14 Books Sure to Steam Up Your eReader This April

Those April showers are looming ahead, and what better way to spend the bad-weather days than cozied up inside with your next book lover? April's must-read books are chock-full of sexy alphas, heart-tugging stories, delicious bad boys, and swoon-worthy happily ever afters!

01

The Troublemaker, Out April 23

They all say Rafe Hunter is trouble. I say . . . bring it on. What better way to get over my evil ex than by getting under a tattooed hottie like Rafe? We can have a few laughs — a few orgasms — and part ways as friends; no stress, no mess. But in The Troublemaker by Lili Valente, what happens when Mr. Right Now turns out to be Mr. Right?

02

The Hardest Fall, Out April 18

The Hardest Fall by Ella Maise: The first time I met Dylan Reed, the star wide receiver of the football team, I made a complete fool of myself. The second and third time were no different, mostly because I'm shy and . . . well . . . because I'm rather highly skilled at making a fool of myself in front of a guy I'm attracted to. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. After I attacked him — I mean, after our third encounter, I couldn't hide from him anymore. When we end up seeing each other every day, you can only imagine how I react around him. But, you see, the funny thing is he says he likes my quirks and thinks I'm going to be his best friend. And I could . . . you know, I could happily be the best friend he'd never had. The only problem is, I have a big thing for him. And the more I get to know him, the more I don't care that I'm not allowed to be his friend, let alone fall for him.

03

Embracing Her Heart, Out April 17

When Grace Montgomery comes home to Oak Falls to teach a screenplay-writing class, she doesn't plan on staying long. She has a play to produce in New York City, and she can only take so many small-town celebrations and midnight rodeos before she loses her mind. When one of her sisters' pranks leads her to annoyingly sexy Reed Cross — her first love, and the one man she never wants to see again — Grace is determined not to fall under Reed's spell for a second time . . . and Reed wants more than another taste of the woman he's never forgotten. Introduce yourself to the Bradens and Montgomerys in the sexy and sweet standalone Embracing Her Heart by Melissa Foster.

04

The Dandelion, Out April 8

In The Dandelion by Michelle Leighton, Abi Simmons has come home, but she's just a shadow of the girl who left town nearly 20 years prior. The last thing she expected — or wanted — was to reunite with her first love, Sam Forrester. But that's exactly what she gets. Sam's life is the picture of perfect, well-adjusted happiness from the outside, but Abi soon learns that his smile covers pain she can't see. Sam's wife is dying, and her final wish is that she be able to meet the woman who will love her husband into old age and finish raising their little girl. Abi wants nothing more than to help her old flame and his charming wife, but she's hiding something that will hurt them more than help them, and time to come clean is running out.

05

Endorsed, Out April 3

When I met Samantha Cole eight years ago, I couldn't keep my hands off of her. But she was my client's younger sister and that made her off-limits. So, after one of the best weekends of my life, I let her go. Jack Hunt dismissed me like the time we spent together meant nothing to him. Now, all these years later, he wanted me back. And I wanted him. But that would mean I'd have to tell him the secret I'd been hiding. Once he heard the truth, he'd never forgive me. Endorsed by Marni Mann is available now.

06

Save Me, Out April 17

China Mack discovers there's more to her past and her mother's death than she was ever told. Finding the truth will uncover decades-old conspiracies and put everything she holds dear in danger. China will have to make an impossible choice to protect the man she loves in Save Me, the final installment of The Corrupted Hearts Series by Tiffany Snow.

07

Tame, Out April 16

In Colet Abedi's April release, Tame, British heiress Abby Walters decides she is tired of standing on the sidelines of love. When her childhood crush, Michael Sinclair, walks into her life and offers her an opportunity of a lifetime, she jumps at the chance to be around the man she has been in love with since she was 8 years old. Once again, the billionaire philanthropist and renowned British playboy is coming to her rescue. But this time, Abby will show him she is no longer a child but a woman on a mission to win his heart — that is, if Michael can be tamed.

08

Hard Line, Out April 2

For premed student and all-around good boy Tobias Benton in Sidney Bell's Hard Line, atoning for the one mistake in his past is a full-time job. But when someone he cares about goes missing, Tobias refuses to sit idly by, even if it means sending his well-ordered life off the rails. Tobias blackmails smart-mouthed, tattooed private detective Sullivan Tate into helping him search for his friend, and that's only the beginning of Tobias's rebellions. Soon he's blowing the lid off of old family secrets, skipping out on his classes, and flirting with a man who has a taste for domination — not to mention a good reason to stab him in the back. If he isn't careful, Tobias is going to learn just what happens when a good boy goes bad . . .

09

The Boy and His Ribbon, Out April 3

The Boy and His Ribbon by Pepper Winters: I can honestly say Ren is my favorite word. I love every history attached to it. I love every pain lashed to it. I love the boy it belongs to. Even as a boy, he was beautiful. Too beautiful to carry the depth of suspicion and guarded-ness he never fully shed. Too beautiful to be responsible for the wake of misdeeds left in his path. Too beautiful to be normal.

10

My Unexpected Love, Out April 12

Many have fallen in love with the Beaumont Series by Heidi McLaughlin, starting with Forever My Girl. Now, the children are all grown up and leading lives of their own. My Unexpected Love follows the life of Elle Powell-James as she tries to discover who she is.

11

The Theory of Unrequited, Out April 18

For best friends AJ and Evan, the pact was simple: escape Boston and attend college at Stanford University. But when AJ unexpectedly falls in love with her best friend, she decides to break their promise and sets out for her own adventures at Duke. After all, she loves Evan completely but he only loves her fractionally, and the pain of wanting something she can never have is simply too much for her to endure. With thousands of miles between them, AJ tries to move on. It's a task that would be easier if her betrayal and her freedom hadn't cost so much. As her life with a broken heart, and without her best friend, slowly unravels into a mess she can't quite fix, will AJ be able to make peace with her unrequited love? The Theory of Unrequited is book one in the brand-new The Science of Unrequited Series by Len Webster.

12

Blood Veil, Out April 3

All I have to do is kidnap human Celia Valerie and then use her to get to her father, the king of a rival vampire clan. He destroyed my family, and now I plan to destroy his. Except Celia isn't anything I imagined. She was supposed to be my ransom . . . and now all I want to do is make her mine. Megan Erickson's Blood Veil is available now.

13

This Time Around, Out April 10

Stacey Lynn returns with upcoming release This Time Around. After my husband died, I was certain I'd never be able to give my heart, or my body, to another man. Then Cooper Hawke sauntered his way onto my ranch one summer and flipped my world upside down. As hard as I tried to keep my distance, he chipped down my walls, one broken brick at a time. I was falling in love with him, knowing he'd leave me, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.

14

The Last King, Out April 3

In The Last King by Katee Robert, when Beckett King's father dies unexpectedly, he steps up to take over the position he's been training most of his life for: CEO of the family company. What he doesn't expect is to inherit his father's enemies in the process. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust, he turns to the only person he can trust — Samara Mallick. But neither of them expect to find danger quite so close to home . . .

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