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Definition of "Contemporary Romance": While technically a subgenre of the Romance category, that category is much too large to not be broken down. Contemporary Romance, by definition, is set in the time in which it was written. The ebooks in this category are largely focused on the relationship and romantic love shared by two people. Typically, ebooks in this category reward characters that are good people, punish those that are bad, and end with an upbeat, positive conclusion. But, that "formula" is always being altered by excellent authors--which is why we read their ebooks, right?
Some examples of the best Contemporary Romance ebooks past and present include Nicholas Sparks (The Longest Ride), Tracy Brogan (Crazy Little Thing), Jojo Moyes (Me Before You), Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook), Lisa Kleypas (Blue-Eyed Devil).
He’s the rich, arrogant, super-star, bad boy on campus…and now I’m stuck with him for twelve weeks.
Ivy
Landon Bryce is basically everything I hate in a man. I’m just your typical nerdy bookworm. I’ve never even been to the football stadium before. So you can imagine the terror I felt when the panty-dropping, all-star, running back of the football team struts into my tutoring center with his cocky grin.
Now I’m the one in charge of getting his grades up.
I have real problems in my life, like taking care of my very ill mother. That’s something Landon would never understand.
The last thing I need is his brilliant green eyes raking up and down my body, his Greek God like muscles towering over me, and yet another dirty joke dripping with sexual tension.
Yes—Landon Bryce is everything I hate in a man. Men like him don’t truly know how to love.
And that’s why I always push men like him away.
Landon
I'm the best. I know it. My fans know it. My coach knows it. In one more year I'm outta here and on my way to the pros. If my grades aren't that great, who cares?
Apparently this stupid college does. I don’t know why; my family practically owns this school.
Tutoring sessions?
I’d much rather have my nose stuck between the legs of a beautiful woman than a textbook.
But when I take one look at Ivy and her scolding good-girl attitude, my plans of slacking off change. She has to be mine. She’s an uptight, stick-to-the-rulebook type of girl who tries to hide how badly she wants me behind those cute librarian glasses of hers.
Then I see Ivy with her mother and something inside of me changes. I realize I’ve been living my life all wrong.
Now I have to show her I’m not just some dumb jock. She won’t be able to push me away forever. I’m a man who always gets what he wants.
It’s Fourth Down…
…and it’s about to get Dirty.
Fourth Down and Dirty is a full-length romance novel with a Happily-Ever-After and no cliffhanger. For a limited time, it comes with a free bonus novel- Hayden, I Hate You. Because of the bonus novel, Fourth Down and Dirty will end at approximately the 50% mark on your kindle.
Parnell Stillman, ace pilot, is man to the bone in a lackadaisical kind of way. He has the ability to fly through anything except solid mountain. He lives alone because people are not to be trusted—especially women. Flying is his high road until one sleet-filled morning--it isn’t. Mischance forces his plane down in a frozen wilderness. He can survive, but his live cargo is another matter--an annoying social worker and five orphans--the most irksome freight he’ has ever hauled in his life.
Rebecca Hollis is determined to force the obnoxious, disagreeable, self-centered pilot to do whatever is necessary to insure the survival and rescue of the orphans…Even if it means making the noble gesture of keeping her mouth shut—or other womanly things. But the pilot isn’t having it. No way. No how. No time. He’d rather dance with a grizzly or wrestle a puma than give his heart over to a conniving, wily do-gooder. Heroics is not his thing. Rebecca Hollis has other ideas—lots of them! All artful and disingenuous—one of which is bound to work… She hopes.
Andrea's story, the second book in the Italian Summer Series
Andrea Brunelli enjoys life. She loves her business and enjoys time with her friends. But make no mistakes, her business always comes first.
A weekend away at the Villa Costanza in Bellagio provides the perfect opportunity for her to unwind. But her friends are more concerned by her single status.
Humiliated by her previous attempt at romance, Andrea has stepped away from love and chosen to concentrate on her business instead.
Until Riley James, a wealthy and handsome American staying at the same hotel, seeks her out and changes her mind. Considering herself to be unlucky in love, Andrea tries to take things slowly. But Riley has other plans.
When he later shows up at her warehouse she is determined not to let him slip away and so begins a seductive Italian summer romance.
But her time with Riley is not without problems and the interference of her business partner leads to further tension.
When her nights of passion lead to more than she had bargained for Andrea discovers that there is a price to pay.
Is her passionate new romance all that it is set up to be or is there more to it than meets the eye?
Ash London, front man for uber-successful rock band Ferrum, is over the lifestyle. He’s done with it all, yet finds himself going through the motions out of a sense of obligation to his fans, band, and crew members. He’s living the dream, but what he wants is to be a normal dude with an ordinary life far away from the touring scene. He could have any woman he wanted, but what he wants is someone who can look past the rock star—someone who will bust down the walls he’s built around himself and break free the man lying dormant within.
Lila Stephens hasn’t had the best past. In fact, it’s been downright traumatic. After the death of her beloved grandmother, she picks up her life and moves to Brooklyn, NY to build a new life for herself. She’s given up on the notion of love and is content living alone with her beagle dog.
Lila attends a party thrown by her best friend, Tori, who just happens to be the wife of Ferrum guitarist, Matty Tabor. As she’s ready to leave, a drunken man runs into her, sending her falling into the arms of Ash London. Will she stay there where it’s warm and comforting, or will she flee as her past threatens to taint any hope of happiness for the two of them?
Take Me On is the first book in a two-part story that follows the rise and fall and rise again of the romance between Ash London and Lila Stephens. It is NOT a standalone and no other band members will be featured in this duet. Take Me On is NOT a typical rock star romance or series. It focuses more on the man BEHIND the rock star instead of the stage persona or the rest of the band. This two-part story focuses on Ash and Lila's growing attraction. Their relationship is not a case of instalove, but rather a slow build up with lots of steamy tension. Part two will be available soon and will be titled Take Me Home.
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Incredibly romantic…incredibly heartbreaking…The Handfasting is a little of both.
For a decade, Katie had hoped and prayed that Steven would keep his promise and come back to her. When he does return, they rekindle their love, and they plan to marry.
Steven, however, is not Katie’s only suitor. Bill had dated her a few times years ago when they were in high school. Nevertheless, he assumes she belongs to him, and when Steven appears, he decides he must formally stake his claim. Katie rebuffs him, and his courtship turns violent.
Confused and humiliated, Katie accepts Bill’s declaration that no decent man will have her, now, and his proposal − a loveless marriage of convenience to a man she despises − seems to be her only option. People in her rural hometown expect them to marry, but Katie begins to consider how much she might risk to wed the man she truly loves.
Kate Callahan has always known that, someday, she'd run the family business. So men have always been merely a distraction for Kate; she just doesn't have time for love.
Until fate steps in by way of a prophecy foretold, years ago, by a friend who'd been blessed with a remarkable gift. Kate has been warned that, one day, she'll be kissed by fate. And love will happen with that unforgettable kiss.
Michael Murphy already has his life mapped out. After graduating with his degree in Architecture, he'll be working at a prestigious firm in Chicago. When he arrives in the town of Crystal Rock to serve as an intern at Callahan Construction, the last thing he expects is his instant attraction to lovely crew boss, Kate Callahan.
Kate's immediately drawn to Murphy, too. And sparks fly when they unite in an attempt to discover the identity of the thief who's been stealing construction materials from her family's company.
But how could a long-term relationship between them ever survive? They're both young, with different dreams and goals. So even after their unforgettable kiss, Kate lets Murphy go.
Six years later, Kate's finally admitted her mistake; she's just never been able to forget that kiss. Devastated when she learns that Michael Murphy's become engaged, Kate comes up with a plan to try to win him back. But will she be too late?
Eight sexy bad boy & sports romance stories to speed up your pulse!
LUSTER by Tessa Rowan (Bad Boy Romance)
Falyn Morrissey has her eyes on the prize- wanting to become the new CEO of her father's company, but her idea of impressing daddy dearest is turning into the ride of her life. Matt Walsh, metal sculpturist and cocky bad boy knows he has the killer talent, the good looks, and the crazy drive to get him far. But when the two collide on their quest for dominance, they'll find they're both being pulled into the kind of intense passion that will burn the very ground they stand on.
HEARTS of FIRE: VEINS of ICE by Jecca Bartlett (Sports Romance)
Take one bad boy who needs a wife, add one good girl who needs a break, and you get two people whose lives are changed forever. But will it be for bettet, or for worse?
BAD PATIENT by JB Duvane (Bad Boy Romance)
Is he too good to be true ... or is she? Brody may be just the man to help Jess through the horrible events of her past ... or he may be a smooth talking mafia hitman out to save his own ass. But what if he's both?
CROTCH ROCKET by Amelia Clarke (Bad Boy)
I've never liked the motorcycle club, but one of its members might just be the man that saves me.
HER KICKER, #1 by Maddy Roman (Sports Romance)
I've always been known as a lady's man... but I'm ready for something different. I've retired from pro soccer and am starting a new stage in my life. I want a partner, a lady friend - dare I say, wife material? But old habits die hard, right? And right now SF49girl has my attention...
SCORE by Minx Hardbringer (Sports Romance)
He'll do anything to get between her goal posts.
CANCUN by Kimberly Fox
Cancun is about to get hotter. Come escape to the sun and sand with bad boy Ethan.
MOBSTER by Lacy St. Claire (Bad Boy)
Following orders could secure his future... and destroy his happiness.
A steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Amazon Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and strong women, you’ll love this series!
Christmas on the Last Frontier is a sensual and steamy holiday romance set against the wilderness and beauty of small-town Alaska! Gage Hamilton is a smoldering Navy SEAL and a man on a mission. He’s returning to Diamond Creek, Alaska to resurrect his dream of reopening Last Frontier Lodge. Marley Adams moves back home hoping to find a sense of security and safety after it was stolen from her.
Gage has spent many years successfully avoiding emotional entanglements. He is looking for nothing more than peace and sanctuary at his family’s old ski lodge. His new neighbor, Marley, was definitely not part of his plans. Marley is a brainy computer whiz and way too sexy for Gage’s own good. A man who prides himself on always being in control, Gage finds that he has little when it comes to Marley.
Marley only wants to get her feet back under her after her world was turned upside down in Seattle. She’s been focused on little else beyond her work and is seriously out of practice with anything resembling romance…including the scorching hot attraction that sizzles anytime Gage crosses her path.
Gage and Marley are powerless against the magnetic pull between them. Steamy and snowy nights weave a spell around them. While Marley thought she escaped whoever set out to hurt her in Seattle, she finds the threat of danger has followed her to Diamond Creek. Gage must face the depth of his feelings for Marley when he realizes he will do anything to protect her. Can Marley and Gage discover love in time for Christmas? The magic of a white Christmas is right around the corner.
Savannah Solitaire's daily routine is the same: go to the bank and help new clients, come home, rinse, repeat. Raised as an orphan, she had given up on finding something to give her life meaning. Until Vincent.
Vincent Starlingveil is a thief. And he gets everything he wants. Including Savannah.
When the bank robbers show up at Savannah's bank, Savannah is stunned to recognize a certain chiseled client... Until she realizes they aren't only there for the money. One of them in particular wants Savannah.
And Savannah is helpless to stop him.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a *full-length* standalone romance novel with steamy adult scenes, kidnapping, strong language, no cliffhanger and a Happily Ever After. For a *very limited* time, the eBook version of Bandit Bound will include a FREE sneak peek of SCANDAL!
***This book was originally published under the same name in 2010. It has been rewritten, re-edited, and contains over 15,000 words of new content.***
Cali Stanton has one goal in life, being a doctor. She has spent the last two years helping the less fortunate in Africa. It’s a job she loves and intends to do for the foreseeable future. That is until she receives a call from her father saying he’s been injured and needs her back in Chicago. Less than a week later she finds herself behind her father’s desk at Stanton Enterprises, running the family business…something she never wanted to do. But how could she say no to her father when he insists that she is the only one he can trust?
Matthew Andersen and his brother, Jason, have spent the last two years managing security at Stanton Enterprises. However, someone is determined to take down the company and with it its acting CEO, Cali Stanton.
Cali and Matthew must work together to find out who is behind the threats to not only the company but to Cali herself while they fight their growing attraction for each other. Can they figure out the hidden threat before it’s too late?
NOTE: can be read as a standalone and has its own HEA!
Welcome to Whistle Stop...where anything can and most likely will happen.
The notorious cowboy meets his match...
Cord Lawson instantly distrusted the young woman in a smart suit who'd just arrived in Whistle Stop. She was very pretty and clearly a city girl--but with memories of his failed marriage still darkening his mind, he's determined to steer clear! But she's sniffing around his land--land that has been in his family for generations. There was no way he'd let it go--even if the bank was threatening to foreclose, and even if selling could give Whistle Stop a new lease on life.
Alexis Greer had one mission--close the deal on the Lawson ranch; without it, her father's land development company would go bankrupt. But the word around town is to keep clear of Cord and to stay away from his precious land. What had happened to cause such a handsome cowboy to live such a solitary existence? However, determination was Lexi's middle name. She just had to keep on trying to breach Cord's barriers, to appeal somehow to his head and heart--even if it put her in danger of losing both of hers...to him.
"You want a taste of what I can give you? Well, you know what, princess?" he sneered. "Get in the fucking line.”
Words that describe Caleb Montgomery: sinfully erotic, unbearably cold, beautifully devastating. Once upon a time, Maddie Ashby thought that he was the man of her dreams. But the boy with obsidian eyes that she’d once adored is long gone, replaced by a man whose broken past has molded and shaped him into someone unrecognizably cruel and hardened.
One mistake brings them together. Another will change both of their lives forever.
Note: Intended for mature audiences over 18+. This is a STANDALONE novel and can be read on its own even though it’s part of a series. No cliffhanger!
Determined to find her inner sex diva, Melina Parker enlists her childhood friend, Max Dalton, to tutor her after hours. Instead, she ends up in the wrong bed and gets a lesson in passion from Max’s twin brother, Rhys Dalton, a man Melina’s always secretly wanted but never thought she could have.
From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes the next instalment in her popular Color of Heaven Series, where people are affected by real life magic--and occasional miracles that have the power to change everything they once believed about life and love.
Recently divorced television reporter Katelyn Roberts has stopped believing in relationships that last forever, until a near-death experience during a cycling accident changes everything. When she miraculously survives unscathed, a deeply-buried memory draws her to the quaint, seaside town of Cape Elizabeth, Maine.
There, on the rugged, windswept coast of the Atlantic, she finds herself caught up in the secrets of a historic inn that somehow calls to her from the past. Is it possible that the key to her true destiny lies beneath all that she knows, as she explores the grand mansion and its property? Or that the great love she's always dreamed about is hidden in the alcoves of its past?
Everyone is virgin at something
This is the story of a man who’s never done it, and a woman with the experience to teach him how.
Reid McGrath is drunk and intends to stay that way. It’s what a man does when the world he built gets ripped out from under him. He’s staked a claim on the back booth at Lucky’s where he can fixate on a dancer who makes him wish things were different.
Zarley Halveston dances under shimmering lights in a barely there costume, but it’s not the gold medal life she trained for. She expected to stand on an Olympic podium, instead she glitters under disco lights, gyrating on a chrome pole.
Zarley can’t see the brooding man in the back booth, but she knows he’s there. He’s toxic, but it’s not her job to care, until the night he collapses at her feet and she has to choose to step over him or help him up.
Reid thought he’d hit bottom when he was fired as CEO of his own company, but knowing he’d needed the kindness of a stranger, and realizing she was the dancer he’d lusted after was a new low.
Question: What do a fallen golden girl turned exotic dancer and a sacked, socially awkward tech tycoon have in common?
Answer: A deep understanding of failure and the whiplash sting of humiliation, a need to re-build their dreams and the sexual education of a frustrated geek.
The billionaire's reluctant heir
When retail magnate Dominic Di Bari comes to visit his long-lost-father’s firm, Hardcastle Enterprises, his intentions are not entirely honorable. He soon discovers he’s not the only hostile element in the glittering retail empire. Chemist Bella Soros is gathering evidence for a lawsuit against the company. A blackmail-driven seduction endangers both careers and hearts in this steamy summer romance.
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She shut her eyes and willed her body to come under control. She’d locked lips with the boss’s son.
Was this some kind of game to him? Revenge for the way she’d imperiously ordered him out of hShe never knew quite what happened, just that Dominic’s mouth collided with hers.
Not a hard, fast kind of impact where things bounce apart.
A slow crash.
The landing soft, warm and quietly devastating.
It was impossible to say what really went on without a photon microscope to analyze activity at the nanometer level.
Something happened, though.
Parted in astonishment, their lips seemed to fuse. Then their tongues touched, sparking a sharp jolt of rogue energy.
A firm hand on her back steadied her and pulled her close, which only made their lips weld more tightly together.
A sizzling—or was it a shivering?—sensation rippled through her limbs, rendering them limp and almost useless. His mouth became her source of strength, infusing her body with energy that raced along her synapses, stinging them to a new level of awareness.
At some point her eyes closed, but this strange new world wasn’t dark. Lights and colors flashed in her brain, echoing the dazzle of sensation that engulfed her body.
Confusion and disorientation made her reach and grab for something—anything—to hold on to. That’s how her hands ended up under his jacket, fisted in his thick cotton shirt. Gripping, hanging on for dear life.
"I WRITE sex, Liz. I don't HAVE it."
Warning! This is a steamy romance!
Holly McTierney is a romance writer with zero romance in her life. She dreams of a man who can sweep her off her feet... and give her an orgasm in five minutes flat. However, after hitting the big 3-0 this year, she just wants a guy to snuggle up for a movie and some Chinese takeout.
Or maybe just a man who'll call her back. Sigh...
Adam Grayson works hard on his renovation business - too hard to have any time for dating. Years of construction have given him a rugged look that women can't help but notice, but he never seems to notice them back. Apart from a crazy ex who makes any excuse to run into him, it had been years since he had held a conversation with a woman for more than five minutes. However, his matchmaker nephew has a plan to change all that.
Holly and Adam are perfect for each other, but Adam's ex will stop at nothing to keep them apart. When she gets her claws back into Adam, will Holly let him go? Or can he prove to her that he really is her five minute man?
He may be a player, but this stud’s not shooting blanks.
NICK
I'm nobody's baby daddy.
I don't care how many stunning women throw themselves at me,
looking to turn one hot night into an eighteen-year paycheck.
I've got way too much on the line to throw it away for one night of pleasure.
Ball is life, and basketball is my first priority.
I've got a championship to win.
But when I see that familiar face shaking her pom-poms on the sidelines,
I’m transported back to childhood,
Back to the days before a fiery plane crash ripped us apart,
forcing us to grow up overnight.
Those were the days when Eden Evans stole my heart.
This time, I might be ready to give it right back to her.
EDEN
I have no interest in a man who comes with groupies.
With a rock legend for a father, I’ve seen the toll fame takes on a marriage.
The last thing I need is a guy with more Twitter followers than Justin Beiber.
So when Nick Barnes dribbles his way back into my life,
my heart and head go into battle.
I can't fight my desire for the sexy baller with his eight-pack abs
and panty-dropping charm.
And when that little stick shows an unmistakable plus sign,
suddenly, everything is on the line.
With a secret baby on the way, will Nick realize that having the home court advantage is what he's wanted all along?
This is a standalone romance novel with a HEA and no cliffhangers. Light on basketball and heavy on steamy romance, this is the first book featuring members of the Barnes family. To celebrate this new release, for a limited time, this edition of The Baller’s Secret Baby also includes the first TWO BOOKS of the Web Master Trilogy as a special free bonus – Her Web Master and Tested by Her Web Master.
He has tradition ingrained in him…
She lives for the moment…
Will they find a common ground?
Lex Fitzgerald is not your average billionaire. He leads a double life as the conscientious head of his family and the pleasure-seeking rogue who parties hard and pushes the limits in and out of the bedroom. His two worlds are about to collide because of one woman, Jillian Finnegan.
Lex needs a secret weapon to defeat a competitor and finds it in Jillian Finnegan. He has no intention of letting her potty mouth, her crazy lifestyle, or her eccentric family get in his way. So when he makes her an offer, he expects her to accept. However, sparks start to fly when Jillian gives him a counteroffer and dares him to refuse. Has Lex finally met his match?
Let the seduction begin.
Jilted once. Heartbroken twice. Can she find love again?
After being so cruelly dumped by her fiancé weeks before their Valentines Day wedding, Ava Ramirez could be forgiven for going on honeymoon alone, in the hope of finding herself again.
Visiting Verona, the last thing she expected was to fall in love.
Though falling for Nico Cazale, the devastatingly handsome and rich son of a hotel magnate, a man every woman wants, has its fair share of heartache.
When her insecurities resurface, leading Ava to believe that she isn't good enough, or enough, for Nico, she rushes back home to Denver and tries to forget she ever laid eyes on him.
Until a shattering turn of events pulls her back to Italy.
Are second chances possible? Or is Ava destined to keep her secret from Nico forever?