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With the holidays nearing, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are getting settled, both personally and professionally. For Reese, dealing with Brantley’s about-face regarding the size of the task force is easy. It’s meeting the parents that he’s worried about. On the work front, the Off the Books Task Force has a stack of cold cases that need to be tackled, but two new cases keep them moving across the great state of Texas. One of which turns into a dangerous game of hide and seek.

Happily married for four and a half years, Beau and Ethan Walker are ready for the next phase in their lives. They want what so many people dream of: a baby. Expanding their family with a tiny bundle of joy isn’t as easy for them as it is for the rest of the Walker clan. However, they have options, and they’re willing to do what it takes because they’ve learned that the things worth fighting for aren’t always easy, but they are definitely worth it.

Kogan is no stranger to pain. For the past five years, he has been in a downward spiral, his days dark and grey. He spends most of his waking hours stumbling through, hating every second, wishing he didn't even exist. Kye Sterling knows Hunter has a troubled past. He knows someone hurt the man, which is the very reason he doesn't mind getting close, wanting to ease Hunter's pain in the only way he knows how. Not that it's working. Nothing seems to be working.

Travis Walker has been battling dark urges since the day Juliet Prince kidnapped his six-year-old daughter four months ago. Although Kate was returned safely, the woman responsible vanished. When their attempts to find her keep coming up empty, Travis let his need for retribution consume him, and it nearly cost him his relationship with his family. Thanks to help from Gage and Kylie, Travis came back from the brink and passed the case back where it belonged: with the Off the Books Task Force.

Have you ever wondered who holds the ultimate control in a relationship? More specifically, who wields the power when it comes to domination and submission?...And who better to give me a lesson than Gregory Edge, the tall, dark, and stoic Master who manages the infamous fetish club known as Dichotomy.

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do just about anything to get it? Have you felt as though you weren't quite good enough, so you deserved what life eked out? So much so that you've endured things you knew were wrong, but weren't sure what to change to fix it? If you have, then you're very much like me. That was exactly how I've been living my life, suffering for reasons I couldn't explain. I wanted something I couldn't seem to find, something I doubted I deserved. Until one day, I was in exactly the right place at the precisely the right time.

Recently engaged and moving forward, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are enjoying a bit of downtime with friends and family. But anyone in their line of work knows that sitting idle never lasts long.

Zeus: She can't hide from me. I caught her fair and square...Now Lucy is MINE. I want to mark her all over, so every time she looks at herself she'll think of me. Her every breath, every cry, her every moan of ecstasy belongs to me. By the time I am done with her, she will no longer be able to deny me. I want her every thought, to fulfill her every need. I want all of her, and I don't plan on letting her go...Not until I have taken her body and soul.

What would you do if being with the woman of your dreams meant sabotaging your career? That's the exact situation high-profile executive Leigh Marshall finds herself in when she falls hard for her golf pro, who also happens to be an ex-con. Her board of directors haven't gotten the memo regarding workplace equality and who she sleeps with is still more important than her stellar qualifications. Peyton Broader has no interest in anything other than keeping her head down, reporting to her parole officer, and getting her life back. The last thing she needs is to lose her job or get sucked into other people's drama....

Tis the season, and Mountain Man Daddy has a lot to do to surprise his little wife, Avery, with his change of heart about Christmas, but Rocky, their pet bear, is acting strange and refuses to leave Avery’s side. Mountain Man Daddy, a former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, suspects it’s one of his past arrests lurking, and he’s more protective and dominant than ever. But when Avery finds out the real reason for Rocky’s guardian act, she and her spunky senior-citizen neighbour, Annie, set out to plan a surprise of their own.

The members of the Off the Books Task Force are at it again. Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis continue to find balance between their personal and professional relationships. And when JJ gets caught up in a plot to abduct the governor’s son, she turns to Baz for help. But Brantley’s keeping a secret, one that affects the future of the entire task force - Governor Greenwood has decided to disband them. Effective immediately.

Their first official case as a task force doesn’t take Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis far from home. Getting right down to business, the Off the Books Task Force delves into the case of a 15-year-old girl who had gone missing nine years earlier from the same small town the pair grew up in: Coyote Ridge, Texas.

I stole Chloe away from the omega harem. She's only the means to take revenge. I mated her against her will. Soul-bonded her without her consent. I took away all choice from her. I hurt her to get back at those who wronged me. I hadn't counted on developing feelings for her. She deserves better - tenderness, touches, kisses. None of which I can give her. I intend to destroy her. Ruin her. Take back what is mine.

Revenge is what I live for...I stole Chloe away. She's only the means to take revenge. I mated her against her will. Soul bonded her without her consent. I took away all choice from her. I hurt her to get back at those who wronged me...I hadn't counted on developing feelings for her. She deserves better - tenderness, touches, kisses...None of which I can give her. I intend to destroy her. Ruin her. Take back what is mine. Including her...

She came to save me. Me? The man who’d kidnapped her. She, put herself in danger? How dare she! I’ll not allow her to be hurt again. Not as long as I am alive. I plan to protect her, take care of her. I’ll envelop her in the deepest of caresses, kisses, embraces. Mine, sweet Cara.

I have a secret. A dirty, dark secret no one can know about. By day, I’m the good girl - a respected curator and librarian at the Rephar museum. By night, I’m a romance writer, working toward my big break. But I don’t write regular romance. No. I write dirty, sinful, twisted, erotic romance. The kind that could make a porn star blush. No one knows about it. Not my parents, my boss, or my roommate. And they can never find out.

He said he’ll ruin me, and he did.... He demanded that I give in to him.... And I had. He knotted me, bonded me. He mated me, imprinted his touch in every cell of my body. Then, he betrayed me. He broke my will. He crushed my heart. Now, I am done. It's time I avenged my humiliation.

The members of the Off the Books Task Force are nearing their one-year anniversary. While they’ve closed several cases, it hasn’t been easy. Despite the fact the governor disbanded the team, they are thriving under Sniper One Security. Now in the private sector, there are new tasks that must be tackled, like bringing on new members. But when a partner in an investment firm goes missing, Governor Greenwood reaches out, and the team uses their combined skills to unravel the mystery. Secrets emerge where the case is concerned, and many more are brought to light within the team.

Lazarus County has yet to be tamed. There’s drought, bandits, and natives to contend with. People have moved out there hoping to better themselves, have a chance at the kind of life they could never hope for back East. Of course plenty of the settlers are lonely and willing to take a chance on love, even with someone that they’ve never met. This boxed set includes She Has to Stop Running Sometime, Western Redemption, Western Freedom, and The Sheriff Needs a Bride.

What would you do if the woman sitting across from you at the negotiating table is the same woman you shared a bed with 12 years earlier? That's exactly the situation when Adrienne Phillips enters the offices of Foster McKenzie. Sloan Merchant, the opposing attorney, is a rising star in the world of corporate law with one of the premier companies in the world. Adrienne has never forgotten the thrill of desire in Sloan's eyes, the sound of her name whispered in the dark, the rising crescendo of the pleasure of her touch, and the heartbreaking loss when it was over.