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Veritas


A.L. Woods - 2021
    š—ŖšØšØšš¬...ā£ā£š˜”š˜¢š˜³š˜Ŗš˜¢ā£It was supposed to be a fling.ā£A one-night stand. ā£Then Jordan Kovacs asked for more.ā£A date. I donā€™t dateā€”I 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 canā€™t get out of goingā€”long 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£š˜‘š˜°š˜³š˜„š˜¢š˜Æā£A tryst was what she was looking for. ā£A date was what I wanted.ā£A chance. ā£I understand Maria Tavares. ā£Sheā€™s a beautiful lie. ā£Now she needs something from me: a favor. ā£So Iā€™ll 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 ruleā€”veritas.ā£Letā€™s see if Mariaā€™s ex-f*ck buddy understands that, too.

Ashes


Gail Haris - 2021
    Brombergā€™s Everyday Heroes Worlds project. Featuring Collins from Combust. All that remains are ashesā€¦Fighting fires is in his blood. Itā€™s more than a jobā€”itā€™s 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 isnā€™t capable of being in a relationshipā€”but 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 isnā€™t 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 Iā€™ve both loved and lusted after from the sidelines.For years, Iā€™ve kept myself distracted with work, turning my familyā€™s company into an empire. And, more importantly, Iā€™ve kept my distance. Itā€™s 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, sheā€™s going to pay back what sheā€™s stolen.Although, it wonā€™t 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 heā€™d more than likely find out I was here.What I didnā€™t expect was to see him up-close. Iā€™ve hardly seen him over the last few years.I wanted him to notice me. To see that I wasnā€™t a little girl anymore.And that was my mistake, because he did more than notice.There is no going back now.That flame weā€™ve 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 isnā€™t exactly how I pictured meeting the man of my dreams. Then again, fate doesnā€™t 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 wasnā€™t on the list... But can the uncocky hero save me before itā€™s too late?

Simply Complicated


S. Nelson - 2021
    Proposition a man and extend a challenge: help me accomplish something Iā€™ve 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 certainā€”everything is about to get simply complicated.

An Irresistible Chance


Kim Loraine - 2021
    Iā€™m in way over my head.Iā€™ve been fantasizing about seeing my elevator woman again. And now Iā€™m 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 wonā€™t 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 heā€™ll declare her ā€œthe one.ā€Jaded 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 doesnā€™t 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 Chloeā€™s 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 didnā€™t count on the fiery vixen princess whoā€™d 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 bedā€”not 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? Weā€™re 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 Iā€™m going to face leading this club.Nothing comes for freeā€”you have to fight for your freedom, for your ideas, and this Queen is ready to conquer the world...

Doctor Desire


S.L. Sterling - 2022
    Iā€™d also spent that time homesick and missing the only place Iā€™d 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 sisterā€™s best friend was that ghost. Weā€™d 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 elseā€™s woman and I had no one to blame but myself, after all, Iā€™d left her here. Only the joke was on me, Brielle didnā€™t have another manā€™s child, she had my child. A child Iā€™d known nothing about. How could she not have told me? I didnā€™t know if I should have been angry or excitedā€¦.because bottom line was, I was a Dad. S.L. Sterlingā€™s 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 wonā€™t 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 donā€™t have a choice. It could mean the difference between life and death for the woman whoā€™s done the impossible: risen from the dead. Trinityā€¦People donā€™t come back from the dead. Itā€™s impossible, yet itā€™s exactly what Iā€™m 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 Iā€™m back and I need to be seen, to be heard, to be remembered. My escape isnā€™t planned. It happens fast but I donā€™t look back. Not until Iā€™m 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 doesnā€™t know I exist and they donā€™t 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.Heā€™s 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 hasnā€™t 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. Heā€™s determined to prove me wrong at every turn, and Iā€™m determined to stop picturing him without his coveralls. I refuse to hide who I am, and Ace stands for everything Iā€™m against.Heā€™s so wrong for me the whole town knows it. So why do I feel like we start a fire every time weā€™re 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 itā€™s only temporary. When small-town charmer, Miles, thinks his charisma will work on me, heā€™s got another thing coming. I want nothing to do with him and what he represents in this town. Heā€™s 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 worldsā€”one where mine serves his.But I need a job, and his familyā€™s 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 Iā€™m wondering if thereā€™s 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 youā€™ll love this small town romance.

Until Mitchell


Emma Louise
    Itā€™s the lightning bolt he feels every time they touch.Bailey might be pessimistic when it comes to finding love, but even she canā€™t deny she feels a connection to the gorgeous guy that just landed in her ER. Until she finds out heā€™s 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)