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Nylander has never known a real home. Now he is ready to leave the dangers of his past behind and put down the roots he has always longed for. The only thing standing in his way is a lanky aristocratic lady who is more at home on the farm than in the ballroom. And she has secrets. Nylander inspires a recklessness in Callie that she can’t control. Soon she finds herself conspiring with pirates and contemplating midnight trysts with the very Viking who has turned her life upside down...As midnight strikes, will all their secret, sinful dreams come true?

The world's fate rests on the shoulders of one half-blood dragon. Taken by the infamous Red Dragon, Rowen now finds herself without hope, a plan for escape, or her memory. Ancient secrets are revealed during her captivity, and a strange black dragon risks his life to save her. When he finds himself injured and also kept in the Red Dragon's lair, the two of them must find a way to survive. Captain Elian Westin and what remains of his crew make the journey to Withrae, where a war is brewing. Dragons versus humans. Which side will they choose?

In a harrowing game where the line between victim and villain blurs, FBI Agent Rachel Gift must find a killer who plays god with lives once pledged to protect. With time running out, she confronts her own mortality to save those on the brink, as they teeter between life and forced existence.

FBI Agent Rachel Gift, 33, unparalleled for her ability to enter the minds of serial killers, is a rising star in the Behavioral Crimes Unit—until a routine doctor visit reveals she has but a few months left to live. Not wishing to burden others with her pain, Rachel decides, agonizing as it is, not to tell anyone—not even her boss, her partner, her husband, or her seven-year-old daughter. She wants to go down fighting, and to take as many serial killers with her as she can, but she can feel herself slipping.

Raised in the royal court, Isaak spent years training as a knight and waiting for the opportunity to win back the Rumpelstiltskin lands after his father lost them by betraying the King. Finally, the Queen gives him his chance–all he has to do is find the lost princess, her firstborn, taken by a witch 20 years ago. Only to discover that he's inherited his father's curse, and his days are numbered.

The duke surprises him by offering his London town house for the baron to use in his search for a bride among this Season's crop of debutantes. The baron accepts and leaves before he can be further entranced by the duke's engaging, curvaceous, dark-haired, blue-eyed sister. Phoebe has been slowly emerging from the shell she has been hiding in since a madman held her at knifepoint at her brother's first ball. After meeting Baron Summerfield, Phoebe's interest ignites. There is only one problem—the baron will be staying at her brother's town house.

Julia has one goal: to protect her mother's lands. But the land itself is dying, beset by salt and the encroaching sea, and she's forced to head home to admit her failure. That is, until she meets a miller who might know a way to save her stricken estate. There's only one problem–Romein is the son of Count Montague, her mortal enemy.

Viscount William Chattsworth's circumstances have been reduced after his father, the earl, mysteriously disappears. Thinking to make the most of the distant familial connection, he seeks an audience with the duke. Distracted by the raised voices coming out of the duke's upstairs study, Lady Calliope Harrington pauses at the top of the stairs to listen. The viscount storms out of the study and barrels into Lady Calliope, catching her before she falls. The duke rushes out of his study and sees Lady Calliope in the viscount's arms, and demands his cousin marry Calliope to save her reputation.

Crown Prince Boris's life was perfect–a wife, a child, and his father's favor for a job well done. Until his brother's traitorous plot steals everything from him, forcing him to run for his life for fear of losing what little he has left.

Edward, Earl Lippincott, is cut from the same cloth as his late and unlamented brother, the Fifth Duke of Wyndmere. When a madman has the earl's family in his crosshairs, the earl's overindulgence and self-destructive ways halt. He works alongside his brother, the Sixth Duke of Wyndmere, restoring the family name to secure a suitable marriage for their sister, but is distracted by their sister's lovely friend Lady Aurelia.

An assassin who sees the future. A maiden on a crusade. And an enchanted horse that topples cities…. Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairytales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children….

Melisende joins a crusade, her head full of glory and victory, only to flee from her first battle. Forced to hide as a housemaid while the enemy army occupies the city she'd hoped to save, she despairs of ever finding her way home.

An assassin princess. A witch who vows vengeance. And three curses that must be broken…. Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairytales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children….

For Swanhild and Raphael, life is perfect. Betrothed and about to be married, their future should hold only happiness. Until the plague arrives.

Molina has one desire: to see her inventions spread throughout the kingdom. When Prince Lubos offers to take her to the capital as his bride, she jumps at the chance.

Jared Malcolm Lippincott, the Sixth Duke of Wyndmere, has restored the family fortune. Will his plans to restore the family name mend his pride? An unknown enemy from the past will stop at nothing to ruin him. Lady Persephone does not wish to marry, cleverly donning the guise of a bespectacled bluestocking to discourage offers of marriage. Fate has other plans the night she falls into the duke's arms, captivated by the sparkle in his brilliant blue eyes. Society is all agog speculating if the two are more than just strangers.

Once upon a time, before the Brothers Grimm, when fairy tales were romantic fantasies for entertaining adults and frightening children… Three twisted tales inspired by the classic fairy tales…for adults who still love fairy tales, though they're a little darker now, making that happily ever after so much sweeter.

Disgraced knight Sir Godfrey would do anything to regain his honour. So when the famed Trojan Horse appears at court, Sir Godfrey volunteers to lead a crusade on the magical beast. Lady Penelope is sick of life at a convent, waiting for her father to decide who she shall marry. So when a knight appears in the convent garden with a magic horse, she jumps at the chance to escape.

Ursula thought her biggest worry was hiding her magic powers long enough to catch a husband, until Lord Vauquelin invades and slaughters her whole family. When she emerges from hiding, she finds she's snowed in with a wounded enemy soldier, in a valley full of bears.

All Alba ever wanted was to be the royal shoemaker, like her father. But her despicable brothers have a very different future planned for her. When a good deed backfires, leaving her cursed for her brothers' crimes while the real culprits walk free, Alba will be forced to fight for her freedom, or face losing her dream forever.