Carian Cole

I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor.But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.Jude "Lucky" Lucketti wasn't just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.Those weren't exactly my best moments, but they were his. We became friends, and it didn't matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common-like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships.When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn't say no.The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.It should've been easy, but it wasn't.Because here I am, eighteen years-old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.We had just one rule-no kissing the bride.But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.

An Age Gap, Marriage of Convenience Romance

Don't Kiss the Bride

Tor has loved Kenzi since the day she was born. He is fifteen years older than her, but sometimes love pays no attention to society's demands.

Torn

The people we love are thieves. They steal our hearts. They steal our breath. They steal our sanity. And we let them. Over and over and over again. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * They say you never forget your first love. Mine was a homeless musician who wandered straight into my soul. He was my first everything. And fourteen years later, I still can't get him out of my head. He broke all my rules. He also broke my heart. I watched him climb to stardom, cheering him on from afar. But I was never a fan; just a girl in love. Like a tornado, he spiraled, leaving a path of destruction in his wake. But love conquers all, right? It has to. Because here I stand, ravaged and ruined, needing it to be true. We can't go back, but I want to. Back to the park. Back to when he sang only for me. Before he was famous. Before he shattered my heart. I thought I knew everything about him. But I could not have been more wrong. He promised me every tomorrow. And here I am, waiting. And hoping. Again.

No Tomorrow

The calm before the storm...I lived in the quiet stillness. I felt the wind rustle, warning me, telling me to get out of its path.But I didn't.I never stood a chance.A series of weather and road mishaps leaves me trapped in the middle of a blizzard with a complete stranger. In the back of a pickup truck. For forty-eight freakin' hours.A stranger with long hair, tattoos, and rippling with muscle. A stranger with an insanely sexy voice and a wicked smile that turned my insides to jelly. A stranger who held me in his arms, calmed me, and then set a fire in me that I couldn't put out.Storm lives up to his name. Beautiful. Dangerously inviting. Tumultuous. Dark. A clash of hot and cold.He's used to getting everything he wants.And now he wants me.Some people chase storms for the beautiful thrill. What happens when the storm chases you?

Storm

He was the myth and the legend of our small town. But no one knew the truth... except me.MeMy childhood was stolen by a monster. I've forgotten what love feels like. What happiness feels like. What hope feels like. I am numb.HimHe's possibly as damaged as I am. Maybe even more. Scarred just as much on the inside as the outside. Just like me. He doesn't speak. He doesn't smile. He hides in the woods like an animal. I should be scared of him. But I'm not. He's the only one that has ever made me feel. And I want to make him feel, too. Everything...

Tied

Toren Grace hat seinen Traum aufgegeben, Musiker zu sein, und das Familiengeschäft übernommen. Obwohl er immer von Familie und langjährigen Freunden umgeben war, blieb er einsam. Kenzi Valentine ist seit ihrer Geburt Teil seines Lebens und mit ihr verbindet ihn ein ganz besonderes Band. Er betrachtet sich als eine Art Onkel und engen Vertrauten von ihr. Doch eines Tages passiert das, was nie hätte passieren dürfen. Ein Kuss, der alles auf den Kopf stellt. Als Kenzi Valentine fünf Jahre alt war, verkündete sie dem besten Freund ihres Vaters Toren, dass sie ihn eines Tages heiraten wird. Mit achtzehn Jahren ließ sie ihn wissen, dass sich an ihrem Entschluss nichts geändert hat. Ihr ganzes Leben war Toren ihr Fels in der Brandung, und auch wenn ihr bewusst ist, dass sie ihn niemals auf diese Art lieben sollte, kann sie es nicht ändern. Denn das Herz hat seinen eigenen Willen und Kenzi ist längst kein kleines Mädchen mehr.

Storm's younger cousin. Vandal's little brother. You've met him in the background. The sweet one. The nice one. The one they can all rely on. The good one. He's a tattoo artist. He plays metal and classical music - on the violin. He's got a body built for sin. He's 24. In comes Ivy. She's a 36 year old single mom who hasn't dated in 18 years. All she wanted was a tattoo. She got a helluva lot more: ) Being good has never been so bad.

Lukas

DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL PARTNER: Caring. Hard-working. A devoted family man, loves kids. Clean cut, funny, smart, quiet, but a good communicator. ~ Asia Jenson DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL PARTNER: Independent. Tall, blonde, sexy. Outgoing. Intelligent, neat. Unslutty. Confident. Loves to travel. Committed. ~ Talon Valentine A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT. The concept was scary but exciting... Marry a total stranger. Live together for six months. Journal everything. (Feelings. Fights. All of it.) After six months, we each get $50K in trade for our journals, whether we stay married or not. But the goal is to commit to the experience and see if the relationship experts could put together the perfect matches. I have never been lucky in love. This was my chance to find my soulmate. I couldn't wait to meet the man the experts felt was perfect for me. My hopes were immediately dashed when I saw him at the altar. Shit. I married my worst nightmare. Right?!

Talon

I should have died.I should have been forgotten.But I didn't, and I wasn't.Living the life most women only dream about, I was madly in love with my soulmate-Asher Valentine-amazing husband, loving father, and rock's favorite kick-ass frontman. A man who loved me every day, in every way, since we first met as teens. We were blessed with a beautiful daughter who was the light of our life. My all-female rock band was tearing up the charts.Then tragedy struck, and I lost it all.Now all I have is a stack of journals, an antique key, and a big black void where my memories should be.Used to be.And I have him-this man with wild hair, tattoos from head to toe, a soft voice, and an even softer touch that gives me butterflies. He's clearly hopelessly in love with his wife.I'm told that's me.But that wife is gone, and she took everything they once had, leaving me in her place. A broken replacement. A new version that doesn't quite fit.I'm slowly falling in love with him, but will he ever truly love me? Or will he forever be in love with her, the phantom woman who haunts us both?* Asher can be read as a single book.

Asher

EvieI met him in a snowstorm...We spent forty-eight hours trapped in the back of his pickup truck.We fought.We touched.We fell.Hard.StormShe literally crashed into my life...The last thing I wanted was a relationship. Especially with a quirky chick who drove me insane. But something about her got under my skin, and into my heart.And I had to have her.All of her. Now.Falling in love in the back of a truck, just the two of us, was easy.Dealing with psycho fans, jealous exes, and demons from the past....not so easy.Please note: Loving Storm is a novella that gives an extended look into Storm and Evie's future. It is best read after reading Storm (and also Vandal, Lukas, and Talon, as those characters have short cameos in this book)

Loving Storm

She takes my breath away; she is so beautifully damaged. Yes, I had broken her, ravished her life and destroyed her happiness. I brought her to the ultimate despair. I was responsible for all the pain and suffering that now brought her to her knees in front of me. Broken. Hopeless. Reckless in her agony. She is a mirror of my own tortured soul. But what I took away I can give back, in ways she cannot even begin to imagine. She is everything right in all my wrongs. She loves me. She needs me. She has no idea I’m the one who wrecked her life.

Vandal

Wish of My Heart

Jenika Snow

Lauren Rowe

Shantel Tessier

Samantha Chase

Raine Miller

Brittney Sahin

Ilsa Madden-Mills

Carly Phillips

Tijan

Skye Warren

Jennifer Probst

Rebecca Zanetti

Aleatha Romig

Rachel Van Dyken

Debra Anastasia

Jay Crownover

Amo Jones

Kelly Elliott

A.L. Jackson

Gina L. Maxwell

Pepper Winters

Rebecca Yarros

Katee Robert

Helena Hunting

Piper Rayne

Laura Thalassa

Roni Loren

Penny Reid

Susannah Nix

Toni Aleo

Kandi Steiner

Sara Ney

Melanie Moreland

Catherine Cowles

Rina Kent

Heidi McLaughlin

Caroline Peckham

Aly Martinez

Xio Axelrod

Willow Winters

Natalie Wrye

Vanessa Vale

Sienna Snow

Katie Ashley

Susan Stoker

Siobhan Davis

Lucy Lennox

Susanne Valenti

Willow Aster

Brenda Rothert

Natasha Knight

Kate Canterbary

Dylan Allen

Julia Kent

K.A. Linde

Terri E. Laine

T.K. Leigh

Parker S. Huntington

Amelia Wilde

Harloe Rae

Claudia Burgoa

Robin Covington

J.L. Beck 

C. Hallman 

Renee Rose

L.B. Dunbar

Ashleigh Zavarelli

Kelsey Clayton

Honey Meyer

Alta Hensley & Livia Grant

Karla Sorenson

Meredith Wild & Chelle Bliss

Ana Huang

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AUTHORS INCLUDE: Katee Robert, Siobhan Davis, Robin Covington, Xio Axelrod, Vanessa Vale & Renee Rose, Terri E. Laine, Lucy Lennox, C. Hallman & J.L. Beck, Sara Ney, Willow Winters, Rebecca Yarros, Sienna Snow, Ana Huang, Willow Aster, Pepper Winters, Piper Rayne, Rebecca Zanetti, Honey Meyer, Alta Hensley & Livia Grant, Samantha Chase, Parker S. Huntington, T.K. Leigh, Kate Canterbary, Laura Thalassa, Carian Cole, Natasha Knight & Ashleigh Zavarelli, Rina Kent, Lauren Rowe, Rachel Van Dyken, Karla Sorenson, Claudia Burgoa, Kelsey Clayton, Helena Hunting, Aleatha Romig, K.A. Linde, Carly Phillips, Meredith Wild & Chelle Bliss, Kelly Elliott, Brenda Rothert, A.L. Jackson, Jenika Snow, Katie Ashley, Amo Jones, Susan Stoker, Harloe Rae, L.B. Dunbar, Gina L. Maxwell, Tijan, Amelia Wilde, Skye Warren, Penny Reid, Susannah Nix, Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti, Ilsa Madden-Mills, Dylan Allen, Kandi Steiner, Raine Miller, Toni Aleo, Natalie Wrye, Debra Anastasia, Brittney Sahin, Heidi McLaughlin, Melanie Moreland, Jay Crownover, Catherine Cowles, Roni Loren, Shantel Tessier, Aly Martinez, Julia Kent, Jennifer Probst

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An Anthology for Ukraine

Nightingale

The Lovely Return

Ashes & Embers Series Collection

Carian Cole delivers a sweet but sexy slow burn, age gap, marriage of convenience romance with major swoony feels!I guess you could say I was a damsel in distress, and he was my knight in shining armor. But more accurately, I was a girl with a lot of bad luck, and he was a guy with a lot of muscles and tattoos.Jude "Lucky" Lucketti wasn't just a sexy, brooding construction worker. He was my own personal hero who seemed to be in all the right places at the right times. Like when my car broke down and I needed a ride home, and when I face planted on the sidewalk right in front of him and had to be taken to the emergency room.Those weren't exactly my best moments, but they were his.We became friends, and it didn't matter that he was sixteen years older than me. We had a lot in common-like our love of old rock music and vintage fast cars, and our aversion to relationships. When he approached me with a crazy idea to help me out, I couldn't say no.The arrangement was supposed to be temporary. A marriage on paper and nothing else.It should've been easy, but it wasn't. Because here I am, eighteen years old, still in high school, and married to a man I was never supposed to fall in love with.We had just one rule-no kissing the bride. But we broke that rule, and it sealed our fate forever.

Fans of angsty romance from Lauren Asher and Mia Sheridan will be hooked by this emotional novel following two broken souls connected by a dark, haunting past. My innocence was stolen when I was abducted at five years old. For eleven years I held on by clinging to childhood fairytales. I waited for a prince to someday save me and carry me off to a happily ever after. I had no idea my savior would come as a scarred recluse, covered in tattoos, who can't--or won't--speak a word. Nevertheless, the moment our eyes met I knew he was the one. My prince. With his bare hands, he killed the monster who kept me captive. But people have a way of distorting the truth when the hero looks like a villain. As it turns out, Tyler Grace is many things: A myth. An outcast. A nightmare. Haunted by tragedy, he lives secluded in the forest. Some say they see him ride through town at night--straddling a black motorcycle, his face covered by a skeletal mask. I've been warned to stay away, yet I can't stop thinking about him. I ache to hear his voice. And I want nothing more than to break through his walls. I know he's the only one who can break through mine. Do we dare dream of a love that once felt impossible to find? Or will only our horrible, twisted past tie us together?

In this beautiful love story of "forbidden longing" (New York Times bestselling author Penelope Douglas), a sweet young woman and a rough and tough biker are connected in a way they can’t contain—and they’ll do anything they can to be together. When I was five years old, I told Toren Grace we were going to get married someday. He’d been my closest friend, my protector, and my rock since the day I was born. But during my senior year, our relationship slowly changed. Silly conversations morphed into serious heart-to-hearts. Innocent friendship turned to stolen glances. Then one day, an unexpected kiss changed everything. While that kiss was all I’d ever dreamed of, it knocked Tor clear off his axis. His strong moral compass makes it impossible for him to accept our feelings for each other. Because, not only am I eighteen and fifteen years younger than him, I’m the one person he should never, ever want. Tor is my father’s best friend—my pseudo uncle. Neither one of us can stand to betray or hurt my dad, but we can’t keep our relationship hidden forever. Will there be a way for us to find our happily-ever-after? Or will we all be torn apart? Torn is book one in the All Torn Up series but can be read as a standalone novel.

She takes my breath away; she is so beautifully damaged. Yes, I had broken her, ravished her life and destroyed her happiness. I brought her to the ultimate despair. I was responsible for all the pain and suffering that now brought her to her knees in front of me. Broken. Hopeless. Reckless in her agony. She is a mirror of my own tortured soul.But what I took away I can give back, in ways she cannot even begin to imagine . She is everything right in all my wrongs.She loves me. She needs me.She has no idea I'm the one who wrecked her life.

Carian Cole

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