North Carolina Highlands

Hiring the woman who wrecked me to nanny the kid I just found out I have is a dumb idea. Getting naked with her in the back of my truck is even dumber. But old habits die hard. Amelia Fox was my high school sweetheart, the girl who broke my heart and nearly ended my football career nine years ago. It was all I could do to put one foot in front of the other, much less make a comeback. But I did come back. And I'm not about to let go of everything I fought for just because my world is imploding again. When I find out I'm the father of a two-year-old boy, I'm ready to start my final season in the pros. It's my last chance to nab the championship I promised my dad I'd win before he died. Enter Amelia: teacher, toddler whisperer, and-oh yeah-my ex-girlfriend. We haven't spoken in almost a decade, but I'm desperate, and she's looking for a job. I need to focus, which means I need help with this kid. Which means I need her. The arrangement works until one night of bad decisions and great sex threatens to ruin everything. Can we make it work this time around? Or is she just another bad habit I need to break before she breaks me?

A scorching hot, brother's-best-friend, bad-boy/good-girl, fake-marriage standalone romance in the small-town Harbour Village series! I've been pining for Abel Miller since we were teenagers. He's sexy as hell, and has always played a starring role in all my fantasies. Too bad he only sees me as his best friend's little sister. He's also a broody playboy who takes home a new girl every night, while I'm looking to find forever with someone. Abel and I couldn't be more different. But when my dad gets sick and says he just wants to see me safe, settled, and happily in love, Abel shocks me by offering to pretend to be my husband. Now I'm living with the man of my dreams in his luxe bachelor pad as his fake wife. Plot twist: it only has one bed. Which isn't a problem, until he accidentally walks in on me naked and I wind up bent over the couch with him on his knees between my legs. Turns out my feelings weren't so one-sided after all. But Abel swears he's too much of a bad boy for the type of relationship I'm looking for, and warns me not to fall in love with him. Can I convince him he's always been the one for me? Or am I just headed for heartbreak by wishing we had forever?

Ten minutes ago, I was just an American student studying abroad in Spain. But now? Now I'm a professional soccer player's good luck charm... RHYS My recovery from a football injury is destroying my career-until one night with a beautiful American and a few terrible pick-up lines changes everything. With Laura by my side, I play smarter, run faster, and fight harder than I ever have on the pitch. She's just the muse I need to turn my football career around. LAURA My semester abroad in Madrid is the fresh start I need. I've got plans to ditch bad habits and worse boyfriends. Then a one night stand with a super hot British footballer leads to an A-list entanglement I wasn't looking for. But I refuse to be just arm candy for Rhys. I'm trying to shake off the superficial mindset I've always had. Still, he won't let me go without a fight. He's just as lethal in bed as he is on the field. And now he's pulling out all the stops, trying to convince me he wants more than just a good luck charm. This sexy footballer plays dirty...

My name's Beau, and for the most part, I've led quite the charmed life. I left college to play pro ball and collected a few Super Bowl rings along the way. Now that I've retired at the ripe old age of thirty-six, I'm in my second career as CEO of a five-star resort in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Sounds great, right? Well, I just did something real stupid, y'all. Bel-that's Annabel to the rest of you-my best friend since college, is struggling as a single mom. So of course I invited her to come stay at my family's resort for some much needed R&R. But since I didn't think it through, her visit is going to ruin everything. How, you ask? Well, first of all, I've got a big, bad, ticking time bomb kind of a secret. Once she finds out what I'm hiding, I worry she'll never look at me the same. Secondly, you remember the part about us being best friends? Well, I kinda maybe always thought there could be more to us. The naked kind of more. So here's my new gameplan. I'm going to keep her and that adorable baby Maisie at arm's length while Bel gets back on her feet, and I will absolutely, under no circumstances, let her in on those naked thoughts of mine. That's a fumble I can't afford to make. Until I do, in a moment of bonfire-and-bourbon induced weakness...