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Veritas
A.L. Woods - 2021
šŖšØšØšš¬...ā£ā£šš¢š³šŖš¢ā£It was supposed to be a fling.ā£A one-night stand. ā£Then Jordan Kovacs asked for more.ā£A date. I donāt dateāI f*ck. ā£While he showered, I left. ā£The end. ā£Or so I thought. I have a problem.ā£My ex-f*ck buddy is getting married. ā£And I canāt get out of goingālong story.ā£I need an arrangement I can understand from a man who only had me for a night.ā£But Jordan has other plans for me.ā£Things that will tip the scales in his favor.ā£ā£ā£šš°š³š„š¢šÆā£A tryst was what she was looking for. ā£A date was what I wanted.ā£A chance. ā£I understand Maria Tavares. ā£Sheās a beautiful lie. ā£Now she needs something from me: a favor. ā£So Iāll function in a way she can understand: an arrangement. ā£Three months. ā£All in. Strings attached. No interferences. Titles exchanged. ā£The plan is simple, with only one ruleāveritas.ā£Letās see if Mariaās ex-f*ck buddy understands that, too.
Ashes
Gail Haris - 2021
Brombergās Everyday Heroes Worlds project. Featuring Collins from Combust. All that remains are ashesā¦Fighting fires is in his blood. Itās more than a jobāitās part of who Carter Collins is. Everything was going according to plan until one fateful night. With only his brothers at the Sunnyville Fire Department and his grandmother to answer to, Collins is content with life the way it is. His heart of ash isnāt capable of being in a relationshipābut then she comes along. Natalia Vasquez took a position at the Sunnyville Hospital to leave her old life behind with hopes to escape the permeant ache in her chest. When a fire her destroys her apartment, a strikingly handsome firefighter comes to her rescue.With no choice but to move again, Natalia isnāt thrilled to find that the heroic ass is her new neighbor.She is determined to find herself. He longs for peace from his inner demons.Will the tension burning between them be enough to rekindle the ashes that smolder inside of them?
Ignited By Him
Kylie Kent - 2021
The one Iāve both loved and lusted after from the sidelines.For years, Iāve kept myself distracted with work, turning my familyās company into an empire. And, more importantly, Iāve kept my distance. Itās best for everyone.But when she walks into my club and tries to cheat me out of money, all bets are off.One way or another, sheās going to pay back what sheās stolen.Although, it wonāt be in the form of cash.BreannaI love winning, even if I have to cheat to get to the finish line. I knew better than to come to this club to play.I knew heād more than likely find out I was here.What I didnāt expect was to see him up-close. Iāve hardly seen him over the last few years.I wanted him to notice me. To see that I wasnāt a little girl anymore.And that was my mistake, because he did more than notice.There is no going back now.That flame weāve both been dousing in denial has just been ignited.Can I really play with fire without getting burned? Or will everything around me turn to ash?
Until Dawn
Gwendolyn Grace - 2021
If you loved the Until, Until Her, and Until Him series, and Until Midnight: a Drive Me Wild and Until series crossover, then add Until Dawn to your TBR list.
Uncocky Hero
Alex Grayson - 2021
Getting cursed out in the middle of the airport isnāt exactly how I pictured meeting the man of my dreams. Then again, fate doesnāt seem to care much about my plans. Thanks to my failing health, I now have a lifetime of things to do, and a limited amount of time to do them. Rhys helps me live a little... and one by one we check off my list. From nude beaches to snorkeling to wedding crashing, I find myself falling for the outspoken stranger hard and fast. He wasnāt on the list... But can the uncocky hero save me before itās too late?
Simply Complicated
S. Nelson - 2021
Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something Iāve never been able to do before with past boyfriends.But there are rules.He needs to be a stranger and someone who won't judge me if I can't cross the finish line.Luke Sorenson, one of the most famous soccer players in the world, isn't meant to be that man. He's the guy I grew up next door to. The man who broke my heart ten years ago, then moved across the country and never looked back.He also happens to be the one person in the world I can't stand.But as my best friend points out, he's the best option.Besides, it's only for one night. What can possibly go wrong?***The last person I expect to see when I walk into a random corner bar is Olivia Brighton, the one woman I let slip through my fingers when I chased my dream a decade ago.Not only do I run into her again, but I offer to help her out with her dilemma, and she accepts.It's supposed to be a one-time occurrence. One shot to prove my skills in bed.But that one shot turns into a deal, which morphs into something neither of us predicts.One thing's for certaināeverything is about to get simply complicated.
An Irresistible Chance
Kim Loraine - 2021
Iām in way over my head.Iāve been fantasizing about seeing my elevator woman again. And now Iām seeing her every damn day at the breakfast table, or at the playground with my adorable daughter.Daisy is exactly what my little girl needs.But every day I spend with Daisy makes me want her more, only I can't have her.I wonāt risk breaking the unbreakable rule to take a chance at love.Until the night I do.
It Was All The Pie's Fault
Elizabeth SaFleur - 2022
One bite of her cherry pie and heāll declare her āthe one.āJaded attorney Nick doesn't believe in magic OR Russell's intentions with Chloe. Pies making wishes come true? Pffft.But she's perfect for him--as a fake girlfriend to appease his family-friendly boss. She's in love with someone else, after all. And he doesnāt do love, especially not with someone so bubbly, so dewy-eyed, so committed to marching down a wedding aisle.Plus this girl needs help when it comes to men--a lot of it. He'll help her lure Russell into dreaded wedded bliss, and she'll pose as his date. Her pies are an added bonus.Except Chloe's wishes begin to go haywire -- starting with granting Nick's and turning all those fake kisses into smoking hot moments of passion. It turns out Chloeās not as innocent as he first thought.A fake relationship, opposites attract, laugh out loud, sexy romantic comedy.
Killer Kiss: A Dark Mafia Forced Marriage Age Gap Romance
Kristen Luciani - 2022
I didnāt count on the fiery vixen princess whoād narrowly escaped the third bullet meant for her.I need to become her saviorā¦ before I reveal myself as her devil.She fights me with all of the anger, distrust, and stubbornness that floods her sinful body, fueling every one of my twisted desires. Her actions beg me for punishment in the form of bound wrists and the sharp sting of my palm against her flesh.She will learn to obey.As time goes on, I slowly forget my hatred and shelve all plans for revenge, my obsession with Kristina Ivankov swallowing me whole.I will not lose.I will claim my prize.I will own the princess and her kingdom.Forever.KILLER KISS is book one in the RUTHLESS REVENGE trilogy by USA Today Bestselling author Kristen Luciani and the story of Massimo and Kristina. It's an Age-Gap, Forced Marriage, Secret Identity Dark Mafia Romance that fans of Zoe Blake and Nicole Fox are sure to enjoy! This epic family saga follows one couple through a steamy, pulse-pounding trilogy with a guaranteed HEA in book three, EVIL EMPIRE.Publisher's Note: KILLER KISS contains explicit and mature content and graphic violence that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.
Triplets Rise
K.L. Savage - 2021
Daddy's little girl is all grown up.Things are about to change around here.If there is one thing I won't allow, it's having my dad's MC run into the ground.Everyone expects my brothers to take charge, but what no one knowsā¦I'm the one who runs this club.A woman.And according to men, a woman's place is in bedānot at the head of the table.Newsflash: I'm not only going to be at the head of the table, but I'm putting the word out.Women can join.Men can join.Everyone can join and be accepted.My brothers? Weāre triplets, and they support me and have my back.They know I'm meant for more than what society has mapped out for women.My dad made enemies along the way, but that will be nothing compared to what Iām going to face leading this club.Nothing comes for freeāyou have to fight for your freedom, for your ideas, and this Queen is ready to conquer the world...
Doctor Desire
S.L. Sterling - 2022
Iād also spent that time homesick and missing the only place Iād ever call home. When Eastport General Hospital offered me a position I took it. I was so happy to be returning home, but returning home met revisiting the ghosts of my past. Brielle, my little sisterās best friend was that ghost. Weād had a secret fling the summer before I left, a friends with benefits relationship, no strings attached. Despite that my feelings for her grew. Now I find out that she is now a mother. The woman I had crushed on for years was someone elseās woman and I had no one to blame but myself, after all, Iād left her here. Only the joke was on me, Brielle didnāt have another manās child, she had my child. A child Iād known nothing about. How could she not have told me? I didnāt know if I should have been angry or excitedā¦.because bottom line was, I was a Dad.
S.L. Sterlingās Doctor Desire is a surprise baby, steamy second chance heartfelt romance.
Doctors of Eastport General is a brand-new Contemporary Romance series. Get ready for all the naughty nurses, dirty doctors, and patient shenanigans that take place in Eastport General.
Greaser (Soulless Kings MC, #4)
Andi Rhodes - 2021
I would die for them, bleed for them, kill for them. Patched members, prospects, blood relativesā¦ they all have my loyalty, no questions asked. What I wonāt do is tolerate lies, no matter who they come from. Until I catch a brother in one. Danger shows up at our doorstep and I find myself reevaluating my boundaries. I donāt have a choice. It could mean the difference between life and death for the woman whoās done the impossible: risen from the dead. Trinityā¦People donāt come back from the dead. Itās impossible, yet itās exactly what Iām doing. For twelve years, I ceased to exist. My family, my friends, the world thought I was gone forever. I was a statistic, a faceless number among millions. But Iām back and I need to be seen, to be heard, to be remembered. My escape isnāt planned. It happens fast but I donāt look back. Not until Iām forced to. I manage to track down the one person who will recognize me, my twin. Looking at me should be like looking in a mirror. The problem is, his new family doesnāt know I exist and they donāt take kindly to lies or strangers. And I represent both.
Grumpy As Hell
Marika Ray - 2022
Literally.Ace Hellman. Star quarterback. Grumpy-as-hell firefighter. Chief pain in my ass.Heās beyond arrogant, inducing women to fake emergencies just to see his sexy swagger as he comes to save them. Not me though. That fire was a total accident. I swear. He and I actually have a long history of hating each other, starting with him ruining my live performance of the Nutcracker in kindergarten and ending with me being the only woman in town under forty whom he hasnāt dated. I wear that title with pride.Now that we've been roped into teaching a first aid class together, things can't get more awkward. Heās determined to prove me wrong at every turn, and Iām determined to stop picturing him without his coveralls. I refuse to hide who I am, and Ace stands for everything Iām against.Heās so wrong for me the whole town knows it. So why do I feel like we start a fire every time weāre together?
Not So Charming (Carlisle Cellars, 1)
Fabiola Francisco - 2021
Now, unemployed and needing a place to live, I move back with my mom, promising myself that itās only temporary. When small-town charmer, Miles, thinks his charisma will work on me, heās got another thing coming. I want nothing to do with him and what he represents in this town. Heās everything I ran from when I left and never looked back. Miles is persistent in his pursuit, no matter how many times I turn him down. What could a guy like him want with a girl like me? We come from two different worldsāone where mine serves his.But I need a job, and his familyās winery is the only place hiring. Working alongside him, I see a different side of him that I thought was nonexistent. Hatred turns to curiosity, and soon Iām wondering if thereās more to the man I thought I knew growing up. Not So Charming is a feel-good romance. If you like hate-to-lovers, witty banter, and swoon, then youāll love this small town romance.
Until Mitchell
Emma Louise
Itās the lightning bolt he feels every time they touch.Bailey might be pessimistic when it comes to finding love, but even she canāt deny she feels a connection to the gorgeous guy that just landed in her ER. Until she finds out heās a player not just on the baseball field, but probably off it too.Mitchell is determined to prove Bailey wrong, that he can be trusted with her heart, he just has to find her again first.Between a kleptomaniac cat, interfering families, and overzealous fans, it seems like life is trying to throw Mitchell a few curveballs. But he is an ace when it comes to challenges, and he knows Bailey is going to be the Ultimate Grand Slam.Until Mitchell is part of Aurora Rose Reynolds's Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until December, then you will want to read Until Mitchell.(Until Mitchell is a Until December/Flawed Love cross over)