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She's avoided commitment for fifty-six years. There's no way she's going to let some guy she just met put a ring on her finger now! AmyAfter my landlord sells our apartment building, leaving me homeless, my best friend Julie convinces me to rent her condo at the Silver Falls Active Living Community. I wouldn't have even considered moving into a fifty-five and older community, but I'm getting a great deal on the rent. And then there's all the hot older guys living there. I guess there's a reason the residents call this place "Silver Fox Falls". Things are changing with my best friend getting married and my big move. I'm determined to make a fresh start and be open to new friendships. Except with the guy next door, that is. He's a shameless flirt who has a different woman in his place every day of the week. He's noisy and bossy and somehow I keep running into him during all my most embarrassing moments. So why am I so obsessed with him? SamI fell in love with Amy the instant I set eyes on her. Unfortunately, the curvy beauty hates me. Her stubborn independence and ability to trip over her own feet make me want to take care of her, but it's the heat in her eyes that tells me she's feeling the same attraction that I am. Valentine's Day is coming and there's only one woman I want to be my date for the big event. But Amy is determined to keep me at arm's length. I guess it's time to pull out my best charm offensive, because I'm not going to rest until she's mine - forever. Welcome to Silver Fox Falls, where residents soon learn that midlife is the best time to find true love. Expect spunky and independent women, charming and sexy older men, and nosy neighbors who are intent on matchmaking to help get their friends to a sweet happily ever after.

She needs a husband. He needs money for his mother's medical treatments. What could go wrong? LizBaseball was in my blood. I'd grown up in the Seagulls stadium, learning all the ins and outs of running a minor league franchise. As the Chief Administrative Officer, everyone assumed that I'd take over for my father when he retires.Everyone except my mother. She convinces my father and the investors that as a single, forty-five year old woman, I didn't have the maturity to run this team. With the fate of my beloved Seagulls at risk, I panic and do the one thing I never do: lie.HenryWhen my mom's job eliminates her position right when she's in the middle of cancer treatments, I need to make a lot of money -- fast. My buddy suggests becoming a paid escort and I decide to give it a try. My first assignment is a big one: pose as some rich woman's fiancé. Should be a piece of cake, right?Until I see my client and realize that I've got another big problem: I'm in love with my fake fiancé. Liz is worried about our ten-year age gap and the fact that she's paying me to spend time with her. But all I'm worried about is how to turn this fake engagement into a real marriage because she might be baseball royalty, but I'm playing for keeps. "The Proposal Solution" is a midlife, opposites attract, instalove romance with baseball, nosy friends, a sweet younger man, and a woman who can't cook dinner without starting a fire. Expect a fast and steamy story with a sweet happily ever after. This book is part of the "Boozy Book Club" series. Each book in the series is a steamy standalone featuring a couple in their fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, matchmaking family members, and a sweet happily ever after that proves anyone can find love later in life. Author's Note: This book was previously published as "The Marriage Solution" by Rose Bak

She's a single mom on the wrong side of forty. He's a single dad with a mission: convince the love of his life that they won't turn into pumpkins when the ball drops at midnight! LillianMy kids are away for the weekend, so my best friend convinces me to come to Houston for a New Year's Eve party. I'm a blue-collar worker busy raising three boys not some cartoon princess, but with a makeover and a new dress, I sure feel like one! There's even a handsome prince, but when the sun rises on New Year's Day, I realize he isn't who he said he was. MartinWhen I wake up alone after the best holiday of my life, I can't figure out what went wrong. Fortunately, fate brings me back into Lillian's path, and after I convince her that I wasn't lying to her, we begin to navigate the complexities of dating as single parents. But we live in different towns and have very busy lives, making it almost impossible for us to have couple time. For this to work, we're going to need a lot of patience, a little creativity, and some intervention from our kids."Tempted at Midnight" is an opposites attract midlife romance with a strong and independent woman, a man who believes in love at first sight, six rowdy but sweet kids, and a factory full of nosy matchmakers who are determined to help their friend find love. This book is a steamy standalone in the "Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance" series.

Just when she'd given up on finding her fated mate, he turns up in her kitchen.Pepper Rosewater is known around town as the "mate magnet". Everyone in the magical town of Greysden seems to find their true love when they're with Pepper. Shifters, demons, witches...she helps them all, whether she means to or not. Now she's decided to focus on her newly restored witchcraft and do something she's always longed to do - learn how to cook.Charles is a magical mutt. He's part demon, part wolf, part vampire, and one hundred percent grumpy about it. Ever since he turned forty his mother had been trying to marry him off in increasingly annoying ways, so when his cousin tells him about a head chef job at a new restaurant, the confirmed bachelor jumps at the chance to relocate.But everything is not as it seems in his new town...His rental burned down, forcing him to accept the offer of a room at Rosewater Manor. The four-star restaurant he expected is really more like a diner, with a training kitchen in the back. And one of his new culinary students hates him on sight, which is a big problem considering that Pepper isn't just his new roommate -- she's also his mate."Kitchen Magic" is a steamy midlife paranormal romantic comedy featuring a wise-cracking woman finding her magic, a cranky chef who's learning you can't fight fate, and a small town full of matchmakers who are determined to help them find their happily ever after.About the "Magical Midlife" series: Just outside the shifter town of Greysden sits Rosewater Manor, a place shrouded in magic. The Rosewater women and their friends all have special gifts, although sometimes they're a bit glitchy. At least until they find true love...

She moved to a fifty-five and older community intending to enjoy an early retirement - instead she found love! JulieMy kids think I'm crazy moving to the Silver Falls Active Living Community after my job offers me a buyout to retire early. They don't understand my need to downsize and enjoy a simple, uncomplicated life. After a lifetime of working fulltime and taking care of my kids as a single mom, I'm ready for some "me time". I soon learn that Silver Falls is nicknamed "Silver Fox Falls" due to the abundance of handsome older bachelors. But I'm not interested in romance, especially with the charming and annoying guy I keep bumping into everywhere I go. DanteI've gone sixty years without being hit by Cupid's bow, but the minute I spill my drink on Julie I know she's the woman I've been waiting for my entire life. She doesn't seem to like me, but I'm determined to change her mind. After all, I'm good looking, rich, and I'm a great cook. Most people would consider me a good catch. When I finally convince her to go out with me, I pull out of the stops to make her fall in love with me. Christmas is coming, and I only want one thing from Santa: Julie for my bride. Welcome to Silver Fox Falls, where residents soon learn that midlife is the best time to find true love. Expect spunky and independent women, charming and sexy older men, and nosy neighbors who are intent on matchmaking to help get their friends to a sweet happily ever after.

A runaway bride walks into a bar...and finds her fated mate! Security Chief Duncan has just about given up on finding love. Almost everyone around him has paired up, but he's still a lone wolf. Until a woman in a wedding dress appears in the doorway of his favorite watering hole... Elizabeth fought her way out of her old-fashioned pack. About to turn forty, she's ready for a new start in the shifter town of Greysden. She's ready to be independent and to finally live life on her own terms. What she's not ready for? An overprotective wolf who claims she's his mate the minute she steps paw in her new town. It's getting harder and harder to reject Duncan when he's around all the time, being the friend she needs. And when danger from her past comes calling, Elizabeth needs to make a decision: accept her fate or run away. "Runaway Wolf" is a steamy midlife paranormal romantic comedy with strong women, cinnamon roll shifter men, and a town full of nosy matchmakers determined to help everyone find their happily ever after. Bite-Sized Shifters", is a series of paranormal romantic comedies you can read in just a few hours. Each book in the series is standalone featuring a mature couple, steamy scenes, a lot of fur and claws, and a guaranteed HEA.

Who would have thought emergency planning would be such a disaster?The small town of Lawson is out of compliance with a state requirement to create a disaster preparedness plan. Not wanting the town to be left unprepared for a major event, the governor sends in his top expert in emergency planning, Stephanie Holly.Steph has spent her entire career in a field that's dominated by men. She's clawed her way to the top and she's not going to let a small-town mayor like Christopher Lawson ruin her perfect track record. She's going to get him to create a plan if she has to trap him under a pile of rubble to do it.Christopher Lawson has spent his entire life in the town his family founded, a place where people help each other without fancy plans or training exercises. He doesn't need some gal from the city coming in and telling him what his town needs. And he really doesn't need the brown-haired beauty giving him ideas about love and happily ever after, not when they come from such different worlds.But when Steph and Christopher are forced to spend a lot of time together in close proximity, they realize that they're more alike than they ever imagined."Disaster Planning" is an instalove enemies-to-lovers midlife romance. If you like strong women, grumpy men with soft squishy insides, snarky banter, and nosy small-town matchmakers, get this book today.

The hunky baseball player has his eye on her, but she knows better than to trust an athlete! Agnes always promised herself to avoid athletes at all costs. The daughter of a hockey player as famous for his philandering ways as his skill on the ice, she learned the hard way that men can't be trusted. So when she meets a hot younger man who happens to be a Triple A team pitcher, she's ready to run the other way. Nolan loves three things: baseball, his mama, and the PR executive who's working with him to bring more publicity to his baseball team. Sure, she's a little older than him, a little prickly, and she thinks his beloved sport is "ridiculous", but he's a patient man. He's going to approach her like he's approached his career: with intense focus, persistence, and a little bit of strategy. This seventh inning stretch is going to lead to love. "Extra Innings" is part of the "Boozy Book Club" series. Each story in the series is a steamy standalone featuring a couple in their forties and fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, a little bit of humor, and a sweet happily ever after that proves anyone can find love later in life.

Last year Liz got divorce papers for Christmas. This year, she'll get the gift of love… When an unexpected divorce leaves her with nothing but an empty house, Liz Delaney decides to finally pursue her lifelong dream of opening a café in her small town. By day she'll serve fancy coffee drinks and by night there will be themed cocktails, music, and art. The only thing standing in her way? A grinchy bureaucrat named Nathan Holly. Despite his festive last name, Nathan hates Christmas. He also hates businesses that serve liquor. He grew up in a town that was devastated by unemployment, alcoholism, and violence, and now he's on a one-man mission to protect other small towns from suffering the same fate. The grumpy county employee comes to the mountains ready to deny Liz's liquor license, but to his dismay, things don't go according to plan. First, he's stranded by a winter storm in a town without a hotel, then he falls head over heels in love with the feisty café owner who grudgingly offers him a room. Will Santa bring these two jaded souls a holiday romance that lasts?"Christmas Punch" is a steamy instalove midlife romance featuring inventive drink recipes, nosy matchmakers, a weird little town that insists on having a winter festival in a blizzard, and a sweet happily ever after. This book is a standalone holiday romance in the Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance series.

Twenty-five years ago their friendship ended over a misunderstanding, but now that they've found each other again, he wants more than friendship. But can they forget their painful past?Lainie Halverson always had a crush on her super-hot friend Mark Barone, but she knew that he didn't see her as more than a friend. When Mark invited her to the prom after she was humiliated by another guy, she assumed it was a pity invite. Little did she know her refusal would lead to an ugly fight and the end of their friendship.Mark Barone has just realized that he made a big mistake all those years ago. He'd always assumed that Lainie turned down his prom invitation because she was embarrassed about his short stature. Now that he knows the truth, the billionaire real estate tycoon is pulling out all the stops to get a second chance with his first love.He might be the king of the reunion, but his real goal is to be the king of Lainie's heart."King of the Reunion" is part of the "Reunited Second Chance Romance" series. Each book in the series is a steamy standalone midlife romance featuring a mature couple, meddling best friends, impossible reunions, and a guaranteed happily ever.

He's just the demon to bring out her magic powers…Raised as a "normal", it was easy for Jane to forget that she came from a long line of witches. Her mother always told her that the magic skipped their branch of the family tree but lately Jane's starting to wonder if that's really true. Her fortieth birthday is coming up on Halloween, and a lot of really weird things have been happening. A black cat starts following her around. She pictures her ex-boyfriend as a toad and suddenly he's croaking and eating flies. Oh, and there's the pesky little problem of accidentally starting fires with just her fingers.When she goes back to her family's magical homestead to figure out what's happening, Jane ends up trapped in a closet with a guy who's tall, dark, handsome -- and wearing horns.Gabriel understands the stress of hiding one's true nature. The love child of a demon and a wolf shifter, he doesn't quite fit in either world. Until the night he runs into his fated mate at a Halloween party and things start making more sense for him. He just needs to convince his stubborn mate that they're meant to be... if only they could keep their hands off each other long enough to get to know each other first.She thinks he's wearing a costume, but the truth is, Gabriel can't conceal his true nature from Jane. Is it her new magical powers? Or proof that she really is his fated mate?"Halloween Surprise" is an instalove midlife romantic comedy with plenty of steam and a sweet happily ever after. This book is a standalone story in the "Magical Midlife" series.About the "Magical Midlife" series: Just outside the shifter town of Greysden sits Rosewater Manor, a place shrouded in magic. The Rosewater women and their friends all have special gifts, although sometimes they're a bit glitchy. At least until they find true love…

Growing up as the only lion in a family of bears, Bowie always felt a little bit different.A lion with distinctive bear traits, Bowie has the kind of personality that helps him get along with everyone. It's an asset in his work as a police officer, but it hasn't helped him find his true love. His siblings have all found their mates, but so far no female has piqued his lion's interest. Just when he's resigned himself to a life of bachelorhood, he gets a job offer that will change his life…After Becca's father was murdered by hunters, her family was plunged into poverty. It took a long time to dig out and become financially stable again, but the memory of being hungry and scared looms large in her memory all these years later. She's got one goal in life: to make as much money as possible so she never feels vulnerable again. And she's working three jobs to make that happen.No male is going to distract her from her goals-especially a weirdly cheerful lion who claims that they're mates. So what if her bear agrees that they're mates? She's stronger than her animal side, she'll just have to resist.Unfortunately, Valentine's Day is coming and Bowie has the whole town on his side. They're not going to rest until the couple gets their happily ever after…About the "Holidays with the Shifters" series: The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you.Check out this instalove Valentine's Day romance today!

Falling in love with the boss is the ultimate cliché, but before the ball drops this New Year's Eve, this tough as nails FBI agent is going to have to face her feelings. All it took was one little kidnapping for her boss to bench her. When Michelle Lewis demands to be sent back out into the field, Supervisory Special Agent Gary Fencik agrees on one condition: she only works with him. Gary's got a big plan to protect Michelle from danger. He's still reeling from realizing that he almost lost her on their last big case. But as they work together to prevent a New Year's Eve terrorist attack by a white nationalist group, it's Michelle who ends up protecting him - and taking care of him when he gets injured. A concussion watch ends up leading to a shared bed and other fun activities that definitely should not occur between a boss and his employee. Before they can come clean to their employer, Michelle gets cold feet. She's seen how hard their career is on relationships, and she's not willing to chance the heartbreak. If she thinks Gary is going to give up that easily, she's got another thing coming. "Dropping the Ball" is a standalone story in the "Loving the Holidays" midlife romance series. If you like forced proximity, witty banter, strong women, and alpha males with a soft gooey center, you'll love this story.

They come from two different worlds, but they'll work together to help raise money for Ukraine. Once upon a time, Jayden Oliver was rock music royalty. The Oliver Boys was the most popular boy band in a generation until they stepped away to return to a normal life. Now Jayden is a lawyer, quietly using his law degree to help people. When his boss asks him to help plan a benefit concert to support Ukrainian refugees, he jumps at the chance to get involved. Alona Pavlenko grew up steeped in the culture of her people. The daughter of Ukrainian refugees has no time or interest in the fancy billionaire lifestyle of the man she's planning a concert with. She's determined to resist his flirting. But to her shock, she realizes that Jayden is just as down to earth and as committed to family as she is. But when the tabloids report that Jayden and his brothers are returning to their rock & roll lifestyle, Alona doesn't want any part of it. Can he convince her that the only thing that's important to him is a life with Alona? "Rock Star Lawyer" is book five of the "Oliver Boys Rockstar Romance" series. This steamy standalone features a strong and independent woman, a man who believes in love at first sight, and lots of nosy family members determined to matchmake them into their happily ever after.

This year Santa is getting a Christmas present…a brand new mate!Tony is transitioning back to civilian life after twenty years in the military and trying to figure out his next steps. When his mom signs him up to play Santa at Greysden's annual holiday festival, he's not happy about it. After so many years away from his family, he's lost his love of the holiday, and the last thing the grumpy wolf wants to do is spread Christmas cheer.Marissa just moved to town, looking for a fresh start to heal her broken heart. When a growly Santa tracks her down and says he's her fated mate, she wonders if he's got some kind of brain injury. Humans don't turn into wolves, right?Even crazier…falling in love with someone she just met. But is it real? Or just a Christmas romance? About the "Shifters for the Holidays" series: The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you. Get your copy of this instalove Christmas romance today!

Is there something in the water in the town of Greysden? Because falling in love within days of meeting someone isn't normal. And neither is seeing a bear turn into an incredibly attractive man… When she learns that her best friend has fallen in love with a guy she just met, April is determined to save her from whatever weird cult has captured her. She doesn't find a cult, but she does find a growly, Christmas-hating bear shifter who insists that April is his fated mate. A family tragedy years ago made Tyler hate Christmas and convinced him that he should avoid having a mate at all costs. He doesn't care that his bear is insisting the woman who just pepper sprayed him is the one they're meant to be with forever. He's just going to avoid her until the holidays are over and leaves town. Unfortunately, fate has other plans… About the "Shifters for the Holidays" series: The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you. Check out this instalove Christmas romance today!

She came to town to attend her daughter's wedding, not fall in love with a wolf shifter! There's something weird about the small town of Greysden. In her first twenty-four hours in town, a giant wolf jumps on the hood of Sarah's car, a strange man throws her over his shoulder and says they are fated to be together forever, and her daughter tells her that not only are shape shifters real, but she's about to marry one. Wolf shifter Hank figured he'd never meet his fated mate. He married for companionship, and now that he's a widow, he's content to live in the woods and spend time with his sister's family. Until the day his wolf scents Sarah driving down the road and he realizes that he just needed to be a little more patient. They may be in their fifties, but when these two fated mates get together, sparks fly. Love is in the air, but are they both too set in their ways to build a life together? About the "Shifters for the Holidays" series: The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after. If you love short and steamy standalone romances with curvy women and growly shifter men who fall fast and hard, this is the holiday series for you. Check out this instalove Christmas romance today!

Little Red Riding Hood meets the Big Bad Wolf in this romantic Halloween novella.Maya meets the man of her dreams at her friend's Halloween masquerade party. But when the masks come off she realizes her dream guy is actually her nightmare boss! How can the guy who terrorizes her at work be the same person who makes her forget everything around her with the touch of his lips?Anthony wants to pursue her, but Maya refuses to jeopardize her career with an office romance. When the two are thrown together on a business trip, their resolve to keep things professional is sorely tested. Will love be their holiday treat? Or is it all a trick?"Love Unmasked" is book one in the "Good with Numbers" series. This standalone holiday workplace romance is a fast but steamy read featuring a strong heroine, a scowling alpha boss, and a sweet HEA. Pick up your copy today!

His daughter's medical emergency will lead to love… When his teenage daughter winds up in the Emergency Room, Ed is worried sick, but not too worried to notice how beautiful the E.R. doctor is. He's never believed in love at first sight, but even after he butts heads with the stubborn doctor, he can't get her out of his mind. Joy is content with her single life, but there's something about her patient's father that makes her long for more. When her friend schemes to get her out on a date with Ed, she realizes that despite their apparent differences, she and the grumpy contractor have a lot in common. But when another challenge arises with Ed's daughter over the holidays, their differences of opinion threaten to ruin their Christmas and end the relationship forever. "Comfort & Joy" is part of the "Loving the Holidays" series, contemporary romantic comedies featuring couples in their forties and fifties. Expect strong men, independent women who know their own minds, meddling friends and families intent on matchmaking, and lots of midlife steam. Each book in the series is a standalone with no cheating and a sweet happily ever after.

Her psychic skills must be on the fritz again…there's no way that she's about to fall in love with a wolf! Meri's family has always been a little bit different. The daughter of a witch and a psychic, she frequently has visions of the future. Unfortunately, they're seldom very helpful. Want to know if something bad will happen tomorrow? Don't ask her. But if you're looking for your lost keys, Meri's your girl. Most of her visions don't come true, so when she sees herself curled up with a hot older guy who likes to howl at the moon, she figures it's just another useless psychic flash. Preston never asked to be a wolf shifter, but now that the billionaire CEO is stuck in the paranormal world, he figures he might as well learn how to make the best of it. He thinks he's adjusting well until his wolf charges at a woman who he learns is his fated mate. She's nothing like the women he normally dates, but the curvy little psychic is about to turn his world upside down and teach him the true meaning of magic. They say opposites attract, but can this unlikely pair really find true love? "Psychic Flashes" is part of the Magical Midlife series. These instalove romantic comedies include fated mates who start off as rejected mates, eccentric and nosy friends and family intent on matchmaking, steamy scenes, and always a sweet happily ever.

This wedding is supposed to be a chance for her to finally make peace with her daughter, not fall in love with one of the guests…Erika is thrilled when her daughter April invites her to her destination wedding at the Mountain Ridge Resort. After years of estrangement, the mother and daughter are finally finding their way back to a solid relationship. Erika fully intends to focus on her daughter April this weekend, not herself. She needs to show her daughter that she's no longer the selfish person she remembers from her childhood.Reed never had time for love, but he has always enjoyed his role as the fun bachelor uncle to his sister's brood of kids. When the wealthy CEO arrives at the Mountain Ridge Resort for his nephew's wedding, the first thing he does is hit someone with his car. The second thing he does is fall in love with the mother of the bride.She's sworn off love, but he's going to do his best to convince her that she deserves to take a chance on happiness..."Summer Wedding" is a steamy standalone in the Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance series. This contemporary instalove romance includes a myriad of wedding disasters, a couple finding love in midlife, and matchmaking family members who won't stop until there's a happily ever after.

She's not interested in a second chance romance, so he'll have to convince her that he's really changed… Twenty-five years after Dawn's husband abandoned her and their baby daughter, Griffin is back in town. He's older, buffer, part of a motorcycle club, and nothing like he was in his youth. He says he wants to get his family back, but Dawn's been burned by him before. No matter what her friends say, she's determined to stay away from him. Besides their "friends with benefits" arrangement, that is. After his father's death, firefighter Griff is facing his own mortality and ready to make things right with his daughter and ex-wife. He's going to do whatever it takes to earn their trust back. If only there wasn't another accidental pregnancy to deal with… They were each other's first loves, can they be each other's last one too?"Bourbon & Bikers" is book four in the "Boozy Book Club" series. Each story in the series is a steamy standalone featuring a couple in their forties and fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, matchmaking family members, and a sweet happily ever after that proves anyone can find love later in life.

There are two things Lana Lewis avoids like the plague: relationships and holidays.Although she's famous for her epic Halloween parties, family holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas bring back bad memories she would prefer to forget. Unfortunately, the marketing consultant her company just hired, Ian Sherman, is determined to convert the self-proclaimed Thanksgiving Scrooge into a holiday lover - and a relationship person.Can Ian convince Lana to look past her fears and give holiday love a chance?"Thanksgiving Scrooge" is book two of the "Good with Numbers" holiday novella series. This steamy standalone features an independent woman in her 40s, an alpha Englishman, matchmaking friends, and a romantic HEA. Grab another slice of pumpkin pie and check out the Good with Numbers friends as they find love.

She's always wanted an adventure, and she's going to get it, even if she has to pretend to be someone else!All her life, Michelle has longed for the kind of adventures that she reads about in books. Instead, the forty-year-old cafe manager has a boring life, a boring job, a boring apartment, and a cat who hates her. Nothing exciting ever happens to her. Until she meets Derrick…The handsome but grouchy detective thinks that she's his FBI contact. When he crashes into the café where she works, demanding that she go with him to find their target, she figures she might as well go for it. Sure, she doesn't know how to investigate a case. She's never handled a gun or thrown a punch. And the only time she runs is, well, never. But she was in drama club in high school, so surely she can fake it?There's something strange about Michelle. Derrick can't put his finger on it, but she's not like any cop he's ever worked with. She's sassy and sweet and she flinches every time she sees his gun. But there's something about her that makes him dream about finally settling down. If they can just figure out how to stop the mob boss who wants to move his operation to Portland...She was assigned to help him, but Michelle is the distraction he doesn't need. If they manage to get out of this alive, he just might need to hold her close -- forever.If you like a fast, funny story with characters over thirty-five, cranky cats, steamy scenes, and a sweet happily ever, download this midlife instalove romance today!

You're never too old to be naughty...Maisie has always been "the good girl". She married her high school sweetheart, had two kids, bought a house, and adopted a dog. But when her husband gets arrested for running a Ponzi scheme, she realizes that their life together was all an illusion.Unemployed, broke, and newly homeless, she accepts an offer from her college roommate to move across the country to work at a small-town bookstore. When she smells the fresh ocean air, she's sure things are looking up for her -- at least until she rear-ends Santa...Reformed bad boy Thom has one vice left in life: his motorcycle. When a big-eyed beauty crashes into him on his way to play Santa at the Community Center, the Fire Chief knows he's in trouble. Not only is his bike damaged, so is his peace of mind, because every time he runs into Maisie, she is doing something naughty."Midlife Madness" is a steamy instalove romantic comedy featuring a couple navigating a relationship in midlife, a small town full of nosy matchmakers, a pathetically ugly dog who thinks he's a human, and a holiday happily ever after that none of them will forget.This book is part of the "Boozy Book Club" series. Each story in the series is a steamy standalone featuring a couple in their forties and fifties, a nosy group of book club friends, matchmaking family members, and a sweet happily ever after that proves anyone can find love later in life.

She's supposed to be teaching him about healthy cooking, but instead he's going to learn about love…After Rob nearly dies from a heart attack, his daughters give him an ultimatum: get healthy or else. To help him along, they hire a personal chef to teach him how to cook and change his diet.Renee specializes in heart-healthy vegetarian food, but her new student is a little stubborn. The grumpy military veteran doesn't want to replace his bacon with tofu, and he really doesn't want to give up his fast food habit. But she's got a few tricks up her sleeve and she's not giving up until he learns to love vegetables as much as he loves meatloaf.When things heat up in the kitchen, these two jaded souls are going to have to learn how to compromise, and not just about dessert…"Roasting with Rob" is a steamy instalove romantic comedy featuring a midlife couple, matchmaking family members, and a sweet happily ever after. This book is a standalone romance in the Midlife Crisis Contemporary Romance series.