Ready for some sexy fun in the sun? SUMMER SIZZLE brings you twenty stories of love and passion all in one sultry collection.   Enjoy a steamy fling with the one who got away, or start something new with the stranger next door. Best friends make surprising new discoveries. A runaway bride gets her comeuppance, business rivals give in to desire and wannabe lovers cash in on old crushes. Watch sparks fly on the beach, at the ballpark, on the dance floor, even in the middle of a summer rainstorm.   Featuring stories by the Los Angeles Romance Authors (LARA), SUMMER SIZZLE is a treat that will leave you hot in more ways than one!

Summer Sizzle

Romance

Bell, Ophelia

Sands, Charlene

Marshall, Lynne

Ashworth, Christine

Hopkins, Mia

Beck, Samanthe

Davon, Claire

Lee, Roz

O'Rourke, Kathy

Plank, Tonya

Collections & Anthologies

Los Angeles Romance Authors

Come into winter with this collection of winter romance short stories designed to keep you warm!

Holiday Ever After

DuMond, Pamela

Flite, Nora

McGill, Teri

Breazile, Roxann

Murphy, Marla

Diehl, Beverly

Brite, Cami

McDonald, Kadee

Susannah Erwin

Military

Feisty reporter vs. gruff cowboy—buckle up for a hard ride.Journalist Georgia Meyers is writing an article about MacKinnon Ranch in a last-ditch effort to save her job at a failing newspaper. At first, the hot-as-hell rancher wants nothing to do with her. But butting heads leads to knocking boots, and soon she’s getting the real story—in bed and off the record.Cattleman’s son and petroleum engineer Daniel MacKinnon turned down a lucrative oil career to take over the family farm. Frustrated about giving up his dreams and worried about money, Daniel buries himself in ranch work—that is, until gorgeous Georgia shows up and rocks him to the core.A blazing one-night stand leads to something deeper. Despite their feelings for each other, he’s tied to the land and she’s a rolling stone. When the time comes to part ways, will the lovers choose duty over desire? Or will they face their fears and rise to the challenge of love?Get ready for sassy banter, sizzling sex, orgasms galore, and a nerdy dirty-talkin’ cowboy who can go all night long.

Cowboy Rising (Cowboy Cocktail)

Multicultural & Interracial

Little Stone Press

Forget chocolate and flowers. This homegrown honey is all the sweetness he craves.Small-town life is nothing but a waiting room for eighteen-year-old honor student Corazón Gomez. Work and school leave little time for love, but with a full-ride Ivy League scholarship and a one-way ticket out of the boondocks, who needs it?The answer appears on Valentine’s Day when her old cowboy crush ambles into the ice cream parlor where she works, inviting her to go on a late-night ride in his truck. For the first time she wavers between staying on the straight and narrow, and going off-road with the handsome heartbreaker.After four years working on ranches all over the country, Caleb MacKinnon is back on the family farm helping out his mom and brothers while his father fights cancer. The one bright spot: smart, funny, and wickedly sexy Cora.From the start, they both know this blazing-hot love affair can’t last. But when autumn comes and Cora has to leave for the East Coast, Caleb must find a solution to keep himself—and his heart—from falling apart.Warning: Contains hard, cherry-poppin’ sex in a pickup truck and a cowboy charmer who talks dirty in two languages.

Cowboy Valentine (Cowboy Cocktail)

Contemporary

Ball-busting businesswoman meets no-holds-barred cowboy. He’s gonna need a longer rope.Marketing hotshot Monica Kaur has put her big-city life on hold to help bail out her brother’s failing business. Now she’s got three months to plan and promote a rodeo, the first her tiny hometown has ever seen.To ensure the rodeo’s success, Monica enlists a local hero, a rancher’s son who’s made a name for himself on the bull-riding circuit. Problem? She can’t stop daydreaming about the cocky bastard—and all the things she longs to do to him out behind the chutes.Professional bullfighter Dean MacKinnon is home helping his family while his father fights cancer. Haunted by bad memories, jaded by love, Dean finds escape in a no-strings-attached go-round with brainy, sexy Monica, whose close-knit Sikh-American family would sooner run him out of town than see her with a notorious rodeo romeo.In private, Monica and Dean play as hard as they work. But as the rodeo draws near, that clean break they promised each other is getting more and more hung up in the rigging.Warning: Contains rope play, motel nooners, and a cowboy charmer with a taste for kink.

Cowboy Resurrection (Cowboy Cocktail)

This cowboy and cowgirl sell the steak and the sizzle.For eight years, Melody Santos played the game of love and lost—big time. Now she’s back in her tiny hometown looking after her younger sister, making ends meet with an assortment of odd jobs. When her childhood best friend hires her to help him sell his family’s grass-fed beef, the last thing she anticipates is falling in lust with the legendary, brown-eyed player.To put his family’s cattle ranch back in the black, Clark MacKinnon has his sights set on big contracts—gourmet chefs and restaurateurs. If that means long hours traveling from farmer’s market to farmer’s market, Clark doesn’t mind. Particularly since his new assistant is his childhood crush, all grown up and sexy as hell.One night in bed leaves them breathless and hungry for more. But when his love-’em-and-leave-’em reputation collides with her trust issues, Clark and Melody must face the truth about what they’ve become: not friends, not lovers, but players in a game that’s impossible to win.Warning: Contains filthy banter, raunchy sex, excessive Johnny Cash references, and hundreds of pounds of raw beef.

Cowboy Player (Cowboy Cocktail)

Family, heart, and a Merry Christmas Happily Ever After. 
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all ‘round Hacienda Luz bustled in celebration of Natividad Luz Moore’s 100th birthday. 
A Filipino American woman of courage, strength, and heart, Lola Naty has touched the lives of many. Celebrities and politicians make merry, fine dresses and barong Tagalogs shimmer, and food and drink flow freely. And it’s all to honor family, tradition, and the very essence of that thing called love. 
While Filipino ballads fill the chilly Northern California air, hearts throb and passions ignite as six remarkable couples find love in all the right—or wrong—places. 
From acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors—Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo—comes Pasko Na, My Love, a holiday romance collection that is sure to warm your heart and uplift your Christmas spirit.

Pasko Na, My Love: A Holiday Romance Anthology (Kwentitas Anthologies)

Literature & Fiction

Smith, Sarah

Gabriel, Maan

Marcelo, Tif

Cruz, Elle

Malby, Maida

Genre Fiction

EOT Publications

He burns for her. Lucky for him, she likes to play with fire. . .
My name is Eddie Rosas, but everyone calls me Trouble. Since I got out of prison six months ago, I've had one goal: find my father, whatever the cost. My older brother says I need to move on. He also wants me to leave our gang, East Side Hollenbeck, and go straight, but I can't--not until I uncover the truth about our family and its missing piece.
One problem? I'm distracted. My distraction's name is Carmen Centeno. Smart, passionate, and tough as hell, Carmen is a woman from the neighborhood who's built her career as one of the city's top chefs. She's a master of creating pleasure both in and out of bed. But when our connection deepens, how can I show her I'm not the trash everyone says I am?
The pressure's rising. Carmen deserves a man she can depend on. And when the ghosts of my past rise up, I'll have to outsmart them--or lose my shot at a future with the only woman who believes in me.
The Rosas brothers will return in Tanked!
Praise for the first Eastside Brewery novel, Thirsty
ONE OF THE BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF THE YEAR "A powerful, honest look at love as both a motivation and a risk."--The Washington Post
"Heartrending, raw and beautiful."--USA Today
"A brilliant read. There are good writers, and then there are writers that just leave you in awe. And Hopkins has definitely left me in awe."--Hypable
"Bold and unapologetic."--Smexy Books
"A sizzling, emotionally intense story that is both gritty and heartwarming, an addictive page-turner that will stay with me for a long time to come."--New York Times bestselling author Cathryn Fox
"Sexy and soul-wrenching, with Sal's irresistible voice luring you through a living, breathing Los Angeles."--USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone
"An amazing read! I stayed up way too late to finish and haven't stopped thinking about the characters. Highly recommended!"--USA Today bestselling author Molly O'Keefe

Trashed: An Eastside Brewery Novel (The Eastside Brewery series)

“Delightfully raunchy, yet tender and loving. Hopkins does a great job of capturing both the vulnerability and the passion of sex in her writing.”—Bustle\nA fighter without a purpose. A crusader with nothing to lose. Can she trust him with her heart, or is he just another lost cause? AngelBy day, I do all the grunt work at my family’s struggling L.A. brewery. By night, I blow off steam at an underground fight club. I never thought the pandemic would bring Deanna Delgado back into my life—the woman who ghosted me three years ago after one unforgettable night. But the brewery needs a miracle to survive. And that miracle could cost me the only person who’s ever had faith in me. DeannaMy family calls me an idealistic do-gooder, but I see a better, brighter future for my community. My biggest problem? I’ve just lost the job I love. To ease my pain, I’ve hooked up with Angel Rosas, the filthy-sweet one-night stand who’s somehow dropped back into my life. There’s so much more to Angel than he lets on. Is he the man I can trust with my body and my heart? Or is he just another lost cause? Praise for the Eastside Brewery seriesONE OF THE BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF THE YEAR "A powerful, honest look at love as both a motivation and a risk."—The Washington Post 
ONE OF THE BEST ROMANCE NOVELS OF THE YEAR. “A beautiful portrait of a vibrant community replete with compelling messages of forgiveness and redemption, a heart-shattering reminder of how love in all its forms can be the ultimate salvation.”—Entertainment Weekly 
"Heartrending, raw and beautiful."—USA Today 
"A brilliant read. There are good writers, and then there are writers that just leave you in awe. And Hopkins has definitely left me in awe."—Hypable 
"Bold and unapologetic."—Smexy Books 
"A sizzling, emotionally intense story that is both gritty and heartwarming, an addictive page-turner that will stay with me for a long time to come."—New York Times bestselling author Cathryn Fox 
"Sexy and soul-wrenching, with Sal's irresistible voice luring you through a living, breathing Los Angeles."—USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone 
"An amazing read! I stayed up way too late to finish and haven't stopped thinking about the characters. Highly recommended!"—USA Today bestselling author Molly O'Keefe 
“At times such as these, reading a book like this, it feels important to choose words with care. The word I most want to use about this absolute masterpiece of a contemporary romance is: visionary.”—Seattle Review of Books 
“Whip-smart progressive romance with a whole lot of sizzle.”—The Alliterates 
“Everything you want in a bad boy meets good girl romance—it’s filthy, sweet and complex.”—Dakota Gray, author of Perv 
“Mia Hopkins keeps it sexy in Trashed, wrapping Eddie and Carmen’s romance in a story that’s ultimately about culture, community, and the happily ever after we all deserve.”—The Daily Waffle

Tanked: An Eastside Brewery Novel (The Eastside Brewery series)

Mia Hopkins

Thirsty: An Eastside Brewery Novel (The Eastside Brewery series)

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