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The Untameable Texan (Texas Cattleman’s Club: After the Storm) by Janice Maynard


Steam: Steam Level 4

A second chance leads to sudden pregnancy in USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard’s epic Texas Cattleman’s Club: After the Storm prequel novella…

Texas financier Jed Farrell always gets what he wants—except when it comes to the one who got away, Kimberly Fanning. Now he’s here to settle old scores with his high school sweetheart at their ten-year reunion. But when they end up back between the sheets, the man with a plan soon gets an unplanned baby surprise. Will old doubts and differences scuttle their second shot at a future together? The time for answers is running out as a storm literally brews on the horizon….

This exciting prequel novella also includes the first chapter in the continuing story STRANDED WITH THE RANCHER by USA TODAY bestselling author Janice Maynard, only from Harlequin® Desire!

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Take Me for Longing (American Heartstrings Book 1) by Felice Fox


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Bluegrass superstar Nic Taylor is ruined by the publication of a romance novel he swears isn’t about him. Forced out of his legendary father’s band, Nic quits the green hills of Tennessee for the seaside paradise of Malibu, California. There he must confront June Cricket, a real-life fan who isn’t about to back down from writing the sequel that could make her a star.

Take Me for Longing is a contemporary romance novella–the first in the American Heartstrings Trilogy.

31,000 words ~ 100 pages

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Midnight Watch: An M.J. Lowell Novella by M.J. Lowell


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Danger and desire entwine in a sensually charged novella from the author of Reckless Games

In the world’s most romantic city, at the darkest hour of the night
Billionaire Dmitri Petrovich has two objectives in Paris: to deliver the Empress of Midnight, his priceless Fabergé egg, to the Louvre and to enjoy the special skills of his porn-star mistress.

A woman keeps watch over a thief’s prize
Investigator Cassiopeia Reynolds has two objectives of her own: to safeguard the Empress and keep her job. But everything changes when enigmatic Interpol Agent Parker walks through the door with knowledge of a plot to steal the precious treasure.

But nothing is safe when destiny steals in
Locked in a hotel suite with Parker watching Dmitri and his mistress enact fantasies beyond her wildest imagination, Cass finds her self-restraint pushed to the breaking point…and past it. What happens next shatters her careful defenses, challenging everything she thought she knew about right and wrong, pleasure and pain. It’s not just her job but her heart on the line – and she is in danger of losing both on the…

Midnight Watch.

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Short Rides (Rough Riders series) by Lorelei James


Steam: Steam Level 4

Short Rides is an anthology compilation of two novellas and one short story in the Rough Riders world. These are NOT meant to be read as standalone stories, but are a peek into favorite character’s lives after the happily ever after…

The stories included in the Short Rides anthology are:

King of Hearts* — Deputy Cam McKay deals with a murder/suicide case on Valentine’s Day.

Rough Road — Chassie, Trevor and Edgard Glanzer spend a romantic weekend away from the ranch and kids celebrating their anniversary…only to return home to face their biggest challenge yet.

All Knocked Up — Keely and Jack Donohue are having a baby. Given Keely’s raging pregnancy hormones, will Jack need to wear a cup in the delivery room?

*previously published in the Guns and Roses anthology in 2012

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Bewitching the Werewolf (Megan Stephens Book 1) by Caroline Hanson


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When witch for hire, Megan Stephens, is assigned to help the local werewolf pack leader find a mate, she thinks the job will be easy. Get in, get him up and get gone. But when she meets Zack Connor, she realizes her future might have a lot more dog jokes in it than she ever imagined.

This is a short story– approximately 40 pages in length– and includes an excerpt from Love is Darkness, the first book in the Valerie Dearborn series.

**Please be aware that this book contains sex. And not in a fade-to-black-sort-of-way but an-OMG-that’s-in-public-sort-of-way**

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