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FBI agent Aidan Talley has been hiding parts of himself since he was a teen. Thirty years later, he’s hiding his heart from his partner. He’s already lost the love of his life once, and Jamie could be that kind of love again. He won’t survive the loss a second time. Cyber agent Jameson Walker left behind a promising sports career to keep his sexuality out of the spotlight. Now, he must return to his old life, as a coach, to bust an illegal gambling ring. He needs his partner, but after refusing to hide how much he cares for Aidan, they’re as far from partners as they’ve ever been.

My whole life has been a lie. Nobody truly knows me. But I know myself, and I’m a coward. Years ago when my heart shattered, I used the weakest adhesives to put it back together. I can’t risk falling in love. My soul is too fragile. Love isn’t guaranteed. It’s always a gamble. And I know, better than most, that it’s not worth the fall. The body can only withstand so many tragedies before it ceases to exist. Only one person has made me want more. Only one. Yet I know it would break me to lose him, and he’d be impossible to recover from. The loss—devastating.

Blended Whiskey is a short story featuring multiple points of view during Aidan and Jamie’s wedding weekend. It should be listened to after the other books in the Agents Irish & Whiskey series. This second edition features a new cover and formatting and light content editing.

Melissa Cruz is the most dangerous woman alive. Post-FBI, the former Special Agent in Charge chases bounties and serves as chief of security for Talley Enterprises. She’s also spent the past year falling in love with her best friend’s little brother. Daniel Talley never imagined the woman of his dreams would give him the time of day. Smart, fierce, and thirteen years his senior, Mel is way out of his league. But somewhere along the way of playing plucky sidekick, Danny finally caught Mel’s attention.

Aidan loves Jamie and wants the bright future he was robbed of before. But the blowback from Aidan’s late husband’s dealings and the secrets everyone, even Jamie, kept from him threaten to burn Aidan alive. He needs a break from it all if he wants a future—a forever love—to come home to. Jamie hates that Aidan is on assignment without him, but he protects his partner’s back by following leads on Renaud, the terrorist responsible for making Aidan’s life hell.

Beckett Feldmore, the star forward of the NHL team the Cranes, is known for his athletic skills on the ice and his off-ice charm. When a knee injury jeopardizes his future in the sport, he finds himself drawn to the team’s beautiful new doctor. She’s not easily swayed by his cocky persona, and Beckett can’t help but be captivated by her, finding her indifference a challenge.

My name is Jace London, and I may have screwed up. I've always been the guy who had it all. Privilege, entitlement, and a life of luxury. But after one college night gone tragically wrong, nothing has ever been the same. Everyone thinks I should be happy. With a trust fund like mine, who could be sad? No one knows what's going on with me or the nightmares that keep me awake at night. I finally found salvation in a parent's worst nightmare, the only thing to ease the pain just enough to breathe.

As an author, words have always been my escape. In my mind, I've lived the many versions of happily ever afters I've written for the world to listen to. I've created swoon-worthy men who would do anything for the women they love. The worlds I've created have left women wishing the stories I've penned were real. Yet my life outside the pages is void of romance and dictated by fear—something I have in abundance while my trust is scarce. I'm terrified of the horrors that could break me and avoid them at all costs. But he found me anyway.

Ending my marriage is one of the best things I’ve ever done, and I vowed never to settle for anything less than I deserved again. In fact, taking time for myself—with no distractions—was all I needed. Of course, I never saw him coming. Gorgeous and amusing, he convinced me to agree to five rules.

Emory is the opposite of a good time. He's the grump that won't stop grumping, and our arguments escalate quicker than my heart rate after a roller coaster's fall. He knows I can see right through his broody gaze and big ideas. Repairing the coaster? More like overhauling his own company's reputation, regardless of whether it helps our local theme park. But when our firm handshakes start lingering too long, or when his muscled thighs rest against mine under the table, I'm thrown for a loop.

What begins as a basketball tourney weekend with friends and family in LA turns into Aidan and Jamie’s toughest case. An all new Agents Irish & Whiskey novel.

By Friday, Agents Bishop and Marshall must: Solve an anything-but-routine burglary. Determine why the house’s previous owner was murdered. Avoid getting killed in the process. Because on Saturday, Levi and Marsh must: Keep an overdue promise to their son. Entertain a house full of friends and family. Say “I do” in the wedding their marriage of convenience turned true love deserves. Marsh and Levi are determined to help a friend in need. But they’re already six months late for a very important date.

Six Deities. Six Kingdoms. Each monarch gifted one of the Maker’s abilities... But one heir is tormented by her power. Tove, the new Queen of Axidoria, inherits a magical gift from the Makers that accidentally casts a frigid winter throughout her kingdom. Unable to control her new abilities, Tove spends most days living with her failure as queen alongside fighting her inner demons. As the bitter cold hardens the public’s opinion of her, Tove is given no choice but to search for a suitable union.

Waiting. As in wey-ting. As in a verb. As in a synonym for anticipating. As in the very thing I didn't realize I was doing for a man 10 years younger than me....

Logan Ellis is desperately trying to escape the mistakes of her past while starting a new life with her three-year-old daughter, Violet. After going through rehab, maintaining sobriety, and proving to her parents that she’s a different person than she once was, she’s finally standing on her own two feet, and she’s not going to let anything get in the way of that.

Fourteen years ago, Braxton Kane’s feelings were forbidden. As an officer, he couldn’t fall for an enlisted…no matter how much he longed for Holt Madigan. Now — as a police chief in love with a digital assassin — his promise to always protect Holt is becoming harder to keep. Holt doesn’t understand why his best friend has been pushing him away for months. But when Brax’s life and career are threatened, Holt refuses to allow the distance any longer. The Madigans protect their own, and Brax is family, whether he believes it or not.

All should be well in in the realms of the fae, but instead, bloodshed has already begun. Deimos, high king of the Afterworld, has stepped out of his realm for the first time to offer Delphine a deal that will seal the future of faerie forever: betray her own kind and end the bloodshed...or watch faerie drown in war.

Enemies and friends alike have tried to burn our love to cinders, but through the smoke and ash, the Flame King and I have always found our way back to one another. When Zabriel places a crown upon my head, his blood and his scent sing of his love for me. All of Maledin celebrates my coronation with the most spectacular Dragon Games the country has ever seen. But the celebrations are laced with calamity as riders from the wild flare demand to participate, and evil finds its way within the sturdy castle walls.

A 14-year-old boy disappears from his home without a trace - almost forever. Ninety years later, a series of chance DNA matches reveals what became of him. John had to grow up quickly - changing his identity, earning a living, and navigating love, friendship, and death during some of the toughest times in American history. With nothing more than an eighth-grade education, his journey takes us through Prohibition, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the gold mines of Colorado, and the Second World War to eventually become a success in his own right.

After two years of living in the shadows, I force myself to leave my protective bubble and move to college. When I get there, though, and come face to face with the casualty of the greatest mistake of my life, I have to wonder whether I’ve made the right decision. But then, as time moves on, I learn how to breathe again, and that’s not something I’m willing to give up on. Maverick may be determined to push me away—something I deserve—but all I want is to hold on to my freedom, and him, tighter. Will we find happiness with each other, or are we destined to a lifetime of hurting one another?