And I’m not talking about my ever-ailing phone or the temperamental Smart Board in my classroom. I’m talking about the internationally hailed “Tech Genius” formerly known as the boy I used to love. It was bad enough seeing that cocky smile staring back at me from my newsfeeds, the gossip sites, and—fine—the scorchingly hot men’s fitness magazine I bought in a moment of weakness. But now he’s back home, teasing me with the memories I’ve tried to leave behind, crowding into my space and taunting me with the kiss I can’t resist. I know it’s only a matter of time before I lose him again. He’s already told me he isn’t staying, warned me he’s changed. I know better than to let him get too close, so why can’t I push him away?HANKThey call me a visionary. An innovator. Hell, last week a headline touted me as the billion-dollar geek keeping Silicon Valley’s panties wet. Try living that down. Strip away the media BS, and I’m just a tech-minded guy with my eyes on the future and no time for a past I can't change. So what am I doing following the sweet sound of its laugh back to the woman who passed on our chance at forever?I tell myself all I want is to say hello. To see her smile. Just a few minutes to pretend we’re still the “us” I thought would never end. But once I've had a taste of the too tempting woman she's become, a few minutes isn’t enough. The man I am today is used to getting what he wants, and I want her.The problem? She wants the guy I used to be.Ten years later, all that’s changed is… everything.

     He's never played a card game he couldn’t beat and never met a showgirl he couldn’t bed. He plays by his own rules, and he plays to win. At twenty-four, he's on top of the world, basking in his bachelorhood one debaucherous night at a time, when an early morning knock on his door changes everything. He's a daddy. He has a daughter. And he's never changed a diaper in his life. But just when he's getting a grip on this whole fatherhood thing, he meets Calypso, the intriguing lavender-and-patchouli-scented hippie in the apartment next door. She refuses to discuss her past, but Crew didn't win a dozen high stakes poker tournaments without learning a thing or two about reading people. She’s hiding something. But Calypso’s not just a mystery, she’s the ultimate jackpot. And Crew's bet money before but never happiness. If he wants her, he'll have to take the biggest gamble of his life. But having her for his own would be the ultimate win. AUTHOR'S NOTES 1. This is a standalone, full-length romance (~70k words) with a HEA. Ends around 60%. For a *limited* time, this eBook includes a bonus copy of DARK PARADISE and a generous preview of my upcoming book, ROYAL, releasing late February! 2. $0.99 is the sale price. Regular price will be $3.99!

    Don’t touch. Those were the rules. It took one heartbeat to fall in love with my best friend’s little sister. One more to know I could never, ever let it show. So I broke her heart and left her behind to go to war. She wasn’t supposed to walk back into the wreckage of my life. Now my Sunny is all grown up. All woman. She has eyes like liquid heat, curves that beg for my hands, and a mouth that’s hungry for mine. I shouldn’t look. I shouldn’t touch. But the rules are no match for one hot, reckless kiss. And this time, I’m not walking away.

    The one exception is her best friend Jace Prescott. In the twenty years they've known each other, they've made a lot of pinkie promises. Jace has always had feelings for Simone. But she was with his brother for three years before they split. With James wedding to another woman coming up, Simone refuses to attend. Even if it is her best friend's brother. Never one to go back on a pinkie promise, Simone agrees to being Jace's girlfriend for the weekend long wedding festivities. Will Simone finally see what's right there in front of her? Will Jace be able to convince her that he isn't his brother? **This is a STANDALONE in a series**

    Elizabeth, a small-town librarian, knows she doesn't belong in the notorious biker bar. But after watching her best friend marry her ex-boyfriend, she's drinking her cares away and saying adios to her good girl ways. Ryker can't take his eyes off the gorgeous, curvy redhead at his club's bar. He suddenly has a taste for good girls, just for one night, of course, because Ryker doesn't do relationships. Ever.But when Elizabeth's ex threatens her, Ryker realizes he'll do anything to keep her safe and he might just lose his heart in the process.

     And now she’s one of the most famous people on the planet. It’s my job to protect her. To guide her and make sure nothing ever happens to her. And nothing ever will. Not on my watch. I was a Marine in a past life. I know what it takes to protect and serve. But all I want to do is own her. I watch her perform for the world. But at night, she belongs only to me. No one knows our secret. They can’t. Her father would kill his best friend if he knew what I did to his daughter at night, after every show. And that best friend? Is me. WARNING: This silver fox ex-Marine turned bodyguard doesn’t need anyone’s permission to be with the woman he loves; even when she’s the world’s biggest pop star. The heat is high on this one. Plan to escape… but maybe sit near a fan while you enjoy this over-the-top love story.

    I’m a rocker through and through, and nothing can change me. I don’t believe in romance and happily ever afters. Or at least that’s what I thought. Enter Kayla Marshall, romance writer and travel companion for thirty days. She’s oblivious to how the real world works. It’s my duty to open her eyes to the fantasy land she lives in.When the unthinkable happens and my long-time friend and drummer for Razor’s Edge leaves for rehab in the middle of a sixty-day, forty-three-city tour, I’m faced with the reality that there is more to life than the music. But before I can tell Kayla that I was wrong, she disappears.Now I’m questioning everything. Are there such things as happily ever afters, or are they just a fantasy people believe in? This is my journey to discover if a rock god can give up his evil ways to find the one he was destined for.

    Twinkling lights.Copious amounts of alcohol.AndGhost stories of lore.As Emma waits for a business meeting, those ingredients are there, in the heavy air and circulating through her bloodstream. Until everything changes. Everett Ramses is tall, dark, and mysterious. He’s more than that. According to him...he is Emma’s fate.And he has a demand.Will she run, or will she find out what fate’s demand has in store? “FATE’S DEMAND” is an intriguing meeting to whet readers’ appetite for more of an all-new dark-romance world, Devil’s Deal, by New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig. Get ready to love and hate, to swoon and swear...Rett Ramses will bring out all the emotions. *“FATE’S DEMAND” first appeared in the Bookworm Box anthology ONE MORE STEP as a short story entitled “THE DEAL.”

     But how could I help being struck speechless by the sexy smile and warm intelligence of Professor Shane Brooks? What starts as wistful gazing from the back of the room leads to stolen touches that melt my core, and ends with a midnight encounter right on school grounds. Those weren’t the kind of after-school activities I had in mind. Will Shane hate himself for what we’ve done, or resent me for wanting it? I don’t know. I’m too lost in the heat of his body and the depths of his soul. Sooner or later someone’s bound to find out about us, and it’s not going to be pretty. The only question is, are we strong enough to survive it? FORBIDDEN HEAT is a full-length standalone in the Firework Girls contemporary romance series. Jordyn White takes you on a delightful journey of secret rendezvous, nerdy soulmates, and transcendent love in this completely swoon-worthy forbidden romance.

    He wants Melody Steel.Growing up, they'd been inseparable but a last minute choice had stolen his heart and made him rich beyond measure. Too bad he could never buy what he truly wanted... Flint and Steel made fire and she was done getting burned. With more debt than she can comprehend after her dad died, Melody doesn't need her poverty rubbed in her face or that Stryder found happiness and money without her. All she'd ever done was make her loved ones miserable.Well, no more. Stryder was free and Melody was going to keep it that way - no matter how much it tore her apart. ***Books by Bonnie R. Paulson*** Clearwater County CollectionTHE BILLIONAIRE COWBOYSStryderTrevorBrodyMacZackWyattVanceJacobDeeganEthanShaneChanceThe MONTANA TRAILS SERIESBroken Trails (book 1) Forbidden Trails (book 2)Unbridled Trails (book 3)Hidden Trails (book 4)Forgotten Trails (book 5)Endless Trails (book 6)Forsaken Trails (book 7)Lonesome Trails (book 8)Lost Trails (book 9)Untamed Trails (book 10)Boxset – Books 1, 2, 3Boxset – 4, 5, 6Boxset – 7,8,9Full Boxset – 1-10LONELY LACE SERIESSpurs and Lace (book 1)Secrets and Lace (book 2)Sorrows and Lace (book 3)Boxset (all 3 books)REDEMPTION SERIESRomancing Redemption (book 1)Riding for Redemption (book 2)Resisting Redemption (book 3)Regretting Redemption (book 4)Rewarding Redemption (book 5)Boxset (all 5 books)Contemporary RomanceCLICKANDWED.COM SERIESWith This Click, I Thee Wed (book 1)IDo.com (book 2)DIY Vows (book 3)eHoneymoon (book 4)Keyword: I Do (book 5)Let US-B Wed (book 6)The Right Click (book 7)MADE FOR LOVE SERIESMade for Me (book 1)Made for You (book 2)Made for Love (book 3)DOWNSHIFT SERIESDownshift (book 1)Full Throttle (book 2)Block Pass (book 3)

    The ones I use are violent:Brawl. Claim. Ravage.It was lust at first sight.She looked too damn nice up on that stage to pass up.A body that curved in all the right places.Skin demanding that I seize it and squeeze it.And those eyes…Eyes I’d never forget.What would you have done?I know what I did: I bought her.Then I took her home and let her know who she belonged to now.She screamed my name until the rafters shook.Don’t act like you would have done anything different.That should have been the end of it.But if she was just an expensive lay,you wouldn’t be reading this story.There was a whole lot more I had yet to find out.Only one thing I knew for certain:I hadn’t had my fill of Michelle.Not. Even. Close.Ravage is a full-length, standalone romance novel with steamy hot sex, strong language, a happily ever after ending, and NO CLIFFHANGERS. Contains dark and disturbing themes, and over-the-top sexiness that may be uncomfortable for some readers.

    Then, in a cruel twist of fate, she was gone. Even with all the evidence telling me otherwise, I know she’s out there. My heart can’t let her go. And I won’t rest until I find her. IsabellaLosing your memory is scary. Especially when every night you dream of being held in the loving, strong arms of a mystery man only to wake up alone. Is he a figment of my imagination or a tempting spark of memory? Even after all this time I don’t remember who I am. Or was. And I don’t have time to waste on dreaming and what-ifs—it’s not just me I have to look out for.Then he’s there—flesh and bone, standing in front of me. A dream come to life in the middle of a burlesque club. I don’t believe billionaire Cyrus Meinhold was ever mine—a man like him is too good to be true. Until he says the three words that echo in my dreams: Dance for me.More Than Money series will have you swooning over these sexy billionaires with big wallets and even bigger hearts this July! Grab a fan and a cool drink, it's about to get hot in here!

    And not just in meetings.I'm a terror in the business world. A billionaire CEO with the body of a god. You want to stop me? I'll bankrupt you and turn you into dust. No one can stop me from taking what I want. Until Kylie. She didn't try to stop me from having her.She wanted me. I could see the desire in her eyes. But once wasn't enough. Now I want more. She has no idea the depravity of my mind.But once she finds out she'll want to please me in any way possible.But there are people who want to take us down. Try to use the company's rules against us.They better watch out. Because Kylie and I...we're about to make this workplace positively filthy. No cliffhangers or cheating. HEA guaranteed.

    Walking into a strip club and asking for an audition certainly qualifies as desperate, but when her mom's battle with cancer ends months before Angelica is due to start college, she doesn't feel like she has much choice. The moment Morgan Cadwell sees her on his stage, he knows she's the one woman who could make him break all the rules. There's no way he's going to let Angelica dance for other men, so he hires her as his live-in personal assistant instead.Morgan's offer lets Angelica keep her clothes on...but little does she know that, in the end, he'll make her bare her soul instead.

     That day I learned cruelty wasn’t only within the walls we had just escaped. It hasn’t been easy growing up in the middle of a war. A struggle to find shelter. Fighting to protect our bodies against the corruption of the streets. Nobody cared about the street kids who had to beg and steal to eat. Now we are the Portland Street Kings – A family forged through loyalty not blood. To get through this life of broken dreams alive, we’ve become hard, uncaring and merciless. We do what must be done to keep our family safe, we will harm those who stand against us.  We have it all, feared and respected by those on the streets. Then she collided into my world, and with her came demons from my past, back to haunt us all.