"A swoony small-town friends-to-lovers romance from USA Today bestselling Author J. H. Croix filled with slow-burn chemistry, emotional angst, and a grumpy hero who falls hard.
Best friends don't fall in love. Until they do.
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 slow-burn 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.
Wanting her is terrifying. Losing her would destroy me. One kiss changes everything. One choice puts our friendship, our hearts, and our friendship in this small town on the line.
Contains mature themes."
"A swoony and emotional small town firefighter romance from USA Today bestselling author J. H. Croix!
Meet cute gone wrong . . . or Maybe just right?
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.
The list of reasons why falling for him is a bad bet for me is longer than a country mile. My baggage could fill a firehouse, and his growl is almost as fierce as his protective streak. But when I'm with him? For the first time, I feel safe.
And that's all I've ever wanted.
Contains mature themes."
"What could go wrong when my brother's best friend becomes my roommate? I'm about to find out.
When I met Hudson Fox, I drove over his crutches. Way to go, girl. My hormones think this hotshot firefighter is all that and then some.
My hormones have a terrible track record. They are cheering for Hudson, but my brain knows better. I'm a smart woman with plans and none of them involve romance.
Until I move into my new place and Hudson is my roommate. Complete with Butter, his cat.
Hudson isn't just easy on the eyes, he's everything I didn't know I wanted, including a little grumpy with a protective streak bigger than Alaska. We both have our reasons for avoiding romance, but when he proposes a with benefits arrangement, I can't even think over the sound of my hormones screaming for joy.
When my messy past catches up to me and I discover Hudson is my brother's best friend, well, things get even messier. Hudson is keeping his own secrets. I tell myself it doesn't matter. Until my heart wants more.
Contains mature themes."
"How we met: He spilled coffee on me.
First date: I dragged him into my therapy session. Does that even count?
Spoiler alert: We're definitely not a couple.
Leo Massie is a smoking-hot firefighter. Literally. He also owes me after dousing me in coffee. But instead of a simple favor, I might have accidentally told my therapist he's my fiancé. Oops.
Now, Leo—single dad, small-town hero, and the most maddeningly good man I've ever met—is playing along. What started as a tiny white lie is spiraling into something I wish were real. The way he looks at me? The way he takes care of everyone around him? The way he makes me feel? None of that feels fake.
I came to Alaska to escape my past. I never expected to find a man willing to stand beside me through it. Maybe we're just pretending. Or maybe . . . we can fake it true.
Contains mature themes."
"When the grumpy firefighter falls for the sunshine girl who turns his world upside down . . .
Elsa Whitney walks into my life like she owns the sun, all warmth and light, and shatters the quiet I've been clinging to. Not that I can blame her. She's impossible to ignore. And somehow, I'm the idiot who offered her a place to stay.
Brilliant move.
I’ve got enough on my plate—raising my son, rebuilding my family's resort, and trying to keep the pieces of my family together. The last thing I need is a distraction, especially one as tempting as Elsa.
Too bad my family is already smitten. Worse? They swear I'm less of a grouch with her around. They're not wrong.
Because the truth is, I don't just want her in my house—I want her in my life, in my bed, in every moment I can steal. And once I finally give in? There's no turning back.
Contains mature themes."
"A swoony small town firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix!
I'm falling in love with a firefighter, and I'm pregnant. Big problem: It's not his baby.
When I met Griffin Cannon, I fainted. He saved me from face-planting into the gravel. He's the rescue-y, protective type, which fits seeing as he's a hotshot firefighter.
I didn't think I'd ever see him after that. Until he saves me again. Just when I think maybe fate is trying to throw me into his arms, my life skids sideways in a big way. I'm pregnant. The guy who should step up skips town instead.
Scrambling, I accept a new job and move. I figure Griffin is in my rear-view, yet fate brings him back into my life. I'm working for his brother and Griffin's the newest hot firefighter in town. He can have any woman he wants, while I'm busy learning how to live without sleep and win awards for the most-frumpy single mom ever.
And yet, Griffin wants to cook me dinner. From changing diapers to so much more, he's there as I stumble through the stress-fest of my life. I don't even believe in love. But when a firefighter with a heart of gold does the dishes, it's near impossible to resist.
Contains mature themes."
"Heath Ashworth is a mountain lion shifter from a family whose roots go back to the birth of shifters. A grumpy former Marine, he stumbled and lost his way after a car accident where he barely escaped with his life. His grueling recovery led him down a path he never imagined. After he tangled with the shifter smuggling network, all he wants is to make it right again. Now he's trying to live up to the man and shifter he once was.
Vivi Sheldon once harbored a secret crush on Heath. He's her best friend's older brother and tall, dark, strong, and broody. She shelved her youthful fantasies when Heath moved away for his military career. In the meantime, her heart took a few bumps and bruises. She's a busy single mother and has convinced herself life without love is better than putting her heart on the line again.
As Heath pulls his life back together, he finds he can't stop thinking about Vivi. The spark between them burns so hot and bright, he doesn't want to ignore it anymore. One kiss sets the tinder between them alight in flames. Heath isn't sure he's shifter enough to live up to Vivi, while Vivi struggles to let down her guard. They are bound tighter and tighter together as they face down the secrets threatening shifters everywhere. Can Heath be the shifter he believes Vivi needs? Can Vivi have faith in the love between them?"
"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
Ellie asks me to promise her one thing. We can’t tell her brother about us.
Seeing as I’ll do anything for a taste of Ellie, I agree. Small problem though. One night will never be enough.
Neither of us counted on me wanting more.
I might have enough money to buy anything, but not love. I’ll fight for Ellie though. She’s priceless.
Ellie
Jacob Taylor is used to getting what he wants. He’s a billionaire who need only snap his fingers and women come running. Not me.
To spite my cheating ex, I take the trip we planned to Vegas. Except I didn’t count on my ex doing the same. With his new girlfriend. Awkward doesn’t even cut it.
Out of nowhere, Jacob sweeps in and makes me an offer I can’t refuse.
Now, the lights are out, and we’re alone.
*A standalone romance."
"A swoony holiday romance from USA Today bestselling author J. H. Croix!
He's my brother's best friend. He's also my pretend boyfriend for the weekend. Small problem: there's only one bed.
The whole mess starts when I get dumped at the airport. Dylan is my brother's best friend, and the last guy I want to run into when my pride's been kicked. But I need a plan and fast.
One bad decision leads to the next and we're trapped in a hotel for a romantic holiday weekend when we get snowed in. For days.
It's cold. Dylan is H-O-T. It's a game of willpower and I'm losing.
Contains mature themes."
"A swoony, holiday shifter romance from USA Today bestselling author J. H. Croix! If you like smoking hot paranormal romance with a twist of suspense and adventure, you'll love this second chance holiday romance!
When Max Stone saunters back into Catamount, Maine, he sends Roxanne Morgan's world spinning sideways. He's just as broody and smoldering as ever. And, he wants another chance.
Max's feelings for Roxy haven't faded. She's everything he remembered and more.
They were only seventeen when they fell in love, and Max's life was sent careening away from Catamount—the birthplace of mountain lion shifters. As Roxy faces her fears about what it means to maybe love again, Max kicks up dust over the mystery behind his father's death.
With Christmas approaching, Roxy and Max might be able to get their second chance at love, and Catamount may finally lay rest to an old betrayal among shifters.
A Catamount Christmas is perfect for listeners who love small town paranormal romance, second chances for Christmas, slow burn, emotional romance with a dash of angst, plenty of swoon, and a protective hero who's willing to fight to win back the woman he never stopped loving."
"High in the mountains of Colorado, mountain lion shifters hold rare power among mountain lions and humans, able to live in both worlds at once. Secrecy has kept them safe for centuries. Daniel Hayes returns to Painter, Colorado, after learning he's a shifter, a secret kept from him by his parents after his brother died. Daniel encounters the breathtaking Sophia Ashworth by chance. The lion in him wants her with a force he can't deny.
Sophia's ancestors laid claim to the founding of shifters back East and traveled West centuries ago to strengthen their line. Sophia is busy trying to hold her family together after her brother almost died in a car accident. When Daniel crosses her path, her lion calls for a chance to explore the passion beating wildly between them.
While Sophia struggles to help her family mend, Daniel comes face to face with an explosive secret within his own family. As passion stokes a love that can't be ignored, they find themselves fighting side by side to drive out the danger bubbling from within the shifter community. Daniel's newfound knowledge of the lion within him will be tested to the max as he calls upon his power to go up against his own blood to keep Sophia and all shifters safe. Sophia and Daniel are caught up in a storm of passion driving them to a love that cannot be denied."
"This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
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 along, he questions what he might be missing.
Romance is last on her list. Same goes for him. But they didn’t bargain on a desire so hot it nearly singes them.
*A full-length standalone romance."
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