Author: mariejohnston
My wild fling in paradise was hiding a big secret.I came back from vacation to satisfy the terms of the contract: marry an enigmatic tycoon to save my company. Only when I arrive to say my vows I learn the man I lived it up with in Cabo San Lucas is my unforgiving, uncompromising new husband, and a liar.He’ll be the first to point out he never lied about a thing. Those were our terms in … were our terms in paradise—the less we knew the better. And it bit me in my sand-covered bottom.Now, I’m like one of those…
I’m a self-professed daddy’s girl, but now he’s gone and I’m left to run the company that’s become my life, my passion. Until I get a visit from a lawyer with demands from a mysterious tycoon. The terms are clear: marry Jacobi Dixon or he’ll spill all my dad’s dirty secrets, revealing a past that could tank the company. So, fine. I’ll marry him. I’ll protect my company. But before I say my vows … say my vows I’ll run to Cabo San Lucas and get myself good and ruined first.I don’t know anything about my future husband, just like…
Eva Chase is supposed to be helping her brother get back at billionaire CEO Beckett King — but can she resist Beckett’s tantalizing proposal? If Eva will be Beckett’s fake fiancée for an entire year, she’ll walk away with a fortune… A page-turning romance!
All Kendall Brinkley wanted was a job. Instead, she’s snowed in with playboy exec Gentry King — and the heat just went out. To keep warm, Kendall and Gentry might have to get a little bit closer… Sexy contemporary romance!
Wolf shifter Sylva is a dedicated pacifist who uses words to defend her people — but when her former pack turns against her, she’s assigned fierce bodyguard Harrison for protection. The two are completely different, but will opposites attract?
Only I knew it was my last race. And he took the win from me. The most feared and respected coach stole my win, and I plan to tell him exactly how I feel about it.But when I do, things change between us. There’s no longer a divide between coach and athlete. He’s everything I want. And everything I can’t have. Because as soon as I crossed that finish line, my life started heading in another … started heading in another direction and it’s a race I may not finish.Playing Hard novellas are standalone romances by an award-winning author.more
His thoughts are less than angelic around her….Jagger Hancock is a fearsome warrior for the angelic realm, slaying demons left and right on Earth and protecting the human race. But when a powerful senator is murdered, he’s reduced to acting as a bodyguard for the grieving daughter. Too bad she’s the same female who ruined his one and only chance at happiness. Felicia Montclaire looks as … Montclaire looks as angelic as the rest of her kind, but she hides her scars well. Yet the male who gave them to her is not just after her again, but seeking conquest…
Two people in different places in life.Full-time fireman and part-time rancher Caleb is living the bachelor’s dream and staying rent-free in his best friend’s place. Too bad it’s because he lost his house to a tornado and his best friend’s sister is the one that got away. At least she doesn’t visit often—the last thing he needs is to show her she was right about him: he’s going nowhere fast. But … nowhere fast. But when her cheating fiancé kicks her out, she has no place to go except her brother’s suddenly too-crowded ranch house.After a streak of bad decisions,…
He’s her best friend’s ex.Justin used to rule the boardroom, now he rules his own little plot of land, or he could if he wasn’t a single dad with a newborn. The doctor who delivered his son is an old friend and he calls in an SOS. But the longer she’s around, the harder it is to ignore that a stunning intellect isn’t her only appeal. It was supposed to be two friends getting through a baby’s … getting through a baby’s colic together. Only Priya has harbored way more than friendly feelings for Justin for years. But she’s struggling…
Two people in different places in life.Full-time fireman and part-time rancher Caleb is living the bachelor’s dream and staying rent-free in his best friend’s place. Too bad it’s because he lost his house to a tornado and his best friend’s sister is the one that got away. At least she doesn’t visit often—the last thing he needs is to show her she was right about him: he’s going nowhere fast. But … nowhere fast. But when her cheating fiancé kicks her out, she has no place to go except her brother’s suddenly too-crowded ranch house.After a streak of bad decisions,…