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When you’re in trouble with the mob, there’s only one thing to do: assume your twin sister’s identity, escape to a tropical island resort, and lay low while enjoying a generous slice of beefcake courtesy of the World Mr. Shifter pageant. But wolf shifter Laura Smith didn’t expect to find the most gorgeous man at the resort behind the bar...or guess that he would be her one true mate! But as long as everyone thinks she’s her sister, giving in to her heart means blowing her cover.

Deer-shifter Mary North may be afraid of snakes, planes, tropical diseases, and strange people, but fate hands her a solo vacation at the luxurious, all-inclusive Shifting Sands Resort, and she's determined to enjoy herself. She isn’t prepared to meet her own mate - and find out he doesn’t want her.

The further he gets from Anya, the more certain he feels that he can’t let his guard down like that again. His family needs him more than ever, and Anya deserves someone who is devoted, who can be there for her the way he can’t. But in letting Anya go, will he sacrifice his heart?

I was 10. You were 19. You wanted to be a chef. My mom made you a star. I'm 24. You're 33. You hold the record for the Sexiest Man Alive. I'm still the lost, rejected, damaged girl who can't find herself anywhere but in your protective arms. I loved you when I was 10. I love you now. You call me your best friend, and you still see me as a kid. I'm 25 with a man on one knee in front of me.

I never meant to fall in love with her. Once, we were friends on the brink of something more, but my life took a turn, and I had to disappear. Now, I’m back, but picking up where we left off is impossible. There’s someone new in her life - someone who doesn’t deserve her. And I’m keeping a secret that if exposed will ruin any chance I have to win her back.

Professional athlete Anya Templeton is waiting for love from the wrong man, and if she’s not careful, he’ll keep her heart entwined with his forever. After surviving a kidnapping while on a climbing trip to Morocco together months ago, Anya feels more bonded to Jake Brown than ever, so when he returns from his latest climb with a special gift, she’s confused why it brings on conflicting feelings.

Sacrifices are acceptable when you're not the one making them. With Arty's life hanging in the balance, nothing else matters. Until it does. The rift in the abyss is opening. The world as we know it is about to end, and it turns out, I'm the only one who can stop it. It's time to face the ultimate truth. It's finally time to face Fate head on.

Satan's killer found a way past my defenses and into my heart. He stole something valuable from me and that theft could cost me something even dearer. I'll have to race against time to stop him, and if I fail then our whole world could fall. I can't let that happen. Not on my watch.

Reunite with some of your favorite characters on a tropical escape to a luxury resort for shifters only. Meet new shifters (and one confused human) who find love and family on the mysterious island of Shifting Sands.

Hilarious and heartwarming, three standalone novellas and one short story return you to the beloved island of Shifting Sands Resort—or introduce you to it. In A Christmoose Story, hockey player Lars is desperate to impress the shy, bookish caribou shifter Julie. Desperate enough to lie and say that he’s a bear shifter, because who could ever love a big, goofy moose?

I couldn't possibly have been more wrong the night I'd tackled Hunter Moore to the ground in the middle of the night. To be fair, the street was pitch-black, the wheel to my suitcase had popped off, and I found myself face to face with a stranger charging at me. My instincts had kicked in, and instead, I'd landed him straight on his back with my knee pressed to his chest. Turns out, the stranger I'd tackled to the ground was my brother's roommate...which meant he was also mine.

Cave bear and sculptor, Bruno knows his life won’t be complete without a mate to call his own. But what happens when he falls for not one, but two trespassers, and how can he reconcile his desire to claim them both?

As the brains behind Wilson Kinetic’s rocket to success, Tobias Underhill measures up in every way but height. He’s got money, connections, and any woman he wants. But he knows his success is hollow without someone to share it with. Gnomes might not have fated mates, but when Tobias spies the gorgeous and fascinating Harriet Slade, he's sure that she's just the woman to make his house a home.

To win his mate, he'll have to put his foot down. Anita is tickled pink when billionaire Frank Wilson picks her little bakery to provide desserts for The Wet and Wild Charity Gala. But what was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime turns into the storm of a century. Flamingo shifter and philanthropist, Frank has been going through life like one of his own clockwork sculptures, not sure of his purpose until he meets the plucky baker who captures his heart and assumes he's a janitor.