If he’s going to tease you, then he damn well better please you… CHARLOTTE I absolutely loathe Cade Blackwell. He’s a rich, arrogant quarterback with an ego so big I could camp on it, and of course, all the girls want him. Except me. Sure, he’s ridiculously attractive, but I ...
My enemies wish they had never met me, and women wish they could forget me. I'm busy carving a name for myself in the mafia underworld, and I don't have time for the women who chase after me and wanna tie me down. They can get in line for the wildest f*ck of their lives and then they can get lost. I ...
Kama Sutra is an ancient book best known for giving insights and advice on how to conduct your sex life, among others. This book partakes a large part of the Kama Sutra plus additional information about sex and how to conduct your sexual relationships to ensure pleasure for both you and your partner ...
It was just supposed to be a one-night stand. I couldn’t guess that she would be my best friend’s daughter. And my new stubborn client. Our brief and mind-blowing encounter was supposed to be a goodbye. Being a single parent was challenging enough. I didn’t need to be distracted by someone 20 years ...
Tantalizing Billionaire, Beautiful Vet, Deadly Secrets… I’m falling for a guy I just met. He’s the finest, most intelligent, and funniest man ever. His dark-as-night and brilliant smile make me instantly melt. I want to get to know him better, but Doc’s rules are clear: NO dating clients. We do try ...
A son in danger The Demon Horde MC are no strangers to breaking the rules, but making a man pay to get his son back crosses one too many lines for Skeeter. He'll do anything, including play by the book, if it means bringing his son home. Hiring straitlaced attorney Miriam Englestein is meant to solv ...
Veterinarian Lexi Mallory wants to submit to the sexy new Dom from the club, but trauma from her past keeps getting in the way. It's a good thing Gabriel Huntington has a special way with difficult subs and sees the gorgeous Lexi as a delicious challenge. Unfortunately, Lexi fears her inability to r ...
One minute, I’m headed to LA to record a song with a chart-topping rockstar, Jeopardizing the love of my fiancé, Marcus, the Duke of Lancaster. Oh, and wouldn’t you know it - a Russian gangster wants to kill me. Who would’ve guessed posting my new song on YouTube would get me invited to sing an ...
Joy Holiday returns to her mother’s hometown to demolish the crumbling building she’s inherited. But local preservationist Charlie Hunnicutt sees the place as a treasure. As they clash over the building’s fate, attraction builds. But falling for Charlie means facing the pain she came to ...
The longest walk Miss Violet Carlton ever took was to the door of The House of Pleasure…seeking work as a courtesan. Destitute and out of options, Violet steels herself for her ultimate ruin at the hands of some stranger…only to be whisked away as the man’s mistress—in name only. Unsure why, and ...
A virgin and a CEO: a tragedy pulls them into a marriage of convenience. But when sparks fly, it's anything but convenient...
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When I get called into my father's best friend's office, the last thing I can imagine is that the powerful Jayson Satyros is going to ask me to ...
Getting stuck in an elevator with her sexy, bad-boy co-worker she’s been lusting after is not how Victoria Collins planned her Friday evening. And you can bet that the mind-blowing sex with a virtual stranger was also not on her agenda. Despite the danger, Victoria soon falls under Joe’s spell and r ...
Rebounding with hockey's bad boy felt more right than wrong when my ex dumped me on my birthday. Carson Rhodes is one of the dirtiest pro hockey players on ice and someone I can’t stand. I had one goal the night I landed in his bed. I wanted to feel good. It was meant to be nothing more than a on ...
One night was all it took to blur the lines between me and my nanny. My goals were simple: to move into my new mansion, mend the bond with my daughter, who's been drifting away since our painful divorce- until I hired Penelope. She was just supposed to be the new nanny, not the woman who tempts me t ...
He’s the poster child for selfishness, flaunting his scandalous reputation in the heart of New York City. Attracting paparazzi like bees to honey. Marcell Baptiste is an alpha male, grumpy, playboy, billionaire Who is used to getting what he wants? He’s a real estate entrepreneur with a list of the ...
I thought my childhood crush was out of my heart for good. It turns out he wasn’t… Star NFL quarterback and Playboy Damian is back in my life. He was always perfect in my eyes. But my brother made sure I knew he was off limits. I had a simple plan for my life ~ get a degree and become a successfu ...
Humanity's future rests in the hard length of a pleasure bot sent back in time. Sci-fi, robot hero, time travel, forbidden love, size difference, special "attachments", high steam, no cliffhangers, HEA! "I adored the beginning of this novel so, so much. The first half was like...romance catnip t ...
Errol "Pitbull" Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it's special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft t ...
There was only one label for what we had. This was fate. ★Maddie McComber★ The one rule I lived by since I started tending bar was a rule I devised to protect myself from jerks who liked to hit on me, as if serving them drinks with a smile made me the easiest target for their pleasure. My rule was f ...
The only thing more exciting than a famous local author staying at the bed and breakfast is a real murder mystery. Mystery novelist and member of the Mystery Writer’s Murder Club, Jessica Murdoch, heads off for a staycation at a bed and breakfast in her hometown of Badger’s Drift, Maine for some re ...
NASA engineer Dr. Jackie Darling Lee is a genius about many things... the male species is not one of them (despite the many cowboy romances she reads). Then a little friendly blackmail from a co-worker has Jackie walking into a Texas saloon ready to initiate Operation Social Life. After making fr ...
His power is absolute. No one crosses Roman Genovese and lives to tell about it. Zia I am a master thief, a cat burglar. I manage to get access to Genovese’s estate under false pretenses. He thinks I’m there to attend a fundraising gala; he’s wrong. What I want is a priceless Michelangelo he keeps i ...
I had one job... make my bestie’s bachelorette party as memorable as possible before she ties the knot. I never expected see him again. Leandro Vega. He’s annoying and poses like a GQ model. Did I mention he’s a mob boss and my daddy’s ex-best friend? Daddy’s never gonna forgive ...
She needs a dungeon master. He needs her secrets. Red Club owner Jessie Michaels isn't looking for love, just someone competent to monitor her dungeon in Lobster Cove's only BDSM club. But a new Dominant catches her eye and makes her tingle in all the right places. She's called away for business bef ...
A young woman who learns to become strong in the face of impossible circumstances, and a man who finds light in the midst of overwhelming darkness. Prepare yourself for the first book in a haunting new series...Loveletting. Fleeing from her home after escaping the murder of her mother, inexperienced ...
I’d rather rub salt on a paper cut than be a pretend girlfriend for a stuck-up billionaire plastic surgeon. Dr. Knight got plastered twice. With booze and paparazzi photos that went viral. He needs to fix it fast. But if he thinks I’m some bimbo who’ll help him because he’s habanero hot and has deep ...
When a dragon criticizes your love life, you know you've got issues. But duty comes first, and quick flings stop me from getting bored.
Until Monique... her sensibilities in the bedroom have me hooked and I just can't get enough. If I don't end it soon, I know I'll break her heart, but am ...
Liam Carlton is a professional baseball player. My best friend’s twin brother. And an arrogant playboy I can’t stand. A weeklong vacation at the Hamptons with my best friend was supposed to be a good time. I can assure you playing Liam’s fake girlfriend sure wasn’t. Sharing the same bedroom would ...
Magic wasn’t supposed to return to Earth. Reed Hollis was supposed to make sure of that. ...
No good deed goes unpunished. I knew that better than most, but it didn’t stop me from using my formidable reputation to save an out-of-depth woman being chased in a dark alley. As an enforcer for the Donovan Crime Family, I had no time for strays let alone damsels in distress. My world was a ...
I never thought I'd fall for a bad boy, never mind a cold blooded killer. On the surface, Virgil Ashby is sweet and charming, but I know better. He's a heartless criminal. So, why did he save my life? He's as dangerous as the men who captured me. I should be afraid of him, but I can't help myself ...
The second week at my new job starts with a business trip gone wrong. Really wrong. Now I’m stranded in Alaska with my off-limits billionaire boss. The first time we shook hands, I felt an electric surge between Thomas and me. I was drowning in his ocean-blue eyes and spellbound by his baritone voi ...
A steamy, love triangle Ancient Roman and Highlander novel! The Romans have taken everything from her. When Maeve is robbed of the life she’d expected, will she learn to live and love again? Maeve Blogh’s marriage arrangement is a love match. What more could a Caledonii lass ask for? Her father, mig ...
A wounded soldier. A woman with a secret. One sizzling summer that will change them both forever… Mason Callahan’s plans didn’t include an IED or a permanent limp. He got both—along with a medical discharge from the Army. Now he’s back at the family ranch and nothing’s the same. For starters, th ...
Gabe is a shrewd businessman to one of Las Vegas’ upscale resort and casinos. What he wants, he naturally takes—and he wants Nina. Held in a bitter divorce, Gabe finds it difficult to put ...
Marine veteran Maddy Jeffers never expected her most demanding and daunting mission would come off the battlefield. Ordered to infiltrate a Seattle terrorist cell, Maddy must pose as a loving wife to Major Hunter Hines. The undercover role begins to feel all too real when Maddy falls hard for the ru ...
I am the one who tells everyone else what to do. I’m in total control of every aspect of my life until my sister’s death hands me a tiny complication. I don’t tolerate personal distractions, but now I have to hire a nanny for the baby. The woman on my doorstep immediately breaks my # 1 rule- Don’t b ...
Tucked away in picturesque upper Ozarks, Evan finds himself between a rock and a hard place during his annual family vacation. The moment his eyes locked with Brooke’s, a life long friend of his mother’s, there was no denying the intoxicating heat growing between them. With his hormones raging and h ...
I recklessly slept with my boss, who's twice my age.
I’m supposed to be saving money and keeping my head down
at my aunt’s luxury resort. I never meant to fall for him.
Dorian Blackwood is the last man ...
She needs a hero. He only wants her. As fiction crashes into reality, the lines blur when the hero from the pages of Sage Matthews’ bestselling steamy romance novel, Roark Samuels, emerges to save her from the brink of death. Unbelievably, Sage and Roark come face-to-face with the opportunity to exp ...
Hospital porter Aaron Miller isn’t expecting a very exciting birthday. He and his doctor boyfriend, Blake Colville, are working opposite shifts, leaving Aaron to go home to an empty house and the prospect of another shift the following day. Just as he’s leaving work, however, an unexpect ...
Delaney Miller, baker extraordinaire, is back in town and she’s all grown-up—sassy, spicy, and sexy AF. Too bad she’s my best friend’s little sister, slamming her firmly into the Off-Limits category. Except that’s not exactly what goes down. When I lose a bet with her, she takes what she wants and w ...
All it takes is one look, and I can’t breathe. The slightest touch from him unhinges me. But a single kiss is my undoing. Love is complicated, and from Liv’s experience, it hurts like hell. But she refused to let that stop her from living and loving again. The perfect guy was out there waiting for h ...
When life hands you lemons, take tequila shots, forget your cheating fiancé, and sleep with the wealthy single dad. Now restarting in a cozy town, I’m officially done with men. Until he struts into my diner. Aidan Rothschild, the 40-year-old billionaire with piercing green eyes— the one-night fl ...
I'll give you the first THREE books in the series for FREE! Sarah wants a lover, but she wants one on her terms. She doesn’t have time to date and picking a guy up at a bar is not only dangerous but it doesn’t guarantee he’ll let her act out her fantasies. When she hears about La Petite Morte Club—a ...
A Steamy Curvy Girl Office Romance I sensed the potential complications of getting involved with my boss intimately; it had the power to alter everything. CEO Thomas Vail, a reserved and decisive individual, has a clear vision when he identifies what he desires. Discovering that his ex was kee ...
High School Cheerleader Gina Perez is sheltered and zealously protected by her mother, Angel, who's a devout Catholic. Gina meets Freddie Papadakis, the rival football team's captain, and although she isn’t allowed to date, her brother and sister tell her the secret they use to sneak their dates int ...
Kaitlyn thought she was happy with her life. Her veterinary practice successful, and a “boy toy” to keep her satisfied. At least until the night she turns thirty, when the inevitable biological clock starts to tick. Convincing herself that he is simply not father material, she decides to let him go. ...
Can love heal the wounds of a cynical businessman and a woman searching for redemption? Nine years ago, Jason Richards fled from his hometown, broke and disillusioned. Now an anonymous letter has the sexy tycoon returning in search of answers to the questions that have plagued him. This time, Jas ...
All Sam wants is to serve out his time as a guardian angel so that he can return as a human. But his sentence becomes more complicated when he finds himself falling in love with Angeline, his current assignment. The rules of angels specify that he may not interfere with the course of her life, which ...
Fleeing danger with my hired pilot, our desperate battle for survival ignites a burning flame—and sparks an unexpected pregnancy. Escaping my controlling parents is my only way out of an arranged marriage. It begins with hiring Hunter, a pilot who will fly me away from my old life. But, I can’t s ...
When you play for the same team, there’s a fine line between love and hate.
As the MVP on the university football team, Paul Martell doesn’t get distracted. Ever.
Not even by quarterback Will MacLeod in the locker room shower.
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In the shadows of a small town, a sinister secret hides behind the face of love. All I want is to get my life started after college. But when a string of gruesome murders sends my hometown into lockdown it’s hard to find a place to live, never mind a job. So I can’t believe my luck when I land an in ...
A one-night stand prequel to Forging Glory, a second-chance sports romance from USA Today bestselling author Lainey Davis. I can't tear my eyes away from her. She's incredible, the best soccer midfielder I've ever seen. Raw passion on the field. A hundred percent my type, but a thousand ...
A military hero. A runaway bride. Never enough time. She had more than one night written all over her face. Fighting for my country came with some obvious downsides. Like meeting Marcie and not having enough time to spend with her before I left for overseas. All I wanted—no, craved—was to spend time ...
Ember Greene and Trudy Parker met during their college years and on the night that they meet at Shot Therapy to reconnect, Embers’s life begins to change. For six years, Ember has closed off her heart, moving from one man to another, trying to feel something other than her own pain and guilt. Colt B ...
After a training accident forced him to take a medical discharge from the Navy, Renegade faced the daunting task of transitioning to the civilian world. Frustrated by employers who ignore the ADA, he turns to social media to find a job. Kayla needed help, fast. A series of events at her bed and b ...
This steamy sports romance boxed set includes 3 full-length Carolina Waves novels: On the Mend Waste of Handsome Once Removed *** On the Mend Sabrina Why does my promotion depend on Dan McMullen, of all people? I’ve been working my butt off for years and now all I have to do is get t ...
Out of all the football stadiums in the world, why did Roxanne “The Ballbuster” Benson have to plow through mine?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for women playing professional football. But what I’m not for is The Ballbuster waltzing onto my field, trying to ta ...
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I’m snowed in with the man whose family has been my enemy for years. And he’s looking at me like I’m the next deal he’s going to close.
He’s arrogant, infuriating, and devastatingly handsome. The moment our hands touch, I know I’m in trouble. But when the power goes out, and t ...
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Happily married couple Dominic and Jacey (Husbands and Wives) love spicing things up with new friends, but will a wee ...
Equality doesn’t come easily, and Ben Blair’s pack is about to pay the price. Opposed to inclusion, Lyle Wilburn is determined to eradicate gay shifters and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. Is this the end of Ben’s dream or does Luna have something else in mind? Amid plans for self-d ...
Celine Patterson is a recent graduate eager to begin her career as a camerawoman—with the fashion world and all its glitz and glamour calling to her. Things aren’t that simple, however, and she’s forced to take a job making a documentary in the Peak District countryside with a mid- ...
What if you had no memory, not even of being a witch? Templar Michael Charbon has been watching the young witch for months. Homeless, beautiful, and living in Central Park, she seems to charm everyone she meets. They shower her with kindness, and yet he never witnesses magic. Only when he rescues he ...
They called me the town's wild child - the tempting bad boy no parent wanted their daughter within ten feet of. Trading street smarts for a badge, I came home ready to face the demons of my past. But discovering my old flame is a single mom to an eight-year-old boy, a mirror image of me was a su ...
Mystical, sensual, passionate, intense... Their love is as magical as the woods it was born in, but can it survive in the real world? Princess Lilliana is fighting for her freedom in a world governed by men and falling in love with its dominant, charismatic leader is not part of her plan... When Pri ...
This Limited Edition novella is only available through January 31, 2023. After that, it goes back into the vault!
Alicia Roux has filed for divorce, but Clark Roux is not ready to give up. When he learns that she writes dark erotica under a pen name, he decides it's time to reveal his own ...
As the town’s most notorious playboy firefighter, I've charmed my way into many a woman’s… heart. Until I unexpectedly found myself drawn to my best friend’s sister. One smoldering look from her ignites a fire inside me. Despite my efforts to keep my distance, her stunning curvy figure and be ...
Starved for love and fearing time is running out, attorney Tally Abram seeks the aid of her gay best friends, Lex and Ishkode Ackerman, in fathering the children she desperately wants. Will they comply? Will Tally find the family she craves? Or will her need for completion destroy the most important ...
Shadyia, one of the finest courtesans of The Silver Rose, is caught between the ancient conflict of Order and Chaos when a devious zealot demands she seduces Aaron, a powerful magician masquerading as a wealthy scholar....
Vincent Dicaccio is an enigmatic billionaire with a reputation. Ruthless, stubborn, commanding, driven, grumpy, and goal-oriented. When a flash of baby pink catches his eye. he can't help but look. I danced with him, never being able to take my eyes off him. A hot-as-the-devil, woman with long black ...
He doesn’t just want my family’s Christmas tree farm. He wants me.
To save my parents’ legacy, I’d do anything. Even trespass on the property of the reclusive billionaire who bought up half of Rocky Ridge.
Asher Black is a monster of a man. A grumpy, possessive he ...
My new grumpy boss is the alpha lawyer I humiliated in the elevator. Now my hidden past is a threat.
I love my job at the firm. Paralegal now, becoming an attorney within the year.
Alex Carter. My brother's best frie ...
Mr. Playboy Heart Breaker is back in town, and this can go wrong in so many ways… He haunts my dreams with memories of his toe-curling kisses. Caine Nikolaidis is the high school crush who broke my heart, and I never got over it. While in town, he needs my help. I know it’s a bad idea, but still, I ...
USA Today Bestselling Author brings you her signature emotionally charged forbidden, billionaire romance. Sometimes in order to heal—you need to saddle up and ride the one you want. With a mega successful private jet business, Maverick dreaded returning to this one horse town. But duty, and d ...
Psychic medium Simon Kincaide and his fiancé, homicide detective Vic D’Amato, planned a relaxing Christmas and New Year’s at a romantic castle in England. But when Simon encounters a man possessed by a malicious ghost, he fears that a spirit with an ancient grudge intends to disrupt the holiday f ...
Sacred sexual rituals bring Taras soul to the ancient Temple of Astarte
Tara is a young American who travels to Jerusalem, where she meets Yoni, a handsome Israeli who is a sexual shaman. Yoni and his wife Hagar take Tara on journeys of deep self revelation, using ancient rituals and sacr ...
He makes me cry. He makes me cringe. But he’s so hot… One minute I want to run away, the next I want to throw myself at his feet. He’s whip-smart with a sharp tongue that can flay your skin. His icy blue eyes, salt and pepper hair, and rock-hard body is my weakness. We both know it’s wrong but we ar ...
Black Eagle A woman on the run…a warrior’s vow…an assassin on their trail. THE WARRIORS OF THE IROQUOIS, BOOK 1 With the English and the French at each other’s throats, struggling for control of the North American continent, the battle lines have been drawn. But Marisa Jameson is witness to treacher ...
Kidnap victim Alex Throne literally drops into the arms of security specialist Reese Holt, pulling Holt into a battle against a ruthless drug cartel, personal betrayal, and a specter from Holt's CIA past. Holt agrees to put his team of specialists on the trail of Alex's assailants while he takes on ...
Rule #1: Never fall in love with your single-dad, billionaire fake date. My solution to overcoming heartbreak was to swear off love and join a fake dating app. The goal: have fun without commitment and without letting anyone past my panties. All I had to do was hang out with a billionaire ...
After an accident in the line of duty, firefighter Roberto DeRosa’s life is turned upside down. His career fighting fires is over, and he’s left with an uncertain future and an injury that makes communicating difficult for him. The only time words flow easily is when they’re lyrics ...
Stupid romantic dreams aren’t for me. Life has taught me enough to be sure love is a lie to sell diamonds on Valentine’s. I have everything I want. A stable career, the bank account, amazingly supportive friends, and a fabulous high heels collection. Until I lay my eyes on him. Evan Hayes. Panty-dro ...
Farah, a successful criminal defense attorney, can't resist the seductive pull of David, son of the infamous mob boss Freddy Orsi. Because she can’t jeopardize her career by being with a mafia prince, Farah rejects David, vowing to stay away from him. But, being a man used to getting what he want ...
Paris was starved for attention as her position of clothier for the studio she worked for no longer excited her at the views she got daily. During the prep for a sex scene, Paris is surprised her touch sets fire to Christian. Could he really be interested in her? Is he the one to ignite her interest ...
Never fall for your hot young fake fiancé… It's simple, convince my family the engagement to my new secretary is real, if it works, the yacht club’s mine. The trouble is…I don’t do relationships. And I don’t do marriage. Being Star Island’s most eligible billionaire, you’d think getting her to say y ...
Fox shifter Liam Reynard is running from a killer. He uproots his life to find sanctuary in Fox Hollow, deep in the Adirondack Forest in New York. When his car breaks down, sexy wolf shifter Russ Lowe comes to the rescue, and one touch makes it clear they’re fated mates. Neither man was looking f ...
Damien The toughest part about trying to keep my hands off Alejandra is knowing that I’m doing business with her father, the head of the local cartel. Both of our families would kill me if they knew what was going on between us. She’s so intoxicating though, I just can’t get her out of my mind. I ke ...
Oliver Beck is a man with sharp edges, deep secrets, and one rule: never get involved.
Until he walks into a café and finds Zahra Nazarian—the girl who shattered him over ten years ago—sitting across the table.
She needs a fake boyfriend.
He’s hellbent on revenge.
Neithe ...
Who's the gorgeous bridesmaid tasked with taming my wild ways at the tropical wedding of my best friend? She's supposed to “babysit” me? Hell, this wedding just got interesting! She's all rules and order; I'm all chaos and rebellion. Caught her off guard with my infamous sense of humor and ...
Bale “Shark” Maddox, and the team are deployed to Haiti to the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince as an insurance policy for the protection of the ambassador, his family and the embassy. There’s a new leader, and although the country seems to be stabilizing, he’s convinced anything could set it off. His t ...
The half-human daughter of a love god. The fae heir to a powerful destiny. And the aphrodisiac expected to save Underworld from disaster.
Hazel can’t help what she is. Being the daughter of a love god isn’t all fun and games. She wants no part of her father’s world. Other ...
Romantic Suspense BESTSELLER And AWARD WINNER • Will his stubbornness prevent him from trusting the woman he desires? In Sheila Kell’s provocative novel of suspicion and need, a handsome security specialist and a feisty FBI agent are tied by grief and attraction… and the fervor of the unknown. He’s ...
She needs a Daddy and he’s in need of a Little who can be strong enough to stand up to him. A last-minute surge of courage enabled Substance Abuse Counselor, Veronica Wallace, to leave her fiancé, chosen by her overbearing mother, at the altar. Escaping to Colorado for a visit with her colleg ...
Hypothesis for Love #5: The more time spent together, the more likely the individuals will experience romantic attraction towards each other. I, Sophie Carson, am done with men. I postponed my PhD for my narcissistic, cheating ex-husband. Now, I'm finally divorced and back on track. Who needs rom ...
My brother and I inherited our beach resort. It came with a billionaire party rouser and his entourage that includes a coffee curator and sock valet.
Hamilton "Hank" Bancroft IV has never worked a day in his life. He travels to the most luxu ...
He's the Alpha I can't resist—a dangerous Silver fox Mafia Boss wrapped in seductive allure. Adrian, who had put me in several positions within minutes one night, making me melt like ice under his touch, now stands before me as the parent of my most challenging student. With his chiseled body and ...
“Crazy Amy” Benson has an unusual talent for hearing epitaphs as the dead pass on. The men she dates who aren’t unnerved by her ability are usually scared off by Amy’s brothers. When reporter Kevin McCormick shows up to do a story at the cemetery, Amy tells him his dead siste ...
A lost love returns for one more dance—and a second chance at love. Parker was the gardener’s son, a hardworking teen. Strong and down-to-earth, nothing knocked him off his feet until he met Tanya, who stepped out of her rich-girl tower to tease and seduce him. Neither expected to fall so hard int ...
