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Bestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours! Love is blind...and apparently pretty hairy My slimeball boss embezzled from the company and framed me! I think I can prove I’m not guilty, but a trial will take months. I don’t have months. I may not even have weeks. I'm incarcerated, terminally ill, and out of options. My lawyer's solution? Well, let’s just say the guy's legal advice lands me in the furry arms of a legendary cryptid. Luckily, the big, possessive, cinnamon roll might be exactly what I...

Part of a world-wide, clandestine army comprised of the best of the best shifters, P.O.L.A.R.’s home base is Siberia…until the team pisses somebody off and gets re-assigned to Sunkissed Key, Florida and these arctic shifters suddenly find themselves surrounded by sun, sand, flip-flops and palm trees.

Bestselling authors Candace Ayers and Kym Dillon bring you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours! Paranormal passion only a shifter can deliver. Let the games begin. They say I'm wild, untamed, savage. They're not wrong. I prefer my fur rather than skin. I haven't set paw in the village in sixteen years. Nor have I wanted to. Until now. Until her. My claws scrape the floor as I circle her, staking my claim. She trembles under my hot breath, her heart racing. I know she’s mine the second I lay eyes on her. I don't care who I have to fight...

Ten years ago, Lang chose his family, his lineage and his bloodline over his heart. Not a day has gone by since that he hasn’t regretted it. Now it’s time to put the past in the past and claim his mate. This time, Lang will let nothing get in his way. A decade ago, Muddy watched, horrified, as the man who stole her virginity and her heart chose another woman. Now, he thinks he can come waltzing back into her life? No effin’ way. NOTE: In the late 1800s, on a homestead in New Mexico, Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Knowing there was power in the feminine ...

Bashful Bunny meets Big Bad Bruin The school librarian, Violet Caldwell, is in for a surprise this fall. There’s a new faculty member at Gasparilla Junior High. He appears to be an unassuming history teacher, but Violet knows better. He’s dangerous. He’s dominant. He’s her mate! All she can think to do is to run…and hide! (It’s not her finest moment, but…) She’s riddled with anxiety. She’s frightened of everything. She’s on the verge of a panic attack! B.E.A.R.S. (Bruin Evaluation Assessment and Reconnaissance Specialists) series, Book #1: Knox and Violet. SERIES READING...

Elizabeth gave up everything and followed her boyfriend across the country, hoping the move would cement their relationship. Then, she found him in the arms of another woman. Alex actually thinks his father's will is funny. The first of his sons to produce an heir will inherit the family's billion-dollar ranch. He'd rather party and play than run a ranching operation. When Alex meets Elizabeth, they share one night of steamy passion. Each has only memories of that night...until Elizabeth receives news about a soon-to-be arriving little bundle of joy.

Who knew justice was so poetic? Maverick has a rep as a hard-boiled investigator. He’s never had a case he’s been unable to crack. When a decade-old cold case falls on his desk, his homicide investigation leads to Sunkissed Key, and to his main suspect, Sinclair Townsend— his mate. For almost ten years, Sinclair has managed to deny the events that forever changed her life. But when her house of cards falls, it implodes. By a twist of fate, Kade Maverick is her mate—and her nemesis. B.E.A.R.S. (Bruin Evaluation Assessment and Reconnaissance Specialists) SERIES READING ORDER: 1. ...

Allie is running scared. Not from monsters in the closet, or creepy things under the bed; she's scared of commitment. On the run from a would-be fiancé, she finds a temp job as a barmaid in a small Texas town out in the middle of nowhere. True love is not on the agenda until she meets her big, burly boss, hot-as-hell Thorn Canton, who lights her fires in all the right places. Bear shifter Thorn Canton is a successful tavern owner with no plans whatsoever of getting hitched. In fact, to Thorn, a mate might mean a fate worse than death; literally.

Luna is a timid bunny shifter, so shy she’s practically a recluse. Pratt is a huge bear shifter in the Raging Bears MC, an outlaw biker gang. How is it that fate has paired such an unlikely match? It really doesn’t look like these two are destined to be mates…until friends step in. Leave it to the She-Shifters of Hell’s Corner to nudge the romance along a bit! NOTE: In the late 1800’s, on a homestead in New Mexico, a female shifter named Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Helen knew there was power in the feminine bonds of sisterhood, and she provided an ...

Wolf shifter Raif Williams is a cynical, hard-boiled detective. The last thing he wants is a mate. He’s already married to the police force. Clumsy, awkward photographer Denny Wade has sworn off men. Why else would she live in a town of mostly females? When chasing a lead brings Raif to the eclectic town of Helen’s Corner, and face to face with clumsy Denny, he's forced to face a truth more frightening than any of the ruthless criminals he chases. He's just found his mate. NOTE: In the late 1800s, on a homestead in New Mexico, Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances....

Something’s lurking in the swamplands of the Deep South. These massive dragons have been exiled from their homeland. Each must find his one true mate before it’s too late.

Wolf shifter Holt Monroe has a big decision to make. Retire from the military, or re-enlist? When he meets his sister’s best friend, sassy little Sonnie Chaplan, Holt craves every inch of her milky skin and luscious curves. After succumbing to one night of passion, Sonnie swears it will never happen again. But, as soon as Holt learns she’s carrying his baby, he’ll move hell and high water to make her his. NOTE: In the late 1800s, on a homestead in New Mexico, Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Knowing there was power in the feminine bonds of sisterhood, Helen...

Someone's bound to get burned John Long’s girlfriend—socialite Mandy Scott—has finally agreed to move to his family’s ranch and give the simple life a chance. Everything is going according to plan. Until he meets Mandy’s assistant, Bunny St. John, his fated mate. Bunny’s divorce papers are barely dry. She’s fed up with men, doubly fed up with bear shifters, and doesn’t care one iota about this whole ‘mate’ crap. She’s not letting any man into her life, especially not John Long. But the two can only dance around the flames of desire for so long, though, before someone ...

Olivia Harris is recovering from a nightmare. Most days she’s certain she will never be mentally healthy enough to rejoin the human race. Suffering from PTSD and experiencing severe anxiety attacks, she returns to her native Alaska to live in semi-seclusion in the little cabin she inherited from her father. Tucker Sterling struggles with a restless, unsettled bear that he is unable to tame. Nothing soothes his bear, not the six years he spent in the army’s Delta Force unit, not the multitude of nameless, faceless, women who share his bed, nothing—until Liv Harris returns to Port Ursa....

Bestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours! Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates! In the high-powered world of Los Angeles, my kind reigns supreme. From the shadows, that is. Power? Check. Wealth? Check. Heirs? Here’s where things get tricky.BfB is my shot at passing on my legacy. And my fortune. With an arranged marriage, I can check the last box on my list. Our union, of course, will be impersonal and unemotional. But when my eyes meet hers, something ...

Michael Long is damaged. Broken. Dangerous. And the scars run deep. The only time his bear emerges is to viciously maim and kill. So when his mate shows up, right there on his family’s ranch, his only course of action is to avoid her. Daisy Hawkins is unavoidable. The kindergarten teacher may be as sweet as her name implies, but Daisy won’t take no for an answer. She’s not sure what comes over her when she set eyes on the tall, muscular rancher but so what if she’s never hit on a man before? Michael Long is the hottest man she’s ever seen. *BOOKS IN THIS SERIES INCLUDE:* Rancher ...

Here I am, on the butt end of thirty—the black sheep, the screw-up, the major disappointment—fresh out of rehab and trying to get my crap together. *sigh* Dr. Baker, my shrink, says I should quit obsessing over my dream guy because he’s not real. He was merely a hallucination during a psychotic break I suffered nearly twenty years ago. *sigh* Well, when Dream Guy comes walking into Mimi's Cabana, a local tiki bar, maybe I’m hallucinating again. And maybe I don’t care. *sigh* I really am hopeless. This is a short, standalone shifter novella set in the P.O.L.A.R., Cybermates, and ...

Charlie is a ballsy, badazz wolf shifter. She knows that for any man to truly satisfy her, he’ll have to be the strong, confident type. When Axel rolls into town with his outlaw biker gang, he’s strong and confident alright. She can’t believe fate would pair her with the rude, crude, leather-clad beast. Even if he is the hottest man she’s ever seen. NOTE: In the late 1800s, on a homestead in New Mexico, Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Knowing there was power in the feminine bonds of sisterhood, Helen created an oasis for women who, like herself, had been...

Bestselling author Candace Ayers brings you SHORT "lunchtime quickie" reads—condensed romances intended to be read in under 2 hours! Dragon scales and bridal veils—billionaire shifters find their fiery mates! A bespoke suit, impeccable table manners, and perpetual scowl. He insists on sitting in my section at the bistro where I waitress. But he’s the grumpiest man alive. He never cracks a smile. Imagine my surprise when we end up husband and wife! All I wanted was to make my grandfather's dying wish come true. Now I’m married to Mr. Grumpilicious. But as I say “I do,” I can't ...

One, two, three four, I declare a cyberwar. Lukas Torres is both brawn and brilliance. He’s a skilled coder as well as a hardcore field agent. His social skills, though…well, they’re lacking. He needs help to win over his mate. So Lukas (accidentally on purpose) hacks into her server. Needless to say, that doesn’t go over well. When Brennan Malkovich gets a digital smackdown, it’s time to up her cyber game. And where should she turn for help? The cocky, arrogant hacker himself—Lukas Torres. Only he’s not so arrogant. Or cocky. In fact, he’s kind of sweet. In a snarly, growly...