Hard Chrome

Hard Chrome

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

He’s tough. But she’s tougher.
 Tanner Ellis left American Heavy Metal in her rearview mirror. She didn’t see the beauty behind the grease stains and the polished chrome until it was too late. Now she’s back, determined to save her father’s legacy—and bring the South’s premier classic-car shop into the new century. Nothing is going to stop her—especially not the sexy tech who refuses to follow her lead.
American Heavy Metal is the only home Duke Wilson’s ever known, and no high-heeled, sharp-tongued princess is going to take it away. He tolerates Tanner’s advice, and it’s fun to push her buttons, but she doesn’t belong in the shop—never has, never will. The sooner she realizes that, the sooner he can find his new normal. 
When Tanner falters, revealing the pain beneath her bravado, Duke comforts her the only way he knows how. And when violence from his past threatens their future, she’ll be there for him, offering him the one thing he’s always wanted—a shot at a real family. He just has to convince himself to take it.
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Bite Me (I Love You)

Bite Me (I Love You)

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Tommy Nguyen and Felix Pearce have a perfect relationship. A perfect working relationship. Tommy's the star of a hit kids' TV show, and Felix is the cameraman who makes sure he always looks good. When a scheduling mishap coincides with the end of Tommy's personal relationship, the two find themselves alone in a North Carolina hotel room with only one bed and time to kill.What happens in Asheville stays in Asheville—right?Bite Me (i love you) is a standalone novella of approximately 20,000 words. It references characters from The Reality of Us, and contains mild spoilers for that story.
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Out of Sync

Out of Sync

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Jacks Williams is Ritchie Ford's one great love. Their life as the rhythm section of the band Vertical Smile is perfect—only upstaged by the one they share as lovers. Until one night Jacks locks himself in the bathroom and slices his arms open, shattering everything Ritchie knows. Ten years earlier, Jackson Williams, III appeared to lead a charmed life. In reality, it was hell. Trapped in an abusive home, Jacks acted out small rebellions and dreamed of freedom. Until Ritchie Ford rescued him like a puppy, and everything changed. He would be perfect for Ritchie—it was the least he could do. Months after Jacks attempted suicide, the two men struggle to navigate their formerly perfect relationship. After ten years of loving their idealized versions of each other, can they make a life together out of the truth?
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Off Limits

Off Limits

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

By day, Natalie Marshall is the Thorns Ladies' Social Club's perfect concierge: resourceful, observant, immaculate. But she turns her phone off when the night concierge arrives, and then she's Nat: the raunchy lead singer of Vertical Smile—notorious for lewd lyrics and sexually-charged performances.Rebecca Horvath isn't used to asking twice—for anything. As the scion of one of Hollywood's most powerful film dynasties, she's waited on, pampered, fawned over—spoiled. So when she asks the cute front person of her favorite queer punk band to be her date to a charity auction, she isn't expecting the whispered "no," or for the singer to disappear without even thanking her for the martini.For Natalie, two worlds colliding spells professional catastrophe–her on-stage antics definitely violate the club employees' standards clause. For it to be Bex Horvath—a perennial gossip-pages feature—who discovers her secret is terrifying.When...
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Summer Stock

Summer Stock

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Tabloid scandals have driven TV star Ryan Hertzog to North Carolina's Outer Banks, where he's hiding out doing summer stock at his cousin's seaside theater. When a hookup with local handyman Trey Donovan results in Ryan being photographed butt naked, he vows to keep his pants on and his hands off Trey. How was he supposed to know Trey would turn out to be the summer stock set builder? Trey isn't looking for a relationship; he's still recovering from the emotional fallout of an abusive marriage. But Ryan's laughter draws him in again and again, and he's not about to say no to fooling around. As the summer heats up, the paparazzi catch Ryan in increasingly compromising situations. Ryan might be too much drama for a summer fling—and Trey might be just an intermission from Ryan's Hollywood life. But if they take their cues from Shakespeare, all's well that ends well.
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Double Up

Double Up

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Knowing he's loved can make any man fly.Fifteen years ago, Ben Warren was a wakeboarding champion: king of big air, ballsy tricks, and boned grabs. Until a career-ending injury left him broken in ways he still has no hope of fixing. Now he takes his thrills where he can get them, and tries not to let life hurt too much.Then Davis Fox arrives in Ben's sporting goods store with a plan to get in touch with his estranged brother by competing in the annual wakeboarding double-up contest. The catch? He's never ridden before. It's crazy, but Ben's a sucker for the guy's sob story—and for his dimples, too—so he agrees to coach Davis.Davis is everything Ben isn't: successful, confident, and in love with life. And he wants Ben to love life—and him—too. But before Ben can embrace a future with Davis, he needs to remember how to hope.
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Two in Winter

Two in Winter

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Getty has her life all planned out—and she's used to getting everything she wants. She's nurtured her business to success and now she wants to have a baby all on her own. She won't let her attraction to a handsome doctor steer her off course.Eric is still feeling the sting of his recent divorce, so he's not looking for a relationship, but after sharing a steamy dance with a mysterious woman in a darkened club, he can't help but want to get to know her. Unfortunately, she took off when she found out he gets women pregnant for a living.When Eric finds out Getty's a patient at the fertility clinic where he works, he tries to find a way for them to be together without risking his job. Meanwhile, she keeps him at arm's length until she discovers even the best-laid plans can go awry. Can she let go of the life she's planned in order to take a chance on a life with Eric?
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Cracked

Cracked

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

The Goddess must have made a mistake. Sarita Murphy is the culmination of every prophecy her people have known since their creation, the closest thing the werewolves have to a messiah-myth. She might be the daughter of Alphas, but everyone who sees her thinks she’s Omega.When a paranormal culture more ancient and terrifying than weres arrives in the new world, Angelo Gonzalez knows it’s time to return to Amazon Compound and the friends he left behind twenty years earlier. An encounter with Sarita upon arrival brings a new purpose to his life: showing his little mate where true power lies.To fulfill the prophecy, Sarita and Angelo must face down her fears, his ghosts, and a deadly Hive-Queen with a taste for blood.
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Roller Girl

Roller Girl

Vanessa North

Vanessa North

Recently divorced Tina Durham is trying to be self-sufficient, but her personal-training career is floundering, her closest friends are swept up in new relationships, and her washing machine has just flooded her kitchen. It's enough to make a girl cry.Instead, she calls a plumbing service, and Joanne "Joe Mama" Delario comes to the rescue. Joe is sweet, funny, and good at fixing things. She also sees something special in Tina and invites her to try out for the roller derby team she coaches.Derby offers Tina an outlet for her frustrations, a chance to excel, and the female friendships she's never had before. And as Tina starts to thrive at derby, the tension between her and Joe cranks up. Despite their player/coach relationship, they give in to their mutual attraction. Sex in secret is hot, but Tina can't help but want more.With work still on the rocks and her relationship in the closet, Tina is forced to reevaluate her life. Can she be content with a...
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