Böcker av Emma St Clair

He always dreamed of getting married--but for love, not to avoid deportation. Eli Hopkins has it all--almost. A hockey career with the wildly popular Appies. Teammates who are like brothers. The only thing he's missing is someone to share it all with. Oh--and correctly filed visa paperwork. Due to an administrative error, Eli is about to lose everything. Unless he can find someone to marry him in the next thirty days. And he might have the perfect woman in mind. The only problem? He'd like to marry her for real, not simply for legal purposes. Now Eli faces the challenge of winning over a wife who thinks the marriage is in name only ... A Groom of One's Own is a closed door marriage of convenience hockey romcom with heart and humor, sizzle but NO spice. Perfect for fans of sports romance who want a little less heat. This book connects to Just Don't Fall & Absolutely Not in Love from the Sweater Weather series, but all books can be read as standalones.

I will NOT fall for the smart-mouthed, pretty-boy billionaire who owns Oakley Island. But his yacht is another story ... Love and happily-ever-after? It's not for me. I'm much happier keeping everyone at arm's length, focusing on my government cybersecurity work.But then I push things a little too far and hack my way into trouble. When I need to lay low and stay off the radar for a bit, what better place to do so than on Oakley Island with my sisters?With limited housing options, I reluctantly agree to stay on the yacht of the very annoying Benedict King-the billionaire who has been messing-flirting?-with me since we met.I did NOT agree, however, to a voyage out to sea.But I wake up to find the yacht that should be docked and empty somewhere in the Atlantic with two government agents tasked with babysitting me and one Benedict King.Who also lied about being my boyfriend.Typical rich man-thinking he can take whatever he wants.But he won't take my heart. Not even when I see his softer side, see behind his walls, see the real man behind the reputation.Honestly, this might be more dangerous than any of the other trouble I stirred up. Because if I fall for Benedict King, I'm not sure there's any hope of rescue.Sadie and the Bad Boy Billionaire is a closed door romantic comedy with mild suspense, sizzling kisses, and a boat full of witty banter. The Oakley Island Romcoms follow three very different sisters as they renovate the house they inherited and find love on the island along the way. The stories are standalone, but if you like continuous stories, we recommend reading them in order. Each book is closed-door, with sizzling chemistry and swoony kisses only.

Older brothers are the worst. Older brother's best friends, however, are the BEST. Except when they don't seem to return your feelings... My crush on my brother's best friend, Mason, has grown into something totally unmanageable over the years. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's not a crush at all, but something bigger I'd rather not name. And while I know Mason cares about me, I don't think he cares the way I WISH he would. That is, unless my overbearing and uber protective brother has been standing in the way. When Mason and I find ourselves sharing my brother's loft while he's gone, the dynamics start to shift. Sharing a space with your (possibly) unrequited crush is its own special kind of challenge. But just maybe while the cat (aka my brother) is away, the mice (aka Mason and me) will finally get a chance to play Falling for Your Brother's Best Friend is a grumpy sunshine, roommates romcom that takes place in the Love Clichés world, right alongside Falling for Your Best Friend. You'll find characters to love, sizzling chemistry, and closed door romance.

"You can't choose a wife based on a spreadsheet." "It's a RUBRIC." "Even worse!" With the king's health in decline, the time is short for Crown Prince Phillip of Elsinore to choose a suitable wife. Preferably NOT one of the many titled women who seem only interested in the crown.Like the logical, responsible man he is, Phillip treats this task the way he does everything else--analytically, with measurable data points.Leaving Elsinore in secret, Phillip travels to a tiny Italian village to meet the woman best matching his qualifications. The plan is to present Alessia with a proposal of marriage and return to the palace before anyone notices his absence.What he didn't plan for: FEELINGS.His--almost immediate, gut-punching attraction like he's never felt.Hers--seeming dislike and distrust like he's never experienced.Phillip's very practical plan has been replaced with a new one: to stay on and win Alessia's affection at any cost.Even if the cost is walking away from the crown ...Royal Gone Rogue is the second in the Sweet Royal RomCom series with laugh-out-loud humor, heart-warming love stories, and sizzling chemistry that keeps the bedroom door closed.

What happens when the man I love to hate becomes the man I must pretend to love?I can't seem to escape Thayden Walker and his infuriating charm.Even his mother and his Great Dane seem bent on playing matchmaker.But I'm totally immune.Until I'm presented with an offer that puts my ability to withstand him to the test.If I marry Thayden, all my student debt goes poof, and he'll take over the family firm.There's so much more at stake than money or a job, especially when I start to see the man beneath the mask.Playing house with Thayden is the most dangerous game of all.And we're both set up to lose more than we could ever win.Unless we've been on the same side all along ...

I said I'd never set foot on Oakley Island again. Not so long as HE lives there. But after my life implodes, I'm reconsidering EVERYTHING. Including my reasons for avoiding the first-and only-man I've ever loved.I'm a high achiever. Driven. Maybe a little TOO driven.So when my boyfriend confesses to cheating AND steals the promotion I've been working toward for years, I do the unthinkable for someone like me.I break. But the timing couldn't be better for me to fall apart-I can escape to the idyllic Oakley Island and oversee the renovations on my late grandmother's estate.There's just one tiny, massive, little problem: no one told me the contractor is the grown up version of the boy I fell in love with years ago.He was my first love. My first kiss.My first heartbreak.Now, I'm faced with seeing Hunter daily. Being his boss. Forging a new dynamic that fits our adult selves.Hunter is bigger. Bearded. Talks in grunts rather than words.And has just as much hold on me as he ever did.Trouble is, Hunter's life is on Oakley. His daughter is on Oakley. And it was never my plan to stay here permanently.Do I really want to risk having my heart broken a second time? More importantly, do I want to risk breaking his? Merritt and Her Childhood Crush is a second chance at childhood first love romantic comedy. The Oakley Island Romcoms follow three very different sisters as they renovate the house they inherited and find love on the island along the way. The stories are standalone, but if you like continuous stories, we recommend reading them in order. Each book is closed door, with sizzling chemistry but no spice.

I'm not sure which is worse--the lawyer handling my grandmother's estate or the attack pelican living on the screened-in porch. Just kidding--I'll take the pelican any day.After graduation, I thought I'd be off to grad school, doing research on my favorite poet. Instead, I'm renovating my late grandmother's home and posting about the process on Instagram. Talk about a detour ...But here I am. Turning Gran's beach house into a bed and breakfast--a process that would be a lot easier if I didn't have to deal with the grumpy lawyer living next door. It doesn't help that the night Jake and I met, I got a little tipsy, and he had to carry me back to my hotel.But the longer I stay on Oakley Island, the more I feel a connection to my childhood and to my grandmother. This isn't the life I dreamed of, but dreams can change. Especially when new dreams include a future with Jake. On the outside, he might be pricklier than a puffer fish, but I catch glimpses of a delicious, cinnamon roll center.Did I mention the tattoos he hides underneath those crisp button-down shirts? Yowza.When I'm suddenly presented with the academic opportunity of my dreams (former dreams?), my picturesque life on Oakley starts to unravel.A part of me wants to stay. If only a certain tattooed grump didn't seem so determined to send me away ...Eloise and The Grump Next Door is a grumpy sunshine, closed door romantic comedy. The Oakley Island Romcom series follows three very different sisters as they renovate the house they inherited and find love on the island along the way. Each book will have sizzling chemistry but no spice.