Stand Alone Titles
Contemporary Romance | Dark Romance | Romantic Suspense
Stand-alones are complete novels not connected to a series.
Hurt
From bestselling and award-winning author, Lydia Michaels, comes a masterfully written, dark psychological romance about a tortured hero’s untamable love.
Dark Romance | Psychological Thriller | Trigger Warnings
“Hurt is a masterpiece. One of the best books I’ve ever read.”—New York Times Bestselling Author Pam Godwin
“A Masterpiece! Hurt is one of the most anticipated books of 2019!” -Author Haylee Thorne
“A Home Run!”—Author Michelle Windsor
“Raw and Beautiful! Hypnotic and Haunting! Hurt will absolutely WOW you!”—Blushing Babes Are Up All Night
“This is Lydia’s first dark romantic thriller and I pray it will not be her last!”—AJ’s Book re-Marks
“You haven’t read dark like this. To find such tenderness amongst all of the filthy lies and horrors set Lydia’s writing apart from the rest.” —Author Andrea Bills
“Devastatingly beautiful story!”–Author D.D. Lorenzo
Callan MacGregor’s tortured past is awakened when the woman he secretly loves is brutally attacked. His heart will not rest until vengeance is served.
“Bestselling author, Lydia Michaels, delivers a devastatingly dark psychological thriller that haunts and hypnotizes!”
Violence made me vicious and my sins are too many to count.
When I look at her, I’m reminded of everything that is good and pure in this world. My redemption is hopeless, so I keep my distance, fighting the temptation to get closer to her, even when her eyes invite me in.
Everyone I love eventually disappears, so I must keep my distance to keep her safe. It is the price I pay for the ruthless horrors I’ve committed.
Until I see her hurt. Now nothing, not even my past, could keep me away.
La Vie en Rose
“A perfect heartwarming read for fans of Colleen Hoover and Samantha Young. Lydia Michaels is a virtuoso of words and emotion!”
When life takes an unexpected detour and Emma’s heart is laid bare, her best friend’s brother steps in to prove all is not lost in this emotional New York romance from bestselling and award-winning author, Lydia Michaels.
I always dreamt my wedding would include a fancy gown and pretty pearls, but falling madly in love is much messier than I thought.
Riley has always been a boy in the background of my life, effortlessly cute, entitled, and a total flirt. Thankfully, since I’m his sister’s best friend, he never crossed that line with me, that is, until he unexpectedly saved me in a crisis. He was only trying to be a friend, but I accidentally fell for his irresistible charm.
I know Riley doesn’t do serious relationships so, for the first time in my life, I’m keeping things casual. But when reality gets overly complicated and I try to let him go, the unthinkable happens. How could one person’s life change so much overnight, and where do we go from here?
Simple Man
From bestselling author, Lydia Michaels–When Shane, a young, tattooed musician becomes the guardian of a surprise baby, his life and heart are forever changed. Opposites attract when this single dad is assigned to a prissy social worker who dislikes him at first sight.
Months after Shane Martin’s sister vanishes, his world crashes down and he finds himself the sole guardian of a surprise baby. Blissfully ignorant, Shane trades in late nights and fast women for midnight feedings and lullabies. But when Kate McAlester, the prissy, stuck up social worker interferes, his devotion to family is tested.
Kate isn’t impressed by Shane’s messy bachelor pad, rocker image, sarcastic attitude, or showy tattoos. He claims he’s a simple man, but he quickly becomes the greatest complication in her life.
Passion explodes when opposite personalities collide in a touching story of love and redemption.
Breaking Perfect
Bestselling and award-winning author, Lydia Michaels, unleashes the “taboo” in a scorching psychological tale that breaks the rules of fidelity and redefines perfect in a Dominant & submissive, poly-amorous, menage romance that delivers!
On the outside, our life looks perfect. Inside, I’m screaming.
I suffer from severe and profound OCD, triggered by a trauma I survived when I was a young girl. My husband saved me. I crave order, because chaos stirs the messy parts of my mind I’d rather keep tied down.
But when my husband’s ex-lover shows up unannounced, a man I had no idea existed from a secret part of my husband’s past he kept hidden from me, tension unfolds and our perfect life starts to unravel.
My compulsions come out to play. Only, our house guest isn’t like my tolerant husband. He doesn’t ask for control. He takes it.
And I surrender to this stranger’s will, because the twisted parts of me have become so rigid I sense my perfect life is about to break, and choosing to break seems the only choice left within my control.
Sugar
A sexy alpha male from the poshest part of Philadelphia gets snowed in with his beautiful neighbor in this modern-day rags-to-riches, enemies-to-lovers romance from bestselling and award-winning author, Lydia Michaels.
Avery Johansson is borrowing against her youth and beauty to afford a better future by working as a sugar baby. Gifted at playing the role of a delicate female, she makes a living by stroking men’s egos. But the real Avery prefers leather over lace and spice instead of nice.
Noah Wolfe is used to getting exactly what he wants when he wants, and when he sets his sights on his sexy neighbor, he’s determined to have her. Little does he know, the soft female across the hall doesn’t swoon for roses, she plays with the thorns.
Two dominant hearts collide in an explosion of sin and safewords as boundaries are pressed to the limit in a battle of power and ultimate possession.
Protege
The author of the provocative Surrender Trilogy presents a new novel of one woman’s introduction to a world of sinfully sweet submission…
For too long, French teacher Collette Banks has locked her deepest desires away in the darkest corners of her mind. But now, she’s taking matters into her own hands by applying to a secret and exclusive society devoted to matching people with their ideal partner—or partners…
Founder Jude Duval has set up strict rules for admitting people into his world. But when he interviews Collette, he finds himself breaking protocol. Her innocence disarms him. Her willingness to explore her own sensuality delights him. And her spirit challenges him—enough to take her on as his own protégé .
What starts out as Collette’s erotic awakening will draw them both in deeper than either of them could have ever imagined…
Praise for Lydia Michaels
“Super hot.”—Fresh Fiction
“Turbulent, sweet, and scorching hot in turn.”—Delighted Reader
“This book had me ensnared…Lydia Michaels is by far becoming one of my favorite authors and I can’t wait to read more from her.”—Live, Read and Breathe
