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📚 One Night Stand
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One Night Stand
Home Game
2021
Lisa Suzanne
Getting fired and dumped in the same thirty seconds makes for a pretty bad Tuesday. But by Thursday, I’ll be in Vegas celebrating my brother’s wedding. Since I could use a fresh start, he offers me a place to stay with a buddy of his. At the bachelorette party, a raunchy game results in a quest to find me a one-night stand. When a hunk with dark blue eyes and perfect bone structure hits me with a silly line at the bar, my mission is complete. I vow to move on from our steamy night as I head to the rehearsal dinner, certain one of my brother’s hot pro football player groomsmen will be my Prince Charming. Then the best man turns around. Dark blue eyes. Perfect bone structure. A body I won’t soon forget. And apparently my new roommate.
The Wrong Brother
2023
Monica Murphy
When a man unexpectedly finds a naked woman in his bed, he does the only thing a man would do. He jumps into bed with her. I figured out pretty quickly the woman was my brother’s infuriatingly sexy assistant. Too bad she’s not my type. She’s too mouthy, too bold, too gorgeous. Yet I can’t get enough of her. Now I have to see her every day at the office, and it’s absolute torture. I’d rather keep her by my side. In my bed… But am I willing to jeopardize my reputation just for her?
No Place to Hide
2023
Harper Ashley
Blair All I wanted was one night . A simple night of fun with my friends at the carnival. I didn’t know I’d spend it learning things I never knew about myself. Every twist and turn of our game brings us deeper into our desires. But what’s a little pain if it’s mixed with unimaginable pleasure? Jackson All I wanted was one night . A simple night of peace doing my job. I didn’t know I’d spend it pushing the boundaries with a girl I just met. The stakes get higher the longer the game goes on. For the first time in my life, will only one night be enough?
Love, Utley
2024
S. J. Tilly
Hannah Maddox Lovelace. The captivating football player I met in college. The one I only knew for a week. A week that was… life\-changing. Until my phone rang, and I had no choice but to go home. I left Maddox a letter, putting my feelings on paper, giving him my number, hoping he’d call. But he didn’t call. He never called. He got drafted into the professional league and lived like a king while I stayed home and struggled to stay afloat. I may have followed his career, but now that he’s retired from football, I’ve forced myself to stop thinking about him. And it’s okay that I won’t ever see him again. That week in college was fifteen years ago. I’m not in love with Maddox anymore. I might even hate him. Maddox Hannah Utley. The name that’s haunted me since my senior year of college. The girl who caught my attention with her wide eyes and freckled nose. Who spent one week twisting up my insides until she stole a piece of my heart the night we got locked inside the campus library. The girl who disappeared without a word. It’s the name of the girl I’ve been trying to forget for fifteen years. And it’s the name looking up at me from the résumé in my hand. Because Hannah Utley works for the company I just purchased. And that makes her mine. Whether she likes it or not.
Sleet Sugar
2021
S. J. Tilly
My friends have convinced me. No more hockey players. With a dad who is the Head Coach for the Minnesota Sleet, it seemed like an easy decision. My friends have also convinced me that the best way to boost my fragile self-esteem is through a one-night stand. A dating app. A hotel bar. A sexy-as-hell man... who’s sweet, and funny, and - did I mention? sexy-as-hell… I fortified my courage and invited myself up to his room. Assumptions. There’s a rule about them. I assumed he was passing through town. I assumed he was a businessman, or maybe an investor, or accountant, or literally anything other than a professional hockey player. I assumed I’d never see him again. I assumed wrong.
Mountain Daddy
2025
S. J. Tilly
When your one night stand turns out to be your dad's best friend.
Colt
2025
Vanessa Vale
The West just got Wilder! Meet the cowboys of Devil’s Ditch Montana, one steamy, instalove story at a time.
She’s The One. The one who got away. After a steamy encounter at the rodeo, I thought I’d never see her again. I’ve been given a second chance when I discover she’s the new doctor in town. I do everything I can to make her mine, but she resists. It makes no sense, until I learn the truth of her past. I won’t let her escape again, even if I have to handcuff her to my bed.
These short reads are MF with a guaranteed spicy HEA. While they are standalone, it’s best to read them in order.
Tropes for Colt Small Town, Cowboy, Instalove, Town Sheriff, Town Doctor, Mistaken Identity, One Night Stand