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What happens in Vegas doesn''t always stay in Vegas...The moment Beckett O''Neill retires from professional sports, he swears off schedules and commitments. His new gig has him hopping from one exotic location to the next. No strings, no responsibilities. Nothing that will tie him down.At least not until a chance encounter with the woman who stole his heart for a night in Vegas delivers the shock of a lifetime. He''s got a five-year-old daughter, one who believes wholeheartedly she''s a fairy. What''s he supposed to do with that? It''s not like he even knows what being a good father looks like.Life didn''t go exactly as Coco Cavanaugh planned. Her big dreams of launching a business are derailed when a one-night stand with a charming stranger results in a surprise pregnancy. As a single mom, she manages to find a happy balance raising her adorable and hilarious little girl, while mastering the art of chocolate-making. It''s a good, safe life. One she''s proud of.When fate brings them together again, Coco remembers exactly why she fell into bed with the irresistible Beckett. But she''s not that free-spirited girl anymore. And his jet-setting lifestyle isn''t conducive to raising a child.Is this a second chance at another one-night stand or is this the beginning of something real?They''re everything he never wanted.He''s everything she didn''t think they needed.

Cassian Ellis fell in love with Gigi Cavanaugh when he was fourteen. But he couldn’t have her. His mentor — her dad — promised to take him out of detention and all the way to the pros. The price: stay away from his daughter.But Gigi was embedded in his soul — there was no distancing himself from her. And, senior year in high school, in a moment of desperation when he couldn’t take all the want and love and lust, he ended things in the worst way possible.Now, nine years later, he’s forced to do charity work to clean up his party boy image.And guess who’s working right alongside him?Gigi can't believe her bad luck. She's on the same Dreams Come True tour as Cassian Ellis. And, with the press recording their every move, she has to pretend to like the man who tore out her heart and stomped all over it.But Cassian couldn’t be happier since he never stopped loving her. And he’s determined to win her back. Only, someone’s leaking photographs, and headlines about the bad boy quarterback corrupting the squeaky-clean pop star could sink both their dreams.Can their love overcome all the world has put between them?

Gray Bowie broke the bro code: he fell in love with his best friend's girlfriend.For years, he hid his feelings…until one terrible night, it all came to a head.Since her life blew up in high school, Knox Holliday has spent her time honing her skills as a couture wedding dress designer. But, just weeks before her debut, a freak accident wipes out her collection. The culprit: her ex's former best friend, Gray Bowie. Gray does everything he can to get her career back on track. As they work together, they find forgiveness and start to stitch together something that looks a lot like love. But, at the very moment they realize they have a chance for something real, her ex comes back to town, bringing opportunities Gray can't provide. This time, Gray's not going to step aside, so he can only hope Knox will hold onto his heart.She's his dream, but will he be hers?

WRITE A BETTER BOOK FASTER Plotter? Pantser? It doesn't matter. Whatever your style, if you want to knock out a great first draft, then you need to develop the essential story elements first. Author Erika Kelly distills down the most important lessons taught by the great story analysts into this prewriting process to help create fully realized characters and a plot map that'll track the story and relationship arcs. Never again will you have to stare at a blank page, wonder what scene to write next, or tackle revisions with no idea where to begin. This book will give you the building blocks you need to construct a fully developed, emotionally powerful story. And you'll do it better and faster than you ever have before.

From the award-winning author of MINE FOR NOW comes the next sizzling story in her Wild Love series, about a chance meeting that changes the course of two people's lives.As the top collegiate shortstop in the country, Ryan O'Donnell's life is about discipline. But a growing restlessness causes him to bail on his baseball team over spring break to join his buddies at a singles resort. He just needs one week to escape his life, and then he'll get back on track. But moments after arriving he meets HER, and the world as he knows it changes irrevocably. It should only be a hookup-that's what spring break's all about-but one taste of this sexy, vibrant woman isn't enough. He has to have her. Even if it's only for a week.Sophie Valentine-yes, that Valentine-just found out her siblings want to sell off Crazy Hearts-the Peeps of the Valentine's Day world. Upset, she takes off with her friends on their spring break vacation. She only wanted an escape-she never imagined meeting HIM. But he's about to start a Major League Baseball career, and she's launching a fight for her family legacy. They have no future. It's just…she's never felt this way for anyone before.Are they really going to walk away from this kind of connection…this passion?

There's not an athlete alive who can match his drive and self-discipline...until an adorable two year old and a fiery chef land on his doorstep and turn his life upside down. If he wants to keep his girls, he's going to have to learn to lead with his heart and not his mind. Will Bowie is supposed to be training for the Olympics, but the toddler unexpectedly dropped into his life isn't interested in his schedules. Still, he's pretty sure he's got things under control… …until a sexy chef lands on his doorstep and offers a temptation he can't resist. Hours after losing her restaurant, chef Delilah Lua enters a cooking competition thousands of miles away from home. Winning would resurrect the dream that's been stolen from her. If-no, when-she wins, she'll go back with the capital to open her own place and enough fame to do it with flair. Her roommate, though, is a delicious surprise she hadn't anticipated… …but she's not sure how to have her cake and eat it, too. Despite the undeniable sparks in the kitchen, Will's not about to give his heart to another woman who's leaving, and Delilah must decide if the delectable future she could cook up with Will is worth more than a childhood dream.

"Turns out, Erika Kelly is a master at bringing out some serious feels. MINE FOR NOW is crazy hot. The sexual tension simmers between Dylan and Nicole, and when it finally explodes, it's so, so satisfying."--Krista's Dust JacketShe's had enough drama in her life. Nicole O'Donnell is more than ready for the fresh start college offers. After a lifetime of trying to help her alcoholic mom and ex-boyfriend get sober, she's finally learned her lesson: people don't change. They certainly don't change for her. He can never leave his drama behind.Thanks to his mom's substance abuse issues, Dylan McCaffrey's persona non grata in his hometown of Gun Powder, Colorado. So when he scores a free ride to the top university in the country, he's determined to make something of this fresh start. But his mom has always relied on him, and she's not handling his absence well at all. If he can just keep up his grades, pay her bills, and come home every break, he might be able to pull off this opportunity.True love won't be denied.No matter how determined they are to steer clear of each other, their combustible connection explodes, especially when Nicole offers Dylan the one thing he can't bear-hope. Once he has a taste of it-and the irresistible force of her-there's no going back.But when he falls too deeply, when he loses sight of his priorities, he might just lose it all.

 He might be a rock star, but he never forgot the woman he'd only—desperately—loved from afar. When Cooper Hood left Snowberry, Montana ten years ago, he swore he’d never go back to the town that painted him with the same brush as his addict mother. But right in the middle of his band’s national tour he gets a call to come home: his mom’s got a whopper of a secret to reveal.Daisy Charbonneau’s in trouble. The talent she hired for her resort’s annual Huckleberry Festival just bailed on her, and she’s desperate to find a replacement act. Luck turns her way when she discovers her high school crush is back in town—and he happens to be a rock star.As they work together, a crush deepens into so much more, but who falls in love in two weeks?Especially when Cooper’s never coming back to town, and Daisy’s never going to leave it.