Tropes: Marriage of Convenience, Hurt Heroine, Revenge, Mafia Romance, Accidental Pregnancy, Marriage in Crisis
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𝗔 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.
As an enforcer for the Famiglia, Maximus Trevisan has no trouble hurting others, but when he’s forced to hurt someone he’s meant to protect, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹.
Sara’s plans for her future were simple. Marry the man she was promised to, have several children, and build a happy family.
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, she’s left with no choice but to marry Maximus. It’s the last thing she wants, but it’s a burden she’s willing to carry in order to protect her family’s honor.
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🔥Vegas Wedding
🔥Fake Marriage
🔥Hurt/Comfort
🔥Sports Romance (Football)
🔥Big Family Dynamics
Who forgets marrying a football player? Me, apparently. Turns out countless shots and a bad breakup lead to questionable decision making. But waking up in Vegas with a ring on my finger beside a hot, naked man is hard to ignore. I married Parker Wilder. Thanks to our quickie nuptials, I’ll get my inheritance, and he’ll get his family and their well-intentioned meddling off his back.
Forgetting the wedding was the easy part. Being married to him is a whole different story. Parker is too … everything. Chiseled by the gods good-looking. A heartbreaking kind of broody. The kind of man you know will wreck you for all others. Good thing this is all pretend. And oh, how we pretend. We pretend ourselves right into me ripping the clothes off his body.
It’s all fun and fake marriage until the day he gets a knock on the door with the surprise of a lifetime. Until the bomb goes off and we’re left to pick up the pieces. Until the pretending stops and we’re left with only one question: was any of it real?
It’s not a question of IF this football star can resist the curvy florist but rather WHEN he’ll give in…
Cruz
It is said that you only want what you cannot have. I hate to be a cliche, but that statement rings true for me.
In my case it’s not what I want, but rather who. Tara Brooks. Sweet, funny, and my little sister’s best friend. I’ve got a list of reasons why I’m no good for her, starting with the fact that I’m a decade older. She’s just starting out and I’m about to retire.
Still, I’m used to getting what I want. And I’ve never been very good at following the rules.
So it seemed harmless when she asked me to be her fake date to her sister and ex-boyfriend’s wedding. There was no way I was letting her endure that on her own.
When the lines between what is real and what’s fake blur, I’m left wondering if I can be the man she needs, or will I fumble the best play of my life?
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✔️ Age Gap
✔️ Sports Romance
✔️ Grumpy/Sunshine
✔️ Fake Dating Tension
✔️ Hidden Softie
✔️ Forced Proximity
✔️ Small Town Romance
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After being betrayed by her sister and her boyfriend the last thing Tara wants to do is attend their wedding. Her best friend has the perfect solution which includes having her brother Cruz be her date and pretend they are in a relationship.
Cruz is approaching a crossroads in his life and doesn’t believe that anyone would believe that someone like Tara would be interested in someone like him. He agrees to the plan but the more time he spends with her the more protective he feels and that he doesn’t want their relationship to end when the wedding does.
Cruz was swoony as he stands up for Tara when it comes to her family and shows her that he doesn’t just want her for one night but forever.
FWAR is the third book in The Hometown Heartless series and contains a crossover character from The Next Life series. FWAR DOES contain spoilers for The Next Life duet and The Hometown Heartless series.
Reading the The Next Life duet and The Hometown Heartless series prior to FWAR will enhance your appreciation of this story as well as provide a better understanding of the depth of the character dynamics, personalities, and backstories.
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NYT and USA Today bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her adorable, emotional cat, who thinks the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from emotional contemporary romance to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.
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Melissa writes sexy and heartwarming contemporary romance, new adult romance and women’s fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Readers adore Melissa’s fun, flirty, and sinfully sexy, award-winning big-family romance collection, LOVE IN BLOOM featuring the Snow Sisters, Bradens, Remingtons, Ryders, Seaside Summers, Bayside Summers, Harborside Nights, Wild Boys and Bad Boys After Dark, Tru Blue and the Whiskeys, the Wickeds, and the Montgomerys. Melissa’s emotional journeys are always family oriented. Perfect beach reads for contemporary romance lovers who enjoy reading about loyal, wealthy and blue-collar heroes and smart, sassy, and empowered heroines with complex and relatable issues.
Melissa also writes sweet romance with no harsh language or explicit scenes under the pen name Addison Cole.
Melissa’s interests include her family, reading, writing, painting, friends, helping others see the positive side of life, and enjoying beach life on Cape Cod.
Melissa is available to chat with book clubs and welcomes comments and emails from her readers. Visit Melissa on social media or her personal website.
“Melissa Foster is synonymous with sexy, swoony, heartfelt romance!” -NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely
“With her wonderful characters and resonating emotions, Melissa Foster is a must-read author!” -NYT Bestseller Julie Kenner
“What sets Melissa Foster apart are her compelling characters who you care about… desperately. I dare you to read the first chapter and not be hooked.” NYT bestseller, M.J. Rose
“You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that’s fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won’t want to stop reading. Every book’s a winner!” New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak
“Melissa Foster is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Fated For Love was amazing. It kind of reminds me of Jill Shalvis’ books and they are my benchmark for contemporary romance awesomeness.” –Books Like Breathing
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I grew up in Maryland with my mother, a slew of wonderful brothers, and never a shortage of friends or pets. I am passionate about writing, reading, living healthy, and helping others do the same, and I enjoy just about anything outdoors (and anything chocolate!). I love to chat with readers and book clubs, and welcome your comments and suggestions. Feel free to email me. You can also catch me on Facebook.com/MelissaFosterAuthor.
Quarterback Clay “Mr. Perfect” Braden is determined to show sexy scientist Pepper Montgomery the benefits of hands-on research in PLAYING MR. PERFECT, the first book in the Bradens at Ridgeport series. Loaded with heat, humor, and heart, this steamy, small-town, opposites-attract standalone romance is unputdownable.No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happily ever after that will leave you breathless.
What happens in Paris, stays in Paris, right?
Oh, Pepper. If only…
Okay, I admit it.
Sleeping with the NFL quarterback who the media has dubbed Mr. Perfect might not have been the smartest move, but I’m in the City of Love, I’d had a few drinks, and was jacked up on giddy girl talk and hopeful hearts—two things I never buy into—and I threw caution to the wind.
I want to sneak out before he wakes up, but when I open my eyes, he’s already up.
In more ways than one.
Convincing the ridiculously cocky (pun intended) man that I’m not the woman he slept with last night is awkward.
Actually, he makes it impossible.
The thing is, I don’t even know who that woman was.
🏈Review🏈 Even though Pepper has rebuffed all Clay’s attempts to spend time with him he isn’t deterred. When he is invited to join her family in Paris, he views this as the perfect opportunity to show her the man he is and not the man she thinks he is.
Pepper is dedicated to her career in science, and she has learnt the hard way that athletes are a no go when it comes to her personal life. She is determined to distance herself from the charming quarterback but as they experience the city of Paris together, she can’t help falling for him and realizing that he might just be the exception to the rule.
Clay is everything you could want in a man and more as he is sweet, swoony and so supportive of Pepper. They prove that they are who was missing in each other’s life, and it was wonderful to catch up with the rest of the clan as well.
From Amazon Charts bestselling author Jennifer Millikin comes the first in a swoony fairytale retelling series packed with unapologetically romantic heroes, sassy heroines, and their fractured paths to a happily ever after.
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Penn is the first in a four-book contemporary romance series inspired by the film, The Princess Bride. Expect swoon, sass, spice, and happily ever afters.
I used to be daddy’s little princess, but I failed out of college and ran away with an older man. Now my father has me cleaning houses to make up for the biggest mistake of my life.
As if that wasn’t punishment enough, it becomes a million times worse when I’m forced to take on Noah Robinson as a client.
He was supposed to be a one-night stand. One scorching night with no last names or commitment. Now I’m working for him, and every week that goes by it gets harder for us to keep things professional.
Plus, the more I learn about him and the secret, sexy lifestyle he lives, the deeper my craving for him becomes.
But I’m out of chances with my father, I can’t risk blowing my life up again.
Noah and I know we can’t be together . . .
Because I’m his boss’s daughter.
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USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. Now she writes full-time and lives in Nashville with her husband, two sons, and a pair of super destructive cats.
She is a four-time Romance Writers of America RITA® & Vivian® Finalist, a Passionate Plume & HOLT Medallion winner, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist, and couldn’t be any happier that people enjoy reading her sexy words.
💙Review💙 When Charlotte made a life choice, she believed she knew better than her parents only to find out that they were right. She now finds herself back at home and trying to make amends which includes working for her father. The one surprise she wasn’t expecting is that one of her clients would be the man she spent an unforgettable night with and the more she learns about his lifestyle the more she wants to be part of it.
Even though there are so many reasons they shouldn’t be together between the age gap, the fact that he works for her father and her inexperience when it comes to what he wants she inspires feeling he never expected and never wanted. It is all the more complicated when she wants everything he has to give.
The chemistry between these two radiates off the pages. I enjoyed seeing the evolution of Charlotte’s character as she fights for what and who she wants while Noah realizes that even though he thought he was happy being single it doesn’t compare to being with Charlotte.
An injured rugby star, his pregnant roommate, and one rule they can’t break: Don’t date the owner’s daughter.
It was supposed to be an easy house- and dog-sitting gig while the owner was gone for a month. But when my sportsing landlord comes home unexpectedly, injured and in need of a new arrangement, we end up as accidental roommates instead.
But if Holt Webster, the tall, thick-muscled, square-jawed, broody-eyed rugby player, had told me he played for the Copper Valley Pounders, I would’ve told him that my stepdad bought the team while I was working cruise ships overseas.
And he would’ve noped out of offering me a place to stay because the only thing worse than looking like you’re flirting with the owner’s daughter is looking like you’re hooking up with the owner’s pregnant daughter.
Yes, yes, I’m that woman—the one who accidentally got knocked up, decided to keep the baby, and had to move home because pregnancy and cruise ships aren’t a good match.
And now I’m that woman who doesn’t just look like she’s hooking up with an off-limits player. I actually am hooking up with an off-limits player. But who can blame me? He’s hot. He’s kind. And he’s spending our nights sleeping with his hand on my baby bump.
Claiming us both.
But if my dad finds out, Holt’s gone. And we’ll be…rucked.
The Roommate Mistake is a heart-tugging sports romcom featuring two people in need of new best friends, a dog with an attitude, and a very…fowl…meet-cute. It stands alone and comes complete with a found family happily ever after.
Content note: This book contains a character dealing with the loss of his brother to cancer.
Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did. Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually merged into a career. Today, she has more than 30 knee-slapping Pippa Grant titles and nine written as Jamie Farrell. When she’s not writing romantic comedies, she’s fumbling through being a mom, wife, and mountain woman, and sometimes trying to find hobbies. Her crowning achievement? Having impeccable timing for telling stories that will make people snort beverages out of their noses. Consider yourself warned.
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