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Two years after the world fell apart, I'm entirely alone, a twenty-four-year-old woman scrounging for food and barely surviving. My only choice left is to hook up with a group of roaming scavengers. They're not good people, but it's safer with them than on my own. Deck immediately makes himself my silent protector. He never speaks, but he doesn't have to. He keeps me alive, and I try to communicate with him. We eventually learn to trust each other. The world after Impact is rawer and bleaker than what it used to be, and we've lost most of what made life worth living.

Years before, Wade Rycroft fell in love with Geneva Harris, the smartest girl in his class. The rodeo star and the shy academic made for an odd pair but their chemistry was undeniable. They made plans to get married after high school but when Genny left him standing in the rain, he joined the Army and vowed to leave that life behind. Genny married the town’s golden boy, and Wade knew that he couldn’t go home again. Fifteen years later, Wade returns to his Texas hometown for his brother’s wedding and walks into a storm of scandal.

In this book - Biker MC - Best Friends Brother - Forced Proximity - One Bed - Touch her and Die - Good Girl - Lite Age Gap (8 years). Ten years. One couch. No more pretending. I've wanted my best friend's brother since I was sixteen. Razor never wanted me back — or so I told myself. Then I saw something at the clinic I shouldn't have seen, and somebody decided I needed to stop asking about it. My best friend Kate made the call I begged her not to make, and now six feet of tattooed biker is sleeping in my living room and looking at me like I'm something he's been trying not to look at for ...

She exposes secrets. He lives to protect them. SIMONE The story was supposed to be about illegal drilling. Then I saw a man shift into a bear—and someone decided I couldn’t leave alive. Calder Voss saves me, hides me, and tells me the truth I can never publish. Protecting his world means destroying my career. For the first time, I don’t know which truth matters more. CALDER My job is keeping shifter secrets buried. Simone is the kind of woman who digs them up. She’s stubborn, brilliant, and my mate. Loving her means letting go of control—and trusting that silence can be an act of ...

My one giant step for mankind...ends in a crash landing. Go figure. When my friends and I are sucked into another galaxy, I'm sure we're about to die. But when I wake up I'm all alone on a desert planet. Or so I think. Turns out there's a giant, hunky alien warrior right there with me. Doshax rescues me from the gruesome rodents and lizards hunting us and finds food for me to eat. He even builds me a shelter. I could get used to this! But I need to find my friends. And figure out how to get home. He needs to find his own squadron. Once he does, we'll go our separate ways. Just one problem: ...

Christy has the guy. The terrorists have been taken care of, and she has a shot at becoming popular. Life is great! Until they find her. Now she must run and leave behind everything she knows, including herself. When Christy returns home, she discovers that not much has changed. Not only is she still an outcast, but the bullies are even more persistent than before. When the guy that sends her pulse racing shows up, everything changes.

Running from the past is always a risk. Letting three rough men protect me? That's a mistake that'll cost me my heart. Why? Because these men know what it's like to live by their own rules. They know how it feels to be free. A freak storm brought me to their door, half drowned and desperate to be cared for. And now, they won't let me out of their sight.

Mouse: I have no memory or what or who I am, all I know is that everyone and everything is out to hurt me. Hands slap, teeth bite, and boots kick. So when I meet a big, bronzed warrior with blue eyes whose hands are gentle and voice is kind, I don't trust him. And when he starts showing up in my dreams, a part of me I long thought was dead awakens with a passion.

I walked into a mountain bar looking for a paycheck. I was supposed to pour whiskey, flirt for tips, and keep my head down. But I was way too sassy. I found a six-foot-seven Alpha loner with gray-streaked hair and trouble inked into his skin, riding a Harley. He acted like my smile was a loaded gun. His eyes said mate. His mouth said leave. Barmaid work in the 1950s was easy until I opened my mouth and the whole town watched. Then the hunter noticed. The one who collected shifters like trophies and called it justice. Callum hauled me to safety. He lived quiet, stayed hidden, and alone on ...

She saved his life, now he thinks hers is his to protect. I saved a stranger in a dark alley—stabbed, bleeding, barely holding on. I didn’t think twice. I called 911, held pressure to the wound, and stayed until help arrived. I never expected to see him again. But then the little things started happening. My coffee paid for. My broken door mysteriously fixed. The dishes I didn’t do…done. I felt eyes on me. Always watching. Always near. Until one night, he stepped out of the shadows— And into my bedroom. He says he’s been protecting me. He says he owes me his life. And now... he ...

He might convince her to move him out of the friend zone…but only if they can stay alive long enough… All Josiah Wynton has to do is pretend to be the undercover FBI agent’s boyfriend. Watching her back while she investigates a drug trafficking ring inside the rodeo circuit will be easy. Ignoring the fact that he’s been in love with her for years and she only thinks of him as a friend, however, will not… Rayna Quinn never gives up. She will get to the bottom of this case and keep her cover while she does it. Her best friend and bodyguard shouldn’t be a distraction. She should be...

Beau Carmouche-LeBlanc. Savage. Dangerous. Crime lord. Irresistible. He was her greatest danger and also her only safe place. Beau Carmouche-LeBlanc, a ruthless crime lord, rules New Orleans as if it were his kingdom. Fiercely loyal to the few he calls friends and merciless to his enemies, he controls his empire with an iron fist and nothing happens without his knowledge. Until the day a bold, sensual woman storms into his life, tempting him to defy his own rules, even when he knows she’s lying. Amber Martin is a survivor. Fierce and seductive, she’s had to become her own hero. And when...

Angelo You know who I am You know what I can do I met an angel at a mask ball No words just fun But then when the angel showed up as a temp at my company The tattoo on her arm gave it all away My son Ethan hurt her Plus she has a baby in her! Whose baby? He will pay for hurting an angel And she will see what it means to be with a Real Wealthy Protective Man!

Hannah Welsh needs to quit her job. But with the holidays looming and a strong sense of loyalty, she's reluctant to leave the place she's called home for seven years. Until the day she's rescued by a giant mountain man while working... King Bishop has longed to make Hannah his for years. But with a considerable age difference between them, he's reluctant to ask for more from the curvy girl he comes to town to see. Until he discovers her bent over in pain and decides it's time to claim his woman.

Beth Sinclair has a secret, a secret she’s been hiding from for three years now. She’s happy hiding in the little town of Clearwater, and even happier when she meets a hot firefighter. However, will he stay around when he finds out what she’s been hiding? Nick Kinkirk can’t figure out why the mousy damsel in distress intrigues him so much. He doesn’t like mice. His type is a fiery redhead in need of taming. However, this mousy damsel finds her way over his knee just as often. What’s with that? And when danger escalates, can he make the sacrifices needed to keep her safe? This is...

Claimed. Protected. But far from safe. . . Our Hannah saved each of us By bringing us together, By loving us. We claimed her body. Then she claimed our hearts. We’ll do anything to protect her. Lie for her. Steal for her. Kill for her. We’re a family now. But our happiness won’t last. The rules have changed. She’s determined to protect us. Even if it means leaving us. Our Hannah doesn’t realize, We won’t let her go. . . * * * Protected by the Convicts (book 2 of Prison World series) is a steamy reverse harem romance with a enemies to lovers trope set in a galaxy where women are ...

When financial transfers lead to offshore accounts and a missing campaign aide, Detective Greg Dickson and investigative reporter Samantha Leary are called to trace the trail. As they navigate corporate ledgers, political influence, and a web of manipulations, the truth about who can be trusted — and who is being used — becomes painfully clear. Samantha observes the subtleties that others miss, uncovering the human cost of ambition, idealism, and the invisible hands that guide them. The stakes are high, the answers elusive, and one man’s disappearance will challenge everything they ...

I had one intoxicating night with a chiseled bad boy… then found out he’s my new off-limits bodyguard… Christian Benson: Charming. Ex-Navy SEAL. Billionaire. Playboy. A flirty bet at a bar leads to a night of uninhibited passion where he works me like I’m his most important mission. And I’m in ecstasy until I wake up to find he left in the middle of the night without even a note. The next day, I’m shocked to learn that he’s my new bodyguard, tasked with protecting me 24/7 from my ex, who’s been stalking me. Then, Christian goes from warm and charming to cold and distant. ...

I got pregnant and rejected by the Lycan King. Now I'm dying and only he can save me. I was just a human working at a café- pouring lattes, hiding behind books, and pretending not to notice the hot, six-foot-five man who watched me every morning like I was already his. Until one night, the sexy monster broke into my apartment, growled that I was his fated mate… and then claimed me. Rough, feral, unforgettable. By morning, he was gone. And when I tracked him down, desperate for answers, he rejected me like I was nothing. Weeks later, I found out I was pregnant with his twins. I swore ...

She asked for a protector. She got a fake husband. Who knew he could be all she needs and so much more? When Oaks Malone sees a woman abducted on the street, his military training kicks in and he hatches a plan to rescue her. What he never expected was marrying her to keep her from becoming a pawn in a dangerous plot devised by a terrorist group. Oaks also didn’t anticipate feeling so protective of his new ward…who now bears his last name. Shiloh knows far too much about her sleazy ex making deals with terrorists. Now she’s caught in a terrifying tug-of-war between them. While Oaks ...