And insta-love? Nah. That's the real trick. Now, if you ask me about insta-lust? Well then… I might say give me a double slice of that with a whipped cream topping.He's that kind of crazy gorgeous. Deep brown eyes, muscles for days and long thick…everything.When the tall, bearded and broad-shouldered Marine walks into my diner Halloween night I stay firm to my no-man rules, but he's armed with a sweet treat kind of offer—one weekend, no strings, and pumpkin pie.It's hard to say no to the beast of a man now that the nights are getting cooler and the fireplace beckons.And the worst thing? His wicked tongue knows how to get me to agree to just about anything.But a forever? It has to be a trick, but he's promising me only sweet, autumn nights as long as he can have all the Kandy he can eat.Author's naughty note: Pumpkin pie, fireplace snuggles and all the whipped cream you can handle await you inside. He's the Marine and she's the sweet virgin treat welcoming him home. As always with a Penelope Wylde book, you'll get the filthy, naughty bits you crave with the perfect happily ever after you love.The leaves are falling from the trees, the nights are growing darker — and love is in the chilly autumn air! Join thirteen authors for Hunky Halloween, a sexy-spooky contemporary romance series. Get ready for magical meet-cutes, costumed crushes, and all the over-the-top love you can handle because these stories are bringing the Halloween heat!

    I return to Riordan’s Cove, angry and adrift. Wanting to punch a hole through the wall every time someone looks at me with pity in their eyes, I distance myself from my family and drown my sorrows.I’m knocked on my rear, literally, by the adorable, nerdy waitress trying her best to juggle the wild crowd in the rowdy bar. Who in the hell hired her to work in a dump like this? When she looks up at me and bites her lip, my worries about what I’ve lost flee my mind, and I suddenly want to play a whole new game—scoring the girl who’s just captured my heart.It won’t be easy. She thinks I’m a dumb jock who’s not worth her time. Now, I need to prove to Gina that I’m serious and in love.Scoring Gina is the most important play I’ve ever made.

    I had to. Have you seen him?I want what I shouldn't.Pull up a rug and get cozy in front of the fire, KL & M.K. are headed to Northpole, NY!This is a part of the Holiday Honeys series.

    It’s why I don’t date. I don’t need complications. When Zoe crashes her car, she needs help. She’s quirky, independent, hot as sin, and wants to be friends. For the first time in my life, I want more, but when I realize she’s my neighbor...well, that’s one hell of a complication! ZOE CURTISJaxon Parker is huge, he’s hot, and he’s out of my league. His nickname is the Beast and with his fame and talent, he could easily be an a$$hole. Except he isn’t. He’s helpful, kind, fun, and wants to be more than just friends, but I can’t get involved with a man who can leave anytime. When he asks me to be his date for a work function, a Halloween Ball, I can’t refuse the favor. One week in a lakeside resort with my friend will be fun, and nothing has to change. After all, he’s booked two separate rooms, how hard can it be? This October, twenty-four of your favorite contemporary romance authors are bringing you a month filled with sexy-spooky Halloween steam. Get ready for over-the-top love stories sure to set your spine — and other parts *wink* — tingling. Brew some cider, grab your favorite blanket, and snuggle up with these hot shorts. The Halloween Steam series is sure keep you warm and cozy all autumn long.

    She came to Greenville to start her own investment firm and focus on her career, but when her new office is engulfed in flames, the gorgeous fireman who saves her turns out to be exactly what she was hoping to avoid.He's gorgeous, protective and claims to only have eyes for her. But his reputation around town as a ladies' man has Lucy on the defensive. She can't afford to let the smooth-talking player distract her from rebuilding her life.But Blake isn't about to let her go that easy. Not by a long shot. She needs him and he knows it. Especially when he knows Lucy's cut-throat competitor in town has it in for her--after all, somebody started that fire...

    He loves his job, he loves his town, and secretly he loves the town's baker. Too bad for him she's not interested in him that way. Instead he's content to be her one of her best friends getting to eat her treats and be as close to her as he can get. Chloe Sweets owns Sweets Treats, the only bakery in her little town. She's happy, sort of. When she isn't busy baking, running her business, or looking after her cooky best friend, she's daydreaming about the town's sheriff. He friend zoned her a couple of years ago and she's been trying to recover from it ever since. Secretly she pines away from him dreaming about what their life could be if they were together.A little misunderstanding years ago has two people who couldn't be more meant to be, alone and miserable. That is until Wade's cousin shows up in town very interested in the curvy little baker.Will Wade man up and claim his woman before his cousin does? Will Chloe choose the right Moore?Hungry for Wade is a short, sweet, happily ever after about two best friends too stubborn for their own good. Find out what happens this Thanksgiving.

    She's younger, wiser, gorgeous and she's all mine. I'll never give her up.JessicaTrolling him just kind of happened. I didn't mean to do it, I swear. He looked so good as I watched him play my favorite games, it was easy to fall in love with the idea of him. Now that I actually know him? It's a million times easier. He's older, wiser, tattooed, bearded, and he's all mine. I'll never give him up.Gaming nerds unite in this player vs player safe and sexy romance by M.K. Moore. This book is part of the Internet Famous Collection.

    I’m one business loan application away from being the sole owner of the bakery. Buying Sweet Perfection is the most important thing in my life, so when the too-handsome, too-charming, too-good-to-be-true Owen starts coming in and asking me out every morning, I have no choice but to turn him down. When I run into an unexpected problem with the bank, I’m forced to go confront my mother. I planned on spending Thanksgiving alone, but it looks like I’ll be staying with family after all. The worst part is, I think I miss seeing Owen’s lopsided grin. Crap.Owen: My very pregnant sister demanded macaroons from her favorite bakery, Sweet Perfection. I was a little annoyed at first, but one look at the gorgeous baker and I know I’ll be thanking my sister for the rest of my days. She inadvertently introduced me to my future wife, and that’s definitely something to be grateful for this Thanksgiving. I’m hoping for a Christmas wedding, but my angel is a little skittish. That’s alright. I’m no stranger to hard work, and Emery is certainly worth all my effort.What to expect from a Cameron Hart book: Lots of heat, plenty of sweet, and just enough drama to keep things interesting. No cheating, safe, guaranteed HEA!

    It will be fun, they said.Yeah. Right.My relaxing trip to Italy was supposed to be just that. A chance for me to drink some wine, eat copious amounts of pasta, see some sights, and recharge my batteries. So how did I wind up here, on this boat, in the middle of the sea, with the hottest guy that I've ever seen in real life?Well, that's a long story...

    But I swear the man they call St. Nix would never look at anyone sideways, let alone consider a tryst with his plain, curvy secretary. But when my roommate convinces me to go to the masked Christmas Eve party, things get out of hand. Before I know it, I’m waking in Nixon’s bed, and saint or not, there may be hell to pay. Nix: The second I saw her at the party, I knew who she was. But my December has always been shy, so I played along. The thing is, she turned more heads than she knew, and there was no question. I would do anything—ANYTHING—to make sure she was at my side and mine forever. They call me St. Nix, but to tell the truth, I’m anything but saintly. When I get December in my arms… Well, let’s just say: We’ll definitely be making the naughty list.

    Her dream has come true. Or at least that’s what most in her shoes would think. However, Kaylee’s stomach is in knots as she tries to come up with a way to pay for her dream school and life in the Big Apple. She’s from a small town where those who are born there, generally stay there forever. Kaylee dreams of so much more. She’ll stop at nothing to reach those dreams. That’s why when Kaylee’s friend, Lauren, tells her about the amount of money people are willing to pay for a surrogate, Kaylee sees her big chance to pay for college-- but at what cost will it come to Kaylee?Gerald Mason has never gone without anything his entire life. If it could be bought, his parents bought if for him. Now that Gerald is the owner and CEO of his family’s iron fabrication business, Gerald is the one with the overflowing bank accounts. He works hard and plays even harder. That is until his mother sits him down and reminds him that he has no heir to take his place. What does a bachelor, who wants no strings attached to a woman of his child, do? Simple-- he contracts with a surrogacy agency to find the perfect candidate to have his heir.When Kaylee and Gerald’s paths cross, sparks fly and passion ignites. After sharing their current problems, Gerald pitches the idea to Kaylee of her carrying his child for him in exchange for him paying for her schooling. Will Kaylee jump at the opportunity and grant Gerald's wish? Or will Kaylee run back home to the life she was born into?

    Unfortunately, his profession as a Marine Biologist and Shark expert forced us apart. I hated the smell of the ocean and it called him out for months at a time.Could I force him to choose me or the sea, or would he make that decision on his own?*This a fast pace romance with a hot happily ever after.

    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.

    It hardens him, and it makes him mean. I’ve done things I’m not proud of to protect the innocent of this city.Then I hear her singing on the streets, her voice as sweet as an angel. It pierces my heart and tugs at my soul.I’m a man of the law. I’m duty bound to protect. But anyone who touches my angel will pay…DinaMom’s sickness has gotten worse, and we can’t afford the meds. Every night I leave our tiny apartment to sing on the streets for cash.When my money is stolen, I’m desperate. But how far will I go to get Mom the treatment she needs?Hot for the Cop is a sweet and steamy insta love story! It features an older alpha man and the curvy younger woman he claims as his own.

    He was a marine and now he is a widow who keeps the town safe with his security business--and his heart safe by locking out any chance of romance.Hanna Potter scares him good, though. From the day he meets her, he is afraid of what she makes him feel. Afraid of the wicked things she makes him want. And terrified his broken heart will scare her away.This October, twenty-four of your favorite contemporary romance authors are bringing you a month filled with sexy-spooky Halloween steam. Get ready for over-the-top love stories sure to set your spine — and other parts *wink* — tingling. Brew some cider, grab your favorite blanket, and snuggle up with these hot shorts. The Halloween Steam series is sure keep you warm and cozy all autumn long.