Ajay Howarth

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Love You Always

She has enough to deal with. Work. Family. Nightmares. A grief she keeps mostly to herself. A past relationship that taught her all the wrong things about love, trust, and what a woman is supposed to put up with.

So when Ben Jones starts looking at her like that, Bailee does the sensible thing.

She tells him they are just friends.

Just friends can text. Just friends can flirt. Just friends can go out for ice cream, sit too close, steal kisses, and pretend the tension between them is not getting completely out of hand.

Just friends probably should not touch each other under the table.

They definitely should not look at each other like they are already thinking about the bed.

But Ben is hard to ignore. He is a detective with a dirty grin, too much confidence, and a way of making Bailee feel wanted without making her feel cornered. He knows when to push. He knows when to wait. And every time he calls her bluff, Bailee finds herself wanting to let him.

That is the problem.

Because wanting Ben is easy.

Trusting that want is harder.

Bailee has spent too long surviving the kind of love that takes. The kind that makes you second-guess yourself. The kind that teaches you to call discomfort compromise and fear loyalty.

Ben does not love like that.

He gives her room. He pays attention. He pushes only when she wants him to, which is irritating, because apparently he can tell when she wants him to.

Now Bailee has to decide if she is brave enough to stop treating want like a warning sign, and let herself have the kind of love that gives back.

And Ben Jones is very, very willing to prove the difference.

Published book

I Do Always

She has enough to deal with. Work. Family. Nightmares. A grief she keeps mostly to herself. A past relationship that taught her all the wrong things about love, trust and what a woman is supposed to put up with.

So when Ben Jones starts looking at her like that, Bailee does the sensible thing. She tells him they are just friends.

Just friends can text. Just friends can flirt. Just friends can go out for ice cream, sit too close, steal kisses and pretend the tension between them is not getting completely out of hand.

Just friends probably should not touch each other under the table.

They definitely should not look at each other like they are already thinking about the bed.

But Ben is hard to ignore. He is a detective with a dirty grin, too much confidence and a way of making Bailee feel wanted without making her feel cornered. He knows when to push. He knows when to wait. And every time he calls her bluff, Bailee finds herself wanting to let him.

That is the problem.

Because wanting Ben is easy.

Trusting that want is harder.

Bailee has spent too long surviving the kind of love that takes. The kind that makes you second-guess yourself. The kind that teaches you to call discomfort compromise and fear loyalty.

Ben does not love like that.

He gives her room. He pays attention. He pushes only when she wants him to, which is irritating, because apparently he can tell when she wants him to.

Now Bailee has to decide whether she can stop waiting for wanting him to become something she regrets.

And Ben Jones is very, very willing to prove the difference.

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Forever and Always

Bailee Jordyn and Ben Jones got their forever.

Now they have to live it.

Married and settled into the home they built together, Bailee and Ben are finally standing in the life they once fought so hard to reach. There is love here. Safety. Routine. The quiet comfort of knowing they get to come home to each other.

But a new house does not erase old fears.

As Bailee returns to work and Ben steps back into the demands of his job, the balance they fought for starts to shift. Healing is still messy. Marriage is still real life. And even the strongest love can feel the strain of exhaustion, uncertainty, and everything neither of them wants to say too loudly.

Especially when their fertility journey begins.

Hope and heartbreak become harder to tell apart, and Bailee has to face the parts of herself that still brace for loss. Ben wants to protect her from all of it, but some things cannot be fixed with steady hands, soft words, or loving someone hard enough.

They can only be lived through.

Together.

Because always was never just a word.

It is the vow they live every day.

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The Temptress AND Her Clients

Elizabeth Clarke knows exactly what people want.

Behind closed doors, she is the woman her clients trust with their secrets, their fantasies, and the parts of themselves they would never show the world. Rich, powerful, lonely, curious, broken, or simply craving connection, they all come to her for something they cannot find anywhere else.

To some, she is temptation.

To others, she is comfort.

To Elizabeth, it is work.

At least, that is what she keeps telling herself.

From a lonely NRL superstar who wants the girlfriend experience, to a married woman hiding her desires, a distant businessman desperate to let go, a heartbroken firefighter who just needs someone to listen, and a sweet farmer who makes her imagine a quieter life, every client gives Elizabeth something different.

Pleasure is easy.

Discretion is essential.

Feelings are dangerous.

And Elizabeth Clarke is about to learn that some rules are easier to make than they are to keep.

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The Temptress AND Her Clients Pt.2

Elizabeth Clarke has always been good at keeping her lives separate. By day, she is a lawyer with expensive taste, powerful connections, and a reputation she guards like hell. By night, she is the Temptress: discreet, selective, and very good at giving her clients exactly what they ask for.

Payment upfront. Pleasure by appointment. No messy feelings. Simple enough, until Austin Jennings stops being simple. He was supposed to be a client. A gorgeous, lonely NRL superstar who paid for the girlfriend experience and somehow became harder to leave at the door. Now their arrangement is getting harder to explain, paparazzi are sniffing around, and a new career opportunity is dragging Elizabeth even deeper into Austin’s world.

Which would be inconvenient enough without old grief choosing now to crawl back up and ruin her perfectly organised denial.

And Austin is not the only complication. There is a fitness influencer couple who want to test their limits, a teacher with a librarian fantasy, a mechanic desperate to play the hero, and a farmer who feels far too much like the kind of life Elizabeth keeps telling herself she does not want. Every client wants something different from the Temptress, and Elizabeth knows exactly how to give it to them without giving away too much of herself.

Or she used to.

She knows how to sell fantasy. She knows how to keep control. What she does not know is what to do when the lines start moving, the feelings stop behaving, and the life she built starts asking whether it was ever really hers.

The Temptress has rules for a reason. Shame no one told her rules are a bastard to keep when your heart starts getting involved.

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The Abc's of Sex (AND OTHER THINGS YOU DIDN’T LEARN IN SCHOOL)

Dive into twenty-six seductive short stories that explore desire in all its adventurous, thrilling, and intimate forms.

“The ABCs of Sex” takes you on a journey through passion, temptation, and the hidden fantasies adults rarely speak aloud. Each letter opens the door to a new encounter, a new connection, and a new exploration of pleasure. Some stories are wild. Some are tender. Some push limits. All focus on the emotional pull, the magnetic heat, and the irresistible spark between consenting adults.

Whether you crave steamy tension, daring encounters, or slow-building seduction, this collection offers a rich tapestry of erotic storytelling. From strangers to lovers, secrets to cravings, fantasies to confessions, every chapter draws you deeper into a world where anything is possible and desire always takes the lead.

Sensual. Bold. Addictive.

This is your invitation to indulge in a full A-to-Z journey of imagination and heat.

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The Literary Field

When Lucy returns to Beausmore to reopen her family’s closed bookstore, she expects quiet routines and a much needed reset. Instead she finds herself pulled into a storm of chemistry, secrets, and a rivalry she never planned on.

Hunter Reaves is a bestselling fantasy author with a guarded heart and a magnetic presence that is impossible to ignore.

Finn is gentle, loyal, and far more complicated than he first appears.

Whenever the two of them are in the same space, tension rises instantly, and Lucy somehow ends up in the middle of it all.

As she settles back into town, Lucy must confront old wounds, shifting loyalties, and a growing pull toward both men. Reopening the bookstore is challenging enough, but choosing a path forward for her heart may be even harder.

Some stories refuse to stay neatly on the shelf. Some change everything.

A slow burn romance filled with banter, emotional depth, small town warmth, and a love triangle that keeps you guessing.

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Please Don't Leave Me

It begins with a ritual. A coffee shop. A red pen circling wedding announcements. A rhythm beneath her ribs that tells her when something matters.

Then she sees him, and the feeling is immediate. Warm. Certain. Like recognition arriving before memory. She knows she recognises him. She just does not know why, and that somehow makes it feel even more important.

At first, it could be nothing. A glance held a second too long. A pause that feels deliberate. A coincidence she keeps turning over until it starts to shine. But the bells keep ringing, and the more she listens, the more the world seems to arrange itself around him. Around them. Every look means something. Every delay is a test. Every woman near him is in the way.

Reality does not break all at once. It bends quietly. It softens at the edges. It gives her room to believe what she needs to believe, and by the time the truth gets loud enough to cut through the ringing, the damage is already done.

Please Don’t Leave Me is a dark psychological thriller told entirely from inside a mind that is making sense of the world in the only way it can. It is a claustrophobic descent into obsession, delusion, fixation, and the terrifying certainty of love.

Some bells do not stop ringing. They just learn how to wait.

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Lumen Borne

Every winter, the forest takes a bride.

This year, it wants Serena.

Her village calls it sacrifice. Serena calls it murder.

Dragged beyond the trees and into a world locked beneath endless snow, she finds a fortress that feels alive, a curse no one will explain, and a creature who should be easy to fear.

Raphael is not easy.

He is ruthless, watchful and far too interested in the girl who refuses to tremble for him. Serena knows better than to trust the way he protects her. Better than to notice the restraint in his hands. Better than to wonder what he becomes when no one is watching.

But the forest is closing in.

The castle is waking up.

And something has begun to recognise Serena.

She was meant to be another bride swallowed by winter.

Instead, she may be the one thing it cannot control.

Perfect for readers who love slow-burn fantasy romance, monster heroes, cursed guardians, sentient castles, sacrificial brides, forced proximity, dangerous magic and defiant heroines.

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Dragon Fury: Rise Of The Elemental Guardians

When Chaska returns to Scalebridge after his mother’s death, he expects answers from the father who abandoned him.

Instead, he finds a city built over buried pressure, old bridges that remember too much, and a fire inside his body that no longer behaves like grief. Every street seems to strain beneath him. Every secret Dalen kept has left damage in the stone.

Scalebridge is failing.

Ancient elemental forces are waking through its canals, bridges, storm drains, ravines, and broken wards. Fire, water, earth, lightning, and air are not gifts to be claimed. They are loads to be carried, and each one takes something from the body that holds it.

Chaska is not the only one marked.

Tatewin controls water with a precision that unsettles him. Iyana can hold a street together with her own bones if she has to. Wakinyan fears the lightning under his skin more than any enemy in front of him. Wamblee laughs before he jumps, even when the wind may not catch him.

Together, they are meant to become the Elemental Guardians.

But prophecy is not protection. The city’s enemies know how to turn power against itself, and Seris knows how to make fear sound like truth. As Scalebridge fractures under ancient pressure, Chaska must learn that leadership is not burning harder, holding tighter, or carrying everyone alone.

It is choosing restraint when fire wants release.

It is trusting the people close enough to steady him.

And it is facing the truth that saving the city may mean letting go of the burdens his father spent a lifetime hiding.

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Nobody’s Princess

Bexley Hart doesn’t rescue powerful men.

She contains the damage they leave behind.

As one of Austin’s sharpest crisis lawyers, Bexley has built her career on discipline, brutal honesty, and never letting anyone close enough to become a weakness. Then Hayes Maddox becomes her latest problem.

He’s a billionaire heir with a dangerous reputation, a talent for making headlines, and thirty days to prove he deserves the empire waiting for him. Bexley expects arrogance, excuses, and a spectacular amount of paperwork.

She doesn’t expect him to see straight through her.

Hayes has spent his life being reduced to his surname, his worst decisions, and whatever version of him powerful people find most useful. Bexley is the first woman unimpressed enough to demand the truth, and the first person who makes him want to become more than the story written about him.

Their attraction is immediate, inconvenient, and increasingly impossible to keep professional. But when private moments become public weapons and old secrets begin pushing their way into the light, trust could cost them everything.

Bexley has survived by needing no one.

Hayes has never known whether anyone wanted him or what came with his name.

Falling for each other was never part of the strategy.

Neither was surrender.

Nobody’s Princess is a high-heat contemporary romance packed with vicious banter, corporate power games, emotional tension, scandal, buried secrets, and a heroine who refuses to be saved, even by a man willing to get on his knees.