R C Stephens

She was my best friend's little sister-forbidden.Jolie Campbell was my solace in a dark life. Jolie was my first love, my first kiss. She was a soothing balm, loving me, keeping me from sinking in a ship of life that experienced storms daily. I promised her forever but I should've known better.I made mistakes and ruined everything. Jolie is my favorite memory and my biggest regret. My need for her hasn't faded even after all these years. She loved me for who I am. There was never a choice about moving on. I'll always be alone. It's what I deserve after leaving her the way I did. Until fate hands me a second chance. A funeral brings me home to a place I swore I would never return. My memories and mistakes come crashing down on me before the plane even lands. I want to keep my distance from Jolie but my old feelings return like a tidal wave sucking me under while breathing life back into me. I tell myself to keep my distance from her. That no good could come of us, but she's too hard to resist and I want my second chance with the only girl I ever loved. Too bad fate has other plans. . . Full length standalone second chance romance with an HEA.

The Truth About Us

Avery is trudging through life, working as a physical therapist in a VA hospital.After losing her husband at war in Afghanistan and raising her teenage daughter on her own, she has no interest in dating, let alone falling in love.Until she meets her new patient and he awakens things inside her she didn't know existed.Bennet is a wounded Navy SEAL who has just survived an IED explosion in Africa that may leave him with a career-ending injury.The Navy was all he had.Love is the last thing on his mind.Who could love someone as broken as him anyway?Until one day Avery walks into his hospital room. Bennet feels a spark he hasn't felt in what seems like a lifetime.She's there to administer his physical therapy.It's wrong to want her, but he does.He shouldn't kiss her, but he can't help himself.He's jeopardizing her job, and for what? He has nothing to offer.A broken body. An uncertain future. Why would she risk everything for him?Problem is, Avery Montgomery is completely irresistible.

A Salvation Society Novel

Irresistible

I fell in love with Thomas Wells and knew he was my forever. We fell in love, got married.... He enlisted to become a Navy SEAL... But Thomas was broken. At twenty-five he left me pregnant and didn't turn back. I fell in love again... What Ryder forgot to mention was that he held a secret that tear us apart.

Halo

Hooking up with my best friend's little sister was my first mistake... falling for her was my second. But being a twenty seven year old virgin on a pro hockey team was messing with my head-- and my game. Plenty of women would have gladly helped me out with my little predicament, but it wasn't me they were after- it was fame. To keep things simple, I decide to make Madison a proposal: take my virginity and I'll help the beautiful single mom find her confidence after a bad break up. We promised each other it was only temporary, our dirty little secret. We had an expiration date. The season would start, Maddie would go to school and my best friend wouldn't have a clue about what transpired between us. Maddie keeps her end of the deal... it's me who can't follow through. This is a full length sports romance. Get ready for a hot cinnamon roll hockey player a single mom trying to get her life back on track and an adorable five year old boy who will steal your heart. There is no cheating and a guaranteed HEA because they are soul mates. For mature audiences only

A Brother's Best Friend Single Mom Romance

Anti Player

Hooking up with my best friend’s little sister was my first mistake… falling for her was my second.

But being a twenty-seven-year-old virgin on a pro hockey team was messing with my head and my game.

Plenty of women would have gladly helped me out with my little predicament, but it wasn’t me they were after—it was my status.

To keep things simple, I decide to make Madison a proposal: take my virginity and I'll help the beautiful single mom find her confidence after a bad breakup.

We promised each other it was only temporary, our dirty little secret.

We had an expiration date.

The season would start, Maddie would go to school, and my best friend wouldn’t have a clue about what transpired between us.

Maddie keeps her end of the deal… it’s me who can’t follow through.

Full length standalone novel. HEA, no cheating. Get ready for a cinnamon roll hero hockey player, a heroine that's trying to find her way and an adorable five year old boy who steals everyone's heart.

Cait Ever since my accident, I feel like damaged goods. I do my best to hide in plain sight until the one guy I want to notice me... doesn't. Westfall U hockey star, Evan Hayworth, is way out of my league. If I want him to see me as more than just his tutor, I'll need help igniting the spark. Lucky for me, his hockey teammate comes to my rescue and makes me an offer I can't refuse- I help him with science, and he will educate me in the bedroom. A fake relationship with the most unavailable guy on campus seems like the perfect solution. Noah is caring, loyal, and very good at pretending. Even I'm starting to believe the chemistry between us is real. He may be a damaged player... but his magnetic touch and warm heart are making me feel alive again. Noah My life has been falling apart. After desperately trying to hold it together and focusing on hockey, the last thing I need is a serious relationship. What I need is to keep my head in the game, but Cait is the exception to that rule. Because hooking up with her is homework... or an experiment, depending on how you look at it. I need a tutor to get my science grade up and she needs my expertise in the bedroom to give her the confidence to go for the guy she really wants... my teammate. It's a win-win, until the variables change, and our combustible attraction takes us from friends to lovers. Suddenly our fake relationship feels much too real and I'm regretting our little deal. Full-length standalone novel with HEA and no cheating. There is only one hero and one heroine. Get ready for a strong heroine who has to overcome some tough challenges and a hero with a heart of gold.

A College Hockey Romance

Damaged Player

They are so wrong for each other. He's an arrogant, rich city slicker. She's a feisty rancher. Sam knows the sexy stranger she saved the other night isn't from her small town. His pointy shoes and fancy car give him away. When she brings him home and nurses him back to health, she doesn't expect to have him as her houseguest for more than a night. For Al, waking up in some strange woman's bed isn't something new. He sure as hell doesn't expect the smart-mouthed woman who greets him in the morning. He shouldn't want to bed her. She's too young and kind for his dark soul. She's made it clear; she's only trying to help him out. Only one hot kiss leads to one wild night and before Sam knows it, her houseguest hasn't only charmed his way into her bed but her heart too. The problem is Sam is hiding something, but Al isn't willing to walk away from the first woman to make him feel whole in years. Too bad Sam's best-laid plans are about to be incinerated just like the time Al threw her panties into the fireplace.

Mr. So Wrong

Paris I've had a crush on my best friend for as long as I can remember. But he's a hockey winger, who has quite a reputation with the puck bunnies, and I'm a nerdy girl trying to survive my biochemistry degree as a single mom. If science has taught me anything, it's that facts don't lie. The truth is Ryse and I are from two completely different worlds. He's headed for the pros, and I hypothesize I'll be left behind... again. Ryse might not be boyfriend material, but he makes a great fake fiancé because he's fooling even me. After months of subtle touches and staged kisses, our experiment finally combusts. He may be a reckless player... but his pretend love is the realest thing I've ever felt. Ryse After my gorgeous best friend moves in next door, things go from friend zone to off-the-charts chemistry. Now I'm seeing the sexy single mom in a whole new light. It's my year to go pro, and before I can draft, I need to clean up my playboy reputation and graduate. I can't risk a relationship... or my friendship with Paris. When she needs a fake fiancé to get her son into private school, I do what any good friend would do-I volunteer. But the closer we get, the more blurred the lines become. Falling for her is a complication I didn't calculate... but pretending to love her is the easiest game I've ever played. I just hope when the game is over, I don't lose her for good. This is a full length novel with no cheating and an HEA.

A College Hockey Romance: Special Edition

Reckless Player

John James Ward

Applied Mechanics

I could have any woman I want... Except Patty Sanders. She is off-limits, not only because she is my hockey team's new assistant physical therapist. She is also the coach's daughter. Getting in between the sheets with her, could cost me my career on the ice. So, I'll settle for being in the friend zone, if it means I get to be around her. But the more time we spend together, the more the lines we've drawn begin to blur. Especially when Patty asks me to be her date to her cousin's wedding. One minute we're dancing and the next she's in my arms asking me for one night. One night before everything goes back to normal- like it never happened. But for me there is no going back. Can I convince Patty I'm more than just a one time player? This is a full length sports romance. Get ready for some laughs and serious hotness. This is a friends to lovers, coach's daughter sports romance with no cheating and an HEA.

One Time Player

Marrying the nanny wasn't my biggest mistake... falling for her was. Being injured on the ice doesn't just make me a grumpy goalie, it makes me a frustrated single dad unable to care for my daughter... or myself. Ellie is the perfect candidate- kind, patient, beautiful, and looking for a place to call home after a falling out with her family. It's a win-win, until my desire for her nearly makes me lose my mind. My restraint is hanging by a thread, and I'm one sponge bath away from snapping. When I finally do, our chemistry proves explosive. Suddenly, everything I love is on the line. My family, my career... my heart. How can I convince Ellie I'm more than just a grumpy player? I'm hers. This is a full length hockey romance with an HEA. There is no cheating but there is a grumpy dad who is a hockey player and a sunshine nanny who have explosive chemistry.

A Fake Engagement Story (The Player Series)

Grumpy Player

Holland Hockey winger and campus hottie, Cole Davis, might be an MVP with the ladies, but I'm not falling for a player... not with medical school on the line. With our best friends dating, our forced proximity is inevitable. That doesn't mean I have to like it-or the way he makes me feel. Like I'm missing out and there's more to life than sitting on the sidelines. It only takes one moment of weakness to remind me why I should have stayed away from Cole. He might be a ruthless player, but nothing about this is a game. Cole Holland Donovan knows exactly what she wants out of life- and it isn't me. She's not looking for any distractions, and I'm a one-night kind of guy, but that doesn't stop me from wanting her. From the first electric kiss-I know one night will never be enough. I just need to convince her that I'm in it for the long haul-this isn't just about scoring. On the ice, I'm a pro at blocking shots and stealing passes, but when it comes to Holland the rules change. I won't stop fighting for her, for us, until I make her mine. Authors Note: A heartfelt college sports romance with an HEA. No Cliffhanger. For mature readers.

A College Hockey Romance (Westfall U Series)

Ruthless Player

From Top 100 Amazon Bestselling Author, R.C. Stephens, comes an emotional small-town romance about second chances and the power of true love. Some love stories are picture perfect, like a rainbow after a rainstorm. That's the complete opposite of us.Our story was tragic from the start. Grace was never meant to be mine. My father warned me and my twin, Jacob that she was forbidden fruit. I tried to stay away, but you know what they say, you always want what you can't have. And did I want Grace. Too bad Jacob felt the same way.I wasn't going to let that stop me. I was going to make her mine. Problem is I didn't realize just how deep deceit could run, or the pains people would go through to keep us apart. All I knew is that Grace was the girl of my dreams and I wanted her more than my last breath. . .*This book was previously published under the title Where Promises Die. This is a refreshed cover, title, and storyline.*

A Rock Star Friends to Lovers Romance

Deceit

A brand new hockey series from Amazon best selling author R.C. Stephens Rebel Notorious heartbreaker and handsome-as-sin hockey captain, Wolfe Judd is the golden boy on campus. He could have any girl he wants... and he wants me. He sees beyond my surface. The way his stormy blue eyes watch me... I feel beautiful for the first time since my accident. Little by little, he tears down my walls, exposing a passion that leaves me breathless and a vulnerability that could leave me shattered. But all my scars aren't on the outside, and the ones inside whisper that a guy like him will never fall for a damaged girl like me. Turns out Wolfe is just as broken as I am. He might be a heartless player, but that won't stop me from playing his game. Wolfe Rebel thinks she's invisible, but I see her... even when she doesn't want me to. Even when I wish I could get her out of my mind, because falling for her is a complication I can't afford. My reputation proceeds me, but Rebel is a game-changer. And if I get too close, I'm afraid she'll see right through me. Behind the person who my family and teammates expect me to be, to the person who's been keeping secrets. With every scorching touch, every unapologetic kiss, the rules change, and the truth unravels around us. If only we could go on living this lie, then I wouldn't risk losing the only girl I've ever loved. Authors Note: A heartfelt college sports romance with an HEA. No Cliffhanger. For mature readers.

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