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Loving the Firefighter
Cami Checketts - 2022
When he tries to protect her will she fall for him or head for danger to spite him?Grady Holman knows the Lanza family murdered his father but the Lanza men are charming, wealthy, and they fund the healthcare for the small town of Emerald Coast. When the Lanzas bring a new pediatrician to town, Grady vows to protect her at all costs. She seems to return his feelings, until he punches Jonathon Lanza without provocation.Can Grady gain her trust and be able to protect her, or will she be the Lanzas’ next victim?
Expecting the SEAL’s Baby
Katie Knight - 2021
So when her brother goes missing, Jeremy’s the first person Gina turns to for answers and comfort. But what begins as a little emotional support soon leads to a scorching night of passion. A night neither of them can forget…Weeks later, Gina shows up at Jeremy’s door with clues about her brother’s disappearance… and disturbing proof that she’s being followed. As his squad mate's sister, Jeremy knows Gina should be off limits. But now that she's a target, there’s no way he’s letting her out of his sight.Gina swore she'd never date another military man. Still, Jeremy’s the only guy she trusts to help find her brother. She's determined to resist his smoking good looks and masculine charm. But as their search leads deep into a dangerous South American jungle, life throws another surprise at Gina — she’s pregnant. And Jeremy's the father.Surrounded by danger and intrigue, it doesn’t take long for Gina to succumb to temptation. But the biggest danger of all may be losing her heart to a Navy SEAL…
The Virgin Escort
Virginia Sexton - 2017
Kaden The Excalibur has a new escort joining the force, and she’s all mine. For now. Cal, the owner, had to swear to me he was telling the truth: she’s a virgin. Who wants to be a professional escort. And Cal wants her to spend a week with me before she’s auctioned off to the highest bidder. I’m supposed to use my sizable... skills… to train her how to please a man—without taking her innocence. I’ve never broken my word, and she’s not here for me, but I can’t let another man touch her. Grace It’s crazy, but I have to. I need the money. And, I need what Kaden is teaching me. The things that man can do with his hands… and his mouth… and his… I’m surrounded by luxury and wealth while I’m with him, and I’m getting used to being in his bed. Even if we can’t go all the way. But when Calvin insists on testing how well Kaden has trained me to please, I’m not sure if I can go through with this. Backing out means I can’t get my siblings out of the foster system—and it might mean losing the man I’m falling for.
Secrets Kept
Allie Everhart - 2018
So the next night at her catering job she pretends not to be interested when Gavin, a hot guy with a great smile who attends the very exclusive Moorhurst College, asks her out. Unable to resist his charm, she agrees to have dinner with him.After their first date, Kate’s convinced Gavin’s too good to be true. Funny, sweet, smart, and easy to talk to, he’s nothing like the losers she’s dated in the past. But maybe her luck has changed. Maybe Gavin’s the guy she’s been waiting for.As their relationship grows, Gavin proves he really is the guy Kate’s always wanted but didn’t think existed. She’s even started thinking about a future with him. But those plans come to an abrupt halt when Kate sees something she shouldn’t. Something dark and disturbing. Something that could get her killed if she ever told anyone.Kate’s desperate to tell Gavin her secret but can’t. Even if she did, he’d never believe her. Still, she can’t keep something this big from Gavin, especially when he’s involved in it. Will she risk her life and tell him the truth? Or risk their relationship and keep this secret from the man she loves?(Book one of a two-book story)
Just a Kiss
J.H. Croix - 2021
Brainy brings bossy to his knees.Eve Slater is brilliant. She’s also my former intern, one I did my best to ignore because she was off limits and waaaay too tempting.She’s even more delectable now and the reigning queen of gaming tech in Seattle. Our chance encounter at Club Temptation ignites a fire between us.It was just a kiss. Nothing but a kiss, and it nearly brought me to my knees. She’s not off limits any more, and I’m not about to let her slip away.I’m accustomed to money, power and influence getting me what I want. Except Eva doesn’t care. Before I know it, I’m fighting for her, fighting to win the only woman who wants me for everything except my image.
Biker’s Property: A Bad Boy Biker Baby Romance (Chrome Horsemen MC) (Claimed by Him Book 1)
Kathryn Thomas - 2018
NICOLE
I’m a take-no-sh!t kind of girl. I’ve made my own way in this world. And I damn sure don’t need a man to tell me what to do. Especially not a man like Cole Porter. He’s the definition of a big, brutish outlaw. Silent, rugged, with eyes that seem to strip every piece of clothing from my body. He’s my driver – he’s supposed to look and keep his f**king hands off the goods. But it doesn’t take long for him to cross the line. And he’s not the type to do things halfway. It won’t be enough for him to taste me, to take me. A man like Cole needs to own his woman completely. I have to admit – I’m terrified. His hands look capable of breaking me. So why is there this little voice in my head… Begging him to do exactly that? I built myself up from nothing. But the second Cole takes me in his arms… I want him to tear me apart.
COLE
She’s forbidden to me. I’m only here to keep her safe and under control. But my employer never realized that I’m the one who needs taming. The longer I’m around her, the closer I get to coming undone. Those big eyes of hers are pleading with me. Her hips are dying for a man like me to grab them. She wants to be owned. And that’s the job I’m really interested in. Even if taking her means throwing away everything else – My club. My honor. My responsibilities. All that sh*t can go to hell. I’ve found what I’ve wanted. And I’m about to make her mine. BIKER'S PROPERTY is a full-length, standalone, super steamy, bad boy motorcycle club romance novel from bestselling author KATHRYN THOMAS. This suspenseful, action-packed MC romance is intended for mature audiences, due to violence, strong language, dark themes and elements, and explicit intimate scenes. The romance between the alpha male bad boy and the fiery woman he can't resist ends with a guaranteed happily ever after (HEA) ending, has absolutely NO CHEATING, and does NOT include a cliffhanger of any kind.
Midsummer Fling
Abby Knox - 2020
When she discovers who snatched her single-bed cabin, it seems that fate has stepped in and booked her a one-way trip to a happily-ever-after. Josh wants nothing more than to spend two weeks fishing, ship watching and gazing at campfires. To his chagrin, the resort owners double booked his reservation with that of an oddly familiar woman he refuses to leave out in the rough waters without a raft. When destiny -- and the age-old problem of two people/one bed -- takes the wheel, Josh quickly realizes it's time to reach for his dreams with his fated-forever shipmate.
Tangled Web (The Cortell Brothers, #6)
Giulia Lagomarsino
than an actual investigator.But when her file fell in my lap, I knew I couldn't walk away. Not yet.She had the body of a vixen and the eyes of a killer.I was terrified.And yet strangely attracted to the woman. Was it sane? Not at all. Every time I saw her, I was sure I would end up dead.But there were worse ways to go...LoreleiI was finally free.Well, almost. My husband had left me with a bit of a mess. And his kids...don't even get me started on them. All I wanted was my money, but that wasn't going to happen until I could get my hands on my dearly departed husband's trust.In the meantime, I needed someplace new to live. So, I pointed my finger at the map and ended up in the cutest little town.I just needed to make some friends, to blend in.I could do that, and I knew just where to start...
Bryson's Treasure
Linzi Baxter - 2019
He barely got out alive with the help of a young Afghan girl he refused to leave behind. His boots barely touch Montana soil before he and his brother Noah rescue an unconscious woman trapped in a wrecked truck. A truck whose brakes were clearly tampered with. Though still wounded himself, his instincts scream to keep her safe until they find out who wants her dead. A heart she dares not trust…her own. All Lynn remembers from the accident is a pair of crystal-blue eyes she never thought to see again. Until those eyes show up a few days later, attached to a tall, sandy-haired cowboy who takes all of five minutes to get under her skin. He wants her to stay put? She just got away from a dangerous cult. No one tells her what to do or where she can and can’t go. Especially not a sexy ex-Marine with a rescue complex. But when more near-misses leave her shaken, she has no choice but to surrender to Bryce’s protection…and try like hell not to surrender her heart.
Mastiff Security: The Complete 5 Books Series
Glenna Sinclair - 2017
Enjoy the complete Mastiff Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery... 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) Book One Durango Masters was a celebrated detective with the Chicago PD until the day they found his fiancée strangled in his apartment. As Durango struggles to keep his world from falling apart, his best operative is out on a simple protection job that isn’t as simple as it should have been. Axel finds himself naked and freezing to death in an old barn, discovered by his target only because the hitman likes to play games. Book Two She woke, her face bruised, her wrist sprained, with no memory of what had happened the night before. Not fifteen minutes later, a knock on the door announced the police looking for the person caught in a hit and run on a traffic cam. When they told her the name of the victim, she almost believed she was responsible. But why did she have no memory of the events? Quinn Naylor’s only choice was to hire the best security firm in town, Mastiff Security. How could she have known that the operative they assigned to her case would be the one person with the best reason in the world to hate her deep down to his core? Just her luck. Book Three Kelly just moved to a new city, made new friends, got on with her life. One friend, Tracy, makes it her mission in life to help Kelly find new love, but when Kelly refuses a blind date, Tracy goes in her place. The following Monday, Tracy is found murdered in her apartment. Afraid the past has caught up to her, Kelly seeks out her husband believing he’s the only one who can keep her safe. But can they move forward together, or will they always be caught up in the events of the past? Book Four Zola doesn’t trust men after her ex lied to her and screwed up all the carefully made plans she had laid out for her future. Having to take a job as a private security operative was just adding insult to injury. Put on top of that the cherry of having to insert herself into a reality television show where participants are stuck in a house together for weeks and weeks, and she was absolutely miserable. After just a week in the house, she finds herself getting into the game. Maybe it was the competitive nature of it. Or maybe it was Gunner Pratt, the hot forerunner who refused to pay her any mind. Book Five Durango Masters has been accused of killing his fiancée, his lover, his partner, and a random assistant he barely knew. And now a former client has been found dead and police are eager to bring him in based on nothing more than a few fingerprints found in the victim’s apartment. He’s run out of second chances and friends willing to stick their necks out to help him. Except for one.
I Plan on Forever
Stefanie Jenkins - 2020
He opened her heart to love again. Almost four years later, their wedding day finally arrives. Family and friends travel from near and far to witness them promise each other forever. Kyler may not have been her first love, but he plans on being her last.
Sex, Lies & Champagne (Sex and Lies Book 8)
Kris Calvert - 2018
Undercover for the last eighteen months, his assignment has been handed down personally from the Director of National Intelligence. Meeting with his contacts in the darkness of a global and elite, members-only sex club, Tristan spends his time not chasing women, but the origins of a dangerous Shadow Broker—a double agent selling U.S. weapon security codes to Russian intelligence. When Champagne magnate, Renè Lebleu reaches out to him, Tristan puts his duties on hold for two days, flying to his birthplace in France to meet a man he’s never seen—a father he’s never known. Upon arrival Tristan is filled with suspicion, but his animosity, forged by years of abandonment and lies, is quickly put on notice by his father’s trusted confidant and bold personal assistant, Henriette—Henry—Tribolet. Meeting his match in the gorgeous and intelligent Henry, Tristan finds it hard to keep up his typical and indifferent air. But Henry Tribolet sees straight through Tristan’s steely indifference to the heart of the real man—a man with an enormous capacity to forgive. A would-be Champagne heir discovering true love for the first time. Caught in a web of lies, Tristan must defend his innocence from a malicious ploy crafted by enemies and insiders while chasing the threats of foreign adversaries across the globe. When Tristan discovers the true nature of the family he never knew, he’ll fall deeper into the perilous world of International espionage than ever before—taking Henry with him. What begins with Champagne and trust, will end in deceit and murder.
Falling For The Mighty Mountain Man (Small Town Big Curves Book 2)
Flora Madison - 2021
Fight The Reaper: The Chronicles of the Iron Warriors #1
A.M. McGilvray - 2018
Making her way to Arcadia and using an alias, she is looking to start a new life. She goes to Inkology which is run by the Iron Warriors MC and asks for a job as a tattoo artist. Gunner, the Vice President of the Iron Warriors isn't too sure about her at first. All he knows is that she's beautiful and that someone hurt her. With a sudden urge to protect her, Gunner gives Caterina a job. He vows to find out whoever hurt Caterina and make them pay. Of course first he has to stop the feelings of desire that surge through him every time he sees her. But hey, if he could survive the Army, he could survive anything, right?
Rescued on Bear Mountain
Sloane Meyers - 2019
When Anna Carter shows up near his cabin and needs rescuing, Joel’s inner bear roars at him that she’s his fated lifemate. But he knows that’s impossible. Fate would never pair him up with a full human, especially one foolish enough to get trapped on the mountain in the middle of a blizzard. Joel vows that he won’t give in to his burning desire to claim Anna as his mate. But as the blizzard howls on and he’s forced to share his small cabin with this mysterious but beautiful human, Joel feels his resolve starting to break down. And he feels his alpha bear starting to take over. After all these years of loneliness, is it possible that this mighty mountain bear has finally found true mate love? You will love this sizzling shifter romance, because it’s full of fierce bear shifters who will stop at nothing to claim what’s theirs. Read it today!