Lady Boss Press Presents: Boudreaux Universe Books

It’s always harder to forgive yourself...Against her better judgment, Kelsey Kennedy flies in for her high school reunion. Since her classmates are as cruel to her as when she last saw them on graduation day, she has no difficulty bailing on the event for the hotel bar. Only it’s there she comes face-to-face with the most painful part of her past.And he doesn’t recognize her.Taking full advantage of her anonymity, Kelsey gives herself one night with Rierson Perrault, the boy from her childhood dreams. Being no one's fool, she makes sure she’s gone the next morning before he can ask any questions. Ry didn’t realize the woman he spent the night with was Kelsey. But when he puts it together, he’s sick at heart. He’s lost his chance to reconcile with her; the only reason he went to the reunion to begin with. Kicking himself for not figuring it out sooner, he returns home embittered. When Kelsey and Ry meet again in the heart of New Orleans, will another fifteen years need to pass before they find the right words to say? Or will they finally listen to each other's hearts so their easy reunion can begin?

Nash Reynolds is the man of many dreams. Just not mine.He checks off plenty of boxes. Wealthy, brilliant, hot, and with a southern drawl that makes my toes curl.Oops. Not my toes. I don’t need a man. I most definitely don’t need Nash Reynolds. He might’ve come along at a time when I could use a distraction, but the answer is still no. My ex taught me plenty of lessons. The most important one: never count on any man to treat me right. I’m smart woman, and I learn from my mistakes, so I’m not about to fall for Nash. Not his Southern charm, not his way-too-hot for my eyes good, not his touch … Just no.Okay, maybe he does make my toes curl and make me wonder about things a girl shouldn’t be wondering about. Maybe he helps me out at a time when I really need it. Maybe, just maybe, he shows me he might be worth it.

Elise Landry is friends with Gabrielle Boudreaux, they bonded over their single parent status. She’s a divorced actress forced out of Hollywood when she split from her more famous husband. But when she’s given the chance to resurrect her career on a famous dance show, she does so on one proviso, she’s partnered with the man who she grew up with and hasn’t seen in fourteen years. Leo Westwood is the professional dancer who’s known for his hips and the way he shakes them. He’s confident with women, but none of them hold a candle to the girl he’s dreamed of every day since he first met her all those years ago. When he’s partnered with her on a dance show, he can’t quite believe it. Could this be his second chance at happiness or is Elise too broken? When secrets from both their pasts threaten to tear them apart, Elise and Leo look certain to lose their chance of a happily ever after, or does family legend hold the key to the painful truth neither of them will want to face?

HunterI can’t be alone. But I can’t be in a relationship. And now I can’t even score on the ice. I’m in a slump. I figure an off-limits pet sitter is just what I need. Until I see who the agency sent me.Winter Allen is standing all grown up at my front door.She’s my hat-trick: the looks, the heart, and the history.I let her run off to Broadway because she deserved to follow her teenage dreams as much as I did. We both got everything we wanted. So why does she look so damn lonely?WinterI didn’t plan to see Hunter Storm again. And I don’t plan to tell him why I’m back home in New Orleans. But after one devilish grin, my body tells me Hunter’s the only man who can help me. Turns out we both need to score again. So who’s to say it’s a bad idea to mix his fire and my gasoline?What are we doing? I’m not sure, but it feels too good to stop.

They say you can’t go home again…Tyler “Doobie” Dubois is excited about moving back home to New Orleans after being away for five years. He left with a broken heart, determined to make it through the police academy and become a great cop, while finding his place in the world. Now, he’s ready to come home and regain his place in the family. Unfortunately, not everyone is ready to welcome him back with open arms.Time heals all wounds…Alicia loves her life. Ever since she moved to New Orleans from Michigan, she’s been accepted for who she is and is thriving in The Big Easy. She’s open to love, although not actively looking for it, so when her best friend and roommate asks her to steer clear of Doobie romantically, she readily agrees. After all, she’s never even met him.A chemistry that can’t be denied…What begins as a friendship quickly turns to something more and they’ll both discover that loving each other is an Easy Risk.

ClareStarting over on my own is the last thing I planned to do this week. Unfortunately, a thieving sister and an eviction notice have me doing just that.The best part about my new apartment? The sexy single dad who lives across the courtyard with his son.Our relationship consists of funny faces and notes passed back and forth at my kitchen window until a late-night shrieking fire alarm and a shared jacket leads to them inviting me over for dinner.Alex quickly captures my heart, but kissing his dad might just ruin everything.MarcusWhen my wife died I swore I’d never fall in love again. But, then I met Clare.She makes my son smile in a way I haven’t seen in a long time and is a breath of fresh air in my otherwise lonely existence.Meeting her makes me realize Lexi’s heart isn’t the only one that stopped beating when she died.I want her, but am I brave enough to let her bring me back to life?

TOO MUCH.Everything about me is too much… I give too much, I love too much. I feel too much.Falling in love too easily is my biggest flaw. I’ve been in love, plenty of times, but never has my love been returned. Everywhere I look I see other’s finding their happily ever after’s and I yearn to do the same.Then I meet Justin.I’ve been here before, so I try to go slow and keep my heart safe, but it’s useless when it comes to him. What I feel for Justin is an all-consuming fated kind of love.It’s an easy fall. This time it’s different. Everything feels easy and right. Maybe I was wrong and I haven’t ever been in love before, because what I feel for Justin… there’s no recovering from.

A steamy, forbidden contemporary romance from USA Today Bestselling Author, Dani René. Written in the bestselling Boudreaux Universe from New York Times Bestselling Author, Kristen Proby. Nea It was the opportunity of a lifetime. I had to be professional. But the moment my gaze lands on his, I know it’s going to be impossible. As much as my new boss drives me crazy, I can’t deny the pull toward him. He drives me up the wall, but all I want him to do is see me for who I am. He has secrets. I have heartache. Together, we’re going to find out, it’s never easy falling in love when everything is against you. JulianShe’s annoying. But she’s breathtakingly beautiful. I should never hire the girl with the purple hair, but the moment those pretty eyes locked on mine, I was lost. She drives me crazy, but I can’t deny I’m drawn to her in ways I have never felt. I’m bitter and cold. She’s warm and affectionate. Together, we’re going to find out , it’s never easy, finding happiness after heartbreak.

Easy To Lose is a stand alone novel set in Kristen Proby's Boudreaux Universe. Leaving New York after my now ex-fiancé cheated on me was easy. Moving back home to Miami to run Charly Boudreaux’s Head Over Heels expansion store, even as it scares the hell out of me…also easy.Finding out that Owen Peters, my ex-best friend and the boy I fell in love with in high school, the one who broke my heart, works next door? Not quite so easy. Hearing that Morgan Lawson is finally coming home makes me ecstatic. It provides me with a second chance—something I waited ten years to grasp. Watching her struggle to accept the body she was born with, the one that makes me crazy with desire, allows me to show her exactly how beautiful she is, both inside and out—and how much she means to me. Letting her go the first time was a huge mistake, and I refuse to go down that road again. Because not realizing how easy she was to lose, or how not having her in my life makes me feel incomplete, is something I never want to experience again.

Easy Fix is part of Kristen Proby’s Boudreaux Universe. Some things aren’t such an easy fix…Georgia Landaische has used her gift for healing people her whole life. But after the death of her father, the one person who refuses her help, she needs a new start. New Orleans offers a clean slate—a place for her to set up a small shop and use her power to do what she couldn’t for the person she wanted to the most. But when she meets an adorable little girl with a heart condition and her handsome father, Georgia finds that some things aren’t so easy to fix.Matthew Laroux is known to be the best baker in town. As a single father to five-year-old Clara and owner of a small grocery business, his life has finally settled. His money-hungry ex-wife nearly destroyed him in the divorce, and all he wants is to protect his daughter from anything that might hurt her and keep himself free from entanglements.No more commitments and no more women. Well, except one. He takes her out on the town, and she leaves in the morning. No one gets hurt, and no one expects anything more. They have an understanding, and really, it’s the best of both worlds…until Georgia walks into his store and makes him rethink everything he ever thought he wanted.But both soon learn that actions have consequences, and in a city like New Orleans, sometimes a little magic is needed to find your happily ever after.