Contemporary Romance

Contemporary Romance

When you’re looking to download free and discounted contemporary romance ebooks, this is the place to go. Satisfy your inner passion for bestselling romance in this category, and never pay more than what you should. We routinely feature the best authors of contemporary romance ebooks, and they always promote their ebooks to you--for free or for a discount.

 

Definition of "Contemporary Romance": While technically a subgenre of the Romance category, that category is much too large to not be broken down. Contemporary Romance, by definition, is set in the time in which it was written.  The ebooks in this category are largely focused on the relationship and romantic love shared by two people.  Typically, ebooks in this category reward characters that are good people, punish those that are bad, and end with an upbeat, positive conclusion.  But, that "formula" is always being altered by excellent authors--which is why we read their ebooks, right?

 

Some examples of the best Contemporary Romance ebooks past and present include Nicholas Sparks (The Longest Ride), Tracy Brogan (Crazy Little Thing), Jojo Moyes (Me Before You), Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook), Lisa Kleypas (Blue-Eyed Devil).

Going All the Way (Knights of Passion Book 1)

by Megan Ryder

He’s looking for redemption.
After destroying his reputation, Jason Friar is desperate to make a comeback in Major League Baseball. The only team who will have him is the perennial cellar dwellers, the Georgia Knights, who are looking for a leader for their struggling team. With the contract comes a leash, held by a sexy image consultant with whom he had a hot fling...

She’s looking for respect.
After being blamed for the collapse of a political candidate’s campaign, Stacia Kendall needs a new opportunity to prove herself to her father, a prominent and powerful Senator. Her one chance is to redeem the image of Jason Friar and not succumb to the heat simmering between them, a heat she knows so well...

Can Stacia help Jason find the redemption he needs, while protecting her heart?

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Bad Case of Lovin' You: Brooke & Zack (The Adlers Book 2)

by Anita Louise

Zack Carter works long hours as an emergency room physician in Boulder, and he has no time for romance. Besides, he doesn’t trust women. His engagement to his high school sweetheart ended when he found her in bed with another man. He knows better than to open himself up again. But the first time he sees Brooke Adler, she practically takes his breath away.

When Brooke Adler’s mother ends up in the hospital, the last thing in the world Brooke expects to find is love. But when Dr. Zackary Carter walks into the cafeteria, she thinks she might have found her own personal Doctor McDreamy.

Zack and Brooke meet again in the popular Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder and sparks fly. Now he can’t seem to stop thinking about her. But Brooke can’t seem to get past the fact that males have been choosing her flamboyant twin over her since they were six years old. Can she expect anything different from the handsome doctor?

Intended for mature audiences 18 years of age and older.

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The Butterfly Garden: That Second Chance, Book 6

by Mary Campisi

Sometimes we’re lucky enough to get that second chance – in life and in love. That Second Chance Series are stand-alone stories of strong women who battle heartache and loss with a courage and determination to find new paths and true love. What ties them together? A common theme: belief in the beauty of that second chance.

Sometimes love happens when you least expect it…

Jenny Romano has never been a white-picket-fence, happily-ever-after girl. Despite a mother who rejected her free-spirited, unique ways as irresponsible and just plain wrong, Jenny has found happiness as a photographer, flitting around the country and snapping photos of other people’s lives. Her older sister, Grace, has a husband, children, and a carpool schedule. She’s the one their mother calls “perfect.”

But when tragedy strikes her sister’s carefully constructed life, Jenny must step in and help. Soon, she’s knee-deep in small-town, suburban life, the kind she’s always avoided…

Psychologist Elliot Drake spends so much time healing other people’s pain that he prefers to keep his own relationships short and uncomplicated. He’s loved and lost once and with a young daughter to raise, he’s not willing to risk his heart again. Of course, he’s never met anyone quite like Jenny. Outrageous and unpredictable, she’s nothing like her well-controlled older sister. And the more he’s around Jenny, the more he wonders if short-term is really what he wants…

Elliot and Jenny are about to discover that real life happens whether you want it to or not. Will they let real love happen, too?

Bonus material: Excerpt from Pieces of You, Book One of The Betrayed Trilogy...Sometimes hiding in the shadows is the only way to protect your heart.

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Perfect for You (A Laurel Heights Novel Book 1)

by Kate Perry

* * * Includes an extended preview of CLOSE TO YOU, Laurel Heights Book 2. * * *

"Perry is a storyteller, weaving magic wherever she goes, much to the delight of her millions of fans." – The Literary Shed

Freya Godwin's muse has gone MIA.

With Freya just hired to redesign the top adult website company in the country, her creativity couldn't have chosen a worse time to disappear. Determined to get her sexy back, Freya puts an ad online, hoping to find the right man to inspire her.

Unfortunately, all roads point back to her upstairs neighbor Greg Cavanaugh. He's everything she doesn't want: a playboy and scumbag lawyer. Except if he's so wrong for her, why does being with him make her believe anything is possible?

Fall in love with the entire Laurel Heights series:
Book 1: PERFECT FOR YOU
Book 2: CLOSE TO YOU
Book 3: RETURN TO YOU
Book 4: LOOKING FOR YOU
Book 5: DREAM OF YOU
Book 6: SWEET ON YOU
Book 7: TAMED BY YOU
Book 8: HERE WITH YOU
Novelette: ALL FOR YOU
Book 9: MAD ABOUT YOU
Book 10: LOVED BY YOU
Novella: WRAPPED IN YOU

ABOUT KATE:
Kate writes about hope, and dreams, and the bonds of friendship and family. Her acclaimed novels have been #1 bestsellers around the world, and her books have been translated into several languages. All her stories feature sassy, independent women who just want love and earthy men full of heart who are more than able to rise to the occasion.

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The Prince's Plan

by E. M. Youman

She can’t trust him…or her desire for him.
Marnie Ducello is way past second chances. Most days she’s fighting to forget the past and stay sober—a combination she doesn’t always pull off. She’s done waiting for Prince Charming. So when a sexy stranger turns out to be an arrogant, cab-stealing jerk, Marnie isn’t surprised. If only her rash reaction to his rudeness hadn’t resulted in her arrest. .

Singer Danny Roland is no prince. He has fame, fortune, and a not-so-hidden addiction. He’s running from memories of the lives he’s ruined. Keeping his personal demons under control and out of the tabloids is what Danny wants more than anything. After a simple drug deal goes very wrong, Danny decides to make karmic amends—by finding the woman he abandoned to the police. Marnie’s a recovering addict, too, so he offers her the deal of a lifetime: a job as his personal assistant and a safe space in his home to live in if she stays sober.

Marnie is soon swept up into Danny’s world of prying paparazzi and vengeful exes. She can’t help the burning attraction between them, but she can’t trust Danny—or herself. And when Danny’s brother begins to pursue her, Marnie and Danny must both come to terms with the painful secrets that haunt them. They’re both broken…but maybe together they can be unbreakable.

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Hart Broken: A Wounded Hero Romance (Hart, Book 1)

by Annie Arcane

Hart Broken, a paraplegic love story

Mickey Hart doesn’t do one-night stands. Until she wakes up in a luxury penthouse. With nothing but a t-shirt and no idea whom it belongs to.

Enter Cale Windermere. Driven. Ambitious. Successful. And so gorgeous he could've walked straight out of a romance novel...

Except I can’t walk.

Not that it ever stops me from getting what I want.

And I want her.

Even if she's keeping secrets.

That could tear me to f*cking shreds.

Warning: Strong language, mature content, drama, and angst included. Shirt sold separately.

This novel is an adult contemporary romance featuring a disabled hero who happens to be a rich and sexy alpha male with a potty mouth.

Cale and Mickey: Book 1 of 4

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The Pryce Family (Books 1-3)

by Nadia Lee

The Billionaire's Counterfeit Girlfriend

Curvaceous beauty Hilary Rosenberg doesn't believe in love. She only goes out with nice guys who won't expect passionate romance--until a notorious womanizer demands she repay a favor with four weeks of counterfeit dates.

Billionaire playboy Mark Pryce doesn't do relationships. In fact, he's never been with the same woman for more than three months. But when his matchmaking mother tries to sabotage his bachelorhood, he needs a stand-in girlfriend to deflect her. Luckily, Hilary owes him. But as they start to spend more time together, he finds himself wanting to break his first rule: never get too close...

The Billionaire's Inconvenient Obsession

Deep in debt and stalked by a deadly conman, Jane Connolly needs a job and a safe place to stay. With no one to turn to in an unfamiliar city, she can't refuse the kindness of a magnetic stranger.

A former mixed martial arts fighter, billionaire Iain Pryce couldn't walk away from a small town girl in a big city, especially when it's obvious she's in trouble. But her sweet spirit threatens the single principle he's been living under for the past thirteen years: don't lose control...

The Billionaire's Secret Wife

Having grown up in a dysfunctional family, Vanessa Pryce knows the futility of relying on a man for happiness. But there is one man who makes her want to ignore the truth: the irresistible Justin Sterling, her no-strings boyfriend since their college days together. Even after they break up, she continues to meet him for passionate encounters while keeping the relationship secret. No need to make public something that's doomed.

Billionaire tycoon Justin Sterling understands Vanessa's fears. But he's about to change the game they've been playing... Because when one drunken night of sex leads to pregnancy, he's going to move heaven and earth to rewrite their rules.

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Beyond the Lens (Lucy Mitchell Book 1)

by Hannah Ellis

When twenty-six-year-old Lucy Mitchell loses her job, she momentarily loses her mind too and agrees to take part in a reality TV show. Before she knows it she’s jetting off to a piece of paradise on a beautiful Spanish island.

Much to her surprise, Lucy makes new friends and has the time of her life, even indulging in a behind-the-scenes romance with a hunky cameraman.

Convinced the production will never make it to the screen, Lucy returns home on cloud nine, but soon finds that things are not always as they seem.

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Hard Rock Fling: A Rock Star Romance (Darkest Days) (Volume 2)

by Athena Wright

It's just a fling. Rock stars like Ian are known for breaking hearts. I'm not going to let him break mine.

Ian Drake, one of the genius twin guitarists of Darkest Days, is known for his brilliant green eyes, his sly grins, and his mischievous flirting.

I shouldn't take him seriously when he flirts with me. But there's something about the way he looks at me. Like I'm the only one who sees past his cheery facade. Like I'm the only one who really sees him.

Ian says I'm special. He says I'm not like the others. He showers me with pretty words, just as he fills me with naughty desires.

Everyone knows rock stars like Ian don't do commitments. This is just physical. Just fun. I'm going in with my eyes wide open.

Because there's a secret he's not telling me. And why would he? We're just having a fling.

I told myself I wouldn't let Ian break my heart.

But I'm dangerously close to falling for a playboy rock star.

Hard Rock Fling is a steamy New Adult Rock Star Romance. It is the second novel in the Darkest Days series, but can be read as a standalone with a HEA.

Author's notes: This book contains mentions of self-harm. Readers should proceed with caution.

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His Muse: A Dark Alpha Bad Boy Romance

by Isabella Starling

You look pretty when you cry, princess.

MASON

Cara Newton is the kind of girl you become an artist for.
Stunning, rebellious, sweet. So damn sweet.
She's also eighteen, my business partner's daughter, and completely off limits.
Not that I care.
She would look so beautiful on the walls of my gallery, I might have to break her, just so I can paint her in her true colors.
On her knees.
Mouth open.
Begging for more.
That's my little girl.

CARA

I'm used to getting what I want from my father.
Used to pulling on his strings to get exactly what I crave.
Spending a summer with his business partner sounds awful... Until I meet the man in question.
Mason Scott.
He's troubled, messed up, scary.
He's so handsome I'm afraid to even look at him.
So intense it sends shivers down my spine.
I think he wants me.
I know I want him.
But Mason likes me broken... and when I do break, he's either going to send me away...
Or keep me as his own forever.

Full-length novel. Standalone, no cliffhanger, no cheating. HEA guaranteed.

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Falling for my Best Friend (Fated Series Book 1)

by Hazel Kelly

Lucy and Aiden have been friends since they were kids. Best friends. And they'll never be anything more.
Or at least, that's what Lucy keeps telling herself...

**Warning: This new adult romance series contains adult situations and mature content.

 

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A Nice Boy: Arranged Marriage Romance

by Rocklyn Ryder

Caitlyn:

I was promised a Nice Boy, but one look at my fiance and I know better.

I've had my life planned out since I was a teenager: college, career, marriage, children, but now that it's time to start planning the wedding it looks like Mr. Right didn't get his save the date card.

That's why I decide to go with an arranged marriage using a modern day match maker.

Visions of white picket fences are dancing in my head on my way to meet my new fiance but when I get my first look at Josh I can't breathe.

Oh sure, he's sexy as sin and I can't resist giving in to every opportunity to get his hot mouth on my skin but marry him? I'm not so sure about that.

Josh is all bad boy; tattoos, dirty mind, and foul mouth. Hardly husband material.

Is happily ever after really possible with a man like Josh?

Joshua:

My last relationship ended with a wrecked house and a night in jail...I'm ready for a woman that's crazy about me, not just crazy.

So when my boss tells me she's gonna find me a wife, I can't argue with the woman who's like a mother to me.

I know Caitlyn's the perfect woman as soon as I set eyes on her and I love knowing she wants me just as bad as I want her.

I won't let anything get in the way of putting my ring on this woman's finger and starting our life together.

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Bourbon Springs Box Set: Volume I, Books 1-3 (Bourbon Springs Box Sets)

by Jennifer Bramseth

Get the first three books in the Bourbon Springs Series plus a bonus short story in this box set. Included works:

  • Secret Blend (Book 1): In a smoldering story of law and love, brand-new judges Rachel and Brady start a secret, passionate romance behind chamber doors. But it's hard to keep a secret in Bourbon Springs, Kentucky.
     
  • Secret Sauce (BONUS Short Story): To celebrate and get away from Bourbon Springs for a few days, Brady takes Rachel on a tasty holiday excursion. Connects Secret Blend and Filtered Through Blue.
     
  • Filtered Through Blue (Book 2): Hannah Davenport, bourbon heiress and part owner of Old Garnet Bourbon Distillery, and Kyle Sammons, the Craig County Sheriff, have a history and share a secret. She’s borne the burden in private while he’s carried the weight of disapproval in public. But perhaps finally time and tears can wash away the pain of the past.
     
  • Angels' Share (Book 3): Lila McNee has lost everything except her land–her refuge from the world. But Bo Davenport, the man who owns a controlling share of the distillery to her north, needs that land to expand Old Garnet. How do they share they thing they love the most–the place they both call home?
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Unmasking Miss Appleby (Baleful Godmother Historical Romance Series ~ Book 1)

by Emily Larkin

"Sexy, unusual, and vastly entertaining."
~ Anna Campbell, author of the Dashing Widows series

She’s not who she seems…

On her 25th birthday, Charlotte Appleby receives a most unusual gift from the Faerie godmother she never knew she had: the ability to change shape.

Penniless and orphaned, she sets off for London to make her fortune as a man. But a position as secretary to Lord Cosgrove proves unexpectedly challenging. Someone is trying to destroy Cosgrove and his life is increasingly in jeopardy.

As Charlotte plunges into London’s backstreets and brothels at Cosgrove’s side, hunting his persecutor, she finds herself fighting for her life—and falling in love…

"The best historical romance I have read all year."
~ Rachel @ Heroes & Heartbreakers

*Desert Isle Keeper*
~ Caz @ All About Romance

 

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The Rock Stars: Our Songs

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Party All Night and Rock All Day...
Fall in love with the Rock Stars who write and sing the music as well as the women who long to tame them.

Zinger by Nikki Lynn Barrett:
Rock star Zeke Sketcher and aspiring singer Ariel Lexington meet and bond over music on a reality singing show. He's got a mega hot career and a reputation, she's a young woman trying to find herself after growing up in a strict, sheltered life. What happens when the show is over and it's time to move on with their lives?

Rock Me Softly by Lisa Kumar:
After a cheating and drug-addicted ex leaves rock star Lucien Blackhawk reeling, he wants to get away from big-city life for a while. The small town of Poplin, Iowa, seems the perfect place to do that. But will he find a new home with the luscious yet naive librarian who captures his attention—and his heart?

When The Lights Go Down by Krista Ames:
A chance encounter and a backstage pass changed everything for bass player Dj Anderson and college grad student Regan Fleming. Can they find a happy medium? Is there a way to co-exist with two very different life styles or is love just not enough?

She Came With The Tide by Viviana Mackade:
Ax had it all: talent, fame, money. Without a second thought, he’d traded it all for the sunshine and a surfboard. Young, rich, and free - what more could he need?

Andrea Smith escaped the life her parents imposed on her when they joined a cult. On the run ever since, she had no clue her life would change with that simple ‘yes.'

But the past catches up with her, forcing Andrea to choose what person she wants to be: the scared cult member that obeyed in silence, or the new woman Erik made blossom.

What If by R.M. Duffy:
Mia Jones craves the one thing her ex-husband couldn't give her—love.

Shane Reynolds’ future plans are simple, to play music. The only relationship he wants is with his band. Can Mia make Shane see that his future could be so much better with her in it?

Rock Steady by D’Ann Lindun
Country music newcomer Maura Whittaker only agrees to perform in her hometown because her agent thinks it’s good publicity. Black Mountain, Colorado, is the last place she expects to fall in love with sexy rock star, Dalton Stone. Can rock and country blend to make beautiful music?

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Anything You Ask

by Lynn Kellan

Widow Danielle Cooper doesn't know how she'll support her two young sons and a 400-acre farm. Her prodigal brother-in-law offers an unusual solution. He'll pay off her debt in exchange for the deed. She agrees to a temporary marriage to transfer the farm, but can she trust a man with too many secrets?

Thrown off the farm by his father, Hale vows to reclaim the land where he was raised. Helping Danielle provides a perfect way to redeem himself, but his feelings complicate matters. He wants to make their marriage a real one. Problem is, Danielle won't tolerate any more secrets, and he can't tell her why his family disowned him.

Now more is on the line than just the farm. Staying together will require a special kind of courage. Are they strong enough to let go of their painful past and embrace the future?

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Devil's Advocate: A BBW MC New Adult Romance Series - Book 1

by Carla Coxwell

A BBW MC New Adult Romance Story

Gray is rash, impulsive and breaks the law. Kristie finds herself falling for him but will her attraction to Gray prove fatal?

***Due to sexually graphic content and language that some may find offensive, this book is intended for mature readers only***

When Kristie comes home from college, the last thing she expects is her world to be turned upside down by the appearance of a handsome, gruff stranger, Gray. He is the head of a biker gang in town called the Devil’s Advocates.

Kristie’s mom asks if she can befriend Gray in hopes of getting him on the straight and narrow. The plan backfires, however, as Kristie finds herself falling for Gray. Is it possible he feels the same way? The connection between them threatens to tear down everything Kristie has ever held dear.

The more she falls for Gray, the more messy things get. As Gray gets yanked further and further into the world of his gang, Kristie finds herself having to make a choice: stay on her own path or risk everything to be with Gray. Will she be able to make it out unscathed?

Download the story to find out what happens.

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Second Chance Love

by Shawn Inmon

Steve Larson and Elizabeth Coleman had been the best of friends – inseparable – since middle school. Once in college, they found themselves in love, but too afraid to admit it: Steve because he thought Elizabeth was too beautiful to want him; and Elizabeth because she thought Steve was too wealthy to be interested in someone so poor. But then, a family tragedy strikes, and they are pulled apart and lose touch with each other.

A chance meeting on a Christmas tree lot twenty years later changes their fates forever. Only Steve and Elizabeth can decide if they have the courage to overcome a lifetime of doubts and fears and open their hearts to each other again.

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The Billionaire's Christmas Virgin: Prelude to Billionaire Unknown - Blake

by J. S. Scott

For readers of The Billionaire's Obsession series!

Meet the young, idealistic Blake Colter, long before he became a US senator, and his steamy first encounter with his heroine!!!

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It's Christmas Eve, and what in the hell am I doing? I'm looking for an eighteen-year-old spoiled brat in the middle of a blizzard. It's not really how I pictured my winter break from college, that's for sure.

Harper Lawson was a brat as a child, and she's never really grown up as far as I'm concerned. Running away from her wealthy parents' home just goes to prove she's still the immature female I knew when I was a kid.

But when I finally find Harper in a homeless shelter, she turns my world upside down. She's not at all what I expected, and when two of us are stranded together overnight in a rundown motel, everything I thought was true suddenly becomes false.

Years have gone by without us seeing each other, but when we meet again, sparks fly, and Harper threatens to turn my whole world upside down on one very snowy Christmas Eve.

Unfortunately, when we're able to get home on Christmas, everything changes. Harper is gone again, and I'm forced to leave her with the idea that she gave her virginity to the wrong guy.

But I'll wait, even if takes forever for me to find her. Eventually, she'll understand that what we had was my idea of a Christmas miracle.

Little did I know that it would take over a decade before we met again........

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Hotshot Desire: Love After Dark: Action, Suspense, Hot Romance Boxed Set

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Desire so hot and needy. Passion uncontrolled. Lust and desperation heat up the nights in Hotshot Desire: Love After Dark. Six full-length romance novels and one bonus novella from NY Times, USA Today, and National bestselling authors. From billionaire bikers to special agents, jocks and bad boys, emotions run hot and the action never stops when love and life is on the line. Spend your sultry days and steamy nights addicted to these unforgettable romances where desire overrides reason. LIMITED TIME ONLY!

UNCHAINED MELODY: HILL COUNTRY HEART by Sable Hunter. Sparks fly when Annalise walks through the door of Ethan Stewart's Bed & Breakfast, turning his life upside down... again. Six years ago she simply vanished into thin air after eight short days of earth-shattering passion. Annalise Ramsey has, once again, come to face with the man of her dreams. Tragedy tore her away from him years before, and now she fears the shadows of a terrible secret will keep them apart forever.

ROARING HOT: BILLIONAIRE BIKER by Rachelle Ayala. Teo Alexiou is an arrogant playboy who gets what he wants. He meets his match in actress Amy Suzuki, a woman he hired to play his girlfriend. The fun starts when he falls for her, and suddenly, the billionaire bad boy is wishing she'd cut the act and show him her true heart.

SPECIAL AGENT: KANDICE by Mimi Barbour. Stalked, kidnapped and beaten doesn't break Kandice from being the sweetheart of her team. They're used to her kind ways. It's her overly protective new boss who won't accept she knows her job.

A RELIANT LOVE by Taylor Lavati. Nathalie, a naive eighteen-year old, falls in love with a struggling drug addict, Samuel Torrington. Two things impossible to fight--addiction and attraction.

THE NEXT CONTESTANT by Dani Evans. He's a player. She's determined not to fall prey. He's in command, but she's no slouch. The game? Too much to risk. Dirty secrets, lust, and jealousy push and pull an arrogant frat boy and a sexy dancer into a game neither can win--unless love intervenes.

MURDEROUS LIES by Chantel Rhondeau. Wrongly imprisoned for eight years, Max Kensington returns home. With his release, Rosemary Spelling is forced to confront the past. The day Max allegedly killer her sister destroyed her life. When the murders start again and all evidence points to Max, Rose teams up with him to catch her sister's real killer.

SERVING UP LOVE by Chantel Rhondeau (Bonus Novella). Rising tennis star Melanie Rush has a crush on her sexy tennis coach, Ethan Patterson. He has strict rules against relationships within his tennis program, but Melanie wants to break them all. How much is love worth when scandal slams their careers into the ground?

Clocking in at 500,000 words, this super boxed set is packed with action, romance, suspense, love, danger, and fun. 

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