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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).
I got pregnant from a one-night-stand with my worst enemy
Then I walked into the office to find out he was my new boss...
In my defense, I hadn’t planned on having anything to do with Hunter Whittington again.
So what if his jaw can cut glass, his gaze is piercing and he has a body that haunted my dreams.
Our values are contradictory.
Our principles are contrasting.
Our upbringing couldn’t be more different.
He’s the entitled Oxbridge educated billionaire on track to become the leader of the country.
I’m the daughter of a shopkeeper, who by sheer determination rose to become a PR specialist.
We hated each other on sight.
Couldn’t spend time in the same room without getting into a fight.
Until we find ourselves double-booked...
...in the same house over Christmas.
What’s worse there’s only one bedroom.
And a snowstorm brewing outside.
Then the electricity goes out...
Only the chemistry between us takes off.
Unable to keep our hands off each other we make a pact...
...to spend one night together.
We wouldn’t speak about it afterwards.
Not to each other, not to the world.
We’d pretend it never happened.
Except for the pink line across the test in my hand...
This is Zara and Hunter’s story. A true enemies to lovers stand alone romance. Features a feisty, determined-to-stand-up-for-herself beauty and the grumpy billionaire who’ll tame her and lose his heart in the process. Guaranteed to give you all the feels, along with the grand gestures and the HEA you crave! 1-Click NOW
Tropes: Enemies to lovers, Boss – Employee, forbidden romance, growly tattooed hero, strong female lead
Riley thought he knew what to expect from college, but he never planned for angels, demons, or a team of attractive, overprotective Guardians.
When one fateful night opens his eyes to a world he never knew existed, Riley Shepard must navigate a host of supernatural dangers, all while struggling with new and confusing feelings for his guardian angels. With the promise of friends, family, and freedom finally within his grasp, he fears not only for his heart but for his life as well.
Lucky for him, some things are worth dying for.
***Revelations is the first book in the slow-burn M/M+ romance series, Fire & Brimstone, featuring hurt/comfort, swoon-worthy guardian angels, sexual awakening, and an unlikely hero, too innocent for his own good. Trigger warnings include: situations of homophobia (both external and internal), past child abuse, self-harm, mental health, and one instance (Prologue) of non-graphic sexual assault.***
Note to self: don’t fall in love with a gangster.
I’m the good girl: a college student who studies hard, wants to do good, and plays by the rules. I shouldn’t be falling for a guy like Darren Lee, the bad boy owner of an exclusive nightclub that, unbeknownst to me, caters to an international triad.
We’re absolutely wrong for each other. Maybe that’s why the heat between us is so sizzling hot…
But Darren’s desires run dark and wicked. Should I submit to his passions? Something tells me that if I throw caution to the wind, I could be in for a world of hurt.
If you enjoy mafia style romances with plenty of wicked heat, then get CLAIMED to steam up your reading today…
Additional Notes: This opposites-attract story of a dangerous love is best suited for new adult romance, mafia romance, or billionaire romance readers who like their books dark and super steamy. Themes and elements in this trilogy include organized crime, kidnapping, romantic suspense, and a secret baby.
Linley Talbot-Martin is a girl who likes to get her hands dirty. As the daughter of a famous archaeologist, she's been everywhere and seen everything--except London. But when the time comes to trade her jodhpurs and work boots for silk gowns and kid gloves, she may be in over her head.
Even though she can out-ride, out-shoot, and outsmart any girl in London society, Linley is destined to be the failure of the season. No one she meets cares about ancient pottery or lost Buddhist texts, and fundraising efforts for future expeditions keep coming up short. If the Talbot-Martin team doesn't find money soon, they will be out of a job, and Linley will lose everything she holds dear.
Patrick Wolford, Marquess of Kyre (pronounced 'Keer'), is a man who knows his place. Well-connected and respected, he is everything everyone expects him to be, but beneath his façade, he is as neglected and crumbling as the family estate. Now the strain of keeping up appearances is taking its toll. The smart thing would be to marry the heiress nipping at his heels and be done with it, but when he meets Linley Talbot-Martin, who dares to shake up his seemingly proper world, he must choose between the life he's always known and one he never dared to dream of.
For me, family is everything, so I cannot fall for the enemy.
With six siblings and a failing ad agency, I’m single by choice.
I have no room in my life for men, especially not friend-of-the-family MLB pitcher Austin Callaway.
He’s probably got all sorts of ways to hit home runs. But with other women and, thankfully, not with me.
Especially since his younger sister is the girl who just cheated on my baby brother.
I thought I’d never have to talk to him again, but to save my family’s ad agency, I take one last swing and make a deal with the devil.
Austin needs me to act as his pseudo-nurse. Talk about a curveball. Why would I ever do that?
If I do, he’ll give me a deal that will save our family business, and just like that, all my problems will be solved, right?
Wrong.
Because Austin is always there. Which means Austin is always close by. Always with me. Always smiling, like he’s about to steal home base. That smile will be the end of me.
I could fall for him. Madly. Deeply. And completely.
And that alone is the reason I can’t date him. My family can never find out what play made the difference, not when his sister destroyed my brother's life.
How can I finally find happiness when hate and love are about to collide?
When Hate and Love Collide features an up-tight, but family-lovin’ heroine and the hot baseball player that’s determined to lighten up her life. Get ready for an Opposites Attract, Slow Burn, Deal-with-the-Devil, Sports Romance that has a ton of heart and a happily-forever-after that will leave you smiling and sighing and swooning all in one sitting.
No cheating. No Cliffhanger. Grab it today.
By USA Today and Amazon Top 13 Bestselling Author Mia Kayla
The FIVE hot lumberjack brothers from Oregon are here to steal your heart and take your breath away.
Cuddle up with these Alpha men and their sassy heroines. They're sure to heat up these long cold nights!
Book 1: Valentines with the Lumberjack
She’s a stubborn city girl looking for inspiration.
We bicker and tease, things turn sexy.
Being stranded with her isn’t as bad as I anticipated.
When we’re rescued, she goes back home.
Was I anything to her but the hero for her next bestseller?
Book 2: Protected by the Lumberjack
Our love is too good to be true.
My grief comes rushing back, and I push her away.
When her ex puts her in the hospital,
I realize I could’ve lost her.
Book 3: Lumberjack’s Surprise Baby
Two scorching nights together
Only to find out he’s the very man I’ve come to town to fight.
Anderson Wright, my enemy who claimed my family’s land.
Furious, I’ll go up against him and his powerful family to get what’s mine.
As long as he doesn’t find out I’m carrying something of his.
Book 4: A Lumberjack Wedding
The wedding is perfect, until Daisy breaks up with me.
I can’t let her go; she’s the one.
I just wanted to talk to her, but her coworker spilled a secret.
Now I’ll do anything to win her back, the woman I love and our baby.
Book 5: Lumberjack Daddy
The pounding of the bass from the speakers
Grinding on a crowded dance floor
Sexy masks and no last names.
We missed the countdown to midnight,
But that beautiful stranger and I definitely rang in the new year.
She vows to devote her life to the princess. He swears to be the worthiest vampire lord there ever is.
Jane Eyre meets vampires in this haunting gothic romance.
An orphan from the slums, Delora’s cruel fate takes an extraordinary turn when she meets a young princess and her vampire guardian, Lord Astrophel. Out of pity, the young princess takes Delora in and hires her as a maid. Determined to repay the princess’s kindness, Delora vows to follow the princess wherever fate decides.
Though her budding affection for Lord Astrophel grows stronger, Delora wills herself to believe it is all because of their shared devotion to the young princess’s upbringing. But as the princess matures, Delora finds herself often left alone with Lord Astrophel...and she finds it harder for them to part each time.
Loyalty vies with love in Lavender Blue, the first book of a suspenseful and gripping vampire romance series that features a family of vampires and their mates on their quest to resolve mysteries that have lasted generations.
Trigger warning: This book contains depictions of discrimination, sexual harassment, gore and violence, and some strong language that may be sensitive to some readers. Reader discretion advised.
I should be terrified of them—but I’ve never felt safer...
When I begged the Twisted Metal MC to take me in exchange for my father’s freedom, I never thought I’d be anything more than a trade to them. A transaction.
I was wrong.
On the surface, my three captors are nothing alike.
Trooper, who disarms me with a smile and helps me laugh away my fears. Dutch, whose cocky mask can’t hide his sweet soul. And Ranger, who frustrates me so much I can’t decide whether to kiss or kill him.
I’m more than a bargaining chip to them—and every day I spend with them proves it. But when my past catches up to me, everything threatens to come crashing down around me.
I don’t know how I’ll get out of this mess, but I do know one thing. No one is ever going to control me again.
My guys will stop at nothing to make sure of it.
*Twisted Metal is a complete stand-alone why choose motorcycle club romance. It is a part of the Twisted Intentions series, which features a new harem in each book. These books are not connected and can be read in any order.*
A Dickens of a Holiday Romance!
Get all three books in the Holly Hill Inn Dickens Romance series in one complete box set. Follow Jenny and Ben as they fall in love and acquire Holly Hill Inn in Home for Christmas. Then read about their children in Miracle at Holly Hill Inn. Last, share the holiday with the Cohen family as they return to Holly Hill Inn, perhaps for the last time, in The Last Christmas at Holly Hill Inn.
Serge's unit is on thin ice.
No more screw-ups or there will be dire consequences.
Hannah is on an eat-pray-love journey.
Traveling the trans-Siberian railway, she's searching for meaning.
The heat between these two can melt the polar ice caps.
But pursuing his mate might land Serge and his team in hot water.
P.O.L.A.R. (Private Ops: League Arctic Rescue) is a specialized, private operations task force—a maritime unit of polar bear shifters.
Part of a worldwide, clandestine army comprised of the best of the best shifters, P.O.L.A.R.’s home base is Siberia…until the team screws up and gets re-assigned to Sunkissed Key, Florida, and these arctic shifters find themselves surrounded by sun, sand, flip-flops, and palm trees.
SERIES READING ORDER:
1. P.O.L.A.R.
2. CYBERMATES
3. B.E.A.R.S.
Although it’s not necessary to read either P.O.L.A.R. or Cybermates to enjoy B.E.A.R.S., there are references to characters, places, and events in B.E.A.R.S. that first appeared in previous series.
THIS BOOK CONTAINS CONTENT FOR ADULTS ONLY.
P.O.L.A.R. is an adult bear shifter romance series that will appeal to lovers of paranormal, urban fantasy, shapeshifters, contemporary, and, of course, spicy, sizzling, hot romance. This is a steamy paranormal shifter fantasy romance series with an HEA and no cliffhangers.
Carly Bishop loved Christmas…until tragedy struck.
Carly Bishop doesn’t want to come home for Christmas. Hood Hamlet is filled with nothing but heartbreaking reminders of the fiancé and brother she lost six years ago. But her family needs her, so Carly must dig deep to unearth her Christmas spirit so she can give her niece and nephew the best holiday ever.
Mountain rescuer Jake Porter believes he could have saved his two friends that fateful day and kept the Bishop family from experiencing such a heart-wrenching loss. He hopes helping Carly rediscover the magic of Christmas will allow him to finally move forward with his life, but he's not certain anything can relieve the guilt that's kept him stuck all these years.
As Jake and Carly spend more time together, attraction grows, but toe-curling mistletoe kisses aside, his late best friend would never think Jake is good enough for his little sister. But maybe he can open her heart to something else she’s given up on…love.
Fans of Hallmark Christmas movies will love this heartwarming Christmas romance by USA Today bestselling author Melissa McClone.
Scroll up and one click to start reading today and see why readers can’t wait to visit the quaint town of Hood Hamlet again!
Previously published as Rescued by the Magic of Christmas.
Mountain Rescue Romance series
Book 1: His Christmas Wish
Book 2: Her Christmas Secret
Book 3: Her Christmas Kiss
Book 4: His Second Chance
Book 5: His Christmas Family
“Utterly charming… A Proposal They Can't Refuse is a surefire winner!” —Mia Sosa, USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man
Natalie Caña turns up the heat, humor and heart in this debut rom-com about a Puerto Rican chef and an Irish American whiskey distiller forced into a fake engagement by their scheming octogenarian grandfathers.
Kamilah Vega is desperate to convince her family to update their Puerto Rican restaurant and enter it into the Fall Foodie Tour. With the gentrification of their Chicago neighborhood, it's the only way to save the place. The fly in her mofongo—her blackmailing abuelo says if she wants to change anything in his restaurant, she'll have to marry the one man she can't stand: his best friend’s grandson.
Liam Kane spent a decade working to turn his family’s distillery into a contender. But just as he and his grandfather are on the verge of winning a national competition, Granda hits him with a one-two punch: he has cancer and has his heart set on seeing Liam married before it’s too late. And Granda knows just the girl…Kamilah Vega.
If they refuse, their grandfathers will sell the building that houses both their businesses. With their futures on the line, Kamilah and Liam plan to outfox the devious duo, faking an engagement until they both get what they want. But soon, they find themselves tangled up in more than either of them bargained for.
I got pregnant, dumped and fired...
...by my ruthless billionaire boss.
I thought I could delete him from my life and move on.
And yet I still see him every time I look at my son.
Our son.
Five years later Michael Wallace returns into my life and turns everything upside down.
He is still ten years older than me, infinitely richer than me and insanely hot.
I need to work with him if I want to escape the rat race and spend time with my family.
But he is as grumpy as he was before and it drives me insane!
And now someone is trying to sabotage both the company and our relationship.
I have to finish the project, I need to tell him about his son and I want to feel his embrace, but...
...I can only pick one.
No cheating, no cliffhangers. HEA guaranteed! Can be read as a standalone.
Heartwarming books with characters you'll love: Welcome to Pajaro Bay.
Teresa Soto is hiding from her fellow gang members in the perfect place: the tiny village of Pajaro Bay. But when she falls for the squeaky-clean director of the local youth center, things get complicated. She's one step ahead of the danger on her tail, and may be taking him along for the ride. Should she run, should she hide, or should she stay and fight for the new life she's building based on a big, fat lie?
Get away to the little California beach town where the cottages are cute, the neighbors are nosy, and it's always possible to find your personal Happily Ever After.
The Pajaro Bay novels can be read in any order. Collect them all:
I am the prisoner of a rich, handsome demon. I should be plotting my escape, but it seems my heart has other plans...
Alana
I quit college for a year to work as a mechanic in my grandfather's garage. I never counted on a billionaire's car getting stolen there. Now 'Zeke' Zabresky is holding me hostage until his precious car is found. He's an angry, violent, mob boss; with gray eyes that sparkle like diamonds and rock-hard abs that invade my dreams. I will resist and escape if it is the last thing I do! But do I really want to....
Zeke
I was born into the mob and recruited by Lucifer to guard the gates of hell. I take what I want whenever I want. And what I want right now is Alana Hernandez, in my bed and submitting to my will. She thinks she can escape me, but no one gets away from Ezekiel Zabresky. I will bend her to my will and make her mine.
Demon's debt is a standalone, enemies to lovers, steamy, urban, paranormal shifter romance with a guaranteed HEA, no cheating and no cliffhangers. If you love billionaire /mafia romances with a sprinkling of the paranormal and lots of steamy scenes, this is the book you have been waiting for!
Year after year, Avery put on her best fake smile during homecoming week.
But this year sucked especially—it was the anniversary celebration of Alpha Alpha Phi.
The respectable, by-the-book Professor Stroh hadn’t always been like this though.
Once upon a time, she’d been the pierced and tattooed girl in fishnets and combat boots, voted most likely to cut someone.
She was the girl who took down that jackass-filled frat house.
But today, she’s about to face her worst nightmare.
The blue eyes, long legs, tapered waist, and rock-hard abs of NFL quarterback Keaton Shaw.
One of the Alphas she ruined with her infamous article…
Because of that stupid bet.
Because they were scumbags.
Because of the way they treated women, and her.
Bad news for her that Keaton still looks amazing.
And gorgeous. And charming. And everything she wishes he wasn’t…
And she’s still single.
I thought he was my wildest fantasy come true. Turns out he's my enemy...
His body looms over me, large and menacing. I’m afraid of what I’ve tempted. I think I’ve woken a dragon, and I'm about to be consumed.
He promised to fulfill my most sinful desires. He didn't say anything about abducting me in retaliation for what my father did.
My castle is about to become a dungeon, the knight in shining armor is actually a villain, and I'm a princess entangled in danger.
If you like your heroes dark and dangerous, and the action wickedly steamy, then get Entangled Mafia Princess today to scorch up your reading. Please note this dark mafia romance contains possible triggers.
Most days it's manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind. What has become of the baby she left behind? Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart. Dutiful and anchoring, Leslie poured herself into her other children. Nurturing them through infancy, protecting them as toddlers, guiding them as teens. As her youngest child heads off to college with her suitcases and coordinating dorm room accessories, so goes Leslie’s identity. The chaotic life of a busy working mother threatens to become dangerously quiet. Quiet enough to hear the voices she’s tried to silence for decades.
Gwen Fox was adopted by two perfect people. Noel and Millie have always treated her the same as their two biological sons. Her parents love is strong and unwavering, yet a soul-deep ache still lingers. Plagued by an unnamed, hard to explain, longing Gwen could never shake. Riddled with doubt and dragged down by the undertow of unanswered questions, Leslie and Gwen both find their lives suddenly upended. One seeks the truth about the day she was born. The other seeks herself, the woman she was before motherhood. Before she made a choice to leave a piece of her heart lying asleep in the hospital nursery.
In this complex journey for answers, blame is abundant. Guilt is thick enough to choke on. Marriages are brought to the brink of disaster. As the ripples of the past vibrate through their lives, Gwen and Leslie realize there is no turning back. What they have put into motion cannot be stopped. The road toward the truth will be littered with casualties.
“You will not be disappointed if you take a journey around The Bend in Redwood Road. You will hang on every word wondering if resolution will be possible” Michele, 5 stars
"Stewart has a knack for creating rich, complicated characters. One standout is Leslie's daughter, Kerry, who is defiantly vocal about the issues within her family and laudably supportive of her mother. The author treads carefully around the subject of adoption, respectfully noting systematic issues while preserving the emotional complexities of Gwen's experience. Another intriguing feature is the romantic subplot" - Kirkus Reviews
He was a single father and a duke, upstanding and dutiful in every way. So the last thing Anthony Wodehouse expected was to feel something new and sinful for his brother’s best friend…
Lord Barrett Landers, Viscount Copeland, is at loose ends after being decommissioned as a naval officer at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Instead of going home to Wiltshire, his family, and the marriage that his mother will inevitably attempt to force him into, he is happy to idle away the summer with his friends at Wodehouse Abbey in Yorkshire.
And then temptation arrives in the form of the estate’s owner, Lord Anthony Wodehouse, Duke of Malton.
Widower Anthony wants nothing more than to live his life in the country, as far away from London and his duties as a peer as he can get. He has children to raise, an estate to manage, and a family’s expectations to uphold. He thought that hosting his youngest brother’s friends for the summer would be nothing more than a minor inconvenience and a chance to expand his tiny circle of acquaintances.
Until handsome and charming Barrett stirs feelings in him that he never thought he could have.
Anthony and Barrett embark on an eye-opening love affair that makes both of them reconsider their ideas about duty and family. But when Anthony’s meddlesome aunt arrives with far more traditional plans for her nephew, and when she invites a passel of marriage-minded guests to stay with Anthony without asking him, the resulting shenanigans could land both Anthony and Barrett in heaps of trouble as they decide whether to follow their hearts or their families’ wishes.
This gay awakening story contains all the awkward feels down by the swimming pond, a heated game of hide and seek, trying to keep the kids from finding out, meddlesome Aunt Georgiana and her surprise companion, and a thrilling climax that will leave you breathless and groaning for more!
Please Be Advised – Steam Level – Fiery Hot with all the eggplants!
The AFTER THE WAR series consists of:
BETWEEN HIS LOVER AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
NEVER JUDGE A DUKE BY HIS LOVER
GAMES LOVERS PLAY
UNDER HIS LOVER’S WING
ONE GOOD DEED DESERVES A LOVER
She’s damaged. He's ruthless. Together, they're combustible...
Brooke Sullivan’s carefully ordered existence is spiraling out of control. Two years ago, she was violently abducted by a terrorist group and nearly killed. She’s worked hard to get her life back on track—moving to a new house, changing careers, going on a couple of dates. When she witnesses a murder, she’s plunged into a new nightmare. And as the past threatens to repeat itself, she’s not sure she’ll survive this time.
Cade “Saint” Rodgers never forgot the beautiful girl he talked to at the wedding of his commanding officer. Now she’s in trouble, and he’s the one tasked with protecting her. Brooke is terrified of men like him—a black-ops soldier for whom violence is a way of life—which makes falling for her a terrible idea. But that won’t stop Cade from using every sensual trick he’s got to make her believe anything is possible if only she wants it badly enough.
As danger draws closer, it’ll take all Cade’s strength—and all Brooke’s determination—to learn how to let go of the past and trust each other. But it might not be enough. To keep her safe, he may have to let her go forever…
**Start reading the Hostile Operations Team Series - Strike Team 2 today and enjoy an action-packed, seriously romantic and steamy-good-fun military romantic suspense. Each book can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers or cheating and a guaranteed happily-ever-after ending!