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The fan-favorite, HGTV-inspired rom-com trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey, now in a single volume! This bundle includes the following Hot & Hammered novels: FIX HER UP: A bad-boy professional baseball's player agrees to fake a relationship with his best friend's...

Cole Maddox isn't looking for romance. After a painful betrayal ends his marriage, he returns to his small hometown to work alongside his dad and keep his life simple. He knows his way around every tool in the box, but nothing prepares him for the writer from New York who tempts him with things...

Discovering that the person you love is cheating on you can be depressing and deeply disturbing. If you have suspicions and want to gather evidence before confronting your partner, you must have an approach that gives you all the information that you need. This book provides 10 tools to catch a cheater. If you are correct and your partner is violating your trust, you deserve the truth. This is the first step.

When Karolena answered an ad for a live-in housekeeper responsible for taking care of at least a dozen guys, she was obviously desperate. Although she hadn’t realized they were spies and assassins when she accepted the position, it could work out for the best since the Shields’ headquarters might be the only place she’s safe from the evil ex hunting her. That is, if she doesn’t give in to the two agents that live across the hall who tempt her to do things that could be dangerous to her still-healing heart.

Ruby typically supports a team of do-gooder assassins from the safety of her supercomputer in their command center. She’s dragged into danger when hackers attack her, empty millions from her crypto wallet, and threaten the global economy by tampering with blockchain technology. Worse, her attraction to two of the agents she works with—Ace and Liam—is a distraction none of them can afford, especially when she winds up sharing a bed with them for her own safety.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer and Hook, Line, and Sinker brings the heat in this rom-com about two enemies who team up to flip a house because their chemistry will either burn the place down or ignite a passion that neither can ignore... Hair, makeup...

Walker and Dane are a team. Best friends doesn’t even begin to cover what they are to each other. Nothing can break the bond they forged during their tumultuous teenaged years or strengthened during their time in the military. Except Joy. Dane’s first crush and Walker’s stepsister, Joy has always had the power to throw a wrench in their lives, even if she never realized her own allure. So when she shows up at Hot Rods motorcycle shop, a newborn in her arms, nine months after they slept with her before leaving town to prevent another mistake…they know life is about to change.

When James was a kid, he aspired to be a superhero’s sidekick. He’s never enjoyed being the boss. Not while working for the Powertools and not in his love life. Fortunately, his husband and wife are far better at assuming control than he is. With each of his spouses stepping up to be the foreman of their own crews, James is left wondering what there is for a cute, hyper-organized former construction worker to do in Middletown. Sure, he could play house husband for his spouses, and the rest of their sometimes lovers, while taking care of their ever-expanding family.

Sevan has been keeping secrets. She’s not the errand boy everyone at the Wildfire outlaw motorcycle gang thinks she is. No, she’s been hunting their president from inside their ranks in the name of revenge. Levi Jansen has always been drawn to Sevan, even when he thought she was a male mechanic named Rivet. He can’t blame her for that, since he’s been hiding plenty too. As an undercover agent, he’s relied on his tenuous partnership with ex-con Ransom to infiltrate Wildfire. As the three swirl deeper into darkness, they’ll need to rely on each other to find their way out.

Dave knows where he’s needed most is back home, helping his wife rebuild her business—and her dreams—which burned to the ground while they were partying with friends. Resentment could be the final nail in the crew’s coffin if they can’t find a way to move forward together. Because in addition to their careers, the Powertools’ intimate bond is in jeopardy. It’s up to them to find a way to strengthen it, even if it means grinding away at the past in order to prepare for a bright future.

An accident on the Hot Rods construction site draws Mike to Middletown. Not to assume his role as foreman, but to help his best friend, Joe, learn the ropes. It’s his turn to be caught off balance when his wife delivers shocking news. The rest of the Powertools crew join them to attend a wedding at their friends’ motorcycle garage, Hot Rides. The night could change everything—both personally and professionally. Because while celebrating their friends’ new commitment, it’s nearly impossible to deny the strength of their own complicated bonds or the fact that they’re evolving.

Sultry summer heat has nothing on the five-man crew renovating the house next door. No one could blame Kate for leaning out the window for a better view of the manscape. The nasty fall that follows isn’t part of her fantasy—but the man who saves her from splattering the sidewalk is definitely the star.

Griff Coleman used to be the happiest man in the world, until a doped-up kid killed his wife in a bank robbery. Emma Keeton, a five-foot-three package of energy, comes barreling into his life. They’re thrown together when Griff is put in charge of building a restaurant where Emma will be chef. Emma oozes sex appeal, an appeal Griff finds irresistible. Emma has never been interested in anything long-term with a man. Her feelings change as she and Griff spend so many hours together. But Griff still has to let go of the past and accept her as part of his future.

Dax Coleman has it all - money in the bank, a job he loves, and an address book filled with the names of women who only want a good time. He’s never had a problem charming a woman into his bed. He meets his match when Kelcey Ewing comes to Lanville. A former roommate of his brothers’ girlfriends, Kelcey is as serious as Dax is carefree. He considers it his personal goal to loosen up Kelcey so she has fun - preferably in his bed.

Sawyer Beckett is at it again! That baby, whose Mama gave him all that drama? Well, she's all grown up and ready to date! And Sawyer is not happy about it. So he's written another guide, full of "helpful advice", for all the horny lil' punks that think they stand a chance of getting near his angel Presley.

Rye Coleman falls in lust with Alaina May the first time she walks into the office of his construction firm. During the tour of the old house that she wants to renovate, that lust takes over when Alaina falls on a broken step, right into his arms. Sex is hard and fast, and he imagines a lot more of it - until she tells him she’s the sister of the woman who humiliated him in front of the entire town three years ago. Rye refuses to have anything personal to do with Alaina. But Alaina is determined to convince Rye she’s nothing like her sister.

If Morgan thought spilling the beans on her lust for Joe would scare him off, she couldn’t have been more wrong. Following her birthday wish gone awry, the hunk is treating her to one surprise after another. From little things that make her smile to lavish, romantic dates, Joe is turning out to be the stuff of dreams

Quinn has made mistakes - like sleeping with the wrong people. It’s taken him time to figure out what he wants in bed and out of it. Understandable, since he’s attracted to both men and women and surrounded by a network of friends who seem to have no trouble finding love in any combination. When he meets Trevon - the sexiest man ever - on the side of the road, only one thing keeps Quinn from pursuing him: Trevon’s even sexier wife, Devra. Financial and safety concerns forced them into a marriage of convenience they both secretly wish was more.

Morgan is happy that her best friend Kate is expecting the crew's littlest member, but helping renovate a room for a nursery is more than she can bear. Baby furniture and pastel paint are a painful reminder that she and Joe can't - and will never - conceive. There's no hiding it from the rest of the close-knit crew, either. True to their unique brand of love, the gang rallies to find a non-traditional solution to alleviate their friends' suffering.

Kyra Kado hates Van Hernandez. Or at least she wishes she could. Ever since she kissed him and he rejected her as a “mistake”, things have been tense onboard their tour bus. Kyra takes out her aggression during her drumming performances as a member of Kason Cox’s band and tries not to think about how well Van guards her body between their shows. Until she meets Ollie Dawes. Funny, flirty, and cute, he takes her mind off Van. The Hot Rides salvage man is used to being alone on his solo part-finding missions, but she suspects he’d rather not be lonely anymore.