I’m a single dad, not the prodigal son. And that gorgeous, sunny blonde? She’s just an employee.
GABE:
When Dad needs help running our family resort at Calypso Key, I can’t say no. So I bring my daughter home to raise where I grew up. Except the resort is worse off than I expected. Still, I understand business. Women… not so much. And after my divorce, I don’t believe in love.
Then I meet new divemaster April Desmond.
She was hired before I came back. I have one job—to cut costs everywhere I can. I try to deny the attraction. After all, I might have to fire her. But that sheet of golden hair. Those sky-blue eyes.
The sparks become an inferno. We’re opposites in many ways. April is the sunshine to my grumpiness. But we agree on one thing—neither of us wants a serious relationship. We make a promise to keep things casual, and it works great.
Until one of us breaks our pact…
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The older single father whose daughter I was supposed to babysit.
The man who made my days unforgettable. Until his past caught up to us.
Daniel “Danny” Delgado was a protector, a caregiver. Falling in love with him was as easy as falling in love with his daughter.
He loved with everything he had and he was willing to do whatever it took to protect his loved ones. Myself included. But some dangers couldn’t be fought off.
Between dodging his vindictive ex-wife and going to war against the drug and human trafficking cartel that was threatening us, we might’ve been unable to come out unscathed. Or even alive.
By the end of it all, we had a lot of days we couldn’t forget. Not all of them were good.
DANNY
She was too young for me.
Too free to be tied to my baggage.
She was also too enticing for me to ignore, and soon enough my daughter wasn’t the only one falling for the nanny.
Lisa “Lissie” Specter was more than a breath of fresh air. She was my balm, my peace, my partner for life. She colored my daughter’s face with the same ease she adorned my life.
I couldn’t stay away from her despite my best efforts.
But there were a lot of reasons why us being together was dangerous. My past was coming for us. My job was threatening our lives. My feelings for her were risking our future.
For better or for worse, some days were supposed to leave a mark on our lives. Meeting Lisa was one of the best days I’ve had. But the dangerous seesaw we called life had surely worked its number on us.
Because the day I watched her life drain right before me?
After his career as a Navy SEAL ended Danny now finds himself working for a Protection company. He needs help with his daughter Sophia, so he hires Lisa to be her nanny even though she is the first woman to make him feel since his divorce. The only problem is that the current case they are working on places everyone he loves in danger.
Lisa has come back to her hometown so that she can be there for her father. When she starts working for Danny there is no denying the feelings between them despite the age difference of more than a decade and the danger that it places her in.
Intrigue and romance combine as Danny and Lisa must not only deal with the emotional aftermath of the past but all the challenges in the present as well.
Meet Elle P. Golden
Elle P. Golden lives in Brazil, surrounded by books, cappuccino, and ideas.
Writer by passion and reader by vocation, she’s been collecting stories in her head since she learned how to read them.
Now she delivers contemporary romantic suspense books to anyone willing to get away from reality.
If she isn’t working, reading a romance book, or watching suspenseful or comedy shows, she’s daydreaming about the stories she plans on writing someday.
Why you will love this book… 💕Small Town 🔥Second Chance At Love 💕Single Dad 🔥Forbidden – Best Friends ‘Brother in Law’ 💕Protective Hero 🔥A+ Banter 💕Romantic Suspense 🔥Hurt/Comfort
Miles Madden and I would not have gotten together if my life had gone according to plan.
Recently single with her whole life up in the air, Emma Abate knows that getting into any kind of relationship, even if it is nothing more than a hook-up, is stupid. Especially when the man she’s hooking up with is Miles Madden, a single father who constantly makes her forget that what they have isn’t real.
Or is it?
Miles doesn’t do complicated. But it’s difficult to remember all the reasons why Emma is supposed to be off limits when she begins to fill a void in his and his daughters’ life, a void that he never realized was there, until her.
Before this ends will Miles and Emma realize they have something worth fighting for? Or will his job as a detective, the murder of two young women, and the mother of his daughter get in the way before he ever gets the chance?
She was a successful, independent woman. Smart as a whip. Funny. Cultured. Classy. But she needed to be taken down a peg. She was almost more conceited than me and I couldn’t have that.
They said he was a gentleman. Well-mannered. Polite. Gentle with the ladies. A euphemism if there ever was one. A lesser woman would say a load of crap. He was a caveman, and I was about to introduce him to the 21st century.
A Gentleman Caveman is a super steamy enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a dirty-talking alphahole used to getting his way.
Former Navy SEAL. Brooding Single Dad. Small Town Protector.
And the man determined to uncover her darkest secrets.
Scars mark my life, remnants of a past that left my teenage daughter and me in shambles. For years,
I’ve kept my distance from others while drowning in grief and regret. But Wendy Rowan, with her
two little girls and bullsh*t cover story of a cheating husband, is a temptation I’ve fought hard to
resist.
Then comes the night that changes everything.
Suddenly, there’s no more distance or denial of the truth I’ve known all along. My consuming need
to protect Wendy from the dangerous past I know she’s running from awakens something feral
within me. Without a second thought, I tie her to me with a proposal she can’t refuse.
“Marry me and I’ll keep you safe.”
What starts as a marriage of convenience quickly transcends pretense, igniting a wildfire of raw
passion and obsessive desire. But as Wendy’s hidden truths emerge and my demons resurface, a looming revelation will either cement our love forever, healing what remains of our shattered hearts…
Or it will destroy us entirely, leaving nothing but ruin in its wake.
A Note from JE:
Shattered Hearts (Knox and Wendy’s story) is a small-town, single parent, marriage of convenience romance. Includes on-page steam and a heaping dose of angst. Can be read as a standalone and does NOT end on a cliffhanger.
Gigi isn’t thinking of finding a pack. She is a beta and betas don’t care about harems and piling up on a bed like puppies, like omegas and alphas are fond of doing. And yet…
Georgiana Verity Miller – Gigi for her friends – is a beta and happy with her designation.
No, she has no dreams of waking up one day as an omega with a harem of alphas about to, well, you know… do what it takes to help increase the global population.
Alphas? Harems? Babies? Not her thing.
In fact, she knows exactly what she needs and has a masterplan to get it:
A nice beta man, preferably in accounting or sales, and maybe a nice nuclear family in the future.
It’s what her mother expects of her. What society dictates a beta should want. What Gigi herself is convinced she desires.
Then why is she suddenly attracting all the hunks of Hunkville to her doorstep?
And not only. It’s happening at the gym, too, with all those hunky gym rats.
A beta girl isn’t supposed to lust after two, or three, or wait, make that four hunks.
And most of them not even betas.
No way. That’s not happening. She’s not out to get a harem. She only needs one man and that’s final.
Too bad her body didn’t get the memo, and all those sweet men flirting with her seem determined to change her mind, too.
* This is a sweet omegaverse standalone novel with low angst, four gorgeous guys and a funny beta girl who find happiness together, accepting themselves and finding trust and love in each other. This story contains M/M, knotting, heats and ruts. Please note that this is not a shifter story, but it is set in a world where apart from gender, we have a designation as alpha, beta, omega, or more. Omegas are more submissive and are generally paired with dominant alphas. This is an oversimplification of course; I hope that in the course of the story it all becomes clear. *
You don’t get to be president of a motorcycle club like Ronan ‘Smoke’ Hale is without being able to sniff out trouble.
Tenley Quinn- a sassy, tenacious newspaper reporter has trouble oozing out of her pores.
Smoke successfully evades Tenley’s repeated requests for an exclusive interview, which might reduce his MC club’s edge and expose their trade secrets … that is until she divulges that she has a line to the club’s number one enemy. The temptation to manipulate the situation is too good to resist.
However, Smoke’s protective instincts towards her kick in when the blonde bombshell becomes tangled in a web of deception with dark enemy, Paddy Dunne, king of the Death Valley Irish.
Romance or caring for Tenley wasn’t on Smoke’s list of priorities due to his past painful loss. At least, not until Paddy recognizes she’s the key to seeking revenge on the Young Outlaws.
*This book is a MC romantic suspense, love story containing dark elements.
SMOKE is the second book of the trilogy spin off from the YOMC Florida series.
You do not have to have read the Florida series to enjoy the Nevada series.*
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.
Why you will love this book… 🏒Friends to Lovers 💙Fake Dating 🏒Revenge 💙Hockey Romance 🏒He Falls First 💙Found Family 🏒Romcom
Good boys don’t lie, fight, or steal.
Up until the moment I learned that my uncle and coach, the man I’ve looked up to my entire life, was having an affair with my best friend–the only woman I’ve ever wanted–I was a good boy. The Saint of hockey. Brooks Langfield–star goalie of the Boston Bolts and all around nice guy.
Apparently, being good is overrated because seeing Sara blindsided when she learns that the man she was dating is married makes me just angry enough to stop thinking and finally take what I want–a real shot with my best friend.
Fake dating Sara under the guise of revenge means I’m now lying to my family, fighting anyone who even looks at her the wrong way, and stealing kisses as if she’s truly mine to touch.
Now she’s the only person I want calling me a good boy and somehow I need to show her this is so much more than pucking revenge.
Author’s Note: Pucking Revenge is a laugh-out-loud romantic comedy featuring text banter from the Billionaire Langfield Brothers, a singing Boston Bolts hockey team, a cinnamon roll goalie in a friends to lovers romance with fake dating, no miscommunication, one bed, a hot tub, and quite a few ducks.
Tropes: Opposites Attract, Male Escort, Wounded Hero
Release Date: March 1, 2024
Cover Design:
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eBook – RBA Design
Honey
I was destined to marry another man when I first met Dawson.
He was charming, deadly, and everything my father hated.
And I lived by my father’s rule, which happens when he’s a king of the underworld.
That was until I managed to escape and somehow straight into the arms of the man who sells your desires for a living.
But did I have a price?
Or was he willing to share me for free?
Dawson
Innocent and breathtakingly beautiful, she was as her name described.
Honey suited her perfectly in all senses of the word—soft, sweet, and a little sticky.
My world and hers should not have mixed.
But something as sweet as honey is meant to be enjoyed.
USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark you can’t turn away. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t catch up with her in her home state of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling the world, either sitting on a beach in Bali or exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.
Australian Author, Kia Carrington-Russell is known for her recognizable style of kick a$$ heroines, fast-paced action, enemies to lovers and romance that dances from light to dark in multiple genres including Fantasy, Dark and Contemporary Romance.
Obsessed with all things coffee, food and travel, Kia is always seeking out her next adventure internationally. Now back in her home country of Australia, she takes her Cavoodle, Sia along morning walks on beautiful coastline beaches, building worlds in the sea breezes and contemplating which deliciously haunting story to write next.
We had a plan. Move into my great aunt’s old house and raise our kids together. Just four best friends, doing their best to stay afloat.
But then three of them had to go and fall in love.
Now my crumbling brownstone is filled with loving couples, leaving me in the cold.
And the pressure is on to finish fixing things up.
But just when I’ve given up hope, a contractor shows up at my door, tape measure at the ready to make my home renovation dreams come true.
But there’s a catch. He’s overbearing, bossy, and infuriatingly handsome.
Our personalities immediately clash and for once, the faulty wiring isn’t the cause of all the sparks. Despite my best attempts to get rid of him, he persists, fixing things and winning over my roommates, and eventually my kids.
And when a burst pipe results in a hot and heavy make-out session, I’m left wondering if my man-hating days might be behind me.
Because he’s not just renovating my home, but fixing all the cracks in my jaded heart.
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After the experiences that Cordelia has had with men that is not a mistake she plans to repeat. Instead, she is focused on her legal career and her precocious twin daughters determined to remain single even if her friends have found love. The last thing she expected was that the man hired to repair the house might just repair her heart as well.
Enzo knows that the expectations with the job to renovate the home is a major undertaking that he isn’t certain he should accept. The only problem is that once he meets Delia and her daughters, he is willing to do whatever is necessary to show them that he is the one man they can count on when it comes to both the house and their hearts.
It takes a special man to handle not only the mayhem that comes with Delia and her daughters but with the extended family as well. He isn’t deterred by the reservations that she and her daughters have when it comes to him and seamlessly becomes part of the crew like he has always been there.
Meet Daphne Elliot
In High School, Daphne Elliot was voted “most likely to become a romance novelist.” After spending the last decade as a corporate lawyer, she has finally embraced her destiny. Her small town steamy novels are filled with flirty banter, sexy hijinks, and lots and lots of heart.
Daphne is a coffee-drinking, hot-sauce loving introvert who spends all her free time in her garden. She lives on a small farm in New England with her husband, two kids, two dogs, twelve backyard chickens and a hive of Italian honeybees.
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shouldn’t have agreed to this. What was I thinking? Appearing on a local news show? Just because something happened to me? I live mostly in isolation on purpose.
But here I am. I was so nervous that I needed the make-up chair, twice. And then I walked past his room.
He’s a giant—no softness, all muscle. And a rich beard that made me want to rub myself all over it. He made me see stars, literally because the second time I saw him, I tripped. Or I would’ve, but he caught me, and the cameras were rolling. Soon, that clip will be trending because he wasn’t just another guest on the show.
He’s Brett Broudou, the Kings’ newest football star. We couldn’t be more opposite. The only special thing about me is the reason I was on the show. Brett, the Super Bowl champion, and me, the survivor who helped bring down the infamous Midwest Butcher.
Brett might not think he’s anyone’s hero, but he’s about to become mine.
Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing after college and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Fallen Crest series, Ryan’s Bed, Enemies and others. She is currently writing many new books and series with an English Cocker she adores.
🏈Review🏈 One week changed the course of Billie’s life as not only did she survive a devastating event but a few days later events unfolded that left her alone in the world. She was taken in by two wonderful people who were there for her as she tried to recover, and their support was unwavering. She does not allow many people close but from a chance meeting with Brett she knows he is different.
Brett has a difficult past of his own but playing football professionally was his lifeline. He meets Billie when they are both scheduled to be interviewed on the same show and from the moment, he rescued her he knew that he would never let her go.
Between Billie’s past and Brett’s family drama their relationship had its challenges but despite everything they had to face, both from the past and in the present, the one aspect that was never questioned is that they belong together. The portrayal by the narrators had you experiencing what the characters were feeling whether it was the intense chemistry between them, the emotions or the suspense.
Mackenzy Fox is an author of contemporary and steamy themed romance novels. When she’s not writing she loves vegan cooking, walking her beloved pooch’s, reading books and is an expert on online shopping.
She’s slightly obsessed with drinking tea, testing bubbly Moscato, watching home decorating shows and has a black belt in origami. She strives to live a quiet and introverted life in Western Australia’s North West with her hubby, twin sister and her dogs.
Meet Dakotah Fox:
Dakotah Fox is a new author of contemporary and small-town romance. She enjoys walking and hiking with her pups, finding new tea haunts, and is a qualified yoga instructor.
When she’s not writing she enjoys finding a good book to curl up with, loves watching Beauty and the Geek and is the Queen of planning. You can find her living a quiet, fulfilled life in Western Australia’s Northwest with her beloved doggies.
An age gap, small town romance with a curvy heroine and a grumpy protective hero from dynamo writing twins Mackenzy Fox and Dakotah Fox…
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.
You don’t want to miss this brand new series centred around the 5 Bassett siblings.
Each sibling (4 brothers and 1 sister) will have their own books, releasing in 2024.
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.
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