I've rebuilt my life from the ground up. My business is thriving, my best friends and family stand by my side, and I'm healing, day by day, from a devastating breakup. I don't need love. I don't need distractions. I want a sweet, simple life.Then there's Beau "Big Daddy" Boone. Tall, dark, devastatingly handsome, a professional football player, and a single dad who worships his little girl, he's everything women dream about. But not me. At least, that's what I tell myself....

ClaudiaI swore I would never fall for another hockey player. Not after a fling turned into a pregnancy, and when I offered him a chance to walk away, he took it. I can raise my daughter alone. I'd been raising myself for years. PhD completed and a job lined up, I didn't need him or his money. She was almost four months old when he demanded to meet her in New York. I flew out, only to find he had forgotten to book the hotel room he promised, and every room in the ci...

Jillian: My whole life, I've been a planner. Every aspiration I've ever had was on a spreadsheet, chart, or graph that flowed from one step to the next, all leading to my goal. I, Jillian Hart, younger sister of two professional athletes, would be the first in my family to hold a Doctorate. After graduating with honors in both of my majors, I was sure I'd soar to the top of all the acceptance lists of my dream colleges. When I received my first acceptance letter t...

Noelle: By day, I sell stories in my bookstore. By night, I'm writing my own spicy romcoms. My books are my escape.In college, athletes were never my type. Not when the risk of letting someone that close always outweighs the reward. Which is why Dash Sterling, the hockey player who made lit class bearable, the guy whom I introduced to my then-best friend, was never even on my radar.Now, one spilled coffee, one ruined dress, and he's suddenly everywhere. And...

Before starting my NFL career, I flew into the city closest to the town I'd call home. I booked a room, went out to grab a bite, and ended up talking football with the locals, who had no clue who I was. Oh yeah, and I had a few too many drinks.As the night wore on, everything became a little bit blurry. Deciding to use the men's room before grabbing a ride back to the hotel to catch some ZZZs, the door to the stall behind me swung open and a chick with an ...

GwenLeland Locke is everything I always knew he would be. Professional baseball player and F-boy extraordinaire, Locke's the kind of man that no woman would ever give up a chance to call him theirs, even if for one night.He's just that good, and I hate that about him.LockeOn the first day of my sophomore year of high school, I saw h...

She lost all hope, and he found it standing amongst the wildflowers.PhoebeMoving to a new place is not something a girl like me is unfamiliar with. My beat-up old suitcase has more miles than good memories. I have long since given up hope that changing schools will somehow change my life. I just want to blend in and get by until I age out.AlexNo one ever told me silence sounds like crushed metal and...

From USA Today bestselling author MJ Fields comes a steamy, single-mom, second-chance hockey romance.Claudia: I swore I would never fall for another hockey player. Not after a fling turned into a pregnancy, and when I offered him a chance to walk away, he took it. I can raise my daughter alone. I'd been raising myself for years. PhD completed and a job lined up, I didn't need him or his money. She was almost four months old when he demande...

I grew up somewhere that assumes your future will look exactly like your past. Scholarships, discipline, and more late nights than I can count are the reason mine won't. I'm within reach of finishing my PhD and building the kind of life where stability isn't something you hope for. It's something you create. Then Lucy arrives. A little girl who's already seen more dysfunction than any child should, and suddenly, the future I've been working toward carries a lot more weight. Finishing my do...

From bedroom performances to center stage, Memphis Black’s dreams have come true.Together with his band mates—Finn, River, and Billy B—he takes some time for fun in the sun in Miami while gathering inspiration to finish their first full-length album. Some down time before hitting the road to tour the country, spreading their kind of rock like an STD.Tallia Priest, a preacher’s daughter grew up next door to ...

When he fell in love, he fell hard. When he lost her, he lost his will.Drugs, sex, and rock and roll - in that order - became his life.River James, the drummer for Steel Total Destruction, loved the brotherhood he formed with his unlikely best friend, the band mates from Steel Total Destruction, and the family he found in his label, Forever Four.Then, one tragic accident takes it all away in the blink of an eye. Twisted metal, shattered bones, crushed dreams, and to...

Coming home from Italy blew, but my brothers had broken THE code. No not some bullshit, 'bro code', but THE 'Bro Code', Forever Steel style.Jase and Cyrus, my sexual mentors, were settling down. I needed to remind them what can happen when the heart overrides the dick and the burden of responsibility that carries. I need to remind them that kitties are to be pet, not possessed.My first day back to the tattoo shop and all th...