Author: marikaray
When Christmas Eve leads to disaster of epic proportions, fate should give you a do-over, don’t you think?ShastaA chance encounter with a Harley-riding Santa and a bulging sack of goodies on the worst day of the year turns my world upside down. Too bad I’m on a man diet, especially from silver foxes who give me heart palpitations and hot flashes. I cling to willpower like a starving woman front … willpower like a starving woman front and center at a buffet and say no to each of his swoon-worthy attempts to rekindle the romance I walked away from decades…
If I’d known she was my new employee I never would have kissed her when I found her naked in the locker room. CainI do the only thing I can do without being fired or sued: I decide to stay far, far away and pretend it didn’t happen. Trouble is, all the whiskey and women in the world can’t burn that memory out of my brain. She’s everything I’m not: a happy, non-swearing, ray of sunshine. She’s … not: a happy, non-swearing, ray of sunshine. She’s positively annoying, but I can’t deny the burning attraction that sparks every time we’re near each…
I should have known better than to flirt with a hot cop. JackIn my world as a police officer, things were either black or white. Right or wrong. Then Bailey arrived, challenging all my principles. She had a mouth on her, the level of sass matching the exaggerated swing of her hips. I couldn’t get her out of my head, even knowing she wasn’t right for me. I tried to stay away, I really did. But … for me. I tried to stay away, I really did. But once I had a taste, I kept coming back for more. Something didn’t…
I may be worth billions, but I’m ready to get down and dirty with the local lifeguard. SageI’m a free spirit trapped in an “old money” conservative family. Right before my thirtieth birthday, my father, sick of my bohemian lifestyle, gives me an ultimatum: tear down The Surf Shack in Huntington Beach and build a five-star restaurant. Or lose my trust fund AND his multi-billion dollar company. Jax… AND his multi-billion dollar company. JaxAs the owner of The Surf Shack, I’ve promised to keep my late father’s shop running while juggling my full-time job as a beach lifeguard. Even if the hot little…
Any chemistry teacher will tell you opposites attract. Unfortunately, I teach English. I spend my days a buttoned up high school teacher and spend my nights with my book boyfriends, not daring to think I could procure one in real life. It’s precise, it’s controlled….it’s boring as hell. The tide shifts and I find myself with a hippie lifeguard who provokes me as much as he turns me on, a Senior … lifeguard who provokes me as much as he turns me on, a Senior class in upheaval, a crazy Beach Squad that wants to befriend me, a wild twin sister back…
When you’ve lived your whole life on the defense, true love isn’t something you believe in anymore. Dean This girl should have a warning label: comes with baggage. But hell, we all have baggage and mine is saying I need to save Brinley. She pushes me away at every opportunity and then drops the most ridiculous jokes that catch me off guard. She’s so much more than a beautiful face. I want to show … much more than a beautiful face. I want to show her how a real man treats the woman he loves. If she lets me… Brinley I had a nightmare…
A feel-good love story that’s first in a series: Esa hopes to honor her late mother by opening a hot chocolate shop in her seaside hometown. But a determined stalker and her own irrepressible friends — not to mention a gorgeous lifeguard — will offer plenty of distraction!