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Matthew Caldwell is NYC's most eligible bachelor. Charming. Gorgeous. Wealthy. Great with kids. Broken. Sixteen years ago, he lost everything. He made a vow to never love again. But suddenly everyone in his life is acting like a matchmaker. He can't help but wonder if a broken vow is better than a broken heart. There's just one problem. Only one woman in the city has caught his attention. And it's the only woman he can't have.

Sacrifice is just another part of life I've come to terms with. I thought I'd given up everything. My soul. My sanity. My heart. But Ivy Palmer was my greatest sacrifice of all.

It’s a new regime at Talonswood Reform. It’s cold and it’s cruel. And it’s Asher’s. After a violent attack leaves the academy in tatters, Asher is in charge of shaping up the place for inspection. And according to the stick-up-his-ass commander, everything that’s gone wrong here comes down to me. My power. My addictive connections with Ellis and Reese. And the tiny, fire-breathing dragon who won’t leave my side. Asher is determined to make me an enemy, but he won’t make me a subordinate.

The Untouchables. That's what everyone calls them. At least, it's my best friend's nickname for them. And since she's the only one that talks to me at my new school, I'll take her word for it. The nickname probably comes from the fact that they're exorbitantly wealthy. Old wealth. The kind that isn't flaunted around. But you can tell by the way they carry themselves. Or maybe the name just refers to the fact that they're so beautiful it's almost hard to look at them.

Foster girl. Trash. That’s all I am to the world. And that’s fine. After surviving New Jersey’s foster system, I can survive anything. Even taking a dangerous job from a tall, gorgeous stranger so I can keep my little sister safe - a job that goes very, very wrong.

Two years ago, I chose him over me. Just because I was stuck in this small town, living a small-town life, didn't mean he had to be stuck, too. He had so much talent, and he was destined to do big things, but I knew he'd never leave without me. Not unless I made him. I knew it would break his heart, but it was the price I'd have to pay for his freedom.

I’ve been taken, snatched from my home, and held at gunpoint in a cellar. Five men have me now, each of them dangerous in their own way. They want something from me, and it’s not just what’s in my head. I see the way they look at me, the glint in their eyes, their lingering touches. They’ll do anything to break me, and take what they want. But I wonder if I'll let them.

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Everyone assumes I have a perfect life. And why not? I'm Ava Edwards—daughter of billionaire mogul Lex Edwards. I had everyone fooled until New Year's Eve, when my life fell apart. Then he walked into the same bar looking just as devastatingly handsome as I remembered him. A long-lost friend who I considered family—once upon a time. Comfort led to more, and we made a mistake that changed both our lives forever.

The four annoying boys who were responsible for the worst moments of my childhood have grown into four irritating, hot-as-sin MEN. I try to ignore them but they torment me during the day and haunt my dreams at night. Oh, and did I mention...they're my stepbrothers. Adam, Matt, and identical twins Josh and Jake would be most girls' dream - but not mine. Sure, they're tall, dark, gorgeous, and successful, but I don't want them and I don't need them - at least that's what I tell myself, until I spend one mind-blowing week at their beach house.

To Marco (No I’m not going to add Polo), Last night was a mistake. A big mistake. Or rather should I say small? I don’t want to hurt your ego. I should have listened to your sister. You’re insufferable and rude and far too cocky. Don’t worry, I won’t be telling anyone what happened because as far as I’m concerned it never did. Please stop calling me. I do not need to come and collect my bra from you. Or the t-shirt you lent me to sleep in when I got cold. No, that one act doesn’t make you a gentleman. And no, I do not need to have your smell near me to fall asleep.

At 26 years old I never dreamed I’d walk in on my husband in bed with my best friend. At 27 years old I found myself divorced and the mother of a one-year-old son. Never mind I was learning to take the reins of my family’s apple orchard business. There was no way my life could be any more complicated...or so I thought. Can a woman who’s lost all trust in men help a man who can’t even trust himself?

Taylor has lived with threats and blackmail her entire life. Either she behaves like the perfect, dutiful daughter, or gives up her most desperate wish. With her father’s election on the horizon, the pressure is on to appear as the all-American family, including her marrying the man her father chooses. Wasp has worked hard, building his name as a photographer, but he’s never forgotten the woman who first stole his heart. One hot kiss leads to an indecent proposal and a cross-European bucket list tour. But Wasp is no longer the boy Taylor once knew. Her hot Scot has his own plans.

With his shameless grin and let's-play swagger, carpenter Penn Etling leaves women wanting in Dogwood Lane. What do they get? Avery Perry knows: a one-night stand. She's been there. She remembers every hot pulse as if it were yesterday. But Penn? He doesn’t remember a thing. Now he’s making new moves, and Avery’s not falling for trouble...again. Is she?

Max has finally made it to the stage. As he shoots for the stars, the last thing he expects is to fall into the arms of the most striking aliens he's ever seen. Moss has never been so charmed by a human before. A simple touch pulls them both into a passionate heat that can only be relieved in bed. But below all the lust and desire, there is a simmering bond that will bring them closer in more ways than one.

Ten years ago, my four stepbrothers left without a backward glance. Now they've returned, and they're not looking at me like a little sister anymore. When I was a shy, awkward teen, my stepbrothers were my world. As my protectors and my best friends, they provided an escape from the noisy drama of our parents’ tumultuous marriage. My big brothers meant everything to me, and I thought I meant something to them. But they made it clear I didn’t when all four of them left town just after my 16th birthday without so much as a good-bye.

It was supposed to be a holiday, a trip of a lifetime to discover myself. The truth is I was running from life back home and away from my best friend. Andrew "Andy" Baker is also family. At least—that's how we were raised. Then, I fell in love with life in London. And I met Prince Charming. It all just fell into place until it didn't. But I took a vow. And vows are not made to be broken, no matter how much it hurts to let go of a man you're in love with. A man other than your husband.

The last thing I needed was to fall for Kody Goodwin, my friend's sister turned nanny. There's something about a woman who has no problem putting a man in his place. And Kody does exactly that, she doesn't take my surly attitude or the way I try to ignore her every move. My heart has other plans, there is no keeping her at arm's length. Not when I see her everywhere, the way she looks, her sweet voice, and the way she loves my daughter. Now all I need to do is prove I'm worthy of Kody's love and I'm going to do everything in my power to make it happen.

To the outside world, I'm known only as Z. The enforcer. A widower with nothing to lose. An ex-SEAL, sworn to keep one vow: Protect the D'Angelo's at all costs. I'm not a good man, and I never claimed to be. Protecting her was second nature. Nothing more. Claiming her was just a one-night escape. But she made one mistake....A cardinal sin. Slipping away on her terms. Not mine. No strings. No commitments. No names? No way. There's just one price for my protection. And it's her. Full steam ahead.

New Jersey bookkeeper Alice Thurber has a carefully constructed risk-free life. Everything in perfect balance. Until little discrepancies show up in her clients’ accounts. Most would ignore it. Not the impeccably precise Alice. In desperation she reaches out to a high-powered consulting firm for help. New York City’s movie-star handsome financial wizard Derek Killion reaches back. All he has to do is smile and Alice’s fantasies stir. A girl can dream, can’t she?