She needs a fake boyfriend. He has a hidden agenda. Will they succumb to their dark desires? Nova Emerson has no time for love. Burned by past relationships, all she wants to do is avoid conflict and focus on her cannabis farm. But when the feisty, curvaceous woman ends up with a flat tire and confronts two sketchy men, she’s suspicious when a handsome stranger comes to her rescue. Jude King is growing frantic. Hunting for answers, the retired Navy SEAL thinks the scrappy beauty he helps on the side of the road could be the key to the breakthrough he craves. So when she approaches him a day later about a pretend relationship to thwart her mom’s matchmaking, the slow-to-trust grump jumps at the opportunity to extract information. Surrendering to their wicked sexual attraction, Nova’s make-believe boyfriend turns out to be the Daddy she needs to liberate her darkest needs. And just as Jude suspects his search has hit a dead end, he fears the sadistic killer circling them both is about to inflict some serious pain. Can he protect the no-nonsense woman from a shadowy predator, or will dangerous secrets tear them apart? Promising Today is the intense fourth and last book in The Emerson Family of Shattered Cove contemporary romance series. If you like spirited heroines, grumpy heroes, and steamy scenes, then you’ll savor A. M. Kusi’s emotional roller coaster. Buy Promising Today now to give in to seduction and explore your darker sides! **No cheating. HEA guaranteed.*** ---------- Keywords related to this contemporary romance novel: Contemporary romance series, fake relationship romance books, romantic suspense, interracial romance books, biracial main characters, grumpy ex-Navy SEAL hero, Black heroine, curvy woman romance, plus size heroine, heroine with ADHD, curvy heroine romance, plus size romance, small town romance, interracial romance books, contemporary romance novel, pretend relationship romance, interracial romance books, strong female lead, strong women, strong heroine, romance ebook, IR romance books, contemporary romance novels, small town romance, single parent romance, romance books, ir books, romance novels to read, love story, emotional romance, love story books, interracial relationship, multicultural romance, small town romance series, Emerson family series, romance books, romance novels.

Fake. That's what we are. That's what we agreed to be. So why does it feel so real? I thought it would have been harder, convincing everyone our school's star receiver was mine and mine alone, but I was wrong. We played our parts so well that the lines between us began to blur until they disappeared completely. The thing about pretending, though, someone's always better at it, and by the time I realized my mistake, there was no going back. I fell for our lie. And then everything fell apart. It turned out he and I were never playing the same game. He didn't have to break me to win. But he did it anyway.

The Instant New York Times Bestseller and TikTok Sensation! As seen on THE VIEW! A BuzzFeed Best Summer Read of 2021 When a fake relationship between scientists meets the irresistible force of attraction, it throws one woman's carefully calculated theories on love into chaos. As a third-year Ph.D. candidate, Olive Smith doesn't believe in lasting romantic relationships--but her best friend does, and that's what got her into this situation. Convincing Anh that Olive is dating and well on her way to a happily ever after was always going to take more than hand-wavy Jedi mind tricks: Scientists require proof. So, like any self-respecting biologist, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees. That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding...six-pack abs. Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other. Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding… I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half? M

It's a simple business deal until things get personal.I'm one of Toronto's most eligible bachelors and CEO of Rothwell Enterprises. I wear success like a well-tailored suit, but that doesn't mean I'm not at the mercy of others.My heavily guarded trust fund is all I need to take my business to new heights. But to get my hands on that money, I have only two options: wait till I'm forty or get married.With my fortieth birthday still years away, getting married is the best short-term option. And when a woman walks into my office with a problem of her own, I see a golden opportunity for both of us to get what we want.She needs a lawyer and I need a wife. My proposition? She pretends to be my love interest and I'll make her legal problem go away. It's a simple win-win situation.If we play this right, nothing can go wrong...At least, that's what I thought.

At the beginning of senior year, Ann was a smiling, straight-A student with friends and a future. Then she met a haunted young man named Connor. Only she can heal his emotional scars; only he could make her feel so loved—and needed. Just one mistake could trigger Connor’s rage, a violent storm damaging everything—and everyone—in its path.

his month, my name is Mary. Every month, Joe tells me a different story, and every month, I listen. He doesn’t know that I imagine myself the star of his every one-night stand, and how could I tell him? I’m a married woman, after all. All Joe and I will ever have is imagination. All we will ever be is fiction. I know this is wrong. I know I should stop before it goes too far. What I have learned from love is that you can’t always fix what is broken, but sometimes, you can survive it. I’m just not sure I can possibly survive knowing Joe.