romance adult contemporary
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Naughty and Nice: A Holiday Medical Romance by Ainsley St. Claire
Trapped by an avalanche with San Francisco’s most eligible bachelor would seem like a chemistry packed holiday, but I’m a one-date wonder. There’s no way we’ll ever fall for one another.
Clay McGrath is a doctor, a distinguished veteran, and he saved my life.
As San Francisco’s most eligible bachelor, woman know no boundaries and the texts, photos, and visits are unrelenting.
I know why. His rock-hard abs, sapphire blue eyes, and those dimples melt my unmentionables right off.
He’s saved countless lives, but he’s captured my heart and he may not be there to catch me when I fall.Anna Standing is fiercely independent, with a mouth made for sin.
Her long legs, infectious smile, and she’s smart as a whip intimidates men. After all, she doesn’t need our money, our help, or our bodies.
She needs me. She just doesn’t know it.
Her world is imploding and she’s in danger and I’m the only one who’s able to save her. What the Heart Wants by Teiran Smith
Burgeoning photographer Olivia Bell is a normal twenty-four-year-old, working diligently to hone her craft with the help of her idol and mentor, Everett Shaw. But she quickly falls for the much older, irresistible Lothario, and the two embark on a passionate, forbidden romance.
When their relationship is revealed, the fallout has dire consequences. Everett isn’t just Liv’s mentor—he’s also a well-traveled, nefarious lady’s man responsible for countless broken hearts across the globe. Not to mention, her sister despises Everett to the deepest recesses of her soul. The odds are stacked against the star-crossed lovers, but they can’t deny what their hearts want.
Determined to be together, they forge full steam ahead despite all that stands in their way. But what happens when Liv and Everett realize they are in different places in their lives… with conflicting hopes and dreams? Liv has to decide if she’s willing to fight to hold on to the love of her life, even if it means altering the plans she has for her future.
But what will she do when the skeletons in Everett’s closet are brought out into the light? Chasing the Idol by Ivy Wild
I longed for her.
Even after all these years, I still wanted her.
Sophie Strong walked out of my life five years ago to become America’s next pop idol.
But everything didn’t go as planned.
And now she’s back in D.C.
Back within my reach.
I was just a kid when she left, but I built my fortune while she was gone.
I will have her, and she will come to me willingly.
This time, I’m not letting her go.Chasing the Idol is the first book in the Infamous Trilogy
Blanks & Blues: My story isn’t over yet by Misbah Khan
The Blanks & Blues is a coming of age story. But it’s not just a story for youngsters. Noor, the only child of her parents, experiences life-changing events during her childhood. Circumstances beyond her control. Searching for answers, she finds her catharsis in storytelling in verse. Looking for answers to her devastated life, she eventually finds the courage that would help her define her destiny.
The story moves between Nainital and Delhi, and eventually to Canada, in an interesting non-linear narrative. The novel explores gender dynamics, orthodoxy, homophobia, plagiarism and other contemporary subjects viewed and understood from a young female character’s perspective. Forgotten Past Her Secret Powers by Dominic Sciulli
A new threat by the name of Layton Prenter escapes from prison, and Liam finds out his family have been hiding some important information from him and his twin sister for many years. He has to get to the bottom of this mystery before it’s too late. At the same time he has to get ready for his first year at Greenspan Academy, and he couldn’t be more excited. Liam is looking forward to learning about a variety of spells, conjurings, potions, and even rituals to summon an amplitude of ghastly spirits and other world creatures. However before he embarks on his trip to the grand academy he is forced to deal with two of his best friends fighting for his love. Even when he ends up finding himself in love with one of them it doesn’t end the feud between the three of them. Meanwhile Andrea has to deal with the fact her father finally moved on. It’s been almost a decade since she lost her mother, but she wasn’t ready to move on, but not that much time passes by until she reunites herself with a woman that changes the course of her life forever. This sets her father and her whole family down a different path, and in the end she may have a happy ending. That happiness wouldn’t last forever.
A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson
I know what you did last summer.
Aubree Walker, the perfect girl most likely to succeed, is sure there’s only one person who knows what she did
Booker Outlaw, one of the three Outlaw brothers–all identical, all gorgeous, all from the wrong side of the tracks, and all pure bad boys. He was always the unpredictable one, the one who would be brash enough to make it big self-publishing horror novels on the internet. He promised never to tell, but everyone knows you can never trust an Outlaw.
Swimming in Love: Ariel & Eric by Sultry Reads
Olympic Swimmer Ariel Sirens has always had a crush on Navel Captain Eric Vasser. There’s just one problem. He’s her brother Triton’s best friend and commanding officer.
Eric is fresh from a tour of duty and readying to start his business as a yacht designer, when his best friend asks him to complete one last mission. Protect and watch over his little sister, until his tour is finished.
Ariel thinks she’s woman enough to handle everything on her own. She’s just set a world record and is on top of the world until rumors swirl that she’s using enhancements.
Just when she needs him most, Eric shows up ready to protect her honor and reputation, even if it means fighting off the desire he feels every time he’s around her. Because there’s no way that the girl he used to tease and call Little Fish can have such a magnetic hold on him, right?
Eric and Ariel are in for one hectic water ride as they stave off modern-day villains and the fear of exploring unnamed crushes to see if it can blossom into true love.
If The Shoe Fits by Chandra Trulove Fry
They were never supposed to be, but fate is a funny thing…
Charmaine Princeton takes pride in his work, even if some people treat him like he is on the bottom wrung of everything.
Enter a new customer, the stunning Ella Cinders who is looking for her missing pair of perfect shoes – glass slippers picked out for a ball.
Charmaine knows she is out of his reach, especially when he finds out just how opposite her position in the world is from his, but as he embarks on a mission to find her missing shoe order, he discovers feelings he has never had before.
Fate intervenes when, on the eve of the ball, Charmaine finds her shoes and must rush them to her in time for her to make the impression she is dreaming of.
Going All In by Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley & Wayne J. Keeley
Three mismatched suburban couples, Steve and Katie, Marty and Erin, and Scarlett and C. Thomas, have been neighbors and friends for years. During a pummeling Connecticut Nor’Easter, the members of the bored triptych engage in a friendly game of Texas Hold’em in front of a fire and over more than a few bottles of Merlot. The impromptu get-together eventually leads to the institution of alcohol-driven, bi-weekly poker nights.
One evening on a lark, someone suggests an alternate payout – instead of pocket change, the winner may choose a player (other than his or her spouse) with whom to spend the night. The proposition takes shape, but complications arise as these things will.
All too quickly, friendships are strained and relationships begin to crumble. Lies are told, truths are exposed, and feelings are hurt. In the end, can anyone bear the weight of this wanton self-indulgence? They are six fully consenting adults, and after all, it’s only a game. Or is it?
Walk With Me, One Hundred Days of Crazy by Ernesto H Lee
Laugh, Love & Cry – At forty years old, Mark Rennie was the man that appeared to have it all. As a successful commodities trader with one of the leading London trading houses, he was happy, healthy and engaged to be married to the woman he loved. Then came the devastating news that would change his life forever. Less than two years later, his health is in tatters, his fiancée is gone, and his life is reduced to nothing more than a series of difficult choices and harsh realities. In search of answers and in search of a drink, he walks an unfamiliar part of London. He doesn’t find the answers he is looking for, but he does find Karen. With Karen, he finds hope. With Karen, he finds love. With Karen, nothing is ever going to be the same again.
“Walk With Me, One Hundred Days of Crazy is a novel with a powerful tale of romance and one that explores the deep longings of the human heart.” Ruffina Oserio for Readers Favorite.
“Walk With Me, One Hundred Days of Crazy by Ernesto H Lee is a fascinating book packed with craziness, emotions, family, and love (lots of love).” Ankita Shukla for Readers Favorite.
