Mandy Harbin

Hot Mechanics, Mercenaries, and the Mafia...Oh my! Brody "Brutus" Jackson isn't your average small-town mechanic. The garage where he works doubles as the headquarters for a ruthless team of mercenaries. They're all bosses under the hood, lethal behind the gun, and just shady enough to handle any job that comes their way. There's a reason they call themselves the Bang Shift. For a man with no memory of his past and no care of the future, it's the perfect arrangement. Alexandria Collins knows how to pack fast and run thanks to years of FBI protection from the mafia. When her car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, she finds herself stuck at a garage surrounded by the toughest looking men she's ever seen. That shouldn't be possible considering her past, but what troubles her more is the sexy-as-hell mechanic staring at her, awakening something she thought died the night her ex shot her. When the feds hire the Bang Shift to protect the beautiful new lady in town, Brody is rocked to his core and not because of how much danger she's in or how hot she is. After all these years, he finally remembers something from his past...her. When the past and present collide, no one escapes the wreckage. Scroll up and grab your copy today! *** A steamy, standalone contemporary, full-length romantic suspense. First in series! Originally released as Darkest Sin. Re-released and updated in 2020.***

A Second Chance Bad Boy Mercenary Romance

Brody

When desire meets physical boundaries, it’s time to get a little creative… Cassie Tucker is no stranger to deadlines, so when she gets assigned to a new project at the last minute, she knows the drill. It’s not until she discovers who the project leader is that she gets worried. The man is a legend in both the IT department and in the looks department. Like, seriously, he’s ridiculously gorgeous. There’s a reason the women at her firm have dubbed him The West Coast Hottie. Thankfully, he’s hundreds of miles away, so any ogling of her new boss will be masked by filters and slow internet connections. Ian Cope is thrilled to be working with Cassie. Not only is she talented and smart, but there’s something about her that he’s never been able to ignore. If they worked in the same town, there’s no doubt he would’ve asked her out a long time ago, so getting put on the same project is a small victory he’ll gladly take. Then he learns the truth behind this assignment, and all his excitement crashes. Find a way to justify closing Cassie’s office while denying his attraction to her? Talk about a dream turning into a nightmare! There’s no way this is going to end well, especially when he crosses that line from professional to hot-and-heavy personal. Ian and Cassie embark on a sensual path, learning the hard way just how cutthroat business can be …especially when it’s mixed with forbidden pleasure.

A Steamy Workplace Romantic Comedy

Super Hot Supervisor

No one likes being played… FBI agent Shelby Landry knows what it means to be a team player. She reluctantly investigated the Bang Shift out of duty, but the government now needs her in a way that doesn’t involve torque wrenches or transmissions. The fed's mark? Mason Showalter, a newly promoted executive who is the key to unlocking this case. The FBI knows this businessman's dark side extends beyond the boardroom into the bedroom, and it’s his sexual appetite that’ll be used to their advantage...at Shelby’s expense. Mason Showalter is the type to always chase the thrill, no matter the cost. He’s a new senior vice president of capital management and part owner of an exclusive club, yet he still isn't satisfied. When he meets Shelby, he’s immediately drawn to her, curious if the beautiful woman will present the real challenge he craves. He’ll play with her and put her to the test, but he isn’t prepared when she rocks his world in more ways than one. What starts out as an assignment becomes a shocking path of self-discovery rooted in unbridled passion and deceit so deep that no one is prepared when secrets come out. It’s easy to forget who’s playing by the rules, and who’s being played. *** A steamy contemporary, full-length romantic suspense. This is a standalone book but should be read in series order for best enjoyment.***

A Forbidden FBI Bad Boy Romance

Shelby

Hot. Hard. Hazardous. Hunter Anderson is good at burying dark secrets behind his lethal smile. It’s a great skill to have in his line of work, but one he learned long before becoming a member of the Bang Shift mercenary group. They all have secrets, but he has something they don’t—a sister to protect. She knows the score, but he’ll do what he can to guard her from the realities of his life. He should’ve known trouble would find her anyway…and that she’d dump the beautiful problem right in his lap. When Maya Carmichael’s car is vandalized on a night out with her roommate, she realizes her no-more-jerks oath is too little, too late. Knowing her sadistic ex is behind this, she agrees to seek shelter out of town, but the temporary haven will throw her right into the path of another bad boy. Oh, she’s heard stories about her roommate’s brother, Hunter, and he’s just the type she wants to avoid. Hot. Hard. Hazardous. What starts out as a beautiful nuisance exposes a web of danger so vast it could only be fueled by one thing. Revenge. Scroll up and grab your copy today! *** A steamy contemporary, full-length romantic suspense. This is a standalone book but should be read in series order for best enjoyment. Re-released and updated in 2020.***

A Best Friend's Brother Bad Boy Mercenary Romance

Hunter

A dangerous desire hidden in the Woods… Josh Woods has a dark family secret. He and his brothers are mountain lion shifters with an overpowering instinct to mate with any available woman, but once mated, it’s for life. They can never risk an unwanted union, which means they can’t leave their timber estate or allow single women on the property. When their beautiful new attorney arrives, Josh assumes his attraction is purely physical since there’s no way an unattached woman would’ve been granted access. He just doesn’t understand why his reaction to her is so visceral and downright carnal. As a lawyer, Mikaela Patterson is used to eccentric requests, but her new clients’ requirement is the craziest one she’s ever heard. No single women allowed on the estate? Guess she’ll have to keep her recently broken engagement a secret. Her personal life is really none of their business anyway. But when she meets Josh, there’s instant heat. Now, she must resist the sexy man to keep up the ruse, even with him tempting her beyond all reason. What starts out as a purely professional trip turns into one of the hottest experiences of her life. But when hidden truths are exposed, Mikaela finds herself surrounded by the feral Woods brothers who want her in every way. Will Josh be able to protect her from his family without claiming her himself? After all, they’ve already lost one brother to a forbidden encounter…

A Steamy Paranormal Shifter Romance

Surrounded By Woods

He might be the leader of a mercenary group, but he is not the boss of her. Nuh-uh. No way. Theodore “Bear” Knight owns the Bang Shift Garage, but it’s his role as team leader of a secret mercenary group that forces him to keep one fiery redhead at arm’s length. With no other outlet for their magnetic attraction, innocent flirting turns into heated bickering. Although he’d rather her hate him than risk her life, that stance is put to the ultimate test when a hit on the garage thrusts her right into the path of a notorious mafia assassin. Nothing will stop Bear from protecting the woman he craves. Not even the little spitfire herself. Roxie Willis has it bad for the bearded hottie she calls Teddy, but any hope of something real shattered one drunken, passionate night years ago. He either doesn’t remember their wild ride or pretends it never happened. Now, Teddy not only revs her engine but her attitude, and she dishes out a big ol’ helping of it when her life is suddenly in danger because of him. She refuses his ridiculous plan of protection, but she should’ve known the bossy leader of the Bang Shift mercenaries wouldn’t play fair. Bear and Roxie continue to fight temptation and each other, but when they learn it might not have been a coincidence she was at the garage that fateful day, neither are prepared for the fallout. Will Bear and Roxie finally get their happily-ever-after, or will painful secrets from the past ruin their chances of ever having a future together? Find out in this explosive finale of the Bang Shift Series!

A Grumpy Sunshine Mercenary Romance

Bear

A Second Chance Mercenary Romance

Gauge

When love stabs you in the heart… Braxton “Blade” Young learned the importance of carrying a knife growing up in the swamps of Louisiana. As a member of the Bang Shift, he carries something a little louder now, but he’s never without his shiv. An added protection. A constant reminder. Fixing cars and carrying out contracts don’t help quiet the ghosts of his past anymore, and random women are out. There’s only one he wants, and she haunts him in a completely different way, taunting him with what he cannot have. She’s an FBI agent. He’s a mercenary. Sure, everyone has demons. His are just covered in blood. Ahhh regrets. FBI agent Anna Sue Fisher has her fair share, and sleeping with Blade while on assignment ranks right up there. He’s a notorious playboy who lives on the shady side of the law. A heartbreak waiting to happen. But her determination to keep her distance is crushed when her boss sends her back to the Bang Shift on another case. Only this time, she won’t just be working with the devastatingly handsome man, she’ll be investigating him, too. Dark family secrets. The sharpest betrayals. Alligators aren’t the only dangerous things lurking within the blades of grass of the bayou.

An Opposites Attract Bad Boy Mercenary Romance

Blade

She’s on a mission, but so is he… When a reporter seeks access outside the wire, Axle Landry isn’t happy when he’s pulled from his SEAL team and assigned to the babysitting op. Discovering those Bang Shift guys are behind it has him planning his payback. That’ll have to wait until this mess is over. He has his orders. Keep her safe, and keep his mouth shut. Should be easy enough. But the longer this smart, beautiful woman is in danger, the harder it is for him to remain objective. She poses risks…to his career, his life, and his heart. Caitlin Cooper never should’ve said anything to her friends about going on this assignment. She knows the hazards of reporting in a war zone and doesn’t need some brooding brute bossing her around. But that’s exactly what she got. Axle is constantly grumpy, and worse—he’s ridiculously gorgeous. This assignment would be a lot easier without him watching her every move. Falling in love with him, though, makes everything a lot more complicated. Explosive secrets, shattered dreams, broken hearts…small town connections aren’t always a good thing.

A Military Bad Boy Mercenary Romance

Axle

Bang Shift Bundle One

He's never wanted anybody more…he just can't have her. Everyone usually avoids Rocco "Roc" Garcia, and that’s just how he likes it. Personal attachments make normal people weak. They make mercenaries dangerously vulnerable. He’s seen what love can do to a man, which is why he can never let Heather get too close. The night he saved her, he learned just how much power she has over him, but he can’t go down that road. Not with her. His past will never truly disappear, and even if it did, she’s still his teammate’s little sister. That makes her totally off limits. When Roc rescued Heather Anderson the night she was kidnapped, a spark ignited between them. One he quickly snuffed out behind a wall of excuses—He's her brother’s teammate on the Bang Shift...she’s still in college and too young for him—Oh yeah, she’s heard it all, and she’s tired of waiting. When a new man shows her interest, she decides there’s no harm in dating him, and if Roc gets jealous, that’s his problem. But this rich, handsome man has plans of his own, and Heather will find herself reliving the scariest night of her life. What started the night of Heather’s abduction culminates in a game of deceit that’ll rock the entire team to its core. There’s only one thing Roc can do to save Heather, but he knows the moment he welcomes back his dark past, his carefully crafted life will shatter forever. But he’ll risk it all for her… ***Books in this series*** Brody - FREE book Hunter Blade Shelby Axle Roc *** A steamy contemporary, full-length romantic suspense featuring the mafia, cartel, and mercenaries. This is a standalone book but should be read in series order for best enjoyment.***

J. Rose Alister

Remy Richard

Electrifying stories of hot'n'heavy couples that are hardwired for love. Compromising Connection by J. Rose Alister Sexting the Limits by Remy Richard Digital Possession by Mandy Harbin

Love at First Byte

Alexandria Collins learned the hard way not every man can be trusted. After her husband tried to kill her, she and her son went under FBI protection where they've spent the last ten years. Her trust issues with men have created a nonexistent sex life. But when they move to a small Arkansas town, she's drawn to the biggest, hottest man she's ever seen. Brody "Brutus" Jackson is immediately attracted to Xan when her hot little body walks into the shop where he works as a mechanic in an official capacity, and as a mercenary unofficially. He knows instantly she's off-limits. He doesn't do single moms-too much baggage-but more importantly, he knows her from somewhere...a dangerous sign since he only remembers the last twelve years of his life, and what he's learned of his past needs to stay buried. He fights his overwhelming desire, but when he discovers his assignment is her protection, he realizes how easily one hot little momma can bring him to his knees...and how difficult facing who he was can be.

Darkest Sin

Brody "Brutus" Jackson isn't your average small-town mechanic. The shop where he spends his days doubles as the headquarters for the mercenary group he works with. They jokingly call themselves the Bang Shift because the government contracts they take are the less savory ones, and they're all just shady enough to do what's necessary to get the jobs done. As far as Brody's concerned, it's the perfect arrangement for a man with no memory of his past, and no hope for the future. Under FBI protection, Alexandria Collins and her son have been in hiding for ten years. When it's time to move again, her piece of crap car breaks down and the man giving her a tow is the biggest, hottest guy she's ever seen. She is determined to ignore the need her long-neglected body hungers for. After all, the last man she showed interest in put a gun to her head. Brody thinks the skittish Xan is sexy as hell, but it's not her hot body that has him rocked to his core. He knows her from somewhere, and in his line of work, that's a dangerous thing. Following orders have never been this hard, but when he finds out she's his next assignment, he will protect her at all costs ... even if what she needs protection from most is him.

To kill is easy… Killian knows the nickname fits. He’s a cursed man with a screwed up childhood and a hellacious hot temper. With school, work, anger management sessions, and taking care of his ailing granddad, he doesn’t have a social life. The demons from his past won’t let him get close to anyone even if he wants. His one respite is art. When he gets lost in a project, he can ignore the monster lurking within. A temporary cleanse that never lasts. To live is torture… Olivia never dreamed she would return to Louisiana, not after that fateful day ten years ago that changed her forever. But Liv didn’t argue with her mom when she’d encouraged her to transfer. Why bother? She has zero friends. Hell, she isn’t even daddy’s little angel anymore. She just exists, destined to live in a shell of her past’s crumbled embers. And even those pieces are too tiny, too many. She’s blanketed in them, her dust. To try is hard… When Liv sits next to Killian in art class, he realizes she could help him with the one major assignment standing between him and his degree, and she reluctantly accepts he can help her with more than an art class. The two embark on a relationship previously uncharted for either and quickly discover how hard it is just sifting through life’s ashes. Can two damaged souls find a way to heal old wounds, or will trying only ruin them forever?

Dust

A forbidden romance years in the making… FBI agent-turned-mercenary Duke “Gauge” Osborne doesn’t hesitate to jump in front of a bullet when a mafia solider comes gunning for his Bang Shift teammate, but even as he lays dying, he can’t escape thoughts of the woman he broke all his rules for. He’s hardly seen her since he was forced to break her heart all those years ago, so when he wakes up in agony at the hospital, he’s shocked to find her by his side. Special Agent Viola Lane has avoided Gauge for years—since the night he’d dumped her after taking her virginity. Gauge left her devastated, but she pulled up her big girl panties and moved on. Married, divorced, and now talking to a new man, she’s determined to find her happily ever after. When her team learns Gauge has been shot, she rushes to his bedside. He’s an assignment, nothing more, which is why she agrees to temporarily move in with him after he gets released. A mistake, she quickly learns, as unresolved feelings come roaring back to life. With Viola back in his sights, Gauge won’t miss his shot. He’ll do whatever it takes to win her back…except tell her the truth. Old enemies. Unexpected allies. First loves. Everything changes when the threats lurking in the shadows finally come to light. ***A steamy contemporary, full-length romantic suspense, featuring mercenaries and the mafia. This is a standalone book but reading in order is suggested for best enjoyment.***

Against Company Policy: When desire is faced with physical boundaries, it's time to get a little creative...and a little kinky. Cassie Tucker, a hard-working project leader at a software design company, can't believe her luck when she's assigned towork with the hottest guy at the firm. Too bad his office is hundreds of miles away. Technology will get them through-both in the boardroom and the bedroom. Ian Cope has had the hots for Cassie for two years. Landing this project with her is a dream come true. Until he discovers he's expected to use Cassie to aid in a consolidation plan that will shut down her office. He really should keep things professional, all things considered. But she's a temptation he can't refuse...and he'll go against company policy to have her. Against The Wall: When Sasha gets transferred to the west coast office, she welcomes the added distance between her and her abusive ex-boyfriend. He left her feeling vulnerable toward men, and rather than free herself from the corner she'd been pushed into, she found she liked being walled in it instead. Aaron is a dominant man, in the both his professional and personal lives. Only, he hasn't been finding the pleasure he'd so easily come by with submissive women. He's in a rut with no clear way of getting out of it. Maybe he'd just pushed his boundaries one too many times ... or maybe he needs a greater challenge. But when Aaron and Sasha meet, sparks fly, though she is too jaded to do anything about it. With a little tough love from her best friend, she finds herself unable to avoid the hot enigma that is Aaron and testing the walls she'd carefully erected around her heart. Aaron wants Sasha, but can he break through her walls without being pushed against one himself?

Volume One

Love Against Odds

After finally getting out of her disastrous relationship, Maya Carmichael has sworn off all bad boys. Sure they're hot. The attitude? No thanks. But when her car is vandalized while on a night out with her roommate, she realizes her ex is truly sadistic. Her friend insists they lay low for a few days while the cops do their thing. Unfortunately her temporary haven will throw her in the path of another bad boy. Oh, she's heard stories about her roommate's brother, Hunter, and he's just the type she wants to avoid. Until she sees him ... and all good intentions fly out of her busted windshield. Hunter Anderson might be the easygoing jokester within the Bang Shift crew-the small Arkansas town's mechanics and the government's secret mercenaries-but underneath his lighthearted exterior lurks demons of a past he'd love nothing more than to forget. Working on cars and taking the occasional contracted mission help, but he fears nothing will stop his past from coming back to haunt him. No one has tried penetrating the facade to get to the real person below. No one, until Maya. The attraction is undeniable, but there's more to Hunter than he can ever let on, and for Maya, this hot distraction makes it easy to forget the real danger she's in. It has nothing to do with losing her heart to him. When really it has everything to do with just that."

The Bang Shift

He undresses her with his eyes…she wishes he’d do it with his teeth. Sex would be nice. But after giving birth, Sophie is a little self-conscious about her body, and her husband, Sawyer, hasn’t even tried coming on to her. What’s a girl to do? Don’t blab to your friends, that’s what! Their reaction is a mix of shock and pity, but they unite under one common goal—to get her laid! What seems like a fun idea at the time becomes an exercise of frustration when she turns on the charm, and Sawyer still doesn’t give up the goods. What’s his deal? She wasn’t really worried about their relationship before, but now she’s not so sure. When the truth comes out why he is not jumping her bones, there will be a big price to pay. Being the initiator sucks, especially when the only big O she’s getting is offended…

A Married Steamy Romantic Comedy

Hardheaded Hubby

She’s never dating again. He’s up for the challenge… When Sasha gets transferred out west, she welcomes the added distance from her abusive ex-boyfriend. After all, he’s the reason she feels vulnerable toward men, having been pushed into an emotional corner she’s unwilling to escape. Yeah, she knows it sounds pathetic, but she doesn’t care. There’s a certain amount of comfort that comes with a walled-off heart. She just wishes her best friend would get the memo and stay out of her love life. Aaron is a dominant man, professionally and personally, but true pleasure has eluded him. Willing women have come too easily, so has the money from closing many of the hottest real estate transactions in his area. He’s in a rut, unsure if he’s pushed his boundaries one too many times or if he just needs to find a greater challenge. When his new sister-in-law asks him to help her beautiful friend get settled in town, he finds his answer…and he sure as hell doesn’t like what it means. Aaron and Sasha can’t ignore the sparks flying between them, but will he be able to crush the walls erected around her heart without being pushed against one himself? So many walls to scale. Two hearts to heal. One hot Love in the California sun. *** A steamy, standalone contemporary romance featuring a matchmaking best friend, a scarred heroine, and a playboy hero. Originally released as Against The Wall. Updated and re-released in 2020.***

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