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Love with Strings: The Complete Boxset

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Love with Strings
*No a grumpy single dad meets sunshine full length romance
*What the Heart a curvy single mom falls in love with best friends (and they don’t make her choose) full length romance.
**EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED BONUS CONTENT**

No Strings

Savannah
A sexy, single dad and his teenage son weren’t a part of my white picket fence fairy tale, but if life has taught me anything, it’s that things don’t always work out according to plan.
Ben offers me no-strings-attached sex, but we could never be stringless. He has a son to think about, one who’s very much a part of my life.
No matter how much I want to accept his offer, taking our relationship to the next level would leave us tangled in knots.

Benjamin
After experiencing firsthand the devastation love can cause, I knew having a family wasn’t for me. Neither was being a single dad—but here we are, trying to make it work.
The last thing I need is a distraction, but then Savannah waltzes into my world, stealing my treadmill at the gym—as well as my son’s heart.
We agreed to no strings. No complications or commitments. But I’m going back on my word because now that I know what it’s like to be with Savannah, there’s no way I’m ever letting her go.

What the Heart Wants

After losing my husband, life was all about taking care of my kids and trying to remain afloat.
Brody and Hayden crashed into my life with the force of an entire ocean.
Five years is a long time to be alone.
Now, I have not one but two sexy and successful men to drown in.
But can I handle the desires, passions, and love they both deserve?
Plus, two men mean double the heartache. And my heart? It's already mended haphazardly, cracked in multiple places from my loss.
Falling for them could be a disaster.
Choosing between them would be impossible.
But the heart wants what it wants.
And despite my better judgment, I want them both.
Oh, and did I mention that they're best friends—and want to share me?
Things just got a lot more complicated...

671 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 27, 2024

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Nikki Ash

134 books4,388 followers
Nikki Ash resides in South Florida where she is an English teacher and mom by day and a writer by night. When she’s not writing, you can find her with a book in her hand. From the Boxcar Children to Wuthering Heights to the latest Single Parent Romance, she has lived and breathed every type of book.

Reading is like breathing in, writing is like breathing out. - Pam Allyn

While reading and writing are her passions, her two children are her entire world. You can probably find them at a Disney park before you would find them at home on the weekends!

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Profile Image for Mandy Robitaille .
2,509 reviews29 followers
June 27, 2026
No Strings was sweet & angsty - really enjoyed this.

What The Heart Wants made me sob like a baby so many times - I loved it so much.

This duet of full of angst, spice, and so much love it'll leave your heart feeling full.
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July 1, 2024
Both of these books are amazing and even better in a box set

No Strings
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Can a friend with benefits situation stay just a friend with benefits situation when you share a close group of friends? He has a teenager you have become close to, live, and work in the same building? There is no way Savannah and Benjamin really think they can have a friends with benefits situation and come out of it remaining just friends, right? It isn't a typical "one night stand" their lives cross too many paths. But Savannah just had her heart broken by her ex-husband, and Benjamin has some deep routed insecurity routed from his childhood and a betrayal from the only women he ever partially let in So, the other one is looking for a relationship, yet still has an overpowering attraction to one another. Can these two get past the past to make it work? There were some good laughs, some tears, and definitely rooting for these two to make it work. I highly recommend the book as well as enough time to read this book all in one sitting because you are not going to want to put it down until the very end.

What the Heart Wants
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

Aubree (goes by Bree) is suddenly a single mother to boy and girl four year old twins. Shortly after losing her husband  her grandmother, who raised her, also passes and leaves her the family bakery. Bree throws her grief into making the bakery successful and profitable enough to take care of her kids. The one time she tried dating ended horribly when she brought up having children. So for the last almost 5 years, Bree doesn't date, and with being so busy, she doesn't realize how unhappy and lonely she truly is. That is until her best friend and co-worker, Lacey, dared her to accept a date with the next man who asked her.

Brody is a successful business man, he has money, good looks, and from what outsiders would think the perfect life. He knows he is missing something a wife and family. He lays eyes on Bree, the woman who made the crack like brownies his roommate brought home. When Brody stops in the bakery, he is smitten by Bree and asks her out. She agrees because unbeknownst to him, her best friend dared her to accept a date with the next person who asks. They have an incredible date where both feel the spark. So when Brody says he will call, Bree is shocked when he doesn't.

Hayden is Brody best friend since they were children, and they are also roommates. Hayden is also rich, successful, and a great catch. He meets Bree because of his fathers company, which Hayden is hoping to take over. Is trying to convince a bakery to end their 99-year lease on a building so they can turn it into a spa. Hayden thinks it will be no big deal to talk the owner into it. That is until hey lays eyes on her. He totally throws aside the reasoning for going there and asks her on a date. She declines. But a few days later, he goes back. She hasn't been contacted again by Brody, so she agrees to go out with Hayden.

There are only a few things, Brody and Hayden know they both have gone on dates with the same women, strangely enough they are ok with it and not jealous. Hayden and Brody are keeping some secrets, ones big enough that if the truth comes out it could all end....but for all of the things that could go wrong you will just have to read on to see.

It isn't often that a book can start you out with tears and end with tears. But this book is going to take you on an emotional ride, and some well, lots of those emotions are the tears of happiness, but some will hurt your heart for Bree. Don't let that shy you away the arrange of emotions that will captivate  you in a way that only Nikki's books can.  If this is your first one of her books you will be wanting to get your hands on every book she has published, and if your like me and have previously read them all you can't wait till the next comes out.
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2,319 reviews22 followers
July 1, 2024
This is one duet that will sweep you away...

The first book is No Strings. Prepare to swoon for this heartwarming storyline that is my new favorite from this author. Benjamin is a man who never wanted children and was thrown into a situation which led him to become a divorced father with a teenage son. As his son is at the rebellious stage, Benjamin is making some necessary changes to ensure that his son is on the right path. Savannah is a woman who did everything she could to make a life for herself and was betrayed by the two people who were supposed to care for her. Now she is forced to start over in a new city with little money and her one friend. From the first time Benjamin and Savannah meet, there is an instant attraction but their respective pasts hold them back. Savannah is a breath of fresh air. She is spunky and radiates light even when faced with disappointment. Benjamin is a workaholic who does what needs to be done. How will they deal with starting something…They have no strings? Adding another element to the dynamic is Brody, Benjamin’s son who comes with his own issues and watching him interact with his father and Savannah is a learning experience for all three. Ms. Ash has given readers a feel-good read with some heavier topics thrown in that keep the emotion going and the pages turning.

The second book is What the Heart Wants. This is one book that stuck a knife in my heart and built me back up with these incredible characters. It is a MFM and extremely well written. Aubree is a young woman who is doing her best, after the loss of her husband, to raise her children and run her family’s bakery. Hayden is a man who is working for his father’s business in the hopes of taking over one day when he is tasked with acquiring a piece of real estate that may be out of his reach. Brody is the CEO of his own company and Hayden’s best friend. Brody and Hayden have caught the eye of Aubrey but what will happen when she finds out the truth? From the beginning I was hooked. As the pages turned, certain situations felt like what transpires in real life as the visceral descriptions of the emotion Aubree displays strike a chord. The masterful way the author crafted the building relationships is just beautiful. You may want to have tissues handy as the storyline evolves. I highly recommend this book is you enjoy reading why choose and polyamory romance.

Overall, this is one book that packs a punch and it is not to be missed.
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1,145 reviews47 followers
July 1, 2024
No Strings is compelling and heartwarming🩷🩷🩷
Intense, passionate and captivating characters with an engaging, touching and meaningful storyline. Benjamin and Savannah’s story is truly heartfelt and profound.
The sexy times are so STEAMY!!!
I couldn’t help but be consumed by this enticing and beautiful story. These characters will have your heart in a vice grip and will keep it through out their story.
This book is definitely remarkable and memorable.



What the Heart Wants is a 10 star read!!!
Just reading the prologue rips your heart out💔. So a cautious WARNING to those who ugly cry for fictional characters. An array of emotions will course through your heart and if your like me you will definitely CRY! 😭😭😭

When I finished reading this book I had to take a moment just to decipher the FEELINGS I was experiencing for these characters and their loving, passionate and REMARKABLE story.

I REALLY really identified with Bree’s character. She’s relatable as a hard working women and mother. Bree’s children will steal your heart without a doubt. There are a few times when Miles will put an arrow right through it. Bree’s a real woman not just another size 0. She has body issues and imperfections.
I love that Brody and Hayden love her curves and worship her heart, body and soul.

These characters are FREAKING 🌶️🌶️🌶️and their desire for one another sizzles right of the pages of this book.
The love and respect they each have for the other is heartwarming and heart-gripping.

Lose yourself in this highly INTENSE, SENSUAL and HEART FELT story. I Loved every single moment of this book.

A note to Nikki, the brilliant author behind this BREATHTAKING and MEMORABLE book.
Those letters from Pete were so overwhelmingly beautiful yet so undeniably heartbreaking. My heart bled for Bree and her children. A testament to the fact your such a PHENOMENAL writer. You literally TOUCHED our SOULS.
Therefore, congratulations Nikki!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻Bree, Brody and Hayden’s story is TRULY STUNNING.
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448 reviews2 followers
July 1, 2024
Nikki Ash brings forth two captivating books. This book gives you two books for the price of one.

No Strings: Love Savannah and Ben's romance story. Savannah finds out that her childhood friend and her husband have been having an affair behind her back. This hurts Savannah who believes that she can't get pregnant. Her college best friend gets her a job working for her best friend's father. Ben works for the same company. He offers her a no strings relationship that Savannah agrees to. Along the way, Ben and Savannah fall in love. Savannah also helps repair Ben's relationship with his son.

What the Heart Wants: Love Brody, Hayden, and Aubree's romance story. This book starts with heart ache. As Aubree's husband and father to her twins passed away. Aubree owns a bakery that Hayden's father wants to shut down. Hayden is tasked with making sure Aubree shut down her bakery but Hayden doesn't count on the beauty of Aubree. He asks her out for which Aubree refuses. Brody goes to the same bakery and is also captive with Aubree's beauty. He also asks her out. Aubree agrees. Aubree doesn't count on the feelings she feels for both Hayden and Brody. Hayden, Aubree, and Brody start a polygamous relationship.

Love both of these captivating books. Worth the read
4,115 reviews53 followers
July 6, 2026
Brilliant box set


No Strings

Michael Gallagher and Sarah Puckett did an excellent job with the narration.

Ben is single dad to a 14 year old son, but wasn’t really part of his life until he starts acting out in school. Ben moves back to the city and his son Brody moves in. Savy who divorced her cheating husband and has written off men and relationships too. Ben and Savy are instantly attracted to each other but have sworn to a “No Strings” arrangement. Loved Ben's teenage son Brody! The story has drama and twists and turns

What the Heart Wants

Wonderful triple narration from Teddy Hamilton, Kelsey Navarro and Corvin King


When Aubree suffered the devastating loss of her husband, she knew she had to stayed strong and carry on for Miles and Evie her twins. Working with her grandma in the family bakery, who sadly dies four years later.
On separate days two gorgeous men Hayden Shae and Brody Fields walk into the bakery, and ask her on a date. She is hesitant until her friend gives her the push . Bree struggles with how to choose between them. But releases something can make it work.
The steamy parts were absolutely steamy, brilliant humour and characters.


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2,241 reviews111 followers
June 29, 2026
Love with Strings: The Complete Boxset by Nikki Ash is a contemporary single parent romance series that I listened to on audio narrated by Michael Gallagher, Sarah Puckett, Teddy Hamilton, Kelsey Navarro and Corvin King.

No Strings is a grumpy single dad meets sunshine romance. (Savannah and Benjamin)

What the Heart Wants is a curvy single mom romance. (Hayden, Brody, and Aubree)

Nikki does an amazing job making me fall in love with all of her characters. Each couple had their ups and downs, but you couldn't help but root for them. I really enjoyed getting all of their points of views throughout the book. It really brought the story to life.

All the narrators did an amazing job on the narration. They all really know how to bring a story to life. I look forward to listening to more of their work in the future.

I would recommend this series if you're looking for a contemporary romance or a single parent romance.
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2,381 reviews
July 10, 2026
—#1: ‘No Strings’—

This book completely drew me into the characters’ world, pretty instantly. It manages to be incredibly sweet, but you still can’t miss the darkness lurking just beneath the ‘surface’. I did 100% predict every little step, but it was still extremely fun letting it play out. Completely recommend, 4 stars.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Audio:
This book sounds incredible—not all do, but this one is absolute perfection. 🦩
5-star performance. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
5-star production. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️


—#2: What the Heart Wants—

**Audio version:

“You can’t help what the heart wants.”


Overall:
I’m loving this author’s ability to draw me into a fictional world, get lost for a bit, yet still keep some things concise, if that makes sense. I’ve binged Ash quite a bit lately and the more I read, the more I like her. Would happily read more of her work. 4 stars.
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Audio
Absolutely perfect narration with a full, all-star cast.
5 stars. 🦩

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Profile Image for Nicole Ortiz.
2,234 reviews55 followers
October 19, 2026

No Strings

Fun, Steamy, Sweet, listen. The narrators did an excellent job telling this single dad romance. Another great book from Nikki Ash. I really enjoyed listening to Savannah and Benjamin's story.

What the Heart Wants
Aubrey and Brody and Hayden

Brody is the son of Benjamin from No Strings all grown up, Hayden is his best friend and roommate and Aubrey is a widowed bakery owner with twins. Hayden first meets Aubrey when his dad gives him the task of breaking her lease but he is smitten at first sight, but he gets rejected. Then Brody visits the bakery and asks her out and because of a deal Aubrey made she says yes, then Hayden asks again and soon Aubrey is dating both not knowing they know each other. It was a great, fun and steamy story with a little drama. I really enjoyed listening to this.
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5,454 reviews43 followers
July 3, 2026
No strings
5 stars

What a beautiful storyline. With lots happening and very well written characters I really enjoyed it. An excellent performance from both Sarah and Michael.
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What the heart wants
5 stars

This book has such a heartbreaking storyline. With a second chance at love this woman picks not one but two hunky millionaires to find happiness. A fantastic performance.
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241 reviews
July 8, 2026
I got this as an audiobook and let me just say it was such a good way to spend the time.

All the narrators did so well with their roles, Sarah Puckett and Kelsie Navarro were amazing and I loved how they were able to capture Savannah’s southern twang in their own ways.

And this is the first Corvin King audiobook that hasn’t made me cry so thats also a plus
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557 reviews14 followers
July 31, 2026
I really enjoy this duet. It has all the things I love in my stories, full of angst, spice, and all the love.

I couldn't stop listening once I started so both books in a set was perfect. The narrators were great together.
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411 reviews7 followers
August 4, 2026
This audiobook contains the whole series, with both No Strings, and What The Heart Wants. The audiobook was so good. And I loved how the narrators bright the characters to life. It was done beautifully, and it made the experience listening so good! ✨

I loved this interconnected duet, and their characters. No Strings holds Savannah and Benjamin. Savannah is an amazing character with so much love and compassion. Benjamin is a single dad with his mind set to never get involved with someone again. Benjamin's son Brody was also a huge highlight to the story. The growth he had was amazing. Loved the chemistry and heat.

This book follows Brody and his best friend Hayden as they meet the sweetest person Aubree. She is a single twin mom, and working so hard to make the ends meet. I loved how they both grew individual relationships with her, before they eventually came together as one unit. It was such an inspirational story with lots of emotions, healing and love. This has to be one of my favorite books of Nikki's 🤍
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