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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).
Do You Take This Cowboy?
For Better… For Worse…
In Sickness and health…
Falling for a cowboy is easy, but when weddings happen on the ranch, anything can happen and often does! Roping, Fireworks and Magic…Enjoy seven wonderful tales of love and marriage by some best-selling and award-winning Western Contemporary Romance authors.
Stephanie Berget's: Winning A Cowgirl's Love--Money might not buy happiness, but what if it leads to love? Randi Bachmann has two problems after winning an extravagant wedding package from the reality show Your Dream Wedding: She doesn’t have a groom, and she doesn’t want to get married. In desperate need of the $50,000 prize money awarded after 6 months of wedded bliss, she picks the one man she knows will be happy to leave as soon as the term is up, her old boyfriend, Davie Dunbar.
Melissa Keir's: Claiming a Cowboy’s Heart--Even broken souls deserve a second chance at love….Recognizing each other’s pain, Michelle, an elementary teacher, and Preston, a veterinarian, come together to heal, but fear and misunderstandings send their blossoming relationship into a tailspin. Will they be able to put aside their pain to find the love of a lifetime?
Lyssa Layne's: Roses With Thorns--Robby and Jordan were destined for one another, soulmates meant to never be separated but their love story didn’t begin at hello. Robby patiently waited for Jordan, trading in trains for horses. Once she turned eighteen, their love story was on the fast track as the two became adults together on the freight train of love as life began to unfold.
Robin Deeter's: The Silver Bell Shifter--Riley Flowers moves to Wolf Junction, Nebraska, and is intensely drawn to shy, sexy Calvin Lightfoot. Calvin's been burned by lost love before, and he's not willing to chance it again--until Riley enters his life. He wants her for his own, but will she be able to accept the shifter side of him and come to love the man within?
Ann Anders': My Forever Sugar--In my wildest dreams I never thought I'd marry a rancher. In my defense, I hadn't met Tucker James yet. He asked. I said yes. Love at first sight is easy. His family… not so much…
Paty Jager's: The Wrong Cowboy to Love--Ruby Cutter allows her cousin, the bride, to give her a makeover for the upcoming wedding because she wants to catch the attention of her high school crush. But while she’s infatuated with one man, she may be falling for another…
and D'Ann Lindun's: Her Taylor Made Cowboy--As a successful model, Taylor Griffin hated being judged for her looks. Moving behind the lens helps but most men still only see her as arm candy. Waylon Wainwright is smitten with the tall, blonde photographer but can he prove he sees beyond her beauty to the woman underneath?
DOWNLOAD THE HOTTEST BEACH READS! Ten steamy summer books from bestselling authors fill this limited-time boxed set! If you love brooding heroes and timeless romance, this is for you!
TEN BOOKS INCLUDED:
Going Down Easy by Carly Phillips
Possessive by Willow Winters
There is No Light in Darkness by Claire Contreras
Resisting the Bad Boy by Violet Duke
The Pawn by Skye Warren
Garrison's Creed by Cristin Harber
Marriage Material by Barbara Samuel
If You Were Mine by Jenika Snow
Bare Ass in Love by Sasha Burke
Making Her Melt by Amber Lin
SUMMER HEAT is a brand new boxed set for the summer as a gift to our readers and to introduce you to new series to love!
Gear up for your ride into the Romance Wonderland. This 7-book collection delivers you loads of steam and memorable HEA. Each book is a full-length standalone novel and there is no cheating and no cliffhangers.
The collection includes...
Protecting Her
First Time with The Major
Falling For The Seal
Rescue Me
Claimed
His Brother's Wife and
Taken
So, go ahead, ride in love with this one and enjoy yourself!
Book 1: Protecting Her
The war was my fu*king nightmare. Veronica is my salvation.
I'll do everything to protect her.
Even if it means going back to that hellhole to bring her home.
I just got home from the war.
My nightmare is over, but a new one is just starting.
Veronica waited for me, but now she's leaving on a sh*t assignment.
Our second chance is fading fast, but I won't let it go.
Losing my life is nothing. It's losing Veronica that scares me.
Sweet and beautiful... she doesn't belong anywhere near Afghanistan.
The military trained me to fight. Veronica trained me to love.
If she goes... then I go.
When my worst predictions come true,
I'll go after the ba$tards who took her from me.
I'll fight for her... and the baby she's carrying.
And I won't come home again without my family.
Book 2: First Time With The Major
I think he wants to control me.
My life is comfortable, predictable and boring....
Until
That guy next door walks into my café...
He says he is new in the town.
And I wonder if he is experienced with.....women.
Those hard abs under that crisp shirt make me wonder how HARD I could make him.
Those Greek God-like looks make me want to surrender.
And that sexy voice...
My world turns upside down.
As he whispers my name.
But how can I do this?
Should I let go of the fears from my past and try and venture into the unfamiliar future that awaits me?
Should I let this guy control my desires....and my life?
Book 3: Falling For The Seal
As a SEAL, I am not used to second chances.
I told ya, I am a fearless, son of a b*tch.
Dead inside for so many years.
But now I am back.
Annabel Lee - I am home, and I am home for you.
Would you be ready to give me a second chance?
Book 4: Rescue Me
I love my life the way it is.
No commitments, no heartbreaks!
That's until Josie enters my life.
I found a new purpose to my life - Protecting Josie.
And this time, I am not letting her go...
Book 5: Claimed
I have only days to find a wife.
My parents want me to be married,
And this time it's an ultimatum.
And then I meet Adrianna
A sassy as hell free-spirited stripper.
One casual hit leads to
An indecent proposal for a fake marriage turning my world upside down
And I plant my seed inside her.
All Right, it was an accident, but what now!
My dilemma: Is she really the 'right kinda girl.' The kind I want to spend the rest of my life with.
Book 6: His Brother's Wife
Jason Banks always gets what he wants.
And this time, he wants his brother's wife.
I knew it the first time I looked at those delicious curves,
Until she decided to walk down the aisle with my brother.
I knew it from the look she gives me,
That she wants to submit...give into what I want.
But she's a good girl, plays by the rules.
But, the only rule I wanna play by is, 'If you love someone, love HARD. Fight HARDER'.
Tiffany Baby, Care to bend down on your knees...for me?
Book 7: Taken
I never thought I'd sleep with the man who murdered my fiancé...it wasn't just a one-night-stand!!!
He was strong and tough, the kind of passionate man I'd always wanted.
But I never expected my heart to change. What was going to happen now that I was falling in love with him?
A sexy new contemporary standalone romance by New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Katy Evans.
You've seen the headlines: Womanizing billionaire player! Watch out! Stay away! We were just two strangers. Facing a forbidden attraction, a chemical connection. Neither of us expected or wanted it to amount to more.
But I had never been drawn to a guy the way I was drawn to this one: my brother's best friend, and CEO of the company where I interned.
Even knowing I should stay away, I proved to be too human, after all.
The chemistry was amazing. The laughs were incredible. I opened up to him in more ways than I'd opened up to anyone before. But sex was as far as I'd go. Just sex because he was too irresistible. Just sex because I wouldn't be falling for him. Just sex because I'd leave in three months, and I'd like for my brother not to kill me, and for nobody to find out he was my wicked little secret.
He wasn't the One.
He was just a womanizer.
But for a time, he would be mine.
Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again.
After fifteen years together, he walked away from me, and into the arms of another.
I didn’t know how to cope. I didn’t know my worth. I didn’t know how to exist without him by my side.
All I wanted was for him to come back to me.
Then, Jackson Emery appeared.
He was supposed to be a distraction for my mind. A summer fling. A confidence boost to my bruised heart.
We were perfect for one another, because we both knew we wouldn’t last. Jackson didn’t believe in commitment, and I no longer believed in love. He was too closed-off for me, and I was too damaged for him.
Everything was fine, until one night my heart skipped a beat.
I didn’t expect him to make me laugh. To make me think. To make my sadness somewhat disappear.
When our time was up, my heart didn’t know how to walk away.
Each day I prayed for my husband to love me again, yet slowly my prayers began to shift toward the man who wasn’t right for me.
I prayed for one more smile, one more kiss, one more laugh, one more touch…
I prayed for him to be mine.
Even though I knew his heart wasn’t destined to love.
Author Jamie Beck returns with an engrossing series about family, friendship, and starting over. In this first Cabot novel, a legacy of secrets tests old friends seeking a second chance at life and love.
On the second anniversary of her husband’s suicide, Colby Cabot-Baxter is ready to let go of her grief and the mistakes made during her turbulent marriage. Her fresh start comes in the form of A CertainTea, the restaurant she’s set to open along Lake Sandy, Oregon, with help from her family. But when her executive chef quits just weeks before the grand opening, Colby is pressured to hire old family friend Alec Morgan. His award-winning reputation could generate buzz, but their friendship has withered since her husband’s reckless dare cost Alec’s brother his life.
Distracted by guilty secrets concerning the tragedy that changed his and Colby’s lives, Alec self-destructed and lost his famed restaurant. With his career in tatters, he’s determined to use this opportunity to redeem his reputation and to help the woman he’s loved from afar find happiness again.
But secrets have a way of coming out. When Alec’s do, they might destroy the new life he and Colby have rebuilt together.
Kara is beautiful and introverted, finishing her undergraduate studies and enjoying life with her friends. She wasn’t looking for love, and wasn’t prepared to find it. Naheed—mature, good-looking, and unabashedly focused on Kara—is on a mission to meet her, and make her fall in love with him.
They meet one night and she feels him in her soul…exactly what’s supposed to happen, when you meet “the one”. Kara lets herself fall for him, and hard…but love is never easy.
Their attraction is undeniable, but life throws a few bumps in the road causing Kara to listen to her mind instead of her heart. Naheed never gives up, no matter how much she pushes him away. He knows…they’re meant to be. But all she knows, is that their love is Flawed.
Hope Over Fear can be read as a stand alone novel.
Today is the day – the day that the man I love marries someone else. I don’t deserve pity or sympathy. I’ve made my bed. I left Mason and ripped his heart to pieces as I ran away. The guilt and sorrow consume me, threatening to choke me everyday.
But today is a new beginning. Today is the day I will wake up with a renewed resolve and determination to do better … to be better … to be worthy. My name is Sara Preston, and this is my story about what happens after.
*Hope Over Fear is a standalone novel.
*Warning - This is romance novel is not intended for readers under the age of 18.
Connor Calloway was forbidden.
Rockstar. Bad boy. Heartbreaker.
My best friend's ex.
Signing on as the headliner for his band was our chance,
We could make it big, if I could just resist temptation.
I could stay away, keep my distance,
It would be easy, I told myself.
Boy, was I wrong. Dead wrong.
That black hair, those deep blue eyes,
His perfect a** and charming smile.
The way he looked at me backstage,
Full of hunger and lust.
Like he wanted to pin me down right there,
And f*ck me all night long.
No, I couldn't do it,
Betray my best friend like that.
But then I did what was so wrong, but felt so right.
Now, I have to face the music,
And face the biggest dilemma of my life.
How am I going to tell everyone the truth?
That I'm pregnant with my best friend's ex...
Charlie
I don’t believe in fairytales. I definitely don’t have time for them.
I also don’t have time for Jesse Franklin—hotshot firefighter, too handsome for his own good, and cocky to boot.
He’s also rude.
Whatever. As I said, I don’t have time.
My life is complicated and messy.
There is zero room for anything, most certainly not swoon-worthy Jesse who I can’t seem to kick out of my mind.
Then, he goes and does something I never expected. Ever.
My life suddenly gets more complicated, and this time it’s all about a fairytale.
Jesse
Dr. Lane is all kinds of uptight—oh-so proper and professional.
I can’t help but try to rile her up.
I want her, and I can’t even say why.
One night with her, and she’s seared into my soul.
All bets are off.
But her life is complicated. I don’t do complicated. So I think.
Because, you see, Charlie is everything I ever wanted and more. I just didn’t know it yet.
She was mine the minute I laid eyes on her.
She just didn’t know it yet.
*This is a full-length standalone romance with a guaranteed happily-ever-after.
A deliciously steamy enemies with benefits romance.
Declan McAvoy. Voted Biggest Flirt. Highest goal scorer in Kings of Rittenhouse Prep history.
Everyone’s impressed, well except one person…
After a blow out in high school, Makenna Halstead and I were happy to never have to cross paths again. Except life has a way of knocking you straight in the teeth with a puck when you least expect it. She hasn’t just returned to my life, she crashed into it like a wrecking ball...into my college kingdom, into my class, and smack dab into the seat next to mine. My new lab partner to be exact.
For years we hated each other... I may be King on the ice, but she is the Ice Queen. She has no problem calling me out, doesn’t back down, and her piercing blue eyes have me picturing more than than just my arms wrapped around her.
Now we’re stuck with each other and there’s no getting around that fact that we have to work together. My hockey career hangs in the balance. Problem? Oh, yeah.
I can’t deny it. I want her. More than I ever thought I could want a woman. I’ve got one semester–only four months–to convince her everything she thought about me was wrong.
Will my queen let me prove to her I’m the King she can’t live without?
Only one way to find out...
Marry—or else.
Navy SEAL Brian Lake is out of luck. Going rogue on his last mission landed him on a fast track out of the Navy—years too soon to have saved up enough money to buy the ranch he’s always wanted. Without a career—or the cash to start over—Brian’s options are few, until Army general Augustus Reed steps in with an intriguing new mission—a permanent one.
Ignored by her absentee father, duped by thief he appointed to oversee her family’s ranch, Cass Reed is done with men for good. From now on she’s determined to run Two Willows herself, so when her father sends a Navy SEAL to fix up her house, she vows to run him off her land as soon as possible. But Brian’s just as determined to stay, and he’s in a far different league than the men she’s met before.
Brian’s ready to do anything that will earn him a share of a prosperous ranch—even take a chance on marrying the General’s daughter. And he soon realizes it won’t be a hardship to marry Cass. She’s everything he’s ever dreamed of in a woman—and Two Willows is everything he wanted in a ranch.
But he’s not the only one who wants Two Willows—and Cass.
Will falling in love be the most dangerous mission of all?
I’ve always been good at sharing.
You have to be when you grow up in a family like mine.
But I never wanted to share Logan.
He was the first thing I wanted all to myself.
Too bad I missed my chance.
Unlike Piper.
Not that I hold it against her. After all, she was ready to love him in ways I wasn’t, ways I was... insanely jealous of.
And I know better than anyone you can’t help who you love.
Just who knows about it.
And now that he'll always be off limits, there’s no point in sharing my secret.
It doesn’t matter if my body screams for his touch whenever we cross paths.
It doesn’t matter if my heart swells to six times its normal size at the mere thought of that handsome loner’s shy smile.
It doesn’t even matter if I think I could love him better than she did.
Because Logan Jones and I are never going to happen.
**This is a full-length, standalone romance novel with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a satisfying HEA.
*Limited time launch price of 0.99c
They say I’m Texas royalty.
Well, this princess needs a damn break. And an orgasm or ten.
Which is why I’m standing on the doorstep of Broken Creek Ranch in the middle of a thunderstorm, determined to ditch my virginity before my father marries me off to one of his filthy rich business partners.
My plan? Pick one of the Maddox brothers to do the deed.
But that was before I came face to face with seven of the sexiest men I’ve ever seen.
I’m desperately attracted to each of them. Even oldest brother, Vance, who’s dead set against my plan. He says I’m too young. Too innocent.
Whatever.
Fortunately, his brothers invite me to stay and play before choosing who will take my innocence, but how can I pick? More importantly, will I even get the chance? Because there’s no way my father’s going to let me go…
Seven hot, hard men dedicated to the pleasure of one woman? Yes, please! As with all of my books, this naughty, standalone reverse harem story has no cheating, and a HEA is guaranteed!
She’s the one woman I should stay away from, but I can’t help myself...
They say being a billionaire has its perks, but I hardly notice. After being widowed, my beautiful little girl is the most important thing to me. Esme hasn’t spoken to anyone but me since her mother’s death. When she goes missing, I’m this close to losing it.
When Esme turns up safe and sound with a cute waitress, I’m ready to give the lady a reward and be on our way, but then Esme speaks to her. A simple “thank you” from my daughter who hasn't spoken to anyone in years. I know I can’t let the waitress get away. It has nothing to do with the face that she can melt me with a glance. Nothing at all...
Melanie is nothing like the women who throw themselves at me. Her big brown eyes take my breath away from the minute I lay eyes on her. She fills out her pink waitress uniform with curves I can’t wait to get my hands on. I can’t get her out of my head.
Melanie’s bringing my little girl out of her shell, which means she’s strictly off limits. But having her under my roof and close enough to touch is too much of a temptation. My legendary control is beginning to slip and I don’t know how much longer I can resist breaking every rule I have. I've sworn off romance because I know the stakes are far too high for me if anyone uncovers the secrets I've been keeping. Letting anyone in could destroy my world, but it's harder to keep my distance every day I'm near her.
Mr. Control is a HOT romance that will tug at your heartstrings, melt your panties, and leave you begging for more. HEA included! This single dad romance is approximately 62,000 words!
One look at my new soccer coach and my panties melt.
Then he opens his mouth and his English accent sets them on fire.
Nothing could ever happen between us or I’d lose my college scholarship.
But I feel his eyes on me during practice.
And in the dressing room.
Simon tells me I’m his star player and offers to give me extra coaching.
Some one on one time to improve my game.
How can I say no?
*** A steamy STANDALONE contemporary full-length romance with no cliffhanger, no cheating, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.***
A secret masquerade hookup leads to complications with Rourke’s new boss.
Rourke: As a celebrity personal assistant, I pride myself on professionalism. When a mysterious stranger offers to show me the wonders of a clandestine sex club at the masked ball, I jump at the chance. Because no one will know me, right? One night. No names. No faces. It should have ended there. I had no idea that the handsome, enigmatic man would turn out to be my new employer.
Roman: After the masquerade, I searched for the girl who’d crashed my party, only to find her in my office a few months later. I can’t fire her because she’s the best assistant I’ve ever had, but I can’t stop wanting her in my bed either.
If you like tension, angst, and a good dose of sexy, then this book is for you.
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***This book was formerly released as Sex, Lies, & Lipstick in the Bad Boy Billionaire Bachelors Boxset and can be read as a standalone.
What’s a girl to do when her heart won’t follow the script?
Still reeling from the death of her husband three years ago, journalist and single mother Geni Costa is less than thrilled when, through a stroke of strange luck, she scores a spot on the reality dating TV show The Spice of Love. She accepts the opportunity anyway, hoping a big scoop on this season’s rich, mysterious bachelor will earn her a desperately-needed promotion and raise so she can afford a better life for her daughter. Besides, finding true love on a reality TV show is impossible…
Blaise Moreau has had it with his job as head producer of The Spice of Love. Embroiled in a messy divorce and unable to see his beloved son, he can barely muster enough energy to promote the “true love” and “soul mate” baloney he used to believe were real. Blaise is desperate for an easy, boring season…
Too bad he let Geni Costa on the show.
The feisty single mother blows up one date after another. As Blaise scrambles to pick up the pieces and salvage the show, he feels himself irrationally drawn to her…but she’s supposed to fall in love with the bachelor, not him. And for Geni, what began as a financial opportunity turns into something more when against all reason she finds herself falling in love—but with the bachelor, or the head producer?
No Weddings Series named "Best Of" by multiple romance blogs*:
No Weddings | One Funeral | Two Bar Mitzvahs | Three Christmases | For Valentine's
Ever been to a funeral that rocks?
Join the romantic adventures of One Funeral with Hannah Martin, a woman restrained by her past, and Cade Michaelson, the man who could help set her free.
“Devoured. That's how I read One Funeral. LOVED IT!” ~ That's What I'm Talking About
The stakes climb higher in this second book in the No Weddings Series for Hannah Martin, a woman restrained by her past, and Cade Michaelson, the man who could help set her free.
I’m drawn to Cade as he charms his way into more of my life and offers me something I truly haven’t ever had: a friend. Yet his humor, patience, and drop-dead sexiness take my breath away, and I know my heart is at risk. I want to move forward but am terrified I can’t.
Cade seems to have it together from his own devastating heartache. His subtle actions, however, suggest a different story. And even though he says he wants more, I wonder if he’s able to trust in our developing relationship.
As we navigate through our tangled feelings, we vow to take it slow. Yet no matter how careful we try to be, things between us intensify—and there’s nothing we can do, or want to do, to stop it.
But the biggest question remains: Is chemistry enough to move beyond the past and toward a future together?
*** PLEASE NOTE ***
Scorching (explicit) sex scenes.
Fire extinguisher highly recommended.
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 classic novel from fan favorite Debbie Macomber, this is an emotional story about fighting for happiness and holding on for true love.
Marrying Glenn Lambert was either the smartest thing Maggie Kingsbury has ever done or the craziest mistake of her life. Best friends as children, they went their separate ways until a chance encounter at a wedding inspires this spontaneous leap of faith. How could she resist the sweet spell of a moonlit night and whispers of devotion guaranteed to melt her heart? But past disappointments and unhealed emotions soon start to wreak havoc with their vows.
Glenn knew his heart was bruised when he asked Maggie to marry him. But he meant every word; he’s sure they belong together. In so many ways, they’re still strangers, but the love he has inside tells him that no matter what happens, it’s Maggie he wants forever. Whatever it takes, he’ll prove she’s the only woman for him.