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I Like You, I Love Her

About I Like You, I Love Her

Severin

It feels like I’ve been in love with Bryan Winthrop my entire life.
Before he kissed me in front of the entire school.
As he danced with her the night of our senior prom.
After his younger brother, Ben, made me smile through my tears.

“It’ll never work with him. He will never leave her…”

It’s been more than ten years since I let myself fall
for the boy whose heart wasn’t mine.
And the Prom King’s lips are finally mine to kiss.

“When I came back here I wasn’t expecting to see you,
and when I did, I felt this tumble…”

But he’s still keeping me in the shadows.
As his younger brother breaks me open in the day.

Ben

You shouldn’t covet whom your brother desires.
Our pastor father would say he taught me better than that.
But I knew over ten years ago my brother didn’t deserve her.
And nothing’s changed since she came back into both our lives.

“You think what you felt for my brother back then was love,
but what I felt can’t be the same?”

I’m still the one who makes her laugh—
the one who challenges her.
And he’s still the one treating her like a dirty little secret.

“You really are a watercolor, Severin Thompson. I can read you…”

You shouldn’t covet whom your brother desires.
This summer, I’ll remind him of that.

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Wrong Number

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All bad decisions are born out of one key moment.

A moment, thoughtless or not, where you choose wrong over right. Evil over good. You roll the dice and brace for the consequences, and that’s exactly what Jolie and Carson did the day they met by mistake.

One wrong number, one simple conversation over text, and their lives as they knew it were gone.

Jolie, a miserable housewife who clings to the bottle just to get by, and Carson, a doctor who’s stitched together the perfect facade to hide his failed marriage from his children and colleagues.

Loneliness consumes them both, and when they find an unlikely friend at the end of a stranger’s phone number, they cling to whatever connection they can get. Neither intended to cross any lines, but then again, good people rarely intend to do bad things.

For Jolie and Carson, their key moment was fast and not at all easy.

And the consequences might be even worse.

Wrong Number is a slow burn, forbidden love, age gap romance with high angst and some steamy scenes. Despite how hard you have to work to get there, HEA is guaranteed!

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For Love and Italian

About For Love and Italian

An education in amore? Yes please, professore!
Undergrad Bridget is no stranger to romantic advances from men. But when she meets Owen, an instant friendship forms, even though Owen happens to be Bridget’s Italian teacher. Neither of them intends to cross that line, but once they do, they can’t deny the passion and chemistry between them. Aware that their tryst is taboo, they keep their relationship clandestine. But like all juicy secrets, this one doesn’t stay hidden for long. And once it’s out, Owen and Bridget must decide what they’re willing to risk in the name of love.

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Long After Dark

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She beat the odds. The odds beat him.
Augustina “Gus” Matheson had spent her life proving that she could hold her own. Hell, she survived a crazed stalker and had the scars to prove it. But with her business on the verge of collapse, she considers giving up until Quin Quincy walks into her life.
Peter “Quin” Quincy had it all—a successful career, influential friends, and a bank account—until his gambling addiction sent him into a tailspin. After his world crashes to rock bottom, he’s desperate to make a new life, but can he get past Gus Matheson’s steel walls to do it?

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The Surprise Wedding

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Devon’s week couldn’t get much worse. Not only is he fake engaged to the woman who broke his heart, but his goal of saving his hometown of Blueberry Springs has become dependent on the two of them acting like they’re in love.

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Dani and the Outcast

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A princess.
A tramp.
A hunger for revenge.
Danielle Olivier has never wanted for anything material—some labeled her spoiled, a princess—and yet, she has a heart of gold. Unlike her father. Of course, as the head of the Olivier Crime Famiglia in Louisiana, he can’t afford to be soft. Or kind. Her station in life also means Dani has grown up under an ever-watchful eye. From private tutors to a driver, not to mention two nutty nannies with a penchant for 70s classic rock, she’s rarely had a moment to herself. When her father’s watch dogs aren’t hovering, her mother is—fretting and nitpicking Dani’s appearance, posture, fashion… anything and everything are fair game to her mother, including choosing her friends. It should be a fairytale existence, but if Dani can’t chase butterflies and fall down her own rabbit holes, dire consequences and all, the next best thing is to lose herself in simmering sauces and aromatic spices. And getting all the doggy cuddles from her best friend Dame.

Antoine Desjardins was raised by his maman and auntie in the 15th Ward of New Orleans. With no father figure urging him “to be a man,” he spent a lot of time in their small kitchen, watching, learning, and dreaming of bigger things. Brighter kitchens. Fusion flavors bringing not only palates, but people of all walks, together. Maybe even finding love one day. Young and full of life, working the French Quarter lets Juan set his own hours and decide how he wants to bring home the pay. How much of it gets added to his cooking school savings fund, however, depends on how hard he hits the pavement, and how many trades he’s Jack of. Not every day in the Quarter is peachy keen, though. Not when seen as a panhandler, and prejudice steers customers away from his dark skin and unusual accent. And not when having an ear to the ground sometimes uncovers things he’d be safer not knowing.

Returning from boarding school in France to the house Dani grew up in the Garden District may prove to be the excitement Dani has been looking for. Or it may bring the hardest lesson she’s ever had to learn. Things are different with her parents, and all clues indicate her father is up to no good.

Love hurts, and knowing who to trust, when feelings and judgement run deep, is almost impossible to do.

Bleeding Souls Saved by Love! A Fabled Retelling of LADY AND THE TRAMP

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Between Our Hearts

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Sadie and Clark fell hard for each other from the first breathtaking kiss of their whirlwind relationship. With her demanding career as an orthopedic trauma surgeon, Sadie never expected to be lucky enough to marry a handsome, good-hearted man who happily sets aside his carpenter’s tools to be a stay-at-home dad.

Everything is perfect until their hopes for a second child result in loss after devastating loss. Instead of working through their heartbreak together, Sadie throws herself into work to escape her grief, leaving Clark isolated in his.

With the distance growing between them, Sadie’s uncertain she can open up enough to let Clark love this shattered version of herself. But if she doesn’t find a way to reconnect with her husband, even her skilled hands won’t be able to repair her broken marriage.

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Aces Wild by Stephanie Renee

About Aces Wild by Stephanie Renee

Alexander Rockford is used to getting his way. He’s built his empire, and now, he wants to rule it without any input from anyone. He plays by his own rules, and he likes women who follow them. Nothing can get inside his head…until Tess Wendell walks in.When he meets the sexy doctor who doesn’t like to play by any rules, he tries his best to stay away. But his heart has other plans. Can Alexander get over all of his emotional baggage and stubborn ways to be the man he knows Tess deserves? Or should he walk away before he destroys her too?

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Aspiring Affection

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When River Jensen hires Marie Reynolds as her restaurant designer, she is apprehensive about the other woman’s commitment to the project and wonders if the woman’s modeling aspirations will get in the way of her own dreams. However, as their relationship blossoms into one of affection, River’s trust in the other woman is tested, and Marie is left with the choice to follow through with River’s restaurant design or to give up everything to follow her own dreams.

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I Still Drive Your Truck

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One day your prince will come. Yeah right! He’s no prince and she doesn’t believe in fairy tales.
When Leighton Gray travels to Sierra Leone, the last person she expects to run into is her dead fiancé’s brother. Derek Brennan is trouble with a capital T. He’s devastatingly handsome, conceited, arrogant and a womanizer. And he’s cost her everything.
Yet the forbidden attraction between them is more powerful than ever and as destructive as wildfires.
Leighton is off limits, always had been. She’s beautiful, sad, and broken, and he’s to blame. But Derek can’t stay away. The pull is too strong. And it could be the end of him. Or it could be his redemption.
Can she forgive him? Can she forgive herself?

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Abundantly Attractive

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A rescued by a handsome stranger, rags-to-riches, gay romantic comedy full of mishaps with dogs, cats, rats and reindeer. — $0.99/£0.99 or Available on Kindle Unlimited

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How much is love truly worth?

With an empty fridge, and rent to pay, Liam Perry dreams of finding a rich wife so he can lounge at the poolside, sipping cocktails and doing what he’s good at—looking seductive.

But sometimes the most unexpected encounters can change your life forever.

After a chance collision with a handsome vet leaves Liam not totally against the idea of the future Mrs Perry being a rich Mr Perry a complication arises when his seductive charms hook the eye of the vet’s boyfriend—bigger fish and wealthy businessman, Lawrence Paul. A dark-haired Casanova who’s keen to woo his pants off with champagne and sweet flattery.

As all of Liam’s dreams seem to be coming true, how can he say no?

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Broken Vows

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From the author of Broken Dreams, a sweet-but-hot romantic suspense that’ll make you weep. He promised her he’d find her, no matter what. Four years later, he finally does, but he’s broken beyond repair. Will she convince him that their love can conquer all?

Rebecca grew up with the gorgeous Asa Burnes in their isolated religious commune. Falling in love and carrying his child, Rebecca knew he was her forever. But as the pair were planning to marry, the commune’s new minister decided that she would marry Asa’s brother instead. Desperate to be together, Asa helps her flee the commune . . . but the price of her freedom is his imprisonment in the commune’s brutal labor camp.

In their last moments together, Asa promised her that he would come to her. That they would be together again.

Four years later, Rebecca has a new life with a job she loves at a local flower shop, great friends, and a safe place to call home. To remain free, she’s had to cut all ties to her past. Yet, not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of the man she loves and what he did so that she could be free.

One evening, as Rebecca is making deliveries to the hospital, she stumbles onto a patient’s room and sees an injured Asa.

For four long years, Asa has fought every day for survival. The only two things that have kept him going are the thought of his one true love and the child they gave up for adoption. Now that he’s found her again, all he wants is to return to the way things were before. But years in a hellish labor camp have left him with demons he can’t shake, and he questions whether he’s still the right man for her. The only way for her to live untainted by his past might be to say goodbye for a second time.

Yet he cannot deny the flame that still burns brightly between them, and it quickly becomes something they can’t resist.

Can Rebecca convince him that they can still have a happily ever after? Can Asa move on from his past for her? And as Father Gideon closes in, can the pair find a way to escape…and find the happiness they’ve been denied for so long?

Broken Vows, Book 3 in the Broken Hearts of Harbor’s Head Series, contains subject matter which may be considered sensitive or triggering to some, including PTSD, suicide, and teenage pregnancy. Discretion is advised. This is one of a series of interconnected standalone novels.

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The Girl Who Dared To Love

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“But this time, his smile didn’t charm me. For the first time ever, he didn’t make my heart flutter. It took me four long years to realise that he wasn’t the one…”

Aasma, an under-confident 17-year old Delhi girl, develops an immediate infatuation for Ishaan but is left saddened when he unexpectedly withdraws his admission and leaves the college forever. While trying to adjust to her new college life, she develops a close friendship with Dheeraj only to fall in love with him. However, their relationship starts going downhill when Dheeraj’s over-loving nature starts making her feel suffocated. Not being able to take it anymore, Aasma breaks up with Dheeraj.
Dheeraj, on learning about his father’s sudden death, decides to drop out of the college to take care of the family business and to be closer to his mother back in Lucknow.
Aasma’s life takes a huge turn with the return of Ishaan who she instantly falls in love with. However, her life comes crashing down when Ishaan abruptly ghosts her after the first date. Her self-esteem takes another hit as she tries to seek the closure that she never got.
How will Aasma rise through the ashes and rediscover herself? Read on to learn more about her journey of self-discovery.

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The Girl Who Dared To Love

About The Girl Who Dared To Love

“But this time, his smile didn’t charm me. For the first time ever, he didn’t make my heart flutter. It took me four long years to realise that he wasn’t the one…”

Aasma, an under-confident 17-year old Delhi girl, develops an immediate infatuation for Ishaan but is left saddened when he unexpectedly withdraws his admission and leaves the college forever. While trying to adjust to her new college life, she develops a close friendship with Dheeraj only to fall in love with him. However, their relationship starts going downhill when Dheeraj’s over-loving nature starts making her feel suffocated. Not being able to take it anymore, Aasma breaks up with Dheeraj.
Dheeraj, on learning about his father’s sudden death, decides to drop out of the college to take care of the family business and to be closer to his mother back in Lucknow.
Aasma’s life takes a huge turn with the return of Ishaan who she instantly falls in love with. However, her life comes crashing down when Ishaan abruptly ghosts her after the first date. Her self-esteem takes another hit as she tries to seek the closure that she never got.
How will Aasma rise through the ashes and rediscover herself? Read on to learn more about her journey of self-discovery.

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Perfect For Me By Suzie Webster

About Perfect For Me By Suzie Webster

FREE on Kindle Unlimited!!

In middle school I met my best friend. We were complete opposites, but somehow we just fit and from the day we met, we were thick as thieves. Four years later I met the perfect girl. But he saw her first. Wanted her. Claimed her for himself. It never occurred to me to fight for her. Compared to my best friend, my life was ideal. Great parents, quarterback of the football team, lots of friends and even a brand new truck for my sixteenth birthday. The least I could do was back off and let him have the girl. Only it seemed she didn’t want him back. She wanted me.

Then he left. And despite the connection I knew we shared, he ended our friendship completely. The loss hurt, more than I could have imagined. We had shared so much, more than anyone ever knew. And when he left, she was there to help me heal from the loss of my very best friend. The perfect girl putting together the pieces of my broken heart and then stealing it for herself.

I always believed I would find my soulmate. But sometimes life has other plans and what you believe is not always what happens.

From the outside, our marriage seemed like the merging of two like-minded people. High school sweethearts, we followed each other to college and continued to build on our friendship and love for each other. She was beautiful and sweet and I was…well, I guess I was the boy next door. It made sense for us to take that next step and really everything seemed perfect.

This story is a fairytale.

Unfortunately, the ending is not what any of us expected. The perfect marriage that hid too many secrets to thrive. A friendship ripped apart too soon. Three people whose lives were weaved together in the most unexpected ways. And then the truth came out. And the truth? It blew apart everything we thought we knew.

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THE NEW DAY BY WILMA STYLES

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Scotty, JT and Skye are three young adult friends who are the products of a badly run orphanage where they suffered severe physical and verbal abuse. They struggle to find their place in the adult world and after two of them find love they suffer a tragedy which impacts badly on their lives forcing them to face and overcome the issues of the past before being able to live normal live’s.. The New Day is essentially a love story…

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The Cowboy’s Mrs. Robinson by Kate Fargo

About The Cowboy’s Mrs. Robinson by Kate Fargo

~ Free Dec. 26 – 30 ~
Not Your Mama’s Mrs. Robinson…

Isabel Chapel keeps her heart protected after her cheating husband ripped it out years ago. Since the divorce, her focus has been on raising her daughters and building her sex therapy practice. Fun and time for herself is a luxury she’s not been able to afford.

But now, she stands to lose everything unless she can shake up her routine. Her best friend convinces her that a one-night fling with a boy toy will help provide her with a fresh perspective and drags her to a local club with a reputation for catering to the older woman and younger man.

At the club, Tray Taylor comes to Isabel’s rescue when she is unknowingly targeted by a sexual predator and wins her trust.

Isabel is far outside her comfort zone and can’t believe this hot young man chooses her from the crowd.

Tray is smitten like a kitten from the moment he sets eyes on her.

Can this young buck convince Isabel to open her heart? Or will one night be all they’ll have?

Tucked into the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, this cute and steamy age-gap romance is filled with laughter, witty banter, and heart-warming moments.

This is a serial with an HFN at the end of Book 3 and guaranteed HEA at the end of Book 6.

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The Brothers’ Band by Liza Malloy

About The Brothers’ Band by Liza Malloy

Two brothers, one band, one woman…what could possibly go wrong?

Lily Mitchell vowed never to date another musician, but Dylan Parker is nothing like the stereotype. Sure, he’s mysterious and sexy, with a flashy car and serious bedroom skills, but he’s also smart, hardworking, and humble. He shares Lily’s passion for classic literature and constantly surprises her with romantic gestures. Their steamy relationship moves at whirlwind pace, and Lily has never been happier.

It’s all so perfect that at first, Lily wills herself to ignore the emerging red flags. As her worries about Dylan increase, she finds friendship and comfort in his brother and bandmate, Thomas. But Lily soon discovers that as much as Thomas cares for his brother, he’s also fallen hard for her.

As Dylan spirals further out of control, Lily must decide what she really wants, and whom she is willing to hurt.

The Brothers’ Band will be on sale for 99 cents from December 12-19! The Brothers’ Band and its sequel, The Brothers’ Band: The Next Track, are both currently in Kindle Unlimited. The Next Track will be on sale for 99 cents from December 16-23!

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I Never Lied to You

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Finding true love is close to a miracle. Unless you know the secret formula.

Holidays can be stressful. Especially if you are a handsome man with no social skills who suddenly gets dumped by his girlfriend.
And like that wasn’t enough, your quirky sister convinces you to participate in a fishy experiment. What could go wrong?

Apparently, everything that Peter, the unfortunate subject of the experiment, can imagine. But along that hilarious ride, he will find a few unexpected surprises. And maybe even a real miracle.

The Christmas romantic comedy I Never Lied to You (Well, Almost) is a feel-good story filled with twists, unusual characters, weird family members, embarrassing friends, and above all a lot of love.

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Chasing Us

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**Rockstar Romance With Friends to Lovers**
Imagine having your entire world turned upside down. That is what Leigh faced when she discovered the plan she had set for her life had just imploded when she caught her fiancé, Jamie, cheating on her. Now, facing the fear of starting over, Leigh sets off on a life-changing road trip to follow the dreams she once thought were unattainable. Along for this wild ride is her ultra-sexy friend, Brandon. While on their journey to self-discovery, Leigh and Brandon learn that their chemistry and sexual attraction is stronger than they had ever imagined. With romance, heartbreak, anger, and lots of naughty fun, this novel will rock you and make you swoon for more.

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