Crystal Kaswell

The science of attraction is getting seriously tested… Meet River. He used to be the nerd next door…only now he’s all grown up, got a sleeve of tattoos, and women seem to like him. A lot. Even Lexi, the girl of River’s teenaged dreams, all bubbly sweetness—never noticed him. Until now. There’s only one problem. They’re not meant for each other. Now it’s up to Deanna, the super pragmatic, algorithm-fueled brains behind the new dating app Meetcute to make sure they realize it. River might be certain he knows true love when he sees it, but Deanna knows differently, and the future of her company is riding on it. All she has to do is prove to him that what he’s feeling for Lexi isn’t love. Not even close. …even if it means making him fall for Deanna, instead. Challenge accepted.

I'm faking a relationship with my best friend. What could possibly go wrong?Skye is my best friend. I trust her with my life.So when she asks me to play her boyfriend?I say hell no. Love screws everything up. And I'm not about to lose the only person who gets me.But Skye is determined. She's bringing a fake boyfriend to her cousin’s wedding, with or without me.No way am I letting some other guy hold her, touch her, kiss her.It has to be me.It's strange, smiling like I'm madly in love.But it's easy, wrapping my arms around her curvy body.It's easy, dragging my lips over her soft neck.And when she kisses me?It’s easy, realizing she's the only thing I need.I have five weeks of faking it. Five weeks to convince my best friend our fake love is real.The Best Friend Bargain is a standalone friends to lovers/pretend girlfriend romance featuring a brooding tattoo artist hero and the curvy heroine who brings him to his knees.

Dear Holden, I'm not going to college a virgin. I want to learn everything and I want you to teach me. I have to ask: will you be my first? Yes, there are risks. I'm your best friend's kid sister. As off limits as it gets. But forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. And I'll do anything for a taste. -Daisy The First Taste is a standalone brother's best friend romance with a trouble making tattoo artist hero, an inexperienced book worm heroine, and enough heat to melt your Kindle. Come see why readers say "no one writers broken bad boys like Crystal Kaswell."

I hate him. I want him. I can't stop thinking about him.ChloeNice to see you, sunshine, wearing black again?Dean Maddox spent high school pushing all my buttons.Seven years later, we're working together. So much has changed, but he's the same arrogant jerk with the same penchant for teasing me senselessly.I still want to slap the cocky smirk from his face. And tear off his clothes. And kiss him like the ship is going down.I hate him. I want him. I can't...No, I will stop thinking about him.DeanSeven years ago, I took Chloe's v*rginity. It was supposed to cure my cravings for the pint-sized spitfire. But now that she's working under me...The more she glares, the more I want her.The more I tease, the more she stares.The more I brag about my Prince Albert...Let's just say it's obvious she's picturing me naked.She owns my thoughts as much as I own hers.I should stay away. She's my subordinate. She's off limits.But there's no way I can resist her.Hating You, Loving You is a standalone enemies to lovers romance featuring a cocky alpha hero and the strong, sassy heroine who brings him to his knees.

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B079HJNC34 Three months ago, I was standing in the pouring rain, reading my best friend's sorry, but I can't make it text, looking for some way to salvage my birthday. And he was there. Nick. The tall, handsome stranger in a three piece suit. He offered me his coat. He invited me to his room. He possessed all of me: heart, body, soul, then, in the morning, he was gone.For three months, memories of him lingered in my mind. The earthy cologne. The rough brush of his stubble. The low, deep groan as he buried himself in me.For three months, my heart ached for another chance to whisper promises in his ears.Yesterday, I interviewed for an internship I need desperately.Today, my new boss called me into his office. And there was Nick, in his three piece suit.His dark eyes fixed on mine as he dragged out his words. "Ms. Wilder, is there anything you need?"My dirty boss wants me. But he has rules about this kind of thing.I have to choose: the job that keeps me with my family or the man who holds the key to my heart.*A full length standalone romance with a cocky alpha hero and a strong yet vulnerable heroine*

He's her best friend's older brother. Brooding, bossy, and totally off limits. But all rules are off when she moves in as his roommate. Oliver Flynn is putting his life back together. Sobriety, check. Great job, check. Living with his kid sister's smoking hot best friend... that might be a problem. When Luna Locke needs a place to crash, she goes straight to her BFF's house... and walks in on her BFF's older brother Oliver enjoying his alone time. It's no big deal. It's not like she's going to die of embarrassment. So what if she thinks about mounting him every time he groans over his morning coffee? It's not happening. Oliver is all kinds of difficult. Bossy. Brooding. Sweet in the dirtiest way possible. Kissing him is against the rules. Touching him is totally off limits. Falling in love is out of the question. But some rules are made to be broken. The Rule Breaker is a standalone best friend's brother romance with a feisty college student heroine, a brooding tattoo artist hero, and enough heat to melt your Kindle. Come see why readers say "no one writes broken bad boys like Crystal Kaswell."

Six figures. Thirty days. Every one of her firsts. Eve Miller is screwed. Between rent and her family's medical debts, she's drowning. She needs money, now, or she's going to lose her sister. Enter Ian Hunt. The tech billionaire offers her a lifeline: six figures for every one of her firsts. It's ridiculous. The British businessman is richer than sin and hotter than hell. He can have any woman he wants. Why her? And why is she desperate to fulfill his dirty desires? There's something about his dark eyes, his deep voice, his firm touch... her body responds for her. Yes. She can abide by his terms. But can she fall into his bed without falling in love with him?

She hates me… almost as much as she wants me. I have everything I should want. Only the thrill is gone. My days are grey. Until I meet Meg. The inexperienced college student is a breath of fresh air. Sassy, s*xy, completely unimpressed by me. She hates my cocky grin. She huffs at my one-liners. And when she asks if I have some place better to put my mouth… I make her an offer. Her place, my place, any place, as long as I can make her groan all night long. I'm as surprised as she is when she says yes. Who would have guessed that booksmart, guarded, gorgeous as all hell Meg would want me to be her first? We keep it simple. Three rules to protect both of us. No feelings, no secrets, no falling in love. But some things are easier said than done. From the author: Just a Taste is a standalone enemies to lovers romance packed with heat, humor, and heart. Come see why readers say "no one writers broken bad boys like Crystal Kaswell."

It’s all fun and games in Vegas… until you accidentally marry your best friend. Last night, I married Jules. That's right, I married the girl who thought I had cooties in fourth grade. Yeah, we drank a few too many shots of tequila. We danced a little too close. But nothing prepared me for the taste of her soft lips. All of a sudden, we were in a borrowed limo (don’t ask), ripping each other’s clothes off, whispering dirty promises. Then I was on one knee, asking her to make it forever. And she was saying yes. This morning, everything changed. She wants to erase our night. Go back to normal. Only there’s no more normal. I’m acutely aware of her long legs, her soft curves, her sweet moan. Mistakes be damned. She’s my wife. I’m not about to let her go.

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B07M9Z5X7S From USA Today bestseller Crystal Kaswell comes a love triangle that will break your heart then put it back together.From the outside, Alyssa has the perfect life. Beautiful apartment. Handsome high school sweetheart. Impending wedding.Only her fiance doesn't love her anymore. He disappears into work, leaving her alone with her emptiness.Until Luke. The brooding lawyer needs a beautiful distraction. Soft lips against his chest, hard nails against his back, Alyssa groaning his name.He doesn't care that she belongs to someone else. He's going to claim her anyway.

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B01685Y1X2 Good girls don't date rock stars. They certainly don't have rock star f-buddies. Still a virgin at 21, Meg Smart walks a straight and narrow path. She aces her classes, excels at her part time job, and carefully avoids trouble—no drinks, no drugs, and especially, no boyfriends. Rock star Miles Webb doesn't do "boyfriend." He skips over intimacy and love in favor of easy distraction—a beautiful woman under him, screaming his name. Meg is drawn to the pain in his gorgeous, tortured voice. But the man she hears on the radio is nothing like the player she meets at a mutual friend's house party. When she walks in on one of his trysts, she's embarrassed enough to die. His merciless teasing leaves her blushed and frustrated, but she's intrigued by his wit, his confidence, his casual offer to give her a night she'll never forget. Neither of them wants a relationship, so they strike up an arrangement: They'll be friends with benefits, nothing more, nothing less. There are only three rules: no secrets, no feelings, no falling in love. Only neither one of them can quite abide by the terms.

He’s my best friend’s older brother, off limits and incredibly tempting. I shouldn’t peak into Brendon’s sketchbook, even if the tattoo artist is as brooding and stoic as the day is long. I can’t help myself. I peel it open, run my fingers along the paper, soak up every ounce of him. His drawings are as beautiful and bold as his dark eyes and his cocky smile. Only, there, on the third page — that’s no tattoo mockup. That’s me. Naked. Ready. Waiting in his bed. There’s no denying it — those are my blue glasses, my green eyes, my flushed cheeks. Brendon wants me. The smoking hot, ten thousand miles out of my league bad boy wants me — a good girl virgin with thick glasses and no game. It’s perfect. Only it’s not. He’s my best friend’s older brother. He’s off limits. But damn is he tempting.

A scorching hot new adult romanceKat Wilder is totally screwed. At only twenty-one, she's resigned to one seriously bleak future. Waiting tables barely supports her only family, her sister, and she's got no luck finding a better job. With no money or time for school, she has no chance at a better life.Then she meets Blake. The billionaire tech CEO is a lifeline. An arrogant, controlling, impossible to read lifeline. He wants something from Kat and he'll do whatever it takes to get it.He offers Kat a deal-- a few months of her life for a few hundred thousand dollars. All she has to do is play his girlfriend and convince everyone that she's madly in love with him.It's Blake's way, Blake's terms, Blake utterly in control.She tells herself it's only business. But the part between them that matters-- the two of them alone, her giving in to everything he wants-- that part is strictly personal.The Billionaire's Deal is a four episode new adult romance serial featuring an inexperienced yet feisty heroine and a protective alpha billionaire hero. This is the complete story.Stay tuned for the bonus Blake and Kat holiday story, The Billionaire's Christmas, coming November 2015 and for The Billionaire's Need, coming December 2015 and following Lizzy and her alpha billionaire.

My best friend's kid sister wants me to get her pregnant. The old fashioned way. I've looked out for Ariel since she was in pigtails. I took her trick or treating, told off the jerk who dumped her, picked her up from Prom. When she needs my help, I'm there. Only she doesn't need a ride, a study partner, a new tattoo. Ariel wants me to get her pregnant. The old fashioned way. Three months of trying. Then we go back to our lives. It's a terrible idea. I should say no. I should convince her to wait for Mr. Right. But the geeky grad student is sure it's now or never. And I'm sure as hell not going to let her find someone else. The Baby Bargain is a standalone romance with a brooding alpha hero, a feisty math geek heroine, and enough heat to melt your Kindle. Come see why readers say "no one writes broken bad boys like Crystal Kaswell."

Psychologist in training Imogen needs a little fun. Bedroom fun. So she does what any scientific woman would do: she devises a hookup experiment. Patrick is the perfect participant. Handsome, talented, totally ready to be used. After a tough year, the tattoo artist needs out of his head and into her… research. The guidelines are simple. One summer. Weekly sessions. Him, helping her discover exactly what she likes. But human subjects don't follow the rules. And her hypothesis, the one about separating sex and love? That hypothesis is dead wrong…

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B01MREU7KS He was supposed to glue my broken heart back together. Instead he threw me away. Now he's just another rock star asshole. He gets everything he wants. But not me. Not again. Ethan Strong was the first man I ever loved. He was the one person who understood me, the one person who made me feel whole, the one person who set my body on fire. We were supposed to be together forever. Then things got hard and Ethan forced me to choose between him and everything I've worked for. Now he's back in my life. He says we'll be friends. It's been a long time. I can forgive, but I can't seem to forget. The taste of his lips, the sound of his groans in my ears, those calloused fingers between my legs-- I'm going out of my mind remembering all the pleasure he brought me. Worse, I keep thinking of how happy he made me. I can't fall back in love with Ethan. It doesn't matter how badly I crave his gorgeous blue eyes, his tattooed arms, and his strong guitarists' hands. It doesn't matter that his smile still lights me up inside. It doesn't matter that I need him like I need oxygen. I'm not giving Ethan another chance to throw me away. Dangerous Kiss is a full-length standalone romance with a HEA and a second chance romance theme.Dangerous Kiss is set in the same universe as the Sinful Serenade series and features appearances from all your favorite Sinful guys. Sing Your Heart Out - Miles Strum Your Heart Out - Drew Rock Your Heart Out - Tom Play Your Heart Out - Pete Sinful Ever After

Hunter Keating is putting his life back together. Sobriety, check. New place to stay, check. Living with his best friend's smoking hot kid sister... that might be a problem. No. It can't be a problem. Hunter owes his friend too much. He's not thinking about Emma as anything more than a completely platonic roommate. Yes, his thoughts of the feisty college student's stare are completely platonic. Same for her laugh. Her stare. Her coffee-inspired groan. Kissing her is out of the question. Falling for her is totally out of line. But some rules are made to be broken...Breaking the Rules is a smoking hot brother's best friend romance packed with heat, humor, and heart.

Over 1,000 pages of brooding bad boys. Start your binge read now! The men of tattoo shop Inked Hearts are brooding, bossy, and impossible to resist! Dive into this addicting series and see why readers say “Crystal Kaswell is the queen of broken bad boys.” This romance collection contains the first three books on the Inked Hearts series. Tempting He's my best friend's brother. He's off limits. But when I find the brooding tattoo artist's sketchbook full of dirty drawings--drawings of me--I can't resist. Hooking Up Sweet, booksmart grad student Iris and I have a friends with benefits arrangement with three simple rules. All fun. No strings. No falling in love. But then I've never been very good at following rules. Pretend You're Mine I'm pretending I'm in love with my best friend. What could possibly go wrong? Leighton is my best friend. Pretending she's my girlfriend is a terrible idea, even if the entire world is expecting the breakdown of the year at my ex's wedding. Then she kisses me... and I forget we're pretending.

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. He'll dig her out of debt... if she submits to his terms. Kat Wilder is struggling. She waits tables to support her little sister, but the money never goes far enough. She needs help, fast, or she's going to lose their home. Enter Blake Sterling. The tech billionaire offers Kat a lifeline. A million dollars for her hand in marriage. A million dollars to don designer dresses, smile at paparazzi, stare into his eyes like she's madly in love. As long as she keeps up the ruse, she secures her family's future. It's a good deal. Even if Blake is arrogant, impossible to read, and insanely handsome. How can someone so cold leave her so hot? When she's with him, she's on fire. There's something about his dirty demands... her body begs her to obey. She can play his wife. But can she fall into his bed without falling in love with him? Dirty Deal is a steamy Cinderella story with a demanding alpha hero and an inexperienced yet strong heroine. Previously published under the title The Billionaire's Deal, Dirty Deal has been edited and extended for your reading pleasure (with an all new, extra long epilogue).

Danielle Bellamy is broke and out of options. Until I offer her a lifeline: A million dollars to play my wife. Danielle Bellamy is mine. For the next year, the curvy photographer is staying in my secluded mansion, wearing my ring. A ruse, to exact revenge against the man who destroyed me. Only every time I gaze into her dark eyes, I forget we're pretending. Her kiss is intoxicating. Her touch is addicting. And when we finally fall into bed-- It's not enough. I need more than her body. I need her everything.

I lost her once. I won't lose her again. After my brother's death, I was drowning. Delilah was my life raft. We were opposites, the outspoken art student and the brooding athlete. She was passionate where I was apathetic, bright where I was dark, soft where I was hard. For two years, we had everything. Then she left and took my heart with her. I tried to heal. To throw myself into medical school. To forget her. I thought I did. Until today. Those blue eyes, that sweet smile, the soft groan--that's my Delilah. As soon as I hear her laugh, I know. She's what's missing from my life. I have three days. Either I win her back or I stay broken forever. From the Broken is a standalone second chance romance full of heat, heart, and heartbreak. Come see why readers say "Crystal Kaswell is the master of writing sharp, wounded characters who keep you on your toes."

A million dollars for a year of marriage... Jasmine Lee is screwed. She can barely afford her rent, much less her father’s medical bills. She needs cash, fast, or she’s going to lose her dad. Enter Shepard Marlowe. The tech mogul needs a wife and he’s willing to pay. A million dollars for a year under his beck and call. Her freedom for her father’s life. It’s a good deal. Even if the Shepard is a beast. Angry, guarded, overbearing… and more irresistible than Prince Charming. How is it possible she craves someone so merciless? His touch sets her on fire. His promises wind her tight. And when he issues dirty demands… her body begs her to obey. She can marry the bossy billionaire. But can she fall into his bed without falling in love with him? Dirty Husband is a standalone arranged marriage romance inspired by Beauty and the Beast. It features a brooding alpha hero with a secret, a feisty heroine, and enough heat to melt your Kindle.

This is the worst idea in the history of the world. Leighton is my best friend. My subordinate. My girlfriend. That’s the story we're selling. To our co-workers. To our friends. To everyone who's anticipating the breakdown of the year at my ex's wedding. It's a terrible idea. This ruse is going to f*ck sh*t up. Losing her is out of the question. Touching her is all kinds of wrong. And right deep in my bones. Then Leighton slides her hands into my hair and presses her berry lips to mine. And all that wrong fades to right. I stop pretending. I forget about the woman who broke my heart. I forget about our rules. I forget I'll be lost without her. I kiss her back like I'll never get enough. I won't. But I can't risk losing my best friend. Even if she's the woman who might finally unlock my heart. From the author: Pretend You're Mine is a full-length, standalone romance with a pretend girlfriend theme.

From USA Today bestseller Crystal Kaswell comes an emotional roller coaster about two damaged souls trying to piece themselves back togetherOn paper, Alyssa has everything she wants. Booming career. Beautiful home. A tall, dark, handsome man who knows how to make her purr.Who's drifting further and further every day.Someone else needs him. Someone who doesn't want to share. Someone who's willing to give him all the things she can't.She has to let him go. She has to send him to face these demons, alone. But will he return to her? Or or will they come apart?Come Apart is the second book in the Come Undone series. While it is a complete story, reading book one first is recommended.

Librarian's Note: This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B01CRD1XFS There's a naked rock star in my hotel room. And he's pierced. Willow Denton needs to get out of town fast. Her only option is joining her brother's band on tour. Two months with misbehaved men doesn't sound so bad. Until she walks in on the drummer naked and sporting a spanking new piercing right between his legs. There's no way the cocky player will ever think of her as more than his friend, or worse, his BFF's little sister. Better to focus on her photography. As soon as she stops thinking about him in her bed, against the wall, in the backseat of his car... Sinful Serenade drummer Tom Steele is a wrecking ball. Bossy. Pushy. Hot as the molten center of the Earth. He's not afraid to use his body or his fame to get what he wants-- a different girl every night of the week (and three on Sunday). The man may be a slut but he can control himself. He's going to keep an eye on Willow. That's it. He cares about her. He's not about to throw away their budding friendship, or his relationship with her overprotective brother, for a good time. Their sizzling sexual chemistry makes this whole platonic things hard. But there's no way he'll cross the line with the girl he's supposed to protect.