Leaving Scotland was hard, but I've gotten used to the solitude. A fierce need for a drink changed my life.Raleigh JonesLost in the woods, I thought I would die until an ax-wielding psycho with a sexy accent comes to my rescue. Can you get Stockholm Syndrome in New York?Welcome to the Catskills, you'll never want to leave.This is a safe, over-the-top instalove from M.K. Moore.The mountain men are calling, and we must go . . .This spring, twenty-one of your favorite romance authors are joining forces to bring you a mountain man series to make you swoon. Join us all May long for thick beards, big hearts, and instalove that won’t be denied. The Spring’s Mountain Men series of short, steamy stories is sure to put a spring in your step. *wink* HEAs guaranteed!

    With no place to go, I start sleeping in the heated barn of a local rancher at night and working on his farm during the day. Everything is fine until he discovers me in the barn one night.Nick TaylorI wasn’t expecting to discover my curvy new hire sleeping in my barn or find out that she’s also pregnant and alone. So I take her back to my house with every intention of keeping my hands off of her. But you know what they say about the road to hell…Welcome to Courage County, North Carolina where alpha cowboys fall for strong curvy women and find love on the ranch. There’s NO cheating and NO cliffhangers. Just a sweet, sexy HEA.

    A chef at heart, sometimes I really crave a good meal. And after three years in the mountain, I’m damn near starved.So when I hear about Perfect Pair– the hottest, most secretive dinner experience in LA, I must get a table.Trouble is, the reservation requires an interview. A convincing display of perfection between two people.I hire a matchmaker for one reason and one reason only: I need a dinner date that can pull off this meal.When Story Cook arrives as my plus one, I’m sure this dating service is worth the hefty price tag. She’s a delight from head-to-toe.Curvy, cute -- and while I usually prefer savory to sweets – I want nothing more than to eat this cupcake.Lick her, too.But when Story hears about my little plan she’s pissed.This isn’t a game to her. She doesn’t care about dinner.This woman? She’s wants forever.Me? I’m a mountain man who can’t commit.How many courses does this prix fix meal have?Someone’s got to change their mind if they want dessert.

    It's my legacy as Sutherland Roan Banks IV to change that. I've bought up the entire Main Street, and with my help, this back-dated little town will become a thriving metropolis. There's just one problem. The current tenants of Main Street are happy living in the past and heavily resistant to my plans.  Especially, Addelyn Edwards the owner of the all-natural soap shop, Soap Addiction.Given a chance, she'd run me right out of town. Personally, I'd rather the beautiful soap-maker ran straight into my arms... ADDIE Sutherland R. Banks IV is trying to ruin my life. He's destroying the town I love, and he's shutting my business down. I won't let him. I need all of my focus on fighting this invisible faux, but when the man of my dreams walks through the coffee shop's doors, I'm open to distraction. Roan is everything I ever imagined in a man. He's tall, handsome, giving. He treats me like a queen and makes me feel like everything is going to be OK as long as I have him fighting in my corner. He'll help me beat Sutherland Roan Banks IV and keep my business from crumbling, I just know it. Wait...Roan is Sutherland R. Banks. Am I falling for my enemy?

    Despite what the handsome — but slightly uptight — new neighbor may think, she’s perfectly within her rights to operate her canine day care business as she pleases. House-flipper Daniel has big plans for his newly-acquired property, and those plans do not include butting up against a quirky — but adorable — lady who seems to have more dogs than she can handle. This enemies-to-lovers story has a hard-working alpha male and a feisty, independent heroine whose story is full of furry friends, danger, surprises, and plenty of panty-melting heat. Get ready to fall in lust and then in love with Molly and Daniel! Due to graphic sexual content, this book is appropriate for adults ages 18 and over, please!

     He filled a part of me, that I didn't know was missing. When I'm with him I feel......special. Small. Encased in warmth. It’s so dirty. And I can't help but want more. I want to let him lead me....order me.....make me. He wasn't supposed to. But it happened. He became.....MY Accidental Daddy.

    An Older Alpha Hero, Younger Curvy Heroine RomanceAveryThe best and worst thing I ever did was kiss my dad’s best friend.That was over two years ago, right before I left for college.By some crazy stroke of luck, I’m able to make it home for Thanksgiving this year.I wasn’t supposed to come.And he wasn’t supposed to be here.Seeing Dameon again only reaffirms what I already knew:I’m still so in love with him.DameonI messed up when I let Avery kiss me that day.Not because it was wrong on every level.But because I was never able to forget about it.Now that she’s here, I can’t deny my true feelings.The timing might never be right for us, but that won’t stop me anymore.Could my best friend ever understand how much his daughter means to me?Ready for these all-new alphas to take over this Thanksgiving holiday??Check out all 9 of the Hungry Hearts series!

     A Scottish-American, he moved back to the states with his mum after University and started Iver Aeronautics. He built it from a start-up to a billion-dollar company with government contracts. Now all that’s missing is a bonnie lass to share his success with. He finally spots her on his way home and is all set to sweep her off her feet… too bad she gets away before he can claim her. Nova Donahue is screwed. She just lost her roommate, her apartment, and most of her belongings and now some guy keeps popping up and declaring that she’s meant for him. She’s been an optimist all of her life but given her current situation, she’s starting to have trouble seeing the best in people. Will Baylor be able to convince his girl that what they have is true love? Or has Nova been through too much to trust again? *Warning: This instalove romance is full of heat! Looking for an alpha hero with a strong Scottish accent who isn’t afraid to go after his woman? Then hit that button because this is the book for you!

    If my life couldn’t get any worse, I crash into the car in front of me. When Dante insists that I go back to his place so that he can make sure I have not been harmed, I try fighting it. But there’s something about the hunky, older doctor that drives my knees to jelly. My head, and my protective father, tells me I must stay away from the man. But my pounding heart speaks a different story. Dante My clients don't come to me because of my bubbly personality or with hopes that I'd have candy in a jar once they leave. They come to me because they know I'd give them the best damn medical attention. I do not let them any of my patients until I am convinced they will be okay. But I have never been the cause for someone's injury before. I blame myself because I know my mind was elsewhere. If I was alert and moved when the rest of the cars did, she would not have rammed into me, but that is no excuse. Now, it's up to me to make sure the pretty young thing is safe, and no further harm falls on her. I have to keep reminding myself that the curvy beauty in front of me is a patient. A doctor cannot have these dirty thoughts of his patient, no matter how beautiful she is. But, I’m not sure I can hold the same level of professionalism once she is no longer my patient… Doctor’s Orders is an over-the-top, high heat, Insta-love romance with an alpha who's only mission is to keep his curvy beauty safe... and to make her his. All my romances are steamy, packed with sweetness, absolutely no cheating and a guaranteed HEA!

     But when her boss, Rafe Garrett, hooks her up with a gorgeous new apartment with a dream kitchen and a handsome chef to give her cooking lessons, it looks like three of them are sorted pretty neatly. Claire’s not sure she can trust it—everything is happening so fast. It’s a big leap from single girl heating up cans of soup and eating takeout to … whatever this is that she’s doing with Mason Brody, celebrity chef and star of Knives Out, the cutthroat cooking show. Mason doesn't want to take her out; he just wants to take her. And Claire’s about to learn that sure, eating out is great—but eating in can be pretty mind-blowing, too. It's the New Year! Time to ring your bell with some hot and hunky resolutions! Join 15 of your favorite romance authors as their stories get off... on the right foot this year. Champagne corks aren't the only things popping!

    Here I am, eighteen, newly graduated, the world at my feet. I should be living it up. Right? Partying in Europe, spending summers on yachts, that kind of thing. So what am I doing going back home… to nothing? Well, not quite nothing. Because there’s someone I’ve always wanted, but never could have. Someone who was meant to protect me, to guard me and keep me safe. Oh he’s kept me safe all right. I’ve never drank, never messed around with a boy. All so that maybe, I could give him the gift of my first. Now all I have to do is get his attention. (Lila Younger writes hot, steamy romance with no cheating and a HEA every time because love stories are always a little better when they’re naughty. If you’re looking for a novella that’s guaranteed to leave your heart - and your panties!- melting, then start reading!)

    34-year-old, strait-laced, straight-faced Zander Markos is a lawyer who never cracks a smile if he can help it. As one of the heirs to the ubiquitous and all-powerful Markos Inc’s empire, no one could argue with him if he’d say he has no time to even think of having fun, let alone actually do such a mundane thing. In light of all of this, it remains a mystery why his brother thought it would be a good idea to put him —a no-nonsense, micromanaging, security freak— in charge of overseeing the preparations for the company’s July 4th retreat and beach party at their estate on Lake Tahoe. And yet here he is, neck-deep in organizing funny family-friendly activities within an inch of their lives, until there’s no fun left whatsoever in them.Of course, any Independence Day party worth its name’s got to have a firework display and the Markos must have only the absolute best. And therein lies the problem, because ‘the absolute best’ this time is not what Zander expected.24-year-old Alexandra ‘Alexa’ Tinley may be short compared to most kids, let alone adults, but she’s a tough spitfire through and through. She’s been ‘one of the boys’ all of her life and still has the mouth and scrapping abilities to prove it. She could not tidy a room if her life depended on it because she’s in constant motion and wherever she goes, disorder rules, but when it comes to her art no one could say she’s not the absolute best. A man and a woman can’t get any more different than these two: he’s order, she’s chaos, he’s ice, she’s fire, he’s Scotch neat and she’s… nitroglycerine, and yet they can’t look away. The explosion is inevitable.This little voluptuous nuclear firecracker might have ‘handle-with-care’ written all over her, but she’s still the spark he was missing and he’s the tether she didn’t know she needed. Dear Reader: Man, these two are gonna butt head!But don’t worry: it won’t last much since Zander and Alexa are only safe from each other if they stay away from each other, which they don’t, because… duh: this is one of my books so that’s never gonna happen!This is a quick, fun, steamy novella.Here’s what you get is:NO-cheating NO OW/OM drama A passion that’s gonna set the summer sky on fire with a white-hot display you won’t forget.As always, your sugary shot of guaranteed Happily-Ever-After is included in the kit, but do bring your own safety-goggles! *Please note that ‘Zander’s Firecracker is part of ‘The Holiday Firecrackers’collection of standalone books brought to you by some of your favorite insta-love romance authors out there.

    Hearts racing, thoughts run wild as the predator's eyes his prey. And like a flash in a bottle, it’s over. The blonde beauty makes her escape from him while Dean gives chase. Will he catch his elusive beauty before she’s fled the gala? She can’t believe she’s falling for her boss. In a panic, she flees before he can stake the claim he had dancing in his honey-colored eyes. She has to quit, but when she sees her boss again that momentary attraction’s gone. Confused and worried about her career, Nancy is ready to run when in walks a sexy surprise…a twin.

    But now that she's living in small-town Montana, she's finding her way easier. If only her daring baking adventure could find success, she'd be content.Merrick Dumont loves his mountain. He likes creating rustic furniture out of the red cedar that grows on Big Horn Ridge. And he'd never go to town at all, except for the necessities: toilet paper, beer, and coffee. Not to mention the cupcakes he found at the pop-up bake shop... and the spicy-sweet girl who's selling them...Short, sweet, steamy instalove! No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed HEA. Part of the Men of Big Horn Ridge series, but can be read as a standalone.

    Living in the mountains can get lonely, but it’s easier to resist temptation when your only companions are trees and bears.Then temptation fell into my lap—literally.Allie Russo is the last kind of problem I need on my hands. Gorgeous, smart, and far too young for me, she’s running from problems of her own. She has no business being in my life. Or in my bed. Or over my knee.The problem is, she likes being there. And when she calls me Daddy with that look in her big, dark eyes, I have a hard time remembering all the reasons we’re wrong for each other.Because this thing between us feels right. And now I’m not sure I can live without her.