Böcker av Kelly Collins

She chose loyalty over love. But he wants to give her both...Emmaline Brown has spent decades hoping her ex would become soft in the middle (and hopefully bald)-anything to take away from his dashing smile. So, when she discovers the years have left him annoyingly intact, she's less than thrilled. To add insult to injury, he's the new manager of her family resort's main competitor: which is right on Emmaline's doorstep.Miles McClintock lost everything in one honest decision, including his family's honor and the love of this life. Ashamed and outcast, it's been decades since he left Willow Bay in disgrace, but then family duty calls, and an opportunity to run The Kessler Resort puts him exactly where he wants to be: straight in the path of Emmaline Brown.When Emmaline's matchmaking niece finds a way to force them together, she has no choice but to use her managerial expertise to help her nemesis learn the ropes. But while Miles is keen to settle the past, Emmaline has her eyes firmly on the future-one that doesn't include him.He feels abandoned. She feels betrayed. Can love's slow burn turn into a fiery passion that razes their fears to the ground?

I've been friend-zoned by the girl I like.Now she's flirting with my brother.It drives me crazy-not that I'd say a word.My brother says it's a ruse. She's into me but has no idea how to get my attention.Luckily for her, her plan is working.She's hiding something, and I don't appreciate secrets. I especially hate lies.I'm not letting her close until she tells me the truth.Except the truth might destroy us.Because the secret she's been hiding all this time ... is almost unforgivable.And the second secret...It's a bombshell that'll change the life of every resident in Cross Creek.

She's a high-class escort. He's a heartbroken client. Falling in love was never in the contract...Grad student River Roberts is at the head of her class. But outside of the lecture hall, she's struggling to make ends meet. Refusing to let her diploma slip through her fingers, she joins a secret student society that caters to the wealthy alumni's deepest desires. But when she starts to fall for a handsome client, she realizes she never factored in the price her heart would pay.After his wife's death, Jonathan Ferris fills his waking hours with high-powered acquisitions and commodity trading. But no amount of cold hard cash can keep him warm at night. Consumed by loneliness, he turns to his alma mater's escort service. But his passionate encounters with a co-ed who's as smart as she is sexy make him wonder if there's something more between them than money.With graduation fast approaching, can River and Jonathan see past the price tag and open their hearts to true love?

Maybe to move past death, you have to embrace life...The day a rival biker gang slaughtered his entire family, Ryker Savage had just one job: protect his brothers and their friend, Sparrow. Years later, he still curses the moment he lost her in the melee -so when a stranger moves into Sparrow's old house twenty years later, buried emotions come bubbling to the surface.When struggling artist Ana Barrett unexpectedly inherits property in Colorado, she is hopeful a move could be her chance at a new beginning. With no family or connections, she hires a surly but sexy local to help whip the house into shape. When she notices the care he has for her property, Ana wonders if she should trust the small-town gossip... or what her heart is telling her.Forced to help this intrusive out-of-towner to pay for his own hefty personal expenses, Ryker is spending way more time with Ana than he'd like. So it's not long until he notices she seems strangely at home in the very halls that haunt him.When shocking revelations intertwine their half-forgotten pasts, will the painful truth give way to love or tear them apart?Redeeming Ryker is the first book in The Boys of Fury suspenseful contemporary romance series. If you like complex characters, sizzling chemistry, and small-town romances, then you'll love this journey of loss and love.Buy Redeeming Ryker to unchain your heart for an unforgettable romance today!

A swoon-worthy second chance romance with all the feels.Brie Watkins had loved two men in her life. One abandoned her at the altar twelve years ago, and the other died in the war. She is no stranger to loss, but she's still learning how to move on. When her sick aunt asks her to come back to Willow Bay to help at the family resort, Brie says yes. After all, she's a southern girl at heart, and a southern girl never turns her back on kin. Brie sells her beloved home, quits her job restoring historic properties, and goes back to the last place she wants to be, only to find her aunt healthy, The Brown Resort thriving, and the man who left her at the altar living next door, looking as handsome as ever. Why can't life be fair?Carpenter Carter Kessler left Willow Bay a dozen years ago and never looked back, but he never forgot his first love, Brie. He's spent the rest of his life regretting his decision to leave her all those years ago. After his father's death, he reluctantly returns to find his family's resort a mess. But it is not a total disaster - Brie is next door and as beautiful as ever. He talks her into helping him refurbish The Kessler Resort, but first she lays out the ground rules: they aren't friends, they'll never be lovers, and she'll never stop hating him. As far as Carter is concerned, it's a start.But as summer heats up, so does their relationship. As they peel back the layers, what will they find hiding beneath the surface? Can what they started all those years ago be restored, or are some things better left buried in the past?

A swoon-worthy second chance romance with all the feels.Brie Watkins had loved two men in her life. One abandoned her at the altar twelve years ago, and the other died in the war. She is no stranger to loss, but she's still learning how to move on. When her sick aunt asks her to come back to Willow Bay to help at the family resort, Brie says yes. After all, she's a southern girl at heart, and a southern girl never turns her back on kin. Brie sells her beloved home, quits her job restoring historic properties, and goes back to the last place she wants to be, only to find her aunt healthy, The Brown Resort thriving, and the man who left her at the altar living next door, looking as handsome as ever. Why can't life be fair?Carpenter Carter Kessler left Willow Bay a dozen years ago and never looked back, but he never forgot his first love, Brie. He's spent the rest of his life regretting his decision to leave her all those years ago. After his father's death, he reluctantly returns to find his family's resort a mess. But it is not a total disaster - Brie is next door and as beautiful as ever. He talks her into helping him refurbish The Kessler Resort, but first she lays out the ground rules: they aren't friends, they'll never be lovers, and she'll never stop hating him. As far as Carter is concerned, it's a start.But as summer heats up, so does their relationship. As they peel back the layers, what will they find hiding beneath the surface? Can what they started all those years ago be restored, or are some things better left buried in the past?

She''s an ex-con. He''s branded by failure. Will this cowboy gallop away with her heart?Prison time cost Holly McGrath her dream career. After returning home to discover her fiancé cheating on her, she questions if it''s possible to rebuild her life. But while volunteering at her late mother''s hospice, Holly attracts the attention of a handsome cowboy...Keagan McKinley knows the sting of defeat. Determined to keep a horse breeding operation in the black, he''s sworn off any and all distractions. Unfortunately, the gorgeous tenant at the ranch is everything he needs but nothing he wants...Can Holly and Keagan lean on love, or will a gut-wrenching betrayal sentence them to lifelong heartache?