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Alcohol, getting dumped and a smart phone were not a good mix.Peyton Sheppard thought her world was just weeks away from being perfect.  The future she had always dreamed about was within her grasp - the perfect guy, the perfect wedding, the perfect house in the suburbs.  That was until her fiancé ran off and married a Las Vegas showgirl.To say she was a bit miffed was perhaps an understatement.  Still, an ill-advised video uploaded to Facebook shouldn’t have meant the end of her life as she knew it.Flynn Devereaux loved his life just the way it was, thank you very much.  He was not at all impressed when his editor insisted he do a blog series on the woman whose meltdown went viral.  The absolute last thing he needed - or wanted - was to try and get her to fall in love with him because of some ridiculous bet made on national television.  But what was a guy to do?  A challenge was a challenge and maybe he could limit the humiliation that was sure to follow both of them during the fallout of said challenge.He didn’t believe in love or happily-ever-after and she was done with the whole husband, marriage, white picket fence thing so there was no chance of either of them falling in love…

Nadine Court was a hot mess.After crashing and burning in spectacular fashion during her debut tour with her band Court’n Jacks, Nadine had gone to rehab to get her…ahem…stuff in order.  Now she was ready to try again and hopefully, this time, they might actually finish the tour without her ending up in hospital and on the front page of every country music website in the world.  Which was why it was a very, very, very bad idea to get involved with her therapist… former therapist.Gabe Rousso had thought he had contained his attraction to the feisty violinist.  That was until that last session when an innocent kiss on the cheek had turned into something a whole lot hotter.  He wasn’t technically her therapist anymore, which was why he’d accepted her invitation to see her perform for the first time since her breakdown.  He shouldn’t have gone… but he did and of course that had led to more compromising of his closely guarded ethics.  She was a weakness he couldn’t afford and a temptation he couldn’t resist.This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart.

Stevie Jacks was on her way to the top.Her dreams of being a country music star were on the precipice of coming true, but there was something missing.  Nate Nash.  She thought she hated him for the way he left her all those years ago…turns out she was wrong.  She loved him then and she still did.  For a moment, she thought she could have it all - the guy and the career - but it turned that out Nate was the same selfish bastard he was back then and he once again left her broken-hearted and alone.  But she still had her career and with doors opening up everywhere she looked,  she was determined not to once again let him rob her of her chance of stardom.Nate was slowly crawling back to the top of the record charts, but it was a whole lot different the second time ‘round.  He missed Stevie like nobody’s business but he knew he was no good for her.  He wanted her to have everything she always dreamed about - everything she’d wanted before he stole it from her with the single stupidest idea he’d ever had.  Falling in love with her had never been part of the plan and once he had, he didn’t know what he was going to do about it.  Would she ever take him back after all the pain he had brought her?  Did he even deserve to have her in his life?This is part two of a two-part story and concludes the story of Nate Nash & Stevie Jacks.*This is a ‘Too hot to Handle’ Romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

Nate Nash was a rock star… used to be a rock star.  Now he was just a sad cautionary tale.  He’d been living the high life for the last five years, since he was discovered in a dive bar.  He’d chosen a chance at fame over loyalty to his friend and duet partner.  He walked away from her when the record company told him they didn’t want her.  Five years later, having made too many bad decisions and lost too many nights to the pleasures of the flesh, his career had tanked and now the record company that signed him wanted its pound of flesh.To make him feel even worse his partner, Stevie Jacks - the one he walked away from in order to take the record deal - had just hit the big time.  It was just his luck that when his life was on the way down the crapper, hers was headed for the stratosphere.Was there any way he could salvage his flagging career and repair the rift between them?This is part one of a two-part story - a happily ever after is not guaranteed and it may very well end on a cliff-hanger.*This is a ‘Too hot to Handle’ Romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart

Mason Pressfield liked his quiet, solitary, ordered life. He liked his mostly nocturnal existence, working late into the night and sleeping through the day. He liked the quiet of his apartment, one of only two on his floor, and he especially liked being able to escape from people whenever he wanted to. It's not that he didn't like other people, he just found them so… draining. So what if two of his friends had found their forever partners? It didn't mean that he was missing out on anything. He wasn't the relationship type anyway, and he liked to be able to keep the women in his life at arm's length. He liked to have complete control over any and all interactions with them. So why was his new neighbour getting under his skin? And what the hell were those strange noises coming from her apartment in the middle of the night?Abby Sutherland chose her apartment because it was only one of two on that floor and the building manager assured her that her neighbour was the type to keep to himself. She liked her anonymity and a quiet, unobtrusive neighbour was exactly what she needed. Abby had a secret that she was bound and determined to keep just that - a secret. The last thing she needed was a nosy neighbour butting in and trying to find all the skeletons in her closet.When she first saw her new neighbour, it wasn't under exactly ideal conditions and may have even come across as slightly suspicious. And then he caught her again, also in a compromising position and she doubted the wisdom of choosing this particular apartment. Even though she knew she needed to keep away from him, she was drawn to her tall, dark and handsome neighbour and her very active imagination began to use him as her muse for all sorts of fantastic tales. But would the real Mason be a disappointment as she got to know him, or was he exactly what she had been fantasising about all along?

Declan was just being a nice guy. He saw a woman in need of assistance and he stepped in and pretended to be her fiancé. It was just the kind of guy he was; a knight in shining armour ready to rescue the damsel in distress. Yes, she was pretty - beautiful, gorgeous, a goddess - but he would have done it for anyone…probably. It was only fair that she return the favour when he found himself in need of a fake girlfriend. It wasn't meant to go anywhere. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement and they both knew the rules going in. He wasn't free to fall in love. There were…complications…that prevented him from pursuing her for anything more than just a fun time between adults. But you know what they say about best laid plans…Brandi wanted it all - a career she loved, a happy home, the husband, the white picket fence, and the two-point-five kids. That was the dream. Unfortunately for Brandi when men looked at her they saw something other than a potential life partner, they saw an opportunity to tick something off their bucket list. Blonde, beautiful and bearing a striking resemblance to a certain famous blonde-haired, blue-eyed doll, Brandi was a Marilyn when she desperately wanted to be a Jackie. So when she met Declan and he treated her like a person instead of just a piece of arm candy, of course she was going to develop feelings for him. The only problem? Their little agreement. And then things got complicated…

Willa had a plan.  Get a good job and marry a billionaire.Growing up below the poverty line with a mother who was physically present but emotionally distant had made Willa wary of love.  In her world love equalled pain, so her solution was to marry for money, not love.  Part one of the plan was successful.  She had just scored the perfect job at Ashby Chocolates.  Now it was time to put the second half of the plan into action and Jonathon Ashby was in her sights.Jonathon Ashby was being impersonated and he didn’t have a clue who it might be.  The guy was gallivanting around town handing out Ashby Chocolates like they were candy and giving him a way bigger media profile than he was comfortable with.  Jonathon had no clue what the guy’s end game was but he was determined to find out before the imposter did something detrimental to the company Jonathon had built into an empire.  The only way to do that was to go under-cover as Jake Campbell in his own company and see if he could ferret the imposter out.  He hadn’t planned on meeting Willa.  And he definitely hadn’t planned on falling for her, especially when she was looking for a rich man to take her away from all her troubles just like his absentee-mother.*This is a ‘Too Hot to Handle’ romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing – not for the faint of heart.

A cheating fiancé, a one night stand, and a lost Jimmy Choo…After Claire Bower, a sensible and practical bakery owner, finds her fiancé of five years in bed with another woman, she kicks him to the curb with a face slap, some cathartic personal property destruction and a few choice words, then heads to Melbourne for some well-deserved retail therapy and decadent food indulgences. She never expected to wake up in a strange (but luxurious) hotel room with a total blank of what had happened the night before.  She also didn’t expect to spend the following night in the company of  the charming, delicious and swoon-worthy  Ben Donovan.  Her short stint in Australia’s food and wine capital has her meeting not one, but two exciting men who see her as more than the plain and boring Claire she has always thought herself to be.When Claire returns to her ‘real life’ on the Sunshine Coast, she finds herself torn between two men, one a mysterious stranger she cannot for the life of her remember, but has nonetheless started a strange but fun text relationship with; and the other, a dreamy, sweet and ridiculously rich Brisbane lawyer who seems to adore her.  If that’s not bad enough, she is also on a mission to save her floundering business and finds herself the object of affection for an obsessed stalker.  Maybe being a ‘plain Jane’ wasn’t so bad after all.

Bailey Sheppard had loved Nick Heart for as long as she could remember. They had been best friends in school and had graduated to a friends-with-benefits arrangement after she left home to study at a university two states away. Their once a month weekends were the highlight of her life, when he would fly in to visit her and she would have him all to herself for the entire, uninterrupted weekend.And then he told her he was getting married.Bailey's perfect world was threatening to implode and she had to do something to set it to rights. She needed Nick in her life, she wanted to be the one he married and lived happily ever after with. So, she hatched a plan to stop the wedding and steal the groom.And then she met Hunter.Hunter Green, the reclusive aviation billionaire, offered to act as her boyfriend to make the groom jealous and help her put a stop to the wedding. But his beautiful green eyes and the way he made her feel when he touched her cause her to question her loyalty and feelings towards Nick. Oh, and he just happens to be Nick's stepbrother.Now she had feelings for Hunter that won't be denied, but what did that mean for her future with Nick? Did she take a chance on a new relationship with Hunter or should she stay the course and reach for the happily ever after she'd always imagined with Nick?This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!*This is a 'Too Hot to Handle' romance on the Emma Lea rating scale - These are definitely 18+ reads and contain graphic sex scenes and high level swearing - not for the faint of heart.

There are always two sides to the story…A Royal Engagement was told exclusively from Princess Alyssa's point of view…now see Will's side of the story.The last few years have been hell for Will Darkly, Duke of Camphrey, Lord of Pemberton. First his mother died, then his father, leaving the estate destitute and we won't even go into how he and his sister were betrayed by someone they trusted. Now, just when he has finally landed on his feet, his best friend, the Crown Prince Jacob St. Benét, is killed in a hunting accident.Jacob's death brings Will face to face with his childhood crush, the prince's sister, Alyssa, now the crown princess and heir apparent and she's even more beautiful than he remembered. She's also involved with the one man who could cause Will to commit murder.Grieving for his friend, trying to keep his business moving forward, and avoiding the attraction he feels for his best friend's sister leaves him short tempered and irritable and something has to give before he loses his mind.*This book should be read AFTER A Royal Engagement*This is a Sweet Romance

Lady Meredith Bingham thought that she had her life sorted. She was a member of the royal guard - an elite security team tasked with protecting the queen of Merveille. She was also close personal friends with the queen and part of her inner circle - the ladies in waiting. But then her mother had to go and ruin it all. Lady Caroline Bingham was sick of her daughter fooling around and playing soldier. She thought it was high time her daughter got serious about her future and found herself a suitable husband. With the duke pulling double duty as the country's prime minister, it was only right that his daughter start acting like a proper daughter of nobility. Much to Meredith's chagrin, the queen agrees that Meredith must step down from her post.Prince Christophe Kostopolous was a prince in exile. For the last ten years he had been living under the pseudonym of Jamie Kosta, and for the last seven years he has been part of the royal guard. Very few people knew his true identity, but that was all about to change. The people he had been hiding from all these years have found him and he may finally have his chance to reclaim his rightful place on the throne of his small island nation of Kalopsia. The only problem is, he has fallen for a certain duke's daughter and she has no idea who he really is.

Lady Jeanette Bower had always known what her life was going to look like. It had been drummed into her since she was a little girl. She would marry a titled gentleman and make him a splendid wife who was above reproach. It was what her mother had always wanted for her and Lady Jeanette always did what her mother wanted her to do. She was a good girl. The only problem was, Lady Jeanette didn't expect a six foot four Australian with sparkling tawny coloured eyes and a mischievous grin to walk into her life and show that there was perhaps another path for her to take.Drew Taylor had just landed his dream job and the fact that it was half way around the world from his meddling mother was just icing on the cake. He never expected to be swept off his feet by a woman on a hot pink Ducati who also happened to be one of the Queen's Ladies in Waiting. And then there was the complication of the Viscount she was supposed to marry. How could a cane farmer's son from tropical Queensland compete with a man who could give Lady Jeanette the title she had always wanted? He couldn't, but that wouldn't stop him from trying.

The Queen is getting married and Lady Priscilla is required to work alongside the Lord Chancellor, Dominique, to ensure that the whole affair goes off without a hitch and that they don't, unwittingly, start World War Three. The only problem is that Priscilla finds Dominique insufferable and Dom isn't all that enamoured with Priscilla either.When Priscilla's sister, Bianca, falls for Dominique's brother, Louis, the two young lovers hatch a plot to ensure that they can spend time together, but it means that Dom has to pretend to be interested in Priscilla and get her to date him.The more time they spend together, the more Dom and Priscilla start to like each other, except that now Dom is caught in a difficult spot…should he tell Priscilla that he only asked her out because his brother wanted to date her sister, or should he keep quiet and hope she doesn't find out?

On the day of the new Queen's coronation, a man from Lady Alexandra's past turns up unannounced in Merveille. Lord Frederic intercepts him and discovers that Alex had left this man at the altar six months ago and now he was here to claim her.The last thing Freddie wants is to get entangled with a woman. He liked to keep his options open, but now that he has returned to Merveille for good, his mother is trying her damnedest to get him married off and producing the next Bingham heir. When Alex asks for his help, he is only too eager to help her and maybe get his mother off his back in the process.Alex hasn't told anyone the real reason she left everything she had worked so hard for in the States to return to Merveille and take up the position of Queen Alyssa's personal assistant. But now the main reason for her flight from the US as turned up on the palace's doorstep and she is backed into a corner. The only person that she can think of to help her is Freddie, but she worries that getting too close to him might just do more harm than good.*This is a sweet romance

The Spare is now the HeirAlyssabeth never expected that one day she would be queen. She was the second child of the king and queen of Merveille and female. Two strikes against her as far as the patriarchal society of Merveille was concerned. But that all changed the day her father and brother were killed in a hunting accident.Her dream of joining the UN is no more and instead she needs to return to the small European country of her birth to pick up where her father and brother left off. Her Harvard degree in International Relations is forfeit and in it's place she must become Queen, that is if the misogynistic Parliament can see past their prejudices.Not much has changed in the small country in her four year absence, but there are two noticeable differences. Her brother's two best friends, Will Darkly and Jordan Wicks, have grown up into two very intriguing men. Jordan practically sweeps her off her feet from the moment she steps off the plane, but Will's more reserved, darkly intense interest in her gives her tingles.Alyssa isn't sure she is cut out to be Queen, but she knows that she wants to do her father and brother proud, so she is willing to give it her best shot, even if it means going toe to toe with Parliament. And then there is the small matter of her needing to be married in order to fulfil her birthright and take her place as the Head of State.*This is a sweet romance

The corporate shark and the nanny...Brooks Barry was a corporate shark and one of the youngest billionaires in Australia.  For five years he travelled the world, buying up floundering businesses, streamlining them and then selling them off for profit.  He was good at what he did, but there was something missing in his life.  When one of his good friends fell in love, Brooks decided that maybe it was time to go home and actually live in the mansion he’d built for his wife before she left him for her ex-boyfriend.  Seeing Hunter and Bailey together made Brooks think that maybe he could find that if he would only stop running from the heartbreak of his divorce.Harper Fenwick had been a nanny for four and a half years, but she’d never had to face this situation before.  Her employer, Heather, had decided that she was sick of being a single mother and instructed Harper to take her daughter, Piper, to her father.  The only problem was that he didn’t know she existed.  When she first laid eyes on Brooks Barry, she could barely get a word out due to a large part of her brain shutting down as lust took over her frontal cortex.  She immediately developed a major crush on her boss and she still had to explain about the four year old little girl who was dying to meet him.This is a standalone romance - no cliff-hanger!