EmmyI am a walking nerdy girl cliche. Smart? Check! On the spectrum? Check! Awkward? Check! Virgin? Check! The only nerdy-girl box I don't check is "friendless." That's because I have the coolest best friend ever—Zane. Everyone in town thinks Zane is just a hot, bad boy inkslinger, but I know better. With me, he's kind, sensitive and thoughtful. I know he doesn't see me as anything more than a friend, but when I decide it's time to lose my virginity so I can finally date and find l...

JaneOnce upon a time I kissed a sexy soldier to save face in front of my ex and his shiny new fiance. I never intended the kiss to lead to anything more, least of all the most passionate night of my life… and the bundle of joy that shows up nine months later.KevinI'm only in town to go to a funeral with one of my SEAL buddies when I meet the curvy beauty who changes my life forever. Somehow two years later, I still haven't forgotten the hot weekend I spent with Jane...

USA Today Bestselling Author, Kat Baxter, brings you a collection of four of her laugh-out-loud, steamy small-town holiday stories.Craving some small-town holiday shenanigans? From tree decorating to candy canes, this collection is hot enough to warm your heart and curl your toes.Gingerbread Kisses: A Bully Reunion/Curvy Girl Romance The hot guy and the curvy bookworm just might find their forevers underneath the mistletoe.Mistletoe Surprise: A Best Friend's...

AllyHot guy, medical intervention, turkey baster,Whatever it takes.I want a baby,And I want that little bundle of joy now.So when life knocks me down,I decide getting knocked up is the only option.And Cooper Janns is--has--a perfect specimen.I want him--and his baby-making stuff.But crossing that line with your best friend,Just may be a disaster in the making.Cooper.Anything.I would do anything fo...

This reclusive billionaire mountainman was committed to bachelorhood, until he met her.Jefferson Black escaped to a secluded mountain cabin to get away from his reputation as the most eligible billionaire bachelor. Three years later he's nearly unrecognizable wearing flannel and a scruffy beard. When Molly Hart accidentally hits Jefferson with her car, she insists on being his caretaker. Despite his injuries being minimal, the grumpy tech genius is drawn to her sunshiny personality...

A Forbidden Love/Curvy Girl RomanceRenI'm in my last three weeks of desk duty after getting my shield suspended for being a "hot shot" agent. Thankfully my supervisor gives me an off-the-books assignment to bide my time. All I have to do is go undercover as a manicurist in his younger sister's salon and keep her safe. Trying to blend in at a small-town beauty shop when you're six foot three and over two hundred pounds is no easy feat. But it turns out the hardest part of th...

Her brother saved my life overseas. When I was discharged and he reenlisted, I promised him I would do anything I could to keep his baby sister safe.Taking a job on the police force in the town where she lives seems like the perfect way to keep my promise. But when I arrive in Cherry Falls, I realize protecting Selina is going to be much harder than I thought.First off, she is on a crazy quest to earn enough money to pay off her father's medical bills. Even worse, I can't k...

This soccer star has one night to win it all…or risk losing everything.Ben PrescottBy most people's standards, I've got it pretty good. I have a lucrative job playing my favorite game in the world: soccer. I get to live in my favorite city: Austin, Texas. I basically have it all. Except the woman I love. Why, you ask? Because she's my baby sister's best friend.But when Stella and I both end up at my family's lakeside cabin for New Year's Eve, some secrets just can't...

LizzieSome women are lucky. They're the ones that buy a lottery ticket on a whim and win the whole jackpot. The ones who meet their Prince Charmings in middle school. I have a different kind of luck. The kind where you meet a ridiculously sexy silver fox one night and you let him take you home for mind-blowing pleasure only to find out the very next day, he's your new boss. And your landlord.GrahamI stopped believing in fairy tales a long time ago, right about the tim...

AudreyI've been in love with big, brooding Jared Sawyer ever since he hired me to work in his hardware store. He scowls a lot and growls more than he talks, but there's something about him that makes me feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be. After one explosive night in his arms, I'm even more certain we belong together. But then he never mentions the way he kissed and held me, or the naughty things he whispered in my ear.How is it possible that what felt like foreve...

JessMy life is pretty perfect—on paper. I had a string of platinum albums and number one songs all before I hit my twenty-fourth birthday. I've got fame and more money than I'll ever be able to spend. What they say about fame is true: it's lonely up here at the top. The clichés I sing about are true too: all I want is someone who sees the real me and loves me despite all the drama. Then I meet a guy who seems to step right out of my fantasies—grumpy, husky single-dad cowboy—but he ...

BlakeNaomi Webster has been my assistant for nearly two years. Side-by-side, we've worked countless cases and she's proven herself indispensable. Knowing I can't afford to lose her has enabled me to keep my hands off her delicious curvy body. Now I'm in an impossible situation. I need a temporary wife in order to secure custody of my nephew. I can't ask Naomi because I will never be able to walk away once I touch her. But how can I marry someone else when there's only one woman I w...