Tara never meant to fall for Adam. Older. Powerful. Completely off-limits. What began as a secret romance built on stolen moments and whispered promises quickly became the kind of love that consumes.
Adam fell first and harder
One devastating misunderstanding shattered everything.
Without a goodbye, Tara disappeared… carrying the one secret that could have changed both their lives.
Their baby.
For six years, Adam searched for the woman who took his heart with her. Every unanswered question became another reason to keep looking. Every year without her made his need to find her impossible to ignore.
Then fate brings her back.
Standing beside Tara is a little girl with Adam’s eyes, his smile, and his stubborn spirit.
His daughter.
The child he never knew existed.
But the woman he never stopped loving now looks at him like he’s the villain in her story, while the little girl who should have known his embrace doesn’t even know his name.
Adam has already lost six years.
He won’t lose another second.
Because this time, he’ll fight for his daughter.
He’ll fight for the truth.
And he’ll fight for the only woman he’s ever loved—even if she hates him for it.
When the past comes back with your child in its arms, how far would you go to reclaim the love that was always yours?
She ran from me at eighteen. Spent eight years pretending I was a nightmare she’d outgrown.
Cute.
I wasn’t her nightmare. I was her future—she just didn’t know it yet.
I bullied her in high school because I was sixteen and savage and she was the only thing I ever wanted that I couldn’t take. So, I made her miserable. Made sure no one touched her. Made sure she went to bed every night with my name in her teeth like a curse.
She hated me. Good. Hate is just obsession without the honesty.
Eight years later, our parents’ marriage is crumbling and the family’s drowning in debt they don’t know I own.
Every dollar—every last one—I bought with her name on my lips.
Now she’s home. My house. My rules. My week.
Seven nights before Thanksgiving. Seven nights of whatever I want, and the debt disappears.
She thinks she’s surviving me. She doesn’t realize I’m ruining her on purpose.
By Thursday, she’ll sit at my table, say grace with our family, and when I tell her to say thank you—she won’t just mean it. She’ll be desperate to.
***Say Thank You is a dark Thanksgiving romance featuring step-siblings with no biological relation. Their parents married when they were sixteen—they did not grow up together as children. This book contains mature themes, dubious consent, graphic spice, and a morally corrupt MMC who doesn’t apologize for what he wants. Reader discretion is advised.
Six weeks after her mother’s unexpected death, Diana Cameron-Hale is still learning how to breathe through her grief. The 53-year-old Jamaican widow is keeping busy, with only four days left to her daughter Rayna’s Christmas Day wedding. She needs—and welcomes—the distraction, since it keeps her from falling apart. What she doesn’t need is a blast from her past blowing in to stir up memories, needs, and desires that she thought she had extinguished over three decades earlier.
Fate—in the form of Rayna Hale—reconnects respected college professor and lifelong bachelor, Dr. Jackson Blake, with Diana, the woman he had never stopped loving. When unforeseen circumstances place him in her home for Rayna’s Christmas wedding, Jackson must reevaluate his decision to stay away completely from the woman who had broken his heart decades before. But he is no longer the boy he had been when she had parted ways with him. Now in his mid-fifties, he is secure in his career, confident in his worth, and finally ready to reclaim his woman.
Will this reunion bring them both the joy that life has stolen from them? Or will the season pass and leave them still mired in longing and regret?
Stephanie Rose is an Amazon top 60 author. She’s also a lifelong New Yorker, a wife, a mother, and a lover of all things chocolate. Her sweet spot is writing the nice guy who goes alpha for the woman he loves. In fact, the alpha cinnamon roll hero is her specialty.
She married her prom date and her biggest fan is her teenage son who tries to offer book ideas in exchange for video games and LEGO.
She spends her free time avoiding discarded LEGO and obsessing over what book to read or listen to next (audiobooks are her favorite!). Weight lifting is her happy place but she loves a good iced coffee or glass of wine and has never met a cookie that she didn’t like.
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I used to have a Nate Becker poster on my wall. Now I have to save his career.
Ever since Nate Becker showed up as the Brooklyn Bats’ shortstop with the million-dollar smile, he’s been the object of every girl’s affection. Myself included.
While others got to watch him from afar, I had an up-close-and-personal view of my lifelong crush, thanks to the benefits of being related to the team manager. We even became friends, although the butterflies in my stomach whenever he was close never went away.
But things are different now. I’m no longer that swooning teenager. I’m a sports reporter determined to make it on my own. And not because of who my family is.
Until a viral photo threatens Nate’s legendary career, turning the golden boy of Brooklyn into public enemy number one. Now he needs positive PR in the worst way, and I’m the one the Bats call on to make that happen.
My job was simple: Fix the narrative. Don’t fall in love.
Easier said than done.
I wasn’t prepared to learn about the humble man behind the cocky grin, or see all the good he did when no one was looking. And I definitely wasn’t prepared to meet the real Nate Becker…and discover the heart of gold that beats inside that broad chest.
The man now looking at me the way I always dreamed of.
Suddenly, professional distance turns into stolen moments. A simple touch turns into a caress. And our scorching kisses are undeniably life changing.
⚾️Review⚾️ Being part of her family is at times a blessing and at times a curse when it comes to Taylor’s career as a sports journalist. When she finds herself unemployed for doing the right thing she is hired by her brother-in-law and the Brooklyn Bats to try and help Nate, their captain and her teenage crush, overcome the public scrutiny he is facing.
Nate is experiencing the aftermath of trusting the wrong person when a private picture becomes public. When Taylor is hired to help revamp his image he isn’t disappointed as he has had feelings for her for a while and he knows that she will be honest. He understands that a personal relationship between them could impact both their careers but the more time they spend together the harder it is to keep their distance.
Both Taylor and Nate have had feelings for each other, but both are hesitant to cross that line which only deepens the intensity of their feelings for each other. The combination of humor, family, friends, emotion and romance make this a story you won’t want to put down.
When not consumed by her job as an attorney, J.D. Carothers loves to cook for her family and friends, read murder mysteries and romance novels, eat chocolate, and sip wine watching the sunset in Southern California.
Late at night or early on weekend mornings, she tries to find a quiet place to write her next novel and trade the stress of real life for a fantasy world where murder and romance are on the menu, along with the food she loves.
She just wishes there were more hours in each day!
Working over Christmas, I meet a hot billionaire in Hawaii who sets me on fire. But what if he turns out to be the enemy?
Sydney
When I’m sent to Hawaii for the holidays to write an article, my path collides with a tall, handsome man who takes my breath away.
Every touch is electric. He’s the perfect Christmas present.
At least I thought he was, until I found out he’s the subject of the cover up I’m investigating. Was I really taken in by the bad guy?
Asher
As CEO of my family’s business, it’s on my shoulders to fix the disaster at our resort before someone is hurt. Otherwise, our reputation and finances will be destroyed.
The last thing I need is a beautiful, intriguing woman worming her way into my life now. But she’s taken up residence in my head and elsewhere.
Our attraction is magnetic. My desire for her is palpable and undeniable—that is, until I learn a secret that could ruin everything.
If you love a standalone holiday romance with a contemporary billionaire and forced proximity, then you’ll love Christmas Assignment in Paradise.
🎧Review🎧 When Sydney heads to Hawaii it was supposed to be a business trip however when she arrives and finds out that Asher is the CEO of the resort it begins to feel personal as well. Even though she knows the secret she is keeping about why she is there will not be accepted well she finds it very difficult to keep her distance even if it might be best for all concerned.
When Asher first met Sydney he had no knowledge of why she was there and she had no knowledge of his position at the resort. As they spend time together and enjoy some fun and flirtation in the sun they become closer but they both have secrets that could impact the relationship they have been building.
A little intrigue, some secrets and a romance that was both heartwarming and heated will have you entertained by Sydney and Asher and the situation they find themselves in. Emma Wilder’s audio performance brings out the feisty side of Sydney as well as the conflict she was feeling while Benjamin Sands brings out the cautious side of Asher as he fights his feelings for Sydney.
The only thing worse than living with a hockey player? Pretending to date one.
Callahan Grant is the top hockey player at Wilder U and has the entire student body eating out of the palm of his hand. He’s impossible to ignore–and it has nothing to do with his infuriating smirk and everything to do with the fact that he’s my new roommate.
Neither of us is thrilled about it. Especially me, considering I currently despise hockey players.
But when Callahan and I strike a deal, I start to wonder if maybe I’ve judged him too quickly. He’ll pretend to be my boyfriend long enough to get my ex to back off, and if it works, he gets the room to himself at the end of the semester.
Desperate to move on from the scandal that landed me at Wilder U in the first place, I agree.
The rules are simple. Fake date. Fool my ex. Survive living together. And by the end of the semester, Callahan and I will be even.
Except Callahan makes fake dating feel a little too real every time his arm slips around my waist and his mouth brushes my ear. And somewhere between pretending not to want him and desperately trying not to, I forget why I hated him in the first place.
Because the problem with making a deal with Callahan Grant isn’t that he might break it. It’s that when the semester ends, I’m not sure I want him to keep it.
🏒Review🏒 It’s difficult enough that recent events have forced Nora to transfer to Wilder University but now she finds out that the room she has been assigned requires her to not only share a room but a bed with Callahan. She wants nothing to do with him until he suggests an arrangement that will get them both what they want.
Callahan is loyal and a total team player when it comes to hockey. He is also protective which is why he finds himself exiled from where the team is staying and in an unlikely living arrangement with Nora. Pretending to be a couple will hopefully result in her ex moving on and it might just result in him getting his own room. Let the fun begin!
The interactions between them were both humorous and hot and Callahan is swoony as once he realizes that he and Nora belong together he is all in and now he needs to convince her to take a chance on love with a hockey player.
New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling author Sawyer Bennett uses real life experience to create relatable stories that appeal to a wide array of readers. From contemporary romance, fantasy romance, and both women’s and general fiction, Sawyer writes something for just about everyone.
A former trial lawyer from North Carolina, when she is not bringing fiction to life, Sawyer is a chauffeur, stylist, chef, maid, and personal assistant to her very adorable daughter, as well as full-time servant to her wonderfully naughty dogs.
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She came to Whynot to uncover her mother’s scandal and instantly disrupted the quiet life of the local man who prefers bees to people.
Travel blogger Reese Cartier lives for the rush of discovering the unknown. She’s survived missed flights, bad haircuts, and questionable hostels, but nothing could have prepared her for quirky, southern town of Whynot, North Carolina. She’s here for one reason… to untangle the truth about her late mother’s mysterious past.
Her first clue? A dusty rented cottage on a secluded bee farm.
Her second clue? The infuriatingly handsome, maddeningly quiet beekeeper who owns it.
Eli Hart likes his life simple, which includes tending hives, bottling honey, and avoiding unnecessary conversation. Then sunshine-in-a-sundress Reese crash-lands on his property—literally—sending her drone into a tree over his bee boxes and his sanity straight into jeopardy.
She’s chaos. He’s calm.
She wants answers. He wants her to stop breaking things.
But when the too-curious tenant begins to chip away at her mother’s long-buried secrets, a reluctant partnership is formed with Whynot’s hottest, most reclusive bachelor and becomes a full-blown adventure steeped in the town’s secrets, gossip, and nosiest residents.
Somewhere between Reese’s big questions, bigger ideas, and the way she keeps tripping into his quiet life… Eli realizes she’s the most disruptive thing he’s ever wanted.
A grumpy-sunshine romance full of small-town meddling, slow-burn heat, and one impossible beekeeper who learns that sometimes love buzzes in when you least expect it.
🐝Review🐝 Reese’s reason for visiting Whynot are twofold as not only will it be a great feature on her travel blog, but it might just give her the answers she needs when it comes to her mother. Even though she didn’t make the best first impression on her grumpy landlord she is drawn to him a way she didn’t expect and the more time she spends with the deeper the draw to him becomes.
Eli is a man who thrives on order, routine and his bees. He is content with the life he is living until Reese comes into his life like a whirlwind and as much as she drives him crazy he can’t deny the fun and disorder she brings into his life that he never thought he would enjoy but can’t imagine a future without.
Reese and Eli are complete opposites but that only makes them that much more perfect for each other. Not only are these characters captivating but the cast of secondary characters add even more fun and humor to the story as Reese and Eli find the love they both deserve.
Collide, an Age Gap, Insta love Romance that is a slow-burn romance, it has electrifying chemistry, and fate-driven love stories and is available to read on Kindle Unlimited.
I’m a confirmed bachelor, with zero interest in marriage or settling down. Life is perfect—until she literally crashed into me. One moment, I’m keeping her steady from falling again; the next, she’s laughing with her friends, oblivious to how she has upended my world.
Since then, I can’t stop thinking about her. I want her, and I always get what I want. Then, I find out that I either: Marry her or Walk away.
Walk away? Not a chance.
Lande
I never would’ve met Tate if I hadn’t been knocked flat in that restaurant. He helped me up, steadying me when everything felt chaotic. I thanked him and went back to my planned, orderly life. But now, I’m working for him, seeing him every day, and resisting the pull between us gets harder.
There’s something about him—something magnetic. I just need to resist and mantra:
•My life is planned.
•No distractions
•Focus is priority
Long as I mantra all three daily, it should be easy-peasy working for him, right?
Perfect for fans of slow-burn romance, electrifying chemistry, and fate-driven love stories.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 ✔︎ Small Town Romance ✔︎ Opposites Attract ✔︎ Alpha Hero ✔︎ A Doozy of a Secret ✔︎ Willing to risk everything for her ✔︎ Emotional Scars 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲…
For as long as I could remember, Eloise Lawson had been my girl.
Growing up in a quaint North Carolina beach town, the two of us were inseparable. Ellie and I were thick as thieves. But with our last names came pressure and responsibility.
At eighteen, we went our separate ways, but we never lost each other. The two of us shared a bond that couldn’t be broken—not even by distance or decades.
But when Ellie returns to our small town under a smokescreen of scandal and secrets, our past might be the only thing that can salvage the life she’s worked so hard to build.
I’ve never kissed her, but now I’m calling her my fiancée. Our engagement is the headline of Page Six.
Ellie was my first friend. My first crush. My first love.
I would do anything to be hers forever.
The question is: will the girl of my dreams finally become my wife? Or will the weight of our names drag us down?
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Best friends to lovers? Check. Fake engagement? Yes, please. The son of a millionaire and the daughter of a billionaire wrapped up in small-town romance? Absolutely. Smoke Ring is the long-awaited romance between Giovanni DeRossi and Eloise Lawson.
This book is a complete standalone and is not part of the Beaufort Poker Club series.
After five years of writing contemporary romance on a relentless release schedule, I’m burned out. My last two books have barely made a ripple, and for the first time in my career, I’m not sure I have another love story in me. So when my agent offers me a secluded stay at the luxurious Belicourt Resort in the Teton Mountains, I’m ready to say yes.
The resort’s general manager, Porter Garrison, wants me to write the story of the Belicourt’s most famous resident: The Lady in Red, a mysterious spirit who has supposedly haunted the hotel for decades. But the project offers something more—a chance to step outside my genre and create an entirely new series. Maybe it’s exactly what I need to fall in love with writing again.
Then Gaige Keaver gets in the way.
The ridiculously sexy ski instructor has a habit of appearing whenever I’m trying to work—and making it nearly impossible to remember why I swore off men, romance, and happily-ever-afters. And the Lady in Red seems determined to meddle in my life, too, leaving clues to her own mysterious past and somehow nudging Gaige and me closer together.
Soon, I’m not sure whether I’m writing the Lady in Red’s love story…or living one of my own.
Maybe I came to the Belicourt to find my next story.
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