The second my brothers ex-best friend tore off my clothes, I was obsessed. His ripped muscles, seductive smirk, and bad boy charm made my knees weak and everything else tingle ever since we were teenagers.
I always dreamed I’d become the center of his world.I guess I should have been more specific about my wish.He ruined me.
Then my childhood crush kidnapped me.
Now I’m a pawn in his vicious game.He thinks he can use me as leverage. Revenge for my brothers betrayal.
I should hate him for starting this war with my family and for taking my life.
I don’t.
I should resist my cravings for his rough touch, his hungry lips, and his sinful body.
I can’t.
Because even though Roman Villani is evil and cold, a brutal monster who is incapable of love. It only makes me want him more.
I have been in love with Shepard Thorne since I was twelve.
He’s my best friend’s hot older brother, and I am the weird redhead who low-key follows him everywhere. He’s soccer’s bad boy, and I am stuck in a dead end job, serving drinks at the local strip club.
Our paths aren’t meant to cross.
Until one day I catch him getting a lap dance at the club and jealousy makes me ruin his fun.
Now he’s made it his mission to make my life hell and no matter what I do, there is no escape.
Everywhere I turn, there he is, waiting for his payback.
He threatens to kiss me one second, and choke me the next.
He promises to bring me to my knees and make me beg.
What started as a little harmless prank turns into a twisted game of blackmail that’s toxic but oh-so-good.
But it has to end.
Because I have a secret…
That ties me to my tormentor in an irrevocable way, and if he ever finds out, it will wreck everything I now crave.
Even his revenge.
Note: This is a STANDALONE set in the world of Bardstown
⚽️Review⚽️ All it would take is one night to change who Cecilia was as a person and the course of her life. Moving forward has proved to be so much harder than she thought, and she has lost all hope that it will change. She sees one choice left for her however Gabe isn’t only there when she needs someone the most, but he is determined to be there for her in the aftermath.
Gabe is trying to deal with a tragic event that changed life as he knows it. He is focused on school, soccer and his friend until Cecilia comes into his life. He knows that she has secrets but he is determined to get her to trust him so that he can help her heal and get the closure that she needs.
⚽️Book 2: The Striker
Gabriel Herrera saved my life.
Then I shattered his.
⚽️Review⚽️ Cecilia has been through so much and the fight is far from over as the people who are responsible aren’t finished with her yet. She is trying to move forward with her life however she is conflicted over wanting to be with Gabe and pushing him away.
All Gabe wants to do is protect Cecilia and help her overcome the events of the past but his biggest challenge continues to be giving her the time and space to recover the woman she used to be.
⚽️Book 3: The Replay
I should’ve protected her.
Kept her safe. Instead, I pushed her away—and nearly lost her for good.
⚽️Review⚽️ Cecelia has been through so much and it has left a lasting impact on her actions and feelings since then. She believes that the only person she can count on is herself so when Gabe tries to show her that she is no longer alone she must learn that depending on people who care for you isn’t a weakness but rather a strength.
Gabe has a difficult past of his own but when it comes to those he loves the possessive and protective sides emerge. He wants to fix Cecilia’s problems however he also learns that the best way to do that is to support her rather than taking over.
There’s a long list of reasons why I shouldn’t crush on the sexy firefighter.
Logan Murray is not only my brother’s teammate, he’s more than ten years older than me and seems to curse my very existence. I shouldn’t care but I do.
Oh, and did I mention I’m now the nanny to his twin daughters? I need this job and I can’t risk messing it up.
But the more time I spend with the single dad makes me think that his growly exterior might just be hiding something more.
I’ve always been taught not to play with fire. But for him, it might be worth the burn.
Two men. One heart. And a choice that will change everything.
Elizabeth
I thought I was finally piecing my life back together. Then one mistake shattered everything I’d fought so hard to rebuild. I hurt the man I swore I’d love forever. I broke the promises I made to the people who mattered most. And when my world fell apart, I ran—to the only man who could help me: Fallon Montgomery.
Fallon was supposed to be my sanctuary, my shelter from the storm. But he carried shadows of his own, secrets darker than I ever imagined. As the truth unraveled, I was left wondering—could my story ever have a happy ending? Or was I doomed to lose everything all over again?
Fallon
Elizabeth had always been my obsession. My weakness. The one woman I could never have. When her life shattered, she came to me. But she didn’t know I was hiding the one truth that could destroy her.
She thought I was her savior. She didn’t realize I was the villain in her love story.
Broken Butterfly, the heart-wrenching third installment of the Fallen Brook series, delivers a tempest of angst, passion, and devastating choices. Dive into this unflinching tale of love, but be prepared—nothing will ever be the same.
“This book…this series…it will keep hold of me for a lifetime.” – Bookend Gal Book Blog
They agreed on three months… but neither expected to fall.
Alex Sebring is a former professional rugby star—and a man with nothing left to prove. Fame, fortune, and adoration were once his everyday normal… until injury ripped him from the game and the headlines turned brutal. Now, he lives in quiet exile.
No press. No relationships. No complications.
He’s content to lick his wounds in peace.
Until her.
Magnolia Steel is in Australia on a three-month work assignment. Just career focus… and maybe a little fun on the side. She never expects to connect with a stranger from behind a wall in a blind-dating suite. No faces. No names. Just voices—and something that feels dangerously real.
At the urging of his best friends, Jack and Laurelyn McLachlan, Alex proposes a deal: three months together, no expectations, no labels. But what begins as a simple arrangement turns into something far more complicated when hearts get involved.
They promised it would end when she left. But what if walking away is the one thing neither of them can do?
Sound familiar? Your favorite Australian caveman and his American girl return—a decade later—with a fresh twist on the love story that started it all.
Georgia Cates is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author—and a former labor and delivery nurse who now delivers swoony love stories instead of babies. A lifelong reader and proud cat wrangler of three, she writes romance with heart, heat, and a dash of Southern charm. Originally from rural Mississippi, she’s married to her best friend and is the proud mom of two amazing daughters.
She’s his best friend’s little sister and he’s a wounded warrior with a terrible secret about her brother.
The blast that killed my best friend, Jake, also ended my career as a Navy SEAL.
I’m left unable to speak and lusting after my speech therapist. Who also happens to be Jake’s little sister.
Grief is hard on Avery and I’m here for her however she needs me.
If it’s release she needs, that’s what I’ll give her.
As long as she doesn’t ask me to stay. It’s the one thing this orphan doesn’t know how to do. And Avery deserves better than a scarred veteran who can’t speak.
Besides, if Avery knew the classified information from our final mission, she wouldn’t want anything to do with me.
A SEAL’s Heart is an emotional romance featuring a wounded hero and the curvy woman who heals his heart.
Meet Sadie King
Sadie King is a USA Today Best Selling Author of over 120 short and steamy romance books and novellas. She loves to write about military heroes and the sassy curvy women who steal their hearts.
Sadie lives in New Zealand with her ex-military husband and raucous young son.
When she’s not writing she loves catching waves with her son, hanging out at the beach, and drinking good wine, preferably with a book in hand.
Jaine Diamond is a Top 50 Amazon US and a Top 5 international bestselling author. She writes contemporary romance featuring badass, swoon-worthy heroes endowed with massive hearts, strong heroines armed with sweetness and sass, and explosive, page-turning chemistry.
She lives on the beautiful west coast of Canada with her real-life romantic hero and daughter, where she reads, writes and makes extensive playlists for her books while binge drinking tea.
A sizzling one-night-stand, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …
I’m the arrogant one. She’s the woman who could tame me. What I don’t expect is to fall in love.
The minute I hear her laugh, I smile. The second my fingers touch hers, I never want to let them go. When my eyes take her in, I know …
Sadie Spencer is meant to be mine.
She’s everything I never knew I wanted. Her curves put me in a trance. Her body has me in a choke hold. She’s an addiction, and I can’t keep my hands to myself.
It’s the sexiest one-night stand I’ve ever had.
At daybreak, the bed is cold, and Sadie is gone. And for the first time in my life, the scorching chemistry and carnal memories leave me wanting more.
When I see her again, I’m shocked. Consumed. Enthralled. Obsessed.
But she has secrets in her eyes. They match the ones in mine.
That’s the wedge between us.
Together, we’ve weaved this web of lies, and when the truth comes out … it might break us.
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Audie® Award–winning and USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts unique stories that weave together her love of flawed beauty, mystery, intense passion, and the depths of human emotion. A New Englander at heart, she now resides with her husband in Sarasota, Florida. When she’s not nose deep in writing, crafting her next tale, she’s fulfilling her wanderlust heart, sipping wine, boating in the Gulf, or devouring fabulous books. Want to get in touch?
🍽Review🍽 Hart has never been tempted to turn his casual interactions with woman into anything more until he meets Sadie. Rather than being relieved when she is gone after their night together instead he feels regret so when fate brings them together once again he isn’t about to just let her walk out of his life for a second time.
Sadie gives into temptation and spends an unforgettable night with Hart knowing that they can’t have more. She has a secret and knows she needs to keep her distance however Hart is charming and determined and the more time they spend together the more difficult it becomes to walk away.
The chemistry radiates between them, the banter is entertaining while the secret, the romance is idyllic and the way they handled the secret only reinforced the depth of their feelings for each other.
The continuation of International bestselling author Maggie Cole’s highly-received secret society, drenched in dark undertones, next-generation Mafia series about two enemy lovers never meant to be together until one action catapulted their arranged marriage. Now, Fiona O’Malley and Kirill Petrov will have to let go of their preconceived notions, emotional scars, and everything they knew to be true about themselves.
My brother arranged for me to marry a stranger, one marked with a diagonal scar across his face and a tattoo necklace on his hand.
Neither disgusts me. They also aren’t what scares me.
Kirill Petrov’s a sworn enemy of our family and King of the Underworld. A towering man with darkness in his gaze, an unspoken promise of what he’ll do to me, and something so deep in his expression it hurts my heart.
Yet the blaze of his allure only grows hotter, singing, until I can’t resist him any longer… until I’m his Queen wearing his necklace night after night, staring at the beast inside his soul.
If I could, I’d kill that beast until the world saw my husband as the man I see—the man I love.
Except I give him my heart before I learn the full truth. And once you see the unforgettable, how can you go back? How can you forgive your husband for sins that aren’t his, yet he’s tied to? Especially when the people you love got hurt in the most vile of ways?
Bride by Coronation is a standalone novel with interconnected characters and book two of The Underworld series. This dark, secret society, Mafia, enemies to lovers, forbidden, arranged marriage, and emotional scars novel is not meant for the faint of heart. Expect violence, taboo, and graphic scenes.
Power. Loyalty. Love. In the dangerous world of the Irish syndicate, these men rule with an iron fist—until the women they love threaten to shatter their carefully controlled lives.
Dirty dancing leads to a chance at forever in this sizzling single parent, found family, small town romance by Jessica Peterson.
As a recently divorced single mom, I have zero interest in flirting with guys while on a rare girls’ weekend away with my sisters. I just want to have fun, celebrate my new job, and listen to live music at a honky tonk.
But when I literally stumble into the most gorgeous guy ever on the dance floor, those plans go up in smoke. Growing up on the barrel racing circuit, I’m not immune to the charms of a cowboy. But this particular one is hot as hell: Sawyer’s got a mustache, some sexy tattoos, and a very filthy mouth.
Needless to say, we end up naked in his swanky hotel room. It’s the best sex of my life. And the way Sawyer treats me like a queen? Let’s just say a girl could get addicted to that kind of adoration.
Good thing he’ll always be just a one night stand I can look back on with a smile. I’m rebuilding our life from scratch, and I need to focus on my three-year-old daughter and the dream job I just landed.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I move to Hartsville and run into a tattooed cowboy with an endearing daughter of his own. Now Sawyer wants more than the occasional playdates between our girls. But the closer we become, the more determined this sexy single dad is to keep me forever.
As much as I am falling for Sawyer, I’m terrified. I’ve been down this road before with my ex, and I wonder if I can trust this cowboy. Will he rope the moon for me? Or is my heart destined to be trampled all over again?
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Jessica Peterson writes romance with heat, humor, and heart. Heroes with hot accents are her specialty. When she’s not writing, she can be found bellying up to a bar in the south’s best restaurants with her husband Ben, reading books with her adorable daughter Gracie, or snuggling up with her 70-pound lap dog, Martha.
A Carolina girl at heart, she fantasizes about splitting her time between Charleston and Asheville, but currently lives in Charlotte, NC.
🤠Review🤠 All Ava wants to do is leave her hostile marriage behind and build a new life for her and her daughter. While o a rare girl’s night out she meets Sawyer, and they spend an unforgettable night together knowing that she will never see him again. Fate had other ideas and now he wants to show her that what they shared was only the beginning.
Sawyer is the perfect package as he is a devoted father and a man that knows how to treat a woman in all arears of life. Seeing Ava again only has him wanting to spend more time with her and makes him more determined to show her that the wonderful future they could have together.
Ava is cautious but everything that Sawyer does and says shows her that not only can she trust him to be there for her but she can trust him with her heart as well.
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