Our deal was simple. One night. Fake names. No strings attached.
Until it turns out he’s my new boss…
I couldn’t believe my luck when I got sent to a work conference in Hawaii. Living the dream after years of pulling myself up by my bootstraps.
The sand, the palm trees and the blue water were straight out a romantic fantasy.
So was the guy at the beachfront bar, let’s be honest. Blue eyes. Broad-shouldered in his business suit but with a rough-around-the-edges swagger and a filthy mouth.
We laughed and had a night of crazy passion that enlightened me in every possible way. I understood what dreams coming true might actually feel like.
And then I left without saying goodbye.
That was two months ago and I’ve mostly been able to put him out of my mind. I’ve been busy landing my dream job in New York City.
Imagine my surprise when my new boss turns out to be Mr. Dirty Talking Swagger.
He’s been thinking about me too, he says, his blue eyes dancing. He’s been searching for me since that night. And he wants to see me in his office…
Julie Capulet is an Amazon top 25 bestselling author of contemporary romance. She writes steamy love-at-first-sight romance with heart, heat and feel-good HEAs. Her stories are inspired by true love and she’s married to her own real life hero. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, walking on the beach, drinking wine and watching rom-coms. ♥
Parker S. Huntington is a stay-at-home dog mom from SoCal, where she discovered her allergy to rain. In spite of her shoddy attendance record and strong aversion to homework, she earned a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of California, Riverside and an A.L.M. in Literature from Harvard. When she’s not writing or exchanging food pics with her friends, she’s binge-watching an unhealthy amount of Netflix while curled up with her dogs.
Parker hates talking about herself and is (also) allergic to social media, but you can catch up with her in her newsletter at http://www.parkershuntington.com. Occasionally, she’ll post a TikTok video, which you can find at @parkershuntington.
Meet L.J. Shen:
L.J. Shen is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and #1 Amazon bestselling author of contemporary, new adult, and young adult romance. Her books have been translated in over twenty different countries, and she hopes to visit all of them.
She lives in Florida with her husband, three rowdy sons, and even rowdier pets. She enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows, and reading to her heart’s content. Connect with her on her website at http://www.authorljshen.com or on Instagram (@authorljshen), or join her Facebook group at http://goo.gl/QZJ0NC. Sign up for her newsletter at https://bit.ly/3LhsIrb, and text SHEN to 313131 to get new release alerts (United States only).
From Wall Street Journal bestsellers Parker S. Huntington and L.J. Shen comes a tantalizing forbidden romance between a broken Prince Charming and a disgraced Cinderella.
The task was simple. Sneak into Potomac’s most heavily guarded manor. Steal back my pendant. Slip out.
Problem number one? America’s most unattainable bachelor caught me.
Problem number two? He decided to keep me. As the help.
Zachary Sun’s winter may be the coldest I’ve ever felt, but he makes my skin burn.
Reserved, calculated, and savagely cruel, he thrives on the weaknesses of others.
Little does he know, he just met his match.
He may be American royalty. But this peasant will rise to become Queen.
And the always classic: jealous MILs who wear white.
No wedding catastrophe can faze Katie Gallagher, because when you plan for the worst, you deliver the best.
The best wedding ever.
Her company, Wedding Protectors, Inc., promises happily ever afters. Guaranteed. Whatever it takes.
But always-prepared Katie? She’s steering clear of her own HEA. Years of dating older, wealthy, alpha businessmen who treat her like an ornament has left a bad taste in her mouth.
And some bruises on her ego.
Love is her job. Not her destiny.
So when she falls for silver fox and self-made millionaire Patrick Cooper, she breaks a rule so taboo, it doesn’t technically exist:
Never fall for the bride’s father.
Enter Patrick, a widowed art dealer with salt-and-pepper charm. He can’t resist trying to share an Uber with the captivating, enticingly stubborn blonde. Their encounter? Classic enemies-to-lovers. Sparks fly, but not the good kind… at first.
Starting off on the wrong foot left a terrible impression, but when a series of coincidences pushes them together, the more time they spend with each other, the more the lines blur.
Chance favors the risk-takers, so when he takes a leap of faith and gets a passionate kiss that rocks his world, Katie opens closed doors in his heart.
On the wall behind her, taking up the entire space, was an enormous contemporary oil painting. Bold loops of black paint seemed to dance across a white ground, dominating the room. It was so dramatic, so unexpected and somehow energetic, a rush of excitement flooded her.
“It makes me want to twirl!”
“Exactly!” He reached for her free hand, lifting it and turning her so suddenly and smoothly, the graceful spin finishing with their mouths inches apart. He looked as surprised as she felt, but the most surprising thing wasn’t the spontaneous twirl, or even the fact that he’d done it.
It was the rush of pure desire that flooded her–a raw, burning, melting desire that was like nothing she’d ever felt before. And it was matched by the equally desperate desire to run out the front door, go home, pretend this “meeting” had never happened.
But she didn’t move, and neither did he. Gathering her courage, she peeked up through her blonde wisps to see him looking down at her intently. His scent filled her nose–there was a faint, spicy cologne and the starchy smell of his shirt, but mostly, it was his skin, and she wanted to press her mouth against it. A brief moment passed in silence, then he lifted her hand, touched it to his lips, and released it, taking a small step back.
“Thank you,” he said lightly. “It justifies my existence when someone understands the art. You brought my painting to life.”
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.
From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men’s room toilet (and he isn’t a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).
She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.
She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com
Katie has made a career out of ensuring that other people enjoy their special day however with her romantic past she is beginning to believe that it will ever be part of her future. This is only reinforced when the uber she has order is confiscated by a man she would normally be attracted to
Patrick doesn’t make the best first impression on the woman who is planning his daughter’s wedding which is quite unfortunate as he is very attracted to her. Every attempt he makes to show her how he feels doesn’t turn out as planned which only makes their interactions entertaining.
Patrick is quite the charmer and values Katie for the fierce woman she is. The characters draw you in, the humor will bring a smile to your and it still has all the feels.
After years of breaking my back to make it in country music, a songwriter penned me a masterpiece. We’d spent a summer getting close, but when she wanted more, I walked away to become a star.
Seven years later, I’m raising my daughter alone, and my career is tanking. I need a song to put me on top. And she needs a star to save her record label.
I’ll keep it professional for as long as I can, but one look ignites a fire I’ve only ever gotten on stage. And I’m not alone.
She writes me that song during the day, and at night I make her body sing.
But she thinks I’ll take off again and keeps her heart guarded from me. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, she’s the one for me and my daughter.
And I’ll make this my last song and give up music if it convinces her this time it’s forever…
I vowed I’d never give my heart to a man again. I learned my lesson the first time. But then Jameson “JJ” James came back into my life. When we started working together, he became a huge problem.
A scorching enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, billionaire romance from USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann …
One bed. Two stranded strangers. Three wildly passionate nights. A thousand secrets between them.
After getting trapped in a blizzard, my private jet grounded, with no hotel room available within miles, I met a woman at the bar.
Rowan.
A knockout blessed with killer curves, gorgeous emerald eyes, and a mouth that should be illegal. She triggered all the primal and possessive emotions I’d never known I had.
Not the typical Cooper Spade that the world had come to know.
What followed was a fiery, unforgettable, wildly explosive weekend of sizzling touches, passionate nights, and intense chemistry.
The rebel had finally fallen …
But when the storm cleared, I returned to LA and learned that the woman I’d just spent seventy-two carnal hours with was the enemy, and I’d loved every minute of it.
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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 sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives with her husband in Sarasota, Florida. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, boating, or devouring fabulous books. Want to get in touch?
💛Review💛 When a business trip leaves Cooper stranded in the mountains, he meets Rowan, and he meets his match both when it comes to the banter and chemistry between them. When he leaves, he doesn’t expect to see her again however he is about to find out that it is what he didn’t know about her that is going to cause the most complications.
Rowan is fierce, feisty and doesn’t back down from anyone or anything. She may have knowledge that Cooper doesn’t but her need for him overpowers everything and she expected that what they shared would end when the snowstorm did, but she is about to find out that fate had other ideas.
The chemistry between them radiates off the pages but that is only the beginning. Cooper and Rowan are each others equal in every way and even though outside forces may delay their relationship there is no denying that the only person they belong with is each other.
Why you will love this book: 💗Small Town 💗Age Gap 💗One Night Hook Up 💗Curvy Heroine 💗Grumpy Protective Hero 💗She’s His Divorce Lawyer 💗DOM/Primal Praise 💗Opposites Attact
It was supposed to be one night. New York City was a world away.
No names. No details. No having to call her in the morning.
I thought I could at least get that part right, but as always, trouble manages to find me wherever I go.
Landing back in Stoney Creek, the town I grew up in and the place I can’t escape, I never expected to run into her again.
Turns out the woman of my dreams is my new divorce attorney.
Hartley Chambers isn’t just beautiful and smart. She’s also ten years younger than me and trying to prove herself in the family business. That’s something I know all about.
Born into the Bassett Brothers Bourbon Distillery, Stoney Creek’s very own pride and joy, and the heart and soul of a small town Tennessee family business.
But now I’m faced with a dilemma. Do I fire her and be the man everyone thinks I am? Or do I let her handle everything and pretend what we did never happened?
I vowed to never give my heart away again. But that all changes when Hartley and I play a dangerous game that only we know how to play.
Getting involved with my attorney could ruin everything.
Especially since my parents are retiring and that puts me directly in the seat of CEO. A position my younger brother Gabriel has been working for his entire life.
With our family feud at breaking point and my biggest secret about to be unearthed, I find myself turning to the one woman I know I should stay away from…. Hartley Chambers, and she may just have the power to ruin me for good.
Why you will love this book… 👑Modern Royals 🔥Royal/Commoner 💕Marriage of Convenience 🔥Alpha in the Sheets – Cinnamon roll in the streets 💕He falls first 🔥No third-act break-up 💕Fake Relationship 🔥Age Gap (8 years)
A brand new modern royal romance that will sweep you off your feet! From bestselling romance author Erin Nicholas writing as Erin Nicolle!
A marriage proposal from a deliciously handsome and wickedly charming prince sounds like a fairytale.
But for a nerdy scientist with severe social anxiety, it’s a horror story.
Prince Torin O’Grady, with his mischievous blue eyes and his cocky grin, is always in the spotlight. And he needs me to inherit the crown.
But we have nothing in common. He’s a future king. And I’m perfectly happy slogging through mud in my work boots.
So why can’t I stop thinking about him?
Maybe because he won’t stop texting me. And sending me gifts. And making me feel like everything I find awkward and weird about myself is special and amazing.
And there’s also that little detail of him offering me my dream job and telling me that together we can change the world.
Well, I could probably 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 for him.
And if I have to marry him 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 to get what we both want, then fine. It’s for the greater good.
It has nothing to do with the way he kisses me. Or that dirty mouth. Or the 𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 he gives me in the bedroom.
Fine. Maybe it does. Still, it’s only a year. Then I can turn in my tiara and come back to my normal, boring, behind-the-scenes life.
But Torin is determined to turn me from reluctantly royal to royally 𝘩𝘪𝘴.
The home of the Voss brothers sits like a sentinel looking down on our small town, remaining a mystery. The four brooding billionaires rarely leave the confines of the iron gates, fueling rumors that have existed for decades.
When my father dies, all the security I’ve known is ripped away, forcing me to come face to face with the eldest brother, Asher Voss. His outward beauty is just as I’d heard—it belies a predatory nature, irresistibly drawing me in.
A bargain is made, and I have no choice but to live in the shadowy confines of his gothic manor to save my family. As time passes, it becomes harder and harder to deny our attraction.
Asher Voss might be too old for me, and he’s definitely cursed by his own demons, but an inferno of passion between us threatens to either consume or destroy us both.
MOONLIT THORNS is a dark, contemporary romance, Beauty and the Beast retelling.
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🌹Review🌹 The death of Anabelle’s father was difficult enough but find out that her family is about to lose their home is a loss she isn’t willing to take. She decides to approach the man who owns the lien against it and makes a bargain where she will stay at his estate, and she will work for him for the next year. If she succeeds the debt is forgiven and if she doesn’t, she loses her home.
Asher wants nothing to do with Anabelle or the way she makes him feel. There are so many reasons he believes they shouldn’t be together from his lifestyle to the difference in their ages, but events unfold that not only brings out the need to protect her but makes the chemistry and connection between them undeniable.
Anabelle is exactly who Asher needs in his life as she submits in certain areas but challenges him in other areas. Not only are Anabelle and Asher captivating characters but there is a great cast of secondary characters that leave us looking forward to the rest of this series. The performance of the narrators brought out the suspense, great chemistry and emotions of this story.
I glance around the room unsure of where to go next that Cooper Noah walks up to me.
Cooper. Freaking. Noah.
In all his gorgeous glory.
“Cooper Noah,” he says, and he offers a hand for me to shake. “Are you here to sing?”
I smile and nod. “I’ve been asked to do a song to open for Vail, and I’ll also be singing the national anthem.”
“Incredible. Thanks for being here to support us today.”
I pull on my professional hat—the mask I always wear in public. “I’m so pleased the team asked. I’m happy to be here to cheer for the home team.” I offer another smile, and I’m trying my hardest to appear genuine. I am being genuine, but all these hot baseball players are throwing me off my game a little.
“Are you a local?” he asks, and the small talk is actually making me feel more comfortable.
I nod. “I grew up in Henderson and still have family here, though I’m based out of Los Angeles now. And sometimes New York.” I always say I still have family here, though the truth is they’re cousins I haven’t seen in years.
“My buddy Danny is dying to meet you.”
Danny?
I giggle a little nervously.
Does he mean Danny Brewer? The man who gave me tingles just looking over at him when good ol’ Brooks here has never been able to pulse a single tiny little tingle in me…ever?
“I’d love to meet Danny.”
Cooper turns to head toward the table he got up from when I walked in, and I follow him. Danny’s focused on his card game until Cooper grunts out his last name. “Brewer.”
Danny looks up at Cooper, and then he sets his cards down and stands as his eyes move over to me.
He’s tall—I think I read somewhere that he’s six feet, four inches.
I’m five feet, five inches. He’s nearly an entire foot taller than me, though I’m in four-inch heels to give me a lift. He still towers over me, and my God is he attractive in person.
“I’d like to introduce you to Alexis Bodega,” Cooper says.
Our eyes meet for the first time, and something changes inside me.
A trance holds my eyes up to his as his hand comes up and I politely place mine there. Heat blazes between us at the place where our hands meet, and tingles race up and down my spine and around through my chest.
It’s positively electric.
And the single word that comes to mind is regret.
Regret that I chose to live my life the way I did when I was a mere sixteen years old.
Regret that I’m stuck playing a role that isn’t the one I want to play anymore.
Regret that I have to stand here and pretend like my insides aren’t quivering as I stare at this man I’ve drooled over as I watched him play for the Rockies for a number of years.
Brooks presses his hand a little more firmly into my back as if to remind me of his presence.
I haven’t forgotten. I never forget. I’m not allowed to.
And so I dredge up the skills my father paid a pretty penny for when I snagged my drama degree from New York University—the university my father urged me to attend because it has produced more Academy Award winners than any other university.
“Lovely to meet you,” I say, and my voice seems to snap the trance between us.
The heat cools as I pull my hand back from his.
“And you,” he says quietly. He doesn’t strike me as a quiet kind of guy. Nothing about his presence has ever been quiet, actually. He’s baseball’s bad boy. He’s a partier and a womanizer. He hasn’t been reduced to quiet a day in his life.
I clear my throat a little awkwardly. “Good luck today. I’m a huge fan.”
His brows shoot up in surprise. “Feeling’s mutual.”
“Brewer, you’re up,” Rush grunts from the table where the men were playing cards.
Danny shakes his head a little as he seems to snap himself out of wherever he just went. “Good luck to you out there, too.”
“Thanks,” I murmur as he sits back down.
The spell is broken, but one truth holds firm.
I’d like to see a whole lot more of Danny Brewer.
BLURB:
I wasn’t looking to change my “bad boy of baseball” reputation. At least not until my dream girl, Pop Princess Alexis Bodega, stepped foot in my clubhouse to sing for the stadium on opening day.
There’s just one problem, and it’s a big one. Her manager is also her boyfriend, and her father is her agent.
She’s kept on a tight leash with her incredibly busy schedule, and I’m at the start of a new baseball season with a new team.
It’s the worst time to explore this attraction with the wrong girl, but that doesn’t stop me from fighting my way backstage at her surprise performance in Vegas and slipping her my number.
I quickly discover that nothing is what it seems where her manager is concerned. The more I learn about America’s Sweetheart, the more I realize what the world knows of her is the carefully crafted façade of her brand…not the woman behind it all. But I’m getting to know the real Alexis, and I’m falling hard and fast for her.
Her father might be the one holding the ball, but I’m in a scoring position, and I won’t let anything stop me from getting the win.
SCORING POSITION is the first book in the VEGAS HEAT: BASES LOADED series. This series must be read in order.
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