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An angsty, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance, featuring a broody, overprotective hero, a heroine tortured by the mistakes of her past, and a long overdue second chance.She was all he ever wanted, even when she broke his heart…Growly and gorgeous band manager Brody Mason has been aching for his friend’s little sister, Jessa Mayes, since they were just kids.By the time they’d grown up, she’d broken his heart.Then she ripped it right the f*ck out.As it turns out, time doesn’t heal that kind of wound.It leaves a gaping, festering hole.Hence Brody’s sunshiny nature.Meanwhile, Jessa appears to be living the dream—blessed with beauty, talent, and a glamorous life.But she also has a secret.Six years ago, she ran away from her dream career as a songwriter with her brother’s band. She also ran away from Brody, the only man she’s ever loved.And she never told anyone why.Now Jessa’s doing the one thing she swore she’d never do.She’s coming home.As a bridesmaid in her brother’s rock star wedding, she’ll come face-to-face with the mistakes of her past.Including the sexy, surly, heartbroken one.It definitely won’t be easy.Love this intense never is.

When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything can—and does—happen. Book Four in the New York Times Wild Seasons series that began with Sweet Filthy Boy, Dirty Rowdy Thing, and Dark Wild Night.London Hughes is very content to surf daily, tend bar, hang out with her group of friends, and slowly orient herself in the years after college. Everything’s going great and according to the non-plan.But when a wave knocks her for a loop one morning, then Luke Sutter’s flirtatious smile knocks her for another that evening, she veers slightly off course…and into his path. Sure, he’s a total player, but the Why not—it’s only one night is a persistent voice in her ear.For his part, Luke’s been on hookup autopilot for so long that he rarely ever pauses to consider what he’s doing. But after an amazing time with London, he realizes that he hasn’t been moving on from a devastating heartbreak so much as he’s been drifting to wherever—and whomever—the current takes him. With London he wants more.Every relationship involves two people…plus their pasts. And as much as she enjoys her fling with Luke, when London learns about his past—more specifically, who’s in it—everything becomes the brand of complicated she strives to avoid. It’s up to Luke then to change some things in order to try and ensure he’s not something she’ll outright avoid as well.

My life was perfect—from the outside, at least. Until I came home to find another woman straddling my long-time boyfriend. On my brand new bedding.Now I’m back in Jetty Beach, the small town on the coast where I grew up, crashing at my parent’s place. And life is looking pretty bleak.Except…Ryan Jacobsen. We knew each other as kids, but he did not look like this. Tousled dark hair, a body that sparks thoughts that make me blush, and intense green eyes hiding a sadness I want to kiss away. He’s back in town too, and I can’t seem to get him out of my mind.Or stay out of his bed.He makes me feel things I never imagined (and the things he can do with his tongue!). But his sweet, sad eyes are hiding a secret—one that could tear us apart. Ryan comes into my life at precisely the wrong time. It’s either a huge mistake … or it must be love.

An insatiable attraction heats to the boiling point in this steamy book set in the shore town of Sea Breeze from the author of the white-hot The Vincent Boys.Preston is one bad boy. And Amanda has harbored a crush on him for forever. When she finally makes her move on him, it does not end well. But still, she can’t resist him. Especially now that he seems to be pursuing her, too. No one wants wants them to be together. Not Amanda’s brother Marcus, who is on the verge of his marriage to Low, and definitely not any of Preston’s buddies. They know way too much about Preston’s dark side. Even Preston realizes he’s not good enough for someone like her. But Amanda believes there is more to Preston than his bad boy persona, and she is determined to unearth what he’s hiding behind his seductive blue eyes—secrets that could explain his actions. Secrets Amanda might not be able to forgive. Yet the dangerous attraction persists...and neither Preston nor Amanda is going to deny it.

Two lies.Two men who don't share.I never stopped loving Cole. Not when he left me. Not when he disappeared for three years. Not when he crashed back into my life in a violent explosion of testosterone and fury.His sudden reappearance questions everything I thought I knew, including how I came to love another man.Trace is an intoxicating breeze of seduction over ice. My rock. My second chance at forever.And he's committed to annihilating the competition.The battle that ensues wrenches me back and forth between them.Fighting and f*cking.Resisting and submitting.Together, they entangle me in a web of lies, rivalry, and desire that weaves as deeply as their devotion to me.I love two men, and if I can only have one, I choose none.

"If you're a fan of Kristen Ashley, then you will love this book." -- Aestas Book Blog on Four Letter Word He didn't want to be bad. He just didn't have a choice... Shayla Perkins isn't the kind of girl who makes the same mistake twice, especially when it comes to Sean "Stitch" Molina. So when he gives her the world's biggest rejection, that's it--she's done. Until the sexy, silent, unavailable Sean makes Shay a very personal offer. Of course, it still doesn't mean he's interested in her. Or does it? Sean has done things in life. Bad things. And he's paid the price. All he wants now is to make up for his past by doing good in the present. And no one deserves more good than Shay. Beautiful on the inside and out, Shay is the kind of woman who should be cared for and protected--especially from a man like Sean. He's tried to keep his feelings for her in check, but a single, reckless impulse pulls them closer than ever before. Soon the two are sharing their biggest dreams and satisfying their deepest desires. But what will happen if the only way to truly give each other what they want most...is to let each other go? "The perfect mix of funny, hot and heartwarming. I enjoyed it immensely!" -- Mia Sheridan, New York Times bestselling author, on Four Letter Word

Take one sexy bartender. Add a badass cop. A splash of sweet, that's me. One sour, that's him... and serve over ice.That's how you'll get to my current situation.You know the girl - the one who commands the scene, bottle of liquor in hand, pouring liquid fire into the willing throats of patrons as they let loose at the local bar?That's me.I may be known as the town party girl, but in reality I'm this close to my dream of opening my own bar - McConaugheys. Yes, it will be named after the acclaimed actor. What can I say? I'm a sucker for that sexy Texan.Everything was going as planned until the night I had a few drinks and accepted a ride home from a friend. A misunderstanding leads to an arrest, and now I'm at the mercy of the one man I can't stand, and trust me, the feeling is definitely mutual.Adam Reingold is six-feet-tall and built like a stallion -- the man is the epitome of male. He also happens to be the town narc and hates my guts. There's a story to our past and it's not a pretty one.So, now, here I am, chained to him for the summer like a hardened criminal, doing whatever he tells me to do. Problem is, I can't help but look at him when he's not watching and wonder what our future could be like if things were different.There are so many reasons why he's all wrong for me. Even more reasons why I need to stay away from him.It's a cocktail of trouble. Best served shaken, not stirred.

StellaI just wanted a simple night out for my birthday, but my friends had other plans. One of them being to find someone to finally swipe my v-card. I've all but given up when the drummer catches my eye-and I catch his. Something ignites in me, a need I've never felt for anyone else.After a heated moment in a supply closet, the fantasy shatters when I learn who he is-my best friend's (much) older brother. That should be the end of it, we shouldn't take it any further. But the pull I feel towards him is inevitable. When an unexpected snowstorm traps up together, we make a pact; just for the storm.When our expiration date comes, will it be clear skies? Or will we realize we've been caught in something deeper than either of us expected.JamesEvery night is the same, going through the motions here on stage. Same songs, same people, same life of trying to stay out of my father's clutches. Except for tonight, when a little ray of sunshine catches my eye in the crowd. She's young-far too young for me, but the way she's looking at me has me ready to throw caution to the wind.What I don't expect is for her to be my baby sister's best friend. I know I can't do this to my sister... again. I've been warned, I've been threatened. But I can't say no when a freak snowstorm leads Stella right to my front door. It might be freezing outside, but the heat between us is undeniable.We agreed. Just for the storm. But it doesn't look to be clearing up any time soon.

Haley Foster had lived her entire life in a box. Guided by her preacher father and the residents of her tiny hometown as to what to do, what to wear and even who to marry, she'd lost herself along the way. But no more. Now she was going to live on her own terms and do all the things good preachers' daughters didn't do. Starting with Kevin Harmon.The injured U.S. Marshal needed a ride from Kansas to his home in Texas. Haley had a car. She figured she owed him a favor. And he knew a lot more about being bad than she did. A few days, just the two of them, in her tiny convertible and intimate hotel rooms…It would be fun, it would be passionate, it would be an experience.At least, that was her plan. He just didn't know it yet.

The rules were simple. Protect the woman I love. And try to stop loving her along the way.Kane Montgomery Carr and Phoebe Dixon's romance went from a fiery temptation to a fizzled out heartbreak.Only Kane has no idea why.All he knows is that he has to keep her safe when a stalker sets Phoebe in their sights.Yet as the two of them are forced once again into each other's lives, the truth behind their breakup surfaces and they are forced to face the facts: the feelings and heat they buried aren't quite as gone as they'd like.If they give in, they'll have to face the demons that broke them up in the first place-including a startling secret that shocks them both.Yet if they don't, they might lose the chance of a life time.That is, of course, if they can survive what lurks in the shadows for them both.