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I wasn't looking for love when I met her. I thought she'd own me for a night. Little did I know she'd end up owning my heart for a lifetime. Lincoln Oliver Vincent Eastwick (aka L.O.V.E.) has no intentions of ever being in a committed relationship, but that doesn't mean he won't provide one spectacular date to the lucky winner of a masked bachelor auction for a good cause.

Scarlett Bell has found a way to move beyond a dark past that threatened to take her best friend, Kinsley, from her. Now 10 years later Scarlett has everything. A multi-billion dollar fashion and beauty empire. A fabulous New York apartment filled with everything a girl could need. And an awesome best friend. What more could she want? Love, marriage, and a baby. Everything her best friend has.

Truth. Dane Crawford is head over heels in love with his best friend. Dare.... Sterling Cranefield is in lust with her boyfriend, until he abruptly breaks her heart. When Sterling tries to withdraw from her friends following the breakup, Dane won’t allow it. Now is his chance and he isn’t going to let it, or her, slip through his fingers. A simple game of Truth or Dare, changes everything. Dane and Sterling’s lives take a different direction than either of them thought possible Will they cross the lines of the just friend zone?

Christian Cole: I loved her. It took a day for me to realize she was different. It took a night for me to realize I had to let her go. I was reckless. She deserved everything I couldn’t give to her. I had someone else to worry about.

A snarky, headstrong mage. An arrogant, secretive faery. An ancient academy full of magic and darkness. Vienna Defante might be the Princess of Carthian Mages, but her life is far from perfect. For starters, her parents are mass murderers. They killed everyone in the mage Royal Citadel to seize the throne. And to make matters worse, she’s destined to attend the most prestigious mage academy in the world...right down the street from the Citadel itself. Vienna can’t seem to escape her power-hungry family or the blood staining her own hands.

Rebecca King had a broken heart, literally. Congenital heart disease has given her less than a year to live. Hopefully, that'll be enough time to complete every task on her bucket list. However difficult, she finally comes to terms with her imminent demise. Then fate delivers an unexpected distraction. Due to a horrific accident that left his wife on life support, Nick Cato, narcotics investigator, is trapped behind a wall of loneliness and grief. However, he had no way of knowing that destiny would deliver a gift strong enough to quell the sadness.

It wasn't his job to protect her, but there's no way he's leaving her side. Dallas McNeil had spent half his life serving his country. War and death had left him cold and hollow. Embracing the darkness of his former life, he wouldn't have much to offer anyone. Candi was a beacon of light that made his cold heartbeat again. He's always had a sweet tooth, and she was just the treat to satisfy it. She's too good for the likes of him, but he can't stay away - he needed her.

For me, Cassandra Thorn, being born as a human, raised by an elite group of supernaturals, and struggling to reach my 20th birthday was far more fun than this. Then again, anything would be. In this case, "this" refers to being taken against my will - kidnapped - and trapped in an underground lab for supernatural shifters. Pretty ridiculous, considering I was a mere mortal. Or so I was told. Turns out there are a lot of things I was told, not all of them true.

Forget about those other celebrity chefs. Or as I like to call them.... Amateurs. Nobody can perfect a pastry like yours truly. People come from all over the world to taste my delectable treats. Women practically throw themselves at me, begging for a chance to suck the cream out of my éclair. I'm handsome, I'm wealthy, and I'm talented. All in all, life is pretty sweet. At least it was...until a beautiful Latina walked into my life and lit my whole damn world on fire. They say all is fair in love and war.

After All These Years: The Seattle Knights have the hottest players in the game. On and off the field. First love. Second chances. After the Fire: In his lifetime, Gaige Benson has dreamed of only two things. Playing football and loving Violet Reed. Welcome to the NFL.

Chelsey Hayden lives by strict codes under her family’s name. When you’re a Hayden, you follow the rules and never stray. Especially when it comes to her brother’s friends being off limits, no matter how handsome and sexy they are. She comes from a wealthy family that has her life planned out. That is until the dynamics change, and her path crosses with the one she wants to break all the rules for, but she’s scared - scared she’ll reveal her deepest, darkest desires, and there will be no turning back.

Janiyah Henderson may be an adult, but her dad doesn’t see it that way. Granted, she’s enjoying her post-college life of little to no responsibility. But when her dad announces at a family meeting that she can’t handle working a “real job”, there’s only one thing to do: land a desk job and prove him wrong.

Holly Jacobs was heart-broken. She thought her high school sweetheart, Kevin, would be with her forever. But then, after announcing he’d joined the Army, Kevin unexpectedly broke it off with her and it wasn’t pretty. So when news leaks out that Kevin is back in town Holly is determined not to let it bother her. But when they meet again for the first time in six years, the sparks return faster and hotter than ever before.

Gaige Benson is the NFL's golden boy. He's done it all. Won every award. Except that elusive Super Bowl ring. This year, he is hanging up his cleats and plans on going out a winner. Even a golden boy has secrets. Will Gaige's past be the one thing that derails his future? Violet Reed almost lost it all. Her sight, her dreams of becoming a doctor, and the only man she ever loved. A miracle saved the first two. Sixteen years later, she is getting her second chance at love.

Twenty-nine-year-old Happy Galleria is unhappy with the way her life is going. Her life plans were to be married, excelling in her career, and pregnant with her first child. However, her boyfriend, Phil, has other plans. Trying to make partner at his law firm, his plans don’t include a family, marriage, or setting roots anytime soon. Happy has always been good with remaining emotionless, but will her emotions start to show once Phil ignores her pleas for wanting more in their relationship?

Things weren’t always so complicated; they used to be simple, but I guess that’s because I never really knew who Natasha was in the first place. We met on a whim, because she was in a sinfully tight dress and I was horny as could be. Her beauty caught my eye, but her heart captured my soul. She found me in a compromising situation, and there were two options. I could kill her, or I could keep her. I’d never allow anyone else to have her, but now she hates me for everything I’ve done. Will my actions tear us apart, or will she finally understand the life she was born into?

Blitzen enjoys fixing things, and the machines that make Christmas sweeter need attention, too. As Belinda Litzen, she is a one-woman repair shop catering to all the overworked bakeries in town. When a candy shop has a rolling machine down, she shows up to save the day and meets a candy maker who gives her a visual sugar rush. Rex has been waiting for his reindeer to show up, but the repairwoman was not what he had imagined. Instead of brown, she was golden, and instead of shy, she met his gaze head-on. She is his first reindeer, and he is her first wolf.

Meet Karen Dunlap and Jovan “Jo” Saint: a young, loving couple living the way that many in their mid-twenties are in hoods of New Jersey. Karen is working a minimum wage job, while Jo hustles on the block with his right-hand, Pop. For the five years that Jo and Karen have been together, Karen has been by Jo’s side, no matter his struggle because she sees and believes in her man’s potential. Yet, Karen cannot deny that she wants more - to leave the hood and live a comfortable life of ease.

The quality or state of being Moore. When an obsessive Aurei Moore discovers the untouchable Vegas star Siri (Seary) Wright in Alabama on his turf, he recognizes a unique opportunity to make the dancing diva his lover on his terms, but he knows he must keep his identity secret or risk being labeled a stalker. After the isolated high-value entertainer Siri Wright encounters a beautiful Golden God, she is shocked by the chemistry that sparks between them and sets about learning more about Mr. Moore.

Coming home to Virginia Beach after college and working in a clothing store wasn't what I'd planned for my life. I also didn't plan on meeting four Navy SEALs at a bar, or agreeing to their bet. Go out on a date with each one, and then choose. It's like a fantasy come true. Except...why choose?