Romantic Suspense

Romantic Suspense

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).

The Progeny: A Novel (Descendants of the House of Bathory Book 1)

by Tosca Lee


New York Times bestselling author Tosca Lee brings a modern twist to an ancient mystery surrounding Elizabeth Bathory, the most notorious female serial killer of all time.

Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now, she’s become the hunted.

She’s on a quest that will take her to the secret underground of Europe and the inner circles of three ancient orders—one determined to kill her, one devoted to keeping her alive, and one she must ultimately save.

Filled with adrenaline, romance, and reversals, The Progeny is the present-day saga of a 400-year-old war between the uncanny descendants of “Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory, the most prolific female serial killer of all time, and a secret society dedicated to erasing every one of her descendants. It is a story about the search for self filled with centuries-old intrigues against the backdrop of atrocity and hope.

 
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Glitter and Kindling (The Chosen Legacy Book 1)

by Brittany Hester


Love is a game Ren never wanted to play.

Growing up in the desert biodomes of Province 5-9, there is little room for individuality and choice. Every part of life is dictated by the Council.

At seventeen, Ren knows her path in life has been determined for the betterment of humanity.

Her permanent job placement, her relationship status, and even the number of children she will have are out of her control. Like it or not, she is expected to marry a complete stranger who was assigned to her based solely on their combined genetic diversity.

When the pressure of spending the rest of her life shackled to someone else overwhelms her, she makes a choice that will change the course of her entire life.

Signing up for the yearly lottery could buy her the time and freedom she craves…or she could be condemned to her worst waking nightmare.

The odds she’ll win the right to choose her own spouse are so low she decides it’s worth risking everything. The last thing Ren expects is to be chosen.

Ren is thrust into a house with seven pre-selected men. She must play the game while the whole country watches.

As Ren’s journey progresses, she learns the heart can be a fickle thing, and the road ahead might lead to a destination she never expected.

Can she find a way to break the rules without leaving a path of shattered hearts behind her? Or is all fair in love and survival?

Scroll up and click BUY NOW or READ FOR FREE and lose your heart asThe Bachelorette meets Hunger Games in the first book of The Chosen Legacy Series!

 

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His Vow to Love: a Sweet Second Chance Romance (a Flying Cross Ranch Romance Book 1)

by Shanae Johnson


Air Force Pilot Charlie Matthews has flown to the farthest reaches of the world, but he can never seem to reconnect with his first, and only love. Will their latest reunion finally land them on a path to forever?

After years of service in the Air Force, Charlie Matthews is finally hanging up his wings and coming home for good to the Flying Cross Ranch to help his ailing pastor father. And after nearly a decade of short layovers and missed connections, Charlie is finally swooping back to sweep the love of his life off her feet. Unfortunately, he discovers the woman who makes his heart soar is about to depart on a one way ticket out of town.

Growing up in the foster care system, Savy James has always wanted her very own forever home. Now a foster mother herself, she’s devastated when the government declares her land protected for wild horses, meaning she and her ragtag bunch of foster kids will once again be uprooted, this time to the other side of the state. Being separated once again from Charlie is too much to bear, but he can’t leave his sick father and she’d never ask him to.

Determined to make this work, Charlie offers up his ranch to Savy and the kids. But the children aren’t used to his tough love. After Savy’s free-spirited ways, Charlie’s military style of discipline does not endear him to them. And when one of the kids makes a dangerous choice that leads a social worker to question their fitness as parents, Savy’s big, happy family is in jeopardy once again. Can a true love that's stood the test of time and space weather the storm of rebel youth?

Find out in His Vow to Love, the first in a series of heartwarming stories that prove that falling in love is an act of heroism, but finding family is life's most extraordinary achievement.

 

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The Medusa Project (The Medusas Book 1)

by Cindy Dees


She’s tasked with forming the first all-female Special Forces Team. He’s tasked with training them—and seeing to it they fail. She’s determined to prove women can keep up with the big boys, and he’s determined to break her—if she doesn’t break his heart first. As attraction explodes between Vanessa Blake and Jack Scatalone they have 
got to get this blazing heat between them under control. But, as events throw them together in a life-or-death race to find a missing team member, control is the last thing on their minds…

Cindy Dees is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 100 novels and creator/executive producer of an upcoming thriller television series. She draws upon her experience as a U. S. Air Force pilot to create intense suspense and love on the edge of danger.

Lovers of Dees’ high-stakes, fast-paced action will find exponentially increasing tension in each scene and pulse-pounding adventure that will keep readers enthralled. -- RT Book Club Reviews

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Knit, Purl... Murder! (Knit Witch Cozy Mysteries Book 1)

by Lyla Lockwood


Savvy Swift’s life is turned upside-down when she discovers her fiancé cheating. What’s a scorned girl to do? Take off in his classic Dodge Charger, of course!


Savvy is just settling into her new home in Wickerton Hollow when the woman who takes her in is accused of killing the town hussy. Strange things happen: a talking cat grants her wishes, the gnomes in the garden come alive, and she must steal back a relic a troll took from them because – whoops! – it is her fault he stole it in the first place. All this, while trying to solve the murder so she can spare her friend from prison.

Will Savvy have what it takes?

Perhaps. But it will take a whole lot of luck and a little bit of magic.

This is a full-length paranormal cozy mystery.

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The Lost Hart Triplet (Covert Cowboy Soldiers Book 1)

by Nicole Helm


She discovered a body.
He needs to keep her from learning the truth.


One triplet has been murdered. One triplet finds the body. And now one triplet is under suspicion. Zara Hart is desperate to save her innocent sister and needs the help of her ranch’s new owner, a man she can’t afford to be emotionally involved with. Under orders to keep a low profile, navy SEAL Jake Thompson shouldn’t investigate a murder case. But he 
won’t let Zara lose her life searching for justice.      

From Harlequin Intrigue: Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

Discover more action-packed stories in the Covert Cowboy Soldiers series. All books are stand-alone with uplifting endings but were published in the following order:

Book 1: 
The Lost Hart Triplet
Book 2: 
Small Town Vanishing
Book 3: 
One Night Standoff
Book 4: 
Shot in the Dark
Book 5: 
Casing the Copycat

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Love In Motion: A Rock Star Secrets & Lies Romance (Motion Series Book 1)

by Angela K Parker


Dalton

The thing about love…

It’s kind & beautiful, soft & hard, forgiving & emotional, but love can also be blind. Love can twist and turn you into someone unrecognizable.

That’s the way it was for Josie and me. She became my everything. I fell heart over mind, allowing her to take the only thing that I could call my own. The life I envisioned for us was blurred by secrets, hard to overcome. She made me question whether what we had was based on truth or a lie.

Joselyn

Dalton was an obstacle in the way of what I’d always shied away from, and the only way to reach my end was through him. So, I made a choice to get close to him, even when I shouldn’t have. We were never meant to be what we became. I didn’t intend for something forced to turn into something real. In the end, Dalton was so much more than just a means to an end. He held the key to everything, including my heart. It was his to have, to hold, to break, and to mend.

That’s the thing about love…

It can’t be forced. It just happens, and once it’s in motion, it’s impossible to stop.

 

**This book contains mature content**

 

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The Bequest (The Birch Creek Ranch Series Book 1)

by B. E. Baker


Two widows, six kiddos, and a will that leaves them a massive cattle ranch, but only if they work it for a year.


Abigail and Amanda may have married brothers, but they have almost nothing else in common (and really, they never did get along very well). After their husbands 
both pass away, they have no reason to interact. Their connection drops to an awkward phone call on birthdays and an exchange of holiday cards.

Until an eccentric uncle of their husbands' leaves a massive cattle ranch to the women's minor children. . . if they work the ranch themselves. A ranch that's located near a small town on the border of Wyoming that isn’t too keen on outsiders.

They're both going to turn the bequest down, clearly. It’s not like either of them could properly raise their kids or find love again in a backwater province like Birch Creek. But when things at home change dramatically—for both moms—they decide to give it a try. . . just for the summer.

What could possibly go wrong in a mere three months? (Or more importantly... what might go right?)

Publisher's Weekly says, "
The Bequest [is] an endearing work of women's romantic fiction and the first in the Birch Creek Ranch series. [It] offers a compelling setup as two wildly different women are thrown together in the aftermath of their husbands' deaths. Baker's prose is candid, warm, and allows readers to feel immediately connected to the two protagonists. Baker brings freshness and fun to the story of two 'couldn't be more different' individuals who find they have more in common than they'd anticipated."

Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Pamela Kelley said, "B. E. Baker takes you right to the heart of the small town that two widowed sisters-in-law land in very unexpectedly. Can they survive the year they need to spend there to keep it? I really enjoyed reading Bridget's romantic women's fiction debut."

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Bear Creek Brides: Books 1-4: Mail Order Bride Historical Western Romance

by Amelia Rose


Can you find love while living on the ruthless Frontier? Follow four passionate romances as they try to find happiness in the dangerous untamed wild west.

Mathew Jenkins knows loneliness better than anyone. Jenny Philips needs to escape her domineering uncle who’s trying to sell her to the highest bidder.

A mail-order bride ad brings these two tortured souls together. Upon meeting the Virginia rose, Mathew falls hard and offers to help her get settled.

Although Jenny finds herself attracted to the kindhearted cattle farmer, she fears that a marriage amid deadly conflict between miners and natives could spoil their chance at happiness.

Can the couple survive a bumpy trail to love and begin a new life together?

Sheriff Jacob Benning dreams of only one thing: being a father. After placing a mail-order bride ad, an accident ruins his handwriting and with it, a chance to meet an educated lady.

He believes his dream of fatherhood is over.

But Rosa Casey, a woman battling anxiety and low self-esteem, finds the sheriff’s bad handwriting charming. For the first time in her life, she swallows her fears, packs her bags, and takes a leap into the unknown.

In the small Montana town, Jacob and Rosa begin to build a life. But dangers of the frontier lure at every corner, threatening to destroy a relationship that has just started to blossom.

Will Jacob and Rosa survive the dusty dangers to live happily ever after?

Dan Mavis, a schoolteacher in the small town of Bear Creek, Montana, believes the only way he’ll finally marry is if he mail-orders a wife. His elegant female colleague, Phoebe James, strongly disagrees.

After having her heart broken one too many times, Phoebe finds herself falling for a handsome educator, a man strikingly different from those who’ve previously courted her.

Just as Dan starts noticing the beautiful assistant and things start heating up between them, Dan’s advertisement reaches a woman keen to take up his offer.

Dan’s mail-order bride shows up at the worst moment, ready to break the starry-eyed couple apart.

Will this dramatic interruption ruin Dan and Phoebe’s best chance for a happily-ever-after?

When Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he didn’t plan on falling in love. Since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down and he wants nothing more than to worship the Sioux beauty and be a devoted husband.

But the call of the tribe is strong.

Morning Sun loves Edward with all her heart, but her loyalty lies with her tribe.

Can she really ask Edward to give up his life to live with the Sioux? Does Edward love her enough to leave behind the life he built?

As doubts and fears plague the couple’s minds, the US military plans to banish the Sioux to a reservation, taking Morning Sun away from Edward forever.

If they run away together, they can save their love, but what will become of the tribe?

Can their love survive the harshest of tests?

In Bear Creek Brides: Books 1-4, you’ll find four exhilarating stories of how one brave act of venturing into the unknown can change your destiny.

Dive deep into a world of love and passion: scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.

 
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Ruwen: Fated Mate Alien Romance (Mated to the Alien Book 1)

by Starr Huntress


Ru’s species is cursed. He’ll be dead by his next birthday if he doesn't find his mate...

Ruwen knows he's a goner. His alien species is cursed by a deadly genetic quirk and he'll be dead before the month is out, unless he finds his fated mate. She's the only woman in the universe who can save him. It's too bad that most Detyen women are dead. But could he find hope with a human?


Abducted, ditched, and on the run from vicious aliens...
After being kidnapped from Earth by unknown foes, Lis has been dropped on a inhospitable planet with little food and no hope. She'll do anything to find a ship to take her back to Earth, but Polai is hostile to all alien life, and Lis is running out of places to hide. Can she trust the alien who looks at her with heat in his eyes?


An impossible chance...
From the moment he sees her, Ru knows Lis is his mate. But she's already wounded and distrustful of aliens. How can he prove that he’s trustworthy? If he can’t overcome Lis’s fears, their bond will break before it has a chance to form, leaving Ru dead and Lis all alone in a hostile galaxy.


Detyens are doomed to die young if they don't find their fated mates. The Mated to the Alien series can be read in any order and there are no cliffhangers! Get your taste of these fated mates in ebook, audio, and print!

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Doctor All Nighter: Doctors of Eastport General

by Adora Crooks


He's the playboy doctor next door. She's just trying to study.
When a one-night-stand leads to a positive pregnancy test, they make a deal:
They'll co-parent, as long as neither of them fall in love.

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"I would give this book 10 stars if I could. It kept me on the edge from the very beginning. I honestly did not want to put it down. There is so much love and suspense and heart pounding, spicy action." - 5-Star Amazon Review
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I just wanted a good night's sleep. But the paper-thin walls do nothing to hide my next-door neighbor's playboy antics. 
All. Night. Long.

Cue me, pounding on his door, ready to give him a piece of my mind.
But he won't settle for only a piece.

It would've been easier to resist him if he wasn't so devilishly handsome.
If his smile didn't go straight between my thighs.
If his low-throated moans didn't make my toes curl.

But I wake up with something worse than a hangover.
Two pink lines on my pregnancy strip.

I'm double-f'd.

In the comedy of errors that is my life, my OBGYN...is the very one-night-stand who put the baby in me.

Dear God. You suck.
Signed, Ash.


Doctor All-Nighter is a steamy, surprise-baby contemporary romance featuring a tough-as-nails woman with a dark past and the goofy, golden-hearted playboy doctor who shatters all her walls.

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L is for Landon: An Accidental Pregnancy Romance (Men of ALPHAbet Mountain)

by Natasha L. Black


Landon could be the story that makes my career,
Or he could be the man who breaks my heart.


Interview the famous writer living like a recluse in my hometown,
Kickstart my dream career, crush my goals, live happily ever after—that’s the plan.
A fiery one-night stand with the writer whose scars are more than just physical,
Was not what I had on my agenda.

He’s been in hiding since the wreck that nearly killed him,
Struggling to write his next story.
I have to find a way to get him to open up,
Or I’ll never get the piece I need to start my new career.


I finally get him to trust me,
But now we’re getting too close.
And I have to decide what I want more,
The story, or the man?

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Her Cowboy's Forbidden Kiss (Snow Valley Forbidden Kisses Book 2)

by Lucy McConnell


An unlikely candidate for a romantic hero…

A romance author looking for love off the page…


When Cat’s eyes lift from the computer screen, they land on Sam. He sure looks good in a cowboy hat.

And, he saved her from one mad chicken…

Sam might just be what she needs to start the New Year off right. But Cat’s not good with real-life love and she’s made mess of things.

Is a happy ending in her future or will she have to say 
The End to this romance?

You’ll love this story because everyone wants to find the man who loves them with all their flaws.

Get it today!

**This book was previously published under the title "Wedding Fever."

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Double Dog Dare: An enemies to lovers sports romantic comedy

by Tracy Solheim


They say he who dares wins…

Luke Kessler is known for his daring play on the field and his carefully scripted life off it. The Growlers’ wide receiver has a strict rule of dating one carefully chosen woman per season, then letting her down gently. After all, his game is football, not love. That is until his dopey mutt falls for a French bulldog owned by a hot mess of a woman whose sassy mouth and mind-blowing curves have him fumbling his best laid plans.

After a humiliating concert performance played out in front of the world on social media, cellist Summer Pearson has sworn off a career in music. Forever. She’s hiding out with her grandparents in Milwaukee, licking her wounds and preparing for a predictable, if not boring, law career. The last person she needs challenging her life choices is a sexy, dog-rescuing jock who loves his grandma as much as he loves a good dare.

Especially when that same guy is practically dating her perfect cousin.

This fun, flirty sports romance delivers a happily ever after that will have you laughing, crying, sighing, and cheering in the endzone. One-click it now for doggy hijinks, senior citizens bent on shenanigans, sexy axe-throwing, locker room bromance, steamy private cello performances, and all the feels as two people discover they are worthy of love.

Double Dog Dare is book 2 in the Milwaukee Growlers Football series but can be read as a standalone with no cliffhangers.

 

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Death Steals A Kiss: A clean mystery with a touch of sweet romance (A Taylor Texas Mystery Book 4)

by Vikki Walton


Charming Hill Country Comfort. An Upcoming Gala. A Disastrous Death.


When pie-baking sleuth, Christie Taylor, now director of Horse Haven rescue, is confronted with a deadly accident at the rescue, she must confront the incident head-on. Was the man’s death a tragic mishap or is someone out to sully the rescue’s reputation, or worse, cause it to shut its doors? In order to protect the nonprofit, Christie’s thrust into finding out what happened but when another incident occurs, can Christie uncover the truth before another tragedy occurs?

Clean cozy but with a hint of romance and a smattering of faith, enjoy the latest look into the residents of the Texas Hill Country. As always, a yummy pie recipe included!

Death Steals A Kiss is the fourth book in the down-home Taylor Texas mystery series by Vikki Walton. If you enjoy sassy sleuths and clever clues along with light-hearted humor and country values all tied up in a clean cozy mystery, grab this book today. Plus, each book includes a yummy pie recipe!

Each book is a stand-alone mystery but if you enjoy getting to know the characters, you may want to read the books in order to follow their friendships and romantic journeys.

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YOU BETTER RUN (Eva Rae Thomas Mystery Book 11)

by Willow Rose


⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The beach read of the summer!

When 19-year-old Meg Briggs wakes up after having a crazy party with her friends, she finds a girl in the pool.

Dead.

Who is this girl?

How did she end up in the pool?

Was she even at the party?

Even more strange is when they pull her out of the water, Meg realizes the girl looks very familiar. As a matter of fact, she looks just like her.

Like an identical twin.

But Meg has no twin, at least none that she knows of, and no one at the party knows this girl or can say where she is from.

What is Meg’s mom hiding from her?

FBI profiler Eva Rae Thomas is caught in distress at home with her children and between the two men in her life when she is asked to help out on the case.

Who killed Meg’s identical twin and why? And where did she come from?

As Eva Rae Thomas digs deeper into the story, she can barely believe the revealed secrets, secrets so cruel that someone is ready to go to great lengths to keep them hidden.

 

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Caleb (Must Love Danger Book 4)

by Emily Jane Trent


SECOND CHANCE LOVE CAN BE DANGEROUS!

Navy SEAL Caleb Rowe has a second chance with his first love. Livi stole his heart long ago, but Caleb lost her and is filled with regret. Just as they find each other again, foreign enemies close in and Livi faces a personal reign of terror.

Livi Cameron fell for Caleb the day she met him, yet she has a secret that keeps them apart. As a former ballerina, her passion is to wipe out oppression and abuses of dancers. One day she is a dancer committed to reform, and the next day she’s the target of terrorists. She might not live to make her dreams come true, or to have a second chance with Caleb.

 

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Sunflower Signs

by T. Grace Bailey


In our darkest hour, can a deceased love offer guidance? Emily Mason has never been able to escape the grief she feels over the death of her childhood love and hero, Danny – though it’s been almost nine years since he passed away. She will sometimes even sleep on his grave for comfort. She can’t seem to do anything right in the eyes of her husband, Scott – who reprimands Emily about everything from her messy handwriting, to singing Christmas songs outside of the month of December, to her inability to bring home enough groceries in her bike basket. She depends on her reluctantly psychic older sister, Ericka, to always come to her rescue when she is in peril – which is often. Her fears are many – she’s terrified of people dressed in costumes, thunderstorms, and she refuses to drive a car. Just when Emily’s life begins to completely unravel, Danny leaves her a sign that can’t be ignored. Emily is faced with making a decision that will take her far away from the security of her sister’s care, and the comfort of being near Danny’s final resting place. Sunflowers Signs is a quirky, funny, and emotional story about love, family, and the connections we keep with those who have passed over to the other side. Previously published in three parts.

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Halftime Heartbreaker: A College Football Romantic Comedy (Princes of Chicago North Book 1)

by Tabatha Kiss


Connor Morgan is all grown up.

Like father, like son - Connor's reputation as the Heartbreaker of Chicago North High follows him to Chicago North University, but there's one line he swore he'd never cross...

Dana Kirby. The girl next door. His father's best friend's daughter. His best friends' sister.

Completely off-limits in every way.

Dana begins her freshman year determined to live new experiences. New style, new friends. A whole new Dana.

There's one piece of herself she wants to leave behind for good, and there's only one man in the world she trusts to give it to.

Dear Heartbreaker, I want you to be my first.

Like the Kings of Chicago North series? Then you’ll love reading about the second generation in Princes of Chicago North!

Halftime Heartbreaker is the first book in the Princes of Chicago North series. Grab this hilarious romance about a handsome college quarterback and his best friends’ sister and find out why readers can’t get enough of Tabatha Kiss!

 

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Doctor Daddy: A Surprise Pregnancy Romance

by Annie J. Rose


They say opposites attract,
Oh how I wish they were wrong!


The minute Ford Branson walks into my law office,
I know he’s going to be trouble.
A rich, stupidly handsome concierge doctor,
He thinks he’s got the world at his fingertips.
And those fingertips may have just gotten him in a world of trouble,
When a wealthy patient accuses him of inappropriate behavior.
He comes to me begging for my help, swearing up and down that he never touched her,
And despite the horrible first impression he made, I believe him.
Long days at work and late night meetings make it hard to keep disliking him.


Ford is actually a good guy, charming, kind, and hot as hell.
Soon, I’m about to face a professional dilemma of my own,
‘Cuz now I’m carrying my client’s baby!

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