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Princess…it’s a nickname I could do without. It’s a reminder that I’m always in the public eye. I’m defined by my father. I’m expected to fulfill a role I didn’t ask for. And while I’m loved by all, I’m truly loved by none. Then a stranger whispers “princess” into my ear, and everything changes. Princess sounds and feels different coming from his lips.

I have more questions than answers. In one world, I’ve been told to trust no one but Callum. The leaders I’ve always believed in are supposed to be my enemies, and the people I’ve served all my life seem to only see me as a tool to get what they want. But what do I believe?

Everything is changing between Callum and I. He’s still my enemy and my greatest competition, and I sure as hell don’t know if I can trust him, but the connection between us is irresistible. Not that anyone can know.

Moving to Romero is the best thing that has ever happened to attorney Macie Mitchell. She’s even made some amazing new friends: Trixie, Cora, and Sally from the Read Wine Bookstore. But when her boyfriend is arrested for embezzlement, Macie faces the biggest case of her legal career, and she’s going to need her new friends more than ever. Especially when she realizes her boyfriend is not who she thought he was.

All it took was one sizzling encounter with my brother’s best friend to get me pregnant. A one-night stand that scorches the sheets—moments I can't erase.

Trixie is thrilled to carry her friend’s wine at the Read Wine bookstore. After all, local businesses should support each other. But when she takes a field trip to Bramble Patch Winery, she uncovers the body of Deanna's husband in a very unlikely place. Trixie's wants to help her friend but, as she digs deeper into the inner workings of the winery, she finds that things aren’t always as they seem. Could her friend be guilty of murder, or is someone else determined to see the winery fail?

One poisoned cupcake just might close this bookstore’s doors forever. Enjoying the success of their small town bookstore Read Wine, Trixie, Cora, and Sally can finally focus on other aspects of their lives—like planning Cora's upcoming wedding. As the friends prepare for the big event, they discover someone in town is poisoning baked goods, and they are being served at the bookstore. This is not a good look for their business, and they need to act fast before their customers disappear. Can they discover who the culprit is and get their friend down the aisle? Only time will tell.

Trixie, Sally, and Cora are determined to open Read Wine on schedule. After all, this is their dream—opening a bookstore in their small town. But you can’t open for business when there’s a dead body on the floor. Not only does it ruin the ambiance, but it definitely didn’t appear anywhere in their business plan.

Trixie Pristine is ready to make all of her dreams come true. Teaming up with her closest friends, Cora Taylor and Sally Greeves, the three women open the quaint bookstore Read Wine. But suddenly, this new endeavor isn't all that Trixie hoped it would be. As strange things begin to happen, the women realize someone is out to sabotage their new business venture. Refusing to put down the coffee or relinquish the wine, the three friends meddle in police affairs to get to the bottom of the mysterious events.

Tommy Jack is a mute, homeless man living in a cave at the far end of Duncan’s Farm in Andover, Massachusetts. When he’s not roaming Andover, he tends Duncan’s honey bees in a meadow not far from Tommy’s camp. When the body of Ally Jones, the high school cheer captain missing for months turns up in a shallow grave on Duncan’s Farm, the town suspects that Tommy must have killed the girl.

I wanted to leave my old life behind for good. And that’s exactly what I did when I moved to New York City with the love of my life to start an internship that would kickstart my dream career. I felt stronger and more sure of the woman I was becoming as I let go of the person I once was. But my past was haunting me.

Every broken piece of me had been stripped away so that, like a phoenix, I would be able to rise from the ashes of my past. He’d been the one to show me the truth of who I was. Who I am. Without him, I would still be chained to another man and a life that was killing me slowly.

Willa von Stein thought she was magicless, but after a powerful spell broke a decades-long curse, her once very safe, very quiet life was shattered. Now she’s not only a witch, but also a vampire princess.

He’s older, hotter than the devil himself, and completely off-limits to me. The moment I saw Garth Walker step into my college classroom, I knew he was trouble. With his dark hair, towering figure, and brooding eyes, he was exactly what I needed to stay away from. Why? For one, I had a boyfriend. Connor was everything a girl like me was supposed to want. And I gave him everything. Connor? Not so much these days. But I was staying on the path I laid out for myself. We were planning on going to medical school together. But Garth Walker had a way of showing up every time Connor didn’t.

Emerson and John meet on the boardwalk as the moonlight dances off the Chesapeake Bay. She thinks he’s gorgeous and comes down with a case of instalove. He thinks she’s a panhandler and gives her five dollars. The embarrassment is enough to send tattoo-sleeved and turpentine-stained antiques restorer Em running for a life makeover. The only problem is she’s spent the last decade looking after everyone else in her little town and now she’s totally forgotten how to self-care. Adding to that garbage heap of a situation is tonight’s blind date.

Hazel Nash has decided to let her alternative personality, Amelia, live a life with her best friend, Carter Murphy. Together, they receive news of an inheritance that changes everything.

Ten years ago, Hazel's father tried to put her in an early grave and unleashed a sinister evil no one was prepared for. Not even him. A body has been discovered. Her blackouts are getting worse. The voices inside her mind are keeping secrets. With her old friends in town, will she be able to keep them safe? Even from herself?

Two enemies. One competition. And a dangerous magical world they must survive. At 21 years old, my focus should be on college, boys, and friends. Instead, I’m one of the chosen. One of two people capable of going to a magical world to bring back a resource my people need to survive. The only problem? The only other person who can go to this world is my greatest enemy: Callum. An arrogant, stubborn man who drives me wild. Even though we can never be together. But while that would be enough to make anyone crazy, there’s also a mystery I must solve. My mother is dead.

When I accepted my dream job across the country, my boyfriend went into planning mode, even arranging for us to live with his uncle until we could get our own place. So, imagine my surprise at the airport when he dumps me, leaving me to go to Florida alone. Armed with only an address and entry codes, I make the move without him, and am totally unprepared when I come face-to-face with my new roommate, Zayn North, professional football’s notorious, womanizing bad-boy. I do my best to keep my distance from the beastly man, but one kiss changes everything and I definitely want more.

The old ways are crumbling. Every spring, a new sacrifice is chosen—a Spring Maid bred to seed the future of the village through a ritual before being led to the foreboding woods. But this season will mark the end of a barbaric tradition and the birth of something even more horrifying. There’s a war coming—one of gods and giants. The Spring Maid has been chosen by a force far greater than her to be the mother of great warriors.