Outdoor Romance

America's most hilarious sportsman returns with this collection of insights about youth, the great outdoors, and the philosophy of fileting fish. When best-selling author Patrick McManus looks at a subject, you're sure to come away with an outrageously new perspective.

Allie Sutton just got a new job. Not one she wants, and definitely not one she's prepared for. She hadn't seen her dad in years, so the last thing she expects upon his sudden death is to inherit the thing he loved more than anything (or anyone)...the professional football team he owned for the last 20 years. Luke Pierson does not want a new boss. What he wants is to be a good father to his daughter, the best quarterback possible for his teammates. What he doesn't need is a blonde bombshell ruining the team's chances at another championship.

Having experienced a lifetime's amount of loss and love under the spotlight of her stepfather and stepbrother's rock and roll stardom, London Fields decides now is her time to shine. Leaving for college with a clear focus and big dreams around her musical theater major, she is ready to take on the world...under an assumed name. Protecting her identity will allow her the freedom to experience life and maybe love for the very first time. A horrible accident devastated life as Logan Links and his family knew it.

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.” And so it began. Henry David Thoreau, at 27, built a tiny, one-room cabin in the woods — on land owned by his friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson — and began his two-year experiment in frugality on the shore of Walden Pond. He wasn’t seeking isolation so much as simplicity, to “live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”

In this bundle, daddies and their boys engage in risky business on beaches, in alleyways, and the woods. Hearts are racing, hips are thrusting, and everyone's hoping they don't get caught. Featuring: Scout's Honor Scout's Trust Camping with Dad Pounded by Officer Pruitt Cuffed by Officer Carter Seduced by Officer Carter

As the Seattle Sharks' number one Enforcer, nothing means more to me than hockey. I live and breathe the game. But when my short-temper gets me into one too many late night brawls, coach threatens to bench me if I don't clean up my act. It'll take more than me changing my nightlife habits - the media needs this bad boy to go good. Paige Turner - the gorgeous, off-limits best friend of my bro's fiancee - has the solution. About to take over as acting CEO of her family's multi-billion-dollar corporation, she'll have to sign a morality clause kissing any wild-life she wanted goodbye.

Josephine Rossi has recovered from a broken heart, but has vowed that she's all about the desserts now as a recipe tester for Bake It! magazine. Cheesecake never breaks your heart. Unless it cracks on the top, but still, it tastes amazing if you bake it just right. She knows what to do in the kitchen as far as making luscious desserts. Men? Apparently she's not so good at figuring them out, so she refuses to bother. Josephine knows it is safer to stay in the kitchen than to take another chance with her heart.

Jake Isaac left Texas quite a few years ago; his heart torn from his chest, and his mind set on being a bachelor forever. Maine would welcome him, give him land to explore, and a community to belong to. Getting a job as the coach of the local junior high and serving on the fire department kept him busy - and labeled him a hometown hero - but the truth of his damaged heart was forever hidden.

When a quiet grump and the sunshiney brunch chef get together nothing goes as expected. Aiden Lockhart’s carefully balanced life—juggling a struggling food truck and family duties—takes an unexpected detour when he parks his brunch-themed food truck at the quirky Front Range Motorcycle Collective. He isn’t sure if it’s the right fit — after all, Aiden doesn’t see himself as the sort to hang out with a motorcycle club. But it isn’t long before a chance ride with the reserved but captivating Cash jolts him into a world of late-night adventures, unexpected romance, and the raw ...

Some fantasies need room to breathe. These three women discover what happens when desire meets the great outdoors—where there are no walls to hide behind and no doors to close. Just open sky, warm earth, and the thrilling awareness that anyone could see. A hiking trip that takes an unexpected turn when the trail leads somewhere far more interesting than the summit. A summer afternoon on a friend's farm that becomes an education in more than country living. A secluded beach where a chance encounter proves that strangers sometimes know exactly what we need. There's something about being ...

She’s spent her life living for everyone else. He makes her wonder if she could finally choose herself. I’d spent my whole life living for everyone else. Since the age of twelve, I’d worked in my parents’ restaurant—trading proms for late-night shifts, friendships for endless obligations, and love for a future I never chose. At twenty-three, I was still stuck in their dream, not mine, pouring my heart into crafting snow globes that captured the kind of family and freedom I’d never have. Then came the Wildwood Valley Christmas Festival. One careless moment—a pack of kids ...

Book Two in the Taboo Erotica Series. One dead car battery. One thunder-crack. One rain-soaked 20-year-old on his doorstep. One very forbidden best-friend-of-his-stepdaughter. Newly divorced Mike Anders thought he would be spending the weekend alone at his cabin, but an unexpected storm leaves him with a stranded guest, his step-daughter Rachelle’s best friend, Stacy. After a few drinks by the fireplace, Stacy makes a startling confession: She’s not the good little girl he thinks she is. Now, the storm raging outside the cabin is no match for the one building inside. Will the man of the...

He thought he had everything, but maybe he was just waiting for the right man. Matt Blackstone is content in his solitary life as the director of Camp Eagle Ridge. He has a beautiful tiny home in the forest, he works his dream job, and he’s surrounded by wonderful friends and family. And best of all; he and his friends built camp into something truly special. But when he meets a gorgeous, sassy college student named Casey Kim at a student job fair, Matt's perfect world gets flipped upside-down. Casey butts heads with Matt at every turn, insisting that Camp Eagle Ridge needs to make some ...

When my husband’s hijinks made me realize was an exhibitionist, I kew he had gotten carried away. Our new neighbor seems like a nice enough guy, and he’s easy on the eyes, too. But my husband took an instant dislike to him. And that wasn’t a big deal — if the two of them hadn’t started a full scale prank war, I would never have interfered. Now Ian’s latest prank has taken things way too far, and he might just have to share me with his biggest rival. And once we head down that naughty path, we’ll discover that’s not the only thing he desires. Explicit Content: 18+ This is a ...

Neil Josten is out of time. He knew when he came to PSU he wouldn't survive the year, but with his death right around the corner he's got more reasons than ever to live. Befriending the Foxes was inadvisable. Kissing one is unthinkable. Neil should know better than to get involved with anyone this close to the end, but Andrew's never been the easiest person to walk away from. If they both say it doesn't mean anything, maybe Neil won't regret losing it, but the one person Neil can't lie to is himself.

When cynical journalist Joni James gets assigned to cover The Lyon’s Den—a women’s wilderness retreat in the Colorado mountains—she’s armed with sarcasm and ready to write the takedown her boss expects. No phone. No wine. No chance she’ll enjoy a single minute of this nature-loving nightmare. But as obstacle courses turn to opportunities and scavenger hunts spark unexpected joy, Joni finds herself drawn to the very things she planned to ridicule—especially the retreat’s enigmatic and infuriatingly captivating owner, Kendall Lyon.

Reporting for his first day as a Boston Red Sox player, Mickey Rawlings discovers a faceless body in the empty stadium. When police name him as their suspect, he knows he must clear his name or give up baseball and his freedom. But nameless foes are trying to silence him with warnings that become increasingly dangerous. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, Troy Soos creates delightfully authentic ballplayers and places them in believable, colorful settings.

Tom's wife Bonnie was the perfect example of a frustrated housewife, until their handsome neighbor caught sight of her watching him toiling outside in his yard from the window in her home gym. She had been working out regularly to get herself back into shape when this virile young man took notice. From that moment on she craved his attention to the point of wearing sexy outfits to entice him. Being an avid golfer, he took her under his wing to give her private lessons, but it was he who would reap the benefits as she teased and tormented him with her new body. This story is told in such a ...

If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After 17 years - and countless broken bones and broken promises - she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close. But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she's spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.

One last job. But Balum didn't want it. He was done being a US Deputy Marshal; done with the stress, the responsibility, and tired of getting shot at. All he wanted was to spend his money on gambling, whiskey, and women. He most certainly has no desire to grant Cafferty's final request. Babysitting a bunch of Eastern dandies across the plains to Oregon held no allure whatsoever. But when Balum finds out who is leading the expedition, and the fate of its members, he reconsiders. At least that's the reason he tells himself. It doesn't hurt that amongst the settlers are two of the most ...