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It started with a lie. A story to clean up my reputation. I never bargained on falling for the girl. I don't really care what my family thinks. I work hard, selling my art for a f*ck-ton of money and yeah, I celebrate with the ladies. But my brothers just won't ease up. So I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. It seems like such a small deception to get my family off my back. Only now…I need to find a fake fiancé. The red-headed reporter from my art show needs to interview me to keep her job. I figure, we can strike up a deal. I give her the scoop and she plays the part. We both just need to stick with the rules. What could go wrong?Fragile Illusion is a fake-finance romance with scorching heat, witty banter, and a fierce heroine.

The weather outside is frightful this Christmas, and the heat is on for the Stag Brothers. Caramel sauce isn't the only sticky mess for these broody brothers, who each face challenges in love and life.Timber Stag led his family and his law empire with the same stern hand until Alice stumbled into his life. Just when he learns to relax and enjoy the cocoa, everything unravels. Tim's right-hand woman, his sister-in-law Juniper, opts to leave Stag Law, and each of Tim's brothers skates on thin ice at home. Tim needs a Christmas miracle to help put everyone back together again.Thatcher Stag had worked his way off the naughty list and settled down with Emma, but when a health scare rocks Emma to her core, Thatcher needs help navigating the fog.Meanwhile, Tyrion Stag seems to be on Santa's nice list. He's got the perfect wife, a stellar pro hockey career…but the thrill of the road seems to have lost its luster. Ty feels torn when hockey pulls him from his family, and he needs a star to guide him this Christmas.This rollicking adventure follows our favorite family through a holiday season bursting with action. Emotions run high, the pressure cooker is on, and a snowy Christmas Eve changes the Stag family forever.A Stag Family Christmas picks up where the previous books left off, with all the steamy passion you've come to love, but can still stand alone for new readers. Jump into the fast-pace series readers are calling a delightful, intriguing roller coaster that's equal parts funny, sweet and heart wrenching. Don't worry—all Lainey Davis lovers get their Happily Ever After eventually!

Meet the Brady family. They're brilliant, brooding and barreling into relationships whether they like it or not.If you love messy family dynamics, unforgettable characters, and sizzling chemistry, you'll devour these three sexy, hilarious full-length novels, all in one convenient package.Foundation: A Grouchy Geek RomanceZack Brady doesn't do relationships. He does calculations.When his family engineering firm sends him to investigate a sinkhole at a client's house, Zack feels a tremor in the foundation of his carefully calculated world.Her name is Nicole Kennedy. She's loud and crass, and has no time for nonsense. She certainly doesn't have time for a mysterious trench swallowing her yard. To make matters worse, the grouchy engineer who shows up to fix it is the same jerk she's forced to run beside during the corporate relay race her boss insisted she run.Somewhere between jogging and poring over geotechnical engineering plans, Nicole and Zack feel the earth move. Can they overcome their past to build something meaningful?Suspension: An Opposites Attract RomanceLiam Brady has no chill. He's a guy who irons his underwear and checks people's math for a living. When his family business hires a creative writer for a marketing project, he is not prepared to spend time with a woman who keeps candy in her pockets and always asks people uncomfortable questions.Maddie Parker is barely holding it together. Laid off from her long-term newspaper job, she's desperate to finance her health insurance. Insulin's expensive, and when Maddie's friend Nicole lands her a job writing about a group of grouchy engineers, Maddie signs on the dotted line.While Liam shows her the ropes, Maddie pushes all his buttons. Actually, she starts to fantasize about unbuttoning Liam's top button. Meanwhile, he can't stop thinking about her red lips...even if she gets cracker crumbs in his car. A summer storm finally washes away their resistance to one another, but their night of passion has unexpected consequences.Can Liam learn the difference between overbearing and caring? Can Maddie overcome her own fears about her diabetes to see herself through Liam's eyes?Inspection: A Silver Fox RomanceHe closed off his heart when he lost his wife. She is trying to start fresh. Can they rekindle an old flame?Kellen Brady is just fine, thank you. He runs his family business. He cooks family dinners and takes his vitamins. He even gets plenty of exercise. When his daughter suggests he needs to "e;get back out there,"e; Kellen brushes off her comment and gets back to his work instead. Safer that way.Elizabeth Burns feels like she's waking up from a 20-year sleep. Decades of infertility, then raising an Autistic teen have taken their toll, and when Elizabeth realizes her distant husband is also a dirtbag, she shakes off the fog and heads for a new home and a new life.Elizabeth and her son move into a cute house in a cute neighborhood...directly across from her high school boyfriend. But Kellen Brady is a man now. A man with as much baggage as she's got.As they get to know each other again as neighbors, they start to wonder if their story together could have a new chapter. Can the two of them wade through these muddy waters together without risking heartbreak?

Meet the Brady family. They're brilliant, brooding and barreling into relationships they weren't expecting.If you love messy family dynamics, unforgettable characters, and sizzling chemistry, you'll devour these three sexy, hilarious full-length novels, all in one convenient package.Vibration: An Accidental Roommates RomanceIrresponsible. Impulsive. Reckless. Cal Brady has heard it all from his family and he's getting a little sick of it. He's a smart guy, after all. In a family of brainy engineers, someone has to be the fun one, but the other Bradys don't see it that way. To get a break from his family, Cal decides to move out and answers an online ad for a roommate.Logan Miller's ship has come in. For the first time in her life, she isn't scraping by. She's got a fancy degree and a real career...with coworkers who don't like her very much. But it's fine. She's had mean colleagues before. Eye on the prize. Now that she's getting a roommate, she'll even have a nice financial cushion. What could go wrong?For starters, her roommate turns out to be a dude. But this is fine. They can be friends who live together. They just need to ignore the simmering lust that vibrates between them.Current: A Secret Baby RomanceWhat happens when you realize your new mailman is your hot one-night stand…and the father of your baby?Orla Brady is tired of people asking her how hard it is to be a woman in engineering. Her career is the least of her worries. Dealing with her family and personal relationships? That's the hard part. She propositions a hottie, just to tune it all out for a bit. The fling blows her mind, but leaves her with unexpected consequences.Walton Henry Sheffield the third can't do anything right. Not according to his family, anyway. Everything about him threatens the family brand. He's spent a lifetime building a slimy shell to try and deflect his parents' heartless jabs, but then he meets the one woman who calls him out for acting fake. The passionate romp rocks Walt's world, but a family crisis pulls him away from Orla and life as he knew it. By the time they meet again, he's a different person and she's carrying a huge secret.Restoration: A Silver Fox Redemption RomanceGiving in to their attraction could fracture their connection with their adult children. But staying apart might mean they miss their last chance at love…Impulsive, eccentric, moody. Mick Brady has heard it all in his 60 years and brushed it all off just as quickly. When his adult son finally lets him know the impact of his choices, and Mick is crawling out of his skin with regret. Celeste Sheffield has lost everything she thought was important, but in her late fifties, she's figuring out what really matters: her family. Celeste's son marries into the Brady crew, and she's drawn into their boisterous, supportive orbit. She's also distracted by her feelings for the handsome patriarch of the family, and she can't seem to get him out of her head. Mick and Celeste bond over their shared experiences with loneliness and their quest to mend fences with their families. They'll just have to tamp down the spark smoldering beneath their friendship. Mick is no stranger to lust, after all. He can keep his pants zipped around Celeste, and prove to his kids he can be a responsible adult. When Mick's grandson has an accident on Mick's watch, he calls on the one person he knows won't judge his babysitting skills. But does she have to look so good when she swoops in to save the day? Can Mick and Celeste avoid temptation as they focus on changing their lives? Or could their relationship be the thing that helps them stay the course?

He scowls for sport. She destroys executives for a living.Putting them together might cause a catastrophe.Zack Brady prefers soil reports to people and silence to small talk. When a sinkhole starts swallowing the backyard of corporate strategist Nicole Kennedy, fixing the damage should be easy. Soil makes sense, but people don't.Proof of concept: Nicole can't stand him.Nicole already has enough problems. Her house is sliding downhill, her boss bullied her into a charity race, and now her training partner is the same infuriating grouch overseeing the disaster in her backyard.Zack thinks feelings are inefficient. Nicole uses sarcasm like a weapon. But somewhere between engineering inspections, sweaty training runs, and glaring at each other across her collapsing property line, the tension turns impossible to ignore.Because fighting attraction is hard.Resisting the spark while the ground literally shifts beneath them? Even bedrock has a breaking point.Applied Pressure is a steamy romantic comedy featuring explosive chemistry, sharp banter, and the broody Brady family falling hard when they least expect it.**Previously published as Foundation: A Grouchy Geek Romance

She's a hot mess who lost her health insurance along with her job. He irons his pockets. They should not share an office, let alone a bed.Liam Brady relies on structure and order. When his father hires a chaotic contractor to write a corporate history of their engineering firm, Liam is equal parts horrified and fascinated by the woman with the sharp wit and a fanny pack full of candy.Maddie Parker cannot screw up this writing gig. Her diabetes meds cost more than rent, she's unemployed, and she's spent a lifetime dodging unsolicited advice.One small hiccup: Maddie discovers a side effect from one reckless night with the starchy engineer she absolutely should not have slept with.Maddie is determined to handle the situation on her own. Liam realizes his heart wants things that don't fit neatly into tidy rows.Because love is messy.And Liam Brady hates unplanned variables. Case Study is a steamy romantic comedy featuring explosive chemistry, emotional vulnerability, and the broody Brady family falling hard when they least expect it.**Previously published as Suspension

He built a quiet life on a peaceful street. Then the woman he never quite forgot moved back.Kellen Brady felt content. He had a daughter he adored, an engineering firm he built with his brother, and a pack of nephews who dropped by to borrow tools or raid the well-stocked fridge.It was a good life. Stable. Predictable. Safe.Until Elizabeth moved in across the street.Elizabeth never forgot her first love, either. But after ending a bad marriage, she rebuilt her life on her own terms — firm boundaries, realistic expectations, and absolutely no room for emotional complications.Especially not the frustratingly thoughtful neighbor her son already idolizes.Kellen can't avoid her now. Not when their families keep colliding. Not when porch conversations bleed into long evenings. And not when she makes his carefully ordered life feel hollow without her in it.With Elizabeth, Kellen remembers that peace and happiness aren't always the same thing.Retrofit Analysis is a steamy romantic comedy featuring a tender slow burn, emotional healing, and the brooding Brady family falling hard when they least expect it.Previously published as Inspection

Rule #1 of apartment hunting: make sure your new roommate is actually a dude before signing the lease.Cal Brady failed that step spectacularly.He's the Brady who always seems to mess up in memorable fashion. Sure, he's charming and knows his way around an engine. But the Brady family values precision, reliability, and competence — and Cal's spent most of his life feeling one step behind the benchmark.Logan Miller knows exactly where she fits. She clawed her way into a career she built from scratch, and taking on a roommate is the most efficient solution to an inconvenient cash crunch.Unfortunately, the roommate who answers her ad is an infuriatingly charming engineer with a habit of spilling cereal all over her clean counters.Cal should not be fantasizing about Logan's color-coded calendars while trying to prove himself at work. And Logan definitely shouldn't be looking forward to late-night conversations with the chaos demon currently occupying her spare bedroom.But somewhere between takeout dinners, partner pedicures, and a living arrangement spiraling wildly out of control, they both start wondering if there's room in their carefully planned lives for each other.Margin of Error is a steamy romantic comedy featuring accidental roommates, opposites-attract tension, and two people discovering they might already be enough. Meet the Brady family: they're brilliant, brooding, and barreling into relationships they never saw coming.**Previously published as Vibration.

We struck a deal. All business. Now he's changing the rules.Five years ago, I married a charming Kiwi rugby coach so he could stay in the country. He got a path to citizenship. I got the money to open my bar and take care of my sisters.Then he left. And honestly? That was the plan.I don't do need. I've been the one everyone leans on since I was 15 years old, spreading peanut butter on bread butts to make sure four little girls had dinner. I built my life brick by brick so I'd never depend on anyone again.So when Koa rolls back into Pittsburgh... all six-foot-something of muscle, too many dimples, and zero respect for my boundaries? I should be furious.Instead, I'm watching him teach my sister to cook eggs. Listening to him hum while he cleans my kitchen. Catching him looking at me like I'm not just the responsible one... like I'm somebody's everything.We have two weeks to convince immigration our marriage is real.The problem is, somewhere between our road trip to Philly and a barefoot rugby match on the beach, I stopped pretending.I don't let people in. I can't afford to fall for a man who's never stayed anywhere longer than a rugby season. But Koa doesn't just see through my walls...He makes me want to tear them down myself.Last Call is a steamy marriage of convenience romance and the fourth standalone in the Bridges and Bitters series. If you love a curvy, fierce heroine who's never asked for help, a swoony rugby hero who won't stop showing up, found family, witty banter, and chemistry that'll curl your toes... this one's for you.