Morgan Brant

By day I might be tucked into a suit and tie, locked inside an office, but on my own time, I am in jeans, a tool belt, with a single mission in mind. To get my construction firm with my brothers off the ground. I am good with my hands, but I am not so good with people. The mouthy banker I am trying to get a loan from is about to get an earful from me.

Until I walk into her office and fall head over ass for that mouthpiece.

Maren Carter

Money is nothing but trouble. I come from money, so I ought to know. Someone who doesn’t work for what they have drives me nuts. Case in point: Morgan Brant an insufferably gorgeous thorn in my side. He presents himself as a blue-collar worker but flaunts a thousand-dollar suit and a cocky demeanor. When my bank refuses to help due to bad blood but not bad intentions, I start to see him for what he is.

A hard man doing hard work, who I can suddenly hardly resist.

Side Hustle Series:

From broke beginnings to business dreams, the real hustle begins after hours. Whether it’s garage startups or late-night gigs, these blue-collar heroes and heroines are chasing goals bigger than the next bill. When love throws them a curveball, they learn that building a future means risking their hearts.

Side Hustle is a multi-author series of short, steamy instalove stories with guaranteed happily-ever-afters. Each one delivers open-door heat, real-world grit, and chemistry that burns hotter after midnight.

Some secrets don’t stay buried.

Jane Miller teaches art history at the local community college and sits on the school board in Lake Forest. She’s refined, respected, the kind of woman who organizes fundraisers and knows the right wine for every occasion. Her husband Steve thinks he knows everything about her.

Then he finds the photo.

It falls out of an old book while he’s organizing his office—Jane at twenty-three, front row at a dive bar concert, wearing an Iron Wake t-shirt and screaming with reckless abandon. She looks like someone he’s never met. When Steve googles the band, he discovers a song called “Raising Jane” with lyrics explicit enough to leave no doubt: his wife spent the summer of 2004 following a regional metal band around Wisconsin, and the song about the woman who “took all five” is about her.

His reaction surprises them both. He’s not angry. He’s not hurt. He’s turned on.

When Jane admits the truth—embarrassed, defensive, certain he’ll judge her—Steve asks the question she never expected: “Do you miss it?” He wants to know that version of his wife. He wants to see her reclaim the woman she used to be. And he’s willing to watch whatever it takes to make that happen.

What happens when you want all of your wife—including the version she left behind?

From a stunning new voice in romance, Lauren Okie’s The Best Worst Thing is an intimate story about starting over, second chances, and two people who cannot help falling into each other’s orbit once again.

All things considered, Nicole Speyer has a pretty amazing life. At least that’s what she tells herself. She’s got a beautiful house, a relatively successful fertility podcast, and a perfect husband, Gabe. The only thing that’s less than ideal is her years-long struggle with infertility—and how, with every passing day, she and Gabe seem to drift a little further apart.

But then, mere hours after a Hail Mary embryo transfer to her gestational carrier, Nicole discovers Gabe’s been sleeping with their dog walker, and her world turns upside down. Suddenly, a jobless, childless, and now-husbandless Nicole finds herself at the doorstep of somebody she tried to say goodbye to a long time ago.

Logan Milgram: a former colleague with serious golden retriever energy who happens to be laugh-out-loud funny, a colossal nerd, and legitimately kind of hot. When Logan opens his door that night, it’s like no time has passed. And as they fall back into each other’s lives, Nicole starts recognizing herself in the mirror again. She even begins to like what she sees. And then, like a cruel joke, she gets the news she’s spent a lifetime waiting for: her surrogate is finally pregnant.

As her relationship with Logan develops from a blast-from-the-past fling into something much deeper, Nicole struggles to balance her past, present, and future. Racing against the clock, she must learn to forgive her body for falling short and recognize that sometimes, it’s the biggest betrayals in life that set us free. With everything on the line, can Nicole accept love from the greatest man she’s ever known . . . even if it’s nothing like the story she’d written for herself?

When a princess is kidnapped by an alpha, war rages between the humans and the wolves. But soon, forbidden attraction starts to grow. . .

Princess Aurora longs to escape the castle and the marriage that has been arranged for her.

But on the night before her wedding, at a dog fight where captured werewolves are made to fight for sport, she spares the life of a young wolf. It puts her on the radar of the powerful alpha who was going to kill him. And it changes everything.

That night, when the alpha escapes, he kidnaps her and takes her to the rugged lands north of the border — where the once warring werewolf clans are beginning to unite. He thinks that she is the key to winning the war against the humans.

Only, as they spend time around one another, forbidden attraction starts to grow. And as Aurora learns that not all wolves are bad, the alpha discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies, and those he once considered friends.

With monsters on both sides, a bloodthirsty war between humans and wolves raging, and undeniable passion growing between them — will their story end in love? Or tragedy?

And will Aurora ever get home?

Does she even want to?

An adult fantasy romance for fans of romantasy, werewolves, forbidden romance, and enemies to lovers

Content Warning: Contains strong language and sexual situations

From USA Today bestselling author Riley Edwards comes a steamy, action-packed romance where danger and desire fuel a high-stakes game neither party is prepared to lose.

Catarina Keys doesn’t play it safe—and to hell with anyone who gets in her way. A free agent now, she takes a risky mission in Honduras, delivering high-stakes intel to a woman with an ironclad reputation. Reckless? Absolutely. But the peril of her current situation isn’t all that’s on her mind. She’s dangerously preoccupied with burning thoughts of him.

After a successful op together last year in Vegas, ex-Navy SEAL Jack Donovan thought leaving Catarina behind was the right move. It wasn’t. Now she’s back in the line of fire, and he can’t decide whether to save or spank her delectable ass. But first, he vows to uncover her mission. And whoever’s behind it.

When their paths cross again, they realize they’re pawns in a much bigger game. Jack’s desperate to protect her, but Catarina won’t give up her freedom. As the heat intensifies, will they play by the rules…or risk losing it all?

A rough and tumble alien warden, a curvy human woman who refuses to be cowed, and the temptation that turns both their worlds upside down…

I’ve worked so hard to establish the human-Zabrian mail-order bride program. I think I’ve done a pretty good job, too. Until a bombshell gets dropped:
The ranching outpost planet I’ve sent the human brides to is a penal colony. Their new alien husbands?
Convicted murderers.

In a panic, I rush to Zabria Prinar One to ensure the safety of the three brides. There, I come face-to-face with the arrogant (and astoundingly hot) alien warden. Warden Tenn is the most infuriatingly cocky adversary I ever could have imagined. He’s a brash, swaggering male who seems to delight in bending rules…
And breaking down my walls.

He offers to take me into the neighbouring province to meet the other unmarried men. It’s an attempt to persuade me to allow the bride program to continue. I don’t trust him one bit as our rustic road trip gets underway.

Especially since his eyes grow white and hungry when he looks at me.
Especially since his voice softens to warm smoke when he speaks to me.

And especially since he only brought one tent.

In my world, love comes with a rulebook.

Marry the right girl. From the right family. With the right last name.

I’m Jack Alden—the only son of the Alden dynasty. The kind of New York family that’s been around since ships were made of wood and fortunes were built on steel.

My mother’s been trying to find me a “suitable” wife for years.

So naturally, I fall for a woman who couldn’t care less about any of it.
Iris Wilde.

I first saw her at the New York City Ballet—crying in the stalls like the music had cracked her open. She didn’t know who I was. She wasn’t performing for anyone. She was just… real.

One night with her, and I remembered what it felt like to actually breathe.

Then she disappeared.

Months later, I find her again—on a fruit farm in the middle of Colorado, hurling raspberries at me like she’s auditioning for a food fight. Turns out, Iris is smart, stubborn, and not remotely impressed by a billionaire with a trust fund and an overbearing mother.

She makes me laugh.

She makes me think.

And for the first time in my life, I want something that isn’t written in my family’s history books.

But old money comes with old rules.

And loving Iris means breaking every single one.

They say you can’t choose where you come from.

Maybe not.

But you can choose who you fight for.

And this time, I’m choosing her.

Because when it comes to Iris Wilde—I don’t just love.

I love hard.

Perfect for fans of Lauren Asher, Elsie Silver and Liz Tomforde.