Bøger af Heather Young-Nichols

Vowing to never sleep with a baseball player might've been a curse upon myself.Given that I suck at relationships, I'm perfectly happy to never be in one again. Men can't be trusted. Or maybe it's my heart that can't be trusted. I don't know. Either way, especially after the epic fail of a hook up last year with a baseball player that won't leave me alone, baseball players are no longer an option.Then Urban Briggs tells me, a stranger, that he's going to make sure his teammate leaves me alone. Great. I could use the help. Except that player doesn't leave me alone, and Urban ends up volunteering at the summer camp I'm working at. Of course, he does. His family's charity runs the camp. Now, I can't avoid him, and he's too hard to ignore.At first, Urban is fine with our arrangement. After all, he's leaving as soon as the season ends if he has his way. He doesn't want to leave behind any attachments, either. Sounds perfect, right? Wrong. Can I risk my heart one last time, or am I going to let the best thing in my life walk away?Wanting the Player is book two in the Rules of the Game series and features a broody baseball player and a woman who isn't supposed to fall in love who happens to work at his family's summer camp, where he's volunteering a little of his time, a standoffish heroine, lots of steam, and it wasn't supposed to be you vibes.

The best way to forget the guy who never knew you existed? Come back to town and work for his baseball team, of course.The world knows him as Silas, Briggs, sexy baseball player on a hot streak. I know him as the jerk who walked away when he got drafted. He was my brother's best friend, which by definition means he's off limits.When I get a job offer too good to refuse, I can't let some tiny detail, like it happens to be for the team Silas plays for, stop me from jumping. I'll put away all those feelings I had years before and ignore the fact that he was one of the people who was supposed to be looking out for me after the worst day of my life and instead walked away as if I meant nothing.All of that's in the past, right? Wrong. There's not hiding anything when it comes to Silas Briggs and he might just be the thing that breaks me. The question is... will the ride have been worth it?

After living under my father's rule, I'm about to break free. My father has kept me on a short leash my entire life. It doesn't seem as if he likes me very much. To him, I'm a commodity. Something he can trade to grow his wealth. It doesn't matter that the man he's chosen for me to marry is mean and cruel.Then Orin shows up at a ball he isn't supposed to be at. I don't know it but he's here for me.Finding out what he is... scares the hell out of me.Finding out I'm his supposed mate... I don't know that I'll recover.Orin won't hurt me and anything I have to deal with is better than living under my father's thumb.Until a rival pack makes a grave mistake. They take me from Orin and I don't think any of them will live to see morning.

I should've kept to myself.When I see a guy drink enough to start a fight in the bar, I step in. It's the one time I don't keep my nose in my own business and look where it lead me...To a job with Pushing Daisies helping their guitar player stop drinking. It's a job I have too much experience with given that I was taking care of my alcoholic mother when I was six.The money's too good to pass up and Daltrey needs someone to lean on.I'm the highest paid babysitter in the world.Except it doesn't feel like babysitting and I'm finding myself with feelings I shouldn't have for a man that could put me right back into a situation that I worked hard to get out of.And he's impossible to not get attached to.If you like strong heroines that can use sarcasm as a weapon and steamy rock star romances, this is for you. Daltrey is the fourth book in the Pushing Daisies series but can be read as a standalone.

My best friend is a traitor.With war coming, we're trying to stop it. The problem is, my best friend is an enemy of my people and by helping me, he's not an enemy of his own. They've arrested him for treason and sentenced him to death.I'm not going to let that happen.Saving him will come at a cost. A group of us now have to run. From my people and his. The prince I brought back to my people wasn't there when I needed him but now, he's taking us back to his home with the humans to protect us.Mistakes are made. Trust is tested. But I'm abandoning everything I've been taught to seek peace and keep the Earth from revolting against both sides greedy needs.Stopping a war is easy.Getting Jensen to forgive me... that's another story.If you enjoy danger, imperfect characters, and steamy paranormal romance, then check out The Goblin War, the second book in The Empowered Series.

I never listen.Being the daughter of my people's leaders, I should understand protocol and appropriate behavior. Problem is, I understand both, I just don't follow them. As my father's daughter, I don't have a lot of choices. I can follow his lead and fight for our people, or suffer the consequences.It's not as bad as it sounds.But I have a different plan.There's a boy... now a man, who could tip the scales in our favor when the Gobel come for us. He's supposed to be powerful.What I didn't know is that together, he and I might be unstoppable.Now I just have to find him.If you enjoy supernatural creatures, friends-to-lovers, and steamy paranormal romance, then check out The Gremling Prince, the first book in The Empowered Series.

Two couples. One game. The ultimate prize. Stealing Home Jack Behr knew two things: baseball and bloodshed. A proud warrior of the Ojibway Tribe of Saginaw, he'd given up the first to fight for his country in World War II, only to find himself mired to his knees in the latter. Now home, Jack struggles to readjust in a place that valued his scouting and marksmanship skills on the battlefield, but has little use for him anywhere else in "civilized" society. Kitty Fitzgerald had finally realized a lifelong dream: to make a living playing a sport she loved. As the brave men of the country battled enemies overseas, Kitty battled foes on the diamond. She did her part to encourage morale during this trying time, and relished the experience, knowing it could end all too soon. Then Kitty met Jack. A shared love of the game brings them together, but will Jack's battle scars and society's prejudices pull them apart? Or can they surmount the obstacles and realize that their love for the game, and one another, is stronger than anyone trying to throw them out for Stealing Home? Head in the Game Zev Cohen dreamed of playing professional baseball since he was a little kid. After opting to finish college before going pro, he finds himself stuck in the minors. Right as the majors start paying attention to him, he loses his swing. His defense is better than ever and until that point, so was his offense. Wrigley Behr was raised on baseball. Her father played pro and is on the verge of entering the Baseball Hall of Fame. His father had already earned his spot there. And, what most people don't know, is her grandmother played in the All-American Girls Baseball League. The sport is in her blood. As a girl, she'll never play in the major league and instead focuses on her Master's degree in psychology. With his lost swing, Zev's coach suggests he talk to a psychologist, who happens to be Wrigley's mentor. Wrigley is beautiful, knows baseball, but worst of all can see every one of Zev's faults. He doesn't have time for distraction, she doesn't date ball players, yet their attraction is undeniable. Will Wrigley be the thing to draw Zev's focus from his life's dream or can she help him get his Head in the Game?

Now that I know the truth... I really wish that I didn't. Friends saved me from going dark. They rescued me from the Shadow Coven. But that wasn't the happy ending. We're hiding in a place no one knows about yet somehow, they find us. Being scared has an unusual side effect for me and a new power emerges. Something else for me to try to control. There are secrets everywhere. Miller discovers something about his family he never knew and I find out that my parents promised to make me a dark with and hand me over to a dark fae. Nothing about my life is normal anymore, if it ever was. And there's too many people who could get hurt saving me.

Much Ado About Lu The man she desires is the one she hates. Lucinda "Lu" Danvers is a drama teacher at Asheville College who suffers no theatrics. After surviving the trauma of an unexpected pregnancy during WWII and pushing through to become a respected member of the staff at Asheville, Lu has proved to everyone she's the woman for the English tenure position. When she meets a handsome stranger outside the administration building, sparks fly- but he's not here for romance. He's here to take her position. He's falling for the woman whose job he stole. After scandalous rumors ruined his reputation, Max Fischer abandoned his career as a Hollywood screenwriter to teach college instead. Instantly, he finds himself attracted to- and despised by-Asheville's drama teacher, a woman he can't keep his eyes off of. Despite being unable to tolerate one another, Lu and Max are forced to work together on the fall production of Much Ado About Nothing... though there's definitely something between them. Resentment only fires the flames of passion even higher, and Lu and Max can't resist one another's witty charms. The result is a night of passion and secrets spilled in the warmth of intimacy. Yet secrets overheard by a student scorned puts Lu and Max's romance in jeopardy. Will their love story survive a scandal? Or will their careers... and their future together... be ruined? A sexy and humorous historical romance set in the 1950s, Much Ado About Lu is a fun romantic comedy with a hint of edgy twists and dark secrets. This mid-20th century novella will have readers swooning, laughing out loud, and falling in love with the writing of author Amelia J. Matthews. The Infatuation Equation She's dating her professor, and she doesn't even know it. College student Daisy Anderson is looking for the perfect pumpkin for a class project- smoking hot teacher Reid Miller just wants to carve a jack-o- lantern with the teen brother he's raised since childhood, in honor of the tradition their deceased father started years ago. When Daisy and Reid meet in the pumpkin patch, there's an instant connection- and a problem. Reid teaches mathematics at the college Daisy attends. The two decide it won't be an issue, as Daisy doesn't take his class... until a major hurdle plants itself in the couple's path. The majority of Daisy's scholarship is paid for by Reid. As news of the couple's relationship spreads across campus, the rumors start to fly. Jealous students accuse Daisy of sleeping her way into the scholarship, while vengeful teachers resent Reid for getting involved with a student. Hijinks erupt and conundrums arise. At a small university like Asheville College, gossip can ruin a career... and a relationship. Will romance survive between a handsome professor and his sexy student girlfriend? Or will wagging tongues and nosey ne'er-do- wells part this perfect equation? A new adult contemporary romance that's equal parts fun, funny, and full of heart, The Infatuation Equation is a cute, sweet love story packed with plenty of heat and lots of steamy scenes. Readers will enjoy this humorous and romantic tale by author Heather Young-Nichols.

Three friends all gambling on love...Desperate times call for desperate measures as Flannery tried to find a way to stay in school. The only thing she has to sell is her virginity but she may lose Cain along the way.Kendra has been living in denial of the two-year relationship she's had with Adam. When it all comes crashing down, only then does she realize what she had all along.Sam had his heart shattered once and he's not willing to risk it again. But Miriam comes along and he's ready to toss out all of his rules.The Gambling on Love Complete Series Box Set contains all three books in this sexy, new adult romance series.

Is it weird that I'm in a band with my brothers?Not to me.Getting our big break is supposed to be fun and make all the years of being cramped in a van with four older brothers worth it and part of it is.The other part... they don't even want me to know about.It's not until I'm moved off our bus and onto the bus belonging to the hot manager of the headlining band that I know something's wrong.But I'm not complaining.Lawson is willing to take me on so some crazy fan can't get to me but when things heat up... he backs off. Says he's too old for me.It's a small age gap. It doesn't mean a thing.When that crazy fan gets close enough to touch me... there's no hiding anymore.Daisy is a small age-gap, forbidden, rock star romance with heat. If you enjoy sexy heroes and snarky heroines, the first book in the Pushing Daisies series is for you.

I never back down from a challenge.Vacation romance? Sign me up.Working half a country away from my friends sucked but it was what I wanted after college.Didn't imagine I'd miss this group of people as much as I do.So the opportunity to crash my best friend's honeymoon was too good to pass up.It's an excuse to get out of town and figure things out.When I meet Miriam, I know my time will be otherwise occupied.It's just vacation. I'll never see her again.But by the end of the week, she knows the person I've kept hidden from everyone for years and there's nothing I want more than her.hen without a word, she disappears.No calls. No texts. No explanation.That wasn't the woman I'd come to know.Maybe she'll become a memory but I won't be able to live with myself if I don't track her down.

Could a second chance bring me the luck I need?I've never believed in love.Sex? Sure. Lust? Absolutely.So imagine my surprise when I discover that I've accidentally been in a relationship for two years.Adam and I were only friends-with-benefits as far as I was concerned.Then he tells me he loves me and I know I have to cut him loose.At first it's easy to convince myself that I made the right choice.Until a girl's weekend makes me realize just how lucky I'd been to have Adam.Except now he wants nothing to do with me. Doesn't even want to be friends.As he's trying to move on, my life is falling apart.Being forced together for a friend's wedding gives me one last chance to convince Adam that I want forever with him... a forever I'd convinced myself didn't exist.

Two years after we broke up, Harrison Flynn walked back into my life. Now, I'm not so sure he's staying.LunaLife has never been better.I might've come home due to a tragedy but finding Harrison again was a silver lining.Now we're together and happy but not everyone is OK with that.His brother, Killian, makes his thoughts known and when I find out that Harrison has the chance to study to become a master sommelier in France, all of my insecurities come crashing down.We didn't do long distance well the first time.Now, the thought terrifies me.HarrisonHaving Luna back is the best part of my life.I've got a job that I love and my girl by my side.Nothing could be better.When the opportunity to study in France comes along, I reject it without telling Luna.We didn't last when we'd tried long distance before so there's nothing that could make me chance our relationship again.I didn't count on someone else trying to sabotage our relationship.I'll just have to convince Luna that she's my dream and crush anything that gets in our way.

He kissed me once and then left the country.My brother's best friend just got back to town after years away and I'm not sure I can handle this. He kissed me once and I never heard from him again. I thought it was me. I was young and inexperienced but decided to stay screw him. He wasn't getting to take away my first kiss experience.Now I'm home from college-for good. He's out of the military to be closer to his mom and all those feelings come bubbling right back to the surface.Except he acts like it never happened.Sometimes, I wish he would've stayed gone. That's a lie. No I don't. I want him here close to me but I don't think I'll ever have him as close as I really want.Making Her Mine is a brother's best friend, forbidden romance with a happily ever after. It includes, steamy nights, I'm not supposed to touch her vibes and a hero with a heart who's trying to do the right thing.

My experience with men is the worst.As a single mother my focus is my son. Breaking up with a man that was everything I should want on paper proves to me that single is where I should stay. When Teagan comes to town, I push him away. There's no place in my life for another man who wants me but doesn't really love me. But he's relentless. Insists he's not like the others. I've fallen for that before.Yet somehow, he starts to weasel his way into my heart. Still, I have to protect my kid which means Teagan stays far away.Except while protecting my son, I push away the best thing that could happen to me.

One week is all it takes. She and a friend were standing on the side of the road next to a broken down car. Stopping was the right thing to do. Then that act of kindness turns into two women on the road with us for week. Charlotte's on the weeklong road trip for her friend's birthday and before the end of day one, she's gotten under my skin. She's like an itch I can't quite scratch and I don't do relationships. One strike was all it took and I'm done with that. Except Charlotte's different and she's running from someone but won't tell me who. She doesn't use her phone. He best friend does a lot of the talking and even though I've just met her, it's not my mission to protect her from whatever she fears. Then a man shows up and Charlotte's being returned home. This wasn't a fling for me. She's so much more and right now, I'll stop at nothing to find her.

I'm technically his boss. Feelings shouldn't matter.When Gio walked into our pizza parlor, I knew he was going to be trouble for me.He's a ridiculously sexy tattooed man and our chemistry is instant.What else could he be but trouble?Any romance is forbidden.But I can't deny the truth that I'm falling for him.Until I find out that Gio isn't here to work. He's here for the sauce on a mission for his family.Now he's going to have to choose between the life he's always known and me.I just don't know if I can forgive the heartbreak Gio brought to my doorstep. I don't now if I can forgive his betrayal enough to risk my heart again.

A forbidden romance between a sexy drummer and a rock star's daughter is about to break her rules.When a sexy drummer mistakes me for a groupie and tries to kick me out of the venue, I'm willing to chalk it up to mistaken identity. Usually everyone knows me but I shouldn't assume. Now Cross wants to make it right ini the hope that my father won't kick his band off the tour.In trying to make amends, Cross becomes my surprise protector when I accidentally snap some pictures of his bandmate in a bad situation and he wants them deleted.Cross being my protector has me wanting something I've never wanted before... A sexy drummer.Growing up with a famous father has taught me many things but the number one rule has always been NEVER FALL FOR A ROCK STAR.I guess I want to break the rules.A steamy, forbidden romance, featuring a sexy drummer, the sweet daughter of a rock god who needs a little protection, and a tour that forces them together.

I've survived more than I ever want to admit.Surviving meant not making friends, never falling in love, and... doing things to help my parents in a world of seduction, power, money and lies. I had rules-strict rules that I had to follow or face the consequences.Now... I'm free, thanks to my brother. And I don't know what to do with that freedom.When I meet Cash, I'm as cold as anyone could be. Yet, he doesn't walk away the way he should. He wants things from me that I'm not sure I have to give, yet won't pressure me into it.Instead, he invites me into his family, a concept so foreign to me that I'm sure I'll screw it up. Yet they welcome me with more compassion than I knew was out there.My past life makes it almost impossible to be with him. Yet my heart won't let me push him away.I can do this. I can figure this out. He's worth it.Hopefully, I am too.Love by the Rules is a friends to lovers, emotionally scarred heroine romance with a happily ever after. It includes, steamy nights, a gentle yet strong hero and a heroine who wants to find her place.

A misunderstanding led to losing the love of my life and I didn't even realize it.LunaWhen Harrison left for school forever away, I thought that was the end. I moved on.Now, two years later, I'm back in town and have my own massage business.But Christmas is a lonely time when you're alone so I accept a friend's invitation to a holiday dinner.Imagine my surprise when I come face to face with the man I'd loved more than I knew I could.This could be my only opportunity for a second chance.HarrisonI never thought following my dream would cost me my girl.I'd spent the last two years coming to terms with that.Yes thinking about Luna is still like a knife to the gut.This Christmas, my boss decided to have a dinner for lonely people and I'm happy to work it.Never did I dream I'd see Luna's name on the guest list.She's back in Lake Shores and when I see her, I immediately want her, but the question becomes...After she left me once, can I trust her enough to give us another shot?

We come from opposite worlds and really shouldn't work...PaigeI'm used to sacrifice and hard work.Growing up in the foster system didn't leave a lot of room for error.Then I land a job with one of the richest families in the state that might allow me to have the life I've been working so hard toward.When their son, Booker, comes home, I try so hard to keep things professional.Him being around make it impossible to ignore my feelings.But I work for his family... there's a line that shouldn't be crossed.BookerWhen I'm called home to see my sick mother, I sure didn't expect to find a hot as hell nurse living in the house, taking care of my mother.Paige is smart, sassy, and unimpressed by my rock star status.But my growing feelings could get in the way of getting back out on the road to escape my tense relationship with Dad.I need to cement my place with the band and Paige can't screw up her career.Can we find a way to do both?

One night three years ago is coming back to haunt me.It was supposed to be one night then I'd never see him again. One night at a dive bar where I met someone who could scratch an itch.He wasn't famous then.Now he's a rock star.A rock star whose manager just hired me to be the band's stylist. It's a dream job to me but it could be a nightmare.Is it worse if he remembers me? Or worse if he doesn't?

He was the boy next door that I loved. Now he's the single dad I refuse to let back in.My ex-best friends have been dead to me for four years. I left against my will and then... they stopped talking to me. An entire lifetime of childhood friendships flushed down the drain. Worse yet... I'd been in love with Zac Walsh-the literal boy next door who went through women the way most of us went through underwear-since I was thirteen.Then... he just stopped being my best friend and so did the rest of them. Unfortunately, coming back to town isn't my idea. But it's my responsibility to take care of my dad's things and I'm determined to do the job then get out of here as quickly as possible. Maybe without seeing any of them.Of course, that doesn't happen. Zac sees me before I get into the house. He's still the boy next door, probably still going through women like most of us go through underwear, and against my better judgment, those feelings bubble up from the deep abyss I'd exiled them to. As the secrets that have been hidden from me all start finding their way to the surface, is he really the only one I can lean on?Last Good Thing is book one in the Fallout Series and features a smoking hot single dad and a woman who doesn't want to let any of them in when she comes back to town yet can't avoid the familiar feelings, or just how much she's still in love with him.

It was one night.I like to say it was just a kiss but it was more than that. Still, it happened once and we moved on.Except I totally didn't move on no matter how hard I tried.Mack told me that it's because I'm his sister's best friend. He said I was too young. Then his sister got with a man Mack's age and if he goes back on what he said about that, he'll be a hypocrite.Doesn't matter. I need this vacation and I need my best friend more. I've been lying to her. To everyone about what's going on with me and now's the time to come clean. With her.As for Mack... I plan on ignoring him.Even thought he's impossible to ignore.If you like steamy rock star romance, heroines with spunk, and HEAs, this is for you. Mack is the fifth and final book in the Pushing Daisies series and can be read as a standalone.

I'm standing there minding my own business when someone comes up behind me, wraps their arms around my waist and says, "Hey baby."From the voice, I immediately know it's a woman. From her arm placement and the way she feels against my back, I know she's rather small. Her hands are dainty against my stomach.My gut tells me that I don't know this woman. After dropping the book back onto the shelf, I turn in her arms, careful not to spill my coffee.This woman is beautiful. The kind of beautiful that can knock a guy off his feet. I open my mouth to say something, but she pulls me down and puts her mouth to my ear."Please pretend you're my boyfriend."A man in the bookstore won't leave her alone. There's no way I'd leave her to fend for herself, so I play along... which leads to so much more.But the rock star life isn't for everyone and Jurnie's not sure she can handle it all. I'm about to do everything I can to convince her that she can because losing her... isn't an option.Bonham is an opposites attract, fish out of water, rock star romance with heat. If you enjoy sexy rockstars and snarky heroines, the third book in the Pushing Daisies series is for you.

Bellamy Harper needs an escape and becomes Ransom's challenge.BellamyMy life has taken a hard turn. So, when my best friend asks me to join her on tour with her dad, I can't say yes fast enough.I expected to be surrounded hot rock stars.But I never saw Ransom or our intense attraction coming.He's impossible to ignore but given my crazy ex, I'm determined to keep my distance.That only works for about a minute before my former boyfriend shows up ready to reclaim what he says is his.RansomThe stand-offish red head suddenly on the tour has me falling all over her and she's everywhere I go since her best friend is dating mine.t takes a lot of hard work to break through Bellamy's tough exterior and of course that's the moment my ex-girlfriend decides to screw up my life.The media attention is too much for Bellamy and I can't blame her.he has her own problems and didn't ask for this.With her psycho ex-boyfriend and my secret-keeping ex-girlfriend hindering any hope of a relationship, we'll both have to confront our pasts if we want any chance at a future.

I don't date baseball players. It's basically my only rule.With a father who played the game, I know more than I need to about baseball players. They're usually players in more than one sense and after one mistake, they definitely aren't for me.When my dad offers up Knox to me as his punishment, I wonder who he's really punishing.But Knox is willing to do what I need him to if it means getting back in the good graces of his manager.Don't fall for a baseball player.Yet, here I am not listening to myself.It's a mistake. I know this going into it yet...I can't stay away.

My plan for the future is falling apart. What's this virgin to do?I've never wanted to live the same life as my mother.So when my scholarship fund disappears and I'm desperate not to leave college, putting my virginity on the auction block is the only thing I can do.But life is never easy and Cain Dorsey, the perfect boyfriend who has no idea what it's like to struggle financially, entering my life makes everything so much harder.Him finding out my plan might be too much for him to take.When the winning bid comes in, I'm faced with an impossible choice: convince Cain that this is my only chance to stay in school and with him or give up my dream.Will I lose Cain or can I really have it all?

I'm not the guy a woman should expect a relationship from.No. It's not because I'm a rock star. That's how I've always been. I just never saw the point.Then Lexi came on tour to visit her brother. The brother that just happened to have attached himself to my sister. I don't like him and he's too old for her.With Lexi here, it's the perfect opportunity to give her brother a taste of his own medicine. I won't play with her feelings but her brother doesn't have to know that we're just friends.Except... I like her. I've never felt this way about anyone and I'm ready to go all in. But she's not. She's running from something back home. Something she doesn't want me to know about which makes me desperate to find out.She thinks I'll look at her differently but what she doesn't know is that there's no chance of that.Van is the second book in the rock star romance series Pushing Daisies. If you like reformed man-wh*res, strong heroines, and humor with your steam, then this series is for you.