Recommendations based on "The Promise of Paradise"

CALLAHANI'm the Kane brother everyone gossips about behind closed doors.Trust fund brat. Washed-up athelete. High-functioning alcoholic.No one know the real me but her.Lana Castillo - my childhood best friend and the only woman I ever loved.When I broke her heart six years ago, I promised to never return to Lake Wisteria.I kept my word until my grandfather's will changed everything.To receive my inheritance, I was tasked with spending a summer at the family lake house before selling it.The request was simple in theory, until my entire my plan blew up on the very first day.Turns out Lana doesn't just live at the house, but she claims to own it too.ALANAFalling in love with Callahan Kane was a mistake.He told me so before destroying my heart and our friendship six summers ago.When he promised never to come back, I foolishly believed him.But then Cal showed up again, intending to sell his grandfather's lake house.The biggest flaw in his plan?My name is on the deed.

He's my new roommate. The best friend I've loved forever. But now he's a scorching-hot single dad and there's only one bed. I am so screwed. You know the story about "that girl" in high school? Well, that was me, but I'd never let a lousy rumour rule my life. I took every word and rewrote the script. Abigail Ellison: all game, no shame. It's kind of my brand. Will Kidd is an irresistible bartender with a rep of his own. He wants me. I want him. But I refuse to be a notch on his bedpost or let him be another on mine. When a baby wearing his dimples lands on Will's doorstep the same day I come begging for a place to crash, Will finally gets serious-and his overprotective daddy vibe is seriously hot. Now we're raising a baby in Will's loft. It's tense. We're stressed. Will can't keep sleeping on the sofa and I'm months into a never-ending man-drought, but we know one way to blow off steam... In no time at all, everything good in my world looks like all the things I never wanted. The man, the home, the business, the baby... But it's impossible to believe this life is truly mine to keep. After all, former bad girls and reformed playboys don't get happily-ever-afters... Do they? Note: Only For You is a first-person, dual POV contemporary romance.

A man whose lifestyle is so different from her own… Nic Dalton’s cupcake bakery is thriving. She serves both rock stars and locals alike, content with her growing business. But one adventurous night out with her best friend, Bailey, turns her life upside down. She meets a handsome stranger who makes her skin sizzle and her heart race. Their one night together is explosive and unexpected, but when he has to suddenly leave without taking her phone number, Nic resigns herself to never seeing him again.…What will it take to trust and submit to his every desire? Matt Montgomery is one of Seattle’s finest. He works hard, loves and protects his family fiercely, and is loyal almost to a fault. And he has a penchant for bondage. Matt enjoys the way a woman looks wrapped up in his ropes, and makes no apologies for his preferences. When he meets Nic at a fetish festival, the small, beautiful woman catches his eye, drawing him to her. His one night with her was everything he’s ever looked for in a partner, but is cut short because of a family emergency. Even before he sees her again weeks later, he knows he’ll never get her out of his system. And he’ll do whatever it takes to make her his. “Give in to this, Nic. Let me prove to you that I will be one of the best decisions you ever make.” –Matt Montgomery

Love runs wild on the Appalachian Trail in the latest from the author of Out of Frame and Focus on Me...   Levi Grainger needs a break. As a reality show star, he’s had enough of the spotlight and being edited into a walking stereotype. When he returns home after the last season of Trip League, he expects to spend time with his family, only to learn his sister is coming back from her deployment in a flag-draped casket. Devastated, Levi decides the best way to grieve will be to go off grid and hike the Appalachian Trail—a trip he'd planned to do with his sister.   His solitary existence on the trail is interrupted when he meets Thad, a quiet man with a hard body and intense eyes. Their connection is stronger than anything Levi has ever experienced. But when Levi discovers the truth about what Thad is hiking to escape, their future together looks uncertain, and uncertainty is the last thing Levi needs... Praise for the In Focus Series “Erickson displays fantastic writing. She brings the road trip to life and delivers banter and sizzle with ease.”—RT Book Reviews “Credible characterizations and a sensitive ear for the ways men talk about love and sex make this a delectable summer read.”—Publishers Weekly “This author writes the best sexual tension and sex scenes...They have great chemistry and the romance is both sweet and intense.”—Smexy Books “It’s a roller coaster of happiness and sadness...This book is just so much. I loved it.”—Fiction Vixen

A recovering alcoholic. A determined winery owner. An intense chemistry that could destroy them both.Emma Reynolds is ready to start her life over-clean and sober. Unfortunately, the only job in the small mountain town of Madison Ridge that can help her save her family's estate is an executive job at a local winery. Her sexy and dangerously handsome new boss only complicates matters.Shane Kavanaugh is heir to a wine empire. But when his integrity is questioned, he makes plans to redeem himself and protect the family legacy. However, those plans don't include distractions from the curvy brunette he hired as his new executive. With every stolen glance and sizzling touch, the spark between them grows. But when secrets are revealed and her sobriety is tested, Emma and Shane will have to let go of the past if they want to have a future.Trouble Me is the first book in the Madison Ridge series. If you like sexy, small town romance full of hope and complex characters, you'll love Eliza Peake's contemporary romance novels.

Take one sexy bartender. Add a badass cop. A splash of sweet, that's me. One sour, that's him... and serve over ice.That's how you'll get to my current situation.You know the girl - the one who commands the scene, bottle of liquor in hand, pouring liquid fire into the willing throats of patrons as they let loose at the local bar?That's me.I may be known as the town party girl, but in reality I'm this close to my dream of opening my own bar - McConaugheys. Yes, it will be named after the acclaimed actor. What can I say? I'm a sucker for that sexy Texan.Everything was going as planned until the night I had a few drinks and accepted a ride home from a friend. A misunderstanding leads to an arrest, and now I'm at the mercy of the one man I can't stand, and trust me, the feeling is definitely mutual.Adam Reingold is six-feet-tall and built like a stallion -- the man is the epitome of male. He also happens to be the town narc and hates my guts. There's a story to our past and it's not a pretty one.So, now, here I am, chained to him for the summer like a hardened criminal, doing whatever he tells me to do. Problem is, I can't help but look at him when he's not watching and wonder what our future could be like if things were different.There are so many reasons why he's all wrong for me. Even more reasons why I need to stay away from him.It's a cocktail of trouble. Best served shaken, not stirred.

From USA Today bestselling author Rebecca Yarros comes a small town, single parent romance.Nine years ago, Weston Madigan saved me. I came to Colorado penniless, heartbroken, and pregnant, searching for a fresh start. Weston gave me a job at his family's resort, then left the next day and never returned, not even to visit.Then I stumble in on Weston cooking breakfast shirtless-gloriously, inappropriately shirtless-in the shared kitchen of my duplex in employee housing. Given the shock on both our faces, he wasn't expecting a roommate either, let alone two.The growly pilot is only home to start his family's new heli-skiing operation. I can handle being his temporary roommate, right? Chemistry and attraction aren't impossible to ignore when you agree on ground rules. Besides, even with those gorgeous, brooding brown eyes, the guy is a walking thundercloud...until my daughter, Sutton, makes him laugh and he smiles at me. Then everything changes. Cue inconvenient heart flip.This is only temporary.I can't fall for Weston.I. Will. Not. Fall. For. Weston.But rules go out the window when you're a little too close.

Sometimes you have to rock the boat . . .   Joe Cantrell, owner of the Gansett Island Ferry Company, has been in love with Janey McCarthy for as long as he can remember. And for just as long, Janey has had a boyfriend—now fiancé— doctor-in-training, David Lawrence. But when things go terribly wrong and the engagement is broken, Janey decides that a few days on the mainland with Joe—who she calls her “fifth brother”—is just what she needs before she goes home to the island to face her family with the bad news . . .   Loving Janey from afar was tough enough on Joe, but having her in his house is pure torture. Will he keep himself in the friend zone? Or will he take advantage of this opportunity to show Janey what they could have together? And what will his best friend—Janey’s protective older brother, Mac—have to say about it? Now Joe will finally have to decide if it’s time to leave safe waters and set his own course . . .     Praise for Marie Force and her novels   “With the McCarthys of Gansett Island, Marie Force makes you believe in the power of true love and happily ever after. Over and over again.” —Carly Phillips, New York Times bestselling author of the Serendipity series   “Force excels at creating characters readers can identify with and care about.”   —Booklist An Official Military Spouse Book Club Pick

After three romantic flame-outsin a year and a restaurant career going nowhere, Dani Buchanan needs a fresh start. She goes lookingfor her biological father, but never expects to find asenator running for president. As his long-lost'love child, ' Dani could seriously derail the election--something his handsome campaign managerAlex Canfield isn't going to let happen. Dani isn'tabout to let Alex run her life, no matter how temptingshe finds him--and Alex isn't going to allow Dani tomelt his cynicism, no matter how close he has to get.The last thing either of them wants is love, especiallywith scandals brewing and family trouble on the way. But Dani and Alex are forced to trust each other, andwhen trust turns to passion, the potential for disasteris only a tabloid scandal away.

Dean was looking for a quiet place to put down new roots and leave the craziness of his old celebrity life behind him. His new house, on a rocky bluff overlooking the Atlantic, seems ideal. The only other house on the road is a summer cottage and was sure to be empty except for a few weeks during the summer. Unfortunately for him, that summer rental next door came with a year-round caretaker. A gorgeous redheaded caretaker and her three mischievous heathens.Shannon didn’t have any use for men. Her mother raised her alone and after her ex-husband deserted her upon learning they weren’t having one baby but three at once, she was doing the single mom routine with her own triplets. Sure it got lonely being out here on the bluff, away from the rest of Scallop Shores. So she may have been a tad excited to learn someone had bought the house next door. Until that someone moved in. Looking more delicious than any man had a right to, Shannon wanted to ignore him. But her new neighbor was hiding something, and she was intrigued.Years ago, as lead singer for the boy band Five of Hearts, Dean learned that women only wanted him for his money and fame. Not for the person he was. So he has a good reason for hiding his alter-ego from his neighbor and everyone in Scallop Shores. Right? But the closer he gets to Shannon and her children, the more he realizes he may have made a mistake in keeping the truth from them. Because a relationship requires honesty and trust to make it work. Was it too late to stop hiding and start doing a little trusting of his own?Sensuality Level: Sensual