Five years ago, I made the grave mistake of falling in love with my brother’s best friend.

Paul Blackwell is a dark brooding cowboy with a troubled past,
And I’ve always been a sucker for his chiseled body and haunting smile.

Our family took Paul in when he was young.
Our farm is the only life he’s ever known.
If my brother found out about our late night make out sessions…
He would have turned Paul away and never spoke to him again.

I couldn’t be the reason he lost everything.
So what did I do? I ran away and never looked back.
I didn’t tell anyone where I was going.
I knew if I did, Paul would find me. He would never give up on us.
But I couldn’t let him give up on everything else just for me.

I thought if I stayed away long enough,
Surely our feelings would fade.
But five years later, I’m back in Apple Creek…
And nothing has changed.

His lips still captivate my attention like nothing else I’ve managed to find.
Or maybe it’s the memory of kissing them that draws me in.
All I know is I’ve scoured all of California looking for anything else that could give me the same thrill as those lips, and I came up empty.

I didn’t come back for him. I came back for my family.
But I was too late. Too much time had gone by.
What they say is true. You can’t go home again.
Not after you abandon it for so long.

Now that we’re grown, the heat between us goes far beyond making out.
I thought it’d help to get it out of our systems,
But we’re just getting burned up in each other’s flames.

We do our best to behave and deny the undeniable,
But when I find out I’m pregnant…
This thing between us becomes far more than we can ever hide.

Will running away from it all even help this time?
Or will we have to face the music and risk losing everything…
So we can finally have each other?

Note: Adult Only!

I didn’t come to Apple Creek to run away from my life,
But from the moment I arrive…my life starts to run away from me.

All I want to do is see my big brother’s new house,
And convince him that I have my life together.
The visit is going fine until…
My husband calls and tells me it’s over.
Just like that. He wants a divorce.
That shiny image of the perfect life I sold to my brother…
Is officially shattered.

At least it will be when I tell him what happened.
Then again, does he really have to know?
He’s never met my husband, or seen a picture of him.
So really…anyone could be my husband for all he knows.
Including the hot guy I met at the farmer’s market.

While I’m paying a stranger to win over my brother…
That stranger starts to win me over.
Josh Tuckett has muscles that put Greek gods to shame.
He also has a major chip on his shoulder about pretty much everything.

It’s sure to be a disaster.
Or at least it seems like it will be…
Until I turn out to be the sweetness Josh needs to tame his bitterness,
And life on the farm with him turns out to be everything I’ve been missing.

The whole charade becomes less about convincing my brother we’re married,
And more about convincing ourselves that we’re not falling in love.
But long hot nights in bed with this sexy farmer don’t come without a price.
Pretty soon I’m staring at a positive pregnancy test.

I’ve made a bad habit of lying my way out of my messes.
But how am I supposed to lie my way out of being pregnant?

Note: Adult Only!

My life as a broke, single mom is messy. But it only gets more complicated when I met the rich, sexy, perfect Dr. Cunning.

As a single mother, I have a lot on my plate and I'm just trying to get by.
I work hard and I'd do anything for my son, Avery.
But when Miles Cunning comes into the picture,
I'm reminded that I haven't done anything for myself for far too long.

Miles is rich, sexy, and perfect...
and I know I am none of those things.
But I can't seem to help myself when it comes to him.
Don't I deserve just a little something all to myself?

It's impossible to deny my attraction to him.
But how can I get him to see me in the same way?
If only he thought I was someone different...
Someone rich and powerful like him.
Someone like...my best friend, Sophie.

Sophie said I desperately needed to get laid.
She'd understand if I borrowed just a few small details from her life...
All for the sake of getting Miles into bed.
Did I mention he's a rich doctor? Worth it.
If I could actually pull it off,
It'd only be for a one-night stand anyway.
What's the harm?

It does work. And maybe it would have been harmless...
If that one night didn't turn into lots of nights.
And a positive pregnancy test.

I swore I'd never fall for a man like this again.
But here I am, crashing down hard for him...
Right into a giant disaster of my own making
with only myself to blame.

Note: Adults Only!

One impulsive, out-of-character moment ended up changing my life forever…
I just don’t know if it was for better or for worse.

One look at Liam Emerson, and any woman could understand why I did what I did.
My life was turning into a dumpster fire,
And I wasn’t in the mood to be at that party anyway.
Then, I saw him…

He barely said two words, but his body spoke volumes.
His chiseled muscles were wrapped in expensive designer clothes.
His eyes were icy and entrancing,
and those lips might as well have been candy.
I was dying to taste them.

Most importantly, he had liquor. And he was willing to share.
I guess that’s why I randomly asked if he wanted to make out with me.
I didn’t actually expect him to say yes.
I especially didn’t expect us to have sex in one of the bathroom stalls.

Not my proudest moment, but the sex was so good…
It was worth it. And what did I care anyway?
If we did run into each other again,
I was committed to pretending like it never happened.

We run into each other again alright…
In the worst possible circumstances.
I show up for the first day of my new job a few weeks later…
And there he is. Liam Emerson. Aka - my new boss.

It’s not like I knew he was my boss when we slept together.
I try to shake it off. This doesn’t change anything, right?

Maybe our unfortunate coincidence doesn’t have to change anything…
But finding out I’m pregnant with my boss’s baby certainly does.

Note: Adults Only!

Old town.
Same crush.
Second-chance love possibilities are endless.

After failing in the big city, I found myself back home.
Back in the same bed, I’d slept in as a teen.
Back to the town that I’d run away from as fast as I could.
Jericho wasn’t a fresh start; it was reliving the past.

Part of that past was Jeff.
My brother’s best friend who had lived next door.
I’d loved him for a long time.
I got up the courage to tell him one night when I was 17.
Jeff had practically laughed at me.

Now, seeing him around was difficult.
When I saw the lust in his eyes when he looked my way, I was shocked.
Jeff didn’t see me as just my brother’s little sister anymore.
He saw me as a woman now.
He wanted me.

When his hands were on my body, the past didn’t matter.
The hurt, the pain.
All that mattered was his lips and touch.
I’d loved Jeff for a long time, and nothing had changed.

As the world tried to keep us apart, I was determined to have my way.
We were meant to be together and now was our time.

Note: Adult Only!

What could be worse than losing your job, getting dumped by your boyfriend, and finding out you're pregnant all at once? You could start sleeping with the hot, biker bad boy who lives next door to you in the middle of it all. That’s what I did.

Luca Emerson is the opposite of me in every way,
And truthfully life was simpler when we were enemies.
That was how it all started - With us hating each other.

Despite my recent bad luck,
I truly do believe the world can be sunshine and rainbows.
Which is why it was so infuriating to live next door to Luca.
He was a black stain on our picture-perfect suburban neighborhood.

I wasn’t exactly in the best place when Luca stormed over to my house.
He wanted to yell at me about all the HOA fines and warnings he had been receiving.
But even a tough guy like him couldn’t yell at a woman who was crying her eyes out.

I had a few drinks to try and drown my sorrows,
Which made it all too easy for me to dump my troubles on him.
Losing my job, being dumped…all in one day. The whole story.
In my vulnerable state, I did something I would normally never do.
I jumped his bones so fast that he barely knew what hit him.

We had fun together, but…
I told myself it would never happen again.

Four weeks later…a routine check-up with my gyno reveals that I’m pregnant.
Right around the time, Luca takes to working on his bikes, shirtless, in his front yard,
With all of those glorious, sweaty, tattooed on full display to tempt me…
To remind me how good it felt with him the first time.

I can’t go down that road again.
Especially not now. I’m pregnant.
But since I am having the worst few months of my life…
Surely no one can blame me for indulging in him just a little more.
If we keep it casual, he doesn’t need to know I’m pregnant, right?

I’m stuck between a secret baby and a secret fling that no one was supposed to know about, and neither of them are secrets I can keep forever.

Note: Adults Only!

I just needed a room to rent. When I called the number listed in the ad, I had no idea I was getting myself into so much more than that.

Emmett didn’t even want to rent the room to me. I couldn’t blame him.
I showed up with nothing but two big suitcases, no job, and a wad of cash.
He neglected to tell me why he was being so cautious.

It turns out he’s a single dad to an adorable little two-year-old girl.
I’ve never been a huge fan of kids unless I was getting paid to watch them.
I certainly didn’t want any of my own.

He decides to take a chance, against his better judgment and lets me move in.
That should have been the end of it.
He lives his life, I live mine. Simple enough.

But Emmett isn’t just a single dad. He also works in the music industry.
I couldn’t contain my curiosity.
Before long, I’m spending a lot of late nights with him in the studio.
And those quickly spiral into late nights in his bed.

Did I mention he offered me a job?
Not only am I making the horrible decision to sleep with my housemate…
I’m also sleeping with my boss.
As the reasons for why it’s a bad idea keep piling up,
So do my feelings for him.

But Emmett needs more from a woman than I can ever give him.
Every night I spend with him makes me feel guiltier than the one before.
I’m not ready for a family. I can’t be the mother his daughter needs.

It’s a disaster in the making on so many levels.
So really I shouldn’t be too surprised when my doctor calls,
And tells me I’m pregnant.

The life I didn’t think I was cut out for is now mine whether I want it or not. Unless of course…I run away like I always do.

Note: Adults Only!

There was nothing, absolutely nothing, that would ever trick me into the delusion of thinking I wanted to have a wife and kids.

But we can’t all be smart enough to figure that out on our own.
Some people, like Lauren Jacobs...
Need a little extra help in coming to that realization for themselves.

I don’t think any sane person actually wants kids,
Or a serious relationship for that matter,
Unless they’re completely clueless about what they’re really getting into.

That’s why I’ve taken it upon myself to enlighten Lauren.
We’re not exactly friends. We hate each other actually.
But she’s all caught up in the throes of baby fever,
And I can’t stand to see anyone pining after something that’s no good for them.

What better way to show someone what a baby-free life as a single person can provide…
Then to have a lot of hot and steamy casual sex?
Okay, that part of the deal is kind of an accident.
But it makes perfect sense to me.
And damn if it isn’t a very happy accident.

Or at least it is until things start turning very not casual.
It turns out...Everyone was right.
There is no such thing as uncomplicated, no strings attached sex.

And Lauren comes with the biggest string of them all.
The very thing I was avoiding like the plague,
And what she wanted more than anything.

We started out as enemies, and now we’re lovers. I was okay with that. But parents? That was never a part of the plan.

Note: Adults Only!

Brantley Jenkins and I only have one thing in common…
We wouldn’t get married if our lives depended on it.

But in our families - not getting married isn’t an option.
They have different reasons, but both are just as relentless and persistent.

I knew when I hired him to help with my grandmother’s business,
She would see him as something more, of course.
He became an opportunity.
I just didn’t know how far she’d go...
To make her ridiculous fantasy a reality.

We drank down her tricky poison like fools.
Only to wake up the next morning and realize we’d be duped.
Like it or not, we are now married.
And our only way out...also means I get deported for good.

We have no choice but to try and make this work,
Which means a minimum sentence of four years.
Four years of making everyone believe we’re in love,
While it’s getting harder to make ourselves believe that we’re not.

Our fake marriage gets a little too real for me,
When I learn our very real hot and steamy sex…
Has led to me being very pregnant.

Right after Brantley has made it clear that kids are not in the cards for him,
I end up with a positive pregnancy test to prove him wrong…
That is if I decide to tell him he’s a father now.

Will our arranged marriage prove to be a happy accident? Or are we fooling ourselves in the way we hoped to fool everyone else?

Note: Adults Only!