Love Notes 2020 – Page 22

~Love Notes – Preston to Alexis – Unexpected by Jenna Hartley~

February 7, 2020 by Lisa True Story Book Blog

Title: Unexpected (Love in LA Series Book #1)
Author: Jenna Hartley
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Alexis
I will not sleep with my daughter’s new nanny, no matter how hot he is.
And boy is he. Preston Hawthorne looks like he’d be more at home on a Hollywood set than playing dress-up with my daughter. But he dotes on her, bringing a sense of calm and order to our home. And the way he looks at me, the way he makes me feel is…unexpected. As if I might spontaneously combust.
I know better than to mix business with pleasure, and I certainly don’t fall for men who are nearly a decade younger than me. But the more time I spend with Preston, the more I’m tempted to break all my rules.
Preston
I need to start thinking more about my future and less about screwing my boss.
Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done. Especially when she’s doing yoga on the lawn and working ungodly hours to provide for her daughter. Not to mention, she’s successful, savvy, and the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen.
But I’m determined to finally finish my degree, and that means I have to keep my job. A relationship with Alexis Black is the last thing I need, even if she’s the only thing I want.
Unexpected is a fresh take on the single-parent/nanny romance with a guaranteed HEA.

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Title: Perspective (Love in LA Series Book #0.5)
Author: Jenna Hartley
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Art was my first love—my only love.
But with my career at a crossroads, I’m forced to question everything.
When a new art student shows up, I realize she may be the muse I’ve been searching for.
Even though I’m the professor, it often feels as if Kate’s teaching me.
And the more time we spend together, the more I realize she’s changing my perspective on art…and love.
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Title: Irresistible (Love in LA Series Book #2)
Author: Jenna Hartley
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Lauren
No lies.
No feelings.
Just sex.
Sounds simple enough, right?
At least, that’s what I told myself.
But Hunter Pruitt is insatiable, incredible, and…irresistible. When it comes to this man, I’m coming to realize my feelings are anything but simple. And the only person I’m lying to…is myself.
Hunter
No lies.
No feelings.
Just sex.
It’s basically my mantra. So when I meet a woman who demands nothing more of me than those three things, it sounds like the perfect arrangement.
Or so I thought.
Because for the first time in my life, I find myself wanting more. I find myself wanting the one woman who seems intent on keeping me at arm’s length.
Irresistible is a friends with benefits romance with a guaranteed HEA.

I LOVE Preston’s note…and there might be more than one! 🙂

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~Love Notes – Whittaker to Amelia – Love by Design by M.C. Cerny~

February 7, 2020 by Lisa True Story Book Blog

Title: Heartburn (Love by Design Series Book #3)
Author: M.C. Cerny
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Whittaker Jones could have funded the Interior Department’s conservation budget with his own pinup calendar.
The last thing this sexy forest ranger wanted was to go on a search and rescue mission for a stubborn college co-ed throwing a temper tantrum. He’s got a hot date manning his front porch like a grumpy old man in his rocker with a carton of take-out for dinner.
Amelia Rae Faust hates the outdoors, man buns, and lying, crush stealing roommates.
A hike in the woods turned into an existential vision quest for the girl without a plan. She wasn’t supposed to get lost, or have a one night stand with the surly forest ranger. His body heat is far too tempting and a night of survival becomes something more.

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Title: First Love (Love by Design Series Book #0.5)
Author: M.C. Cerny
Genre: Contemporary Romance

HUNTER
The first time Taylor Jane Bryant gave me a boner she held a hammer and a plank of wood. She had no idea how to nail straight and I worried she’d jam her delicate fingers trying.
I might have been a tad overprotective for the third week of high school with a girl I barely knew. I’d already gotten in trouble for fighting and the last thing I needed was getting bounced from my new home. This girl… was a distraction. Trouble.
All my life I’d been told I was worthless by an angry man. I’d never be good enough for her, but I could make sure no one hurt her. I’d never take it further than friendship for both our sakes but it’d kill me to let her go.
TAYLOR JANE
I didn’t expect him to show up for our club project. I didn’t expect him to take my plans and tell me they were crap and then design his own. I certainly didn’t want to say it was better than the original, even if it was.
Hunter Hart was cold as ice despite the smoldering looks he gave every girl, but me. No, he made me mute. He made me angry. He made me fall in love. This boy… he became my first project, my first disaster, and my first love.
He was the boy they warned you about, and the one that kept you up at night wondering how to fast forward through the awkward teenage years right into adulthood. Too bad I’ve been friend-zoned.

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Title: Love Under Construction (Love by Design Series Book #1)
Author: M.C. Cerny
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A new romantic comedy by M.C. Cerny, Love Under Construction is book one in the Love By Design series. Come meet a sullen, stubborn hero with a 2×4 stuck up his rear about falling in love, and a heroine who has watched every episode of the Property Brothers ready to flip her dream house. Between every construction nightmare possible, animals that need to move out, and friends determined to interfere, what could possible go right? Step into a small town with a big heart, and laugh your way into love. Each book in the LBD series is a standalone HEA romance.
Hunter Hart knows construction.
He knows relationships hurt after watching his parents self destruct.
Somehow he forgot all the warnings when Taylor Jane Bryant blasted through the crumbling foundation around his heart.
Taylor Jane Bryant knows home design.
Well… she thinks she knows based on marathon sessions of her favorite television show.
Now she’s all grown up and ready to nail the last stud, Hunter Hart.

Title: Unlovely Things (Love by Design Series Book #2)
Author: M.C. Cerny
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Damien Hart knows how to loosen blocked pipes as the hottest plumber in town. In the last decade, he’s used his golden plunger to fend off the cougars more than a few times. Unfortunately, one girl has kept him tied up worse than a snaked toilet.
Kristen Calloway has carried a grudge wider than Niagara Falls since the seventh grade. From first kisses, prom, and everything after… she’s set her sights on finally moving on from her demons. Not even the consistent comfort of numbers and spreadsheets will keep her twitchy hands from crafting glitter bombs and getting even. 
Unlovely Things is book two in the Love By Design Series. So… whatever happened to… Kristen and Demon? Be warned, this couple is feisty, filthy, and funny and they are definitely rated R for ridiculously raunchy. Come back to New Paltz and join the gang for another dose of big love in a small town. Each book in the LBD series is a standalone HEA romance.
Unlovely Things is written to be read as a standalone, but many readers prefer to read the series in order.
Love Under Construction (1)
Unlovely Things (2)
Heartburn (3)
Tailwind (4)

Title: Tailwind (Love by Design Series Book #4)
Author: M.C. Cerny
Genre: Contemporary Romance

Chase Calloway’s career ending football injury gave him the out he needed.
Switching gears from being the star quarterback with a shot at the NFL to checking anal glands of furry senior patients wasn’t exactly the plan. However, it gave him the purrfect excuse to stop pursuing dreams that were never his.
Winnie Grey got exiled from her posh existence to the boondocks as pet-sitter extraordinaire.
It wasn’t her fault she stopped a shoplifter by pulling the fire alarm and got fired from her job. She can’t help that dog acupuncture makes her faint, but lucky for the city girl in exile, the town’s hottest veterinarian catches her, literally.
Book four in the Love By Design series of stand alone contemporary romantic comedies.