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The dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They're something else entirely. Although you will see characters from previous books, this story will follow Kim and Blaze. To avoid spoilers, there will not be a blurb. It is very much an enemies to lovers romance.

Lilah Stone has never followed football. She grew up in one of the country's biggest college football towns, but she's a painter. She doesn't go all weak-kneed for some jock. Especially not after the sex scandal that tore apart the team and destroyed her world. So when she takes a summer adjunct job at Mountain State University, the last guy she wants to see in class is an arrogant, cocky football player. Then Riley Brulotte walks in. He's everything she's sworn to hate ... and sexy as hell. He's all wrong for Lilah. So why does he feel so right?

From USA Today bestselling author, Ashley Cade comes a brand new small town romance between the sweet southern baker and her ex's surly older brother.

Adeena Devna finds herself the lone survivor of Astrari after a massacre was orchestrated by King Demir, fae ruler of Tartarus. Abducted by the Royal Guard, Adeena is brought to King Demir as a potential human bride. An attack within the castle leaves the king dead at the hands of Adeena. Her escape from the kingdom is unexpectedly aided by Dreyden, the formidable yet handsome High Lord of Fire Court.

When a competitive rower’s losing streak threatens her Olympic dreams, she must train for the summer with a hometown coach to win it all back in this irresistible opposites-attract romance. “Such a fun, romantic read! I highly recommend this debut romance.”—New York Times bestselling...

Echo Adler hates Reign Davidson. He’s the reason the love of her life left her all alone and broken hearted two years ago. So it should be easy to stay away. It should be easy to not dream about his dark and mean eyes, or his cruel but sexy smirks. It should be easy to not think about the guy who ruined her happily ever after. Only it’s not. Sometimes his intense stares make her heart race, and those smirks of his make her breathless. But it needs to stop.

Screaming Woods, where the monsters dwell . . . and love goes to die. Or at least it feels that way. Because finding love isn't easy when you're green. Thanks to a mad scientist and his potion spiked punch, I'm a lovely shade of chartreuse and my scary reputation for being obsessed with sparkly shoes precedes me. I'd given up on love until my dark knight literally rode in on a big, black horse. The spark was instantly there, the only thing missing—his head.

Meet Holly Hughes, a moderately successful teen advice columnist living in a studio apartment on the Upper East Side with her boyfriend Stephen. She has it all, but at the ripe age of thirty-one, she wants more. She wants to be married, she wants a family, and she's going to have it all with Stephen. At least, that's what she thought, until Stephen announces he's gay, and the domino effect of unfortunate events begins.

The tattooed stranger rode a motorcycle while helping me collect stray cats. My boots gave me blisters and he carried me on his back. I needed help and he didn't ask questions before assisting me. Could there be a more perfect man? It just made sense to lick him and claim him as mine right then and there. I probably should have asked him more questions before we slept together. Like, what's your last name? Where've you been living before moving here to my hometown? Is my older brother your best friend? Those kinds of questions. But sadly, I didn't. And now I'm staring at two pink lines.

When CEO David Strong is strong-armed into demonstrating Kama Sutra yoga poses for a couples class—which is as awkward as it sounds—he's put in one compromising position after another. On top of that, the co-instructor gets him all worked up, and she's totally off-limits. At least she should be.

A second chance romance that the Lake Spark world never saw coming . . . Should Have Been is the third standalone book in the Lake Spark Inn series, part of the Lake Spark world. For lovers of small-town romance with a hint of sports.

Potion-making? Nailed it. Avoiding minor explosions? Mostly. But keeping my life balanced is a whole different story, especially now that I'm forced to work with my ex-boyfriend, Jasper Blackwood-the wizard whose charm is as potent as his magic. And let me tell you, that's saying something.

He's forbidden, off-limits, yet I'm irresistibly drawn to him. Niall Fitzpatrick, my brother's best friend, has always been there, from childhood on the streets. I never saw him as anything more than a loyal friend until one fateful night. In a haze of alcohol and desire, we crossed a line that should've remained untouched. Since then, everything has changed. Our insatiable need for each other knows no bounds.

I was so close to being free. The wolf was out, the cage was open, and I was me. Finally. I should've known better... Now, I'm trapped back where I started with my vicious and vengeful uncle on a warpath. My wolf is clawing at the cage, ready to unleash the fury my uncle awakened in me. But I can't possibly let her into this war. Not now. Not with all that I know. My only hope is to get home, back to the pack that welcomes me, needs me, wants me. Dayne, my cold-blooded alpha, is my home, my freedom.

Vesper Rossi has always known her life isn't her own. Born into the notorious Rossi family, her destiny was set—to marry the heir of the ruthless Petrov empire and solidify a deadly alliance. Her intended's twin cousins, Oscar and Zaire, offer her a dangerous lifeline and the chance to escape. When their plan fails, Vesper is taken captive. For two years, she endures unspeakable horrors, her body exploited by a faceless enemy intent on breaking her. Once she serves her purpose, she is sold—not to strangers, but to the very men who failed her.

All Jake “Cobra” Mitchell ever wanted was to be a Navy SEAL. All Quinn Scott ever wanted was Jake Mitchell. How does a girl get closure when someone like Jake Mitchell breaks her heart? Simple, she writes a spicy book about him that gives them the happy ending they never had. But when Quinn’s notoriety earns her a stalker, she contacts Omega Security for help. Cobra hesitates to take Quinn’s security detail. But how can he entrust her safety to anyone else? Quinn was once his, and Cobra doesn’t share what is his. The ring on her finger says he may have lost her, but he’s not ready to give up.

Vesper Rossi was born into violence, but nothing could prepare her for the truth she now holds—a truth that burns hotter than revenge and cuts deeper than any blade. Her brother is alive, and her son—her stolen son—has been passed off as at the new Petrov heir, raised by her cousin as her own child.

I've admired him from afar for years, until he shows his true colors. Dante Ortega has played guitar at the club I work at ever since I started. His band is famous in New York City. One night, I find out the gorgeous guitarist has a very dark secret. One moment I'm a bartender living a normal life. The next, I'm kidnapped by the man of my dreams. I'm a witness to a murder he committed. It turns out Dante is the leader of the cartel in New York.

“So this was, what, a set up? Your family found us and sent you here to kill me?” In this captivating small-town romance with a witchy twist, Felicity Valdez has left behind her family legacy and changed her name to start a new life in a peaceful Pennsylvania town. She runs a quaint coffee shop where the only time she needs her magic is to make her scones extra delicious. When the handsome and mysterious Damien Dragomir enters her shop, Felicity is immediately drawn to him. But as their connection deepens, she discovers that Damien might be after more than her heart.

All I wanted was to outrun the ghosts that haunt me. But I run from my home and into the arms of a handsome alpha. For the first time ever, a shifter appeals to the human side of me and to my wolf as well. There's a reason for that. He's my mate. One night of passion led me to a mate I don't want, don't need, and have every intention of rejecting. A shifter determined to drag me back to a place I swore I'd never return. A place where old enemies have resurfaced. He's unmovable. Stone by name. Stone by nature.