Brayden Clarke has learned the hard way that love and fame don’t mix. As the lead singer of one of the world’s most popular bands, he’s constantly under the scrutiny of the press. It makes relationships impossible…not that Brayden has any interest in that.
Until his manager hires Isabelle Gallagher to advise the band in their communication with fans. Isabelle a breath of fresh air. She’s not at all impressed by his fame or reputation. But she’s just as attracted to him as he is to her, and she can’t fight it.
Brayden is willing to do anything to meet up with her for a few hours, days, a long weekend.
No matter the cost.
No matter the effort.
But his life is carefully planned, and security detail follows his every step. His lifestyle threatens to drive away the only woman he’s ever wanted. But Brayden won’t allow that to happen.
Isabelle Gallagher is starting over. Now a New York resident, she’s managing her own practice and doing quite well. She’s overjoyed by the opportunity to work with Brayden and the band. If only she could ignore the way Brayden makes her pulse race with one word, her entire body come alive with one touch.
The problem is, her heart isn’t listening and she’s falling head over heels for a man every woman wants.
Welcome! My name is Layla Hagen and I am a Contemporary Romance author.
I fell in love with books when I was nine years old, and my love affair with stories continues even now, many years later. I write romantic stories and can't wait to share them with the world. And I drink coffee. Lots of it :-D
Shay Adler and her husband, Cam, run the Brew Love Coffee Company on Liars Island. A gorgeous couple with sunshine smiles and a perfect marriage.
But behind Shay’s smile lies unrest. She loves the husband she met in high school, but sometimes she feels trapped. Trapped by the island, trapped by her marriage and providing stability to her younger sister, and trapped by the whole ‘good’ ethos that underpins their company.
The tourists provide a distraction. They come, stay a short while, and leave again, and that leaves Shay with opportunities. Ones where she doesn’t have to be such a good girl.
But on Liars Island you can trust no one... so Shay’s betrayal might not stay secret for long.
Welcome to Liars Island… a stand-alone series of interconnected domestic thrillers set in the picture-perfect community of Liars Island. Here, nothing is quite as it seems.
On this island, families and friendships are more than meets the eye … secrets, deceptions, and jealousies threaten to ruin everything these influential people have built. But it isn’t only the rich that live here … and power comes in all shapes and sizes.
Everyone here is a liar … just how far would you go to get what you want?
Release Date: May 11, 2021
A single dad, workplace, small town romance
Cover designer: Outlined with Love Designs
Cover photographer: FuriousFotog
Cover model: Cody Smith/Comedic Cody
After surviving a messy divorce, Dr. Connor Wallen prefers being married to his job. Helping animals is the perfect distraction from his crazy life as a single dad, but he finds it difficult to concentrate when an attractive woman fresh from veterinary school joins his practice. Getting involved with someone who works for him would only lead to disaster.
He tries to ignore her but their chemistry is undeniable.
Dr. Elizabeth Bishop can’t stand her boss or how he treats her, but there aren’t many job options in small-town Texas. No matter what she does, it’s never good enough for him, but she keeps trying to impress him anyway. Studying and working so much over the years has destroyed her dating life, so she stopped trying.
She’ll never admit she’s attracted to him and denies it every chance she gets.
Avoiding him is impossible, but Elle keeps her distance. Conner may be her boss, but she’s tired of playing his games. After an all-nighter turns into more, she’s ready to prove who’s in control.
Although he pushes her away, she’s determined to pull him closer—showing him exactly what they’ve both been missing.
**Bossing the Cowboy is a complete stand-alone and can be read without reading any of the other books or spin-off series, but if you prefer to read in order, start with Hitching the Cowboy as the characters and families do interconnect.**
Brooke Cumberland and Lyra Parish are a duo of romance authors who teamed up under the USA Today pseudonym, Kennedy Fox. They share a love of Hallmark movies, overpriced coffee, and making TikToks. When they aren’t bonding over romantic comedies, they like to brainstorm new book ideas. One day in 2016, they decided to collaborate under a pseudonym and have some fun creating new characters that’ll make you blush and your heart melt. Happily ever afters guaranteed!
He’s the one who left. She’s the one he left behind.
Willow James, athletic trainer for the Miami Thunder football team, knows abandonment and hurt. A child of foster care, she’s been moved around and left behind more times than she cares to count.
Just when she was starting to let her guard down with Braden Prescott, he left for a two year stint with Doctors Without Borders.
Now he’s back.
Dr. Braden Prescott always felt like an outsider in his family of professional sports players. He’s traveled the world and is better for it, but now he’s home with a job for the Miami Thunder.
When he comes face to face with the woman he left behind, their chemistry still smolders. She’ll give him her body again but not her heart.
He knows leaving her once was the biggest mistake of his life. Can Willow learn to trust him not to leave, especially when adventure comes calling again?
Braden and Willow gave me a fabulous second chance romance. Braden has returned home after 2 years with Doctors without Borders and finds himself as the head doctor for the football team. When he left 2 years ago, he was struggling with his place in his family and career but is now confident in what he wants to do. One of his first priorities is to win Willow back. She is his one regret when he left. Willow has dealt with people leaving her all her life. After ending up in foster care, she learned to guard her feelings so when Braden announced he was leaving, well, it was just one more person that let her down. Knowing he is back and will be working with the same team she does, well, she is using all her strength to keep everything professional. But Braden has a plan on how to show Willow that he is here to stay and she can trust him. But will she let her walls down to embrace this chance at love? I loved getting to experience their careers and how Braden brings his desire to do mission work to the community. This added a beautiful element to the story. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
Meet Carly Phillips
NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller, Carly Phillips gives her readers Alphalicious heroes to swoon for and romance to set your heart on fire.
She married her college sweetheart and lives in Purchase, NY along with her three crazy dogs: two wheaten terriers and a mutant Havanese, who are featured on her Facebook and Instagram.
The author of 50 romance novels, she has raised two incredible daughters who put up with having a mom as a full time writer.
Carly’s book, The Bachelor, was chosen by Kelly Ripa as a romance club pick and was the first romance on a nationally televised bookclub.
Carly loves social media and interacting with her readers.
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Staci Hart has a brand new rom-com standalone coming February 23rd! Bet the Farm is a heartfelt, flirty story of opposites attract and I cannot WAIT to read it! Mark your calendars and pre-order your copy today!
I went down like a windmill, one socked foot in the air and arms wheeling. The calf had still grazed me, and the force combined with my graceless fall slammed me into the ground.
My ribs quaked, my lungs empty from the shock and locked by the pain. Stunned, I watched the calves tromp around me, knowing I needed to curl up or crawl away or call for help. Only I couldn’t move or speak, too busy trying to unlock my lungs and hear past the ring in my ears.
A sharp whistle cut through the chaos, and the calves trotted to the other side of the pen. The sun hammered me into the mud.
Breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t—
Shade cast over me, and I cracked my eyes to see a silhouette of Jake against the crisp blue sky.
He gathered me to sit, bracing my body against his and inspecting me as best he could. “Are you hurt?”
I shook my head. “Can’t … breathe …”
“You can, just look at me.”
When I met his eyes, I would have told him that was the dumbest thing he’d ever suggested, provided I could speak. Because it was impossible to breathe with his face inches from mine. His eyes were narrowed in concern, the green of his irises crisp and vibrant, even in the shade. Maybe it was the lack of oxygen. I was probably hallucinating. No one could be this perfect, every feature symmetric and aligned. He had to have a flaw besides his shitty attitude. Hairy ears, maybe.
When he turned his head to check my limbs, I noted his stupid ears were perfect too.
Jerk.
Olivia Brent has one summer to save the dairy farm she just inherited.
But there’s one problem, and it’s not her lactose intolerance.
Jake Milovic.
The brooding farmhand has inherited exactly fifty percent of Brent Farm, and he’s so convinced the city girl can’t work the land, he bets she can’t save it in a summer.
Determined to prove him wrong, Olivia accepts what might be the dumbest wager of her life.
His strategy to win seems simple: follow her around, shirtlessly distracting her between bouts of relentless taunting. And it’s effective—if his dark eyes and rare smiles aren’t enough to sidetrack her, the sweaty, rolling topography of the manbeast’s body would do the trick.
What they don’t know: they’ll have to weather more than each other.
Mysterious circumstances throw the farm into disarray, and with the dairy farm in danger, Olivia and Jake have to work together. But when they do, there’s more to fear than either of them imagined.
Because now their hearts are on the line, and the farm won’t be the only casualty if they fail.
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.
Wearing her heart on her sleeve, she’s certain she’ll know her fairytale prince when she meets him. And when a ruggedly handsome cowboy with brooding Texan charm moves to town, Eve finds herself completely besotted.
Little does she know that while Miles might be charming, he’s no one’s prince.
Miles Madison learned the hard way that serious relationships will ruin you, and Eve has serious written all over her. So, when she pursues him, Miles douses her hopes and walks away, because forever doesn’t exist in his story.
After months of ignoring her unrequited crush, a misplaced yoga class puts Eve right in Miles’ backyard, disrupting his series of one-night stands and solitary life plans.
And when the man who can only give one thing can no longer resist the woman who wants everything, the idea of forever is no longer out of reach.
As their undeniable attraction cracks through Miles’ hardened heart, something unexpected happens—something that will either bond them forever or tear them apart for good.
I love that Eve is focused on building her dream, her own yoga studio. When Miles shows up in Carmel Cove, she finds herself drawn to this intense man that is hiding so many secrets. Miles is running from his pain. He thought he had found his forever only to realize the person he loved, didn’t love him back and even committed the worse betrayal to him. Now, he second guesses himself and is working to build a solitary life. The one person that keeps derailing his plans is Eve. There is a spark in her that he can’t deny and is constantly drawn to but he fights every step of the way. Eve knows that fighting for Miles is the right decision. I love how these two clash as they work through their issues. I was right there with them through this journey. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Rebecca Sharp, while using a pen name, is actually a doctor living in Pennsylvania with her husband - the love of her life.She enjoys working in her practice with her father as well as letting her creativity run free as an author. Growing up she's always loved a good love story and finally decided to give writing one of her own a go.After graduating with her doctoral degree, she now enjoys spending that thing called free time traveling with her husband, cooking, and knitting.
He’s the bad boy from the wrong side of the river. She’s the rich girl who wants for nothing.
They call them the rats.
The people from the poor side of Richstone river. Privilege lies just a short walk away and Liam Lawson wants it. When the head of Richstone Academy offers four places to the students of Sharrow Manor, he hatches a plan to ensure he and his friends get the opportunity to change their lives for the better… forever. Via a pact of blackmail and corruption of the girls of Richstone.
They call them the riches.
The people from the wealthy side of Richstone river. A life of excess and expectation, but Phoebe Ridley doesn’t want it. When her mother starts a social experiment at Richstone Academy, Phoebe is intrigued to meet the rats, to see how they’ll cope among the elite. She and her friends make up their own experiment. Via a pact of claiming a rat and getting them to do their bidding.
But as the two sides of the river collide and the games begin, the stakes get higher and their moves darker and deadlier... And not everyone will make it out alive.
Warning: This book ends on a huge cliffhanger, to be answered in Bad Bad Girl, Book Two.
About the Author:
Angel Devlin likes to write about bad boys and billionaires. She lives in Sheffield in the UK with her partner, son, and furbaby.
Is there a sweeter spot in his life for
the woman who's always had his back--and possibly even his heart?
Gimme S’more, an all-new sweet and sexy opposites-attract standalone romantic comedy in the Hot Cakes Series by New York Times bestselling author Erin Nicholas is available now!
Oliver’s a dreamer who is always ready for the next big adventure.
Piper’s the steady one who keeps his feet on the ground.
He’s wildly successful, thanks to her always being there to catch him when he leaps before he looks. But she wants more. While he’s as clueless as ever.
So she just gave her two weeks notice.
Ollie doesn’t know how he’ll survive without Piper. So for the next two weeks, he’ll be sticking to her like the marshmallows on the s’mores she loves so much.
But does he want her as his assistant... or is there a sweeter spot in his life for the woman who's always had his back--and possibly even his heart?
Ollie is a fun character. His imagination is incredible and it takes his friends to help make his ideas a reality. They often have to apply restraint but it’s so much fun to experience. Piper comes in to help keep Ollie focused on track to for the video game they developed. She loves post-it notes and organization, something Ollie doesn’t understand, but together, they make a great team and Ollie gets his work done. Along the way, Piper falls in love with all of Ollie’s wonderful craziness. Ollie however, doesn’t believe he is worthy or love or that he can love someone. Getting him to realize this is a hard task but Piper is definitely up for the challenge. I love Piper and she had to make some hard choices in this story to get what her heart desires. She also had to realize she needed to open up and be more spontaneous to let Ollie soar. Ollie has to grow up a little and open his eyes to what has been around him the whole time. Even though his biological family doesn’t know how to handle him, he had created his own family to love. Love all the members of the fabulous Hot Cakes family and how they have built an incredible bond to love and support each other. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
Excerpt
The guys were going to kill him.
Ollie scrubbed a hand over his face.
They wouldn’t be surprised, of course. But they were
going to be pissed.
They’d all known that Piper quitting was a risk and
that one day she’d probably wise-up and lose her patience and that would be it.
They’d also all known that when it happened there was
a 90 percent chance it would be because of Ollie.
The other 10 percent chance was that it would be
because of Ollie and Dax together.
And now it had finally happened.
If it came down to choosing between him and Piper, he
wasn’t sure he wanted to know how that debate would end up. Or how short the
discussion would be before they decided they wanted and needed her more.
That was only one of the reasons he hadn’t told them
yet.
The other was because he was still processing the part
where she’d said she loved him.
What was he supposed to do with that?
She wasn’t just supposed to say that out loud right to
him, was she? He had not been expecting that. The guys and their girlfriends had
insinuated for a while now that Piper might have a crush on him but no, he
hadn’t expected her to ever say anything herself.
It was a might
have. A crush. Okay, they were
adults and maybe adults didn’t have crushes exactly, but everything anyone had
said suggested that it was just that Piper thought he was interesting at times
and that she didn’t hate spending time with him.
But a crush wasn’t love.
For fuck’s sake.
And it had to be Piper?
Piper Barry was amazing. She was gorgeous. She was
smart. She was capable. She could do anything. She was funny and sweet and
sassy and tough.
She was intimidating as hell.
What was he supposed to do with her now?
What was he supposed to do without her now?
Well, the solution seemed pretty obvious. She’d
basically given him the answer herself—I
can’t be in love with you and work for you. And the only one of those two
things I can change is the working for you part.
So he needed to get her to not be in love with him anymore. Then she’d come back to work and
all would be fine.
Now he just had to get her to realize she could do a
hell of a lot better than him.
Of course, he’d been a pain in her ass for five years now. If that
didn’t do it, he wasn’t sure what would.
About Erin Nicholas
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Erin Nicholas has been writing romances almost as long as she’s been reading them. To date, she’s written over thirty sexy, contemporary novels that have been described as “toe-curling,” “enchanting,” “steamy,” and “fun.” She adores reluctant heroes, imperfect heroines, and happily ever afters.
Erin lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys spending time with her husband (who only wants to read the sex scenes in her books), her kids (who will never read the sex scenes in her books), and her family and friends (who claim to be “shocked” by the sex scenes in her books).
Blond hair, a chiseled body, and ice blue eyes.
All the features of a god that trick you into thinking he’s a savior.
But he’s not.
Roch’s a devil in disguise.
A contract killer, in a motorcycle gang,
and the man I’ve been in love with since I was eight.
Now that I’m legal, I’m not waiting any longer for him to realize it.
So I act out, I cause a scene, I try to make him jealous.
Except, I trusted the wrong person.
Now Roch and his club are in danger,
and it’s all my fault.
I really messed up this time.
Roch:
Truly thinks I don’t notice how she’s suddenly everywhere now that she’s an adult.
Getting into trouble, showing me what a brat she is, and
making me come rescue her.
But she’s my best friend’s daughter.
My dead best friend’s daughter.
No matter how she taunts me, it can’t happen.
The Royal Bastards are my brothers and my dogs are my world.
There’s no room for complications.
When one of her tantrums brings trouble to my door,
it’s not just her life at stake, it’s my entire club’s.
Now she has my full attention, and I’m realizing
Truly owned my black heart the entire time.
Will we be over before we’ve begun?
Also in the Series
About Misty Walker
Misty Walker has been writing stories, articles, and poems since junior high. Preferring to stay behind the scenes until now, she has been an avid romance reader, a blogger, and an audiobook proofer for the last fifteen years. Growing up in a nomadic household, Misty has lived all up and down the western USA, but recently settled in Reno, Nevada. Misty is a mom to two kids who are slowly trying to kill her, but they are cute, so she will keep them. She just celebrated her sixteen-year anniversary with her computer geek husband and has two dogs, Dunkin and Dutch, that are her constant companions while she happily reads and writes her life away.
It’s always been Shaw and Carter against the world. Life has never been easy, but they’ve found solace in each other. Together they are strong and combat the hell they were born into.
School is ending, and choices must be made. But with change comes pain. And both seek a better life.
Can they survive the harsh reality of their decisions?
One thing is for sure: they were both born with fierce determination.
And they’re ready for the fight.
NOTE: This book contains sensitive subjects that may be upsetting to some readers.
What an amazing story that delivers all the heartache and struggle that life can throw at you while showing you that hope and love are possible. Shaw and Carter met in grade school and became immediate best friends. They life a hard live where not all the bills are paid every month so they learn early that you can’t always have everything you want. Dane made their duo a trio of best friends. They are each other’s life lines when life gets them down or they need help. Though, none of them like to ask for help. They have all learned to make do and find a way to survive. The love that I felt between Shaw and Carter is there from the beginning but Carter doesn’t feel he is worthy of love or is good enough for Shaw. This frustrated me but also made perfect sense as I got to know these amazing group of friends. This journey tore at my heart then put it back together. Loved it. I voluntarily read an ARC of this book and this is my honest review.
Meet Nicole Dykes
Nicole Dykes is a wife and professional assistant/mom to two gorgeous girls.
Currently residing in Kansas, she’s a lover of coffee, Kansas City Chiefs, and all things romance.
She currently has over 20 published books with her Monroe and Adamson series being the most popular.
She enjoys cranking up the angst level, making her readers cry, and turning those tears into the coffee the fuels her writing.
