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I've got more pressing matters to think about. Like the fact that our wolf pack is in serious debt. If I can't find a way to secure financing for our estate, we'll lose our shifting sanctuary. My stepmother—wonderfully wicked as she is-has come up with a plan: seduce a rich jeweler who's visiting for the weekend. And then, when he agrees to bond with me and make me his forever, we'll be saved. Not such a bad deal, considering he's crazy hot, and I've had a crush on him forever. One problem: I'm not a temptress, not by a long shot.

Seriously...Christmas used to be my favorite time of year. The presents, the spiked eggnog, kissing handsome men under mistletoe. And then he came into my life. Or rather, I came into his life, under a little bit of a pretense.

Evelyn is a woman who has everything—a successful career as a TV producer, and her best friend—sexy firefighter Owen Hanson—who looks mighty fine as her plus-one to awards dinners and backyard picnics. But something is missing and it's not just the sex. Owen Hanson is living the dream—a Chicago firefighter who volunteers at a youth center on the Southside and he's got his best friend Evelyn—who knows him better than anyone. When Evelyn starts hinting about wanting something more, Owen panics.

Claude is nobody’s hero, yet he finds himself saving yet another damsel in distress. He should have learned his lesson the first time. Cat had been a major thorn in his side, but at least he hadn’t been unfortunate enough to be attracted to her. That had been Xander’s problem. Now he had a problem all his own.

Amora Joy Orlov. The thorn in my side, the bane of my existence. The woman with the loud bark and even harsher bite. Cutthroat and defiant, she's everything I don't want, but exactly what I need. And as luck would have it, she also needs something from me. A deal is struck: use each other until we both get what we want. It should have been easy, and even easier to walk away in the end. Somehow though, I've grown addicted to the pieces of herself she keeps hidden away, the little glimmers of the woman beneath the ruthless façade. But the clock is ticking for the both of us.

Love. It's the most widely used deception in the world. It creates weakness within the mind, leaving rooms for distractions, and threatens to hinder my goals of success. I won't allow something as inconsequential as love to get in my way. Even if it means pushing away the only one who's ever made me feel something. Remy Solace. She's a dangerous distraction. She's the sun, threatening to incinerate the darkness from my soul, and keep me from focusing on what really matters—what I've always wanted.

After her father's untimely death, the only things Lily Harris is left with are debt and scandal—and her late father's business partner, Jake Tolliver, looking over her shoulder. Lily isn't interested in being another one of Jake's many conquests, no matter how attractive he is, or how convincing he might be. She just needs to keep reminding herself she'll get burned if she makes a deal with this devil.

Venture capitalist Cameron Price is a workaholic and great at his job, but his boss is convinced Cam needs a more balanced life. A wife on his arm would prove Cam's the right man to take over the company. When a gorgeous caterer cooks up the perfect event and catches Cam's eye, he proposes an innovative arrangement they'll both benefit from.

Megan Carlton's secret affair with financier Brandon Knight ended when he pulled off a hostile takeover of her family's hotel empire and then kissed another woman. Broke and alone, Megan starts a new life and learns to stand on her own. Then Brandon finds her serving coffee and surviving on tips and tries to pull her back into her old life and his arms. She thought she was over him, and she certainly can't ever trust him again. But what her head knows and her heart feels are two different things.

Robyn Tindall's new boss has a penchant for running off new personal assistants before lunch, but she's not about to let herself be fired by the billionaire with a bad attitude, no matter how good he looks. She's determined to be indispensable and unflappable, until he surprises her with a crazy proposal.

When he wins a sexy bet, billionaire Linc Blair can't wait to get Lauren Neill naked. He's never gone for her type in the past, and he's pretty certain it has more to do with her buttoned-up hotness than the nagging sense that something is missing from his life. But when he gets a glimpse of the vulnerable woman beneath the conservative, yet oh-so-sexy clothes, it's a game changer.

She’s lonely, ready to risk it all. He appears just in time...Flora: I’ve been the loneliest Little in town for ages. Every other Little seems to have been paired off with their match. They’ve found true love, and what about me? Then one day, he appears. He rescues me from an uncertain fate, claims me as his. But will he be able to protect me from harm? Declan: Ruby is the most gorgeous Little I’ve ever laid eyes on. Short, curvy, and sweet, she’s the perfect combination. When I walk in on her at work one day getting hit on, I intervene.

Blake Karr, a twenty-four-year-old single mother of one, has a secret that few people know about—only her, and her three male roommates. Finn Wilder. Brodie Adams. Dante Harris. But is her secret the only one kept within the four walls that they all share, or are they all hiding something behind closed doors?

I tried to convince her to run from me. I tried everything I knew to make her despise me, but she never faltered, pushing back at every turn. Mason Maxwell resigned himself to a life of loneliness, forced into a world he didn't want in order to save his sister, the only living family he had left. And while his life was desolate, it was simple. Until he met her. Taking care of her sick mother, Lila Stone found herself unemployed. Again. But a chance encounter with a stranger presented the perfect opportunity. Her single reservation . . . her new boss.

I’m a recent college grad with an exciting job offer for the summer. Even better than the free place to live while I work? I show up the first day to find Aiden working on the property. I’ve had a thing for him ever since he and my brother became best friends. And when we get into an argument, leading to a kiss? The feeling of his lips against mine is electric.

Never sleep with your boss. It’s advice that Willa Banks could’ve used six weeks ago when, after the most terrifying night of her life, she sought comfort in the arms—and bed—of her grumpy, intense, sexy-as-hell boss, Max Prescott. Now, working with him day in and day out is pure torture for Willa, who’s wanted Max since the day they met—even if he doesn’t want her, something he’s made abundantly clear.

When college graduate Nick Evers meets his father’s business associate, Elizabeth Bach, it’s no schoolboy crush. Nor is it mere sexual desire. He’s smitten by the stunning, mature, career-driven woman, and he knows to his bones that he has to have her. She has no time for boys, but no one has ever pursued her to the degree Nick has. He’ll even follow her to Spain to convince her he’s the one for her.

Lou Prescott loves college life. The friends, the parties, the hot guys...not to mention her undisputed position as the reigning queen of the business school. But when her dad becomes head coach of the Mountain State Mustangs in the wake of a scandal, it seems like he expects to coach her life too. And keep her the same little girl she was when her mother died. Lou is determined she's not going to let her dad cramp her style. Only now, none of the football players are brave enough to date Coach’s daughter ... not even West Sawyer, the sexy-as-hell first string quarterback.

Get ready to fall in love with the charming small town of Stone Creek, Tennessee! These novellas are sweet enough to give you a cavity and steamy enough to keep you warm at night.

Reggie Davis has already achieved everything he wants in life—he's a Mountain State Mustang, and that's as far as his dreams go. It's best not to dream of much, since he knows he's got one year left on campus before he returns to his mother's trailer in Texas. That means he's got one year to party his hardest and play his best football. But when an injury leaves him on the sidelines, he turns to the smart, sexy physical therapist who knows how to heal his body ... and his heart.