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It's a fight for love when the gloves come off in this fake relationship. Abel Callahan has second son syndrome. He's never thought he measured up to his famous boxing brother, so he's on a mission to change everything about himself. When a chance encounter finds the girl of his dreams in a financial bind, Abel has an idea: teach me how to date. Her assistance could not only open doors for him, it could open his heart to love. Elma Montgomery has always had it all until she doesn't. She wants retribution for what's been lost to her and desperation turns to poor decisions: money for a fake relationship. It wasn't supposed to become anything more. Their friendship was a means to an end until her heart got in the way. When love and revenge go up against each other, it's the toss of a coin - heads or hearts? This new adult college romance retells one of the oldest tales of brother against brother in the fight for love. If you like a strong alpha male, a determined heroine, and boxing matches, then you'll root for this fake relationship to turn into a true romance.

It's a battle for love when a champion fighter wants to keep his wife.Cain Callahan wants his wife back. Trouble is, he can't find her. Lost after their rushed marriage, he's been on the hunt for her. Her quiet, shy nature shouldn't have been a turn-on for him, but one night with too much passion-punch and that fling turned into his ring on her finger. Then she disappeared. As he's never been a quitter in or out of boxing matches, he's determined to win her over...once he finds her again.Sofie Vincentia-Callahan didn't expect to get married. Problem was, she couldn't resist him. The temptation of an alpha male so opposite her bookish style quickly burned to deep passion and a night she'll never forget. When she learns the truth about him and his past, she feels she has no choice but to separate from him. Only, she's back and he's more committed than ever to keep her as his. Lies and lust blur the lines, leaving the question: can love conquer all for this married couple?This new adult romance retells one of the oldest tales of brother against brother, only this time both brothers wish to win at love. If you like a strong alpha male, a book-smart heroine and boxing matches, then you'll cheer on this rocky marriage to become a true romance.

Can her secrets be safe with him when the rest of her life is so public?Ivy Carrigan's life has been lived in the public eye as the daughter of a famous female rock star. Being in that position, it's difficult to know who to trust, who to believe in, and who to fall in love with. When Ivy finds herself in a predicament and under Gage's renewed interest, determining his motive becomes confusing. He couldn't possibly want to take on all her secrets.Gage Everly is on the verge of stardom as the lead singer of Collision. The fast track of fame and fortune isn't the only thing he's wanted over the years, though. After a supply-closet encounter, he's never been able to let the memory of Ivy go. Now, opportunity presents itself for his chance at winning her affection. He only needs to convince her he's more than a rock star at heart. When two stars in the limelight collide, the collision could be more than either ever expected.+++ This spin-off novella from AFTER CARE tells the origin of Collision, the band managed by Tommy Carrigan. It can be read as a stand-alone and follows the early encounters of Ivy and Gage chronologically before AFTER CARE.

When a widowed professor decides dating is back in the books, her new neighbor - a silver fox fireman - volunteers to school her in rekindling a flame between the sheets. I'm forty, flabby, and frustrated. Don't get me wrong, I have a good home, a decent job, and great children. I had a loving marriage for twenty years where we had our ups and downs. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't awful. Then he died.After the grief took its course, and the reality of my new life settled in, I grew frustrated. It wasn't the bills or the struggle to keep my interest in my career. It was life without a man - the only man I'd been with for two decades. And before you go all feminist on me, it wasn't that I couldn't be an independent woman. There were just certain areas where a man was necessary.You need a f*ck buddy, my friend said.I didn't even know what that meant.Is it friends with benefits? I asked.Better, you don't even have to be friends.Boy, did I need an education in the modern workings of dating . . . and sex.+++From L.B. Dunbar is her original sexy silver fox standalone about second chances after loss and falling in love over 40.

A living legend rock star. A quiet girl in the shadows. Fate has plans for them. The generous lover. Arturo King has it all - fame, fortune, and a band family.But the one thing he needs is her.Quiet, complex, and sexy, she is his destiny.He just doesn't know it yet. The unsuspecting partner. Guinevere DeGrance wants two things - music and recognition.As the daughter of a prominent rock star builder, she's no stranger to bad boy band members, like him.Dark, talented, and completely irresistible, he's a future rock king.And she will be his queen, if her father has his way. A story steeped in tradition where fate cannot be denied, this centuries' old romance retells the tale of a man destined for greatness and the woman guaranteed to ruin his heart. Live on, Arturo King. +++The Legendary Rock Stars is a series and best enjoyed in order: The Legend of Arturo KingThe Story of Lansing LotteThe Quest of Perkins ValeThe Truth of Tristan LyonsThe Trials of Guinevere DeGrance Full-length novels full of rock star hotness, strong heroines, gritty sexiness, and a bit of suspense.

He's second in command of the band. She's the neighbor who wants nothing to do with him. The player. Lansing Lotte's life is in shambles. The band is falling apart. His best friend is missing, and he finally has the opening to go for the girl of his dreams.Only problem is - the woman in 3A.She sparks a flame in him he might not want to extinguish, and when tragedy strikes, he can't resist a damsel in distress.Could she be the one to rewrite his history? The neighbor. Lila Lovebourne is a wreck as an orphaned daughter and a single mother. When her apartment is destroyed, all she needs is a break, and the man in the penthouse becomes her hero.Too bad she's sworn off rock stars.Unfortunately for her, her body nor her heart can't resist his bad boy charms.Could he be the one to give her a happily ever after? A romantic story from the past, where lovers need a second chance, and this modern twist on a classic tale gives a misunderstood man the woman he deserves. Rock on, Lansing Lotte. +++The Legendary Rock Stars is a series and best enjoyed in order: The Legend of Arturo KingThe Story of Lansing LotteThe Quest of Perkins ValeThe Truth of Tristan LyonsThe Trials of Guinevere DeGrance Full-length novels full of rock star hotness, strong heroines, gritty sexiness, and a bit of suspense.

He's been saving himself for the right woman. She might be the one to break him. The gentle giant drummer. Perkins Vale is twenty five, a rock star, and a virgin. That's right. He's saved himself for the woman of his dreams. The one he met as a boy, found as a teen, and fantasized over until one night...Fate puts her before him again.And his world comes unraveled in more ways than one. The allusive woman. Hollister SanGrael is a good woman, dedicated to others, and a bit of a mystery. Life has been one big tease with a ring, a promise, and a loss of hope. Her future belongs to the service of helping women in distress which lead her to one night when...Destiny brings them back together.He can't possibly remember her, but he does, weaving himself back into her world. An unfinished romance gets its conclusion in this modern twist on a classic tale of a hero who waits for his heart to be saved by the right girl. Soldier on, Perkins Vale. +++The Legendary Rock Stars is a series and best enjoyed in order: The Legend of Arturo KingThe Story of Lansing LotteThe Quest of Perkins ValeThe Truth of Tristan LyonsThe Trials of Guinevere DeGrance Full-length novels full of rock star hotness, strong heroines, gritty sexiness, and a bit of suspense.

He's a famous rock star trying to disappear. She just wants to get lost. The heartbreaker. Tristan Lyons needed to get away. With the band in pieces, an island in the sun seemed like the perfect place to be lost. Only she crashes his pity party as a second houseguest.A deal is made.An agreement struck.Their shared space could be another way to lose himself, only the more they pretend, the more he desires the truth. The mystery guest. Isolde Ireland wanted a break. A life under scrutiny gets old and an unwanted future led her to her favorite place in the islands. Only an unsolicited visitor claims the place as his.No names.No histories.But togetherness leads to all kinds of adventure and the more she withholds the truth, the more emotions cannot be denied. A romantic favorite of forced proximity and forbidden love where two hearts and true love cannot be ignored, and Fate has a plan to make certain it's not. Sway forward, Tristan Lyons. +++The Legendary Rock Stars is a series and best enjoyed in order: The Legend of Arturo KingThe Story of Lansing LotteThe Quest of Perkins ValeThe Truth of Tristan LyonsThe Trials of Guinevere DeGrance Full-length novels full of rock star hotness, strong heroines, gritty sexiness, and a bit of suspense.

She made a terrible mistake. He still wants her back. The scorned woman. For Guinevere DeGrance, loneliness was her crime and an unforgivable mistake led to her begging for redemption. But she isn't the only guilty party. With the return of a legend comes unanswered questions and a new inquisition - can they survive a reunion or are they lost to one another forever? The returned hero. For Arturo King, depression and pain have been his prison and his silence garnered his sentence: the loss of his woman's heart. But guilt is not hers alone, as his decisions had consequences and he must accept his fate - can he be the man he needs to be to rule the stage again or is all hope gone? Two broken souls will either heal or burn in the conclusion of the Legendary Rock Stars, a romantic classic retold giving lovers a second chance at their once and future fate. My once. My future. For music, and love, and Guinevere. +++The Legendary Rock Stars is a series and best enjoyed in order: The Legend of Arturo KingThe Story of Lansing LotteThe Quest of Perkins ValeThe Truth of Tristan LyonsThe Trials of Guinevere DeGrance Full-length novels full of rock star hotness, strong heroines, gritty sexiness, and a bit of suspense.

Naomi Winters will be forty-soon-ish-and she's only been with one man. One night. One time. Long ago. She believes everything happens for a reason, and the universe spoke about Nathan Ryder.Nathan Ryder isn't the same man who hightailed his bike out of Green Valley eighteen years ago. As a rule breaker, women are one area he acts a fool. Case in point...the local librarian. He can't get a read on her, but she's one risk he's willing to take. Again.What do an eccentric librarian and a sexy silver biker have in common?More than you think. The due date on their love might not be expired after all.'Love in Due Time' is a full-length, contemporary romantic comedy, can be read as a standalone, and is book #1 in the Green Valley Library series, Green Valley World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

Pregnant at forty-two? Back the cow up...Harland Bull Eaton has lost many things-his first wife, his beloved mother, those three women he proposed to...Oh, and there was that time he almost lost the family dairy farm due to a scandal. He's losing faith in just about everything, especially love. But one night, his friends give him a dare. No commitments. No heartbreak. Just buy that gorgeous redhead a drink. The big-city bombshell he's set his eyes on swirls him into a tailspin that lands them in bed for a one-night stand he's pretty sure he'll never forget. But this time, he swears, he won't let his heart ride herd on his common sense. Recently separated and newly unemployed, Scarlett Russell is at a crossroads. With no other plan than visiting a friend in Vermont, the last thing she expects is a hunky, silver fox offering to buy her a drink. Even less expected is when she raises that offer to "take me to bed, cowboy." She just wants one night to forget everything gone wrong.Turns out once won't be nearly enough. Won't ever be enough, feeling the way she does. But secrets and an unexpected surprise are a lot to handle...unless these two can break a trail to an unexpected happily ever after.

Who does that sexy silver fox think he is, sitting in her spot in the Busy Bean Cafe? Over forty, with zero filter, Rita Kaplan loves her coffee, her hiking boots, and her law practice. Life hasn't always been carefree, though, and Rita's past holds the scars of poor decisions after deep loss. She survived, though, and no smirky silver fox is going to get in the way of her happiness. Even if he knows how to use his drill, screwdriver, and every other tool in his box to tempt her . . . Former arson investigator Jake Drummond could add ex-con to his resume if he had one. Instead, he's serving the final year of his sentence on probation. This involves mandatory AA meetings, hosted by a feisty local attorney, and working on a renovation project, supervised by the same annoyingly attractive whirlwind, who also believes she owns the exclusive rights to a comfy couch in his new favorite coffee shop. Soon she's everywhere, including the few places she shouldn't be--like in his bed and in his heart. Can opposites lower their walls and construct something everlasting . . . or will their connected past lead to demolition for two hearts in need of a rebuild?

Autumn Kulis wants a baby. It's that simple and that complicated because one thing stands in her way - she doesn't have a man in her life. And at almost forty, she isn't getting any younger. On a two-week trip to her brother's lakeside cottage, a plan forms. Make a list of three men. Sleep with each of them. Allow nature to take its course. Only a certain someone gets in her way.Logan Anders goes with the flow of life. Divorced, single dad, he works hard, and occasionally plays harder. When his college roommate invites him to Lakeside Cottage for two weeks, he hadn't remembered his best friend's little sister being so hot. Nor was he a fan of her plan to find a baby daddy. He's determined to make her list then tear it to shreds leaving him the only man horizontal with her. It's The Big Chill of 2021 with a reunion of friends gone awry when someone wants to get pregnant and someone else wants to be the one to give her everything.A crush revealed exposes the desire for her brother's best friend and a simple proposition could be the second chance they both need to really live.+ + +Welcome to Lakeside Cottage, a new adventure in over 40 romance and second chances at love by L.B. Dunbar

Zack Weller is timely, orderly, and meticulous. Too bad his seven-year-old, twin sons are hellions. With his divorce final, a two-week vacation beckons him to his best friend's cottage. Unfortunately, he can't help the magnetic pull of memories from the house next door-the one that was once his childhood home-or fight the force of nature in the naked woman sunbathing in that backyard.River Nagle is a free spirit. She understands the trials and tribulations some people face and offers the compassion to deal with them head on. When she inherits a lakeside home, she takes the blessing for what it's worth: a gift and a new beginning. Until one day two little boys make themselves at home in the tree fort in her backyard and she meets their hot, growly dad who steals her wine, her time, and her heart. Newly divorced, single father grump meets a ray of sunshine, next-door neighbor in this small town, second chance romance where learning to love over 40 works with the right teacher. + + + Welcome back to Lakeside Cottage.

When a sexy silver fox encounters a single mother in crisis mode, love might be the second chance to fix both their hearts.Forty-one and feeling unaccomplished, my midlife crisis begins with burnt toast on my birthday. Hardworking yet underappreciated, I never say no-not to my ex-husband; not to my three children-but I want to. Boy, do I want to. But, when chance encounters continue to bring me face-to-face with a sexy silver fox, for the first time, I want to say yes, yes, yes to him-Hank Paige.As a recovering alcoholic and former rock star, he once had it all: fame, fortune, and females. In the past, his big heart landed him a damsel in distress gone wrong, and I don't want to be another hot mess on his list. Fighting her ghost in the midst of questioning everything about myself isn't what I need either.However, what can I do when the solution to making my life feel not-so-less might be the something-more he's offering?+++From L.B. Dunbar comes another romantic comedy containing a sexy silver fox, a woman having a midlife crisis, her three teenage boys, an auto-repair shop, some cupcake frosting, steamy bathroom scenes, and a second chance at love (over 40).

Life might be a highway but the last thing this grumpy silver fox expected was a cross-country road trip with a ray of sunshine."My sister is driving to California. She could give you a ride.""What?" Tucker Ashe and I say in unison.Mae FoxSurely, my older sister has lost her mind. There is no way I'm driving her insufferable - albeit sexy silver fox - boss two thousand miles. This is my spirit trip. The Mother Road is intended to help me reclaim myself. Letting go of my past, I'm only looking forward to the path ahead of me.But my gaze keeps wandering to the rearview mirror, wondering what secrets my grouchy passenger keeps and how that silver scruff might feel blazing a trail on hidden parts of me.+ + +Tucker AsheDriving me from Chicago to California might be the least this ray of sunshine can do after ruining my new suit. However, being confined with her for seven days in a car named Louie is the last thing I need. Because I don't want to think about kissing those lips singing off-key or the way she beams every time we stop for a photo-op along Route 66.And I definitely shouldn't consider asking her to pull over and join me in the backseat for a bit on this crazy journey where memories haunt and every mile hints at a second chance.+ + +Join Mae and Tucker on a road trip where an eclectic soundtrack and unusual highlights along the most iconic road in the U.S. bring together two souls in need of a second chance at revving their engines, recharging their batteries, and rebuilding their dreams. From L.B. Dunbar comes a new series of feisty vixens and the sexy silver foxes they attract. **NOTE: The Fox sisters (Road Trips & Romance) are the siblings of Garrett Fox from Wine&Dine, an original sexy silver fox. Each book can be read as a stand alone.

When a sexy silver fox finds a woman in his vacation home, a little icing and a long-overdue apology might give him a second chance to restore his dreams with the one who got away. Go, my business partner urges. I deserve a vacation. I've worked hard to establish my bakery and I'm proud of my accomplishments, but an absence in my life still exists-like a cupcake that just needs that something extra-and it all stems back to one man-Brut Paige.The now solid-silver haired man was the one who got away and the last person I expected to find at my beach house rental. For twenty-two years, I've kept up on the single father who'd taken care of everyone else-his pop's garage, his brother's downfall, and his growing child. He needed the life break as much as I did, and when he makes a proposal, just like when we were younger, he's difficult to resist.One week. No mention of the past. No plans for the future. Just be. A major mistake tore us apart. A little matchmaking forces us together. Some frosting, forgiveness, and a few surprises might refresh both our hearts and our dreams. + + + From L.B. Dunbar comes more romantic comedy containing a sexy silver fox, the woman who got away, a beach house vacation, naughty board games, a cupcake bakery, and lots of frosting when reunited lovers get a second chance at love (over 40).

It takes a village, or in the case of this jaded silver fox, he needs a wife to save one. "I need you to marry me." Jane FoxMy boss cannot be serious. The ridiculously handsome man I hate-to-crush on has just proposed I pretend to be his wife for a funeral. A funeral Only, when he dangles a much-coveted position in exchange for my time, I can't refuse. Who am I kidding, though? I seem to have a habit of not saying no to Mr. Wright. Machlan WrightThings spiral out of control the second we reach my small town. A place I swore I'd never return has suddenly become my inheritance. As in, I've inherited an entire town Only, there's one condition: my hot, top executive pretending to be my wife must marry me for real. What could possibly go wrong? +++ Join Jane and Mach as they road trip to a lovely mountain town where memories haunt and relationships build. And it takes (the restoration of) a village for this marriage of convenience to question the past and change the future. L.B. Dunbar brings you a second standalone in Road Trips & Romance. **Note, the Fox sisters are siblings of Garrett Fox from Wine&Dine, an original #sexysilverfox.