Books

  • Tempting Heat

    About the book

    “Perfectly written, hits all the beats... It was a real pleasure to read.” Jen Prokop, Fated Mates podcast

    Tom Castle didn’t mean to fall in love with his best friend’s girl. It just kinda…happened. Then her relationship imploded, she blamed Tom, and they parted as enemies. Although it took years, he managed to move on without her.

    Mostly.

    But that's definitely Finn Carey glaring at him from the other side of the apartment where they’ve both taken shelter during a nasty Chicago blizzard. Unfortunately for Tom, Finn’s more beautiful than ever—and still too angry to look him in the eyes.

    Tom does his best to ignore the rush of feelings from being near her again, but after the storm knocks out the power and they’re forced to share a bed—you know, for body heat—he finds himself in a race against the snowplows to convince Finn that one night together will never be enough.

    This standalone romance features a dirty-talking hero, a schedule-obsessed heroine, and only one bed. While Tempting Heat is a novella, the rest of the books in the series are standalone full-length novels with happily-ever-afters guaranteed.

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  • Tempting Taste

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    She stopped in for cake and accidentally flambéd his life.

    Erik was always happy to watch customers taste his high-end wedding cakes from the safety of the kitchen.

    But that was before the maid of honor sampling his chocolate hazelnut ganache picked a fight with the bakery owner and the situation... escalated.

    Now Erik has bigger problems than losing his dream gig, and they're all wrapped up in the chatty PR whiz who wants to apologize for the mess she made by turning him into Chicago's hottest baker.

    Josie’s the type of woman Erik’s always avoided: breezy, confident, and so frustratingly gorgeous that someday he’s going to slip and bury his fingers in her fiery red hair.

    That’s the day he’ll show her just how well his salty and her sweet combine.

    That’s the day it’ll all go up in flames.

    Grab this steamy opposites-attract romance about a quiet baker who saves his sweetest, hottest words for the feisty PR whiz he never saw coming. Tempting Taste is book 2 in the award-winning Cinnamon Roll Alphas series, which delivers all the playful banter, upbeat vibes, and HEAs your romance-loving heart craves.

    "Definitely one of my top 10 favorite book boyfriends of all time." Laurie, Laurie Reads Romance

    "Sexy, sassy, and downright delicious! Tempting Taste brims with Whitney's trademark wit, humor and warmth." Kate Bateman, author of This Earl Of Mine

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  • Tempting Talk

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    Right guy, wrong place. Extremely wrong place.

    Mabel’s sworn off dating, and she definitely doesn’t mess with guys at work. (Go ahead, ask her how she learned that lesson. Yep, it was the hard way.)

    Then her radio station hires a new accountant. And not just any accountant, but possibly the hottest accountant on the planet. Who knew guys like Jake actually existed outside of her sweatiest fantasies?

    Mabel tries to resist Jake’s meticulous spreadsheets and killer smile—and yeah, okay, those muscles hiding under his expensive suits are hard to miss—but their professional coffees turn into flirty lunches that quickly become the best part of her day.

    Then a scorching night out obliterates all of her previously drawn lines, and Mabel gets a nasty reminder that she made all those no-romance rules for a reason. Is Jake worth the risk of mixing business with pleasure, or will she end up spinning heartbreak songs yet again?

    This funny, spicy workplace romance features a demisexual hero who falls first (and falls hard), a "wish she was my bestie" heroine, and the best dang dad band in Beaucoeur, Illinois. Like all of the books in Sara Whitney's Cinnamon Roll Alphas series, Tempting Talk gives you playful banter, upbeat vibes, and a very happy ending.

    “The right blend of sass and steam. Sara Whitney’s smooth, upbeat prose is a delight to read.” Elle Greco, author of the LA Rock Star Romance series

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  • Tempting Lies

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    She can’t stop thinking about her fake boyfriend’s filthy mouth.

    Thea Blackwell never commits to anything. Not jobs, not hairstyles, and especially not men. But she does dream about putting down roots in the cute fixer-upper she’s always loved, and when her dreams get a little, ahem, sweaty, she even lets herself picture the sexy contractor she wants handling the renovations.

    Aiden Murdoch. Town playboy and Thea’s former neighbor. (You know, the one who still thinks of her as the little kid next door.)

    Although she can barely afford the house, let alone the cost of renovations, Thea offers to hire Aiden on a whim, and he shocks her with a counterproposal: He’ll fix up her house if she'll fix up his wild reputation.

    Pretend to be Aiden’s girlfriend and get her dream house on the cheap, with no messy emotional entanglements? She can’t say yes fast enough. But when her fake boyfriend’s kisses start feeling a little too real, Thea has to decide whether to dig up her fragile little roots and flee—or stay and work on the future Aiden wants them to build together.

    Pick up this hot fake-relationship romance featuring competency catnip, a rescue dog with the worst (best?) timing, and a charismatic contractor who's great with caulk. Like all Sara Whitney books, Tempting Lies delivers playful banter, steamy encounters, upbeat vibes, and a verrrry happy ending.

    “Sweet and funny and sexy all at once. I couldn't put this down.” Mari, Mari Loves Books Blog

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  • Tempting Fate

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    She needs him. He hates her. Working together’s gonna be fun.

    Faith Fox has one last shot to keep her cash-strapped tutoring center open. Unfortunately for her, the man who controls the grant she desperately needs is also the man whose heart she broke years ago.

    And Leo Morales clearly still loathes her.

    That’s why Faith is shocked when Leo not only gives her the grant, but he insists on complete oversight—including tagging along on an overnight camping trip in her way-too-cozy tent. Is he doing it to punish her? Or does he want to use Faith’s body to satisfy the inconvenient attraction that flares to life every time they’re together?

    The only thing Faith knows for sure is that spending time with her first love dredges up long-buried feelings that threaten her grant, her peace of mind, and her life’s work. Even more confusing? She’s starting to think Leo might not actually hate her at all...

    Read the final book in the award-winning Cinnamon Roll Alphas series, featuring a confident, curvy heroine and her scowly ex who still remembers how to climb the trellis outside her bedroom window. Like all Sara Whitney books, Tempting Fate will delight you with its playful banter, upbeat vibes, and very happy ending.

    “Funny, clever, and oh so steamy.” Genevieve Jack, USA Today best-selling author of the Treasure of Paragon series

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  • To All the Guys I Killed Before

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    Rue Bellamy thinks I'm the most boring man alive, and I intend to keep it that way.

    As long as my pretty neighbor never sees past my beige cardigans and passionate opinions about rose fertilizer, she won’t realize I've been in love with her for every one of the 538 days I’ve known her.

    She also won’t think to look for the cameras I installed in her half of our duplex. (What can I say? Surveillance is my love language.)

    Best of all, she’ll never connect those impeccably staged accidents she processes as a county death investigator to the man watering the rosebushes next door.

    Hugo Mohr lurks at my mailbox every single day to bore me to death with his small talk.

    That's why it's always a relief to slip away, pull on a mask, and deliver justice where the system won't, one solitary kill at a time.

    Or it was, until a rival vigilante starts turning up at my future crime scenes like he owns them (because as far as he's concerned, he does). I don’t know his name or what he looks like. I just know I’m taking risks I shouldn’t so I can see him again.

    Then one of our murder-dates goes spectacularly wrong, and I discover that my nerdy psychologist neighbor and the seasoned killer I'm falling for are the same guy.

    A vigilante situationship hits different when you share a wall—and that's before I find out Hugo's got even more secrets than I do.

    To All the Guys I Killed Before is a delightfully unhinged mashup of Mr. and Mrs. Smith's secret double lives, Lights Out's morally gray golden retriever hero, and Butcher & Blackbird's blood-slicked banter. Book 1 in the Right Kind of Wrong series is funny, spicy, ridiculously romantic, and genuinely dark, with a killer found family and enough OMG WHAT??? moments to fill several unmarked graves.

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