frost sight with The 12 Days of Kissmas! Off the Market at Kissmas is part of a dozen standalone holiday romances so steamy they’re sure to melt that winter chill. From dashing doctors to dirty-talking mountain men, staying off the naughty list just got a whole lot harder.
Shortbread & the Scotsman
Lana Dash - 2021
Our village is known for many festivals, but nothing compares to the Christmas Matchmaking Festival. People visit from all over the Highlands, but there is only one Scotsman that I wish to be matched with this Christmas. But after a kiss and a misunderstanding over the summer, he's given me the cold shoulder. Can the festivities of the holiday warm his heart and show him that my feelings haven't changed?DOUGALIt's only ever been her, but when she breaks my heart after a kiss that I thought would change everything, I'm not willing to put my heart on the line again. But things start to heat up when we are pushed to work together in my family's bakery for the Christmas Matchmaking Festival. Will the magic of the season give us a second chance at love?Sugar & Spice Nights is a multi-author series of holiday inspired instalove, curvy woman and hot guys stories. Come find out how hot and sweet the nights can get today!
Single in Sitka
Katy Regnery - 2019
A personal ad. What could possibly go wrong?When Seattle journalist, Amanda McKendrick, pitches a new story about the increase of bear attacks in Sitka, her newspaper sends her north for two weeks. While there, she answers the personal ad of single dad, Luke Kingston, looking for a little no-strings-attached fun to pass the time.But the sweet, widowered father of three--who just happens to be a smokin' hot state trooper--turns out to be a lot more than Amanda bargained for. As the days go by, she wonders if it'll be possible to return to Seattle without leaving her heart behind.
Sold on Christmas Eve
Juliana Conners - 2017
He's a 38 year old tall, handsome billionaire. I meet him while on a Christmas break ski trip my BFF dragged me on. She says I need to give myself the gift of caring about my own needs for once. I have a feeling this guy could help me out with that. But when I'm faced with being auctioned off at a place called The Exchange Club, I have to ask myself if this is really how I want to lose my innocence. This filthy rich bad boy will bid whatever it takes to make me his naughty elf. He plans to possess me, dominate me, claim me as his own. I have a feeling I'll enjoy what he does to me, maybe just a little too much- especially compared to the wimpy, clueless guys I've tried to date in the past. As the bidding approaches a million dollars, I have to ask myself some questions. Is there nothing money can't buy, including a happy ever after? Or if he buys my body on Christmas Eve, will he steal my heart for good? Sold on Christmas Eve is a standalone steamy romance with no cliffhangers, no cheating and a happy ever after.
Cowboy's Christmas Carol
Flora Ferrari - 2017
Not my Carol. She said she'd always be country down to her cowgirl boots. She used to help out a bit around my ranch in exchange for a little walkin' around money and time with my horses. She worked harder than any ranch hand I ever had. And she took to ridin' my horses like a natural. But she's gone and turned into one of them uptown girls. A city slicker that only cares about fancy things and livin' the good life. Well the good life's with me down here on the ranch... enjoying the simple things. Most important thing of all being a family to call your own. And that's exactly what I want. But she don't even notice me anymore. She should be lyin' down by the creek with me listenin' to bullfrogs, but instead she's in the big city listenin' to them hot shot downtown douchebags spout a different kind of bull. I'm gonna show her what she left behind, and when I do I'll ride her bareback and make her mine forever. And there's another thing we're gonna make together. Our own little bronc riding baby. I'm gonna make hay while the sun shines, and make something else at night. A family... together with her. Forever. *Cowboy's Christmas Carol is an insta-everything standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.
Bossman's List
Ashlee Price - 2017
Not Your Typical S#xy Billionaire Christmas Office Romance
She was there to pick me up,Show me around,And make sure I had a good time.After all, that's what assistants are for, right?But Sheryl was different,Beautiful, smart and hot as...f#ck. All I want is to touch her,Hear her scream my nameAnd make her mine.No guy has ever satisfied her.Now, I'm here from down underTo make sure she gets her first "O" with my big "D".And maybe a happy ending of my own.***Bossman's List is a steamy, suspense-filled, stand-alone billionaire office Christmas romance with a HEA.***
Cheer in a Bookshop
Elsie James - 2020
Thankfully, I love my job at the largest bookshop in town. Escaping my reality in books is one of my favorite past times, but this Christmas, I’m craving a love that isn’t between the pages. When our new owner finds me working on Christmas Eve, it sends him dashing through the snow. Joey is protective, chivalrous, and I want to light his yule log. But can I trust that he’ll be around when the going gets tough?
Unspoken: Virgin and Billionaire Fake Marriage Romance
Haley Pierce - 2018
Not much impresses me. But when I saw her in the Suitors Club, I knew I had to have her. Sweet little Lily Brogan might be innocent now, but the longer she stays in my fantasies, the more I want her. I can feel those long legs wrapped around me, imagine wrapping my hands around those full hips. I can already hear her crying out when I sink into her. I’ll make her my wife, just for appearances. I need this to save my business. She just doesn’t know this yet. Money is no object. Whatever the cost, she’s going to be mine. Unspoken is a 50,000 word stand-alone romance novel with no cliffhangers, no cheating and a beautiful HEA.
A Christmas Tart
Lola West - 2021
It’s palpable. The whole town knows it. They have been at each other’s throats since their sand castle building days. But what everyone doesn’t know is that there was a winter, a long time ago, when Max had a secret and Patrick was there for her. They forgot to be hateful and thought maybe, just maybe they were in love….But you know, then it all fell apart. Until now...Get ready to watch tension fly and the three french biddies meddle when Max and Patrick reconnect at the Laurent Bakery in Martha's vineyard.A Christmas Tart is a standalone novella with an HEA, but it features characters from the Universe of all of Lola West's books.Pine-ing for the perfect holiday romance? It’s love at frost sight with The 12 Days of Kissmas! A dozen standalone holiday novellas so steamy they’re sure to melt that winter chill. From dashing doctors to dirty-talking mountain men, staying off the naughty list just got a whole lot harder.
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.
Kage (Peril's End MC #1)
Cali MacKay - 2018
The population was decimated and lives changed in the blink of an eye. Tamar went from a bounty hunter in training to a woman who uses her skill to survive. When she hears of a bounty that may finally give her and her team security, she knows there’s no way she’s letting this bounty slip through her fingers—not even when another team gets in her way.Kage and his brothers have their eye on one thing—revenge for their brother, tortured and murdered. When the man responsible offers up a bounty, Kage knows this is their chance, even if he’s forced to work with another team. Falling for a woman like Tamar wasn’t in his plans, but there’s no turning away from her now.Tamar and Kage must fight together for a future. The choice of being selfish or the ability to see the bigger picture for the sake of the world and its existence might blur lines of friendship and trust. Will they be able to make the right choice, for the world and each other? Or will revenge take a turn for the worse?
Just Once
Kate Hunt - 2019
And he’s more than a decade older than me. But I want him anyway. My plans for Halloween this year are pretty laid-back: drive up to see my parents, hand out candy at their house, and watch some cheesy horror movies. But then my mom tells me that we’re invited to a Halloween party hosted by my dad’s new business partner. And my dad’s new business partner, Dante, is freakin’ hot. Hooking up with Dante proves to be inevitable. What catches us both off guard is our mutual desire to actually be together. But I don’t see how we can make it work. And I’m scared out of my mind to tell my parents about us. How can this possibly end well? JUST ONCE is a fun, short, Halloween romance with steam, sweetness, and a happily-ever-after!