“Move in with me,” he said.Being cherished is how Tessa Wilder always imagined falling in love. But for years, she’s always gone for the wrong guys. Now that she’s fallen for one of the good ones, she fears rejection.“I can’t,” she replied.Justin Jameson quit looking for a woman after being used so many times for his brains. A bit of an introvert and completely oblivious to women’s advances, he can’t even see that his friend cherishes everything about him.When Tessa needs a place to stay, Justin’s the first to offer her a room. Hearts are opened; feelings are ventured. They’ll finally know what it’s like to be cherished in the city until one moment threatens the relationship they’ve built.“I can’t lose you.”**Can be read as a stand-alone**TropesFriends to LoversRoommatesPTSD RepDirty Talk

Bad Boy? I've played that part on every stage around the world ... But the Good Guy who's only bad for her? That's a new gig.I walked away from the girl I loved. Now I’m back, and she’s in my arms—literally, without her skirt.I came to rock the stage, not September's world. In the flash of a moment, from skirt mishap to rescue wrap, old flames spark dangerously.But wait.I know she hates me for leaving.But one backstage kiss leads to another, and suddenly, dinners and long bus rides together have us tangled up in something neither of us expected.I thought I had her figured out, but every moment with her shows a new shade of September.Now, I'm not just playing for applause—I'm playing for keeps. And the thought of losing isn't part of the plan.I’ve got one song to win her back, written in the key of us.

Welcome to Arrow Falls, a steamy, emotional romance series from USA Today Bestselling Author Michelle Dare. EvePretentious. Arrogant. Condescending. Cruel.All words I'd used to label him. Exactly what I’d always believed he was. All that changes one spring morning when I realize I don't know the man behind the facade.Angry. Desperate. Broken. Mine.All words I use to define him after I interfere. Once our eyes lock, I’m all in. There’s no turning back. I’m determined to save him. What I don't expect is he’ll save me too.CyI’m so close to ending my misery. Mere seconds away. Then she stumbles upon our argument, and I change my plans. Even with my entire world burning down around me, she refuses to walk away.I’ve always been on my own. No one fought for me before. But she does, no matter how much I try to stop her. Once she gets under my skin, I can't let her go, because where I end, she begins.Content warning for bullying, child abuse, attempted suicide, physical and emotional abuse, sexual assault, and attempted rape.

Hating my cold, single-dad billionaire boss should be easy.Too bad I’m falling for the one man I could never give my heart to.CEO Sean Tassater is determined to make me quit by the weekend. As someone impossibly wealthy and too handsome for his own good, he's always gotten away with being cruel.But I’m desperate for money to support my brother, so I can’t refuse when my grump of a boss assigns me another outrageous task : Help him win over his seven-year-old son.Now, in addition to his torturous demands during the day, I must oversee him clashing with his son in the evenings while biking through Central Park.It might be amusing if Sean wasn’t chasing away every man who so much as looked my way.I try not to wonder why. Sean is wealthy enough to own half of Manhattan and I’d never cross the line with my arrogant boss. Even after I discover a side to him I never guessed.But one night, he finds me in tears, and instead of walking away, he kisses me—hard. Soon, we’re tangled in something so sinfully passionate I can’t stop, even if I wanted to.Sleeping with the enemy was one thing. Falling for him was so much worse.

Contemporary, billionaire, enemies-to-lovers romance where old money and legacies rule.He lives in a castle, but he’s no prince.AdelaideI had a normal childhood for a blue blood growing up in a famous, historical hotel among Gilded Age mansions on the coast of Rhode Island.My life changed dramatically when my mom died before I was even a teenager. That same year I met my best friend. Kingston. The boy with black hair and moonbeam eyes who saved me from cracking my head open. He became my lifeline. By the time we were teens, I planned our marriage and our happily ever after.It was a fool's dream.I learned the hard way people in my elite world hurt you. They betray and discard you like trash. My heart has had its share of beatings, but Kingston left it in pieces.I hated him for it.He grew up to be even more stunning and continues to taunt me, stealing kisses and more. Taking things he doesn't deserve but that I give willingly. Because as much as I hate him, I still want him. Worst of all, I hate when he shows glimpses of the boy I once loved. In rare moments, he even shows me affection.That's the most I can hope for in this corrupt world of old money and legacies. We're all monsters who thrive off pain, me included. Kingston still owns a piece of my heart that I'm too weak to take back.At twenty years old, we’re caught in a tormenting cycle of cat and mouse that can only end in one of two ways—we destroy or save each other.*possible triggers - emotional abuse, bullying, dominance, stalking, possessiveness, past trauma, physical abuse of side character.

He’s a baseball star. I’m the fool who let him break her heart. I never thought we’d see each other again, but life has a cruel way of forcing people to face their past.Growing up, Corey Johnson was the guy of my dreams. Handsome, athletic, smart, and surprisingly kind to me-- his best friend's quirky little sister. I worshiped the ground the baseball star walked on, and it seemed like he and I might one day become more than friends.But that was before Corey did something I will never be able to forget... or forgive.Years later, I get my dream job as the social media coordinator for my favorite professional baseball team. My life is finally on the upswing. Until the team trades for... you guessed it... Corey freaking Johnson.Now, I have to work with the man who broke my heart. I'm determined to keep my distance. But Corey seems to have other ideas...???A Whole New Game is a brother's best friend standalone romance. HEA guaranteed.