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A baker with a secret past and a gender-fluid wedding planner find love on the dancefloor in this gay romance novella by the author of Wrapped Together.Portland, Oregon, is one of the hottest cities in America. Just ask all the hard-working men sweating it up behind the counters of the restaurants, boutiques, and cafés all over town . . .Newly clean and sober, Todd's taken a shine to his job at Portland's most talked about bakery. It's not just the...

Giselle was the daughter of a world-renowned ballerina, struggling to live up to her mother's legacy. When she decides to leave the stage, she lands in Atlanta, content to teach ballet lessons.What she didn't expect was to wind up teaching the NFL's biggest bad boy how to plié.Tyson Black was from the other side of the tracks, using football to get himself off the streets and out of trouble. But as the new season approaches, his game is lacking, sparking his coach ...

Romance takes center stage...if she can avoid the backstage diva drama.Danielle Lefontaine, an orphaned actress raised to the lullaby of Broadway, searches for her long-lost brother and her place on the stage. After a successful audition lands her a part in the same city his adoptive family had moved to, Dani believes she's finally close to finding her place to belong.Meanwhile, Alex Sheridan is living his dream playing the trumpet at his family's dinner th...

Savy’s got secrets that she’ll never tellA nobody, a nothing, all alone, she’s in hellThey walk past her, ignore her, like she’s not even thereWhen all she ever wanted was someone to careNo one sees her until she steps into that cageShe flutters her wings and plays her part on a stageShe hides behind her mask and dances to their tune,terrified of the day that her secre...

A single school teacher desperate to get ahead got way more than she bargained for when she started a side hustle.She's a Hustle app driver. He's a detective on a case. And her most regular passenger is a criminal.One minute Angie's counting her tips and the next, she's being frisked by handsome detective Trent Turner.In different circumstances, she wouldn't have minded the attention of those piercing blue eyes, the feel of his hands, or even the so...

Vito Bianchi had given up on love years ago after his wife walked out the door. He immersed himself in his work, letting one day pass into the next so he didn’t dwell on what was missing in his life. But when he’s called out to a fire at the home of Star Falls newest resident, he couldn’t stop himself from being sucked in to her world.Eden Byrne moved to the small town of Star Falls for a fresh start. The single mother wanted a better life for herself and her daughter far away from...

The stroke that robbed Claudia of the use of her body left something magical behind—a doorway to the Other Place. A happy place where she can escape the limitations of the real world for a little while.If only she had someone to share it with.Someone who would take her dancing.Annie Reed, the award-winning author of "Rolo the Great," returns with a heartwarming tale of hope, magic, and the possibilities that exist on the other side of life. "How We Danced" is a stor...

Four people. Two couples. One apartment where the doors never quite stay closed.It begins with the ordinary quiet of late afternoon—Claire half-dressed in the bedroom, the narrator's hands already on her, the knowledge that the others could walk in at any second. When they do, no one pretends to be surprised. At the club the lines blur further: bodies pressed close under low lights, partners traded without discussion, hands that belong to someone else's lover mapping skin that is n...

Best friends can make the best lovers. But only if they're willing to accept the risk...Maggie O'Leary is finally ready to start living again, and she has a plan. Working in her family's bar is step one. Confronting the tragedy that nearly destroyed her is step two. Reconnecting with her childhood best friend? Well, that's just a fringe benefit. But it's not long before she starts wondering...was he always this loveable and sexy?Shane Call...

Too many times, in the gloom of not having a date on that day of days, I have fallen prey to guys in bars, substituting one nighters with deplorable mornings for romance. My heart was a trampoline and I had come to the end. This year, this Valentine's Day, I had set the goal of not having a date, not falling in love... All I wanted to do was make it through the day without dancing with the devil. This year, I really thought I could do it but...

Return to the world of The Dance Off…From USA Today bestselling author Alexis Daria comes the sizzling follow-up to Take the Lead.Professional dancer Natasha Díaz is broke, overworked, and in need of a place to crash. She's just desperate enough to move in with Dimitri Kovalenko, her on-and-off hookup and the guy most likely to break her heart. Except he's a judge on The Dance Off, and thanks to a new rule, backstage romances are strictly ...

From Alexis Daria, USA Today bestselling author of You Had Me at Hola, comes a "very spicy" (Cosmopolitan) romance set against the backdrop of a reality dance competition.After four lackluster seasons on The Dance Off, Gina Morales is determined to make it to the finals this time. When she's whisked off to the wilds of Alaska to meet her new celebrity partner, she prays for a winter Olympian. Instead, she gets Stone Nielson, a strong, silent—and ridiculously sexy—s...