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Just how wrong is it to want my best friend's little sister? And, how do you fix a broken heart? This inquiring mind wants to know. It probably doesn't matter though because Nora hates me. If you ever wondered, it is possible to live and work with someone in a small town and not speak to said person for months. That's how long Nora ignores me after I tell her commitment isn't for me. I didn't know I was already in love with her. I didn't know I was breaking my own heart by telling myself it was too complicated to fall for my best friend's sister.

A swoony, off-limits small town romance with heat, heart & all the feels from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! She’s my best friend’s sister. I should walk away. I don’t. Jasmine Phillips has a sharp right hook, a fiery temper, and a mouth that gets me into trouble. She’s bold, beautiful, and completely off-limits—and I don’t do love. Not ever. Until she kisses me. There’s lust, there’s love, and then there’s this. She challenges me, makes me want things I swore I’d never risk. Wanting Jasmine means breaking every rule I live by… and protecting her comes easier...

Diego is distracting. He shows up in my yoga class with his smokin' hot bod and enough brawn to set the world on fire. Cue the melting. He oozes the rugged hero vibe, rides a motorcycle, and flies planes in the wilds of Alaska. He's all man and then some. I came to this small town for a fresh start, and I don't need to be rescued. Except maybe if Diego's the one doing the rescuing, I wouldn't mind at all. I've got it all under control until he kisses me. I'm not just melting, I'm aflame, and my heart's in free fall. There's only one man I want to catch me.

Un roman d’amour à en tomber, signé J.H. Croix, auteur à succès nommée sur la liste d’USA Today des Bestsellers ! Que se passe-t-il quand le meilleur ami de mon frère enchérit et gagne un rendez-vous galant avec moi ? J’imagine qu’on va le découvrir… Une vente aux enchères de rendez-vous galants tourne mal. Ou plutôt, tourne très très bien. Holly Toutes ces bêtises ont commencé lors d’une soirée caritative. Le genre de soirée où l’on vend des rendez-vous galants aux enchères, vous voyez le genre ? C’était pour la bonne cause. Je le jure. Mais c’est Nate ...

We're just going to be friends, right? My kind of forever is staying single. It took too many years to escape my disaster of a marriage. As a single mom who's barely scraping by, most men don't even notice me. So when Adam Cannon almost kisses me, I'm not expecting it. I'm definitely not expecting him to propose more. Despite a firm commitment to never being committed, I can't resist Adam. It's just a few kisses, I tell myself. Adam is everything I never expected. Protective, loyal, and hot enough to melt a few glaciers.

A swoony, sizzling small town romance with heat, heart & all the feels from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! She works for me. She’s off-limits. I fall anyway. Maisie is smart-mouthed, sarcastic and impossible to ignore. In a town this small, there’s no avoiding her—especially when she works for me and is completely off-limits. We clash. We flirt. And, I fall first. The chemistry between us burns slow and hot. Every glance feels risky. Every argument feels like foreplay. I should shut this down before it becomes something real… but protecting her comes as naturally as ...

Take One: I met Parker Reeves when I was seventeen. We shared a few unforgettable hours, but I told so many lies he doesn't recognize me the next time we meet. Take Two: A decade later, I'm the definition of a hot mess—soaking wet, stranded, and pulled from the ocean by none other than Parker. He's all rugged hero, firefighter instincts on full blast, and the kind of grumpy that's unfairly attractive.

A swoony, small town romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! He’s a player. She doesn’t want to play. There’s more than desire at stake in this game. Hannah Gray returns home, grappling with the loss of her parents. The last thing on her mind is romance. Once wild and impulsive, she shut her heart off to love. When she meets rugged playboy Luke Winters, their immediate attraction is overwhelming. Burned once before, Luke has committed himself to nothing but casual dalliances with women. Rugged and grumpy, he finds no shortage of women happy to oblige. When Hannah comes ...

A road trip with some serious complications. All bets are off when Mack unexpectedly crosses paths with his best friend's little sister. They're both on the way back to their small hometown. Ash is off limits. Totally. They're just friends, so no problem, right? Soooo wrong. Mack can't stop thinking about her and can't stop wanting her. Ash wants nothing to do with men, most certainly not grumpy Mack. Except there's one problem. He has a new ability to set her on fire. Things get complicated on a whole new level when Ash discovers she's pregnant.

Noah is tall, dark, and dangerous, a shifter and military operative rolled into one. He is returning home to Catamount after years away to take care of his ailing mother. Lily tends to hide in the shadows of her family's lore and has just about given up on the possibility of love.

An emotional small town romance with heat, heart & all the feels from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! She was my first love. Now I have a chance to make it right. Ella meant everything to me once. We were young, reckless, and deeply in love—until tragedy tore us apart. I was too broken to chase her… and I’ve regretted it ever since. Time hasn’t erased what we shared. One look at her, and the fire between us roars to life. Some loves never die. I’ll do anything to keep her safe, to make her mine. Welcome to a small town where first loves return, firefighters fall hard, and...

My rules: No players. No flirts. No cocky jerks. My exception: Dawson Marsh. Dawson might be every girl's crush in this small town, but not mine. I can appreciate him from a distance, and that suits me fine. Except that one time he kissed me. Up close and personal. Once is a mistake. But the second time? Sublime. The man should come with some kind of a warning sign: Not safe for work! Hot to the touch! But what kind of girl can't handle a little friends with benefits action, right? The one who missed the most important warning: Danger, risk of falling.

Shana Ashworth is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after her husband's tragic death and the discovery of his betrayal of Catamount shifters. What no one knows is that long before she became a widow, Shana's marriage was cold and distant. Her heart still feels encased in ice. The only man who seems capable of cracking through the ice is Hayden Thorne—a grumpy, smoldering, and powerful shifter from Montana.

I've been half in love with Kendall Castille for years. She's my best friend—my constant, my safe person. To her, we're just friends. To me? She's everything. I keep my feelings buried for a reason. Love leaves scars, and I already have too many to count. I've lost too much to risk my heart again, so I build walls and pretend I don't want more. Until something changes, and everything starts to unravel. Suddenly, friendship isn't enough. The chemistry between us turns unbearable, and every moment together feels like standing on the edge of something that could either save us—or break us.

A swoony billionaire, brother’s best friend romance from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! Nash Reynolds is every woman’s dream. Just not mine. We’re talking tall, devastatingly hot, richer than sin, with a brain that could rule the world—and that Southern drawl? It could melt steel. But I’m not every woman, and those aren’t my toes curling. Nope. Definitely not. I don’t do charming. I don’t do complicated. And I definitely don’t do men like Nash—men who come sweeping in just when I’m trying to piece my life back together. My ex taught me well: love makes you ...

I wasn't planning on falling in love. But I wasn't prepared for Finn. He's everything any girl would want. Tall, dark, and handsome with that whole rescue vibe that I didn't know was irresistible. It starts with dinner. Just a little harmless fun. Next thing I know, he's in way too deep. Then, he goes and rescues me again. What's a girl to do? Other than fall hard and fast.

Phoebe Devine has loved Jake North for years, but she's kept her feelings hidden because she didn't want to ruin their friendship. Jake is a grumpy, smoldering mountain lion shifter who's put his life on the line to protect Catamount shifters. Catamount has held the secrets of mountain lion shifters for centuries, but the town has been thrown into turmoil on the heels of a surprise death that upended trust among shifters in the community.

The second I lay eyes on Zoe, I know I want her. Like mad. She's nothing but curves, but she hides them behind her oh-so-proper clothes. That only makes me want her more—and I'm used to getting what I want. Problem is . . . she's supposed to get me out of a bit of a legal jam. My attorney is a definite no-no. Or so Zoe says. She also says a few other things. My prim, professional, smoking hot attorney is innocent. Game. Set. Match. I will have her. There's only one thing I didn't count on. She might have me too.

A sizzling, opposites attract small town romance with heat, heart & all the feels from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! She’s all rules. I’ve always been good at breaking them. Dr. Lane is polished, proper, and completely unimpressed by me—which only makes me want her more. I push her buttons just to see what happens. I can’t explain the pull between us. I just know I feel it every time she looks my way. One night is all it takes. She’s seared into my soul, and suddenly walking away isn’t an option. Her life is complicated. I don’t do complicated, or I didn’t think I...

A sizzling small town romance with heat, heart & all the feels from USA Today Bestselling Author J.H. Croix! One night changed everything. Now I’m playing for keeps. Susannah is the only woman who’s ever tested my control. Fighting fires is my life, but I can’t put out the fire between us. I tell myself I can keep my distance. Tell myself it was just one reckless night. I’m lying to myself. She fills every corner of my thoughts, burns through every wall I put up. Just when I think I’ve got a handle on her… I find out she’s pregnant. With our baby. All bets are off. I’ll do ...