Jenika Snow

Lacey Black

K. Webster

Heidi McLaughlin

Nicole Blanchard

Nikki Ash

Kaylee Ryan

Marley Valentine

Jacob Chance

Kelsey Clayton

What happens when you're left with more than just the memories of an incredible night together? Settle in and get your fill of sixteen NEW secret baby stories where hidden secrets are revealed and couples that were once separated are reunited. Each story guarantees cuteness, sexiness, lots of love, and of course a HEA.This collection includes stories from USA Today bestselling authors Nicole Blanchard, Kaylee Ryan, Jenika Snow, Marley Valentine, and K Webster. Nikki Ash, Lacey Black, Jacob Chance, Kelsey Clayton, J.D. Hollyfield, Rebecca Jenshak, CoraLee June, Heidi McLaughlin, Lauren Runow, Micalea Smeltzer, and Misty Walker.

Knocked Up

GwenLately, life definitely isn't how I envisioned it. I had it all. The house, the job, the husband. Until one day, I didn't. I don't know when exactly things started to change between us, only that it did, and in a big way. So much so, I found myself standing before a judge and signing off on the end of my marriage. To the only man I've ever loved. Now, he's back, fighting, and ready to prove to me that we made a mistake, that our love is worth giving this another chance. I'm not sure if he's right, but I know what my heart wants, and it wants him. My ex-husband.HarrisonWhy is it that you don't know the depths of your mistakes until you've already made them? I knew signing those papers was a bad idea, but I thought that's what she wanted. The minute we stepped foot out of that courtroom, it hit me. She's no longer mine.That's when I also realized that I would do anything to change the past. I have so many regrets. Not her. I could never regret her, but how we ended. We never should have ended. I'm in for the battle of my life to convince her to give us another shot. I have a plan, one that will prove to her that it's not over.

It's Not Over

After all of the devastating betrayals by the one she loved, Twenty-two year old Avery Stevens has spent three years raising her daughter alone, with her family and best friend as a support system, never leaving her small hometown of Rivers Edge, Missouri. Though Rivers Edge holds the pain of her past, it also holds the one person she wants but can’t have – her brother’s best friend, Maddox Jackson. When she learns the attraction might not be one-sided, will Avery be able to trust Maddox with the one thing she’s held onto tightly for the past few years? Police officer Maddox Jackson is a ladies’ man with one foot out the door. Never planning to settle down, Maddox fights the attraction he feels for his best friend’s little sister, Avery. But can he continue to fight it when his body and his heart are leading him to the one woman he shouldn’t want? When secrets are finally exposed, can Avery and Maddox trust each other enough to overcome the past, handle the present, and preserve their future? Can Avery trust Maddox with her heart? Will Maddox be able to convince Avery to take the chance? *Disclaimer: This book contains graphic language and detailed sex and is recommended for those 18 and over.

Trust Me

Life never goes as planned. Jaime Summer learned that lesson the hard way when her fiancé wreaked havoc on her carefully constructed life plan. Now, Jaime's back in her hometown, working at her sister's flower shop and living with her family once again, swearing off dating and men for the rest of her life. That is, until Ryan Elson walks through the door. Ryan has been in Jupiter Bay for a year now, and has worked hard to make this new town his home. His construction business is growing and while his personal relationships with the fairer sex are lacking, he's more content than he's ever been. He doesn't need a woman, but a chance meeting with Jaime has Ryan ready to pull out all the stops to have her. Exhilarating. Intoxicating. Consuming. Ravenous. Passionate. What happens when those kisses lead towards something more? Something that looks a lot like forever. *This book is intended for those 18 and over due to graphic language, descriptive sex, and the world's most inappropriate grandparents.

My Kinda Kisses

Marissa Grayson's dream went up in smoke. A devastating fire has ripped apart her family's bed and breakfast, leaving her off-kilter and scrambling to repair the damage. What she doesn't need, or have time for, is Rhenn Burleski. Sexy, confident, and dangerous to her heart. A man who clearly knows his way around the female body and will leave the moment the sheets start to cool. Yet that doesn't stop her from making a deal with the devil himself.Work hard, play harder. That's Rhenn's life motto. An electrician by day, Rhenn turns it up at night, always with a different lady friend in tow. He makes sure they know the score: he's not looking for anything more than one night of fun. However, he knows the second he meets the shy daughter of the bed and breakfast's owner that his life is never going to be the same. As hard as he tries, he just can't resist one taste.What happens when their time is up and Rhenn must leave, returning to his old life? Will they be able to walk away, hearts unscathed, or will their time together prove to be nothing more than a fading memory?

Love and Pancakes

Walker There's nothing better than a packed house on a Saturday night, and co-owning the hottest restaurant and bar in town with my best friends, isn't so bad either. We put everything into Burgers and Brew. My job is to keep the alcohol moving and the patrons coming back for more. I won't let anyone break my focus. That was until I saw her. As much as I try, I can't fight it. Mallory makes me crave a future I never wanted for my own. Now, I want it all. Mallory When I started my new job at a local specialty burger restaurant, I wasn't expecting to find a tall, dark, and devastatingly handsome distraction in the form of Walker Meyer. He's one of the owners, which means hands off. Only problem, it's a lot easier said than done. Especially when he's so good with my daughter. I try to keep him at a distance, but he's insistent, slowly breaking down every one of my walls. He's fighting to convince me I can trust him with not only my heart, but my daughter's too. I pray he's right.

Kickstart My Heart

Malcolm They say opposites attract, but I never understood the phrase until Leni Abbott walked into my office-or more specifically-into my office bathroom, while I was naked. Even as the pink stained her cheeks and she stuttered to speak, I was completely intrigued. She's unlike anyone I've met before and, wildly enough, seems immune to my charms. She also has a son. A young five-year-old boy, Trace, who blindsides me with his toothless grin and worms his way into my heart. Together, they make me feel things. Things I've never expected. This single mom might not know it, but she could be everything I never knew I wanted. Leni I've heard all the rumors about Malcolm Wright, the playboy mayor with a trail of broken hearts left in his wake. I try to resist him, really I do, but he's always there with those devastatingly gorgeous eyes and a sexy smile full of wicked intent. When he hires my business to clean his impressive house, I know I should stay away, yet find my resolve slipping. Then he meets my son. I fully expect him to run for the hills, but that doesn't happen. In fact, being near Trace only seems to draw Malcolm and I closer. Now there are two hearts on the line as I put my trust and faith into the one man in Mason Creek who may not be able to give his own heart in return.

Perfect Kiss

Joey

I don’t want to be someone’s dirty little secret. I know all too well what that feels like.

Guarding my heart means staying out of pro football player Brock Williams’s bed and out of the spotlight. But after all these years, he’s exactly like I remember, charming, determined, and used to getting what he wants. And what he wants now is me.

The chemistry between us is undeniable. And the guy I always saw as a player is now the one who makes my heart beat fast—the one who leaves dirty love notes on my pillow.

Oh, yeah… he also happens to be my brother’s best friend.



Brock

Hooking up with Joey is a bad idea, but that’s not going to stop me.

I remember the first time we met. Joey showed up at campus to visit her brother, and when she came walking out in that little yellow bikini, I stopped seeing her as my best friend’s little sister and saw her as someone I desired but could never have. It turns out I was wrong.

For now, it’s stolen moments and promises on paper… of all the things I'm going to do once I make her mine. Her brother might not forgive me, but she’s worth the risk. I can't deny myself any longer.

I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines. It's time to execute the play and show Joey how our story ends.

Tell Me a Story

Jake Stevens has it made. A local police officer with an open invitation to any number of beds around town, Jake has no desire to settle down with any of the ladies he entertains by night. After watching his best friend fall in love with his little sister, Jake is certain that love and marriage just aren’t in his cards. Heck, he’s not even playing with the same deck. After Jake encounters a blast from the past one night, he finds himself swimming in uncharted waters. For the first time, Jake has found a woman he can’t get out of his mind. The kicker? The woman wants nothing to do with him. Erin Anderson returns to the small Missouri town of Rivers Edge for a job after a twenty year absence. Erin spent years loathing the memory of Jake Stevens for his cruelness back in seventh grade. Now, Jake appears to be the same self-centered player he was in junior high, and no one seems to be able to push her button the way the cocky, yet devastatingly handsome cop does. Between circumstances that keep thrusting them together and Jake’s persistence to annoy her, Erin struggles to fight her growing feelings for Jake. But, can Erin get past the hurt she felt all those years ago at the hands of a young Jake? Can Jake show Erin that what they have is worth fighting for? *Disclaimer: This book contains graphic language and detailed sex and is recommended for those 18 and over.

Fight Me

Two Strangers. One Night That Changes Everything. Travis Stevens struggles to move on and forget about the one amazing night he spent tangled up in the sheets with a beautiful woman who disappeared just before dawn. Now she’s just a memory that he can’t ignore. But what do you do when the woman invades your thoughts day and night? Josselyn McCray spent one perfect night wrapped up in the strong arms of a handsome stranger before running out in the early morning light. Now she’s out of money and luck and forced to make some life-altering decisions about her future. A future that is going to involve the man she hasn’t been able to forget. Brought together by one night of passion, Travis and Josselyn are now linked forever. Will Travis and Josselyn be torn apart by demanding responsibilities and the stresses of getting to know each other? Or will they overcome the odds and find their way to happily ever after? One thing is certain: life isn’t always what you expect. *Disclaimer: This book contains graphic language and detailed sex and is recommended for those 18 and over.

Expect Me

Sing. That's what I came to do. I was prepared to do just that until I walked into my audition and saw him. Tall, mysterious, and gorgeous to boot, he was sitting at the coaches' table with three others, ready to judge my performance, and decide my future. Yet, since I'd walked onto the stage, he continued to look at anything but me. So, I did the one thing I was there to do: sing. When I opened my mouth and let those words spill from my lips, he finally looked up. Those startling, dark eyes collided with mine with such intensity that I knew one thing for certain: I would never be the same. I am Layne Carter, newest contestant on Rising Star, the biggest singing competition on reality television. Nothing can stop me from giving this show my all. Not my horrible diva roommate. Not the fact that I'm terribly homesick and miss my family. And certainly not my uncontrollable growing attraction to my coach, Beau Tanner, award winning country superstar. Nothing will stand in my way. And I'm wrong.

Music Notes

Nate Stevens loves three things: Work, Family, Women. In that order. Having absolutely no desire to follow in three of his siblings' footsteps by settling down, Nate lives for his work as a firefighter. That's why his chance meeting with Lia leaves him unsettled like never before. There's just something about the beautifully shy and reserved woman that he can't walk away from. Run. Hide. Keep moving. That's exactly what Lia Walker has done for the last nine months. Escaping from her past, Lia continues to move from place to place before finding herself in the small town of Rivers Edge, Missouri. Following a chance encounter with her new boss' brother, Nate, which leaves Lia feeling confused and vulnerable for the first time in months, Lia has to make a decision: to run or to stay. When pasts are finally exposed, Nate and Lia find themselves at a crossroads. Nate will do anything to protect Lia from her past, but the question remains: Will Lia let him? When Lia's past finally catches up with her, will running be the only way to protect the ones they love most in this world?

Protect Me

Wild Side

Jensen Grayson has truly loved one woman. Even after a short-lived marriage, the ghost of the girl he once knew has plagued his adulthood. Now, a single father, Jensen's world revolves around his son, Max, and his landscape business. Until one day, he's contracted for a job at the house he's always avoided.Rockland Falls was the only place that felt like home. Pulled from the life she knew at eighteen, Kathryn Elliott was forced to leave it all behind, including the boy she loved. Now, she's returning home to pick up the pieces of her chaotic life and find her happiness once more.Will Jensen and Kathryn be able to look past the years' worth of hurt to forge a future? When exposed secrets wreak havoc on their new life, can they move past the lies if they revolve around their own families?

Love and Landscape

All her life, Lexi Summer has dreamed of one thing: to become a mother. As the youngest of six, she's accustomed to the chaos and camaraderie that comes with a big family, which is why she has been anxious to get a jump on this next phase in her life. She thought she had it all: the perfect house, husband, and future. Until one secret rips it all apart. Nothing in Linkin Stone's life has been easy. Raised by a single mom, working two jobs, and helping with his much younger twin brothers keeps him on his toes. He busts his butt to right the wrong of someone from his past and keep the ones he loves safe. He doesn't need anyone or anything. But that all changes the moment he meets his sexy, feisty neighbor, Lexi. When fates collide, two people on separate paths suddenly find themselves traveling the same road. Could an easy friendship turn into something more? Or in the end, will their decision kinda create one big mess? *Though part of a series, this book can be read as a standalone. It is intended for those 18 and over due to graphic language, descriptive sex, and the world's most inappropriate grandparents.

My Kinda Mess

CricketSuccess is what you make of it. That's my motto and the premise of my speech; the one I'm heading back to Southern Illinois University to give at my college alumni reunion. As the morning co-host of Good Morning, San Francisco, I was asked to be one of the keynote speakers, and while I'm honored to do so, there's only one problem. The other speaker is Danny Ohara, my former boyfriend. Throw in an issue with my credit card that leaves me stuck at the airport, no rental car in sight, until a familiar face appears like a guardian angel in sexy black glasses.Here's my dilemma with my attraction to Rueben Rigsby, my airport savior and old friend from college: I'm not supposed to be attracted to him. At all. He's my ex's former roommate. Yet that doesn't stop my big mouth from lying about the status of our relationship when we come face-to-face with said former roommate. As in, we have one.Together.RuebenI don't know why I agreed to come back to SIU for the alumni reunion, but I'm damn sure glad I did. When I found the familiar face stranded at the airport, I readily agreed to give her a ride. It's great to catch up with Cricket Hill, as we make our way back to the place we ultimately met. What I'm not prepared for is this overwhelming attraction I feel for her. I'm not supposed to notice how amazing her butt looks in a pair of black yoga pants. She's a friend. Period. But Cricket has other plans. When she lies about our budding relationship to my former roommate and her ex, I have no choice but to go along with it to save face. I have to pretend to be her boyfriend. I mean, it's one little white lie, right? Wrong.

Pants On Fire

Holly Jenkins watched her best friend finally get her happily ever after. While there's no one more deserving than Avery Jackson, Holly can't fight the longing and ache that settles in her chest when she thinks about her own solitary life. After kissing so many frogs, Holly starts to wonder if Prince Charming even exists. Jase Bentley is worn out. As lead singer of the award winning rock band, Bent, Jase has everything he could possibly ever want at his fingertips. When you're on top, the music industry moves everything within arm's reach; money, fame, and women just ripe for the plucking. Everything except for the one thing he's really looking for. The one dream he can't seem to make come true. What happens when two people from different worlds meet and are thrust into unfamiliar and unsettling territory? Can Holly navigate the demands of dating someone with a high profile profession? Can Jase walk away from the only lifestyle he's ever known for the first woman who's ever made him want to? Promises are made, but can they keep them? *This book is a novella. 36,000 words. **Can be read as a standalone but would be better enhanced to read in order with the series as characters and events cross over. ***For mature audiences due to graphic sex scenes and language.

A Novella

Promise Me

Garreth From the first moment I saw Reagan Turner at the bar and restaurant I help manage, I was drawn like never before. She was dating someone at the time, which meant she was off-limits, until the jerk broke up with her. I can't get her out of my head, can't stop wanting to kiss those perfectly lush lips. Fighting this attraction has been my kryptonite. So, I give in to temptation. Now, all bets are off. One touch, one kiss, one night will never be enough. Of course, I wasn't factoring in us working together, which means I have to keep my desire-and my hands-to myself. Should be easy enough. Reagan There's something about the charismatic, flirty bar manager that pulls me in. When my boyfriend breaks up with me via text message, I suddenly see Garreth Taylor in a whole new light. He's gorgeous, fun, caring, and everything a single woman could ever want. And for some reason, he seems to have his sights set on me, even if he doesn't say it outright. So, I make the first move. The result is both explosive and dynamic, and before I know it, one night turns to two. He has a hang-up, however, about being professional while at work, and draws a line in the sand. Looks like I'll have to show him how fun it can be to cross it.

What's It Gonna Take

Hold on to Me

One night. Let go. Be free. Even at an early age, Reid Hunter's future was already planned out. Though he was groomed to become successor of the family business, he quickly discovered his destiny wasn't through his family's legacy, but to build his own empire. His plan: takeover Vegas, one building at a time. Known as a hard, no-nonsense man, inside the boardroom and out, Reid isn't prepared when he comes face to face with a woman from his past. The only one with the ability to make him question everything he stands for. Raising a child is hard. Raising a child as a young, single mother is downright difficult. Yet Dani Whitley has managed to put herself through college, purchase her own home, and raise the unexpected, but greatly adored son she created while in college, after one night with a gorgeous stranger. Knowing nothing but his first name, Dani has managed to push all thought of Reid out of her mind until one day, nine years later, she is forced to face the man himself. Ruthless and callous, Reid Hunter is nothing like the young man she met at that music festival all those years ago. Yet Dani is still drawn to him, more than she was before. Sin. Money. Success. Profits. That's the foundation of Las Vegas. But what happens when one day you realize that it's not enough? When the greatest thing you could profit is bigger and better than money: love.

Lacey Black

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