Accidental Love Series by Saxon James

The short story prequel to the Accidental Love series! Kai is a boyfriend magnet who just wants to head into his hookup era. Rylan is done with the hookup scene and is ready to settle down. When they meet on a dating app, Kai comes up with a plan: Rylan helps keep the boyfriends at bay, and Kai will find him the perfect man. Between smiley face nail polish, a delapidated house, and a cat named Kismet, they put their plan into action. Because what could possibily go wrong?

ChristianBeing invited to my cousin’s wedding really shouldn’t be such a big deal except, oh yeah, I haven't seen my family for a decade. My parents turned their backs on me and I’ve done everything since to become successful and show them what they lost. Only, it’s kinda hard to be a success when you’re a walking trainwreck. So I’m going to fake it... moreChristianBeing invited to my cousin’s wedding really shouldn’t be such a big deal except, oh yeah, I haven't seen my family for a decade. My parents turned their backs on me and I’ve done everything since to become successful and show them what they lost. Only, it’s kinda hard to be a success when you’re a walking trainwreck. So I’m going to fake it. Hire a guy with an online presence so impressive they’ll be desperate to welcome me back into the elitist fold, and roll into the wedding with the kind of confidence I’ve never felt a day in my life. The plan’s a knockout. Until my fake date cancels minutes before the ceremony. ÉmileOne letter from my dearly departed grandfather, and suddenly I’m on a husband hunt. He’s reworked his entire will so I’m set to inherit far more than I'm entitled to, and all because he’s asked me to use that money for “good”. In order to get that inheritance, though, there’s one stipulation: marriage. Even with his request, I’m tempted to stick to my original plan of getting as far from my wretched family as possible, and letting them fight it out. But then I run into a tall drink of scattered mess outside of a wedding who’s in desperate need of a date, and the pieces click into place. I help him, he helps me. Marriage, money, then go our separate ways.Easy. Now all I have to do is stop myself from actually falling for the guy. less

The short story is part of the Accidental Love series!ElleOne message. That’s all it takes for the life I’d thought I’d known to be blown to high hell.As the heiress to a shipping company the pressure to shape up or ship out is on. No more ridiculous rumors at parties about myself. No more partying. No more playing at becoming a lawyer. Time to up my social value by tying myself to a man folk forever. Pity I’m far too much of a hot mess for any one of the men I know to fall into my trap... moreThe short story is part of the Accidental Love series!ElleOne message. That’s all it takes for the life I’d thought I’d known to be blown to high hell.As the heiress to a shipping company the pressure to shape up or ship out is on. No more ridiculous rumors at parties about myself. No more partying. No more playing at becoming a lawyer. Time to up my social value by tying myself to a man folk forever. Pity I’m far too much of a hot mess for any one of the men I know to fall into my trap. So I reach out to an exclusive agency, looking to find a boyfriend-for-hire who can not only get my parents off my back, but help set my life on track. It’s the perfect plan. Zero risk, full transparency, some cute guy I can look at while he fixes me. Only when I open my apartment door, expecting to find Mr. Right, I discover something has gone seriously wrong. It’s not a stand-in boyfriend waiting.It’s a woman. And she looks as excited to help me as I am to see her there. less

MOLLYMoving to Seattle is supposed to be all about getting a fresh start and leaving the bitter man I was becoming behind.I have new roommates–quirky, sometimes strange, roommates–a nosy, next door neighbor and a grumpy kitty for company, but even surrounded by people, I still don’t feel like I belong. Plus, it turns out the men in Seattle are exactly the same as the ones I left behind, and my string of romantic disconnections continues... moreMOLLYMoving to Seattle is supposed to be all about getting a fresh start and leaving the bitter man I was becoming behind.I have new roommates–quirky, sometimes strange, roommates–a nosy, next door neighbor and a grumpy kitty for company, but even surrounded by people, I still don’t feel like I belong. Plus, it turns out the men in Seattle are exactly the same as the ones I left behind, and my string of romantic disconnections continues.It’s not until one of my roommates, Seven, hits me with some hard truths that I realize where I was going wrong.Maybe the men aren’t the problem.I am.And there’s only one way to fix that.SEVENBeing found tied up naked to my bed by my cute new roommate isn’t an ideal way for us to start a friendship.But apparently a quid-pro-quo is.He keeps his pretty lips zipped about the compromising position, and I step in as his dating coach. We go out, I point out where he’s going wrong, and he magically becomes dating material.The problem is, between my codependent brother Xander and a new best friend I can’t get rid of, Molly and I are the target of a matchmaking scheme. My life is way too busy to add another person to it, and Molly is the kinda guy who needs to be made a priority, which I just can’t do. Xander’s medical anxiety takes up too much of my time, and I’ve never found a partner who doesn’t resent it.I’m determined to help Molly find his ever after.But that guy will never be me. less

The next instalment from the Lost Boys of Big-Boned Bertha.

MaddenMy best friend is uptight, gorgeous, the greatest person I know … and I might be a smidge in love with him. Just a small amount. Barely worth the mention.Which is a stupid choice on my part when the guy is straight.Starting a landscaping company with him was the perfect mix of doing what I love and an excuse to spend time with him, only it hasn’t completely taken off yet and now he’s telling me he’s lonely.Lonely.Apparently having one friend in your life isn’t enough... moreMaddenMy best friend is uptight, gorgeous, the greatest person I know … and I might be a smidge in love with him. Just a small amount. Barely worth the mention.Which is a stupid choice on my part when the guy is straight.Starting a landscaping company with him was the perfect mix of doing what I love and an excuse to spend time with him, only it hasn’t completely taken off yet and now he’s telling me he’s lonely.Lonely.Apparently having one friend in your life isn’t enough.So I’m determined to help him find love. With someone other than me. Maybe if I can pull that off, it’ll mean my heart will finally get the message and move on.Or finish breaking into a hundred pieces.Same thing, right?PennBeing besties with an overenthusiastic, gold-hearted, nudist of a man is a challenge sometimes. Madden makes everything sunshine when he’s around.The problem is that he hasn’t been around as much lately. We work together, sure, but he’s got his roommates and I have … no one. Just him. So I feel the distance acutely.My one reassurance is that we have work tying us together, but when an old client calls with a proposition for us, it feels like our once solid friendship is unraveling fast.He wants Madden to help him open a nudist resort, and if Madden’s doing that, he won’t be working with me.I’m trying not to panic over the thought of losing him, which is a typical, common best friend reaction. Nothing out of the ordinary.And neither is the way my body has been reacting to him lately.Everything is totally, completely normal between us.While there’s still an us at all. less

XanderThere’s something seriously wrong with me.For once, I’m not talking about the health anxiety that randomly pops up and wreaks havoc on my life. I'm talking about, well, everything else.All my roommates have found someone to love them, and it hurts to see the guys who used to have me at the center of their worlds pair off and grow up, especially when it’s a reminder of everything wrong with me. I’ve always had an issue with relationships... moreXanderThere’s something seriously wrong with me.For once, I’m not talking about the health anxiety that randomly pops up and wreaks havoc on my life. I'm talking about, well, everything else.All my roommates have found someone to love them, and it hurts to see the guys who used to have me at the center of their worlds pair off and grow up, especially when it’s a reminder of everything wrong with me. I’ve always had an issue with relationships. With forming a connection with people outside of Seven, but this is more.Because I want to find my someone.Except the one person my brain has latched onto is the one person I can never have. The one person who’s there to help me when my panic attacks get too much.Nurse Derek. DerekI should never have offered to treat Xander Moore.And now here I am years later, my life on hold, while I wait day in and day out for the call that Xander needs me. It always comes, and I always answer, but I’m starting to dread those visits.Lately, I’m looking at Xander in a way a medical professional should never look at their patient.When Xander starts volunteering at the same nursing home that I do, I get to see a new side of him. The artistic, charismatic side that draws the residents in. I get glimpses of a man who’s so much more than his anxiety, and it does nothing to help my feelings for him.When lines begin to blur, I have no choice but to stop treating him. That at least allows us to be friends. The only problem is, being friends isn’t enough for either of us.It’s wrong, unethical, and unprofessional, but my heart won’t listen. It’s decided on Xander, and it doesn’t want to wait. Neither does Xander.But if I want to keep my job, I have to resist.I just wish he didn’t make that so difficult. less