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Zander Oaks
Series · 9 books · 2015-2021

Books in series

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#1

Impractical Theory

2021

When you find someone who makes your pulse race you'll learn not to resist the impractical theory. 5 books. 5 series beginnings. A Limited Edition! Impractical Theory is a collection of the first book in five different contemporary romance series written by Taige Crenshaw and McKenna Jeffries. Each book gives you an introduction to stories featuring adventures and romance with sexy heroes and fierce sassy heroines. Hopefully you will find a brand new series to start or even more! This series starter collection includes: Taken by You, Zander Oaks, Book #1 Sizzling Dare, Impulse, Book #1 Dangerous Intent, Law and Protection, Book #1 Mating Scents, Rules of Attraction, Book #1 Worth Every Risk, Rowan, Book #1 Taken by You, Zander Oaks, Book #1 When friends learn that sometimes desire doesn’t care about friendships or partnerships and passion can’t be controlled, who will be the first to succumb to being taken? Sizzling Dare, Impulse, Book #1 When circumstances forces adversaries together in a common goal they’re powerless against the sizzle… Dangerous Intent, Law and Protection, Book #1 In a moment things can change and the pressure is heightened as it becomes a dangerous intent… Mating Scents, Rules of Attraction, Book #1 A memorable encounter brings a man in the path of a woman who will set his pulse racing and make him long for forever. Worth Every Risk, Rowan, Book #1 Caught off guard by his close friend who still believes in love and he’s afraid to…will he be willing to accept what she’s offering is worth every risk. Now's your chance to enjoy these first in series books! Find your new book boyfriend and your favorite new series. A little something for everyone. \\\Note: Each book/title available individually and there are no changes/additions to those available in this collection.\\\
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Taken by You

2015

When friends find themselves drawn to each other they must decide if they will give in. Lexi Raines doesn’t need any distractions. She’s worked hard to gain all she has achieved. No man has tempted her… at least until the man she saw as her friend and business partner makes her want more. Those sexy gray eyes make her long for all sorts of things that she can’t have. Jonas Coulter knows he can’t let anyone get close. Lexi is a friend who he can’t possibly want more from. Can he? How is a man to resist a woman who makes him have fantasies of stripping her bare and having her every way imaginable? A woman who he wants to mark as his own so no one else can have her? When friends learn that sometimes desire doesn’t care about friendships or partnerships and passion can’t be controlled, who will be the first to succumb to being taken?
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#2

Unexpected Attraction

2021

When he’s challenged by a man whose laid back, don’t care attitude irritates him, he’ll need to decide if he’ll walk away or face their unexpected attraction. Randall Coulter was in the one place he vowed never to return to – Zander Oaks. It was home but with all the memories it held he’d walked away with no intention of ever coming back. Yet here he was. But he soon learns it’s not the memories that will challenge him, it’s a man who makes him feel things he hadn’t ever expected too, again. Cheney might seem laid back and all happy but he was an irritating pushy pain in his ass. Randall has no idea what to do about. Cheney Stone wasn’t about to let the stubborn cowboy hide. He was going to ensure that Randall did what he should have so many years ago. Let go and start to live again. Randall might be all grumpy and stoic but Cheney knew beneath that was a man whose heart was battered. A man who thinks he’s too broken but Cheney was here to show him that life might suck but it’s to be lived. Lived with everything you have. This broken man was going to be his no matter if he had to fight Randall himself to show him that what they have is more than an unexpected attraction.
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#3

If You Were Mine

2018

When a woman is given what she desires she's going to have to choose what she'll do to make him hers. Fate threw Seneca Morrow for a loop when she first meets Carlton Thomas. He was her best friend’s husband. Knowing her feelings for him were wrong, she left to travel abroad throwing herself into her work as a photojournalist. Years later she receives a letter that changes her world. Her friend who she saw as a sister has been dead for over three years. She returns home to learn not only is her goddaughter, Clarice, feeling lost, but Carlton is not the same carefree man she once knew. Carlton Thomas is burdened with the death of his wife and unborn child. The return of Seneca Morrow only adds to the anguish he thought he put behind him. Now she won’t go away vowing to help his daughter, Clarice, through the loss of her mother. Seneca is encroaching on his peace making him wonder what could happen if she was his…
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Fall Into Me

2018

When a man who doesn't like disorder meets a man who embraces it they find they are made to fall into each other... Jaxx Coulter doesn't like change. He's used to things a certain way and in its place. When a man comes to his ranch and shakes up his orderly world, he's not in the mood to deal with it. But this man doesn't seem to get he's not one to mess with. He challenges him and Jaxx is surprised he finds himself drawn to Turner who is unlike anyone he knows. Turner Black doesn't follow anyone's rules. He walked away from a fortune because he refused to be dictated to. Now he's here on a ranch at the request to help out a friend. Yet when he arrives, he finds that he's not expected and confronted by a man who needs to loosen up. A man who pushes all his buttons. Now it's time to show Jaxx that sometimes disorder can be a good thing. You just needed to embrace it. Will Jaxx be able to release his need for control and embrace what Turner has to offer?
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Never Too Late

2018

When circumstances provide an unexpected opportunity it's never too late to find the one. Ashley Blake didn't need or want to be involved with anyone. She'd already been down that road and she was still recovering. Work and her family and friends is all she needs. And the motorcycle riding hot, sexy single dad who's related to one of her close friends won't change her mind. Yet from the first meeting she's drawn to him. Although he seems tough and tough the tenderness he shows when caring for his daughter makes he know there is more to him. But...she doesn't want to get involved. But Zale was determined to convince her to give him a chance. Zale Stone wasn't about to let the opportunity pass to get to know the fascinating woman he meets. He's come to Zander Oaks where his eclectic family has settled. He's wants to provide a home for his baby girl he's unexpectedly given custody of when a close friend of his dies. Zale knows that life was short and should be lived with someone who could make your pulse race and mind be engaged. Ashley does all those things from the moment they meet and he wants to see where things could lead. She was skittish but he was a patient man when needed. When two people find what neither realized they had been looking for they'll need to decide if they will pass it by or embrace it's never too late.
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Commitment Desired

2018

_Unexpectedly after becoming a single dad, he gets help from the most unlikely man—the man who he's wanted to make his. _ Cordeo Hampton didn't expect to become a single dad. After an accident leaves him with a baby girl to raise as his own he's at his wits end on what to do next. Although his house isn't ready he moves up his plans to move to Zander Oaks. He thought just as he handles his business caring for his new baby girl would be easy to figure out. But he was oh so wrong. He has no clue what he's doing. When help's offered from the one man who drives him crazy he gratefully...well more grudgingly...accepts. For years, Duane has been oblivious to his attraction and now he's there to help with the baby. Cordeo's control isn't going to last being in such close quarters with the snarky, know it all and tempting man. Duane Avery doesn't know who would be crazy enough to give Cordeo a baby. The man's aggravating, a know it all and sexy. The last was what he was trying to avoid. Yet the man is now unexpectedly a single dad and needs assistance. He'll help but keep his distance—in all ways—and just be there for the baby. It didn't matter that a befuddled Cordeo was even sexier than the take charge take no prisoners businessman. But with them working together to take care of the baby girl distance is hard to accomplish especially when Duane isn't sure if he wants to kiss Cordeo or deck him. Will Duane realize that Cordeo isn't the man he thought and for him commitment is definitely desired?
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Spark

2017

A chance meeting causes a reaction that cannot be denied... Tyler Lucas wasn't expecting a chance meeting to affect her so much. She didn't need the entanglement in her life. Her dedication to her career as a detective didn't leave space for anything else. It didn't matter anyway since she wouldn't see the man again...or so she thought until she had to work with him. With the close proximity Tyler realizes there was something about the arson investigator that made her wonder if she should take the chance. Zachary Doyle didn't let anyone stand in his way when he wanted something. He wanted her and although Tyler denied it they had a chemistry. One that was beyond either of their controls. He would need to convince Tyler that sometimes the best things come from unexpected meetings. When circumstances brings them together they will have to choose to accept the spark.
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#11

Temptation Theory

2021

When you find someone who makes your pulse race you'll learn not to resist the temptation theory. 4 books. 4 series beginnings. A Limited Edition! Temptation Theory is a collection of the first book in four different contemporary romance series written by Taige Crenshaw. Each book gives you an introduction to stories featuring adventures and romance with sexy heroes and fierce sassy heroines. Hopefully you will find a brand new series to start or even more! This series starter collection includes: Strictly Personal, Singleton, Book #1 Body Cravings, Protective Pursuits, Book #1 Taken by You, Zander Oaks, Book #1 (co-written with McKenna Jeffries) Dangerous Intent, Law and Protection, Book #1 (co-written with McKenna Jeffries) Strictly Personal, Singleton, Book #1 When vows and passion collide there can be only one victor when things are strictly personal. Body Cravings, Protective Pursuits, Book #1 When a woman is bold she finds that she might get her body cravings but there is danger lurking that will affect them both. Taken by You, Zander Oaks, Book #1 (co-written with McKenna Jeffries) When friends learn that sometimes desire doesn’t care about friendships or partnerships and passion can’t be controlled, who will be the first to succumb to being taken? Dangerous Intent, Law and Protection, Book #1 (co-written with McKenna Jeffries) In a moment things can change and the pressure is heightened as it becomes a dangerous intent… Now's your chance to enjoy these first in series books! Find your new book boyfriend and your favorite new series. A little something for everyone. \\\Note: Each book/title available individually and there are no changes/additions to those available in this collection.\\\

Authors

Talia Carmichael
Talia Carmichael
Author · 46 books

Talia Carmichael is a romantic who believes that family, no matter if it is by blood or those you choose as family, is integral to who you are. She is an author who writes sexy stories in a variety of genres. She believes in creating stories that encompass all that falling in love or lust entails, from the highs of that first blush of attraction to the lows of not knowing if you can make your coming together as a couple work, and then finally to the acceptance of the reality of making a life together. It's all about the journey. Among her books you'll find contemporary, futuristic, fantasy, and paranormal settings with M/M themes that will have a happily-ever-after. Her books are passionate, intense, and real...to fill the craving.

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