Bücher von Tara September

Opposites attract in this sizzling campus romance.Pre-med student and captain of Thatcher College's hockey team, Luke Prescott is known as the "Ice Man" on campus, and that's just how he wants it. With the NHL draft and graduation on the horizon, distractions are the last thing Luke can afford. His best friends are discipline and focus, with no time for interruptions.Too bad for Luke, he's just been assigned a social media project with Jax Silva, a junior who's anything but predictable, changing majors as often as her clothes. Granted, she looks tempting in everything she wears and has infiltrated his every thought, but Luke won't let his world be turned upside down again.Despite the chance of frostbite, Jax is determined to thaw the "Ice Man" and secure a coveted internship position too. If only the hockey grump would just cooperate and let her past the front door. So what if she's proposing a sexy team calendar. What's the big deal? And if she shivers at his touch, it's because he's as cold as ice, not because he makes her hot. No, despite the campus rumors, their teaming up is purely due to their assignment, and nothing more. Right?This match might need to go into overtime. Game on!

What could go wrong when the good girl gets stuck with the bad boy? After all, it's just chemistry...Emerson Powers has been so focused on obtaining her science degree that she's neglected the more social aspects of college life. But she's ready to spice things up her junior year with a real hands-on lesson in biology. The assignment is simple enough-teach the rock star's son how to be good, while he shows her how to be bad. Two objectives, one outcome ... will the lesson be love or heartbreak?Steel is no longer the bad boy Emerson knew from prep school living under his dad's legendary shadow, and he's set to prove it by helping her complete her secret list of desired college experiences. And if he can convince her that they are meant to be together along the way, even better!While teaming up on experiments, both in and out of the classroom, Emerson discovers a new side to Steel. Leaving her to question everything she thought she knew. Still, is it enough to forgive the past or just mere chemistry? Spoiler, science always wins!

'Tis the season for an office romance!Her dream job. His last chance. Working as a team will make their wishes come true, but at what price?Working beyond 9 to 5 and barely getting by, Melanie Thomas is eager to celebrate the impending holiday season and to toast the start of her dream marketing job over drinks with her boyfriend. Unfortunately, he has different plans-like seeing other women.Indulging in a pity party with tequila, Melanie confides in a sexy stranger at the bar. It's almost Christmas, one night of letting go won't hurt anything, right? Turns out it just might-when the stranger is her new boss. Determined to succeed at her job, Melanie won't be scared away. This is her chance, even if her hot boss has her feeling all merry and bright and wishing for a less than professional relationship.Matthew Ryans is burned out and on thin ice at the company he helped build. He needs to get his head back in the game. Yet, his head, both upper and lower, are quickly becoming obsessed with his new assistant. Still, he can't seem to fully begrudge Melanie's distracting presence and the Christmas joy she brings. Especially considering that her enthusiasm has him reenergized like never before. For once, he is longing for Mondays, but with his heart and job on the line he can't risk blurring the lines no matter how strong the lure of holiday mistletoe.Will their holiday passion be able to fuel mutual career success, or will it only get in their way in the New Year?AWARDS:-2018 Contemporary Romance Writers Stiletto Finalist

"I wish that I had Jesse's Girl" Successful Texas lawyer, Reade Walker, curses that damn song every time it plays, all too aware of the irony of its lyrics. After all, he has been secretly and painfully enamored with Jesse's girl, Gwen, for nearly a decade. It was love at first sight for him, but sadly she's not his girl. She belongs to the one man who betrayed him and knows Reade's hidden family secret. Yet Reade can't seem to love anyone except the one woman he can't have. Or can he make her mine? When Gwen Clark's senator husband runs off with his intern and all their money, the ensuing scandal turns her life upside down. Deserted, penniless and desperate to provide for her six-year-old daughter, Gwen has no one to turn to but Reade Walker. The one man her heart desperately wants, but her pride dreads having to ask for help. Despite welcoming them into his home, it seems like Reade can barely stand being in the same room with her anymore, let alone under the same roof-in the same bedroom. But Gwen is determined to get her life back on track. It is past time to rediscover her own dreams…if only she can keep her aching heart from breaking all over again.

A routine business trip turns into an enchanting escapade featuring bickering colleagues, a cruise ship and a fake relationship. Set sail for an engaging adventure between competing journalists, Adam & Eve, who have secret crushes on one another, but aren't allowed to explore their feelings in their everyday workplace environment. Until they are paired together on a travel piece and can't ignore one another anymore.Adam Seager, a Pulitzer-prize-winning war journalist turned small-town newspaperman, has given up a lot for his work, country, and family, but not this time. He knows what he wants, and it's his coworker, Eve. Her smile is the brightest part of his day and a daily reminder that more adventures are yet to come. When they are both assigned a travel feature onboard a new cruise ship, it's the perfect opportunity to let his feelings set sail.Eve will never date another coworker or writer again. Been there, done that! Time to pursue her own writing dreams, even if it means bunking with the infuriating and complicated Adam Seager. So what if the butterflies he sets off in her belly can rival the waves outside their cabin. She intends to keep things strictly professional ... that is, as much as they can be while also pretending to be a couple. Their relationship might be fake, but the pull to get to know more of him is real. Her reporter's gut says there is more to uncover than meets the eye. But what will happen when they are back on dry land?