Recommendations based on "Unraveling Him"

"Rafael. Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs. I'm a struggling workaholic who could inspire a hundred breakup albums. On paper, we have nothing in common except for my son. For eight months, I avoid her until our summer trip. Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny I shouldn't be attracted to. Spending time with Ellie is expected, but enjoying her company? That isn't part of our travel plans. After my divorce, I swore to protect my heart at all costs. Even if it means breaking hers in the process. Ellie. What's worse than working for a grumpy single dad? Admitting that I once had a secret crush on him in high school. Thankfully, Rafael Lopez and I have changed since we graduated from Wisteria High. He is a billionaire with a company to run and a child to take care of. I'm an unemployed songwriter he hired to watch his son and teach music. We coexist without any issues until a vacation changes everything. Lines blur and old feelings for Rafael return with a vengeance as I face a new dilemma. Being his son's nanny is one thing, but wishing for more? Sounds like a heartbreak song waiting to be written"--

"Completely mind-blowing" --RT Book Reviews on ROGUE Book 4 of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Real series.HE SAYS HE'S NO GOOD FOR HER.SHE HATES THAT HE MIGHT BE RIGHT.Brook Dumas found Remington Tate in REAL, and now it's her best friend Melanie's turn to find the man who makes her heart sing. After years of searching, one night in the rain, the strong and mysterious Greyson King comes to her rescue. He's bold, and maybe just the lover, friend, and protector she's been searching for. When they make love, he says her name like it means something. Like she means something--and that's everything she's ever wanted.He disappears for days without a word, and when he's around, he says he'll only hurt her. Buy when he's away, her heart hurts more.Then Melanie uncovers the dark world he'd been determined to keep hidden, and suspects that their random first meeting might have not been so random after all.Caught in a free fall of emotions, Melanie has no one to catch her but the man she should be running from. . .But what do you do when your Prince Charming has gone Rogue?

He's my new roommate. The best friend I've loved forever. But now he's a scorching-hot single dad and there's only one bed. I am so screwed. You know the story about "that girl" in high school? Well, that was me, but I'd never let a lousy rumour rule my life. I took every word and rewrote the script. Abigail Ellison: all game, no shame. It's kind of my brand. Will Kidd is an irresistible bartender with a rep of his own. He wants me. I want him. But I refuse to be a notch on his bedpost or let him be another on mine. When a baby wearing his dimples lands on Will's doorstep the same day I come begging for a place to crash, Will finally gets serious-and his overprotective daddy vibe is seriously hot. Now we're raising a baby in Will's loft. It's tense. We're stressed. Will can't keep sleeping on the sofa and I'm months into a never-ending man-drought, but we know one way to blow off steam... In no time at all, everything good in my world looks like all the things I never wanted. The man, the home, the business, the baby... But it's impossible to believe this life is truly mine to keep. After all, former bad girls and reformed playboys don't get happily-ever-afters... Do they? Note: Only For You is a first-person, dual POV contemporary romance.

A steamy professor-student standalone romance - the final book in the Falling in Love Series. It was only ever meant to be one night.University professor Ethan Carter has returned to Sydney to rebuild his life and reconnect with his family. What he doesn’t expect is to connect with a beautiful stranger. Or for her to turn up as his student.Ethan – What are the chances? The first woman who has made me feel anything at all in two years, and she’s totally off limits.Sadie - The one rule I’ve lived my life by is not to turn out like my mother. Why did he have to flip that on its head?Is Ethan truly ready for the new life he wants, or will his grief and regret stop him from opening up to the one person who might heal him? And will Sadie finally learn that trusting someone doesn’t always end badly?This story features a tempting professor in need of a fresh start, a feisty and ambitious heroine determined to protect herself and her career, a long-buried ancient Egyptian artifact and a meddling family who, it turns out, really do know best.Author’s Note: The Problem with Falling in Love is the fifth and final book in the Falling in Love Series, but it can be read as a standalone and has a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhanger. Warning: if you like first person dual POV, lots of steam, a bit of angst and plenty of family shenanigans you may love this book.

Can friendship lead to forever?Claire Wells just helped the only man she’s ever loved choose an engagement ring…for another woman. With her heart in pieces and her professional life in shambles, she turns to the one man she can always count on: her best friend. Ethan is more than just a shoulder to cry on—he’s sweet, and funny, and okay, easy on the eye. In many ways, he’s the perfect guy…aside from the fact that she’s looking for forever, and he’s just looking for fun.Ethan Parker is all too aware of his reputation as a ladies man. Inviting Claire to pose as his date for his cousin’s wedding seems like the perfect solution for them both—she needs a break from the city and he needs to show his family that he’s fully capable of committing to one woman. The trouble is, the more he pretends that Claire is his girlfriend, the more impossible it becomes to view her as just a friend…

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.

A steamy, forbidden enemies to lovers romance about love after loss. It is the first book in the New Haven series, interconnected standalones featuring second chances, fiery passion, and Black heroines who get their happily ever afters. Sloane Dominic Alexander is my late husband's best friend and the last man on Earth that I should want. He's arrogant, dismissive, and up until recently has only ever used those dark eyes of his to look right through me. For the last twelve years, he's taken a sick pleasure in making me feel paper thin, like my entire existence is of no consequence to him at all. But now, things are different. After one drunken night and a surprisingly sexy act of heroism, he's started to be...nice. Treating me like something other than the physical embodiment of his annoyance, which would be nice if it didn't make me feel all the things I swore to never feel for another man after my husband died. Dominic Sloane Kent is going to be my undoing. What's worse: I think I'm going to enjoy being unraveled by the gold flecks in her hazel eyes and the adorable little way she scrunches her nose up when we're arguing, which we've done a lot of over the past decade. She thinks it's because I hate her, and I've always let her think that because the alternative is...untenable. But something is changing between us, and I don't know how to stop myself from breaking every promise I've ever made to myself regarding my best friend's wife. Promises that include never telling her that there's a long list of things I feel about her, but hate isn't one of them.

How do you love when love is what you fear most? Jessica Owens is done. Done with throwing her life away over a promise she made to her deceased father. Done with love. Done. Moving to Florida was meant to be a fresh start, a chance to pursue her love of music and make her dreams a reality. Instead, she finds herself swept up in a world of underground cage fights, crime syndicates, and cocky, intense bad boys with names like Killshot. Nothing screams shady like a man with a sniper name-sexy as he is. Still, there's something about him that has her hooked. When it comes to Harrington Lovelly, though, nothing is ever what it seems. And as the danger around them mounts, Jessica starts to wonder: will giving her heart to this questionable white knight be her salvation, or her undoing? Scroll up and one click today to see why fans of Beautiful Disaster and Warrior Fight Club will fall in love with this gritty, action-packed romance.

Not All Scars HealFor Donovan Pate, the lake town of Evergreen Cove is a minefield of tough memories-including the day he had to let go of Sofie Martin. Years later he still can't forget the taste of her lips and the feel of her killer curves. He knows he's too damaged, that he should stay away for her own good. But what the head says and the heart wants are two very different things . . . Seven years ago, Donovan broke Sofie's heart. Now her career depends on playing nice in order to pull off the charity fund-raiser of the decade. She vows to keep things professional . . . yet working by his side every day doesn't make it easy to fight temptation, and it isn't long before she finds herself falling for this bad boy all over again. But loving Donovan means helping him face his past-so they can fight for a future together."Jessica Lemmon is an author to keep your eye on!"-Katee Robert, New York Times bestselling author"Everything I love in a romance."--- Lori Foster, 2014

Billionaire Ella Parker has always been strong, focused, and independent. As the founder and CEO of Parker Enterprises, she doesn't have time for love or the drama that comes with being New Orleans' most eligible bachelorette. When mysterious threats surface, Ella is forced to hire a full-time protection detail. Former SEAL Elliott turned his expertise into a lucrative business, taking on Ella's job due to his connections with her past. Despite their best efforts, he soon finds Ella breaking down the walls he worked so hard to build around himself. An intense attraction draws them together, but Elliott knows that falling for those he is charged with protecting can be a matter of life or death. Ella knows that she has to trust that everything is a part of a greater plan. Elliott isn't sure what he believes in anymore. Both have endured loss and search for more. Will Elliott be able to protect the woman he has fallen in love with, and will Ella escape with both her life and her heart?