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What We Could Be - Coral Bay 1

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

The rules are simple: no feelings, no strings. But rules were made to be broken. And broken things hurt. As the owner of the Coral Bay Inn, I’ve built an uncomplicated life in this small beach town. Men? Simple: friends with benefits, no strings. But Sebastian Sawyer isn’t just any guy. He’s been there from the start—before I had cheekbones, before my skin cleared. Before I turned heads. We were each other’s first everything. Now that long-ago geeky boy has muscles and a calm that’s hard to shake. Our long-tenured no-strings arrangement is perfect. But perfect things don’t last. When the inn needs repairs, Sebastian moves in to help. Spending our days and nights together complicates everything. Sebastian wants forever—an F-word that scares me as much as feelings. When my heart insists on following my body’s lead, I refuse to let it. Because forever with Sebastian could be perfect …...

Of All Seasons - Of All Hearts

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Can the wrong romantic getaway lead to the right person? Christian Beckett had his life mapped out—steady career, beautiful girlfriend, and a plan to take the next step on a wintry Valentine's trip to Italy’s Amalfi Coast. But from the moment they arrive, the romantic getaway falls apart—and so does everything he thought he wanted. For Alessia Rossi, it’s just an off-season job. Another happy couple to tour guide. She never expected the handsome American to notice her, or share her love for beauty in the ordinary. He reminds her how it feels to be truly seen, and to want something she can’t have. Rainy walks, shared laughter, and a Vespa ride along the cliffs—what starts as a tour, deepens. Every glance says more than words, every touchthreatens the line they both know they shouldn’t cross. Christian sees not just Italy differently, but himself. Now he must decide: follow the...

Tides Of Your Love - Riviera Shores 3

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Owen Wheaton isn’t just a soccer icon—he’s also my brother’s off-limits best friend. My once-upon-a-time protector. My first everything. When an injury sends him home to our small California town, we end up living under the same roof. Only Owen isn’t the boy who left—he’s a world-famous athlete who dates models, tops hottest man alive lists, and has full stadiums singing his praise. But I know the version of him the world doesn’t see. The one who made me believe I was more than my stutter. The one I trusted to be my first—all those years ago. I’ve built a quiet, full life—crafting handmade products for the shop I manage, filming YouTube videos to face my stutter head-on, and finding strength in my own voice. But now he’s everywhere—on my porch, in my kitchen, under my skin. The simmering tension between us boils over ... and nothing will ever be...

Oceans In Your Eyes - Riviera Shores 2

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

I fell in love with the one man I couldn’t have. My husband. At forty, I’ll do anything to save my health shop, including marrying Angelo Marchesi, a decade younger, tattooed guitarist from Italy who needs a green card. To prove our marriage is real, Angelo moves into my tiny apartment and shatters my quiet routine. Now I come home to an unattainable, gut-wrenchingly gorgeous stranger who masterfully plays guitar on my sofa and sizzles beef in my vegan kitchen. Between staged couple pictures and fabricated love notes, we unearth each other’s pained pasts. Angelo breaches my defences and unravels emotions I never knew existed. Our fiery arguments explode into scorching nights, blurring the lines between real and pretend. Before I know it, the man who put a ring around my finger has my heart in his grip. Now that this marriage feels painfully real, so are our differences. As...

Shores Of Your Heart - Riviera Shores 1

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Two childhood friends, two sides of the tracks, one beach house. Oliver Madden doesn’t do relationships. Which I’d do well to remember because, at 38, he’s the same maddening heartthrob he was in high school. I’ve known him since we were six. My mother cleaned the house Oliver grew up in. A lonely kid in a big villa with no love. From the moment we met, we became each other’s shore to crash upon, until life pulled us apart. Now, the broken boy I once loved learns I’m drowning in debt and offers me a place in his beach house. I can’t afford to say no. I just need to make sure I don’t fall for the man he is now. A green-eyed man with barbed wire around his heart. Oliver claims he made the offer because he owes me. But every kind act, every lingering look, every burning touch,...

Of All Days - Of All Hearts

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Can the most embarrassing day of your life lead to the love of your life? Corfu. Greece. It’s not a vacation for HR expert, Olivia Duncan. It’s a business trip. One that she has diligently planned for, because Olivia likes to keep things organized and perfect. Not even her frizzy hair gets away with not doing as she wants. But an embarrassing, public mishap at the company conference puts her in the path of Niko Teresi, a handsome taverna owner who knows firsthand a thing or two about how constricting corporate life can be. Olivia doesn’t do change or spontaneity. She never deviates from her path. Hiding from the world in his village, can Niko show her there’s life in letting go?

Of All Places - Of All Hearts

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

She's read all about romance but never found love. Can an unplanned detour open a new chapter in her life? At almost 40, Melanie Allen needs a change. She takes a week off from her uneventful life and flies to Montenegro, across the sea from the Italian boot. Encountering a man who's everything she's not, Melanie acts impulsively for the very first time and ditches the tour bus to stay behind. Theo Martinovic is gorgeous, confident, and a town local. Their paths cross again when Melanie steps in to help him during an emergency with his young nephew. Theo befriends her, and as they spend more time together, she's the one who gets carried away and falls for him—despite doubting he could ever feel the same and sensing he's holding back wounds of his own. When her time in the place that feels like home is nearly over, Melanie is...

Of All People - Of All Hearts

Genres: Romance
Formats: E-Book, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Romeo Dante Lorenzo, the too-good-looking-for-his-own-good son of an Italian model and an American businessman, is one of New York's hottest bachelors. Surrounded by beautiful but vain women, he isn't looking for love. Especially not when he travels to Italy to sell his family's crumbling inn. After a rough divorce, Siena Borrelli has built a new life in Rimini, an Italian coastal town as warm as its people. She's content caring for the elderly woman who owns the small hotel she now calls home. When the woman’s great-nephew, Romeo, blazes into town to sell the place, Siena won't let it go without a fight. Romeo sees Siena as quiet, withdrawn, not his type. And she's certain there's nothing behind his distracting charm. Forced to live on the same floor and repair the inn together, they soon learn that tearing down walls might restore more than just the building - if they’re...