The factory jokester is about to get serious – with the older woman who happens to be his new boss!

Jim
I’ve been working on the production line in this small town factory since I graduated from high school. My coworkers still think of me as the smart-mouthed kid in their group, but now that I’ve turned thirty-five, I’m ready to settle down. when I get the opportunity to branch out and drive the forklift on another team, I see it as a chance for a fresh start. I’ve got a new look, a newly remodeled house, and now, a new boss – at least temporarily. I’ve also got a big problem, because the minute I laid eyes on Jordan I was head over heels in love with her.

Jordan
Sure, being a ‘foreman’ is a non-traditional career choice for a woman, but I love the work. When I’m offered the opportunity to lead the team at our Texas factory, I jump at the chance to move to a new town. Despite my being the first woman in this position here, everything is going great — at least until I meet my new employee, Jim. His reputation as a jokester precedes him, and I’ve got no time for shenanigans on my team. I’ve also got no time for love, which is a shame, because when I look at Jim, I’m picturing happily ever after.

He’s eight years younger than me, he’s my employee, and he’s dangerously irresistible. Despite my best intentions to stay focused on work, I can’t ignore the sparks flying between us. Our relationship shouldn’t work. But when he holds me in his arms, all of our differences fall away.

“Handling the Boss” is an opposites attract midlife romance with lighthearted guy who wants to be taken seriously, a super serious woman trying to succeed in a male-dominated field, and a factory full of nosy matchmakers determined to help this couple find their forever love. It’s part of the “Blue Collar in Midlife” series.

She went to the mountain to prove she was tough.
She found a man who wants her soft.

Donna is stranded. Injured, freezing, and lost on a trail she had no business climbing, she thinks her life is over. Then he steps out of the trees.

Bear is a massive, reclusive mountain man who carries Donna to safety. He’s the only man who’s been able to carry her plus-sized body without blinking. With such a hot, strong rescuer, Donna feels like this could be too good to be true.

And it is.

After all, it’s no coincidence that Donna ended up trapped in Bear’s cabin. It’s exactly where he wants her.

He saved her from the storm. But who’s going to save her from him?

Author’s Note: This book is a spicy, dark romance featuring a possessive anti-hero and themes of kidnapping, captivity, and BDSM. If such themes offend you, please don’t buy this book.

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He is a man built of iron and regret–she is a diamond in the rough whose shimmer he can’t ignore.

Reece Black

I used to command the thunderous steel of offshore oil rigs. Now, the only thing I command is the heavy silence of my cabin in Hollow Peak.

I didn’t just leave the coast; I fled the memory of an accident I know was my fault and the ghosts of the victims I left in its wake. In the shadows of these mountains, I’d finally found a way to disappear—until a woman with a bright smile and a stubborn heart knocks on my door.

Rain Hooks

I spent my life surrounded by high-rises and silk, but “spoiled” doesn’t fit who I am anymore. I got tired of the superficiality, so I hit the road to find something real—and to fix what I can along the way.

My latest mission is mending Reece’s spirit. I know he’s drowning in guilt for something that was out of his control, but when I finally look at him, I don’t see the monster everyone else does. I see a man I could love, no matter how many demons he’s fighting.

Welcome to Hollow Peak, a remote mountain town where rugged men live off the land—and fall hard when fate brings the right woman to their doorstep. These mountain men are wild, loyal, and ready to claim their forever in an instant. From secret kisses at the lake to sweet moments in snowed-in cabins, every steamy standalone in the Mountain Men of Hollow Peak series promises swoony heroes, insta-love heat, and the happily-ever-afters you crave.

Lauren Blakely’s newest collection of five bestselling AND spicy standalone romances!

In Dating in Duet you’ll get an enemies-to-lovers rom com in Come Again, a friends-to-lovers romance in Thanks for Last Night, a forbidden billionaire romance in Nights with Him, a friends-to-lovers/lessons in seduction romance in Forbidden Nights, and a fake marriage workplace romance in My One Week Husband.

These five standalones are specially curated for your binge-reading pleasure!

Tropes: Friends to lovers, workplace romance, forbidden romance, best friends, fake marriage, billionaire romance, office romance and enemies to lovers

Emerson (Emmy) Hartwell has waited for a spot on an NHL roster since she became a professional hockey player, and this season, she’ll finally get a chance to showcase her talents with the struggling D.C. Stars.

Maverick Miller is the best player in the league, but he’s never had a winning record. Team captain and desperate to turn things around, he agrees to play nice with the fiery new left-winger even though they’re total opposites.

After a night where the tension between them reaches a tipping point and they fall in bed together, Emmy and Maverick vow it was only one time. Just once to get it out of their systems so they can play better and help their team. It doesn’t mean anything. She doesn’t date hockey players. He’s a notorious playboy who doesn’t date. Period.

Except… what should’ve been just once happens again, then again. They tell each other their friends with benefits arrangement is only for the season, but despite facing off on the ice, behind closed doors, the pair is nothing but fire.

Face Off is a spicy dislike to lovers sports romance with professional athletes, friends with benefits, he falls first and a guaranteed happily ever after.

A cynical widow, a devoted musician, and a most unlikely Christmas pact.
Mr. Peter Spencer isn’t interested in anything but his music, until, that is, a most unlikely lady touches his soul. She reminds him of a perfectly made violin that’s languished untuned for far too long. Unfortunately, she also intimidates the hell out of him.

Lady Starling has lost hope and faith in everything around her. Love only betrays, it never fulfills its promise. Can Peter convince her to trust her heart or will she turn her back on a future with the man of her dreams?

Step into the past and fall in love with these Regency Cocky Gents, where a group of Englands’ sexiest cocksure lords lose their hearts to headstrong, intoxicating ladies who don’t always follow the rules. Seven completed novels to make up your next binge!

A Note from the Author: Cocky Brother was initially published in December 2020 under the title Mayfair Maidens. This COCKY BROTHER version includes bonus content and it is Book 4 of the Regency Cocky Gents series. The hero, Peter Spencer, is Stone’s–AKA Cocky Mister’s–brother. It can be read as a standalone or with the series. I hope those of you who read the first version love the new scenes as much as I do!

A #1 New York Times bestseller!
Sarah J. Maas’s brand-new CRESCENT CITY series begins with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night-until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She’ll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.

Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose-to assassinate his boss’s enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he’s offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City’s underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion-one that could set them both free, if they’d only let it.

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and page-turning suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom-and the power of love.