Never fall in love with your best friend... I met Hal on the first day of high school. I also fell in love with Hal on the first day of high school. But although we were good friends from the start, I knew he’d never be mine. He’s gorgeous, confident, sexy, and he’s also incredibly rich. I’m scarred – physically and emotionally – quiet, and my family has always been poor. The two of us are poles apart. So I’ve trained myself not to think of him in that way. Not to think of kissing him, undressing him slowly. Of sliding beneath the bedclothes. Of having his hands on my skin. I ...

Never fall in love with your roommate… I am not going to fall in love with Albie King. That was the first thought that passed through my mind when I met my new landlord. For four months, I’ve managed to keep my distance. Lord knows, I don’t need another rich playboy to break my heart. One was enough for any girl. But Fate, it seems, has other ideas. First, I find out what Albie does at the weekends, and I lose one quarter of my heart. Then, I discover what happened to the dogs he loved, and the quarter becomes a half. Next, I watch him be a hero when the storm hits the Ark, and the ...

Never fall in love with your knight in shining armor… Even though he can’t step foot out of his house, Noah King’s sole purpose in life is to help people. He created the Ark as a sanctuary for animals and people alike, and it’s not surprising that when I’m at my lowest ebb, he’s the one who rides in on his white horse and rescues me. But now I’m in a terrible dilemma. Since his wife died giving birth to their baby – who also died – Noah’s been a recluse. The last thing he needs in his life is a woman who’s eight months pregnant, alone, and homeless. Of course he’s ...

Never fall in love when it's supposed to be just for fun… It’s the day before my brother’s wedding in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. It’s also the last day of my studies before I qualify as a veterinarian. At last, I can put aside my ditzy image and be the sophisticated career woman I’ve always wanted to be. Except I don’t notice my watch has stopped, and I miss my flight. Luckily, Ryan misses the plane too. He suggests we take a road trip to Dunedin, and I jump at the chance to spend a cozy couple of days with him. I’ve had a crush on him for years. When I ...

Never fall in love with a wounded hero… Since I turned thirty, all I can think about is having a baby. Someone of my own I can love. Someone who won’t break my heart. But I don’t want another relationship ever again. I thought about going to a clinic. But I like the idea of knowing the identity of the father of my child, even if we’re not an item. So I pick Marc. Or Fitz, as everyone else calls him. He’s tall, handsome, healthy – apart from his injured back – hardworking, kind, and loyal. I’d be happy if my child were to grow up like him. So I ask him if he’d agree to be a...

What do you do when you’re convinced the man you love has a secret? As Sandi Cartwright suspected, Jace Hart turns out to be a god in the bedroom. She didn't mean to go to bed with him. The first time is an accident, kind of, when she’s caught up in the magic of her sister’s wedding. Then, once he discovers she has a secret interest in sex therapy and is willing to share a few tips of the trade, the second time proves to be inevitable. When her last relationship ended terribly, she didn’t think she’d ever open her heart to another man, but Jace provides the key to unlocking every ...

A fake engagement leads to fireworks… When Fox Wilde lands an interview for head chef at the famous Rutland’s Restaurant in Auckland, there’s only one problem… the old-fashioned boss prefers his staff to be married. Put on the spot, Fox mistakenly invents a fiancée. Now, he just has to convince his friend Caitlin to go along with the ruse. Caitlin is happy to help out a friend—especially one she’s had a crush on since she was sixteen. But it entails pretending they’re a couple, which means sharing a room. And that’s never going to end well. Tropes: Fake Fiance, fling, one-...

She’s the one treasure I’ll risk everything to keep… I’m a successful maritime archaeologist, but the two things I truly desire—my father’s respect, and Zoe Moon—elude me. I may never earn the former, but I’m obsessed with winning the latter. Zoe is brilliant, quirky, and impossibly sexy—a rising star at the National Museum in Wellington who keeps everyone, including me, at arm’s length. Determined to find a way to get her alone, I seize the opportunity when a lead on the wreck of the Relentless surfaces. I offer Zoe a chance she can’t refuse: to recover the legendary ...

She was only marrying him to save the vineyard... It was just a contract, a way to access the money tied up in her inheritance. It didn’t mean anything. She knew she mustn’t think about Mac's broad shoulders. About the intriguing tattoo that curled around his arm, how his muscular body gleamed when he worked in the warm sunshine, or how his ocean-blue eyes heated her from the inside out. She mustn’t think about the stolen kiss, the way he’d slipped his arm around her waist to pull her against him. The soft touch of his lips on hers. “It’ll be strictly business,” he repeated. ...

It was only supposed to be a one-night stand… Over the past year, my life has fallen apart. First, my father died. Then I broke up with my boyfriend. My mother and sister have been a constant thorn in my side. And now it looks as if I’m going to have to close my bar. The last thing I need is to complicate matters by falling for a man. Especially one like Jacob Prince. Okay, he’s gorgeous, we have lots in common, and he’s a great combination of hot, gentle, and kind. But he also has a baby on the way with his ex, and I don’t need that kind of hassle in my life. Anyway, he’s only ...

Hayley’s not brave enough to expose her stretch marks to a complete stranger. Then she meets Jed... Single, over thirty, and with four kids under ten, Hayley’s convinced she won’t be having sex for the next twenty years. Her sister-in-law suggests she have a one night stand, but Hayley’s not brave enough to expose her stretch marks to a complete stranger. Then she meets Jed Williams. After his divorce, Jed’s not actively looking for another relationship, but when Hayley offers a night of hot passion, he’s more than happy to oblige. Their desire grows along with the stormy ...

Once Elle lets the tiger out of the cage, it’s impossible to get him back in… Elle Baker’s had enough of men telling her how to live her life. She loves her job at the Treats to Tempt You shop in Doubtless Bay, New Zealand. But repeated issues with her overbearing father and arrogant ex have persuaded her it’s time for a fresh start, and she’s planning to move away to Wellington at the end of the month. When Stuart Casey’s childhood sweetheart lay dying, she made him swear to her that he’d never love another girl as long as he lived. So far, he’s kept his promise, even ...

A tropical cyclone isn’t the only thing turning Sam’s life upside down… When Sam Pankhurst returns to Blue Penguin Bay after a five-year absence, his plan is to help his father run the family bakery until he can find someone else to take over. Then he’s going to return to his job as a pastry chef on a cruise liner, travelling around the world. Settling down in the bay and making the same old loaves and muffins until the day he dies isn’t his idea of a dream future. Then he meets Ginger Cartwright. Feisty, confident, and as beautiful as the sub-tropical Northland bay that most ...

A magnificent new romance by New York Times best-selling author Emma Chase - available in audio first! Dean Walker is all about keeping life simple. He’s effortlessly talented and intelligent - spending his summers playing drums in the local band and the rest of the year teaching high school in the same Jersey town where he grew up. He likes his love life simple too, enjoying the commitment-free hook-ups his good looks and sexy charm have always made oh so easy. Then he meets Lainey Burrows. And his simple, easy life gets turned upside down.

Chocolate melts exactly at body temperature, as Maisey has discovered… Maisey has talked her brother’s best mate and local GP, Joss, into having his photo taken eating chocolate truffles for her new advertising campaign. Joss is wary. Being so close to Maisey means he’s going to struggle with his attraction to her, and her brother will kill him if he so much as kisses her. But sexy Maisey is very persuasive. When the chocolate melts on Joss’s warm body, it seems only polite for Maisey to offer to lick it off… And that’s where the problems start.