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For Fallon Wayland, birthdays are just another reminder of her looming spinsterhood. This year is shaping up to be no different. Fired from her job, dumped by her boyfriend, and oh yes, witnessing the murder of a high-ranking lieutenant in the local crime family. Ever since a disastrous, hot-as-hell kiss years ago, soldier-turned-security specialist Shane Roarke has avoided his baby sister's reckless—and gorgeous—best friend. Yet when her life is threatened after she witnesses a gang hit, he insists on protecting her...even if she objects.

Es gibt alltägliche Sünden, schlimme Sünden und Sünden, für die man direkt in der Hölle landet. Das ist dann wohl mein Schicksal - denn ich liebe die Frau meines verstorbenen Bruders. Heimlich natürlich, denn keiner in meiner Familie würde diese Liebe tolerieren. Und ich habe geschworen, mich von ihr fernzuhalten. Doch jeden Tag mit Eden zusammenzuarbeiten, sie den ganzen Tag zu sehen, macht es mir unglaublich schwer, meine Gefühle im Griff zu halten. Was tun? Ich habe keine Ahnung.

Unwrap Romance, the podcast that celebrate all things holidays, romance, movies, and more! Join best-selling romance authors Naima Simone aka “the naughty” and Lacey Baker who is “the nice” as they celebrate holiday love and HEAs in all the right places. It’s always a festive mood each week, as these two unwrap the latest holiday movies and beyond with special surprise guests. Don’t miss a single episode! Click to subscribe and also follow the show on unwrapromance.com.

Grieving ER nurse Nessa Hunt is on a road trip with her sullen teen half-sister, Ivy, and still reeling from her mother’s deathbed confession: Nessa’s dad wasn’t really her dad. Seeking answers, they arrive in Rose Bend to find a small town teeming with the kind of Christmas cheer Nessa usually avoids. But then she meets the innkeeper’s ruggedly sexy son, Wolfgang Dennison.

Boston attorney Malachim Jerrod doesn’t trust anyone. His father and his ex-fiancé taught him that hard lesson. So when a beautiful stranger arrives on his doorstep his first reaction is to back away - far away. Danielle Warren wants a job, but his law business is falling apart, and her credentials are bare-bones at best. Still, there’s something about her that, try as he might, he’s unable to resist. The vulnerability in her soft voice? The way she flinches when he gets too close? The yearning he sees mirrored in her eyes when she looks at him?

Twenty years ago, Leah Bannon's beloved Uncle Richard vanished without a trace. Leah, now a private investigator, begins to suspect it was murder. When she reopens the cold case, Gabriel Devlin - the man she loves but can never have - inexplicably stands in her way. Only four people know the truth about Richard's mysterious disappearance - Gabriel and three childhood friends...who have all sworn to take that secret to the grave. But a hidden enemy wants those shocking secrets brought to light...even if he has to kill to make it happen.

She's looking to rebel, to tarnish her naïve "good girl" image. Lucky for her, I deal in sex. Whatever your fantasy, I deliver. Voyeurism. Threesomes. A little slap and tickle . . . If it's your kink, I can fulfill it. So yeah, life is good. Simple. Until she enters my club. Still . . . It's just sex. Our little secret. For now . . .

Millionaire CEO Joshua Lowell is determined to stop gorgeous reporter Sophie Armstrong dredge up his family's dark past—or circulate rumours of his secret child. But Joshua's fierce pride is at war with his heated desire for Sophie, the only woman who could ruin him… or save him from himself.

Die junge, engagierte Devon kann nicht fassen, was ihr skrupelloser Vater verlangt: Sie soll den Milliardär Cain Farrell heiraten - einen Mann, den sie kaum kennt und der als Erstes klarstellt, dass sie von ihm keine Liebe erwarten kann! Doch wenn sie ablehnt, verliert sie alles, wofür sie so hart gearbeitet hat

Niall Hudson is the key to a treasure I’ve spent half a decade hunting down. Yeah, she’s a little upset to find herself a “guest” on my pirate ship. But the mouthy, curvy and beautiful shipping heiress is going to give me what I need…one way or another. This treasure will not only bring me and my crew riches beyond our wildest dreams, but it will restore all that has been stolen from me. But Niall isn’t submitting so easily. Even though my brother is hot on my trail, she’s playing games, issuing terms of her own. And she isn’t above turning the tables on me to get what she wants.

When Greer Addison finds her future husband in bed with another woman, she runs . . . right into the arms of dark and dangerous Raphael Marcel. Angry and hurt, she throws caution to the wind and spends a hot night with the sexy security specialist. But when her fiance is found dead, Greer becomes the main suspect of a crime she can't remember.

Morgan Lett hat eine Pechsträhne. Ihr Verlobter hat sie gerade für ihre Stiefschwester verlassen, ihre Wohltätigkeitsstiftung steht vor dem Aus, und der umwerfende Mann, den sie bei einer Bachelor Auction ersteigert hat, erweist sich als kaltherziger Idiot. Doch Millionär Alexander Bishop schlägt ihr einen Deal vor, der Morgans Stiftung retten könnte. Ist sie bereit den Preis zu zahlen, den er von ihr fordert?

Aiden hatte nie erwartet, Noelle wiederzusehen und er ist fest entschlossen, sich weiterhin von ihr fernzuhalten. Zu tief sitzen der Schmerz und die Wut, die er mit ihrer Familie verbindet. Aiden kann nicht vergeben und vergessen, was damals passiert ist. Er hat jedoch seiner Mutter versprochen für Noelle zu sorgen und Aiden wird ihr diesen Wunsch erfüllen. Doch das, was er mit einem Scheck begleichen wollte, wird immer mehr zu einem Kampf der Gefühle...

Outsider CEO Nico Morgan vowed to avenge his mother, who was left brokenhearted when his father abandoned them years ago. Teaming up with his ex, Athena Evans, to infiltrate his father’s high society circles is the first step. But their partnership unleashes long-buried emotions…and something more. Athena worries Nico’s quest to take down his father’s company won’t fill the painful void in his heart. But what if Athena can…

It's been five years since I've seen her. Five years since Gabriella James damn near destroyed me with her betrayal, sending me to hell in a cage. I've crawled free, escaped the mob, opened a night club, and continue to battle my demons through underground fighting and sex. But now Gabriella's back, begging for absolution, wanting my forgiveness. All I want is what she's denied me for all these years—her body. Sex. That's all we'll ever have. Because Gabriella is still keeping secrets. I see it in her eyes. I'll never forgive her betrayal. But that won't stop me from taking her.

Khloe Richardson braucht dringend ein Date - eines, das ihren Traummann so richtig eifersüchtig und endlich auf sie aufmerksam macht. Doch der Mann, den sie auf der Bachelor Auction einer Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung ersteigert, ist ausgerechnet der Millionär Niall Hunter, der ehemals beste Freund ihres Bruders. Khloe kann ihm eigentlich bis heute nicht verzeihen, wie er sich damals ihr gegenüber verhalten hat. Doch er ist der perfekte Mann für ihren Plan und Niall hilft ihr - denn er hat einst ein Versprechen gegeben...

Flo Dennison doesn’t regret her one night with a stranger. He’s a distraction to everything going wrong in her life. And she’ll never see him again. Except she does! Turning up to work she finds herself face to face with the company’s new architect…and now her biggest mistake! For single dad Adam Reed, Flo Dennison spells trouble. She may be beautiful, but she is also young and ambitious. She’s a complication he doesn’t want. But when circumstance forces them together, both realise there is more to ‘complication’ than they first thought.

Milliardär Lucas Oliver sinnt auf Rache und sein diabolischer Plan beginnt, als Sydney Blake, die attraktive Tochter seines Erzfeindes, an einer Junggesellen-Auktion teilnimmt, auf ihn bietet - und gewinnt. Doch Lucas hat kein Interesse an einem harmlosen Abendessen mit ihr. Er hat Informationen über die Machenschaften ihres Vaters, die niemals ans Licht kommen dürfen und Sydney hat nur eine Chance Lucas' Schweigen zu erkaufen: sie muss auf seinen Vorschlag eingehen und ihn heiraten.

Six months after concert pianist Aslyn Jericho survives an attack at the hands of an obsessed fan, she is still trying to resume a normal life, despite the paralyzing fears that have stolen her ability to play and perform. Enter her gorgeous and mysterious neighbor with news that threatens to send her spiraling back into her nightmares. Her stalker has returned. And he wants Aslyn.

No one gets under Jackson Cooper’s skin like fellow ranch owner Cricket Maxfield. Now, as they face off at a charity poker game, the stakes get personal. Jackson finds himself on the losing end… And paying up means being the ranch hand at Cricket’s beck and call. In close quarters, tempers flare—and the fire between them ignites into a passion that won’t be ignored…