The best parts of a romance are when emotional and physical connections collide. When two people meet, their first kiss, when they finally realize they love one another, and when a promise for forever is made. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Each mini-story in this anthology is a chance to experience that heady sensation when the attraction, longing, confession, or declaration happens. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Dear Readers, Each of these short pieces is either a stand-alone story I wrote in a fit of inspiration, or part of a longer story. Some are books that won't ever be finished, and some are additions to my books already posted here! I will add to this anthology from time to time, and to receive updates, please add it to your library! Thank you for reading! ~Caroline

Headstrong and independent, Jess Nichols doesn't need anyone's pity over the murder of her estranged father, least of all from the cop assigned to protect her family. As the investigation goes deeper, she turns to him to help her make sense of the family secrets it reveals. He proves to be exactly what she needs, but can she trust the feelings she has for him aren't fueled by the danger they are facing? 💕 Lieutenant Shaun King was just doing his job, part of the investigation into the mass shooting at the plastics plant. Now he's in deep, trying his best not to let love get in the way of protecting Jess and her family from danger. 💕 Protecting Jess is a completed contemporary romance novel about following your heart, staying true to your roots, and the power love has to heal.

Free to Read with Exclusive bonus content! - Amelia Harris never expected she'd have to share a roof with Chris Smith. Ever. When she took over managing the Smith Estate for his mother, he'd still been happily married in the city, far away from Mel and her long-broken heart. It had been ten years since Alice had died and they had kissed on his balcony, at her funeral. But here he was. As handsome and sexy as ever, acting like a class-A jerk, making a mess wherever he went. Freshly divorced and dealing with the fallout poorly, he's nothing like the boy she knew, his attitude and disregard for her creating havoc in the house. Before long, tempers flare all around. Alice had said in a letter to her brother that the two of them would need each other. She had needed Chris, that was true... But he hadn't been there. He'd left after the funeral; never calling or answering any of the angsty, grief-filled letters she'd sent him. Could they bury the hurt from the past and become close, like they were before Alice died? Was it still true that they needed one another? Or was it too late? * "For Alice, With Love" is a contemporary love story about betrayal, healing, and coming home to what you really needed all along, and is my first novel.

A fish-out-of-water story about a New York City chef who inherits a ranch, discovers a family he never knew, and finds unexpected love with a fiercely loyal woman. For fans of western romance superstars like Lyla Sage and Elise Silver. New York City chef Jake West had it all, but a few strokes of a pen meant no more marriage. No more restaurant. No more big city lifestyle. Then he receives a call explaining that his long-estranged father, Brett, has died, and he needs to return to the Canadian ranch he left as a child. Jake expects to go, sign more papers, and return to the city and rebuild his future. Instead Jake learns that Brett's left the ranch to him-and only him. Things might have been hot in his restaurant's kitchen, but that's nothing compared to what he faces now: a family he didn't know existed, and a property he doesn't want. Tanner and Brady, his half-brothers, don't want him around. And while his stepmother, Peony, welcomes him, there's Liz, Peony's daughter. She's not a West, but her loyalties lie with the family, not an outsider. However, as Jake settles into the rhythms of the ranch, he wonders if he's finally found something that's been missing in his life-especially as he and Liz grow closer. At first, it's just attraction, but when a sudden kiss ignites a heat in both of them, they can't ignore this raging inferno. Maybe Brett West knew what he was doing when he summoned his eldest son back home-and gave him a chance to change his life forever. This is Book 1 of the West Line Ranch Series. Book 2 - Western Connection and Book 3 - Western Flame, are currently available to read on Wattpad In bookstores January 20th, 2026! Pre-order here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790665/western-heat-by-caroline-richardson/9781998341375/ Watty's Shortlist - 2021 Cover designed by Nora Inla

Out of His League is now published by W by Wattpad Books! You can get your hands on the paperback or E-book edition from the following link: https:w.tt/3KjiExN You can now also read the entirety of the Wattpad Books Published edition on Wattpad or jump ahead to check out the Wattpad Original edition both as part of the Wattpad Originals. ***** After a spontaneous fling in Vegas with her favourite baseball player Gretchen Harper starts to wonder if one night can possibly turn into forever. ***** Gretchen Harper didn't expect to meet her favourite baseball player Joshua Malvern on her way to Vegas for a wine event, especially seeing as he's not headed there by choice. Having been sent down from the major leagues Joshua is worried about the future of his career but as they get to know each other over the course of one weekend there's no denying the fire between them burns hot. But they're from completely different worlds and their affair isn't meant to last. With his career up in the air and her job her primary focus can they find a way to round the bases towards love? Published by W by Wattpad Books - April 2022 [[Wattys 2019 Romance Winner]] [[word count: 70 000-80 000 words]]

If you show me all your flaws, I'll show you mine I'll claim your baggage, no longer need to hide 'Cause I'mma love you anyway...

We don't talk as much as we used to, lately Send a text through forever, my lady You done kept it true from the day that you met me I don't want to get you to ruin your new relations Showin' tough love, baby, how the streets made me

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