Can love ignite when guilt runs this deep? Alejandro’s life seems charmed. He is a self-made Hispanic billionaire and philanthropist who rebuilt his life after his wife’s kidnapping by ruthless criminals. He searched until he found her, only to lose her again to a man who could protect her. That failure still haunts him, which is why he’s sworn off love forever.Now he devotes his life to justice, exposing criminals and pouring his resources into helping victims of human trafficking, trying to atone for his mistakes.When threats from that dark past resurface, along with a shocking betrayal from within his own team, Alejandro is thrust into an uneasy alliance with Sophia St. Michaels, a fearless media executive chasing the same dangerous enemy. Their alliance is meant to be strategic and temporary, but Sophia stirs a connection that reignites his soul.As Alejandro is forced to relive his worst nightmare, and fear and guilt threaten to consume him, he’ll have to fight his own demons, and risk it all to save Sophia. But, will he be able to forgive himself and dare to love again?Sometimes, the greatest strength is found in the fire of love.A high-stakes, emotionally charged story of guilt, redemption, found family, and the courage it takes to love again.Book 2 in the Love Beyond the Fairytale series, a sweeping saga of women’s fiction with romance, suspense, and emotional depth. Perfect for fans of Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel, and Nicholas Sparks. Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone. No cliffhangers. Heartfelt HEA. Closed Door.

As a newly single dad, I had hard rules. And a sensitive, smoking hot military vet is breaking every last one….I’ve always had everything figured out. Dream job? Check. Three beautiful kids? Check. Married my high school sweetheart? Check....Until my marriage fell apart. Now I only see my kids for half of each week, and for the other half I’m left alone in my big, empty house, figuring things out all over again in my thirties. My rules were simple: no hookups for two months, no dating for a year, and nobody meets my kids.I blew right through that first rule with Luke.He’s got deep eyes, beautiful tattoos, and a big, wounded military vet’s heart. At night I’m also chatting online with a guy that feels kind of like home, but is totally off limits. I find myself wishing… hoping?... that he might even be Luke.Before long Luke is flexing his handyman skills, helping me fix up my house and transform my life into something that feels like home again, too.We have baggage the size of mountains, and pasts that haunt us.But we both know that nothing is serious… so what’s the harm?

Gold Medal Winner, LGBTQ Fiction – 2026 Readers' Favorite Book AwardsSilver Medal Winner, LGBT Fiction – 2026 Global Book AwardsBlake is used to showing off his body. Baring his soul? That's another story.By day, Blake’s a mild-mannered bartender. By night, he’s porn legend Dirk Slocum, heating up the runway as an exotic dancer at The Firehouse, San Francisco’s hottest club. When a developer threatens to gut the building and erase everything he loves, Blake makes a daring counteroffer: he’ll take over the lease and transform The Firehouse into the burlesque club of his dreams.There's only one catch – Blake can sell a fantasy, but he has no idea how to run a business.Enter Ethan: a brainy business student with boy-next-door charm who has no idea who he just asked out. Ethan likes taking things slow – cuddling on a blanket under the stars slow – the kind of sweet, get-to-know-you romance Blake hasn’t had in a long time.As they throw themselves into saving The Firehouse, their business partnership deepens into something more. Blake wants to come clean about his past, but the truth might cost him the first man who’s seen him as more than a hot body and a pretty face.Can he risk losing the love he never thought he’d get to have?Brighter Than The Sun is a spicy, opposites-attract romance about found family, big dreams, and the kind of love that asks you to step into the light… even when you’re afraid of what it will reveal.Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is let yourself be seen.(Brighter Than The Sun is book 2 in the San Francisco Sex Gods series. Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone story.)

Marietta has a way of bringing people together…Cowboy Chet Hardwick is in Marietta, Montana, to compete in the 85th Copper Mountain Rodeo. Chet’s not there to make any waves, he needs to focus on the rodeo, avoid his deadbeat father, and return home. But when the beautiful owner at his bed-and-breakfast needs assistance, Chet can’t resist stepping in to help.After a life-altering accident, Amy Arden left her Wall Street job and impulsively bought Bramble House B&B. While she learns the ropes, she’s also determined to uncover a secret from her late mother’s past—Amy’s birth father. The staff aren’t happy with Amy’s new ideas and quit, leaving Amy struggling to keep the fully booked inn operating. She finds an unexpected ally in one of her guests, a handsome, lone wolf cowboy, who is surprisingly easy to talk to. But just as their friendship heats up, ghosts from both their pasts arrive at Bramble House.Amy knows Chet is the man she wants, but as Chet receives news that will take him far from Marietta, will he find his way back to her?

I live for happily ever afters.And I'm finally meeting my favorite romance author in person!Only, all this time, I thought author, Amelie De Pierre, was a woman.It turns out, Pierre Toussaint is the man behind the books that make me weak in the knees.He could be the consummate book boyfriend with his dreamy hazel eyes, strong jawline, and those black-rimmed glasses. Not to mention that accent. Oh, that French accent. When Pierre speaks, I feel like I’m curled in his arms on a riverbank being fed chocolate-dipped strawberries.Not Pierre’s arms, of course. We barely just met. And I’m just me. And he’s Pierre, internationally renowned romance author.Seeing Pierre in person has me stammering and blushing—two things I don’t usually do.Imagine my surprise when I receive a call a few weeks after meeting Pierre—from his agent—proposing marriage. Not that I’d marry his agent.They want me to marry Pierre.

My Gram is the only family I have left, so when she asked for my help, I came running. Besides, a fresh start in her small town after blowing up my entire life seemed like the logical solution instead of wallowing in jobless misery for the rest of measurable time.But then Gram’s next-door neighbor turns out to be the most gorgeous man I’ve ever seen, and my calculations show I just made a huge mistake. Being captivated by Bruce Camden is not part of my plan—even if he is a retired special ops soldier with a penchant for shirtless wood-chopping.Thankfully, Bruce finds a way to draw a line we can’t cross. Working for his private security company may be the answer to one of my problems, and it means we have a legitimate reason to keep our distance despite the blazing chemistry between us.But seeing how seriously he takes his role as his younger sister’s guardian only heightens the pull he has on me, and before I know it, I’m doomed. There’s no mathematical proof to solve and find x for what comes next.The man is chopping down my walls left and right, but when disaster strikes in a big way, where will we be when the dust settles?Made for You is book one in the Veterans of Silver Ridge series and stars Bruce Camden in a neighbors-to-soul mates closed door romance.