Cassandra Hallman

"He was my best friend..." I say more to myself than her. "Yeah, so was I but you seem to have forgotten that part of your life."The bet was simple. You draw a name from the hat. That's the girl you have to seduce. The girl you have to make fall head over heels in love with you. It wasn't hard for me to do, in fact, it was something I did all the time. I was known for breaking hearts. Sex was just that, sex. And it didn't take me very long to get a woman on her back. And then I drew her name: Jules Peterson. My former best friend. My first kiss. My first love. She shattered my heart into a million pieces three years ago. She left me right when I needed her most. And as fate who have it, she had entered my life once again, at almost the perfect time. She was a transfer, fresh meat, and she had just put a target on her back. It was my turn to make her pay. It was my turn to break her heart. Holding onto that hate, that anger, that f*cking heartbreak. It does something to you. It breaks you, and it broke me, it tainted me, just like I would do to Jules. She used to be my everything, but now she was nothing but The Bet. **This is book one in the North Woods University Series. It can be read as a complete standalone and contains NO cliffhanger, NO cheating, and an HEA. Please be advised this series contains material not suitable for all readers. This is NOT a YA series.**

A Bully Romance

The Bet

J. L. Beck

"We're a match made in heaven but forbidden as sin."After tragedy struck, I vowed never to fall in love again. For the last ten years, I kept that promise, never staying with a woman longer than it took to screw them. Then she walked in... Back then she was nothing but a little girl, but now she's all grown up, with curves, and a smile that reminds me of everything I've spent the last ten years trying to forget. My attraction to her is instant, and wrong, on so many levels. I'll do anything I can, even make her hate me if I have too, to stop it. She's here to study, and I'm the newly appointed Dean. I shouldn't be tempted by a student, especially one who's ten years younger than me. And I definitely shouldn't be developing feelings for her. But I am... Because as badly as I don't want to admit it Lily might just be the one person to make me fall in love again. That is if I can let go of the hold her dead sister's memory has on my heart first.**This is book four in the North Woods University Series. It can be read as a complete standalone and contains NO cliffhanger, NO cheating, and a HEA. Please be advised this series contains material not suitable for all readers. This is NOT a YA series.**

A Student-Teacher Romance

The Vow

J.L. Beck & C. Hallman

She needed protection from my family... I needed protection from her heart...She was my ex-best friend's little sister. Shy, gorgeous as hell and did I mention completely off limits. Well, that is until she lands on my doorstep begging me for protection from my brother. She has no idea the kind of world she's walked into, or that I'm no better of a man then the one searching for her. But when she offers me her v-card the last thing she has in exchange for protection I can't deny such a tempting offer. She's everything I want, and nothing I can have. When my brother finds out she's under my protection, that I've been hiding her under his nose this whole time he gives me an ultimatum...Marry her, or kill her...and since there's no way in hell I'm going to let him kill her I decide to make her mine...forever.**This is book two in the series but it can be read as a complete standalone. It contains NO-CLIFFHANGERS, NO CHEATING, and has a HEA. It is a dark mafia/crime romance and contains subject matter not suitable for all readers.**

Protect Me: A Mafia Romance

J.L. Beck 

He's the popular jock everyone loves. Funny, gorgeous, with a flock of girls to choose from. While I'm the girl no one notices. Bullied. Antisocial. I have no friends and I like it that way. Until he walks into my life. We shouldn't be friends. We definitely shouldn't be roommates. That doesn't stop him though. When friendship blooms into something more I'm not sure if I should hold on or let go. I'm hiding things, secrets so dark, and deep....If he ever discovers them I'm certain he won't want me anymore.But as I fall harder and harder for him I start to wonder if maybe I judged him too soon. The popular jock and the girl that none notices, this can't possibly end with a happily ever after it, can it? *This is book three in the North Woods University Series. It can be read as a complete standalone and contains NO cliffhanger, NO cheating, and a HEA. Please be advised this series contains sensitive material not suitable to all readers. This is NOT a YA series.**

A Friends To Lovers Romance

The Secret

She was a tiny little lamb that claimed my heart with one fearful look. I was her captor, the man responsible for breaking her, for preparing her for auction. She was taken, plucked right off the street and brought to me to be sold at the next auction.Rescuing her from my men was never part of the deal, and neither was bringing her up to my room. Yet, night after night I did this, refusing to give up the way she made me feel. When I'm with her I feel less like a monster. I can remember the man I used to be before the mob got to me, before all the bad tainted my soul. But wanting her is forbidden, and keeping her unthinkable. If they find out what I'm doing they'll kill both of us. And still... I want to save her. I want to love her. I was to cherish her. When the time comes will I be able to let her go? Or will I risk both our lives for a love that I may not deserve? **This is book four in the series but it can be read as a complete standalone. It is a full length novel (85k+ words) that contains NO-CLIFFHANGERS, NO CHEATING, and has a HEA. It is a dark mafia/crime romance and contains subject matter not suitable for all readers. **

Guard Me: A Mafia Romance

The day I meet Hero Miller I know he's unlike anyone I've ever met before. Sheltered and raised around no one but my family all my life, his darkness draws me in. He was raised with violence, it oozes from deep within him. I was raised by the bible my naiveness to save him proving just that. He scares me and excites me all at once. He's obsessed and guarded. He protects me and hurts me. He pushes and I pull, but only because he doesn't think he's good enough. His warnings are clear. He tells me about his past, and the people he's killed. He tells me about the things he wants to do to me...about the things he will do if I stay. The goodness in me wants to cure the stain of dark on his heart, but I'm not strong enough. The closer I get to Hero the further I get dragged into his darkness and eventually it starts to swallow me whole. Murder. Crime. Money. Sex. It surrounds us, and when Hero's past comes barreling towards us it won't be him that pays the ultimate price..it will be me.**This is book one in the Broken Heroes Series. It contains a happily ever after and is a complete standalone. It contains dark themes such as dubious content, sexual themes, violence, and swearing.**

Convict Me: A Dark Crime Romance

Jenna Reed

Everyone knows the rules of friendship, right? Rule #1: Don't kiss your best friend. Rule #2: Don't have sex with your best friend. Rule #3: Don't pretend like it didn't happen the next day. Bailey Renshaw is my best friend. Kind. Sweet as a peach, and so beautiful it should be a crime. Since we were kids I've wanted her, and one time when we were nothing more than teenagers I kissed her. It was the first mistake I ever made in our friendship. Giving her my heart and hoping she felt the same were my second and third. That night she broke me, ripped my heart out of my chest and stomped on it. Anyone else would've hated her for it, but it only made me value her more, and realize that I would do anything I could to keep her in my life even if it was only as a friend and nothing more. As a permanent resident of the friend zone, I promised myself that I would never cross that line again no matter how badly I wanted to, and I wanted to, badly. Every time she smiled at me, licked her pink lips, or flashed her doe eyes my way I came a little closer to breaking the rules again... but I didn't. I couldn't do that to us. Until one night when we decided to break the rules together. One Earth shattering night together and I knew nothing would ever be the same. Friends, or lovers? I don't know what we are anymore. The rules no longer apply to us. Now the only question is, can we fix what we had before it's too late or is our friendship over for good? And all because of one single kiss?**Complete standalone with a happily ever after. Don't miss out on all the gooey goodness this book has to offer.**

Kissing & Telling

Rule #1: Always wear a condom.Rule #2: Always leave them wanting more.Rule #3: Always man up. Erica Roberts was the maid of honor in my brother's wedding and my next conquest. She was tone, tan, and sweet as pie. I should've known I'd end up breaking her heart. Still, against my better judgement I took her giving us both the best night of our lives. When I woke up the next morning she was gone, not a trace of what had happened between us, and I realized then I broke my number one rule: Always use a condom. Two months later I get a text telling me I'm going to be a father. I feel a number of emotions, elation, fear, excitement, anger, but then she drops the biggest bomb on me. She says she doesn't need me or want me. Now I've got to do whatever I can to keep us from falling apart. She doesn't think I want the baby or can be a good father, while she's about to find out just the kind of man I am.

A Secret Baby Romance

Babies & Promises

C Hallman J L Beck

She was a broken angel that had the light beat right out of her.I was the man responsible for her life, her protector... Rescued by my brother and shoved into my arms I never expected to fall for the fragile woman, with soft eyes, and lips that begged to be kissed.I know what she saw when she looked at me, a ruthless fighter, a man with a broken past, too far gone to be reached, sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness. Still, somehow her light reached me, the innocence inside her called to me and the moment her soul touched mine I was tamed, ensnared in her love. But love comes at a cost, and in our world, you pay with your life. With all the danger surrounding us, I don't know if I can protect her. Not only from myself, but also from a past that refuses to let go. **This is book five in the series but it can be read as a complete standalone. This is a full-length novel. It contains NO-CLIFFHANGER, NO CHEATING, and has a HEA. It is a DARK mafia/crime romance and contains subject matter not suitable for all readers.**

A Mafia Romance

Tame Me

HARLOW I thought I knew the truth, but I didn't. Secrets surround me, every aspect of my life was a lie. The Bishop brothers are the only beacon of light in my dark world. They're the only ones that can protect me, the only ones that truly care. Finally, I have the leverage I need to escape my father's clutches, to fight back, but when the truth comes out, and the puzzle pieces of our pasts come together... I'm left wondering there will ever be a future for the Bishop's and I?BANKSWe couldn't watch her marry a man she doesn't love. We had to do something, even if it was drastic and completely reckless. Loving a Lockwood is forbidden, taboo, wrong in so many ways, but we don't care about what our father or anyone else thinks. All we care about is Harlow. She belongs with us and we'll do everything in our power to keep her safe... everything to free her from the hold her family has on her.To us she's not just a Lockwood, and were not Bishops stuck in the same vicious cycle of hate and love. We'll get our happily ever after no matter the price. AUTHOR NOTE: This is a reverse harem college bully romance that contains subject matter not suitable for all readers. This is not a standalone, but a continuation of books one and two. This is the FINAL book NO CLIFFHANGER and HEA guarantied.

When Rivals Love

J L Beck

Rivals. Bullies. Enemies. I wasn't supposed to fall for them, the Bishop brothers. A feud between our two families pinned us against each other. I just wanted to escape the lies and secrets my family name had brought upon me. But they wanted revenge. Neither of us got what we wanted, least of all me.I fell for the brothers, hard. Our love story wasn't conventional, and with our families doing everything to keep us apart there was no way we would ever be more than enemies. Welcome to Bayshore University where if the lies and secrets don't kill you, someone else will.

The Entier Series

The Bayshore Rivals

BOOK ONE- THE BETMy former best friend. My first kiss. My first love. She shattered my heart into a million pieces three years ago. She left me right when I needed her most. And as fate will have it, she had entered my life once again, at almost the perfect time. She was a transfer, fresh meat, and she had just put a target on her back. It was my turn to make her pay. It was my turn to break her heart. BOOK TWO-THE DAREHe used to be my best friend, my protector, but all of that changed one fateful night. I made a choice, and I thought I did the right thing, but I was wrong, so wrong. And as of yesterday that same boy, who is now very much a man became my new stepbrother, but that's the least of my worries. BOOK THREE-THE SECRETWhile I'm the girl no one notices. Bullied. Antisocial. I have no friends and I like it that way. Until he walks into my life. We shouldn't be friends. We definitely shouldn't be roommates. That doesn't stop him though. ***TRIGGER WARNING. All three books contain dark elements***No cheating and HEA guarantee!

North Woods University

More Than a Bully

Rule #1: Don't let your ex move in with you.Rule #2: Don't have sex with your ex.Rule #3: Don't fall asleep hugging a turkey leg.I woke up to an empty apartment and things just got worse from there. My roommate took everything even my epic purple couch. Rent coming due means I'm desperate, but not desperate enough for Travis freaking Westmister to live with me. That is, until my brother convinces me his best friend and my mortal enemy is his only hope. Now the man I gave my v-card to before he disappeared is parading around my house shirtless, toned, tanned and ripped. Oh, God, I will not go there. He broke my heart and I hate his guts.Except, he's not who I thought he was at all. Now I can't cross the line because then I won't have a roommate plus me and my virginity hate him. Don't we? **Complete standalone with a happily ever after. Don't miss out on all the gooey goodness this book has to offer.**

A Second Chance Romantic Comedy

Roommates & Thieves

Emmy had a rough start in life which left her with big ugly scars decorating her body. When her first boyfriend throws up after seeing her naked, she swears off love. She hides her skin under clothes and her heart behind school work. Too scared to open herself up to romance, she doesn't think she will ever be able to trust again and let someone close. Then she realizes that she already trusts someone. Jake and Lucas grew up with Emmy. The three have been best friends their whole lives and that doesn't change after they finish high school and head to college together. The only thing that does change is the chemistry between them.***This is a complete standalone full length novel. Safe and with a HEA***

A Friends to Lovers MFM Romance

Two for One

I started disliking him in first grade when he threw a frog at me and called my pigtails stupid.When we were in middle school, he called me four-eyes and made fun of my freckles.Then in high school, he did something so bad, I swore I'd never say his name again, look at his annoyingly handsome face, or even waste a single thought on him.And that worked out fine... mostly.Well, it did work out until he showed up at my family's cabin for the holidays. Turns out, his brother started dating my sister. Please, someone, kill me now.To make matters worse, I'm stuck with him in one room, sleeping in a bunk bed... yeah, a freaking bunk bed.I haven't made a wish list since I was six, but I'm desperate, so I'm trying everything.Dear Santa,This Christmas, I only have one wish. Please, make Jonas Wilder go away.Love, Hannah***Standalone Novella, Safe and HEA guarantied.***

A Enemy to Lovers Holiday Novella

This Christmas

Two years ago, she ruined my family's life. Maybe she thought it was only a little lie. That she did the right thing, that the worst was behind her, that no one had gotten hurt. Oh, how naive the black-haired beauty was. Fate has finally brought her back to me, to Blackthorn Academy.Once upon a time, I was obsessed, consumed with the need to make her mine. Now I just want revenge, and I'll do whatever I can to get it. You see, the beautiful, sweet, Willow doesn't realize the mistake she's made yet. She doesn't realize that she's entered the lion's den, and there won't be any escaping her fate. I'm Parker Rothschild, and I'll become her nightmare, her enemy, her bully. By the time I'm finished with her, she'll be begging me for forgiveness and pleading to confess her sins.**This is a standalone DARK bully romance. This book contains scenes that may be triggering to some readers. This is not a YA romance novel and should be read by those only 18+ or older. **

A Dark College Bully Romance

Hating You

Limited edition box set filled with FIVE full-length standalone novels, including a brand new release. Over 350,000 words with hours upon hours of reading time. Five men filthy, dark, cruel men that will do anything to protect what is theirs. Darkness may own their souls but they each have one woman that will forever own their hearts. It's time to take a dip into a little darkness and join the Rossi Crime Family. Book 1- Protect Me She needs me. When she finds her brother dead in her apartment she comes to me. I'm the only person who can protect her, save her from my brother, but in the mafia there are conditions and to keep her safe I have to make her my wife.Book 2- Keep Me She's looking for her sister. I'm looking for revenge. Taking her was meant to hurt my father until I find out she's an innocent caught in the tangled web of the mafia. But she knows my secret and that makes her dangerous. Do I kill her or let her into my heart? Book 3- Guard Me Brought in for an auction there's no way I can keep the girl with soft eyes, and a caring smile. The mafia owns me and betraying them means death for both of us. But I have to have her... I have to save her.Book 4- Tame Me My brother saved her life and shoved her into my arms. I'm the last thing this angel needs. I'm the devil, seconds away from falling off the edge. I don't deserve her, but that doesn't mean I'm letting her go. Her past is coming for her and I'll be damned if I let them get their hands on her again.Book 5- Remember Me (New Release) She was my first love, my forever, and then I lost her. I told myself I would let her go, that I would let her live her life however she wanted. That was before someone tried to hurt her. My enemies are coming for me and they'll do anything, kill anyone to get their revenge. And I'll be damned if I let them hurt her. ***This is a dark mafia romance box set. Including dark themes and dubious content. Not suitable for all readers. HEA guaranteed. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. ***

The Complete Mafia Romance Series (Book 1-5)

The Rossi Crime Family

Jenna, though not quite eighteen, has experienced more hardships than many do in their entire lives. There are many parts of her life that she hides from the people she cares about. Some parts because she wants to and others because she has to. When she and Hunter finally get together after being friends, she is the happiest she has ever been. Until her biggest secret comes out and her whole life starts to unravel.Hunter doesn't let many people into his life. He trusts even less. Jenna has been part of his inner circle for a while and now their relationship has turned into more. When someone from their past comes after them, Hunter does everything to keep Jenna safe. Even if that means he'll spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

The Hiding Game

Jenna, though not quite eighteen, has experienced more hardships than many do in their entire lives. There are many parts of her life that she hides from the people she cares about. Some parts because she wants to and others because she has to. When she and Hunter finally get together after being friends, she is the happiest she has ever been. Until her biggest secret comes out and her whole life starts to unravel. Hunter doesn't let many people into his life. He trusts even less. Jenna has been part of his inner circle for a while and now their relationship has turned into more. When someone from their past comes after them, Hunter does everything to keep Jenna safe. Even if that means he'll spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

A Friends to Lovers Young Adult Romance

The Things We Hide

Jenna, though not quite eighteen, has experienced more hardships than many do in their entire lives. There are many parts of her life that she hides from the people she cares about. Some parts because she wants to and others because she has to. When she and Hunter finally get together after being friends, she is the happiest she has ever been. Until her biggest secret comes out and her whole life starts to unravel. Hunter doesn't let many people into his life. He trusts even less. Jenna has been part of his inner circle for a while and now their relationship has turned into more. When someone from their past comes after them, Hunter does everything to keep Jenna safe. Even if that means he'll spend the rest of his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. ** This is the second book in the Pushed Aside series but can be read as a standalone. This is a clean and safe romance with a HEA.***

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