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He tore my heart apart in highschool, now he wants to protect every inch of me. My mouth waters when I look at Griffin Warner. Excuse me as I secretly wipe the drool. I can vividly remember the days I wiped tears from my eyes over his hurtful words. This jerk is part of the reason I left town and pursued my career elsewhere. I should have checked the neighbors before I moved back, now he’s right back in my line of sight. Every. Single. Damn. Day. His sexy military physique with those massive muscles has my mind wondering what he could do to the curves of my body. After all the heartbreak ...

Asher Hansen began tormenting me our freshman year, not long after my father kicked him and his older brother off the compound with nothing but the clothes on their back. They blamed Dad for their mother taking her own life. To be honest, I think I did, too. Maybe that’s why I took it whenever Asher called me Cult Barbie and teased me mercilessly, saying the filthiest, most outrageous things. But that doesn't explain why his words always made me feel...fizzy inside.

A Libertine... Jeremy Greymont certainly qualifies. "Sex rough and women loose" is his credo - one he's always taken very seriously, with no deference whatsoever to the society into which he's been born. He's been perfectly content milling along through life on an existence of courtesans and fine Scotch whisky...that is until his grandfather lets him know he's out of time, and his station in life comes with duties attached. Jeremy must produce an heir - posthaste.

When you’re born without a trace, no one knows you’re a weapon. I lie for her. I hunt for her. I kill for her. And above all, I betray my mission for her. She doesn’t know why. She doesn’t care why. I do. Treason comes in many forms. Love is one of them. Our training taught me to be a sociopath. A machine. A pawn. Nothing more than a tool for a larger goal, without attachments or feelings. Our teachers forgot one important detail: Pawns shouldn’t have hearts. Yet we do.

Second chances ... and the secrets that sabotage them. CeCe Bixby's life is in flux. After being abandoned by her husband six years earlier she's managed to cope by focusing on her work as a reporter and on being a good mom to her young son. When her name is leaked in connection with a dangerously controversial story, a fresh start in small town Huckleberry Ridge, Idaho feels safe ... until she meets her new landlord, a handsome widower who just may wield the key to her tightly sealed heart. Shane Wickham is shackled with regret. Ever since playing an unintentional role in his wife's death,...

As the alpha of the Tremblay pack and the de facto leader of my entire clan, I’ve always followed the code of wolf shifters. Rule number one: fealty to pack. Rule number two: loyalty to clan. Rule number three: Avoid humans. Though, things have been changing. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I meet Olivia Hathaway, a witch and activist who has a lot to say about how I do things as CEO of the Tremblay Company.

It’s a new world for me. That gorgeous, strong, yet gentle Mason Tremblay is the best part of it. How do I not fall in love with him? When I saved one of the Tremblay brothers, Mason Tremblay became indebted to me. But he has to find me first and rescue me from my brother's ruthless pack who kidnapped me. My brother is as ruthless as my old pack was. He’s taken me hostage, determined to start a new pack with me whether I like it or not. Mason Tremblay is my only hope now. But Mason finding me is only the beginning.

The orcs of Kinthur have been conspiring to circumvent the long-standing Gods’ Covenant. They plot to bring their evil god, Old One-Eye, back to rule Kinthur and dominate or destroy the other races. Ellwyn, a young elven ranger, and her companions stumble upon an ancient prophecy that foretells this event. With only the help of her companions, she must unravel the mystery before it’s too late. They are set on a course that will lead to high magic, monsters, treasures, and possible death. Can they stop the orcs in time, and at what terrible cost?

It’s a new world for me. That gorgeous, strong, yet gentle Mason Tremblay is the best part of it. How do I not fall in love with him? When I saved one of the Tremblay brothers, Mason Tremblay became indebted to me. But he has to find me first and rescue me from my brother's ruthless pack who kidnapped me. My brother is as ruthless as my old pack was. He’s taken me hostage, determined to start a new pack with me whether I like it or not. Mason Tremblay is my only hope now. But Mason finding me is only the beginning.

Everything I know about my life is a lie. The more I dig into my father’s death, the more I find myself in peril. Mark turns out to be a liar, someone I thought I could trust. He’s not what he seems, and worst of all, a part of me can’t let go. My boss might be an international drug lord disguised as a dean at one of the top five universities in the country. Like anyone’s going to believe me if I try to out him? But I can’t help myself.

It's not against any formal rule for us to sleep together. It is, however, strictly forbidden to have feelings for each other. I can't do one without the other at this point. Which means I am doomed. When you don’t know who you can trust, reality distorts, reformulating to meet whatever needs its masters demand. Just like me. Just like Kina. Except everything is different now that we know who we really are. But there’s a second reality. This one can’t be manipulated. Solid and true, it takes our mission, our training, our orders, turning them into nothing but secrets and lies.

With just three Trials left, there's still every chance that the most dangerous man in Olympus is going to win the Immortality Trials. If the heroes can survive the fall out from Hercules's actions on Aries, then the last Trials are to be held in the realms of the big three gods; Poseidon, Zeus, and Hades, and that means the crews will have to face their toughest challenges yet.

When Kara Mitchell - a curvy college student who gets tattoos to hide her insecurities about her body - becomes overwhelmed with keeping her life on track, her boyfriend, Brody Mitchell, decides it is time for him to take on a new role. From now on, he'll be the firm but loving daddy who builds her up when she is down on herself, takes her over his knee for a bare-bottom spanking when she needs an attitude adjustment, and brings her to the town doctor for an exam when she is ill.

It all started with the bereavement flowers with my name on them. Not the best way to wake up, right? I work in a flower shop. I know a funeral arrangement when I see one. I know a killer when I see one, too. And one is standing in my hospital room right now, straight behind the man who saved my life. I can’t tell anyone the truth, because that’s the fastest way to really die. So I do the next best thing. I “lose” my memory. I fake my amnesia. Pretending not to remember a brutal attempted murder has its perks.

Dani had always been a lone wolf and she had no desire to join a pack, but that didn't matter to a true alpha wolf like Mason Daniels. When he finds out that human hunters have been threatening Dani, he puts his mark on her. Unfortunately, the hunters are foolish enough to disregard his mark, and Dani is captured. After Mason and his pack rescue her from certain death, Dani is given no choice about joining Mason's pack for her own protection.

Every three years, Amber Hopkins explodes. Okay, not a blown-to-smithereens explosion, but whatever it is always hurts like hell and leaves her life a shambles. She's already worked her way through five foster placements, and she's doing whatever she can to avoid getting blasted into a sixth. As her 18th birthday approaches and she feels the strange and powerful energy building, disaster looms. When the inevitable explosion occurs, her life gets its biggest shakeup yet.

When I finally gathered the courage to run from the man who turned my life into a living nightmare, all I wanted was to escape. I never dreamed I would find myself in the arms of not one but two of the hottest men I’ve ever laid eyes on. When I’m their good girl, they spoil me rotten. Even when I’ve been naughty, they make me feel cherished and loved. But my past isn’t so easily left behind. The man I escaped isn’t going to let me go without a fight, and the only thing my new Daddies require to keep me safe is the one thing I can’t give them—my trust.

As a CEO and as a dragon, Justin is never afraid to go after what he wants. But when his stock starts tanking and his bad boy image starts doing more harm than good, his publicist comes up with a strategy to change the whole game: fake girlfriend. Justin’s never had trouble with the ladies, but playing up a fake relationship for the press to make him look like a responsible good boy isn't going to be as easy as he thought.

My reputation as an Enforcer was earned one game at a time. Fighting on the ice for my team is something I take very seriously because I came to the USA to play hockey, not be a celebrity. Unfortunately, this logic has my public image taking a beating—not that I care very much how others think of me. Except for her. Scarlett. I can deal with setting her straight about her ridiculous suspicions, but cracking through that hard shell she has built around her broken heart? This is my real challenge.

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