Maya Young

She’s baking for the town. He’s burning for her. When Ivy Carter moves to Aspen Grove to save her grandmother’s bakery, the last thing she expects is to set the kitchen—and her life—on fire. One rescue later, she’s in the arms of Fire Captain Cruz Delgado, a gruff, heartbreakingly handsome widower who smells like smoke and safety. Cruz lives for his crew and his work. Feelings are dangerous, and love burns worse than any blaze. But when Ivy starts baking for the firehouse and helping with their charity calendar shoot, the walls he’s built start to melt. She’s shy, sweet, and...

Cassie Monroe didn’t come to Wild River looking for love—she came for survival. Between college classes and raising her little boy, the last thing she needs is a distraction. But distraction finds her in the form of Boone Carter: the quiet giant who works with an axe like it’s an extension of his body. Boone swore he’d never love again. But when Cassie shows up at his mill, too stubborn to ask for help, he can’t look away. And when her abusive ex shows up in town, Boone makes one thing clear: Cassie belongs to him now. She came here to work. He’ll show her what it means to be ...

When Freya's car breaks down at 2 AM in the middle of nowhere, she doesn't expect to be rescued by six feet of protective mountain muscle. Ryan Hawthorne is everything she's running from—stable, commanding, and dangerously capable of seeing through her carefully built walls. He's also 38 to her 23, with calloused hands and a voice that makes her shiver every time he calls her sweetheart. "You're safe with me now," he promises when her past threatens to drag her back into darkness. "I protect what's mine." Freya came to Thunder Creek to disappear. She never expected to find sanctuary in ...

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She came for peace and quiet. He gave her heat she never saw coming. Romance author Angeline Winters needs one thing this December—silence. A snow-covered cabin at Morrison Ranch should be the perfect place to finish her overdue novel and escape the noise of her failed relationship. But when a blizzard hits and she nearly freezes trying to find the cabin, her rescuer isn’t a fantasy cowboy—he’s the real thing. Wyatt Morrison doesn’t have time for stranded city girls or Christmas miracles. He’s got cattle to feed, a ranch to run, and an eight-year-old daughter who just asked ...

Dindi yearns to dance. But will her tribe allow it? Dancing is forbidden... ...except for those who pass the secret rites of Initiation. Because dancing creates magic. And magic is dangerous. But not as dangerous as the lithe and lethal Warrior-Dancer who saved her life. He’s the son of the Last Fae. He’s forbidden. He’s an exile. And War and Death radiate from him like the colors in his aura. Will she pass the Initiation? What if the price turns the man she loves into an enemy? * * * READERS RAVE ABOUT THE UNFINISHED SONG SERIES! “There is a wonderful harmony about this world, ...

Jenna Hale came to Wild River for content. What she found was a man watching her every move. Hunter Wolfe doesn’t play games. He’s a hunter by name and by nature—and Jenna wandered into his sights the moment she hit town. When she gets lost in the forest, Hunter finds her. But he doesn’t plan to let her go. Not to her city life. Not to another man. She came for a story. She’s leaving with a hunter who possesses her completely.

June Maddox has dreamed of Caleb Price since she was old enough to notice men. He’s older, gruffer, and completely off-limits. But when she comes to his farm to help with the harvest, Caleb notices her in a way he never has before. One look turns into one touch. One touch turns into one filthy night that ruins her innocence. June swore she was just helping with the crops. But Caleb’s not letting her walk away untouched—or unmarried.

Don't just read about transformation—experience it. When Maya Burke discovers her estranged father’s mysterious journal, she sets out on a cross-country journey that leads her through sacred sites, uncanny synchronicities, and hidden spiritual teachings—unraveling not only his secret life, but her own spiritual awakening. As Maya follows the trail he left behind, she is drawn into a world of metaphysical truth, energy vortices, altered consciousness, and ancient wisdom—where the boundaries between the physical world and the unseen begin to dissolve. What begins as a search for her ...

Four rugged mountain men. Four curvy heroines who steal their hearts. One small town where love is as wild and untamed as the land itself. In Thunder Creek, danger and desire walk hand in hand. Whether it’s a midnight rescue on a deserted road, a tense standoff in the backcountry, a run-in with the local sheriff, or an unexpected night in a fire lookout tower, these protective alpha men will risk everything to keep their women safe. Each standalone romance is packed with instalove heat, age gap allure, and heroes who know exactly what they want—and won’t rest until they make it theirs...

When a storm strands her in the wrong man’s cabin, she doesn’t expect it to feel exactly right… Environmental scientist Dr. Grace Vance came to the Montana wetlands to do a job: evaluate complaints, file her report, and leave. Falling for a rugged cranberry farmer with storm-dark eyes was never in the plan. But from the moment Callum Ward steps out of his weathered shed - broad-shouldered, flannel-clad, and sinfully confident - Grace feels something she can’t explain. Something dangerous. Something inevitable. Callum has lived alone on his bog for eight years, content to let the ...

When my BMW skids up a gravel mountain road, I don’t expect to end the day stranded in a storm and falling hard for the man I came to destroy. As a high-powered environmental lawyer, I’m used to wielding cease-and-desist orders like weapons. This trip to Colorado was supposed to be quick and bloodless: serve papers to Cruz Construction, shut them down, and catch my flight back to the city. Then I meet Dane Cruz. Six-foot-four of raw muscle, golden skin, and work-roughened hands that know how to build more than just homes. He’s supposed to be the villain in my legal brief, but he sees ...

Was Don Iván a Shaman, Magician, or Guru? What made him so influential for his time? Why did the most powerful consult him? How can it be that he was present in so many decisions in the world and, even so, the majority knew so little about him? The Anarchist is the personal diary of David, a twelve-year-old who hardly speaks. He does not have friends nor does he like to interact with others. His parents send him to therapy. However, the sessions are a failure; David refuses to communicate with the therapist. One day, while he is returning from school to his house, he meets Don Iván, a ...

When successful marketing executive Hannah returns to Thunder Creek to settle her grandmother's estate, she doesn't expect to be pulled over by six feet of commanding authority in a sheriff's uniform. Marcus Stone is everything she remembers and more—confident, protective, and absolutely certain about what he wants. He's also 36 to her 28, with steel-gray eyes and a voice that makes her pulse race every time he calls her sweetheart. "You're not going anywhere until you're ready," he declares when her complicated past threatens to send her running back to Seattle. "And when you are ready, ...

One evening, against the wishes of his frightened wife, young Puritan Goodman Brown embarks on a mysterious errand that leads him through the skeletal woods to a Black Mass being held by his fellow townsmen. His life is forever changed by contact with the evil congregation. And his horror is amplified by the attendance of one participant in whom he had placed his greatest trust.

When I collapse in a hospital parking lot at 2AM with nothing but $347 and a prepaid phone, I don’t expect to be carried inside by six feet of broad-shouldered, warm-eyed medical authority. Dr. Garrett Porter is everything I’ve learned not to trust—strong, steady, and insistent that I stay under his care. He’s also a grieving widower with hands that heal and eyes that see too much. I should be terrified. Instead, I find myself wanting to believe him when he says, “You’re safe now.” I came to Pine Ridge running from the man who stole three years of my life. I didn’t plan to ...

When wildlife photographer Marlowe witnesses illegal poaching in Montana's backcountry, she doesn't expect to be rescued by six feet of brooding, protective park ranger. Cole Morrison is 36 to her 26, with gentle hands and an intensity that makes her breath catch every time he growls "mine." "You're under my protection now," he declares when armed poachers force them to shelter together at his remote station. "I don't lose anyone in my territory, especially not you." Marlowe came to Thunder Creek for portfolio shots. She never expected to find her future with a mountain man who sees her ...

The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations. They mastered the visual arts, and developed a sophisticated writing system that recorded extraordinary knowledge in calendrics, mathematics, and astronomy. The Maya achieved all this without area-wide centralized control.

The thrilling finale to the #1 Sunday Times and Los Angeles Times bestselling Nocturna trilogy—a sweeping and epic Dominican-inspired fantasy about a face-changing thief and a risk-taking prince who must save their kingdom in the final battle between good and evil magic. Perfect for fans of...

Laura has always seemed supernaturally gifted at everything from school projects, to karate, to writing epic storylines for Wren’s long-running superhero comic; her having literal magic barely seems like a stretch. Before inter-dimensional fairies called Volta brought their rivalry to the sleepy town of Hartwood, Wren’s biggest fear was that Laura would abandon her for cooler friends when they started high school. Now, as light and dark forces converge on Laura’s burgeoning magical signature, Wren will do anything to protect her friend—magic or none.