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Retirement isn't easy for a former CIA assassin. For fifty-five-year-old Helen Warwick, it may be impossible. Even Helen's family doesn't know the true nature of the work she's done for decades—the secret black ops, the sanctioned executions. But her plan to spend time reconnecting with her grown children has just been blown up-along with her son's house—by hired killers. Why is she being targeted now—and by whom?

My mom always said you don’t get a second shot at making a first impression. I’ve remembered that my entire career. Especially since I’m one of the few Black men who play professional hockey. I’m calculated and respectful in the way I speak to my coaches, the owners, and the media. I’ve never taken a risk...until her.

When Ryan Caldwell, the team's new left winger, walks back into Gabe's life—all smiles and swagger—Gabe Jacobs is ready to explode. This is the guy who made middle school hell. And he doesn't even remember Gabe. Doesn't flinch. Doesn't apologize. Just flashes that easy charm like the past never happened. At first, Gabe is furious. Hell-bent on making Ryan pay. But then something worse happens. He gets to know him.

Jimmy has often done work for his sister Mallory's law firm, and this time, the new partner and his handsome associate want to hire Jimmy to solve the mystery of twin brothers. One of the twins lies in a coma, while the other has gone missing. Aiding Jimmy in this confusing case is Brenden Hendricks, the young lawyer who just happens to have a strong attraction to Jimmy.

As one of the top paid defense-men in the NHL, my life has been a revolving door of beautiful women and no-strings-attached sex. Until Brynne. It was only supposed to be a one-night-fling. Hell, it wasn't even supposed to be that. I knew the cardinal rule. Don't touch the coach's daughter. And for years, I kept my hands to myself. It wasn't difficult considering Brynne Jacobs hates my guts.

Spanning a decade, The Second Shot is an alternate-(future) history telling of the 2020 election and the civil war that followed, told from the perspective of half a dozen people from sea to shining sea.

The next book of the series! Don’t Slip Up (Fantasia Book #2): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FQ6CZPW I was on a date with the girl of my dreams when life took a strange turn and I found myself sucked into a virtual game world. It was pretty much a nose dive out of my own world of comforts, where I had everything: money, love and a bright future on the horizon. I'm not a gamer and I’ve never been one to run from reality, but it seems fate has decided that my real life no longer belongs to me. Now I'm rotting away in some dumpy medieval village where everyone I meet wants to kill me. But I...

I ran out on my wedding… and into the arms of my best friend’s brother. Who just told the entire town we’re engaged. One second, I’m bolting from “I do” in a cloud of tulle and regret. The next, I’m pressed up against Declan Ford—tattooed, broody, abs to die for—while he wraps his arms around me and kisses me like he means it. The man I was never supposed to want. My best friend’s brother. Widowed single dad. My new freaking neighbor. And now? My fake fiancé. It’s just damage control, he says. One little lie to keep the gossip at bay and my ex away. But this house ...

Five years ago, Nalani pushed me to take an offer from Lincoln University for a full ride, giving me a better shot at playing professional hockey. She promised to make the move with me then bailed at the last minute, breaking her promise and my heart. Now she’s in my city, in my space, vying for a job in the Bears' organization, and trying to get my attention. But all I'm giving her is my back. The old saying, "Screw me once, shame on you. Screw me twice, shame on me," rings in my head, but not as loudly as the memory of how hot we were together.

Nerdy girls like me don’t stand a chance with hunky, billionaire hockey gods. Yet I’m dating one. And even though it’s a fake relationship, it sure doesn’t feel fake under the covers. I’ve never forgotten that deliriously sizzling night I met Noah Harrington. He rescued me from a wilderness car crash, and our physical connection alone electrified his cabin. He told me he'd never been married. But then I saw his wedding photos. No need sticking around for a liar. Years later, my brother gets me a job with his hockey team. And surprise. I meet his best friend, the team star: Noah, ...

The first time I got married, I watched the man I love walk away from me. The second time around, I’m the one signing the dotted line first—this one a man who I realized I never loved. Once burned, twice broken, I’m done looking for love. Only my first ex-husband seems to be everywhere I turn—at my work, with my friends, and eventually…in my bed. I didn’t mean for it to happen. Twice. But I know if I don’t protect my heart, there will be nothing left of me if he walks away again without telling me why he did so in the first place.

Evelyn Chang and her husband were vacationing in the Philippines when they were ambushed by terrorists. Evelyn’s husband was killed. She was kidnapped and disappeared into the lawless netherworld of the Sulu Archipelago. There was no hope of a rescue. Former Green Beret Gene Yu was five years out of the military, unemployed, and struggling with his transition back to the real world when Evelyn’s family asked for help. His improbable mission: infiltrate one of the most dangerous corners of the world and get her back. Alone.

A drunken mistake in college cost US Marshal Maxwell Ames the love of Dominique Deveraux and six years later, he’s determined to fix the slip-up. But there’s just one tiny problem - someone wants the Deveraux family dead. Dominique Deveraux never expected Max to reappear in her life, let alone apologize, but as Dominique investigates the mysterious attacks on her wealthy family Max quickly becomes far more than her one time college classmate. Now, Max and Dominique must dodge mercenaries and bullets as they try to make sure that they’re the only ones who get a second shot.

Stella I’ll never forgive him. Not when he left me with a broken heart four years ago. Leaving me to pick up the shattered pieces of what I thought was supposed to be our forever. But nothing ever lasts. I thought I was over him. I finally glued myself back together again and I’m happy. But when Wyatt Thatcher transfers to my school as the new hotshot defender on the King of Hart U’s hockey team, those feelings of hurt, pain, and betrayal come right back to the surface. I’m angry that he’s here but even more angry at myself because my heart still picks up its pace when he's near. ...

Los Angeles, 1920s: Socialite Mirielle West's days are crowded with shopping, luncheons, and prepping for the myriad glittering parties she attends with her actor husband, Charlie. She's been too busy to even notice the small patch of pale skin on the back of her hand. Other than an occasional overindulgence in gin and champagne, which helps to numb the pain of recent tragedy, Mirielle is the picture of health. But her doctor insists on more tests, and Mirielle reluctantly agrees. The diagnosis - leprosy - is devastating and unthinkable. 

Behind the gilded walls of a Sydney mansion, Clare Bertrand moves through a world where desire blurs into danger and every glance carries a cost. Entangled in a charged connection with Louis Grayson—a man whose love borders on obsession—she struggles to hold onto the delicate balance of her reality. As gifts from childhood friend William Fortune begin to reveal a darker intent, Clare finds herself caught in a web of secrets that threaten to repeat a past she barely understands. Her violin, once an escape, now plays a mournful score of longing and fate.

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To open her cannabis dispensary, a chronically ill woman must defeat the surly doctor next door in this hilarious and steamy romantic comedy. Nomi Wyeth, former valedictorian and current pothead, has her heart set on opening her own boutique cannabis dispensary in charming downtown Sparrow Nook...

Mason Thorne, a successful photographer, fled his quiet hometown years ago, leaving behind a past he desperately wanted to outrun and the only woman who ever truly understood him. Now, an urgent family crisis forces him back to Willow Creek, straight into the orbit of Julianna "Jules" Reed. Jules, a vibrant single mom, has built a thriving café and a beautiful life from the pieces Mason left shattered. She's strong, independent, and fiercely protective of her daughter. But Mason's unexpected return, and his quiet kindness, slowly starts to chip away at her carefully constructed defenses. ...

A sweet and sexy hockey romance about two ex-teammates and former best friends with benefits who are about to discover whether you can ever really have a second chance. From the New York Times bestselling author of the Heated Rivalry, Rachel Reid. After moving back to his hometown ten years ago...