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...

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...

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 ...

When Emily Hawthorne's world is turned upside down by her father's illness, she's forced to return to her hometown and face the past she's tried to leave behind - including her ex-boyfriend. As she steps back into her family's beloved bakery, Emily must confront the memories she's been avoiding. Just as she's getting settled, a fierce snowstorm threatens to cancel the town's annual Christmas festival, a vital event for the bakery's survival. Enter Ryan, the rugged and kind-hearted search and rescue pilot who's determined to save the festival and the town's holiday spirit. As Emily and Ryan ...

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 ...

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 serial killer picked the wrong single mom to frame for murder. My name is Celia Saber, and I need one more thing on my to-do list, like I need a hole in the head. I already work 60 hours a week and clean up life messes from my adult twin sons. Now - I'm the prime suspect in my ex-husband's murder. To clear my name - I need help from my sexy summer fling who looks like The Rock's body double. The last time I saw Flint Mendota? I acted like a brazen hussy, then ghosted him. Fun! We might get a second chance at romance during a road trip from hell. But when a serial killer has you in their ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sarah Myers has a great job! A governess for a rich wealthy Bay Area family comes with its added benefits. A car, a home in a trendy San Francisco neighborhood. Life is divine --until it truly isn’t and the cards fall apart. An unexpected affair and an insane proposal from the wealthy patriarch... and everything hits the fan. Now she is unable to tell what her role is in this mansion. She is surprised by the wealthy wife’s acceptance of her relationship with their perfect doctor husband. She confides in her best friend, a girl she has known since childhood about her love and the strange...

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.

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? ...

Goodreads Review. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is a great book! If you want spice and drama, this is definitely for you. Very good read!' 🔥 Enemies-to-lovers. Arranged marriage. Possessive alpha. Revenge plot. Collar and ring included. I was trained to be my father’s perfect weapon. Seduce, destroy. But when I’m sent to spy on Sicily’s most dangerous Don, Maximus De Luca, I never expect to become his obsession. “You belong to me now,” he growls, claiming me as his wife. A collar at my throat. A ring on my finger. I pretend to love a monster while planning his fall. But Maximus ...

Jake has spent years secretly in love with his best friend, Max. One drunken kiss back in college was the closest he ever got before Max buried the moment and moved on—without him. When Max announces his engagement to Monica, Jake is heartbroken but determined to be the best man at his wedding, even if it means watching the man he loves marry someone else. A long weekend cruise for Max’s destination wedding was supposed to be a distraction, but one night at the ship’s bar changes everything. Enter Cooper—mature, confident, and devastatingly sexy. Their chemistry is undeniable, their...

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 ...