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Escaping the mafia should have been simple. A new life with a new identity in a new location. But that plan was conceived long before Simone captured Maria’s heart. Maria’s love for Simone changes everything. When Maria receives devastating news that sends her world into turmoil, she must overcome her demons and face her toughest adversary to date.

Life is peaceful and predictable in Fool’s Valley after Aangavar’s death. Of course, nothing lasts forever. When Hal and Laurel receive an invitation to attend the Harvest Tournament from Maxim Cedric, they’re forced to leave their routine life behind and make the journey to Meldence, the capital of the realm. The city’s intrigue spares no one. Hal Is forced to play the role of Laurel’s servant and bodyguard as she reacquaints herself with the Meldence court.

Bound by the Mafia’s code of honor, loyalty, and silence, Maria Lombardo has always dreamed of another life. But when her father dies, she must take over from him as head of the Lombardo clan. On the other side of Palermo, the Amato family’s growing lust for power presents a dangerous problem. Maria is forced to take action that goes against every fiber of her being, or she will lose the respect of her clan. Falling for Simone complicates an already complex situation. As the two women’s attraction for each other deepens, secrets are revealed that threaten their future together.

Halrin Kentar’s life was one of dusty books, elvish translations, and political appearances. As the son of one of the most prominent Voicemen in the Collected Provinces, he lived a controlled and sheltered existence...And then everything changed.Carried off to an unknown land filled with magic, maidens, and monsters, he’s given a chance to be who he wants through the cruelest twist of fate. Hal’s prepared to do anything for revenge, including becoming the apprentice of an alluring female sword master, and learning to use the magic of hot emotion, passion, and lust.

Johanna Neumann, a once-acclaimed pianist, is forced to leave her high-society life in Berlin to support her military husband, the newly appointed Kommandant of Erstein. With her son enlisted in the Hitler Youth and her dreams of music silenced by the clamor of conflict, she grapples with the harsh realities of her new existence in a place where she is neither welcome nor trusted. Haunted by loss and loneliness and disillusioned by her husband’s transformation, she yearns for an end to the war so she can go back to her beloved homeland before her daughter is recruited into the Nazi regime.

What is there to celebrate when you turn thirty-two? You’re still desperately single and thousands of miles away from home. As Ashley contemplates her life as a lesbian stuck in the middle of the Syrian oil fields surrounded by more men than there is sand, a blast from the past brings with it the opportunity to rekindle old flames. But what of the local chef Iman? As she awakens to her sexuality, in a country where such love is forbidden, will her heart’s yearning be satisfied or forever denied?

Escaping the mafia should have been simple. A new life with a new identity in a new location. But that plan was conceived long before Simone captured Maria’s heart. Maria’s love for Simone changes everything. When Maria receives devastating news that sends her world into turmoil, she must overcome her demons and face her toughest adversary to date.

Bound by the Mafia’s code of honor, loyalty, and silence, Maria Lombardo has always dreamed of another life. But when her father dies, she must take over from him as head of the Lombardo clan, the most powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia, La Cosa Nostra. On the other side of Palermo, the Amato family’s growing lust for power presents a dangerous problem. Maria is forced to take action that goes against every fiber of her being, or she will lose the respect of her clan. Falling for Simone complicates an already complex situation.

As Ashley contemplates her life as a lesbian stuck in the middle of the Syrian oil fields surrounded by more men than there is sand, a blast from the past brings with it the opportunity to rekindle old flames. But what of the local chef Iman? As she awakens to her sexuality, in a country where such love is forbidden, will her heart's yearning be satisfied or forever denied?

Elodie Marchand has it all. Money, power, women. As the owner of a prestigious winery in France, she enjoys freedom on levels most people only dream about. She’s built a perfect life and is happy sharing it with no one. But when a travelling stranger drops into her world, Elodie is forced to reassess everything she thinks she knows about the way she lives.

Gabi is footloose and fancy-free, floating through life and one-night stands. When her grandmother announces she’s returning to Spain and asks Gabi to go with her, Gabi happily agrees. A fresh start might be just what she needs to find direction.

Madeleine isn’t like other grieving war widows. Claudette isn’t like other young French women. As their lives collide, Madeleine and Claude will discover a depth of connection and desire they never knew could exist. Can their love flourish in post-WW2 France or will their past derail their future?

Toran is happy with his life the way it is. As a Highland noble, he has wealth and status, his sons are grown, and his late wife long gone. When he gets the opportunity to travel to the deep past to solve an old family mystery, he seizes it. But his passionate feelings for the lovely witch Kensa take him by surprise, bringing forth a desire and need he's never felt before.

When Miss Charlotte Vale isn't running a school for impoverished factory women, she takes tea with an insane painter—the mother she adores. Determined to avoid her mother's legacy of madness, Lottie refuses to marry and nurtures the ton's bemused disregard for her reputation. Through her door strides a man who threatens all she holds dear. Her cherished school, her careful control and her guarded heart.

I'd come with a bare face, apart from the lipstick, which was something I wasn't used to, but I figured Taylor would either want me natural or with her own crazy artsy make-up on. She peered at my face, moving a few inches closer, and I caught a whiff of her musky perfume. Up close, I could see that she had a sprinkling of freckles across her nose and cheeks, and I found myself fighting the urge to reach out and trace the spaces between them.

A glance. Sometimes that's all it takes for desire to overwhelm you, to make the body of a total stranger all you want, in all the sweating, screaming ways propriety says should be forbidden. For Fiona, that glance just happened in the most unlikely of places, a crowded mall filled with tens of thousands. And in that glance is something terrifying. For on the other side of that glance, beaming in all its feminine glory, is the face of another woman. A face that's determined to have her.

Nicodemus Blackburn has seen the best and worst of mankind. Five hundred years of dealing with them teaches the vampire to be very wary of the creatures. Unfortunately, alarming events leave him no choice but to enter the world of the ton to hunt a rogue vampire—one who is making his own army of blood thirsty vampires. Searching for the villain is not the worst of his troubles. That can be laid at the feet of bluestocking Lady Cordelia Collingsworth.

Gabriel Angelstone, handsome scourge of the ton, has taken one of life's lessons to heart: Love ruins everything. But the irresistible challenge of seducing the Portrait Divorcée, a woman whose past is every bit as scandalous as his own, quickly has him rethinking that conclusion. The last thing the Imogen Mowbray needs is to have her name connected to that of the equally infamous rake known as Brimstone, but the infuriating man has made it very clear that he's bent on nothing less than her complete surrender. Rich widows take lovers. Poor divorcées become mistresses.

Is this simply a game? Or is this something darker and deeper? An inexperienced ingenue is inducted into a delicious new world by a skilled and sensual dominatrix eager to unleash the wild animal within. But can her fire spark into flame the icy heart of this submissive and turn her into a passionate and satisfying slave? And what shall we do with those marshmallows?

Gabi is footloose and fancy-free, floating through life and one-night stands. When her grandmother announces she’s returning to Spain and asks Gabi to go with her, Gabi happily agrees. A fresh start might be just what she needs to find direction. Aisha is struggling against the expectations of her family to follow their cultural traditions and marry. She longs to be free to love a woman. She expresses her hidden desires and passion through poetry and flamenco dancing on the streets of Granada.