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Her Irish Boss
Palmer Jones
Brogan O'Keeley runs his family's restaurant with military precision and an iron rule: never mix business with pleasure. So when he can't stop noticing Selena—the disorganized, hardworking waitress who somehow makes his carefully ordered world feel alive—he does what he does best: doubles down on control. But when a developer threatens to demolish everything they've built, Brogan and Selena are forced into closer quarters than either of them can handle. Filled with witty banter, simmering tension, and the kind of slow-burn chemistry that makes you believe in second chances, Her Irish Boss is an escape into workplace romance that proves the best things in life are worth breaking your own rules for.
Contemporary
Mistletoe Messages
K.C. Mitchell
Sometimes the best gifts aren’t wrapped—they’re written. Caya Blaine knows how to show up for everyone else. Making time for her own dreams? That usually comes last. This Christmas, she’s finally investing in herself—and hiring a British editor to help finish the novel she’s almost stopped believing in. Jude Wintersley is blunt, brilliant, and an ocean away. He’s supposed to help her find the story buried in her manuscript. Instead, he sees the woman who keeps apologizing for wanting more—and gives her every reason to stop. Through late-night messages, teasing disagreements, and conversations neither wants to end, professional boundaries give way to something neither expected. For once, Caya has someone who listens. Someone who takes her dreams seriously. Someone she doesn’t have to make herself smaller to keep. But falling for the man on her screen means risking more than an unfinished manuscript. With Christmas approaching, can she trust that the love growing between them will feel just as extraordinary when there’s no ocean left to hide behind? Set between coastal South Carolina and London, Mistletoe Messages is a heartfelt Christmas romance about being seen, choosing yourself, and finding someone who chooses you, too.
Clean & Wholesome
Under His Rules
Rogue London
A possessive Daddy-Dom romantic suspense about Maddie, an innocent young woman who collapses inside Langden’s club and unexpectedly finds herself under the protection of a powerful man who believes rules, control, and keeping her safe are non-negotiable.
Contemporary
The Billionaire's Political Ploy
Chloe Horne
I slept with my uncle’s political enemy. Now the billionaire strategist running his rival’s campaign might destroy us both. Daniel Fox is the last man I should want. He’s brilliant, infuriating, and apparently willing to rearrange an entire campaign schedule just to keep crossing my path. First come the suspiciously convenient hotels. Then stolen dinners, late-night calls, and one reckless night when rival campaigns stop mattering behind my locked door. Somewhere between watching him remember the people politics forgets, escaping with him for breakfast where no reporters can find us, and discovering the lonely man beneath Fox the Fixer, I stop pretending this is temporary. I fall for him. Hard. Then someone inside my department uses my credentials to launch a vicious attack against Daniel’s candidate. Every trail points straight to me. Daniel knows me well enough to know I didn’t do it. But defending me could cost him his client, his billion-dollar empire, and the reputation he built his life around. Now he has to choose between protecting Policy Makers and his empire - or the bigger choice - me. The Billionaire’s Political Ploy is a standalone contemporary billionaire romance featuring an off-limits attraction, rival campaigns, a secret relationship, he-falls-first obsession, a silver fox billionaire strategist, a smart and independent curvy heroine, stolen nights and secret rendezvous, high-stakes careers, witty banter, emotional vulnerability, trust and betrayal, steamy chemistry, impossible choices, and a swoon-worthy happily ever after (HEA).
Billionaires
Pucking the Hockey Captain
Zoey King
I should’ve known sleeping with my best friend’s little sister would ruin me. I’m the captain of the Toronto Titans, sidelined by a shattered knee and desperate to disappear somewhere quiet enough to put myself back together. Then Hazel Sampson crashes back into my life. She’s the Arizona designer I hire to build my private recovery retreat. She’s also the hellcat I never got over, the one woman I’m not supposed to want, and the only person who sees how scared I am to lose the game that made me. When a publicity disaster threatens my future with the Titans, Hazel agrees to one reckless solution. A fake engagement. Just for the cameras. Just until I’m healed. Just until I go back to Toronto. But somewhere between brutal rehab sessions, stolen nights in my bed, and the foundation we start dreaming up for injured athletes like me, fake starts feeling dangerously real. Hazel has a life in Arizona. My team wants me back on the ice. And chasing one last shot at glory may cost me the woman I was never supposed to want, but can’t imagine leaving behind. A Stand-Alone Steamy Hockey Romance with a satisfying Happily Ever After! ⭐Forced Proximity ⭐He Falls First ⭐Fake Engagement ⭐Brother's Best Friend ⭐Forbidden Romance ⭐Steamy One Night Stand
Contemporary
Expecting the Billionaire's Baby
Bailey Rose
My hottest one-night stand now works for me. And she’s pregnant with my baby. She thought I was the hotel’s older bartender. She made the rules. No names. No numbers. Just one unforgettable, filthy night. She disappears before sunrise. I spend weeks trying to find her. Then I walk into my hotel and there she is. My newest employee. My company doesn’t allow relationships between employees. Zero tolerance. She signed it on her first day. I wrote the damn rule. But staying away from Chloe is the one rule I can’t seem to follow. Somewhere between pulling her into my bed and waking up with her legs wrapped around me, something I never meant to give becomes hers. My heart. Then I discover Chloe’s pregnant from our no-name night. We have a secret now, and it won’t stay hidden forever. My president wants me gone and suspects the truth. He’s setting us up to expose ourselves. The empire I built is suddenly at risk. But so is the family I never knew I wanted. A standalone steamy billionaire romance with a guaranteed happily ever after. ★ Secret Pregnancy ★ Age Gap ★ He falls first ★ Workplace Romance ★ Forced Proximity ★ One Night Stand:
Contemporary
Jillian's Island
Kimberly Webb
JILLIAN'S ISLAND Book 1 of The Castaways series Every paradise has a predator. A shipwreck. Seven castaways. A disaster that was no accident. Days after meeting Dr. Carter Buckley, Jillian is certain she's found someone worth holding on to. Then their luxury cruise ends in catastrophe, leaving seven strangers stranded on a remote Bahamian island with little hope of rescue—and no choice but to depend on one another. As the castaways fight to survive, strange discoveries reveal an unsettling truth: the shipwreck wasn't an accident. Someone wanted the cruise to end in tragedy, and the deeper Jillian and Carter dig, the clearer it becomes that the people responsible will do anything to keep the truth buried.
Romantic Suspense
Till the Tide
K.C. Mitchell
Some love stories aren’t about finding someone else—they’re about finding yourself. Four years after losing her husband, Mia Montgomery is surviving, not living. A tropical escape brings her face-to-face with Greyson Williams. Their first meeting is awkward—Mia mistakes him for a server. When she learns he owns the resort, she’s mortified. Greyson, tired of shallow connections, is drawn to her. What begins as an uneasy encounter turns into something deeper. Greyson awakens a side of Mia she’s never known, while she challenges him to risk something real. But chemistry isn’t enough. Grief, fear, and their differences threaten to end everything before it begins. Till the Tide is a story of healing, courage, and two wounded hearts discovering that sometimes the tide doesn’t pull you under—it carries you back to life.
Contemporary
The Last Defense
K.C. Mitchell
A reckless cowboy. A woman who refuses to be impressed. An enemy patiently waiting in the shadows. Corbin “Blaze” Lucas has always thrived on danger. With his cocky grin and take-no-prisoners attitude, he’s never met a risk he couldn’t handle. Until the danger—one he never could have imagined—starts following him home. What begins as pranks quickly turns deadly as the threats escalate. For the first time, Corbin realizes he may not be able to outmaneuver the enemy. Forced into hiding at a safehouse ranch, Corbin clashes with owner Raleigh Whitaker—a sharp-tongued psychologist who refuses to be charmed by his swagger or fooled by his defenses. She sees the man beneath the mask… and she’s not letting him hide behind his charm. But as tension ignites into something deeper, the danger finds them. Because the enemy hunting Corbin isn’t stopping. And when the truth finally comes to light, it won’t just destroy his defenses…It will unravel everything he thought he knew about himself.
Romantic Suspense
Too Late to Be Good
Harper Reynolds
A bourbon heiress. A reclusive mountain man. One brutal winter storm with no escape. Evie Ward runs to the mountains to escape the wreckage of her life. Instead, she ends up stranded in a remote lodge with Ryder Hale, a guarded ex-soldier with too many ghosts and no interest in letting anyone close. The storm traps them. The cold closes in. And the only thing more dangerous than the mountain is the way he looks at her. Ryder knows better than to want her. He’s built his life on distance, control, and never needing anyone. But Evie doesn’t scare easy. She sees past the walls he’s spent years hiding behind, and the longer they’re trapped together, the harder it is for him to pretend she doesn’t matter. Then the mountain lets them go. And reality comes crashing in. Because Evie’s past isn’t done with her. And Ryder Hale survived war, isolation, and the mountain. Evie Ward might be the one thing that finally ruins him. Tropes: Forced Proximity • Grumpy Sunshine • Age Gap • Wounded Hero • Runaway Heiress • Found Family Heat: Spicy Ending: Guaranteed HEA Uncover the fight for a love he’s sure he doesn’t deserve and she refuses to live without.
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