Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward are excited to bring you the Cocky Hero Club: original works from various authors inspired by Keeland and Ward's New York Times bestselling Cocky Bastard series.
Arrogant Architect
by Alexa Padgett
𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘆, 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗨𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗮 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁.
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵…
I want Knox Wright. My best friend’s brother, my boss…the man who breaks my still-shattered heart.
Knox was a college hockey legend and, now, he’s one of the most successful architects in decades. I was the new hire whose desperate need to move on from that night drove me to succeed.
I never should have accepted the position, not once I looked into Knox Wright’s eyes and felt the heat deep in my belly…but I did...
*Arrogant Architect is a best friend’s brother/forbidden/workplace romance inspired by British Bedmate. Approx. 72,000 words.
Cocky Gamer
by Lauren Helms
Ben Ford is good at what he does, but his days as a professional gamer are numbered.
His entire pro-team is moving on, and now it's time for Ben to do the same. But when a short gig for a voice-over brings this Chicago native to California, he finds a little more than what he bargained for.
A chance meeting on the beaches of Hermosa soon has Ben falling head over lust for the animal-loving, wave crushing woman...
*Cocky Gamer is a missed connections/long distance romance inspired by Cocky Bastard. Approx. 63,000 words.
Arrogant Air Marshal
by Natasha Raulerson
The plane took off and I couldn't stop trembling, despite the soothing sound of the pilot singing a Beatles song over the intercom.
My name is Bianca “Binx” Moretti, and I hack from the rich to give to the poor—mostly. Only I hacked from the wrong rich guy and was literally on the flight for my life.
When Xander Hawke took the seat next to me, he tried to charm me with his smooth talking ways and dimpled cheeks. Yeah, he’s drop dead gorgeous, but he's also arrogant as hell.
And I had more important things to worry about. Like the emergency landing our plane made because of mechanical issues.
Oh, and guess what? Xander Hawke? Yeah, not a sexy playboy model. Nope. He’s a sexy playboy Air Marshal who only sat next to me because he pegged me as a threat...
*Arrogant Air Marshal is a protector/romantic suspense inspired by Playboy Pilot and British Bed Mate. Approx. 60,000 words.
Tormented Bastard
by Eliza Peake
I’m organizing New York’s biggest charity event of the year. But when the keynote speaker drops out, the success of my business hangs in the balance.
There’s one man who can help me. And no, I’m not above flying to the middle of nowhere to plead with the baseball legend in hiding.
All I need is a yes.
I didn’t expect his hostility. I didn’t expect a hurricane to trap me alone with him. And I didn’t expect to find that he still owns my heart after all this time...
*Tormented Bastard is a second chance/sports romance inspired by Cocky Bastard & Stuck-Up Suit. Approx. 57,000 words.
Bossy Burglar
by A.J. Norris
One job. I had one job.
All I had to do was steal a diamond necklace, and I’d be brought into the Hermosa Beach Crime Syndicate’s inner circle. My brother’s murder would not go unpunished. Pull off one heist, and I would be one step closer to bringing down his killers.
The problem is someone else wants my spot on the crew. This dangerously sexy and infuriating man is in my way, threatening my chance to avenge my family. And he’s also a distraction I don’t need. Lincoln is smug and cocksure of himself, and I’m falling for him...
*Bossy Burglar is an enemies to lovers romantic suspense inspired by Cocky Bastard. Approx. 54,000 words.
Seductive Scoundrel
by Olivia Peters & Marlo Lanz
Everything in my life is big from my penthouse to my ego, and I always get what I want. So when a mystery woman at a masquerade party leaves me with only her phone number, I’m annoyed – and intrigued.
Mia is as smart as she is sexy, and she challenges my dominance in ways no one else has dared. But she’s also been lying to me, and a scandal from her past threatens my lucrative deal with the legendary Dex Truitt.
I made a mistake letting her in. I might love her, but I can’t risk trusting her...
*Seductive Scoundrel is a soul mates contemporary romance inspired by Mister Moneybags.