There are certain words that have always described Cam Brantley: Town bad boy. Soldier. Protector. But never, ever dad. Until he returns home from his latest military tour to discover the girl he had one smoking-hot night with is now mom to the adorable two-year-old Zoey. Who has his eyes. Plenty of words could describe Emma Walker these days. Mom, dutiful granddaughter, budding designer, the town's golden child. But when her longtime crush Cam Brantley comes back to town—and starts working on the very same property she's in charge of—she knows the perfect word to describe herself: screwed. Cam's doing his best to learn all that daddy duty entails, but with every family outing, each day on the job together, and all the stolen kisses, he falls harder for Emma. He's determined to get over his past and be the man both girls need...now if only he can get Emma to believe it, too. Each book in the Hope Springs series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Second Chance Ranch Book #2 Crazy for the Competition Book #3 The Bad Boy's Baby

Play-maker. Trouble-maker. Baby-maker? Star professional quarterback Jack Carson has the worst reputation in the league. He's arrogant and gorgeous, and if he's not in bed with a new woman, he's sleeping off the party in a jail cell. But now he's gotten in trouble too many times and needs my help to protect his career. As his publicist, I've hidden his dirty exploits and silenced the sexy rumors...but I missed the hottest scandal of the year.Apparently, Jack and I are dating.When the trouble-maker lies to the league and claims we're in a committed relationship, he jeopardizes both our jobs. I can't trust the tattooed bad boy, but now I'm stuck defending him. I have to make him seem respectable--no matter what.But his shameful reputation isn't fixed with a few photos of us on a date. With the league determined to expel him for bad-behavior, Jack has only one option to convince them he's wholesome, dependable, and responsible. Jack Carson wants to start a family.And he's chosen me to give him the baby.

While on an outing with her book club, newly divorced Olivia Bishop, who has sworn off of men, finds trouble in the form of Jamie Donovan, a sexy bad boy who may be too tempting to avoid.

Tessa O'Connell is a girl as ordinary as they come - or so she thinks. Her aim for senior year is to keep her head down yet somehow manage to convince her childhood love Jay Stone to love her back. What she isn't prepared for is for Jay's brother, Cole, to return to town and change the life she's always been seemingly content to live.

All my life, I've been in love with my best friend. All my life I've waited for him to notice.I'm done waiting. I'm moving on with my life...I'm having a baby.I really need to get over Walker Kingston.My lifelong infatuation with my best friend is sort of embarrassing. The tall, broody hunk of farmer has always been my fierce protector, my constant hero, my knight in flanneled armor.But to him, I've never been more than a friend, the girl he saves from trouble in the middle of the night.This whole damsel-in-distress thing is getting kind of old. I'm tired of being a burden on Walker. I'm ready to stand on my own feet.I may never win his love but I'm ready to focus on the other things I want in my life.And what I want most? A baby.I've practically got one foot inside the sperm bank when the overprotective alpha intercepts my plan. Now he says he will father my child.Nope.Nuh-uh.Absolutely not.I'm trying to get over the guy. So letting him be my baby daddy is low-key dysfunctional.But Walker insists it won't affect our friendship. Plus, he has all these amazing qualities that make his offer super hard to resist. He's strong and charming and fine as hell. And he's the only person I really trust.Okay. Fine. Grab the specimen cup. Off to the fertility clinic we go.Except nothing ever goes to plan.Now I need rescuing--again. And Walker has made it his mission to take care of my every need--again.And when the ever-grumpy cowboy introduces me to his soft, nurturing side, I'm a goner.Well, damn. How the hell am I supposed to get over the man now?Mister Baby Daddy is a steamy, laugh-out-loud, arranged pregnancy, small town romance featuring a growly alpha with a huge savior complex and a strong distaste for turtlenecks. It is set in small town Illinois and is book 3 in the Bad Boys in Love series.A full-length standalone. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.

This is the first-ever compilation of Twain's wise and witty essays, sketches, and stories on the joys and rewards of misbehavior. With themes including "honesty is not always the best policy, ""the wicked are not always punished," and "virtue is often its only reward," this is a charming treasury that will warm the hearts of bad boys and girls (of any age)everywhere

Black males are disproportionately "in trouble" and suspended from the nation’s school systems. This is as true now as it was when Ann Arnett Ferguson’s now classic Bad Boys was first published. Bad Boys offers a richly textured account of daily interactions between teachers and students in order to demonstrate how a group of eleven- and twelve-year-old males construct a sense of self under adverse circumstances. This new edition includes a foreword by Pedro A. Noguera, and an afterword and bibliographic essay by the author, all of which reflect on the continuing relevance of this work nearly two decades after its initial publication.

He’d rocked her world. She’s about to blow up his life. When a beautiful former fling blasts back into his life, jaded rock star Darko Dunne’s peaceful seclusion on a private island comes to an explosive end. Faced with a band of ruthless criminals and a ticking clock, Darko and Muireann must pool their resources to rescue the baby he never knew he had.

I have to tell him.But this secret could destroy us both.He's still the same rebel that had me begging for his touch, But now he's got money and power. What he doesn't have is the truth - the life changing secret I've been keeping for years.Now he's back and determined to make me his.It's not easy being the sheriff's little sister in this small town, Especially when the sheriff practically hates his former best friend.Will the secrets of our past destroy us all?I suppose there's one way to find out.

Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as a male. He films his transition and bravely shares it with the world.