Not all foster care homes are as welcoming and caring as the Pilar family’s. In her foster-brother Roy, Sabrina found safety and friendship. Years later, their relationship has the potential to deepen into something more meaningful if they’re willing to brave their emotions.   Originally published in THE PROMISE OF LOVE.

    Only, I never get a chance, because I set my kitchen on fire.Thankfully, the local fire department is quick to arrive.I’m even more grateful when one of those firefighters is the strong and brave Thayer.ThayerThanksgiving is one of our busiest times of year. This year we’re getting an even earlier start thanks to a Friendsgiving dinner party gone wrong.Only there’s nothing ordinary about this call.I rescue a woman who stops me in my tracks.Brittani is exactly the kind of woman who could break a man’s heart.And after just one night with her, I’m willing to risk it.The Firefighters Calendar is a standalone series of short, sweet, and steamy instalove romances about the heroic men behind the photographs and the curvy women of their dreams. Check out this series if you like older men and younger women, curvy heroines, and hot firefighter romance. No cheating. No cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed!

    I’ve always been on my own. But when Luke goes the extra mile to keep me safe, I can’t help but like it. I can let my guard down for one night. But forever? Forget it. Luke From the second I first see her, I know she’s mine. Not just mine to protect from that scum of a date she’s with, but mine to protect always. Making her see that may be a challenge. Hell, she won’t even tell me her last name. But I’m not backing down. Sweet & steamy short story insta-love romance with an alpha man and younger curvy woman with an HEA. NO cliffhangers.

     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!

    I work with my hands, I'm wicked to the core, and my life is no fairytale. But then I accidentally cross paths with the barely legal Princess Charlotte in her chambers late one night. I see the dark passions in her eyes and know I'm the man she needs to stretch her to new limits. Princess Charlotte is forbidden. I shouldn't dare look upon her, let alone touch her. If anyone finds out that I'm about to gobble her up and swallow her whole, I'm as good as dead. It's bad enough that someone in the kingdom is threatening her older sister, Crown Princess Helena's life. The palace is no place to break any rules right now. But I've never backed down from a challenge before, and I'm not about to start now. She might be forbidden fruit, but I'm ready to take a taste. Author's Note: Accidental Royal is a standalone romance of with no cliffhanger and a happily ever after ending. If you love dominant, possessive alpha males and sinfully over-the-top stories, this one is for you!

     I f*ck who I want. When I want. And I always leave them begging for more. I roll into town, take the best piece of ass I can find, and then move on before the sun rolls into the morning clouds. But not Lucy, the sunshine of a girl who works at the truck stop diner off Exit 276. She’s too sweet and too fragile for a bad boy like me to screw over. My past is mine to bear alone. Except one look at those gorgeous green eyes, and I’m toast. Hell, I’m only a f*cking man. And a man can’t resist what he wants no matter how hard he tries. LUCY I had big dreams for my life, but they flew right out the window when I used all my college savings to bail my brother out of an awful mess. So, now I work in the grimy truck stop diner every night, serving up greasy food to leering men. It’s the only way to get by. There’s one trucker I don’t mind so much though. Mysterious, rugged, dangerous. He’s the hottest man I’ve ever seen, and he looks like he likes to f*ck hard. Turns out he does. Now I’ve had his baby. Too bad he’s disappeared without a trace. Even though I try to hate him, I can’t get him off my mind. I want him to come back and be a father to our child. But that’s not the only thing I want. I want to give him my heart. Enjoy this sexy standalone romance, HEA guaranteed!

    My mansion in the Hampton's seemed like the perfect place to have the party. My Daisy is so much better than the book version. She’s a freaking queen to be, but that has nothing to do with how perfect she is.IrinaMy best friend's themed party was only supposed to jump-start my life, not give me everything I ever dreamed of. My Gatsby is just that. All mine. At home, we are “forced” together and there’s no going back, not that we want toThis is a safe, instalove with all the steam you can handle.Get ready: Walt & Irina are going to set fireworks off in your Kindle!This year, make the ultimate resolution to fall in love with the sexiest book boyfriends around.Midnight kisses, parties in the city, cozy cabins, and all the taboo sexiness you can handle.Strap on your slippers, and get cozy, cause these men are coming to you.

    It wouldn't be fair to him to make his life messy, too.Things go from bad to really bad. I want to believe in him, but my head wants to run.It’s in my blood.Can I replace the flat tire of my past and have a smooth road from here on out?QuintonMy life's a series of hard lessons, and the last one was that love doesn't last.When the tall, cautious woman, with curves for days limps her car into the convenience store across the street from my auto shop, I’m ready to help.She's new to town and what kind of guy would I be if I didn't help her out. Not the one my mama raised.But I fall fast, and then I make the biggest mistake an auto shop can make, and I'm right back to those hard lessons.Will the road of life stop throwing pot holes in our way so Zena and I can be together?Lonely Hearts Series are flirty, fun Valentine's stories from some of your favorite shorts authors. No cheating. No cliffhangers. And a happily ever after guaranteed.Lonely Hearts Series:Be My Handy Mechanic- Ally CrewBe My Sexy DILF- Beatrice BraeBe My Naughty Neighbor- LIz FoxBe My Grumpy Mountain Man- Lana DashBe My Dishy Doctor- Kate TilneyBe My Charming Prince- Elsie JamesBe My Burly Bartender- Barbra CampbellBe My Dirty Billionaire- L. NicoleBe My Flirty Firefighter- C.L. CruzBe My Bad Boy- Tarin LexBe My Private Chef- Sadie KingBe My Romantic Nerd- Brynn Hale

    After rumors started swirling at her old job that she was sleeping with a client that she would never touch in a million years, she decided that it was time to move on. She just wants to focus on her future, on getting her new party planning company with her best friend off the ground. Then she gets hired by Dash. Dash Montgomery is a successful software designer who thought he had everything that he needed. Then he sees Gracelyn. One look and he’s sure that he’s found his one. A lifetime of working with computers has left him unsure of how to approach her so he does what he thinks is logical and hires her. Gracelyn keeps telling herself that she can’t be with Dash. She can’t have rumors of her sleeping with her clients plaguing her new business but there’s something about him that Gracelyn can’t get out of her head. Will Dash be able to convince Gracelyn that they’re meant to be?

    They say only two percent of high school sweethearts stay together.We thought we were that two percent.Too bad we were wrong.Two high school sweethearts.One heart-shattering breakup.Now, years later, he’s returned to their small town of Sweetheart, Colorado.Will it end in more heartbreak, or will they get their second chance at love?

    This is it.When I overhear one of my student's dad struggling and almost having an anxiety attack over baking treats for the holiday party, I step up to help.It doesn't hurt that Jaxson is trying so hard to be so much for his daughter, Kinzley.He's as sweet as the sugar cookies that we're about to make.But is falling for the parent of a student a recipe for disaster?JaxsonIt's been two years since Kinzley's mom said goodbye to both of us. And it's taken that long for me to feel like we're even getting close to moving on.When I find myself having a panic attack over baking cookies, and my only hope is to not burn the condo down, I need help.Leave it to Kinzley to find an angel to help us.Elyse is a curvy treat that I can only imagine would taste sweeter than sugar cookies.But can open my heart again in or will my heart crumble like my burnt cookies?Sugar & Spice Nights is a multi-author series of holiday-inspired, instalove, curvy woman and hot guys stories. Come find out how hot and sweet the nights can get today!

    She’s gorgeous, legal, and seems innocent, but she’s also a tease. Those tight little shirts and short skirts she wore gives me enough visual ammunition, and I was not ashamed to admit that I’ve thought about her more than once when I was alone.As much as I should feel shame for wanting one of my students, there’s something about her that made me go primal and feral, made all common sense leave me. She was all I wanted, and it’s enough to make me risk everything for a taste.Now, she wanted private tutoring and no way in hell could I pass that up. School might be out soon, and I knew I should wait, but I was too hard up to say no or to stay away from her. Warning: This story will feature an over-the-top and completely obsessed alpha hero. It will also be slightly unbelievable (but only in the best kind of way), and is focused on the hero taking what he wants from the heroine. It mainly focuses on the dirty, raunchy, and oh-so-tasty aspects of a story. If you’re up for a short filthy read, enjoy!

    Her eyes Tempt Me.She looks like sin.She dances like an angel.His hands Tease Me.He watches with a dark stare.He touches as if he owns me.She was my student.He was my principal.She won’t let me go.He can’t walk away.Trick or Treat It’s time toTREAT ME

    With no room at the Inn, she is forced to accept his offer to stay with him. What had looked like a miserable holiday has every chance of becoming a sexy interlude that she will never forget. But when Eric turns out to be so much more. Can she turn a fun fling into something with true meaning?