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Lakeshore Candy (By The Lake: The McAdams Sisters, Book Four) by Shannyn Leah

Abby McAdams can’t sleep. She keeps having nightmares about her grandmother. Cuddling up beside her friend, Riley, helps to ease some of the fears. Well, cuddling and the candy she keeps hidden around his apartment. She can’t help but feel an attraction to Riley too, but they are just friends…right?

Riley has his own past that haunts him, but she thinks he might want to get to know Abby on a deeper level too. As they fight their own desires to be together, the past comes back to slap them in the face.

When they finally give in to their lustful cravings, will their love be enough to erase their pasts or will it be just another broken heart for both of them?

“Lakeshore Candy” is the fourth in the “By The Lake” series, about the McAdams sisters, from author Shannyn Leah.

This book can be read as a stand alone, but for more enjoyment read them in the order of the series, as all the characters appear in future books.

Read the full BY THE LAKE SERIES:

MCADAMS SISTERS

BOOK 1: Lakeshore Secrets

BOOK 2: Lakeshore Legend

BOOK 3: Lakeshore Love

BOOK 4: Lakeshore Candy

BOOK 5: Lakeshore Lyrics

SKU: B014V4U4BU Categories: Contemporary, Romance Tags: contemporary romance, ebook, lovestory, Romance series
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Shannyn has published five books in her series, By the Lake, (The McAdams Sisters) including, Lakeshore Secrets, Lakeshore Legend, Lakeshore Love, Lakeshore Candy and Lakeshore Lyrics. She is currently working on a new series for 2016.

What inspired you to write your book?

Abby McAdams and Riley Boyd…what can I say? Through the first three books you meet the youngest of the McAdams sisters. A feisty and wild woman, who says exactly what is on her mind, but harbors a secret about her intentions with the mysterious man living above Mrs. Calvert’s bakery. And this man is mysterious. Riley doesn’t let anyone in, but somehow Abby has wiggled her way into his life, until the both of them can’t live without the other.

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Chapter One
FEAR BUBBLED THROUGH Abby McAdams chest so forcefully; she sat straight up out of bed, gasping to catch a breath. It felt like her heart was about to burst.
I don’t want to be alone! Come back!  
The t-shirt and jersey cut-off shorts she wore stuck to her trembling body, soaked in sweat. Panic thundered in her head so loudly it was as if there was someone knocking to get out. Fear gripped her every emotion like her own clenched fist prepared to defend. 
Calm down.
Then she heard a groan slice through her panic; a deep, painful groan.
Her eyes flew open, blinking into the darkness, finding the shadow of Riley Boyd moving away from her and covering his nose. At the same time pain seared through her elbow.
Oh no. She’d whacked his face. 
“Riley!” Abby ignored the urge to rub her elbow, instead scrambled off the couch and throwing the blankets to the floor. Feeling gross in her clothes, she yanked the material away from her skin and cringed as it stuck back.  
Riley was on his knees backing away from her. She took the three steps to his side and dropped to her knees, reaching for his arms. Arms she knew by memory were inked in tattoos, but she was unable to decipher any of them now as her eyes adjusted to the dark.
Using her hands, she worked her way to his front, her fingers having the advantage of feeling every angle and dip of his muscular upper torso. He was shirtless and his warm, smooth flesh teased each fingertip like a game of Operation. Every slope gave her a shock of electricity. She liked this electricity. Seeing his rock hard bare torso on such occasions as fixing his motorcycle in the back alleyway and feeling it now were two entirely different things. It felt amazing.
What? Her fingers paused for a second. Where did that come from? Blame it on the daze of being jolted awake from another nightmare and scrambling off the couch in a hurry to check the injury to his beautiful face.
Where had she hit him? His nose? Was it broken? How hard had she hit him? Does he always sleep with his shirt off? Was he completely naked right now? Do not move your hands downwards Abigail McAdams.
Had these unwanted thoughts about him played in her mind before they’d become friends, she would have blamed it on the sheer want to sack him. That wasn’t who Riley was to her now thought. He wasn’t just another bed lay. No, he was her friend. 
“Are you alright?” she asked, pulling her focus back to the present, back to her friend.
“Yes,” he snapped at her, making her forget the horror that had torn her from her sleep, but not coming anywhere close to assisting her at forgetting the hotness beneath her hands.
Riley was always cranky. Quiet and bad-tempered were Riley’s two personalities. Everyone got quiet, but only those who stuck around got the irritable side. Like her foolish self. 
“Let me see.” Her hands moved up his arms and tried to ignore the tingling zapping her skin like the metal edges of the Operation game. His hands still covered his face. He was so warm…bed warm. Envisioning his long naked body throwing back the sheets sent a tingle through her, a delightfully, exciting tingle.
Riley pulled away. “How are you going to see anything in the dark?” Cranky, cranky, cranky. Although he made a good point.
Abby scrambled back beside the couch, reaching for the lamp sitting on the side table. Once light invaded them, she moved back in front of Riley. Now she could see him clearly. He was too distracted to catch her gazing at his inked tribal sleeve that traveled up his firm arms, around his thick shoulders and down his brawny back.  
Abby, you smacked his face. Oh yeah.
She drew her wandering gaze up to his eyes. His dark, mysterious, and dangerous eyes. She loved the menace behind those eyes and loved the possibilities of why it was there in the first place even more.
“Problem solved,” she said, attempting to retain focus. “Now let me see.” 
He was reluctant to move his hands, like he feared she might haul off and clock him again or he was just stubborn. More than likely the latter of the two. When his hands finally dropped from his face, blood stained his skin. 
Oops.
Abby sucked in her lips, horrified she’d fallen into such a deep sleep she’d…well…elbowed him in the nose. Hard. Blood hard.
Abby covered her mouth. “I’m so sorry,” she said, between the gaps of her fingers. 
Riley looked down at his hands with his half-rigid sleepy face, that wasn’t nearly as rigidly set as during the day, and saw the blood. He cursed and stood, wearing only black boxers hugging his trim waist, settling her earlier debate.
His footsteps thumped across the old wood floor as he walked to the kitchen of the small one-bedroom apartment.
Mrs. Calvert had four apartments vacant above her bakery, but Riley was her only tenant. She’d owned the bakery as long as Abby could remember. Mrs. Calvert refused to deal with the crowds that landed in the small apartments above businesses or to tidy up after tourists during the summer months. The bakery was her dream and the hassle of messy, careless tenants didn’t appeal to her. Riley was neither messy nor careless and had Mrs. Calvert wrapped around his cranky pinky finger.
The current situation wasn’t funny…it really wasn’t. Abby had made the poor guy bleed. But she couldn’t help the smirk that took over her lips as she followed behind him, getting ice out of the freezer and wrapping it inside a towel for a homemade ice pack.
Abby was familiar with the layout of his apartment since she spent half the week sleeping on his couch like a college kid. She felt like the drop-out kid who just couldn’t figure out where life was taking her. 
Abby leaned her back against the counter beside him, enjoying the view, as he splashed water on his face and scrubbed away the color staining his skin.
Who wouldn’t enjoy the view? Tall, lean, practically naked and now adding water against that tanned skin…yummy.
When he turned to face her the only sign of any injury was the redness around his nose. It didn’t look broken, that was a relief. 
“That’s the last time I try to wake you up,” he growled the lie through his perfect white teeth and tight lips. Her exhausted mind wondered what her lips would feel like caught between those teeth and how delicious his tongue would taste plunged through the parted opening of her lips.
Exhausted was right!
Did her lips really just part open?
If Riley was in pain he didn’t show it, instead annoyance danced a regular routine across his concrete face.
Abby held the towel of ice toward him and he took it, sending her a humourless look that was intended to ward her off.
She ignored him.
“Why were you waking me up anyway?” She leaned her palms on the counter, tightly gripping the edge so her hands would reach out for him.
Reach out for him?
His nose looked tender as he pressed the towel against it and she flinched.
He did not.
“Because you were howling like a wild dog in your sleep.” 
Howling like a wild dog?
Why did everything he say make her smile, even when it came out sounding like Oscar the Grouch? At the moment, she presumed it had to do with his grumpy tone pushing through the towel while comparing her to a wild dog. A wild dog. Why did that suit her so well?
It was the same dream again disrupting her sleep. The same one over and over and over, like a scratched disc that she wanted to throw across the room every time it stopped before the good part. No matter how much Abby tried she could not shake this dream…more like a nightmare. The nights Abby succumbed to sleep so deeply she found herself in the same dust-filled attic facing Gran, her grandmother. Gran’s floral kitchen apron was tied around her waist and the kind smile that lit her eyes behind the wire rimmed glasses transported Abby back nine months ago, before Gran died. The feeling of her presence in her dreams was so strong it was as though Gran was baking up a storm in the kitchen below. Right as Abby was starting to believe it was all good, once more, Gran would vanish, leaving her alone…again.
“I’m sorry I woke you. I can go home where my howling won’t bother anyone.”
She was only half serious. Abby did not want to go home, but found she was now wide awake.
For a quick moment she wondered what the hour was, but then she knew…it would be three. Gran had been an early morning riser, awake at three o’clock, before the sun even peeked up from the east. It was the same time Abby woke up each morning, like clockwork, since the day Gran died.
That morning, nine months ago, when fall was spreading its array of red and orange foliage throughout the town of Willow Valley, Abby had dragged her heavy feet and worried nerves out of bed earlier than usual. The strong smell of roasting coffee and frying bacon or the background noise of clanging mixing bowls and baking sheets had been yet to slowly welcome another day. Abby had found the kitchen empty, everything cold and no sign of Gran or her morning routine. She could still sum up the fear of that morning in her heart as her reluctant bare feet made their way down the short hallway of the two-bedroom bungalow, her worry assuming the worst, which was what she found: Gran wrapped in her handmade quilt like a cocoon, unmoving, unresponsive, and already gone.
It was unfathomable that Gran had left this world when she was still so full of life. She was always early to bed, early to rise and never taking for granted any moment in between.
Still, some mornings, over two-thousand and seventy-days later (yes Abby had every day that went by timed in her cell phone) Abby awoke and for a split second each day her mind was set back before Gran’s death. She found herself believing she would walk into the kitchen and find Gran. Abby could swear some mornings she could even inhale the smell of freshly baked pie before her eyes opened. Of course, it never happened and those were the hardest days, the ones where she woke up in her own bed, with the comfort of a life now gone, teasing her morning grog until the reality sprinkled down, souring it. Trudging through those hard days, forcing smiles so everyone thought she was fine and dandy, exhausted her. When night fell, leaving her alone, the sad thoughts caught up to her and she usually ended up knocking at Riley’s door. Like tonight. And now she’d woken him up and hit him in the nose.
Riley took the towel off his face and tossed it in the sink, the ice crashing loudly against the stainless steel, making her jump. 
“What’s the point in that? We’re both awake now,” he growled. Growled like a wild dog. She grinned at the thought. 
Abby remembered the first time she met Riley a couple years back. Mrs. Calvert had given no warning of the newest resident moving to Willow Valley. One day, when Abby and Gran were delivering Mrs. Calvert’s pie order, this random guy was pouring coffee behind the counter. He was tall, mysterious, hiding behind a beard and over grown hair, fresh meat in Willow Valley and not just some tourist simply passing through.
Abby’s curiosity had exploded with questions, startling the bejeezus out of him. He hadn’t said one word, simply staring at her like she was a mad person.
They’d been easy questions: Who are you? Where are you from? Why are you here? Do you have a girlfriend? The last question was because he looked like the kind of trouble she wanted to toss her around in the sheets…or have him toss her around.
Mrs. Calvert, being the angel of privacy, had swooped in after Abby ignored Gran’s elbow in her side followed by a glare and Mrs. Calvert sidestepped all the questions Abby laid out for him. Mrs. Calvert had a way of doing that. She wasn’t a nosy person like the majority of locals in town and didn’t butt into other people’s business like the old cartel of ladies who occupied three tables at the bakery every morning from ten to eleven, tapping the sap of people’s lives from passing customers. Mrs. Calvert’s business was her own and Abby still didn’t have any of the answers about Riley and his past.
Except in regards to a girlfriend. Riley did not have a girlfriend. Was not looking for one and he did not want to toss around in the sheets…well not with Abby anyway.
After he cleared that up in regular Riley snappy, aggressive tone that only made Abby wrinkle her nose at him, Riley had turned out to be the friend she needed most after Gran passed. It had been a surprise and a blessing, almost like Gran pushed them together. Kind of like fate. Fate. Abby didn’t really believe in fate. She believed she planted her own path in life. However, when Abby’s life went through the cultivator it was as though the teeth of that tool had pierced her emotions and her head had spiraled, unsure how to deal with the loss. Riley had stepped in when she saw nothing but a future of being dragged through the dirt and he held her hand silently, comforting and helping her in a way no one else had been able to. He was still just as cranky as that first day they met, only she soon discovered his crankiness wasn’t as serious as he let on. 
“What are we going to do then?” she asked, in her chirpy cheerful voice…even at the early hour.
What Abby should do was head over to The Old Town Soap Co. and finish the line of soaps she was working on. She was lacking inspiration and it seemed to have vanished along with Gran.
Normally Abby would eat. Sneaking down into Mrs. Calvert’s bakery with Riley’s key had become a daily early morning routine for her. She always left the exact change for all the sweets and tea she enjoyed in the peaceful darkness and would retreat back to the solitude of Riley’s apartment before Mrs. Calvert walked through the door at five. But Riley never went down with her and although he put her goodies through the cash in the morning he didn’t really like her sneaking inside while the bakery was closed. So she didn’t suggest that, but the idea made her tummy rumble for food. 
“The question is what are you going to sucker me into doing?” See, there was his crankiness underlying with the sweetness he thought he was a pro at hiding.
Riley was convinced he was a big selfish jerk, but she knew better. No selfish jerk could ever handle her. 
Chapter Two
RILEY BOYD’S SHOES hit the sand, fast, trying to keep up with Abby. She was like lightening on her feet.
It figured that they couldn’t just do something normal like watch a movie or read a book. No, she had to go running along the beach…at three in the morning.
Who did that?
And if he hadn’t offered his presence the foolish woman would have gone running alone. That was wild, carefree Abby.
Going outside in the early hours of morning was dangerous, especially for a woman, especially during tourist season in Willow Valley when the population tripled.
Riley had once been that wild, carefree person taking risks at every crossroad, and he could almost relate to her drive. But he’d had to pay a price for being groundless and he understood now the importance of being cautious. Abby didn’t.
The morning breeze cooled the sweat he was producing running along the local beach and onto the private sands of the expensive cottages along the cliff.
Abby was ahead of him, only because his fast jog was at a steady pace while she would get a puff of energy and sprint in front only to turn around and backtrack…just like she was doing right now.
“Come on!” she hollered. “Pick up your pace Boyd!” 
He glared at her, but she only laughed it off and circled around him. Laughed it off. No one just laughed off his glares…except Abby.
Right from the first time she’d stepped into the bakery and introduced herself, she’d ignored the fierce looks that kept everyone else from asking him personal questions, bringing up small talk, or trying to be friendly. Lord, this town was friendly and nosy and he wasn’t looking for either. Everyone caught on quickly…everyone except Abby McAdams. 
Moving in front of him now, Abby jogged backwards, her large round umber eyes wired with energy. No wonder she was so tiny. She ran whenever the mood struck her and her moods blew hot and cold like the weather, one was never one-hundred percent accurate when a storm might hit. 
Abby might be tiny as a toothpick, but damn she was sexy in all the right places. Her curvy hips, her rounded rear end, plus her never-ending, long trim running legs.
Riley shook his head. You have to stop doing that, acknowledging her gorgeous body. It seemed almost impossible, especially at this late…or was it early…hour. It is bad enough her ridiculous jokes make you laugh when you don’t deserve it, or the sweet compliments she gives chips away at the stone wall you’ve built around your emotions. He shouldn’t feel happy, joy, or pleasure because he didn’t deserve any of them.
“Doesn’t this feel great?” Her excited holler followed her into another sprint ten feet away, flaring her arms in the air like she won a marathon.
Just watching her was making him exhausted. She was like the Energizer Bunny twenty-four-seven. Some nights she barely got a wink of sleep and moved through her day on a high, no doubt a sugar high. Her morning routine consisted of pouring half a cup of sugar into her coffee or tea…maybe that was an exaggeration…but who knew exactly the amount when she tipped the shaker letting the sweetness pour out until satisfied with the concoction. But she also ate candy like a child loose in a candy store and she hid candy like a squirrel hiding nuts in a tree. There were stashes of candy throughout his apartment: in the cupboards, under the couch and behind the television. Behind the television? Let a logical person explain that one, he certainly couldn’t figure that one out. He could only imagine the Easter egg hunt through her own house. 
“You should come running with me every morning.”
Riley used to run, but there were a lot of things he used to do.
Abby was back in front of him, jogging backwards again. The messy bun she had tied at the top of her head flopping with each bounce. That wasn’t the only thing bouncing around. Had his eyes really just trailed down the front of the t-shirt she was wearing? It was another one of her twin brother Avery’s, band t-shirts with the logo across the front that she’d taken scissors to, cutting away the sleeves and slicing slits across the sides. It wasn’t the cuts or slits holding his attention.
When Abby stopped running suddenly, not paying attention to him or noticing he was too busy staring at her chest to notice, he crashed straight into her. 
Damn it. 
Abby screamed at the impact, her hands latching onto his shoulder, digging her long painted black nails through his shirt and into his skin as they lost balance. 
Damn it. 
They fell backwards. He fell on top of her small body, but he managed to wrap an arm around her waist and protect her back from slamming into the ground, while the palm of his other hand hit the sand slowing the impact.
Damn it.
Damn it he liked her body against his.
Lying underneath him, Abby’s eyes stared up at him, startled at first, then a slow smirk found her lips and she craned her neck back laughing like he hadn’t nearly just crushed her. 
It was kind of funny. But there was no way he was going to laugh.
Abby gasped, seeing the humor he hadn’t caught creeping across his face. “You’re smiling!” 
He rolled his eyes. “You’re a klutz.” 
“Whatever. You ran into me,” she accused. 
“You stopped running without warning.” 
Abby sighed and a smile followed. Abby owned particular smiles for each of her reactions to everything. This smile was by far his favorite. He’d learned the one that reached midway to her eyes, showing off her straight white teeth and lighting her eyes in a content manner, was her real smile.
It shifted to that mischievous brave smile and he braced himself for a smart remark to follow. 
“If you hadn’t been staring at my breasts you might have noticed I stopped.” 
Busted. Shit.
She’d noticed the direction of his eyes and found amusement in it. He didn’t find the action amusing and lately he found himself struggling more each day not to notice things like that about Abby. He was a man after all and she was a woman, and an attractive one at that, but he wasn’t looking for a woman. Not now…not ever.
Tell that to the bulge in your pants. Damn it. 
Abby laughed, pulling him from his thoughts. “Oh relax Riley. You’re a guy and I’m a girl…”
That was his reasoning exactly. Although when she said it, the words made it sound like he had no self control. He needed to get his self control in check.
“You’re going to notice these things. Don’t get those cute black boxers of yours in a twist.”
Cute black boxers? She’d noticed that was all he was wearing in the kitchen? She seemed as observant over him as he was over her. He’d noticed the jersey short shorts riding high up her thigh and the way her buttocks peeked out the back when she jogged in front of him on their way to the beach. 
“Maybe if you got off of me you wouldn’t be struggling not to notice.” 
He was still on top of her? Shit.
How did he not notice her full breasts pushed against his chest until just now, or that she was latched to him like a slug, holding her own weight against the entire length of his body?
As she relaxed he noticed how perfect their bodies mashed together. At that thought, only leading its way down a road of trouble, he let her go, dropping her the two inches onto the sand. 
“Ouch! Riley! Dammit!” she cried, as if it hurt.
Riley climbed to his feet trying to maintain his composure and trying not jump away from her like she was too hot to touch. He was the one on fire and he didn’t want to burn her. She would get burned. What woman in his life hadn’t been burned? 
Abby stayed on the ground all coiled up from her overreaction and directed her pursed lips twisted to one side at him. These were the looks that were chipping away at his wall and inviting feelings back into his body. 
“Way to let a woman down.” These witty comments from Abby were a bulldozer crashing down the wall around his heart. 
Riley offered his hand and her warm tiny fingers tightly gripped his as she jumped to her feet and dusted the back of her legs and high-rise ass that he couldn’t not notice. 
She finished by slapping her hands together. “Before you tried to mount me on the sand…” She paused to wait for a reaction, which he wasn’t about to give her, she continued with a shrug, “…I was going to suggest racing up Blake’s beach stairs.” 
Why didn’t this woman ask to go back home to bed? Like to sleep. Not in his bed. That image wasn’t hard to form.
“I’m not racing up Blake’s stairs.” 
Abby tugged his hand and he tried to ignore the heat that friendly touch sent through his body. She managed to drag him to the bottom of the stairs that weaved up the cliff, without him noticing.
“Come on. I have a meeting with my sisters in the morning and I need to let off some steam.”
Riley didn’t need to ask why a meeting with her sisters required burning off steam. The little chatterbox had already informed him all about the gift show in September they were setting up for to wholesale their all-natural product lines to other businesses.
Abby continued on anyway. “I wanted to hand-make my product and personally sell it to people. My sisters want to mass produce it and ship it out across the country,” she complained, like it was a bad thing. They were going to be making a shit load of money. They were setting up at the trade show to get their product out and sell to small businesses, but their intention was to find wholesalers in order to ship the product out by the skid rather than by the box. He could relate to their desire to become established. He’d quickly made his mark in the independent label recording industry long before the night that changed everything. He’d had the desire, the drive, and the passion to succeed until everything had changed. It wasn’t about the money with Abby though. It was almost like she didn’t care about money at all. 
“Let’s go.” 
He clenched his jaw. She didn’t listen to no. “Alright. But if I win we are going back home.”
Mischief glimmered in her playful eyes. “And if I win we are going swimming.”
“Fair enough.”
“Skinny dipping.”
Skinny dipping? 
Lord almighty, he better run.

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    Mad for You by Anna Antonia – Loving Gabriel Gordon was like trying to love the sun…Emma Adams was destined to burn. Given their tumultuous natures and personal demons, there was only one way a relationship between them could survive: in madness.

    Me, Cinderella? by Aubrey Rose — One kind deed can change your life forever…. Brynn Tomlin could never afford to follow her heart, but when she buys a cup of coffee for a stranger sitting in the cold, she sets into motion a course of events that can only lead to one kind of fairy-tale ending.

    Dance For Me by Helena Newbury — When troubled ballet student Natasha agrees to be the muse of millionaire designer Darrell Carner, she doesn’t expect to fall for him…or to discover that his past is just as dark as hers. Can two broken souls heal each other…or will their secrets tear them apart?

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    Billionaire Romance Boxed Set (9 Book Bundle) by Julia Kent, Krista Lakes, Adriana Hunter, Aubrey Rose, Artemis Hunt, Liliana Rhodes, Melanie Marchande, Starla Cole, Cerys du Lys

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    HER FIRST BILLIONAIRE by Julia Kent

    Caught between two men- literally- who turned out to be roommates and secret billionaires, Laura makes a startling discovery about her own capacity for passion.

    THE WOMAN OF THE BILLIONAIRE’S DREAMS by Krista Lakes

    Tracy has been stepped on all her life, but when a car accident leaves her with the ability to enter other people’s dreams, an opportunity arises. Will Tracy be able to break out of her shell in order to seduce billionaire Paul Hayes?

    SHATTERED by Adriana Hunter

    Curvy Katherine is tired of the daily grind. She craves something new… something exciting. There is one thing that she does look forward to every day- the meetings with her ruggedly handsome billionaire boss, Matt Donaldson. Known for his impossibly good looks and unbelievable wealth, he’s loved by many and hated by many more. Katherine never thought Matt noticed her until he comes to her rescue. That sets the pace for a dangerous game of complete submission.

    ME, CINDERELLA? by Aubrey Rose

    One kind deed can change your life forever…

    Brynn has spent her life trying to forget her desires, and Eliot’s deep wounds have taken nearly a decade to heal. After so much hurt, will either of them be able to open their hearts again?

    THE PRETEND BOYFRIEND by Artemis Hunt

    Samantha is clumsy and totally in need of a new boyfriend by this weekend. Her younger sister is getting engaged. Enter Brian Morton. He is gorgeous, rich, snarky, and utterly promiscuous. He was also the bully who made Sam’s middle school life a living hell. A series of bizarre events results in Brian losing a bet. His punishment? To be Sam’s slave for the weekend… and do anything she wants.

    NO REGRETS by Liliana Rhodes

    Life hasn’t been perfect for plus sized Deborah. Working in a department store isn’t great, but it has its perks and she meets one in the form of a man she calls “Mr. Sexy”. William King isn’t just any man though, he’s an ultra-private billionaire heir. When Will’s mysterious past puts the two lovers in danger, will the truth bring them closer together or finally tear them apart?

    I MARRIED A BILLIONAIRE by Melanie Marchande

    Maddy has given up on marriage- and men. But when her rich (and sexy) boss Daniel Thorne proposes an arrangement of convenience that would allow him to stay in the country, and Maddy to never work another day in her life, she might get more than she bargained for. By the end of their sham relationship, Maddy finds herself wondering if the money will be enough to repair the cost of a broken heart. But Mr. Thorne may have a secret in store…

    THE EXHIBITIONIST by Starla Cole

    Erik, a BDSM master Syria met at a bondage exhibition, offers her an opportunity to join his life of beauty, wealth and power as his personal escort and exhibitionist. But on Christmas Eve, Syria will have to choose between a life of luxury sans love, and the Santa stripper who just may hold her heart.

    THE BILLIONAIRE’S ULTIMATUM by Cerys du Lys

    Falling in love wasn’t part of Jessika’s job description. Nor was being asked by billionaire CEO Asher Landseer to become an egg donor and surrogate for his infertile wife. All Jessika wants to do is help, but is she setting herself up for heartbreak in the process?

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    Top 100 Reasons to Love: 12 Book Boxed Set of the Most Popular Best Selling Shifter, Billionaire, Rock Star & Bad Boy Romances by Julia Kent, Aubrey Rose, Cerys du Lys, Adriana Hunter, Eve Langlais, Emma South, Marina Maddix, Deanna Roy, Dez Burke, Krista Lakes, Marian Tee, Michelle Fox

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    “Her First Billionaire & Her Second Billionaire by Julia Kent — Two secret billionaires. One curvy woman. Zero reasons to choose.

    Me, Cinderella? by Aubrey Rose — A sweet BBW new adult Cinderella story with just a touch of spice.

    The Billionaire’s Ultimatum: His Absolute Need by Cerys du Lys — Falling in love wasn’t supposed to be a part of Jessika’s temporary job description.

    Taming the Alpha by Adriana Hunter — A contemporary BBW shifter romance.

    Two’s a Couple, Three’s the Law by Eve Langlais — Bad boy werewolf or suave vampire? Why choose when the law demands she take on two?

    Remember Our Song by Emma South — Can the lightning of true love strike twice after amnesia tears the perfect couple apart?

    Laid Bear by Marina Maddix– Can true love survive when worlds collide?

    Forever Innocent by Deanna Roy — Torn apart by tragedy. Reunited by chance. A love to never let go.

    First Moon by Michelle Fox — A curvy beauty feels the bite of the wolf and heeds the call of the wild.

    The Rockstar I’ve Loved for So Long by Marian Tee — A new adult billionaire rock star romance.

    Skin Deep by Dez Burke — A scarred race car driver. A beauty afraid to take a chance. Can their love overcome?

    Champagne Kisses by Krista Lakes — A contemporary romance with lost love & second chances.”

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    Fourteen Shades of F*cked Up: an Anthology by ML Rodriguez

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    Fourteen authors have brought you stories of pain and love.

    Struggle and dissonance.

    PETITION DENIED by Alyson Hale

    DARKNESS CONSUMED by Ariel Marie

    EXCITABLE by Brittney Coon

    CONSENSUAL by Cristina Slough

    F*CKING ADDICTED by J.A. Kerr

    FOREVER PROMISES by J.L. Baldwin

    A STRANGE AND DISTANT SAFETY by Jennifer Loring

    WICKED GAMES by Lilly James

    AFFLICTION by Marie Skye

    STORY OF US by ML Rodriguez

    HER MISTAKE by N. Mills

    MISS X by Quinn

    KILLER DOM by S. Valentine

    ANOTHER LAST GLANCE by Zack Halford

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