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Lady Augusta Penworthy is in dire straights. Her father has spent every last coin, and she and her sisters cannot even afford coal. One chance encounter and a torn gown changes everything. While one might think a sudden marriage to a wealthy lord a relief if that marriage is to the Duke of Blacktower, one would be vastly mistaken. For no young lady wishes to be that infamous rake's bride.

Fifteen cozy spicy romances. Three complete shifter series in one sizzling bundle! Series included in this collection: Brides for Beasts: Bears Brides for Beasts: Wolves Brides for Beasts: Dragons Unlikely Mate: A Fated Mates Romance When a gruff bear shifter alpha collides with a cynical human recruiter for an arranged-marriage program, sparks fly in a fated-mates romance fueled by possessive instincts, small-town magic, and scorching chemistry. Off-Limits Mate: A Forbidden Romance When a curvy, pregnant bride meets a dominant bear-shifter enforcer, he knows she’s his fated mate but his ...

Lara has only one thought for her husband on their wedding day: I will bring your kingdom to its knees. A princess trained from childhood to be a lethal spy, Lara knows that the Bridge Kingdom represents both legendary evil - and legendary promise. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom controls all trade and travel between lands, allowing its ruler to enrich himself and deprive his enemies, including Lara’s homeland. So when she is sent as a bride under the guise of fulfilling a treaty of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes....

In USA Today bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s latest installment in the Palace of Rogues series, an estranged couple decide to fake their way through the London season to repair their good name… but neither are prepared for the genuine sparks that begin flying between them. A...

Warlord Iven has one foot in the grave, days away from a ceremonial execution to save his honor—and the galaxy—from his untamed beast. But when a desperate plea lands a mission in his lap, everything changes. A royal child is in hiding. Assassins are on Earth. And his last chance at redemption lies in a sleepy little town in Washington … in the form of a fiercely protective, infuriatingly sexy fourth-grade teacher named Krystal.

They call him the beast. The savage. Feral monster. Kept as a pet by the cruel Barbarian Empress since childhood, Rolan has been granted his freedom and given a bride to call his own. Another like him, he is told—covered from head to toe with fur-like hair. Ugly like him. An outcast. A pariah, hated by a society that accepts no differences. But he won't hate her. After all he's endured, she will be a welcome cure to his loneliness.

Warlord Kai knows his mate is out there, somewhere on Earth. She is alone, hunted by both the Hive and the Coalition Fleet’s Intelligence Core. Both want information she is unaware she possesses. Knowing she is in danger enrages his beast, pushes him ever closer to madness. There is nowhere he won’t go, nothing he won’t do, to find her. Protect her. Claim her.

I've spent my life in darkness, hidden away from the world. It's where monsters belong after all, isn't it? But my curvy maid, Dahlia, brings more than just order to my world. She brings me back to life and makes me want more. My beastly appearance doesn't scare her. Nothing does. Except, perhaps, the father she's running from. But I won't give her up for any man. This beauty is all mine.

Warlord Wulf thought nothing could be worse than being tortured and contaminated by the Hive. That was before he’s ordered to transport to Earth and represent the Colony in an unfamiliar horror...a human reality show. The Bachelor Beast is the hottest new program on Earth, but being set up with two dozen clingy females is not his idea of a good time. When his Beast refuses to show the slightest interest in any of the show’s potential mates, he knows he must choose one or die due to his raging mating fever.

Bride of the Briar Beast is a dark romantasy fairy tale retelling of Beauty and the Beast, with enemies to lovers tension, a cursed castle, and a horned beast who does not ask twice. I was supposed to hunt a stag. I fired an ash-tipped arrow instead, and the Briarwood answered. Hunger Season had Thornford starving, and my little sister, Mira, was running out of time. When the Briar Beast came to collect an old debt, Baron Halver did what men like him always do. He offered me as tribute to save himself, and called it mercy. Briarhold sits behind living thorns and story-law. The Horned Lord, ...

Just when I think I’m getting my life under control, my alien husband kidnaps me—and manages to get amnesia. I’ve mostly come to grips with my new reality. Earth is a memory, I’m making a name for myself, and I can usually ignore the reason I’m here… my horrible alien warlord husband. But the Beast doesn’t want to be ignored. Nope. He wants me, and unlike other Suevans, he doesn't like to take no for an answer… so he kidnaps me, determined to win me over. Good luck with that, buddy.

He stole her to punish her father…but now he’ll never let her go. Amber Lockhart was raised in silk and safety, far from the shadows her father cast over countless lives—including Cullen's. Scarred, exiled, and consumed by vengeance, Cullen has waited ten long years to destroy the man who betrayed him. But when he finally kidnaps the man’s daughter, he doesn’t expect her to be sweet. Or soft. Or so heartbreakingly innocent. Now she’s locked away in his crumbling mansion, surrounded by forest and guarded by the beast himself. She should be terrified. Instead, she’s curious. ...

I’ve been told I’m beautiful to look at, but I’m a monster all the same. Barely contained. Terrifying now that the thirst is upon me. I’m a beast king, and that comes with its pros and cons. Big con: I have to take a bride. It’s built into my DNA. We all reach a point where the drive kicks in. I thought I still had time. I was wrong. I need to find her. The one. A vampiress whose blood will quench me. The hunt is on. If I don’t find her soon, I’ll be put down like a rabid dog, leaving my throne to my greatest enemy: my rival by blood. And that can’t happen.

Sometimes love can’t be explained or defined… Oliver Anders always wanted to find love, but felt shunned and embarrassed by his disfigurement. He couldn’t help how he looked, the scars a brutal reminder of the fire so long ago that left him alone and unwanted. Stunned and mortified, Oliver doesn’t know how long he can hide away in his own home when a strange woman arrives on his doorstep, claiming to be his bride. Penelope Greene was tired of being rejected and criticized. She’d had enough of society and wanted a place to hide away, jumping at the chance to lose herself in Lore ...

A bold, seductive laird meets his passionate match in a scintillating Highland romance from New York Times bestselling author Lynsay Sands Sword fighting, swearing, and riding astride come naturally to Saidh Buchanan. Simpering and holding her tongue— definitely not. Raised alongside seven...

Escape Earth. Find an alien husband. Get dumped. Now what? Emily Emily’s last husband returned her to the mail order bride agency because she’s defective. When the agency matches her to a second alien, he doesn’t show up to claim her. She has two choices: go to the local brothel to earn her keep or be sold off at random to an alien, a Zyanthan Warrior to be precise. Zyanthan males reportedly have two *****. While that will certainly make their time in the bedroom more fun, Emily doesn’t care about physiology. She just wants someone who will be kind to her and who won’t return her ...

Warlord Tane of Atlan is a warrior, not a prince. So why is he wearing these ridiculous white pants and gold-trimmed jacket? And gods help him, why are there hundreds of females in glittering gowns, circling like vultures, expecting him to dance? The human producers of the Bachelor Beast television show thought this would be a good idea; dress up an unmated Warlord like a fairytale prince, invite hundreds of eligible human women to a “Cinderella Ball,” turn on their cameras, and record everything. And then he sees her. His mate. The only female who can tame his beast.

When her fiancé's father takes advantage of her, and she doesn't know who to trust... So she seeks out her old childhood friend, who's gone on to become the most feared criminal in London. Nervous, she knocks on the door. And when he towers over her, caging her in against the doorframe, she trembles. But then his dark gaze rakes over her, and heat flares in his eyes. "Who did this to you?"

She was supposed to spend a few days wandering around with her twin sister, seeing the sights, expanding her horizons. The trip was supposed to be a much needed break from the hectic schedule she was keeping in school. She was only nineteen. She had plans. Finish college. Medical school. Husband. House. Two-point-five perfect kids and a golden retriever named Buddy. All that changed with one roar of pain. She heard him. A beast. He was out of control, locked behind an impenetrable wall, alone. Suffering the agony of mating fever.

“You can’t help but fall in love with Lynsay Sands!” —New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd Lynsay Sands—the perennial USA Today and New York Times bestselling author well-known and loved for her delightful novels featuring the Argeneau family of vampires—once again shows...