The last time I saw Ava, I asked her to marry me. Now, her husband is hiring me to protect her. I never expected to be back on this island running my own private security firm. Seeing Ava again is inevitable. Being hired by her wealthy husband to keep her safe is a job I can't afford to turn down. Every day near Ava and her son make me dream of a different life where she was always mine. But I know the rules: protect the client, keep your head on a swivel, & don't let your guard down. Getting involved would risk everything: her safety, my business, my heart. I swore to myself I would never be reckless again when it came to Ava. Too bad she's the only woman I've ever loved. Content considerations: PTSD/discussions of violent trauma, cheating

To create. That's what Gianna Alexie wanted to do ever since she was a little Gia. After graduating college, the woman vowed to create a book for the world to love, though she knew she'll be needing help. Help came in the form of her mentor, Keenan Travino, a man more than a decade her senior with thin patience, a love for cigarettes and bourbon, and as many issues as the clever tricks up his sleeves. - COMPLETED BUT UNEDITED - 1ST DRAFT - PAPERBACK NOW AVAILABLE

Widower/secret baby trope

I'd fallen in love with the president of a motorcycle club. He was perfect for me in every way. Until I discovered he had an ol' lady and little boy that he'd kept from me the whole time we were together. He's in the process of trying to win me back, but I'm about to teach him that you don't mess with a girl with a temper and a Jeep...

A biker, a girl, and a surprise baby. When you mess up so badly that she disappears on you, how do you win her back? First you have to find her...and that's the easy part.

Willow and Decker Masen were married two days before Willow discovered he'd courted her and married her strictly to fulfill the stipulations in his father's will. Then, he sent her to live away from him, promising her a divorce in three years with a big payout. She doesn't want his money. Then Decker comes back for his wife. Before he even knows there's a tiny reason to come back. Now he has to see if he can put the broken pieces of her heart back together.

One of the Foster girls, Elizabeth meets hockey player/bad boy Rig Carson and they begin what Rig refuses to call a relationship. When Rig blows it with a fan one night right in front of Elizabeth, she disappears for six months. When she returns, she's pregnant with Rig's baby. Will he be able to stop his bad behavior and be the man Elizabeth needs him to be?

A widower. A runner. An ex sister-in-law who won't let go.

Harper has successfully shepherded herself and three sisters through high school and college. Now it's time to start her adult life after years of responsibility. She meets Dante "Rome" Romano, president of the Dragon's Inferno MC. They can't resist each other and begin a relationship, but Dante's withholding a secret that's going to tear them apart.

I had warned him. My husband was working with his friend's sister to renovate her grandparents' home and get it ready to sell. She was taking more and more of his time, leaving me alone more and more. I had warned him. So on the day I realized my husband was having an emotional affair with this woman was the day I was done with him. I had warned him. And he didn't listen. But he's listening now. Now, when it's too late. He's promising to make it right, to win me back, to not stop until I've forgiven him and we're back together. I've assured him that's not happening. I had warned him. Now he was warning me: I'm going to make this right and I won't stop until you're mine again.