Bøker av Julia Goda

Welcome back to West Ranch! Where the men are as fiercely loyal as cowboys come. They work hard, but they love even harder! Giddy up! It's going to be a fast and sweet ride! The moment I met the new girl in town, I knew life as I knew it was about to change.I didn't make the best first impression with December Trevino. Heck, I'm pretty sure I made her feel like an outsider, which wasn't my intent, but my big mouth got the better of me. She's off limits. Way too young for an old cowboy like me. When an opportunity arises and not only gives me the chance to hold December in my arms but be there for the new diner owner in a way many aren't, I know it's time for me to make a move. I'm a cowboy who knows what he wants and doesn't stop until he has it, and the peace I feel whenever she is near is all I want until my last breath. Dear reader, this is an insta-love with an older, dirty-talkin' cowboy daddy who will do anything to keep his baby girl happy and feeling loved!

Juniper Winters is not only too good and too young for a grinch like me, she is also my son's ex-girlfriend. Year after year, I might have kept my hands to myself, but my eyes, well, that's another story. I shouldn't want her, but my stupid daddy heart doesn't have eyes for anyone else. When she shows up on my doorstep with a glimmer of something in her eyes, I have a feeling we both want to take a walk on the naughty side this winter. I'm scrooged the moment her lips touch mine. A touch, a taste, and a look are all it takes for me to realize there's no turning back. She might tell herself we have to keep this thing between us a secret, but I'm ready to shout it from our mountaintop. I don't care who knows. All I want under my tree this and every year from here on out is my baby girl! The stockings are hung. The presents? All wrapped. But not everyone is filled with cheer. This season, a group of grumpy Scrooges is about to learn that the perfect gift isn't under the tree at all. Instead, mistletoe will hold the key to unlocking the true spirit of the holidays-love. Grab a cup of hot cocoa and get ready to snuggle up with these steamy novellas brought to you by twelve of your favorite instalove authors. The Mistletoe Love Series releases this December 2023.

She's been driving me insane from the moment she walked into my office. The way her smile brightens a room makes the feral animal inside of me come to life. I've kept my hands off Coco Sanchez for a year. With every passing day my obsession grows and warps into an insatiable hunger only she can sate. The holidays are right around the corner and I'm tired of her thinking I hate her. I'm ready to make a move. The weather is on my side, when an unexpected blizzard helps my plans in making Coco mine. I'm going to make it work to my advantage. Snowed in and trapped, she's not sure what to make of me. Coco may not know it yet but this Christmas I only have one wish, and that's for this daddy to warm her up, forever. Father Christmas? It's more like Santa Daddy for these good girls. They've made the list and their daddies are checking it twice in this steamy Christmas collab from some of your favorite instalove authors.

Mike Granger is a divorced single dad of twin teenage daughters. He's worked hard to maintain a good relationship with not only his daughters but his ex-wife. Their blended family is what people consider the exception, not the rule. At thirty-eight, Mike's given up hope of finding the one. He dates, but even then, he keeps women at arm's length, never really allowing himself to get too close. Natasha 'Tasha' Torres is a first grade teacher who has kissed her fair share of frogs that never, not once, turned into a prince. She wants to believe in love and happily ever afters, but it's especially hard after her last breakup. After Tasha almost gets Mike arrested due to a misunderstanding when he pretends to be someone he's not, he shocks her by inviting her to dinner, and they spend an incredible night together. Too bad she doesn't hear from him after. There are moments in life you can't ignore. Moments where the world seems smaller than you could have ever imagined, almost like life is trying to give you hints about the one you should be with. But will Mike listen? Or will his ego get the best of him when he jumps to conclusions at every turn? Get ready for a boom-tastic good time with this insta-love that reminds you love and family can look different for everyone! Until Mike is part of Aurora Rose Reynolds' Happily Ever Alpha World. If you loved Until December and Until July, then you will want to read Until Mike.

Sports agents Carey, Fox, and Ronan are as powerful as they are handsome. They have me fantasizing about things I shouldn't want. Especially since I work for them. In this economy, I can't put my job in jeopardy to scratch an itch. Yet my three bosses make me ache for the forbidden.I don't want one of them-I want them all. It's wrong. Three men and me? The more I think about it, the more I find myself longing for just that. They bring out a side of me that yearns to belong. I want to be theirs. Their perfect little doll for my daddies to play with. It's a dark fantasy and nothing more. Or is it? One by one, they make a move. Lingering looks, soft touches, even longing kisses have me thinking they might want the same. But are they after a fling or a forever? Either way, I'm risking my heart to find out. Life will never be the same after stepping into Room Thirty. You've explored Club Sin: New York and Club Sin: Chicago, now visit Club Sin: New Orleans for two more play sessions.Fantasies are meant to come true and the men of Club Sin: New Orleans will see to your every kinky desire. This November is the second play session of the year with ten of your favorite steamy romance authors. We'll take you inside Club Sin: New Orleans, a forbidden place where you'll find love and pleasure with multiple hot men in these Reverse Harem novellas. Can you handle the heat? 10 rooms, 10 fantasies...Which door will you step through?

Welcome to West Ranch!Where the men are as fiercely loyal as cowboys come. They work hard, but they love even harder! Giddy up! It's going to be a fast and sweet ride! There are a million and a half reasons why I've kept my hands off the new cook at West Ranch. She's young and sweet and I should keep my big, calloused hands off her. For eight weeks I've been living in hell. Watching her from afar, putting my big cowboy boots in my mouth every time I talked to her. She thinks I hate her and I can't blame her. I've been a jerk. And she's had enough. She might be attracted to me too but she's done waiting for me to make a move. She's no ones doormat and I love that she tells me how it is. The idea of seeing her with anyone else lights a fire under me to make a move. A cowboy my age might be a little rusty but I'm no rodeo clown. This city girl who knows her way around my heart is my forever. I'm ready to settle down this fall because the sound of her sweet voice is my favorite October kind of melody.

Merribelle 'Merry' Torres has no idea how completely gone I am for her. As her boss, I've kept my hands to myself. But once I realize she has feelings for me, I make sure to have something up my sleeve this holiday season.What a better back drop to make our holiday wishes come true than Santa Claus, Indiana!Brighton 'Bright' North makes my cynical heart pitter patter. It is not just his dreamy, good looks, and the broadest shoulders I've ever checked out. His heart of gold and modesty make him a mystery to me. But my billionaire boss is out of my league, so I keep my feelings and fantasies to myself.Until they suddenly start becoming true.Come along for a jolly good time as Merry & Bright fall head over candy cane in love!

Cristian is the youngest of the four Benitez boys. He's used to getting what he wants with an easy smile and flex of his inked-up muscular arms. Too bad Mariana Padilla is off limits. His best friend's little sister is too young for a guy like him. He's rough around the edges where she's delicate and feminine. At twenty-nine, he knows better than go there. His focus needs to stay high & tight on the barbershop he just opened with his brother and cousins. Think about the big picture. Too bad every time he thinks about the future, it's Mari's dark eyes that are the ones he sees next to him. Cris and Mari are meant to be; he just has to find a way to talk her into it and hope his best friend doesn't kill him for touching his little sister.

Getting snowed in with Olive Palma shouldn't have changed the way Bruce Frost saw his best friend and right-hand girl, but somehow it did. He can't stop looking at her. Thinking about her. Trying to find a way to touch her. The pull towards her is killing him. Too bad he has no idea Olive has been waiting what feels like her entire life for Bruce to make a move. Positive he won't, she decides to become a mail-order bride. She wants more to her life than a supporting character in someone's life. She wants to be the center of someone's universe. When Bruce finds out that time waits for snowman, he will do anything to have Olive wear his ring.By any means necessary. **Cozy up with a steamy cup of hot cocoa snuggle in! This is going to be a sensual, fiery hot read with an OTT dirty talkin' mountain man daddy who finally sees the gem of a woman he stupidly overlooked. Daddy's dirty mouth will have you blushing and looking at strawberries and cream in a whole new way!**

Damian Benitez and Paz Alva have been best friends for years. Until one night, when the lines got blurred, but instead of telling Paz how he felt, he shied away, afraid to give in to his dad's expectations for his life. And he's regretted it ever since. Now he's back in his hometown of Desert Rose, CA, after his father's death, with plans to stay and build a business with his brother and cousins. Damian finally has something more to offer Paz than following him from army base to army base. He knows he has his work cut out for him if she's going to give him a chance. But he doesn't mind. Anything worthwhile takes work. The hard parts in life usually lead to the sweetest rewards, and he's more than ready to lay his heart on the line.

Navy Seal Rowdy Hawkins has seen the world thanks to his time in the military. Not only did the Navy give him the opportunity to see more of the world than anyone could imagine, but it gave him a purpose. But now, at thirty-seven, he's starting to feel like he's missing something. Especially after seeing his buddy all settled and domesticated. Fabiola Martinez is the good twin. The quiet, shy one who has always followed her bad girl sister's lead. Slinging drinks at her cousin's bar isn't what she wants to do with her life, but raised by a single mom and one of six, she knows making the rent takes priority to your dreams. When fate makes their paths cross, fireworks spark to life. Fabiola is ready to let loose. Rowdy knows how to get wild. The question is, when the sun rises on a new day, will Fabiola want to keep Rowdy in California, or will he get on his motorcycle and drive off before the sun starts to set? Take a journey through the Loving My Soldier collection as hearts draw the line in the sand, ensuring love is found in the most unlikely of places.

Aria Martinez came into our home and turned my twins and my life upside down in the best way possible. Our sweet nanny helped make us a family. But I had a plan: Send the girls off to boarding school at the start of the year. Fire the tempting nanny who's way too young for me. I'm not willing to bend. Or am I? When the world tilts on it's axis, we give into the attraction burning between us. Before I know it, one night turned into so much more. Every moment with her pushes my stupid plan further and further away now I know the taste of her kiss. What happens when she finds out my plan and my ego gets in the way? Will I still find her under my tree Christmas morning? Or will I regret losing her for the rest of my days to come? This holiday season we're bringing you a steamy instalove collaboration hot enough to melt the North Pole. These hunky hotties are in for a great shock when each one finds Ms. Right in the most unexpected of places. Under His Tree. Curl up in front of the fireplace as these Christmas beauties teach their men a few timely lessons in giving and receiving on their way to a steamy holiday-ever-after.

From the moment Dean laid eyes on Joanna, he knew she was it for him. He loved her with everything he was. But when life changed for them, he failed her. She loved him and never stopped. Not when he walked away. Nor when he came back. She watches him transform from a nervous young man holding a baby for the first time to a man who would rather cut off his right arm than let down his baby girl. Time ticks away, they both grow up, and life moves on. But what never changes is how they feel about one another.Dean knows it's time to do something to win her back and have his family all under the same roof, and it needs to be drastic. With a scheme in play, he will stop at nothing to get his girl back. An OTT, sexy & sweet second-chance romance read that will have you swooning.

Ruth Martinez has been a thorn in Hugo Serrano's side since the day he hired her six months ago. Not because she doesn't know what she's doing but because he wants her when he shouldn't. He's her boss. She's way too young. When the earth shakes, things come tumbling down, including his self-control. He's done trying to keep her at bay. He just hopes the ruthless way he wants her won't scare her away. This holiday season, his sweet little assistant will learn what a good girl she's been for him. In and out of the office. Daddy's home, and he's going to show her how ruthlessly devoted he is when it comes to his sweet little brat! *Hold on tight, book babes! Temps might be cooling down, but this sexy boss is about to heat things up! Cuddle up and enjoy this dirty talkin' daddy who is going to make his sweet girl purr!* It's that time of year where the air gets cooler, a crispness is in the air but the Holidays with the Boss, an all new multi-author collaboration has books designed to turn up the heat and get you in a festive mood.

I'm the responsible brother. The one who stepped up and made sure our family was okay after my dad passed away. I was a cocky bastard who thought he knew better and was wrong. So damn wrong. Because of that, I decided love wasn't in the cards for me. Not when I had been responsible for my youngest brother's heartache. But my sweet curvy assistant has me re-thinking that. When it comes to Soria Gomez, I can't seem to stay away. Making her work longer hours, attached at my hip, all of it to sneak in just that little more time with her. I don't deserve love, and I certainly don't deserve her. But I want her. I want her the way men who wrote epic love stories and sonnets loved their women. When my self-control breaks and the beast inside of me has a taste of her lips, I can no longer live without touching her, without making my intentions clear. She's mine. She just doesn't know it yet.

Jason Somers and Rocio Padilla have been friends forever. She used to have feelings for him but didn't think he could see her as more than one of the guys. Timing has never been right for him to make a move on the one woman he's always wanted. Her fortieth birthday is right around the corner, and she's ready to make big changes. Life throws them a lifeline just in time for a curveball neither saw coming. Will they let it slip through their fingers or realize in one another's arms that they're already home? **A shorter version of Already Home was previously published as Butcher in the Meat Market Anthology**

Football has been my life. I've been living and breathing the game for the last forty years. Until a little cheerleader catches my eye in a dark parking lot after a game. She awakens something inside me. Something dark. A demon with a screw loose who has vowed to keep her safe and claim her for himself despite the fact she's way too young for a man like me. I've tried to keep my distance, but no matter how hard I try to stay away, our paths keep crossing. For the first time in my life, my priorities are all over the place. Football is no longer the first thing on my list. Trying to keep an eye on the tiny cheerleader who brings out a side of me I didn't know existed surpasses the game. The darkness inside of me grows. Forcing me to become a man I don't recognize. One who lurks in the shadows, threatens anyone who could hurt her. But that's not enough. Not when we get stuck together for a night breaks my defenses and shatters my control. One kiss obliterates whatever shred of rational thought I have when it comes to her, and I'm not giving her up. Alicia Rosas has no idea how twisted up she has me. No clue of the sick things in my head or the lengths I would go to see her smile and keep her safe and sound. If she did, she would run. Too bad she has no choice now that she's mine. I'll do anything to keep it that way. **Stalked by the Coach is an OTT, college sports, age-gap romance not for the faint of heart. Coach Goodwin is used to being in charge, both on and off the field, but that goes into overdrive when it comes to his one-on-one time with his bratty cheerleader. This obsessed daddy coach will be scoring a guaranteed HEA. **

They say first love is the strongest. Some even say it can last a lifetime. Scott Kostas and Jess Logan were one another's first love. Young and naïve, they didn't know what they had and let it go, creating separate lives. Now, over thirty years later, an unexpected encounter brings Jess, Scott and old memories back together. Older and wiser, both are determined not to make the same mistake twice. For Scott that means showing Jess that he's the man she can count on. For Jess? She's determined not to let Scott break her heart a second time. From the start they realize that the connection they once shared is still there and time has only made it stronger as they get to know the people that they have become after so many years apart. Love and passion refuses to stay buried in the past. Can love bring two souls back together despite life's many obstacles? Will they finally get their own happily ever after? A short story reminding us, no matter what, when it comes to love, it is never too late!

Sergio Benitez knows firsthand how much it hurts to fall in love and give your heart to someone then have them vanish in the middle of the night without even a wave goodbye. For twelve years he's been avoiding love, trying to forget her in a line of faceless women. But the memory of Amaya Chacón still haunts him. When Sergio finds out Amaya is back in Desert Rose, it turns his world upside down. He should hate her. He shouldn't want her back. But when their eyes connect, it's as if not a day has gone by. For both of them. His heart still belongs to her. But what happens when Sergio finds out Amaya has a son, only to find out Mateo is his?Will it taper down the fire between them, or is it just the thing Sergio needs to claim the family he didn't know he had?

My sisters like to say I attract trouble. I just think I know how to have fun. But when the new bar I work at is robbed and I have to testify, even I have to admit it's a little scary. Oath Harrison is one of the usuals at my new place of employment and also the district attorney handling the case. His dimpled smile pulls me in, but it's the way he looks at me that haunts me. His touch that makes it impossible for me to adjourn and get some rest. Especially when it leaves me wondering what it would be like to serve him more than a drink. We're opposites in every way. Wanting more with a man so testi-fine would be asking for heartbreak when I don't even believe in love. But when I'm under oath, there is no way I can lie about how I feel. I just hope once the case is closed and the prosecution rests, my heart will still be safe. Grab your gavel and don your robes. Court is in session! These lawyers and judges are about to face their toughest cases yet...falling in love! Finding their soulmates wasn't on the docket, and they're not even remotely prepared to argue their cases, but futures are on the line in the series of sweet and steamy instalove romances from seven of your favorite curvy-girl romance authors!

I thought football was my one and only love. The only thing I'd ever been focused on was being the best. I worked my ass off to become starting quarterback my senior year at a division-one school. I'm about to hand the Sidewinders a championship. I should be more focused than ever. But one look at a shy girl in the library has me losing my mind. Pouring my obsessive nature in her direction. And Mila Murillo has no clue. They say timing is everything, and even though it's the worst time to let a woman distract me, she's not just any woman. She's mine. Stalked by the Quarterback is an OTT college sports romance with an obsessed alpha who will stop at nothing to not only claim his girl but her heart. HEA guaranteed.

I've only loved one thing in life, only had one goal: Football and playing pro. I was ruthlessly focused. Living and breathing toward that one goal and only that goal. Until one look in her direction has me rethinking everything. Makes me forget why football was important. I'm doing things I know in my gut are risking my future. Not only when it comes to football but with her. But the animal inside me has his heart set on her. She's more intriguing and captivating than I've made up in my head. Whatever hope I had of the obsession winding down runs through my fingers like grains of sand. Just the thought of Sara Martinez consumes me. And now that I know the taste of her kiss and the softness of her skin, that deep animal hunger will never be sated. I've done things that would terrify her if she ever found out. But I can't take them back. Only own up to them. There's no turning back. Whether she likes it or not, she's mine. Forever. Stalked by the Tight End is an OTT, college sports romance with an obsessed alpha who will stop at nothing to not only claim his girl but her heart. HEA Guaranteed.

Football has always been a means to an end. A thing I'm naturally good at that granted me the opportunity to further my education, getting me one step closer to becoming something more than a kid from the wrong end of town. But when Betty Montoya walks into my life, my plans go to hell. I don't care she's off limits. Touching her could risk my diploma. But the monster she's woken up inside me wants her. Needs her. Craves her. Is determined to have her. I seize every opportunity to become the man she depends on. She has no idea of my obsession and the lengths I would go to when it comes to her. I'd do anything to keep her happy and safe. Anything to make her mine. The only question is, who will protect her from me? Stalked by the Wide Receiver is an OTT, college sports romance with an obsessed virgin alpha who will stop at nothing to not only claim his girl but her heart. HEA Guaranteed and a double cherry-popping good time.

Bohemian artist, Shelly Santiago has had a fulfilling career, amazing friends, and great family. There's only been one thing missing in her life: someone to share it with. At fifty-six, she thinks her time has come and gone for finding love. Straight-laced gallery owner, Grant Alexander, knows that even with the tragedy of losing his wife ten years ago, he's been blessed with a great life and career. The only thing that's been bothering him is the promise he made to his late wife before she passed. Side by side, Shelly and Grant have worked together for years. Nothing ever more than friends, and sometimes not even that. As complete opposites, what happens when they start to realize the building attraction they feel for one another? Will they jump into the possibilities of more or will they keep one hand up and their own hearts guarded? Will Grant be able to keep his promise to his late wife? Will Shelly get what she's always wished for? Wishing For You will take you on moonlit walks on the beach to remind you that it is never too late for love!

Turner Hayden is hard to love. I like being as tough as the concrete I pour for a living. I'm not a people person. Or at least that was the case until I moved into my new place and met my sweet neighbor. One look at her, and I lost my mind. Some might think I'm a little obsessed, a borderline stalker, when it comes to her, but I have my reasons. I can't touch her, am forced to do the next best thing-watch and bide my time because Alejandra Sanches is engaged. When she finally kicks her cheating fiancé to the curb, I'm taking every opportunity that comes my way to my advantage. Anything to get me closer to her, to make her fall for me. Including letting her think we're pretending to be together when her ex comes sniffing around. Every kiss and touch make me more possessed with need to claim her as my own. When it comes to winning Alejandra's heart, I hope for the first time in my life, I'm not too hard to love. GOOD WITH HIS HANDS SeriesWhether they're construction workers, carpenters, roofers, plumbers, welders, mechanics, electricians, factory machinists, metalworkers, trash collectors, cement workers, movers, heavy-equipment operators, tow truck drivers, oil rig workers, or canoe builders, these blue-collar heroes all have in two things in common: They're good with their hands, and they're not afraid to get dirty. Really, really dirty. Join your favorite insta-love authors for 15 steamy love stories featuring blue-collar men who work hard and fall hard when they meet the women who steal their hearts.

Welcome back to Serendipity Falls! It's snow secret Asher Frost was the king of grand gestures. A hopeless romantic turned bitter mountain man after his divorce. Where he once believed in happily ever after's, his heart wilted away to almost nothing after his marriage all but disintegrated. Or so he thought. It's snow secret principal Coco Ramos life is a hot mess after her divorce. Especially when her ex's receptionist is on his arm glowing and pregnant everywhere she turns. Reminding her of what she can't have. Or so she thought. A blizzard might have brought them together for a couple of nights but something more will connect them for life.Can two divorcees who gave up on love find the courage and take one more leap of faith? Or will they let what they have melt away like snow in a heatwave?. **Cozy up and snuggle in! This is going to be a sugary sweet, romantic read with an OTT dirty-talkin' gruff mountain man who has been brought back to life. Who needs chocolates and flowers this Valentine's Day when Asher Frost will make you swoon and weak at the knees with a feather-light touch! **