Download or read book Rough Love The Complete Series written by Leighton Greene and published by Leighton Greene. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Ballard never thought he'd be anything but vanilla, much less bi-curious. But when he can't get wannabe-actor Xander Romano out of his head, he begs for a chance to experiment. Xander has strict rules against fooling around with straight guys, after getting hurt before. But eventually he agrees to give Ben a taste of what he has to offer… And Ben is hooked. Will Xander be able to bend his own rules enough to take a chance on love? Join Ben and Xander on their journey of self-discovery, experimentation, and red-hot scenes. The Rough Love series will take you on a scorching, sometimes dark, but always thrilling ride as Ben and Xander explore their deepest desires together - and test each other to the limits. Get ready for a wild ride with the sizzling and steamy complete series of Rough Love. Note: Rough Love can be rough. Please proceed with caution if you have any triggers. * Rough Love: The Complete Series contains all four full-length novels about Ben and Xander: 1. Learn the Rules 2. Obey the Rules 3. Break the Rules 4. Flying Free

Download or read book Rough Love Complete Series written by Lucia Jordan and published by Wild Hearts Romance. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Ryan has fallen on hard times of late, and things are only made worse when she loses her manufacturing job in Ryker’s gap—the small Virginia mountain town where she lives. The only thing she owns outright is a 1975 Mustang. Meanwhile, Bishop Cole’s day isn’t going much better. On the lam from the law, the tattooed and ruggedly handsome fugitive is nearly killed when a shy beauty comes speeding around the bend in a vintage muscle car, forcing them into one another’s company. But as the carnal lust between the two heats up, will Maggie find herself fighting for more than just her own life?

Download or read book Rough Love Complete Series written by Lucia Jordan and published by Wild Hearts Romance. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maggie Ryan has fallen on hard times of late, and things are only made worse when she loses her manufacturing job in Ryker’s gap—the small Virginia mountain town where she lives. The only thing she owns outright is a 1975 Mustang. Meanwhile, Bishop Cole’s day isn’t going much better. On the lam from the law, the tattooed and ruggedly handsome fugitive is nearly killed when a shy beauty comes speeding around the bend in a vintage muscle car, forcing them into one another’s company. But as the carnal lust between the two heats up, will Maggie find herself fighting for more than just her own life?

Download or read book Rough Love The Complete Series written by Leighton Greene and published by Leighton Greene. This book was released on 2022-04-18 with total page 975 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Ballard never thought he'd be anything but vanilla, much less bi-curious. But when he can't get wannabe-actor Xander Romano out of his head, he begs for a chance to experiment. Xander has strict rules against fooling around with straight guys, after getting hurt before. But eventually he agrees to give Ben a taste of what he has to offer… And Ben is hooked. Will Xander be able to bend his own rules enough to take a chance on love? Join Ben and Xander on their journey of self-discovery, experimentation, and red-hot scenes. The Rough Love series will take you on a scorching, sometimes dark, but always thrilling ride as Ben and Xander explore their deepest desires together - and test each other to the limits. Get ready for a wild ride with the sizzling and steamy complete series of Rough Love. Note: Rough Love can be rough. Please proceed with caution if you have any triggers. * Rough Love: The Complete Series contains all four full-length novels about Ben and Xander: 1. Learn the Rules 2. Obey the Rules 3. Break the Rules 4. Flying Free

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Download or read book Love Hack Complete Series Box Set written by Alllyson Lindt and published by Acelette Press. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: His Hacker He can't stop fantasizing about the playful siren he met at the karaoke bar. Unfortunately, she forgot to mention she works for the competition. When he finds out what other secrets she's keeping, chemistry may not be enough to keep his hacker in his arms. His Infatuation She's his best friend's little sister, and totally off-limits. But long nights spent together, as he helps her keep her animal shelter from going under, lead to forbidden passion. Is there more to them than infatuation? Her Surrender When they were younger, they walked away from each other and a once-in-a-lifetime love. Their careers bring them back together, on opposite sides of the negotiating table. One of them has to surrender everything if they want to stay together, and both wonder if they’re strong enough to walk away from their passions a second time.

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Download or read book Tough Love written by Melanie A. Smith and published by Wicked Dreams Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-03 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes you need a bit of tough love to get where you’re supposed to be … Mia Anderson has been living a life that was chosen for her. But her impending thirtieth birthday is the wake-up call she needed to stop wasting time on all the wrong pursuits. Just as she’s figuring out what she wants to do about it, her beloved grandmother falls ill and Mia drops everything to be with her. What she didn’t expect to find in her grandmother’s tiny mountain town is the courage to quit working for her father, supplied by a little tough love from her Gran. Now faced with an uncertain future, the last thing on her mind is finding love. Nate Edwards is living a solitary life deep in the Cascade Mountains of Washington. He’s content, or at least he thinks he is — until the granddaughter of a good friend shows up and he starts having feelings he thought he’d never have again. But Mia’s future isn’t in Alpine Ridge, so acting on it would lead to nothing but heartbreak. Still, their connection is undeniable and circumstances continue to push them together, despite their resistance. Will Mia stick to her decision to carve her own path? And if she does, will it be with Nate? Or is he doomed to an isolated life?

Download or read book Learn the Rules written by Leighton Greene and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the Rules contains the first five parts of the Rough Love series, collected in one book for the first time. 1. Bound by Him Benjamin Ballard always assumed he was straight - in every way possible. They invented the term 'vanilla' to describe him. But if Ben's so straight, why can't he get his inscrutable coffee-shop co-worker Xander Romano out of his head? And how come Xander's rough-housing on the basketball court gets Ben so flustered? 2. Taken by Him Xander knows the games he likes to play can have unexpected consequences...but he thought he had everything under control. Sure, Ben's constant questions get on his last nerve sometimes, but Xander knows he means well. Ben's just new to the world of kink. Exploring. Experimenting. That's all it is, Xander's sure. And then one day, everything blows up in his face. 3. Dared by Him Xander Romano's career is looking up, and his personal life is too, for once. But when a figure from his past shows up at a party, how will it affect what he and Ben have been building together? 4. Marked by Him Ben Ballard doesn't believe any scene with Xander could get truly scary. He knows Xander, and he knows Xander would never really hurt him. Xander might play at being the Big Bad Wolf, but underneath, he's a big softie. Right? Find out what happens when Xander blows the house down... 5. Loved by Him Ben Ballard has found his balance again after a difficult few days. Even better, he knows he has a boyfriend who loves him, a career that's finally starting to go places, and a family that accepts him for who he is. The only problem? Said boyfriend, Xander Romano, has to move across the country to New York for work, while Ben is stuck in LA. And on top of all that, Xander's poisonous ex turns up at his going away party... Will Ben and Xander be able to make sure their love sticks, even from opposite sides of a continent? *** Learn the Rules contains the first five parts of the Rough Love series. Join Ben and Xander in their continuing odyssey of self-discovery, experimentation, and steamy fun as they work out the kinks together. This is just the beginning of their wild - and sometimes dark - ride, but never fear: these two will get their HEA. It'll just take them some time to figure out what that happy ending looks like for them... Rough Love can be rough. Please proceed with caution if you have any triggers. Rough Love reading order: Learn the Rules (collected serials) 1. Bound by Him 2. Taken by Him 3. Dared by Him 4. Marked by Him 5. Loved by Him 6. Obey the Rules (novel) 7. Break the Rules (novel) 8. Flying Free (novel)

Download or read book Twisted Love A Billionaire Boss Small Town Office Romance written by Summer Cooper and published by Hot Summer and Sexy Romance. This book was released on with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this sexy small town billionaire boss romance by Summer Cooper, a USA Today Bestselling Billionaire Contemporary Romance Author. There’s always a bigger bully. The old Keily wouldn’t have taken any BS from Logan, her sexy billionaire boss. He could be the most gorgeous man on Earth, the smartest, the richest. No matter how much she desired him… The beauty queen would never have bowed down to anyone. Perhaps her divorce humbled her. But queen or not… She needed money in her pocket and a roof over her head. She needed this job so desperately that her pride and ego had to suffer. So she let her sexy CEO boss walk all over her. Again and again. Rubbing the dirtiest muck on her like the world’s most unworthy doormat. Just as the sexy billionaire thought he could get away with all his bullying… Keily decided to fight back. And that fight gave her the life that she always dreamed of. Now she should be content. Now she should be happy. So why does she still feel so unfulfilled? Is there anything else she could possibly desire from him? The reading order of the series: Book 1: Twisted Beauty (now FREE!) Book 2: Twisted Love Book 3: Twisted Fate This is an adult only steamy contemporary love story, appealing to readers who sexy small town romance, hot billionaire office romance and sizzling hot bully romance. Perfect for fans of Fifty Shades, Kat T. Masen, Sierra Rose, Michelle Heard, Rina Kent and Luna Mason.

Download or read book Avoidables Complete Series written by Rachel Medhurst and published by Rachel Medhurst. This book was released on with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've become dangerous... Our city is divided. Not just by the river that separates poor from rich, but by a government who throws away people who are not good enough. We're Avoidables, a race of people who have been shunned, judged and persecuted for the way we look and the rare gifts we have. We're ready for justice, we're ready for war. We're ready to seek vengeance for lifetimes of hatred. We've become dangerous. And, yet, a small glimmer of hope arrives in the form of angels. Integrating themselves into the government, they're working to bring the city under control. They claim that love conquers all, but after hundreds of years of neglect, the Avoidables battle to find their love story. Until now. This is the complete Avoidables series. KEYWORDS: dystopian, teen & young adult fantasy, teen & young adult science fiction, fiction, fantasy, romance, dystopian romance, fantasy romance, angels, dragons, shifters, love, dystopian angels, futuristic dystopian, post apocalyptic, coming of age.

Download or read book Rough Complete Series written by Lucia Jordan and published by Wild Hearts Romance. This book was released on 2021-11-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the complete ‘Rough’ Series, a seriously hot and provocative romance by Lucia Jordan, written in her signature style of high passion and emotion. Meg Redwood has always been invisible. She’s known for being polite, shy and predictable, and always doing what is expected of her. But all that changes on a weekend trip to a mountain lodge when she pledges to break free from the bonds of routine and find something exciting—something that is all her own. But she’s not expecting to be swept off her feet, literally, by the lodge’s seductively enticing owner—Adrian Wolfe. Adrian is everything Meg is not. Blessed with success, charm and devilish good looks, he’s as impulsive as he is fearless. Sick of always being well behaved and never getting what she wants, Meg decides to give in to the temptations of her desires…but is she prepared for everything that the dangerous Mr. Wolfe has in store? Only mature readers should download this book.

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Download or read book Tough Love written by Steven Blockmans and published by T.M.C. Asser Press. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union has come a long way in the Western Balkans in just a few years. Where, in the 1990s, the EU stood by and watched the Balkans burn, it was the US, within NATO, that acted decisively to stop the wars. In the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis, the Union finally found its voice to say no to new armed conflict in the heart of Europe. As part of the international presence in the region, the EU adopted sanctions, brokered political agreements, launched its first-ever police and military missions and directed economic, legal and administrative reforms to eradicate the roots of instability. Yet, despite the comprehensive nature of the Union’s actions, its strategies have been marked by confusion, its actions by concurrent or competing mandates of other international organisations. As the Western Balkans still contain the possibility of a genuine security threat, there is a real imperative to move the region as a whole from the stage of international protectorates and weak states to the stage of accession to the euro-Atlantic organisations to which they aspire. The author argues that, under the leadership of the European Union, only a ‘tough love’ strategy, based on a firm but fair application of the conditionality principle, can lead to the integration of the Western Balkans into the European mainstream. Dr. Steven Blockmans is senior research fellow in EU law and deputy head of research at the T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands.