A one-night stand, agreed on by both parties, was supposed to be just that. One night.
The next day, when Magnolia Baker walked in to the first practice for her last season of professional soccer with the Cowgirls, she expected it to go pretty smoothly. She was a veteran player, nothing surprised her anymore.
At least, until her one night stand walks through the door.
Her new boss, Beaufort Vanderbilt.
The man that set her blood on fire, and made words stutter from her mouth.
For eight months, they fight the connection, acting like they don’t feel a thing for each other.
Then tragedy hits Beau’s life, and she forgets that she’s supposed to remain professional. She forgets that she’s supposed to be the player and him the owner.
Lines are crossed, and soon, they can’t hide a thing from the people around them.
But Beau’s only partial owner of the team she desperately needs to play to remain hidden from her previous life. The other half-owner is dead set on tearing them apart, and making an example out of her. An example that will be a bright, shining warning flag to all future players to never follow in her footsteps.
Not if they want to ever play professional soccer again.
Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
Now that she is a mother, Magnolia needs to make decisions that are best for her daughter Iris. With this being her last year of playing soccer professionally she needs to be with a team that provides daycare, so she decides to leave Texas and play in Montana. When she meets the CEO of the team she is surprised to find out that he is the man she spent last night with.
After leaving the Marines Beau transitioned into teaching science. Now he needs to put that on hold as the women’s soccer team his father owns is in disarray because of his sister’s lack of management. Seeing Magnolia again he knows he wants a future with her and the way he relates to Iris and she to him is heartwarming.
This story has everything you love from this author between the found family, the drama, the suspense and a love that overcomes so much and emerges stronger. The characters of Magnolia and Beau engaging, Iris is adorable and we get to catch up with the other characters we know.
USA TODAY Bestselling Author Kat Mizera was born in Miami Beach with a healthy dose of Wanderlust. She’s lived from coast to coast, and everywhere in between, but home is wherever her family is. A devoted mom and wife to her wonderful and supportive husband (Kevin) and two amazing boys (Nick and Max), Kat loves to travel the globe with her adventurous, hockey loving family. Greece is at the top of that list. She hopes to one day retire there, spending her days writing books on the beach.
Kat is former freelance sports writer who now writes steamy hockey romance about her favorite fictional teams, the Las Vegas Sidewinders and the Lauderdale Knights. The library of novels she’s penned also include sexy contemporary stories about baseball stars, alpha sex club owners, bodyguards, rock stars, and royalty. Regardless of genre, her books about bad boys with hearts of gold will steal your breath, rock your world and melt your heart.
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When did Brandon Culver grow into this… this… this model of a man? I bite my bottom lip and study his spine.
“Thanks for taking on the dirty work.” He chuckles louder this time, allowing room for humor to return.
“It’s why I’m paid the big bucks.” His eyes shoot to mine over his shoulder. “I’m not actually paid big bucks.” I laugh, not because it’s funny but sadly true. Laugh so I don’t cry. “As a first responder, you probably relate too well.”
“If it did pay the big bucks, what would you do with the money?”
Trailing over every rise and fall of his body’s topography, I reside on the bruising a bit longer. I study the edges, looking for the blurriness I like to see during the healing process. “Do you mind if I touch your spine?”
“You can touch me.” Despite it sounding like an invitation, I run the tip of my finger from his neck to his lower spine, keeping the pressure light but with enough to find any pain. There’s no wincing and no reflexive flexing under my touch.
“You’re healing nicely, Brandon.”
“I like being Brandon with you over the alternative.”
“Mr. Culver?”
Turning around, he grips the railing behind him. “Yeah. But if you prefer the more formal, I’ll let you call me lieutenant.”
I balk before a tidal wave of laughter swells and rolls through me. “You’ll let me?” Snickering, I reply, “Got it, Lieutenant Culver.” The sound of it brings images of him dressed like Maverick in Top Gun—shirtless while playing volleyball on the beach and a flight suit with aviator glasses. Long overdue desire runs through me at warp speed and I cross my arms over my chest to hide the physical reaction I’m having to him while questioning what the heck is happening. It’s Brandon, for Pete’s sake. Of all the men to be turned on by, this is an unexpected turn of events, and not welcome.
He broke her heart once. Now he’ll do anything to win it back.
Eleven years ago I was selected for the Rangers, and I left behind the woman I loved.
She was eighteen. I told myself her memory would fade.
It didn’t.
When I’m injured in the field, I pull in a favor and get myself transferred to her clinic. Savanna isn’t the eighteen-year-old I walked away from. She’s confident, curvy and independent, and she’s built a good life that has no room in it for me.
So I’ll play dirty.
First I’ll win her body. I’ll give her everything she needs and ask for nothing back.
Then I’ll come for her heart.
Whatever it takes.
Because Savanna is about to find out exactly how far a Ranger will go for the woman he never stopped loving.
A Veteran’s Second Chance is a steamy small-town second chance romance featuring a groveling Army Ranger, a curvy physiotherapist, an age gap, forced proximity, a virgin heroine, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
❤️Review More than a decade earlier Logan left his first and only love Savannah when he was accepted by the Rangers. He didn’t want to disrupt her plans for the future, and he believed that due to his deployments a relationship between couldn’t survive. When he faces a potential career ending injury he decides to do his rehab at the place where she works.
Savannah was devastated when Logan left her with no explanation or further contact and although she has moved forward with her life she has never found another love like they shared. When she finds out he is her patient she is determined to keep her distance however he just as determined for a second chance.
Despite all the time and distance, the feelings between them hadn’t diminished. Savannah isn’t about to just forgive and forget however Logan isn’t about to give up without a fight as they take us on journey that includes hot chemistry and all the feels.
Sometimes you have to break all the rules to find everything you never knew you wanted. Come along for the fun, sexy ride as billionaire Fitz Silver pursues his biggest challenge yet—taming wild child Jennifer Stone. Loaded with heat, humor, and heart, this steamy, small-town, standalone romance is unputdownable. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will leave you thinking about it long after you read the last page.
When not writing or reading, the author can be found gardening barefoot or chasing her spirited daughter. Some of her favorite things are puzzles, podcasts, and small dogs that resemble Ewoks. Home is Portland, Oregon.
Everyone knows falling for your best friend’s brother is a disaster waiting to happen…
Good thing I can’t stand him.
River Ashburn has all the makings of a main character — striking looks, seductive charm, and a career as modern art’s reigning prince. But to me, he’s a villain.
For the last nine years, the only passion we’ve shared is mutual loathing. As for the other tension I occasionally feel around him? That’s just my body confusing fury with foreplay. Easy to ignore.
Until a plot twist changes everything.
When I arrive for my writing residency at a secluded retreat in Northern California, the last person I expect to cross paths with is River. Now he’s derailing my dream from the other side of a paper-thin wall.
Seeing him every day is a distraction I don’t need. Listening to him shower? Torture. But the real danger of forced proximity is a truth unveiled over days and weeks: beneath our hostility is powerful chemistry.
With every shared smile, vulnerable confession, and not-so-accidental touch, the magic between us grows. So does my fear.
Writing happy endings isn’t the same as believing in them, and surrendering my heart means risking more than I can afford to lose.
Except River isn’t the villain in my story anymore.
He’s the hero.
And he’s about to steal my pen.
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If you love banter, slow burn tension, summer camp vibes, emotional romance with humor, and a hero who falls first and hard, you won’t want to miss RIVER & RUE.
🔥Review🔥 Rue is an author who is determined to succeed in her career as an author as she isn’t doing it only for herself. Her time at the Pacific Arts Collective was her opportunity to focus on finishing her book and she can’t afford any distractions so why did fate mate River her neighbor as not only has he been her nemesis for the last decade but he is also her best friend’s brother.
River is an artist who is going through his own struggles and while he has found success in his career his tumultuous past has him needing a reset if he is going to get past the impasse he is currently experiencing. This is where the Pacific Arts Collective comes in however having Rue next door is not only infuriating but inspiring as well.
This is a story of finally realizing who has been right in front of you and what destiny has planned for you. The banter between them is entertaining, the romance between them will have you believing in a bigger plan and the emotional part of the story will have you feeling everything from pain to elation as the storyline and these characters will far exceeded any expectations you may have had going in.
I’m not sure if my wolf or Effie Sherwood is going to kill me first, but one of them is bound to put me in a pine box. Who knows, by the end of the month I might welcome it.If Nikos doesn’t manage to turn the pack against me first.Of course, the smart way to avoid that would be to ransom the sexy little witch off, not marry her-even if only temporar ily.”But we’re not gonna do that, because she’s ours,” my wolf sayswith a possessive growl.”Fuck off, Sparky.””You do understand that I’m you, and you’re me, right?”The furry fucker isn’t wrong, but that doesn’t mean I have to give in to the call of the wild like my father did and ignore everything except what his primal wolf side wanted. I can keep my wolf on a tight leash, rule with logic not instinct, and take care of my pack while the rest of Witchingdom goes to shit. Whatever it is that the witches are up to doesn’t involve us.In short, fuck them witches.But not literally.No matter that she smells like the first honeysuckle blooms of spring or that her skin is so soft, her curves so full, or her ass so perfectly round and smackable. Trouble trails after Effie Sherwood like the scent of a pie fresh out of the oven.”Which is exactly why we should give her a naughty nibble, mywolf says.”Do I need to lock you up again for you to shut up?” I stride across the park toward where a third of the pack are gathered.”Really, what in the fuck were you thinking with that whole ‘on my knees’ comment?”Do you need me to go into graphic description, or would a quickoverview do the trick?””You’re a real asshole, Wolf.”
Harlow James is a pen name I use to protect my identity as a high school teacher. Keeping those two roles in my life separate is necessary, but also fun! It’s like a live two lives, and anonymity gives me the opportunity to be bold and take risks in my stories.
I stumbled upon romance novels in 2018 when I picked up Driven by Kristy Bromberg, and I was obsessed. I had just lost my grandmother too, so reading offered me an escape from reality and a chance to grieve on my own terms.
About a year later, I got an idea for my own book and started writing. I researched self-publishing and jumped in with both feet. I had no idea what I was doing!
But now I’ve built a business and hobby that I LOVE! I have an outlet that’s just for me. When I write, I’m not a mom, a wife, or a teacher…I’m a woman who gets to tell stories that no one else can.
My books are the perfect blend of heartwarming moments, full-bellied laughs, and PLENTY of steam to melt your Kindles 😉 And there are always elements of me sprinkled in to every character and story that I write.
When I’m not writing you can find me reading or spending time in my kitchen. I love to cook and feed my family and friends. Otherwise, you can find me watching comedy specials with my husband, camping with our kids, or taking naps. I live for naps 😉
He’s my former best friend and my husband of convenience, but he’s not the man that got me pregnant.
One year into my nursing program, two little pink lines alter my reality.
Add on that the baby’s father wants nothing to do with us and I no longer have healthcare coverage, and well?
I start to panic.
Enter Easton Buckley—Mr. Dependable, lineman with great health benefits, and a stubborn streak that pays off when he convinces me to marry him so my baby and I can be taken care of.
The problem is, Easton and I haven’t been on good terms for years, and neither of us has attempted to fix it.
Yet now I’m living with him, forced to see him shirtless, and wondering why hearing him call me his wife is making my hormones even more wild.
Then I figure out his secret.
And there’s no stopping the flood of emotions and unresolved feelings that come up.
I’m scared to fall for Easton. I don’t want him to be a mistake like every other love interest in my life.
But what if the reality is, you can’t help who your heart chooses to love? Even if they could be the one to break it once and for all?
Neve Snowe doesn’t need to settle down. She is already settled in her small harbor town, with a cozy beach cottage and part ownership in the family-run auto repair shop. She doesn’t want a man, but she likes them. And she has one golden rule: only sleep with flatlanders. You know, the guys who never intend to stay in Lovewell Landing, only use the coastal area for a brief holiday.
And the last thing she desired was the unexpected . . . to be expecting.
Tate Love spent his summers in Lovewell Landing as a teenager, but somehow he’d missed the beautiful girl who turned into a spunky woman, daring him to jump into the icy ocean one New Year’s Eve, then slept with him near the town’s sacred well, holding spell-binding waters.
He never thought he’d see her again, until nine months later, a business prospect brings him back to the area.
Now, the man who longs to be tied down finds that one night planted the seed to everything he ever wanted, while he holds the pen that could sign away all she’s ever loved.
Welcome to Lovewell Landing, where autumn is in the air, pumpkins decorate every doorstep, and a little fiasco might cause opposites to fall in love.
Fall Love is a steamy, romantic comedy companion novel to The Holiday Post and continues the romances of the Snowe sisters in the beautiful and quirky small town of Lovewell Landing.
Hadley Wright never expected one unforgettable night with a stranger to become the beginning of something she couldn’t forget. After slipping away before sunrise, she’s convinced she’ll never see the quiet, guarded man who made her feel safe on one of the hardest nights of her life again.
Until he walks right back into Coral Bell Cove.
Nolan Pierce has spent his entire life believing it’s easier not to need anyone. Buying the town’s struggling marina is supposed to be his fresh start—not falling for the woman who comes from the loud, loving family he’s never had.
But while Hadley believes love means showing up, Nolan is convinced it means protecting the people he cares about… even if that means shutting them out.
Now they’re both about to discover that falling in love is the easy part.
Trusting someone enough to stay might change everything.
At First Catch is a heartfelt, steamy small-town romance featuring a one-night stand, found family, slow-burn chemistry, meddling siblings, marina life, and a hero who falls first, falls hard, and learns that sometimes the strongest thing you can do is let someone stand beside you.
TEASER: AT FIRST CATCH by @renee_harless releasing September 23rd! 
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