The Plan: A quiet winter holiday alone.
The Sudden Reality: A giant family Christmas with my fake boyfriend – a sexy, wealthy, older man who cares for me like I’m actually his.

Sadie:

Holidays aren’t usually a huge deal to orphans. I intended to get ahead of work, and win back my boss’s approval.

Then Josh appeared. A gorgeous older man who seems instantly protective of me. Every simple touch of those huge hands makes my heart race, leaving me wanting much more. It’s what I’ve always craved… the feeling of belonging with someone.

If my rags to riches, instant relationship, huge borrowed family adventure might only last a week, I’m going to try to throw myself all in.

Mind, soul, and especially… body.

Josh:

A date for Christmas week would solve everything… yet I can’t believe this beautiful innocent angel agreed to come home with me. She has no idea how talented and special she is.

Taking her to Holly Valley as a buffer from my overzealous family might be selfish. Yet I need to see Sadie’s bright eyes glow when she sees the snow, the lights, and the massive town tree. When she has her first traditional Christmas.

I won’t stick to the unspoken rule, and try to keep our relationship fake.

I’m already positive that we belong together.

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Haley Travis books are always no-cheating, with steamy & sweet happily ever afters.
This standalone book is in the Fake to Real series, yet ends up in the small town from 3 Kings for Christmas.

From the author of Falling for the Fake Lumberjack comes a laugh-out-loud scorcher about a burned-out wedding planner and broken-down linebacker brought together by fate—and a booking snafu.

Wrangling lumberjacks for Star Lake’s Fall Fest has wedding and event planner Annabelle Franklin ready to saw some serious wood. When her best friend suggests a staycation, she’s all in. Too bad the cabin she books is already occupied—by a brawny Scot who just won’t budge.

The good news? Callum “Maverick” McBride has abs to spare and a voice that could fell trees (and drop panties). Did I mention he owns two kilts? Recuperating from surgery, the Arizona linebacker just wants privacy. And since he was there first, he refuses to give an inch.

As sparks start melting the ice between them, they concede to sharing the cabin. But after crashing a wedding—and waking up hungover with matching gold rings—any boundaries established are quickly forgotten.

Turns out Annabelle and Callum’s marriage is legit. And fate has another wee surprise in store. They discover that sometimes the best mistakes in life are the ones you choose to keep.

Saniyah Brooks is a beautiful twenty-five-year-old woman who just wants to make it in life. After losing her job and falling behind on bills, landing a position as the new secretary at Blackline Security feels like the fresh start she desperately needs. However, when she meets the owners of the company, she fears the job may be too much for her to handle.
Crue St. James is cold, controlled, and intimidating in a way that makes people nervous to breathe around him, while Kadeem Price is smoother, charismatic, attentive, but just as dangerous beneath the charm. Together, they run Blackline with quiet power and a reputation nobody questions.
Saniyah knows that while getting involved with either one of them would be a mistake, getting involved with both could be a disaster waiting to happen. However, when she accidentally walks in on a private meeting between the two bosses on a late night at the office, the tension between them becomes impossible to ignore. What begins as curiosity quickly turns into late nights, dangerous chemistry, and a relationship none of them expected.

In this steamy rivals-to-lovers short story from New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey, a drama-loving camp counselor confronts the crush she’s been nursing for years on her gruff, rule-following fellow counselor.

Senior counselor Margot Berry is finally going to tell Dean Ingram how she feels. Sure, she’s been pranking him for eight years and they’ve formed something of a rivalry. But surely that will all be set aside when she fesses up to her crush, right? Wrong. Dean assumes her confession is just another prank. Can she convince him she’s for real before the camp session ends?

Tessa Bailey’s S’more of You is part of Summer Lovin’, a sweet and sultry collection of short summer romances that turn up the heat—and the heart. Read or listen to each short story in one easy, breezy sitting.

Gathering of the Eastern Packs. A mandate I cannot refuse. And one that changes my life forever.
Ava
I’m a rogue. Happily have been since the age of eighteen when my mate, and the Alpha of my old pack, rejected me.
Living amongst the humans for the last nine years with my bestie and staying far away from the werewolf world that showed me nothing but abuse and heartache changes with one event and one sniff.
The King of the Werewolves, my second chance fated mate… strong, dominant, and the sexual tension between us is off the charts.
But with wet panties comes the bubbling up of long-hidden secrets and a man I would rather forget, The Butcher. I have something he wants, and he will stop at nothing to get it.
Braiden
At thirty-four years old and still, with no fated mate in sight, I have finally chosen my Queen, a carbon copy of my mother.
Until I scent her.
My mate, the white wolf, is an exact match to my black one. She just has to realize it.
My Queen wants none of this world, her past standing in our way, along with secrets that reveal our connection long before now.
With every fiery interaction, I can feel her resistance crumbling. Soon, she will see that there is no escape.
She is mine. She is The Alpha King’s Queen.

Publisher’s Note: The Alpha King’s Queen is a stand-alone book, HEA guaranteed.

A memorable night of passion refuses to stay just a memory in this sizzling and scandalous romance from bestselling author T L Swan.

I was upgraded to first class on a flight from London to New York.

The food, champagne, and service were impeccable.

The blue-eyed man sitting next to me, even better.

He was suave and intelligent.

We talked and laughed, and something clicked.

Fate took over and the plane was grounded, and we had an unexpected stopover for the night.

With no plans, we made our own.

We danced and laughed our way around Boston and had a night of crazy passion that no woman would ever forget.

That was twelve months ago, and I haven’t heard from him—until today.

I started a new job and met the CEO. You can imagine my surprise to see those naughty blue eyes dance with delight when he saw me across the mahogany desk.

But I’m not that carefree girl anymore. My life has changed, I have responsibilities.

I just got an email.

He wants to see me in his office for a private meeting at 8:00 a.m.

Naughty blue eyes have no place in the workplace.

What kind of private meeting does he have in mind?

The most dangerous stray you’ll ever take in won’t have four legs. He’ll have a Russian accent, a little girl’s hand in his, and the Bratva at his back.

I run a shelter in Savannah. I care for the broken, the abandoned, the ones everybody else gave up on. So when a man calls about a dog for his daughter, I figure it’s a normal Tuesday.

I could not have been more wrong.

Alexei Agapov sweeps the room before his eyes ever land on me. Ice-blue stare. Tattoos curling out of his collar. Every warning my mama ever gave me, wrapped up in one sinful package.

So naturally, I reach into my pocket to show him my kennel notes – and hand him a dog treat.

(In my defense. He’s very distracting.)

It’s his daughter who undoes me. Ivy. Six years old. A laugh that fills the room. And a father who looks at her like she’s the only soft thing left in his world.

She comes back. Week after week. For a while, it’s easy to pretend Alexei is just a mysterious rich guy with a quiet daughter.

But then they come for Ivy.

They don’t get her, but she’s too shattered to let anyone near. Anyone but me.

So I follow her behind his gates – into the one place her father can keep her safe. I can resist a dangerous man. But a broken heart that needs a second chance? Never.

I keep telling myself it’s temporary. That I can care about Ivy and still walk away.

I’m lying. About every part of it.

Because in Alexei’s world, love is leverage.

And no one can know I’m carrying his child.

What He Craves is Book One of the Silent Sins: Agapov Bratva duet – a full-length single-dad mafia romance with a cliffhanger ending and a guaranteed HEA at the end of Book Two. A touch-her-and-die hero, a sunshine heroine who runs toward the fire, and a six-year-old who steals every scene. For readers who love icy Bratva alphas, slow-burn obsession, and the kind of tension that wrecks your sleep schedule.