He was my worst enemy. He spent every waking moment devising fresh new ways of torturing me. No one has ever been able to make me cry like Matthais Bristow: my twin brother’s best friend, and the person on this planet I hate most.
Then, he left for college and I was free of him. For ten blessed years, I was free of his torture.
Now, he’s back, and he owns half of the family business I spent my entire life preparing to take over.
Is this going to be a new round of his old favorite game, Make Delia McKenna Cry, or are am I to believe he’s actually come back with good intentions?
NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, WALL STREET JOURNAL and international bestselling author Jasinda Wilder is a Michigan native with a penchant for titillating tales about sexy men and strong women. Her bestselling titles include ALPHA, STRIPPED, WOUNDED, and the #1 Amazon and international bestseller FALLING INTO YOU. You can find her on her farm in Northern Michigan with her husband, author Jack Wilder, her six children and menagerie of animals.
Formerly famous . . . and planning to keep it that way.
After my band kicked me out, I ran away to Vermont, changed my name, and kept my head down. So far, it’s working and nobody knows who I am. Or who I was. Until I see geeky poet Caleb stumbling through his first open mic night and I can’t help rescuing him. He’s as sweet as the honey my bees make and sexy enough to make me rethink so many things. But I can’t tell him my secret, or I’ll lose the anonymous life I worked so hard to build.
Everyone warns me he’s too good to be true.
I can’t believe a gorgeous, successful winemaker like Tag is into shy, geeky little accountant me. But he helps me blossom and believe in my talent, and works his way into my heart and my bed… not necessarily in that order. I’m falling for a man for the first time, and now I know what the missing number in my equation has always been.
When lies are revealed, though, someone’s going to get stung . . .
K. Bromberg has revealed the cover for Hard to Love!
Releasing: September 7, 2021
New York Times bestselling author, K. Bromberg, is back with a heartfelt, enemies to lovers romance and a hero who redeems himself to steal your heart . . .
He was the one-night stand that didn’t exactly go as planned. Now he’s standing before me as if he’s never seen me naked, telling my manager he’ll take the job. Reluctantly.
Finn Sanderson.
Sports agent extraordinaire. Handsome as hell. The man who just signed on to control my every move.
Sure, I’m to blame for my recent bad press, but when your whole life has been so regimented, isn’t it normal to want to live it up a little?
But when the partying stops and the grief I’m running from has nowhere else to hide, reality sets in. Turns out, Finn’s the only person I have left to help pick up the pieces. The only person to call.
Staying with him is a temporary thing. But when our fighting turns into laughter and our friendship turns into something more, will I fight for a man who swears he’s hard to love? Or is it wiser to walk away? To follow the plan?
* * * Offering to help with a client is a way to repay a long overdue IOU to my mentor. Little did I know she was the woman who left my hotel room at four in the morning.
Stevie Lancaster.
Top-seeded US tennis player. Good girl gone bad. The woman currently about to throw her career away. And now my problem.
The compensation to “babysit” her is great, but she isn’t worth my trouble.
But when her world falls apart and she has no one else to turn to, I try to be a good guy by gathering her up and hiding her from the media’s eye.
Now she’s in my house, in my space, and even though I’m enjoying the side benefits of this unexpected arrangement, surely she’s better to leave when the time comes and follow her destiny. Because I’m not the man she needs. Not the man she could love. Right?
New York Times Bestselling author K. Bromberg writes contemporary romance novels that contain a mixture of sweet, emotional, a whole lot of sexy, and a little bit of real. She likes to write strong heroines and damaged heroes who we love to hate but can’t help to love.
A mom of three, she plots her novels in between school runs and soccer practices, more often than not with her laptop in tow and her mind scattered in too many different directions.
Since publishing her first book on a whim in 2013, Kristy has sold over one and a half million copies of her books across eighteen different countries and has landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestsellers lists over thirty times. Her Driven trilogy (Driven, Fueled, and Crashed) is currently being adapted for film by the streaming platform, Passionflix, with the first movie (Driven) out now.
With her imagination always in overdrive, she is currently scheming, plotting, and swooning over her latest hero. You can find out more about him or chat with Kristy on any of her social media accounts. The easiest way to stay up to date on new releases and upcoming novels is to sign up for her newsletter (http://bit.ly/254MWtI) or follow her on Bookbub (http://smarturl.it/KBrombergBB)
The last place Judson wants to be is back home in Burlington, living with his mother. Not so long ago he was a world-class chef with the lifestyle to prove it. Now he’s serving drinks and flying under the radar until he can get the hell out again. But when his childhood best friend reenters his life, looking finer than any entree at a Michelin five-star restaurant, he wonders if it’s time to update his menu of life choices.
Working through past wounds with Skyler won’t be easy, though–especially with a reality-show television camera following (not quite) their every move. When their loyalty is tested, will their newly built stronghold be sturdy enough to withstand the storm?
Stronghold is a sweet and sexy romance for childhood friends to lovers, with some creative use of maple syrup and a TV crew determined to keep appearing out of nowhere.
One beach house. Two months. Countless lies. What could go wrong?
It was supposed to be the perfect summer job.
Housesitting in the Hamptons.
And then he showed up.
Lance Welles.
Moody. Broody. Wealthy. Sexy.
And cocky. So damn cocky.
He’ll let me stay for the summer.
But only if I pretend to be his girlfriend.
I agree. Why wouldn’t I?
It’s not like I’ll fall in love.
The first time I saw Vivienne Radcliffe,
she was in a fire-engine-red bikini.
Setting fire to my house.
Well, not exactly my house.
The garden of my Hamptons estate.
She says the house is hers for the summer.
But it isn’t long before I realize . . .
I want Vivienne to be mine forever.
Tara Leigh is a multi-published author of steamy contemporary romance. A former banker on Wall Street, she graduated from Washington University and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, but she much prefers spending her days with fictional boyfriends than analyzing financial spreadsheets. Tara currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut with her husband, children, and fur-baby, Pixie. She is represented by Jessica Alvarez, of Bookends Literary Agency.
They called him the grave digger—the man who dug up the darkest secrets of a person’s past.
Damian Blackstone didn’t care about my existence. He came into my world for one reason only. He came to find answers about his past.
He moved like the villain in my favorite fairytales. He wasn’t the one who received the happily ever afters; he was the one who destroyed them.
Which was why I couldn’t understand my step-father setting it up in his will for Damian and me to be married. If we didn’t wed, all of my family’s inheritance would be donated to charity.
I wasn’t certain I’d be able to live with a man like Damian, but make no mistake, he wasn’t the monster in this story. Damian danced with the darkness, but I submersed myself within it.
The longer he stuck around, the more complicated things became. Every family had its skeletons, and Damian came to dig up ours. When the truth came out, and the secrets were revealed, I was left wishing I’d never said, ‘I do.’
By that point, it was already too late.
I was tangoed in his darkness as he bathed within mine.
Brittainy Cherry has been in love with words since the day she took her first breath. She graduated from Carroll University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Creative Writing. She loves to take part in writing screenplays, acting, and dancing–poorly of course. Coffee, chai tea, and wine are three things that she thinks every person should partake in! Brittainy lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When she’s not running a million errands and crafting stories, she’s probably playing with her adorable pets.
“We trusted each other. We protected each other’s weirdness. It’s one of the things that I have with Francine. We’re inside looking out. Together.”
I adore Annika Martin’s brand of rom-coms. For one, her newest book, Just Not That Into Billionaires, brings another story in her series of standalones focused around other billionaire stories. The thing is…those billionaires who are seemingly attractive, alpha-males are usually riddled with insecurities that they hide behind their genius. Usually, they have a soft underbelly of emotional insecurity, so they hide it behind a gruff, billionaire-esque exterior. What makes these stories heartfelt and warm are the heroines of the story. They are usually quirky, insightful, and brave to take on these alpha-looking billionaires. And what happens is rom-com magic with billionaires becoming vulnerable and heroines becoming loved beyond all measure.
And her newest book is no different.
The story follows Francine, resident ballerina of 341 West 45th Street. She has finally realized her dreams. She’s become a soloist in a new ballet which will tour the world, taking her to Spain where she has envisioned herself dancing at the ruins of Merida’s Roman Theatre. She has lived for this opportunity; however, when everything seems settled, she finds out that she is married, and her visa paperwork is endangering her tour. Told that she must handle it immediately, she investigates her “marriage” as she isn’t aware that she is married. She finds out, with the help of her 45th street friends, that she married Benny, the tech guy from a stint in Vegas ten years earlier. Intent on asking him for a divorce to remedy her visa issue, she finds him, only to realize he has become a tech billionaire in their decade apart. Bashful and unnerved, she finds him and asks him for a divorce, only for Benny to tell her that he will only grant the divorce if she agrees to act as his wife for three weeks, the length of time to complete a deal. This becomes the perfect set-up for two people attracted to each other fighting their feelings. Do they have a future together or will Benny let Francine go at the end of the three weeks?
So the foundation of this story is misunderstandings. Over and over again, Benny believes he knows Francine, that he has read her correctly. For almost 90% of the book, Martin treats us to all the ways that Benny has it all wrong. It takes most of the book for their issues to be resolved, but in the meantime, Martin writes a story where two people want each other deeply but feel as though they can’t have each other.
Benny is such an interesting character. Honestly, Martin never says this in the story, but if I didn’t know any better, Benny feels like a character on the spectrum. He struggles to fully understand people around him even though he trusts his gut with situations. This works for him except with Francine. This, of course, creates all kinds of funny and dramatic situations that pull you deep into their story. He’s interesting because he is probably one of the nerdiest billionaires in Martin’s stable of billionaires, yet he hides it behind a carefully constructed debonair exterior. And it’s that exterior that Francine hates. She loves the old Benny: the one who is singularly focused, awkward, and her attractive frenemy.
This makes Francine such a delightful heroine in this story. When Benny protects himself against her, using his alpha-male persona to hide his vulnerability, Francine hates it. She likes weird Benny. She likes everything that makes him different from everyone else. She has such a heart of gold in this story with him and her young dancers, and you cannot help but fall deeply in love with Francine.
But what I think I love the most about Just Not That Into Billionaires is the way that Francine and Benny are so much alike. Martin makes it clear from the beginning that, while they seem like frenemies, they have a drive and ambition for one focus: her’s is dancing and his is tech. This means that, essentially, they understand and empathize with the other. This is their connection, the tie that binds them together. It’s the reason that they are attracted to each other from the start. It’s their bumbling misreads of the other that keep them apart and lend gravity to this delightful rom-com.
For me, Annika Martin cannot go wrong with her storytelling. I adore this world that she’s created, and Francine and Benny are a perfect addition to it. If you’re looking for a fun, sweet, steamy rom-com, then you should read Just Not That Into Billionaires now.
Just Not That Into Billionaires by Annika Martin is now live!
Francine is stunned when she discovers she’s been married – for the last ten years! – to Benny, a surly and anti-social nerd who she worked with one summer in Vegas.
How in the world did they end up married? They could hardly stand each other! Though there was that drunken night….
She tracks down Benny, sure he’ll be as shocked about the marriage as she is, sure he’ll be happy to dissolve their union ASAP so she can get the documents she desperately needs.
But Benny is now a cold and wolfish billionaire. And yes, he’ll sign the paperwork…for a price: she has to spend the next three weeks playing his doting wife.
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Annika Martin is a NYT bestselling author who loves reading fun, steamy books, doing yoga, taking pictures of my cats, rocking out to 90’s music, taking long baths, consuming See’s chocolate suckers, mooning over heroes’ hands, and helping animals. She can be found hanging out in Minneapolis coffee shops with her awesome writer husband and tending her crazy bee-friendly garden. She has also written as RITA award-winning author Carolyn Crane.
The Bright Young Things have a brand new look! Stella and Levi are all polished up and ready for new readers! Have you been waiting to read this one? Well, check out the blurb below and get ready to swoon.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big fan. But after my ex sent my heart through a wood chipper, I need a minute.
Which is why Levi is such a problem.
When the smokeshow walks into my party, there’s no avoiding him. He looks at me like I’m a juicy, rare steak, and he hasn’t had a meal in a week.
Pretty sure he’ll devour me. All I have to do is give him permission.
We’re from different worlds—he’s leather jackets and motorcycles, and I’m a trust fund kid hailing from the Upper East—but that’s not our biggest problem.
I’m pretty sure he has a secret.
A secret that could bring down my entire world.
I wasn’t looking for a guy, but the guy found me.
And neither my heart nor my secrets are safe.
Staci has been a lot of things up to this point in her life — a graphic designer, an entrepreneur, a seamstress, a clothing and handbag designer, a waitress. Can’t forget that. She’s also been a mom, with three little girls who are sure to grow up to break a number of hearts. She’s been a wife, though she’s certainly not the cleanest, or the best cook. She’s also super, duper fun at a party, especially if she’s been drinking whiskey. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, sleeping, gaming, or designing graphics.
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