Wanting him could destroy me, but it could also save me.
Carson
I dreamed of being a Navy SEAL, but to achieve my goal, I had to choose. I could be gay or be a SEAL. Being a SEAL won out. You couldnโt miss what you had never experienced. I hoped being a team guy would fill the void left by denying who I was.
And it did, until terrorists took my teammate captive, and I watched two of my best friends find love. Now repressed thoughts and feelings plagued me, and I didnโt know if Iโd be able to resist.
Especially not when my first and only crush showed up.
Roman
Growing up in the bible belt was hard enough, especially when my dad, the town doctor, committed suicide. I hid in the closet until I left for college. There twosomes turned into moresomes, which somehow led to a drunken hook-up with a sorority girl. When she turned up pregnant, I married her, but she disappeared as soon as the baby was born, leaving me a single dad.
Statistics professor Amelia Hawthorne never expected to find herself in a rundown Atlantic City casino. But here she was, counting cards to help pay off her brotherโs debt under the watchful eye of the mysterious Judah Greear.
The last thing Jude wanted to do was kidnap the hot brainiac, but orders were orders. Especially when they came from legendary mob boss John Valentine.
Now, Jude must choose between duty and desire. Will he protect the girl who sees past the tattoos and mugshots or save himself?
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ (Clifford Brothers #1) by USA Today bestselling author Layla Hagen releases on June 5th! Check out this teaser!
I built my global security empire from nothing. Control and discipline are the only rules I live by. Some might call me โintenseโ. I prefer โmeticulously prepared for every disaster imaginable.โ
Growing up in a group home with my two brothers taught me the only lesson that mattered: never let anyone close enough to hurt you. As a CEO, I donโt improvise. I plan. I command.
When Iโm hired to provide security for an engagement party, I expect an easy job.
Instead, I meet a woman who treats my rules like optional suggestions. Iโm used to being obeyed. Ruby clearly doesnโt plan on doing that. Not even a little.
She tempts me like no one else ever has. Whenever weโre together, my thoughts drift in dangerous directions. Wanting her becomes an obsession. I want to give her everything. But surrendering control means breaking my own rules. And Iโve never done that before.
Ruby
I love my restaurant, my life, and finding the bright side of just about everything. Hosting my best friendโs engagement party? Easy. Fun. Right up my alley.
What Iโm not prepared for is Grant Cliffordโand his many, many rules.
Heโs a fine specimen of a man. Unfortunately, he also comes with a massive stick lodged firmly up his gorgeous behind. Under that perfectly tailored suit is a man who desperately needs to loosen up. Preferably with me.
The closer I get, the more clearly I see the scars beneath his rigid exterior. And I want to heal them all. But how do I reach a man who refuses to let anyone in?
This is a second generation series coinciding with the Oakwood Legacy Series. One light and one dark, set in a brand new world that is a part of Serenaโs beloved Five Points Mob Universe.
Catch up with Victoria, Zach, Denny, Shay, Wynter, Pecan, Sofia and so many more.
โจTEASER: JUST MY LUCK by @authorlenahendrix is releasing in a new Deluxe Limited Edition Paperback on May 26 at a store near you! Don’t miss the DELUXE LIMITED EDITION paperback featuring stenciled edges, holographic foil, designed interior covers, chapter headers, and full color special character art!!
Unexpected sparks ignite a slow burn in this grumpy/sunshine workplace romance when a single mom proposes a marriage of convenience to save her bossโs brewery.
Fans of Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, Carley Fortune, and B.K. Borrison will find their next obsession with this second standalone in bestselling author Lena Hendrixโs spicy, emotional, deeply romantic Kings Series set in small town Michigan.
You might think itโs reckless for a single mom to enter into a marriage of convenience with her boss.
You would be correct.
To make matters worse, Abel King is a grumpy local brewer with a criminal past. He also happens to be my boss and a total stick-in-the-mud. Every time I come to work with a smile and wave, Iโm lucky if I can get a grunt in response.
When I accidentally-on-purpose overhear that heโs having trouble securing a business loan due to his criminal record, I hatch a plan to help the both of us.
The arrangement is perfectโa business transaction and nothing more. Like having a roommate without the hassle of other people bugging you for dates.
I will definitely not be falling in love with himโno matter how many times he says โmy wifeโ and tingles dance in all the right places.
Trouble is, as time goes on, things stop feeling like business and start feeling a whole lot like pleasure . . . and really, thatโs just my luck . . .
Why you will love this book: ๐Friends to Strangers to Lovers๐Hockey Romance ๐Single Dad ๐She Plays Hockey/Women in Sports ๐Forbidden Romance ๐Next Gen Langfield, but can be read as a standalone
There are only two things Iโve ever truly wanted in my life. To be a goalie in the NHL and JJ Hanson.
In a twisted way, both dreams have come true. Rather than a spot on the roster though, Iโm now the first female goalie coach in the NHL. JJ Hansonโs coach, specifically.
Not only is he one of my playersโmaking him totally off limitsโheโs also a single dad and still technically married. Oh, and thanks to my fatherโs meddling, heโs now my roommate, along with his cousin and her three kids, my sister and her four-year-old twins, my cousin, and JJโs daughter, who I unfortunately adore.
Yup, Iโm living with six kids under the age of five, and the only man Iโve ever loved.
There was a time when JJ was my closest friend, and for one perfect moment, he was mine. Now we donโt even talk. JJ is determined to change that, though, and when opportunity strikes and suddenly both of my dreams are within reach, I have to make a decision. Can I step out onto that ice as the first female goalie in the NHL and trust JJ with my heart?
Iโve never been one to walk away from a challenge. Maybe the only way JJ and I can move forward is to go back to the start.
Paper Rings is a friends-to-lovers, single-dad, second-chance hockey romance with dual POV and a dual timeline featuring a Brownstone like Mother Faker and many of your favorite characters from the Langfield Brothersโ family. It is the first book in the New Romantics Series and a complete standalone
The Sweet Gum Cafรฉ smells like grease and coffee and something sweet thatโs been sitting too long on a heated rack.
Lark slides into the booth across from me, glancing around like sheโs cataloging everything at once.
โThis feels veryโฆ you,โ she says.
โShould I be concerned?โ
โYou probably should be.โ
I huff a quiet laugh. And just like that, the edge of the day softens. Something Iโm afraid only Lark could do.
โTell me something about yourself. Something I canโt find out by asking any person in this room.โ
Her inquiry should have been expected, but panic rushes through me at the same time.
โThe me you know now wasnโt always me,โ I say.
Her brows rise in that way that asks me to continue without saying a single word.
โWhat changed?โ
I hesitate, afraid to show her that part of myself, then answer anyway.
โI was the town goofball for a long time. In my large family, it was a way to guarantee I got some attention. Funny T-shirts, silly slogans, things like that. I just wanted to make people laugh.โ
Lark smirks and says, โI can see that about you.โ
โYeah, then there was a fire at my parentsโ farm,โ I say. โNothing big. But I was there.โ
โAnd?โ
โAnd I didnโt know what to do, like I was frozen on the spot.โ
Her expression doesnโt shift into pity, so I keep talking.
โI watched everyone else move like it mattered,โ I say. โLike they knew exactly how to fix it.โ
โAnd you didnโt.โ
โNo.โ
I exhale slowly.
โIt was as if suddenly I felt like the current version of me was taking up space, taking away the air they needed to breathe. I didnโt like that version of me.โ
Her gaze holds mine.
โSo you became someone else.โ
โYeah. Someone my family and the town could be proud of.โ
She doesnโt respond right away, just watches me, like sheโs seeing something new. Something she didnโt expect.
I shake my head slightly.
โWhat you do matters, Holt. You matter, always did.โ
Iโm trapped between two controlling males and Iโm not sure if Iโll survive their domination games.
The Elders made their move and now the future has been thrown into chaos.
With Seifiek missing and Axel biding his time, Iโll delve into my studies for as long as Iโm allowed at the Academyโor as long as I can survive. Thereโs a dark secret within the Collegium, one that I need to understand if Rowa, Zeke, and I are going to make it out on the other side of this mess and new enemies are fighting me every step of the way.
The worst being a third powerful male who has set his sights on me. He is delighted by the realms on the verge of war. Chaos is his home and madness is his bedmate.
Heโs as ancient as time itself and heโs set the future on a course where Iโll become his queen.
Ivy Quinlan knows how to find people. But this time, she might be the one whoโs truly lost.
Ten years ago, private investigator Ivy Quinlan slammed the door on her Boston life and started a new, untraceable one in Maine. Or so she thought. For years, sheโs made a living slipping into other peopleโs livesโcatching liars, exposing secrets, and getting out clean. (Or mostly clean. She tries.)
Until Frazier Morelloโthe guy she never got over or forgaveโshatters her peace with a problem that makes no sense: a missing influencer who looks exactly like Ivy.
Not similar, identical. Same voice. Same laugh. Same everything.
Kelsey Chillingham vanished three days ago, and the internet is obsessed. The only lead the police have is Ivy, and theyโre not going to let her go without a fight. Which leaves Ivyโwhoโs spent her life not knowing where she came fromโat the center of a story she never asked to be a part of.
Now Ivy is chasing a case thatโs dangerously personal, tangled up with the one man who still has the power to wreck her, and getting closer to a truth that refuses to stay buried. With time running out for Kelsey, Ivy must rush headfirst into her past no matter the cost.
Ivy has spent years running from her past, and now itโs on her doorstepโwearing her face.
The crowd shouts as I smile, hugging my girl close. I twirl her around the stage, feeding their cheers while planting a show-stopping kiss on her sinfully red lips. Our fans scream at our love, both excited and envious of what we have. But little do they know that, in spite of the goddess wrapped in my arms, my eyes look past her and gaze into those of another. My loverboy.
She thought I was lying. The first time we met, she dismissed me as a smooth-talking stranger with a cheap pickup line and easy smileโฆand decided to walk away.
I shouldโve forgotten her. I didnโt.
Now sheโs on my doorstepโsurprised, breathtaking, saying my name like she owns it. And all I can think about is pressing her against the wall and stealing the words from her mouth.
Because sheโs wrong about me. Iโm exactly who I said I wasโthe artist her boss is desperate to sign. The man behind the metalwork her boss canโt stop talking about.
Now sheโs here to convince me to agree to an exclusive show.
I might. On one condition. I get what I want. And what I wantโฆ is her.
๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ฎ’๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ โ๏ธ Heavy Banter โ๏ธ Mistaken Identity โ๏ธ Negotiation Romance โ๏ธ City Girl/Country Boy โ๏ธ Dominant Energy โ๏ธ Creative/Artist Hero โ๏ธ Opposites Attracts โ๏ธ He Yearns For Her
โค๏ธReview Indy has been sent by her boss to Whispering Oak to meet the artist whose work in metal has drawn attention to convince them to participate in a show. After spending a day trying to find this person she is surprised to find out that he was the man she met in the pub the night before who she rebuffed because she didnโt believe him.
Toren was drawn to Indy from their first meeting and when she showed up at his door it only reinforced that feeling. He is willing to do the show as it will allow him to show Indy they belong together
The heat between them radiates off the pages and now that Indy is in his life Toren is willing to make whatever changes are necessary to keep her.
The Savage Kings crowned Sage Sachs their queen, but is she truly prepared to serve them? As one of the hottest bands soaring to stardom the Savage Kings need to repair their reputation. Who better to help them with that than the straight-laced, responsible Sage? But how much can it be repaired when they are contracting her to be in a very public polyamorous relationship with them? Sage is quick to fall for the sweet Collin Pernicious and fun Kellan Malicious, itโs the other two members that draw her in and terrify her at the same time. Drew Ferocious screams danger while causing her body to burn in ways she didnโt know were possible. The same rude, crude Gabriel Vicious that sends her fleeing when heโs in character wormed his way deep into her heart. Sage doesnโt know if she can meet the needs of four strong, sexy men, but does she really have a choice?
Birdie Whiskey has spent years watching love find everyone else. She has a successful chocolate business, an incredible family, and a full life. All thatโs missing is someone to share it with. When she gets swept up in a single, unforgettable night with a mysterious stranger, she believes itโs finally her turn. But the man who knocks her off her feet is the last man her family would ever accept.
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From New York Times bestselling author Melissa Foster comes The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, a small-town, big-family series of standalone romance novels featuring fiercely loyal, insanely sexy bikers who give horsesโand peopleโa second chance. Buckle up for a wild ride in Hope Valley, Colorado, as these big-hearted badasses and their sassy sisters wrangle in their forever loves. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and always a happily ever after.
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