15 Undeniably Sexy Reads Out in May You'll Want to Get Your Hands On

Hailey Williams thinks she has it all until four words bring her to her knees: "your husband is dead." Not only has her husband died, but he also left behind another family. Her husband, Eric, is someone else's husband. Jensen Walker, or Walker, as everyone except his grandmother calls him, thought his life was perfect. He was living the American dream until he arrived home with flowers in hand on her birthday, and a Dear John letter propped on the fireplace told him that his wife, whom he cherished, didn't love him. Two broken souls find refuge in each other in Perfect Love Story by Natasha Madison, an unputdownable second-chance romance.

A.L. Jackson returns to her bestselling Fight for Me series with the standalone conclusion, Lead Me Home:

I knew better than to get close to the one girl who has always had the power to bring me to my knees. I've always wanted her, but she was the one thing I couldn't allow myself to have. Now, she's in trouble, and there's no chance I can look the other way. My only choice is to stand up and protect her. Even when I know it will stir up all the feelings I've spent fourteen years trying to erase. One touch, and all my reserves begin to crumble. One kiss, and I'm spinning out of control. But it just might be our pasts that destroy us in the end . . .

Merciless by Willow Winters:

I know better than to give in to temptation. She was only a bargaining chip, nothing more. Her innocence and vulnerability make me weak for her and I hate it. I crave her more than anything and that the desire to have her may ruin everything. Not just her touch. Her everything. I want it all.

In Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker, Wendy meets Delta Force hero Blade during a telemarketing call, and surprisingly they hit it off and start dating. But with her background, she's just not sure she should get into a serious relationship. Dating Blade means having an entire team of Deltas at her back. Which may come in handy not just with Wendy's past . . . but also when her brother faces a current threat.

Laura Kaye is back with Fighting for Everything, the first in a sexy and emotional new series centered on a wounded warrior's fight club. Noah Cortez is home from Iraq, but he's not the same man he used to be and he doesn't want his oldest friend to know. After years of separation, Kristina Moore isn't letting Noah push her away. She wants who he's become — every war-hardened inch. Even if he's damaged, and, oh, she knows he is. But Noah is secretly spiraling, and he'll have to fight to find a way back to himself and to Kristina before it's too late . . . Don't miss this truly memorable read!

When rock star Kaden Hades learns his ex has been in an accident, he races to her side in My One Regret by Claudia Burgoa. Memories flood Kaden's mind. Her kisses. And all the wonderful experiences they shared. The day it all went wrong . . . and he made the biggest mistake of his life. Now, he'll move heaven and earth to protect her. Because if he loses her, his world will come apart.

Levi and Ivy seemed cut from entirely different cloths. They fought and battled, but in the end, Ivy fell right into the sexy alpha's arms, and he fell right into her heart. Readers have fallen in love with the angsty, twisty love story in Max Monroe's Stone Cold Fox trilogy. In the highly anticipated finale, Fox, Levi and Ivy will have to fight with everything they have to stay together. Some things are meant to be; some aren't. Will their love survive?

Hot Asset by Lauren Layne is a sexy, laugh-out-loud battle of wills between Wall Street's hottest bachelor and the SEC agent on a mission to turn his playboy lifestyle upside down.

After Doug Compton's rodeo dream shattered along with his leg, he never imagined his backup plan would include storm chasing with sexy scientist Rosalia Salvatore. The intelligent beauty might be out of his league, but Doug has never been a man to give up on something he wants. And what he wants is Rosalia. Realizing that ideal would have been enough for him . . . until his best friend, TJ, joins the research team. In Mari Carr and Jayne Rylon's Light as Air, when two men want one woman, and each other, the conditions are just right for a cyclone of desire big enough to ravage everything in its path.

In Worth the Risk by K. Bromberg, single dad Grayson Malone doesn't want any part of the "hot dad" contest his brothers entered him in. Finding a woman isn't his problem; it's letting her into his life that is. But when contest organizer Sidney Thorton sets out to convince him otherwise, Grayson must come to terms with the heartbreak in his past in order to give them a chance at a future.

As chief stewardess of the Athena, a 154-foot superyacht, Avery Walker lives by two rules. First, no matter how outlandish, demanding, or completely ridiculous, the customer is always right. Second, never, ever fall for a guest. Keeping the super-rich happy isn't always easy, but Avery excels at managing egos, pampering the spoiled, and ignoring the entitled hands on her ass, and she does it all with a smile. The job has its drawbacks — weeks at sea, close quarters, and challenging personalities — but live by the rules and the rewards are huge. With her family counting on her hard-earned income, Avery has never bent, let alone broken, a rule . . . until Hayden Wolf swaggers on board, full of mysterious demands, sexy smiles, and unexpected kindness in Louise Bay's Ruthless Gentleman.

A hot hockey star heating up the ice for the Cold Fury. An ex-girlfriend who never got over losing him. Their daughter she's kept a secret for almost four years. Get ready. The puck isn't the only thing that is going to drop on May 22 in Sawyer Bennett's Marek.

Katy Evans returns with the brand-new standalone title Mogul. A stranger with no name. A girl too tempted to stay away. A one-night stand. And a second chance to experience their chemistry all over again.

Speakeasy by Sarina Bowen: She's just been dumped. Hard. And he's the perfect rebound guy. He knows better than to hook up with the sister of his rival. Nobody would approve. But nobody has to know . . .

I have a new book out this month as well! I can't wait to share Dirty Rich Cinderella Story with you all on May 23. Here's a little about this sexy standalone story: Seduced for a night. Taken forever. It was just supposed to be one night between Lori Havens and Cole Brooks. Until he turned out to be her new boss. With one sizzling shared look across a boardroom, it's clear this man is not done with her.