Elle James

A mystery cowboy and a sexy war veteran teach a bored waitress you don't have to leave your hometown to find love and excitement, but you might have to make a tough choiceCharli Sutton is bored and ready to leave her job at the Ugly Stick Saloon and her home in the quaint little town of Temptation, TX, to seek excitement and love in other parts of the country. That is, until she meets a mysterious cowboy determined to show her there's more to life in a small town than she ever imagined. As she anticipates his next moves, she weighs the merits of the unknown with the known entity of a handsome war veteran whose gentle caresses and soft-spoken demeanor are hard to resist. Torn between her two love interests, Charli realizes life might not be quite so dull in Temptation. Warning: This story contains surprise assignations with one to many partners for one lucky lady.

Passion leads to danger on the Emerald Isle... Tired of eating sand and dodging bullets, Marine Captain Mack Magnus is ready to relax and enjoy his brother's Dublin wedding. A few pints in a quaint Irish pub and the company of a pretty Irish lass, all the better. Instead he winds up getting ordered around by the cousin of the bride. Fed up with her mouthy attitude, he kisses her to shut her up. Now he has a new mission: get into the sexy redhead's panties. Busy international model Deirdre Darcy knows the six-foot-four Marine's type: hit-and-run sex and off to the next port. Fall into bed with an arrogant bastard like Mack? No thanks. When she stumbles upon a couple of Irish gypsies leaving a murder scene, she must go into hiding or become their next victim. His protective instincts kicking into high gear, Mack whisks Deirdre away to a small town where it's easier to keep her safe. Except there's no escape from their growing attraction-or from the one thing neither of them thought they wanted. Love.

Former Navy SEAL enters the fight of his life to protect the mother of his child from killers who wish to silence her testimony in a murder caseAfter the sudden disappearance of the amazing woman he fell for on vacation in Cozumel and nearly losing his own life on a politically volatile mission in Syria, Brandon Rayne

When it comes to love... Blue Collar is better It's time to set aside those sexy billionaires and enjoy stories about the everyday, even sexier bad boys you meet in real life. They may have dirty hands and wear tool belts and jeans instead of Rolex watches, but they're earthy alpha males unafraid to get down and dirty when face to face with a woman in need--whatever her need may be Just a few of the titillating stories inside... In "Elevation" by Megan Mitcham, an always-in-control policewoman trapped in an elevator shaft gets a sexy rescue from the handsome repairman. A lonely woman drives a thousand miles to meet an oil field roughneck ready for a long night of laying pipe in Mia Hopkins' "We Drill Deep While Others Sleep." Jennifer Kacey shows the lengths to which an enterprising gal will go to get the owner of an oil change shop to check her fluids in "The Boss." And those are just a few of the sexy stories inside this collection about the everyday hero next door. These are men who've built their powerful muscles from hard work rather than inside any gym, and they sure know how to use their hard-earned skills to pleasure a woman... From inside Blue Collar... We Drill Deep While Others Sleep by Mia Hopkins - After a thousand mile drive, a lonely lady meets her oil field roughneck for a long night of laying pipeElevation by Megan Mitcham - A policewoman stuck a hundred feet up an elevator shaft eagerly welcomes the rescue from a hunky repairman Upside Down Love by Adele Downs - When a handsome construction worker rescues her after an accident, a divorcee discovers that falling in love at middle age is easier than riding a bicycle Plays with Fire by Elle James - In an attempt to seduce a younger firefighter, a sexy widow gets a lesson in burning desires by the firefighter's badass partnerRoadside Assistance by N. J. Walters - After returning to her hometown, a woman gets some roadside assistance from her high school crushCabin Fever by Kris Norris - After successfully avoiding a confrontation during her unit's team-building retreat at her ex-fianc 's inn, a police detective's luck runs out Shear Passion by Belinda LaPage - Among sweat, backaches and an insatiable lust, an itinerant shearer and a farmer's daughter hatch an unlikely romance in the rustic beauty of a remote Australian woodshedThe Traffic Stop by Kalissa Wayne - When a councilwoman gets stopped on a deserted country road, she gets a lesson in proper procedure by the sheriff Special Delivery by Susan Saxx - When a New York socialite's life splinters apart on New Year's Eve, it takes a machinist to show her that blue collar love is better The Boss by Jennifer Kacey -The owner of an oil change shop gets a customer willing to do anything for him to check her fluids after hours Challenges Met by Layla Chase - Following a long absence from a small Texas town, ex-soldier turned farrier accepts the flirtatious challenge of a wealthy rancher's spoiled daughterIn the Heat of the Moment by M. Marie - When one of her detectives steps out of line, a police lieutenant wastes no time reminding him why she's the commanding officer in their precinctRenovating the Heart by Robie Madison - A sledgehammer-wielding divorc e, trying to work out her new life plan, finds her heart repaired by a contractor she hires to renovate an old family cabinFull of the Wild Life by Tray Ellis - When her surveyor boyfriend returns from the Alaskan wilderness, a woman considers his proposal one more timeBountiful Lust by Delilah Devlin - After bucking her trainer's orders during a takedown, a female bounty hunter proves she's ready for the jobMr. Big by Sukie Chapin - Stranded on the roadside, a struggling grad student, who is also a part-time sex-toy peddler, finds there's more to her hot mechanic than bulging biceps and mad skills under the hood

She wants her horse back and will do practically anything to get it, even stripping at a bachelor party...sometimes a girl has to do what she has to do...for the right price.... Welcome back to the Ugly Stick Saloon. Pull up a saddle. Isabella's gonna take you for a ride, you won't wanna miss. TTo Isabella Severs, men are trouble. Not only was she dumped by her fianc

She's a free-riding, biker-chick with attitude...they're just the Kiowa cowboys who can rein her in. Running from her past for over a year, Libby Jones makes a stop in Temptation, Texas, and takes a job at the Ugly Stick Saloon. Eight months later, she knows she must leave or risk her past catching up with her. Then why did she take the Gray Wolf twins up on an offer to go riding on their ranch? Getting involved isn't in the cards for this free-rider. Mark and Luke Gray Wolf have been trying to capture Libby Jones's attention since she'd started work at the Ugly Stick, only she's blown them off at every attempt to ask her out, until now. Determined to show her a good time on the ranch, they take her to their special project site and show her what she's been missing. Their plan: to expose her to the temptations only twins can provide to persuade her to stay for the long haul. Convinced she's falling for the two, Libby longs for a life she can't have, knowing she must leave before her whereabouts are discovered. But all hell breaks loose when her past walks through the doors of the saloon. The Gray Wolf twins have a fight on their hands to keep Libby from running again. Warning: This title contains hot scenes with even hotter Kiowa twins and a motorcyle-riding, leather-clad biker chick. Caution-bring your fan and iced drinks to the reading, the pages sizzle

Prior-service Army Dog Handler Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz and his dog Six team with a female FBI agent to locate and neutralize a terrorist training campDischarged from the army after sustaining a shrapnel injury that left him with a limp, Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz is angry with himself and the world, and forced to start over with the injured military dog "Six" that saved his life. Kujo accepts a job with Brotherhood Protectors in the Crazy Mountains of Montana, hoping to find new purpose and come to terms with his losses. Following a lead that a terrorist faction is near Eagle Rock, Montana, training to launch terrorist attacks, FBI agent Molly Greenbrier thinks she's on a wild goose chase. She's operating a drone, pretending to be a photographer for a GPS mapping company, when she's attacked in the mountains and left for dead. Discovered by former military service dog Six and his owner, Molly is taken to the owner's cabin where he administers first aid. Now targeted by the faction, Molly is in danger. Kujo informs his new boss of the situation and is assigned as Molly's protector until the team can neutralize the source of the threat. Determined to complete her mission, Molly accepts Kujo and Six's protection and discovers an electric connection to the cantankerous former soldier. Together they struggle to locate the faction while fighting their burgeoning desire.

Rachel Taylor is an advertising executive who wants a baby without the complications of a husband. Jesse Jordan is just the cowboy to complicate Rachel's neatly laid plans. Feeling her biological alarm clock ticking, Rachel single-mindedly embarks on a search for a suitable sperm donor. She begins her search by engaging the services of Date-Your-Mate dating service. Yet, even with the less exacting scrutiny of her best friend, Genie, she doesn't find that certain man to spark her interest enough to be willing to procreate with him. Her next move is to place an ad in a singles column, arranging to meet each of the candidates in the neutral zone of a bar. But after a discouraging round of interviews with her hopefuls, and consuming a few too many drinks, she declares that the next man who walks through the door will be the father of her child. In walks Jesse, the golden-haired cowboy, whose charm and good looks automatically inspire fairy tale dreams. Rachel's only objection is that he is one of her clients at her advertising agency and she refuses to mix business with her personal life. He's also one of Texas's most eligible bachelors, who has a reputation for playing fast and loose with his women. The fastidious Rachel refuses to consider him as a possible donor. Jesse isn't nearly the bad boy the tabloids paint him to be. One look into Rachel's soft brown eyes, and he finds a powerful attraction to the starchy ad executive. Her apparent disinterest only increases the challenge of the chase.

Sex Ed... Cowboy StyleKendall has loved sexy cowboy Ed Johnson since the first time she saw him taming wild horses. Now Kendall is twenty-one, legal and ready to be more than friends. In her bid to win his affections she asks Ed to give her a few Sex Education lessons about what makes a cowboy hot. Ed promised Kendall's brother he'd keep an eye on his little sister while he's away defending their country. But Ed's pretty darn certain Sex Education lessons aren't what big brother had in mind. Caught between his pledge and a recently matured little sex kitten, Ed struggles to keep his word, while giving Kendall what she wants, Sex Ed. Warning: Determined young woman, unsuspecting cowboy and a feisty roommate add up to fun lessons on how to make a cowboy hot. Look out, you might even get a little menage a trois

Passions burn between a Kiowa cowboy and a red-hot former stripperIt's Jackson Gray Wolf's thirtieth birthday, and he has little to show for it. No woman, no kids and no prospects for dates. Sure, the Kiowa cowboy has a ranch and two younger brothers, but he's in a rut where women are concerned, until the pretty little owner of the Ugly Stick Saloon captures his attention. A hot encounter in the saloon storeroom ends before he can get her out of studded red cowboy boots. Audrey Anderson is trying to shake her former occupation as a stripper and project her new role as the savvy business owner of the Ugly Stick Saloon. Now instead of taking off her own clothes, she manages a bevy of strippers. When one of her strippers calls in sick, she's forced to slip on a mask and into her role as the kinky Kiki Cox for the Gray Wolf twins surprise party for their older brother. Not that she minds, not after a sizzling near miss with Jackson in her own storeroom. His mind on the red boots and tight tush of a certain saloon owner, Jackson doesn't want the birthday party his twin brothers are throwing. But his promise to ignore the stripper goes awry when she shows him just how willing she is to please him and his brothers. Audrey gives them her all, but fears the one she wants might be more interested in the sexy stripper Kiki than the tamer saloon owner, Audrey. Warning: This story contains hot Kiowa cowboy brothers and a former stripper in a heart-stoppingly HOT menage a trois First time in print 2017Previously e-published in 2014

Navy SEAL poses as a bodyguard to a sexy CIA operative undercover as the arranged bride of a Saudi prince in search of the biological weapons sale traced to the Prince

Her groom was a no-show at her wedding, and Dallas debutante Phoebe Sinclair isn't going to face her family and the hundreds of guests with the news. Taking nothing but her wedding dress, her grandmother's locket and her fianc 's rented convertible, she leaves the church, determined to get away and start a new life free of her society status. Foiled by a flat tire near Hellfire, Texas, she opens the trunk for the jack, only to discover her missing groom, just as a sheriff's deputy pulls up behind her. When sheriff's deputy Nash Grayson, lends a helping hand to a runaway bride, he doesn't know half of what he's getting himself into. Not only is she sassy and independent, she's beautiful, sexy and wriggles her way past the protective wall he's built around himself since he returned from the war. When she's targeted by a shooter, he's assigned protective duty until the culprit can be caught. Close quarters and hot Texas nights bring the unlikely pair closer to the truth about the dead fianc and their own burgeoning desires. Warning: Things are heating up in Hellfire, Texas.

Tired of her mother's matchmaking, Alexandra Belle Boyette wishes she could find a man with all the loyalty and unconditional love of her dog. With the help of a voodoo charm, her careless wish comes true and her dog, Sport, is changed into a man. And just when her mother hits the jackpot of male matchmaking candidates. Ed Marceau is in Bayou Miste to protect a key murder witness from being snuffed. With the task of blending in and observing the town for any strange activities, he didn't know how strange the town could get. Until he met the Boyette family of nineteen children Especially Alex Boyette who is dangerous to his case, lethal to his libido and absolutely nuts with her live-in house guest and giant-sized family. Come along for a wild ride as Ed learns, fairy-tales really do come true in Bayou Miste.

A Navy SEAL bodyguard and his client's bride struggle with rising desire while fighting to stay alive in the mountains of Montana Ten years in the Navy, most with the elite brotherhood of SEALs, Axel Svenson "Swede" has dodged so many bullets, he knows his luck will someday run out. With younger blood pushing to take over for the older guys, and an injury that marks him for discharge, he takes the plunge into the civilian world. Since desk jobs aren't what he's cut out for, he checks on the pet project of one of his former teammates-Brotherhood Protectors. Providing personal security to rich people sounds like a walk in the park compared to where he's been. Prospective bride, Allie Patterson, thinks she's marrying the man of her dreams. He's rich, he's handsome and mysterious-everything a woman should want. Until his secrets threaten her life. After several near misses, Allie reluctantly allows her fianc to hire one of her brother's bodyguards. The big, sexy, tattooed SEAL assigned to protect her is the kind of guy women drool over, and makes Allie question her decisions. Perhaps she's marrying the wrong man for the wrong reasons. But her brother's gruff friend can't possibly be Mr. Right. Together, they traverse a dangerous journey to get Allie to the church on time...and alive.

One Spell... Double the Trouble... Determined to marry the most eligible bachelor in the parish to save her family, Lucie LeBieu turns a love bug loose to cast its Voodoo spell. What she doesn't count on is hitting two targets-the golden boy congressional candidate, Eric Littington and her Cajun-hot ex, Ben Boyette. She has to undo the spell in order to set things straight before she falls back in bed-and in love-with a certain down and dirty heartbreaker. Undercover investigator Ben Boyette is on special assignment to discover who is threatening Littington when he runs across his old flame, Lucie, cooking up trouble. Again. And when threats turn deadly, Lucie is caught in the middle. Can Ben find a way to protect the politician from falling victim to a killer and himself from falling for the irresistible bayou temptress?

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Elle James, the 1st book in the Cajun Magic SeriesDon't piss off the Voodoo Queen... Craig Thibodeaux's tangled with the wrong person. Cursed by Bayou Miste's notorious Voodoo Queen, he's destined to be a frog by day and a man by night. If he doesn't find someone to love him by the next full moon, he'll remain amphibious for the rest of his days. Elaine Smith came to Bayou Miste to investigate the source of pollutants and finds herself in need of a bodyguard when she gets too close to revealing the source. Though suspiciously absent during the day, handsome local Craig Thibodeaux offers to be that bodyguard in her forays into the swamp at night. Together, they discover the culprits and a magical desire neither expected to find in the blackest waters of the bayou. Reviews: "Elle James delivers voodoo magic and great fun with a biochemist heroine and a hero who oozes sex appeal even in his amphibian persona. A definite one-sitting read " Merline Lovelace, USA TODAY Bestseller