Cirrus@Austlit

'What's the answer to a slow burn? A super-hot fling!

'High-flying US lawyer Teague Hamilton has always been way out of free-spirited Frankie's league, but she's never hidden her desire to break down all of Teague's barriers and corrupt him entirely! When Teague accepts her proposal of a naughty-but-nice fling, she's as surprised as he is. But will their hot two weeks be enough to quench a desire that's been burning for ten long years?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Want. Need. Lust.

'Just one more night!

'For book editor Veronica Johnson it's sheer hell seeing her ex Rafael Velez again. He's the man she thought she'd be with for a lifetime, and here he is at her best friend's wedding! How she hates him still! But he has an outrageous proposition: just one more night together! It's madness—but achingly tempting. Especially if she walks away without a backward glance, just as he did to her...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'He'll help her get lucky…but he promises to deliver a whole lot more!

'With her fertility issues, it's now or never for Romy Allen. Thankfully, her friend Matt Carter will help her research her options. But then the deliciously sexy entrepreneur tears up her IVF paperwork and presents a counter offer – it's the old–fashioned way or nothing! How can she refuse? Especially when multiple orgasms are a tempting bonus…!'  (Publication summary)

'Sarah’s brother Adam has been educating her best friend Lane in the arts of the Kama Sutra for weeks, all in the pursuit of Lane’s real target, David Bennet. So when Sarah finds herself alone with David at an exhibition, weeping over her own terrible dating history, they strike up a conversation. A budding artist, he wants to paint her, so she agrees in return for a guarantee that he’ll find her a relationship that can last more than three weeks (her rather dismal personal best).

'She reassures herself that she isn’t betraying Lane. After all, Sarah wants marriage and 2.4 kids, and David has made it more than clear he will never want that. Plus he’s going to sleep with Lane any day now. Isn’t he?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'David wants Lane and she wants him back.

'But to a known lothario like him, how will Lane ever measure up in the bedroom? With just one disastrous sexual encounter to her name, Lane knows she needs help in that department, and fast – before David loses interest.

'So when Adam, her best mate’s brother (with his own impressive reputation), agrees to her bizarre proposal, she’s ready to learn everything he has to offer about how to please a guy in bed. But as she soon discovers, there is no textbook for love…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'You can be as curious and as confident as you want - with no limits . . .'

'Journalist Jenna Martin has led a very unadventurous life - until now.

'Sent to the Arabian desert to review an exclusive new holiday resort, she stumbles into the path of a beautiful, exotic stranger, Kalan Al Talyani.

'Over one unforgettable night, the reclusive billionaire will tempt her, test her, seduce her, and offer her an electrifying taste of a life outside her comfort zone.

'When Jenna returns to America she tells herself it was just a magical one-night stand, an experience that’s already starting to feel more dream than reality.

'But then Kalan follows her home to Boston - and Jenna is forced to make a choice. Should she stay within the confines of her current life? Or take a risk on a life that’s different from anything she’s ever imagined . . .?

''Seriously, Jenna, tell me what you want . . .' ' (Publication summary)

'Wanting Mr Wrong is an irresistible rom com about a girl who refuses to fall for the man the whole world is in love with. Evie Parker has never been one to swoon after celebrities - give her a neuroscientist over an actor any day! So when she develops her first movie-star crush, she's determined to date her way out of it, starting with the next good-looking doctor she sees. Yet hovering on the fringes of her life is her gay best friend's determined brother, Jackson J Stevens, a famous actor who comes with trailing paparazzi. The one thing worse than a celebrity in Evie's eyes is a media circus, so Jack isn't an option no matter how hard he flirts with her. Evie knows what she doesn't want; Jack knows what he does. And somewhere in the middle, pheromones are making things go haywire every time they're together.' (Publication summary)

'He suggested a 'friends with benefits' arrangement…

'It was going to be:

• Two nights a week
• Strictly confidential
• One month only…

'Weirdly, it might have been his proposition, but lawyer Kate Cleary is so buttoned up she whips out a contract for them both to sign! Seeing her in her high heels and stockings, all Scott Knight can do is sign and quickly move on to the implementation stage!

'Kate couldn’t be more jaded about relationships. After all, she's in the business of ending marriages! Millionaire architect Scott might be seriously sexy, but he’s also a complicated enigma—one she’s quickly becoming determined to solve…even if that means breaking the terms of her own watertight contract...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Sometimes Mr Right is Mr Wrong, and Mr Wrong is definitely Mr Right . . .

'Television reporter Chloe Masters is a woman of cool control . . . except when Casanova rugby league player Nick Savage is around. Then cool control goes out the window. Her boyfriend, Marcus, is everything she ever wanted - but it's getting harder to deny her body's reaction to Nick . . .

'Nick Savage has been head-over-heels since he first laid eyes on Chloe - just a moment too late to stop her connecting with his team mate, Marcus. But when the goalposts shift and he and Chloe are thrown together on a week away, Nick dares her to get physical in whatever way she wants - with a kiss, a punch or anything in between. And if Chloe claims to feel nothing, he'll leave her alone for good.

'How can Chloe say no to a week of mindless passion with the man she hasn't been able to get out of her head?

'Trouble is, a lot can go wrong (or right) in a week . . .'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Can she make organizing her friend's wedding any harder?

'Sunshine Smart has only got two months until the big day!

She has to include the grouchy, surly best man Leo Quartermaine – a top chef and her complete opposite!

Said best man is extremely handsome and sexy – and knows it!

'He has no interest in decor, flowers, clothes or shoes…but has an uninformed opinion on all four!

And just a few days in she's already slept with him. Rookie mistake…' (Publication summary)

'What started as a fling...When fate conspires repeatedly to throw together kindhearted nurse Ella Reynolds and deliciously sexy documentary filmmaker Aaron James, it's not long before this unlikely couple finally gives in to their irresistible chemistry. Their hearts might be locked away, but what does it matter when it's only a fling...? ...could lead to forever! Spending time and saving lives together is bound to break down barriers. Yet with so much heartbreak and loss to overcome, can their fling ever lead to forever?' (Publication summary)

'When by-the-book economist Lane Davis's first sexual encounter convinces her she doesn't have what it takes to impress in bed, she does the most logical thing: she hires an expert to give her private lessons and get her out of the bottom percentile.

'Adam Quinn has his own agenda. His sister—one of Lane's best friends—wants him to be just awful enough to convince Lane to give up on her crazy scheme. Once he meets Lane, though, Adam can't quite bring himself to reject her. There's a naive vulnerability just beneath her cool, composed exterior…. The thought of another man taking advantage of that makes Adam a little bit crazy.

'As for Lane, she makes the uncomfortable discovery that her carefully composed contract doesn't cover everything. Her goal was to seduce a banking executive, but it turns out that she kind of has a thing for Adam. Maybe it's time to renegotiate….' (Publication summary)

'How bad can this good girl be?

'Personal assistant Catherine North is twin-set-and-pearls perfect. Her hair is tightly coiled and so is her sex life—it's safer that way. Her only release comes from the steamy romance novel she secretly pens featuring her too-hot-to-handle boss, Max Rutherford. After all, a girl has to channel those fantasies into something productive…!

'But when Max finds the steamy book he sees his perfect PA in a whole new light. Now he wants to know just how bad his good girl can be…and he's going to enjoy every minute of finding out!' (Publication summary)