Losing everything has a way of messing with a girl's head, forcing her to seek comfort in the arms of a man she doesn't really want. I know this. In a fit of devastation, I hand my virginity off to another and then marry him, leaving the burning love of my life in ashes. But the thing about fire is that even among the ashes, ember burns, and all it takes is the perfect kindling to reignite a blazing inferno.

It’s been four, long, and painfully single years since my drunken hookup with Mr. Blue Eyes. His fading memory and unrealistic fantasies have sustained me thus far, but I’m lonely, tired of being the strong one while everything falls apart. After making a deal with my mom, I jump back into the dating pool and come up for air with Derek. He’s sexy, funny, sweet - everything I could possibly want in a man, both for myself and my daughter. For the first time in my life, I’m excited about the future. 

Living in a small farming community I had no clue what the city had to offer or the fear that came with it. I’ve had a crush on my brother’s best friend Tommi for as long as I could remember, but he has only ever seen me as a child. Leaving behind my small town for college opens me to a whole new life. A life that haunts my very dreams now. Finally, I am returning home. Will my life pick up where it left off? No matter what someone I love and care about is going to be hurt.

I had my whole life mapped out in front of me from childhood. I was going to marry my best friend, and we were going to have a perfect life together until we grew old and died together. Funny how life isn’t so simple as we would like it to be. Marrying my childhood best friend seemed like everything was going to be perfect. One night, my best friend, my love, my husband was snatched away from me in a blink of an eye by death himself. After a year, I sold everything and moved away from our home, our past, to start anew. 

From best-selling author Lexy Timms, comes a new adult rock star romance. Hot lead singer Logan Murphy of Whisky Lullaby has secrets he doesn't want his fans, or band mates to know. He's built the image of the nice guy with great talent. In walks Ashley Slater, with her Juilliard upbringing and classical sweetness, ready for a change of scenery and lying to herself that she's running away from something.

Fainting in the notorious nobleman’s arms is the smartest move the self-proclaimed spazz ever made. Now her picture decorates every gossip rag in Britain, and the public wants to know who the Devil Duke’s new squeeze is. Offered a sizable sum, Izzy De Luca travels to England where she will pose as the Duke of Devoy’s new bride. It seems the rake’s reputation needs some rehabilitation, and the fresh-faced orphan is just the girl to brighten his tarnished image.

Chad LaChance is a hypersuccessful businessman with no time for love. His work ethic has made him rich, but it's also made him ill. He has to make some changes or he won't be around long enough to enjoy all his money. His mentor sends him to a "resort" in the woods of Maine, where he is supposed to rest and heal, and it's there he meets his health coach. Heidi Leeman loves her life. She loves her job, her home, and her coworkers. She has no idea there's room in her life for more until she meets the billionaire. But even then, what could a rich man like that want with a hippie like her?

Cat Davis never meant to have an affair. She certainly didn’t mean to have one with her own husband, lying, cheating rat that he is. Unfortunately, Aaron has Cat wrapped around his little finger, and when he calls, she answers. When Cat meets Blake, a surgical intern with a heart of gold, she is determined to end things with her estranged husband for once and for all, but this only fuels Aaron’s desire. Aaron wants what he can’t have. And the more Cat denies him, the further he’s willing to go to get it.

Ambitious graduate Marin Collins accepts a four-month internship at a prestigious public relations firm to work on a tech account, but her plans are derailed when she’s assigned to go on the road with touring rock band Kings Quarters, hailed by Rolling Stone as the next big thing. Enter Brad Osterhauser, the reluctant rock star who would rather be coding computer games than penning Grammy-nominated songs.

It’s been two years since the divorce papers slapped Jenna in the face, and it’s high time to dive back in. Step one: find a romance-novel-worthy man for a hot summer fling. How hard could it be? But disastrously bad flirting, a failed honky-tonk hookup, and a mix-up with one of Sunview’s finest have Jenna seriously doubting if this is all worth it. Maybe she’s better off leaving the world of love and sex to others...or maybe, she’s just looking in the wrong place.

Hollywood megastar, Jojo Hudson, has a secret. One that, if ever revealed, could destroy her reputation, her career, and her engagement to billionaire, Alex Masters. Fortunately, the only other person who knows the truth has been absent for over six years...Unfortunately, now he’s back....

The day he walked into my bakery, butterflies fluttered in my stomach, tingles tingled my skin, and a sequence of R-rated dreams flashed through my head. But I was no longer that awkward teenager, too scared to speak to him. I had grown into a confident woman. A woman who wanted to admire Logan Heath up close and personal. Unfortunately, from the very beginning, Logan wanted something from me that I was not willing to give him.

I never wanted the throne.... I have a plan: Find my long-lost brother and make him the prince so I don't have to rule. The last thing I have time for is my sexy new neighbor. She's everything I don't want, sassy, funny and...not available. That's okay - I'm amazing best-guy-friend material.... Friends? Sure. Anything more? Definitely not. All I have to do is not touch her, kiss her, or fantasize about...never mind.... It's not like I have a choice. With my secrets, I can't let her find out who I really am. My secrets could get us both killed.

Dirk Sexton is a 30-year-old playboy with a conscience. He wants the sex without feeling the guilt of his meaningless one-night stands. Deciding to take a chance, he finally takes the leap only to realize that he may have chosen the wrong sister. 

Get to know the hilarious and sexy Carolina crew in this small-town series of hot romantic comedies. This collection includes The Fix, Carolina Connections, Book 1 (Laney and Nate) and The Spark, Carolina Connections, Book 2 (Fiona and Mark). The Fix: My life is a friggin' fairy tale - just not the kind any single girl would ever want to star in. The Spark: Mark Beckett is the most annoying, patronizing, arrogant jerk on the face of the earth. So, naturally, I can't get the damn man out of my head.