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LOL Romantic Comedy Anthology Vol 2 by Rachel Schurig, Elle Casey, Caitie Quinn, Gretchen Galway, Daisy Prescott, Juliet Spenser, Blair Babylon, N.M. Silber, Victoria Wessex, Julia Kent
Love! Romance! Giggles and Cake!
Readers loved the first anthology, so here’s the second issue of LOL! You’ll love these shorts or novellas of 30-50 pages each, with satisfying, romantic endings and not a cliffhanger in sight.
Enjoy 10 brand-new stories from your favorite NYT Bestseller and USA Today Bestseller authors:
Saving the Cake – Victoria Wessex
Baking for the royal wedding is the assignment of a lifetime. Curvy British chef Jessica has her kitchen nearly under control, until a hunky US news reporter shows up to cover the story. Heat level: Spicy!
Sofie and the Movie Star – Rachel Schurig
Sofie is six months pregnant, and feeling hormonal in her bridesmaid’s dress. Sofie’s condition and lack of boyfriend are causing quite the scandal. And then an international movie star shows up. Heat level: Sweet!
A Sweet Affair – Elle Casey
Bakery owner Mary-Anna is ready to quit when in strolls a handsome stranger, looking for a job. Heat level: Spicy!
Just Can’t Forget You – Gretchen Galway
They first met as troubled teens, and now their paths have crossed again. Melissa has shrugged off her past to begin a fulfilling career, but Eduardo is definitely trouble. All grown up, he’s more dangerous than ever. Heat level: Sensual!
Sweet as Cake – Caitie Quinn
Maddie Deren has been invited to the Brew Ha Ha to make her winning secret recipe for rock god Dalton Reddy. What could possibly go wrong? Heat level: Sweet!
Take the Cake and Run – Daisy Prescott
Two words strike fear in a six-foot-four alpha male: wedding planning.
Alwaysland – Blair Babylon
Xan Valentine is touring with his rock band and missing his girlfriend, a virtuoso classical cellist. When Xan finds himself with an engagement ring, he invites her to hit the road with him. Heat level: Sensual!
Crime & Cake – N.M. Silber
When Matt Brenner sees a beautiful woman dressed like Marilyn Monroe trying to flee a raid, he’s amused. When he discovers she’s the tough lawyer he’s battling in the courtroom, he’s intrigued. Hilarity ensues. Heat level: Spicy!
Randomly Ever After – Julia Kent
An old rivalry threatens Sam’s long-planned proposal to Amy, as a case of mistaken identity makes fists fly. Can a moonlit serenade on a rooftop make up for old mistakes? Heat level: Sensual!
Then We Kissed – Juliet Spenser
When Charlotte wakes up with regrets over a night with US Army Captain Bradley Ryder, she tries to avoid him while delivering a cake to her client’s wedding reception. But a mixup sends her right to the one person she’s trying to avoid. Heat level: Sweet!
More Than Exes by Elizabeth Briggs
Keyboardist Kyle Cross may look like a bad boy with his tattoos and piercings, but he’s really the good guy who’s always stuck fixing his band’s problems and never gets the girl. His band is competing in a college Battle of the Bands, but when their bassist doesn’t show, Kyle must track her down with the help of the person he least expects: his ex-girlfriend Alexis Monroe.
Kyle hasn’t seen Alexis since she dumped him in high school, and she’s dropped her preppy image for fiery red hair and a bold new attitude to match. With only hours before his band goes on stage, Kyle has to be a little bad if he wants to win both the Battle and the girl he’s never gotten over. But when their old problems resurface, the good guy might just get his heart broken all over again.
Desire Part Three by Ava Alexia
Matthew Edelston has everything a man could want. A private estate in Aruba, race horses, private jets. But now he wants Tess with her spit and vinegar attitude and all.
Tessa Zepler comes from an oil family worth billions. But she’s a maverick trying to make it on her own as a fashion photographer.
Will Tess’ sense of adventure keep her away from Matt. Or will Matt and Tess finally give in to their undeniable desire?
Caught in a Trap by Elaine Raco Chase
NEW RELEASE!
She invented him!
At least she thought she had!
Kit Forrester lived a life of lies – so what was one more? When her first vacation ever sank like the Titanic – she couldn’t tell her friends THAT! So she did what she always did – she lied.
And told everyone about her fabulous five day cruise. Her days of fun in the sun and moonlit nights with the man of her dreams – Rafe Morgan – tall, handsome, incredibly sexy and successful.
And well – now they were engaged!
There was just one 6’2″, 230 lb. problem –
Rafe Morgan did exist and he wanted answers.
Retired Navy SEAL and Texas business tycoon, Rafe Morgan was sure he was being set up by his suddenly acquired fiancée. He had spent 20 years in the Navy and was trained to handle anything – until he came up against one volatile New York redhead with wicked curves and the world’s hardest ass!
And then he saw her sex lair and was more than willing to be Caught in a Trap. And to set one of his own!
Content Warning: this book is intended for mature adult readers (18+) who are not offended by profanity and explicit sex scenes. While this is a romantic comedy, some readers may find some subject matter difficult to read – unfortunately such events are true.
Spoiler alert: please be advised that no comic books, superheroes, duct tape, handcuffs, ropes or chocolate milk were harmed during the writing of this novel.
It’s Not My Favorite by Rue
The Hutchinson sisters grew up under the piercing, pious stare of a preacher’s wife. Plagued by her ever-disappointed refrain, “Well, it’s not my favorite.” Their search to find their own way in the world has not been a screaming success.
Gwenn is a good girl, a responsible girl…a miserable girl. Her steady diet of vivid fantasies is the only part of her life she enjoys. She daydreams of new parents, a more exciting job and an actual love life. She struggles to run a business as The Organizer, while she stacks relationship carcasses in the closet of her own completely unorganized life. Her only real friend is her younger sister, Rachel.
Rachel is outgoing, risqué and happily gay. The only people who don’t know this little secret are her judgmental parents, Pastor Ed and Shirley. Rachel struggles mightily to dodge her mother’s constant attempts to set her up with “nice Christian boys”; while holding down a job at the bakery and keeping up with her rock-star girlfriend!
Gwenn uncovers a photo that brings her imaginary world careening into reality. She’s forced to ask herself if wealthy artist, Daniel Gregory is the answer she’s been seeking or a grand delusion.
Break-ups, meltdowns, family secrets, wild nights and finally a journey of self-discovery to exotic New Zealand keep Gwenn and Rachel stumbling toward independence.
So grab your parka and join the Hutchinson girls, as they experience the Lake Effect in Duluth, Minnesota!
Now You See It . . . by Teresa Roblin
The harder she resists him, the faster her clothes will vanish.
Outspoken Sarah Santorelli hides her sensitive side behind a gruff personality. Fear of abandonment causes her to manipulate romantic relationships to avoid involving her heart. But when her prying aunt casts a spell on her, Sarah ends up on a voyage of discovery on the open seas.
The problem? Every time Sarah lets her guard down, instead of casting off her emotional barriers —the spell makes an item of clothing disappear.
Anthony Mancini has clawed his way to the top. Along the way he’s become a workaholic, putting the demands of his company above those he loves. That’s how he lost Sarah, and he wants a second chance to prove he’s changed.
Thanks to Aunt Lilly’s spell, and a week-long European cruise, stripping Sarah of her defenses just got easier.
Birds of a Feather by Kit Dixon
How can you tell whether you’re running to or away from something?
The moment Liz’s long term boyfriend proposes, she knows she has to get away. Far away. After all, the last thing she wants is more of the safe, predictable life she’s grown up with and if something doesn’t change, that’s exactly what she’s going to get.
So she decides that if adventure isn’t going to find her, she’ll have to go looking for it.
Her new life starts when Liz decides to open her heart and her mind by volunteering with underprivileged kids in sunny Peru. But it’s not long before she discovers she’s in way over her head.
When the program coordinator sends her on a weekend hiking excursion to get some fresh air and some perspective, she is delighted to discover that the magnificent scenery includes a tour guide that just happens to be a totally gorgeous bird nerd.
Fortunately for Liz, as she gets to know the unlikely companions on her tour, she begins to realize that sometimes flying away isn’t always such a bad idea.
This is a free contemporary romance.
The Thing About Rainbows by Mack Kittle
Kate is everything Hank’s been looking for — fun, funny, sexy . . . sane. There’s only one problem. He stumbles on an old Internet dating profile and finds out he’s nothing like the man she was seeking.
After an argument, Kate must convince Hank that she’s finally figured out that the man of her dreams isn’t sitting on a shelf somewhere prepackaged to her specifications. For his part, Hank must convince Kate that he can put the past behind him and that lasting relationships, like rainbows, are forged during times of turbulence.
SUNRISE FROM AN ICY HEART: A MEMOIR by Claudette Alexander
Four years of daily passionate loving, near the ocean, in the car, during moonlight days and sunset horizons, coupled with glasses of rum punch, came to a halt when thick lipped, Linus Hyacinth, emigrated from St. Lucia to Canada in October 1972 in search of greener pastures.
In the midst of trying to adjust to the extreme changes in climate, he searches for work as an architectural draftsman. Miserable and missing his lover, he worries about her loyalty amidst a sea of man-peckers. He writes her weekly professing his love and his desire for her to join him.
Nine months later, June 1973, the naive Claudette Alexander, sets off on her journey in pursuit of love and prosperity. In Canada, love takes on a different direction as she tries to adjust to Linus’ broken promises, culture shock, racism and single parenting.
As she embarks on the sea of love, she encounters stormy weather and her heart gets as frigid as the North American winters. It will take a special man to crack through her icy heart.
After four failed relationships, she meets Malcolm James. He is quiet, patient and soft spoken and has loved her when he first met her as a teenager. He has yearned and longed for her. Crossed the ocean, and had his fair share of failed relationships.
But Malcolm needs to break down these walls and bore through her icy heart to rescue her from herself and get to the sunrise as she battles kidney failure.
Seth (Cyborgs: More Than Machines, #5) by Eve Langlais
His mission: Blend in with the humans. Save the cyborgs. And of course, seduce the girl.
An excellent athlete who is highly intelligent, charismatic–without
modesty–and handsome too, Seth has it all except for the girl. But not
for long. Like it or not, he’s determined to win her heart–and get in
her pants. So what if it means letting the military replace a few parts
and becoming the world’s first cybernetic spy? Cool missions, a hot
chick, awesome toys, it all sounds like a dream come true until the
military decides to terminate their billion dollar project.
But they didn’t count on their project soldier fighting back.
