I shouldn’t have let the surrogate agency talk me into using Tasha Williams, but she was my only option – or so they said. But now, I’ve got a black baby that should have been born white. Tasha may have duped me, but I’m not letting her off the hook. The contract says the baby is mine and there’s nothing she can do about it. Tasha: When I found the surrogate ad, all I wanted to do was make some quick bank to move into a better neighborhood with my four-year-old daughter, Nikki. Now I’ve got a baby that I want, with a piece of paper that says I can’t have him. But I promise he will be part of our lives – contract or not. And be claimed by Blake Adams? He better not count on it. The Baby is Mine is a complete, standalone BWWM romance novel with no cliffhanger. It contains some intense, steamy scenes and is not recommended for readers under 18. What about a happy ending? You’ll have to read to find out!

    Once ignited, their passion cannot be ignored, but is it enough to bridge the enormous social gulf that separates them?

    For years afterward, each nursed a secret dream—that the other had grown into a special person—brave, good, kind.When Norah Hawkins and Caleb Sutton cross paths again, dreams die. She is a bitter, suicidal widow. He is a gunman with little conscience and few scruples. Alternately angry, repelled, and attracted, the two form an uneasy partnership to hold land she owns and he covets against a marauding neighbor. Their bargain never included love, or did it?

    Destined to change her circumstances and her zip code, she rises up from the inner-city streets with an Ivy League education and affluent husband. A few short years later, she’s alone with three children, destitute and desperate. Finding herself in the same hell she’d fought so hard to escape, and determined to find a solution, she compromises who she is. Selling her soul for the almighty dollar, she does what she has to do in order to provide for her children. Caught between a secret love and her toddler’s unending need for medical care, Gianna’s forced to decide how far she’ll go to heal her daughter and save the man she loves. For money. For health. For Jase.

    Frank is interested, but unlike most people Frank's ever met, Benjamin isn't swayed by his name or good looks. Or is he?As Frank gets dragged into the drama of his sister's political campaign, he manages to pursue Benjamin under the guise of funding Benjamin's video game start-up. But unknown to Frank, Benjamin runs a mysterious muckraking news site, and when the now-involved Benjamin takes steps to back down his coverage of Frank's sister's campaign, everything starts to unravel. Frank wonders if Benjamin was just using him all along, and Benjamin assumes that Frank wants nothing to do with him. Will the mixed signals break them apart?

    We’d both become lost in pleasure, and then she left, no goodbye, no last name or phone number given to me so I could find her again.Now, three months later, after trying to figure out where she was, all but being a stalker, I was still nowhere close to finding out who Adele was. But that would change, because I was headed back to the city for work. My plan was simple.Scour the city, go to every bar, and find her—because leaving without making her mine was not an option.

    Jura finds that the favourite rooms in his house, each designed to reflect an aspect of his personality, are disappearing one by one. He remembers perfectly well playing the piano in `The Grand Piano Room'. However, the other members of his family deny the room ever existed. In `The Last Day' a family discovers an app that tells them on which day one of them will die. A man receives letters from God giving him choices which throw him into a moral dilemma. In this award-winning collection of stories, `Melnikas questions the taboos that limit human freedom.' Lire Jaroslavas Melnikas is one of the most inventive and interesting Ukrainian and Lithuanian writers today. La Croix wrote of him, `He meditates, like Dostoyevsky, on the relationship between sin and freedom.'

    His passing leaves her a vast ranch and two small boys. Well-meaning folk tell her to put the boys in an orphanage, but she refuses and vows to raise the boys herself. When someone sets fire to her barn, friends Violet and Savannah (from Coming for the Cowboy) fear Isabelle’s life is in danger. The two women convince her to take another husband. And they have the perfect man in mind, legendary bounty hunter Matthias Hudson. Known by all and feared by most, Matthias Hudson is the perfect name to mention when you need to get someone’s attention, or to send ill-intentioned suitors on their way. And best of all, he hasn’t been to Colter Canyon in years. All Isabelle needs to do is sign the marriage proxy…right below Matthias Hudson’s forged signature. Matthias Hudson comes to Colter Canyon to deliver an outlaw to the sheriff. To his surprise, folks want to congratulate him, not for collaring a criminal, but for his marriage. Somewhere in Colter Canyon a woman is posing as his wife and when Matthias finds her, he aims to show her she’s tangled with the wrong man. ***** Standalone Novel, No Cliffhanger, Happily Ever After ***** ***** Safe Read, No Cheating, Strong Language ***** Also check out Old West Alpha and Sass Collection, twelve steamy, Western romances from Alix West.

    She's young. Timid. And entirely inappropriate for the hardships and workload she's hired to handle. And she has secrets...

    Almost a year later, driven by sensual memories and one incriminating photo, the sexy operative finally tracks her down—and discovers three little babies who look just like him. Learning he is a father makes Quade even more determined: he plans to claim Cheyenne Steele as his very own. Shockingly, the irresistible beauty seems intent on refusing him. But Cheyenne and their children are now part of the Westmoreland destiny, and Quade vows to fight for a future together.Tall, Dark…Westmoreland!She longs for a taste of the wild and reckless. And Olivia Jeffries gets her chance when she meets a handsome stranger at a masquerade ball. The attraction is instant, and the electricity is volatile. But days later she discovers that her new lover is none other than Reginald Westmoreland, her father's most-hated rival. She vows to resist him, but Reggie is relentless in his pursuit. He will stop at nothing—not even blackmail—to get Olivia back in his bed…forever.

    . .Mary-Jo has traveled halfway across the country to meet her match, arriving just in time . . .for his funeral. Returning home seems like her only option. Then her would-be brother-in-law proposes a more daring idea.An enchanting tale about a superstitious woman who is down on her luck, a needy boy whose luck has run out, and a lonely man. Readers will delight in this story, where faith proves more powerful than luck, and marriage, the third time, really is a charm." Vickie McDonough, award-winning author of 27 books, including the Pioneer Promises series

    So he's blindsided by the thought that maybe Tony feels differently. Maybe Tony thinks they should do something for each other on Valentine's this year. But Mac has no clue what.Tony is trying to teach Mac about being a couple, one lesson at a time. And for Tony, Valentine's Day may turn out to be an opportunity for another interesting lesson.

    But before my would-be wife got on the plane to come to Alaska, I changed my mind and canceled the wedding. She ended up coming anyway.And now that I've seen her, touched her, tasted her, she's going nowhere.Alaska is a wild, vast place. It's dangerous. It's beautiful. It's untamed. And my desire for my bride is just as fierce and unrestrained.Mila may be scared of both.She may even try to leave.But I'll make sure the only direction she runs is into my arms.Mine. Mila is mine.Warning: This sticky-hot, sweet story of insta-love and baby-making is a perfect bedtime read...and may inspire you to kill the Kindle, grab your partner, and practice some baby-making yourself. But if you want to read something truly dark and twisted, try CJ Roberts.

    Instead she learned that she has been duped again by the cowboy who made her his mail-order bride. He died, leaving her with no money, nowhere to go, and no resources but her own ingenuity. Then she learned about the Lodestar Ranch and its owner, Tyler Hollins.Besides a lifetime of painful memories, Tyler had his hands full with immediate problems. Half his cattle were lost during the worst winter on record and his cowhands were about to quit if he couldn’t find a decent cook. Libby Ross fit the bill. She had never seen a man so attractive with such a sour disposition. But she sensed desire behind the wall Ty erected to keep everyone at a distance . . . a wanting so fierce it nearly broke her heart.They locked horns from the outset, but they could fight each other, or fight together to see their dreams come true . . .

    Man-to-Man Coverage is available as a download here on Goodreads.This story is available as a download on this book page.__________STORY INFO:Word count: 16,128Genre: contemporaryTags: established couple; coming out; children; athlete; football; sports; opposites attract; oral sex.Content warning: This work contains sexually explicit scenes and adult language and may be considered offensive to some readers.