My return home to my family's small town hasn't been easy, but the new contractor I hired—a struggling but strong-willed single mom—keeps stripping her clothes off on the job site, which certainly spices things up.(She swears a spider crawled under her shirt.)She also divulges she's scared of her ex and he's taking her to court for custody of their daughter. I hate to see a woman mistreated, so I step up and marry her so she has a stronger case in front of ...

The last person I expected to run into when I moved back home was my ex-wife, Tully Cassio—my high school sweetheart, the love of my life, the woman I hated as much as I still loved.She dumped me nineteen years ago and moved to Hollywood, quickly becoming a star and leaving our marriage in the dust.My dad's last wish included my moving back home and joining the local fire department. I agreed, mostly to be there to take care of Mom. But apparently, I'm not ...

As a former professional baseball star, I'm thrown a curveball when my estranged teenage daughter lands on my doorstep during her senior year.Fresh into retirement and back in my small hometown of Blueball, I'm striking out at parenthood and desperate for coaching. Enter Shae Fletcher—once the girl next door I protected, now my daughter's sharp-tongued volleyball coach who seems to have a personal vendetta against me. Heated exchanges mask an undeniable chemistry t...

Small towns were made for second chances…even if it’s your best friend’s sister.Skylar RaeI’m getting by just fine on my own when the boy who stole my heart and ran away twelve years ago shows up in town again. He’s a big shot baseball player now, needing my help to rehab his knee. If he’d just lay off the flirting and the dimples he throws with each grin, I might be able to do my job. Good thing I’m not dumb enough to fall for him a second time....

A complete small town beach romance series for readers who love their romance with laughs, steam, and strong heroines!The Beach Squad women join forces to solve mysteries and tangle up with hot beach lifeguards. These strong heroines have met their match with alpha men who know how to support their women in all the right ways. Esa and Ivan find insta-love while tracking down her stalker. Brinley and Dean fight their pasts to win in the game of volleyball and love. ...

I should have known better than to flirt with a hot cop.JackIn my world as a police officer, things were either black or white. Right or wrong. Then Bailey arrived, challenging all my principles. She had a mouth on her, the level of sass matching the exaggerated swing of her hips. I couldn't get her out of my head, even knowing she wasn't right for me. I tried to stay away, I really did. But once I had a taste, I kept coming back for more. Something didn't ...

When Christmas Eve leads to disaster of epic proportions, fate should owe you a do-over.ShastaA chance encounter with a Harley-riding Santa and a bulging sack of goodies on the worst day of the year turns my world upside down. Too bad I'm on a man diet, especially from silver foxes who give me heart palpitations and hot flashes. I cling to willpower like a starving woman front and center at a buffet and say no to each of his swoon-worthy attempts to rekindl...

If I’d known she was my new employee I never would have kissed her when I found her naked in the locker room.CainI do the only thing I can do without being fired or sued: I decide to stay far, far away and pretend it didn’t happen. Trouble is, all the whiskey and women in the world can't burn that memory out of my brain.She's everything I'm not: a happy, non-swearing, ray of sunshine. She's positively annoying, but I can't deny the burning attractio...

When you’ve lived your whole life on the defense, true love isn’t something you believe in anymore.DeanThis girl should have a warning label: comes with baggage. But hell, we all have baggage and mine is saying I need to save Brinley. She pushes me away at every opportunity and then drops the most ridiculous jokes that catch me off guard. She’s so much more than a beautiful face. I want to show her how a real man treats the woman he loves. If she lets me......

He's a hot, shirtless hockey player…and he’s my fake date for my ex-husband’s wedding. Talk about a hot flash to beat all hot flashes.The wedding bells are ringing and my ex-husband is the groom! When my grown kids hook me up with a fake date to my ex-hubby's tropical island nuptials, I expect sun, sand, and plenty of fruity cocktails - not steamy nights with a shirtless pro hockey player!Roman might be all swagger on the ice, but this growly, egotistical m...

I just want to drink hot chocolate all day, but that guy with all the muscles and the killer tan is super distracting.As a new business owner selling gourmet hot chocolate to tourists and locals alike in our little beach town, I don’t allow for distractions. My plans are set and they don’t include a man.But things heat up faster than I can handle when a bronzed lifeguard pursues me in the most delicious of ways. Mix in a stalker determined to throw me off m...

In the cutthroat world of professional sports, I’m the agent who always calls the shots. Until a decade-old feud with hockey superstar Banks Bennet resurfaces, and I’m forced to play nice.When his agent drops him and rumors of a trade swirl through the league faster than a puck on a breakaway, I find myself in the dreaded role of Banks’s new agent. There’s no doubt I can save his career from crashing into the boards, but only if we don’t strangle each other first.