Title: The Kiss Thief
Author: LJ Shen
Genre: Contemporary Romance

They say your first kiss should be earned. 

Mine was stolen by a devil in a masquerade mask under the black Chicago sky. 

They say the vows you take on your wedding day are sacred. 

Mine were broken before we left church. 

They say your heart only beats for one man. 

Mine split and bled for two rivals who fought for it until the bitter end. 

I was promised to Angelo Bandini, the heir to one of the most powerful families in the Chicago Outfit. 

Then taken by Senator Wolfe Keaton, who held my father’s sins over his head to force me into marriage. 

They say that all great love stories have a happy ending. 

I, Francesca Rossi, found myself erasing and rewriting mine until the very last chapter. 

One kiss. 

Two men. 

Three lives. 

Entwined together. 

And somewhere between these two men, I had to find my forever.

Right now The Kiss Thief is on sale for only 99 cents! I absolutely LOVED this book – it’s one of my all time favorites, you’ve gotta grab this amazing deal while it lasts!

Did you see Wolfe’s Love Note last year? I loooove this man!

Does it get any better than Wolfe? 😉

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

My darling Nemesis,

If you find this, that means that you’ve entered my office, even though I specifically asked you not to because your Valentine’s present is here (I’m not surprised, you were never the docile, submissive kind). More specifically, it means that you are holding a necklace with The Hope diamond, a 45.52 carat monster I purchased earlier this year at an auction for a very modest price in comparison to your beauty and how much you mean to me.

This piece of jewelry has been said to bring good luck to its owners since its creation in 1666. It was stolen from the royal family in France, cut again, abused, sold, bought, featured in museums, and so forth. 

In short, it has been through the ringer—just like you, my dear.

When I first walked into the auction, I intended to buy you another piece completely. Something with historic value from Switzerland, which you still love so much, seeing as you grew up there. But as I sat and listened to the history of The Hope, I realized that you two had quite a few things in common.

Rare, unattainable jewels. 

The Hope was stolen, like I stole your kiss.

The Hope has been recut, reshaped, repurposed—just as I forced you to be, and yet, you handled it with grace while I went through the motions of realizing just how much of a cunt I was to you.

The Hope has made people blind with greed—just as you made me crazy to have you.

Let’s get real here for a second. You cannot walk outside the house with this piece. Firstly, because it is too expensive, and second, because it is too flashy and I know you are not the kind of person to flaunt what you have. 

The Hope, for all intents and purposes, is like our love. A quiet, beautiful thing to be paraded and celebrated openly in our house. A priceless gift we share with one another.

Francesca, you entered my life on a day I wore a mask, but managed to rip it off my face, figuratively speaking, as soon as you set foot in my kingdom.

You are my queen.

My hope.

My First Lady.

Here’s to many more years of being my most precious, priceless accomplishment.

I love you with all my heart,

–Wolfe

L.J. Shen is USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author of contemporary romance books. She lives in California with her husband, son and lazy cat.
When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading a good book with a glass of wine and catching up on her favorite HBO and Netflix shows. 

Yeah, she’s a badass like that.

Title: Misadventures of a Curvy Girl (Misadventures Series Book #18)
Author: Sierra Simone
Genre: Contemporary Romance

For the first time in her life, Ireland Mills is happy with her body. No more fad diets, no more hiding from every camera in the room, no more low self-esteem. She’d rather be alone than with someone who’ll only love her if she’s skinny.

Caleb Carpenter and Ben Weber are everything Ireland and the Kansas Chamber of Commerce dreamed of when conceptualizing the “Real Kansas” promotional campaign. They’re handsome, young, educated, and totally dedicated to their small prairie town.

When Ireland’s Prius gets stuck on a Kansas dirt road and a massive storm rips through town, she’s left stranded with nowhere to turn but to Caleb and Ben. These two hunky country boys are impossible to ignore, but could they ever be interested in her as well?

Caleb and Ben are more than interested…and they’re willing to share. After their first night together, they know this has to be more than a one-time thing. They need to make her theirs forever. But can they convince Ireland they love her, curves and all?

*****

Misadventures is a romantic series of spicy standalone novels, each written or co-written by some of the best names in romance. The stories are scandalous, refreshing, and, of course, incredibly sexy. They’re the perfect bedside read, a ‘quick blush’ for the reader who loves a page-turning romance.

Ben has a VERY special Love Note email for his loves…and it’s AH-mazing!!!

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Email dated 2.13.2020, 9:23 p.m.

From: weber.ben@benstavern.com

To: KissMeImIreland@kmail.com, wildcats85@kmail.com

Ireland and Caleb –

I’m not sure whose idea it was to get married on Valentine’s Day, but here I am alone in the farmhouse with you two at two different hotels so we don’t see each other the night before, and I’ve only got chocolate boxes and Greta-dog for company.  I know it’s tradition and I know we’ll spend every single moment after the reception making up for lost time, but I miss you both the way I missed rain in the desert.  Like maybe I’ll go mad without you, like maybe I’ll die, and the only thing keeping me alive is the promise of tomorrow.  

The barn is all ready—Clementine the cow is moved to the neighbor’s, everything has been scrubbed from top to bottom, and now it looks like one of those cutesy event barns instead of a real-ass working barn.  The lights are strung up everywhere, the tables and chairs are ready, and it even smells pretty nice, at least compared to before.  Caleb, your tux and mine are hanging from our bedroom door, and Ireland, I see the silhouette of your gown hanging up in the guest room every time I walk past it.  I haven’t peeked at it though, honest.  (Okay, maybe I peeked a little.  It looks beautiful.)

I need to sleep, but knowing this is the last night I’ll ever sleep alone in our bed has me so worked up and happy that all I can do is pace around the house grinning.  I don’t think I’ve ever smiled this much, except for maybe yesterday when Ben and I were officially married at the courthouse.  But tomorrow is our real wedding, the one for all of us.  Even if the three of us can’t be married together on paper, we can be married where it counts—in front of our friends and family.  And then after we do all the polite dancing and toasting, I’m dragging you both back to our bedroom and fucking you both until you can’t leave my bed.  And I’m feeding you Valentine’s chocolates until the sun comes up (and then fucking you some more.)

I love you both, and marrying you tomorrow will be the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I don’t know what a grumpy ex-soldier has done to deserve you two, but I’ll do everything I can to deserve to keep you for the rest of my life—including kissing you senseless every chance I get.

Signed, 

The bossy man who’s desperately in love with you and soon-to-be-groom,

Ben

Sierra is a voracious reader of all things including the smuttiest smut, young adult, piles of non-fiction for research, and everything Bill Bryson (especially on audio).

She loves writing the dirtiest things that she can think of, King Arthur, sparkling water, Tarot, coffee, leggings, and learning new words daily. 

Her previous jobs have included firing ceramics, teaching living history lessons in one-room school house in full, 1908-approved school marm attire, and working as a librarian for several years—not in that order

She lives in the Kansas City area with her hot cop husband, two children, and two giant dogs. (And two cats, but they’re so naughty we don’t talk about them.) 

The social media she cares about the most are Spotify and Instagram. Following her in those places is a true love language, indeed.

Sierra is represented by Rebecca Friedman of RF Literary; foreign rights are handled by Bookcase Literary. You can reach her at thesierrasimone@gmail.com, rights inquiries can be directed to Rebecca Friedman at Rebecca@rfliterary.com.

Title: A Favor for a Favor (All In Series Book #2)
Author: Helena Hunting
Genre: Contemporary Romance

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pucked and A Lie for a Lie, a new stand-alone romance about trading favors, battling wills, and winning love.

When I joined Seattle’s NHL expansion team, I thought it was the start of something great. But nothing ever goes the way you expect. Take my introduction to my new neighbor. She came rolling in on the hot mess express at midnight, making a racket while she tried to get into my team captain’s apartment. Did I mention that he’s married to a woman who definitely was not her?

Imagine my surprise when I end up with an injury that has me out of the game for weeks, and she’s the one to offer to help me. I should probably add that she’s not the captain’s mistress. She’s his sexy, pastel-haired younger sister.

So we come up with an arrangement: she rehabs me so that I can get back on the ice sooner, and she can add a professional athlete that isn’t her brother to her client list. Seems simple enough. As long as I can keep my hands to myself and my hormones in check.

I love the All In Series SO much! Check out the other books.

Title: A Life for a Lie (All In Series Book #1)
Author: Helena Hunting
Genre: Contemporary Romance

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Pucked series comes a romantic comedy about instant attraction, second chances, and not-so-little white lies. 

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.

Lainey is the perfect escape from my life. My plan for seclusion becomes a monthlong sex fest punctuated with domestic bliss. But it ends just as abruptly as it began. When I’m called away on a family emergency, I realize too late that I have no way to contact Lainey.

A year later, a chance encounter throws Lainey and me together again. But I still have a lie hanging over my head, and Lainey’s keeping secrets of her own. With more than lust at stake, the truth may be our game changer.

Title: A Secret for a Secret (All In Series Book #3)
Author: Helena Hunting
Release Date: May 12, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance

From New York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting comes a new romance about trading secrets, breaking the rules, and playing for keeps.

My name is Ryan Kingston, and I’m a rule follower. I’ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don’t get drunk, and I definitely don’t pick up random women at bars.

Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie.

I got drunk. And picked up a stranger.

Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I’m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place.

She left me a thank-you note in the morning and her panties as a parting gift. But no way to contact her.

Six weeks later I’m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is. I neglected to mention that I’m the goalie for Seattle’s NHL team.

And Queenie? Turns out she’s the general manager’s daughter.

I love how much Bishop loves Stevie!

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Stevie, 

I used to think Valentine’s Day was just another ploy by the big corporations to force me to spend money on useless shit like diamond necklaces or earrings, and roses and chocolate—the price of which is always super jacked up in February.

Actually, I still think it’s a big ploy. But for you I’m willing to go online and pick out a ridiculously expensive bouquet (and have it delivered). I’m also willing to order some fancy chocolates that I’m probably going to devour half of while you’re sleeping. I’ll also gripe about how damn expensive they were and how Cadbury chocolate should be good enough even though in my head I’ll admit that this stuff is way more delicious. 

But come on, one of those little truffle things is four bucks and the joy of eating it lasts less than thirty seconds. On the other hand, the joy of me eating you can last a good half hour or longer, depending on how impatient you are, or how much I feel like torturing you. 

Anyway, I’m pulling out all the stops for you Bae, flowers, chocolate, dinner at a fancy restaurant with our own little private room (if you wear a dress and leave the panties at home I will totally stick my hand up your skirt between courses, just an idea). And I have something special for you—and no, it’s not in my pants, but I’ll be giving you a good dose of that when we get home from dinner. 

Want a hint? It comes in a blue box and you’ll probably be afraid to wear it. But you deserve pretty, frivolous shit. Especially since we both know I’ll probably bitch my way through dinner and rush through dessert to get you home and naked. 

I don’t know how I managed to make you fall in love with me, considering I’m such an asshole, but I’m your asshole. 

I love you, bae. 

Thanks for putting up with me. 

~ xoxox Bishop

NYT and USA Today Bestselling author, Helena Hunting lives outside of Toronto with her amazing family and her two awesome cats, who think the best place to sleep is her keyboard. Helena writes everything from contemporary romance with all the feels to romantic comedies that will have you laughing until you cry.

Title: Filthy Vows (Filthy Vows Duet Book #1)
Author: Alessandra Torre
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Would you tell your husband everything?

Every torrid thought?

Every twisted fantasy?

The forbidden images that slink into your mind in your most vulnerable moments?

I shouldn’t have. I hesitated to. But I did. 

And my husband? He gave them all to me.

Title: Twisted Marriage (Filthy Vows Duet Book #2)
Author: Alessandra Torre
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Some sexual actions have consequences…

We thought we could branch outside of the norm. Explore my sexual fantasies. Dip our toes in a kinky pond just to see how it felt.

But you can’t have sex with your husband’s best friend in front of him without consequences. Ripples in the pond. A subtle shifting of events and feelings and triggers that will eventually affect every core molecule of your marriage. Your friendships. Your life.

Once I knelt down between the two of them, everything changed. And now, I’m faced with wading in deeper or drying off my pink manicured toes and trying to pretend it never happened.

They say that three is a crowd, but what about four?

What about more?

*Twisted Marriage is the sequel to Filthy Vows and the final book in the duet.*

Gah! Easton’s note is just SO good!

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Elle,

Even though this is our sixth Valentine’s Day, it feels almost like our first. Maybe because it’s the first Valentine’s Day where I’ve watched you come from another man’s touch. Or the first where you’ve groaned my name with so much love and emotion that your voice shook. I love how you trust me with your body. How you believed in us enough to share your desires. I want to make all of them come true, and if this year is any indication of our future, I will somehow fall even further in love with you. I don’t know how that is possible, but I’ve learned that it is. Thank you for making me the luckiest man on earth.

Forever and always, 

Easton 

A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Alessandra Torre has written twenty-two novels, including three New York Times bestsellers.

Her first book, Blindfolded Innocence, was a breakout hit, rising to the top of the ebook charts on Amazon where it attracted the interest of major publishing houses and garnered Torre her first print deal with Harlequin HQN. Less than twelve months later, Torre signed a second six-figure print deal, this time with Redhook (Hachette) for the Deanna Madden series, an erotic suspense trilogy.

Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK, as well as guest-blogged for the Huffington Post and RT Book Reviews. She is also the Bedroom Blogger for Cosmopolitan.com. In 2017, her New York Times bestseller HOLLYWOOD DIRT, was released as a full-length film by PassionFlix. Torre’s novels have been translated in seventeen languages and are distributed in over thirty countries.

Torre is the creator of Alessandra Torre Ink – an authors community and online school with over 10,000 members. She is also the founder of INKERS CON, an annual authors conference. A self-publishing advocate, Alessandra speaks frequently to universities, conventions and author groups.

From her home in Key West, Florida, she devotes several hours each day to various writing projects and interacting with her fans on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. When not battling her husband at Scrabble, she chases her pet chickens, three dogs, and shoos away iguanas.

Title: Moti on the Water
Author: Leylah Attar
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A Greek family. An Indian family. A summer wedding on the Aegean coast…

Meet Moti Ferreira—spectacularly jinxed from the day she’s born.

Saddled with an eccentric mother, she stumbles upon the one man who holds the key to her freedom—the best man at her cousin’s upcoming wedding.

All Moti has to do is overcome her fear of water, board a yacht to the Greek Isles, seduce the dreamy Nikos Manolas, and survive two weeks at sea with her oddball family.

The only obstacle Moti doesn’t see coming is Alexandros Veronis, the onboard chef and star witness to her awkward mishaps. He transforms onions into chocolate and aroma into nostalgia. Day by day, his alchemy works its magic on Moti. But she’s not the only one falling under his spell. Everyone has a secret, growing round and ripe at Chef Alex’s table. When the masks fall off, they spill out one by one, and everything blows up in their faces.

Now Moti’s truth is exposed, and worse, she’s hooked on more than Alex’s midnight snacks. But this time, screwing up could be the best thing she’s ever done… 

Alex is just adorable and I love him!

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Heart Eyes,

I know what you’re thinking: “Why is there a helmet in the fridge?”

Remember the guy on the motorbike who splashed you, the first day of the cruise? The one who left you drenched in oil and puddle water?

That was me. 

I didn’t put two and two together until later, and I knew you’d figure it out the moment you saw my yellow helmet, so it’s been in storage all this time. 

This one is yours. I finally found a matching one. Put it on, cool off, then come find me for a very special Valentine’s Day ride. I’ll rest easier knowing you’re well protected. From the headboard. I love you more than you love midnight snacks,
Alex

Leylah Attar is an award-winning author of women’s fiction and contemporary romance. Her work has appeared on multiple bestselling lists, including the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal. A recipient of the 2019 Writer’s Digest Award the 2017 Indie Reader Discovery Award, Leylah writes emotionally compelling characters and unique stories that range from rom-com to dark romantic suspense.

Title: Take (Deliver Series Book #5)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Dark Romance

He’s a notorious crime lord, a kidnapper, and an artist.
Scarification is his outlet, and he just captured a new canvas.
Kate refuses to surrender beneath his blade or the cruelty in his beautiful eyes.
But she’s drawn to the man inside the monster. A man who makes her ache with his touch. Who owns her with his kiss.
A man who worships her as deeply as he hurts her.
She can run, but there’s no escape from a bond carved in scars.

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Check out the other books in The Deliver Series! The first book Deliver is currently FREE!

Title: Deliver (The Deliver Series Book #1)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Contemporary Romance

His name was Joshua Carter. Now it’s whatever she wants it to be. 
She is a Deliverer. 
She lures young men and delivers them to be sold. She delivers the strikes that enforce their obedience. She delivers the sexual training that determines their purchase price. 
As long as she delivers, the arrangement that protects her family will hold. 
Delivering is all she knows. 
The one thing she can’t deliver is a captive from slavery. 
Until him. 
And her stubborn slave thinks he can deliver her…from herself.

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Title: Vanquish (The Deliver Series Book #2)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Her life is like a prison cell.
A self-made, to-hell-with-the-free-world existence that locks from the inside.
Stop judging. Her agoraphobia doesn’t define her. It simply keeps her safe.

He belongs in a prison cell.
The 6×8, make-me-your-bitch variety that locks from the outside.
But he’s free. To hunt. To take. To break.
And he just found a sexy new toy.

Capturing her is the easy part. Her fucked-up mind, however, makes him question everything he does next.
But he’s a determined bastard. If all goes his way, this will hurt like hell.

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Title: Disclaim (The Deliver Series Book #3)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Camila was seventeen when Van Quiso kidnapped her. Ten years after her escape, the shackles refuse to release her. Not while there are still slave traders preying on her city.
She will stop at nothing to end them.
Even if that means becoming a slave again.

Returning to chains is her worst fear—and only option. They won’t know who she is or what she intends to do. She’s prepared for every complication.
Except him.
The one who decimated her sixteen-year-old heart.

Matias is charming, gorgeous, and dangerously seductive. He’s also untrustworthy and enshrouded in secrets. After years of no contact, he finds her—on her knees, wrists bound, in the clutches of her enemy.
Will he sabotage her mission by needlessly saving her?
Or will he keep her in chains and never let her go?

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Title: Devastate (The Deliver Series Book #4)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Contemporary Romance

“What is the price you’re willing to pay?”
“Money isn’t an issue.”
“I’m not talking about money.”

Tate is on the hunt to find his best friend’s sister.
Eleven years ago, Lucia Dias was abducted. Presumed dead. He never met her, so why does he care?
Some might call his efforts noble, but his motivation is more perverse, bordering on obsession.

When he follows a chilling lead to Venezuela’s Kidnap Alley, what he finds is neither a corpse nor a captive.

Amid poisonous lies and crippling depravity, the price of love is devastation.
And he pays.
With his body, his blood, and her life.

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Title: Manipulate (Deliver Series Book #6)
Author: Pam Godwin
Genre: Dark Romance

Tula Gomez is in the most ruthless prison in Latin America.

She only drove to Mexico to help her sister. She did nothing wrong.
But her quiet life changed in an instant.

To survive the violent, cartel-controlled prison where men blend with women, she pledges her loyalty to the notorious leader in exchange for the one thing she needs most.
Protection.

When she agrees to seduce the suspicious new inmates, Martin Lockwood and Ricky Saldivar, she doesn’t expect to enjoy it. Sure, they’re gorgeous, irresistibly alpha, and insanely talented with their hands and mouths. But they’re the enemy. She can’t fall for them.

Torn between her cartel loyalties and two men who want her as deeply as they want each other, she questions who is manipulating whom. Her search for answers leads to a passionate ménage, a soul-crushing secret, and an impossible choice.

BOOK 6 in the DELIVER series.

DELIVER series (HEAs with no cliffhangers – must be read in order):
Deliver #1
Vanquish #2
Disclaim #3
Devastate #4
Take #5
Manipulate #6
Unshackle #7
Dominate #8
Complicate #9

Every time I think I can’t love Tiago more…

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Kate, 

Before you, I was hardened, cold in the death of loneliness. With you, I’m hardened, alive in the heat of love. 

Drunk with wet kisses, you bloom in my soul. You, the only flower in a depraved world, budding in the darkness, and flourishing beyond the confinement. 

You’re my prisoner, my property, my only source of light, pale and lashed to my ravenous desires. 

My blade craves you. My mouth hunts you. My body takes you. 

My hungering teeth. Your bitten lips. My ruthless knife. Your willing flesh. In you, trembles my greatest longing. 

As wide as the sky and deeper still, my thirst, my love, my darkest ache will forever dwell in you. 

Tiago 

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Pam Godwin, lives in the Midwest with her husband, their two children, and a foulmouthed parrot. When she ran away, she traveled fourteen countries across five continents, attended three universities, and married the vocalist of her favorite rock band.

Java, tobacco, and dark romance novels are her favorite indulgences, and might be considered more unhealthy than her aversion to sleeping, eating meat, and dolls with blinking eyes.

Title: Insatiable (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book #3)
Author: Melanie Harlow
Genre: Contemporary Romance

I didn’t mean to see him naked–it was an accident.
It had to be, right?
Because Noah McCormick and I have never been anything more than friends. In all the years I’ve known him, he’s never once laid a finger on me. And even though he was a cute lifeguard at 16 and a hotter-than-hell sheriff’s deputy at 34, he’s always been that protective guy I could trust to keep his hands to himself. I never wanted to mess with that.
Until I walked in on him getting out of the shower and saw his hard, muscular body totally bare and dripping wet. At that moment I never wanted to mess with anything so badly in my entire life. 
I should have covered my eyes. Said I was sorry. At the very least, I could have handed him a towel.
After all, I was only in town for a few days, and he was just doing me a favor by escorting me to my sister’s wedding. It wasn’t a real date. 
But I didn’t apologize. And he didn’t cover up.
(Talk about a hot mess.)
After all those years of being just friends, suddenly we’re insatiable.
He’s made it clear he’s not interested in romance. Which is fine with me because 
I’ve got a plane ticket back to my real life at the end of the week. 
It’s all in fun…or is it?

Check out the other amazing books in the Cloverleigh Farms Series!

Title: Irresistible (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book #1)
Author: Melanie Harlow
Genre: Contemporary Romance

I’m a full-time single dad to three daughters and CFO at Cloverleigh Farms. I don’t have time to fall in love—I’m too busy trying to run a business, keep the red socks out of the white laundry, and get the damn pillowcases on without owing a dollar to the swear jar.

Sure, Frannie Sawyer is beautiful and sweet, but she’s twenty-seven, the boss’s daughter, and my new part-time nanny—which means she’s completely off-limits. It’s bad enough I can’t stop fantasizing about her, what kind of jerk would I be if I acted on the impulse to kiss her?

(Exactly the kind of jerk you’re thinking.)

Actually, I’m worse than that—because I didn’t stop with a kiss, and now I can’t stay away. She makes me feel like myself again. She reminds me what it’s like to want something just for me. She’s everything I ever needed, but nothing I ever imagined.

I’m a former Marine. I should have had the strength to resist her from the start.

But I didn’t. And now I have to choose between the life I want and the life she deserves.

Even if it means giving her up.

Title: Undeniable (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book #2)
Author: Melanie Harlow
Genre: Contemporary Romance

When we were eleven, Oliver Ford Pemberton dared me to jump off a barn roof. He said you couldn’t break a leg from a 12-foot-jump.

He lied.

(You can also break a collarbone, which served him right as far as I was concerned.)

I wish I could say it was the last dare I ever took from him, the last bet I ever made with him, the last time I ever trusted Oliver Ford Pemberton.

But it wasn’t.

Because he had the nerve to grow up gorgeous, charming, and sexy. And as we got older, the dares only got dirtier—and the betting stakes higher—until finally, he left me in pieces. I swore I’d never talk to him again.

But twenty years after I took that flying leap, he’s back in my life, daring me to risk everything for him: my job, my self-worth, and my heart.

How many chances does love deserve?

Title: Unbreakable (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book #4)
Author: Melanie Harlow
Genre: Contemporary Romance

In hindsight, I should not have had that fifth mimosa at Breakfast with Santa. 

Or the sixth, seventh, and eighth.

But my shame over the public meltdown that resulted was nothing compared to being abandoned by my husband of fifteen years for a much younger woman—and did I mention she’s pregnant?

For the sake of my children and my pride, I pack up and head for my childhood home and the small town where I grew up. Cloverleigh Farms would be the perfect place for a fresh start.

Falling for Henry DeSantis wasn’t part of the plan.

Sure, he’s easy on the eyes and hard in the bedroom (also the hallway, the bathtub, and on top of his desk), but he’s newly divorced too, and things between us are moving so fast I’m afraid neither one of us has had enough time to heal. Not to mention the fact that I’m a single mom now—my kids have to come first.

But Henry makes me feel beautiful and sexy and wanted and strong—things I haven’t felt in years. We understand each other, and when I’m in his arms, I’m tempted to trust again. To love again. To let myself be loved without fear.

But deep down, I’m terrified.

Is this all too much, too soon? Or am I a fool to let a second chance at happily ever after pass me by?

Oh…my…goodness – Noah is perfect!

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Dear Meg,

You have been asking me for a handwritten letter ever since we graduated from high school, and since it’s been almost twenty years I figured maybe it was time. I still have the one you gave to me the night before I left for boot camp. It says DO NOT READ UNTIL AFTER YOU LEAVE on the envelope, but I read it as soon as you left my house that night… and about a million times afterward. I kept it with me everywhere I went, every time I deployed, every place I knew I’d need a reminder of who I was and where I came from and why I was fighting. You were always the best of my memories. I kept the picture too, the one from your graduation party where you have your arms around me. I looked at it constantly over the years, but never once did I imagine I’d have that for real. I’m still amazed every time I look over at you by my side that you’re really mine after all this time. In your letter, you said I’d always be your hero, and nothing ever meant more to me. Nothing ever will. 

I love you more every day, and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for us. Happy Valentine’s Day to the most beautiful woman I know. 

Love,

Noah

Melanie Harlow likes her martinis dry, her heels high, and her history with the naughty bits left in. Her stories are about modern couples falling in old-fashioned love, and even though romance is a fantasy, her heroes and heroines are everyday people with real problems who stumble on their way to happily ever after. She lifts her glass to readers and writers from her home near Detroit, MI, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

Title: The Spire (The Walshes Series Book #6)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rebel, runner, recluse, rich girl. 

Nine years ago, Erin Walsh ran away from everything. 

Home. 

Family. 

Secrets. 

Tragedy. 

Herself. 

The only permanence in her life is catastrophe. 

She travels from country to country, chasing disaster, teasing fire, playing with poison. She guards against real connections, and shuns the only family she has left. 

She holds everyone—even her siblings—at a mile-long distance. It’s the only way to protect herself. 

But she can’t protect herself from him. 

He’s the ice to her fire, and he’s willing to sacrifice everything to bring her home.

The Walsh Series is one of my FAVORITE Series ever – check out the other amazing books!

A few of years ago, Matt wrote Lauren a Love Note – want to read it?

Title: Underneath It All (The Walshes Series Book #1)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

If I had known I’d have a hot architect balls deep inside of me before the end of the weekend, I’d have made time for a pedicure.

Lauren

It’s all the little things—the action plans, the long-kept promises—that started falling apart when my life slipped into controlled chaos.

After I met Matthew Walsh.

I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to run screaming or rip his pants off, and most days I wanted a little of both. If I was being honest with myself, it was rip his pants off, ride him like a workhorse, and then run screaming.

Matthew

A rebellious streak ran through Lauren Halsted. It was fierce and unrelentingly beautiful, and woven through too many good girl layers to count, and she wasn’t letting anyone tell her what to do.

Unless, of course, she was naked.

She wasn’t looking for me and I sure as shit wasn’t looking for her, but we found each other anyway and now we were locked in a battle of wills, waiting for the other to blink.

Sometimes the universe conspires to bring people together. Other times, it throws people down a flight of stairs and leaves them in a bruised and bloodied heap.

Patrick wrote Andy an amazing Love Note – make sure you check it out!

Title: The Space Between (The Walshes Series Book #2)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Some lines are meant to be crossed. 

Patrick

That hair. That fucking hair. It was everywhere, always, and I wanted to tangle my fingers in those dark curls and pull. And that would be fine if she wasn’t my apprentice.

Andy Asani was nothing like I expected. She was exotic and scary-brilliant, and the slightest murmur from those lips sent hot, hungry lust swirling through my veins. Outside my siblings, she was the only person I could name who shared my obsession with preserving Boston’s crumbling buildings.

Andy

My wants were few: good eats, tall boots, hot yoga, interesting work. One incredibly hot architect with the most expressive hazel eyes I ever encountered and entirely too much talent in and out of the bedroom wasn’t part of the original plan. Apparently he was part of the package.

Wine was my rabbi and vodka was my therapist, and I needed plenty of both to survive my apprenticeship. Especially with Patrick Walsh leaving love notes in the form of bite marks all over my body.

It was Sam’s turn a couple of years ago – he wrote a great Love Note to his love, Tiel!

Title: Necessary Restorations (The Walshes Series Book #3)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

They liked to call me names. Manwhore. Slut. Player. But I make wrong look so right…

He’s a flawed perfectionist…

I can read women better than any blueprint. I understand their thoughts and feelings, their secret desires and insecurities, and I know how to get rid of them once I get off. 

But all bets are off when Tiel Desai slams into my life. She redefines what it means to be friends, and she makes it sound like the filthiest thing I’ve ever heard.

I can’t read the gorgeous conservatory-trained violinist, but she’s the only one keeping me from shattering by small degrees, and I can’t let her go. 

She’s wildly independent… 

My past—and New Jersey—are far behind me, and now my life is blissfully full of music: playing, teaching, and lecturing, and scouring Boston’s underground scene with an annoyingly beautiful, troubled, tattooed architect. 

I’m defenseless against his rooftop kisses, our nearly naked dance parties, the snuggletimes that turn into sexytimes, and his deep, demanding voice.

I have Sam Walsh stuck in my head like a song on repeat, and I’m happy pretending history won’t catch up with me.

The one thing they have in common is a rock-solid disregard for the rules.

They find more in each other than they ever realized they were missing, but they might have to fall apart before they can come together.

It’s the wrongs that make the rights come to life.

Last year was Will’s turn to get swoony for Shannon in his Love Note – it’s the best!

Title: The Cornerstone (The Walshes Series Book #4)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A tough-as-nails businesswoman. An arrogant Navy SEAL. A power struggle with no end in sight.

Some people hook-up at weddings. Others break a hotel room bed (and a table, and a desk, and some complimentary bathrobe belts) and discover they’ve been surviving on bargain basement orgasms their entire lives.

The last one? Yeah. That’s all me.

She’s driven and demanding…I wasn’t always a bitch. There’s a dirty little trick to succeeding in business: the sweet and innocent rarely survive. I fought my way up from nothing, and I don’t bend for anyone.

Until Will Halsted ties me to a headboard and makes me his…for now.

One wild, filthy night turns into another, and then…we can’t stop. Each time we’re together is more addictive than the last, but it’s nothing more than a sexy escape from reality.

Or is it?

He’s never walked away from a challenge…I wasn’t always a warrior but now it’s in my bones and blood. That’s what years spent in the Special Forces does to a man. My entire life is classified: where I’ve been, what I’ve seen, what I’ve done, and there’s no mission too dangerous.

Until I realize that falling for Shannon Walsh is like trying to swim against a riptide. She’s going to tear me up and toss me to the shore, and I’ll love every minute of it.

Every time I’m down range, I want her counting the hours until I’m back. Waiting for me. She’s done it before; she’ll do it again.

Or will she?

They’re wrong for each other in every possible way…

Or are they?

Title: Restored (The Walshes Series Book #5)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Can a reformed player ever truly play by someone else’s rules?

Sam Walsh has finally put an end to decades of self-destruction, turned over a healthy new leaf, and now he’s ready to call himself a married man. But love and marriage are only the beginning, and life is about to get much more complicated.

Will tying the knot tie down a free spirit? 

Tiel Desai never imagined herself getting married again, and before she can blink, she’s swept up into the Walsh wedding whirlwind. If that chaos isn’t enough, she’s also busy winning over her future in-laws, grappling with a bumpy adjustment to her new job, and staying afloat when a string of disappointments hit.

They’re building a future, but can they ever fully demolish the past?

Sam and Tiel beat back their demons and learned to love each other, but love might not be enough to solve every problem that crawls their way.

Title: Preservation (The Walshes Series Book #7)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Two lonely hearts.

Just once, she’d like to be someone’s first choice. 

She’s strong-willed and spunky, but she’s left picking up the pieces from her ex’s lies and manipulations, and daydreaming about taking a scalpel to his scrotum. 

Flying under the radar is what he does best. 

He’s laid-back and loyal, but he wants the most off-limits woman in his world, and nothing will ever make that a reality. 

An arrangement of mutual benefit.

Two months, four dates. 

Five, if things go well. 

Five at the most. 

But possibly six. 

Definitely no more than six dates. 

Only the appearance of a romantic relationship is required, and they expect nothing more from their time together. There will be none of those benefits involved.

One wild weekend.

After waking up in bed together—very naked and even more hungover—the terms and conditions of their arrangement no longer apply. Now they’re faced with something riskier than exposing their fake relationship: letting go of the past and zipping up the future. 

Some things have to fall apart before they can be put back together.

Title: Thresholds (The Walshes Series Book #8)
Author: Kate Canterbary
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Twas the weekend before Christmas, when all through the North End 

Not a Walsh had his life together, not even his friends; 

The parties were planned by the foodies with care, 

In hopes that Wes and Erin would soon find their way there; 

The men were stressing over last minute shopping lists and plans, 

While the ladies were busy with work and nesting and finding the right paella pans; 

When out in the dining room there arose such a clatter, 

The Halsted dogs sprang from their beds to see what was the matter; 

They whistled and shouted and called each other names, 

While the secrets and announcements and surprises quickly came; 

So onto another adventure they flew 

With the sleigh full of Walshes, and the Commodore too— 

As they continued arguing and clamoring around, 

Down the road an unexpected visitor came with a bound; 

But it wasn’t long until couples were all nestled snug in their beds, 

With new memories of steamy holiday nights dancing in their heads.

Oh Nick…

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

TO: Erin Walsh-Acevedo

FROM: Nick Acevedo

DATE: February 14

RE: Just in time…

Erin,

If my time zone math is accurate, this should hit your inbox a few minutes after midnight in the Philippines…assuming you have a wi-fi connection. 

It’s tough being a world away from you but that has nothing to do with a date on the calendar. It’s tough every day but this day—the history of which I’m certain you’ll school me on—reminds me it’s another holiday we haven’t spent together.

I don’t remember how to make coffee if I’m not sharing most of it with you. I reach over in the middle of the night and expect to find you beside me. I can’t watch anything or listen to any podcasts because we do those things together. 

I can’t help but toss a roll of cookie dough in my cart every time I’m at the grocery store. In related news, I handed out rolls of cookie dough to my residents for correctly answering my questions during rounds today. I might’ve set a dangerous precedent. 

But the coffee and the podcasts and the empty bed are nothing more than reminders that we get to share this life. You leave but you come home, every time. And one of these years, Skip, we’re going to be on the same continent for Valentine’s Day. If we’re lucky, the same city too.

We’ll get it right soon enough. We always do. 

Love you always, 
Nick

Kate Canterbary doesn’t have it all figured out, but this is what she knows for sure: spicy-ass salsa and tequila solve most problems, living on the ocean–Pacific or Atlantic–is the closest place to perfection, and writing smart, smutty stories is a better than any amount of chocolate. She started out reporting for an indie arts and entertainment newspaper back when people still read newspapers, and she has been writing and surreptitiously interviewing people—be careful sitting down next to her on an airplane—ever since. Kate lives on the water in New England with Mr. Canterbary and the Little Baby Canterbary, and when she isn’t writing sexy architects, she’s scheduling her days around the region’s best food trucks.

Title: End of Day (Jack & Jill Series Book #1)
Author: Jewel E. Ann
Genre: Contemporary Romance

It’s never too soon to take your next breath.

Behind tinted windows a few yards from mourning family and friends, Jessica and Jude Day witness their parents’ funeral—and their own. Stripped of the only life they’ve ever known, the Days say goodbye to San Francisco forever.

Six months and two new identities later, the thirty-year-old misfits with elite self-defense skills and penchants for alcohol, sex, and trouble arrive like an earthquake to Peaceful Woods, a retirement community in Omaha, Nebraska, that thrives on rules and gossip. Welcome home, Jackson and Jillian Knight.

Jackson celebrates his new beginning by embracing his job and wiping his cavalier past clean with a temporary oath of celibacy. But Jillian’s past is branded into her soul—the deaths, the insanity, Dr. Luke Jones, and the need to make her lovers bleed. Her chance for redemption comes in the form of a next-door neighbor, one Senior Master Sergeant Monaghan. He’s sexy, dangerously alluring, and riddled with emotional issues from years of service. He’s also … So. Damn. Grumpy.

Their mission is simple: Let go, start over, don’t kill anyone, and pray that nobody resurrects their past.

See why critics call this series sexy, mind-blowing, and unforgettable.

Their mission is simple: Let go, start over, don’t kill anyone, and pray that nobody wakes the dead.

**THIS BOOK CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL CONTENT 18+

Title: Middle of Knight (Jack & Jill Series Book #2)
Author: Jewel E. Ann
Genre: Contemporary Romance

The living seek forgiveness. The dead seek revenge. 

A first love.

A last breath.

A haunting past.

Armed with a sinful past and an equally sinful body, Jackson Knight absolves his vow of celibacy to pursue Sergeant Monaghan’s unsuspecting—older—housekeeper.

Ryn Middleton, on the cusp of turning forty with a snarky daughter, a killer dog, and an abusive ex-husband, finds Jackson’s advances humorous and unbelievable. After intense negotiations including Vera Wang, Ed Sheeran, and sex four times a day, Ryn accepts Jackson’s marriage proposal on their first date. 

What could possibly go wrong? 

While struggling to lay claim to the woman of the dreams he never had, Jackson is forced to deal with a grief-stricken Jillian trying to hold on to her past without letting go of her future—the doctor who took her heart and the Sergeant who gave her a new one. 

Beyond the hope for light, lies the middle of darkness, the illusion of truth, and a haunting past.

*WARNING – Contains explicit language and sexual content and subject matter pertaining to physical/sexual abuse.

Title: Dawn of Forever (Jack & Jill Series Book #3)
Author: Jewel E. Ann
Genre: Contemporary Romance

’til death do us part. 

Aric James Monaghan promised Jillian Knight Portland. With a heavy heart and a light bag, she travels to the West Coast for the man she loved. In a blink her worlds collide, holding her hostage to a past filled with lies, deceit, and revenge. 

Four Caskets

Two Bodies 

It all started with a boy and a girl—their tragic love story is shared through the eyes of the enemy. 

Every word fades dreams and shatters memories as life slips away. Jillian needs a Knight, Jessica needs a miracle, and together they need a savior.

I’m loving the heck out of this note…

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

My Dearest Jessica, 

Have I told you lately that there are a million things I “adore” about you?

In spite of your contumacious personality, it’s true. 

I love every ridiculous nickname you’ve ever given me.

I love our trips to Staples. 

I love what we do in the back of my GTO. 

I admire the way you iron my argyle socks.

I admire the way you respect my superior athletic ability. 

And I LOVE the way you submit to me.  

I can’t stop thinking about the time you told me a kiss is an RSVP to your vagina that says I will be there. 

For the record, this is not a simple love letter, this is a kiss—an RSVP. 

I’ll be “there” soon. 

Forever yours (blood and all),

Dr. Lucas Lukey Lulu Luke Jones

Jewel is a free-spirited romance junkie with a quirky sense of humor.

With 10 years of flossing lectures under her belt, she took early retirement from her dental hygiene career to stay home with her three awesome boys and manage the family business. 

After her best friend of nearly 30 years suggested a few books from the Contemporary Romance genre, Jewel was hooked. Devouring two and three books a week but still craving more, she decided to practice sustainable reading, AKA writing. 

When she’s not donning her cape and saving the planet one tree at a time, she enjoys yoga with friends, good food with family, rock climbing with her kids, watching How I Met Your Mother reruns, and of course…heart-wrenching, tear-jerking, panty-scorching novels.

Title: Remedial Rocket Science (Chemistry Lessons Series Book #1)
Author: Susannah Nix
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Rocket science is no problem. Falling in love, on the other hand…

College student Melody Gage is craving a night of no-strings fun when she meets charming out-of-towner Jeremy, and that’s exactly what she gets. Until three years later, when Melody relocates to Los Angeles and finds herself thrust back into Jeremy’s orbit.

Not only does her hunky one-night stand work at the same aerospace company where she’s just started her dream job, he’s the CEO’s son. Jeremy’s got a girlfriend and a reputation as a bad boy, so Melody resolves to keep her distance. Despite her good intentions, a series of awkward circumstances—including an embarrassing crying jag, a latte vs. computer catastrophe, and an emergency fake date—throw her together with the heavenly-smelling paragon of hotness.

As the billionaire playboy and nerdy IT girl forge an unlikely friendship, Melody’s attraction to Jeremy grows deeper than she’s ready to admit. Will she risk it all for a shot at her happy ending?

The debut novel from author Susannah Nix, Remedial Rocket Science follows in the tradition of contemporary romantic comedy favorites like Penny Reid, Sally Thorne, and Jennifer Crusie. This lighthearted slow burn romance is the first in a series of standalone rom-coms featuring geeky heroines who work in STEM fields.

Check out the other amazing books in the Chemistry Lessons Series!

Title: Intermediate Thermodynamics (Chemistry Lessons Series Book #2)
Author: Susannah Nix
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Aerospace engineer Esther Abbott doesn’t believe in love, but she’s perfectly happy hating her screenwriter neighbor, Jonathan. Until she’s forced to make a devil’s bargain with him: if he distracts her best friend from a mouth-breather ex, Esther will be his science advisor for the sci-fi script he’s writing.

Her patience is put to the test when it’s time to fulfill her end of the deal. But the more time she spends with her nemesis, the more hate turns into attraction—and attraction into something much deeper. As Esther’s carefully-constructed defenses start to crumble, will love be her undoing or her salvation?

Intermediate Thermodynamics follows in the tradition of contemporary romantic comedy favorites like Penny Reid, Sally Thorne, and Jennifer Crusie. This sweet, enemies-to-lovers romance is the second in a series of standalone rom-coms featuring geeky heroines who work in STEM fields.

Title: Advanced Physical Chemistry (Chemistry Lessons Series Book #3)
Author: Susannah Nix
Genre: Contemporary Romance

After four lousy boyfriends in a row, chemical engineer Penny Popplestone swears off men until she can figure out why they keep cheating on her. But her no-men resolution hits a snag when the mysterious and superhumanly hot barista at her favorite coffee shop strikes up a friendship with her.

Penny strives to keep things platonic, but when Caleb gives her the kiss of her life, she realizes he wants to be more than just friends. Tired of always being “good little Penny,” she throws caution to the wind and pursues a no-strings fling with the hottie barista. It’s not like they have anything in common beyond scorching physical chemistry, so what does she have to lose?

Only her heart.

Now, this fanfic-reading, plus-size heroine faces an unsolvable problem. What do you do when being apart is unbearable…but being together is impossible?

Advanced Physical Chemistry is the third in a series of standalone rom-coms featuring geeky heroines who work in STEM fields.

Title: Applied Electromagnetism (Chemistry Lessons Series Book #4)
Author: Susannah Nix
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A business trip with the office hottie turns into a road trip from hell.

Adam Cortinas may be gorgeous, but he’s made it clear he can’t stand Olivia—and the feeling is one hundred percent mutual. Too bad, because in order to bring the company’s new power plant online, they’re stuck with each other for the next week.

When their travel plans go horribly awry, Olivia finds herself stranded in the middle of nowhere with Adam, AKA the bane of her existence.

He’s in her space and in her head. All the forced proximity is driving Olivia insane. That’s the only explanation for these FEELINGS she’s suddenly having.

But it doesn’t change anything. They still hate each other.

Right?

Applied Electromagnetism is the fourth full-length novel in a series of standalone rom-coms about women in STEM fields.

Title: Experimental Marine Biology (Chemistry Lessons Series Book #5)
Author: Susannah Nix
Release Date: June 15, 2020
Genre: Contemporary Romance

“Just friends” is all Brooke and Dylan have ever been. (Except for that one night in high school, but they don’t talk about that.) Growing up, he was her protector. Her confidant. The one guy she could always trust.

Now she’s a marine biologist working toward her PhD in California, and he’s an underwear model in New York. Despite the distance and their wildly divergent career paths, they’ve managed to stay friends.

Dylan’s only in town for a few days, crashing on Brooke’s couch and repaying the favor by acting as her date to a friend’s wedding.

It was totally an accident she saw him naked.

Pretty soon, the “just friends” thing goes out the window, and they find themselves giving friends with benefits a shot.

It’s all going great…until it isn’t.

Dylan’s got a ticket back to New York at the end of the week, and Brooke may have accidentally broken his heart. Can they navigate these uncharted relationship waters? Or has she wrecked her oldest friendship?

Jeremy’s Note is EVERYTHING!!!! 🙂

Keep reading to see the full Love Note!

Dear Melody,

I have a confession to make: I used to hate Valentine’s Day. It always used to feel like some kind of test, and you know how I feel about tests. I dreaded it coming around every February. Sometimes I’d even break up with a girl I was dating, just so I wouldn’t have to do anything for her on Valentine’s Day. Yes, I sucked.

You and I both know I was no prince. I hope I’m a better man now than the one I used to be. I’m so lucky I got a second chance with you, to show you how much I’d grown since we first met. Part of me wishes I could go back and erase our first encounter. But if I did that we might never have found each other when you moved to LA, and I can’t imagine my life without you.

Anyway, I’m getting off topic. Valentine’s Day. I used to hate it. But the last few years I’ve found myself looking forward to it. I love planning a special Valentine’s Day celebration for us every year. I love that it’s the one night of the year when no one expects us to do anything except be alone with each other. I love being with you every February 14th and every other day of the year too. I love you.

I’ll never be as smart or as eloquent as you, babe, but I know how I feel. I want to spend every Valentine’s Day together for the rest of our lives. So I’ve got a question to ask you, and I decided to write it down because I was afraid if I tried to say it out loud I’d get nervous and screw it up.

Will you marry me?

Nod once for yes. 

Sure hope I didn’t just make an ass of myself,

Jeremy

Susannah Nix is an award-winning author of contemporary romances featuring smart women and swoony men, including the Chemistry Lessons series of romcoms about women who work in STEM fields and the Starstruck series of movie star romances. She is a member of Romance Writers of America® and Greater Houston RWA®. 

Susannah resides in Texas with her husband, two ornery cats, and a flatulent pit bull. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, cooking, knitting, watching stupid amounts of television, and getting distracted by Tumblr. She is also a powerlifter who can deadlift as much as Captain America weighs.