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Garret Hansen is focused on business, and getting married is the last thing on his mind. Then the woman his company is tasked to protect without her knowledge visits a discreet matchmaker, and it gives him the perfect excuse to provide her with close security . . . as her husband.

Earth, year 2332. Life isn't fair. Just ask Violet, who mysteriously arrived in a space capsule at an orphanage as a baby. She has one goal—to find her biological parents—and winning the Virgin Hunt Games will ensure her face is plastered on every screener across the universe. If she can only stay away from her mate, the one man she must elude at all cost to win. Prince Zel Oscar is used to getting what he wants. But accepting a rival's dare to be a Hunter in the sexploitative Virgin Hunt Games was a terrible and possibly life-altering mistake. But then he meets his Hunted, Violet.

I'm less than a week away from being crowned king. To celebrate my last days of freedom, I'm indulging in all kinds of hedonistic activities—including attending the coveted Virgin Auction. When I see Izzy on stage, I forget where I am. She's gorgeous. I must have her. At any cost. Even if only for three weeks. Even if it can only ever be temporary. And especially because it's the last time I can do something for myself and not what's best for my country. I'm bound by duty and honor, but for the next few weeks I get to have my American cake and eat her too.

When Jessica flees the vicious werewolves for what she hopes will be the safety of House Ursa, she never expects anything more than a cold welcome. After all, she's spent years listening to her sister's mate preaching about the evil bear shifters. Now, one of those same bear shifters has been assigned as her guardian. Handsome, kind, and utterly protective, she can't help but think it's an act. Klaue has never been sure quite how he will meet his mate but watching her crash into a tree while she's running from the wolves of House Canis is definitely not it.

I'm Hollywood's leading lady, the daughter of a mafia boss, and my stalker's sick obsession. Griffin Scott is my new protector, my dominant, and my salvation. I was taught that blood is thicker than water, but I'll defy that belief for a future only Griffin can give me.

Jordan Weston's life since high school has big goals-to someday own her own theater, and to stay far away from her home town of Magnolia, South Carolina. Magnolia holds bitter memories of her mother's abandonment, a woman who spent her life chasing nonexistent perfect men. Jordan refuses to end up like her mother. She doesn't need a man in her life. She only needs her career. Said career could get a boost when she inherits her grandmother's estate in Magnolia, but the house needs repair before she can sell it.

Nevada James, code name Velvet, is an intelligence analyst with the National Crime Agency (NCA). She's just been promoted to field agent and can't wait to start her new assignment. But a chance encounter with field agent Midnight turns her world upside down and puts her life and her heart in danger. Tyler Call, code name Midnight, is a field agent with the NCA. The mission is everything to Tyler, who longs to be a hero like his father, a successful military general. To do that he has to put his job above everything else.

Dr. Isabelle King has arrived on Paradise Island for one thing and one thing only - marine life research. Certainly not to explore her sexual fantasies or indulge in erotic adventures at Paradise Resort. But when she discovers a sexy stranger named Dax, she can't help but feel the physical and emotional attraction. Dax is hiding something. After all, he dives without an oxygen tank and has capabilities no human should have. And how does he know so much about her? It's almost as if she's connected to him, and that scares her.

During a raging sandstorm along a riverbed in the ancient lands of Saba, a powerful jinni born of smokeless fire gives birth to a half-human daughter. Bilqis does not inherit her mother's magical abilities, but the fire of her jinni blood does imbue her with other powerful gifts. As she undergoes her rites of womanhood and her insatiable sexual hunger is awakened, it becomes clear - this is the key to her "great destiny" prophesied at her birth. But it could also lead to her total undoing.

Shifter queen Kayla Redclaw is bound by blood and prophecy to the five Blackfang brothers, and two very different men have become her mates. After rescuing the Blackfangs' pack from vampires, their village needs far more than repairs. Dangerous ghosts haunt the streets of Mist Valley, leaving yet another pack member dead. As Alpha, Kayla must find a way to rid the land of ghosts or the pack will be forced to leave.

Wayne is still new to this planet, but he is already wildly in love with reality show host Olivia Fontaine. He spends plenty of time with her, since she's hosting a series of shows about his brothers' double wedding and honeymoon - but he can never seem to get her alone to tell her how he feels. The big, hunky alien is determined to keep his secret powers under wraps and stay on Olivia's good side so that he won't miss his chance to win her over.

I was built to kill—flawless, heartless, and loyal only to the man who made me. Now he's my next target. When a rare Judas Coin forces me to hunt Dionysus, I need his son: Rafael. A fallen priest I marked with my teeth years ago. I don't need a partner. I don't need a conscience. But I'm stuck with both. And every moment we spend together reminds me what it feels like to want something I was never meant to have.

Pamela loves her job on Risda III—as cook to Lord and Lady va'Rin, she is responsible for creating delicious meals. What better way to show her appreciation for her new life than a Thanksgiving feast? Alien guardsman Toghar has adored Pamela in silence for years now. Is today the day to speak up? Or should he wait until she stops shoving her hand into that dead bird on the counter? Will the holidays bring these two together? (The answer is yes, of course.)

Life as a mom is everything I knew it would be. But going from never thinking too much about my future to focusing so heavily on every move I make has been challenging at times. Especially when there's still so much to be resolved from my past. Raising a baby takes its toll on every party involved, and as Valentine's Day approaches, Niko has made it his mission to take me somewhere we can be the people we were six months ago. There are questions still to be asked and resolutions to find in the midst of our daily chaos, but when it's just the two of us, I know we'll figure it out.

Trolls belong lurking under bridges, not in the arms of beautiful human women. That's what Hisondine tells me. He's not fooling me, though. I see the way he looks at me. I know the way he touches me. He's huge and muscled and hard as stone. But that's not the only thing about him that makes me feel safe. He treats me like I'm precious. I've been a companion to plenty of monsters, but I've never met one who makes me feel special the way he does.

A curse trapped me inside my werewolf, and I became the perfect killing puppet for the warlock controlling me. Screams of my victims haunt me. The phantom warmth of blood heats my hands. And guilt eats away at my psyche.

Devon Atwood presents Book 3 in the Kiss-Met series.

When the aliens who kidnapped me dropped my bubble into the ocean of an alien moon, I really thought I was a goner. I thanked my lucky stars when Kitaico, a bizarrely hot tentacled alien rescued me from what would have surely been a watery grave. There's one big problem though, I accidentally took his mating sting. So, through no fault of his own, we both have to deal with my forced heats thanks to his venom. Can I fight my chemical induced attraction enough to work out if I want to spend forever with Kitaico?

He was supposed to be a one-night stand . . . but it turned out to be the best sex of my life. Still, I wasn't looking for anything serious. I snuck out thinking I'd never see him again. Wrong. Imagine my surprise when I run into him a few weeks later at a Christmas party hosted by my best friend's father. Turns out, Elias Carter is the Don of the QBM—the Queensboro Mob—and I've become his new obsession.

I've made a name for myself as one of the best sports medicine doctors in the country. I have a thriving practice and a handful of awards that say I'm an excellent surgeon without getting attached to my patients. That all changed when a 17-year-old Olympic snowboarder walked into my office, brushing off injuries that would have put anyone else on their ass. I wanted to protect her, to fight for her, and for three years, that was enough. Until suddenly, it wasn't. Now, all I want is to make her mine.