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A great tale of love just isn't enough for you, is it you adrenaline junkie? You need love AND suspense. You need two people on the verge of falling in love---while clinging to the side of a cliff. Well, that what we and our eBookHounds' promoting authors are here to give you. Heart wrenching romance and gut wrenching suspense, all wrapped up in a pretty little ebook. And, always free or discounted for you. Read away!
Definition of the "Romantic Suspense Genre": The Romantic Suspense genre is oftentimes the bestselling subgenre of Romance, though that can vascillate with historical romance. The elements of a romance need to be there--a budding relationship between two people that overcomes obstacles and succeeds in the end. But, the critical elements of suspense in that romance setting also need to be interwoven expertly. Those include action, adventure, and oftentimes, a heroine that has been wronged and a hero who attempts to help right that wrong. Through their work to right the wrong, they are brought closer together and what would you know? They fall in love. Honestly, you can think of many, many Disney movie scripts for this storyline (start with Frozen).
Some examples of the top ebooks in the Romantic Suspense genre are Mary Stewart (Nine Coaches Waiting), Tiffany Snow (No Turning Back), Colleen Hoover (Never, Never), and Melinda Leigh (She Can Run).
Alyssa Day creates an amazing and astonishing world...romantic, sexy and utterly compelling. I loved it! - New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan, about Alyssa Day's Atlantis series
She could see only him.
There was no bar, no Noel, no Dark Angels. No Scott, no troubles, no worries.
There was only a searing flash of heat from the raw, primal desire she saw in this man’s eyes when he looked at her.
It was too much—too intense. Suddenly she felt fragile, as if her bones had been hollowed out and replaced with air and light. As if she might float away if this man didn’t stop looking at her.
As if she might collapse in despair if he did.
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A warrior returned
When black sheep Flynn returns to Atlantis after more than a decade away, he discovers that his brothers thought he was dead and moved on with their lives. But before he can wrap his brain around that problem, Poseidon himself taps Flynn to be one of a new generation of elite warriors. Now he only has to: learn how to be part of a team, rescue a group of kidnapped girls from the Hell’s Dark Angels motorcycle gang, and try to understand why a certain redhaired bartender with an affinity for animals is driving him mad…
A woman reborn
Eva Calandar needs to run. Again. Her ex-boyfriend, a black magic practitioner, has tracked heR down. Again. But she might be the key to rescuing a group of girls from becoming human sacrifices, and there’s a certain astonishingly hot Atlantean warrior with a fierce protective instinct who is making her think longing thoughts of finally making a stand.
Together, they’re so much stronger than they were apart, but the heat between them may be enough to burn down the world.
No matter what the temperature is in January . . . in Atlantis.
Twelve all-new adventures in the hotly anticipated world of Poseidon's Warriors, from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Day. These books are sexy, romantic, and wickedly addictive —welcome to Atlantis!
Warning: This book contains magic, Atlantis, Poseidon, warriors, a pirate, demons, a pug puppy, a king and queen, sibling rivalry, a black sheep, bad boys, paranormal romance, fantasy, matchmaking, a mermaid (they don’t exist), laughter, danger, kisses, and a happily ever after. Read at your own risk!
There’s a smokin’ hot dead guy locked in my garden shed.
That part’s bad enough. But now, he’s trying to get out.
Growing up, my father always told me that I’d come to a bad end, just like my mom did when I was a kid. Hearing that kind of stuff when you’re little eventually gets to a girl, but I can’t say I ever expected my ‘bad end’ to involve an angry vampire with a severe case of iron deficiency and a panty-melting English accent.
Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised. Ever since my mother was assassinated, I’ve felt like there was something vast and frightening hidden beneath the fabric of the world. Something none of us are supposed to know about.
So far, finding out I was right hasn’t been nearly as satisfying as I’d hoped. I guess the trick will be staying alive long enough to shout ‘I told you so’ from the rooftops.
But before I can do that, I really need to figure out if the vampire who just bit me is one of the good guys or not.
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The Last Vampire is a steamy new urban fantasy romance series from USA Today Bestseller R. A. Steffan and Jaelynn Woolf, co-authors of the Circle of Blood saga.
Download Book One today, and enter a world shared by humans, fae, demons, and one very reluctant vampire. It’s a place where the supernatural threatens the mundane, nothing is as it seems, and love will either be the world’s downfall—or its salvation.
(A standalone Heartbreaker Bay novel)
Meet cute...
Run for the hills—temporarily. That’s Colbie Albright’s plan when she flees New York for San Francisco. Wrangling her crazy family by day and writing a bestselling YA fantasy series by night has taken its toll. In short, Colbie’s so over it that she’s under it. She’s also under the waters of a historic San Francisco fountain within an hour of arrival. Fortunately, the guy who fishes Colbie out has her looking forward to Christmas among strangers. But she’s pretty sure Spencer Baldwin won’t be a stranger for long.
Make merry...
Spence’s commitment to hiding from the Ghosts of Relationships Past means he doesn’t have to worry about the powerful—okay, crazy hot—chemistry he’s got with Colbie. Just because she can laugh at anything, especially herself... just because she’s gorgeous and a great listener…just because she “gets” Spence immediately doesn’t mean he won’t be able to let Colbie go. Does it?
…and hope for a miracle.
Now the clock’s ticking for Colbie and Spence: Two weeks to cut loose. Two weeks to fall hard. Two weeks to figure out how to make this Christmas last a lifetime.
Power.
It’s addictive and misused, but not this time.
This time, it’s the one thing that protects, that guards against the potential of loss.
It’s a glass house in the midst of a turbulent storm.
You see, I have it all.
Wealth. Status. Power.
I am the be all and end all within my small world.
A woman with a tight grip on everyone and everything.
Nothing can soften my blow or tame my fire.
Nothing but Nate. Oh God, Nate can so do it.
And I want him to. Badly.
Too bad he’s married and one of the good guys.
Or is he?
Two broken people. One Christmas wish. A gritty holiday romance.
Ryder Rossi dropped out of life. He came back from the war a broken and angry man. They gave him a Purple Heart, but it sits in the bottom of an old chest his dad gave him years ago.
He doesn’t feel like a hero. Hell, he doesn’t even feel like a man. Honorable Discharge was what he got after losing a leg to a landmine.
Hawk from the Insurgents MC has been his best buddy since Ryder came back to Pinewood Springs. The ruggedly good-looking biker used to be an Insurgent but he gave that up a long time ago along with everything else.
All he wants is to ride his Harley and be left alone.
When Savannah Carlton and her young son, Timmy, homestead on Ryder’s property, he sees red. It doesn’t matter that the pretty blonde pushes some buttons in him that haven’t been in use for quite a while. He doesn’t want her near him, and her son reminds him of the son he’s been forced to forget.
Savannah is running away from her ex-husband’s family who wants Timmy. Her beat-up RV died on Ryder’s property, and even though the surly biker tells her to leave, she sees kindness behind his anger. She finds herself making excuses to talk to him, but she doesn’t want to fall for Ryder. Her life is screwed up enough, and the last thing she needs is a high maintenance biker.
Can two mismatched, lonely people find the Christmas light in their darkened lives and open their hearts to a second chance romance?
The Insurgents MC series are standalone romance novels. This is Ryder’s story. This book contains violence, abuse, strong language, and steamy/graphic sexual scenes. HEA. No cliffhangers. The book is intended for readers over the age of 18.
Begin the epic emotional journey of Mimi Bishop on her path to true love with Shattered Perfection.
"These two people are very strongly and beautifully written. It is not unrealistic to envisage them as being "actual" people. They begin with fire and passion, but it soon turns into a tale of unexpected tragedy and unfailing hope. The emotions rock and roll very easily throughout, leading to many smiles and quite a few tears. --RIA Reading is Our Satisfaction Book Blog
Twenty-five-year-old Mimi Bishop has it all: a good career, good friends, and a decent dating life. She’s single and content, but the day she meets Vance Ashcroft her life explodes into living color. She’s powerfully drawn to the handsome attorney instantly. From happy to idyllic, Mimi’s relationship with Vance is a dream come true. Inexplicably, harmony becomes a thing of the past, replaced by a cold, distant and hostile relationship. Will the secret Vance is keeping shatter everything they've known?
Jack
In my perfect world it would always be winter and never Christmas.
I despise the holiday. I hate carols, shopping, and pretending to be a perfect family.
I walked away from my family, or rather they walked away from me.
My heart is like ice—
See it creeping up the walls.
Oh, wait, no, that’s royal icing.
I never should have allowed the Great Christmas Bake-Off to film in my tower.
And I never, ever, should have agreed to be a judge.
Chloe
I love Christmas! I love sparkly window decorations, heartwarming holiday movies, and themed coffee.
Most of all I love Christmas baking.
Even though his company is sponsoring the bake-off show, billionaire Jack Frost claims he hates sweets.
But after he tastes my goods I know he'll come begging for more.
And wouldn't you know it, that night Jack Frost asked me to come up to his penthouse and give him a special taste of my Christmas cookies.
Against my better judgement I went…
I baked him my signature gingerbread cookies and of course he ate them up!
It should have been a Christmas miracle, but Jack Frost couldn't have come into my life at a worse time.
Not only am I broke, but this was my first Christmas after my oma died.
Someone is trying to sabotage me in the Great Christmas Bake-Off.
I'm being stalked by a mall Santa.
Sleeping with one of the judges is a disaster waiting to happen. I needed Jack and his washboard abs about as much as I needed that third sticky bun.
But when he says in his deep, sexy voice, "Can you make me some more cookies?" well stick a candy cane in me I'm done.
Eating Her Christmas Cookies is a standalone holiday novel. This full-length, steamy romance novel has no cliffhangers but does have a very happily ever after!
Rachel Cameron prefers to lick her wounds and protect her children from gossip and shame in isolation on a small homestead in the Ozark Mountains. But life-long bachelor and ex-Marine Sheriff Garrett Stark has other ideas. Drawn to Rachel, he wields all the power and charm he can muster to insist Rachel return to town for her safety and that of her children. Rachel balks, but does not anticipate the raft of dizzying emotions stirred by the Sheriff's relentless attention. The moment Garrett Stark takes her into his arms, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. Honor the truth and face her fears or live forever as an outsider.
From USA Today Best Selling author Ali Parker
Being rich means living up to the expectations of others... even when you don't want to.
Matt's always known what it was like to live on the high end of society, and where his brother and father love it... he hates it. A creative at heart, he's forced into the world of Accounting to help stand beside the family name and build an empire from the ground up. His true passion is art, life and love.
Erica is the Chief Advertising Officer for Bryant Accounting Firm and has had her eye on the CEO's son, Matthew for quite some time. He's a bit docile in public, and often plays the fool, but something tells her that a very different man exists just beneath the surface. She's willing to wager her career by taking Matt beneath her wing, and hopefully to her bed.
** This is book 1 in a series. There is a cliffhanger, and book two will be out in 3 months, as will each subsequent novel.
+ 18 due to strong language, explicit sexual content and possible violence.
"Are you kidding me?"
He is my brother's best friend?
That hunk of muscle attached to a to-die-for smile and light-my-fire eyes? That billionaire who sizzles my insides every time he says my name?
I didn't have a choice. I got him alone during our Christmas Eve party, and I told him to unwrap his gift. Me.
But Josiah left me with an unexpected gift of his own. A bouncing baby that's the spitting image of him.
I can't believe my family hasn't figured it out.
They think I'm some romance-crazed maniac who can't say no to men.
But Josiah's the only one I've ever really wanted.
And now he's back. And I'm screwed.
Because I still want him. And I know he still wants me.
But bad boys don't want babies, they want babes.
Can I tell him the truth without losing him forever?
A billionaire & a firefighter meet at a wedding. One night. No strings. Until Christmas.
Max
Harlow May tests every limit I have and makes me want to break every d*mn rule she creates. She's a temptation I can't seem to resist.
She fits no category. She's strong & sassy and a firefighter to boot.
She fights the fire between us.
Once I have a taste, no one else will do.
I'll fight for her and for us.
I only want one woman. Harlow.
Harlow
A wedding, a one-night stand, and no happily-ever-after.
That's how it all started with Max Channing.
Along comes another cliché - a second chance.
A year later, I'm about to face Christmas alone when tall, dark & s*xy as h*ll Max shows up again.
Our lives are worlds apart. He's a billionaire tech investor. I'm a hotshot firefighter.
Nothing about us makes any sense.
I never thought I'd see him again after the hottest night of my life.
I was wrong, so very wrong.
When our paths cross again, we break every rule.
And set each other on fire.
*This is a full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA.
"Hands down one of the best books of the year." - Jessica, Booked J Blog
"Could.Not.Put.Down. It must be read!" - The Book Bistro
"Kendall Ryan's BEST BOOK YET!!! -Bookalicious Babes Blog
The start to a sexy new series from New York Times bestselling author, Kendall Ryan.
She’s much too innocent for me, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting the sweet, young librarian. I’m dominating and possessive, and my control streak runs a mile wide.
The way she looks at me—like I’m one of the heroes in the books she loves, like I’m broken, and she wants to be the one to piece me back together—it only complicates things further. I’m nobody’s hero.
But there’s no denying my tragic past reads like one of her favorite literary classics. It’s raw. Visceral. Captivating. And together, we’re a perfect mess.
How can I resist when the sexual sparks zapping between us set me on fire? The need to control, and claim her force my walls to come tumbling down, but when she learns about my dirty little secret, will my world come crashing down with it?
Our small town wasn't enough for Jason, so he left to conquer the music world. Now he’s come back to conquer me.
Jason and I both dreamed of escaping our tiny town, and those dreams brought us together. I was the wholesome cheerleader and Jason was the hot, older bad boy I couldn't resist.
Everyone but me thought Jason would never leave the junkyard where he'd been born.
Everyone was wrong.
Now I’m a waitress trying to avoid marrying the guy my conservative parents picked out for me and he’s a real-life rock star.
There may be no place in Jason’s life for the girl my parents want me to be. But he's always had an exceptional talent for convincing me to break the rules...
Run Away with Me is a standalone second chance, rock star romance featuring a bold alpha hero his sweet and sexy heroine.
Not all alpha males are jerks.
But the guy that messed up Tiffany’s self-image sure as hell was.
This beautiful, curvy woman has held my imagination captive since the day she started working with me.
She has no idea how gorgeous, powerful, and intelligent she is.
But that ruse is up.
I’m going to tell her. Show her. Press that truth upon her until she sees herself like I do.
I haven’t been with a woman since losing my wife around the holidays, but it’s time to give love a second chance. My son and I are ready to have a family again.
Now I just need to convince her to take a chance on me.
It’ll be the best decision of her life.
I’ll make sure of it.
Every good girl deserves a bad boy. ~ Weston
Morrigan has been divorced for a year after leaving her cheating husband. She’s done with men. Period. But sex? No damn way. When she goes home for thanksgiving, she checks out a local club the first night she meets a hot young stud, the second night she meets another handsome guy, and another.
She finds out the three guys are friends, and they want her to choose between them, but she can't.
She wants all of them. Separately. Together. All the above.
Life is short and being with someone new is so reviving, so good.
Especially when it’s three times the fun.
FBI agent Max Carter lives his life by a strict set of rules—rules that don't allow for distraction, deviation...or a relationship. But tell that to his matchmaking mama. To avoid yet another set-up, he announces he has a girlfriend. And now has to produce said girlfriend at Christmas dinner. Maybe Santa has a suitable actress in that red bag of his...
Gina Castillo is about to break her building’s iron-clad “no pets” policy to give her little brother the perfect Christmas gift—a dog. Too bad Max, the most inconveniently sexy tenant in the building, catches her red handed. Gina expects to be evicted, but instead finds herself blackmailed into playing the role of his girlfriend.
Two lies plus one dog should equal a hot mess of a holiday, but attraction and Christmas magic might just defy the rules...
HEAT UP YOUR NIGHTS! 10 steamy books from bestselling authors fill this limited-time winter boxed set! If you love alpha heroes and sexy romance, this one's for you...
"5 Stars! I went into this expecting brilliance... and that's exactly what I got. Compellingly authentic characters, addictive writing, smart, real dialogue, and a love story that got me in all my feels, this is new adult at its very, very best." - Samantha Young, New York Times bestselling author, on ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY
"Highly recommend! Shayla Black delivers once again with this passionate and sexy novel... A beautiful love story with a twist that you'll never see coming!" - Meredith Wild, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on MORE THAN WANT YOU
"Gritty, edgy, addictive and seductive, Tijan brings heart to a ruthless hero that loves as hard as he hurts." --Vi Keeland, New York Times Bestselling author, on CARTER REED
Author's Note: WINTER NIGHTS is a brand new boxed set for the season as a gift to our readers and to introduce you to new series to love!
TEN BOOKS INCLUDE:
Carter Reed by Tijan
Elements of Chemistry by Penny Reid
Wicked Grind by J. Kenner
Feeling Hot by Elle Kennedy
More Than Want You by Shayla Black
Survival of the Richest by Skye Warren
The Space Between by Kate Canterbary
Her Seductive Dare by Lena Hart
Black Edge by Charlotte Byrd
Bidding on Brooks by Katy Regnery
His best friend’s hot older sister.
Her younger brother’s annoying sidekick.
And one forbidden kiss in high school…
It was complicated back then. It’s even more so now.
Because former mean girl Sloane rolls back in town to find Rick stripping at a charity event like he was born with biceps.
And single dad Rick is her landlord.
And her brother will murder him if he has sex with her.
But sometimes you have to strip it all down to see what was there all along...
STANDALONE novel in a brand new series by Heatherly Bell.
A second chance...
A scandal ended the careers of the Wilder Sisters, the chart topping country rock band. But Lexi Wilder is okay with that, thanks for asking. She's been on the road since roughly forever, and even if the scandal has followed her home to Whistle Cove, California, Lexi is going to enjoy the break. After all, there's quite nothing like the beautiful sandy beaches of Monterey Bay to calm a woman's soul.
Luke Wyatt never asked to trade fame and fortune for the only woman he's ever loved. Now that he's finished a punishing year-long national tour, all bets are off. He's coming back to his hometown of Whistle Cove for the quiet, the beaches, the inspiration, and the girl. Not necessarily in that order. There's pressure from Nashville to deliver more country gold like the #1 song he co-wrote with Lexi Wilder.
But Lexi can’t forgive Luke for choosing fame over her…
"Bell writes romance that will capture your heart." ~ Marina Adair, #1 National bestselling author of Summer in Napa
"Bell's romances are the perfect escape." ~ Jamie Farrell, national bestselling author of The Officers Ex-Wives Club
Romance fans will find all the usual meet-cutes and secluded moments that they know and love from the genre, mingled with an original emotional narrative on Scott's part. I would definitely recommend Unforgettable You to contemporary romance fans everywhere." ~ Readers' Favorite Book Reviews, 5 Stars on Unforgettable You
She was forced to choose between the lives of the only two people she loved...
No one said standing up to the mafia would be easy. Verity Guerra knows this better than anyone, after all, the most ruthless mob boss in New York is her father.
Her only hope is Witness Protection. The Fed’s will do their best, but she knows she won’t live if she isn’t ready for them to find her.
A woman who will do anything to save her younger sister.
Her life isn’t the only one at stake, and if she must die to stop her father, she’ll make sure her little sister lives.
The mafia isn’t going to go quietly. They’re sending the very best. An assassin whose body count exceeds some wars. A man who guards his identity by never missing.
The Fed’s only know him as X.
Verity is no fool. She’s spent a lifetime watching her father butcher innocents. She knows what they’ll do. When X breaks into her home he is unprepared for the welcome he receives.
Verity is a fighter and she’s about to enter sudden death.
Despite her best efforts, Verity’s sister goes missing. Verity will do anything to save her, even work with the man her father sent to kill her.
Can she save her sister and avoid the inevitable death sentence her father has laid down on her? Or will she be another crossed off name in a ledger of murders?
Fans of sexy crime thrillers like are sure to enjoy the twists and turns of The Choice She Made.
***Please note. This book was previously published as 'Skewed, book one in the Mercenary series'.***