Does every first love deserve a second chance?

Six years ago, my world imploded and the only way to protect the girl of my dreams was to break our pact and set her free.

Though I’ve settled into my new role as a single dad and firefighter, I’ve never forgotten Lori’s bright smile, her determination, the crazy, reckless love we shared night after night that summer. So when a twist of fate brings her back to Penny Creek, I’m hell bent on winning her back. Turns out I can still make her blush, she’s still full of surprises, and our chemistry is hotter than ever.

But she’s made it clear that in two weeks, she’ll be returning to the life she left behind - without me. Suddenly, I’m in a race against time to get her to stay. And just when I think we’ve scored our second chance, our pasts come back to push us apart once more.

Can I fight hard enough to keep her this time?

If you like the small town heat of Sarina Bowen and the heart of Corinne Michaels, get ready to fall hard for Caleb and Lori's second chance love story!

Buy Falling for My Fling today!

Architect Damon Pierce only wants one night.

No relationships. No entanglements. Especially not with his friend's little sister.

He’s haunted by his past. Control is the only solace he knows, but it’s far too dangerous to last.

THE DOMINANT is a thrilling private club romance that explores the limits of dominance and submission, of pain and pleasure, of danger and love. It contains the complete VIOLENT DELIGHTS trilogy, including CLAIM, DEFY, and OWN.

"Damon and Sophia spark off the page and draw you right into their lush, decadent world. Everything I love in a club book. Heat and longing and a sense of found family. Highly recommended!" - Lexi Blake, New York Times bestselling author

Sophia Morelli is forbidden. Off-limits. Achingly beautiful.

And dangerous to Damon's peace.

There's no beginning for them. No ending, either. Only an endless sensual madness.

When the flames consume them, they face more than their own tortured pasts. They face the breathtaking daggers of the present. And a powerful fight for love.

"Damon and Sophia are pure FIRE! The push and pull between them is perfection. Damon is a fiercely protective Dominant, while Sophia is his sweet, yet salty, submissive. Together, their sizzling hot passion burns across the pages like an inferno." - LK Shaw, author of the Club Eden series

NOW A TOP TEN AMAZON BESTSELLER

Emilia
They say love and hate are the same feelings experienced under different circumstances, and it’s true.
The man who comes to me in my dreams also haunts me in my nightmares.
He is a brilliant lawyer.
A skilled criminal.
A beautiful liar.
A bully and a savior, a monster and a lover.
Ten years ago, he made me run away from the small town where we lived.
Now, he came for me in New York, and he isn’t leaving until he takes me with him.

Vicious
She is a starving artist.
Pretty and evasive like cherry blossom.
Ten years ago, she barged into my life unannounced and turned everything upside down.
She paid the price.
Emilia LeBlanc is completely off-limits, my best friend’s ex-girlfriend.
The woman who knows my darkest secret, and the daughter of the cheap Help we hired to take care of our estate.
That should deter me from chasing her, but it doesn’t.
So she hates me. Big fucking deal.
She better get used to me.

Vicious a complete standalone and a part of the Sinners of Saint series

It’s against the rules to hook up with your boss.
But what if I get with all four of them?

Four sinfully hot ex-military brothers,
Including a pair of twins who couldn’t be more different from each other.
Working at their security firm as their assistant made me want more.
However, things change when my stalker-ex shows up.
Now they take my ex’s threat very personally.
They insist I move in with them for safety.
Things heat up incredibly fast between us.
Now I’m not just in danger from my ex.
I’m losing my heart to four men at once.

It seems like I might finally get my happily ever after,
Unless the secret I’m carrying ruins it all.

A rugged sheriff, an opinionated veterinarian, and a dusky native American. Can passion blaze a trail to the untamed West?
Box set: Over 600 pages of dusty roads leading to love on the range!

Northwest Territory, 1800s. Sheriff Evan Taft hopes attracting educated women will civilize his pioneer township. While his mail-order bride ad brings the comely and virtuous Josie into his life, he’s still haunted by his troubled past. And with a ruthless businessman intent on owning the entire settlement, Evan fears protecting the tough frontier might leave no room for love.

Dr. Winslow Wu knows his heritage makes most white folk put him beneath the animals he treats. But he sticks to his belief that the thriving small-town needs a real medical doctor… and he wants a wife. Though after marrying the charming Dr. Erin Avery from his advertisement, the gruff veterinarian discovers their instant chemistry could be rubbing him up the wrong way…

Billy Two Moons thinks he’s finally found his ideal woman. But while the good-looking native awaits his bride-to-be’s arrival after placing an advert, Billy gets involved in the rescue of Nina, a white woman raised as an American Indian and sold into slavery. And when the two are forced to marry at gunpoint, they discover their hearts may have an entwined destiny.

With the small Montana town thriving, the romantic aspirations of three strong men encounter opportunism, prejudice, and jealousy as they follow their heart’s desires.

Will these daring men and women of the frontier survive dangerous times in pursuit of love?

Echo Canyon Brides Box Set, books 1-3, contains three standalone stories from the adventurous Western romance series. If you like heartwarming scenes, courageous characters, and Wild West dramas, then you’ll adore Linda Bridey’s action-packed tales of true love against all odds.

Buy Echo Canyon Brides Box Set to ride into a journey of the heart today!

She’s got a secret…
Okay, she’s got several…
But only one could get her killed.

Humiliated after being duped by her ex, Tansy chooses flight over fight. An inherited fishing lodge she can pull off the grid while working on her tech is the perfect hideout.

Burned-out FBI agent, Sam is worried about his best friend’s little sister. After a devastating case, he heads to Vermont to check on her. And if he happens to get her to fall in love with him? Even better.

When the ex refuses to stay in the past, Sam knows he’ll do anything to keep her safe.
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Built of Secrets is the first book in the Small Town Heroes romantic suspense series. Each romance can be read as a standalone. This book contains some strong language and sexy times. Enjoy the read!

She Apologized. He Didn't!

When super-fan Cassie kisses indie-rock darling Everett Torby, she never expects it will lead to a proposal she can't turn down—a week of fun, games, and fake-dating in Palm Springs, California!

Everett's a man in need of a temporary girlfriend—at least, that's what his publicist thinks—and Cassie's in need of a distraction from her real life. Naturally, Cassie is up for the job, but pretending to date your one true love in front of the paparazzi's cameras isn't a gig for the faint of heart. She's convinced that if she can get him out of the limelight, she can make him see they're soulmates...but she's terrified that she's going to end up back in the cheap seats, instead.

Let this fun and sassy romantic comedy take you on a dazzling tour of Palm Springs hot-spots real and imagined, while you roll down the windows, sing along, and root for true love to win out. It's a fake-dating romantic comedy that will have you rooting for true love to win out. Includes a playlist of music that inspired the characters!

Regrets, lies, and earth-shattering secrets. When Ella learns the identity of her biological father, nothing will stand in her way. Not even his power. When things don’t go to plan, can one little blue box put Ella and Zane back on the same path? This second-chance contemporary romance is filled with suspense, emotion and a life-changing sizzling romance.


There’s one thing missing in Ella Harvey’s life—her biological father. All she has is a few clues in a little box and a mother not willing to share anything. Add in her impatience and stubbornness and Ella decides to go about finding him herself.

Then there’s Zane. He’s used to barrelling his way through life without too much stress. He has a great family, a new career path and a beloved Ducati motorcycle.

When tasked with searching for Ella’s father, Zane discovers a secret that threatens to unravel their lives.

The attraction between Zane and Ella is flaring up quickly, but all will go up in flames if Zane doesn’t tell Ella what he knows.

Ella finds out the hard way that searching for the truth doesn’t always go to plan. She’ll bundle up Zane’s heart, wrap it up tight and hand it back to him. Problem solved and no one gets hurt.

But Zane won’t give Ella up. To keep the gorgeous Ella by his side, he had to find her father. To keep the woman he’s now fallen in love with, he’ll have to save her mother.

Will the unexpected twist that comes their way be enough for the head-strong Ella and Ducati-loving Zane to find their way back onto the same path?

I came to Dasher to start a new life,
Not fall for my mysterious new neighbor.
I’ve felt half-dead ever since I lost my husband,
But Anson Miller’s touch makes me feel alive again.

Anson keeps telling me he’s a bad guy, no good for me,
But I see through his gruff exterior.
He’s not the Grinch he pretends to be,
But the question is…why is he trying so hard to stay hidden?

There’s something lurking in his past,
Something that could threaten our future.
He says he can’t fight it, only outrun it,
And until me, he’s never had something worth staying for.

He tried to keep his distance,
He gave me every reason to stay away.
He says he’s not good for me,
But when he touches me–nothing has ever felt better.

"The Last Dollar Princess is a skillfully-written and engaging historical novel about a unique young woman struggling against the constraints of society." -Sublime Book Review

It must be said. Scandal follows her family like an ever-faithful hound. No matter how hard they kick it away, it comes slinking around time-after-time. Although her relatives are obsessed with social position and the opinions of others, heiress India Elisabeth Petra De Vries Ledbetter is determined to live life by her own terms, family expectations and society's demands be damned.

Reared away from the social whirl of Gilded Age New York, India would prefer a life of philanthropy in her native Appalachia, but Mother and Grandmama have far grander plans. They believe Mrs. Astor's old 400 are ready to overlook the past and that an advantageous marriage will cement their place in society once more. In fact, they have already selected the prospective bridegroom. The only problem? No one consulted India.

With captivating insights into the human spirit and heart, The Last Dollar Princess leads us on a riveting quest for self-determination through the most elegant and glamorous settings of the early 20th century. Perfect for fans of Marie Benedict, Daisy Goodwin, and Julian Fellowes, this sweeping work of historical fiction will stay with readers long after the last page is turned.

Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing, and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the Bradens.The Bradens are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series.

"You can always rely on Melissa Foster to deliver a story that's fresh, emotional and entertaining. Make sure you have all night, because once you start you won't want to stop reading. Every book's a winner!" New York Times Bestselling Author Brenda Novak

In USA Today bestseller TAKEN BY LOVE...
Daisy Honey fled Trusty, Colorado, after years of battling rumors sparked by her gorgeous looks and lust-inducing name. Now a physician on the brink of a promising career, she reluctantly returns home when her father is injured in a farming accident. Daisy expects the small-town girls who hurt her in the past to take cheap shots again--but she's completely unprepared for a run-in with tall, dark, and wickedly sexy Luke Braden, the only man who has ever stood up for her--and the man she's never forgotten.

Luke Braden is handsome, wealthy, and the best damn gypsy horse breeder in the Midwest. After a restless youth, he's finally ready to settle down--only connecting with women is nothing like connecting with horses, and he's never met a woman worth the energy. After an arrest in a neighboring town, Luke's past comes back to haunt him, and he realizes that his inability to find love runs deeper than he ever imagined.

A chance encounter sweeps Luke and Daisy into a world of passion. For the first time ever, Luke feels a connection, but Daisy's life in Trusty is anything but permanent, and Luke can't manage a future until he puts his past to rest.

Want More Bradens? Read the full Braden at Trusty, CO series!
Taken by Love (Luke)
Fated for Love (Wes)
Romancing My Love (Pierce)
Flirting with Love (Ross)
Dreaming of Love (Emily)
Crashing into Love (Jake)

"I love this Beauty and the Beast story that Skye Warren has crafted. She puts a twist to this classic tale that makes it different and deliciously erotic." - Nina's Literary Escape

Once upon a time there was a beautiful college student…

Erin cleans Mr. Morris’s house twice a week to pay her tuition. The reclusive ex-soldier intimidates her, but she can’t help but feel sympathy for him. Then she walks in on him touching himself, and she has much darker, much more sensual feelings.

And a beastly professor with scars he can’t hide…

Blake Morris knows he’s scarred both inside and out. He’s reclusive and surly. Nowhere near good enough for the smart and beautiful young woman who cleans his house.

He receives an offer to return to his alma mater as an associate professor. This is his chance to reenter the world--and to be worthy of the woman he dreams about. He never expected to see her sitting in his classroom on the first day of the semester.

Author’s Note: This book was previously published as a serial in multiple parts, including Beauty Touched the Beast, Beneath the Beauty, and Broken Beauty. They’ve been collected into this volume and revised for new readers.

BEAUTY AND THE PROFESSOR is the first book in A Modern Fairy Tale duet.

Honoring their friend brought them back together. Will love and a common goal keep them there?

Four years ago, Leon fled Knoxville with a broken heart and swore he’d never come back. But when his best friend dies tragically, he finds himself face to face with a place he’d just as soon forget, and the man he left behind.

As a teacher, Toryn knows how much the community needs a facility like The Collective. But bringing his dead best friend’s legacy to life is complicated. Working with Leon makes it even harder. Toryn never thought he’d see the man who walked away from him again.

Trigger Warning: This novella contains grief from a friend who died by suicide. While the event is not on screen, there are some parts where the heroes grieve about loss. Please proceed with caution.

That surly ex-rugby player making a ruckus in the dark corner of the bar I work at? Yeah, I try to avoid him. Too bad he’s my boss.

I thought I was grumpy AF but I’ve met my match. Tane Parata has two moods when I see him in the bar he co-owns with his sister: grouchy in a dark corner or reliving his rugby days with a rowdy group that likes to cause trouble. I try to avoid him at all costs—the last thing I need is more male drama in my life after my stalker ex. He's why I came to New Zealand—to escape.

When my closest friend in the country—who happens to be Tane’s sister—asks me for a huge favor, I can’t say no. Now I’m Tane’s fake date to a family wedding, and it turns out he is trying to turn his life around.

Adventuring around New Zealand opens my eyes to more than just Lord of the Rings fandom and sheep. I didn’t expect to fall in love with the country…or Tane.

The fourth in the Love and Wanderlust series, The Player in New Zealand is two grumps having a meet-hate before a fake date pushes them together. This standalone contemporary romance is perfect for everyone who wants their wanderlust to continue into the happily-ever-after.

The Love and Wanderlust Series by Liz Alden:
The Night in Lover’s Bay (prequel short story)
The Hitchhiker in Panama
The Sailor in Polynesia
The Second Chance in the Mediterranean
The Player in New Zealand

Truth or dare?

I kissed him on a dare…
One sizzling kiss with a stranger in a bar.
I’d never see him again, right?
Now he’s sitting in the back of my ethics course, my new student.

But the truth could set me free…
Camden’s a cowboy, a rancher who wants to finish his degree.
Fate put him in my class, but I’m not sure I can stay out of his bed.
He’s everything I want, but I can’t risk my career.

Camden’s settled here, and I fell hard for him.
But I got my dream job offer,
At a university hours away.
He tells me to take the job.
But I’ll have to leave my heart behind.

Choosing between Heaven and Hell isn't as easy as it seems, especially when angels hunt you down and demons save your sorry derrière.

After nineteen years of being treated like a time bomb by the witches who raised her, Lily Star Morgan tries her luck in the human world. She doesn’t fit in, but she’s determined to stay, and her decision pays off when gorgeous strangers lead her into a world she never knew existed. A world where she feels she may belong, despite the fact that some would stop at nothing to see her dead.

Roth doesn't know what to do with his young, innocent mate, who was raised in the dark about everything she needs to know. Enlightening her about the lies and betrayals woven around her isn’t an option, nor can he inform her of the history binding them together; for now, all he can do is attempt to keep her alive.

Although every day with her might just bring him closer to madness.


Little Morning Star is a New Adult paranormal romance verging on Urban Fantasy.
This is a second version extended in 2020.

★★★★★ This series should be a mandatory read for any lover of dark romance. - Book Bistro Blog

From renowned Dark Romance author and New York Times Bestseller, Pepper Winters, comes a brand new addictive Dark Romance.

Special Preorder Price of $3.99. Will go to $4.99 on release day.

“Ten thousand dollars.
That pitiful sum changed my entire life.
It bought my entire life.
A measly ten thousand dollars, given to my boyfriend by a monster to taste me.
He took it.
The monster took me.
And I never saw freedom again.”

I’m the illegitimate son of a monster.
My other half-blooded siblings have their own demons…but me?
I truly have the devil inside.
I try to be good.
To do my best to ignore the deep, dark, despicable urges.
But every day it gets harder.
I thought family could help.
I reached out to my infamous half-brother, Q, begging for his secrets to stay tamed.
Instead, he gave me an ultimatum to prove I’m not like our father.
Infiltrate The Jewelry Box: a trafficking ring of poor unfortunate souls, kill the Master Jeweler, free the Jewels, and don’t lose my rotten soul while trying.
Only problem is…my initiation into this exclusive club is earning a Jewel all of my own.
She sparkles like diamonds, bleeds like rubies, and bruises as deep as emeralds.
She’s mine to break.
I can’t refuse.
If I want to prove to my half-brother that I’m not like our sire, I have to sink into urges I’ve always fought, plunge into madness, and lose myself so deeply into sin that the only one who will be breaking is me.

A spin-off from the New York Times Bestselling series Monsters in the Dark.
The Jewelry Box follows Henri Mercer (Q's half-brother) and you don't have to read Monsters in the Dark to enjoy. The storylines are completely separate.
Strictly R18.
Triggers on every warning possible.
This is dark, explicit, and will push every possible boundary that exists.
Be warned....
To all those dark souls out there...welcome to The Jewelry Box

Reviews:

★★★★★ There are two authors that have the ability to render my brain mush with anxiety, dread, and ultimately a large amount of intrigue. And Pepper is one of them. The way she laid the foundation for what I know will be my next favorite dark romance tale just proves how talented she is. -- I am Booked

★★★★★ How can I articulate how much I loved this book? I don’t think I can find words to do it justice. Beneath all the rawness, dark aspects and suffering, this story is captivating, overwhelming and hauntingly beautiful.-- Jennii The Book Addict
★★★★★ This book just blew my mind. An emotionally challenging read, addictive writing and morally graphite-grey characters that play with boundaries of morality are hallmarks of Pepper. Pulling you in with gravitational force you will be left astounded, heartbroken, maybe sick at some parts, but you won't escape unscathed & unaffected. This series should be a mandatory read for any lover of dark romance. Nobody ...and I mean NOBODY can create more complex characters with bottomless pits for souls, like she can. -- Book Bistro Blog

★★★★★ Back to her roots...Pepper Winters starts off a new series full of depravity. Dark and sexy...I can tell this series will not be for the faint of heart, and, most likely, if you have ANY triggers, it will not be for you. If you enjoy sexiness and a shopping list of trigger warnings...then this will be right up your alley. - Danielle and Her S*** Books

I thought breaking her heart had cost me everything, but trying to win her back has shown me just how much I have left to lose.

As a troubled bad boy with a dodgy past, I'll never be more than friends with a girl like Charlotte. Especially not, since I've ruined my only shot, failing to be there for her at the darkest time of her life.

Now, she's banished me from her life, and my apologies are all too little too late. Realizing how empty life is without her, I try to rebound from my screw-up, but even as I fight for another chance, she tells me 'friends' is all she has to offer. But we’ve always been bad at being just friends.

Somehow I get her to agree to eight dates. Eight chances for me to show her I'm not going to break her heart again. It's my last hope and biggest risk yet.

Because if I fail...I will lose her completely and forever.

Fans who'd love a Melanie Harlow and Elsie Silver love child will love the gut-wrenching story of Hunter & Charlotte.

Scroll up, and one click to start reading this angsty, steamy, second chance romance today!

**This title was previously published as 8. Plot & scenes are unchanged.**

A New York Times Notable Book of 2022!

The New York Times Bestseller and Good Morning America Book Club Pick!

"I LOVED this book! ...Funny, breathtaking, hopeful, and dreamy.”—Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston.

Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after a terrible breakup, she no longer believes in love. It’s as good as dead.
 
When her new editor, a too-handsome mountain of a man, won't give her an extension on her book deadline, Florence prepares to kiss her career goodbye. But then she gets a phone call she never wanted to receive, and she must return home for the first time in a decade to help her family bury her beloved father.
 
For ten years, she's run from the town that never understood her, and even though she misses the sound of a warm Southern night and her eccentric, loving family and their funeral parlor, she can’t bring herself to stay. Even with her father gone, it feels like nothing in this town has changed. And she hates it.
 
Until she finds a ghost standing at the funeral parlor’s front door, just as broad and infuriatingly handsome as ever, and he’s just as confused about why he’s there as she is.
 
Romance is most certainly dead . . . but so is her new editor, and his unfinished business will have her second-guessing everything she’s ever known about love stories.

"One of the Summer's Hottest Reads"—Entertainment Weekly