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Protecting His Forever


LeAnn Ashers - 2016
    He stormed in during the scariest moment of my life, and even though he fights his own demons, he fights harder for me. Together, we have an unbreakable bond.KaneI’m ruthless, especially when it comes to Sydney. She has a stalker, and he’s brought company. Sydney is MINE, and I will do whatever it takes to keep her safe. But, when we’re hit with a surprise, our lives are changed forever…

Three of a Kind


C.P. Smith - 2016
    Now she's ready to break down her walls and see what's hiding on the other side. With the help of her new friends, Poppy Gentry and Sienna Miller, the three band together to find their happily ever after. One Wallflower at a time. Former Atlanta Homicide Detective, Devin Hawthorne, moved to Savannah for a change of pace and a fresh start as a Private Investigator. He finds it right under his nose in the form of a Southern beauty who drives him to distraction, and deadly secrets that threaten her very life. Rated mature for language and sexual content.

Sunshine and the Stalker


Dani René - 2018
    I call it clever research.It gets me what I want and when I want it.When I get bored, I move on.My system works like a charm…Until a little ray of SUNSHINE shows up.***Dating is nonexistent for me.I’m quirky, silly, and inexperienced.This means my romantic life is certainly lacking.I don’t date because no one’s interested.Some say I’m an independent woman who doesn’t need a man.But I know I’m on the fast track to becoming a lonely cat lady.How many cats are too many cats anyway?My boring world stays that way…Until my future stepmother’s STALKER shows up.

Meant to Love


Lucy Darling - 2019
    He has one purpose in life, to clean up the mess his father left behind and give his younger sister a better life. That is until Penelope shows up, piercing him to his core with her warm smile and soft innocence. She makes him long for things he never knew he wanted. Penelope’s on the brink of being homeless. With only a few dollars left in her pocket and nowhere to go, she takes a job that sounds too good to be true. She soon discovers the only position her boss will accept is her being his wife. Colden can’t let go of her warmth, and she wants to trust him with her heart. He only has to convince her that she’s changed him forever.

It Started with a Kiss


Melanie Moreland - 2017
    Then it became so much more. Love at first sight. Avery Connor doesn’t believe in it. But what about love at first kiss? A favor for a friend. Kiss a stranger and walk away. But what if that favor, and that stranger, prove to be the turning point of her life? What if that kiss leads to something more? Dr. Daniel Stewart is certain it will. He is determined to make her see him. To feel what he feels. To have the effects of that kiss last forever. A story about taking a chance, opening your heart to the moment, and falling in love.

Getting Theirs


Emily Minton
    Even though his brothers have tried to make him feel like part of the family, there was always something missing. He has to wonder if he will ever be part of a true family or if he is destined to be on his own forever. Willow has never been in love. Once, she thought she was, but she soon found out the man of her dreams was nothing more than a liar. She has to wonder if she was meant to spend her life alone, while watching those around her sharing their lives with someone they love. When these two lost souls collide, fireworks follow. Desire leads to feelings neither are quite ready to accept. Will getting their happily ever after be possible, or is it just going to lead to more loneliness and heartbreak?

Enchanting


Sarah Curtis - 2017
    At least not for herself. Max Vicente was determined to change her mind. After all, some fairy tales really do come true. This 20k word novella is part of the Alluring series but can be read as a standalone. ***Beware*** This is insta-love with an OTT nod to Cinderella. It's meant to be slightly unbelievable but 100% fun. Due to sex and language, it is recommended for persons over 18.

Hopeless Romantic


Julie Capulet - 2019
    Introverted and studious, she plans on spending most of her time holed up in the library working on her novel and keeping to herself. But when she gets dragged along to a school football game by her fun, football-mad new roommate, the hot alpha quarterback almost drops the ball at his very first sight of her.Bo McCabe is saving himself. A hopeless romantic at heart, he’s holding out for the real thing. As soon as he lays eyes on the shy stranger with the striking gray eyes and the angel’s face, he’ll stop at nothing to find out if she’s the one he’s been waiting for all along. Millie thinks Bo's insta-obsession is insanity and wants nothing to do with him. But Bo is determined. Because, somehow, Millie has already stolen his heart … and he is now utterly obsessed with winning hers.Can Bo convince Millie he’s the man of her dreams? Hopeless Romantic is a sexy standalone novella, starring an obsessed hero and the love of his life (includes three hopelessly romantic HEA epilogues!). This book is a tribute to love at first sight and insta-everything (because it happened to me :). Book #1 in the McCabe Brothers series

A Shimmering Sign (A Forever Safe Christmas #20)


Autum Remington - 2019
    Seeing the smiling faces of all the children was a sight to behold. Dressing up and playing an elf, you’re always kind of overshadowed by the big guy in the red suit everyone wants to see. That is until one nervous little girl needs my help. I just wasn't expecting a Christmas Miracle. Troy I was ready to leave. I was going to pick up my daughter and carry her out of the mall. What was I thinking? It was too crowded, too chaotic, too busy. I almost walked out but then I saw her. A beautiful little elf. Entranced when this beauty stepped in and assisted my daughter; I knew I found it - My Shimmering Sign. Book 20 in A Forever Safe Christmas

Perfect Strangers


J.T. Geissinger - 2019
    They're hungry and deep. They're the kisses of a man who wants more of a woman—who wants everything—and isn't going to stop until he gets it." Author Olivia Rossi hasn’t been able to write a word since tragedy struck two years ago and ripped her world apart. Heartbroken and still haunted by the past, she accepts an offer to spend the summer at a friend’s apartment in Paris in search of healing and her lost muse. What she finds instead is James, an enigmatic stranger who ignites in her an unexpected and all-consuming passion. Agreeing to tell each other nothing more than their first names, Olivia and James embark on a torrid affair. But the more time they spend together, the more Olivia begins to realize her summer fling is turning into a powerful connection…and that the magnetic man she’s falling in love with might not be what he seems at all. Author's Note: This is a work of literary fiction, not a romance. Readers looking for a traditional happy ending should look elsewhere.

Stitched Up Heart


Tarina Deaton - 2016
    Now a physical therapist, she uses her experience to help other veterans heal from their physical wounds; while she battles her own emotional damage. Blaming himself for his best friend’s suicide, former Army Ranger Jase Larken, retreated from life. To honor his best friend’s memory and assuage his guilt, he started an outdoor adventure company to help veterans with PTSD. Bree had better things to do than catch her cheating fiancé in bed with another woman. Jase is something better - for a night at least. For the first time in years, Jase wanted more. When he finds her again, he doesn’t give her another chance to run.Jase’s possessiveness grates on Bree’s independent nature. She’s dealt with her fair share of alpha-male, door kickers and doesn’t need one telling her what to do now. But as a new danger emerges, Bree and Jase must face their pasts, before someone's obsession with Bree destroys any chance they have of a future.

Mr. CEO


Flora Ferrari - 2020
    I might just be an inexperienced younger woman, but he wants to become my protector and this older man does not take no for an answer.But can I balance my career and the boss’s advances, or will my past catch up with me and make him realize he might’ve picked the wrong naïve orphan?I’ve been lied to before, and I’m vulnerable and just a little ditsy. But I’ve got some sass, too, and this hunky silver fox wants to draw it out of me.But can I take his high-flying lifestyle… or am I destined to crash and burn? Will this obsessed CEO make me his?*MR. CEO is an insta-everything standalone instalove romance with a HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.

Poppy


M.A. Horst - 2017
    His father wants grandchildren to secure the future of Royal Industries, and he wants them now. Forced to choose from a specific list of women that’s been promised to the Royal family, Storm holds a masked ball and invites the six women. Poppy has lived a sheltered life. She has been homeschooled by her overprotective mother. Attending the masked ball is an exciting experience for her until she lands in the arms of Storm Royal. Electricity crackles around them. Poppy’s delicate new love is shattered when she finds out why Storm really wants to marry her. She’s only a means to an end, another piece of property. Can Storm win Poppy’s trust while trying to keep his fiery desire for her under control?This is one force of nature Poppy didn’t see coming.***Warning*** This is an over the top, insta-love, hot as hell fairytale with a twist of kinkiness. Each book in The Force of Nature series is standalone & about a different couple.*This is Book One*

Hot Doctor


Hope Ford - 2019
    I don’t have time for a woman. But she was the exception. I wanted her before I even knew who she was. When I finally meet her at a Halloween party, I make my move. Little did I know, her jealous boss would fire her because of it. She ends up without a job and homeless. So I do the only thing I know to do… I hire her to take care of my daughter. Now, all I have to do is claim the curvy nanny as mine. This is a Steamy, Sweet, Short Story Romance! No Cliffhangers! If you love short romances with insta love, hot love scenes, and a sweet story, then this one is for you.

Saved For Me


Abby Knox - 2018
    Complicating matters is Lars’s innocent new neighbor, who may as well have a target on her back in this seedy neighborhood. Whether she wants it or not, she’s under his protection now. Wendy Wilson is a poor college student who’s been on her own for some time. When she takes out an online ad looking for babysitting work, she finds herself in a dangerous predicament. But the one person who shows up to help her might be even more dangerous to her virtue than being held captive by an evil kingpin. Warning: This special Holidays With Alexa Riley story will leave you happily breathless! This gritty Christmas story has everything and more that readers would expect from characters ripped right out of Alexa Riley: a hot, over-the-top possessive alpha, steamy insta-love, a holiday-themed happily ever after, zero condoms, at least one virgin and tacos. Wait, the tacos … that was me, Abby. ANYWAY … get ready because Lars and Wendy are going to fill your stocking with all the swoons!