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Making The Grade
Series · 5 books · 2015-2017

Books in series

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#1

The Dean's List

2015

When does being naturally sexy become your best attribute?Twenty-five-year-old honors student, River Roberts, knew her life had to change. With only forty dollars to her name, she was hungry, tired, and out of options. While seeking advice from her best friend Jade, she found something that could provide all she was looking for. Sexy, charming and motivated, she met the requirements for The Dean’s List, a university society that offered alumni anything they desired. It was the perfect job for her. But it came with a cost: secrets and loneliness. After the death of his wife, enigmatic Jonathan Ferris lived in a world of acquisition and mergers, a world where he knew financial security, a world filled with desolating loneliness. That was until River Roberts. She was intelligent, beautiful, sensual, and when their lives collided, his world changed. But then there was reality: she wasn’t truly his. In a world of commodities and trading, River and Jonathan must fight to preserve what their hearts desire. But will that be possible? Will their collision be temporary, or will they overcome the many obstacles in their way?
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#1, 1.5, 2

Making the Grade

2016

Book 1: The Dean’s List Grad student River Roberts is a high-class escort. Businessman Jonathan Ferris is a heartbroken client. Falling in love was never in the contract… With graduation fast approaching, can River and Jonathan see past the price tag and open their hearts to true love? Book 1.5: The Graduate (Bonus Content) Paul is charming, intelligent and filthy rich, but what he wants most is to find someone who will love him for what he is, not what he lacks. Melody Harper shed the weight, but she hasn't been able to shed her insecurities. Her greatest desire is to find a man who will accept her for all that she is. Can two people looking for truth in themselves discover even more within each other? Book 2: Honor Roll Grad student Luca Gregorio is leading a double life. Professor's assistant Mim Knight is following her heart. Will Luca's sexy secret ruin their perfect romance? Caught in a web of sex and lies, can Luca and Mim find the courage to give true love a fighting chance?
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#1.5

Cum Laude

2016

Sometimes the joys of life are found in the little things. Paul Yoder's life is defined by doing big things. Big money. Big deals. Big Business. He's charming, intelligent and filthy rich, but what he wants most is to find someone who will love him for what he is, not the package he offers. When Melody Harper looks in the mirror, she sees an overweight, unhappy woman. She shed the weight, but she hasn't been able to shed her insecurities and self-loathing. Her greatest desire is to find a man who will accept her for all that she is. Can two people looking for truth in themselves discover even more within each other?
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#2

Honor Roll

2016

When do you become the sum of your parts? Drop dead gorgeous, kind to a fault, and good in bed, twenty-six-year-old graduate student Luca Gregorio meets all the requirements for The Dean’s List, a university society that offers alumni anything they desire—for a price. Weeks from graduating, Luca loses his most valuable client. Determined to graduate debt free, he needs new patrons to cover his shortfall. His once easy job at Concierge Services becomes complicated once he meets Mim Knight, a woman he can’t ignore. She was worth more. Cultured and beautiful, Mim Knight isn’t looking for anything but a quick end to a frustrating workday when Luca Gregorio shows up on the other side of her desk. Despite his too-good-to-be-true looks, he’s different from the trust fund boys she’s used to. He’s fearless, genuine, and sexy as hell. They say money is the root of all evil, but they’re wrong. Drowning in lies of omission, Luca knows one misplaced step will lose Mim forever, but like his dream of financial freedom, he can’t let her go. In the world of commodities, everyone has something to sell. What price do you demand for your honor? What price do you put on love?
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#3

The Learning Curve

2017

She’s a wide-eyed dreamer. He’s an iron-willed dean. Can their rivalry turn into true romance? After leaving her free-love commune for a New York college campus, Sandra Tierney realizes she can no longer survive on social currency alone. When she lands a job handling alumni affairs, she dreams up a far more tantalizing way to reward charitable donations. But first, she’ll have to persuade the sexy dean to relinquish his iron grip and give in to his own desires. Mark Hollings has more money and power than most men can dream of. So he’s shocked when his feisty assistant challenges his authority with a scandalous proposition. With the university’s reputation on his shoulders, he can’t risk signing off on her student-run escort service. But the irresistible Sandra may just change his mind… she’s already won over his heart. Locked in a passionate power play, can Sandra and Mark come together for a chance at love or will they end up broken hearted? The Learning Curve is the third standalone novel in the passionate Making the Grade romance series. If you like headstrong characters, blazing chemistry, and hot-blooded battles of wills, then you’ll adore Kelly Collins’ sexy love story.

Author

Kelly Collins
Kelly Collins
Author · 81 books

International bestselling author of over 30 novels, Kelly Collins writes with the intention of keeping love alive. Always a romantic, she blends real-life events with her vivid imagination to create characters and stories that lovers of contemporary romance, new adult, and romantic suspense will return to again and again. You can learn more about Kelly at www.authorkellycollins.com. VISIT MY LINKS and Get a FREE BOOK! https://msha.ke/kellycollinsbooks#links COME FIND ME ON BOOKBUB www.bookbub.com/authors/kelly-collins

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