Hopeless Romantics Series

    Event coordinator Gemma Davenport is in the business of love… literally. She loves her job, and she's good at it. Still, Gemma has never had the opportunity to try love out for herself. There's only one man who's tempted her enough to consider it, and he's a jerk. The sexiest jerk she's ever met. So, why does her body come alive when she walks into a blind date to find…him. Fergus Digby hates incompetence. He is meticulous and runs his company with an iron fist. Fergus is used to getting what he wants. And he wants Gemma Davenport. Since she turned down his advances not once, but twice, he can't stop thinking about her. Fantasizing about having her in his bed. When Fergus finally gets Gemma alone, the sparks between them grow into fireworks. Can they look past the reasons they shouldn't be together and embrace the once-in-a-lifetime passion they've ignited? Or will their relationship go up in flames before it's really begun? This is a standalone, first in a new series set in the Hopeless Romantics universe. It's a steamy short romance with high heat, lots of laughs and a happily ever after.

Warren Gonzalez thinks he's a player---the worst kind of player. Twelve years ago, he was a high school All-American athlete and prom king. Eight years ago, he was president of his fraternity and the big man on campus. When he arrived in Manhattan with a coveted job on Wall Street, he expected to take the Big Apple by storm and have hordes of beautiful ladies falling for his Texas charm. Warren was wrong. One bad experience after another have made him bitter and turned him into a world-class jerk. He's in desperate need of a wake-up call--- someone to come along and dropkick his overinflated ego before he hurts himself.  Lacey Dillon is that someone. Lacey might be fresh out of college, but she's not naïve in the ways of the world. When she signed up to work for Digby Financial Services, she expected to work side by side with men like Warren. Wall Street is crawling with his ilk. No matter how many times he swears he's turned over a new leaf, she refuses every cheesy advance and puts him in his place. She wasn't born yesterday. Players love a challenge. Lacey's convinced he wants revenge for his daily rejection, and she's got no time for shenanigans. But Warren's just getting started. For the first time in his life, he knows what he wants, and he can't give up without a fight. His admiration is sincere, but Lacey's won't give him an inch. Fed up with her knee-jerk rejections, he hacks her new blind dating app and hijacks her social calendar, sending her into a spiral of simmering sexual frustration. Can a reformed wanna-be playboy win the heart of a hard-as-nails good girl in disguise? Will Warren's sad game and desperate moves break down Lacey's walls long enough to let him sweep her off her feet? Find out in this enemies to lovers office romance and book two of the Love is Blind series.

Tropes: instalove romance friends to lovers age gap romance wide age gap obsessed alpha hero double virgins former priest Father Galen Murphy doesn't want to be a priest anymore. Born into power and privilege, at eighteen, he defied destiny and renounced his birthright. For twenty-four years, he's followed his calling and served God, living a life of poverty and chastity. But something is missing. When a tragic loss makes him question his faith, and a pair of dark brown eyes make him rethink his choices, Galen takes off his collar and chooses an ordinary life. Birdie Garcia is too young for a forty-two-year-old man. She's prudish and devout, with an old soul, a reverent heart, and a sensible head on her shoulders. No stranger to hard work, she makes it her mission to help launch her beloved sister's matchmaking business---until their newest client turns out to be a priest! She couldn't possibly help lead one of God's anointed further away from his calling. It's forbidden, sacrilegious, and will surely earn her a first-class ticket to hell. Then why does she fantasize about the sweetest man she's ever met? Why does she dream of his handsome face, his majestic frame, and the storm-blue eyes that have the power to see into her soul? Galen knows he's found the girl of his dreams. Despite Birdie's reluctance and their twenty-three-year age difference, he won't be dissuaded. He's a patient man with years of practice at self-denial. How difficult can a few more months of simmering sexual tension, burgeoning lust, and explosive desire be? Find out! This steamy romance includes a cat and mouse chase between double virgins who fall head over heels in love and quickly discover the naughty side of wedded bliss. Includes religious references that will make you clutch your pearls and laugh out loud---but may offend the faint of heart. You've been warned.