Forbidden Romances are Hot
(2025)(The third book in the Hot Boxes series)
An omnibus of novels by Erin Swann
Contains three stories of family feuds overcome.
The Rivals:
We all have a boy who was our first crush. I never expected to meet up with mine again.
Danielle:
Our families vacationed together for years. The summer I turned sixteen, hormones raged, and I developed a huge crush on Charlie Blakewell. It ended badly when my dad and his had a huge argument. Even talking to anyone in the rival family became a crime.
I grew up, and like a good girl, I joined the family firm and waited for my turn at an important assignment. As usual, my brother, John got tapped for the latest acquisition, but my turn would come.
When John got in an auto accident, my turn came earlier than expected. The surprise came when Dad declared we were doing a joint deal with the Blakewells. I would be working side by side with Charlie after all these years.
When things started going wrong, I had to question everything I thought I knew, and all the decisions I’d made. Was he the cause of all my problems, or the answer to my prayers?
Our time together would soon come to an end. If only the clock could be turned back.
Undercover Billioinaire:
The undercover assignment sounded simple, until I learned who I'd be protecting.
Kelly:
The note froze my blood. It threatened to make me the next to die if I didn't cooperate. When I asked for protection, I had no idea the FBI would send a Cartwright, one of my family's mortal enemies, to be my bodyguard.
The Cartwrights have been at war with us forever. The plan is he'll pretend to be my boyfriend. No, that won't be awkward at all. My family would kill me if they found out.
It turns out the man I'm sharing my house with isn't the monster I expected. I shouldn't be falling for Adam, yet the more time I spend with him, the stronger his pull becomes.
How can I possibly choose between Adam and my family?
Adam:
With a ton of zeros on my bank balance, I joined the Bureau to make a difference, not a living.
When we learn of the latest threat from, SMK, the Smithsonian Museum Killer, catching him becomes a top priority in the office. I get assigned as undercover protection. The surprise comes when I learn her name: Kelly Benson.
The Hatfields and the McCoys were on better terms than our two families. Years ago, her brother ruined my future, and now I'm tasked to keep his little sister safe. Life isn't fair.
Heat at the Lake:
He was the steel to my flint. One flimsy wall separated us, and sparks were inevitable.
Priscilla:
At first glance he was intriguing. At second glance, he was hot. After a not so gentle push from my girlfriends, I talked to him at the bar, and that lead to well… more.
It was before I realized he was taking over his brother’s lease of the other half of my duplex. Now, he’s just on the other side of that wall.
The bad news: my family would murder me if I dated him because of who he came to town to work for.
Blake:
I took the job with the Clear Lake police to support my Gramps. That was before the night I met Priscilla Benson.
Now that I’ve been told she and her family are the prime suspects in a disappearance, she’s strictly off limits. Rules are rules.
Living with her just on the other side of that wall is driving me crazy.
How far can a rule be bent without breaking it? Maybe we could just talk?
Genre: Romance
The Rivals:
We all have a boy who was our first crush. I never expected to meet up with mine again.
Danielle:
Our families vacationed together for years. The summer I turned sixteen, hormones raged, and I developed a huge crush on Charlie Blakewell. It ended badly when my dad and his had a huge argument. Even talking to anyone in the rival family became a crime.
I grew up, and like a good girl, I joined the family firm and waited for my turn at an important assignment. As usual, my brother, John got tapped for the latest acquisition, but my turn would come.
When John got in an auto accident, my turn came earlier than expected. The surprise came when Dad declared we were doing a joint deal with the Blakewells. I would be working side by side with Charlie after all these years.
When things started going wrong, I had to question everything I thought I knew, and all the decisions I’d made. Was he the cause of all my problems, or the answer to my prayers?
Our time together would soon come to an end. If only the clock could be turned back.
Undercover Billioinaire:
The undercover assignment sounded simple, until I learned who I'd be protecting.
Kelly:
The note froze my blood. It threatened to make me the next to die if I didn't cooperate. When I asked for protection, I had no idea the FBI would send a Cartwright, one of my family's mortal enemies, to be my bodyguard.
The Cartwrights have been at war with us forever. The plan is he'll pretend to be my boyfriend. No, that won't be awkward at all. My family would kill me if they found out.
It turns out the man I'm sharing my house with isn't the monster I expected. I shouldn't be falling for Adam, yet the more time I spend with him, the stronger his pull becomes.
How can I possibly choose between Adam and my family?
Adam:
With a ton of zeros on my bank balance, I joined the Bureau to make a difference, not a living.
When we learn of the latest threat from, SMK, the Smithsonian Museum Killer, catching him becomes a top priority in the office. I get assigned as undercover protection. The surprise comes when I learn her name: Kelly Benson.
The Hatfields and the McCoys were on better terms than our two families. Years ago, her brother ruined my future, and now I'm tasked to keep his little sister safe. Life isn't fair.
Heat at the Lake:
He was the steel to my flint. One flimsy wall separated us, and sparks were inevitable.
Priscilla:
At first glance he was intriguing. At second glance, he was hot. After a not so gentle push from my girlfriends, I talked to him at the bar, and that lead to well… more.
It was before I realized he was taking over his brother’s lease of the other half of my duplex. Now, he’s just on the other side of that wall.
The bad news: my family would murder me if I dated him because of who he came to town to work for.
Blake:
I took the job with the Clear Lake police to support my Gramps. That was before the night I met Priscilla Benson.
Now that I’ve been told she and her family are the prime suspects in a disappearance, she’s strictly off limits. Rules are rules.
Living with her just on the other side of that wall is driving me crazy.
How far can a rule be bent without breaking it? Maybe we could just talk?
Genre: Romance
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