Category Archives: Contemporary

Thunder Thighs by Evie Mitchell

I’d always been told I had thunder thighs. Chunky, thick, beautiful – I embraced my curves just waiting for the right thunder god to come along and rock my world. Then Gunnar Larsson strode his tall, blonde, Viking butt through my bar doors. My thighs awaited his plunder. Walking into Ella Bronze’s bar was the best decision I’d made all year. Fuck, all decade. The gorgeous bombshell had curves for days – the kind that made me drool. There was no way this seductive siren was escaping. Looked like it was time to do what my ancestors did best – take what I wanted.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Fatphobia & body-shaming
  • Emesis mentioned
  • Pregnancy (epilogue)

Muffin Top by Evie Mitchell

Honey: For years my momma’s been at me to lose some extra pounds. To shape up, slim down and look like the pageant queen she’d always wished me to be. But everyone knows the best part of the muffin is the top – and baby, I’m delicious as I am. I hadn’t planned on running into my high school crush at a Halloween party while dressed as a cupcake. One glance and I was ready for my high school crush to take a bite. Pity Sheriff Tristan Rodriguez avoided baked goods like the plague. Tristan: Returning to the small town I’d left behind hadn’t exactly been in my life plan. Also… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Fatphobia & body-shaming by a parent

New Year Knew You by Evie Mitchell

Emily: The doctors told me I have amnesia. They’ve said it’s a result of the concussion I sustained on New Year’s Eve, but I know the truth. I’ve been transported to a parallel universe, it’s the only plausible explanation as to why I’m now living five years in the future where I’ve morphed into some kind of body-conscious diet addict who has a better relationship with my mother-in-law than my husband. Or should I say, ex-husband. How is it that Calvin Jameson and I have gone from hopelessly devoted to separated and on the cusp of divorce? I can’t remember, but I’m damned sure I’m going… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Fatphobic bullying recounted
  • Hospitalisation for a coma & amnesia sustained in a car accident
  • Eating disorder & body dysmorphia (protagonist), including discussions of dieting, restrictive eating, and weight loss

The Frock Up by Evie Mitchell

Millie: It started with a stuck zipper and ended with a man physically ripping me free of my dress.
Surprisingly, less hot than it sounds. I’d been thanking my lucky stars that I’d never have to see him again-only to discover the skirt-destroying-good-Samaritan is my new billionaire boss. Talk about a royal frock up. Ash: When the woman I saved from a malfunctioning dress walks into my office, I know I’m in trouble. She’s tall, curvy, and ridiculously easy to fluster – all my weaknesses in one. When I find myself daydreaming about her hamburger print underwear… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Pregnancy (epilogue)

Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

Frankie: When you say you’re a sexologist, people imagine Marilyn Monroe. They don’t expect a woman who uses a wheelchair. As the host of the All Access Podcast, I’m breaking barriers, crushing stigmas, and creating sexual connections that are fulfilling for my fans. I’m like cupid, but with pink hair and fewer diapers.
Only, I’ve hit a snag. A lovely listener wants some advice about accessible rope play and I’m drawing a big fat blank. Which leaves me with no option but to get out there and give it a go. Which is how I meet Jay Wood—rigger, carpenter, and all-round hottie… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Abusive relationship recounted
  • Cheating recounted
  • Parent with addiction mentioned
  • Emesis
  • Cancer recounted
  • Bullying

The Love Coupon by Ainslie Paton

Flick Dalgetty knows what she wants and how to get it, which is why she’s about to start her dream job in Washington. Until then, she needs somewhere to crash, and Tom O’Connell’s place is her sole option. He’s a repressed, antisocial ogre…but man can he kiss. For Tom, being around Flick is like being too close to the sun. Her untamed energy is overwhelming, and he’d spontaneously combust if he had to live with her long-term. Housemates with benefits—and an expiration date—suits him just fine. Then Flick gives Tom thirty coupons, each entitling him to one… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Cancer
  • Death of a parent recounted

The Summer of Christmas by Juliet and Keith Giglio

Ivy Green, an up-and-coming screenwriter, can only watch as her life is turned upside down. Her script, based on her love story with her high school sweetheart, Nick Shepherd—who broke up with her days before Christmas five years ago—is being filmed in her hometown! In the middle of summer, during the month of July, the production crew creates a winter wonderland Christmas. Now back home, Ivy is forced to face Nick for the first time, which he isn’t too happy about. To complicate matters, Ivy isn’t sure of her relationship with the producer, the town… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Boating accidnet

Iron Crowne by C.D. Reiss

Byron Crowne is a gentleman on the outside, and a pure savage on the inside. I detest him. I can’t resist him. He’s awakened desires I didn’t know I had. When he touches me, I need to fight him . . . and I need him to win. Our one night stand bruises my skin and leaves dents in the walls, but the sheets aren’t the only thing we shred that night. And suddenly, the stakes are higher than ever. Olivia Monroe lights a fire in me that died a long time ago. I’m a different man when I’m with her. I need to own her, take her, mark her as mine. Everything changes when she might be pregnant… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Self-harm
  • Drowning

Love at First Psych by Cara Bastone

This Psych 312 assignment just might send me off the deep end. Determining whether love at first sight really exists with Robbie Moravian as my project partner of all people? He’s the sappiest man alive, so upbeat I could scream, and clearly rooting for happy endings at every turn. How does he not learn from experience considering our own meet-cute last semester almost got us expelled? But we both need to pass… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Divorce (secondary characters)
  • Parent in cancer remission mentioned

Seatmate by Cara Bastone

I have exactly 5 hours and 10 minutes to get from Boston to New York City or the professional opportunity of a lifetime disappears. My only travel option? The second to last seat on a discount bus. Across from the bathroom. Wearing last night’s clothes (don’t ask). All worth it if I can make it in time. My nerves almost get the best of me, but then there he is, sitting down in the seat next to me. Tall. Friendly smile. Bright indigo streak in his brown hair. The perfect distraction. Turns out he’s on his way to reconnect with an old flame. The one who got away. We can both make it on time… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Death of a parent from cancer (off-page)