Trust and communication go hand in hand in Noah's marriage. Not once has he ever questioned the complete faith he has in Roni. Until the devastating BLINDSIDE . . .A 5th Street short but its not really THAT short. It's over 20k words long and it's yours for FREE! All I ask is that you PLEASE engage and let me know what your thinking by commenting along the way. I LOVE reading all your comments!…
When two unlikely paths cross . . . compatibility seems improbable. Adrift in a foul-mouthed world of ass kicking to survive life on the tough streets of Boyle Heights, Lila is anything but a refined girlie girl. Fighting tooth and nail for those she loves has left her with a chip on her shoulder as big as the gloves on her fists. After years of being surrounded by glamorous glitzy women, Sonny didn't even realize how much he's yearned for someone of real substance. So, when he meets the unapologetic, sexy-as-hell Lila, her in-your-face candor awakens something in him he's never felt before. Despite Lila's suspicions about Sonny's intentions, the two begin a seemingly innocent, yet deliciously dangerous, online flirtation as his business keeps him away a lot. The more their rapidly growing connection intensifies, the more Lila feels Sonny is too perfect to be true. But when she's blindsided by the truth about who Sonny really is . . . Compatibility suddenly feels impossible. Warning: Violence and strong language! Tell me what you think I LOVE reading all your comments. Even the angry ones. ;) I love how passionate y'all get! lol…
**Chapters will be loaded daily up to about 30% of the story. When her head was screaming "enough," her hopeful heart continued to whisper "wait."It's the only way Valerie Zuniga can justify her ongoing addiction to the amazing but ever, elusive Alex Moreno. Mesmerized by the profound connection neither has ever quite understood, Valerie accepts their crazy relationship for what it is-non-exclusive.That is until the incredible highs no longer numb the sting of the intense lows.As tasteless and slippery as pride can be, for Alex it's always been the hardest pill to swallow.Faced with a final ultimatum, the choice is a no-brainer for Alex. Despite his insanely busy life he's determined to prove to Valerie, that not only is he ready to commit, it's what he's always wanted-to claim Valerie as his exclusively.But just as it kept him from admitting his real feelings all those years, will his obstinate pride once again step in and ruin things just when they're finally getting it right?NewAdult -Sexual content-Adult Language…
Read the first 5 chapters of Forever Yours right here on Wattpad - Then you can read the sample of When You Where Mine! The prequel novella to Alex and Valerie's FULL length story Always Been Mine! Angel Moreno and Sarah Fiero fell in love in Forever Mine. They beat the odds of high school sweethearts withstanding the test of time. Trust has not been an issue in years. Enter the tatted, muscled, and intriguing bad boy, Leonardo. He quickly sets his sights on Sarah. Despite Angel's utter irritation withthe guy, he has no choice but to allow Leo in Sarah's life because he'sfamily--a long lost relative. Even more unsettling is Sarah's excitementabout the whole thing. As Sarah and Leo's relationship grows uncomfortably closer, Angel remindshimself the guy is family. Then things get weird. The change in Sarah isunmistakable, and Angel fears his worst nightmare is coming true. Is it possible forever has gone on too long for Sarah? There's no shortage of edge-of-your-seat, angsty drama, tears, and laughter asAngel and Sarah's love is put to the ultimate test in this addition tothe Moreno Brother series. Forever Yours is a full length, New Adult Contemporary novel - *Mature Content* Recommended for ages 17+ due to sexual situations and language.…
Coming off the worst divorce in the history of marriages, Nellie Gamboa's looking to let loose and make up for years of neglect. When months of building sexual tension between her and the young hot boxing stud, Abel Ayala, finally peak, she makes him an offer no man would refuse.No promises. No demands. Just pure unrestrained passion.Abel's training for the biggest fight of his career. He has no time for a social life, much less a relationship. So this arrangement couldn't be more perfect. A beautiful woman asking him to help her alleviate her neglected desires-no strings attached. What more can he ask for?As the lines between lust and something much deeper, begin to blur, Abel finds himself in an even bigger fight.The fight to regain control of his now demanding heart.Adult Contemporary - This is a EXTENDED SAMPLE you are about to read. It is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It literally starts with a bang and may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. Chapters will be uploaded periodically.…
Just when Romero thought he'd conquered his anger issues... Now that Izzy has earned her credentials to teach at a college level, Romero is doing his best to be supportive. Even after she informs him she won't be teaching. She'll be assisting a professor-a recently divorced professor whom she'll work with side by side. Isabel loves being home with her kids, but she's ready to get back to her career-back to a world where she can enjoy some in-depth political conversations with someone who really gets it. The brilliant Political Science professor she's assigned to assist seems to be the perfect fit. But when those conversations get a little personal, Isabel isn't sure if she's just being silly or if the professor is sending insidiously veiled messages. Romero's knack for picking up on her unease only complicates things, especially because Isabel also has a big Christmas surprise for him. With suspicions awakened, Romero's interpretation of Isabel's sneakiness stirs that dormant rage he hasn't had to deal with in years, and emotions become furiously . . . Tangled. . . A Moreno Brother's Christmas novella!…
When tragedy strikes in the ring, Giovanni Bravo falls into a deep depression, walking away from his dream of boxing to train instead. He agrees to a two month get-away, helping train Felix Sanchez, his high school buddy and now welterweight champ of the world. Once at Felix's lavish boxing complex, he's reunited with Bianca Rubio, someone he remembers only as the girl with the innocent doe eyes back in high school. Her refreshing, cheerful demeanor not only takes Gio's mind off his troubled conscience, he finds himself falling for her fast and hard. The problem-Bianca is Felix's girlfriend.As it becomes more and more difficult to resist the mutual attraction, Gio crosses the line between them. He hopes that one kiss will alleviate the overwhelming temptation and clear both their systems, but it does just the opposite. Their temptation suddenly becomes an overwhelming longing-a longing that quickly forces Gio to realize this is more than just lust. He's fallen hard and to his delight so has she. Now he's forced to make the hardest decision of his life. Risk losing a long time friend or walk away from the only girl he's ever loved.Adult Contemporary - The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. This is an extended sample of Gio. One longer than any you can download at any of the retailers. But the book and all the others in the series are available in it's entirety at all major online retailers!…
"I'm a big fan of Reyes 5th Street Series but I have to say Hector is now my ultimate Reyes crush. A sexy, bad boy trying to be good is all kinds of delicious. It pulled on all the right emotions and left me happily satisfied in the end." New York Times best selling author Abbi Glines - Vincent Boys, Too Far and Sea Breeze series. Womanizer-check.Cocky-check.Dangerous-checkmate.Staying away from him was indisputably the sensible thing to do. The problem? She wasn't just drawn to him; she was utterly mesmerized...Charlotte Brennan is no stranger to heartache and mortification. Her past is full of both. So when amazing and incredibly intense Hector Ayala, literally jumps into Charlee's life, her walls are immediately up. Letting her guard down and sharing her past and deepest secret is not happening. Charlee is not looking to get her heart crushed once again. However, her willpower proves to be no match for Hector's mesmerizing pull.Guilt is a profound emotion to deal with and no one knows this better than Hector. So when he gets the chance to make up for a past indiscretion that's been gnawing away at him for months, he takes it. Doing so means he'll also have to pass up pursuing Charlee, the only girl he's ever been so fascinated by. But his inability to explain why they could never be has him dealing with a new kind ofguilt-the guilt of knowing he is unwillingly breaking her heart.Adult Contemporary - This is a EXTENDED SAMPLE you are about to read. It is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. This story may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.…
"Maybe you're the sun and I'm the moon and we were never meant to collide. But wouldn't it be spectacular if we ever did?" Tall Dark & Obnoxious is the long awaited romantic comedy short of Pat (Isabel's older sister from Romero) And Max (Romero's obnoxious uncle) it was previously released exclusively on my website. It's not as short as you'd expect, over 20k words long and it's yours for FREE! ALL I ask is that you please PLEASE engage! I LOVE reading all your notes. Some of you guys are so funny!…
Veronica Cruz has been through hell and back. After disconnecting with the world two years ago to be at the side of her dying mother, she's left alone, unemployed, overweight, and feeling a decade older than her twenty-eight years. When her best friend coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her depression and rejuvenate her life, she meets Noah. Assigned to help Veronica lose weight, Noah is everything she expected a young trainer to be-perfectly chiseled, supportive and motivating. Add to that, he's incredibly sexy. He's everything she's ever looked for in a man. What she least expected was for him to fall for her, but he has. There's just one glaring problem: Noah is eight years younger.Noah Quintanilla has his eye on a boxing title-someday. Down for a few months with an injury, his maintenance-boy pay at 5th Street Gym won't cut it. He's finally given the opportunity to train. The catch? His trainee is an out-of-shape woman with a free week pass. Taking on the challenge, Noah stumbles into one of the closest friendships he's ever known, and before he knows it, he's in love. But Veronica's not having it-the age difference is too much. Their platonic relationship means having to watch her date other men-something that would make him crazy. Believing he's the man for her, Noah sets out to prove that age is but an illusion, and there's more to him than just a number.Adult Contemporary - The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. This is not an extended sample like all my others. This will be uploaded in it's a entirety a few chapters a day.…
Seventeen-year old Sarah's life is turned upside down when her single mom is sent to jail. She's forced to move, leaving behind everything she's ever known, including her best friend Sydney. Lost and bitter in a new school, her one goal is to save money and move back home. Then she meets Angel Moreno.Enigmatic but gorgeous, Angel is almost too good to be true. Except for one thing, his archaic belief that guys and girls can never be "just friends". The problem? Sarah's best friend Sydney is not a girl.With their unexpected romance intensifying to places neither ever experienced, how long can Sarah keep Angel in the dark about the guy waiting for her back home?This is an EXTENDED sample of FOREVER MINE available EXCLUSIVELY on Wattpad. Like ALL my other stories this one is available in it's entirety on most online retailers! You can read Noah the first in my 5th Street series in it's ENTIRETY for a limited time here on Wattpad! https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/68232500-noah-5th-street-seriesContent Warning:The story you are about to read is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. It may not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion.…
They say the only good thing about hitting rock bottom is that it can't get any worse . . . or can it? World famous boxing champ, Felix Sanchez, had it all-the fame, the fortune, and all the women any man could ask for. When the hours of partying followed by hours spent in court and in rehab begin to outnumber the hours he spends training, losing his title comes as no surprise to everyone. The world assumes he deserved to lose it. Only those closest to Felix know the real truth behind his sudden downward spiral. And if Felix has his way, no one else ever will. With an uncertain future ahead of him, he heads back to his roots-5th Street-the gym that started it all for him. It's where he meets the humble but mighty little Ms. Ella. The only times Felix had ever decided to forgo the usual meaningless fling and try a real relationship he was burned badly. Now the adorable but tenacious self-defense instructor has him considering this love thing one more time. Then just when he begins to worry that his past is letting his possessive and jaded heart get the best of him, he's blindsided in the most brutal way-he's brought to his knees-to what could be the one low in his life he may never recover from. Adult Contemporary - This is a EXTENDED SAMPLE you are about to read. It is intended for mature readers due to its sexual content and language. May not be appropriate for all audiences. Please read at your own discretion. Chapters will be uploaded periodically.…
Sample the first 4 chapters of the 2nd book in the best selling series The Moreno Brothers! Sample chapters of ALL the other books coming soon! =DHer entire life, Sofia Moreno has dealt with overprotective brothers. With her three older brothers always lurking, no boy would dare reach out to her. Luckily for Sofia, the one boy she's got her heart set on has always been within reach: her brother's best friend Eric, even though his loyalty to her brothers runs deep. Sofia knows there is only so much he can do before giving in to her.Two years older than her, Eric Diego has always known there would be hell to pay if he messed with his best friend's kid sister, Sofia. Through the years, he watches as she blooms into a beautiful young lady right before his eyes. With teenage hormones raging and Sofia more than willing, Eric agrees to the unthinkable: a forbidden secret romance. Feeling emotions and a feverish passion that's new to them both, neither is ready for how quickly their romance spins out of control. Mature YA Contemporary romance…
After one heartache too many, Valerie Zuniga vows to never let Alex Moreno hurt her again. A year later, she is forced to reunite with him at a party where one unexpected sizzling kiss confirms she's far from over him. No way will she allow herself to get sucked back into that torment. She'll resist him even if that means using the one thing that'll stop Alex dead in his tracks: another man.Alex is coming off one of the worst years of his life. He spent so much time wallowing in self-pity, he never realized how much he'd missed Valerie. That is, until that kiss. Now, he's determined to get her back one way or another, and no other man will stand in his way. Especially after discovering that Valerie may be in danger, a danger he blames himself for.Both the Prequel When You Were Mine and Always Been Mine are stand alone novels that can be read without the NEED to read the other but it's recommended if you're going to read both you start with the Prequel. NewAdult Contemporary Romance - Sexual Content - Adult LanguageThis is sample. The first aprx 30% of the story. The novel Always Been Mine is available in it's entirety at all online retailers and on paperback on Amazon.…
Fear of abandonment has been a crippling issue for Henrietta her entire life. It's why when her bestie comes out of the closet in college, admitting to being in love with her she agrees to take their friendship to another level.Aaron's led a charmed life. He has a perfect family, a dream job, and his business is booming. He also plans on marrying his equally perfect girlfriend who he's been with for over ten years. Then he meets his kid sister's college buddy Henri.At first it's easy to deny and even try to forget the incredible connection they felt after just one conversation. But when Henri accepts a job working for Aaron and they begin seeing each other almost daily, what they're feeling for each other becomes impossible to deny.Should Aaron and Henri stay with the ones they love or take a chance on something so extraordinary it's impossible to even explain-understand. Making such a life-altering decision is truly scary.But even more scary than that?Regret.Defining Love. Which is the forever kind?**NO cheating involved!**…
Prim and proper middle school teacher Isabel Montenegro always runs the opposite direction from men like Ramon Romero. A foul-mouthed, uneducated, loose cannon has no place in her careful plans. But instead of running away, Isabel is completely captivated. The intensity of his nature, while a bit daunting, mesmerizes her in ways she can’t begin to understand. She’s unwilling to walk away—even when her instincts are screaming at her to run.Romero has no idea what he's getting himself into when he first kisses Isabel. Shocked at the passion she invokes in him, he believes he can keep his usual short fuse under wraps. Falling fast and hard for someone so flawlessly sweet only makes him more aware that he’s far from perfect. If she is ever witness to his biggest imperfection, he’s sure she’ll bail. But when her meddling sister does the worst thing imaginable—bring other men between him and his Izzy—that fuse is lit and all bets are off.Adult Contemporary romance - Sexual content - STRONG Adult Language…
Author's note to reader: Amanda Wylde is Elizabeth Reyes's pen name. Read the first chapter to Amanda's debut novel here! Its a new release and available for #FREE on Amazon on Kindle Unlimited and only $2.99 for non subscribers of KUSinfully sexy Travis De Luca came into Remi's life when shewas young, inexperienced, and easily dazzled. With hisscandalous words and wickedly sexy grins, he possessed apower no one should have over another. He was a foulmouthed, trouble-making thug to everyone else, but she'dwitnessed the vulnerable side he hid so well. After one earth-shattering experience and his declaration of love, her bodyand soul were hooked.When Travis is sent away without warning, Kristiano De Luca--his equally sexy cousin--comes into Remi's life as a friendwhen she needs one most. After years with no word and waiting for Travis to come back, she loses hope, and the friendship she's built with Kris grows into something beautiful that fills the void Travis left behind.But a surprise return from Travis and one passionate nightwith him throw all their lives into chaos, and nothing willever be the same again. Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18. Remi's Choice is a full length stand alone with an HEA. Imagine two heroes with your all time favorite qualities. Hot, bad boy, tattoos, dirty mouths, hot head alpha to a fault and possessive as ALL hell. Both going for the same girl!…
Fate is a Moreno Brothers spinoff seriesWhen Rose tagged along with her big sister to a baby shower the last thing she expected was to meet a guy. But this wasn't just any guy. This was the exciting, sexy as sin, way out of her league black sheep of his family--Vincent Moreno. Even more surprising, this heart-stopping bad boy seemed interested in her.Fate always had a way of interfering in Vince's best-laid plans. His forced attendance to his annoyingly perfect cousin's baby shower was no different. He was sure to be bored out of his skull, but instead, he met sweet little Rosie Zendejas.What begins as a unlikely friendship between two very different teens turns into one of the most intense and passionate relationships that neither ever saw coming. But just like it had so many times in Vince's troubled past, Fate steps in once again, threatening to take away the one thing he can't seem to even breathe without now-Rose.Mature YA - New Adult NewAdult Contemporary Romance - Sexual Content - Adult Language This is and EXTENDED sample. (longer than the samples on retailer sites. ALL my novels are available in their entirety at all online retailers and on paperback on Amazon. You can also order signed paperbacks directly from my website! =)…
Always in control, the meticulous and professional Salvador Moreno is thrown for a loop when the newly hired bartender Grace Zendejas suddenly invades his family's restaurant, and infuriatingly, his every thought. For the first time in his life, Sal is fumbling. But after recovering from a few blunders he discovers his feelings for Grace run much deeper.Things begin to heat up between him and Grace, but then the ever-perfect Sal does something even his brothers never did--screws up royally. Now he's scrambling to cover up a mistake he knows could cost him dearly. As his relationship with Grace grows even more serious, Sal's secret is a ticking bomb, threatening to destroy the one thing he now lives and breathes for--his relationship with the love of his life--Grace.Longer sample than at all retailers. Story (like all other stories in series) is available in it's entirety everywhere. Including on paperback! http://elizabethreyes.com/books/moreno-brothers/making-you-mine/…