Annika Martin

He’s a powerful billionaire CEO who built the family business into an empire. The money doesn’t matter to him, but the company is his life. And then his eccentric mother wills it all to her tiny dog.

I’m Vicky, the dog whisperer. (Not really, but that’s what my elderly neighbor always says.) When she dies, she surprises everybody by leaving a corporation worth billions to her dog, Smuckers. With me as his spokesperson.

Suddenly I go from running my Etsy store to sitting in an elegant Wall Street boardroom with Smuckers in my lap. And my neighbor’s son, Henry Locke, aka New York’s most eligible bachelor, glaring across the table at me.

Rumor has it Henry’s a business genius who’s as talented in the bedroom as he is in the boardroom. Sure, he’s gorgeous. Sex-in-a-seven-thousand dollar suit. But…

He’s arrogant and infuriating.
He refuses to listen to me when I insist I didn’t con his mother.
He thinks he can bully me, buy me off, control me, even seduce me.

Henry may have the women of Manhattan eating out of the palm of his hand, but I'm so over entitled rich guys who think they own the world.

No way will his wicked smile be charming ME out of my panties.

His wicked...devastating...impossible-to-resist smile.

Oh well, who needs panties anyway?

Billionaires of Manhattan #1

Most Eligible Billionaire

The Billionaire’s Wake-up-call Girl

I’m no Prince Charming, and the last thing I need is a Cinderella. My instructions were simple: get me a fake fiancée who’s not my type at all. Have her on my jet Monday morning, dressed for a yacht vacation. I need a woman believable enough to convince a certain client that I’ve changed my playboy ways…yet too annoying to tempt me—no emotional entanglements, thank you very much. This is business only. If she’s unfazed by my looks and wealth, all the better. Should be easy. Right? Apparently not, because my people go and hire Tabitha. My hairdresser. What were they thinking? Yes, I said annoying, but I didn’t mean her, the most aggravating woman in the world. Tabitha is sunshiny. She has a pet hamster. She loves Hello Kitty, and she gets under my skin like nobody else. As if that’s not bad enough, the minute we step on deck, she thinks that certain people on the yacht are up to something shady—based completely on her soap opera knowledge. She won’t listen when I tell her she’s being ridiculous. But as the days go by, I find that we’re actually having fun. And our fake kisses are heating up. And suddenly her wild theories aren’t sounding so strange after all… "One of the best romantic comedy novels of 2020!" ~Bookgalguide Named to "Best romantic comedies of the Year" ~Listmania

An opposites attract romantic comedy standalone

The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée

Skye Warren

“Dark, sexy, and intense, Prisoner is an emotional ride that does not let go until the end. I loved it!” ~ Kristen Callihan, USA Today bestselling author HE SEETHES WITH RAW POWER THE FIRST TIME I SEE HIM—pure menace and rippling muscles in shackles. He’s dangerous. He’s wild. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. So I hide behind my prim glasses and my book like I always do, because I have secrets, too. Then he shows up in the prison writing class I have to teach and he blows me away with his honesty. He tells me secrets in his stories, and it's getting harder to hide mine. I shiver when he gets too close, with only the cuffs and the bars and the guards holding him back. At night, I can’t stop thinking about him. But that’s the thing about an animal in a cage—you never know when he’ll bite. He might use you to escape. He might even pull you into a forest and hold a hand over your mouth, so you can’t call for the cops. He might make you come so hard, you can’t think. And you might crave him more than your next breath. **************** "Sexy, dark and thrilling. I loved every second!" ~ Katie Reus, New York Times bestselling author

Prisoner

Just Not That Into Billionaires

Never beg. Never grovel. Nice guys wind up in the friend zone. I wrote the book on scoring with hot women - literally. I'm the patron saint of players, the Tony Robbins to clueless guys. My rules are rock-solid and my men's style empire spans the globe. Then she walks in. My high school nemesis. The one who inspired the most important rule of all--Love ruins a man. Just walk away. * ****A standalone romantic comedy from NYT bestselling author Annika Martin!!**** This is the expanded second edition Other stand-alone romcoms in this series can be read in any order! Book 1.Most Eligible Billionaire (Henry & Vicky) Book 2. The Billionaire’s Wake-up Call Girl (Lizzie & Theo) Book 3. Breaking the Billionaire’s Rules (Max & Mia) Book 4. The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée (Rex and Tabitha) Book 5. Return Billionaire to Sender (Noelle & Malcolm)

A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy

Breaking the Billionaire's Rules

I remember him before he was a monster. Before they told us the prince was dead. Aleksio grew up orphaned, hunted, separated from his brothers - because of my father. Now the sweet boy is back, a dark prince, gorgeous and brutal in his Armani suit, wrapping my hair in his fist. He's my captor, my tormenter. He'll do anything to rescue his brothers...and I'm my father's only weakness. "I'm the most dangerous enemy you'll ever have," he tells me, "Because every time you look at me, you see somebody good." But I remember when Aleksio was my only friend. I remember when they lowered his tiny casket into the ground, and how I cried when they lied to us and told us the prince was dead. “Twisted, sexy and dark--Dark Mafia Prince is everything I love in a stay-up-all-night-can't-put-it-down read!" ~M. O'Keefe "Explosively fantastic!"~KL Kreig A top read of 2016! ~Totally Booked, Saints & Sinners Books, Romance Book Nerd Keywords: Free dark romance, free Topics include: bad boy, dirty romance, free mafia romance, free mafia romance books, sexy books, dominance, dark hero, contemporary romance, modern romance, urban romance, wealthy, USA today, USA today bestseller, hot romance, free ebook, freebie, free book, free reads, free romance novel, free romance book, romance books free, free romance series, contemporary romance free, romance series, romance series, romance books, beach reads, new adult, college, female, stories, sensual, sensual romance, alpha male, dominant male, hot guy, racy, sexy, heartwarming, heart-warming, love, love books, kissing books, emotional journey, contemporary, contemporary romance, romance series, long series, long romance series, wealthy hero, wealthy heroes, captivating romance, hot, hot romance, mafia, mafia romance, valetti, valetti series, crime family romance. For Readers of: Jodi Ellen Malpas, Skye Warren, Pepper Winters, E.L. James.

(dark mafia romance, kidnapping, captive)

Dark Mafia Prince

I may be a shy, lowly letter carrier, but when my beloved apartment building is threatened by a mysterious and reclusive billionaire, I’m willing to push the envelope. I’m going to march right up to Malcolm Blackberg’s fortress of fierceness and deliver a cease-and-desist notice he can’t refuse. Except as soon as I get inside his gilded doors, things go sideways—I’m mistaken for Malcolm’s court-ordered emotional intelligence coach—they think I’m acting out a wacky postal carrier cosplay. They drag me in, a sacrificial lamb for the big bad. Make that big, smolderingly sexy bad. So I make up a lesson involving a story about our building. He doesn’t seem happy. Can he tell that I have no idea what I'm doing? Before I know it I’m flying around the country, up close and personality testing the most devilishly exasperating man I’ve ever met. He’s scary for sure…but the way he sometimes looks at me turns my knees to jelly, and has me writing love letters to his gorgeous eyes, his mouthwatering smile, his impressive…package. Our coaching sessions are getting hot-hot-hot, but I can’t let my guard down. If he ever finds out I’m a first-class fake, I’ll lose everything I’ve ever loved in this world! *** **The stand-alone romcoms in this series can be read in any order!** Book 1. Most Eligible Billionaire (Henry & Vicky) Book 2. The Billionaire’s Wake-up Call Girl (Lizzie & Theo) Book 3. Breaking the Billionaire’s Rules (Max & Mia) Book 4. The Billionaire’s Fake Fiancée (Rex and Tabitha) Book 5. Return Billionaire to Sender (Noelle & Malcolm) enemies to lovers romantic comedy, laugh out loud romcom, humorous romance, funny sexy book, funny books, funny romance novels, hilarious romance, laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy bestsellers, best romantic comedy, top romcom, bestselling romantic comedy, top romantic comedy, top romcom, bestselling romcom 2020, best romantic comedy 2020, highest rated romantic comedy, funny books, funny romance novel, light reads, fun reads, funny reads, funny romance books.

A grumpy hero-opposites attract standalone romantic comedy

Return Billionaire to Sender

I was a small-town girl trapped in a desperate situation . . . and then three hunky bank robbers took me hostage. 

Sure, I'd always dreamed of escaping my life, but I was thinking Greyhound bus - not getaway vehicle! 

Then I started asking questions, and I found out about their rules. 

These guys have more rules than a grammar class. Except their rules are shockingly dirty. And way more fun to memorize. 

They're letting me stay for now, but I'm never supposed to ask their real names. Or where they're from, or why they lead this life. 

And we can never, ever think about tomorrow. 

Here's a secret: I'm starting to suspect my tough-as-nails outlaws might have tender-as-taffy hearts. 

And every night I go to sleep wishing this didn't have to end. 

A reverse harem contemporary romance

The Hostage Bargain

I never knew when he¿d come to me. Only that he would.

Hostage

Billionaire Buttdial

Where is Kiro? He's the lost Dragusha brother, heir to a vast mafia empire-brilliant, violent, and utterly savage...and he's been missing for years. Ann I'm supposed to be doing simple undercover research at the Fancher Institute for the Mentally Ill & Dangerous, but I can't keep my mind off Patient 34. He's startlingly young and gorgeous, but it's not just that. He's strapped way too tightly to that bed. And there's no name or criminal history on his chart. What are these people hiding? My reporter's instincts are screaming. Here's the other thing: the staffers here believe he's so sedated that there's not a thought in his head, but I catch him watching me when nobody's looking. Our connection sizzles when I enter the room. When our eyes meet, I know he understands me in a way nobody else ever has. I'm supposed to follow my editor's orders-I have secrets, too-but everything about Patient 34 is suspicious. How can I not investigate?

Savage Mafia Prince

Viktor You were the love of my life. Beautiful and radiant. Then you betrayed our mafiya family-the only family we ever knew. Grief-stricken, I did the honor killing. Quick and vicious. Your heart no longer beating. Mine ripped to shreds. When I discovered you were innocent, I was destroyed. Now, years later-somehow, impossibly-there you are, alive. The nun who prays and never shows her face. Trapped on the other side of a webcam. How can it be? They think I'm obsessed. Imagining ghosts. But I'll always know you. I'll always know my Tanechka.

Wicked Mafia Prince

Joanna Chambers

They're dangerous men. Absolute enemies. And totally hot for each other. Will has never met anyone like Kit. He's arrogant. Gorgeous. Lethal. The most expensive bodyguard money can buy. And Will can't seem to resist him. A simple command in Kit's cut-glass accent makes Will want things he's never wanted, do things he's never done. Their red-hot chemistry is off the charts. Just one problem: Will has vowed to kill the billionaire that Kit is hell-bent on protecting. And Kit has secrets, too-his own reasons for sacrificing his soul, piece by painful piece, to keep one of the worst men on earth alive.

Enemies Like You

Carolyn Crane

“Action packed, sexy and lots of fun. I definitely recommend this one.” Smexy Books Playing the fake girlfriend of arrogant secret agent Cole Hawkins? It’s the last thing Angel wants to do. But she can handle anything for a weekend…right? ANGEL left the safecracking game five years ago, and she’s worked hard to build an honest life. But when a beloved aunt is kidnapped, she must reunite with her girl jewel thief gang to get the unique ransom: a psycho’s prized diamonds. It’s a simple job that turns into a nightmare, thanks to a surprisingly clever—and searingly sexy—security guard named Cole Hawkins, a man who might be more than he seems. COLE is stunned when he catches Angel cracking the man’s supposedly uncrackable safe. She's just what he needs, so he blackmails her into posing as his fiance. He can’t worry that she hates him and he certainly shouldn't worry about her safety. She’s just some criminal…right? But the further they fall into Borgola’s web, the more he realizes he was wrong about Angel…and the more real those fake kisses start to feel. “…fast, fun, and sexy. Angel and Cole have great chemistry before, during, and after the two get down and dirty.” ~Dear Author "This guy is hot Hot HOT with a quick mind and a dirty mouth." ~Yummy Men & Kick Ass Chicks

The Spy's Fake Fiance

Against the Dark

Because nobody loves a two-for-one deal better than the kinky bank robbers! The Wrong Turn - A Kinky Bank Robbers novella When Isis consented to letting three hot, dominating bank robbers use her for their every delicious whim and pleasure, she was thinking about forbidden thrills. Dangerous fun. What she never expected was the deep bond the four of them might form. But when the group plans a daring heist during a night of kinky sex, she discovers how strong their emotions can grow—and how high the stakes can climb. Do the outlaws have what it takes to evade their enemies…and give each other what they truly need? The Deeper Game - A Kinky Bank Robbers novel Q: Who would stalk Isis? A: Somebody with a deathwish!! When the group carries out a daring heist after a night of hot sex, emotions spin out control. But then a threatening letter arrives for isis, and she realizes just how ruthless, dangerous and brilliant her three men are. The stalker’s threats unleash the robbers’ most primal and possessive instincts as they blaze a path of destruction through the criminal underground "This book is just plain sizzling hot fun! I can't wait to read more about this group." ~ A Buckeye Girl Reads "I read this book in one night and just loved it to death. I need more kinky bank robbers NOW!!" ~Candylips Book Bang "...a delicious mix of snappy humor, wicked sexcapades and on-the-edge-of-your-seat suspense." ~Penelope's Romance Reviews

The steamy two-for-one

The Wrong Turn and The Deeper Game

Hunted by her psycho ex-husband for years, Lanie flees across the globe to start a new life in Bangkok with a whole new identity. She thought she was safe…but now familiar faces are appearing in the crowds. Has her past caught up with her? The last person she wants to turn to is her mysterious new frenemy—sexy, arrogant Professor Peter Maxwell. What could a linguistics expert do to help her, anyway? It’s not as if he’s a badass secret agent with a unique way of solving crimes. Right? “Full of action and sparkling chemistry between Laney and Peter, this book is so much fun to read.” ~USA Today “Addictive and loads of fun to read…one of the very best romantic suspense novels I read this year.” ~Dabney, The Passionate Reader “Do yourself a favor and pick up this Carolyn Crane book. It is unique and stimulating and one of my favorites for this year.” ~Sunny, Love Affair with an Ereader "Full of action and sparkling chemistry between Laney and Peter, this book is so much fun to read." ~USA Today “Wow...this book was most definitely a keep-you-at-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of novel. I went to bed when I was around the 60-65% novel, then woke up wide awake at 2:00 AM thinking about the book. There was no way I was going to go back to sleep until I finished the book. Yes, it was one of those.” ~Smitten with Reading ~Winner of the RITA award for excellence in romance fiction~ ~ Named a 'Desert Island Keeper' at All About Romance ~ Top Romantic suspense novel, romance novel, steamy romance, thriller

a gritty, sexy romantic suspense spy novel!

Off the Edge

The Deeper Game

A Prologue

Enemies with Benefits

He's a powerful billionaire CEO who built the family business into an empire. The money doesn't matter to him, but the company is his life. And then his eccentric mother wills it all to her tiny dog. ** I'm Vicky, the dog whisperer. (Not really, but that's what my elderly neighbor always says.) When she dies, she surprises everybody by leaving a corporation worth billions to her dog, Smuckers. With me as his spokesperson. Suddenly I go from running my Etsy store to sitting in an elegant Wall Street boardroom with Smuckers in my lap. And my neighbor's son, Henry Locke, aka New York's most eligible bachelor, glaring across the table at me. Rumor has it Henry's a business genius who's as talented in the bedroom as he is in the boardroom. Sure, he's gorgeous. Sex-in-a-seven-thousand dollar suit. But... He's arrogant and infuriating. He refuses to listen to me when I insist I didn't con his mother. He thinks he can bully me, buy me off, control me, even seduce me. Henry may have the women of Manhattan eating out of the palm of his hand, but I'm so over entitled rich guys who think they own the world. No way will his wicked smile be charming ME out of my panties. His wicked...devastating...impossible-to-resist smile. Oh well, who needs panties anyway? a romantic comedy standalone; formerly titled Most Eligible Bastard

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