I bled duty and honor, and my mission was singular—eliminate.
So when I saw her, I didn’t think twice.
She was trespassing.
I was trained to kill.
I drew.
But I didn’t pull the trigger.
I gave her an order… to kneel.
PARAGON is your first taste of the heart-pounding Paragon Operations Series by USA Today bestselling author, Sybil Bartel! If you’re ready to step into a whole new world of romantic suspense, come meet Phoenix and the darkly dominant Tier One Operators at Paragon Operations. But prepare to brace, because these alpha heroes are going to make your e-reader combust!
Sybil Bartel is a USA Today bestselling author of unapologetic alpha heroes. Whether you’re reading her deliciously dominant Alpha Elite mercenaries or her protector hero Alpha Bodyguards, her page-turning romantic suspense and heart-stopping military romance all have unwavering alpha heroes.
Sybil resides in South Florida, and she is forever Oliver’s mom.
One night, one kiss, and a spark hot enough to melt the ice.
Preston’s all in on his hockey career as a Stingray, and Chelsea’s just about to start a new adventure in Paris—until an unforgettable night at an Ugly Christmas Sweater party changes everything. A few drinks, some dirty jokes, and a kiss under the mistletoe leads to a night of toe-curling, name-forgetting, no-strings-attached fun.
They part ways in the morning, no regrets—just a sizzling memory they both assume will fade.
A year later, Chelsea’s in Baltimore, launching her dream bakery—and navigating life with a baby she never saw coming. The father? Mystery man from that one unforgettable night. What she really didn’t expect? Him walking through her door, very real, very sexy… and very much still capable of making her forget how to breathe.
Preston hasn’t been able to get her out of his head. Now that he knows the truth, he’s not going anywhere. The question is—can they turn one accidental night into a real shot at forever?
From USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying second chance romance with extreme ‘hands-off-my-ex-wife’ vibes romance.
Lucy
With my law degree and a life in New York, I convinced myself I’d moved on.
But the second I saw Grudge again, all rough edges and rage, I couldn’t breathe.
He’s now a biker forged in fury, and looks at me like I’m responsible.
Maybe I am.
After all, I divorced him the day he went to prison for protecting me.
I thought I came back for my family’s sake.
But I forgot how it felt to be wanted—to be his.
And now I’m caught between the life I built…
and the man who still makes me ache.
Grudge
Nothing prepared me for her walking back into my world.
My ex-wife. My weakness.
The woman with secrets in her eyes and that mouth I still dream about.
She says she’s not mine anymore.
But I see the way she trembles when I get too close.
She can lie to herself all she wants—
I’ve waited eight years for a second chance…at love or revenge, I’m not sure.
Because the lies run deep between us, and the trouble coming for us both is about to blow everything wide open.
If you love your romance dangerous, dirty, and dripping in feels—this one’s for you.
❤️Review Bastian is known for being grumpy and demanding when it comes to running his family’s vineyard but that is because he is so invested in ensuring its success. He has also been trying to deny his immense attraction to Constance, an employee, until it reaches a breaking point and he will do whatever is necessary to keep her in his life.
Constance loves her job and the friendships she has built while working at the winery and doesn’t want anything to jeopardize it. She believes that if things don’t work out with Bastian she will be the one who loses everything as she finds her heart battling with her head.
The heat between them is electric, the banter between them is humorous and Constance’s feisty personality is the perfect match for Bastian who will do whatever is necessary to ensure she achieves all her dreams as long as they include them.
Ashley James is a romance author who enjoys writing (and reading) LGBTQIA+ books. She is from Washington State—and no, not Seattle—and currently resides in South Carolina with her two kids and hairless kitties, Goose, Maverick, and Houston. Ashley is introverted and slightly (okay, majorly) awkward. She refuses to make this section sound like a tacky dating app profile, so she won’t be telling you how much she enjoys music, how she thoroughly enjoys dancing and singing in her kitchen, despite not being able to carry a tune, and she won’t be telling you about her love of toxic and broken fictional men.
When I find out I could lose my bookstore, I make a deal with the devil to save it, not realizing I would end up in bed with the last person I ever thought I’d be hot and sweaty with…
Fletcher St. James
Even at twenty-four, he’s a spoiled brat. He believes the whole world owes him something, and he really needs to be put in his place.
When his wealthy, power-hunger father propositions me with something I desperately need in exchange for teaching his son a little responsibility, it’s an offer I can’t refuse.
After all, there’s nothing I enjoy more than humbling an arrogant man and bringing him to his knees.
This should be a piece of cake.
But one thing I didn’t expect was how much Fletcher would enjoy it… Or how much that would turn me on. The tension quickly boils over, and before I know it, we’re giving in to our illicit desires, consequences be damned.
I crave the feeling of his body against mine, and the needy sounds he makes right before he begs.
But more than that, I can’t get enough of the little things, like the way the golden sun looks reflecting off his green eyes in the morning, or how beautiful his vulnerability is.
And when his touch becomes my safe space, bringing out a softer side of me I’ve kept locked away for too long, it’s impossible to remember why this is wrong.
When the secrets come out about the lascivious things we indulge in behind closed doors, will it be worth it, or will this deal end up costing me everything?
📚Review📚 With the future of her bookstore in jeopardy Georgia will do whatever is necessary to save it even if that means supervising Fletcher, her stepbrother. All she needs to do is ensure that he completes his MBA in the allotted timeframe, what could possibly go wrong?
Fletcher’s father has grown weary with his inability to take anything seriously as he wants him to take over the family business. With the leverage that his father holds over Georgia he now finds himself being challenged by her at every turn and as the heat between them escalates he is more than willing to do whatever she asks while loving every minute of it.
The heat between Fletcher and Georgia was incredible and I really enjoyed how they helped each other become better versions of themselves. Muffy Newton’s performance of Georgia demonstrated both her strength and emotions while Sebastian York allowed us to feel the evolution of his character from immature to realizing what really matters.
When the one you love — but shouldn’t — is taken……you fight like hell to get them back.
Adam DuBois is a true hero—a Navy SEAL dedicated to his team and country. You can see it in everything he does.
That’s what I tell people when they ask me about him.
But he’s so much more than a hero.
We’ve been through hell and back since we were two eighteen-year-old guys trying to survive boot camp. Fast forward eight years, and we’re still friends — albeit with benefits, at least on Adam’s part. I fell in love along the way, while Adam discovered a love for my…uh…finer assets—not that the world knows that.
It’s forbidden.
So, we hid—my feelings for him, and his unquenchable thirst for what’s in my pants.
All because we love the Navy, love being SEALs, and DADT said we had to.
But everything changed when Adam was captured. Now, all I care about is bringing him home.
Alive.
And I don’t care who finds out about us.
Saving Him is an MM Military Romance set at the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It’s a coming out story of finding love under extreme pressure with a person you’re forbidden to be with and finding acceptance where you least expect it.
One drunken night. One fake marriage. One very real problem: I fell in love.
Resisting You, an all-new he falls first, fake relationship, small town, family saga romance and the fifth book in the interconnected Maple Grove Series from USA Today bestselling author Katana Collins is now available!
One wild night in Atlantic City, I woke up with a hangover, a rescue dog… and a brand-new wife sleeping at my side. Though it started out rocky enough, we quickly realized that this marriage just may fix all of our problems. A few fake vows. Some real paperwork. And a quick fix to rehab my bad boy image and launch her therapy practice. After a couple of years, we’d get an annulment. The plan was clean-cut, brilliant, and easy. But I should have known… nothing about Rosa is easy. Especially not the way she looks at me when no one’s watching… or the way her voice softens when she says my name, like I’m more than just a mistake. Now we’re back in my small hometown, pretending to be the perfect couple for a wedding we never planned. The press is circling, secrets are surfacing, and someone’s hellbent on breaking us up. And for the first time in my life, I want something real. Too bad I already promised her an exit plan.
My life has been filled with disappointments, sadness, and pain.
I’m hated by everyone besides my best friend. Until the captain of the hockey team falls on top of me. His eyes are as blue as the ice he plays on, and his smile fills me with warmth I’ve never felt before.
Shane Hawkins.
The man everyone’s friends with, now has me in his sights and he’s not showing any signs of letting me go. Even through my anxiety and messed up mind, he’s still there.
And I don’t understand why.
But it doesn’t matter. Everyone leaves me when the monsters in my head become too loud.
Shane
When I started at Gannon University, my main goal was to focus on hockey and be drafted into the NHL.
But that all changed the day I collided with the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. His golden-brown eyes held such sadness and pain that I couldn’t rest until I saw him again.
Charlie Alexander.
The gifted artist with a mind full of demons and a secret I want to uncover.
He tries to hide them from me, but I see him. His struggle ignites my instinct to protect him.
When he returns from a trip home, broken and bloody, I do everything I can to show him the goodness in life.
How does a romance author with practically zero experience find inspiration to write raunchy bedroom scenes?
I listen to my best friend describe his hookups…in explicit detail. Except, now I picture myself in every scenario. It’s Olly’s fault…with his cocky smirk and dirty mouth, it was only a matter of time before my crush turned to obsession, and every scene I wrote became a fantasy I could never act out.
Because we are just friends.
So when I need to write a story about turning the good boy bad, it makes sense to stop relying on Olly’s experiences and get some of my own. Seducing our timid college professor will work. Except I seduce on paper, not in real life…I have no clue where to start, but my dirty best friend does.
Olly
I’d do anything for my Lovely Lacey, but teaching her to seduce her way into another man’s bed drives me crazy. Crazy enough to want what I shouldn’t. Crazy enough…to join in.
This is a short and steamy friends-to-lovers story. It contains MF, MFM, MM scenes. This is a short and steamy novella in Her Sweet Seduction Series. Each novella is stand-alone with new characters and spicy scenarios to enjoy anytime—but especially fun as a bedtime treat.
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Lacey has been having difficulty writing intimate scenes in her novels due to the lack of experience in that area but the second-hand glimpse she gets from her best friend Olly help.
Olly wants to be more than friends with her and is willing to help her explore her sensual side even if that includes adding her professor into the equation.
The heat in this book radiates off the pages as Olly finally gets the woman he has always wanted. Teddy Hamilton brings the swoon while Savannah Peachwood brings out the evolution of Lacey’s character as the story progresses.
About the Author
Adele likes her red wine with chocolate and her sweet romances with lots of heat. Her spicy stories are a bedtime treat with enough spark to warm your sheets and alluring characters to make you beg for more. When she’s not writing, Adele can be found lost in other fantasy worlds. Whether it’s a hairy beast and a talking candlestick or black leather and heels, Adele loves her heroines feisty and her heroes irresistible.
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