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The bell chirps, alerting us to men on the property. It rings through the whole house like a dinner bell. No matter my mood, as soon as I hear it, I perk up. Nothing can get me out of my bed faster than the sound of that bell and knowing what is waiting. I love the morning guests. Working in the morning is my favorite time. Anyone who comes in the morning knows what to expect. He’s hard up from the night before - maybe he’s been working all night and wants it slow with a pliant woman.

To rid this world of evil, I must first blaze. History tells of a time long ago when small town scientist Dr. Isaacs discovered the cure for cancer. Great right? And it was...for a time. The "Advanced" were born. I am one of few remaining immune to a virus created to kill only humans. Broken and coldhearted, I fight tooth and claw to survive, life in the wastes is harsh every day a battle. Baby and I give no quarter to those who cross us. I just want to find and kill the guy who murdered my mother and kill him...slowly.

If there’s one thing you should know about me, other than that I swear a lot, it's that I believe in destiny. Which is why when the opportunity of my career gets within my reach, I not only know it’s meant to be, I feel like my entire life is about to change. And I don’t just mean my relocation to Seoul, aka K-Pop Central. You see, there’s this guy...I mean, isn’t there always?

My life has never been certain. However, the core people that love me more than anything helped me find normalcy. Finding the man of my dreams, that man being someone the public view as an idol, and that man finding me in the sea of faces, one could call destiny. I never knew that he would change everything for me, even what I thought was unshakable. That he would be my rock, my heart, my life.

All I've ever had is hope. Even when I felt everything was taken away from me...I still hung on to hope. I never imagined my life slipping right from under me, but it did. That was when the mask was first put into place. The facade that I was strong and capable. But he saw through it, saw me. The only one who ever took me for who I was and what I was.

I've always wanted to be a musician. Not necessarily famous, but the way I connected to music, I dreamed of people feeling that way about mine. Starting a band with my three best friends was a no brainer. No, it wasn't instant success, but it didn't take long for us to get noticed. There's not many all-female metal bands, and we understood that helped propel us into the industry. We wanted to prove we were more than eye candy and were an awesome band. Being women and wanting respect, we lived like rock stars, doing what our male counterparts did. Sex, drugs, and rock and roll.

Maven has been living for other people most of her life, doing the "right" things, even if those things have major consequences. She knows it's only a matter of time before she can be free from her responsibilities, even if change isn't in her line of sight, she yearns for it. Will love from the last person she ever expected to fall in love with change her mind? Or will lies that can demolish the life she's always known cause her to turn against bloodlines and those she cares about most?

I never allow myself to dream, or think of the future. Not in terms of my own life, that is. Until I met Jaimin. He made me think about something for myself, even if it was for one night. He could never see who I really am. Not all my truths. Never. I know what he is. Who he is. Or, at least, I think I do.

My job is everything to me. No time for or interest in relationships, I work hard and I’m damn good at what I do. Riding high on the success of my last client, I’m excited to find out what my boss has lined up next. Business, sport, entertainment, I’m ready for anything...as long as it’s not politics.

Skye Davenports has always lived by the seat of her pants, her life is easy breezy. So why does the opportunity of being with a man she's fantasized about for years cause her to flee? Drag is not only the object of her affection, he's a biker, and a player. The one night he thinks she might change his life, she flees.

Irys Fredricksen has grown up around alpha males. Her dad, her brothers, and all the men from The Warrior of the God MC. So naturally, she dates a guy totally opposite of that and wonders why he doesn't light her panties up. Evan Ramirez is finally on the right track. Good job, legal earnings and settling into a life on the straight and narrow. He never expected to fall face first in lust with his best friends little sister. Who knew one encounter, a naked in the shower encounter, would change everything.

Tadamori came to Tokyo to seek revenge. Joining the Yakuza was his way in. He was focused, determined, and his mind set on what he had to do. Then, one raining night everything changed. He didn't expect breaking up a fight to change his course. Didn't expect her, Kikuko. Or that one incident would put him right in the middle of a Yakuza war.

Troian Aurum lives in two worlds. One where she is the heir to the Aurum kingdom, preparing to fulfill her legacy to rule over the Neriad as Queen, even if the kingdom she is inheriting seems decimated after the execution of her parents. In the other world, she's simply a woman, one who is in love with a human she’s known since she was a child. This part of her knows both who and what she is, and also the weight of the responsibility this brings. Troian had kept these worlds seperate, secrets held from the other, and even from her longtime love, Rodon. Until now.

Daisy Westmoore is 18, college bound, and ready to find herself...until a chance encounter with her best friend's brother causes her to re-examine the future she has in front of her. Being with Wyatt in secret has her experiencing things she's only dreamt of. He's opening her to more than just sexual enlightenment, he's opening her eyes and her heart. Thrown into a tailspin after a sudden loss, Wyatt begins to question his own path. In Daisy, he finds not only a kindred spirit, but also a necessary distraction.

Smokey Ramirez is wild, living the life of a gypsy with little to no concern for the future, until a chance run in with a dangerously curved blackjack dealer with a smart mouth. Emily has a one track mind, a determined future, and a chip on her shoulder. Nothing and no one can get in her way, until she encounters a Cheshire grin and sultry brown eyes. One night. One night to get it out of her system - after all, she's only human, right?

The stars were aligned the night Katie Kingston met Joey Petersen. The fact they even met at all proves that sometimes the world works in mysterious ways. Katie knew from the day they met that as soon as Joey graduated high school he would be signing up for the military. But nothing prepared her for the long journey they both would embark on. Even when Joey's deployed off to war, the task of being a single parent pales in comparison to the challenges that lay ahead.

I can say all my dreams have come true. I've not only met and fell in love with the man of my fantasies, Alex Austin...but he loves me back. On top of that, my goal of becoming a 'famous' musician seems to also be a thing. As much as I want this, I do fear our new fame is a result of my relationship with Alex. That the bands only known because of who the members are dating, or because of ex-member, Mia, and her infamous behavior, or even my assault at the end of the summer tour.

Seth Mitchell is everything I think is wrong with modern celebrity. Brash. Mouthy. Recalcitrant. He’s also my new client. Problem is, I can barely stand to be in the same room with the overexposed British bad boy. After only one meeting, it’s more than obvious the feeling is mutual. Working together is challenge enough, but it’s made harder by the fact I don’t like the way being around him makes me feel. When so much of who he is is fake, how do I trust anything is real?

We started the summer knowing being invited to the Festival of Desolation tour was going to change our careers and, with that, our lives. But if you asked me even just hours before our bus pulled into the venue if my love life was gonna become a thing, absolutely not. But it did. I fell head over heels, literally, for the rock god, Jared Finch. Who knew face planting would be the beginning of my life changing...in more ways than one.

Nolan Frederickson has watched everyone around him fall in love. His younger siblings, his best friend; but love has always eluded him. He thought he’d found the possibility of it once, experiencing a connection during secret encounters so intense, that years later, it still fuels his fantasies. Content in every other aspect of his life, but tired of empty hook-ups and mediocre attraction, Nolan’s starting to think that maybe he’s just not meant to find "the one". However, as they say, timing is every thing.