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  What you will find inside: Age Gap Romance (She's Older) One Night Stand Forced Proximity Black Cat x Golden Retriever He Falls First + Harder Hurt/Care ASD and Anxiety Rep Falling in love was never on Bridget’s to-do list. Having sworn off relationships, she’s only interested in temporary flings to avoid getting hurt again. Ethan is a hopeless romantic who loves deeply and wears his heart on his sleeve. When their one-night stand leaves him wanting more, Ethan is determined to get Bridget to take a chance on him. After an unexpected surgery forces her to rely on him, he becomes part of her carefully guarded world. As Ethan pieces together Bridget’s shattered trust, she must decide if she’s ready to risk everything and let herself fall in love. Can he mend all her broken pieces and show her that love is worth it? My Review I really enjoyed this reverse age gap romance read. Although do we have to say "reverse", when the woman is older. Why can't it just be an age ga...

  Dance of Ruin by Jagger Cole is now live on audio! Narrated by:  Emery Erickson & Stephen Dexter He’s my villain, my ruin, my sweetest damnation. I've always been a good girl. The brilliant ballerina. The perfect politician’s daughter. That is, until my father declares war on the Barone Mafia family, and  I  become the price to pay. Now, the devil himself has his claws in me. Nico Barone is a beautiful nightmare wrapped in leather and ink. A criminal genius with malice in his veins and destruction on his lips. He promises to break me. To strip me until there’s nothing left. To be the composer of my symphony of sin and ruin. He thinks I’m the pawn in his game. But  this  pawn will bring a king to his knees. Even if it kills me. My Review Naomi and Nico brought it. Yet, it took work to get to where they ended up by the end of the story. I love a don't touch her and d!e vibe mixed with morally grey. That is just the type of guy that Nico is. If he could,...

  Three hearts. Two men who see her for who she really is. One marriage that threatens to wreck everything. Bella I’m Bella King. The only daughter. The wild one who’s been fighting her brothers since the day I could throw a punch. Desperate to prove I’m just as ruthless, just as dangerous—just as unbreakable as them. But somewhere between rebellion and ruin, I lost myself. 
My heart went numb. Until I was ordered to marry 
 Reggie Murphy  to forge an alliance across the ocean. So I did what I do best. I ran. But Reggie isn’t the kind of man you escape. 
He’s the kind who hunts you down, pins you against a wall, and makes you remember exactly who you are. I wasn’t supposed to care if he liked me. 
I wasn’t supposed to crave the man everyone else fears. 
I was never meant to be the kind of girl baking for her fiancé. 
But I did. And that was a problem. Then I met an even bigger one. 
His twin brother. Rowan Murphy —smirking trouble, tattooed charm, the kind of man who’d start a...

  Sex and rock & roll are my top priorities. I mean, let’s face it, they’re my only priorities. As frontman of Austin’s most popular metal band, I have it all. But when a car accident nearly kills my best friend, I’m rocketed back to memories of that horrible night, all those years ago when I lost my family at the hands of a drunk driver. That’s trauma I’d rather leave buried, so when Nicole, aka Arson Nic, the roller derby dynamo, skates into my bed, I’m more than happy to bury myself in her sweet solace. What I don’t expect is to wake up with feelings. When a once-in-a-lifetime tour opportunity takes me back to the Cherokee reservation where I grew up, I'll have to face the past I buried long ago if I want to take the road home to a future with Nicole. My Review When the story first started, I was not really fans of either Nicole or Jake. I thought Nicole was clingy and Jake was a player. Yet, as the story progressed, I felt for them both. I warmed up to Nicole first and then...

  I couldn’t stand him. And somehow, we’d ended up accidently married. Infuriating. That’s the best way to describe Alex Fields. I secretly married my brother’s best friend one drunken night in Vegas, but he left me in the lurch. Sure, he’s attractive but he has that thing where he only sleeps with a woman once—we didn’t even get that far—so I ran away. Six years later, all I want is to try to and forget him… except we’ve just been assigned to work on the same project at  Be True  magazine. Rage. So much fury burns behind Sotiny Bryer’s beautiful, intelligent eyes. Marrying her was a mistake, but I can’t help craving her. Working with her is torture—the proximity killing us both. I’m a playboy. She’s a virgin. Yet, we can’t seem to stay away from each other. And if I touch her, I break my promise to her brother. My Review Alex likes to push Sotiny buttons. He knows just how to get her riled up. They are like frenemies to lovers. However, when they were younger, they were ...

  I can have him if I pay. Delicious. Mysterious. Paid for. That’s the best way to describe male escort Damon. One night and one condition: Pretend to be the perfect boyfriend while seriously irritating my boss at our magazine’s masquerade campaign. Problem is… I actually like him. Clover Granture should not have curves and wit like that—the kind that provoke my primal needs. As a client, she’s off-limits. Worse, she works for Candice Fashion Magazine drawing me too close to the spotlight. And yet, when she pulls me into her “fake boyfriend” schemes, I find myself enjoying it. But if she finds out my true identity, it could ruin everything I’ve built. My Review Clover asking Damon for a discount on his services is hilarious! I do believe this is a sin to ask that of an escort. Although, I can't blame Clover for requesting the discount as Damon in the moment was not really giving sexy, mysterious man. I appreciated Clover for trying hang and put up with a horrible boss, but I did fe...

  I was meant to keep order, not fall in love with a reckless vampire who could tear my world apart. As the newly appointed God of the Dead, I can’t afford even a hint of weakness as a man or a god. Las Vegas belongs to the Egyptian gods now, and I’m the one holding the balance between my power-hungry brethren. Any crack in my authority could ignite open war, dragging chaos down the Strip. To keep the world standing, I have to make it unmistakably clear that I’m in control now—the man who once kept order from the sidelines and now decides how far the gods can push. That control unravels the moment the one man I loved returns to the city of lights and sin—no longer human, but a vampire. In exchange for immortality, Aaron is blood bound to Seth, a god determined to resurrect ancient hierarchies and enslave mortals and immortals alike. Worse, Seth knows exactly how to use Aaron against me. And Aaron doesn’t make it easy. He keeps throwing himself into danger, reckless and defiant, lik...

  For fans of Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, Tombstone, The Lost Boys, and True Blood, the  Trinity of Blood  MM to MMF vampire romance saga follows a triad of fated mates as they cross oceans of time, face the demons on their trail, and stake their claim on the happiness they deserve. Told in three grounded, time period novellas—spanning the Old West, the L.A. goth scene of the 1980s, and present day Maine—Trinity of Blood is a queer, paranormal romance that is both darkly humorous and deeply healing. Part One: Bury Me With My Boots On (1885) In the boomtown of Opalite, Damon's future is as predictable as the familiar rotation of evening customers at the House of Eternal Moonlight. When an alluring stranger rides into town and the dead bodies start piling up, this sensitive gunslinger is forced to choose between the only home he’s ever known and a connection he cannot explain. Part Two: Vampires Totally Suck (1985) A rundown goth clothing store in a Los Angeles shopping...

  A spellbinding gift... A plea answered by the gods... An unforgiving world where dragons rule Rome. Lela Bihari’s village was invaded on her wedding night, her betrothed murdered right in front of her. While her sisters were either dragged away or escaped, Lela was sold to Valerius, a consul of Rome. When she tried to kill Valerius her first night as his slave, her bloodsinger gift manifested… and she was punished for it. Now she’s paraded in front of the other senators for their amusement. But Trajan Tiberius, the newly elected tribune to the senate, is different. He has no love for the brutality around him. When he frees Lela from enslavement and hides her, Lela is set on a path of vengeance, and using her gift puts her in more danger than ever before. Now trapped inside the walls of Rome while deathriders circle the skies, how can she possibly trust a Roman dragon? Especially when it is clear Trajan has ulterior schemes of his own? As her powers grow stronger, danger draws clo...

  Sofi didn't mean to get abducted by aliens. But when one unfortunate t-shirt, a few test-tube shots, and an ill-advised nightclub choice land her on a transport pod, bound for another planet... Yeah. Maybe she should have stayed in. As if being taken from her home and her two best friends wasn't bad enough, Sofi soon finds out she's been selected for a very special she's a perfect breeding vessel. Or as the aliens say, "an omega." Sofi may not know what that  is , but she soon finds out what it She's been claimed. By an  alien king . An  alpha . Which would be bad enough... But, turns out? On Khanos? Bad news comes in threes. Literally. My Review This book starts out with Sofi as a little girl. She has no home and wishes upon a star. I was so happy for her to get a HEA as she deserved it. Even if she had to travels tons of miles away and to another planet to find her happiness. It was worth it.  As soon as I started reading the book, I was hooked. I foun...

  One week. One choice. One impossible man. I have one week to marry a Hale or lose everything. My mother's ranch. Her legacy. The only piece of her I have left. All of it gone unless I swallow every ounce of pride and propose to the one man I've spent years trying to forget. Trigger Hale. My childhood enemy. My high school... complicated. The man at the center of all my problems is now my only solution. So, when I corner him at my best friend's wedding with a desperate proposal, I expect rejection. Instead, he says yes. The One year of fake marriage. Separate bedrooms. Nobody knows the truth. Simple. Temporary. Nothing more. Except nothing about Trigger Hale has ever been simple. Not the way his touch sets my skin on fire. Not the way he looks at me like this was never fake for him. Not the history we both refuse to talk about. And definitely not his only "Marry me. Right here, right now." They say you should keep your enemies close. What happens when you marry o...

  One steamy night was never going to be enough. Beam is a witch who knows the value of a flawless finish. She’s got no room in her busy life for the messiness of a relationship. A one-night stand with a silver-tongued satyr in a neon-lit alley was supposed to be a quick hit of adrenaline. She never expected him to come back for more. Talon doesn't do repeat performances. But after one taste of her, he spends weeks scouring the seediest parts of the city to find the witch that haunts his dreams. When he finally tracks her down, the reunion is more explosive than their first encounter. But when Beam's sharp tongue bruises his ego, his magic takes over and leaves her with a parting gift. A curse she never saw coming. Now, the city’s most talented gem witch is spiraling. She can imbue power into all manner of precious stones, but she can't find her own release. The only way to break the spell is to find the son of a goat who cast it and force him to take it back. But in the hi...

  Jax has a slight issue with control—as in, she needs it. Always. Too bad she has power only over the Painted Lady Bookstore, the Victorian mansion turned bookshop she inherited. No one else listens to a word she says. Her ex gets engaged for questionable reasons. Her beloved sister, Ryleigh, wants to move away to find a husband. And the handsome contractor Jax has chosen to convince Ryleigh to stay is only interested in Jax. Still, she’s living the bookworm dream—until an unhappy accident erases the names from the bookshop lockboxes where the town keeps their diaries. Which means the only way to find a diary’s owner is…to read it. As secrets spill and scandals surface, life at the Painted Lady Bookstore gets a lot more colorful and chaotic. But for a woman who’s always had to take charge, Jax will see that losing control—especially with the right wrong guy—can set you free. My Review This book is what makes me a fan of Susan's writing. She writes characters that you will be drawn...

  On Tuesdays we escape. If we trip…we’re trapped. I was born to play by the rules. Smile for the cameras. Lead Omega. Pretend I don’t feel the eyes on me. But he’s always watching. Not just him—them. The Society. The system. The ones who say they own me. I thought I could play the game and stay safe. Perfect. Polished. Untouchable. Then came Terror Tuesday. Now I’m locked in a maze designed to test me, break me…trap me. And I can’t tell who the real danger is. The masked man who stalks me from the shadows? Or the ones waiting for me to fail? My name is Olivia Cardell. And if I don’t escape— They’ll make sure I never leave. My Review Who says nerds can't be sexy. We all have seen the before and after photos of many who would not have won prom king in high school but grew up to be sexiest man alive. Elliot is that guy. Olivia falls for two guys...Elliot, who has a softer side, and Valen, who has a darker one. Olivia finds herself drawn to both. Yet, when it comes time to have to mak...