Ashlyn Mathews

Innocent Blaise Lexington knows better than to cross paths with the dangerous and sexy billionaire “Mad” Maddox Stassi. He is known for his dark temper and ruthlessness, as well as his link to a horrendous vigilante act. Blaise is willing to overlook all of that for the protection his name and wealth can offer her. When she presents him with a far-fetched arrangement—marriage to her for the limited-edition sports car that will complete his collection—Blaise expects him to turn her down. Much to her surprise, he accepts. He doesn’t believe in love. She isn’t looking for forever-after. As their business arrangement flares into a blazing hot attraction, can two non-believers take a chance on each other? Or will a man from Blaise’s past destroy their unexpected marriage?

Mad Love

"She's mine. She will always be mine. You want her, you fight for her." Nail and bail, that's me, Ryker Conway. A relationship is a complication I don't need, the last thing on my radar. I'm too close to making my dream of playing ball professionally come true. When a bet is thrown down--nail and bail on a girl I wouldn't look at once, much less twice, and I'll get my chance with the coed of my wet dreams--I readily agree. What I'm not expecting is to get tangled in Harper Garrix's messed-up life. Or for her to get under my skin in this hot and dangerous way no girl's done before. But the bet and my football dreams are the least of my worries. Something wicked from Harper's past is coming for her, threatening my place at her side. I'm not having it. To get to her, the wicked of the world will have to go through me.

Wicked

There is no such thing as a perfect plan. Fleeing her homeland after it falls under martial law, Evey Constantine searches for the man who has the information she needs to reclaim her throne. Her dead father’s instructions were simple and straightforward. Dealing with the man in question is anything but. Nightclub owner Griffin Tate is everything her father warned her he would be. Arrogant. Domineering. Ruthless. He is a man with a dark past and questionable loyalties. Evey expected his indecent proposition the night they met. What she didn’t expect was for him to save her life or break through the shield around her heart. Most of all, Evey didn’t count on Griffin showing her a side of him that has her thinking a dangerous thought. Is love worth giving up her crown?

Undone

She’s no damsel in distress. I’m not an optimist. Or a pessimist. I’m a realist. After catching the unwanted attention of Seven Shanahan, the school bully and jock at the upper echelon of high school royalty, I prep for a battle of wills and aim to win, even at the cost of getting my heart broken. He’s the wrong guy to mess with. The new girl, Leigh Kim, should cool her temper. Be less defiant and a pain in my ass with this push-pull of me saving her life and she evening the score by stealing the things that matter to me. Because the more Leigh challenges the status quo, the hotter I burn with the need to bring her to her knees. For her to worship me like the other girls do. For her to be mine and no one else’s until I’m done toying with her. I expect this and more. I am the almighty ruler at Cambridge High and won’t be overthrown by a girl with enough attitude to light up a stadium. What I’m not expecting is for Leigh to threaten the one thing I’m unwilling to give to any girl—my damn heart.

Cambridge High Mayhem

Beautiful Defiance

A fake boyfriend she never wanted. Ryan Allie Allistar understood from a young age true love and happy-ever-after doesn’t exist. Her college mantra? Head down, grades up, and stay away from the guys until after graduation. Period. The chance for a memorable year. When a night of celebrating leads to a scary run-in with a guy from her past, and sexy rugby team captain, Xander Brody, steps in and declares he’s her boyfriend, Ryan faces rethinking how she wants to live her last year of college. They’re not anyone’s idea of the perfect match. She’s not into college guys. And definitely not guys with commitment issues. He prefers coeds with experience in the sack. But to survive the mayhem of a stalker on the loose, an unsolved murder, and a secret double life on the verge of unraveling before their eyes, Ryan and Xander will have to convince everyone they’re “the real deal” even if it means crossing the unspoken boundaries of their friend zone.

Before You

He’s my longtime crush. My best friend. The guy I thought would stay in my life forever. Rhys Miles. Inky jet-black hair. Intense hazel eyes. Sexy. Reckless. Willowbrook’s very own homegrown Supercross star. He was everything to me until two defining moments drove us apart. When he returns home for his grandmother’s funeral and a snowstorm blows in, keeping him in town longer than he likes to stick around, I grab at my chance to get back what we lost and possibly more. But are we ready to talk about that night?

About That Night

Sea nymph Red Little has a bone to pick with the big, bad wolf for stealing her mechanical heart. She storms to his cabin and demand he returns it. But Axel Wolfe wants more than Red’s heart. He wants answers to why he remembers every detail of the nightmarish day half of his men died at sea while his surviving men recall nothing. Axel suspects the truth has to do with Red’s miraculous survival. She should’ve died the instant a claw-tipped arrow punctured her flesh and blood heart. When Axel shows her a different side of him she likes too much, Red questions whether her second chance at life came at too high of a price for the wolf—banishment from his pack. As the passion between them heats, Red must decide. Return to the ocean and forget she ever met the wolf who stole her heart. Or remain on land and get the answer to the question that’s crossed her mind since Axel saved her at sea. Can an ill-tempered and sexy wolf fall hard for a fish out of water?

A Siren's Heart

*** Three Second Chance Romance Novels in one boxed set *** Once There once was this boy I loved very much. He would leave a rose on my doorstep on my birthdays and the anniversary of our meeting. I don’t know what happened to him. I lost my memory and my ability to speak after a horrendous hit-and-run accident. A different boy shows up like clockwork at the bar I bartend at, but he’s not a boy. He is all man. Tall. Imposing. Brooding. Guns for arms. He doesn’t speak a lick to me. He stares at me from his dark corner with this intensity, as though I should know him. Do I? What secret does he hold in that sinfully hot body of his? I am willing to give up on ever seeing the boy I once loved for time with the man who could have the answer for what’s missing from my life. Where did the boy I loved go? Scars to Your Beautiful My remorse is skin deep. I live paycheck to paycheck, call the apartment on the scary side of the city my home, and have no life outside of working two jobs. When given the chance to crash a masquerade party in the rich part of town, I readily agree. I didn’t expect to be escorted to the party by Jaxson McCallister, a man from my past who holds a dark grudge against me. A man who doesn’t have a clue it’s me beneath the mask. Or does he? I’m unwilling to forgive her. The law was too soft on her, and she knew it. I can’t forgive or forget Tavi Gabriel for her role in my little sister’s death. When she drops into my life again after going MIA, I’m determined to make her pay for getting off easy. But when I see the pain and remorse etched on her face as a deep scar, can I forgive and forget her? Or will I demand a different penance that will test my long-buried feelings for her? Give You Up Syn Taron Vaughn. He’s a guy from my past that I never thought I’d see again. Star quarterback. King of the game. A cocky jerk that, at one point in my life, took up available space in my heart until a kiss destroyed us. Taron now plays ball at my college and is after more than a championship win. He wants to punish me for that kiss, demand I serve up my pride, my body, and my absolute loyalty on a silver platter. Sorry, champ, but I didn’t spend years drama-proofing my life for you to come barging in and dismantling it piece by piece. Taron One chance, one listen, one wish. What Syn Winters promised me. I got none of those things. Instead, she ripped my heart out of my chest and then disappeared. Ghosted. She should know better than to ghost a hot-tempered bastard like me. I’m here to collect what is mine, and after I punish Syn for her sins against me, I’ll walk away with my heart whole again. Except nothing with Syn is ever easy or what it seems.

Boxed Set

Second Chance Romance

My remorse is skin deep. I live paycheck to paycheck, call the apartment on the scary side of the city my home, and have no life outside of working two jobs. When given the chance to crash a masquerade party in the rich part of town, I readily agree. What I didn’t expect is to be escorted to the party by Jaxson McCallister, a man from my past who holds a dark grudge against me. A man who doesn’t have a clue it’s me beneath the mask. Or does he? I’m unwilling to forgive her. The law was too soft on her, and she knows it. I can’t forgive or forget Tavi Gabriel for her role in my little sister’s death. When she drops into my life again after going MIA, I’m determined to make her pay for getting off easy. But when I see the pain and remorse etched on her face as a deep scar, can I forgive and forget her? Or will I demand a penance that will test my long-buried attraction for her?

An Enemies to Lovers Sports Romance

Scars to Your Beautiful

Kiss Starter, #2

Kissing Game

Never Forget Always Remember

FBI field agent and hacker Audrey Benson vows never to be like her father. But when the Feds charge her brother for a crime she believes he was coerced into committing, Audrey goes back on her word. Guilt-ridden over the line she's crossed, Audrey arrives in the small town of Cedar Falls ready to find the answers that will clear her brother of the charges and get her back her job. She gets more than she bargains for when she runs into the town's homegrown star quarterback in a less-than-friendly first meeting. She's not into complicated and disgruntled. He steers clear of perplexing and secretive. But they can't deny their instant attraction. Audrey's search for answers bring them closer but will secrets from her past drive them apart?

Hate to Want You

My heart matters. I don’t want a broken heart. The whole of me is already broken. After losing pieces of my memory in a brutal assault, I know better than to get involved with the new guy in the building. Brooks Hunter is dangerously sexy with his piercing gaze and ripped body beneath his well-fitted suit. He can have any woman, yet he wants me. I don’t deny our instant spark, but I can’t understand his attraction. I’m plain and skinny, wear ugly owl glasses and my monotone black hair is piled high on top of my head. “Invite me in. Otherwise, I can’t stay.” He says we know one another. I swear I’ve never met him. A woman can’t forget his type of sexy—mouthwatering and panty-melting hot. But his eyes are familiar, and I can’t shake the suspicion he had something to do with my assault. When he reveals the unbelievable truth behind the story of how we’re connected, he rocks the very foundation of my safe world. Will I demand he takes a much-deserved hike? Or will I ask him… to stay? Free contemporary romance, short romance, short story, amnesia trope

Stay

It’s been eighteen excruciating months of surgeries, intense rehab, and soul-searching therapy. Eighteen months of reliving my assault in my nightmares. I want the nightmares to stop. I want to pretend the scars on my body don’t exist, but he won’t let me. Every time his email hits my inbox, I’m reminded of his role in my assault, and I…I can’t let him go. Imagine my surprise when he agrees to help me get over the trauma from that night. We’ll meet face-to-face and talk. I’ll get my closure then forget I ever met Gavin Langston. But when we finally meet again, he isn’t the man I’m expecting. This man is different and more dangerous to my heart than I’ve ever imagined.

Pieces of Me

FBI field agent and hacker Audrey Benson vows never to be like her father. But when the Feds charge her brother for a crime she believes he was coerced into committing, Audrey goes back on her word. Guilt-ridden over the line she’s crossed, Audrey arrives in the small town of Cedar Falls ready to find the answers that will clear her brother of the charges and get her back her job. She gets more than she bargains for when she runs into the town’s homegrown star quarterback in a less-than-friendly first meeting. She’s not into complicated and disgruntled. He steers clear of perplexing and secretive. But they can’t deny their instant attraction. Audrey’s search for answers bring them closer but will secrets from her past drive them apart?

Sworn enemies Asher Tran has disliked Ezekiel Harrington since the day he yanked on her ponytail and stuck his tongue down her throat on a dare. That was in grade school. Fast-forward to their last year of college and Asher is confident she’s changed for the better. Ezekiel? He’s the same. Rich. Cocky. Couldn’tcare less whose feelings he’s hurt. Has a following of love-struck coeds. So he plays rugby and has a super fine body? Big deal. A jerk is a jerk is a jerk. A dangerous proposition When Ezekiel asks for her help—he’s failing one of his classes (no surprise there)—Asher counteroffers with a dangerous proposition. It’s time someone reforms the bad boy. Putting their hearts on the line But when their arrangement brings them closer than they’ve ever let anyone in, Asher and Zeke are left wondering whether their differences will keep them together or… tear them apart.

Playing it safe “Safe” is Nora Sánchez’s friend. “Danger” is her enemy. Stick with those two words and she’ll never hurt again. Opposites attract Nora avoids physical contact. Galley Rutherford can’t get enough of the coeds touching him. Him touching them. When a night of trouble brings Nora and Galley in proximity, they’re drawn to one another. Why doesn’t she like to be touched? Why can’t he keep his hands to himself? Hearts beating as one The more they learn to use touch and words to understand one another, the harder they’re falling into a safe friend zone. Or is it dangerous when words and touching take them down a path toward heartbreak? She’s played it safe for as long as she could remember. He lives life on the wilder side. When soft and quiet collides with solid and loud, someone’s bound to get hurt.

Nora Ever After

Beautiful Defiance: Cambridge High Mayhem

Torn. Broken. Damaged. Words Lucy Badeaux would never use to describe her life, not after snagging one of the hottest guys in town. A move to a new state helps her leave the drama of her family and life behind in Palm Springs. However, her past doesn't want to be forgotten or ignored. When a tragic incident in her hometown threatens her life, Lucy accepts the protection of a bodyguard-a man who jeopardizes her relationship with her boyfriend, Bryce. Torn by how intensely she feels for Bryce, yet scared he'll leave her when he realizes how broken and damaged she is, Lucy must make the choice to open up to Bryce, or shut him out of her life for his safety. Jealous. Worried. Pissed. Words Bryce Morgan would never use when it comes to how he feels for his girlfriend, Lucy. And he'll be damned if he lets her think their relationship is doomed to fail. Sure, they took their less-than-friendly neighbors situation to the next level too fast and too far, but opposites attract, right? Bryce will do whatever it takes to convince Lucy they belong together. Lucy is determined to keep secrets from Bryce. Will secrets and a sexy bodyguard drive them further apart? Or can their love overcome their fears and insecurities?

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