He's been alone. She's been right there. But will it work if the two of them are together? When billionaire Ronan Coleman lost his wife as she was giving birth, his world closed down. He was left with his work, his baby daughter, and his daughter's nanny Ashley, who became Ronan's best friend. For Ashley Cobb, being Molly's nanny is as much about love as it is about having a job. Molly is the daughter she'd loved to have. But as her love for her best friend and employer starts to grow more heated, Ronan retreats into his grief over the loss of his wife. If Ashley can reach Ronan through all his pain, she has a chance to get everything she wants – the man she loves as her husband, the little girl she loves as her daughter, and the life she'd love to have as Ronan's wife. But if Ronan can't leave the past behind after Ashley chooses to take a chance at a relationship, she might just lose it all.

A successful billionaire. An independent shop owner. An unexpected turn of events. Mallory only ever wanted one thing in her life—to have a successful coffee shop run by her and someone she loves. Her desire to fulfill her dreams took hold and she made many sacrifices for her shop, including sacrificing her personal boundaries by dating someone who hardly had any time for her. But when the bank threatens to foreclose, she reaches blindly for straws—and for her ex-fiancé. And discovers her ex-fiancé’s interest in investing in her dreams. Tom wants to purchase the loan. He wants to take her out on dates and heal their relationship. She obliges happily only to be torn when an old friend pops up from the past—a man she never thought would ever take interest in her. But when Jared starts writing an article about her shop, she starts to like him...more than she planned. Now Mallory has to make a choice. Does she go for what's familiar or does she choose a new path, one that could be worth the risk? And when she makes her choice, will she be able to live with the consequences?

Willa had a plan. Get a good job and marry a billionaire. Willa was wary of love. In her world, love equalled pain, so she planned to marry for money, not love. Part one of the plan was successful. She had just scored the perfect job at Ashby Chocolates. Now she just had to get Jonathon Ashby to fall for her. Jonathon Ashby was being impersonated, and he didn’t have a clue who it was. The only way to find the truth was to go undercover as Jake Campbell in his own company. He hadn’t planned on meeting Willa. And he definitely hadn’t planned on falling for her. This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger! *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

It was just supposed to be a mutually beneficial arrangement. Declan would be her replacement boyfriend and she would pretend to be his girlfriend to get his mother off his back. No one was supposed to fall in love. Declan was just being a nice guy. He saw a woman in need of assistance and he stepped in and pretended to be her fiancé. It was just the kind of guy he was; a knight in shining armour ready to rescue the damsel in distress. It was only fair that she return the favour when he found himself in need of a fake girlfriend. It wasn’t meant to go anywhere. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement, and they both knew the rules going in. This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger! *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

Commanding billionaire Everett Calhoun reveals his sexy dark side to his girl-next-door best friend in this smoking hot second installment of the Billion $ Bastards trilogy! I was born bad. Maintaining tight control—in business and in the bedroom—is the only way to keep my darkness in check. So when my girl-next-door best friend, Freya, comes to me for a sexual favor, I don’t see the harm in giving her what she needs. After all, I’ve always kept her firmly in the friend zone. But after showing her that there’s nothing wrong with her ability to orgasm, it’s all I can do to walk away. Unleashing my inner beast on the person who matters most to me is not an option. But she wants me… Is she prepared to follow my every command? To submit to my will and let me take her to the ultimate heights of pleasure? Getting Freya on her knees should make me feel like the monster I am, but being with her leaves me more vulnerable, more human, than ever. I need to reclaim the friendship we had before I lose control completely, or will she have me on my knees…? Harlequin DARE publishes sexy romances featuring powerful alpha heroes and bold, fearless heroines exploring their deepest fantasies. Four new Harlequin DARE titles are available each month, wherever ebooks are sold!

Sadie Greer just turned nineteen when her father arranged her marriage to a Crypto developer Cenric Wollf over a business deal. As soon as she finished college, she finally met him, marrying the evil wrapped in a pretty thousand-dollar suit the same day. Unknown to Sadie, her husband has his own motives. Cenric Wollf has been sleeping with his enemy for years just to help take down the man behind his brothers’ death, even if it means sacrificing his own freedom. He married the daughter of his enemy. Sadie is only a part of his plan, his subject, the weak link. He’s supposed to charm her, seduce her in his bed, use her as his pawn. When he gets to know her, she’s nothing like her father. Cenric starts to feel something afraid he’s losing control over. He falls deeper. Contrary to what Sadie’s brother has fed her over the years, she doesn’t sense danger in the air. Cenric likes to take control to keep her safe, but nothing dark and deadly, just thrills and crazy chemistry. When she starts to get to know him, something else resurfaces. They both fall into their own trap. Cenric’s true intentions and her family secrets prevail. But nothing Cenric wouldn’t do to prove that there’s more to it than their arranged marriage, even if it means befriending the man who hurts his wife.

Sophia Unexpectedly becoming an heiress should've made all my problems go away, but instead, I have three new, huge ones: two giant tortoises and a lean, mean two-hundred-pound hockey player named Mason. He's as hot as he is insufferable, and he would've made a fine Viking if he hadn't been born in the wrong century. He wants to buy my hockey team, won't take no for an answer, and is willing to do anything to get his way… no matter how dirty he has to play. Mason All I wanted was to buy my team, but what was supposed to be a simple business transaction got complicated, fast—and all because I accidentally insulted a woman who turned out to be the new owner… and a force of nature. Now all my carefully laid plans are unraveling, and I’m faced with a life-changing choice. Do I still want the team, or do I want the team’s owner more?

A FIVE-PART NOVEL IN ONE COMPILATION. INCLUDES A FOUR CHAPTER SAMPLE OF CYNTHIA'S OTHER PORTLAND-BASED ROMANCE NOVEL, DAMAGED GOODS. ALYSSA A call on a Friday evening. My handsome boss, Julian Marcus, wants me in the office. Something like this has never happened before. I should see it for what it is. Mr. Marcus wants to seduce me. Me. Alyssa. A twenty-one-year-old woman who has never been touched before. But he doesn't know that. Nor do I know how to handle a standoffish man like him - in the office, or in the bedroom. JULIAN Alyssa was supposed to be a nameless girl in a city full of nobodies. But I’m the boss. What I want, I get. And if I want her to be my girlfriend, the sweet, untouched woman I mold into my perfect lover? I get that. If I order her to give me every part of her, she will. I dare her to disobey. I don’t think she will.

When a mysterious woman moves in next-door to Mason, he’s intrigued and even tempted to abandon his solitary life, but could there be something more sinister going on with the woman who fills his late-night fantasies? Mason Pressfield liked his quiet, solitary, ordered life. So why was his new neighbour getting under his skin? And what the hell were those strange noises coming from her apartment in the middle of the night? Abby Sutherland liked her anonymity, and a quiet, unobtrusive neighbour was exactly what she needed. She had a secret and the last thing she needed was a nosy neighbour butting in and trying to find all the skeletons in her closet. This is a standalone sexy billionaire romance - no cliff-hanger! *This book is set in Australia and uses Australian/UK English

Billionaires always get what they want! Travis Black might be darkly, broodingly handsome, but as far as Beth is concerned he's also very infuriating! What would a rich, successful and charming man like him want with a quiet, vulnerable and oh-so-ordinary woman like her? Travis soon makes that abundantly clear. However, Beth isn't into casual affairs—so this is one billionaire who won't get what he wants. Or will he?