Author: slsterling

My best friend Sophie was gorgeous, at times uptight and desperate.Her biological clock was ticking and after yet another failed relationship she pulled me aside.“Listen Chase, you know I adore you and you know I need you. Historically, you always come through for me.” She swallowed hard while I listened. “It’s no secret that I want a baby, the semi old fashioned way.”I nodded not really … nodded not really believing what I was hearing.“I want you to do it.”“You want my swimmers?”“Yes, through natural injection.”Sex with my best friend. The best friend I had once upon a time wanted…

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DerrickI’d been fighting all my life.Making it my career choice seemed…logical.Sticking to what I was good at seemed…illogical as often as I ended up in the ER.Then my occupational hazard began to feel like more of a perk when I met, Katy. She was a night nurse at the ER I frequented. She could barely hide her contempt for me, which naturally made the curvy brunette with long wavy hair all … brunette with long wavy hair all the more irresistible.??? ? ???? ?????? ?? ???????? ??? ? ??? ? ?????? ????? ???? ? ???????.KatyThey called him Dagger, for the…

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MiaAll work and no play was a phrase I knew all too well. But that was about to change. Getting dumped at the start of my much overdue vacation was not how I planned to spend my time off. Neither was running into someone from my past. It was the last thing I expected…. but just what I needed.My brother’s best friend was headed home when our paths collided at the airport during a massive storm. … during a massive storm. Twenty years of chemistry crackles around us like lightning, and we give in to what’s been a long time…

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HopeEver feel like you’ve lost your way and everything is falling apart?As my husband prepares to leave for a business trip a single, secretive text comes across his phone. I didn’t plan to take a trip down memory lane on the eve of our anniversary. But taking this trip down memory lane leaves me in tears, sharing a story of deceit, lies, …and misunderstandings. The man I gave my heart to ten … gave my heart to ten years ago is being ripped away. CarterWe lost each other over the past decade.That’s why I’d tried to push off this trip…

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Recovering from a messy divorce, Autumn Taylor treats herself to a trip to the tropics. Under the gently swaying palm fronds, she hopes to soothe her troubled soul with surf, sand, and sun. Never did she expect to catch the attention of a devastatingly handsome stranger, who awakens a longing in her she thought no longer existed.After separating from his crazy ex, Hunter Malone is enjoying a … enjoying a vacation with his brothers. The female persuasion is the farthest thing from his mind… until he locks eyes with a stunning brunette.What begins as a fling between Autumn and Hunter…

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MiaAll work and no play was a phrase I knew all too well. But that was about to change. Getting dumped at the start of my much overdue vacation was not how I planned to spend my time off. Neither was running into someone from my past. It was the last thing I expected…. but just what I needed.My brother’s best friend was headed home when our paths collided at the airport during a massive storm. … during a massive storm. Twenty years of chemistry crackles around us like lightning, and we give in to what’s been a long time…

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Ten years ago, Logan skipped town after his mother married his worst enemy’s father. But when he returns home for their anniversary party, Logan discovers a surprising attraction to Leah, the stepsister he once despised…

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HopeEver feel like you’ve lost your way and everything is falling apart?As my husband prepares to leave for a business trip a single, secretive text comes across his phone. I didn’t plan to take a trip down memory lane on the eve of our anniversary. But taking this trip down memory lane leaves me in tears, sharing a story of deceit, lies, …and misunderstandings. The man I gave my heart to ten … gave my heart to ten years ago is being ripped away. CarterWe lost each other over the past decade.That’s why I’d tried to push off this trip…

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Brody:Five years ago, I lost my best friend. A year later, I fell in love with his wife. That Christmas, I ran, afraid of what my feelings held.Three years later, I still can’t get her out of my mind.So this Christmas, I’ve decided I am going to return to her. I just hope she’ll take me back. Cass:Five years ago, I lost my husband.A year later, I fell in love with his best friend.That Christmas, … love with his best friend.That Christmas, he left with no explanation. Three years later, I’ve started over in a new town and a new relationship. Just when I think…

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