Grumpy X Sunshine Romance Books

He kissed his best friend's little sister, and the world stood still. That night, they were two perfect strangers: the town's grumpy recluse and a gorgeous girl in the back of a bar. Until they weren't. Because Nadia Dalca isn't just some girl. She's the one girl Griffin Sinclaire can't have. Fourteen years younger than him and completely off-limits. After their forbidden kiss, Griffin's plan is to stay away, but the universe keeps pushing them together. It's like some sort of cosmic joke, to give him a taste of something so electric―so real―something that breathed life back into him. Because he can look, but he can't touch her again. But with her sinful curves, her lighthearted laugher, and her secret wild side, Griffin's addicted to every last bit of her. And when she turns those sultry eyes on him―the ones so full of longing, so free of judgment? Well, he's always considered himself a strong man, but for her, he's weak. To give in to their connection would be a betrayal. Griffin's life is beyond complicated, and Nadia has the world at her fingertips. Her brother is the only family she has left, and as sad as it sounds, he's also Griffin's only friend. But he kissed her again anyway.

At your lowest ebb, you can either sink or swim... Marketing exec Cassie’s summer hasn’t exactly gone to plan. Jilted by her ‘loving’ fiancé in front of her family and friends, she can’t get a refund on their expensive honeymoon to the Maldives. Trying to make the best of it, she decides to go on the week away solo. Investment broker Tom has had an equally dire year. His perfect life imploded when he walked in on his girlfriend and best mate having a sleepover. In his bed. Needing to get away, he holes up in the Maldives to bury his head in work. Finding themselves island neighbours, Cassie and Tom are both emotionally bruised, with romance the last thing on their minds. But fate has other ideas – and after an awkward first meeting, ripples of attraction between the pair turn into a passionate tidal wave. But this is just a holiday fling, right? No strings, no expectations and no problem when it’s time to go home. But a week is a long time in the Maldives...

I’ve seen every square inch of Violet Eaton’s delectable body and she has no idea who I am. Until now. What happened between us online, in our chats, was meant to stay anonymous and in the past. Until it didn’t. It’s a small world, but Ruby Creek is even smaller. When I move to the tiny town, the grumpy facade I’ve created slips when we’re forced to live under the same roof. Every flush of her cheeks, every time her eyes flare with heat, every time she begs me not to stop, the ice I’ve encased myself in melts. She has me wanting things I can’t want. Things I’ve been dreaming about since I first laid eyes on her two years ago—things I don’t deserve. But my invisible wounds have the power to ruin us both. As a former soldier, I should have the discipline to walk away, but the more I open up to Violet, the more I want to keep her. I came back from the war a different man, but my scars are older and deeper than anyone knows—and I planned to keep it that way. I planned to keep my secrets hidden. Until her.

He spent a lifetime trying to escape his dark past…but to save her, he'll wade back into the shadows. Braedyn Winslow never expected to return to Starlight Grove―the town that took everything from her. Not after her best friend, the one who'd sacrificed so much for her, vanished without a trace. But with a young son to raise and a past that won't stay buried, Brae is back…and determined to uncover the truth. She just didn't count on the brooding, reclusive mountain man living next door. Dex Archer is the stuff of local legend―silent, rugged, and surrounded by whispers of his and his brothers' violent father. But Brae sees through the scowl and his parentage to the man beneath: fiercely loyal, unexpectedly kind…and just dangerous enough to protect her when someone starts warning her off her search. The closer she gets to the truth, the harder it is to stay away from Dex. And as things get more perilous, Brae realizes the only person she can rely on is the one man who swore never to trust again. Only someone isn't happy that Brae has been digging, and they'll do anything to stop her. But Dex? He'll do anything to save her, even slip back into the dark…

Jackson Clark and Delilah Stewart have had their fair share of run-ins over the years, often ending in disaster. While Jackson thrives on routine and organization from the comfort of his radio booth, Delilah loves the spontaneity and adventure out in the field. When they’re partnered against their will to cover a historic snowstorm, they find themselves scrambling to figure out how to work together. Eager to be taken seriously as a journalist, Delilah offers Jackson a deal: If he can help her ace this assignment, she’ll help him rediscover his long-lost fun side. With unexplored chemistry burning beneath their clashes, the unlikely partnership quickly tumbles into an easy and surprising friendship. But when other feelings start to enter the equation, can Jackson and Delilah withstand the storm? Or does what happens in the mountains stay in the mountains?

Everly is the matchmaking mastermind of her family, but her own love life is a bit of a flop. Back from four years in Dublin, she’s ready for a quiet summer on Fletcher Mountain helping launch her aunt’s animal rescue center—until Conri “Wolf” Reilly shows up. Wolf is her college roommate’s infuriating twin brother. He’s brooding, Irish, and college rugby’s resident bad boy with thighs that could crack a watermelon. His red card reputation has trashed his rugby prospects…until a training camp in Denver comes calling. As a favor, Everly reluctantly gets Wolf a place to stay if he volunteers at the rescue center. Now Everly finds herself working and living next door to the Irish tattooed grump who treats her like a nuisance—but looks at her like he could press her up against a hay bale until they forget their own names. Wolf swore he came to America to fix his image, not fall for his sister’s best friend, but the more time he spends with Everly, the harder it is to keep his distance. Perhaps Everly’s in her bad boy era…or maybe Fletcher Mountain has its own matchmaking plans.

Aspiring musician Pippa Hartley has sworn off heartbreak, but her new job as a personal assistant is about to test that resolve. Her boss is none other than Jamie Streicher, the surly, intimidatingly hot hockey player she’s crushed on since high school. The only problem? He’s incredibly demanding, perpetually grouchy, and doesn't seem to have a single memory of who she is. Pippa is determined to keep things strictly professional, convinced that her teenage infatuation is firmly in the past. However, as they spend more time together, the cracks in Jamie’s stony exterior begin to show. Beneath the surliness lies a man who is surprisingly protective and unexpectedly sweet. From posing as her fake boyfriend to make her ex jealous to encouraging her musical dreams and making her feel truly seen, Jamie begins to break down her defenses. When he discovers her past romantic disappointments, his competitive nature kicks in, leading to a tension that is anything but professional. As the lines between assistant and lover blur, Pippa discovers the biggest secret of all: Jamie hasn't forgotten her at all. In fact, that high school crush was entirely mutual, and he’s been waiting for his chance to prove it. Pippa knows that falling for the town's most notorious grump could lead to the ultimate heartbreak, but with Jamie playing for keeps, it might just be a risk worth taking.

In Fiasco, Kentucky, there is one rule: never fall for a Foxx brother. Any woman who did, ended up dead—or so the rumor goes. Townies call it a curse. But I’ve lived it, and I won’t survive it again. I’m not a cop anymore, but I’ve seen enough danger to know that Laney Young, the beautiful stranger who just showed up in my small town, is running from it. She’s lying about where she came from and what she’s doing here. I don’t want her near my family or the quiet life I’ve made for myself. But my brothers have other plans. Now she’s everywhere–working at my distillery, living in our guest house, calling me ‘cowboy’ and skinny-dipping in my horse trough. But it’s the way she dishes out attitude from that pretty mouth of hers that has me wanting things I’ve sworn to myself I’d never want again. I should push her away, forget how her lips taste, and ignore how she makes me want more out of life again. When her past shows up and mingles too closely with mine, her lies begin to unravel. The rules don’t matter anymore. I mess up, dig too far, and get too close. Only two things have the power to keep her safe now: bourbon and lies.

She isn't supposed to care about a ranch. She definitely isn't supposed to fall for the foreman. And his six-year-old son is absolutely, definitely not supposed to capture her heart. Lainey Brown is not ranch material. She's a city girl who landed on the legendary Wallace Ranch to give the place a fresh coat of branding―and get her career back on track. She's got no interest in cowboys, cattle, or the infuriatingly gorgeous foreman who clearly wants her gone. Colton Wallace has spent every day since losing his wife building something worth leaving his son: a spotless reputation, a thriving operation, and a life with no room for complications. The last thing he needs is a firecracker from Austin with a sketchbook full of big ideas and a smile that makes him forget every reason he swore off wanting things he can't keep. But somewhere between their very first fight and a Texas night sky that stretches on forever, something shifts. Lainey stops counting the days until she can leave. And Colt stops pretending he wants her to. The ranch has always been the Wallace legacy. But Colt is starting to wonder if the best thing that's ever happened to it―and to him―just walked in wearing city shoes.

In a world dominated by bite-sized videos, Mia Hollister somehow found the perfect job: writing about life on her ranch. Her column details her zoo of animals, farm-to-table recipes, endless outdoor chores—and people are eating it up. It’s gotten so popular that an entire feature is being produced about her cowgirl lifestyle, complete with a camera crew and director. Which would be fantastic…if she actually lived on a ranch. In reality, Mia writes from her tiny city apartment. She’d been desperate for a job and loves to write, so why not provide some escapism into a dreamy cowboy world? She may have zero ranching experience, but her friend Arianna’s family owns Copper Creek Ranch, the very place that inspired Mia’s column. With Mia's dream job on the line, Arianna encourages her to head to the ranch early to prep her lie for the feature. Enter Dane, Arianna’s older brother. He’s been enlisted to teach Mia how to be a cowgirl, though he finds the whole situation preposterous. But Mia isn’t the helpless city girl she appeared to be at first, and Dane isn’t the alpha country boy Mia thought he was, either. Then the unthinkable happens: the crew arrives early. As Mia and Dane scramble to pull off the ultimate ruse, putting out fires around every corner, their own sparks turn into a flame they may not be able to quench.

Formula 1 driver Zaid Yousef is back—though he’s not sure he wants to be. After a crash last season left the seven-time world champion with two broken wrists and a hesitance to get back behind the wheel, his future in the sport is nothing short of uncertain. Saddled with an unfinished contract and expectations to win a record-shattering title, the only choice is for him to return . . . right? The press turned Ava Farahani’s life upside down in the last few years, forcing her to leave her job in marketing and the world of F1 she grew up in. She knows she should stay far away from the track, but the draw of the sport she loves is too strong to resist. A preseason event brings the two together for one hot, reckless night, and weeks later, results in a positive pregnancy test. Ava desperately wants to be a mother, and the baby gives Zaid a newfound drive to survive the season and break the world record. There’s just one little problem: Ava is a team principal’s daughter . . . and Zaid is their biggest rival.

When aspiring pastry chef, Tally Darling, returns home to her family’s daffodil farm, the last thing she expects to find is a hot—half-naked—farmhand living in her childhood bedroom and running her late daddy’s business. Jesse Walker might be gorgeous but he’s also infuriatingly grumpy. Walker has no time for Tally and the feeling is mutual. That is, until Tally hears him moan over one of her signature salted honey cupcakes. And then discovers how good it tastes when they kiss. As dewy April days turn into warm May evenings, Walker and Tally soon realize that there is a thin line between love and hate. But will their budding connection grow into something that lasts beyond one season?

Who am I? It’s a question I stopped knowing the answer to a long time ago, ever since I ran from that house with nothing but the clothes on my back, leaving everything behind, even my name. Since then, I’ve been surviving however I can, stepping into borrowed lives and stolen identities, losing myself in people who never mattered. Until him. Under a crashing waterfall, he made me forget who I was completely, and somehow, I walked away carrying his name instead. Enzo Vitale, a man as mysterious as the ocean he loves, drawn not to its beauty, but to the predators lurking beneath the surface, creatures that mirror something dark within him. I didn’t realize I was just another thing to be lured in, caught in his trap as he sought revenge for something I barely understood, and if I had known where it would lead, I would have run before ever stepping foot on his boat. But it’s too late for that now. A violent storm has left us stranded, forced into hiding inside a crumbling lighthouse, where danger feels closer than ever. He hates me almost as much as he wants me, torn between hurting me and keeping me close, but he might not be the worst threat on this island. The caretaker who watches over this place has secrets of his own, and now, who I am no longer matters, only whether I’ll make it out alive.

Aiden Valentine has a secret: he’s fallen out of love with love. And as the host of Baltimore’s romance hotline, that’s a bit of a problem. But when a young girl calls in to the station asking for dating advice for her mom, the interview goes viral, thrusting Aiden and Heartstrings into the limelight. Lucie Stone thought she was doing just fine. She has a good job; an incredible family; and a smart, slightly devious kid. But when all of Baltimore is suddenly scrutinizing her love life—or lack thereof—she begins to question if she’s as happy as she believed. Maybe a little more romance wouldn’t be such a bad thing. Everyone wants Lucie to find her happy ending…even the handsome, temperamental man calling the shots. But when sparks start to fly behind the scenes, Lucie must make the final decision between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her.

Rhett Eaton is a man who lives for the thrill of bull riding, causing trouble, and operating entirely on his own terms. When a viral outburst puts his professional career in jeopardy, his team brings in Summer Hamilton, a polished and no-nonsense PR representative who has zero interest in the rodeo circuit or babysitting an arrogant athlete. Forced to spend the entire season together, the two quickly clash as Rhett’s rule-breaking nature meets Summer’s rigid, by-the-book professionalism. However, as they navigate forced road trips and the pressure of maintaining a fake public image, their late-night heart-to-hearts begin to bridge the gap between them. Somewhere between the dust of the arena and the quiet moments in between, the animosity between the uptight publicist and the rebellious cowboy begins to blur into an attraction that neither of them saw coming.

Rich. Popular. A superstar football player who’s awfully broody for someone who has it all. Basically, he’s a preppy jock who hates me. Oh, and he’s also my stepbrother. That’s right. We’re stuck together, sharing a school, a house… A bathroom. Honestly, I wouldn’t care… If he wasn’t such an uptight control-freak who messes with me just because we’re different. I had every intention of avoiding him when we got to college… Until abrupt misfortune forces us both into a compromising position. Now the grouchy jerk I was hoping to evade might be the only person who can help me out of it. Avi Vega is everything I despise. A dreamer. A flake. An artist who smokes too much weed and thinks aliens exist. And by some sick cosmic joke, he’s now my stepbrother, following me on what should’ve been my escape plan. It was already a disaster. Add a sudden financial disruption to the mix, and let’s just say my options are heavily limited. If I want to stay an all-star quarterback on the way to the NFL, I’ll need to do something drastic. Unfortunately for me, and my desperate desire for control, the perpetually smiling stoner has a plan. Maybe we can stop hating each other just enough to pull this off. As long as we remember we’re only doing it… for the fans.

I never thought I was attracted to men, at least not until I quite literally collided with Nikolai Sokolov. A mafia heir with a brutal reputation, a man known for his violence and the darkness that follows him, he’s the last person I should be anywhere near. But one wrong place, wrong time encounter is all it takes for him to notice me, and once he does, there’s no turning back. I’m everything he shouldn’t want, quiet, controlled, an artist who keeps his distance, and worst of all, the twin brother of his enemy. None of it matters to him. If anything, it only seems to fuel his interest, pushing him to test my limits, to unravel the control I’ve spent so long holding onto. I thought the worst thing that could happen was catching his attention, but I was wrong, because being wanted by someone like Nikolai isn’t just dangerous, it’s something far more consuming than I ever expected.

Creighton King is silent, brooding, and hostile. Annika Volkov loves him. She is his opposite in every way: a ray of sunshine, the life of the party, and constantly talking. What Annika doesn't know is that Creighton's quiet, beautiful exterior masks a dark, hidden persona. A violent one. Creighton knows he will never escape his past, so he takes his pain out on others. It's his only release. He doesn't expect to find any attraction to the girl that is his antithesis. But as Annika attempts to get closer to him, he finds that he enjoys her company more than anyone else's―especially once he discovers her wild side. And now that he's infatuated, she will never escape him. Even if their families' histories are deeply connected in ways neither of them could have imagined. Annika is the light and Creighton is the dark. Will she be able to light the way for him? Or will he succumb to the darkness and take her down with him?

She's never been kissed. He's never felt this way about anyone. Paige has ticked off everything on her senior year bucket list except one tiny thing — she’s never kissed anyone. And her best friend, Grayson Darling, is to blame. Grayson is the school hockey team’s notorious enforcer, and he’s been scaring away any eligible bachelors that so much as look in Paige’s direction. With time running out, she demands that Grayson stop defending her honor. Instead, he’ll become her dating coach, training her to win the guy of her dreams. But Grayson has plans of his own. He’s been in love with Paige since they were kids, and his clock is running, too. Coaching Paige might be his last chance to show her how good they’d be together. After all, practice makes perfect.

Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than Willa Grant, and he barely looks her way, even though she's living in his house for the summer. That is, until she gets him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then, all bets are off―and so are their clothes. Cade is gruff, a little rough around the edges, but broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy mouths are this city girl's kryptonite. So who is she to resist? But it's in their quietest moments together that he softens. It's in the unexpected way he takes care of Willa that she realizes his hardened exterior is just a façade. And it's when she watches him go all sweet with his little boy that she starts to fall for him, whatever the consequences. Someone once convinced Cade that his best wasn't good enough. But Willa has never felt more cherished than she does in his arms. Her contract says this arrangement is only for two months. But her heart says this is forever.

One bubbly city girl lost in the Highlands. Three rugged Scots determined to keep her there. Yesterday, I was a fashion influencer on a trip to a luxurious Scottish spa. Today, I’m the internet's favourite trainwreck. All it took was one embarrassing viral video to end my career and leave me stranded in the Highlands. I find shelter on Lochview Sheep Farm. It’s certainly not a luxury vacation spot… unless you count the three huge Scots running the place. There’s Cameron, the grumpy shepherd who calls me ‘princess’ when my heels get stuck in the mud… before carrying me inside. Fraser, the flirty rancher with the auburn hair, who promises to wear his kilt just for me. And Alec, the commanding farm manager, who seems to hate me… until a sudden storm sends his protective streak into overdrive. They all assume I’m just a clueless city girl. But when they find out what I’m hiding from, they swear to take care of me. Soon, I’m being kissed in freezing Scottish lochs, cuddled in front of the roaring fireplace, and being spoiled like the princess they once accused me of being. And the best part? My three handsome Highlanders are used to sharing everything… And now they want to share me.

The first time I laid eyes on Yulian Dimitriev, it wasn't a spark, it was an explosion of pure, unadulterated hate. He is everything I’ve spent my life learning to despise: brash, loud, and addicted to the kind of senseless violence that stains everything it touches. As the heirs to two of the most notorious mafia dynasties in the world, we were never meant to be allies, yet we found ourselves forced into a setting that stripped away our titles and left us with nothing but each other. The more I discovered about him, the more my loathing solidified, until the mask slipped. In the quiet moments between the chaos, I saw the man beneath the monster, and a forbidden heat ignited that neither of us could extinguish. But just as the air between us began to change, tragedy tore us apart, sending us back to our parallel lives, worlds that are designed to run side-by-side but never, ever intersect. Fate, however, is a cruel architect. I’ve been dragged back into Yulian’s orbit, and the gravity of his presence is stronger than the laws of our society. In our world, two men standing together isn't just a scandal, it’s a death sentence. But Yulian doesn't care about the rules. He is blurring every line I’ve ever drawn and pushing every limit I thought I had, until the lives we’ve built and the hearts we’ve tried to shield are both standing on the edge of total ruin.

She's known nothing but darkness for 413 days…but he'll burn down the world to save her. After a year in captivity, Nova Monroe is back in Starlight Grove―but she's not the same woman who vanished. She lives on the edge, chases adrenaline, and refuses to be caged again. Cliff diving. Mountain biking. Anything to feel alive and outrun the memories clawing at her. But the single dad with shadows of his own won't let her face it alone. Especially when she finds herself needing a place to stay. Kol Archer has made it his mission to protect her. As a Forest Service investigator, he's no stranger to rugged terrain or battling for control. But nothing prepared him for Nova―her fire, her fight, the way she makes him feel something he thought was lost. The closer they get, the more dangerous things become. Someone doesn't want Nova to move on. And Kol is determined to stop them―no matter the cost. Because for the first time in forever, Nova's not just surviving. She's learning how to live, how to trust, and reminding Kol he can, too. But as darkness looms, the truth could destroy them both…

Piper Bellinger is a fashionable, high-society influencer whose reputation as a wild child finally catches up to her after an out-of-control rooftop party lands her in jail. In an effort to teach her responsibility, her stepfather cuts off her funds and exiles her to the gritty fishing town of Westport, Washington, to run her late father’s dive bar. Upon arrival, she immediately clashes with Brendan, a gruff, bearded sea captain who is convinced the Beverly Hills socialite won't last a week in their world. Determined to prove him and her stepfather wrong, Piper navigates the challenges of small-town life, from shaggy apartments to her own lack of practical skills, only to find herself constantly bumping into the very man who doubts her. Despite their polar-opposite lifestyles, an undeniable attraction begins to simmer, forcing Piper to choose between the cold, glamorous life she left behind in LA and the warm, memory-filled town that has unexpectedly captured her heart.

Graydon St. John doesn't do drama―or public appearances. The brooding defensive end for the San Francisco Foghorns prefers silence, solitude, and avoiding headlines. But when a league-wide PR scandal forces him into a media stunt at the city zoo, he's suddenly face-to-face with squawking birds, nosy fans, and the zookeeper who seems to hate his guts on sight. Maple Baker loves her flamingos. Loud, pink, messy? Sure. But they're hers. And the last thing she needs is a grumpy football player stomping into her sanctuary with a bad attitude and a bigger ego. Unfortunately, they've been paired for the zoo's new public outreach program, and the cameras are already rolling. The banter is sharp. The tension is electric. And the more they pretend to play nice for the press, the more their fake flirtation starts to feel like something dangerously real. But when family secrets, viral fame, and a PR romance gone off-script threaten everything Maple's worked for, Graydon must decide if he's willing to fight for love―or let it slip away to protect her.

Ever hear the story about the dating coach who got dumped on the hockey arena’s jumbotron? Everyone did. But I lived it. Including the moment when the team’s broody, tattooed star Lake Axelrod swooped in on skates to rescue me from public humiliation. Even more surprising? When the famously grumpy (and ridiculously sexy) hockey player insists on being my fake boyfriend for my sister’s high-profile wedding. It’s the perfect sweet revenge plan since my ex is the best man. Bonus – I might even salvage my professional reputation. We need rules though. To pull this off, everyone from his teammates to my boss has to believe we’re a real couple. That means swoony touches and knee-weakening kisses are required. When it ends, we walk away. But the intensity in Lake’s eyes after every post-game kiss makes me wonder if he’s pretending. With each whispered secret, the line between fake and real bends. Until it shatters one night in a hotel room. Soon, he isn’t just playing the protective boyfriend—he’s the only one who truly sees me.

Being a waitress was never meant to be forever, just a way to get through school and pay for my art degree, until Killian Smith walked into my life and changed everything. It’s not just that he’s rich, powerful, or dangerously attractive, it’s something far worse, something unhinged lurking beneath the surface, a darkness I recognize all too well. And somehow, he sees me just as clearly. What starts as unsettling glances turns into a twisted game, each night bringing him closer, tightening the space between us until I can’t ignore it anymore. Then everything spirals when I witness something I was never meant to see, a brutal Bratva murder in a dark alley, leaving me with nowhere to turn. Except him. The one man who terrifies me is the only one capable of keeping me safe. Killian Smith is a monster wrapped in beauty, and while he may protect me, I know it won’t come without a price, the only question is how much I’ll have to give in return.

She was my North Star, the brightest jewel in my sky. Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant. Billionaire CEO Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally. He never planned to marry…until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows. Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy. The wife he never wanted, and the weakness he never saw coming. It doesn't matter how beautiful or charming she is. Dante will do everything in his power to destroy the blackmail and their betrothal. There's only one problem: now that he has her, he can't bring himself to let her go. *** Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered. Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family's ticket into the highest echelons of society. Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money parents. While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty. Craving his touch was never part of the plan. Neither was the worst possible outcome: falling in love with her future husband.

Contract killer Lachlan Kane wants a quiet life working in his leather studio and forgetting all about his traumatic past. But when he botches a job for his boss’s biggest client, Lachlan knows he’ll never claw his way out of the underworld. At least, not until songbird Lark Montague offers him a deal: use his skills to hunt down a killer and she’ll find a way to secure his freedom. The catch? He has to marry her first. And they can’t stand each other. Indie singer-songwriter Lark is the sunshine and glitter that burns through every cloud and clings to every crevice that Lachlan Kane tries to hide inside. The surly older brother of her best friend’s soulmate, Lachlan thinks she’s just a privileged princess, but Lark has plenty of secrets hiding in the shadows of her bright light. With her formidable family in a tailspin and her best friend’s happiness on the line, she’s willing to make a vow to the man she’s determined to hate, no matter how tempting the broody assassin might be. As Lachlan and Lark navigate the dark world that binds them together, it becomes impossible to discern their fake marriage from a real one. But it’s not just familiar dangers that haunt them. There’s another phantom lurking on their doorstep. And this one has come for blood.

Theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway leads a double life, by day, she is an overworked adjunct professor struggling for tenure, and by night, she supplements her meager income by acting as a professional fake girlfriend. Using her expert people-pleasing skills, she transforms into whatever personality her clients desire, a system that works perfectly until her "Elsie-verse" collides with the arrogant and annoyingly attractive Jack Smith. Jack isn't just the protective older brother of her favorite client; he is the cold-hearted experimentalist who ruined her mentor’s career and now stands as the final obstacle between Elsie and her dream job at MIT. Prepared for a high-stakes war of academic sabotage, Elsie is caught off guard by Jack’s penetrating gaze and the unsettling realization that, for the first time, she doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else. As she is drawn into his orbit, she must decide if she is finally ready to stop theorizing about love and put it into experimental practice.

Shy. Sweet. Smart. Hope Hanson has fictional characters where most people have friends. A loner at school, she thinks love is as fictional as the stories she reads. Real-life love shattered her parents' marriage with punches and screams, resulting in her Dad leaving them. Three months later, her new fractured reality is turned upside down when her Dad returns and Hope becomes his new target. Grumpy. Sarcastic. Angry. Heath Travon has almost everything. He's intelligent, rich, and the daydream of the girls at Bellmare High School, but all he wants is to be left alone. Beneath his cold eyes and icy attitude, he's mourning a devastating loss that has him both fighting for every breath and wanting each one to be his last. By accident they collide in the hallway. One look at her and he finds himself intrigued. Heath sees the tears she doesn't shed, the bruises she desperately hides, and the truths behind her lies. Hope sees his buried pain, as well as the thoughts he doesn't reveal and isn't fooled by his tough persona. As Hope's home situation worsens and Heath's grief spirals, both are determined to help each other. He is adamant about protecting her and she is adamant about saving him.

The catch of the day is her brother's best friend. What happens when the cute mountain man you made out with in an ice fishing shack turns out to be your brother’s best friend? A whole lot of awkward, that’s what. Maggie’s mind is reeling when she discovers the guy she became tangled up with at Marv’s Bait & Tackle isn’t a stranger like she thought, but her brother’s best friend who she’s never met. Maggie was supposed to be visiting her brother in Colorado after a disastrous breakup with the man she thought she was going to spend the rest of her life with. She was seeking adventure, new experiences, comfort from her overprotective big brother. Not a filthy-hot make out session with her brother’s bearded best friend who has the biggest hands she’s ever seen. Now Sam and Maggie are forced to hide the truth from Miles and the rest of his friends or risk a huge fall out. The big snag: Sam and Maggie’s chemistry is hot enough to melt ice, which makes keeping their secret far more difficult than expected. Especially when one of them decides they want this arrangement to be more than just a catch and release.

Help Wanted: Grumpy mountain man seeks baby momma. Job is an incubator position only. Surrogate must be impervious to grunting as the form of communication and nosy brotherly neighbors. Rustic mountain range housing available upon request. I wanted to pummel my irritating brothers when they posted their own version of a wanted ad to help me with my life. But I can’t fault the results once the right woman lands in my lap. Becoming a single father is not a decision I made lightly. In fact, it’s the biggest decision of my entire life. Which is why when I interview Trista, I know she’s perfect. She’s wild, she’s opinionated, she wears cowboy boots. Even my pet goat loves her… She’s the exact type of person I was holding out for. And to my great horror, I realize on our first night of attempting this baby-making dance—when the lights are low, the cheap wine is flowing and the home-insemination supplies are laid out on the kitchen counter—I want to do a lot more than just make her my surrogate. I want to make her mine.

Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on, the financial stability she yearned for as a kid, and a successful career as a biotech engineer at Kline, one of the most promising start-ups in the field of food science. Her world is stable, pleasant, and hard-fought. Until a hostile takeover and its offensively attractive front man threatens to bring it all crumbling down. Eli Killgore and his business partners want Kline, period. Eli has his own reasons for pushing this deal through—and he’s a man who gets what he wants. With one burning exception: Rue. The woman he can’t stop thinking about. The woman who's off-limits to him. Torn between loyalty and an undeniable attraction, Rue and Eli throw caution out the lab and the boardroom windows. Their affair is secret, no-strings-attached, and has a built-in deadline: the day one of their companies will prevail. But the heart is risky business—one that plays for keeps.

Gracie Holland can plan the perfect Happily Ever After—unless it’s her own. After a soul-flattening breakup, she’s rebuilt her life planning weddings at Larkwood—an ivy-covered Rhode Island estate where she lives in the staff cottage (and only occasionally cries herself into a blanket burrito). But when her beloved boss passes away and leaves the estate to her grandson, Gracie suddenly finds herself pitted against a love-allergic divorce lawyer determined to sell Larkwood by summer’s end—even if it means crushing his grandmother’s legacy and everyone’s jobs beneath his polished wingtips. As someone who cleans up romantic disasters for a living, Jude Larkwood has no intention of keeping the estate as a wedding venue, no matter how much he loved his Nana. Selling it is critical for reasons he can’t discuss, but there’s just one problem: his Nana inexplicably left the guest cottage to the estate’s maddeningly romantic wedding planner, who has somehow turned his mind into her permanent residence. So, when Gracie proposes that he help her plan her ex’s shotgun wedding to prove Larkwood is worth saving, he agrees—on one condition. If she fails to convince him by the big day, she’ll sell him her cottage. But as bickering and cake tastings turn into late-night confessions, Gracie and Jude find themselves breaking every vow not to fall for each other. After all, opposites may attract—but can a hopeless romantic and a professional cynic really say “I do” to their own love story?

That awkward moment when an ER doctor has to inform you that you’re pregnant…with his baby. Three things Lynsey Jones knows about the hot doctor: he’s grouchy, an arrogant jerk, and strangely obsessed with pie. Three things Dr. Josh Richardson knows: he doesn’t talk about his past, he doesn’t do relationships, and the crazy girl in the hospital cafeteria who ate a fistful of French silk pie…is annoyingly irresistible. After a chance meetup at a bar and a heated cab ride together, things come to a head and now instead of hating each other, they’re horizontal in a bed. Three months later, the weird cafeteria stalker who crept out of Josh's house like a thief in the night, winds up as his patient in the ER after her Tinder date from hell. The doctor is prepared to keep it cool and professional. That is until her bloodwork reveals that she’s pregnant. What really throws him for a loop…is that the surprise baby…is his.

Piper Mitchell is ready to take control of her life again. Newly divorced, stuck in a rut at work, and completely out of practice when it comes to dating, she decides there’s only one solution: learn how to be good in the bedroom. Liam Sullivan might be the NHL’s most intimidating goalie, but behind the scenes he’s exactly the expert Piper needs. Quiet, guarded, and surprisingly patient, Liam agrees to give Piper a few private lessons—strictly casual, no strings attached. But when a wild night in Vegas leaves them waking up with matching wedding rings, Piper and Liam decide to figure out how much more fun they can have as husband and wife. It’s only temporary. Only for the season. And it definitely doesn’t mean anything. Except the longer they pretend to be married, the harder it becomes to remember where the act ends and their real feelings begin.

Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It's such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother's best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems - and clichés sometimes become plot twists. When Maya's brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs - even if it's a problematic one.

Theo Silva. Rowdy bull rider. Notorious ladies' man. Winter Hamilton knows exactly what it means when he eyes her like that. But she's almost free of her toxic marriage and has sworn off men entirely. So all she sees when she looks back at Theo is temptation served up with a heaping side of heartbreak. The man is hard to trust―but, it turns out, even harder to resist. Make that impossible. Because Theo is persistent. And no matter how hard Winter tries to freeze him out, he melts her icy exterior and pulls apart all her defenses. Over a drink in a small-town bar, she finds herself blurting out her deepest, darkest secrets. Then, she spends the singular hottest night of her life with the man she never thought she'd say yes to. He worships her body. He makes her blush. She comes alive beneath his hands. Then she tells him to forget it ever happened. She wants simple, and with him it all feels complicated. It was supposed to be a one-time thing. A secret. But that little plus sign is going to make this secret impossible to keep.

Santiago Alatorre One mistake destroys my career. I go from most eligible bachelor to monster, hiding from the world. At least until Chloe breaks into my home. My new fake girlfriend is a temporary fix to my biggest problem. But as our game changes, so do my feelings. There’s only one issue stopping me from claiming her. Me. Chloe Carter It all started with a birthday wish, some vodka, and an ancestry kit. That’s how I end up in Italy, finding my long-lost father. But one decision lands me a fake boyfriend I don’t want. The more we pretend, the easier our ruse becomes. I told myself not to fall in love with a liar like Santiago. I should have listened.

Joey Lynch is drowning in a reality that was never designed for him to win. Consumed by the need to prove his worth to the only person who has ever truly seen him, he is locked in a daily battle to outrun a world that threatens to consume his future. With the weight of his family’s legacy and the siren call of self-destruction pulling at his heels, Joey is fighting a war on two fronts, and the odds are starting to look insurmountable. But Joey isn't fighting alone. Aoife Molloy refuses to be a bystander to his undoing. With a heart far tougher than the gritty world she’s been thrust into, she is determined to pull him back from the edge, even if it means entering a darkness she doesn't fully understand. For Aoife, "giving up" isn't in her vocabulary, no matter how high the stakes or how heavy the horror of their circumstances becomes. Through every shattered promise and every moment of heartbreak, their bond remains the only constant. As they face their most brutal test yet, Aoife and Joey must rely on the one thing that has always kept them tethered: a fierce, unbreakable loyalty. This isn't just a story of survival; it’s a testament to a love that refuses to let go, even when the rest of the world is trying to drag them under.

Neevah Saint is ready for the spotlight. After months as an understudy, this is her night to shine. She never imagined he would be in the audience. Canon Holt. Famous film director. Fascinating. Talented. Fine. Before she can catch her breath, everything is changing. Neevah goes from backstage Broadway to center stage Hollywood. From being unknown, to having her name on everyone’s lips when Canon casts her as the lead in a star-studded Harlem Renaissance biopic. But forbidden attraction, scandal, and circumstances beyond Neevah’s control soon put her dream in jeopardy. Could this one shot—the role of a lifetime, the love of a lifetime—cost her everything?

Violet is usually an optimist. But between her father’s sudden death and the overnight responsibility of caring for her rebellious teenage sister, Phoebe, she’s barely holding it together. Then Phoebe discovers a love letter, never delivered and returned to the sisters’ address, begging its recipient to give him another chance. Phoebe seems excited for the first time since their dad died, and Violet will do anything to keep that smile on her face. Together, they set out to find the letter’s author, hoping to rectify a derailed happily-ever-after. Despite Dex being rather abrasive (valid) and more than a little enigmatic (intriguing?), Phoebe talks him into a cross-country road trip to put the letter in the right hands. Violet is thrilled to see Phoebe thriving again. With every pit stop, they chip away at Dex’s moody exterior, and Violet realizes she might like what lies beneath . . . a lot. But what happens when they finally reach their destination—and Dex’s ex-girlfriend? Is what they’ve discovered on the road strong enough to make it back home?

Joey Lynch has been a builder and a protector since the day his world started to crumble. At only twelve years old, following his older brother’s departure, Joey stepped into the wreckage of his home to watch over his mother and younger siblings. Now, as he navigates the volatile years of his teens, the burden of duty is becoming a heavy anchor. Between the crushing responsibility of his family and a dangerous dance with addiction, Joey is barely keeping his head above water, until he meets the one person who makes the surface worth reaching. Aoife Molloy is the vibrant, self-assured daughter of Joey’s boss, and she is everything Joey isn't allowed to have. From their first day of secondary school, her bubbly energy and burning curiosity are drawn to the hot-headed boy with the dark secrets. Despite the warnings and the professional risks of "messing about" with her father’s employee, Aoife’s fascination with Joey only deepens, turning a simple schoolyard encounter into a magnetic, high-stakes attraction. What begins as a complicated, push-and-pull friendship quickly becomes a battle of wills. While Joey fights desperately to keep his chaotic private life hidden behind a wall of silence, Aoife is determined to see the man behind the scars. As she peels back the layers of the Lynch family secrets, Joey must decide if letting her in will finally save him, or if his world is too broken for even someone like Aoife to fix.

Xavier Rush is disastrously close to being the perfect man, a gorgeous veterinarian with Greek god vibes who is just as comfortable cuddling a tiny kitten as he is being infuriatingly arrogant. The moment he opens his mouth, however, he proves to Samantha that even a sculpted god can say the absolute wrong thing, sparking her competitive need to prove him wrong. Their initial friction leads to one incredible, seemingly endless date, but the high is cut short when Samantha is forced to confront a devastating family crisis. Believing a relationship is impossible under the circumstances, she begs Xavier to let their night remain a single, perfect memory and forget she ever existed. Despite her plea, neither distance nor time can erase the undeniable connection between them, eventually teaching Samantha that a single perfect moment pales in comparison to building a life, and a love, worth remembering.

A grumpy cowboy contractor. A woman who swore she'd never come back. One farmhouse neither of them can walk away from. Nora Callahan left Silver Creek, Montana twenty years ago and built a life that looks exactly like a success. Now her mother is gone, the farmhouse is falling apart, and the only contractor in town is the man she left behind. Wyatt Holt didn't expect her back. He didn't expect his hands to remember her, either. Eight weeks. That's how long the renovation will take. Eight weeks of shared walls and loaded silence and the slow, unbearable discovery that twenty years changed everything except the one thing that matters. But Nora has a life in Seattle. A career. A man who's good enough. And a box of her mother's unsent letters that will unravel every story she's told herself about why she left, and what Wyatt did the October after she was gone. Some houses hold secrets. This one holds the truth about the love they never finished.

Brody Saunders is the best coach in the NHL. With two Stanley Cups under his belt and a reputation for being grumpy and unapproachable, he knows better than to cross the one line that could cost him everything—getting involved with his player’s younger sister. Hannah Everett has spent her entire life chasing perfection on the ice. A world champion figure skater, she’s burned out and unsure of what comes next, searching for a way to rediscover both herself and her love of skating. When Hannah agrees to coach Brody’s daughter for the season, keeping their distance should be easy. One night was already a mistake—one they’re determined not to repeat. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the connection growing between them. As the tension builds and the stakes rise, Brody and Hannah will have to decide if their relationship is worth risking everything—including his career—once the truth comes out.

Hazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer's block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she's hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her publisher lays down the law. If she misses her next deadline it's The End. Desperate for inspiration, Hazel impulse-buys a historic home online and flees Manhattan to tiny Story Lake, PA. Upon her dramatic arrival―involving an incident with a bald eagle―she discovers the charm of her new home may have been slightly exaggerated. The house is a wreck and the town is struggling after their biggest employer shut down. Also, since her raccoon-infested home came with a seat on the town council our introverted heroine is stuck with a front row seat to all the small-town shenanigans. But Hazel isn't worried. Not since all six-feet-three inches of grouchy contractor Campbell Bishop slapped a bandage on her forehead and unintentionally inspired the heck out of her. There's only one thing to do: Hire Cam and his equally gorgeous brothers to renovate her new spider museum…er…house. Okay two things. A fake date for "research purposes" will really put her work-in-progress on track. Before Hazel knows it, she's writing a romance novel and living one. At least until the drywall dust settles, the town she's falling in love with faces bankruptcy, and growly Cam remembers why he can't live happily ever after.

In this slow-burn, grumpy-sunshine, strangers-to-enemies-to-lovers, best friend’s brother, single dad, age gap romance, heads clash, insults are thrown, and sparks fly. Meet Dr. Peyton Andersen, a 28-year-old Canadian pediatrician with a sunny personality but poor self-esteem, who can’t seem to avoid the insufferable father of her new patient, no matter where she turns. For every interaction, she grows more certain that he hates her and enjoys making her suffer—it’s the only reasonable explanation for his behaviour. Surely, someone that accomplished and handsome would have no other interest in someone like her? Dr. Henry Moore has every reason to be grumpy—he’s a 40-year-old widower with a high-pressure job as a thoracic surgeon; three daughters at completely different stages of development (ranging in age from 4.5 to 13), including one who doesn’t speak to him at all and one who is up coughing half the night; and he recently moved his family from the UK to Canada to get away from the bad memories plaguing him. He swore off love when he lost his wife four years ago, but something changes the moment he lays eyes on his youngest daughter’s new pink-haired, sassy pediatrician. If only he weren’t completely tongue-tied in her presence, and she didn’t hate his guts.

A rock star searching for purpose. A small-town woman afraid to fall again. When burned-out rock star Devon Dixson rents a lake house in sleepy Sunny Rock Harbor, all he wants is to escape the chaos of fame and find his muse again. What he doesn’t expect is Paige Purdy, a fiercely independent souvenir shop owner who’s sworn off complicated men after her last heartbreak. Their worlds couldn’t be more different: his filled with stages and screaming fans, hers with quiet sunsets and small-town gossip. But from their first charged encounter, sparks fly hotter than a summer bonfire. As Devon rediscovers his passion for music, Paige begins to believe love might be worth the risk again. Yet when fame, distance, and an obsessive ex threaten their fragile happiness, both must decide whether this summer fling can survive beyond Labor Day. Set against the breathtaking shores of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Sunny Rock Harbor is a steamy, emotional rock star romance about second chances, unexpected love, and finding home in another person’s heart.

Talented but consistently overlooked, Sophie has never been able to catch a break. Riding is her life, but she hasn’t been raised with a stable in her garden the same way some of her competition have. But this summer is different – she’s just earned herself a spot at the prestigious Blackwood Equestrian Camp. Luke, the camp’s star jumper – charming, wealthy and with a perfect seat in the saddle he’s actually a very sweet boy at heart. His dad owns the Blackwood estate, so he’s always had it easy and never met a girl who doesn’t fall at his feet . . . until Sophie. Scrappy Finley is a stable hand who works for the estate with a talent for breaking in difficult horses. He’s brooding, rough around the edges, and hiding a secret that could ruin him. When a major riding competition is on the line, forcing them all to work together, Sophie must decide who really has her heart, and whether she’s willing to risk everything for love.

Declan I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire. The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause. Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job. Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem. But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract. Caring about Iris was never part of the deal. Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable. Iris My plan to marry Declan was simple in theory. Move in together. Throw a wedding. Have a baby. We set rules to prevent any kind of issues. Ones that were never meant to be broken, no matter how much Declan tempts me. But what happens when our fake relationship bleeds into our real one? Falling in love was never an option. At least not for me.

Summer Di Laurentis is a whirlwind of sunshine, sparkles, and sass, arriving at Briar U determined to prove there is a serious fashion student beneath her "party girl" exterior. Her fresh start comes with a major complication: she’s moving into a house full of her brother’s hockey teammates. While she is used to having every head in the room turn her way, she quickly meets her match in Colin "Fitzy" Fitzgerald, the tattooed, quiet gamer who seems completely immune to her charms. Fitzy is a man of few words who prefers the solitude of his sketches and video games to the chaotic spotlight Summer brings with her. To him, she is too loud, too bold, and a guaranteed headache. Yet, as the reality of being roommates sets in, his carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. Summer gets under his skin in a way no one else ever has, sparking a slow-burn tension that neither of them can ignore. Amidst wild parties and brutal hockey seasons, Summer and Fitzy must navigate their clashing personalities and undeniable chemistry, discovering that the person who is the "opposite of everything they wanted" might be exactly what they need.

Since his return from war, the Duke of Ashbury's to-do list has been short and anything but sweet: brooding, glowering, menacing London never-do-wells by night. Now there's a new item on the list. He needs an heir, which means he needs a wife. When Emma Gladstone, a vicar's daughter turned seamstress, appears in his library wearing a wedding gown, he decides on the spot that she'll do. His terms are simple: - They will be husband and wife by night only. - No lights, no kissing. - No questions about his battle scars. - Last, and most importantly, Once she's pregnant with his heir, they need never share a bed again. But Emma is no pushover. She has a few rules of her own: - They will have dinner together every evening. - With conversation. - And unlimited teasing. - Last, and most importantly… Once she's seen the man beneath the scars, he can't stop her from falling in love

Rowan Kane is in the business of creating fairy tales, but as the cold, calculated billionaire heir to a theme park empire, he believes he is destined to ruin his own. His plan to renovate Dreamland and secure his inheritance initially involves hiring Zahra Gulian, whose bold, drunken critique of the park’s most expensive ride earns her a dream job instead of a pink slip. Working for Rowan is a challenge, as he is a notoriously difficult, rude, and strictly off-limits boss, yet Zahra finds herself falling for him regardless. Their professional relationship spirals into a complex emotional web when Rowan begins texting her under an alias, leading to a connection built on a lie. By the time the truth surface, Zahra is determined to teach him that his wealth cannot fix the damage he has done, forcing Rowan to decide if a man like him can ever truly deserve a happy ending.

What happens when a beast of blood finds a bride of light in the land of death? Growing up on the streets of Los Fortis, Alessandro 'Alpha' Villanova scrapped his way to the top, fighting for his very survival, losing everything in the process. A city that shunned him then is now the one he rules, albeit alone, as the king of a dark empire few know about. Far from Alpha's world, Zephyr de la Vega has a normal life, normal family, normal drama. Her biggest problem is people trying to make her lose a few pounds. When a chance encounter puts her on his path, she makes a proposition that changes the course of their lives. As a killer goes on a spree in Alpha's city, taking apart his scarred empire corpse by corpse, and The Syndicate comes into play, their partnership evolves into something deeper, more enduring, more powerful than either of them anticipated. Evil ascends. Darkness descends. A new order is born.

Jack St. Claire is desperate. A grieving single father, he buries himself in his work—running a brand-new kink club in Paris. Instead of handling his grief, he’s built a fortress around his heart, and it’s time he hired someone to help him take care of his daughter before things get worse. Camille Aubert wasn’t looking for a new job. She just wanted to return a lost love letter she’d found within the pages of a book. But when she’s mistaken for a job candidate and hired as Jack’s live-in nanny, something tells her this is exactly where she needs to be. Shortly after arriving, Camille discovers a strange room in the apartment that sparks her curiosity—and hints at a dark, mysterious side to Jack that she’s desperate to uncover. The lines between professional and personal blur dangerously as the heat between them becomes impossible to ignore. She’s drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage, and she challenges him in ways he never thought possible. Caught between her growing feelings for Jack and the ghosts of his past, Camille must decide: can love heal a heart still grieving, or will their passion destroy them both?

Maisie The night I decided to stop being the good girl…I met him. Dark eyes. Rough hands. Dangerous edge. A stranger who made me forget every rule I’ve ever lived by. But turns out Wilder Hawthorne isn’t just the hookup I can’t stop thinking about. He’s the new hockey coach at my university. More than a decade older. And the man who says I was a mistake… Now we’re forced to work together, pretending nothing happened. Soon every glance starts to feel like a promise. Every touch feels dangerous. The more time I spend with the grumpy, callous coach, the more I wonder if I’m the one thing he can’t resist. The way he looks at me says he’s already broken his own rules. And the more he tries to keep his distance, the more I want to push him over the edge. Wilder Getting kicked out of the NHL was supposed to be rock bottom. Now the only way to fix my reputation is coaching at the one place I never wanted to return to…Orleans University. New job. Clean image. No scandals. Until her. Maisie Delacroix. The sunshiney preacher’s daughter I spent one reckless night with before I knew who she was. College student. My team’s new philanthropy liaison. The off-limits distraction I can’t afford. One rumor could cost me everything. She’s too sweet. Too innocent. Too good for a guy like me. But the more she looks at me like I’m worth saving, the more I realize the only thing more dangerous than crossing the line…is wanting to.

Gigi Graham is a force to be reckoned with: focused, fearless, and tired of being known only as "Garrett Graham’s daughter." With her sights set on the national team, she is determined to carve out her own legacy on the ice. Enter Luke Ryder: six-and-a-half feet of brooding intensity and the new co-captain of the Briar hockey team. Luke is currently drowning in "baggage" and struggling to lead a fractured roster, leaving him with zero patience for anything that doesn't involve winning, especially not a distracting favor for a rival's daughter. But they both have something the other needs, leading to a high-stakes, strictly business arrangement. Luke agrees to help Gigi sharpen her legendary goal-scoring skills, and in exchange, she’ll use her influence to help him win the hard-earned favor of her father, his legendary coach. The plan is simple: keep their heads down and their skates on the ice. However, the more they push each other to their limits during late-night practice sessions, the more the professional friction ignites into something much more personal. As their "business deal" begins to melt under the heat of an undeniable attraction, Gigi and Luke have to decide if following their hearts is worth the risk of losing their focus, and the game.

STEALING BEAUTY Dorian Blackwell, the Blackheart of Ben More, is a ruthless villain. Scarred and hard-hearted, Dorian is one of Victorian London's wealthiest, most influential men who will stop at nothing to wreak vengeance on those who've wronged him...and will fight to the death to seize what he wants. The lovely, still innocent widow Farah Leigh Mackenzie is no exception-and soon Dorian whisks the beautiful lass away to his sanctuary in the wild Highlands... COURTING DESIRE But Farah is no one's puppet. She possesses a powerful secret-one that threatens her very life. When being held captive by Dorian proves to be the only way to keep Farah safe from those who would see her dead, Dorian makes Farah a scandalous proposition: marry him for protection in exchange for using her secret to help him exact revenge on his enemies. But what the Blackheart of Ben More never could have imagined is that Farah has terms of her own, igniting a tempestuous desire that consumes them both. Could it be that the woman he captured is the only one who can touch the black heart he'd long thought dead?

When a fake relationship between two scientists collides with the irresistible force of attraction, Olive Smith’s carefully calculated theories on love are thrown into absolute chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate who remains skeptical of lasting romance, Olive finds herself forced to provide scientific proof of a relationship to satisfy her best friend, leading her to panic and kiss the first man she sees. To her shock, that man is Adam Carlsen, a brilliant yet notoriously difficult young professor who surprisingly agrees to play the part of her fake boyfriend. The experiment takes a dangerous turn when a high-stakes conference puts Olive’s career on the line, and Adam's unexpected support, and undeniable physical chemistry, threatens to cause a total combustion. Ultimately, Olive discovers that testing a hypothesis is simple compared to the complexity of putting her own heart under the microscope.

Gianna is a woman who lives behind a sparkly facade of tight dresses and loud laughter, a carefully constructed disguise designed to mask her deep-seated fear of the dark and frequent panic attacks. While she manages to keep the world at a distance, she met her match in Christian Allister, a man who appears to be a paragon of morality to the public but is known as a cold-hearted killer in the New York underworld. Emerging from a traumatic past with a rigid need for order, Christian never expected his meticulous life plan to be derailed by someone like Gianna. Their lives became inextricably intertwined one winter night, sparking a years-long game of mutual disdain and sharp-tongued insults that eventually evolved into a magnetic, high-stakes obsession. Despite the fact that she is his polar opposite and technically off-limits, Christian cannot look away, and Gianna remains unaware that she has become his greatest frustration and his maddest obsession.

A woman tests the limits of her so-called amicable divorce when she flies to Paris for the destination wedding of her former sister-in-law, only to butt heads with the deliciously gruff best man, in a poignant and romantic novel from Kate Clayborn. Physician Layla Bailey has spent over a year telling herself she's moved on from a painful but amicable divorce from her college sweetheart. Staying friends with her ex seemed like the mature thing to do, but when Layla is invited to her former sister-in-law’s destination wedding in Paris—where Layla once spent her own romantic honeymoon—she knows her commitment to maturity might be her worst enemy…especially since her ex isn’t attending alone. The only thing that could make the week more difficult is getting through it without the distraction of the wedding.... But when what Layla thought was a harmless conversation about the choices of her younger self leads to the bride getting cold feet, Layla finds herself facing down the groom’s mysterious, taciturn best man, Griffin, who will do anything to make sure this wedding happens. Since she broke it, Griff demands she help him fix it. Going along with his plan to alleviate the engaged couple's doubts seems like Layla’s best chance at maintaining a good relationship with a family she once called her own. But as she learns more about the past heartbreak that’s driving Griff to help his friend, she gets closer and closer to confronting the true depth of her own pain…while finding herself more and more willing to risk it all again for Griff.

When Sophie Drear plans her escape to coastal Maine for the summer—for a temporary job revitalizing the storied grounds at Lilymoor House—she doesn’t expect to fall in love. But she does: With the beguiling land, the fragrant flowers, and the towering hedge maze. With the quirky staff and the enigmatic woman who owns the place. And then, the door appears. Never in the same place twice, it leads her to a secret, and unfinished, garden with a frustrated thundercloud of a man trapped inside. This mysterious garden is not the only sign that the future of Lilymoor is unstable: the foliage resists Sophie’s careful nurturing, vines threaten to strangle the hedges, and the manor’s owner has wild ideas about who will take over when she retires—including her inconveniently attractive nephew who is also there just for the summer. Despite herself, Sophie has come to care for the residents of Lilymoor just as much as she cares for its grounds. With the help of one man on the outside of the secret garden, and one man on the inside, she might be the only person who can figure out exactly what Lilymoor needs to bloom once more.

James Hamilton makes my heart stutter. He’s six feet three inches of muscle. A decorated Royal Marine. with a jagged scar that hints at a troubled past, and glacial blue eyes that see right through my defenses. I’m the aspiring chef who spends my days drowning in dishwater and hiding my curves under an oversized apron while I strive for my big break. James is also the definition of off-limits. My best friend’s overprotective older brother and a man who has seen too much of the world’s darkness to ever notice someone like me. Or so I thought... Because lately, those ‘protective’ glances feel like so much more. The air crackles when we're alone, and the way he tensed when a stranger approaches me at the bar? That was more than brotherly instinct. I’ve spent years watching him from afar, but I’m ready to show him I no longer a girl who needs saving.

Naomi wasn’t just fleeing her own wedding, she was racing to Knockemout, Virginia, to rescue her estranged twin, Tina. However, Naomi quickly discovers that her sister hasn’t changed, after stealing Naomi’s car and cash, Tina vanishes, leaving behind an eleven-year-old daughter Naomi never knew existed. Now stranded in a rough-and-tumble town where disputes are settled with fists and beer, Naomi is left with no job, no home, and a precocious niece to raise. Knox, a local who avoids high-maintenance women and complicated lives, witnesses Naomi’s world implode and grudgingly decides to help her out of her jam. His plan is simple: assist her until she finds her footing, then return to his peaceful, solitary existence. But as Naomi continues to attract trouble, their begrudging partnership shifts from mere assistance to genuine protection when the trouble turns into real danger.

Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he’d proposed, figuring that she’d be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except . . . she wasn’t. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her . . . and more. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn’t marry a man she had never met. But then she started thinking . . . and wondering . . . and before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match. Except . . . he wasn’t. Her perfect husband wouldn’t be so moody and ill-mannered, and while Phillip was certainly handsome, he was a large brute of a man, rough and rugged, and totally unlike the London gentlemen vying for her hand. But when he smiled . . . and when he kissed her . . . the rest of the world simply fell away, and she couldn’t help but wonder . . . could this imperfect man be perfect for her?

Evie Ward runs to the mountains to escape the wreckage of her life. Instead, she ends up stranded in a remote lodge with Ryder Hale, a guarded ex-soldier with too many ghosts and no interest in letting anyone close. The storm traps them. The cold closes in. And the only thing more dangerous than the mountain is the way he looks at her. Ryder knows better than to want her. He’s built his life on distance, control, and never needing anyone. But Evie doesn’t scare easy. She sees past the walls he’s spent years hiding behind, and the longer they’re trapped together, the harder it is for him to pretend she doesn’t matter. Then the mountain lets them go. And reality comes crashing in. Because Evie’s past isn’t done with her. And Ryder Hale survived war, isolation, and the mountain. Evie Ward might be the one thing that finally ruins him.

Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him. She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse. Every monster has their weakness. She's his. His obsession. His addiction. His only exception. *** Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage. Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship. But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms―and house―of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time. Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him. Passionate. Protected. Truly wanted. Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.

Alex Volkov is a man with the face of an angel and the heart of a devil, driven by a haunting past and a ruthless desire for vengeance that leaves no room for love. His icy exterior begins to crack, however, when he is forced to look after his best friend’s sister, Ava Chen, sparking a dangerous fire that threatens to consume his carefully ordered world. Despite being a free spirit plagued by nightmares of a childhood she cannot remember, Ava still finds beauty in the world, including the hidden heart of the man she knows she shouldn't want. As the lines blur between protector and predator, their forbidden connection unleashes a torrent of secrets that could destroy everything they hold dear. Ultimately, the bond between the "grumpy" Alex and the "sunshine" Ava proves to be a love that was never supposed to happen, yet one that neither can escape.

Tristan Stone is off limits. It doesn't matter that the grumpy, single dad did nothing wrong. He's a cowboy and his last name means I'm bound by blood to hate him. My family would never be okay with me having feelings for our enemy. When he stops―in the pouring rain―because I have a flat tire, the last thing I expect is for him to help me. I do my best to ignore the water sliding off his hat and how he fills out those jeans. My best, however, is not good enough. Each night I close my eyes and dream of a future we can never have. And after he defends me at the bar and we share one magical dance? It only gets worse. I know I should forget about him, but when I find him alone one night, I offer up a no-strings attached relationship that we both promise to keep secret. Sidelong glances across property lines morph into clandestine meetings under the stars wrapped up in each other's arms. It doesn't matter that our families will never approve or that he's told me he can never love again, I crave him. Soon our no feelings agreement is in tatters, and my heart belongs to that broken cowboy. Will he break it or will he defy them all and choose us instead?

Sebastian Rousseau is a grumpy, hot-as-hell fire pilot who is too damn good with his hands. It's the perfect combination. But unfortunately for her, he's also her ex-boyfriend's dad. A chance meeting brought them together, and a missed connection has kept them apart. One year later, a stroke of fate has them living under the same roof―which makes everything between them downright messy. Because even after all this time, he's still the man Gwen thinks about when she falls asleep. The one she can't get over no matter how hard she tries. Bash is working on mending a fragile relationship with his son, and they both know acting on these urges would be the ultimate betrayal. But Gwen sees the heat in his eyes. That look of need that never fails to send a shiver down her spine. The mutual longing is borderline unbearable, and the simmering heat between them is downright palpable. They both know there are rules when it comes to situations like this. But then again…following the rules has never felt so futile.

After a public meltdown in the dining room of one of Manhattan’s most elite restaurants, Chef Jack Hartman is back in his South Florida hometown. Angry, grieving, and saddled with the unwanted storefront his late mentor left him, his life is spinning out of control. And that’s before Poppy Winfield—the bubbly, infuriating daughter of his former boss—shows up at his dock. Poppy needs to escape. From her family, her ex-boyfriend, and her reputation as someone who has never taken anything seriously. But more than that, she wants to prove herself—and she has just the plan to do it. Unfortunately, that plan involves Jack Hartman, the most arrogant, intimidating man she’s ever had the pleasure of throwing a shrimp at. Poppy proposes a deal: they work together to open a revamped version of his mentor’s restaurant. Jack will handle the menu, and she’ll use her social media influence to sell the hell out of its grand opening. If she and Jack can make it a success, it’ll be a ticket for them both to return to New York. Jack is intrigued, but only on his terms: If Poppy’s going to do this, she must learn the ropes of the business. From him. As sparks fly both in and out of the kitchen, Poppy and Jack are left wondering, could they be a perfect pairing? Or is this whole experiment a recipe for disaster?

I should've worn underwear that day. I'd have far less hate mail in my inbox. I'd also still have a job. But I didn't wear underwear. And I had a wardrobe malfunction on a livestream. So now I'm the proud owner of the internet's most famous... you know. The good news? I've been invited to hide from my sudden infamy at a closed winery with other women who've suffered their own five minutes of shame. The bad news? The winery has a live-in handyman. A competent, compassionate, patient, sexy, single dad handyman. Whom I met when I punched him in the face. Accidentally, of course. But I still get why he's happy keeping his distance from me. But when we find out the winery that's saving my life is in danger of foreclosure, he and I become accidental partners. No big deal, working with a guy that I'm falling harder for each day. I'm already the internet's favorite punching bag. Why not add an unrequited crush to my life? But what if it's not unrequited after all?