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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).
From USA Today Best Selling Author Ali Parker
Me and my brothers have a reputation around town.
And it ain’t a good one.
We’re not so bad, though. Working hard for our father’s ranch by day and chasing skirts by night.
It’s what Texas cowboys do.
But someone is trying to f*ck with our crops, and when I find him, he’s gonna wish I hadn’t.
We need help, and as always, help arrives. This time in the form of a sexy strut and a sweet, innocent attitude.
A beautifully uptight college research assistant is the last thing I need but the first thing I’ll take.
And she wants to keep things hot and casual while we figure things out.
Feels like a win-win to me.
Long nights with nothing but her boots on and up in the air. That’s what I’m talking about.
But things change. For me.
Never have I thought of myself as a romantic, but this nerdy girl from town has my blood pumping and heart racing.
Maybe it’s not just lust. Lucky thing.
Lady Catherine Adair has lost her parents and needs a husband to keep her fortune. Her fortune makes her popular among the eligible men in London. The whole courtship process is distasteful at best for her. Knowing she has no choice makes everything worse.
Lord Abraham Coyle, Earl of Glasgow and Baron of Ross, grew up next door to the Adair family when the family was in London. After finding out his father had played a nasty trick on him and his brother, he has come up with a plan to keep his title and the family fortune. His father's will stipulated that the son who married first would get the family fortune including the castle in Scotland and the townhouse in London.
Bram proposed a marriage of convenience to Catherine and hoped she would accept to preserve inheritances for each of them. What he did not count on was Catherine's memories of how he had teased her mercilessly when they were younger. And more than that, he had spurned her sincere declaration. She had never forgiven him for that.
Would their rocky history keep them both from getting what they both deserved? More importantly, would they come to recognize that love could come even after broken dreams and lingering hurt?
My neighbor just seduced me. She thinks we’re only playing.
But my love isn’t a game. And I’m not about to walk away a loser.
I was minding my own business when my new neighbor walked in.
Holy f*cking sh*t.
I’ve never seen anyone more beautiful.
Curves to kill. Mouth-watering lips.
Too bad she's my sister's best friend.
When she “accidentally” bumped into me, I knew what she wanted.
It’s been years since I had a little fun, and Nina’s the perfect person to play with and more.
But my daughter needs me more than Nina.
Her mother’s back.
She all but slapped me in the face when she showed up to reclaim our girl.
But I’m not letting her go without a fight.
I just hope Nina is up for the challenge.
We could be the perfect family.
No more one-night stands. I’m playing for keeps from now on!
"One Night Stand" is a full length standalone romance with no cheating and no cliffhangers, but with plenty of a steam and a HEA. I've also included a preview of my billionaire romance "One Night Bride" for you! - Sarah J. Brooks (USA Today Bestselling Author)
Although this is the seventh book in the bestselling Border Series, it can be read as a standalone novel.
The Protector
Sir William (“Court”) keenly feels his lack of status as a seneschal, running a castle that belongs to Kenshire. When one of the king’s regents offers to grant him both land and a title in exchange for storming a strategic castle in the borderlands, he quickly accepts. But before he can lead the attack, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to the enchanted fairy pools in Scotland, from which he takes a powerful stone. Though he knows naught about the stone’s legend, he senses it will help him. There’s one problem: the stone has an assigned protector who will do anything to retrieve it—and Court will find she’s not so easy to deny.
The Promise
Marion has spent her life preparing to do her duty as the Stone of Scotland’s protector. She pledges to take it from the Englishman who’s stolen it, but he’s not at all what she expected. She certainly didn’t consider the possibility that she might fall in love with the handsome, confounding man.
The Protector's Promise is the seventh book in a historical romance series set in 13th century Northumbria along the Anglo-Scottish border. If you like being transported to a time of knights and castles with steamy romance and strong female heroines, you’ll love the seventh installment of the Border Series.
Bailey Sheppard had loved Nick Heart for as long as she could remember. They had been best friends in school and had graduated to a friends-with-benefits arrangement after she left home to study at a university two states away. Their once a month weekends were the highlight of her life, when he would fly in to visit her and she would have him all to herself for the entire, uninterrupted weekend.
And then he told her he was getting married.
Bailey’s perfect world was threatening to implode and she had to do something to set it to rights. She needed Nick in her life, she wanted to be the one he married and lived happily ever after with. So, she hatched a plan to stop the wedding and steal the groom.
And then she met Hunter.
Hunter Green, the reclusive aviation billionaire, offered to act as her boyfriend to make the groom jealous and help her put a stop to the wedding. But his beautiful green eyes and the way he made her feel when he touched her cause her to question her loyalty and feelings towards Nick. Oh, and he just happens to be Nick’s stepbrother.
Now she had feelings for Hunter that won’t be denied, but what did that mean for her future with Nick? Did she take a chance on a new relationship with Hunter or should she stay the course and reach for the happily ever after she’d always imagined with Nick?
This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!
*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart.
"This story has an amazing plot full of just the right balance of humor, suspense, romance, and steamy scenes, and the characters were strong both male and female."
She left me. Married another man and ripped my heart out.
Now she's back and begging for my help.
No way am I getting involved. Except I already am.
Savannah.
Her name still makes my head buzz.
We were in love, or so I thought.
But she broke my heart.
I made the army my home and tried to forget her fresh floral scent.
Her heart-pounding beauty.
The fool who stole her from me.
I thought I'd succeeded.
Until I got the call.
"Jayden, I need your help."
What could I say?
It's been years since Savannah begged me for anything.
Her child is missing.
The cops think he's dead.
Her husband thinks she's depressed. Crazy.
Maybe she is.
I won't stop until I find out the truth.
The man who stole her son will pay.
And just maybe Savannah and I can fix what we used to have.
Ana
You never forget your first love…
I certainly haven’t forgotten Tyler Browning.
Partly because he was the complete package of perfection - from his sparkling green eyes to those deliciously muscled arms.
And partly because he left me a child - Brody. The center of my world.
I see his daddy everyday in that bright smile.
I sometimes wonder if I should have told Tyler the truth.
Then I remember our last fight when we both said too much.
I did the right thing for my kid.
You never forget your first love…
Especially when he walks right back into town.
And looks at you with those ‘I wanna undress you’ eyes.
Next, he invites you over for dinner.
It’s just dinner, right?
How the hell could that get so complicated!
Can I resist the lure of a second chance?
What happens if he finds out my secret?
‘We just come in larger packages for those who can enjoy the ride’
That’s what she told me nine years back and that’s how she is now.
And hell yeah, I wanna enjoy the ride.
I want to be a part of her world once again,
The center of attraction, her pillar of support.
I’d have done anything to get back into her arms.
But first I have to figure out why she doesn’t want to be back in mine.
“To answers, mysteries, and new beginnings. It’s good to be home after nine long years!”
Don't miss the spine tingling suspense and tantalizing romance in this thriller about a daring pilot caught in a race against time from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown.
You'll never look at a closed office door the same way again.
Have you ever done something so horrible, so shameful that you can’t look at yourself in the mirror? I have. I divorced the love of my life. I thought I was doing the right thing for him and for my family. I had no idea he’d walk through my office door ten years later as my new boss, more handsome than ever, determined to make me pay for my sins. My knees go weak every time I look at him. Too bad he hates me. He’s determined to make my life hell. The only thing I know for sure? We can still heat up the sheets. He thinks he can break me, but I’m not the girl I was.
From the bedroom to the boardroom, Sam and Dakota are locked in a battle of wits and desire. One of them will break. One of them will pay. Both of them want to win. Neither of them expects to fall in love—again.
Pretty Broken Girl is the story of a marriage gone wrong and the road to redemption. It has a happy-for-now (HFN) ending and can be read as a standalone.
PRETTY BROKEN SERIES
Pretty Broken Girl
Pretty Filthy Lies
Pretty Dirty Secrets
Pretty Wild Thing
Pretty Broken Promises
Pretty Broken Dreams
Pretty Broken Baby
Pretty Broken Hearts
***USA Today and Amazon Top 20 Bestseller***
STONEFIRE DRAGONS BOOK 1
In exchange for a vial of dragon’s blood to save her brother’s life, Melanie Hall offers herself up as a sacrifice to one of the British dragon-shifter clans. Being a sacrifice means signing a contract to live with the dragon-shifters for six months to try to conceive a child. Her assigned dragonman, however, is anything but easy. He’s tall, broody, and alpha to the core. There’s only one problem—he hates humans.
Due to human dragon hunters killing his mother, Tristan MacLeod despises humans. Unfortunately, his clan is in desperate need of offspring to repopulate their numbers and it’s his turn to service a human female. Despite his plans to have sex with her and walk away, his inner dragon has other ideas. The curvy human female tempts his inner beast like no other.
65,000 words / Complete story with a happy ending / 18+, explicit language and sexual situations. / A BBW and Dragon-Shifter Paranormal Romance
NOTE: This was previously titled, "Sacrificed to the Dragon: Boxed Set (Parts #1-4)." However, it is exactly the same story.
Stonefire Dragons Reading Order
#1 – Sacrificed to the Dragon
#2 – Seducing the Dragon
#3 – Revealing the Dragons
#4 – Healed by the Dragon
#5 – Reawakening the Dragon
#6 – Loved by the Dragon
#7 – Surrendering to the Dragon (Nikki's story / May 12, 2016)
And the related series:
Lochguard Highland Dragons
#1 - The Dragon's Dilemma
#2 - The Dragon Guardian
#3 - The Dragon's Heart (Lorna's story / June 23, 2016)
Reckless. That’s what they call me.
I rush into burning building to save lives, and I wish it was for a just cause.
It’s not. It’s to prove that I’m worthy of love.
A messed-up knee, and my dreams of being in the NFL are gone.
I’m fearless when it comes to fighting back death. That’s not what f*cks me up.
It’s living that gets me.
The last thing I need in my life is a woman, no matter how bad I want one.
And yet, this one has me pacing the floor.
The single mom who owns my crew’s favorite restaurant is sweet, loving, and hot as hell.
It’s not that easy, though. She’s lost too much in her life to give out free chances to men like me.
But I’m not asking for a chance.
I’m taking it.
Every Good Girl Deserves a Bad Boy. ~ Weston
For the first time, includes a sneak peek of Lawbreaker in celebration of its upcoming release. Lawbreaker is available for pre-order on Amazon.
Leilani Kealoha wants to be set free. Of family expectations. Of generations of prejudice.
Chafing at rules made by the proud Hawaiian men in her family, she yearns to discover herself and hungers to explore the world. Her adventuresome heart? Longs for something even greater, deeper.
The last thing she expects is an East Coast haole surfer to hold the key to everything.
Mason Price is done walking his parents’ path. Done with social acceptance—with cold politics.
On a surfing quest to reinvent himself, Mase finds an exotic beauty standing on his towel. But it’s her feisty bargaining that catches him off guard. When he challenges her with a “Truth or Shots” drinking game, she unwittingly reveals more than she’d intended about herself…and him.
The raw truth stuns him: She’s suffered like he has, is lost like he is—keeps secrets like he does.
But will young love and shared situations be enough to conquer racial and cultural divides?
Lines in the sand…were meant to be crossed.
***RULE BREAKER is a standalone, full-length new adult romance told in dual POV. Due to mature themes and adult language, this book is for those 18 and older.***
The Unbreakable Series:
Standalone novels of beloved characters from The No Weddings Series:
Heartbreaker ~ 82,000 words
Rule Breaker ~ 81,000 words
Lawbreaker ~ COMING September 17, 2018
Ball Breaker ~ Future Release
Icebreaker ~ Future Release
The Best of 2014 No Weddings Series:
No Weddings ~ 65,000 words
One Funeral ~ 67,000 words
Two Bar Mitzvahs ~ 75,000 words
Three Christmases ~ 82,000 words
For Valentine’s ~ A steamy nightcap novella ~ 27,000 words
A HILARIOUS, WISE, REVEALING ROMP THROUGH FIVE DECADES OF HOLLYWOOD!
“Wow!!! Adrienne, like Mame, has LIVED!!!! And like Candide, she emerges unscathed, as dear as she was when she began. But what a wild ride!!!” —Bette Midler
Originally published in 2006, this L.A. Times bestseller by Tony-nominated actress, iconic “scream queen”, and vampyre thriller author Adrienne Barbeau is many things: a touching coming-of-age journal, an inspiring actor’s handbook on how to survive in the biz, and a witty Hollywood memoir—chronicling five decades of stage, screen, and romance.
There’s only one Adrienne Barbeau, as singular and irreplaceable as Marilyn, Meryl, or Hepburn—and as down-to-earth as any soccer mom (which she is). Only one Swamp Thing girlfriend, only one Ruthie the snake charmer, only one original Rizzo. No other voice in Hollywood can you imagine as Creepshow’s Billie growling, “Get out of the way, Henry, or I swear to God you’ll be wearing your balls for earrings.”
Twelve-year-old Barbeau entrusted her journal with a secret: she must become an actress. She set out with single-minded determination, succeeding on the strengths of an unsurpassed work ethic and discipline, unshakable commitment to the truth of her characters, a soul-stirring voice, a preternaturally perfect beauty, and her bawdy sense of humor—all on full display here!
Barbeau hilariously details her early years as a naif in New York, securing her first apartment with roommates: “One of the girls was an alcoholic…. The other had male friends who left money on the dresser on the nights I’d come home to find myself locked out of the bedroom.” Then getting her first job, as a barmaid: “My boss … is a ‘big man’ in New York—although not a member of the Mafia, they are good friends.” And, memorably, starring on Broadway in Grease. She warmly remembers her two hit television series (Maude and Carnivale), and spins tales of her many television and feature films (The Fog, Escape from New York, Cannonball Run, Swamp Thing, Back to School, Creepshow).
But unlike most showbiz biographies, Barbeau’s story doesn’t stop—or even slow down—at fifty, which finds our heroine newly in love, wandering the halls of the maternity ward a new mother (the only new mother on the floor with an AARP card), becoming a published author (of vampire thrillers!), and taking up trapeze-performance at seventy.
Always behind the scenes of Adrienne’s rise to iconic “scream queen” is the introspective girl, facing her fears to develop her concert singing career, searching for self-knowledge, the right guy, and happiness as a wife and mother with a very busy career—and always pushing the boundaries.
WHO WILL LIKE IT: Fans of Hollywood memoirs, young artists seeking the secrets to success, every starstruck male who was older than thirteen when Maude’s daughter Carol popped into our living rooms, every woman who could use a touch of the encouraging warmth of a friend, anybody who needs a rip-roaring good laugh— or fifty.
“This book will make you laugh, cry, and just root for the skinny little girl with glasses and bushy hair who became a beautiful woman, mother, wife and a darned good actress.” —Electric Review
She can run, but she can never escape her past...
Sophie was abandoned at birth and grew up neglected and abused. Her only friends were computers, until she met Cole Hunter. He became her everything: brother, protector, and partner in crime.
She believed that nothing could ever tear them apart. Until it did.
Years later, when news of Cole's murder reaches Sophie, she completely snaps. She will tear down heaven and earth to find his killer, even enlisting the help of her ex-military ex-boyfriend.
But the more she gets involved with the investigation, the more she puts herself at risk...
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When Cole was nine years old, he watched his whole family burn to death in a house fire. He became obsessed with architecture and rebuilding his life.
Sophie became his secret weapon. Protecting her was his purpose. But Sophie was damaged right from the start, and Cole always feared he wouldn't be able to save her from her enemies or from herself...
This sexy billionaire needs a bride, and he’s not above buying one!
Real estate mogul Sullivan Bradford’s family is pushing hard for him to get married. When his mom sets up an appointment for him with a matchmaker, he seizes the opportunity. A business arrangement with a suitable candidate is just the thing to get his parents off his back.
The last thing Kinsley Taylor was looking for was a husband, but she can’t afford to turn down the deal Sullivan is offering. Not when becoming his bride will give her the money she needs to save her brother.
Love and babies weren’t part of the agreement…but some contracts were meant to be broken.
Tall, Dark, and tattooed, FBI agent Hudson Blackwell has come home to Crystal Lake to deal with his dying father and leave. He doesn’t believe in much, other than his brothers, his God, and his country. He likes his life simple and hates complications. So running into the-girl-he-let- get-away is one complication he can do without. Yet the flames of desire still burn hot and it’s not so easy to break ties a second time around. Makes a guy wonder…
Can a man who only wants to leave find a reason to stay?
Rebecca Draper is hoping second chance at life will get her back on track. With a failed marriage behind her and a young son to support, this former beauty queen has no time for Hudson Blackwell—yet running into him stirs up things. Hot things. Wild things. The man broke her heart once so getting involved with him would be crazy. Yet he awakens a desire and a need so intense she can’t deny it. It begs the question…
Can a woman who wants love be brave enough to take a chance on a man who could destroy her?
Life doesn’t always play fair.
Clay Wright never dreamed he’d have to move back home to Lake Arrowhead, California to care for his sister, who recently discovered she has MS. But no matter what’s required of him, he’s all in. Being a family man, his sister means the world to him.
Jenny McCaw has lived in the same small lakeside village in the hills of California her whole life. Nothing new ever happens in town. Not until Clay shows up. Sparks fly when their paths collide, but building a relationship with the handsome paramedic is a dream come true.
But life gets in the way. Circumstances beyond their control threaten to tear them apart, leaving them both confused. Clay must choose between what is right… and what his heart wants. Jenny hopes he’ll make the right choice. She’s falling in love.
From the USA Today Bestselling author of 'Truth or Beard', this is a full-length, 110k word novel is the first book in the Knitting in the City series.
There are three things you need to know about Janie Morris: 1) She is incapable of engaging in a conversation without volunteering TMTI (Too Much Trivial Information), especially when she is unnerved, 2) No one unnerves her more than Quinn Sullivan, and 3) She doesn't know how to knit.
After losing her boyfriend, apartment, and job in the same day, Janie Morris can't help wondering what new torment fate has in store. To her utter mortification, Quinn Sullivan- aka Sir McHotpants- witnesses it all then keeps turning up like a pair of shoes you lust after but can't afford. The last thing she expects is for Quinn- the focus of her slightly, albeit harmless, stalkerish tendencies- to make her an offer she can't refuse.
JUNE 14, 2014: Sequel to Neanderthal SEEKS Human (Neanderthal MARRIES Human) is now available everywhere fine books are sold (and also likely at some pirating sites if you're an evil person and believe stealing is hunky dory).
Two weeks. No strings.
With Adam Callaway I thought I'd found the perfect fling. He was great in bed and only in town for a few hot nights.
There was no way I could have known Adam wouldn't be satisfied with just sex. My craving for his body made me careless. I broke my rules. I let him in. I never thought two weeks could change everything. All I wanted was an escape, what I got was so much more.
Something I couldn't live without once I had it.
THE TEASE SERIES
Tease
Stripped
There's more wood than meets the eye for Lyra in this forest.
Lyra has been keeping a secret from everyone.
Still stinging from her parents’ divorce, her life is falling apart.
When her mom finds out what Lyra’s been hiding, she pulls her from her world of partying and takes her to a reclusive cabin in the woods to get herself together.
At first, Lyra wants nothing to do with the solitude of nature, until she stumbles upon a small commune deep in the forest and three gorgeous, intriguing men who live there.
Completely different from one another, Rain, Paul, and X grab Lyra’s attention and pique her curiosity each in their own unique way.
Can these three men living a simple life in the woods help Lyra find herself and the love and intense pleasure she’s been missing with all of them?.