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Tempting Daddy's Boss
Laura Clymer - 2018
End of story. Unless your new employee happens to be the most alluring surprise you’ve come across in years…
And is now carrying your baby!
Chantel: Who am I kidding? This is Kolt Zane we are talking about. AKA Kolt Zane, the mega-rich, mega- successful and mega-sexy millionaire who also happens to be a notorious playboy – and my new boss. Besides, I don’t have that kind of experience with men, period, let alone with a man whose very look can bring me to my knees. Not to mention that this is the first real job I’ve ever had. I can’t afford to mess it up and let down my dad again, after all he’s been through. But how can I resist the same man whose orders I’m not only obliged to follow, I take absolute pleasure in following?
Kolt: This can’t happen. I’ve got a failing tie business to focus on, and more than that, a dark secret to protect. If anyone found out just what I did in the past, the truth wouldn’t destroy just me, but everything I care about. Maybe I can let a little fling with the woman who gets me so hard slide, but that’s it. How am I supposed to forget about her, though, when spending time with her just gets me more insanely addicted than ever?
The Fable of Us
Nicole Williams - 2016
At least that’s what Clara Abbot finds herself hoping when she runs into Boone Cavanaugh less than an hour after returning to Charleston.As kids, Clara and Boone had been each other’s firsts, and no one or nothing could stand in the way of their forever. But all kids have to grow up sometime. The troubled son of the town drunk winding up with the firstborn daughter of the local royalty was a happy ending even the most imaginative of fairy tales couldn’t make believable.Their fable came to an end as most do: tragically. Boone might have done the leaving, but it was Clara who got away and made a new life for herself in California. But after seven years of dodging her hometown, she’s only back in Charleston for seven days to celebrate her sister’s wedding. She won’t let her overbearing family or her run-in with Boone rattle her—though rattling her is obviously Boone’s primary objective.Boone is her past and her past is behind her, a mere speck in the rearview. So why does she feel it coming back every time she looks at him? Why does she see it every time he looks back?Just when Clara’s life can’t possibly get more complicated, the ground shifts, and she discovers just how far her family was willing to go to keep the wrong boy out of her life. Was it really Boone who left her? Or was it Clara who left him?The truth will be hard to face. Especially when she discovers most of her life has been built on lies.
Fake Wife Needed (A Bad Boy Romance)
Mia Carson - 2017
Today. My empire depends on finding a wife, any woman. I need a pretend wife for a few weeks and will pay handsomely too. No strings attached. No commitments. Not even a kiss. No wifely duties required. I have other women for that. That’s exactly why I’m known as a brute. I walk into the pub, intent on leaving with a bride, but instead, I’m fighting some woman’s battle, saving her, and taking her home with me because she has nowhere to go. Then I get a bright idea. Perhaps this spitfire of a woman will marry me. MIA I’m on the run, trying desperately to escape the nightmare that’s been my life. When Maxwell saves my life in the pub, I agree to pay him back by becoming his pretend bride. It’s a win-win for me. I pretend to be his real wife, and he protects me from my past. Perfect plan until I realize the fire burning for him is as real as the ring on my finger. And the way he ogles my body can’t be fake. This is not part of our marriage contract. FAKE WIFE NEEDED is a standalone, happily ever after romance novel with loads of steam and no fluff! Contains another full-length hot romance story
What Happens in Vegas (What Happens In... #1)
Tarrah Anders - 2020
After waking up in a hotel room that isn’t hers, next to a naked man she doesn’t know, with a ring on her finger and no recollection of the previous twenty-four hours, she hops the first flight back home with two new mantras. Whatever happened, happened. And no looking back, only forward. Only a few months later, her past shows back up on her doorstep in the form of one very determined husband. A few months ago, Maxwell woke up alone in a hotel in Vegas with a hangover and a lingering feeling that something important had happened to him the night before. Unsure if his vague memories were real or just a dream; he hired a private investigator. Now that he’s tracked down his accidental wife, he’s determined to get a divorce. Or is he? Face to face, the words don’t come and instead he finds himself asking his wife if she’d like to go on a date. Is it possible their one night in Vegas was meant to be more? Can they make a relationship work? Or is divorce really the only option when what happens in Vegas follows you home?
Second Chance Husband
B.B. Hamel - 2018
This is my last chance. I’ve messed up enough for one lifetime, and I need to get my sh*t together. Bad boy, bastard, a**hole. I’ve been called it all and deserved it once or twice. But I’m changing, and I’m starting with her. Piper’s the producer of my new travel show and my ex-girlfriend. Messed up, right? During a scene in Las Vegas, she gets tricked into signing a real marriage license. That’s right, she’s my accidental bride, and I plan on keeping her. She’s not happy about it, but that doesn’t matter. She needs me just as much as I need her. I can see it in her eyes: She remembers how it used to be, back before I messed up, the way it felt when my fingertips brushed against her skin. She knows how I can make her feel, but she’s afraid. I’ll remind her why I’m the best thing that got away. In the end, she’ll beg to stay my wife, or both our careers will go up in flames. Second Chance Husband is a steamy romance with tons of hot scenes and bad language. It’s only recommended for readers 18+. Second Chance Husband is a STANDALONE, full-length novel. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA!
Good Girl Gone Plaid
Shelli Stevens - 2013
In high school Sarah fell for her best friend’s older brother—one of the sexy, Scottish McLaughlin boys. But a painful betrayal showed her she’d been a fool to give her heart to a bad boy. At least it made it easier to leave him and move halfway around the world when her Navy dad got stationed in Japan. Eleven years later, the death of her grandmother has forced Sarah back to Whidbey Island for a month. It’s the length of time she must stay in her inherited house before she’s allowed to sell it, take the money and run. But when she sees Ian, bad as ever and still looking like sin on a stick, she can’t keep her mouth from watering. One look at Sarah stirs up the regret lingering in Ian’s heart—and never-forgotten desire lingering in his body. He should walk away, especially since divorced single mothers aren’t his style. But when she starts showing up at his family’s pub, he can’t resist a little casual seduction for old time’s sake. One thing quickly becomes clear, though. The heat between them is causing an avalanche of secrets and betrayal and nothing will ever be the same.Product Warnings: A bad-boy hero who’s good with his hands, a heroine who’s trying to be good. Contains liberal consumption of Scotch whisky, a Highland Games competition, men in kilts wielding large poles, and a potential Sarah McLaughlin of the non-musical kind.
Fireman's Fake Fiancée
Flora Ferrari - 2017
He’s tall, dark, and as handsome as he is rich. With his rugged good looks and masculine presence, surely no one's going to catch on to us. There's no way you'd suspect our engagement is fake. And I'm starting not to suspect it either. The way he whispers in my ear when no one's looking. The way he puts his hand on the small of my back. The way his kisses go on just a little longer than we need in order to put on our little show. Is it just for show? He's enjoying this; this tormenting me. But I can dish it out just as well as I can take it. I can play hot and cold, making him wonder what's real and what's not... and just what he really wants out of this so-called relationship of ours. But when the sun goes down, my blood pressure rises. We're alone in our shared bedroom, keeping up the charade. But the way he looks at me with those bedroom eyes of his, I know this is more than a game. Can I risk losing everything if it means winning the man whose passion for me is suddenly feeling more and more real? Fireman's Fake Fiancée is an insta-everything standalone romance with an HEA, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.
Boys South of the Mason Dixon
Abbi Glines - 2017
Worn, faded blue jeans, slow Southern drawls, and those naughty moments in the back of pickup trucks a girl never forgets. Welcome to the world of the Sutton boys. Five brothers who fight, party, drink a little too much, but more importantly, they love their momma. Nothing can tear them apart… until the girl next door wins more than one of their hearts.
Good Girl
Brill Harper - 2019
Until she meets the man that makes her want to be bad…
He's got a record; she's never been so much as grounded.His old man is a convict; her dad is the police sergeant.He's seen too much darkness; she can barely see out of the stained-glass curtain the world wants her to hide behind.She's willing to fight her parents, the town, and the whole world if she has to, but first she has to get past the wall Joe Franklin has built around his heart. He thinks she's too good, too sweet, too pure for a man like him.She thinks being good is overrated.
Author Confession: It's the classic opposites attract, good girl/bad boy, other side of the tracks, her first time tropey goodness you need in your life. Watch him grow into an alphamallow right before your eyes. And when the slow burn romance ignites, it will scorch your eReader.
Bright Midnight
Karina Halle - 2021
It’s not that she doesn’t want to visit the land of the midnight sun—far from it; she’s obsessed with the culture and is dying to see the majestic fjords for herself.What she’s not dying to do is run into her Norwegian ex-boyfriend, Anders Johansson, who broke her heart in America eight years ago before returning to his ancestral home. The last time she saw Anders, he was a cocky, rebellious, and tortured teenager who couldn’t stop himself from pushing all of her buttons—both good and bad. But Shay isn’t going to let Anders stand in the way of her wanderlust, and besides, it’s a big country, right?She doesn’t count on Anders seeking her out the moment he learns she’s on his home turf. When Shay sees him again, she’s shocked at his transformation into a bearded, tattooed farmer and fisherman who values family over everything else. Is it possible that time has tamed this former bad boy? Shay wants to believe that everything can be new and bright again under the summer sun, but she knows, when it comes to Anders, the darkness is never too far behind.
Hating My Hero
Holly Jaymes - 2019
But now he's back and to top it all off, he moved in next door! He's got the same sexy tats over a broad hard chest. And a cocky smile that promises exquisite sensual delights. I might let him in my house to renovate my home, but there's no way I’ll let him back in my pants or my heart. Even if he did save me...more than once. If only he didn’t look so hot in his tool belt. If only my body didn’t crave to feel his touch. If only I could trust that he wouldn’t betray me again. If only I could resist him. Now I’m falling all over again.
Can I trust that this time around it will last forever, or am I building my dream on a house of cards?
A Down and Dirty Christmas
Lili Valente - 2019
I want a hell of a lot more than your mouth under the mistletoe tonight...
"Getting snowed in at my abandoned hotel on Christmas Eve with the girl who got away is a stroke of good luck.
What I do with that luck is sweet, sinful holiday magic...
Snowed in with the Boss
"I'm going to show you what it's like to spend Christmas on the naughty list..."
I'm a gentleman in the boardroom and a boss in the bedroom. I've also been secretly in love with my too-innocent-for-her-own-good executive assistant, Jane, for the better part of two years.
But any woman on my staff is strictly off-limits. Until the night I'm snowed in at the office with Jane...The same night I discover she's looking for a tutor in the art of seduction...The night I decide to make her mine...
Masquerade with the M
"Leave the mask on, princess, but everything else comes off. I'm ready to see what's mine."
I knew the day I said goodbye to Ivy Prescott that I'd never find another woman like her.
Now, we're both six years older, and my innocent Ivy has become an irresistible woman who's ready to learn all the wicked things I have to teach her.
Her lesson will begin with a dress, a mask, and an invitation to play all the reindeer games...
A Down and Dirty Christmas contains three Standalone holiday novellas with no cheating and ALL the dirty talk!
The Charlotte Chronicles
Jen Frederick - 2014
Nate Jackson always viewed her as a pesky kid…until the day she got sick. The one bright spot during her illness? He realized she was all grown up. But just when she allows herself to believe that dreams can come true, Nate disappears from her life, taking her heart with him.Nate knows he lost more than his best friend when he deserted Charlotte to enlist in the Navy. He thought he was doing the right thing, sparing the girl he loves from the shame and humiliation of his actions. Nine years later, it’s time to right his wrongs. He returns home determined to win back his first love…only to find that Charlotte's moved on without him.But if there's one thing that being a Navy SEAL has taught Nate? Never give up, even when all hope seems lost. And Nate's never going to give up on Charlotte. Ever.
Every Moment with You
J.E. Parker - 2017
But then he walked away, destroying them both. —Maddie—I've loved Hendrix Cole all my life. I was seven when I met him. Thirteen when I first kissed him. Sixteen when I gave him my heart. And eighteen when he gave me his ring.Hendrix swore to love me forever. Instead, he broke my heart.Scarred my soul. Destroyed my entire world.Six years later he wants a second chance. Problem is, I don't trust him. Not to mention, I have a secret. One which will destroy us both. Only two questions remain...Are we beyond redemption? Or will true love prevail? Warning: Contains triggers. The Redeeming Love Series:Book One: Every Moment with You (Hendrix and Maddie)Book Two: Every Breath You Take (Anthony and Shelby) Book Three: Every Promise You Made (Evan and Hope) Book Four: Every Tear You Cry (Brantley and Clara) Book Five: Every Time We Touch (Kyle and Carissa)Book Six: Every Wrong You Right (Ty and Heidi) Each book in the Redeeming Love Series can be read as a standalone.
Feels like Summertime
Tammy Falkner - 2016
We spent one summer together at Lake Fisher when we were sixteen and then I never saw her again. My life is shit, my job is gone, and my dad had a stroke, so I find myself back at Lake Fisher once again. And so does Katie. Her last name isn't Higgins anymore, because Katie is married with three kids and one more on the way, but when she shows up at Lake Fisher with her kids, danger trails her all the way there. I could do a lot of things. I could leave and go home. I could stay and deal with it. But what I want most of all is just to take care of Katie. If I concentrate on her, maybe I won't have to face my own problems. Yeah, that's it. Fix Katie. Katie: I haven't seen Jake in eighteen years, but the moment I lay eyes on him, I feel safer than I have in a very long time. Memories swamp me every time I look out over the clear, cool water. A first kiss. A first boyfriend. A first love. That old spark is still there. I just can't act on it, and neither can Jake. Our story started eighteen years ago, and then we both made lives with other people. Jake is willing to tell me about his, but I can't share mine with him. Ever. We can be friends and spend another summer together, right? Sure, we can.