Ian Being stuck in the friend-zone sucked. I was done. Blake had been single long enough, and if I didn't make a move, she'd get together with the wrong man again. Because the right one was me. Luck was definitely on my side. An online dating site paired us up. It was an opportunity to show her the side of me she didn't know. The side who wasn't interested in a fling with half the women in town. The side who wanted something serious and lasting. With her. I thought about confessing. Telling her that I was the guy she was sharing her secrets with. But keeping my online identity a secret meant she talked to me. Really talked to me. It was worth the risk. Blake was worth any risk. Blake Getting dumped sucked. Getting dumped because he thought I was in love with my best friend's older brother was ludicrous. I did not have a thing for Ian. Yeah, we shared a hotel room when we went to Hawaii, but nothing happened. I...

Gavin Spending the holidays with my aunt in her small town would have made me insanely happy as a kid. As an adult, I'd outgrown the idea of settling down in a small town and enjoyed my city life. The month I was staying would go fast and I'd be back to normal before I knew it. I hoped. Then I met the curvy server. The one who handled the overly friendly customers with ease and ignored me just as seamlessly. Walking her home at the end of the night felt normal, almost like I could belong there. First, I had to get over everyone knowing everything. But there were perks. Like running in to Piper again. And getting matched with her on an online dating app. Piper Online dating worked for me. I was not looking for more than one night. Relationships and me didn't mix. I was good with that. But there were always times when I didn't want to be quite so alone. Like during the holidays. Gavin was different...

Omar Running for reelection in the small town I'd made my home should have been a slam dunk. I had the support of my staff, the backing of the rest of the town, and a damn good track record. I also had new competition. Not for mayor. That was a lock. No, the competition was for my sanity. By the way of the woman who thought she should be able to do whatever she wanted in town just because she was doing it for the kids. There were still rules. Rules I was going to make sure she followed. Even if it meant I had to check in on her every single step of the way to make sure she was doing as I wanted her to. Which she never was. I wish that was the only thing about her that made me out of my mind crazy. Natalie Ugh. Could the interim Mayor be any more of a pain in my backside? First, he needs details for all of my plans for the new rec center. Then he wants bi-weekly updates on where things are going. Then...

Enjoy the 3rd book in the steamy BBW romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. No one knows she's alive. No one except him. Being dead was not as easy as Karli thought it would be. She couldn't call anyone, use her cards, or go anywhere with a camera. Her face had been on every channel, trying to gather support for finding her killer. A man who killed the wrong woman. A man who would hunt her down and get it right if he knew Karli was still alive. Cade knew the woman in the morgue was not who everyone said she was. He knew her face, every inch of it, and they were wrong. He just had to find her, the other her, and convince her to trust him. When a stranger calls her by name, Karli's instincts tell her to run. But there's something about him that pulls her in. Something that gets her to let her guard down. Something that could cost her her life. Forever this time.

Nico Resisting Laura was getting harder and harder every day. Seeing her talking and laughing with patients and watching the shutters close when she looked at me was painful. I deserved it, but it was not easy. Not when I wanted to know everything there was to know about her. If only I wasn't her boss. Crossing that line wasn't a good idea. We had important work to do. Work that saved lives and helped people. I couldn't risk it. I wouldn't. But hearing about her dates was driving me crazy. If I could meet someone, maybe I could forget about her. There had to be someone on the online dating app who would take my mind off her. Laura Life's too short for regrets. I learned that day after day working with patients living and dying with cancer. They all told me the same thing. Stop being afraid of living my life and grab it by the balls. So, I listened. I stopped wondering when my boss was going to notice...

Enjoy the 2nd book in the steamy BBW romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. She only had one night with him. Then she had to disappear. Jessica had always been the good girl. She did what she was supposed to do, was kind to others, and always put her job ahead of her personal life. Which was why she was still single at thirty-three, even though she'd been lusting over her boss's baby brother for years. She finally got a date with him, two to be exact. And then she found her best friend. Dead. Braden thought his firefighter friends were joking when they said his date was on the TV, but they weren't. Jessica, his Jessica, was wanted for murder? She wouldn't hurt a soul, especially not her best friend. But she was missing. His calls went straight to voicemail. She hadn't shown up to work. Innocent people didn't run. The only way to clear Jessica's name is to expose whoever set her up. Without...

Trey My music career was going exactly where I wanted it to. Big contract, big stadiums, and even bigger bank account. I had everything I wanted. But that contract required something I didn't have. A song that would make all those raving fans dig even deeper into their pockets and throw more than just panties at me. The only problem was I hadn't been able to write a song in years. There was one guy who could help me, but he was out of the public eye. No one knew where to find him. But I knew something they didn't know. I knew where his daughter lived. Sofia Three months. That was how long he was going to be in my small town. I knew it when we met. But that spark... It had been a long time since I felt a spark like that. An instant connection with someone that made me feel like he really saw me. Falling for him was as smart as falling into his bed. Even knowing it was temporary, I couldn't resist....

Stocky and sumptuous don't mix... except in his eyes. Vicki Prescott knows exactly what she doesn't want. A man. Especially one who works too many hours. She's had one too many relationships end because she wasn't more important than a job. She was done. Of course, being her friend's maid of honor means she's constantly faced with everything she doesn't have. No, doesn't want. If it weren't for that pesky desire to be a mom, she was certain she wouldn't need men at all. Hunter Campbell does not take no for an answer. He is in full hustle mode and doesn't have time for a no. He's so close to his dreams he can practically taste it. All the late nights, screwed up relationships, and begging for friends to take him in was finally going to be worth it. As long as he kept his eye on the prize. And not on the sexy red head with an hourglass figure and green eyes that see right through him. Vicki doesn't want Hunter....

Trent I loved my hometown in the fall. The summer guests were drifting home and the sleepy town I ran fast and far from decades ago became the home I remembered. The home I loved. I let it get to me. I let myself get sucked in. I wasn't the town's son anymore. I was nobody. Or so I thought. That random woman I met online? I didn't think she knew who I was. She pretended she didn't. But after one night, she was trying to trap me into a lifetime together. Ha! She couldn't trick me. I wasn't falling for it. Or her. Finley Finally. I finally got things settled at work. I was good for nine months. Time to hang on and make a new plan. I deserved a night out. A quick fling with a rare stranger in my small town. One night. One time. Not one line. Shit. I was supposed to spend those nine months growing my business, not growing a person. Now I need to tell that stranger about the baby. If I...

James Trinity had a way of getting under my skin. From the moment we met, she pushed me. With each push, I wanted her more, but she hated me. I saw it in the sneers and the eye rolls and the looks of disgust when I took another woman home. She didn't need to know I was only doing it to piss her off. She never asked for anything or even acknowledged me most of the time. Until one night. She needed me. And there was nowhere else I'd rather be than holding her in my arms. Except maybe holding her in my arms when she wasn't crying. Trinity The very last person I wanted anything from was Officer James Rucker. If there was any option at all, I wouldn't call him, but I had no choice. I needed a cop. To my surprise, he came. He helped. He was the guy everyone else knew instead of the @$$ he always was to me. I didn't know what to do with that. It was easy to keep him in the box I put him in. To tell myself it...

Rowan Hiding in plain sight was never easy. Sure, no one in town knew my history, but I still didn't like feeling so exposed. Knowing that it wouldn't take much for them to figure out that I was there for a reason, and not staying forever. But after a few months, the small town was winning me over. The night life could use a little more excitement, and the dating options were minimal at best, but she caught my eye the first time I saw her. The angry look on her face hid the pain in her eyes. Maybe I was crazy for wanting to know why she was hurt, or maybe I just recognized someone I could relate to. Someone who might not judge me the way I'd been judging myself. I just needed a way to get her to talk to me. Willow The last thing I needed was a cop on a power trip trying to make a name for himself. I knew I was an easy target. No one in town liked me. But did he have to give me a ticket? And worse, did...

Abby is moving on with her life. After she caught her husband cheating, live and in person, she divorces him and starts living for herself instead of doing everything for him. Abby opens her own bakery, changes her look, and moves out on her own for the first time ever. The only thing she isn't ready to do is date.Graham helped Abby get her bakery up and running. As a carpenter he loved the challenge of turning the blank space into a bakery. Even more than that, he loved getting to know the beautiful new tenant.When Abby's ex learns she's moving on with her life and doesn't need him, he wants to remind her of everything she gave up when she left him. Everything Abby was happy to leave behind.Now Abby is stuck between the man who made her feel needed, but never wanted, and a man who makes her feel wanted, but she doesn't need him. Abby needs to figure out what she wants - the man from her past, the one who promises her a future, or the present she's fallen in love with, alone.

Enjoy the 6th book in the steamy BBW romantic suspense series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Mary E Thompson. She survived a fate worse than death. She wants revenge. Not remembering the months she spent held captive didn't erase that they happened. Edie lost more than her memories. She lost her dignity, her job, her cousin, and all faith in humanity. And the man who held her was still out there. Doing the same to others. Being a cop wasn't always Pryce's dream, but when his childhood best friend fingered him as an accomplice, he fought like hell to hold on to it. He kept his job, but the other cops didn't trust him. Most refused to work with him. Pryce knew there was value in the streets, and he focused on gaining the trust of the people in his district instead of his coworkers. Edie knows there's only so much the police can do to stop the man who kidnapped her, but she isn't bound by the same laws. When Pryce gets word of a new...

Sebastian My life would have been so much better if Zoey had never walked back into it. She was the first girl I ever loved, and the one I should have spent my life with. Instead, she took her empty promises and vows of love and married someone else. But it's been years, and she's back. Without the husband. She's single once again, and has two kids and even more of those curves that always made me crazy. I just have to stay away from her for two months. She stayed away for years. I can handle a few months. I hope. Zoey I thought walking away from my marriage was going to be tough, but it was nothing compared to walking back into my past. To seeing the man I fell in love with before I knew what love meant. Before I knew who I was or what I wanted from life. The last time Sebastian and I lived in the same town, I vowed to return to him. I thought he would move on when I didn't, but he never got...