Top new romance books out today: 16 Aug 2017

This is the 11th episode of Geek Actually, a 13-episode serial from Serial Box Publishing. This episode written by Melissa Blue.Meet your new best girlfriends in this sexy, genre-busting serial that's all about feminism, friendship, and fandom...

In 8 years, Marlon James will be one of the brightest rising stars in the music industry. Bristol Gray will be his tough, no-nonsense manager. But when they first meet, she’s a college student finding her way in the world, and he’s an artist determined to make his way in it. From completely different worlds, all the things that should separate them only draw them closer...

The Ryders are a series of sexy stand-alone romances. These hot contemporary romance novels feature alpha male heroes and sexy, empowered women. They're flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy new adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction. It’s been years since Sally Tuft’s husband died and she was left to raise her teenage son alone...

Doctor Davis. Doctor Dad. Doctor D**k! Dr. Elliot Davis is a total jerk. Completely, utterly rude. Uncivilised. The fact that I have to work with him is my worst nightmare. So why do I find him so completely irresistible?! If I don’t stay away from him, he might find out my darkest secret... Emma Thompson is a knockout. I’m practically salivating whenever she walks by...

The kind of life I’ve lived, it haunts you. Stains you. Destroys you. It took everything from me. My love. My family… my transgressions were paid with Tor and Cayla’s blood and I want revenge. Blood. Death. His head in my hands.I’ve lost everything, and all that’s left to do is end the men who took them from me. Betrayal. Secrets. Vengeance.This is war...

What if one morning you look in the mirror and no longer recognize the person looking back? When Leelo can no longer identify herself by the roles that once defined her, it's both terrifying and liberating. Oh, she feels the loss, the grief, and then the anger, but when she inherits property up north, she jumps at the promise of freedom and independence...

One night. One divorce. One too many drinks and a very hot man make a bad combination. It was only meant to be one night to celebrate my long needed divorce, but when I find out that I'm pregnant by the hot man I met that night, it turns out I'm not as free as I wanted. When I finally manage to track down my hot one night stand, it's to find he lives with his three other friends...

When her eyes lock with mine in my office, I know I have to own her. I am Marcus Phoenix, the so-called silent billionaire. What the world doesn't know is that I have a very peculiar “hobby” behind closed doors. In my private lakeside manor I tend to have submissive “pets,” young women who would do anything I command. The only problem is that I would get bored of those women...

Happy-go-lucky wolf shifter and hacker Quinn never saw the point of committing to just one person for the rest of his life. After all, with his devilish good looks and charisma, he could have any woman he wants. Any woman, except the sassy almost-witch Selena, who seems resistant to his charms...

Is a life worth living if you don’t risk it all for the one you love? Shot and left for dead, Dr. Kate Wheeler wakes in a familiar hospital, alive, and with the one person she hoped she would never see again. He is back, but why and how are questions she’s still too angry to seek answers to...

Is a life worth living if you don’t risk it all for the one you love? Shot and left for dead, Dr. Kate Wheeler wakes in a familiar hospital, alive, and with the one person she hoped she would never see again. He is back, but why and how are questions she’s still too angry to seek answers to...

"Son, you are here to receive a precious gift. It is one that my father bestowed upon me, and that his father bestowed upon him—one I will pass on to you now and expect that you give to your own sons when it is time." "You are a Whitney, and were therefore born with certain natural—endowments—that predispose you to success with women...

It’s been over a year since Master rescued me from the commune. Now, I live my amazing life with the man of my dreams as I pursue my career as a vlogger. The only problem is, as much as I love my master and the life we lead, I’ve sworn off all male friendships aside from Jake’s—our next door neighbor. It’s nothing personal...

Honeymoon Angel A Family Justice Novella The Counselor and his Desert Angel These two went to hell and back as a couple Their history was messy and complicated Until … Angelina Marquez returned to Arizona and confronted the elephant in the room And who or what was that elephant? Why, Parker Sullivan, of course! An honorary Marquez and her brother’s best friend, Parker is the...

Grant had found his perfect man…wrapped in silk and lace. Grant had always loved more feminine men. A sexy guy in lingerie just did it for him. But when you looked more like a bouncer than an insurance agent, the pretty guys ran for the hills. Carter seemed different, though. When he looked at Grant, he saw the real man underneath the tattoos and muscles...

“Nothing, and no one—including you, can stop this from happening. You will become my wife by tonight.” Anika Patel led a perfect life. She had a loving family, a bright career as a doctor, and a man who was her best friend with a possibility of turning into something more. But one phone call and an impulsive decision changed it all..

Fall in love with THE THORNTONS, a family filled with sexy alpha males, passionate women, and lots of heart, all set in a delightful small town in the Pacific Northwest. Each book in the series is connected but can be read as a standalone...

August Miles has the world on a string professionally. Augie, as his friends and teammates call the unassuming young goaltender, is on the fast track to the pros. The starting goalie for the Cayuga Cougars, he has a year or two in Cayuga to hone his skills and all his career dreams will have come true. Pity his personal life isn’t riding the same high...

They always said that the truth would set you free. In Aries case, it would set her free of Kyree but bring a dark cloud over the ones that she loves. The one thing that she did in her past that she thought would never come out, comes back to haunt her turning her world upside down...

Javier Suarez left the Marines four years ago after experiencing the ugliest facets of war. He’s been to hell and back but now he feels that his life is complete. He runs his own private investigative firm, spends time with his family and volunteers for local charities. He doesn’t need anything else...

To her family, Mai Redstone is weak. Her shape-shifting power is nowhere near as impressive as their abilities to literally alter the world around them. But when she puts on the costume to become Mercy, a rooftop-climbing chameleon with a thousand disguises and at least nine lives, she feels almost invincible...

I need a fiancée. And I need one fast. I’ve got a job to do—get revenge, and steal from the British mob boss who wronged me. I need to gain his trust. But he won’t take me seriously without a classy girl on my arm. Then I meet Ruby, the wannabe actress. Deep blue eyes, a body that could make guys beg, an accent that drives me wild, and a wit to match mine...

He won the bet. He just didn’t think the prize would be a baby! Tiffany Ashworth is an American in an exotic land. Having moved to the Middle East to be closer to her father, she’s 24, living a quiet, safe life, and worried that the best days of her life may be passing her by...

A set of three steamy novellas chronicling the roller-coaster love story of Tony, Adam, and Demure. FIRST LOVE - BOOK 1 Demure doesn’t expect to be swept off her feet just before going to college, especially not by the cutest footballer at her school. Tony lifts her spirits, makes her blush, and gives her butterflies every day...

Thinking Triena would be safer without him, Braklen leaves her. Now a wanted criminal, Braklen puts as much distance between him, Triena and the Queens by taking up a job on a smuggling ship. He throws himself into his work to forget about the guilt building inside of him for leaving Triena as well as the love he has for her...

Dorothy Sanders absolutely adores her life in Nowhere, Texas with her sisters and their devoted, eccentric adoptive parents. When she is hired by a young lawyer to do his bookkeeping, she is immediately drawn to his sharp intellect and good looks. Carter Reeves simply wanted a girl to help out with his filing for the summer...

The key opens a box, unlocks the past and defines the future. On her fourteenth birthday in 1775, Anna Stickney received a precious gift, a handmade journal. A place to keep her secrets and write her wishes. As the country sought independence, Anna fought battles of her own, fell in love, and faced heart break all of which she recorded in tiny script...

Life has a funny way of throwing you off balance. Take me for example. I spent years in a bad marriage with a self-serving ass, only to have the love of my life show up when I least expected him. Greg helped me on my journey of self discovery and taught me that, no, I’m not perfect. But I’m perfectly me. It was an amazing journey. We laughed hard. We loved even harder...

Three Stories by Best-Selling Author: D'Ann Lindun Call Me Cowboy Rock and Roll’s bad boy Johnny Cortez —AKA Cowboy—has a vengeful ex-wife stalking him. His manager suggests an elk hunt in the Colorado Rockies until things cools down. Big game outfitter Montana Weaver is struggling to hold onto the land her grandfather settled...

Leader. Soldier. Pawn. Militess Halina has claimed numerous victories for her king and country. Now she’s under siege inside her own castle, held by enemies determined to start a war and condemn her lover as both a king-killer and a child-slayer. Necromancer. Healer. Protector...

In a test of wits Meghan Black goes head-to-head with local veterinarian, Ben Young. When he turns the table on her in the most unexpected way, can they hang onto their tenuous friendship, or did he go far? Never one to say no to a dare, Meghan Black takes on the challenge of setting up confirmed bachelor and veterinarian, Ben Young...

While they were fighting the Consortium's war against the Sargus Empire far from their home world, the Sargus Empire attacked Farseek, leaving mass destruction in its wake. Only about a dozen survivors remained the tell what happened---a dozen of over a million. Those who weren't killed were taken to become slaves of the Empire...

What if you could share love in its purest form mind to mind all in the span of a thought? What if you could feel what they feel when you touch them and know beyond all doubt that you are loved as well? What if someone took that person from you and did unspeakable thing to hurt them---and you felt all that pain as though it were your own? What would you do to make it stop? How do you go on with...

Sometimes, you just have to follow your heart and allow the mountains in the distance to guide you home, where you belong... Rachel Elliot never dreamed of leaving the city for the small town life of Cedar Valley. That was until she met Adam Jacobsen, single father and volunteer fireman at the Cedar Valley Fire Department...

Sometimes, you just have to follow your heart and allow the mountains in the distance to guide you home, where you belong... Rachel Elliot never dreamed of leaving the city for the small town life of Cedar Valley. That was until she met Adam Jacobsen, single father and volunteer fireman at the Cedar Valley Fire Department...

Proud… Not proud… Proud… Elizabeth Bennet is visiting her friend Charlotte—now Mrs. Collins—at Hunsford when they are invited to Rosings Park, the luxurious estate of Mr. Collins’ matron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh. To her surprise, she meets a former acquaintance there, one she never would have expected to see again—Mr. Darcy! It turns out that Mr...

Five men. Brothers in arms. Their fight to free the shifters of Kentucky could destroy them all. For two generations, the wolf shifters of Mammoth Forest have lived under the brutal, ruthless control of the Kentucky Chief Pack Alpha. They have been denied their freedom, their rightful packs, and fated mates for far too long...

Chris Berry has already realized many of his dreams by the age of thirty. He’s a qualified marine biologist living in New Jersey and working in New York with a great team of colleagues who feel just as passionately about their conservation work and research as he does. He’s close to his parents, he’s a staunch vegetarian, and he’s been with his boyfriend, Haydn, for nine years...

"She nodded shyly, biting her lip. I began to harden. It was always the shy, quiet ones that got me going." As an MI-5 agent, Christine was the newest member of the London Anti-Terrorism Task Force. There was a terrorist attack with a lot of casualties by bomb blasts, which forced the United States to send one of their CIA Special Ops Agents, Jason, to track the bomber responsible...

Ben Brahms shed his glasses, gangly body, and a life long pact to attend an Ivy League college with his best friend the day the world took on a sinister hue. With his outward appearance matching his new career as a Navy SEAL, Ben is saving the world…literally, at the expense of everything he gave up. A whole life. Her. Harper Rosehall honors the pact...

Kara Danvers was still getting used to her dual identity: CatCo reporter by day, Supergirl by night—or, you know, whenever disaster (or hostile aliens) decided to strike. When Lena Luthor showed up in National City claiming she wanted to transform her notoriously anti-alien family’s company into a “force for good,” Kara wasn’t sure what to believe...

Imagine a world where man is not the only intelligent animal and the naked ape has some serious competition. Furicana is a furry paradise that is sexy enough to make a rhino blush. In "The Town Bike", Alison Dawes goes on a wild bender when she finds her boyfriend is a cheater...

Outlawed from his own planet years ago, Gaz lives a lonely life on Sapphira. Oh, he's amazing at his job. He dominates the courtroom and there's not a case he can't win, but the one thing he wants more than anything can't be found in a courtroom. Hayden was hurt years ago and still doesn't trust men. Except for Gaz, that is. He's different. He's kind...

A few years before Steve’s auntie passed away, she married Mel, an extraordinarily wealthy man. Now, Mel’s only been given a few months left to live, and with no immediate relatives, everyone’s wondering who’s going to get the big inheritance...

Five women, alone in the world. Five different psychic powers. And one monster hunting them all. *** FIVE FULL NOVELS: 320,000 words, JUST 99c for a LIMITED TIME ONLY! *** Emily is inside the killer’s mind, or is he looking into hers? She was the first to ever escape the killer, and he doesn’t intend to let it happen again...

“Good morning everyone, let’s have an awesome day today.” Eric told him with a smile on his face as he unlocked the doors with the key. Eric held the door open for them so that they could clock in and get to cleaning up or stocking shelves before they actually opened up for the morning. The last person to walk in surprised Eric. His face grew white and his smile was fading fast...

Emily’s husband has just left her, and she feels hopeless. How did she get to where she is now: alone, scared, hurt, and depressed. Her parents set this pattern of destruction for her. She blamed them. But that just made her twice as angry. There must be some way out of her misery, so she decided to take a vacation in a Bed and Breakfast out in the country...

Before filming starts on her next movie, America’s sweetheart, Grace Carradine, wants a girls’ night out. As she dons a disguise to evade the paparazzi, her brown hair isn’t the only deception, so is her upcoming marriage to her costar.Naval-pilot-turned-author, Sebastian "Bash" Baron finds his friends are pairing up and starting families...

When Marcie Wyld, doctor and woman of science, decides to slip through time to join her sister in Texas, 1888, she plans and prepares. She packs vaccinations, medications, and surgical supplies. She takes old-fashioned clothes and money. She does not plan on meeting John Wayne, Texas Ranger, cowboy god. The man of her dreams. She is not prepared to lose her heart...

Charlotte, a newly married Victorian lady, finds married life pleasant enough but not remotely exciting. Her husband Edward is gentle and kind, but Charlotte soon discovers another side to him, which emerges when she deliberately ignores his orders. However, when she is punished for her disobedience she discovers other feelings hitherto unknown to her..

'...As she led him by the hand to follow her, she slipped out on the balcony. Marco followed her without question. They were by themselves. Akia reached up and kissed him on the cheek. He caught the back of her head and leaned down placing his mouth on hers fully. He felt her gasp as he kissed her deeply. Slowly he lifted the skirt of her dress and found..

Zeus, Hades, Persephone, Aphrodite...What if the Greek myths we were taught weren't really myths at all? Paige Summers has great friends, a loving family, and a wonderful boyfriend, Alec. She's ready for a summer spent by the beach before she starts college and the next chapter in her life. Little does Paige know, her world is about to be turned upside down...

I’m the richest bachelor in the city. Every woman wants a piece of me. But they never last long. I’m not the type for a relationship. When Ava introduces herself, I think she’s going to be just another notch on my belt. She’s got killer curves that drive me crazy. I immediately create a new internship program...

Macario Aston would love a holiday, one that took him far from his overprotective, interfering family. He loved them, truly he did, but they wouldn't accept what was happening. Whereas Mac had accepted. He was ill. Now he just wanted to get on with living while he had time left, and he wanted his family to face the truth. So Mac was going to enjoy himself by indulging in the things he liked...

She is one of the most beautiful and photographed women in the world. She is living every young girl’s dream. But sometimes the dream and the reality don’t match up. The missing father; the predatory stepfather; the abusive lover; they all let her down...

While most pirates sail in search of riches, Captain Devon Hall, the infamous Phantom of the Caribbean, is driven by vengeance. Devon has sworn to put an end to the corrupt governor of Jamaica and break the ruthless man’s stranglehold in the Caribbean. When Devon is wounded and stranded on land, an unlikely rescuer comes to his aid...

Get books 1 - 5 of the #1 bestselling "Alpha Series" collection, now featuring the 5 first books in the series! This unpredictable and exciting fantasy romance series will have you on the edge of your seat! Alpha Landon Althea and Landon have been friends since childhood and are near inseparable, but the clock is ticking and pressure is building from their family to find their destined...

Willa Cather's debut novel, telling the alluring tale of Bartley Alexander, an engineer famous throughout the world for the construction of bridges. Reaching midlife, Alexander grows tired of his passionless marriage and becomes reacquainted with a former lover in London. Torn between his sense of duty and his desire for love, he must navigate forward...

Scottish Highlands 1244 A great sickness is striking down the Highland folk of Caithness Castle. They are dying from ergot poisoning, from eating infected crops. But this is the year 1244, and almost no one has heard of this condition, a disease later called, St. Anthony’s Fire. Desperate to save his clan, Laird Gus turns to a soothsayer for answers...

*** SWEET AND CLEAN EDITION***Lakeshore Secrets at Willow Valley by Audrey Delaine is the clean and sweet edition of Bestselling author Shannyn Leah’s spicy romance novel Lakeshore Secrets. The story and characters remain the same, without any spicy scenes or harsh language...

CUTTER I knew I had to own her the second I saw her. The need to make her mine was beyond even my control. I’d never understood it before… my brothers' need to declare their property. But Grace, Grace had a body and soul I wanted to mark as mine forever. The thought of another man having her was enough to push me over the edge...

I couldn't stop thinking about them, the way that my husband had kissed her, holding her face tightly. I felt lightheaded and euphoric. I stood there watching, impotent and aroused , unable to stop them. Of course, he didn't stop there. He couldn't. I didn't want him to...

(A 25k Gay Contemporary Romance Novella with a HEA) Carlos Rodriguez was in love with his best friend. She was amazing and beautiful and very strictly his best friend. When he entered the magic shop across the street from his favorite cafe, he was hoping for advice on love more than anything else...

When shy programmer, Charlie, is dragged to a male revue show in Hollywood by his co-workers, the last thing he expects is to be pulled onstage. But when he’s approached by Ramon, a dancer whose only focus is to bring him pleasure, something awakens in Charlie that can’t be denied...

This is book 7 in the Lin Coffin Mystery series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author J A Whiting. Although the main mystery is solved in each story, the books should be read in order for the most enjoyment as story threads run from book to book. Lin and her cousin, Viv, stop into a gift shop in Nantucket town and while browsing, Lin sees an antique Sailor's Valentine...

Get in line, sweetheart. I'm Reagan Sells and I'm loaded in more ways than one. I built my real estate empire from nothing but blood, sweat, tears and Scotch. Now I'm too big to fall and from what most women tell me, almost too big to handle. Cloverville is my next target. It's the perfect setting for my new development project...

Johnny Scotch makes his novel debut in "The Trouble With Cass." Filled with high octane, pulp driven action and adventure, all with a hint of jazz and scotch soaked fun. Johnny finds himself in the middle of an underground racing club when Cass, his rollerderby dynamo, barges into his bar to ask for his help in retreiving her bass from a band of goons...

Angel hasn't stopped thinking about Jane, her first female client since they had sex. But with one more term before she graduates college, Angel is worried that her evening job is taking too much of her studying time. Getting a degree has been her focus since high school and nothing until now has distracted her from her goals...

I flirted with the wrong man. Monty seems like any other customer I've waited on at the diner. The golden boy smiles easily, disarming me with his casual charm. There's no way to know he's on an insane quest. Not until I awake hog-tied in the back seat of his car. My only goal is to survive this maniac. Monty's goals prove more complicated...

Pediatrician Isabella Máres splits her time between Washington, D.C., and Peru, dedicating herself to other people’s children. Marine vet Hunter Lamar promotes small businesses in developing South American nations after snubbing his family’s fortune.As teenagers, Isabella and Hunter Lamar shared the love of a lifetime...

Loki, the Norse God of Mischief and Lies is always getting into trouble... especially when he is the King! A beautiful and strange silver-haired Elf Huntress is apprehended riding toward the Asgardian Palace, carrying a message of impending war tucked into her armor. She can’t remember where she came from or who sent her, and Loki is going to make it his sole duty to find out and save Asgard...

When street dudes like Brass fall in love, there's no room for any slip ups. He learns very quickly that sometimes your girl is the realist person on your team. For Brass, that was his woman Skylar. She was the only real friend he had in the world and was his heart in human form. She was the one person he would never let get away...

Pursued by wolves from an enemy pack, Claire Black arrives in Timbly Mountain, Colorado to a family who has been engulfed in darkness. Her fears of being rejected by the family are worsened when she meets her fiancé, Luca Brazil, who seems to hate her...

Chris Stryker is a hot and rich cowboy, but no one wants anything to do with him because of his convoluted and dark past. When he seeks a mail order bride, he doesn’t expect much. Then he sees the profile of Chanda, who is not dressed up in lingerie or posing like everyone else. Love quickly bursts into bloom when he flies to meet her in Cambodia...

Librarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here In a dystopian future full of misery, Leah knew that she was different. Although sensing her difference, protecting her own safety was of utmost importance. After a brief encounter at her place of work which set to shake up everything; Leah was about to embark upon the most important task she would ever face...

Living the simple life of a shepherd in the mountains was all Raul Vega could ever dream of. There's really no other choice for someone who was the son of a shepherd, from a village of shepherds, hidden in a remote mountain valley. School was nothing but a distant memory, nobody in his village went there for more than a few years...

Will Rowan’s festival fling with sexy dancer Seth lead to something more permanent? Rowan is stuck at a folk festival helping out a mate, and it really isn’t his scene. The yoga and singing workshops are bad enough, but morris dancing is the final straw...

Respectable Lady Katherine Baxton, striving to meet the requirements of her station, has become the ultimate dutiful daughter. And now, the Duke of Blackthorn’s betrothed. Far from a love match, Kate is nevertheless determined to do as expected and marry. That all changes the night she panics at her impending future and runs, stumbling upon a private grove, a mysterious tree . .

Baloney and Cheesed. They say three’s the charm. But charming isn’t Val’s style. Val Fremden is a lot of things. Quirky. Jaded. Disaster prone. But more than anything, she’s afraid of commitment. When boyfriend Tom tells her he loves her – then trades away her mom’s ashes for a tiki hut – Val’s just not feelin’ it...

ON A HOT, SUMMER NIGHT IN LOS ANGELES, KEITH MERSON walks out the back door of a nostalgia club and into his own past. He travels from 2009 back to 1959, from 67 to 17. Same mind set, but the body of a senior in high school, surrounded by his old contemporaries and a city fresh for new adventures…and a chance to test the time-honored axiom: “If I’d known then what I know now...