Category Archives: Romance

Just Business by Anna Zabo

Just Business by Anna Zabo

Justin White has the smarts, grit, and determination to succeed in the corporate world despite his colourful hair and eyeliner. Too bad his new employer’s prickly domineering CFO thinks otherwise. Haunted by an accident that left him with a wounded leg and broken heart, Eli Ovadia needs things neat and controlled. Justin is messy, whip-smart, and pushes all of Eli’s buttons. But taming that brash man is out of the question. One hot encounter at the office unlocks their smouldering desire, and sends them spinning into a relationship neither expected, but is that enough to overcome the scars of their past?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Chronic leg injury from childhood car accident

Double or Nothing by Cari Z and LA Witt

Double or Nothing by Cari Z. and L.A. Witt

Rich Cody joined the U.S. Marshals to hunt down bad guys, not babysit witnesses. Orders are orders, though, and now he’s protecting a hacker with ties to the Albanian and Sicilian mobs. It’s just another exciting day in WITSEC. Leotrim Nicolosi was born into a world of crime and bloodshed. When that bloodshed hits too close to home, taking down Leo’s boyfriend—the son of a notorious mob boss—Leo is determined to destroy the Grimaldi family. He’s got evidence that will send every last Grimaldi to prison, he’s got the family’s wealth in an electronic… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Gun violence
  • Explosion
  • Military service recounted

The Other Women by Erin Zak

The Other Women by Erin Zak

Cecily Yates should love her husband, but doesn’t. She should leave him, but hasn’t. Instead, she leads a safe life in Chicago and sees Willow Carmichael on the side. When Willow moves for a job opportunity in Las Vegas, their love affair comes to a screeching halt, leaving Cecily broken, guilty and confused. Francesca Lopez has everything she needs: family, friends, a great job, and glittery non-stop Las Vegas excitement. If she’d known her perfect life was going to be flipped upside down when none other than Willow Carmichael tore her way into it, she would’ve guarded her… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Infidelity
  • Gambling addiction
  • Miscarriage mentioned
  • Death of a parent mentioned
  • Car accident recounted

Beautiful Accidents by Erin Zak

Beautiful Accidents by Erin Zak

Stevie Adams doesn’t believe in fate, not after losing her parents in a car crash. Now twenty-eight and a star in the Chicago improv scene, Stevie puts career first. No one’s going to get in the way of her New York City dreams. When her friends beg her to tag along to go see Constance Russo, a deaf psychic, Stevie begrudgingly agrees, as long as no one makes her get a reading.
American Sign Language interpreter Bernadette Thompson has two priorities: caring for her mother and working with her best friend, Constance Russo. But when the headstrong Stevie Adams.. Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Death of parents in a car accident

Dear Aaron by Mariana Zapata 

Ruby Santos knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she signed up to write a soldier overseas. The guidelines were simple: one letter or email a week for the length of his or her deployment. Care packages were optional. Been there, done that. She thought she knew what to expect. What she didn’t count on was falling in love with the guy.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Military enlistment & deployment

Rhythm, Chord and Malykhin by Mariana Zapata 

Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin by Mariana Zapata

Twenty-six-year-old Gaby Barreto might be a lot of things (loyal, sarcastic, one of the guys and a pain in the butt depending on which family member you ask), but dumb isn’t one of them. When her twin brother invites her to go on tour as his band’s merch girl, she isn’t exactly screaming at the top of her lungs with joy. With no job opportunities pounding on her door, an ex-boyfriend she would still like to castrate, and no end in sight to moving out of her parents’ house in Dallas… it would be dumb to say no to the chance of a lifetime. Two bands, three continents, one tour… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Sexism & slut-shaming
  • Transphobia

Under Locke by Mariana Zapata 

He was my boss, my brother’s friend, a Widower, an ex-felon, and a man I’d seen casually with a handful of women. But he was everything that gripped me, both the good and the bad. Worst case scenario if things turned awkward between us, I could go somewhere else. I’d gotten over epic heartbreak before, one more wouldn’t kill me. After moving to Austin following six months of unemployment back home, Iris Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly… even if the business is owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Parental abandonment
  • Slut-shaming
  • Attempted sexual assault
  • Emesis
  • Death of a mother from breast cancer recounted
  • Murder by gun violence
  • Physical assault
  • Car accident recounted

Lingus by Mariana Zapata 

Lingus by Mariana Zapata

Most people would describe Katherine Berger as a responsible girl with a big heart, a loyal friend who takes care of those close to her, and the possessor of a wicked sense of humour. There was something about her that most people didn’t know. “My name is Kat Berger, and I love porn.” When twenty-five-year-old Kat is dragged to a porn convention by her best friend, she’s both embarrassed and nervous. The last thing she ever expected was to meet someone who makes her laugh like no other.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Slut-shaming
  • Sex work discussed

Hate Crush by A Zavarelli

Hate Crush by A. Zavarelli

When I crash-landed into him on my first day at Loyola Academy, I was sure that couldn’t be true. He was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen in real life. Little did I know he was also the cruellest. I went from starstruck to stunned the moment his cynical eyes cut through me. I can’t tell you what it was that made him want to punish me. But from that day forward the brooding recluse of a man-made it his goal to torment me. I want to loathe him, and some days, I do. But good or bad, nobody’s attention has ever tasted so sweet. What do you do when you have a hate crush on your bully? Worse yet, what do you do when he’s also your teacher?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Teacher-student relationship
  • Bullying

Convict by A Zavarelli

Convict by A. Zavarelli

From the shadows, I’ve tracked her every move. I was just supposed to watch her. But now, I can’t stop. She’s my obsession. My addiction. My poison. Watching her isn’t enough. The savage in me won’t be satisfied until I take her and make her mine. One taste and I’m hooked. Too bad for her… I’m never letting her go. He took me from my life and locked me away in his compound. The ex-con. The big bad biker. Inked, bearded, and inhumanely sized. And yet, every time he looks at me, I melt… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child sex trafficking
  • Physical & emotional abuse
  • Threats of rape