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There's a corporate cabal that wants to rule the world. Some might say it has been doing it already for decades by whatever means necessary. But they are no longer content to hide in the shadows. They want to become true masters. Jason Hunt knows nothing about that world. In a decaying society plagued by poverty and a lost sense of purpose, he's one of the lucky ones. He's got money. He's happily married. He could just go on living. But when his wife becomes ill, Jason finds himself pitted against the cabal that might hold the key to her survival.

Ruslan and his battle-hardened squad, the Steel Spiders, have endured the harshest trials. Yet the storm raging around them is far from over. Sent on a near-impossible mission, Rusty defies insurmountable odds, dragging not only his squad but also their fellow soldiers out from the jaws of death. Surrounded by adversaries at every turn, the Steel Spiders discover the true essence of camaraderie. Uniting forces with the indomitable Black Bears and the top dogs of the skies, the Angry Rhinos, is their only way to glory.

Sawyer Jackson, the NFL’s top tight end, can block, catch, and run a perfect route—straight into a willing lady’s sheets. But when he crosses paths with Broadway hopeful—and recently single—Kennedy Quinn at a destination wedding, he finds himself intrigued by the woman whose angelic voice cast a spell on him. Why else would he leave Puerto Rico with a new best friend and not another notch on his bedpost?

Lux Lexington is in trouble. She lost her job as a tour guide in touristy Salem, and she needs money. Fast. Jesse Crane is the youngest member of a food dynasty. His parents and both of his siblings own successful restaurants in Boston. He wants to join them, but he wants to do it on his own terms. Enter the Salem food truck competition. The winner gets a prime spot in downtown Salem, a guaranteed way to make oodles of money. This will solve both Lux’s and Jesse’s problems.

Jackson Holt and I have a mutual problem, with an obvious solution. A fake relationship is the perfect way for both of us to get what we want. The sinfully handsome new veterinarian in Dogwood Cove needs to show his boss he’s settling down and here to stay so that he can secure his partnership. I need to get my family and friends off my back so I can focus on my busy bakery, and open my new cafe. Pretending to date each other is no hardship, and the answer to our problems. Two birds, one little white lie of a stone.

Lord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North hates everything about his title. Its length, its pretentiousness, and the fact that it connects him directly to his father, the sadistic violent man he hates more than anyone in Lumeria. The last thing Rhyan wants to do is spend the summer before his Revelation Ceremony traveling across the Empire with him for a state visit.

Paul Hanson's life is anything but ideal, but it gets worse when he is burned in a house fire that kills his mother. In addition to dealing with the pain and suffering involved in recovery, he is also ostracized by his peers and is being questioned about the fire. His life takes a turn for the better when he is taken in by Jack Turner and his wife, Jenny. Jack had suffered an unhappy childhood himself and knows that Paul is going through more than any thirteen-year-old should.

When my job lands me in Dogwood Cove, I have no intention of pretending to be someone I’m not. I especially didn’t intend to fall for a cautious, small-town bookstore owner who brings out a side of me I was convinced no longer existed. We couldn’t be more opposite, but I can’t seem to stay away from her. The problem is, if Paige knew the truth of who I was, how broken I really am, she’d run in the other direction. My emotional scars run deep, the chains of guilt weigh me down.

Unwilling to die behind the bars of the hellish prison where life is worth less than a peso, Long's band of desperadoes break out of jail and split up to escape. Now, Two-Horses, Luke Fischer, Gabriel Santana, Billy Lightning, and Long are scrabbling along a desolate landscape, heading for Texas to reclaim their ill-gotten gains, hunted by dogged lawmen, merciless Comaches, and a violent gang of bandits who also want the stolen gold.

Ten years ago, I lost the love of my life. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. To this day, I still seem to be picking up the pieces of my broken heart. In losing Hayes, we also lost Mal, the misunderstood hockey player who wished more than anything that he could turn back time and trade places with his best friend. So, in his grief and guilt, he left. Without a goodbye. Without the promise of returning. Now years later, I found myself making the promise to bring him back home. No matter the cost.

I've been in love with Dani for...I don't even know when it happened to be honest. We met freshman year and started working out together. Working out buddies turned to friendship, which led to feelings. At least for me. But she's been hung up on another guy, at least until this Christmas break, when I found her singing out her heartbreak at a karaoke bar. All I wanted to do was comfort her, which apparently meant my lips comforting hers. But she freaked, and now I don't know what to do.

Girl's night out at the hottest new club in town. What could possibly go wrong? One wild kiss with a hot stranger caught on camera. That's what. Turns out he's a billionaire with a morality clause and our harmless make-out session has the potential to ruin his latest business deal.

Fifteen-year-old Brandy Shaw, like most girls her age, deals with private demons. Forced to leave her hometown of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for Denton, Florida, she manages to forget the boy she left behind for a new one, Travis Daly. But Travis has his own problems that end up affecting Brandy in a number of destructive ways.

I spent last year busting my butt as the starting quarterback to make sure Marycliff moved up to Division I. Now it's my senior year, and as thanks for all my hard work, the university's brought in a new head coach and a new starting quarterback. Bitterness doesn't even begin to describe my feelings about that. And since the new QB is Coach's pet, no amount of hard work will win my spot back. But he has a weakness: a smokin' hot sister who just so happens to tag along to all the team events. And lucky me, she's as attracted to me as I am to her.

I never planned on seeing Grayson Kilpatrick again, for a few reasons: 1. I didn't have a way to get in touch with him. 2. He'd been recruited to play football for Ohio. 3. He pretended he didn't know me when I tried to tell him I was pregnant. I have built my life around a new set of goals that I determined as soon as I had my son. My parents have helped out while I've been at school. I've had a plan...and now, I'm moving forward...until Grayson Kilpatrick makes a reappearance and upends all my plans. Again.

Ex-military man, Lynx Anders has one surefire weapon that destroys all of his pain and suffering—sex. Lots of raw, unattached, uninhibited sex. Sure, it doesn't cure him of all that he's seen—all that he's done in combat, but it helps—for the time being.

Growing up, Grayson Legend and Kennedy Knowles were inseparable. They turned to each other when their families were nothing more than worthless guardians, and had promised each other to always stay friends. Then Kennedy did the unthinkable. She fell in love with her best friend. And Grayson took off. After walking away from his best friend because he didn’t feel like he would ever be good enough for Kennedy, Grayson Legend has become a household name in the MMA fighting world. When he runs into Kennedy at a fight in Vegas, he determines to do one thing—never let her go again.

The world is broken. While Jason Hunt continues to struggle with the implications of his actions, his nemesis has all but made up his mind. Alexander Engel doesn’t see himself as a villain. He sees himself as the world’s savior and is tired of playing in the shadows. He’s ready to seize power and will stop at nothing to get what he wants. He will raze cities if he has to.

Two years ago, Mia had everything she thought she wanted. She loved her job, and her best friend Nicole was finally recovering from losing her family in a car accident. When they met rock star Zack Walters and were given backstage passes for his concert in their hometown of Minneapolis, Mia had no idea she would get involved with the band's drummer, Chase Harper. It was simple, fun, and exactly what Mia liked best—no strings attached. Then Chase decided to change the rules, and Mia did what she's always done best: She ran.

Nicole Parsons had the perfect life, made complete with the suburban home and the proverbial white picket fence. When tragedy struck and she lost the most important people in her life, she turned away from everything she loved before, shutting out every reminder of the perfect life she lost. It has been one year, three months, one week, and six days since the accident, and Nicole is ready to stop counting the days she’s survived, and begin living again.