Contemporary Romance books

Their marriage was supposed to be all business....

When struggling novelist Chris Valentine meets Jesse Donovan, he’s interested in a book contract, or possibly a date. The last thing Chris expects is a marriage proposal from New York City’s most eligible bachelor!

Jesse’s in a pinch. To keep control of his company, he has to marry. So he has valid reasons for offering Chris this business deal: in exchange for living in a gorgeous mansion for a year, playing the doting husband, Chris gets all the writing time he wants and walks away with a million-dollar payoff. Surely Chris can handle that. He can handle living with the most handsome and endearing man he’s ever met, a man he immediately knows he wants in the worst way and can’t have. Or can he?

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A Harmony Ink Press Title

High school senior Neil Darrien is a budding musical theater star. He has it all—a beautiful girlfriend, a scholarship at a prestigious school, and plenty of chances to showcase his talent. But when Zane Jeffrey comes to town and immediately lands a spot in the school show choir, Neil is jealous. What Neil didn’t count on, though, is Zane’s charm and humor, and the two soon become friends.

Melissa, Neil’s girlfriend, notices Zane monopolizing Neil and draws Neil into her church. There Neil discovers a situation he knows he needs to fix, but if he does, a deep, dark secret that could cost him his future career might come out.

When his relationship with Melissa becomes rocky, Neil is drawn to Zane in a way that is more than friendship.

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To prove to his annoying older brother that he’s a man, well-to-do sculptor Rupert Pemberton tries to repair his broken toilet. But he has no knack for practical tools and no know-how. After a flood of biblical proportions, he has no choice but to call for help.

A gorgeous hunk of a plumber named Paul Cooper shows up at Rupert’s doorstep with a ready toolbox and a sexy smile. With Paul at his side, Rupert realizes he wants more than a quick fix. After a couple of cozy dates and a few bouts of steamy sex, Rupert wonders how he can keep Paul around for good.

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Un libro della serie Johnnies

La cotta di Donnie per il coinquilino della sorella, Alejandro, è durata ben oltre i sogni a occhi aperti di quand’era un ragazzino e lo sta facendo impazzire! Così, quando spunta l’occasione di occuparsi della casa per la sorella e Yandro, non si sente troppo solo: ha infatti un sacco di fantasie vividissime a fargli compagnia! Con un po’ di cieca fortuna – e l’aiuto di un magico regalo fatto a mano – quelle fantasie diventeranno realtà?

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Carlisle Cops: Book Three

Since the death of their mother, Josten Applewhite has done what he’s had to do to take care of his little brother and keep their small family together. But in an instant, a stroke of bad luck tears down what little home he’s managed to build, and Jos and Isaac end up on the streets.

That’s were Officer Kip Rogers finds them, and even though he knows he should let the proper authorities handle things, he cannot find it in his heart to turn them away, going so far as to invite them to stay in his home until they get back on their feet. With the help of Kip and his friends, Jos starts to rebuild his life. But experience has taught him nothing comes for free, and the generosity seems too good to be true—just like everything about Kip.

Kip’s falling hard for Jos, and he likes the way Jos and Isaac make his big house feel like a home. But their arrangement can’t be permanent, not with Jos set on making his own way. Then a distant relative emerges, determined to destroy Jos’s family, and Kip knows Jos needs him—even if he’s not ready to admit it.

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Don't miss this exclusive bundle of all four stories of the Learning to Love series by K.C. Wells!

Learning to Love: Michael & Sean: Sean and Michael are best friends from the minute they meet and become roommates. When they also discover they have feelings for each other, the reality of homophobia intrudes on their academic and personal lives and threatens their happiness. —Learning to Love: Evan & Daniel: Evan's new housemate, Daniel Collier, is everything Evan could want in a boyfriend. Evan just needs to work out why Daniel panics whenever Evan tries to get close…. —Learning to Love: Josh & Chris: Now that Chris finds himself sharing a house with Josh, he wonders where the strong, sexy guy who had been his rock and support has disappeared to. Chris wants him back—but he can’t wait forever. —Learning to Love: Final Exam: One house, three couples, and one year left…. As their school career comes to a close and the one person who holds them all together starts to fall apart, the final exam is a true test of friendship.

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Kieran Delaney-Schwartz—adoptee, underachiever, and self-professed-slacker IT guy—lives his under-the-radar life by the motto: Don’t try, don’t fail. His adopted siblings are all overachievers thanks to his driven, liberal parents, but Kieran has elected to avoid disappointing anyone by not getting their hopes up. He’s coasting through his early twenties when he’s hit head-on by Theo. The successful decade-older Broadway producer sweeps him off his feet for a whirlwind thirteen months that are pretty sweet, until it all comes screeching to a halt on Valentine’s Day, with an unexpected proposal via an NYC Times Square flash mob.

Now everyone wants in on the wedding, except the grooms….

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High school grad Morgan Breck is riding out his last summer at home before he goes off to pursue the course of study his parents want him to take—at a college they want him to attend. His days are boring and lonely until a construction crew arrives to build a house across the street.

One of the workers is the sexy Sparrow Smith, and he quickly catches Morgan’s eye. Morgan is surprised to discover he and Sparrow share a mutual attraction; one that leads to smoking hot sex, the kind that leaves the room sweltering.

The guys’ friends-with-benefits relationship soon grows into something more, and Morgan realizes he can’t live without Sparrow. But summer’s end is rapidly approaching, and his parents are determined he leave for college, which will take him hundreds of miles away from the man he’s falling in love with.

Standing up to his parents has never been easy. In fact, Morgan’s never done it before. Ever. Morgan must work up the courage to voice his needs, or he’ll have no choice but to let Sparrow go.

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Sens et Sensations, numéro hors série

À quoi ressemble l'amour ? Si vous le voyiez, lui donneriez-vous l'attention qu'il mérite ?

L'officier de police volontaire Sebastian Sumner est peut-être sourd, mais il est surtout fort et doué. Ça fait maintenant un an qu'il est en couple avec le Détective Jordan Waters. Leur relation n'a pas toujours coulé de source, mais leur amour est ancré sur des bases solides. Malheureusement, ils ne peuvent pas en dire autant de leur travail. Jordan doit, en compagnie de son partenaire, enquêter sur Aldous Henley, un marchand d'art louche suspecté de falsification et de contrebande. Mais prouver l'existence réelle de ces crimes et traîner l'homme en justice s'avère beaucoup plus difficile que ce à quoi Jordan s'attendait. De plus, Henley n'est pas seulement un problème au travail. L'affaire accapare toute l'attention de Jordan et celui-ci se bat pour établir un équilibre entre sa vie professionnelle occupée et sa vie personnelle tout aussi importante. Surtout avec la date d'un anniversaire significatif approchant à grands pas... L'amour peut être en pleine vue, mais cela ne signifie pas qu'il doit être pris pour acquis.

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Tristan Moreau ama il proprio lavoro come assistente e segretario personale di Webber Kincaid, Presidente, Direttore e Amministratore delegato della Kincaid International. Sarebbe il lavoro perfetto… se solo non si fosse innamorato del proprio capo oltre che del lavoro. Dopo due anni, sta ancora facendo tutto quello che può per tenere nascosti i suoi sentimenti, soprattutto perché vuole proteggere la reputazione del suo famoso capo, ma anche perché vuole conservare il posto.

Webber Kincaid non si è dichiarato e usa la sua migliore amica e confidente come copertura. Tutto nella sua vita prosegue perfettamente finché non incontra Tristan Moreau. In pochi mesi, Tristan gli ha rubato il cuore ed è diventato la sua àncora di salvezza. Ma Webber conosce le regole del mondo del lavoro meglio di chiunque altro, così ha mantenuto le distanze.

Ma due anni sono troppi per continuare a chiedersi ‘cosa succederebbe se…?’, specialmente quando gli affari li portano su un’isola privata nei Caraibi. Quando Tristan e Webber soccombono al calore dei tropici, la professionalità comincia a incrinarsi. Sembra una relazione impossibile, soprattutto sotto l’attenzione costante dei paparazzi: potrebbe essere la migliore, o peggiore, decisione d’affari che abbiano preso.

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Don't miss this exclusive bundle of stories in the best-selling Love Means... series by Andrew Grey: Love Means... Courage: Working side by side, Len and Cliff grow ever closer, but loving another man takes a lot of courage; Simple Gifts: Eli's reconciled himself to a Christmas without his loved ones, until Geoff gives him a gift that changes the way Eli defines family; Love Means... No Boundaries: Joey can only hope Robbie will take a chance on love and escape the boundaries that have shaped his sightless life; Love Means... No Fear: Jonah and Raine’s mutual attraction draws them together, but they may not have a chance to explore it. Jonah’s father is making ultimatums, and the police believe that the attack on Raine may not have been as random as it initially appeared; Love Means... Healing: Armed with hope, Chris sets out to prove that love can provide the healing he and Len so desperately need; and Love Means... Family: Duane’s and Arie’s families are pulling them in opposite directions. Trying to build a connection to support their mutual attraction may prove to be more than difficult… it may be impossible.

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Sequel to Redeeming Hope
Home for Hope: Book Two

Adam Lancaster can’t imagine how his life could possibly get any better. He’s on the cusp of moving in with his boyfriend, Elijah Langley. Their charge, Kollin Haverty, finally has a loving, stable home environment, and Home for Hope is up and running, keeping over fifteen LGBT youth off the streets at night. But one phone call from his birth mother, Jessica Lancaster, is all it takes to unravel Adam’s carefully constructed new life.

Informing Adam his grandfather has died, Jessica expresses remorse for abandoning Adam to the state and begs him for a chance to be part of his life again. Jessica’s true colors eventually shine through her façade, and Adam is devastated all over again when he discovers she is only using him to get her hands on the valuable inheritance his grandfather left him. Jessica’s betrayal forces Adam so far inside his own hell, not even Elijah or Kollin can keep him from abandoning all of his responsibilities and running away. Adam will have to dig deep to find the strength to confront his birth parents, heal once and for all, and earn back his place with his new family.

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a Winter Ball novel

Through a miserable adolescence and a lonely adulthood, Skipper Keith has dreamed of nothing but family. The closest he gets is the rec league soccer team he coaches after work—and his star player and best friend, Richie Scoggins.

One brisk night in late October, a postpractice convo in Richie’s car turns into a sexual encounter neither of them expected—nor want to forget. Soon Skip and Richie are living for the weekends and their winter league soccer games—and the games they enjoy off the field. Through broken noses, holiday decorating, and the killer flu, they learn more about each other than they ever dreamed possible. Every new discovery takes them further beyond the boundaries of the soccer field and into the infinite possibilities of the best relationship of Skipper’s life.

Skipper can’t dream of a better family than Richie—but Richie’s got real family entanglements he can’t shake off. Skipper needs to convince Richie to stay with him beyond winter ball so the relationship they started on the field might become their happy future in real life!

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A Novella in the Delectable Series

Thom Kennedy Leyton returns to San Francisco to take up the reins of Graze, one of the city’s best restaurants, years after he lost his job when his innovative new set of recipes was stolen. Thom’s loss of self-esteem eventually caused his boyfriend, Blake Warner, to end their relationship, sending Thom into a deep depression.

Now, cured of fifty excess pounds and any attraction to Blake, Thom’s back in town. Blake catches him off guard when he visits Graze several days in a row, and Thom lets himself get caught up in Blake’s allure, despite knowing better.

Thom juggles a renewed relationship with Blake, a Christmas visit from his parents, and an important holiday menu based on a Twelve Days of Christmas theme. When an old acquaintance reveals that Blake knows more about the theft of the recipes than he lets on, Thom doesn’t know whom to trust. But the truth isn’t quite that simple, and Thom won’t be able to decide if Blake deserves a place in his life until he learns exactly what happened years ago.

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A freak blizzard strands flight attendant Andy Weston at LaGuardia Airport on Thanksgiving. Tabloid reports about Hollywood It couple Devin Delaney and Cristina Marino breaking up in spectacular fashion keep Andy sane. And then Devin Delaney himself turns up at the gate Andy is working. Against all odds—and because there’s nothing else to do—Andy and Devin begin to talk, immediately connect, and, after Devin confesses the real reason he broke up with Cristina, have a magical night together snowed in at the airport. But the magic ends when Devin boards his flight home the next morning, and Andy assumes it’s over.

Then Devin turns up on his doorstep. Andy is game for a clandestine affair at first—who could turn down one of the hottest men on the planet? But he soon grows tired of being shoved in Devin’s closet. As Christmas approaches, it’s clear that this will never work unless Devin is willing to make some big changes. Devin has a holiday surprise in store—but will it be enough?

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Joe Fitzgerald hates New Orleans, but he’s stuck there until he convinces one stubborn local family to sell Lumière, the crumbling French Quarter restaurant they’ve owned for generations. The place is a wreck, and it’s hemorrhaging money. Joe figures he's their best chance for survival.

Remy Babineaux despises Pineapple Joe’s and everything the chain stands for. He refuses to let Lumière become some tacky corporate tourist trap. Theme drinks and plastic beads in his restaurant? Yeah, right. Over his dead, rotting corpse. The last thing Remy wants is a meeting with the restaurant chain’s representative, but his father agreed to at least listen to the proposal. There’s nothing Remy can do about it.

Remy figures an anonymous hookup is exactly what he needs to decompress. When he ends up across the table from his fling the next morning, real sparks fly. Joe refuses to give up his prime location; Remy refuses to give up his legacy. It’s war, and they’re both determined to win at any cost. Neither of them counted on falling in love.

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John McCann ist ein Mensch, der das Leben nach den Bilanzen im Hauptbuch beurteilt. Sein oberstes Ziel ist es, den geschäftlichen Erfolg, den er sich erarbeitet hat, zu erhalten und zu genießen. Jedoch stellen ihn zunehmend schlimmere Migräneanfälle vor ein Problem, und sein Arzt rät ihm zu einem Tapetenwechsel – er solle sich doch ein nettes kleines Geschäft auf dem Lande kaufen, zur Ruhe kommen, seine Zeit mit etwas Einfacherem ausfüllen…

John weiß zwar, dass der Doktor recht hat, doch er kann seinen hart erkämpften Job nicht einfach aufgeben. Also beschließt er, sich ein Jahr frei zu nehmen; dieses Opfer dürfte seine Pläne nicht allzusehr stören. Und so findet er sich als Geschäftsführer des Margins wieder, eines gemütlichen kleinen Buchladens. Jamie, der Sohn der früheren Besitzerin, wird sein Assistent. John rechnet fest damit, nach diesem einen Jahr seinen Stress unter Kontrolle zu haben und zum Geschäft zurückkehren zu können.

Allerdings hat John nicht damit gerechnet, wie sehr das Margins und seine Menschen ihn in den Bann ziehen – vor allem der stille, ungepflegte Mann, der in einem alten Ledersessel in der Secondhand-Abteilung Zuflucht sucht. Johns Pläne für ein ungebundenes Jahr als einfacher Ladenbesitzer zerfallen zu Staub, als er David kennenlernt und sich gezwungen sieht, das Leben, die Liebe und seine wirklichen Erwartungen an beides neu zu bewerten. John und David müssen beide erst ihre Vergangenheit bewältigen, ehe sie daran denken können, sich eine gemeinsame Zukunft aufzubauen.

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Collars and Cuffs: Book Seven

Eli may only be thirty, but he has had enough of pretend submissives. When he spies Jarod in a BDSM club, everything about the man screams submission. So what if Jarod is probably twenty years older than Eli. What does age matter, anyway? All he can see is what he’s always wanted—a sub who wants to serve.

Jarod spent twenty-four years with his Master before Fate took him. Four years on, Jarod is still lost, so when a young Dom takes charge, Jarod rolls with it and finds himself serving again. But he keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because there’s going to come a point when Eli realizes he’s a laughingstock in the club. Who would want to be seen with a fifty-year-old sub?

After several missteps, Eli realizes that in order to find happiness, they will need friends who will understand. At a friend’s insistence, he visits Collars & Cuffs, where they are met with open arms. As they settle in to their new life, Eli begins to see things differently and he dares to think he can have it all. Until a phone call threatens to take it all away….

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