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The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the US government can’t...The enigmatic Hancock has been both opponent and ally to the KGI teams for as long as they've known him. Always working a deep game, Hancock's true allegiance has never been apparent, but one thing is for certain - he never lets anything get in the way of duty.

Toni Langston has been in love with Simon, her best friend, for years. The night Simon breaks up with his longtime girlfriend, he and Toni make love. Toni is devastated and humiliated when, in the heat of the moment, he calls her by his girlfriend’s name. The next morning, Simon remembers nothing of the previous night and Toni is only too relieved not to remind him. Two months later, she discovers she’s pregnant. She wants Simon to love her, apart from any obligation he might feel because of the baby. So she embarks on a quest to seduce her best friend, to make him see her as more than a little sister, to make him love her as much as she loves him.

Hostage recovery specialist Eli Chance has a secret. He was born a shifter. A freak of nature. While on a mission, Eli's men and their mercenary guide are exposed to a powerful chemical agent, and suddenly his secret has become easier to hide. Now he's not the only one with the gift. But for his men, this "gift" is becoming more and more of a curse. Tyana Berezovsky's brother Damiano was the guide for Eli's team and was the worst affected by the chemical. As he grows increasingly unstable, Tyana fears she's going to lose him to the beast he is becoming.

After Sheriff Duncan Kennedy stumbles across poachers in his mountains, he is understandably angry. His discovery of an injured cheetah makes him even more furious. He takes the cat home until he can summon the local vet, only to get the shock of his life. When he checks on his charge, he finds not a cheetah but a gorgeous, very naked woman. Aliyah Carter spent the past six months trapped in cheetah form, a prisoner of the poachers who took her to use in an illegal exotic-game hunt.

Two all-new novellas that cross the boundaries of desire. "Exiled" by Maya Banks: Enticed to the island paradise where an enigmatic prince is living in exile, beautiful, virginal Talia is introduced to a world of forbidden pleasure where the prince's every whim is fulfilled and her fantasies are rendered in exquisite detail. "Sway" by Lauren Dane: Levi Warner is an established, older man - wealthy, powerful, and above all, respectable. Then Levi meets Daisy, an uninhibited 24-year-old dance instructor and artist, not exactly the kind of woman Levi is accustomed to. But the young, free spirit, brings out something in him he only experienced in fantasies.

Gracie Evans is a woman tired of the men in her life not satisfying her in bed. She’s had a string of boyfriends, but none of them have come close to satisfying the vivid fantasies she has. Two weeks before Valentine’s Day, she breaks up with her latest boyfriend after a night of lackluster sex. When her good friend Luke Forsythe overhears her talking to their friend Shelly about what she really wants, he’s stunned - and very turned on. Gracie thinks there isn’t a man alive who can satisfy her in bed. Luke aims to prove her wrong.

Payton Ricci is the last person Wes Hoffman ever expected or wanted to see again. After the disastrous sexual experience between them 12 years ago, he was only too happy to put the whole episode behind him. After all, he's come a long way since that awkward encounter between two gawky teenagers, and his ego needs no reminder. The night he sees Payton - a very sexy grown-up Payton - in Zack's Bar and Grill, he's mortified by this blast from the past.

Personal and professional stakes are raised as a counterterrorism expert and a terrorist assassin race against time and their enemies, toward a second chance at love. No matter how far and how fast you run, the truth is never far behind. CIA counterterrorism expert Manuel Ramirez has spent the last three years looking for the woman he loves, who disappeared without a trace while on a postgraduate trip to France. Then, as suddenly as she disappeared, Jules Trehan turns up in a small-town Colorado hospital bed, injured in an explosion that killed her parents.

Songbird - They called her their Songbird, but she was never theirs. Not in the way she wanted. The Donovan brothers meant everything to Emily, but rejected by Greer and Taggert, she turned to Sean, the youngest. He married her for love, and she loved him, but she also loved his older brothers. Soul Possession - New York Times bestselling author Maya Banks walks the sizzling knife-edge between danger and desire as one woman with a killer in her shadow finds protective rapture with the two men with a need to save her...

Ian and Braden Thomas return to the United States to extract Katie Buchanan, the sister of the teammate who betrayed them. She could very well be the key to taking down the man responsible for turning Ian and Braden into unstable cat shifters. Unfortunately, they're not the only ones after Katie. Katie has no intention of going quietly or of offering her trust on a silver platter. She's got troubles of her own that don't include two pain-in-the-ass men who claim her dead brother sent them. She's too busy trying to stay one step ahead of Ricardo de la Cruz, the brother of a man she killed.

Sheriff J. T. Summers promised to keep an eye on his best friend’s little sister. What could possibly go wrong? A lot. "Little" Nikki Durant isn't so little anymore. She's sex on a stick, and she's pointed right at him. Nikki has always loved J. T., and she's through waiting for him to come around. The soaring summer temperature is nothing compared to the heat generated when she sets fire to his senses. With a take-no-prisoners attitude, she's out to get her man. But no matter how many ways she offers it, J. T.'s not buying.

Når det kommer til kærlighedsforhold, har Ash McIntyre altid udforsket sine mørkere lyster. Han vil have kontrol. Og han foretrækker kvinder, der ønsker det sådan. Selv de kvinder, han har delt med sin bedste ven, Jace. Men nu er Jace sammen med Bethany, og Gabe har fundet Mia, som giver ham alt, hvad han har brug for og lidt til. Ash føler, at hans legekammerater pludselig er blevet voksne. Og så møder Ash Josie, som tilsyneladende er fuldstændig uimponeret over hans charme og formue. Det har han aldrig oplevet før …

Når det kommer til kærlighedsforhold, har Ash McIntyre altid udforsket sine mørkere lyster. Han vil have kontrol. Og han foretrækker kvinder, der ønsker det sådan. Selv de kvinder, han har delt med sin bedste ven, Jace. Men nu er Jace sammen med Bethany, og Gabe har fundet Mia, som giver ham alt, hvad han har brug for og lidt til. Ash føler, at hans legekammerater pludselig er blevet voksne. Og så møder Ash Josie, som tilsyneladende er fuldstændig uimponeret over hans charme og formue. Det har han aldrig oplevet før.

Ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly trauert um seine Frau Rachel, die vor einem Jahr spurlos verschwand. Ethan wird von Schuldgefühlen geplagt, weil in ihrer Ehe nicht alles zum Besten stand. Da erhält er die Nachricht, dass Rachel noch am Leben ist, jedoch von Unbekannten gefangen gehalten wird. In seiner Verzweiflung bittet er die Sondereinsatzgruppe KGI um Hilfe, um seine Frau zu befreien. Doch Rachel hat ihr Gedächtnis verloren und kann sich an ihr früheres Leben nicht mehr erinnern.

Josslyn giver sig til at udforske den ene ting, hendes afdøde mand ikke kunne give hende: dominans. Ensom og opfyldt af sorg opsøger hun en eksklusiv klub for folk, der ønsker at give sig hen til deres inderste fantasier. Men hun havde aldrig forestillet sig, at det, hun ville finde, var den mand, der længe har været hendes trøstende støtte - og hemmelige længsel. Hendes mands bedste ven.

Der er intet så farligt som at blive forelsket. Da den rige og magtfulde Caleb Devereauxs elskede lillesøster bliver kidnappet, må han gribe til utraditionelle midler for at finde hende igen. Ude af sig selv opsøger han en smuk og følsom ung kvinde, som er kendt for sin evne til at se de ting, der ellers er usynlige for det blotte øje. Ramie St. Claire er i stand til at føle andres smerte og kan derfor finde mennesker, der lider i det skjulte.

Mia Crestwell er Jaces lillesøster og meget yngre end Gabe Hamilton. Og Gabe har ventet på hende i lang tid. Hvad han ikke ved er, at Mia længe har fantaseret om ham. Og ja, han er fjorten år ældre end hende, men hvad så? Hun ved godt, at han er i en helt anden klasse end hende selv, men hendes lyst til ham er kun blevet stærkere med tiden. Hun er voksen nu, og der er ingen grund til ikke i det mindste at prøve. Men da Gabe hvirvler hende ind i sin verden af penge, magt og sex, indser hun, at der er meget, hun ikke ved om ham.

Despite his fiancée’s betrayal, developer Ryan Beardsley provided for Kelly when he sent her packing. So he’s livid to find her working in a dingy diner, desperate and pregnant. Whether the baby is his - or his brother’s - Ryan demands that Kelly return to New York with him. For the baby’s sake. Or maybe because Kelly is as irresistible as ever.

Grace Peterson è disperata: vive in clandestinità, in una perenne fuga da uomini malvagi e pericolosi determinati a sfruttare la sua straordinaria capacità di guarire gli altri. Il dono che la rende speciale - un'infallibile abilità telepatica che condivide con la sorella - è svanito nel nulla, lasciandola ora completamente sola e vulnerabile. La missione di riportare a casa Grace sana e salva è affidata a Rio, misterioso e implacabile membro del KGI, un uomo freddo e risoluto ma del tutto impreparato di fronte a quella donna ferita e confusa, che ne scalfirà la dura corazza.

He'd wanted her for six months. And the opportunity had finally arrived... Celia Taylor was desperate to get billionaire businessman Evan Reese to sign with Maddox Communications. But first Celia needed to accompany him to beautiful Catalina for a family wedding. There he would wine, dine and seduce the stunning ad executive... for he knew she desired him, as well. Yet would she still want him when Evan told her she'd be playing the role of his fake fiancée?