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  Book 2 of the Merry Mermaids Holiday Novella Series! Tropes -Reverse Grumpy/Sunshine - Childhood Crush - Opposites Attract - Small Island I’ve been crushing on Victoria Hale since we were just kids on the schoolyard. No one’s ever quite understood my infatuation because of her… demeanor. Now that we’re both grown and working on the same island, I pine for her still. She grew up tall and intimidating, but I’m no longer the scrawny little pipsqueak she laid out by the swings at recess. I’ve grown into myself and as the sheriff of this island, I’m no longer afraid to let her know I’m the man for her. And now that I've got her in my holding cell, her RBF doesn’t scare me… much. Tropical Tidings is a steamy and fun small island childhood crush romcom following a grumpy mermaid bartender and the sunshine sheriff who’s determined to make her love him back. This is book two in the Merry Mermaids series - a multi-author three novella Christmas series bringing you holiday shenanigans in th...

  Lucy Braverman might be eighteen, but she’s my ward. Half my age, and completely off limits. I haven’t seen her since she was an awkward, lonely orphan being shipped off to boarding school. Now she’s brilliant, beautiful, and reckless. Every rebellious word that passes those lips makes me want to do dark and depraved things. So when she enrolls at the university where I’m the head hockey coach, I do everything in my power to stay away. But the hot little spitfire is determined to get under my skin. Control means everything to me…and if I have to exert dominance to protect her, I will. If I have to do illegal, immoral things to have her, I will. If I have to embrace the darkest parts of both of us to keep her, I will. Because Lucy may be completely off limits. But she’s mine. My Review Lucy is a little spitfire. Blake brings it out in her. Yet, they are a good match as he has a dominant side to him. The nickname that Blake gives Lucy of "Troublemaker it is very fitting for her. W...

  I haven’t been a paramedic for long, but I’m fairly certain a “mermaid in distress” call will be the strangest incident call I’m ever going to get. Falling in love with the fallen mermaid, even more unexpected. Who knew such a tiny little thing could have such an impact on my heart, and do so much damage to...another part of my anatomy. My Review Callum and Tate share quite the meet cute. It sure is a memorable one. It all started with the "mervert". Tate and Callum are so good together. Yet, they are both kind of klutz's. It was like watching two "nerds" dating for the first time. There are so many hilarious moments to be found throughout this book. I was laughing so much that my sides almost hurt. All of the other characters in this book are awesome. None of them are side characters. Tate has great friends, and Callum should count himself lucky that Tate has amazing friends. They almost ended up in another horrible disaster. Thank goodness for soft landings....

  You’d better watch out. Christmas was always Ada Kimball’s favorite time of year until an attack by a masked stranger left her struggling to leave her isolated cabin. Now, holiday cheer is the last thing on her mind. What’s there to be merry about when she’s stuck at home with only her nightmares to keep her company? But she might not be as alone as she thinks. Texts, gifts, and sudden appearances of seasonal decor point to someone who won’t let Christmas go by uncelebrated. A secret santa stalker who won’t leave her alone. He’s there, even in her twisted dreams, which reveal desires far darker than sugar plums dancing in her head. A masked monster who makes her tremble with fear, and ache for more. Will Ada's holiday dreams come true, whether she wants them or not.... or will this holiday season turn into a nightmare? He Sees You When You’re Sleeping is a spicy dark monster romance between a plus-sized woman trapped by her past and the masked monster fed up with being  only...

  These aren’t just stories. They’re love letters. Told through a mix of  true stories  and new fiction,  Dear Orchid  opens the heart in unexpected through loss and love, silence and recovery, and the hard-won resilience of people who don’t always fit the mold. With tenderness and heart,  Dear Orchid  is an Asian American author's homage to Mary-Louise Parker’s  Dear Mr. You , through letters to a girl newly freed from East Berlin, an aunt lost to Communist-era borders, and Purple Heart-decorated heroes. These intimate portraits explore the messy beauty of friendship, family, disability, and belonging. You’ll meet a  wounded hero  who jokes through his pain, a beloved cat with a crayon note taped to his back (“HELP ME”), and characters who refuse to be defined by what they’ve lost. The final chapter brings a fictional reunion with the unforgettable cast from the  Goodbye Orchid  trilogy, offering healing, closure, and a  ...

  He never stopped loving her. She never stopped believing she didn’t deserve it. Sheriff Henry Wilder holds together a town full of broken lives and bitter secrets, but none of the damage cuts deeper than the woman who lives just thirty-six yards away—who hasn’t dared meet his eyes in ten years. Louisiana Wright never left Thunder Ridge. She left  him . Because she’s convinced she’s poison—a barren woman with nothing left to give, a heart hardened by pain, a future shattered before it began. She’s convinced Henry deserves better than her broken pieces. But when Henry finds Dallas—a kid standing on the same ground where his own family damn near fell apart—everything cracks wide open. Dallas isn’t marked by bruises, but by desperate silence—waiting for someone to fight for him, to claim him, to not let him vanish. In a move no one saw coming, Henry claims Lou as his fiancée. One lie. One ring. One reckless gamble to hold on to the only family they have left. Now they’re forced ...