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Seems the little girl who had a crush on me is all grown up. She ran away from our hometown a solid decade ago. Now she’s back for her brother’s wedding. For my friend’s wedding. Not gonna lie, I had no intention of crossing the line with her. Not back then. And not now. Until I catch her swimming in her parent’s backyard. Nope. Not even then. I’m determined to keep all thoughts of what she might look like naked at bay. Besides, I have more important things to worry about than how grown up Rory Buchanan is.

Twelve years ago, I let her walk away. For one unforgettable summer, Charlie and I were inseparable—camp counselors sharing stolen laughs, late-night talks, and a bond so rare it left a mark. But when the summer ended, we said goodbye, thinking the world was too big for us to hold onto each other.

Chase Walton is a menace. Arrogant, too damn pretty for his own good, and my brand-new fake boyfriend. It started as damage control. A PR stunt to clean up his reputation after an ill-advised video from his Playboy past surfaced. He needed stability, an image overhaul—and apparently, I'm it. Never mind that I work for his hockey team's PR department. Never mind that we're in the same social circle, or that his favorite activity is getting under my skin. Never mind that I made the catastrophic mistake of sleeping with him once and now can't stop thinking about it.

I’m used to getting all sorts of fan mail — but a spellbook? After an incident on tour leaves me cooped up in my penthouse apartment, on 'vocal rest' for the unforeseen future with only my grumpy pet cat for company this weekend, I’m desperate for a distraction. At my manager’s suggestion, I do something I haven’t done in ages: I go through my fan mail. There was enough of it to keep me occupied until she comes back on Monday… but I only get through one bag before I find a package addressed to me. To me. Not my stage name. Not the name I’ve gone by since I was sixteen, but my real name.

Whoever said love lasts forever obviously has never been in love with their brother’s best friend. Ever since high school, I have been trying to replace the painful memories of my past with new ones. Forgetting every trauma was working until I ran into him… Conrad Stone. The man who broke my heart into a million pieces. I’d locked him out of my head for so long that when he stood in front of me I could barely believe my eyes. I thought I was hallucinating until he spoke.

Violet Carter, a renowned plasma physicist, has worked on Dr. Stephan Williams's research team for two years when she discovers her overzealous boss has been keeping a dark secret hidden from the world. Stephan discovers the secret to interstellar travel with the help of an unknown extraterrestrial who asks for payment in return for aiding the old scientist achieve his dream. What kind of payment? Human girls. Violet, driven by a fierce determination, races against time to save the eleven girls Stephan has abducted.

Fated to the Phantom is the fourth book in the Sombra Demons series. It tells the story of Hope and Sammael, an anxious librarian and the mage-turned-phantom who is trying to catch her attention—and her heart.

Lyra is a mage haunted by a curse that could destroy everything she loves. After being forced from her home for possessing transformation magic—a power that once brought chaos to Aethralis—she's survived a decade in hiding. Until a devastating plague threatens to consume her newfound sanctuary, the quiet village of Haleshade. Torn between two men who awaken different parts of her soul, Lyra must navigate a treacherous path of survival and desire. Griffin, a protective werewolf, offers her a sense of belonging she's never known.

I always knew monsters were real—I lived with one, and he shared my last name. Liam made it his mission to ruin my life single-handedly. He did all he could to prove me wrong when I thought I was unbreakable. And he finally did.

Rachel is about to find out she's not damaged goods after all in this fun, spicy Christmas novella.

Astriel, the last of the Seraphim and the sole protector of Phaedra lives for only one thing: to protect her people. When she is captured by the Human King's fae hunters, led by their cruel captain, Keelan, she is trapped in a new and dangerous world. Her only goal is to find her way out, and find her way home. But there are forces at work beyond her understanding, secrets that must be revealed, and plots uncovered. When she learns the truth of what happened to her family, and of a new threat to her home from a Sorceress with a tool of world-ending power, her fear for her people urges her on.

Escape to beautiful Emerald Isle, North Carolina and lose yourself in the hilarious, sexy and moving story of one woman’s journey through a life of love, loss and temptation. Never quite getting over the loss of her college soul mate, and settled into a marriage of safety and convenience, Doctor Ally Larson fights a forbidden attraction during a much-needed beach vacation. If battling her own desires isn’t disrupting enough from her getaway, dealing with her divorced, oversexed and quirky parents might just send her over the edge.

Orphaned at birth, Jorja Wynn's life in the Fae world did not turn out as she'd hoped. Her fairy powers so weak she was denied her metamorphosis ceremony at eighteen. Choosing a human college to find her way seemed like a possible escape. But, when a handsome werewolf arrives at her lab late one night and insists, she's his mate, her world turns upside down. How can this be, and what is this overwhelming power pushing her into his arms? Bruin Fisher knows, at first sight, the beautiful woman he has stumbled across is his fated mate.

Desperate to escape her dangerous boss, single mother Sophie Tanner stumbles through a mysterious red door in the forest—and into Trell, a land of brutal magic, deadly creatures, and shifting truths. Before she can catch her breath, she’s nearly drowned, rescued, then taken captive by a band of mercenaries who claim she must face judgment from the Mountain King for entering their world. All Sophie wants is to get home to her young son, but the path is perilous, and Trell has its own plans.