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When a family emergency reminds us all how short life can be, Alexis's father moves up the wedding date. She's forced to wrestle with her father's emotional manipulation as we fall harder and harder for one another and her wedding day moves closer. We're keeping a huge secret from her father and her rabid fan base, and we both feel the walls closing in on us. And then my father shows up out of nowhere. He's set on ruining my life the way he says I ruined his, and he has the evidence to do it.

When her father orchestrates an engagement for business purposes, Alexis is forced to say yes publicly. Now I'm the other man in this equation, and despite my reputation as the bad boy of baseball, I learned long ago to stay away from married women. But not everything is as it appears, and she isn't married yet, which forces me to confront my own morals and fears when it comes to relationships. And when she spends time with my family, we both feel how easy life would be together.

Beck Wolffbrandt is not good for me—he's not good period. He is unhinged; without abandon. His darkness calls to the depraved parts of me, relieving me of all rational thought processes. I can't help but want all the things he thinks he can't offer me. My pursuit of him quickly morphs into a dangerous game I'm not sure either of us can win. I'm willing to risk everything to show him what we could be. Including my life.

Single Dad of Seattle Zak Eastwood plans to spend Christmas with fellow lonely hearts. His kids are supposed to be at an amusement park with their mom. However, fate has other plans. When a woman from his club finds herself stranded in the snow, he takes her to safety.

As an assassin for the mafia, I've amassed a lot of enemies over the years. I've been on my own for eight years with one goal in mind—find my missing mother. She left me with simple instructions: leave the pack and contact the mafia. So I did just that. Everything is going fine until I'm handed the name of my next target. Christian Ellis is the son of the pack leader and my most hated frenemy. Going after him could change the course of my life completely. And worse, it would get me involved with the pack again.

Bella Bailey. Tyler Hawk. A deal sealed with far more than a kiss. Passion. Mystery. Heartache. Betrayal. Lust. But is it love? Hang tight for the dramatic, intensely romantic, wildly passionate conclusion to the Tyler and Bella Duet.

I had her and I lost her. That’s what pain and fear does to someone; they make someone run. And Alicia ran far.... Taking my heart with her. We agreed we both had things to work on, but to be honest, I didn’t know how to improve. She did. She fought for us. She got stronger. She did what she said. I lied.

All she wanted was to feel again, but when Kisa stumbled into Dolor's life, she didn't know it would change her entire existence. Being told that one is destined and damned to destroy the world isn't what she had in mind.The more she learns, the more questions she has, and getting answers is harder than she thought. And then there's Dolor. Mysterious, sexy, dark, he pulls her into his gravity, challenging her to surrender to her feelings and what her body tells her is right.

Derek Reiner is an epic, consuming, forever, kind of love. He's also at the center of my deepest heartache. While he focuses on his personal growth, I figure out my future. As much as I want him in it, I won't choose Derek at the expense of myself. Not anymore. My rockstar may be desperate and restless, but I'm calm and decisive. Some epic loves burn out before they have the chance to blaze. Sometimes, it's for the best.

Released on bail, I'm a woman on the warpath. But vengeance will have to wait. First I need to reclaim my crown—and outplay my own Family. But Natalie is a wild card I can't ignore. She fooled me, seduced me, and betrayed me. I hate her. Now she's back, begging for my help to expose the corruption festering in her agency. I still want her. We strike a bargain, but every charged encounter blurs the lines between ally and enemy, love and hate. And someone out there is willing to kill to ensure we never uncover their secrets.

With the prophecy barreling towards them, Kisa and Dolor must fight against heaven itself for their survival. But can she trust him enough to work by his side? The more she learns about Dolor, the less certain she becomes about her feelings and her future, but time isn't a luxury they can afford. As they track down the lost Fates, pieces of the puzzle begin to line up. Love and deception. Secrets and truth. Lust and acceptance. One thing is certain, though - Kisa and Dolor will do everything in their power to stop the destruction that seems inevitable.

Derek broke my heart when he left without a good-bye. Shattered and spiraling, I'm finding my footing when my rebellious rockstar barrels back into my life, upending the progress I've made. Derek's apologetic and regretful. Worried and sincere. He's everywhere, all at once, trying to prove that there's a happily-ever-after waiting for us. He's wrong. I'm too resentful for forgiveness or second chances. But, gah, I still want him.

All I need is a place to hide for a few weeks. The paparazzi were on my case 24/7 and I needed a bit of breathing room—an escape from the madness—before the media frenzy begins. Sure, I could have gone to a secluded cabin in the woods—but I didn't want to be bored out of my mind. I'd seen enough wide open spaces as a kid from Texas to last me a lifetime. So instead, I let my sports agent hook me up with a modest house in the burbs where we didn't think anyone would find me hiding in plain sight.

There's no way I'm falling for a chick like Leilani. Ugh, dating her would be like spending an entire game in the sin bin. I don't care if her lips are an addictive oasis that I want to dive straight back into. She's a she-devil and I won't succumb to the wicked spells she's casting on me. Except that I can't help myself. Why did I engage? Why did I have to start the conversation and find out how much we have in common? If I let her in, will she see the real me that nobody else knows? But I can't go there... Until she tells me something I will never get over.

Alexis is backed into a corner as she looks between two doors. Behind door number one is the man her father is pushing her to marry, the man who's good for her brand and her future. Behind door number two is me: the bad boy of baseball who happens to be the man she has fallen in love with. I wish we could just run away together. I promised I'd wait for her no matter how long it took. I'd wait forever if I had to. She's worth it.

The past twelve months have seen Alex and her girlfriend, Terri, slowly drift apart. The awful revelation of Terri's one drunken night of betrayal shows Alex just how far apart they are. The more they fight, the less Alex even wants to try. On a business trip to Canada, Alex meets Justine and, over the course of one pivotal evening, a connection is formed that shatters everything Alex thought she knew about herself. Returning to London, she's faced with choices that will irrevocably change her life.

Icy, aloof professor Vivienne Carter is too busy working and raising her teenage niece to have time for a relationship. When she discovers a business card for mysterious Selene, a local dominatrix, Vivienne is intrigued. Why not get her itch scratched? No feelings need be involved. But then she discovers her alluring dominatrix is actually the bossy new principal at her niece's high school.

Princess by birth and sacrificial lamb by royal decree, Scarlet Midicious is ready to face her fate. She's known her entire life that this day would come. Her wedding… The gauntlet… and likely her funeral. However, on the night of the gauntlet, she meets a mysterious man with striking green eyes and a sin-worthy smirk. He has no knowledge of what her gift is—that she has an extraordinary ability to control the living like puppets—but he knows the king's daughters are gifted in some way or another. He offers her a deal.

When I left my sheltered haven, I never thought I’d end up at a gothic cathedral, training with immortals of all kinds to prepare for an epically dangerous journey. We need to go to hell and find the most powerful slayer of all time, who just happens to be the demonic brother of the half-god, half-incubus angel I’m dating. Well, I’m not sure if sharing searingly hot nights where he feeds on my pleasure and helps bring my abyssal powers to the surface counts as dating, exactly. But with the fate of the world in my hands, I don’t have much time to worry about it.

Elliott Sullivan loves being in love, but after his latest romantic disaster, his friends and family finally put their foot down - no relationships or proposals for at least a year. Ready for his heart not to be squashed under another sexy high-heel, he agrees to fully embrace life as a perpetual bachelor - which should be easy, especially once he recruits his sister’s best friend to help. Surely he won’t fall for her, no matter how perfect she seems.