-ROMANCE- "You can have anyone you want Mila. I'm not going to stop you." Those words echoed through my head, and wouldn't quit. I wasn't sure who I wanted. A marine couldn't be my future, could he? Loving one was a sure fire way to destine yourself to heartache, they all left Hawaii sooner or later. Still, his hazel eyes haunted me. I wanted to find out if the marine was worth it. Rated Mature for sexual content and violence. Copyright 2023 by KE Jennings, all rights reserved. Cover by JELyrica

Hetty and Ryan fell hard for each other in high school, but their relationship was cut short when Ryan went off to college. Eight years later, their paths have crossed again. Ryan's feelings resurface immediately, but the situation on Hetty's side is more complicated than he'd hoped. After all this time, the chemistry between the high school sweethearts hasn't changed a bit. But will Hetty risk a carefully constructed future to pursue a fairy tale love story from the past? And can Ryan bear to let her go for a second time?

"Here's the thing though . . ." He trails off thoughtfully and then he looks straight at me. His eyes are steely and that makes me realise the fundamental difference between the young Ryan and this Ryan. He's hardened now. The sweet boy I once knew is probably still in there somewhere but life eventually got to him and he had to toughen up. "I need someone I can rely on. I don't want to take a person on who just decides it's too much hassle a few days or weeks in and just . . . Ghosts me." He finishes. There's a definite challenge there. He's not just talking about the job. He's getting a dig in there about the way I disappeared out of his life. As well as implying I'm generally unreliable . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Iona Stewart is pretty sure she's having a premature midlife crisis. Recently made redundant, permanently unlucky in love, and back living with her parents, she's desperate for a change of scenery. So when an opportunity comes up to work in a hotel in the Highlands, it seems like fate has stepped in. The problem? Her new boss is Ryan Thorne. Her former friend. Her first crush. And the boy who broke her heart nearly 17 years ago. She had no intention of ever seeing him again after that night. And it seems he isn't that keen on having *her* around either. Be prepared for nineties flashbacks, many awkward encounters, and *hopefully* a happy ever after . . . ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ❤️Second Place in the Chick-Lit category in The Pink Cloud Awards❤️ ❤️Second Place in the Chick-Lit category in The Hibiscus Awards❤️ ❤️Winner of Best Opening in Chick Lit in the Berry Pancake awards❤️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Complete companion novella entitled "No Reservations: Ryan's Version" is now available*

The past always has a way of coming back around. Finding herself at rock bottom after a tough divorce, Kinsey Abbot is forced to rebuild her entire life from scratch. She returns to her parent's farm in Sweet Haven, Tennessee, where she reflects on her past relationships with her two childhood best friends and teenage heartaches, Hunter Wilde and Oliver Stone. She thought those old feelings were long buried, but as she and Hunter bond over their respective failed marriages, she can't deny something is bubbling under the surface. And when Oliver makes an unexpected return to Sweet Haven, unresolved feelings complicate things even further. Did Kinsey escape a failed marriage only to find herself back in the love triangle that nearly destroyed her as a teen?

[Complete] A professor x student, feel-good, romantic comedy. *** Lexi was used to working behind the scenes at her family's small private investigation business. While she dreamed of getting on the front lines, like her parents and brother, she was stuck doing what she did best - solving crime through the computer and away from people. Yet, when her family takes up a case from a mysterious client to save their struggling business, Lexi is thrust out of her comfort zone and into the spotlight. The mission? Undercover work at the most social place in existence - college. To make matters worse, her past comes back to haunt her in the form of a very attractive, and very off-limits professor. While Lexi's determined to stay focused on hacking the case, it may be easier said than done. Especially when non-technology related hacking comes into play. *** Reviews: "OMG I loved this story so much!! Loved the characters and was rooting for them the whole time, loved the intense hacker search as the love story took off, just amazing!!" -@HeidiCarroll "Love!!!! I absolutely loved every minute of this. It flowed so effortlessly. I really had so much fun reading it. And I really didn't see the ending coming! Fabulous, flirty read." -@SarahQuinnMcGrath "Absolutely wonderful, sexy, funny, and overall thrilling" -@ZoeDurlock

Lockwood Creek Book Three - Can be read as stand-alone. Dr Chris Chambers had no intention of settling down, he loved the chase too damn much. Or so he told himself. And love 'em and leave 'em were words he swore by. And so what if names like player, man-whore or asshole were tossed his way... It was water off a ducks back, because life's was too short to settle for just one woman. He just didn't count on his brothers foster daughter, Bethany kissing him on her 19th Birthday and since then he's gone out of his way not to attend family events. Because wanting a woman that's seventeen years younger than him was dangerous but wanting a woman that his brother considers a daughter? Well, that's just flat out crazy. But Chris is about to find his life become very complicated and Beth, well she's not gonna make it any easier. ☝️👉🏼 Please Note: This is the cliché older man, younger woman romance. If you've read Sealed Hearts, then you know there's gonna be scenes of a sexual nature and swearing. Therefore, not recommended viewing for readers below 18. ☝️👉🏼 Lockwood Creek is a book series - Each book can be read as a stand-alone as each has its own HEA Cover by the Amazing @LNRoberts1 ❣️ Start Date: July 23 Updates: Wednesday's

When a ruthless former colleague returns to Emerson Publishing House, junior editor Natalie finds her career - and her secret feelings for her boss - put at risk, especially when he breaks their own no-dating rule with five devastating words: 'You complicate everything for me.' BOOK ONE IN EMERSON PUBLISHING HOUSE SERIES *** Natalie has worked too hard to lose her dream job now, not after fighting her way into one of the most respected publishing houses in the world. But when Danika, the colleague who once tried to sabotage her, returns unexpectedly, Natalie feels the ground fall from beneath her feet. To make things worse, Julian - her impossibly controlled, unreadable boss, and the man she's been secretly in love with for months - seems to welcome Danika back in with open arms. And when he takes their newest high-profile manuscript away from Natalie and hands it to Danika instead, it feels like a punch. Then one quiet moment outside the office changes everything. Julian steps too close, and confesses something he shouldn't. Now Natalie has to keep her job, protect her heart, and pretend she didn't hear the one thing that could ruin them both.

After one reckless night leaves her best friend dead, Ivy Willis-Wilson is drowning in guilt she can't escape. Kathy Carson was more than her best friend-she was Ivy's family, her safe place, her reason to keep going. Now she's gone. And Kaleb Carson-Kathy's devastatingly gorgeous twin brother and the boy Ivy has secretly wanted for years-blames Ivy for everything. Cold, cruel, and haunted by demons of his own, Kaleb makes one thing painfully clear: He will never forgive her. But hate is a dangerous thing when it burns this hot. As grief twists into obsession and buried secrets about Kathy's death begin to surface, Ivy and Kaleb find themselves trapped in a brutal collision of guilt, desire, and undeniable attraction. Because the truth behind that night could destroy them both. She was the girl he blames for his sister's death. He was the boy she was never supposed to want. And some loves are born from ruin.