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With the life he's led and the muscles he's gained, Armie Jacobson isn't afraid of anything. Except maybe Merissa Colter's effect on him. It's not just that she's his best friend's little sister. Fact is, she deserves better. Women pursue him for one night of pleasure, and that's all he wants to offer. Until rescuing Merissa from a robbery leads to the most erotic encounter of his life.

I have a lot of titles. Jace Connor-Sexiest Soccer Player. Top-Scoring Athlete. America's Favorite Party Boy. But I'm sick of being what other people expect. Starting with the last one, I'm ready to earn some new nicknames. So I absolutely, positively, can't go anywhere near my coach's daughter.

I don't do relationships. I've been abandoned all my life, and I don't trust a soul except my own damn self. But there's something different about Jack Chance. From his lithe, gymnast's body to his soulful hazel eyes, he's everything I never knew I wanted. When he's wrapped up in my arms, begging for more, everything seems right about the world. I'm not boyfriend material - everyone in Abingdon knows that. I've got a moonshine-making hillbilly family, a heart hardened by war, and I walk into burning buildings for a living. Oh, and I'm still in love with my best friend.

My assignment is simple: trek to a remote English cottage and convince Nathaniel Foster to let me work with him. Too bad he’s a complete and utter jerk. Who slams the door in a poor stranger’s face, leaving them shivering out in the snow? Nathaniel is God’s gift to readers everywhere. My publisher is desperate for his next book, which in turn makes me desperate to help him complete it. So what if he doesn’t want to play nice? I have no choice but to live and work with him in this snow-covered cottage, suffering under his piercing blue stare until it feels like I might combust.

Ella Webber has spent years uncomfortable around the opposite sex… But as soon as she meets handsome Declan Stone, she is smitten. Quickly they become friends, finding frequent reasons to see each other around the office, and Ella longs for even more. So—with a little help from her...

What happens when you choose not to accept fate? Elise Westin is obsessed with one thing: avoid Patrick O'Connell at all costs. She knows the handsome foreigner is her one true mate. She knows they are destined to be together. Knowing it doesn't stop her from fighting it the only way she knows how . . . run and hide. But hiding from him can only last so long.

Delaney Wright has always believed the best of everyone—even when she shouldn’t. After her ex-boyfriend’s shocking betrayal, Delaney flees Shadow Cove, determined to rebuild her shattered confidence. She lands a nanny position in Virginia, caring for precious four-year-old Charlotte. Her new employer is everything she should avoid—wealthy, worldly, and far too handsome for Delaney’s peace of mind. But this job is not the haven it seems.

Former MMA fighter Aiden "Irish" O'Brien hasn't stepped into the ring since he accidentally took someone's life in the heat of rage. When his friend calls in a favor that sends him south to check on family, Irish figures he's got nothing to lose. His life is on the ropes. The least he can do is make sure the sexy redhead is safe.

Sophie Caldwell might not like asking for help, but help is what she needs if she's going to save her family business from her uncle. Her grandma left one rule for Sophie if she wants to gain sole ownership before she's 30 - get married. Yeah, fat chance of that happening since she hasn't had a boyfriend in years, and now she can't get her uncle off her ass.

The twelfth book in the Heart's Cove Hottie's series by bestselling author Lilian Monroe!

Footballstar Tanner Green fällt aus allen Wolken, als er von Ex-Basketballprofi Elara Vance öffentlich beschuldigt wird, sie um Spendengelder für ihr Jugend-Sportzentrum gebracht zu haben. Diese Anschuldigung kann Tanner nicht auf sich sitzen lassen, und sucht sie im Jugendzentrum auf. Bei einem aufgeheizten Basketballspiel fliegen zwischen den beiden die Funken – und Elara merkt schnell, dass der Profisportler nicht nur ein aufrichtiges, sondern auch ein gebrochenes Herz hat. Ebenso wie sie. Ist ihre Verbindung stark genug, sich trotz ihrer Vergangenheit auf den jeweils anderen einzulassen?

At 15, Jamie Murphy finds herself broken and alone, convinced she doesn't need anyone. Until she does. Bear is the boy behind the fence, the one who was there for her when no one else was. Until he's not. Left with nothing, Jamie joins the army hoping it will give her purpose. The last thing she expects is the best friend from her past to reappear in the dusty plains of a war-torn country. No longer the boy she once knew, Bear is now a man: big, bearded, and SAS - one of the army's elite.

Brooke Eastham was beautiful, rich, and completely out of my league, but I was okay with that. I knew where I belonged and where my family ranked on the ladder of success. I wasn't looking to disrupt the order, but Cape Cod in the summer held an aura of magic, and every clear image and boundary was blurred by teenage inhibitions. When the fog cleared, we would step back into our rightful places until the magnetic vibrations in our hearts could no longer be ignored, and we would snap back together.

Ryan Kendall is broken. Being broken doesn’t stop him from wanting the one thing he can’t have: Finlay Tanner. She’s the girl he grew up with, the girl he loves, the girl he protects from the world and from himself. At 19, Ryan leaves to join the Australian Army. After years of training, he becomes an elite SAS soldier and deploys to the Afghanistan war. His patrol undertakes the most dangerous missions a soldier can face. But no matter how far he runs, his need for Finlay won’t let go. Returning home after six years, one look is all it takes to know he can’t live without her.

All work and no play makes Adeline Kendrick a dull girl, so when she heads to a casino resort for a friend's bachelorette weekend, she's ready to have a good time. Until she runs into Brendan Quinn, professional fighter and the one who got away—the one her family drove away—and things take a...

After a brutal attack at college, I return home to heal over the summer. Enter Silas: a former MMA champion with a scowl as permanent as his tattoos. Taking self-defense lessons from him feels like a step in the right direction. With every training session, our bond strengthens, turning pain into passion and doubt into self-confidence. Before long, our self-control unravels and we cross lines we shouldn't.

Clint Belmet's parents were killed in a Comanche raid when he was young, but that hasn't stopped him from taking a job leading freight caravans on the old Santa Fe Trail, from Saint Louis, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico - a route that goes right through Comanche territory. Here is the raw, primitive West of the early pioneers, great caravans of freighters rumbling across the deadly prairies, risking attack by Comanche.

Wie lange würdest du auf die Liebe deines Lebens warten? Ich bin nicht mehr derselbe Mann wie damals, als ich Grace den Ring gab. Zuviel ist seitdem passiert. Doch ich habe mich nicht unterkriegen lassen und die Dämonen in meinem Inneren gut weggeschlossen. Jetzt bin ich zurück in Tilikum und für alle das einzige Gesprächsthema. Mit all dem Klatsch und Tratsch habe ich gerechnet. Womit ich nicht gerechnet habe ist, dass Grace immer noch meinen Ring trägt und all die Jahre auf mich gewartet hat. Aber ich kann nicht mehr lieben, nicht mehr vertrauen und jemanden in mein Herz lassen.

Former middleweight champion and confirmed bachelor Tommy "Lightning" Sparks has lost it all: his belt, his career, and now his home. After the devastating fire, he moves in with his drama-free best friend, Julie. One encounter changes everything, and Julie is no longer the girl he's spent his life protecting but a desirable woman he wants to take to his bed. Knowing his reputation, he's determined to protect Julie more than ever--from himself.

Sturm auf hoher See – und im Herzen. Meeresbiologiestudentin Henriette hat einen der begehrten Plätze auf der Segeljacht "Sapient Sailor" ergattert und verbringt ein exklusives Auslandssemester auf hoher See. Endlich hat sie die Chance, sich aus dem Schatten ihrer Schwester zu lösen. An Bord stößt Henriette auf den abenteuerlustigen Frauenheld Lukas, ihren Freund aus Kindertagen, der ihr inzwischen jedoch fremd ist. Das erste Wiedersehen ist eisig, doch zwischen Studienprojekten, gemeinsamen Tauchgängen im Südpazifik und intensiven Gesprächen funkt es gewaltig.