Bad Boys of Bardstown Series by Saffron A. Kent

Nineteen-year-old Tempest Jackson wants a baby. No, her biological clock isn’t ticking, but she’s desperate for unconditional love. Rejected by all except her brother and soon to be married off by her father for financial gain, she aches for someone to hold close and call hers. Enter Ledger Thorne. Soccer god, devastatingly handsome and her brother’s rival. Once upon a time they had a thing. A beautiful thing... moreNineteen-year-old Tempest Jackson wants a baby. No, her biological clock isn’t ticking, but she’s desperate for unconditional love. Rejected by all except her brother and soon to be married off by her father for financial gain, she aches for someone to hold close and call hers. Enter Ledger Thorne. Soccer god, devastatingly handsome and her brother’s rival. Once upon a time they had a thing. A beautiful thing. But while Tempest thought she was madly in love, Ledger was only using her for petty revenge. So Tempest has a plan: seduce the sexy jerk who broke her heart, use him to get pregnant and then leave him in the dust like he left her, to marry a stranger. Only the problem with making babies is that it doesn’t feel like revenge. It feels a lot like that thing they used to have: Hot and stormy, and intense and intimate. But Tempest isn’t a fool. She’ll stick to the plan. Because wasn’t it Ledger who turned their beautiful thing into something ugly? Now it’s her turn…. NOTE: This is a STANDALONE set in the world of Bardstown, a St. Mary’s Rebels spin-off. less

I swear I didn’t do it on purpose. All I wanted was a harmless kiss from the handsome stranger at my eighteenth birthday party. But when he said — with a cruel twist of his cigarette smoking lips — that he doesn’t kiss ‘annoying little girls,’ I stupidly decided to flirt with a random guy to make him jealous. I never wanted that random guy to fall in love with me. Or worse, accidentally start a relationship with him... moreI swear I didn’t do it on purpose. All I wanted was a harmless kiss from the handsome stranger at my eighteenth birthday party. But when he said — with a cruel twist of his cigarette smoking lips — that he doesn’t kiss ‘annoying little girls,’ I stupidly decided to flirt with a random guy to make him jealous. I never wanted that random guy to fall in love with me. Or worse, accidentally start a relationship with him. But now I have a new boyfriend while I can’t stop thinking about the guy who doesn’t care that I exist. So it’s time to move on and focus on my new relationship. Only the moment I make that decision, he decides to notice me. He decides to stare at me a little too hard and in a way that makes me blush. Oh and one day when my boyfriend isn’t looking, he decides to corner me in a lonely hallway and put his rough and heated hands on me that feels equal parts forbidden and familiar. But I’m not stupid. I’m not going to ruin my new relationship for someone that people call Stellan ‘The Cold’ Thorne. Especially not when the random guy I’m dating isn’t random at all. No, my new boyfriend happens to be the brother of the guy I’m inappropriately obsessed with. And I’m not the kind of girl who comes between two brothers. Twin brothers…. Or am I? NOTE: This book is a complete STANDALONE set in the world of St. Mary's and Bardstown. less

I have been in love with Shepard Thorne since I was twelve. He’s my best friend’s hot older brother, and I am the weird redhead who low-key follows him everywhere. He’s soccer’s bad boy, and I am stuck in a dead end job, serving drinks at the local strip club. Our paths aren’t meant to cross. Until one day I catch him getting a lap dance at the club and jealousy makes me ruin his fun. Now he’s made it his mission to make my life hell and no matter what I do, there is no escape... moreI have been in love with Shepard Thorne since I was twelve. He’s my best friend’s hot older brother, and I am the weird redhead who low-key follows him everywhere. He’s soccer’s bad boy, and I am stuck in a dead end job, serving drinks at the local strip club. Our paths aren’t meant to cross. Until one day I catch him getting a lap dance at the club and jealousy makes me ruin his fun. Now he’s made it his mission to make my life hell and no matter what I do, there is no escape. Everywhere I turn, there he is, waiting for his payback. He threatens to kiss me one second, and choke me the next. He promises to bring me to my knees and make me beg. What started as a little harmless prank turns into a twisted game of blackmail that’s toxic but oh-so-good. But it has to end. Because I have a secret. .. That ties me to my tormentor in an irrevocable way, and if he ever finds out, it will wreck everything I now crave. Even his revenge. This is a STANDALONE set in the world of Bardstown. less