SYNOPSIS:

A nurse in pursuit of happiness…..
A patient in a coma…..
A broken heart…..
A shattered life…..

How do you restore faith in love?
How do you love again in the midst of uncertainty and struggle?

This is a story of two middle-aged people who found each other in a life and death situation that eventually paved the way for love to blossom. Be a witness to a romantic adventure that proves fairy tales still exist in the heart and soul of believers who dare to dream and trust that love conquers all.

Brie is given a second chance at life until she's betrayed by the very person she thought would cherish her.

Fed up with cheating women, Dan Alexander, star pitcher for the New York Nighthawks, grew restless. Searching for something more than a bar babe, he zeroed in on a girl in the stands. He never expected to see a beautiful chick pushing frankfurters. But the hot dog girl looked as smokin’ as the food she was selling.

Holly Merrill found a place to hide in plain sight, as a vendor at Nighthawks’ stadium. Keeping her secret safe and simply happy to stay alive, she never considered finding love an option. After all, a bad girl doesn’t deserve a decent guy, does she?

Coming off his best season ever, Dan went into the playoffs, hell bent on winning the pennant and playing in the World Series. But could he maintain his focus on the field, where everything was going right, when off the field everything was falling apart?

CAUTION: locker room language.

First book in The Bottom of the Ninth Series. Other books in the series are:
2) Matt jackson, Catcher
3) Jake Lawrence, Third Base
4) Nat Owen, First Base
5) Bobby Hernandez, Second Base
6) Skip Quincy, Short Stop
7) Will Grant, Center Field
8) Extra Innings
9) A Nighthawks' Christmas

From Nicole Helm, the bestselling author of the Big Sky Cowboys, Navy Seal Cowboys, and Stone Cold series, comes this breathtaking new romance set in the middle of Big Sky country—Colorado’s gorgeous Rocky Mountains . . .
 
As the oldest of three brothers, Shane Tyler takes his responsibility to the family ranch seriously—and it’s clear to him that the younger man who wants to marry his widowed mother is only looking for a meal ticket. He’s determined to stop the nuptials whatever it takes, but the shy wedding planner his mom hired is harder to intimidate than he expected.
 
When Cora Preston worked up the nerve to leave her abusive ex and move with her young son to Gracely, it was a huge step. Accepting the position as wedding planner at brand-new Mile High Weddings took even more courage. But Cora’s biggest challenge is turning out to be the bride’s handsome—and stubborn—oldest son, Shane, and the way the strong-willed cowboy makes her feel.
 
Can the heat crackling between them warm two hearts suspicious of love?
 
Praise for A Nice Day for a Cowboy Wedding:

“Helm’s winning...contemporary shows that love and romance can occur in the most unexpected situations….Witty repartee, strong familial bonds, sensual romance, and the backdrop of the Colorado Rockies add allure to this satisfying story.”- Publishers Weekly

Praise for Nicole Helm’s previous romance, Want You More
 
“An intimate, rewarding romance with a hot hero whose emotional growth is as sexy as his moves in the bedroom.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Humorous familial schemes, solidarity, and snark make this a satisfying, intense romance.” —Publishers Weekly

Ryder Malloy. Selfish. Arrogant. Self-absorbed. Prick.

An epitome of manliness. Six-foot-three, all hard, chiseled muscle.

My brother’s ex best friend, and my new client.

Four years ago, he took my innocence and left – without a word.

Today, he’s the star quarterback who needs an image makeover,

And I’m his publicist, who doesn’t quite believe him.

Task at hand: Swallow my hate for him and concentrate on the job at hand – making Ryder look like a real life knight in shining armor.

Complications: I’m falling for him all over again.

Well, sleeping with a client is a no-no.

Making out with him on my desk – a bigger no-no!

Making a baby with him?

What was I thinking!

You don't have to be a damsel in distress to love a man who takes charge.
Sink your teeth into these five sexy alphas and the women they worship. 

ATTENTION: All Visiting Ladies! Looking for a Wild Night of DOUBLE the Carnal Pleasure? What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas!

The flyer was as butterfly-inducing as it was ludicrous: two college-age best friends willing to show up and fulfill any woman's ultimate fantasy. No strings, no money, no guilt, no pressure. Just two unbelievably hot guys... double the pleasure, twice the enjoyment.

Only I'd called it. Somehow I'd pulled it down from the strip and taken it back to my empty hotel suite, where in a fit of loneliness, I'd even sent over a pic or two in my sexiest dress. All thanks to the goddess of red wine.

So when the guys keep calling the next day, asking to meet up? It's hard to say no. Especially when they turn up absolutely gorgeous, all rock-hard abs and rippling muscle. Heart-stopping good looks, and shoulders that go on for days.

After a failed ten-year marriage and a year without sex, I'm ready to take them up on their offer. But when one sordid night of dripping hot pleasure turns into an even filthier second date, an avalanche of feelings and emotions begin to emerge. And when Brody and Corey's beautiful friend Mason shows up, for their annual week away in the windswept desert? I might just be on the menu... especially when it comes to things to do.

An impromptu trip to Hollywood. One glorious night in LA. Follow along with Lauren on the wildest week of her life, as she's shared and spoiled by three college-aged hunks, all of them hellbent on pleasuring her in every which way.

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS is a sizzling, stand-alone reverse harem love story filled with humor, suspense, and sweltering MFMM menage sex, in single and multiple partner scenes, hot enough to melt your kindle. HEA guaranteed!

Never Again...

Love almost stole everything from me. My career being the worst possible loss.

I never should have bent the rules and dated a student.

And now finally, after years of being alone, a pretty nurse has my attention.

Caring, curvy, and so damn smart.

She has me pacing the floor at night and wishing for things I thought were long since gone.

Every part of me aches for a chance at stealing her breath, her heart, her body—forever.

But the joke’s on me.

She’s not just a nurse. She’s a student at the college where I work, and the past seems to replay itself over again before my eyes.

Only this time, it’s so much worse than before.

I put restrictions on myself to make sure I don’t have to suffer ever again.

Too bad she wasn’t aware of my rules.

Or maybe she was…

A single mom on the run.
An ex-athlete in hiding.
Can love make a comeback before the past catches up?
 

“Train wrecks and bad boys.”

Single mom Emma Swenson desperately needed a new start -- so she escaped to small town Bayfield, Ontario, where her out-of-control ex can't possibly find her.

With a four-year-old daughter to raise, the struggling waitress doesn't have time to play games. But the same day Emma swears off men altogether, she meets temptation himself. Jack is tall enough to climb, built like an athlete, and maybe secretly rich. Even better? He's heart-meltingly good with kids.

But Emma knows to stay away from small town strangers with reputations for breaking hearts. Besides, what Mackenzie needs is a strong father figure ... not another train wreck.

So why won't Jack take no for an answer? And who is he, really?

“Lost my love of the game.”

Hockey star Jack Hathaway stunned the sports world when he walked out on a life of fame -- and never told a soul why.

The former Dallas Devils captain secretly retired to Bayfield, where the skies are blue, the water is crystal clear, and the ex-athlete has his pick of the tourist babes. No one in the tranquil lake paradise knows about his hockey past, and that's just the way he wants it.

But the latest girl to catch his eye isn't looking for a fling. Emma puts her adorable daughter first -- and she won't let the secretive athlete into their lives unless he proves himself worthy.

As much as Jack wants to forget his past? Emma and Mackenzie are a glimpse of the life he always wanted ... and this time, he won't let anyone take it away.

Can the muscular millionaire with a broken heart learn to love again?

Comeback is a 53,000 word small town hockey romance. This standalone novel is the second book in the Dallas Devils series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!

Welcome to Star Valley, a beautiful yet brutal landscape nestled at the foot of the Grand Tetons, where the Barlows have lived off the land for more than one hundred years.

They've fallen on hard times, though, and their survival is in doubt. Bankruptcy looms as dark as the storm clouds that are gathering. All five Barlow sons have gathered at the Snake River Ranch in a last ditch effort to preserve their family's legacy. As it was a hundred years ago, the mountains will decide their fate.

The last place on Earth ex-barrel racer Rowan Archer wants to be is back in these foothills, where a Barlow broke her heart. But her family's fallen on hard times as well, and hard times breed hard choices.

She wants to run away, back to Cheyenne, back to safety, but she can't, and it wouldn't do any good anyway. No matter how far she gets, she's got a daily reminder of her painful past with soulful brown eyes, a gap-toothed grin, and questions about how her daddy got "lost."

Rowan is determined to protect her daughter from the heartache she suffered and she'll hold off the entire Barlow family with a rifle and a pack of vicious guard dogs if she has to.

No Barlow will set foot on her family's ranch, not cheating Court who abandoned her years ago, not even his soft-spoken older brother Seth who comes to plead his wild younger brother's case.

But Rowan's heart is as hard as the mountains that shelter them all and she vows that she'll never make the same mistake again.

While flying home, Kadie rushes to finish the latest Kurt McCarthy novel. When she does, her nosy seatmate, Paul, asks if she liked it. She claims it’s average at best and argues that McCarthy has lost his edge. Unbeknownst to her, her seatmate is Kurt McCarthy. Kurt McCarthy is Paul’s penname—a secret Paul doesn’t reveal.

Paul’s headed to Chicago for his first public reading—a sold out performance in which Kadie has a ticket. However, minutes before Paul takes the stage, Kadie calls and asks him to meet her for dinner. Paul abandons the reading and his 1500 fans.

Over the next three days, they fall in love. Paul never reveals he’s Kurt McCarthy, and he flies home promising Kadie he’ll return in two weeks. Unfortunately, an unexpected development unfolds, preventing him from returning. Can they reunite, or will the prospect of what might have been haunt them forever?

Two people, two tragedies, two deep, devastating secrets…. Griff Montgomery is the headline-making, heart-breaking star quarterback of the Kings – a 6’4”, 33 year old womanizer. Lauren Farraday is a beautiful young interior designer, bitterly scarred by divorce, whose life is falling apart. Though they violently oppose one another in court over her beloved pug (she thinks he’s arrogant and conceited, and he thinks she’s a bitch on wheels), something happens....

These are the bare bones of this sizzling romance, riddled with passion -- the first in a brand new series that’ll tantalize football fans and have readers glued to every page and on the edge of their seats!

Griff looks like a super hero with his tousled, mahogany hair, dazzling smile, dark, sexy eyes, and a body that does something indescribable to a tight pair of jeans. Though Lauren’s sworn off men forever, one look sends shivers down her spine, making her feel lonelier than ever before. Her lustrous, long hair, sparkling green eyes, and nonstop curves make his fingers tingle at the thought of touching her. How do they deal with their cataclysmic attraction? Will they be able to drop their protective facades – his to camouflage his grief over his sister and her family, for whom he was a surrogate father, moving 3000 miles away…. And hers’ to shield her from the incalculable loss of her husband and hoped for child?

For Griff, the thought of falling in love is as foreign as toe shoes and a tutu. For Lauren, it’s like putting on cleats and a helmet and running 50 yards…. Can they, will they, risk it? Get GRIFF – and find out!
CAUTION: Book contains locker room language.

A forgotten night. A stolen child. And a stranger who feels all too familiar.

Waking up alone after a drunken night with a stranger in Gretna Green, CLAUDIA DAVENPORT, sister to Viscount Ashwood, finds herself still unmarried…and with child. In order to preserve her reputation, her brother sends her to a remote estate so she can give birth in secret and then return to society, unscathed…but heartbroken.
However, when her child is kidnapped, Claudia can no longer deny the bond that connects her to her son. Alone, she sets out to discover his whereabouts…and her path crosses that of a stranger, who feels all too familiar.

After marrying an English lass in Gretna Green, GARRETT MACDRUMMOND returns to their room at the inn the next morning only to find her gone. Duty-bound to return to his clan in the Scottish Highlands, he counts the days until he can travel to England to find her. However, when he finally does discover her, he is shocked to realise that she does not remember him.

Determined to remind her of the fateful night they shared, Garrett refuses to leave her side, following her across England without knowing why.

Will Claudia ever remember him? Will Garrett ever learn that he has a child? Will they recover their son or lose him without ever having had the chance to know him?
 

"Their adventure into 'love' is filled with the love of two people as they rediscover each other and chase after a kidnapper, meet up with a 'Privateer' and find their happily ever after." - Zena, BookBub review

"There are lots of twists and turns but this bring together several characters from previous books. That only enhances this story." - Monica, BookBub review

Love's Second Chance Series

#1 Forgotten & Remembered - The Dukes Late Wife (Rosabel & Graham)
#2 Cursed & Cherished - The Duke's Wilful Wife (Anna & Edmond)
#3 Despised & Desired - The Marquess' Passionate Wife (Ellie & Frederick)
#4 Abandoned & Protected - The Marquis' Tenacious Wife (Henrietta & Connor)
#5 Ruined & Redeemed - The Earl's Fallen Wife (Charlotte & Sebastian)
#6 Betrayed & Blessed - The Viscount's Shrewd Wife (Beth & Tristan)
#7 Deceived & Honoured - The Baron's Vexing Wife (Madeline & Derek)
#8 Sacrificed & Reclaimed - The Solider's Daring Widow (Meagan & Edward)
#9 Condemned & Admired - The Earl's Cunning Wife (Violet & Oliver)
#10 Trapped & Liberated The Privateer's Bold Beloved (Alexandra & Antoine)
#11 Oppressed & Empowered - The Viscount's Capable Wife (Evelyn & Richard)
#12 Destroyed & Restored - The Baron's Courageous Wife (Adelaide & Matthew)
#13 Tamed & Unleashed - The Highlander's Vivacious Wife (Claudia & Garrett)(coming soon)
More to follow!

Each love story in this series can be read as a stand alone. However, most readers prefer to read them in order.

Also check out Bree's A Forbidden Love Novella Series which is FREE with Kindle Unlimited!

My art is damaged by my broken heart. My creativity numb.

Losing my wife has left me finding contentment in the dark, until a light shines through the mist.

A new model for my sculpting class, and I find myself inspired to breathe again.

She has curves made to be sculpted, and for the first time since that day, my hands are itching to work—on her.

All of her.

This beautiful mystery girl's mind and body are capable of healing me.

And her talent is stunning. As my second chance stares me in the face, I have one choice to make.

Fall in love with the forbidden or risk losing the light again.

Love isn’t for the black sheep of the family. Believe me. I’m him.

Roses. Chocolates. Love notes.

Bullshit. Until it isn’t.

Never in a million years did I expect to fall in love.

Let alone with her. My favorite childhood enemy.

This girl used to make my blood boil just by walking in the room.

Now she does other things to me with nothing more than a look.

And it’s making me want more than the tense passion we keep doing nothing about.

I’ll break down her walls and show her a side of me she’s never seen. One that will steal her breath and hold her heart hostage.

It’s my first time to entertain the idea of forever, but she leaves me no choice.

And no matter how hard she resists, this girl?

She’s mine. All mine.

She sent an innocent man to prison. Now, eight years later, he’s returning the favor...

I’ve been obsessed with Rafe Mason since I was thirteen. The twisted part of this story is that I still want him even now that he’s holding me captive on an island.

Rafe has his reasons for doing what he’s doing, and if I’m honest, I can’t blame him. I’m the girl who sent him to prison for a heinous crime he didn’t commit.

But now he’s free and the tables have turned...now he’s the one driven by obsession.

NOTE TO READERS: Torrent is a dark romance with kidnapping and other disturbing themes. Intended for mature readers. Not for the faint of heart. You’ve been warned. Part 1 in the Condemned series.

When we were eleven, Oliver Ford Pemberton dared me to jump off a barn
roof. He said you couldn’t break a leg from a 12-foot jump.

He lied.

(You can also break a collarbone, which served him right as far as I was
concerned.)

I wish I could say it was the last dare I ever took from him, the last bet
I ever made with him, the last time I ever *trusted* Oliver Ford Pemberton.

But it wasn’t.

Because he had the nerve to grow up gorgeous, charming, and sexy. And as we
got older, the dares only got dirtier—and the betting stakes higher—until
finally, he left me in pieces.

I swore I’d never talk to him again.

But twenty years after I took that flying leap, he’s back in my life,
daring me to risk everything for him: my job, my self-worth, and my heart.

How many chances does true love deserve?

Royal a$$h0le, daddy’s best friend, and also my new boss.

But how on earth did we end up making a baby?

Was it just a mistake?

Well, let’s go back a few years.

I was innocent and naïve.

He was off limits.

But that was the challenge, right?

Finally, I seduced him into a no strings attached relationship.

Yep, I’m the s$xy kind of innocent.

And then that one mistake…

Oops, daddy’s gonna kill him if he finds out.

And the board is going to fire him for sleeping with an intern.

I guess I should keep this baby a secret – even from the father.

Wasn’t this supposed to be no strings attached?

Oh well…how many pieces can a heart break into!

Susan Thomas thought she had it all—a home, a husband she loved, and children in her future—until everything came crashing down one rainy afternoon, exposing her perfect world as a lie.

Determined to move on with her life, Susan recklessly drags Brandon Carpenter from the bar and into her bed. When she doesn’t see him again, Susan fears she is repeating her same old mistakes.

Seeking refuge at Shipley Mountain, the last person Susan expects to run into is Brandon. He has his own reasons for being on the mountain. Brandon and Susan must put aside their misunderstandings. A child’s life is at stake.