Hot Heroes

From New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Carly Phillips comes a powerful new story of love, hope, and redemption, of finding light in the darkest places.My life is a facade. The color and beauty I cast on the canvas, a shield to protect what is hurt and broken inside. And then I met him. He makes me want to put the hurt and the past behind me and trust in him. He makes me burn in a way no man has ever done. He makes me want to try. If only I can be ... fearless.

Fall in love with the Wards ... From troubled teen to successful general contractor, Jake Nichols turned his life around from his time in foster care. Divorced and single, he juggles his time between his daughter and his work. Next on his agenda, a new project that is his chance to prove his worth at the job he loves. Except he never anticipates that the only girl he's ever loved and lost as a teen is now a grown and beautiful woman in charge of the project.Phoebe Ward has survived and conquered a painful past that includes foster care and becoming a teenaged mom. She wants nothing more than to focus on the present but it's hard when she looks into the eyes of her son, knowing she's tried and failed to find his father. She's resigned herself to raising him alone with the help of her family ... until a client meeting brings her face-to-face with her first love. A boy ... now a sexy man she thought she'd never see again ... and the father of her child.So many years have gone by and both of their lives have changed drastically. Will they be able to put the past behind them and find the second chance they both deserve?

Juliette Collins is privileged and isolated from the world by her overprotective father. She thinks she knows the truth about her history until a file in her father's safe reveals she has sisters she never knew about. A family she's never met. Betrayed, she realizes there's a life waiting for her outside the walls of her daddy's New York City penthouse and Juliette is determined to live it. Against her father's wishes, she heads to a small beach community to meet her siblings ... and finds herself way out of her depth instead. In the personal protection business, Braden Clark thinks nothing of taking on a job to watch over a city girl in town for the summer. If her father wants to know his daughter is safe, it's no problem and an easy way of earning a paycheck. Except Braden doesn't count on falling for the sheltered Juliette. Watching her experience her firsts, getting an apartment, finding a job, meeting up with her lost sisters, soon Braden's brand of protection becomes a little too personal. He's mixing business with pleasure and lying to a woman he's coming to care deeply about. Sexual attraction burns bright between them and Braden is by her side as she finds herself, her family, and what it means to love ... but what happens when she discovers his secret? That he's been paid to watch over her all along?

Welcome to Rosewood Bay...As a little girl, Andrea Harmon hoped to marry the man of her dreams and live happily ever after. Instead she picked the high school bad boy who got her pregnant, then married and secretly abused her for years. Now, as an adult, Andi wished she'd listened to her best friend Kyle Davenport, who warned her about picking the wrong guy. As a result of her choice, she lost her closest pal and the life she could have had. Divorced now, she's raising her son who means everything to her and she tells herself it's enough. Until she meets her son's new teacher...Kyle Davenport is back in town and Andi's life will never be the same. Because he's the man who used to be her everything and she's missed him. He's also now a charming, sexy guy who doesn't know her painful secret. And she intends to keep it that way. Kyle never understood why Andi pushed him so far away he left town to get over her. She was his best friend but also his first love, not that she knew it at the time. Now that he's back, he becomes determined to break through her walls and find the girl he used to know. And see what kind of future they can share. They're sexually combustible and on their way to becoming a family when Andi's ex returns and threatens the beautiful life she's building. But this time Andi isn't going down without a fight and Kyle refuses to lose her again.

A sexy small town romance series in one fabulous bundle. Fall in love with the Wards: sisters separated in early childhood who reunite and find true love. Fearless-She spent years building walls around her heart ... but he plans to tear them down. Breathe-She kept their child a secret. Can he give her a second chance and the happily ever after she's always wanted? Freed-He's being paid to watch over her, which means he should keep his hands to himself. Will she forgive him when she discovers he's been lying to her all a long? Dream-Best friends. First loves. Can they find a second chance?