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She might be too big to sit on Santa’s lap, but Adele still has a couple of Christmas wishes. First, a night in Porter’s bed. The alpha cowboy is the king of one-night stands, so it shouldn’t be too much to ask. Follow it up with a White Christmas in Texas? She’ll have gotten everything she wants. Porter doesn’t believe in asking for what he wants, but he’s got a couple of problems. He believes in riding it down and roping it up. If he gets Adele in his bed, he’s not planning to let her go. But there’s his reputation to overcome, and her stubbornness to boot. It might just ...

It’s been three years since Padraig lost his wife and since then, he’s been sleepwalking his way through each day, focusing only on work and family, while hanging out with his best friend, Emmy. The sum equivalent of Emmy’s experience with relationships is contained within the pages of the romance novels she writes while sitting at the end of the bar at Pat’s Pub. That is if she doesn’t count the secret crush she’s been harboring for Padraig since the first day she laid eyes on him.

The Stingrays call goalie Coulton Moore their gentle giant. The tall, imposing man is the team’s rock, their steadying influence on and off the ice. However, that mild disposition disappears completely when the beautiful bartender he’s been lusting after from across a crowded bar is attacked. Then, it’s all bets off as he steps in to defend her, protect her, and claim her as his.

It was just a little innocent research. Romance writer Julia Martin is fine with her life, just the way it is. Her simple apartment, successful career and Thursday night pizza dates with her too-hot-for-words editor Ross are more than enough for her. At least that’s what she thinks until her cat dies. Ross Philips has spent years lusting after his shy best friend, but fears his rather strong sexual desires will be too much for Julia. When she falls into a depression and stops writing, Ross decides she needs a change. His suggestion? A new genre—erotica. And, of course, being such a good...

Ailis couldn't be more dissimilar from rock star Hunter. Quiet to his loud, calm to his frantic, bookish to his street smart; they have no common ground. Except for the fact that Ailis' boyfriend just ran away with Hunter's fiancee. With one impulsive kiss, opposites suddenly attract. Ailis's feelings toward Hunter turn to serious lust...and more. But falling for a musician isn't a good idea. Fame comes with a price, one she isn't sure she's ready to pay.

Three friends. One bed. Aiden and Bryson have long suspected Dani is hiding something. When she leaves Nashville without a word, they follow. How can they not? What they feel for her…what they want from her… won't allow them to let Dani face her demons alone. Something so wrong, never felt so right. Dani was seventeen when she ran from New Orleans, certain of just one thing—she'd never again step foot in the Big Easy. But she can't enjoy any kind of future while constantly looking over her shoulder, waiting for the past to catch up. Aiden and Bryson won’t let Dani face her demons ...

Falling for your boss. The widowed dad and the nanny. How did Darcy manage to find both of them in Ryder? His broken heart and wounded pride means he only sees her as an employee in his company and part-time caregiver for his son. Until another cliché surprises them both: the old broken elevator trap.

She knows exactly what she wants. One night…with both of them. Lily intends to rewrite the past at her high school reunion. When she was younger, she was too shy to act on her feelings for her best friends, but she’s all grown up now, and armed with a proposal that might shock even her oversexed friends. The three of them, one night, multiple positions. Soldiers Justin and Killian are blown away when quiet Lily proposes a night too tempting, too hot to resist. The plain Jane they remember is now a stunning woman—who wants to have sex with both of them. Who are they to deny her? As the...

Confirmed bachelor Colm is living the good life with a thriving law practice and all the freedom the playboy has come to enjoy. Until a city-wide blackout and the greatest sex he’s ever had has him reconsidering his single status. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize the woman of his dreams is actually his lifelong frenemy, Kelli.

Keira recognizes daydreaming about her sexy professor is cliche, but that doesn’t help curb her fantasies of Professor Wallace bending her over his desk night after night. Will Wallace has never been tempted by a student...until Keira. Now, he’s willing to break all the rules, offering sweet punishments and sweeter rewards. His sexual authority slowly strips away some of her precious control.

Padraig is a carefree bartender, filled with hopes and dreams for his future...which are thrown off course when Mia walks into the bar. When she leaves in tears, Padraig follows. He hopes to give the young woman comfort and assurance. What he gets in return is a massive dose of reality. Mia has an inoperable tumor with a diagnosis of only six months to live. As Padraig listens to her detail the things she’ll never get to experience, he’s forced to face some hard facts about the way he’s lived his own life.

He intends to claim her…and he’s not above using seduction to do it. Tris looks forward to Lane’s once-a-week visits to the pub where he tends bar, so he’s concerned when she fails to arrive one Wednesday. Discovering she’s in the hospital, brutally beaten, he becomes enraged, his alpha male instincts rising to the surface. Tris vows to protect her with his life, but his dominance spooks Lane, who checks out of the hospital and disappears without a trace. When Lane returns to Pat’s Pub, it’s secure in the belief that she can resist the far-too-sexy Tris. A lifetime of ...

He wants so much more than just her music… Bad boy rocker Sky is hiding out in Baltimore, seeking solitude while he struggles with a career decision. Lead singer of the popular rock group The Universe, he’s thinking of going it alone. Wandering into an Irish pub, he’s ecstatic to discover the breakout single for his solo album—but the songwriter doesn’t want to sell. One musical challenge later, not only does he win the song, but also a writing partner to complete the rest of the album. Teagan has never aspired to fame and fortune. She’s content taking care of family, friends ...

When happens when the screen fades to black? Ty Ransome. Reigning king of Hollywood, producer, actor, Look Magazine’s Hottest Man Alive. He has it all—until he reads a book of short stories that touches him in places kept carefully hidden from the tabloid gossip mill. There’s only one way to meet the introverted writer—invite her to Tinsel Town to work on a script. The moment he sees her, he realizes why her work haunts him. There’s something missing in his life, and it’s her. Gwen steps off the plane with reservations. For one thing, her darkly sexual stories are hardly movie ...

He plays for keeps. Sex with a stranger was Francesca's birthday gift to herself. She didn't realize the gorgeous man in the power suit was her new marketing rival. The competition for clients heats up--literally--when Reed proposes a game. Win the account, win a fantasy. Bondage, submission and spankings, oh my! Soon the lovers come to the brink of something they never intended…or expected.

The first kiss with Landon, nurse Sunnie blames on tequila. The second on adrenaline. He did save her and her Louis Vuitton from a mugger, after all. But then the kiss goes viral and sexy cop Landon is being flooded with female attention. Now it’s Sunnie’s turn to save Landon—by pretending to be his girlfriend.

Jake has a big reputation, a big fire truck, and a big hose…one that doesn’t hook up to a hydrant. Men in town envy him. Who wouldn’t? He’s got women lining up to slide down his pole. He’s living a bachelor’s dream. And then a new girl moves into town…and suddenly everything Jake’s always thought about relationships goes up in flames. Hope moved halfway across the country for a new start after being burned by a charming bad boy. She has two goals. Thirty minutes of set-the-sheets-on-fire sex to relieve her of her near-virgin status. Then she’s going to get serious about ...

According to the bro code, enacted by Evan and Logan years ago, sisters are out. However, Lacy isn’t about to let a silly boyhood pact stand between her and the man she’s wanted for twenty years. She’s waited for him long enough. Logan thinks she’s too sweet to give him what he needs. He’s about to learn as far as Lacy’s concerned, in bed or out, nothing is off-limits.

Rancher Joel has a problem. He and his best friend, Oakley, are both hot for the same woman, sexy local bartender, Sadie. And while she’s admitted an attraction to them as well, she refuses to choose between them, so…they’re friend zoned. Until a little too much champagne at a wedding reception leads to an unexpected sizzling encounter between the three of them, kicking off a no-strings affair. However, things get complicated when it becomes clear there’s nothing casual about their feelings. Add in a sensual, accidental touch between Joel and Oakley, and the threesome gives new ...

Something so wrong never felt so right. When Harley returns home after a year away, her best friends and bandmates, Caleb and Tyson, are there waiting for her. After all, the men have had twelve long months to worry about Harley's real reason for leaving Maris. Shortly after her brother's death, they made a mistake. One that haunts them and keeps them up all night, tossing and turning--with desire. They kissed her. Together. Harley left Texas and headed to Florida to mourn her beloved brother, escape her screwed-up parents and to figure out these new feelings she has for Ty and Cal. The ...