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Scotty Armstrong has spent the last twenty years running the town crematorium and keeping everyone and everything at arm's length. She lives life just the way she likes it, alone and unattached. All that changes when her late brother's best friend—and former love of her life—Ford Callahan, comes back into town and starts dredging up unwanted feelings she thought were ancient history.

She needed someone to prove their worth. He needed someone that made him feel more than lust. Jocelyn: I’d hid my Little stuff deep within my dresser, never imagining I’d have someone to share it with. But the second Avery knocked on my gran’s door - I knew in my heart I could trust him. Will I be able to withstand the distance to find love? Or will I cut my losses and find someone in my hometown?

Leo is everything I could ever want, but why would he bother with me? He’s the perfect Daddy. I know he is. But his eyes are so sad, and I just can’t be the perfect little girl for him. I want to be. I want that more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. He’s strong, sexy, and in control. How can someone that perfect want a girl who can’t handle life at all, who can’t keep from screwing up everything?

Being Sugarplum Falls' most sought-after nanny was something that I prided myself on. I was great with kids, and I hadn’t met a parent who I didn’t have a great relationship with. That was until I met Elliott Weston.

I don't know whose wise idea it was to send us on this retreat. I don't need rehabilitation. I don't need a bunch of hot cowboys telling me what to do. I don't need anyone trying to be my friend. I just want to go home and put this nightmare behind me. I just spent a year in prison for something I didn't do, now I have to endure this? I can't deny that the ranchers are gorgeous, and Lake is unlike any man I've ever met.

When CEO David Strong is strong-armed into demonstrating Kama Sutra yoga poses for a couples class—which is as awkward as it sounds—he's put in one compromising position after another. On top of that, the co-instructor gets him all worked up, and she's totally off-limits. At least she should be.

He’s been hurt before; I can see it in his eyes. His beautiful eyes. His sexy eyes. I could lose myself in those eyes, and I want to. I’m new to the whole Daddy and little girl thing, but I know one thing. I want Thad to be my Daddy. But he’s so hurt! He’s so wounded! I can fix him. I know I can. If he’ll just let me in, I can make him happy. It’s all I want.

Daddy’s Desperate Little Girl is the very sexy and romantic new ageplay installment in the Wounded Daddies series. She’s a wonderful girl who had a horrible relationship with a rotten man who left her feeling like she wasn’t good enough for anyone. Can Waylon help her get past that? Can she learn to accept his guidance and throw away the lies her last man told her, lies that tore her down? Can these two find a life together? You’ll love the sexy journey to a wonderful happily ever after for these two!

Trevor Booth's life was just thrown a curveball. When his ex dies, he suddenly goes from an every-other-weekend, fun-time dad to a full-time dad. The dad part he's cool with, but life with two teens is like a roller coaster in hell. Thank God his ex-wife's best friend, Callie, seems to have secret powers that allow her to deal with the chaos.

ANNAMARIE: He must be the most incredible man on Earth. There’s something about Dennis I just can’t explain. He’s so much more than he appears. Something inside of him makes him tentative. I need to break through his walls. Because I need him. I need Dennis more than I can say. DENNIS: Anna is the most beautiful little girl. She may be perfect. Her voice, her hair, her personality…all of it drives me wild. She’s everything any man could want. But how can I do it? How can I go all in? I’m a failure. Anna deserves a man better than me.

I’d never told anyone my secret desires, even my ex. But meeting Marcus over a slice of peach pie, It turned everything I’d ever known upside down. He and I made a great team at work, But can I figure out how to lean on him for support?

She’s a hot-headed redhead with a voice of smoke and smooth attraction. He’s a cool, strong, and careful man not used to drama...Vanessa: Micah is just infuriating! When he looks at me with those deep, soulful eyes of his, it’s like he sees right into me. He thinks I need to learn to control my behavior, the arrogant jerk! And his face, with his perfect beard and his strong jawline makes me feel just like a schoolgirl with a crush. He walks around like he thinks he has everything together and under control!

Christmas has always been my favorite time of year, but when my Grinch of a landlord decides to raise the rent on my bakery and a new candy shop opens directly across from me, I’m anything but jolly. The problem is that it’s not just ANY candy shop— it’s an over-the-top fancy chocolaterie owned by none other than Ryder Jones— former best friend and the boy who unknowingly stole my heart in high school.

The patterns from my past had a way of repeating themselves, especially in the men I attracted who only wanted my body. But when Niles came to my rescue at the vineyard, I began wondering if I could find someone to love and protect me. Will I be able to overcome my fear of the past to let authentic love in? Or will I choose the safety of singleness and be doomed to repeat the past?

I’m coming back to town after a much needed vacation. Every other Little has been paired off since my absence. What am I going to do without a big Sheriff Daddy to call my own. In my darkest hour, he appears. But after rescuing me, Noah wants to claim me as his Little. Is he in it for the long run? Or just here for a good time?

Anyone with common sense would've stayed away, but I couldn't help myself. Spark I found her crying her eyes out, heartbroken after some idiot betrayed her trust. I meant to console her, to show her I was there, but something shifted that night. I ended up taking her up to my room and showing...

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...

Pumpkin spice has never been my thing. But you know what is? Doctor Tanner Hayes, the new gynecologist in Stone Creek who’s so good looking that he has all of the women in town ready to drop their pants. I wasn’t planning on staying in town long after Thanksgiving. It was supposed to be a quick visit to see my dad and his new family, and then I’d be on my way to figure out my next step, whatever that was.

Being a single mom of four kids has never bothered me. However, after getting married to their dad at a young age, I quickly learned that I was better off taking care of things myself. As long as they were happy, that was all that mattered. But when a new man showed up in town, I suddenly started second-guessing everything. Being around him created feelings that I hadn’t felt in— ever? The way he looked at me and talked to me was different than anyone I had met before, and I was quickly under his spell.

Dark, mysterious, and lethal . . . That's how most people describe the three men in my bed. Cold-blooded assassins who kill men they deem unfit for society. And yet, to me, they're my salvation. Rescuing me from a gilded cage and a doomed life with a sinister man. I asked them for a simple favor: two birds for one stone. What they demanded in return was something far more profound, something that would indefinitely tether the four of us with an unbreakable bond.