Adapted by ReelShort into a vertical movie titled "Breaking the Ice."Easton: Hockey isn’t forever. The money, excitement, and glory of being a professional hockey player meant more to me than a family, a home, and a forever. Another man has my forever, and I have hockey. I thought making the big bucks and playing against the best in the world would feel better than this. Instead I’m empty and hollow, like a big piece of my heart was hacked off. There's something missing. Something big. Something I can never get back.Caroline: I loved him, but he wasn’t the love of my life. My husband died too young, too suddenly, too tragically. I was unprepared with no education, no job skills, and no future plans. When a DNA test reveals my twins' true parentage, I have no choice but to do the right thing. I turn to the one man who’d turned his back on me all those years ago. I'd been shutout from his life, and I'd shut him out from mine.Can two strangers make a family? Do we have what it takes to forgive and move on?

Welcome to Red River, where fake marriages, secret romances with single dads, and enemies turning to lovers is all just par for the course when four hot brothers come to town and stir things up.Red River Romps is a series of four interconnected, full-length standalone novels that'll make you laugh out loud while curling your toes with all the steam.About the books:It Started with a Bang: Annabelle Parker has a huge problem. Her misogynistic father will only give her the company she's worried her whole life or on one condition...she has to get married first. So, she does the only thing she can...offers a stranger a million bucks to marry her for one year. What could go wrong?It Started with a Crush: Sage Barlow has a single, unbreakable rule when it comes to dating-- to never, ever date a father of one of her students. But when Chase Perry's son enrolls and the sparks fly between Sage and Chase, she realizes some rules were made to be broken. Everything will be fine if they keep it a secret, right?It Started with a Crack: Noah Perry is drifting, unsure of his place in Red River and which direction his life should take. When he decides to go stay at the empty ranch home he and his brothers inherited, he finds it not so empty... Dakota hates him, and he has no idea why. But he's going to have so much fun trying to find out, now that they're stuck together.It Started with a Snap: Ethan Perry is the quiet one. The brains of the operation. While he doesn't understand it, he feels a magnetic pull to Ember, the wild child free spirit of their friend group. After she overhears his drunken outburst insulting her, she hates him. But when her life's work started falling down around her, literally, he's the only one that can help. Sparks fly when they're thrown together...in more ways than one...Fall in love in Red River, where you'll laugh, cry, and lose your temper with this hilarious cast of characters!Red River Romps is a series of full-length romcoms that bring the steam and are guaranteed to end with a happily ever after!

AN AMAZON TOP 50 BESTSELLER.Stephen Hastings is a control freak.He’s arrogant. He’s smart as a whip and sexy AF.He has too much money.He’s bossy, and he’s usually right.All I saw were his clear blue eyes, tight butt, and ripped torso.I gladly handed him my V-card that night, ten years ago.I was so stupid. I swore I’d never be that stupid again…Emmy Barton works for a dry cleaner?Yes, that Emmy Barton—long, blonde hair, bright blue eyes, pretty smile…Sexy little body. Smart mouth.She was the only girl who interested me, but I was leaving to be an officer in the Navy.Now I’m home, running my business. My life is perfectly ordered until I bump into her, divorced and struggling to make ends meet.I hate seeing her like this. I hate that she married Burt “The Dick” Dickerson. What a jerk.She says she hates me, but when we fight, it’s all heat and lust.I won’t leave her this way. She will let me help her and her son. She will stay…It’s a thin line between love and hate, and this line is on fire.(STAY is a STAND-ALONE enemies-to-lovers, second-chance, marriage of convenience romance. No cheating. No cliffhangers.)

From USA Today Bestselling Author Layla FrostAn age-gap, spicy romance about power, obsession, and finding true love in a nontraditional fairy taleWhere do I begin?Oh. Yeah.Once upon a time.Isn't that how all good fairy tales start?And Maximo and I, we were definitely a fairy tale.Not the cleaned-up, sanitized ones where life's problems were solved with a smile and a song. We were the old-school kind. The tales packed with greed, violence, and tragic beginnings.Okay, so maybe we weren't a traditional fairy tale. After all, Maximo was more villain than prince. He was scarily sexy. Devilishly charming. Controlling, possessive, and dangerous.He gave me the world. In exchange, I gave him what he wanted most.Me. All of me.I was his little dove.And heaven help anyone who tried to free me from my gilded cage.Warning: Recommended for readers 18+. This slow burn romance features graphic language, sex, violence, and a Daddy obsessed with his little dove. If this doesn't sound like your kind of fairy tale, this may not be the book for you.

I have a rich spoiled brat for a boss… but not for long.Meet Josh Sterling…. gorgeous, arrogant, rich as sin… heir to the Sterling Empire.And now my new Boss. Josh waltzed into my hometown.I even changed my schedule to show him around.He seemed sincere at first, so I let him have me.Did you hear that?I slept with him.Big mistake.And then I found out that he was playing me all along.I’m not the one he wanted.It was my family business he was after.It’s a hard pill to swallow.The Inn was supposed to be our family legacy.Well, I’m going to get it all back.The war is on.I hate him with every fiber of my being.So why do I still want his big arms around my waist?

I wanted to be known as Lieutenant Luc Greiner. Pilot. Soldier. One of the guys. But that was then.Now, His Royal Highness Prince Lucien of Monaco has been called home. After the deaths of my father and my twin brother, I’ve lost a part of my soul and my freedom. I’m now the spare with all the duty and obligation that come with the title. My older brother, the Crown Prince, has commanded me to settle down and marry a woman with the right bloodlines.I’ll get right on that . . . after one last trip to Vegas.Enter Hannah. Not only is she gorgeous and down-to-earth, she reminds me what it’s like to live completely in the moment. And with her I get to be just Luc.Our time together in Vegas is incredible and our chemistry is undeniable, but I’ve been keeping a secret that could tear us apart. How will Hannah react when she founds out who I really am? And how could I ever convince my brother that Hannah, an American commoner, is the woman I want forever?The last thing I expect? Hannah’s been keeping a secret of her own…. one that might just bring us together.***Praise for Reluctantly Royal“[Gillian] Archer’s royal romp is sexy fun with surprising depth… This drama adds layers to two already appealing protagonists… An even-handed balance of humor and pathos keeps the pages turning.”—Publishers Weekly“Reluctantly Royal is an entertaining, sexy, opposites-attract romance. Gillian Archer created a fun story with a lot of banter.”—Harlequin Junkie“Take a bad-boy prince, add in humor, heart, and passion, and you have a tantalizing, hard-to-put-down fairytale romance.”—Stina Lindenblatt, author of the Pushing Limits series“Who doesn’t love a bad-boy prince story?! Gillian Archer wrote a fun royal story that I enjoyed. I look forward to read more from her!”—Steph and Chris’s Book Review“A quickly paced romance, Reluctantly Royal is a fast and fun read.”—OMG Reads“I fell in love with this book.”—A Crazy Vermonter’s Book Reviews