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This All Ireland podcast aims to improve patient care by capturing the personal stories of people who work in and use health services regarding patient safety and quality improvement. The series is co-produced by patient partners and members of the Health and Social Care Quality Improvement (HSCQI) Northern Ireland and HSE National Quality and Patient Safety (NQPS) teams.

This is awkward. I'm awkward. He is really awkward. Still, we do awkward well. A second chance at a romance isn't something I expected to find on this trip to the Big Apple, but I wasn't going to walk away from it now that I found it, either. This is a contemporary erotic romance with explicit content. Light BDSM elements, first-person POV. It's going to make you think, it's going to make you laugh, and it may make you cry - but only because it is a well-won happily ever after.

Constantine was an awkward guy in college and it took many years and his pro football career to help him break out of that shell. Libby was a shy young woman with a no athletes rule. One night of passion changed nothing for their paths then, but now that fate has deemed it time for them to cross paths again, all bets are off when they realize anything is possible when we dare.

Frankie put in the application to be a personal assistant without thinking she would actually get the job. She did. Working for one of Hollywood’s most desirable actors and unabashed flirt proves to be more challenging than any job she has had before. Of course, when the lines between work and play get blurry, she has to let him break a few rules to avoid breaking her heart.

Aislin (Ace-Lynn), known as Ace, by close friends and family, has had a crush on Cutter Hathcock since she saw him over a year ago. Now they are co-stars and the real man is much more than the myth she had imagined him to be. Cutter has a gentle heart, but a firm hand. It seems to be just what Ace needs. She is used to dominating, bullying, and scaring men out of her life. He can't refuse the challenge and he sure doesn't want to refuse her. This Christmas the best gift they can give is their hearts.

Temporary One: Charlotte retreats to her grandparent's house in North Carolina for some much needed inner reflection and life planning. The person she thinks will be a distraction, even a Temporary One, ends up becoming a revelation in and out of the bedroom. Careless Whisper: Brody is on borrowed time and the only thing he wants is to visit his parents before he deploys out. The last thing he expects is a woman from his past sitting beside him on the plane home whispering a sweet proposition in his ear.

Parker Chadwick (the third) fled Boston on a football scholarship since his parents would only pay for him to attend an Ivy League school and he wanted to play at a state one. He felt good leaving his pretentious family, fake friends, and false life behind him. The 10-year class reunion wasn’t the reason he returned home, though. His mother’s illness, his father’s funeral, and a potential coaching job at the private school were life events all vying for his time and attention. He had to admit there was one person he was curious about.

Lilly wasn't expecting to meet the man of her dreams at a funeral reception. Yet there he was, Dawson Cody, Indie Film star and leading man of her fantasies. It was easy enough to give him what he wanted when all he wanted was sex. What happens when he wants more, he wants everything? Can Lilly let him past the hardened exterior of her heart knowing the man would settle for nothing less than her soul?

In Nowhere, North Carolina, the rules have been established for centuries. Veronica Grimm may be an heir to the Reaper throne, but she wasn’t born or raised in Nowhere. She doesn’t know the rules. Moreover, she doesn’t care about breaking them. Especially when it means taking the handsome hybrid for her mate. Sirius Casanova has been bite-bound to Veronica since they were children.

Liam James has a secret. He isn’t just an international marketing sensation, he also has a voice women love to listen to. Saoirse (Seer-sha) Kelly doesn’t want to be lured in by this American bad boy, but she can’t seem to help herself. A week at a whisky convention in England makes it impossible to escape one another and when the secret is out, Saoirse can’t resist her filthy American.

Ophelia Peters is a military veteran, a thrill seeker, and aspiring clothing designer living in NYC. Niall Gallagher is the marketing director for his family's Irish Whiskey brand. He needs a date for his brother's wedding back in Ireland and nothing would irritate them all more than if he brought home an American beauty. Ophelia isn't afraid of taking a trip to Ireland and acting like Niall's girlfriend for a weekend. She is afraid of how easy the Irishman seems to fit into her heart. It could just be the suit, but the man wears it well.

Montana Hart might be stubborn as a mule, but one solitary tear down the cheek of Tucker Church was enough to make her swallow that pride and risk her heart again. Tucker lost everything when he lost that horse, including his mind. He must have since the devil, Montana Hart was after his soul. How much can a man take? When she shows up on his doorstep with two fishing poles in hand and an invitation-he can't refuse.

One night of misbehaving proves to be more than Corporal Darwin Reddy can handle. She has one major rule that keeps her single: no military guys. That rule only works if she knows the guy happens to be in the military...When they meet again it is at the Naval Hospital where they discover they broke more than Darwin's rule that night. Can one night of passion and the little bundle of consequence on the way be enough to prove that fate works in mysterious ways?

Dakota Hart was resigned to the fact that she was going to be married to the ranch and not a cowboy for the rest of her life. Jace Driscol was a reporter in need of hands-on experience to write his next book about the American cowboy. Sometimes the road of life takes us places we need to go and shows us who we should have been all along.

Farrah had real reason to be afraid. She had to convince Vladimir, a police officer who had detained her for trespassing on the studio lot, to stay with her. She needed him just as much as she wanted him. She had never wanted anyone more. Vladimir had inherited the name. He used to hate it. Whenever Farrah said it, however, it was like a seductive spell, and he was under it. He was soon also under her. She had confidence in the bedroom but was careless with her life. She infuriated him one moment and enraptured him the next.

To the public, they are all-American actors; one in film, the other on a popular television series. To Sonja Love, sex columnist extraordinaire, they are her lovers. Together, they are a threesome, and what they do behind closed doors no one can know about. Ever. Sonja Love, PhD, writes an advice column for the Cali Chronicle. Her main goal: to get an interview with the object of her obsession, one Mr. Jacob Brandon, hot new Hollywood hunk dejour. When Jacob invites his best friend and fellow actor, Henry Dare, to hide out a week or so with them, things heat up in a new direction.

Sam has loved Gordon since the fist time she met him. Unfortunately, she refuses to acknowledge that fact because of the family connections. Gordon doesn't care that his aunt is married to her brother. They aren't related. She was his first kiss, his first love, and if he has it his way, she will also be his last. Sam may be ready to commit to Gordon and face the complications of the family dynamic, but she won't go out of single life without a bang. If Gordon wants her, he better be ready, because their last night of freedom will be one to remember!

Imagine knowing what impact your life had on everyone around you. Faith is sure she's dead, but contrary to popular belief, she didn't kill herself, or did she? She doesn't really know. With the help of her 13-year-old niece, convinced she can change the past and build a new future, Faith must learn to let go and trust that a greater plan is at work in her life.

A fun, sweet romance about meeting "The One" and trying to deny it. You can run from love, but if you friend it on social media, you really can't hide from it.

Georgia has been hiding a son from Cash. Cash is thrilled when he sees Georgia again. When he learns that he has a son, his hopes for rekindling a relationship with Georgia become his second priority. Of course he wants her, but he wants to be a part of his son's life even more.