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When Daniella rescues elderly Peggy from a mugger on a Boston street, she expects nothing in return. But then she meets Peggy's son, Lucas—devastatingly handsome and utterly captivating. Unlike her distant husband Grant, Lucas sees her. Wants her. Daniella can’t resist, and they spend one reckless night together—which she immediately regrets. Too late, because Lucas doesn't just want Daniella. He needs her. And he's willing to destroy everything—and everyone—standing in his way.

A psychiatric patient who predicts murders—down to the details. Dr. Rachel Hadley has barely absorbed the shock of her ex-husband, psychiatrist Dr. Colton Hadley, vanishing when County Detective Lane Archer uncovers something Colton left behind: a set of taped interviews no one was supposed to...

Fairy Godmother Inc. is a secretive organization keeping the forces of good and evil in balance with true love's kiss. After a drunken night and one sloppy signature, Crystal is contractually bound to Fairy Godmother Inc. to make the Elven Prince fall in love with her. There's just one problem. Human-elf relationships are strictly forbidden.

Fairy Godmother Inc. is a secretive organization keeping the forces of good and evil in balance with true love's kiss. After a drunken night and one sloppy signature, Crystal is contractually bound to Fairy Godmother Inc. to make the Elven Prince fall in love with her. There's just one problem. Human-elf relationships are strictly forbidden. To even get close to the dangerously tempting Prince, Crystal must survive a brutal, publicly-televised competition where millions watch her every move.

Falling in love with her first love wasn’t part of her plan. Helping her kill the Hollywood elite wasn’t part of his. Hollywood loves a comeback. Too bad Evie Reyes didn’t come back to play nice. Five years ago, she watched her mother—an iconic Final Girl—die on the set of Simon Says...

Former MC club girl, Dahlia Carter has her sights set on a new career path, and the opportunity couldn’t have come at a better time. Her roommate just bailed before paying next month’s rent, and her bank account registers almost a zero balance. Her only shot at survival lies in the hands of a man she can’t resist. Trey Serra is everything Dahlia is not. Private, unattainable, and her new boss, Trey’s world revolves around his role in the Underground, and has always been calculated, no deviations, no weakness.

"Elissa, you are the worst princess I have ever met, and by far, my favorite." In a land divided by centuries of war and distrust, an elven princess and a human prince are the last hope for peace—or the spark that ignites another war. Princess Elissa of Treiaul has never fit the mold of royal perfection. She prefers the forest to the throne room, her bow to the delicate trappings of court life. But when Prince Hayward of Aasleagh arrives to negotiate a fragile peace treaty, she’s ordered to play the gracious host to the human she’s been raised to despise.

Get reacquainted with lust with Bussel's latest collection . . . This time around, award-winning erotica maven Rachel Kramer Bussel delves into her own archive of sexy tales from the past twenty-five years to bring us Lap Dance Lust: A Collection of Erotic Stories. Featuring Bussel's most...

Tessie Hollis is the last surviving witch of a bloodline that should’ve been erased. Her ancestors were power-hungry monsters who cursed an entire realm—and Lucian, the demon king forged in the ashes of their destruction, has spent centuries making sure their line ended. Then she shows up. Defiant. Stubborn. Beautiful. And fate makes her his soulmate. Now they’re soul-bound. She's burning with an ancient magical hunger called the Beckoning, and he's the only one who can stop the ache.

One twisted professor. Three masked men. A woman to tie them all together. A night none of them will forget.

In 1872, life can change as unexpectedly as the prairie winds. All her life, Livvie McLain has dreamed of the kind of love she read about in her grandparents’ letters written to each other while courting. Nevertheless, she believes her mother's prophecy—she wasn't born with that kind of fortune. When she falls for the ruggedly handsome and witty cowboy, Justus Bennett, Livvie finds herself in a dreadful predicament. She believes he must be too good to be true, and she is unworthy.

Sparrow Kingsley is ready for a week of relaxation after graduating from art school. She doesn't expect to walk into Sinner’s Keep and find the man of her dreams. Especially when she’s set to leave for Italy in a week. Midnight aka Night Jacobs has few rules in life, but one he’s always lived by: don’t sleep with the weekenders. But when the girl with wild pink hair and a free spirit walks into his bar, that all changes.

I’m Chase, director of Christmas movies and master of self-control… until now. My latest film is about to flop hard. With my career hanging by a thread, I’m forced to fake-date my lead actor Ethan “Walking Temptation” Barrett. Cue a Florida holiday “vacation” with his oddball family — complete with a pet alligator. Between Ethan’s perpetual shirtlessness and us sharing one bed, my ice-queen reputation is melting faster than a frozen margarita on the beach.

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Poppy I’ve spent my life climbing the ladder and hiding the cracks behind power suits and sharp words. But under the surface, I hate it all. My family. My job. Everything. But I yearn for that freedom now I’m trapped in this place, unable to escape. My captor is relentless in controlling every move I make. The worst part is his cracked porcelain mask that he wears constantly to hide his face from me. It's terrifying. Yet something about him feels familiar. I should hate him, but I don’t. I’m not even sure I want to leave anymore.

Pretending to fall might come with benefits . . . until the very end. Kat is terrified of almost everything except demons, not since they rescued her from slavers and gave her a proper job, unspoiled food, and a consistent roof over her head. Hidden away at the post, she can’t bungle...

Historian John Ferling delves into baseball in the fascinating dozen years following World War II, when baseball ruled as the national pastime, and the names of the game's principal stars were known even by those who weren't fans of the sport. Major league baseball integration in 1947 also...

Tree Callister is not much of a private detective. His first client just turned up at the door and he's twelve years old. What's more, the kid has the grand total of seven dollars with which to hire Tree to find his mother. Everyone on Sanibel Island in Florida, where Tree lives, thinks the...

I'm Maddie Denton—girl boss coder, full-time trash-talker, and proud member of the "No Thanks, I'II Die Alone" club. Society says because I have a hoo-ha, I should want a man more than building my dream company. I say: eat my Wi-Fi. My sisters think I'm stuck in arrested development, but my best friend and co-founder Zack likes me as the foul-mouthed, hoodie-wearing chaos goblin that I am.

Admiral José Gaspar of the Spanish Royal Navy had it all: the love of his life, Joséfa de Mayorga; the confidence of the King; and a plan to become one of the most successful merchants in all of Spain. But when a jilted former lover accuses him of stealing the crown jewels, he escapes Sevilla only to realize he’s duped into piracy, further staining his legacy. Gaspar continues down an immoral path he works relentlessly to resist. The dream life he yearned for with Joséfa slowly slips away, his reputation far too ruined to be worthy of her honor.