Loose lips sink ships… Which isn’t a problem unless it causes her twin sister – who you might be in love with – to hate you. And, of course, if it could get you traded from your dream team due to becoming a PR problem you swore you wouldn’t be. I guess you could say this season won’t be easy. Especially for me, the stud.
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When Tanner finds himself in a difficult position as he tries to show the team and its management that he isn’t a liability due to his reputation. He needs help from Arden, who handles the team PR, but it isn’t going to be easy to show her the man he is due to his past with her sister.
Arden will work with Tanner because it is her job, but she wants nothing to do with him personally. Based on his reputation and actions she has a preconceived notion about who Tanner is but when she spends time with him, she realizes she may not know him at all.
The repartee between them is delightful and the feelings between them intense but that doesn’t mean they don’t have some complications and turmoil to overcome.
Older. Hotter. And way out of my league, Hannah Prescott has been my obsession since the moment she uttered those five simple words.
She thinks she’ll deter me by her dismissive attitude but her words only spur me on. I love a challenge and since Hannah is my literal dream girl, she’s worth putting in a bit of work.
Up until now everything in my life has come easy: hockey, women, friendships. Then Noah Harrison is traded to our team and my spot on the first line with my best friends is at risk. Suddenly Hannah is wearing his jersey and I realize I’ve got to act fast or risk losing my shot forever.
Fortunately for me, dreams do come true because though she only offers me one night, fate has other plans. She may have said she’ll never call me Daddy Hall, but the positive pregnancy test in her hand makes that impossible.
With my every dream within reach, I need to find a way to prove to Hannah that she’s the one for me and I’m so much more than a playboy.
She thought her past was buried. He’s about to unearth the truth along with her heart.
Thea Weaver came to Acton, Colorado, for a fresh start. She poured her soul into her bar, Bottle Grounds, and into protecting her sisters. But when her ex-husband—a dangerous man from a dangerous past—threatens to resurface, Thea knows she can’t face him alone.
Logan Cash has spent his life fixing what’s broken: his family, his ranch, and his daughter’s future. So when Thea, his stubborn and fiercely independent friend, asks for his help, he doesn’t hesitate. Even if it means pretending to be her husband.
But what starts as a charade to protect Thea’s business soon stirs something deeper between them. Late-night rides and shared secrets force them closer, but Thea’s past isn’t finished with her yet. As Logan fights to shield her from the storm heading her way, Thea must decide if she can truly trust him—not just with her bar, but with her heart.
Break the Barrier is a heartfelt, slow-burn romance packed with small-town charm, a fake marriage twist, and a cowboy hero you’ll fall head over boots for. Perfect for fans of The Bromance Book Club and The Simple Wild.
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“I’m here to see my fiancé. I believe you know Parker, Dad…”
That sentence seems innocent enough in the right setting.
But the woman’s father? Yeah, he happens to be my boss.
The first time I met Cashlynn O’Neil, she thought she was going to die before the plane we were on ever left the ground.
So I did what any gentleman would do—I comforted her, kept her distracted, and then later that night, she ended up back in my hotel room to thank me.
But then a year later she waltzed in the Carrington Cove Animal Hospital and told her father we were engaged.
And that would have been harmless, except the last time I was engaged it left me scarred beyond repair, vowing never to entertain the idea of love again.
I can’t fall for my boss’s daughter.
I can’t keep lying to myself about how I feel either.
But is it possible that someday you learn that it’s not the wrong person that will make you question what you want in life, but it’s the right one?
Grant Stockton is the devil incarnate. The cowboy turned casino-owning crime boss has been the bane of my existence for as long as I can remember—first as my older brother’s best friend, then as my guardian when my brother died at his side, and now as the rival bar owner and landlord running me into the red.
He might be the head of The Quiet Horsemen, the man everyone else in this town fears, but I’m not about to cede a single inch of ground to him.
If I have to lie, cheat, and steal to keep him from finding out my bar’s underwater—well, that’s exactly what I’ll do.
At least until he breaks into my apartment and discovers my secret. One that gives him all the leverage he needs to control my fate.
My only reprieve is that The Horsemen are in the middle of a war, one that’s been spilling blood for the better part of a decade, and his enemies are closing in on our small mountain town.
Which is why I’m taken off guard by the demand he makes in exchange for keeping my secret.
Apparently there are benefits to being at the mercy of the devil…
Behind the fierce woman with the black-cat attitude lay a checkered history and shocking secrets. Secrets that surpassed my own and rocked the foundations of my high-profile world.
But I simply couldn’t let her go. Not when Remmy Adams—C.E.O. of “I don’t give a f-k”—had blown into my life without warning twice in the last year, then vanished just as fast.
I wouldn’t let it happen a third time.
Not now that I needed her more than ever.
Relationships were like manicures, quick and fleeting. Here for a fun time but not a long time, and Scout Gatlin—the star pitcher for the Portland Bears baseball team—was meant to be just that.
Twice I thought he’d forget me, but from the moment he picked me out of the crowd at a ball game, he again proved me wrong.
And look where that got us: Just months into our wild love affair, his baseball career came to a screeching halt—and it was all because of my past.
“I think you may have gone overboard on the pudding cups.”
I fake gasp in horror. “You will not speak such sacrilege in my kitchen.”
He glances over his shoulder and grins. “What I have planned for the pudding cups will most definitely be sacrilegious. Where are your cold cuts?”
“I could make such a dirty comment, but I won’t. Middle drawer.” I hop onto the counter, the cold granite suctioning to my bare ass. Not the most pleasant sensation. “I want spicy mustard on my sandwich,” I say as I eye the growing pile of fruit, cheese, and deli meat on the counter.
He turns around, his eyes gleaming with mischief. “Not making a sandwich. We’re playing a game.” He steps closer, fitting himself between my legs.
“What kind of game involves half the stuff from my fridge?”
“The best kind. Close your eyes.”
I give him a skeptical look. “If this is some trick to make me eat something weird, you’re in trouble.”
“No tricks.”
With a huff of amusement, I eventually oblige and close my eyes, my heart fluttering slightly from the anticipation of whatever he has planned.
“No peeking.”
“I won’t.”
With my eyes shut, sound becomes amplified. He moves around the kitchen, opening cabinets and drawers. I hear the crinkle of a wrapper, the snick of a knife against a cutting board, and my curiosity grows.
He comes back, his body heat between my legs thrumming a delicious ache. “You ready?”
“Yes.” My reply comes out breathless. There’s something very seductive about giving over control to him.
“Open.”
I part my lips and feel the cool, crisp sweetness of an apple hit my tongue. “Honeycrisp,” I say with a satisfied smile as I chew.
“How can you tell?”
“It’s my favorite.” Clumsily, I reach out and grab his wrist, bringing the rest of the apple to my mouth.
“What about this?” he says. His hands rest lightly on my waist and draw me closer. I feel the soft press of his mouth against mine—gentle at first, then more demanding. “How do I taste?” he whispers.
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.
🏒Review🏒 Roman is the veteran goalie for the Toronto Terror who is in the final year of his career. He has devoted his life to his daughter however she is now an adult and in love with his best friend and teammate. The team has recently hired a new assistant coach but the surprise is on him when he finds out she is the woman he spent a weekend with three years ago and hasn’t been able to forget.
Alexandria is excited about this opportunity as she is the first woman coach in the league. She is balancing a lot as she is also trying to be there for her sisters as they deal with the grief of losing her mother and stepfather. She knew that Roman was on the team but she didn’t think he would remember her but she is about to find out how wrong she is.
The chemistry and connection between Roman and Alexandria is stronger than ever but they agree to keep their relationship professional until the end of the year so it doesn’t destroy their careers however that is a challenge they can’t meet. Greet chemistry, so much emotion and a love that trumps all. Stephen Dexter does a wonderful job with the possessive and protective sides of Roman while Stella Bloom brings out both the strength and feistiness of her personality.
Trick Shot is a fake dating college hockey romance with a black cat heroine and the Golden Retriever she hates to love.
Claire
I’m a journalist. I report the truth as I see it. If there’s a story, you can be sure I’m going to dig until I get every last detail. As a staffer for The Howler, Bainbridge University’s newspaper, my job is to find a lead and pursue it until I can piece it all together and publish the facts. Sometimes there’s fallout from my kind of journalism, but I’m tough and can handle it. I don’t need a hero stepping in to take the heat off me, especially if that “hero” is a man I can’t stand.
Pete Santos has been my sworn enemy since the start of freshman year. I don’t need his help. I don’t need his charm. And I definitely don’t need any more of his panty-melting orgasms.
What I need is to be left the hell alone so I can do my job. What I get is a fake boyfriend whose love feels very, very real.
Pete
Claire Fowler hates me, and I have no idea why. But I’m a smart guy, so steering clear of the woman who despises me should be a no-brainer.
It isn’t. I fall hard for Claire, and her rejection stings. So does her betrayal.
When she becomes public enemy number one across campus, I’m the last person who should be worried about her. She made it clear that what happens on vacation stays on vacation and that she’s not interested in anything else I have to offer.
But when trouble comes looking for Claire, I can’t just stand by and watch. I’m going to do what it takes to keep her from being harassed, even if that means posing as her fake boyfriend to keep the vultures at bay. But don’t worry, I won’t let myself fall the rest of the way in love with her. Nope, not me. I’m too smart for that.
Trick Shot is the fourth book in the Bainbridge U hockey series, but it can be enjoyed as a standalone. If you love a sweet cinnamon roll of a hero wrapped in the burly body of a bruiser, Pete Santos is just what you’ve been waiting for. He’s met his match in Claire, a tough-as-nails heroine with a vulnerable side she hides from everyone. Until Pete. Trick Shot will make you laugh out loud and then hit you right in the feels. Get ready for a lovable hero, the smart-mouthed heroine who hates his guts, and all the steam they generate as they fall in love.
Like a woman named Lucky Fortune who has lived her whole life plagued by one mishap and misfortune after another. The catastrophes that regularly derail her life would crush a normal person, but Lucky is stubbornly resilient.
The single constant in her life is the rustic, old ski lodge her grandparents built in a small, picturesque Colorado town. And now it belongs to her.
Lucky refuses to let her unending run of bad luck ruin the opportunity to build on her grandparents’ dream and carve out one of her own.
But forces greater than chance are out to sabotage her new life. They’re after the lodge, the land, and they want Lucky out of the way by any means necessary. Danger lurks closer than Lucky knows.
Fortunately, she’s found herself lucky in love for the first time ever, thanks to the secretive drifter she picked up and brought home on a whim. By day he plays the role of the worst handyman in existence. But when the stakes are raised, and Lucky’s life is on the line, he’ll move mountains to keep her and her legacy out of the wrong hands.
Meeting Bolan Adler, professional baseball catcher and single dad, is a complicated story.
One involving a one-time kiss when I was young and silly. And a two-time tryst as some kind of midlife breakdown moment.
Anyway, in the game of baseball, three strikes mean: you’re out.
I thought my third one might happen when Bolan Adler is the newest client of the sports management agency I work for.
The same business that just promoted me to agent status when I haven’t asked for the position.
Also, the ridiculous company that wrote up a reputation repair report for the newest member of the Chicago Anchors which includes:
Bolan Adler needs a wife.
He’s decided I’m it. Only this isn’t a game of tag.
Hearts are on the line when I meet Bolan’s sweet sixteen-month-old, and my role goes from babysitting the bad boy of baseball to bonus-mom for his precious daughter.
Complicated, like I said.
Add in when my fake husband starts tossing out real emotions about love, marriage, and a baby, and I’m just hoping to stay out of the strike zone. Because the obvious opponent on the field is love.
She’s the one woman I can never have. Now, I’m the only man who can keep her alive.
Ember Being the daughter of a motorcycle club president means two things—power and protection. But it also comes with one unbreakable rule: No biker touches the president’s daughter and lives to tell about it. Which means Hudson “Atom” Addams, the club’s brooding enforcer and the man I’ve loved half my life, will never be mine. Until the Bratva rolls into town, demanding protection money. Now, my father is forcing me to accept Atom’s protection. Close quarters. Late nights. And the one man I swore I’d never beg for again.
Atom Five years ago, the woman of my dreams laid her heart at my feet. I wanted to claim her. Keep her. Make her mine. Instead, I let her go. Butcher’s warning was clear—touch his daughter, and I’d be dead before sunrise. So I buried my need for her and turned my back. Now, the Bratva is making a play for her bar. And to make matters worse, she’s got a boyfriend. I should walk away. I should let her go. But I’m not that strong. Protecting her means breaking the rules. Claiming her means starting a war. And I’ll burn this town to the ground before I let her slip away again.
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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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In the second book of New York Times Bestselling Author Sawyer Bennett’s Race Fever series, she turns up the heat when a familiar name looks to shake up the world of formula racing. Buckle up for this heart stopping, second chance ride in Formula Chance.
Nash Sinclair abandoned the world of formula racing after a deadly crash left him injured and on a long road to recovery, both physically and mentally. Even prior to the crash Nash was healing in another way, putting together the pieces of a broken heart. They say time heals all wounds and when Brienne Norcross, owner of the newly acquired Titans Racing team approaches him about a job, he decides it might just be time to reclaim the life he once loved.
Bexley Toliver just joined the Titans’ team as their chief race strategy engineer. As a woman working in a male-centric sport, Bex is no stranger to a man’s eyes on her. Whether it’s in silent awe, not-so-silent disgust, or somewhere in between, Bexley has earned her way. But there is one set of eyes that Bex hasn’t seen in years and when Nash Sinclair walks into the conference room for a team meeting, old memories are hard to ignore. As the heat between them becomes all-consuming, they are unable to resist the temptation to fall once again.
Bex and Nash’s history is…complicated. Young love that turned into the promise of forever crashed and burned long before the race that ended Nash’s career. Years apart dulled the pain of their failed union but some things aren’t meant to be forgotten, no matter how hard one tries. When the same issues that broke them apart re-emerge and spin them full-speed toward a barricade, Bex and Nash need to make a decision—hit the brakes and walk away or race forward to their happily ever after.
After the way her last relationship ended all Adrienne wants is a fresh start. When she began working with Caden she can’t deny her attraction to him, but she isn’t ready for romance but a casual relationship with him where they can both get what they want while protecting their hearts seems like the perfect solution.
Caden has been hurt in the past as well and it is an experience he is determined not to repeat. A casual relationship with Adrienne seems like the perfect solution however fate has a much different plan for them.
The chemistry between them is intense as Adrienne and Caden help each other heal from the past. It is always fun to spend time with the group and this story was no exception.
The cake is ordered, the dresses are tailored, and the guests are ready—love is in the air, and it’s time to Save the Date!
From grand celebrations to intimate elopements, Save the Date is filled with heart-warming and swoon-worthy tales of love found, lost, and rediscovered on the road to happily ever after.
Perfect for readers who believe in the magic of love and the romance of weddings, this anthology is your invitation to fall in love, one story at a time.
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Carrie DiRisio
Deaia Sanders
VK Holt
Michelle Moncrieff
Melinda Pine
Chele MacCabe
Gabbi Grey
Sharon Michalove
Laura M. Baird
Susan Horsnell
Freyja Frost
Clarice Jayne
Annee Jones
Kathleen Ryder
Kristine Charles
Ebony Snow
Juliet Martini
Alexa Santi
MacKade
JCC Downing
Anna Klein
Harper Michaels
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Fallen Hearts Cissy Mecca Publication date: March 13th 2025
Rule one of the Bachelor Pact is simple: Never fall in love.
Temporarily returning home to Cedar Falls comes with mixed emotions.
But having to work alongside the distractingly beautiful Pia, hired by my father before his unexpected death to run and restore my family’s inn, is a test I could do without.
I don’t need help, especially from a stranger whose delectable body is inviting me to forget the most important rule of the Bachelor Pact.
I learned early on to avoid attachments, and Pia is completely off-limits. I’m technically her boss. Working together to renovate the crumbling inn, I try to shield my heart and ignore my body’s traitorous responses.
But Pia’s laughter fills the dusty halls, melting my defences and testing my iron-clad resolve. As each day passes, the thought of returning to my old life as a cop in the city and leaving Pia becomes more and more difficult.
Now, with my future and an age-old promise on the line, I’m left wondering if I should finally crack open the door to love I sealed so long ago.
Pia has overcome so much to reach this point in her career so while saddened by the passing of her new boss she isn’t about to just walk away. After uprooting her life for his opportunity, she is determined that the heir to the business, Mason, will honor her contract and she will show him how invaluable she is.
Mason is devasted by the loss of his father but his life and his fulfilling career as a police officer are in New York. His plan was to honor his father’s dream and return to his life but the more time he spends in Cedar Falls with Pia the more he is forced to reconsider his plans especially when it comes to the pact he made with his friends.
Not only are the characters of Pia and Mason captivating but I am looking forward to his friend’s stories as well. This is a heartwarming story about love, family and realizing what and who will truly make you happy.
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