A Marriage of Convenience/Curvy Girl RomanceCallieI know "Roe" is different the minute he steps into the library. It's not his scowl or his tattoos or even the intelligence he tries so hard to hide. There's something in his eyes that calls to me. I feel a connection with him I can't explain. Of course he's also the most devastatingly handsome man I've ever laid eyes on. He needs a wife. And he can provide something I want. So despite the fact that he's way hotter t...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My life has always been an open book.Until now.I have a secret.I've been chatting online with Mason Bell, mysterious and brooding drummer from the boy-band Soul Obsession.Suddenly, my infatuation feels less like a celebrity crush and more like two-sided flirtation. For a middle school teacher from a small Texas town, this is definitely the most glamorous thing that has happened to me.Especially when Mason asks to meet me in person before one of his concer...

Whether you met as children, in high school or college, became roommates or next door neighbors as adults, your best friend has stood by your side through countless trials and tribulations of life, but falling for your best friend means finding the kind of passion and love that can only come with the person who knows you the best. Experience these10 unique steamy stories about falling in love with the person right in front of you... :

Can this runaway mail order bride find forever with the husky cowboy who saves her?JosieWhat kind of woman answers an ad for a mail-order bride and then backs out of the deal?A desperate one. Like me.My dad just died, leaving me alone in the world. I'm penniless and orphaned, trying to find the twin I never knew I had. The only clue I have to her identity and my own past is the name of a small town in Tennessee.Which is precisely why I answered the m...

KaitlynThings I am not thankful for this Thanksgiving:•my perfect sister's upcoming engagement to her boyfriend (who just happens to my my EX-boyfriend)•my meddling mom who insists I come home for the holiday (so the family can meet my current boyfriend)•my stubborn pride (which is why my mom thinks my hot boss is said current boyfriend)Now, I have only one option to avoid my personal Thanksgiving parade of shame: I have to convince my hot boss to be...

JuneI've been a "good girl" all my life. As the only female in a long line of police officers, toeing the line is pretty much in my blood, even it's meant giving up things I've always wanting. Specifically, one thing I've always wanted: Matthew Simms. Or, as he's known in his motorcycle club, Knight. Because, yeah, that's how off-limits he is.Even if he wasn't off limits, he'd be out of my league. Former Army ranger, current tattoo artist, member of a MC, Knight has known m...

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.A Very Cheeky Christmas: An LOL Instalove/Curvy Girl Romance: It'll take all my small-town Texas charm to woo this curvy California grump that I'm in it, to win it. And by it, I mean her.Gr...

Nanny…or soulmate?MaddoxI may be a quarterback, not a baseball player, but that didn't keep life from throwing me a curve ball. I'm contracted to play my final season in the NFL, my career is on a high and I want to go out on top.Complication? Six months ago, I gained custody of my sister's young kids. They are my priority, but I need help in the form of live-in nanny extraordinaire, Finley. The kids adore her and I'm falling a little in lo...