He tried to break me. He doesn’t know you can’t break what’s already shattered.
I was nothing more than a pawn in my father’s twisted games—until Lachlan O’Donnell claimed me as his wife. He gave me one night of passion before stripping me of my dignity, my pride, and my self-respect.
But he wasn’t the only one who wanted vengeance, and when he carelessly gave me the opportunity, I took everything I wanted—including my power—and used his own weapon against him.
And then I went after everyone else who dared hurt an innocent person.
Lachlan says he regrets what he did to me. He vows to make things right—no matter what it takes.
I don’t trust him, and I can’t ever let myself forgive him—especially not when I still crave his touch.
When I’m offered a chance to join forces with him and execute the man who killed his brother, I reluctantly agree. Too many lives are at stake, and I can’t afford to let my feelings get in the way of taking down a monster.
Lachlan has other plans. With every kiss, every loving word, and every sweet promise I can’t help but believe, I fall deeper under his spell, despite the danger to my heart.
Can I forgive the man who tried to break me? Or will the past always hold us captive?
Everyone’s always said I’m a troublemaker. So it’s not exactly shocking when I fall for my boss, his boss… and the guy I put a curse on in high school.
This summer, I’m working as a paralegal at a fancy law firm, trying to keep my head down.
Then Evan—charming, ambitious, definitely too-hot-to-be-a-lawyer—asks me to be his fake girlfriend to help him make partner. I say yes. Obviously.
I also meet Christopher: senior partner, older, bossy, and practically married to his tailored suits. Turns out he has a soft spot for brats… and for sharing women—with Evan.
Things are getting very interesting.
And then Tucker walks in.
My high school nemesis. The guy I cursed out (and cursed for real) during my goth phase. He’s back—and now a ripped, repentant construction foreman who wants to make peace. And maybe more.
I don’t stand a chance. These three men are charming, dominant, and ridiculously into me. They’re breaking down my walls one steamy encounter at a time.
This summer fling is supposed to end in July. I’m supposed to leave, keep my heart locked down, and not fall in love with three men who are completely, totally, inappropriately perfect for me.
Oops.
Three Bossy Boyfriends is a standalone MMFM why choose rom-com full of chaos, curses, and chemistry. Expect fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, workplace hijinks, and enough steam to melt your Kindle.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 (𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑫𝒖𝒆𝒕 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 3) by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover available in her store! The book will be released on all retailers on September 18th. Check out this teaser!
She has money, power, influence, and a family that loves and supports her no matter how impulsive or improper her choices. Winnie has longed to step out of the shadow cast by the Halliday name, but even gilded cages are hard to break. After several years chasing the one who got away, her childhood crush turned infamous footballer, Kyser Kent, Winnie’s about to return home. It’s time for her to take on the role she was born to play: the first female CEO of her family’s multi-billion-dollar business. It’s a massive challenge, but nowhere near as difficult as explaining to Ky and the relentless press that the reason she wasn’t alone upon her return could be traced back to a heated one-night stand in Portugal—an encounter her now downtrodden fling can hardly recall.
Kyser Kent is the world’s biggest loser…
He has no money, no friends, and a reputation tarnished beyond repair. His dream career of playing professional football overseas was sidelined by bad luck and some seriously questionable decisions. From the moment he returned home, the familiar cage of poverty and disgrace trapped him behind familiar rust-covered bars he longed to escape. The thought of starting over makes him want to give up before he even begins digging himself out of suffocating debt and overwhelming disappointment.
Winnie saved Ky from himself when he hit rock bottom once before. Little did he know that night would tie him to the heiress for a lifetime and give him an undeniable reason to fight for himself—and for the family he never thought he’d have.
This is a spinoff of The Monsters Duet. Mental health and mental heath disorders, suicide, domestic violence and loss of a child.
In the storm of life, some passions can’t be tamed.
Mila has spent her life working on Stormy Weather Farm, alongside her fiercely loyal, slightly eccentric family. The Storms believe in hard work, the importance of tradition, and—most of all—love at first touch. It’s a family legend, passed down like a vintage bottle of truth: when you touch the one meant for you, you’ll just know.
Mila always thought it was just a romantic notion… until Boone.
A rugged, brooding single father with a past that still smolders, Boone has one priority: giving his twelve-year-old daughter a stable, quiet life. Love? He’s been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. Or so he thinks…until Mila.
She’s all sunshine and cinnamon, and she makes Boone ache with cravings he thought were long dead. Every time she blushes, every time she touches him by accident, the tension coils tighter.
Soon, late-night harvests turn into stolen glances, and shared glasses of wine become heated whispers in the dark. But love is risky business, and Boone’s heart isn’t the only thing on the line—his daughter’s trust, and Mila’s future, hang in the balance.
I need a husband. Jensen needs a business makeover. A marriage of convenience should solve both our problems.
Moving back to Coal Haven should have been simple—start my tutoring business, settle into the historic house my grandmother left me, and move on from my past. But there’s a catch: I can’t claim the house unless I’m married.
Jensen Hollis. My childhood rival. The guy I spent years trying to outdo. The one who married our mutual friend while I watched from the sidelines. Now he’s divorced, a single dad, and—somehow—my only option.
It’s a perfect arrangement. A temporary marriage. One year with no feelings involved. At least, that was the plan… until playing house starts to feel a little too real.
Matteo “Lucky” Branson has it all—an elite hockey career, a massive fanbase, and the kind of charm that trends effortlessly on TikTok. As the fun-loving left winger for the Pittsburgh Titans, he’s built a brand on superstition and swagger. But when a viral dating challenge puts him opposite a woman who couldn’t care less about his fame, Lucky’s about to learn the hard way that some games don’t follow the playbook.
They call me Lucky for a reason. My grandmother swears I was cursed at birth—yet somehow, I’ve been kissed by fate every day since. I’ve got my rabbit’s foot, a shamrock tattoo, and quirky rituals by the dozen—and it’s all worked so far. Life’s been smooth. Hockey, clout, fun… I’m skating through.
Until I meet Winifred Shaw. Winnie. She’s smart, bold, and laugh-out-loud funny, with a TikTok following that rivals mine and a dating challenge that’s going viral. The premise? Thirty days of dating to prove an average woman can still land a decent guy. I’m the first to accept the challenge—one night, one chance, and then she moves on. But the moment she rolls her eyes at me, I’m hooked.
She thinks I’m just another overhyped athlete with a pretty face and a lucky streak. But I see her—confident, curvy, electric—and I don’t just want a second date. I want every single one after that.
I’ve always trusted luck to get me where I need to be. But this time? I’m ready to fight for it.
In New Orleans, I’m known as the fun and laid-back LeBlanc brother. The Rebel CEO.
I’m successful and determined, but I don’t play by the rules. Heck, I don’t even have rules except one. I never ever get involved with my assistants. After a very bad experience years ago, I know better than to mix business and pleasure.
I’ve had no problems sticking to my rule until I hired Daisy.
When I first meet her, I have no idea she’s my new temp assistant. I just set eyes on this gorgeous woman at my favorite coffee shop, and do what I do best: flirt with her like there’s no tomorrow. When I realize my mistake, I change the tune. I’m cold and distant but my plan is not working. Not one bit.
Whenever she steps into my office, all I think about is bending her over my desk. When she gives me sass, all I want is to cover her mouth with mine until she begs for more. Daisy is fun and unlike anyone I’ve met, and I gravitate toward her whether I want it or not.
When she suddenly gets a call from home that her family needs help, I immediately take over. All lines blur, but one thing I know for sure, I won’t let Daisy go. I just have to convince her that I’m the one.
Until the fiery redheaded flight attendant with emerald eyes falls into my lap.
The spark between us is instant. And from the moment her body crashes into mine, I know I need more than just a few hours in the sky with her.
The next time our paths cross, she tells me she’s headed out of the country, and I don’t hesitate to make sure I’m on her flight.
Our time together is filled with a passion I didn’t know existed. And for a moment, I allow myself to imagine what it would be like if our temporary arrangement turned into forever.
Until a call in the middle of the night pulls me back to reality, reminding me that with the enemies I have, letting her get too close would make her my greatest weakness—one I can’t afford.
Four years later, fate intervenes. Because she’s back, serving drinks on my private flight, and she’s apparently been keeping secrets.
With one phone call, I learn she’s been raising my son while pretending I don’t exist.
Now, with my enemies closing in and our secret out, they’re both in danger, and I’m done playing this game her way.
She might not trust me, but I’ll stop at nothing to keep them safe—even if I have to drag her kicking and screaming into my world.
I’m a soldier looking for a second chance. She’s the woman whose heart I broke. My final mission—win back my cupcake.
Four years ago, I faced an impossible choice. I left the mountain, my MC, and Sydney, the woman I loved.
Now I’m back as security for the brewery where she works, and the tension is thick between us. Someone’s siphoning beer in the dead of night, the security cameras aren’t working, and every clipped order she barks makes me want to pin her against a fermenter and remind her who we were.
Protecting the brew is the job. Winning back my cupcake? That’s a mission I refuse to lose.
Wild Return is a steamy, forced proximity romance between an ex-military biker and the curvy girl he must convince to give him a second chance.
Sydney was a planning a future with Viking however not only did he decide to re-enlist in the military, but he ended their relationship as well. In the four years since she has focused on her career in the brewery only to have him return looking for a second chance.
Viking believed that he needed to re-enlist and that the best thing he could do for Sydney was to end their relationship. He soon realizes that is the biggest mistake he could have made, and he has spent the last four years working towards coming back to Sydney. Now he is going to show her with everything he does and says that she can count on him to always be there for her.
Viking has a difficult past which impacts the decisions he makes but his love for Sydney was never in doubt, and he understands her reluctance. This is a heartwarming story about healing and love that was always meant to be.
My life has been filled with disappointments, sadness, and pain.
I’m hated by everyone besides my best friend. Until the captain of the hockey team falls on top of me. His eyes are as blue as the ice he plays on, and his smile fills me with warmth I’ve never felt before.
Shane Hawkins.
The man everyone’s friends with, now has me in his sights and he’s not showing any signs of letting me go. Even through my anxiety and messed up mind, he’s still there.
And I don’t understand why.
But it doesn’t matter. Everyone leaves me when the monsters in my head become too loud.
Shane
When I started at Gannon University, my main goal was to focus on hockey and be drafted into the NHL.
But that all changed the day I collided with the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen. His golden-brown eyes held such sadness and pain that I couldn’t rest until I saw him again.
Charlie Alexander.
The gifted artist with a mind full of demons and a secret I want to uncover.
He tries to hide them from me, but I see him. His struggle ignites my instinct to protect him.
When he returns from a trip home, broken and bloody, I do everything I can to show him the goodness in life.
Kennedy lives in Dallas with her husband, son, and 80lb Goldendoodle who still believes he’s a lap dog. A bookworm at heart, Kennedy loves to snuggle up in bed or by the campfire with an unputdownable book. She began writing two years ago with Falling for the Chance and has no plans of stopping. Her novels are witty, action-packed, and offer enough steam for a great facial. If you like strong heroines and sexy, tattooed men who can’t keep their hands off them, then this author is the one for you.
I should’ve stayed away from the two men who make me want to love again.
I came to Anchor Bay running from the grief drowning me alive, never expecting to meet Liam, the over protective cowboy, who makes me open to love again. He’s two decades older, bossy about my bad eating habits, and way out of my league. Before I work up the courage to give us a chance, a tatted bad boy from my past and his lovable dog saunter into my vet clinic, determined to relight the spark between us from high school.
The two men are strangers, and both make it known that they want me. Can I have my dominant cowboy and childhood best friend, or will they make me choose?
Between the unnerving calls and threatening texts, someone out there doesn’t want me to be happy with the two men who make me scream their names.
With the danger haunting me and the threat lurking around Anchor Bay, we’re all on edge, ready for anything.
Or so we thought.
Claiming Ours is the second book in the Anchor Bay series. Each book in the series can be read as a standalone (each book will have an HEA for the main throuple), however the mystery/case will continue through the full series and conclude in book 5. Please note this book does include two males and one female who will not have to choose between them.
🔥Review🔥 After a devastating loss Baylee is trying to move forward with her life, and she has found a place to call home in Anchor Bay. Liam is part of those who are helping her heal however due to her past she is cautious about exploring anything further and that is further complicated when Memphis, a man from her past, comes to town wanting to be with her as well.
Liam is a man with a military background who has wanted to be with Baylee since there first meeting, but he knows he needs to be understanding until she is ready as well. Memphis wants to be with Baylee as well but certain events from their past still cast a shadow over their relationship.
Baylee, Liam and Memphis find themselves needing to make peace with past, as well as a relationship containing three partners and the intriguing suspense part of the story that brings out the protective instincts of both Liam and Memphis.
Torin “Nitro” Addis never lost control…until a rookie rider blew past his recruits and pulled off her helmet.
Jana Jennings wanted a place in the underground circuit, not a distraction. Getting tangled up with a possessive biker was the last thing she needed, but every clash with Nitro only burned hotter.
Jana’s secrets could destroy everything, and someone in the shadows wants her gone. But Nitro doesn’t back down from a fight. Especially not when the prize is the woman he’s already claimed as his.
From the moment that Nitro met the racer who easily won against the riders he was smitten. He knows that she has secrets, but he is also willing to give her time to show she can trust him as now that she has come crashing into his life there is no way he is going to let her walk out of it.
All Jada wants to do is distance herself from her past and prove her skills as a racer. She doesn’t need to get involved with anyone and that also includes Nitro, a member of the Redline Kings MC but when the sparks fly she is about to find out that there is nothing he won’t do to protect her and claim her as his own.
A little intrigue, great chemistry and a sassy and independent woman who has met her match in Nitro.
When fate (and a mouse) reunite a charming cougar shifter with his sexy Las Vegas hook up can they make what was a one time thing into something much more permanent?
~Mallory
No names, no details, no future. It was just a hook up one night in a Vegas nightclub. Who could blame me? The guy at the bar was just what I needed to scratch the itch a long romantic dry spell left me with. It did the trick and what happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas…
Until a mouse went nowhere a rodent should go and reunited us six months later. Any thoughts of picking up where we left off vanished when I discover he’s a VP in the company I work for. I’ve worked too hard on my career to tarnish my reputation and risk my family’s respect with a fling that will have people thinking I’m sleeping my way through executive team. The past is going to have to remain just that because there can be no future.
~Liam
Once I felt the curvy auburn-haired beauty against me and knew how sweet her kisses were I knew I wanted more. But she rushed away like a sexy Cinderella leaving me alone in the dark corner of a noisy nightclub with only her blue lace panties to remember her by.
I couldn’t believe my luck to have finally found her here in my hometown. However, my luck runs out when she refuses to date me because of my position in our company. Little does she know I have plans that will remove that barrier and change both of our futures.
Can I convince her to trust fate—and me—and give us a chance?
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Ever since my twin sister was murdered and I blamed my best friend, my life has been nothing but an epic downward spiral.
Once a swimmer for the most prestigious West Coast college, I never in a million years thought I’d end up here.
Abandoned. Locked up. Alone.
In a moment of weakness, I call the guy who was more of a brother to me than anything, the guy I betrayed.
Shockingly, he flies cross country to bail me out. But he isn’t alone.
In tow is his new swim coach—a whistle-blowing tyrant who makes me crave pushing every button he’s ever had and tossing his list of rules into the bottom of his coveted pool.
But I can’t because now he’s my coach too.
It’s Coach Resch and the team who hates me or a four-by-four cell.
So off to Westbrook I go to serve my sentence like the good boy I’ll never be.
Coach thinks he can handle me, but he’s never met my particular brand of wild.
Fake marry the smokin’ hot NFL quarterback who dumped me in high school? Hard pass.
…Or it would be, if my Hollywood disaster of an ex-fiancé wasn’t trying to destroy my career—and bankrupt me in the process.
Cue Presley Lowe.
Big-time quarterback. Bigger ego. Even bigger… contract.
The boy who shattered my heart, then dared to somehow get even hotter with age.
💍 He says a fake marriage will solve both our problems.
I say he’s lost his mind.
But I’m broke, backed into a corner, and out of options.
So now I’m wearing Presley’s ring, taking couple-selfies, and sleeping one wall away from the man who gave me my first heartbreak—and my last good kiss.
I pretend not to notice when he walks around shirtless.
He pretends he doesn’t remember exactly how I like to be kissed.
We’re both lying.
But it’s all temporary. Totally fake.
Right?
So why does every look he gives me scream mine?
And why am I starting to feel like there’s nothing I wouldn’t give to keep hearing him say, my wife?
What happens when your fake husband is also the boy you never got over?
🏈 Faking the Pass is a fun and flirty small town sports romcom ideal for fans of feel-good romance with big banter, steamy tension, irresistible ex-boyfriends, and marriage of convenience forced-proximity fun with emotional depth and just the right amount of heat. It will appeal to readers of romantic comedy by Pippa Grant, Lucy Score, Megan Quinn, Melanie Harlow, Lauren Blakely, and Abby Jimenez.
💕The perfect next read for you if you love these tropes:
Rosie thought she had her future all mapped out until her wedding day took a turn she never saw coming. Now she is trying to distance herself from the man who is determined to get payback, and she is forced to accept help from the man she had feelings for when they were in high school until he ended their relationship.
Presley is a professional quarterback who believed he made the best decision for both he and Rosie when they were teenagers. Seeing her again, having her live in his house and pretending they are together is reigniting the feelings between them that they both still have and wondering if this might finally be their time.
Although their reunion began as a way to protect Rosie the feelings between them were never in doubt even as they tried to deny them. A little drama, an enchanting romance and two people who have always belonged together.
AUTHOR BIO
Award-winning romance author Tru Taylor writes small town romance that’s hot and sunny and a little bit funny.
She runs on Coke Zero and dark chocolate, lives for lunches with her girlfriends, and drives to the town beach several times a week to watch the sun set over the water.
She loves LOVE and will attempt to turn any show or movie she’s watching into a romance whether it is one or not. Star Wars? A romance. Lord of the Rings? Clearly a romance. The Expendables? Okay, well not even Tru can redeem that one.
When she’s not writing, Tru enjoys watching movies and reading books with happy endings, spending time with her husband and two kids, and sneaking Hershey’s Kisses from the top shelf of the freezer throughout the day.
Tru is the author of the Eastport Bay small town rom com series and loves living in a small New England town where she’s surrounded every day by the beautiful coastal setting you see brought to life in her books.
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