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James Brock lived without the woman he loves for the past 10 years. Using his job as head of the Federal Paranormal Unit to help others, he's done a good job of ignoring his lack of a personal life, until she returns. His salvation. His first love. Cynthia Vega had a very good reason to leave the only man she loved after she'd accepted his marriage proposal. Now she's back as his boss. And he's not willing to ignore their chemistry or the past.

Arianna Dubray is nothing like the girl she left in Baltimore. Once a Prada shoe wearing, Michael Kors bag carrying, on top of the world 17-year-old girl, Arianna knew that her life would never be the same when she got out of the car in middle-of-nowhere Montana.

Three hundred years has passed since the Last War. That's how the Elites called the third worldwide conflict, swearing that their rule would ensure that humanity would stay at peace forever. They lied. After the war, two thirds of women were born barren, so the fertile ones have a duty to society they must fulfill by either giving birth to a child by their 25th year, or go through the Auctions. Xander spends most of his time in his lab, but once a year, he has no choice: every unattached, childless male in the City is bidden to attend the Auctions.

Railroaded into a bachelor auction by his sister, Jessica, Brooks Winslow asks his friend, Skye Sorenson, to bid on him to avoid the possibility of any romantic entanglements. Fiercely competitive and protective of those he cares for, Brooks was profoundly affected by the loss of his father at an early age. A witness to his mother's terrible loneliness and his siblings' grief, the ex-Olympian has never allowed himself to fall in love.

Carmen is very excited to be babysitting for her college professor. She is infatuated with him and thinks she might be in love with him. But when the time comes to seduce him, she isn't sure she can go through with it. However, she soon discovers that her professor has very similar feelings to her own, and he acts on them very strongly. She discovers he isn't quite who she thought he was, but she might not even care as long as he loves her back.

The Golden Men stick together. Especially when it comes to saving the women of their streak. Alistair knows his brothers will help him keep his mate safe, but will she let them? It certainly doesn't seem that way. But when Lance shows up telling him that Allyson is his, Alistair decides to show him that messing with his family is as good as stepping in front of a moving train. It just isn't a smart move - but then again Lance isn't all that smart. Ryland isn't the only sexy Golden. Find out in the next installment of the Golden Streak Series - Alistair.

One last chance, that's all Luke Collins, local bad boy and motocross champion, has to not only find his redemption, but win back the girl he lost. He'll stop at nothing to make her his, even if it means playing dirty. Lara Jacobs doesn't want her heart broken again and refuses to give Luke a second chance. After he left her after their one night stand, she ran right into the arms of her close friend, Grayson Moore. He's always loved her, and he's determined to make her see he's what she needs.

When Rachel hikes into the mountains for a weekend away from everyone and everything, she never imagines she'll be sharing a cabin with one of the hottest, richest men in the country. Maxwell is a gentleman, charming and kind. He's also a perceptive Dom, and to her humiliation, he notices Rachel's arousal. Soon she finds herself stripped, serving the handsome stranger's pleasure while she tells herself - and him - that it's just for one night.

Hunger burns in Connie Bences' soul -she craves the blood of her vampire lover, Rurik, but it's not satisfying her needs anymore. It's driving her insane. Desperate to find help, Rurik brings her to Rio De Janeiro where Tane rules the vampire nation. The back-stabbing vampire almost killed her and Rurik when they'd first met, then used them to obtain his crown. She would rather stake him, but the small drop of Nosferatu blood he'd forced her to drink in Budapest is blooming into a bond, one which ties her life to his.

When straight A student Cathy learns that she's going to get a B in her last class of high school, she knows she'll do whatever it takes to get that A. However, her teacher may push her farther than she ever intended to go, whether she wants it or not!

What if you found out you were the granddaughter of the first woman. No, not Eve, but Lilith? After 150 years Dika Edens, the oldest of four girls each destined to live forever finds out that very thing. She is not sure if it is a curse or a gift from the Gods. All she knows is the man that has informed her of this has way too much guilt on his shoulders regarding her and her past. Chrome is her Guardian, but that does not mean he can protect her from everything. He should be the first one to know that - since he is the one telling her that she must save the world.

Cade wants a second chance, but Lexie doesn't want to get burned again. Her attraction to him is just as strong as ever, and he knows it. He'll use every dirty trick in the book to win, but Lexie has learned how to play his game, too.

With her stiff posture, black-rimmed glasses and chestnut waves in a tight bun, Cameron Winslow's downstairs neighbor, Margaret Story, has long been the unaware star of his filthiest dirty-librarian fantasies. But with a floundering business eating up all his time, Cam doesn't have the open road he'd need to date a lady like Margaret.

Preston Winslow has a heart as open as the sky and room in his life for someone special. When he falls in love with Broadway actress Elise Klassan, he holds nothing back. Elise, who has made tremendous sacrifices to forward her career, is swept off her feet by handsome, charming Preston...but the stage has been her first love for so many years, she doesn't know if there's room for Preston in her life.

Best Women's Erotica 2009 is erotica by women, for women: contemporary, realistic, and explicit. Editor and best-selling author Violet Blue knows what women are looking for in an erotic anthology and she delivers it here, with an amorous abundance of risky, romantic, heart-pounding thrills. Joyful, daring, and authentic, these steamy stories revel in erotic adventure, from the sparks between strangers to the knowing caresses of long-time lovers.

I can't stand my best friend's crush, but now I have to live with him. It's a good thing that I'm not attracted to him, because that would make everything so much worse.

Loving Stepdaddy: He is My Family Now, is the story of a young woman who's lost her mother and the only family she has left is her stepfather. She goes to live with him on his ranch and finds that she wants to seduce him more than anything else in the world. As they grow closer her new man invites a friend over one night and she gains a lot more experience in the various ways to both please her men, and herself.

Leanna needs the tall, athletic bag boy at her local grocery store. A university student with a charming smile, he's the antidote to the never-ending line of creeps and jerks she's been dating - perfect for a sexy fling. But everything Leanna assumes is flat-out wrong. For one thing, Granger is a dom, and he knows a repressed sub when he sees one. With her heart bound as thoroughly as her wrists, Leanna doesn't even notice that her bad luck is catching up with her again.

Chloe, a computer and gaming nerd, hides behind the scenes in school and keeps to herself. Mina enters her world like a hurricane, helping her find herself and introduces her to Leo, Mina's gorgeous older brother. Chloe instantly developed a crush, but knows he only sees her as Mina's best friend. Or does he? Leo, graduating high school and trying to figure out what to do with his life, becomes immediately mesmerized by a gorgeous, tall brunette, dancing like she hadn't a care in the world and laughing without restraint.

After an encounter in an alley with Taylor’s ex, Brad, goes horribly wrong, the pair has to decide how far they’re willing to go to stay together and not let past traumas define them. As they travel up and down the East Coast, Taylor and Ransom’s relationship will be put to the test. Unfortunately, it’s not the only relationship they have to worry about. From a reunion with Ransom’s dysfunctional biological family to an attempt at finally putting the Brad drama to rest, Taylor and Ransom need to find out how they got to this point—and where they’ll go from here.