Forbidden Burly Curves

Thirteen romances follow curvy women who want the one man they are not supposed to touch: a big, burly alpha who is older, powerful, and firmly off-limits.

He might be her father's boss, her ex's father, her best friend's father, a single dad she works for, a grumpy CEO, a fireman who knew her dad, or the bodyguard assigned after the threats begin.

Distance fails on a week-long getaway, under one roof with an enemy, across a fake-dating deal, or during a conference spent too close to a longtime hero.

One heroine is taken from her bar by a scorching Irish mobster and learns she is a mob princess; another, a runaway bride, is found by her brother's wealthy jock friend; a third faces a handsome man's fixation after the woman beside her is discovered dead the next morning.

Loyalty, danger, and attraction keep closing in, and none of these pairings can pretend the line still holds.