A fun new billionaire romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Lauren Smith that will leave you laughing and aching for more.

Enter Beckham Ellicott: hot, rich, and the worst neighbor ever.

His playboy ways with a never-ending line of companions should be an instant turn off for shy Poppy Ashford, but she can’t help but be curious. Ok, mildly interested. Ok, maybe interested but also completely annoyed from her much quieter apartment beneath his lavish penthouse.

Until one night he shows up at her door completely naked with nothing but a dishtowel to cover his… well, you know.

Can the inexperienced new lawyer survive the flirtatious real estate mogul? Or will one night of seduction erode the walls they’ve both worked hard to build?

*Note this a short story of 6,000 words with a happy ending.

There were three things Henley Cunningham knows about Russell Rawlings.

1. He was gorgeous. He was the kind of hot and sweet sort of golden boy that made a girl simultaneously want to dance and sing like she was in an old-time musical number and drop her panties.
2. She hadn’t seen him since she was fifteen.
3. He was her stepbrother. But looking at him now and remembering all of the things she’d wanted him to do to her… her infatuation had been the worst idea in the history of ideas.

He’s home for the summer after her first year of college and the last thing she needs to do is let her childhood crush cause trouble…but that’s just what Russell Rawlings is…TROUBLE.

He is exactly the kind of man Brie Honeyweather swore never to love…or lust after ever again: a sexy, arrogant, British bad boy in a designer suit. Alec is the last person Brie wants to be stuck on an international flight to London with, but hey…at least they’re in first class.

When their flight has to make an emergency landing in a snowstorm just before Christmas, Brie and Alec are thrown together in a single bedroom in a tiny English village. As the snowstorm rages outside, things get intense and emotions and lust run hot. Alec reminds Brie just how much she misses being with a man and how easy it is to fall head over heels too fast.

What should have been an amazing one-night stand turns into a week-long secret romance at Alec’s family estate when Brie realizes her new boss is Alec’s mother, a British countess. While Brie tries to focus on writing a Christmas book with the countess, all she can think about is getting back into bed with Alec.

She shouldn’t fall for the arrogant brit, especially when their lives are oceans apart and neither of them wants a serious relationship. But Christmas magic has a way of working miracles. Maybe Santa will bring her a happy ending after all…

He’s the CEO and she’s off limits…

Spencer Howe can’t let anyone know what’s going on in his head, especially when he daydreams about bending his junior ad account manager over her desk and showing her what her sass does to him. Cate Cross isn’t just sassy though, she’s beautiful, brilliant and perfect for the senior account manager position at his advertising firm.

He knows he gets under her skin when he calls her his assistant. He does it to get a rise out of her, and she throws it right back at him. There is so much chemistry between them, but he knows it won’t work. She can’t stand him most of the time. If he doesn’t get her to accept his company’s promotion soon, he’s afraid another company will take her away from him when she finishes her MBA. He’ll do anything to show her that she’s his, in the office and out, even if that means breaking a desk or two to prove his point.

Note: This is a short story with a happy ever after intended to be enjoyed over a lunch break *wink

Getting stuck in Switzerland over Christmas with your ex-boyfriend’s nemesis isn’t a good thing…or is it?

When Shana Pimms finds Chicago’s resident bad boy lawyer Roarke Covington in her hotel room claiming to be her roommate, she’s more than a little confused. She’d only agreed to help her ex-boyfriend out by traveling overseas to negotiate a real estate deal for her father’s law firm. The last thing she’s ready for is the handsome, oh-so-sexy, Roarke to play prince charming to her Cinderella…

Roarke can’t believe his luck. For a man who hates Christmas, this sure is shaping up to be one heck of a Christmas miracle because he gets to share a hotel room…and a bed with Shana, the girl he’s secretly been in love with for years. There’s just one problem, Shana doesn’t trust him because her ex-boyfriend has her convinced he’s the villain in her fairy tale life.  With a little seduction, and a lot of Christmas magic in this snowy little town, Roarke will prove to Shana he can be her dirty little secret…and perhaps the love of a lifetime.

She doesn’t need a prince or a knight in shining armor…but love is chasing this runaway princess…

Kara Gallagher has bigger problems than her love life, or lack of one. As the daughter of an Irish mob boss, she’s always been a target for anyone who wants to take over her father’s empire. She’s been on the run since birth, but that doesn’t stop men from wanting her simply because of whose daughter she is.

But when her past catches up with her on Christmas Eve and an unexpected rescue leaves her stranded at the hospital pretending to be the fiancée of a sexy stranger, she knows her problems have just doubled. Especially when she realizes that his touch makes her feel more alive than she’s ever felt in her life. Could he be the prince charming she’s always sworn she never wanted?

Angelo Vertucci, one of Chicago’s most eligible bachelors and a five-star chef never, imagined his night volunteering at the soup kitchen would end up with him being stabbed while stopping a robbery. Or that he’d wake up after surgery to find his “fiancée” waiting for him with his family.

Once he realizes the quiet, beautiful woman with sorrow-shadowed eyes is still in danger, he proposes to extend their fake engagement by having her move in with him so he can protect her. But there’s just one problem. Having Kara so close will make it hard to keep his hands off her when he’s sworn to be a gentleman.

What does a prince have to do in order to convince his princess she never has to run again?

When Bailey Willis plays Santa's elf for her company's Christmas party, she never expects to be stuck with the childhood crush who broke her heart at sixteen playing the role of Santa Claus.

Montgomery "Mack" Macholan realizes he made a mistake when he was eighteen when he let Bailey go home on prom night without kissing her. Now ten years later he's playing Santa to her sexy elf and he can't keep his hands off her.

He is a tempest with wild, dark, dangerous desires…

 Billionaire hotel developer Denver Ramsey’s life was destroyed fifteen years ago and now he wants revenge and has just the means to get it, by seducing the daughter of the man who took everything from him.

They say there is a fine line between love and hate…That’s more true than Blair Ashworth ever imagined when she comes face to face with a devastatingly gorgeous man who hates her with every fiber of his being.

In order to secure a promotion and part ownership of her dream company, Blair will do just about anything Denver demands…especially in the bedroom. Drawn into his dark, sensual game of playing an engaged couple at his exclusive resort in the Bahamas, Blair falls deeper under Denver’s spell and finds herself in the eye of his storm…

Taking an antique ring to some stuffy old earl in Scotland should be easy right?

Ainsley Hazlewood has never been to Scotland. But when her grandmother’s last wish in her will is for Ainsley to return an old family ring to its rightful owners in Scotland, she can’t refuse.

Her first night doesn’t go as planned when her car gets stranded in mud and she’s rescued by a handsome, charming Scotsman named Leith. His dashing rescue and the cozy inn he takes her to in order to get out of the rain leads to a fiery night in bed that changes Ainsley’s life.

But when she wakes up alone, she reminds herself that it was just one night. She has a mission to fulfill. Armed with her family’s antique ring; she drives to the estate where she’s to return the ring.

Expecting to meet a grumpy old Scottish earl, she comes face-to-face with Leith instead. Will that one night of passion with her Scottish hero lead to a future filled with love?