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In the summer of 1990, Rachel Weber spent a week down on the Florida coast, soaking up the sun's rays while she waited for her life to begin. It was there that she met Dean Sherman, a handsome, muscular soldier with crystal blue eyes. The two spent a week together full of champagne kisses that only ended when Operation Desert Storm forced Dean to choose between his duty and his love. He chose duty. Twenty years later, Rachel figured it was just summer love, but she never forgot those eyes. As personal assistant to powerful billionaire Jack Saunders, she never expected Dean to walk into her office after being hired as Jack's personal bodyguard. Even though she had spent the last two decades trying to forget Dean, she found herself falling for him once again. When fate forced both Rachel and Dean to choose yet again between love and duty, Rachel had to decide between the man she had always loved and the family that had become her life. She knew she couldn't have both, but she knew she wouldn't be happy with just one. Would she choose love, or be forever haunted by the memory of those Champagne Kisses?

BLURB: Andrea Morgan thought her twenty-seventh birthday would be the happiest night of her life. Instead, she watched her boyfriend of four years kneel before her best friend and propose. Humiliated, heartbroken and destroyed, she fled into the night and drowned her pain in alcohol. Then she met him. A stranger with storm-gray eyes and secrets of his own. One reckless night changed everything. Three weeks later, Andrea discovers she’s pregnant. The father is Ryder Santos. The billionaire she never expected to see again. The problem? Ryder Santos is already drowning in his own scandal after catching his wife in bed with his best friend. Now the ruthless billionaire cannot stop thinking about the mysterious woman who vanished from his bed and left behind nothing except a thank-you note and a memory that refuses to fade. As Ryder searches for Andrea and Andrea struggles with a life-changing secret, the lines between desire and destiny begin to blur. But when enemies, betrayal, and old wounds threaten to tear them apart, they must decide whether one unforgettable night was a mistake… Or the beginning of forever.

She was just a jilted bride-to-be looking to drown her sorrows. He was a billionaire bachelor resigned to an arranged marriage. But when their worlds collided one fateful night, Lily Walker and James Watson did the unthinkable - they got drunk-married in a spirited act of rebellion. Now, Lily finds herself thrust into James' ultra-elite social circle where his vengeful ex-fiancée Chloe will do anything to take her down. Chloe wages a relentless campaign to sabotage the new couple, Stop at nothing to destroy Lily and dissolve the marriage she sees as a sham. Banding together against the salacious gossip and endless scheming, Lily and James gradually fall for each other's fiery spirits. But darker secrets and escalating scandals loom, threatening to tear them apart for good. Can they fight against the vicious social vultures and build a real partnership? Or will high society's devious shadows finally force Lily out of the lavish life she never asked for?

WARNING: Contains explicit scenes/mature content. A wild one-night stand. A stolen fiancé. An inheritance on the line. And a twenty-minute deadline to get married before midnight. On her twenty-fourth birthday, fiercely independent designer Juliet Sparks walks into her family’s banquet, only to find her fiancé, Adam, wrapped around her toxic stepsister, Karen. Even worse? Karen has bribed every bachelor in the city to ensure Juliet stays single—forcing her to forfeit her late mother’s beloved Sparks Design Studio. With less than an hour before the civil registry office closes, Juliet marches in, desperate for a legal husband. That’s when she spots him—a dangerously handsome man in a bespoke suit brooding on a bench. Armed with a purple flamingo pen and zero filter, Juliet proposes a deal: “No money involved. No messy emotional baggage. A strictly legal contract marriage for one year, then a quiet divorce. Are you in?” Amused by her sheer audacity, Roman Bloom agrees. What Juliet doesn't know? Her new "ordinary assistant" husband is actually the icy, multi-billionaire CEO who controls half the state's economy—and the very man she shared an unforgettable, explosive one-night stand with. While Juliet buys her husband cheap ties to help him save money, Roman is busy using his massive corporate empire to secretly obliterate anyone who dares to cross his fiery, quirky wife. But when hidden secrets, dangerous setups, and intense physical passion collide, keeping his true identity hidden becomes Roman's most perilous game yet...

A contemporary mash-up retelling of Cinderella and Romeo and Juliet.Ella Sinders is content to toil away as a graphic designer for the company owned by her absent father. She spends all her time in the attic of his large home, taking orders from her stepmother, fear of what lies outside of her own front door keeping her from wondering afar—until an accidental phone call opens her eyes to the lies she’s been told. Now, she’s desperate to reach the man on the other end of the line to see if they can build a life together. However, the discovery that the one she’s falling for is the son of her father’s sworn enemy complicates the situation even more so than her stepmother’s deception.Rome Verona wants nothing more than to make a name for himself amidst the glitter and gold of LA’s elite. His father might be a big name movie producer, but Rome wants to build his own legacy. When an accidental phone call leads him to the daughter of his father’s nemesis, Rome will do whatever it takes to find Ella and set her free, even if it means giving up everything he’s worked so hard for.Can these star-crossed lovers overcome the obstacles and find the happily-ever-after they deserve?If you like high-drama romances with lots of twists and turns and plenty of opportunities to suspend reality, then you’ll love Ashes and Rose Petals.

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Cassidy Lane is about to find out that's a lie. After catching her fiancé Tristan in bed with his assistant, Cassidy escapes to Sin City to drown her humiliation in cheap whiskey. She doesn't expect to meet a darkly handsome stranger at the bar—a man with cold eyes and a dangerous smile who listens to her rant about cheating men like she's the most fascinating person alive. One reckless night, a kitschy chapel, and two slurred "I do's" later, Cassidy wakes up in a penthouse she can't afford, wearing a diamond ring worth more than her apartment. After catching her fiancé Tristan in bed with his assistant, Cassidy escapes to Sin City to drown her humiliation in cheap whiskey. She doesn't expect to meet a darkly handsome stranger at the bar—a man with cold eyes and a dangerous smile who listens to her rant about cheating men like she's the most fascinating person alive. One reckless night, a kitschy chapel, and two slurred "I do's" later, Cassidy wakes up in a penthouse she can't afford, wearing a diamond ring worth more than her apartment. Then her new husband walks in. Damien Blackwood. Tech billionaire. Ruthless CEO. The most feared man in the country. And Tristan's boss. Cassidy demands an annulment. Damien refuses. With a multi-billion-dollar merger on the line, a scandal would destroy everything he's built. His solution? A six-month contract. She plays the perfect wife in public, and he'll fund her dream of opening her own event planning studio. No feelings. No complications. Just business. As the lines between contract and chemistry blur, Cassidy must decide: Is this marriage the worst mistake of her life… or the perfect match she never knew she needed?