Recommendations based on "The Trouble With Fate"

Title in This Set:1. Flawless2. Heartless3. Powerless4. Reckless5. HopelessDescription:FlawlessThe rules were simple . . . Keep my hands off his daughter and stay out of trouble.But now I'm stuck with her. There's only one bed. And, well, rules are made to be broken.I'm the golden boy of professional bull riding. Or at least I was until it all blew up in my face. Now, my agent says I have to clean up my image, so I'm stuck with his ball-busting daughter for the rest of the season as my "full-time supervision."But I don't need a goddamn babysitter, especially one with skin-tight jeans, a sexy smirk, and a mouth she can't stop running . . . A mouth I can't stop thinking about.She says this means nothing.I say this means everything.She says there are boundaries we shouldn't cross. That my reputation can't take any more hits-and neither can her damaged heart.I say I'm going to steal it anyway.HeartlessWorking as a nanny for the world's grumpiest single dad should have been simple.Except I can't keep my eyes off him. And he can't keep his hands off of me.Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than me and barely looks my way. Until I get him in the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then all bets are off - and so are our clothes.He's gruff, a little rough around the edges, and it turns out broad-shouldered ranchers with filthy mouths are this city girl's kryptonite. So who am I to resist?But in our quiet moments together, he softens, and I start to realise his hardened exterior is just a façade. Someone once convinced him that his best wasn't good enough. Yet I've never felt more cherished than I do in his arms.My contract may say this arrangement is only for two months .But my heart says this is forever.Powerless

A bad boy with something to prove.A woman with a mission.The race of their lives.The love of a lifetime.I don’t think his parents expected him to live up to his name―Racer Tate―but once he felt the adrenaline rush behind the wheel, he was addicted.He's the fastest, fiercest driver around.Scouting new talent brings me to his doorstep…but his smile sends me to my knees.The sexy, mysterious Racer Tate is not the kind of man a girl like me falls for. He's secretive, reckless, elusive. But his proximity pushes me beyond reason, and his kiss....This is our last chance to win, and he is our only hope. I'm supposed to watch him―make sure he doesn't get into trouble. But it's an impossible task. And now the one in heart wrenching, toe-curling, soul-crushing trouble is me. Because when your heart belongs to someone, their truths become your own, and their secrets become your salvation...or your curse.He says he wants me. He says I'm the One. But he also thinks he'll break my heart, one piece at a time until it's gone.

Mason Adler:Hot. Cocky. Sugar-coated Bad Boy.The type of man who knocks the big “O” clear to the front of the alphabet every time.Wrap up that eight-pack with Navy khakis and top it off with a shiny SEAL Trident, the kind that makes the girls swoon.That’s Mason. My best friend.For me, he’s off limits. Now that I've finished college, I need to focus on my writing career. And without his help, I don’t stand a chance.But I need something from him. Something only he can give me.So I’ll pull the blinds. I’ll toss my inhibitions. I’ll call it “research.”And I won’t let my heart get involved, especially with him leaving at the end of the week.Leaving me … even though my very soul is still in his grasp.

Kade Is A Blue-collar Billionaire Romance With A Slightly Unhinged Heroine, Great Family Vibes, And All The Feels. It's The First In The Brash Brothers Series. So Maybe I Have A Bit Of A Hero Complex. And More Money Than God. Those Two Things Combined Make Me Irresistible To Every Messed Up Woman In The City. Been There, Done That, Failed To Put Humpty Back Together Again. I’m Done. No More Broken, Needy Women For Me. Except God Must Have A Sense Of Humor, Because I Find A Woman Sleeping In A Broken Down Car In Front Of My Garage In The Middle Of The Night. I Should Send Her On Her Way. Except She’s A Little Unhinged. And Sassy. And Has Thick, Biteable Thighs. So Of Course, I Give Her A Job, And A Place To Stay. I’ve Got A Problem, Alright. I Already Told You That. But No Way Is Her Sunshine Going To Draw Me In. I’m Done With Women. Yeah, I Don’t Believe It Either. Cw: I Write About Characters From Hard Places. This Book Touches On Addiction, Loss Of A Parent, Cancer, Domestic Violence. But Mostly, This Is A Book About People Learning How To Get Out Of Their Own Way So They Can Love And Be Loved.

When a gorgeous young dancer walks through his door, a strip club owner must decide whether to follow his rules or his heart in the third novel by the author of One Tiny Lie and Ten Tiny Breaths. Owning a strip club isn’t the fantasy most guys expect it to be. With long hours, a staff with enough issues to keep a psych ward in business, and the police regularly on his case, twenty-nine-year-old Cain is starting to second-guess his unspoken mission to save the women he employs. And then blond, brown-eyed Charlie Rourke walks through his door, and things get really complicated. Cain abides by a strict “no sleeping with his staff” rule. But being around Charlie challenges Cain’s self-control...and it’s been a long time since any woman has done that. Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Rourke needs a lot of money, really fast, in order to vanish before it’s too late. Taking her clothes off for men makes her stomach curl, but Charlie tells herself that at least she’s putting her acting and dancing skills to good use. And though her fellow dancers seem eager to nab their sexy, sophisticated, and genuinely caring boss, she’s not interested. After all, Charlie Rourke doesn’t really exist—and the girl pretending to be her can’t get distracted by romance. Unfortunately, Charlie soon discovers that developing feelings for Cain is inevitable, and that those feelings may not be unrequited—but losing him when he finds out what she’s involved with will be more painful than any other sentence awaiting her.

Nate Pearson is ridiculously handsome and wears the hell out of a suit and tie, but I’ve seen the parade of beautiful women leaving his apartment across the hall—a different one every time—and I want no part of it. When it comes to romance, I’m looking for something real, something that will last: the happily ever after. As a divorce attorney, he loves to tell me there’s no such thing.As a wedding planner, I choose to disagree.We disagree on almost everything, in fact. Everything except James Bond. The only time we really get along is when we’re watching 007 flicks together, and I’ll admit—he has rescued me from a disaster or five. So when one of the baton twirlers from his parade leaves a baby girl at his door with a note that says “I’ll come back for her” and he begs me for help, I can’t turn him down.But it’s a mistake. Because watching him with his daughter, I start to see another side of Nate, a side that has my breath coming faster, my body craving his, my heart longing for him to change his mind about love and tell me there’s a chance for us. I don’t want to be just another girl leaving his apartment in the morning.I want to be the one he asks to stay.

Ethan Lowell, the son of a wealthy businessman, is content with his care-free bachelor lifestyle, until an explosion rocks his world. Convinced this is not a random attack, his father hires an agency's top bodyguard against his son's wishes. Inattention to detail and a poor assumption result in shock when they find out that Ryan Beckett is a female. This is only the first of many surprises in the weeks to come as Ethan and Ryan struggle to survive an unknown enemy as well as each other.*profanity, violence, sexual content. Recommended 18+A standalone role-reversal contemporary romance with an HEA. 83k words

Some fairytales begin with a kiss...LaneyI finally get it. And to think, it only took my heart being pried out of my chest and stomped on five separate times by men who claimed they loved me. That's got to be a record, right?Let me put it as simply as I can: Fairy tales aren't real. Love is a lie. And, at least in my experience, sex never comes with a happy ending.Fortunately, I still have B.O.B, and he'll never fall out of love with me. I won't walk in on him in bed with another woman either. Nope. As long as I keep supplying him with fresh batteries, B.O.B's only purpose in life is to make me happy.And, damn it, I deserve to be happy. I'm a nice person. I work hard. And, most importantly, I've learned my lesson:I will never, ever let a man near my heart again.CarsonMy secret to happiness is to be completely upfront with what I want and, trust me, it has nothing to do with Laney's heart. Her lips? Hell yeah. A few other parts of her body? You better f*cking believe it. But her heart? Nope. Not even a little.Until it does...a lot.Forget I said that. I don't have feelings for anyone. They were all ripped out of me when I was a kid.This thing between Laney and me could be great. But we have to follow certain rules. We have a good time--no dates, no sleepovers, no expectations. When one of us is ready for something new or if she starts getting too attached, we move on with no hard feelings. Win-win, and everybody's happy.I came into this thinking it would be the same thing as it had always been and that she was like any other beautiful woman.It isn't. She isn't.But how do I tell her she deserves someone better, someone who can love her, someone who's not broken, if I can't seem to let her go?***standalone contemporary romance/romantic comedy without a cliffhanger or cheating***Now AvailableVirtually Impossible (Once and Forever #2)Deeper Water (Once and Forever #3) Carson and Laney's after happily-ever-afterDarker Water is a friends with benefits story inspired by The Frog Prince, and this is how Carson and Laney's fairy tale begins:Once upon a time there was a young woman who lived in a tall glass tower in the middle of a city. She wasn't incredibly beautiful but she was attractive, probably somewhere around the eighty-fifth percentile. She was smart, kind, honest, and good with animals.But the most beautiful thing about her was her heart, for it was made of the purest of golds. Unfortunately, she wasn't very good at taking care of it, and over the years, it lost its shine. Because every time she met a prince, she believed him to be perfect--strong but gentle, brave, and caring. So, she would show him her heart and give it to him to hold, thinking he would take care of it.What she hadn't yet realized was that there was a curse put on her...at some time...by someone. And the curse was this: The moment the woman gave her heart away and kissed the prince--believing it to be true love--the prince would begin to change. Sometimes slowly, other times quickly. But he always turned into a frog. And although the frog would give her heart back to her, each time it was a little more worn, a little less brilliant.But the woman didn't give up trying to find a prince who would remain a prince, knowing that somewhere out there was someone who could heal her heart and break the curse by remaining a prince after she kissed him.Then one day, she finally understood the curse's power. No one could heal her, she would never find a prince, and the curse would never be broken.And so, clutching what was left of her heart, she gave up her search.

Pine Valley is a school rich in both history and legacy and is once more opening its doors to another year of students. Evan Shaw has wanted to be a photographer for as long as he can remember, and Pine Valley is the place to go to make that happen. What he didn't expect was to be sworn into a secret society with a dark history-or to fall in love with a man so filled with anger, there might never be hope for them. Alek Anders doesn't believe in love, nor does he have the time for it. He can't chase his dreams like all the rich college kids around him, he has his family to look after and food to keep on the table. Then comes Evan. Everything he's not, he pushes all of Alek's buttons. Love is fickle, though, and when students start showing up dead, they will either have to work together or fall apart to discover the truth. Can the past be undone and hope be found even in the darkness? Can Evan and Alek withstand what Pine Valley has in store for them, or will racing hearts be all that's left?

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.