Susannah Nix

They've both got good reasons to fight falling in love, but they can't resist the overpowering attraction pulling them together... Wicked Witch. Ballbuster. The Terminator. Those are just a few of the nicknames Maggie Silvestri's been called in her professional life. As the executive consultant King's Creamery has brought in to save them from financial ruin, she decides which employees get the ax. She can't afford to make friends or get chummy with her new neighbors.Try telling that to the enormous, hunky fireman next door who's annoyingly determined to make friends with her. It's not enough that the guy saves kittens, tosses tree trunks around while wearing a kilt, and has a body that makes Thor look puny. He also works out shirtless in full view of her kitchen window. She might be secretly obsessed.When a newspaper expos turns the whole town against Maggie, her hot fireman neighbor steps up to act as her protector, and her secret obsession threatens to turn into a case of serious feelings. But she can't allow that to happen when she's only there temporarily. She's got to keep her walls up to protect the heart everyone thinks she doesn't have.Ryan McCafferty's new neighbor might act like she wants nothing to do with him, but he's seen her watching him from her window. He can tell she likes what she sees, and he loves pushing her buttons-a little too much. He's got no restraint when it comes to this woman.Now he can't get her out of his head. The more time he spends with Maggie, the more he suspects she might be the soul mate he's been waiting for all his life.Of course he'd find her now, when he can't risk letting her get too close. If she does, she might discover the secret he's been keeping from everyone.Soul mate or not, he's got to let her go. Even if it kills him.

A lonely barista's dreams come true when her celebrity crush asks her to pose as his fake girlfriend for the paparazzi. Boone Sheridan is a TV heartthrob with a public relations problem. He needs to clean up his image and create a distraction ASAP. What better way to do that than pretending he's settled down with a nice, wholesome, ordinary girlfriend?Eve Tracey is as ordinary as they come-a pre-school teacher and part-time barista working two jobs to make ends meet. She also happens to be a recovering Boone Sheridan superfan. So when the object of her former obsession walks into her coffee shop and makes her an unbelievable offer, how can she refuse?Acting like she's in love with Boone Sheridan is no problem for Eve. But she's read enough fake dating fanfics to know that being on the receiving end of Boone's pretend affection is almost certainly a recipe for heartbreak-and she's too realistic to believe the fantasy will extend any further than that.There's nothing for a starstruck fangirl to do but brace herself for the pain of letting Boone go at the end of their temporary arrangement.

She's not just my ex-girlfriend. She's my new coworker.I knew Lucy Dillard was The One the first time I met her. Yes, I'm enough of a sap to believe in love at first sight. When I fell for Lucy, I fell hard. Everything was great between us-until the moment she dumped me.Now I just want to forget about her. Instead, I'm stuck staring at her face all day. But I need this job, so I'll find a way to be civil and professional.There's just one small problem: I'm nowhere close to being over her.First, we were lovers. Then enemies. Now we're trying to work together.I didn't set out to break Tanner King's heart, but you know what they say about the road to hell.I've got too many responsibilities and no room in my life for love. I can deal with Tanner's resentment until he starts working at the desk directly across from mine. Obviously, a truce of some kind is required. We're both grownups. We can handle this situation like professionals.There's only one thing threatening this fragile peace we've negotiated: all these inconvenient feelings I apparently still have for him.Cream and Punishment is book #2 in the King Family series set in the small town of Crowder, Texas, home of the King's Creamery ice cream company. Each book is a standalone, full-length contemporary romance that follows one of the six King siblings as they find and fight for love.

Wyatt King isn't looking for love...because he's already found it.Too bad she's off-limits. He's not going to be the jerk who messes around with his best friend's little sister, so he keeps his feelings bottled up and settles for acting as her protector instead.Andie Lockhart's dreamed of kissing Wyatt for as long as she's known what kissing is. But since he's dated nearly every woman in town but her, she's long since accepted he'll never see her as anything more than his best friend's tomboy little sister.When a real estate developer threatens the beloved old house Andie inherited from her grandmother, her white knight Wyatt swoops in with his handyman skills to save the day. But the more time they spend working on the house together, the harder it becomes to ignore their irresistible attraction.Until the night an accidental kiss blows the lid off those feelings they've both kept buried.After that, things between them get a lot hotter-and a lot more complicated. Forbidden love, broken promises, family secrets, and jealousy all threaten to tear them apart. If he intends to hold on to the woman he loves, Wyatt will have to put everything on the line.My Cone and Only is book #1 in the King Family series set in the small town of Crowder, Texas, home of the King's Creamery ice company. Each book is a standalone, full-length contemporary romance that follows one of the six King siblings as they find and fight for love.

Dawn Botstein is doing just fine after her divorce, thank you very much. She's got her yarn store to run, her house to herself for the first time in her life, and no use for men anymore. That is until the hottie silver fox who walks into her store turns out to be her old high school crush-the guy who rejected her 30 years ago. No way is she going to lose her head over him this time, no matter how well he wears that salt-and-pepper lumberjack beard. Okay, so he's the opposite of her ex in every way, and his attention gives her a thrill she thought she'd never feel again. She's not risking her heart again. Mike Pilota is having a mid-life crisis.Only instead of buying a red sports car he can't afford and dressing like a 25-year-old who's time-traveled from the 1990s, he quit his job after his second divorce to move closer to his recently widowed mother. He didn't expect to run into Dawn again, but as soon as he lays eyes on her he's utterly smitten. So he sets out to make up for past mistakes and prove he can be the kind of man she deserves. But is it too late for second chances? Or will these two lonely hearts find a way back to each other? 'Mad About Ewe' is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #1 in the Common Threads series, Seduction in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

The second he walked through the door, she could tell he was trouble. Grace knows better than to fall for a Hollywood bad boy like Scott Deacon. An arrogant movie star with a troubled past and a big honking chip on his shoulder? No, thank you. He may be sex on wheels, but beneath the charming facade he's just another cocky jackass destined to make her job more difficult.Except...The more time they spend together, the hotter the fire between them burns. With every flirtatious smile and brush of his hand, she feels her defenses crumbling.She wants to hate him, but instead she's in danger of losing all control.

Alice Carlisle has problems. Her sociology Ph.D. dissertation is going nowhere, she's about to lose the TV extra job that's been paying her bills, and her roommate is kicking her out. She needs to find a new place to live ASAP, so she can focus on finally finishing her doctorate. Enter Griffin, one of Hollywood's rising stars, who offers to let her move into his guest room if she'll dog sit for him. Four months rent free in a nice house with an adorable dog is an offer Alice can't turn down--even if she has major qualms about her movie star roommate. Griffin Beach has it all. He's gorgeous, newly jacked, and poised to make the leap from TV show regular to box office superstar. Until his dog sitter bails, leaving him desperate to find someone he trusts to look after his precious fur baby. Someone like Alice, the extra who's never seemed to like him but loves his dog. Griffin has his doubts about the arrangement, but living with Alice opens his eyes to how empty his workaholic lifestyle has become. The more time they spend together, the more he realizes she might be exactly what he needs in his life. Can Alice let her guard down and learn to trust again? Can Griffin stop trying to please everyone else long enough to show her how he feels? Will they get their Hollywood happy ending? Or will their love story bomb at the box office?