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Student loans are kicking in soon and the crisis looms over Trinity's head. She does what every other single, childless and soon to be smothered by rent millennial her age is doing... She signs up to become a mail order bride for the cost of her student loans. Being dark-skinned, plus-sized and unapologetically sassy in her profile, Trinity expects nothing. A little email announces her purchase with a first-class plane ticket to where? Alaska.

A sudden, violent snowstorm and an arranged marriage gone wrong sends Nicol careening into the arms of a grumpy, violent ex-convict hiding from his past deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Zedekiah "Zed" Strangeway hasn’t touched a woman in years. He can't allow himself another life-ruining entanglement. He prefers life on his own in the deep woods and the deep winter. Most women can’t handle Zed's presence.

Asian-American Conan Ahn has been watching his older black neighbor since he was 17. Always patient. Always in control of himself. Tonight, all will change. An attractive man, 21 years her junior, climbs through Shaquana’s window planning to take her for his own…. An unexpected snowstorm traps them in a cramped space together, forcing them to work out their differences the old-fashioned way.

He’s a small town cop, who wants the one woman he can’t have—his best friend’s 20-year-old black daughter. Thirty-something Fletcher Sweeney falls hard and fast for the African American girl-next-door with bouncy brown hair and a behind that rounds out a pair of blue jeans. Brittany has flawless brown skin, a gorgeous face, and a body that stimulates his increasingly dark and inappropriate romantic obsessions with the younger black woman.

Don’t believe what they tell you about Robin Hood, outlaw of Sherwood Forest. There never was such a man. But there is a woman, and that’s me, Robynne: fox shifter, master archer, and jaded outlaw with a fierce desire for justice. The legends are just as wrong about the Merry Men. Little John is a stubborn, muscle-bound bear shifter — and not at all little in all the best places. Friar Tuck is a sexy-as-sin lion shifter whose dreams of becoming a knight are dashed by family commitments. Now, he’s praying for a miracle — and a little action. Any action.

A sudden, violent tornado sends Lachelle careening into the arms of a grumpy, blue-eyed painter working on her Tudor home. Julius hasn’t felt the touch of a woman in years. He prefers life on his own in the country with his dog. Most women can’t handle Julius anyway. He’s too gruff... Too possessive of his women. Too addicted to his lovers once he has them in his clutches. Most women want something less intense…