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She's My Wife

She's My Wife

Heather Teston

Carrie Matthews builds a life from the ashes of heartbreak after losing her husband in a tragic plane crash, his body never found. Once shattered by grief, she slowly finds her footing again with the help of a close friend and the art gallery she and her husband dreamed of together. Just as she begins to feel like herself again, the past refuses to stay buried. Memories of young love, stolen moments, and promises made in high school linger, blending with the life she’s carefully rebuilt. When the impossible becomes real, Carrie is faced with emotions she thought she had laid to rest. In a story woven with first love and second chances, she must navigate a heart that remembers everything.

Making Love

Making Love

Sunitha Bangaram

Manik wanted to marry his childhood sweetheart, Nandini, but circumstances got in the way. They both ended up marrying others, but they never forgot their love for each other. And after a year of trying, they’re finally reunited for a clandestine lovers’ tryst.

Age Rating: 18+

All For Love

All For Love

Brizee Breck

She thought she had it all—until a lunch delivery turned into heartbreak. Catching her husband with his assistant shatters her world, but in the wreckage, she finds something unexpected: comfort in the arms of someone she never saw coming—his brother. Emotions spiral. Lines blur. And soon, sparks fly where they absolutely shouldn’t. With three brothers tangled in one woman’s story, the past isn’t done with her yet, and neither is desire. Can something real grow from all this chaos—or is she heading straight for a second heartbreak?

A Stranger's Baby

A Stranger's Baby

Heather Teston

His body came alive with desire. Just watching her was getting him hard. He wanted her now, even more than he had four years ago…

One night of passion was all that millionaire playboy Brad wanted when he asked Cassie up to his hotel room that night. Little did he know that four years later, their paths would cross again, revealing a secret that changes everything. Forced into a situation they never thought they’d be in, Brad and Cassie must decide if one night of passion is worth the fight of a lifetime.

Skyler, an Ultimate challenge

Skyler, an Ultimate challenge

Mirjam Kik

When Skyler loses her legs and her hearing to a mortar impact, her life changes overnight. She is a soldier through and through, and now she has to put that life aside.

She goes to live with her parents in America, who bought an American football team a few years ago, so she can heal and rebuild. She finds new friends, a new kind of life, and the man she left behind, who still has no idea what happened to her.

But danger lurks here too, in a different way than in the army.

A story about dealing with the challenges that life gives you.

King's Ranch Series Book 1: Hell of a Ride

King's Ranch Series Book 1: Hell of a Ride

CC Adele

Ashton lives fast and rides hard. Love is a distant memory, at least until the thrill of the ride isn’t enough to fill the Sydnee-sized void in his chest. She is off-limits in every way that matters, yet impossible to ignore—all sharp edges and a strength that demands notice. But when trauma strikes, it drives the forgiveness they both desperately seek. As shadows continue to creep in, they are pulled into a dangerous game neither of them signed up for. Secrets deepen, trust gets tested, and every choice feels heavier than the last. Ashton and Sydnee must face more than just their pasts. Because sometimes the biggest risk is not the danger around you… it’s the person standing right in front of you.

The Skylar Rains 1: Figment of Dreams Book One

The Skylar Rains 1: Figment of Dreams Book One

E. Hereygers

Lux grows up in a world forever changed when alien beings arrive and settle among humans. Among them is Jax, her best friend and a Rainer who has always felt like home—until he suddenly disappears from her life without warning. Left with unanswered questions and a heart full of confusion, Lux tries to move on, but nothing about their bond ever truly fades. When hidden truths begin to surface, she is pulled into a conflict far bigger than she ever imagined, where loyalty, identity, and desire blur into something dangerous. As the line between human and alien worlds begins to crack, Lux must decide what she is willing to risk for answers, and whether some connections are strong enough to survive the truth.

His, Timelessly

His, Timelessly

M. S. Maondo

Ceylan Aslan, the daughter of a billionaire, returns to the city she desperately wanted to leave behind. Forced by her father to take her place in the family company, she must now face her painful past—where her cheating ex and Liam, her brother’s best friend who shattered her heart, still reside. Meanwhile, hotel mogul Liam Chase is in a bind. He needs a contract with Aslan Consolidated to save his struggling business, but it requires the approval of Ceylan, who’s still holding a mysterious grudge. As tensions rise and secrets unravel, can Liam earn her forgiveness or will their complicated past keep them apart forever?

Filthy Punk

Filthy Punk

Saint Bryde

Neve Bellemere couldn’t care less about bad boy Dominic, even if they used to be friends. He’s everything she’s been warned against…and everything she secretly desires.

Dominic Harrods is over Neve. He’d love nothing more than to pull her down from the prissy, I’m-too-good-for-you perch she’s been sitting on. And he could think of a few ways to do that . . .

A chance encounter—and a surprising revelation—would never change how they feel about one another. Or would it?

Mad Dog

Mad Dog

Ophelia Bell

I’m the female heir to LA’s underground empire, which makes love a liability. But there are two men I won’t give up … no matter the cost.

One is my first love, a man my ruthless father had beaten more than a decade ago for daring to touch me. He’s back in town and those feelings have been rekindled with a vengeance.

The other is my bodyguard, a man who would take a bullet for me, and nearly dies trying to do just that.

Daring to bring us together for one explosive night of passion puts all three of our lives on a collision course with one of the most deadly Mexican cartels. For some reason my father’s oldest enemy is after me, and uncovering my family’s dark secrets might be the only way to protect the men I love.

Loving Emma

Loving Emma

Jenny Asp

Emma escapes her everyday life and finds herself swept into a love that feels bold, cinematic, and impossible to ignore. When she meets Can, sparks fly fast and fierce, and the world suddenly feels brighter, louder, and full of promise. Their connection is deep, dizzying, and utterly consuming, the kind that changes how you breathe. Then life intervenes, leaving behind unanswered feelings and a love that never truly fades. When their paths cross again, emotions stir, memories resurface, and hearts are tested. Can believes some love stories are worth fighting for, even when the past still hurts. But is love brave enough to begin again when everything is on the line?

Murder Notes (Lilah Love Book 1)

Murder Notes (Lilah Love Book 1)

Lisa Renee Jones

As an FBI profiler, it's Lilah Love's job to think like a killer. And she is very good at her job. When a series of murders surface—the victims all stripped naked and shot in the head—Lilah's instincts tell her it's the work of an assassin, not a serial killer. But when the case takes her back to her hometown in the Hamptons and a mysterious but unmistakable connection to her own life, all her assumptions are shaken to the core. Thrust into a troubled past she's tried to shut the door on, Lilah's back in the town where her father is mayor, her brother is police chief, and she has an intimate history with the local crime lord's son, Kane Mendez. The two share a devastating secret, and only Kane understands Lilah's own darkest impulses. As more corpses surface, so does a series of anonymous notes to Lilah, threatening to expose her. Is the killer someone in her own circle? And is she the next target?

Age Rating: 18+

Novella 1: One Night

Novella 1: One Night

Eliza Jeanie Grant

A three-carat princess-cut diamond set in a gold band. Noelle’s engagement ring was as loud as the knock on her hotel room’s door. Looking into the mirror she was sitting in front of, she shared a glance with Nina, who’d been attempting to force her pin-straight black hair into ringlets. “Room service?” Noelle asked.

Offsides

Offsides

JT Pines

Noah Vaughn has always played by the rules—until loving Fallon, his step-sister, shattered them all. Haunted by his father’s shadow and a career-threatening injury, he fights through the minor leagues, determined to prove he belongs. Fate throws him back into Fallon’s orbit—now engaged to his teammate—and old sparks ignite with dangerous intensity. On and off the ice, passion clashes with loyalty, ambition battles desire, and every choice carries risk. Noah must decide what matters most: his career, his heart, or the fragile bond of the family he’s never truly had.

Bedding the Vampyre

Bedding the Vampyre

A. K. Glandt

Grief drives Ravenna to the edge of madness, and on All Hallows’ Eve, she dares the unthinkable—calling her husband back from the grave through blood magic. But what rises from the fire isn’t the man she lost; it’s something darker, hungrier. As a zealous priest closes in, Ravenna and her undead love are bound by a dangerous desire that defies life, death, and salvation itself. Torn between the ache of devotion and the lure of damnation, Ravenna must face the truth: the man she resurrected may not be the one she loved, but the monster she can’t resist.

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