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She’s a hot-headed redhead with a voice of smoke and smooth attraction. He’s a cool, strong, and careful man not used to drama...Vanessa: Micah is just infuriating! When he looks at me with those deep, soulful eyes of his, it’s like he sees right into me. He thinks I need to learn to control my behavior, the arrogant jerk! And his face, with his perfect beard and his strong jawline makes me feel just like a schoolgirl with a crush. He walks around like he thinks he has everything together and under control!

Leo is everything I could ever want, but why would he bother with me? He’s the perfect Daddy. I know he is. But his eyes are so sad, and I just can’t be the perfect little girl for him. I want to be. I want that more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. He’s strong, sexy, and in control. How can someone that perfect want a girl who can’t handle life at all, who can’t keep from screwing up everything?

After all the selfish men I dated, I’d given up on love. But when I got the chance to dance with Jasper, all that changed in an instant. I trusted him to lead me on the stage, but can I trust him with my heart?

How could anyone love a Little like me? My exes called me clingy and annoying. They made me feel destined to be alone. Meeting Andrew feels like coming home. He’s kind, attractive, and interested in me. There’s only one problem - he’s one of my student’s parents. Will I give in to temptation, or will I be alone forever?

I’m coming back to town after a much needed vacation. Every other Little has been paired off since my absence. What am I going to do without a big Sheriff Daddy to call my own. In my darkest hour, he appears. But after rescuing me, Noah wants to claim me as his Little. Is he in it for the long run? Or just here for a good time?

She’s lonely, ready to risk it all. He appears just in time...Flora: I’ve been the loneliest Little in town for ages. Every other Little seems to have been paired off with their match. They’ve found true love, and what about me? Then one day, he appears. He rescues me from an uncertain fate, claims me as his. But will he be able to protect me from harm? Declan: Ruby is the most gorgeous Little I’ve ever laid eyes on. Short, curvy, and sweet, she’s the perfect combination. When I walk in on her at work one day getting hit on, I intervene.

She’s lonely, ready to risk it all. He appears just in time...Ruby: I’ve been the loneliest Little in town for ages. Every other Little seems to have been paired off with their match. They’ve found true love, but what about me? Then one day, he appears. He rescues me from an uncertain fate, and claims me as his. But, will he be able to protect me from harm? Aidan: Ruby is the most gorgeous Little I’ve ever laid eyes on. Short, curvy, and sweet, she’s the perfect combination. When I walk in on her at work one day getting hit on, I intervene.

It feels as if every Little in this town has been claimed. I stay up most nights, daydreaming about my perfect Daddy. Then, I meet him at a chance encounter in my backyard. He’s tanned, tawny and muscular, strong enough to lift me off my feet - literally. I can’t possibly be enough for him. But, he’s protective, and good at what he does. Does he want me as much as I want him? Will this end in true love?

Widowed with five children, stay at home mom Annie Miller has been just getting by . . . and growing restless because of it. Thinking Annie just needs a vacation, her sister enters her into a contest sponsored by The Channel, a network that caters to delivering women's fantasies. Annie wins the grand prize, a week at a luxurious spa—and gets a treat when she turns on the flat-screen TV. The one working channel lets Annie program—and experience—her own personal fantasy each night. Suddenly she's living out dreams she didn't even know she had.

A clandestine society hides the truth about wealthy men around the world. If their secret got out, the whole world would know that these alpha billionaires…are hidden bear shifters. Liam Bowen left society behind long ago. He’d rather be in the woods, free to indulge in his bear shifter side, than working with his twin brother at their billion-dollar tech company. He’s protective of his solitude, but he can’t ignore the cries of a wounded woman deep in his woods.

My holiday plans never included a funeral, or the grizzly bear in a suit scowling at me throughout the service, but here I am. Turns out the grizzly is named Aidan, and he's actually a big softie beneath his shaggy beard. A big softie with rock hard abs. He's fun, flirty, and dangerously attractive, but we're strictly friends. There's no crossing that line, although with each passing night, he's getting harder to resist. I changed my life for love once before and I won't do it again, no matter how much my heart wants him to make me stay.

Replacing a social life with a career, bestselling romance novelist Emily Shann has gotten by on a vivid imagination, hiding a shocking secret that not even her publisher suspects—until she's asked to write something that's hotter, sexier, more explicit, and true to life. Emily has nowhere to turn for advice except to her new editor—tall, dark, and handsome Michael Devlin—who's already stirring her fantasies. So is The Channel—a secret network designed to tutor women in the art of sensual delight.

Christmas has always been my favorite time of year, but when my Grinch of a landlord decides to raise the rent on my bakery and a new candy shop opens directly across from me, I’m anything but jolly. The problem is that it’s not just ANY candy shop— it’s an over-the-top fancy chocolaterie owned by none other than Ryder Jones— former best friend and the boy who unknowingly stole my heart in high school.

Our night together is increasingly difficult to keep hidden, because Ben Donahue is now the nation's hottest pro-football receiver. Ben broke my heart and I thought I'd buried most of the pieces, until a high-profile criminal case hits my desk and Ben's name is on it. What is Ben doing on a mafia don's witness list? It doesn't take long to realize Ben isn't the all-American boy the world believes, and there are parts of his past that can no longer stay hidden. So, I do the hardest thing I've ever done. I confront the man who destroyed my soul.

There's no backing away from the rebellion Alex started in Olympus. He cannot give in and let Olympians, otherworldlings, and humans suffer any longer, and now the siren he loves, Lula, is at his side. The problem is, Zeus is after her and wants Alex's pledge of loyalty. But Alex won't bend. When Alex does the right thing, confessing he knew Lula long before meeting her, she runs . . . straight into the enemy, Moros's, arms. The enemy who has a secret of his own. He's been creating chaos on Earth to draw out Lula. He wants her to rule Olympus. He demands she become as dangerous as he is.

Dark, mysterious, and lethal . . . That's how most people describe the three men in my bed. Cold-blooded assassins who kill men they deem unfit for society. And yet, to me, they're my salvation. Rescuing me from a gilded cage and a doomed life with a sinister man. I asked them for a simple favor: two birds for one stone. What they demanded in return was something far more profound, something that would indefinitely tether the four of us with an unbreakable bond.

I’m a recent college grad with an exciting job offer for the summer. Even better than the free place to live while I work? I show up the first day to find Aiden working on the property. I’ve had a thing for him ever since he and my brother became best friends. And when we get into an argument, leading to a kiss? The feeling of his lips against mine is electric.

Being a dragon wasn’t an honor, and it wasn’t something that gave him pride. No, it was the thing about himself that he hated most. Marta Petrenko is an empathetic witch whose powers make her a great nurse but bad at relationships. Keeping people at a distance is painful, but it’s the only way she can stay sane. But there’s something about Arryn Dragomir that calls to her. He’s so alone, even amongst his brothers. She can’t help reaching out, even when getting close to him puts her in danger from the evil witch determined to destroy the Dragomir family.

He couldn’t retreat. There was no escape. There was just Joy Valdez, sitting next to him, obliviously gorgeous. Vincent Dragomir has always felt more comfortable as a dragon than a man. He's witnessed first-hand what envy can do to men, and he wants nothing to do with that kind of greed and excess. When he meets notorious socialite Joy Valdez, he’s prepared to hate the girl who represents everything that was stolen from him when his parents were killed in a royal coup. He’s not at all prepared for the attraction that renders him mute whenever she’s around.

I am going to make her laugh today, Blayze thought, suddenly determined. Whether she wants to or not. Blayze Dragomir finally has the fame he’s desired his whole life. Now that he and his brothers have been exposed as lost dragon royalty, he can be the playboy prince he’s always wanted to be. But danger comes along with attention, and Blayze needs to find out who poisoned his new sister-in-law before they strike again. And he knows just who to ask for help: no-nonsense private eye Ramona Jones, the only person in the small town of Augustus, Pennsylvania who isn’t impressed by his star power.