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Hold Me (Hart of Stone Family Book 2)
Tory Baker - 2022
That was what Alana was supposed to be, what she became was so much more.Keller is more than what meets the eyes, a single father, completely devoted to his son, Jace. Who also happens to be a student in my classroom, my eyes were wide open when Keller and I started our quote-unquote relationship. Too bad my heart didn’t get the memo.When a man screws up, he knows it, and that’s what I did with Alana. I thought I was doing the right thing, trying to shield my boy’s heart and my own. Too bad that plan blew up in my face and I was left feeling more than I ever have before.This book is sure to make you feel all the emotions with this guaranteed happily ever after, hot romance, and a Hero that is sure to make you swoon! Don’t forget each book in this series can be read as a complete stand alone.
His Zesty Marinara (The Secret Sauce #6)
Fiona Starr - 2020
they really turn up the heat!Ask anyone and they will tell you: Paolo Perso is living the dream. His cooking show is number one, his new retail sauce line is about to launch, and his 5-star restaurant in Los Angeles is so popular you have to know someone just to get a reservation. So why does he feel like someone deflated his soufflé?Marina Trovato has worked hard to get where she is. A long-time assistant producer for The Eating Channel, she's just been given her big break: Producer of her own project; a special series of cooking shows featuring Paolo Perso, celebrity chef. But when the cameras start rolling, it's clear this show will end up going from the frying pan into the fire... unless she can whip it all into shape!Will Paolo’s performance prevent Marina's career from reaching her climax, or can she put the flavor back into his sauce?
His Contract: An Age Gap Anti-Hero Romance (A Bad Man Book 1)
Kelli Callahan - 2021
Aggressive. Dangerous. Are you ready to fall in love with a BAD man?There is only one rule to being a hitman. No witnesses.I was hired to do a job.Eliminate a threat to her.Josephine KotovUntouchable.Off limits.No matter how bad I want her.I accepted it.I moved on.But fate threw us together again.The job was going as planned.Until she walked in,And ruined everything.The rules are the rules.What she saw means she's supposed to be next on my list.But can't do it...She knows my secret,but this is one trigger I can't bring myself to pull.Even if I am a very bad man.
Touching the Billionaire
Holly Jaymes - 2020
Yes, our onscreen chemistry is off the charts when he touches me with those strong hands.I succumb to the combustive heat when I touch those rippled abs.It isn’t long before what was once a rehearsal now feels real. Maybe I was right to break all of the rules.Perhaps this is the beginning of a beautiful story for us. Or is everything about Theo Wolf, including the way he feels about me, an award-winning act?TOUCHING THE BILLIONAIRE IS A 60K STANDALONE BAD BOY, BOSS, NEIGHBOR, ROMANCE WITH NO CHEATING, NO CLIFF-HANGERS, AND A HAPPILY EVER AFTER THAT WILL KEEP YOU FLIPPING THE PAGES WAY PAST YOUR BEDTIME!
Daddy's Naughty Girl: An Age Play, DDlg, Instalove, Standalone, Romance (Little Ranch Book 5)
Lucky Moon - 2021
Fear None
Amarie Avant - 2022
. .TATUMI lived by my father’s motto until River entered the MMA cage, River’s brown eyes reflected mystery, and his soul held darkness.Off-limits to a good girl like me.One day, the demons that haunted River swallowed him whole. Forever passed away yet I failed at forgetting the beast who showed me a tender side of him.Now, I’m the law. A cop.River’s as gorgeous as sin. An ex-convict.And I’m the reason he was tossed in the slammer.RIVERCoach treated me better than any blood of mine. I stabbed him in the back.This time I’ll twist the knife, steal his most prized possession: his daughter, my everything.Tatum’s innocence was created for my corruption. Prison sharpened the monster she couldn’t save.She can take down any enemy.But her biggest opponent has a claim to her heart.I’ve loved that girl for the better part of my life. Only one of us stopped loving the other. And it wasn’t me.Trigger warning: this story has some dark elements and graphic language, steamy scenes, and twisted situations.
Mr. Legacy
C.G. Burnette - 2021
Legacy, as he's known on Wall Street—knows hard work comes at a price. In business, he thrives on organization, control, and results, building a legacy and creating a future for his daughter.But his girl wants more for him than just the office. She knows he’s been alone for far too long and thinks now is the time for him to let go of the reins and maybe find love again.Indulging his daughter, Tyson leaves work behind for just one night and joins his friends for a boy’s night out. But when the haze of aged cigar smoke and fine whiskey parts, there’s a woman… One that, with just a look, Tyson knows will make him lose control in ways he never has before.And has him thinking of building a very different kind of legacy.
The Stone Family Treasure (South Port Beach Romances #6)
Taylor Hart - 2022
The Cowboy's Hope (A Second Chance Romance Novel)
Aubrey Michelle - 2017
One will. A marriage and a baby, or we lose everything. I’d taken care of Ben Winston during his final days, and was there for him when his own family deserted him so why did he punish me during the reading of his will? The lawyer said that I have to marry his grandson, Curt, within three months of the reading of the will for the two of us to inherit half of the land. After that, we have to have a baby within one year to secure the other half of the estate; if we don’t, we both lose everything to charity. He was my first kiss. My first boyfriend. My first….everything. We both need the money for different reasons so we decide to play house just long enough to get what we both need, and then we can divorce, right? The problem is, I never thought Curt Winston could make me fall in love with him all over again. I should’ve known he’d play for keeps, especially once I was carrying his baby. The Cowboy's Hope is a full-length second chance romance novel. It contains sexy scenes, no cheating, and a happily ever after. For a limited time, I've included FREE bonus content for your enjoyment!
Mr. Mystery
Melissa Williams - 2021
Then, in a cruel twist of fate, she was gone. Even with all the evidence telling me otherwise, I know she’s out there. My heart can’t let her go. And I won’t rest until I find her. IsabellaLosing your memory is scary. Especially when every night you dream of being held in the loving, strong arms of a mystery man only to wake up alone. Is he a figment of my imagination or a tempting spark of memory? Even after all this time I don’t remember who I am. Or was. And I don’t have time to waste on dreaming and what-ifs—it’s not just me I have to look out for.Then he’s there—flesh and bone, standing in front of me. A dream come to life in the middle of a burlesque club. I don’t believe billionaire Cyrus Meinhold was ever mine—a man like him is too good to be true. Until he says the three words that echo in my dreams: Dance for me.More Than Money series will have you swooning over these sexy billionaires with big wallets and even bigger hearts this July! Grab a fan and a cool drink, it's about to get hot in here!
Hate on Me
Elizabeth Knox - 2020
Only problem is this isn't someone I can slam my fist into. Why, you might ask . . . 'cause she's a woman.Her name embodies beauty, tranquility and peace but let me tell you, no way in hell does this bitch do anything but stir up trouble.Flora has been with the club for a few months now and I curse the day Mammoth brought her back from Puerto Rico. She's constantly hating on me, riling me up in every way possible at any opportune moment.When she disrespects me in front of the club I lose it. There's no way I can keep caging the animal within me. It's the last straw and she knows it.I'll show her she needs to be a good girl, one way or another.
Tortured
N.M. Catalano - 2018
The four of us, that’s what we do.They say I have no emotions.I wish. I feel everything, maybe more than you.They said I shouldn’t fall in love with a married woman.They’re right about that, too. It wasn’t part of the assignment.But I did. Now they want her.My demons are going to destroy them.There once was a girl who believed in fairytales.They all came true.With contracts and lies and deceit.There is a woman who cries herself to sleep.Who lives a lie behind a beautiful mask.There is a woman who almost gave up.Almost.But then her prince charming came.He is everything she needs.Mysterious, dark, dangerous, who makes her do things, things that would shock you.Everything that she needs.There is a woman who belongs to someone else, who can never leave.There is a woman who is imprisoned by deals and money and power.There is a woman who loves a man she cannot have. There is a man and a woman who will be destroyed. **Intended for adult audiences, 18+, strong language, strong sexual content, MFM, BDSM, ends in a cliffhanger.**
Smoochin' on the Boss
Barbra Campbell - 2021
My plan has me well on my way to proving that I can climb the corporate ladder on my own merit.What I don't have a plan for is Briella. She's as driven as I am, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and if I can keep from screwing things up...she's my future.But with a company policy against fraternization, and her firm belief that independence will bring her success, I'm more likely to get fired than get a chance with her.Can I find a way to show Briella that success and pleasure aren't mutually exclusive?
False Start
Leigh Lennon - 2020
As the lead reporter, assigned to this puff piece, he hasn't made it easy with all the drunken brawls and arrests. I'm told to do my job—to be objective, but how can I achieve this when we have a past he doesn't seem to remember.KierShe's sexy, mouthy, and judgmental. I'm in her domain now, and way out of my league. If anyone can portray the changed man I've become, it's her. But, there's something almost too familiar about her as our chemistry with one another continues to grow. I'm the best on the field, and in my game, now it's time to prove I'm the best for her too.
The Hawthorne Brothers: A Complete Billionaire Romance Collection
Ashlee Price - 2021