Baron Caden Hargrove can never be with the woman he loves.
He'd accepted that long ago…
At least, he thought he had.
Hot, dark, and strong like a cup of the finest coffee, she stood with surprise in her eyes and an adorable child in her arms, a child with features uncannily similar to his own. Now, the Baron must decide which is more terrifying…
Will he lose his second chance at having the one woman he knows is meant for him and the family he desperately wants? Or will he finally tell her the truth and admit why he left in the first place?
Will love prevail? Or will secrets continue to keep them apart?
After five years of denial, Kenya Morris realizes her feelings are not buried as deep as she'd thought. Caden is as charming and, annoyingly, even sexier than when he first loved…and suddenly left her, broken and alone. Well, he didn't leave her quite as alone as she'd first thought.
With a 9th degree black-belt in defense mechanisms, Kenya refuses to fall for Caden again. How can she risk trusting him again when it's not just her heart that might be broken this time?
When Lucy Patterson shows up at the Buckskin Ranch with no groom, Matt Ramsey’s in a fix. Six years ago she gave him her heart. He sent her away. He was wrong for her then. He’s wrong for her now. But the years have fanned the flames...
Two friends. One disastrous date. Will they get a second chance at love?
Emily’s pottery painting shop is a popular destination for birthday parties and bridal showers. While she loves making each celebration special, the blissful soon-to-be brides, and gushing stories of fairy-tale love, are constant reminders that Emily’s own happily ever after is nowhere in sight. So when an offer to buy her shop arrives unexpectedly, she decides to go on an adventure she’s only dreamed about—to study art in Paris.
Ben, a head turningly handsome outdoor sporting guide, knows all about adventure. After all, he spends his days leading tourists through the rugged mountain landscape that surrounds Gold Creek. But more than any adventure, he wants a second chance at love with Emily. After a disastrous first date two years ago, he landed solidly in her friend zone. With time running out before Emily packs her bags for Paris, can Ben win a second-chance date and show Emily that everything she’s dreamed about is in Gold Creek—with him?
Jean-Pierre "JP" Larocque is a speed demon for the Baltimore Banners. He lives for speed off the ice, too, playing fast and loose with cars and women. But is he really a player, or is his carefree exterior nothing more than a show, hiding a lonely man filled with regret as he struggles to forget the only woman who mattered?
Emily Poole thought she knew what she wanted in life, but everything changed five years ago. Now she exists day by day, helping care for her niece after her sister’s bitter divorce. It may not be how she envisioned her life, but she's happy. Or so she thinks, until JP re-enters her life. Now she realizes there’s a lot more she wants, including a second chance with JP.
Can these two lost souls finally find forgiveness and Break Away to the future? Or will the shared tragedy of their past tear them apart for good this time?
Standalone romance! There's something totally inconvenient about falling for your best friend's brother. Especially when he's a pompous, arrogant, albeit annoyingly sexy a-hole that you'd like to punch or kiss to death at any given moment.
("Sexy, romantic, heartbreaking, humorous ... I absolutely gobbled it up!" ~ J. KENNER, New York Times bestselling author)
Joey Butler has always had that way about him, and Jazz fell hard for her best friend's brother.
Until he did the unforgivable, the summer of her senior year of high school.
Three years later Jazz will try everything she can to protect her heart and not fall back in love with Joey. But when Joey finally admits that Jazz is the one he's always wanted, all bets are off.
Now they'll have to relive the last summer of their love before it all fell apart, and work out if there would ever be a second chance at first love?
This is a standalone, sexy, contemporary romance that is a spinoff from the Butler Cove/Eversea series. In the series order it appears as book 4.
She’s learned to live without him. He’s learned he can’t live without her.
A year ago Natalie Tucker’s life unexpectedly crumbled from beneath her. Since then she’s rebuilt, moved on and tried never to think of him again.
Now Jackson Banner’s life is crumbling beneath him. He’s trying to save his company, his family, and his name. He also realizes that he made the biggest mistake of his life when he let Natalie go.
It’s clear he can’t live without her, but it seems she’s learned to live without him just fine. How can he possibly save his company, keep his job and get the girl he knows he can’t live without?
If you love a heroine who must forgive in order to trust again, a hero who can admit when he’s wrong and fights for what he wants, then you’re ready for Jackson and Natalie.
She’s a working-class bride. He’s a well-to-do groom. Their botched wedding is only the start of their storybook romance. Annette Trevetti felt like a modern-day Cinderella as she walked down the aisle towards her first love and the heir to a small fortune. But her wedding day bliss screeched to a halt when an extremely pregnant woman crashed the ceremony claiming her prince charming was the father. Devastated, Annette shakes the dust of her small town off her boots and starts a seven-year climb up the corporate ladder to claim her own fortune. But when her brother gets injured on the job, she has no choice but to return to her hometown and risk exposing the feelings she still has for the man who broke her heart.
Single dad Steve Corbett’s biggest regret is tied up with his greatest joy. When Annette returns to town seven years after she left him at the altar, his love for her hasn't changed one bit. And if his match-making daughter and their one-of-a-kind elderly relative have it their way, they’d pick the romance up right where it left off. Working alongside Annette on her brother’s construction project, Steve senses the flicker of their old flame. But he knows it will take a lot of sweat and tears to rebuild the crumbling trust for a second chance at happily ever after.
With years and heartache between them, can Annette and Steve learn to have faith in each other and rebuild a new future together?
He’s fighting for a second chance with his first love…before it’s too late.
The last time PI Blaze McClintock was on her family’s ranch, she left in handcuffs. She vowed then to never go home again…until her estranged father is accused of murder. He’s not a good man—this entire Montana town knows that. But Blaze believes her father is innocent and she’ll do anything to prove it, even ask the one man who broke her heart for help—the only man in town who’s on her side.
No matter how hard he tried, Jake Horn could never forget Blaze. As teenagers, their passion ignited, leaving destruction in their wake. Now, years later, it’s obvious little has changed. But as they work together to unravel what really happened that night, a dangerous secret threatens to separate them for good. This time, though, Jake won’t let Blaze go without a fight—even if it means risking his own life.
Saw this at town today but didn’t buy it, has anyone read it yet?
His Secret Mistress by Cathy Maxwell (2/20) [ A Logical Man's Guide to Dangerous Women Novel - 1 ] — Regency
At the Logical Men's Society -- an exclusive bachelor's club -- brandy flows like water, bawdy stories abound, and a gentleman tempted to marry is always persuaded to reconsider . . .
Brandon Balfour made the mistake of trusting his heart to the exquisite, strong-willed actress, Kate Addison, with whom he shared one intimate night before fate intervened. Now a decade later, Brandon is a leading member of the Logical Men's Society -- for no woman since Kate has managed to captivate him.
To Kate, the memory of that night still burns strongly, because it was followed by a stunning betrayal. A chance encounter may have brought Brandon back into her life, but that doesn't mean Kate will ever forgive him. She's vowed to make him pay -- even as she realizes the promises of the young love they once shared are still etched upon her heart . . .
Loving her exiled him.
Trusting him ruined her.
And now, a clash of passions threatens everything each of them ever desired.
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