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When your life falls apart and grief consumes you, what better way to forget than to take a winter mountaineering course in the Scottish Highlands? That was my thought when I booked myself on to it. Now I’m regretting ever signing up. Getting paired up with a grumpy stranger who thinks I’m a foolish amateur is only the tip of the iceberg. When an avalanche hits, we get separated from the group and have to find another way down the mountain.

Callum has spent most of his life trying to escape a traumatic past that continues to haunt him. When his brother Cole is finally released from prison, he thinks having him back is the missing piece he needs to fill the void inside him, but Cole's return brings with it a sinister turn of events that threatens to unravel everything Callum has worked so hard to build.

When I join Yale's ice hockey team, my goal is clear: to prove that women deserve their place in the game. Tensions simmer between the men's and women's teams, but fate has a different plan in store. One unforgettable night, passion ignites between me and several members of the men's team, blurring the boundaries of rivalry and desire.

I knew the world was bigger than the small town I grew up in, but discovering just how large it really is might send me into a spiral. Demons exist, and not only that, they have a carnival they run on Earth, full of the most vile people crafting deals to further their bad deeds. And yet, it’s in this tent of sin that I find my savior. With a deal sealed by a kiss, I’m sworn protection by the most fearsome creature I have ever laid eyes on. The only problem is, I’m not sure he can protect me from his world too.

When things go from friend zone to friends-with-benefits, can these lifelong besties handle the heat? As the NHL’s sexiest, surliest bad boy, Kyle “Henny” Henderson basically wrote the book on awkward morning-afters. But nothing prepares him for the hat trick of waking up naked, hungover, and hard as hell with his face between a luscious pair of breasts he doesn’t recognize… Because those soft, oh-so-lickable curves belong to his completely off-limits best friend. After a devastating breakup, Bex Canfield moved home to Buffalo to put her life back together, not cause another train wreck.

Dylan St. James is The Fatal Five's most prized possession. The leader's little sister and the most untouchable girl at Stonedge University. She’s the girl all the boys want but can’t have and the girls love to hate. That is, until one night, one race, and everything changed. Drugged. Beaten. Raped. They thought they were smart. They thought she wouldn’t remember, but the men who hurt her also walk the same grounds that she does. Day after day, they spew taunts and threats. Thinking they would get away with it. But little did they know, she’s a killer too, and she’s out for revenge.

She’s blonde, blue eyed and has got curves for days. A California dream us southern boys never get the chance to touch. She’s all I could ever need, want, desire, & I’ll change my whole world just to keep her in it. But when her lips meet mine, and our craving for each other pushes us further than we ever expected, will she choose us? Or could sacrificing everything for her prove to be the biggest mistake I’ve ever made?

My grandmother always had a flair for drama and was a master manipulator. At eighteen, I was forced to marry so I could pay my college tuition. Enter Caleb Cunningham: my best friend’s brother and a hot Navy SEAL. I needed my inheritance, his family needed money to cover his dad’s hospital bills. At the time, it seemed like a win-win—two acquaintances just helping each other out. The marriage didn’t last, but that’s okay. It was a marriage of convenience, nothing more.

Twelve years after abandoning me when I needed him most, Lucas Adler is back in Sun River. The boy I thought would be my forever is now a man on a mission to make things right. He wants to meet my son. I’d rather introduce him to my fist. Then Lucas makes an offer I can’t refuse: help him reopen the idyllic Camp Wild Lake for a new generation of kids. It’s my dream come true, and he knows it.

Karlie Holmes didn’t think it was possible for her life to get any worse. Kidnapped and forced to deliver her baby on her own, being rescued was supposed to be the hope she needed. What she didn’t plan for was to be placed in a medically induced coma. Or to wake up and not recognize the man begging her to live. And did he say, baby? Their baby? Steel Jameson knew precisely what he wanted in his life. To marry Karlie and raise the baby he didn’t know existed.

Control is only an illusion. A lie. Just like me. The universe has a way of leading us to where we’re meant to be, showing us what we’re meant to do. But karma has screwed up somewhere, because I’m sure I don’t deserve her wrath. Facing the possibility of losing the two most important men in my world, I bury myself in my work. The filthy one is my new priority, my escape from the reality that is my personal life. With this new opportunity, hope for my future blossoms. Until I’m consumed by my choices, bound to decisions which are no longer my own.

Thirty years ago, I left Echo without an explanation, choosing a dying family member’s desperate plea over the woman I loved. I told myself I was protecting her by disappearing, but I shattered both our hearts. Now, my family obligations are complete, and seeing her again at a small-town parade reminds me that some wounds never heal—and some loves never die. I want a second chance, but first, she needs to understand why I vanished and why I can never let her go again.

He’s the grumpy captain with everything to lose. She’s the PR problem he didn’t ask for. Hockey is my life. Always has been. As captain of the team, I’ve built my career on discipline, loyalty, and laser focus. But after a scandal tanks the franchise’s image, the owner relocates us to Driftwood Cove, a small sleepy Florida beach town. New name, new strategy. And a bubbly PR consultant hired to clean up the mess. Harbor Hayes.

Kenneth Afton hates everyone. Though, he hates ‘krauts’ more than anything and unfortunately, Kenneth is forced to marry within the German mob, Immer Treu. This deal is to strengthen their alliance before the business is snuffed out by the Nazi soldiers moving in. He must come to terms with his newfound transaction and aid his new wife as she rises within the ranks of her gang. In time he questions his hatred for krauts and comes to find that he adores how his wife provokes every reaction from him.

My secret is out. My entire existence is shattered, and picking myself up again proves difficult. Leaving Rose behind for a new beginning is harder than I thought, but I need to try for a more independent me with a promising future. One that doesn’t involve the infuriating yet irresistible man who challenges me at every turn. Pushing me. Protecting me. Tempting me beyond any possible resistance. This is the lie I tell myself. Making good decisions—apparently—doesn’t come easily to me and this time, I’ve gone too far. This time, I’ve made a fatal mistake.

In this thrilling and sensuous dark academia fantasy, an ambitious graduate student and her advisor dive into studying a taboo branch of magic, igniting a dangerous passion between them. “Dark academia, romance, and fantasy join forces in a gripping new book.”—People Tucked within an...

In this thrilling sequel to Exquisite Ruin, AdriAnne May’s darkly romantic reimagining of the Minotaur myth, Sadaré and Daesra are torn apart in the underworld—and new relationships may complicate their way back to one another. Sadaré and Daesra’s struggles go beyond the deadly labyrinth...

I want her dead. Everything within me howls to destroy that pretty little mortal so that I can claim her deliciously tarnished soul. When I’m done with her, she will be writhing underneath me, sinning like a bad little mortal should. But no matter how much I long to kill her now, I must wait until she completes the Death Trials my father, The Devil, challenged her to win. Only then will she claim the title of ‘Deaths New Pet’, and I become free to do whatever the hell I want with her.

She was the hottest woman I'd ever set eyes on. Something had told me she was special and to keep hold of her, at least for a few nights. But I listened to my brother and gave her a fake name. With my wealth, I was used to women wanting me for my black card, and I was sick of it, so I took his advice. Only it backfired. She also gave me a false name and disappeared before the sun came up, and as I know nothing about her, finding her again is impossible.

After a long tour of duty, Chief Warrant Officer Rick Spencer is finally home and ready to build a future and start a family with his fun-loving wife. Except Regan isn't quite herself anymore. Her heart is guarded, her defenses are high, and her attitude definitely needs adjustment.