Resultados para "The One Night Stand" en Contemporánea

Recently divorced Cooper Chance knows he’s officially in a rut when his parents take him barhopping in the hope of resuscitating his love life. At first, he’s skeptical. How could a gritty dive bar possibly solve his problems? But then he runs into Nora McHale. Nora isn’t at the bar looking for love. She’s there to unwind after yet another exhausting day at her bakery. And even if she were hoping to meet someone, it sure wouldn’t be Cooper - her best friend’s ex-husband.

When brilliant software developer Sophie Whitterman begins receiving cryptic threats hidden inside the very code she helped design, she realizes something is terribly wrong inside Titanix Technologies is a powerful AI corporation. The system's programming is changing-without authorization-and someone is using the code itself as a weapon.

What happens when you get everything you never knew you always wanted? This emotional story inspired by the author’s own life will take you on an unforgettable journey. I wasn’t looking for love, but it found me when I least expected it. I wasn't planning on putting down roots in this small, southern town... until Ben DuCate walked into my life. His kind nature lowered my walls as his gentle hands painted over the cracks on the canvas of my heart. He brought me back to life with every embrace.

Sarah Madison loved working at Baldwin & Blake. While she looked and, for the most part, acted conservatively, she was a gladiator in the boardroom. She was finally offered the promotion she’d been vying for. But she had to share it with a new guy they brought in especially for the role. Kyle Drake was probably just as good, if not better, in negotiations. Add in good-looking and an incredibly sexy smooth talker. Which Sarah could have totally ignored if he hadn’t been the stranger she’d married in Vegas during a fake ceremony six months earlier.

The Roríguez cartel is spinning out of control, tragedy putting the alliance and our future in question. I’m Emiliano Ruiz and throughout the last few years, I’ve witnessed my sisters being doled out to members of the Luciano Mafia. The cartel has also taken famiglia women. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Luciano famiglia’s turn to take a bride. My mind is set—it’s my turn.

As captain of the Dallas Oilers, I was their leader on and off the ice. From the outside, it looked like I had the perfect life. I didn’t. I was married to a woman who refused to give me a divorce. All she wanted was the status title, and all I wanted was to be set free. It was supposed to be just another event, except it took a turn I didn’t see coming.

Dirty rich one night stand. That's all it was supposed to be. He's the powerful attorney, now world-renowned after coming off the trial of a century which was publicized across the country. And I'm one of the reporters that sat in his courtroom. I watched him, studied him, got to know him from afar which isn't hard since I know his exact brand of confidence, arrogance, and wealth. I know his type. I've dated his type. Which is why when I happen to come face to face with him, when sparks fly and heat simmers between us, I know what happens if I say yes to Reese Summer.

As a newly declared lieutenant in the Roríguez cartel, I’m told I need a wife. The cartel allegiance with the Luciano family has mandated multiple matrimonial mergers. However, I’m not looking for a wife in the true sense of the word. Liliana Ruiz has been in my life for years. I’d never before looked at her as a woman to pursue. When I first met her, she was damaged and timid. Time allowed Liliana to grow into not only a beautiful woman, but an independent soul. She doesn’t want to marry, yet the time will come when it isn’t her choice.

As the only daughter of the Kansas City capo, at eighteen years of age, I was given to the son of my father’s consigliere, a man who was expected to accomplish great things for the famiglia. Things didn’t go the way we planned. There wasn’t love. My husband was a traitor, a part of a coup against the famiglia. My husband is dead. I’m free. Until the fateful night my brother, our new capo, informs me that I’ve once again been promised in marriage.

I’ve sworn off men—thanks to my mother’s disastrous example and my own past mistakes.Feelings? No.Relationships? Hard pass. But one night with Knox Sinclair, the man I used to secretly fantasize about?That, I can handle.Even if he is my ex-fiancé’s brother. We agreed to one night of hot...

From Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author Natasha Madison comes the first book in her popular Only For hockey romance series Ariella The last time I saw him, I’d just turned eighteen. Six years later, we’re face-to-face again. Neither of us wanted the night to end. The next...

It was only meant to be one night, but two little lines will change everything. After recovering from a brain injury that nearly took his life, boxer Kaden Scott can no longer compete in the sport he’s dedicated his life to, leaving only one thing left for him to love…His best friend’s younger sister. Kaden’s adored Missy Kincaid from a distance for far too long, not wanting to risk the brotherly bond he has with his best friend. He just had no idea that the smart, independent, driven woman—on the way to completing her PhD—has also been crushing on him from the moment they met too.

I got pregnant from a one-night stand with my worst enemy. Then I walked into the office to find out he was my new boss.... In my defense, I hadn’t planned on having anything to do with Hunter Whittington again.

Whether it's the boardroom or the bedroom, hotelier Xavier Rodriguez knows what he wants. When he has a chance to work with an incredible nonprofit—and they throw his personal life into the spotlight—he's tasked to clean up his reputation. Which is exactly when delicious temptation steps into his path . . . Between her burlesque troupe, launching her own business, and planning her bestie's wedding—not to mention her hard-to-please, extra-privileged family—Brittany Adair has exactly zero interest in anything more than a bit of fun tonight. And with Xavier, it's a lot of fun.

Alcohol and heartbreak are definitely not a good combo. Too bad I learnt that a little too late. I’m Tessa Beckett and I painfully got dumped by my boyfriend of three years. That led me to getting drunk at a bar and having a one-night stand with a stranger. Before he would see me as a slut the next day,I paid him for the sex and deeply insulted his ability to please me. But this stranger turned out to be my new boss!

She left everything behind to start over. But the past has a way of finding you. Eleni Athens thought moving to a new city was her escape. A fresh start, a classroom full of children who needed her, and a roommate named Chloe who felt like home. For the first time in a long time, life felt possible again.

Ricky Dunn is the human equivalent of a splinter under my fingernail. Annoying. Impossible to ignore. And unfortunately, the older brother of my best friend. Our problems started the night I graduated high school. One reckless night. One secret. One agreement. No strings. Ricky kept his side of the bargain. Years later, we're still stuck in the same small town, crossing paths often enough to drive me crazy. Not that I've noticed how broad his shoulders have become or how unfairly handsome he is now.

Clara Duke lives to crochet wearable art. But right this second, she's looking at the one guy who has the uncanny ability to unravel her in every possible way. Zane Brampton. He broke her heart in high school and now wants to make it up to her—in a single night. Just being in the same room as him feels dangerously volatile. A whole night with this delectable, gorgeous man would be nothing less than a total sexpocalypse. But oh, what a way to go.

How did I accidentally sleep with someone, right? I know what you’re thinking. Whoops! I slipped and inadvertently inserted Tab A into Slot B. That’s not quite how it went. But my yoga instructor is really, really skilled with Tab A, if you know what I mean. Slot B never had it so good. What am I supposed to do now, as I walk into my yoga class and find the guy I ghosted this morning… there, in front of the class, perfectly aligned and grinning at me like he remembers touching all my chakras. He's perfect. Too perfect. He's so perfect he's ruining my job.

He was supposed to be my first and only one-night stand. He was definitely never supposed to become my boss. I had always been the good girl - the workaholic with every second of her life mapped out to a tee. Then I got trapped in an elevator with Julian Hoult. He was...irresistible. Sophisticated sex in a crisp white shirt. His voice alone dropped me straight to my knees. What was I supposed to do? Well...I can tell you what I was definitely not supposed to do. I was not supposed to run into him ever again. I was definitely not supposed to accept his dirty little job offer.