He’s the worst best thing that’s ever happened to me.

Walking around with Hayes Montrose is like walking around with an angry thundercloud hovering above your head.

He’s too big, too grumpy, and entirely too attractive.

So, what’s he doing with a frumpy wallflower like me?

I have no idea and he won’t tell me.

All I do know is that it started five days ago when I walked into the bar that he works at and he’s been glued to my side ever since.

I should be annoyed by his bossy attitude or sick of him always watching me, but the big guy is growing on me.

Until he tells me what happened the first night that we met.

Now I’m just wondering which of us is crazier.

And why being with him feels so right.

Toes in the sand. Umbrella cocktails. Shirtless hot boys. One fleeting summer. Will your heart survive? It’s about to heat up in here…

Hot Boy Summer: A Charity Anthology is a collection of brand new stories from 31 amazingly talented authors. Each brings to the table their own unique take on the connections we form when we live wildly under the guise of momentary fervor. It’s poolside cocktails with little umbrellas, it’s island vacations, toes in the sand, and the shirtless hot boy making eye contact with you from across the way. Dive in and experience the sizzling passion that erupts in the heat of a fleeting summer.

***HBS is a limited edition anthology collection and 100% of proceeds will be donated to children’s charities.**

Participating Authors:
Alys Fraser・Amie Knight・Ashley Cade・C.M. Radcliff・C.M. Steele・Cary Hart・Christy Pastore・Claire Hastings・Cynthia A. Rodriguez・Elena M. Reyes・Ellie Isaacson・Fabiola Francisco・J.R. Rogue・K Leigh・Kat Savage・Kat Singleton・Kate Bailey・Liz Durano・Lori Worley・Mae Harden・Persephone Autumn・Shaw Hart・Shannon O'Connor ・S.A. Clayton・Stephanie Nichole・Trish Anderson・Victoria Ellis・Whitley Cox・Zoey Drake

He’s found his princess, but will he be able to free her from the tower that she’s locked herself in?

Kit King is used to fighting for what he wants.

He worked hard to make it as a professional MMA fighter until that was crushed by a career ending injury.

Then he worked hard to heal and open his own gym and now he runs one of the busiest gyms in Pittsburgh.

When he saves Stella one night from a mugger, he realizes that he may have just found his most important fight of all.

Stella has been taking care of herself for her whole life and isn’t about to just hand over control to some guy, even if he is super hot and did save her life.

Between her boss and her creepy roommate, she’s over men. Her knight in shining boxing shorts isn’t giving up that easily though.

Kit is used to fighting for what he wants, and what he wants is his Princess.

Will this tough fighter be able to make it past Stella’s defenses?

She’s a princess locked away in a wooden tower.

Twyla Grace should love her life.

She has a nice house, a wealthy father, and just graduated from college.

What more could a girl want?

For Twyla, the answer has always been Seth.

He’s always wanted to be her white knight.

When Seth Avery first met Twyla, he instantly knew two things.

One, she was the one for him, and two, she was also way too good for him.

When she left, he let her go. He thought that college was what she wanted, and he just wanted her to be happy.

Do the Princess and the Pauper only get their happily ever after in fairy tales?

Now that she’s back in Sequoia though, will Seth be able to let her go again?

This story starts with a car crash.

Lyla Winters’s life is at a crossroads. She's bounced around from one job to another since she was sixteen, wanting to experience everything, but now that she's twenty-five, her lack of a plan is a little less cute. Too bad for her, she has no idea what she wants to do with the rest of her life.

She’s got a plan though. She’ll take a year off to travel and find herself. That plan goes off the road though when she gets to Destiny Falls, Michigan, and runs into some fancy SUV.

Out climbs Hudson Hayes. Restaurateur, James Beard Winner, and the man with a plan.

Also, maybe the man of her dreams.

She has to pay for the damage to both of their cars and just like that, there goes her savings for the year. Now she’s stuck in Destiny Falls, working at the Mystery Cabin and living in the apartment above Hudson’s restaurant.

The plan for the year off is still in play though. She just needs to save up her money and keep her eye on the prize. It’s just that the prize looks more and more like Hudson every day.

When Lyla finally has enough saved to leave Destiny Falls, will she be able to say goodbye to the friends and life that she’s made here in this small town? Or will she have finally found the one place that she truly belongs?

***This is a 50,000 word small town romance novel that ends in a happily ever after***

Ames:

Ames Bronson must have a death wish.
He should no better than to go after his boss's daughter. He's trying to stay away from her.
There's just one problem.
He's pretty sure that he's in love with her.

Harvey:

Harvey Warner might have lost it.
His mind that is.
One look at the curvy chef, Coraline, and he's hooked.
Now if only he could convince her that she should take a shot on him.

Rooney:

Rooney Jennings is out of his mind.
To be fair, a lot of his friends would claim that he was never in his right mind.
When he spots Sayler Jones, that's it. Game Over.
They should be happy together, they're both interested in one another and they just click.
There's just one problem.
Sayler has been promised to another.

Gray:

Grayson Mackleroy is probably going to regret this.
He's regretted a lot of things in his life. Not standing up to his dad, not moving away from Rosewood when he had the chance, but none of them come close to his biggest regret.
Not making Nora Mason his the second that he laid eyes on her.
Now too much time has passed and while he's been in love with her since he first saw her in the third grade, she sees him as nothing but a best friend and roommate.
Or does she?

Ender:

Ender Montrose definitely doesn't belong here.
In this club filled with college students and business people who are all half his age.
But he's still here.
Because of her.
Cat Schultz.
The bombshell vixen who stole his breath and his heart the first time he looked at her.
He's old enough to be her father, but she calms those tortured thoughts in his head and he seems to calm the storm inside of her.
Will that be enough to convince her that he's the man for her though?

Banks:

Banks Mitchell has a dirty little secret.
He’s in love with his new next door neighbor.
Palmer Calter is everything that he wants in a woman. She's gorgeous, insanely smart, and hilarious.
There's just one problem.
She's too young for him.
I mean, she just graduated from high school for goodness sake.
He knows that he should just let go and move on, but how can he when she keeps showing up and looking at him like he's the best thing that she's ever seen?
When he sees some rich prick sniffing around her, he knows that he has to make a choice. Should he claim his curvy girl or let her go and try to move on?