When it's too hot in the kitchen, you risk a crash and burn. Tucker: Sexy owner of Two Fourteen. He's been a part of the Kissing Springs fabric since he returned home from war with little more than his discharge papers and his rucksack. Years later, Tucker has built his restaurant to be the talk of the county. His family is whole and close. He volunteers, helps his neighbors. He should be happy, but living in the Romance Capital of the South has its drawbacks. Every twosome coupled up for a romantic dinner reservation reminds him what's missing in his life. The one thing he never thought he...

A steamy novella that’s all about the baby making. ALICIA Taking my little brother to daddy’s work was a spur-of-the-moment decision. I never knew it would change my entire life. When his boss offers me a job and declares he wants to get me pregnant, I should run. But I don’t… CONRAD The moment I saw her with a child, I knew I needed her to have mine. She might be seventeen years my junior and the daughter of my employee, but I’ll stop at nothing to breed her. I’ll do whatever it takes to have a family with Alicia. With no protection between them are their hearts open to more ...

I will spend my thirties resolving my f**k ups, learning restraint, and saying goodbye to late-night escapades at a moment's notice, maybe. It will be the hardest decade of my life. It's as though I'm being pulled without a purpose. I don't know who I am or whether I've learned anything, at all over the past thirty years. No more living life on the edge for me, or knowingly choosing the wrong men. Although, I have three on my roster with special skill sets, organized on my phone, and assigned ringtones to make my quiet chaos manageable. I still found myself on a freight train barreling into...

It was supposed to be just one night of escape. TALIA I was searching for a way to forget, even if just for a moment. Instead, I found a connection that shook me to my core. Now I'm a twenty-eight-year-old daughter still wrestling with grief, with an unexpected miracle growing inside me. I never thought I'd see him again. I didn't even know his real name. And then I walk into that hospital... Suddenly my past and future are colliding. The man I thought was a stranger holds more of my history than I ever knew. But can we build something real from a night meant to help us forget? JONATHAN I ...

A contemporary holiday romance in a small town. When a family crisis forces Emily Hawthorne back to her small town, she's confronted with the past she's tried to outrun - including her ex-boyfriend and the memories she's been avoiding. As a fierce snowstorm threatens the town's annual Christmas festival, Emily joins forces with rugged search and rescue pilot Ryan to save the day. But as they battle the elements and revive the town's holiday spirit, they're forced to confront their own unresolved feelings. Will the magic of Christmas be enough to thaw their frozen hearts and bring them love ...

Emotional, passionate and heart-wrenching. This suspense-filled captivating romance will have you dancing in the rain and smiling through your tears. Set in tropical northern Australia, we don’t always get to choose our path. Recipient of 3 Readers’ Favourite five-star badges, here is an excerpt from a review: “How the heck do you even review a book like The Stone in the Road? It's a castle. IN A RAINFOREST. With a waterfall and lush surroundings. I'm still letting out bursts of squeals thinking about it. The bonus here is that Frances Dall'Alba knows how to tell a story. The highs ...

Love takes flight when a crash-landing beauty meets a grumpy farmer. When Sophie Dunham crash-lands her hot air balloon on Davis Pruitt’s hops farm, she vows to help him heal and keep up with chores as penance, even if her secret crush on the grumpy farmer twists her in knots. Davis can’t believe his bad luck. Sophie, the bubbly second-grade teacher with a hot-air ballooning side-hustle, crash-landed, and now she won’t leave. The attraction between them is hot enough to lift twenty balloons, but he's been down the commitment road once before. Davis’s first marriage failed, and he's ...

He’s always been there. Watching. Waiting. And now, he’s done waiting. I feel him before I see him—shadowed eyes in the dark, a presence I can’t shake. For weeks, I’ve sensed it. The weight of a stare. A whisper of danger in the night air. I told myself it was paranoia. I told myself I was imagining things. I was wrong. He’s here now. Close enough to touch. Close enough to take. "You’re coming with me," he says, leaving me no choice. No escape. I should fight. Scream. Run. But there’s nowhere to go. And the way he looks at me—like I already belong to him—terrifies me ...

Distrust is no match for desire as a proper young miss and a self-professed rogue hunt down a murderer in this thrilling Disgraced Lords novel from the USA Today bestselling author of A Kiss of Lies and A Taste of Seduction. Arend Aubury trusts no one besides his fellow Libertine Scholars. After his family escaped from France, penniless and persecuted, only the Scholars took him in. So when the stepdaughter of the villainess who has been plotting against them approaches Arend with allegations against their enemy, he suspects a double-cross. Yet Isobel is a tantalizing prize, with lips as ...

He's the grump with a shattered past. She's the sunshine determined to put him back together—if his demons don't break them both first. I don’t do smiles. I don’t do team bonding, calendar shoots, or charity events. I play hockey. I stay out of the spotlight. After what happened, I learned two things: never get close enough to get burned and trust is just another word for weakness. Then Lily Thompson storms into my life—PR sunshine wrapped in floral dresses and relentless optimism. Her job? Drag me, the resident grump, into her world of photo ops and feel-good content. Her goal? ...

On a dark road in South Carolina, a New Jersey housewife’s minivan hits a patch of sand and crashes into a tree, leaving her unconscious. When she awakens, she is surrounded by strangers thousands of miles away. Yet, she is a stranger, even to herself. Her memory is gone, and the man who claims to be her father, a famous physician, tells her she is his beloved daughter, Susan Kline. Recovering in the Beverly Hills mansion, Susan tries to trigger a memory or recognition of the people caring for her. Only to be left with the haunting feeling that she is not whom they say she is. Scars prove...

Best friends in Bali. A secret crush. One bed. Could one week change our lives forever? Dawn: I'm adrift in a sea of uncertainty, trying to figure out the woman in the mirror. All I ever wanted was a family, but my ex-husband blames me for its absence. After the divorce, I am embarking on an adventure to Bali, seeking who I’m supposed to be. But I'm not alone. My best friend, Cole Foster, insists on joining me. He's so sweet I hardly notice how hot and athletic he is. Really. We even booked separate rooms. Well, until a resort catastrophe forces us to share a bungalow. And a bed. Bali is ...

When Kat is forced to take annual leave over summer she has two simple goals. Get some vitamin D and get some vitamin D. The coastal town offers no shortage of men. Will she choose the hot single dad she's nannying for? The local lifeguard? Or ride off into the sunset on the neighbour's motorbike? Join Kat for ha sizzling summer to remember.

Saddle up and head out to the rodeo. Meet Bear Creek Cowboys, Luke Reno and Casey Jennings. These tough as nails bad boys are riding their way to the top of the PCRA circuit and melting hearts along the way. Book 1- Resisting the Cowboy Saddle bronc rider Luke Reno is taking the PRCA by storm, until he's thrown off of a horse ending up unconscious. Straight-laced doctor Daisy Blackwell avoids taking unnecessary risks, both in and out of the Bear Creek Community hospital. When Luke regains consciousness in the ER and saves Daisy from an attack by an unstable patient, she finds herself ...

From Amazon Bestselling author Michele Mannon comes a dark, steamy suspense about the CEO of an underworld organization and the girl who tests his limits of self-control. Hayden’s everything I fear. A ruthless cartel boss. A killer. A stranger to this town. Yet, I went to him for help anyway. They say wisdom comes with age. When you’re young, you do foolish things. Seeking him out—foolish. Allowing my headstrong brother to swear loyalty to him—foolish. Falling in love with him—reckless and foolish. Yet I can’t help wanting him. Now I’m under his protection, at the mercy of his...