Renee Harless is a USA TODAY bestselling author with an affinity for wine and a passion for telling a good story.
Renee Harless, her husband, and children live in Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She studied Communication, specifically Public Relations, at Radford University.
Growing up, Renee always found a way to pursue her creativity. It began by watching endless runs of White Christmas – yes even in the summer – and learning every word and dance from the movie. She could still sing “Sister Sister” if requested. In high school she joined the show choir and a community theatre group, The Troubadours. After marrying the man of her dreams and moving from her hometown, she sought out a different artistic outlet – writing.
To say that Renee is a romance addict would be an understatement. When she isn’t chasing her kids around the house, working her day job, or writing, she jumps head first into a romance novel.
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Taking over the family farm in our small town was the only future I knew. But the never ending work left me with no social life and my virginity intact. Until my childhood rival graced us with his presence and was convinced he could help me with my…problem.
Owen Ramsey was an elite professional baseball player that left Ashfield without a backward glance. But when he was left at the altar, he sought refuge back in our town. I hated how he could simultaneously make my heart race and my hands fist. And I really despised how good he looked in a pair of baseball pants.
He needed my help just as much as I needed his. If I agreed to fake date him, he would help me snag the man I had my eye on and I would help convince his ex that he wasn’t heartbroken.
But with his return to baseball looming, we realized maybe the hate we felt was really something more like love.
The fear of disappointing my family was too great, even though I craved something different for the first time ever. Owen was used to hitting balls out of the park, but I wasn’t sure I was meant to be his home run.
Eamon Tauk was literally born into the Space Corps. They spent two decades forging him into a Marine. Training him to be a killer. Twisting him into a fanatic. Then they assigned him to protect Dr. Jella Duverii, a mildly subversive alien zoologist who could very well undo all the work they put into him.
When the young cadet and his charge crash land on Kanaris with the survivors of their Recon battalion, they find themselves leagues away from their objective, marooned in an environment so hostile even the trees seem hellbent on killing them. After the Marines are denied rescue for no other reason than to protect the reputation of a high-born coward, Jella begins to educate Tauk on the dynamics at play that have the Kyperion League teetering on the brink of civil war.
As Tauk watches over Dr. Duverii during the long slog to Narman’s Pyke, she teaches him how to combat the horrific creatures stalking them through the rainforest. He must figure out for himself, however, that the biggest threats to their lives are not the beasts lurking beneath the Kanarisian underbrush.
It is the monsters who sent them to Narman’s Pyke in the first place.
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Rocco Since the day she moved in across the street when we were kids, Jasmine has held my attention with her sparkling green eyes and spunky spirit. She’s independent and headstrong, and I’ve always admired that about her. Hiding behind my bachelor status, no one is the wiser about the secret feelings I harbor for her.
Jasmine Rocco has always been by my side. Whether it’s making me laugh, teaching me something new, or sharing confidences, he’s been steadfast. When he morphs into a man seemingly overnight, I find it tough to temper my attraction to him. But he doesn’t see me as anything more than a friend.
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From USA Today Bestselling author, Alex Grayson, comes a dark, spicey Tarzan retelling…
I went into the wilderness in search of the person the town calls Wild Man.
Living on his own since he was a small boy, he raised himself.
When I found him, it wasn’t the experience I expected. He wasn’t what I expected.
A savage, more animal than man. Pure instinct was how he survived.
With his hand wrapped around my throat, he said only one word.
“Mine.”
Then he took me to his tree hut and wouldn’t let me go. He kept me naked and tied me to him with a rope. He was an anchor around me while I slept. He fed me by hand and forced me to bathe him.
Those are the tamer things he did. The others were much more… explicit.
I didn’t want to be there. I didn’t want his touch, although my body called me a liar.
He’s a primitive uncaged animal who claims I’m his, and he’s hellbent on getting me pregnant.
No matter how much I fight him, he’ll never let me leave. I was his and he’d do anything to keep me.
Maybe in the end, he’ll make me just as wild as him.
And it’ll be me who won’t let him go.
Disclaimer: May contain sensitive subjects for some. Please check the author’s website for a list of content warnings.
What you will find inside… 💗Small Town 🔥Single Dad 💗Nanny/CEO 🔥Best Friend’s Sister 💗Reformed Playboy 🔥Grumpy/Sunshine 💗Cinnamon Roll in the bedroom 🔥He Falls First 💗Good Girl
That rainy night, when my wife walked out, changed my life forever. Not just mine. Our daughter’s too. All of a sudden, I was a single dad with a newborn. Nothing could’ve prepared me for the years that followed. The heartache and answers to questions that never came. After a while I thought I could be the bachelor forever. It blocked the pain, ensuring nobody got too close. My heart was safe. And it worked. At least a while. Until Skye Hendry came to Stoney Creek. The sister of my childhood best friend, Travis. They moved away when we were young. But now she’s back, she’s the talk of town. And when we meet… fireworks go off. I’m attracted to her instantly, before I even realize who she is. I want her. Badly. But she’s off limits. Not only is she smart, beautiful and a ray of sunshine, she’s also my new nanny. Can I really have her as my nanny when I can’t stop thinking about what I want to do to her? Trying to juggle work at the family distillery, and raising my daughter has never been easy, but having Skye around makes my cold heart soften. She does things to me that no other woman has been able to do in so long. She makes me feel alive. And she’s amazing with my daughter. But I can’t show her how I really feel, not when she has another job offer after the summer. Then she’ll be gone. Forever. No matter how much I crave her, I know I won’t survive the fallout. The shards of my heart would be shattered forever. Clawing my way back isn’t an option. Not this time. But neither is letting her go…
Vanessa and Curtis have just moved to an idyllic house in the seaside town of Whitstable. Their life there is wonderful, until Vanessa’s ex-boyfriend Hayden shows up out of the blue.
Hayden is not only brash and unpredictable with a warped sense of humour, he also seems intent on making life very difficult for Vanessa, who hasn’t seen him since she was sixteen.
As Hayden causes more and more disruption in their lives, Curtis begins to realise that he has some kind of bizarre hold on Vanessa.
And when she suggests a plan to remove Hayden from their lives forever, Curtis becomes convinced she’s hiding some big secret from her past.
But has Vanessa underestimated how dangerous and unpredictable Hayden is? How far will he go to get what he wants? And how far will she go to stop her perfect life from being destroyed?
Willow’s past has shown her that she shouldn’t expect more than one night with Brett and she willing to take that and move on however fate had other ideas when she found herself pregnant. When her attempts to do the right thing and tell him that he was going to be a father fail she decides that the only way she can let him know is by attending his game.
Brett had always believed that one night was enough until he met Willow. The evening they spent together was never far from his thoughts but seeing her at his game was a surprise he didn’t see coming. He is about to find out that isn’t the only surprise she has and now he has his work cut out to convince her that he can be the man that she and their daughter need.
Neither Willow nor Brett had the best examples when it comes to romantic love which caused some turmoil along the way however Brett is determined to show Willow that she can count on him to be there for her and their daughter and protect her heart.
Series: Book 3 of the Oakmount Elite series – Complete Standalone
Release date: July 12th
Exciting news! Get ready for the tropes reveal of The Prey by JL Beck, coming July 12th!
What to expect:
Forced Proximity
Tortured Hero
Boss x Employee
Enemies to Lovers
Primal Play
Who Hurt You?
Dark Romance
Found Family
Amnesia
Dive into a world of suspense and desire as you follow Sebastian’s story. But be warned, this dark-enemies to lovers romance contains graphic violence and disturbing content. Remember to check the trigger warning at the beginning of the book before diving in!
I’d come to Oakmount in hopes of finding my missing sister. Instead I caught the attention of one of the elite, and now that I’m on his radar theirs no escaping. He calls me little prey… He doesn’t know a damn thing about me. I’m not prey. I’m the monster he never saw coming…
** Full blurb to come. This is Sebastian’s story, and is a dark-enemies to lovers romance. It contains graphic violence, and disturbing content. Please view the trigger warning at the start of the book before reading. **
About JL Beck:
Beck writes steamy romance that’s unapologetic, meaning it makes no apologies for the way it rips you open and makes you crave more. Her heroes are alphas who take what they want, and she pairs them with heroines that bring them to their knees.
She loves writing about darkness, passion, suspense, and of course, steam.
Leaving her readers gasping and asking what the hell just happened is only one of her many tricks.
Her books range from morally grey to dark and spicey but always end with a happily ever after. She loves to write across numerous tropes, but her favorite is enemies to lovers.
She started her writing career in the summer of 2014 and hasn’t stopped since. She lives in Wisconsin and is a mom to two, a wife, and likes to act as a literary agent part-time.
Pretty sure I was a serial killer in my past life.
Because karma is kicking my ass in this one.
Everything was copasetic. I was coasting on the wave of life… until a gnarly swell pulled me under, and I washed ashore to a nightmare. A nightmare there was no waking from.
So I packed my shit and moved all the way to the other side of the country—to the only place someone was willing to give me a second chance.
I came to swim, and though I’m on the team, I don’t want to be Elite. These bros are exactly like the ones I left behind, and I’m not stupid enough to get betrayed again.
But then karma shows up and laughs right in my face.
I slept with my coach’s daughter.
Because of course I did.
And though she calls to me like a siren, that night was just a distraction. A one-time thing.
Until she shows up at Daddy’s pool as the assistant coach. Now the very girl I can’t get off my mind is the one just declared off-limits.
Naturally, my heart decides it can’t beat without her jade stare, sassy mouth, and car that cruises so slow it uses a calendar as a speedometer.
Now I’m at the top of Coach’s crap list, and everything I left in Cali comes knocking at my door. With Landry’s safety on the line, I won’t just roll over and take it. This time, I’ll put up a fight.
There’s no telling what I’ll do or how far I’ll go to make sure Landry isn’t punished for standing by my side. When things get dangerous, I know this wildcard can’t play this game alone.
Because even if trusting people doesn’t come easy… loving her does.
You know when you see that big red flag, and you think to yourself, I should probably not go anywhere near there?
Yeah, Quincy Carter ignored that big red flag. He walked right up to that red flag, waving blatantly in the wind, and kissed the holy hell out of her.
Sure, he probably should’ve arrested her for breaking a restraining order.
He probably also should’ve stopped her from continuing to break that restraining order.
Yet… he can’t.
By the time he realizes he’s in deep, Quincy has no other options but to ride the wave of continuous disaster that is Hollis Aue.
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Hollis Aue is on the road to revenge.
After a famous comedian rips her best friend in the middle of his biggest show ever and elevated her disabilities to the butt of his joke, her best friend spirals.
After finding out from a kindhearted detective that her best friend took her own life, Hollis makes it her new mission to make that comedian’s life a living hell.
The only problem with that is Detective Quincy Carter with the Dallas Police Department insinuates himself into her life, making it impossible for her to achieve her goals.
Try as she might, she can’t shake him, and soon, the lines between hate and love start to blur.
Hollis is the friend who will do anything for those she cares about including ensuring that anyone who hurts them will feel their wrath. She wants to ensure the person responsible feels a portion of the pain she feels however a certain police officer continues to get in her way.
Quincy was intrigued by Hollis from their first meeting so when fate keeps throwing them together, he doesn’t resist. He is determined to protect her from everyone including herself and give her the family and love she deserves.
Quincy and Hollis were so right together from the humorous banter to the hot chemistry as she challenges him at every turn. When you add in the suspense and the emotional pull this is a story you won’t be able to put down.
Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
The world ended the night I was born. Coincidence? I think not.
Stuck living in the catacombs underneath what used to be NYC, I’ve managed to stay hidden… and alive… and safe… ish.
But when my guardian fails to return from a supply run, I’m forced to contemplate life on the surface.
Worse? Three warriors have infiltrated my home, insisting that I am the last gold dragon they’ve been searching for. That everything I know–everything I’ve believed–is a lie.
Tragedy changes a man. Turns a good guy into something unrecognizable. They gunned down my parents and now revenge and brutality are the only things I understand. I want blood on my hands. I want to wreak havoc on everything and everyone around me. I know I need help. I know she’s the only one capable.
April Summers
I get it. He’s much younger, too handsome, too rough around the edges. He’s part of something the town despises. He has freedom. He has all the things I don’t and I’m willing to give everything, including my marriage, to live that same life. I can help him. I know I can. Will he let me?
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