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Running an engine crew in the Chicago Fire Department is my dream job, and between that, my awesome kid, and my nosey sister, I lead a pretty great life. Bruised and burned by my marriage, I don’t have time for dating or drama, but I always have time for pie. And when I share a slice of cherry with a sweet redhead, followed by the hottest, dirtiest, most pulse-pounding kiss of my life, I start to rethink the possibilities. Until that woman walks into my firehouse and upends my well-ordered world.

I’m a con artist, and I’ve got my sights set on Beau Radcliffe. He’s dominant, arrogant, and always thinks he’s the smartest person in the room. But he made the mistake of getting way too drunk one night and telling me all about the twisted ways of the dark, mysterious secret society he was about to be initiated into.

He’s moody, stubborn, and quite possibly the hottest guy I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen quite a few, but this one...I’ve been watching him since freshman year of college. Word on the street is that he thinks women are too needy, too catty, and overall pains in the butt. He’s about to meet his match.

Juliet Hawthorne doesn't want much, just to finish midwifery school with as little drama as possible, until Dr. Ethan Harvey shows back up in her life. Hot doctor? Yes. Hot doctor that she had a one night stand with in nursing school? Maybe. Hot doctor that's one of her mentors during her final semester? No. Well. Maybe. Yes? No. She can't. She will definitely get kicked out of the program. When Ethan decides he wants a second chance with her, Juliet is forced to chose between her love for him and her career. The decision might tear her in two.

Lane Benjamin never believed in fairy tales. Once upon a time, she had big dreams, but they never seemed to come true. Divorced, disappointed, and still a barista at 27, she feels like she's had an anti-Fairy Godmother. Then one day, the devastatingly handsome and much too old for her Abe Fujikawa confesses his feelings for her. Simultaneously, the chance to become a full-time artist drops in her lap. Has her luck changed? Is there a Fairy Godmother after all?

I’m an imposter, a fraud, unwanted...but that won’t stop me from claiming her. She is part of a tortured past I’d rather forget. I will never forgive myself for living when my brother died. As a penance, I’m forced to live his life. To claim what should have been his birthright. Soon, I will join the most powerful men in the world as a member of The Order of the Silver Ghost. Into this opulent nightmare of my own making, she reappears. She will be both my salvation...and my damnation.

Sovereign Galashin Mathis, the leader of the Amazons, could do nothing but keep sending her sisters and brothers to battle, even when their enemies seemed to be infallible and invincible. Lord Scalemon's army of demons and monsters are relentless in their attacks, brutal in annihilating the Amazons, and ruthless in fulfilling their master's wishes. Sovereign Mathis' brave warriors have no time to spare to mourn their fallen comrades. They have no choice but to continue fighting against the onslaught of evil threatening to take over their land.

Phoenix Lambert doesn’t have time for men. She’s too busy running the empire of pop star Van Birch. But she can’t get a certain silver fox out of her head. One night together turns into two which turns into sneaking around to be together, because, oh yeah, that silver fox is also her best friend’s dad. Twice-widowed Robin Birch isn’t in the market for a third wife. He has a busy law practice to run and a bid for Congress to win. But when Phoenix falls into his arms, he can’t make himself let her go—or confess to his daughter that he’s been sleeping with her best friend.

When a young mother disappears from Shark Key without a trace, Kate and her friends must answer one question: What’s she running from? But after a Colombian cartel targets her six-year-old son, her dark secrets come tumbling down around him, and Kate must risk everything to protect the boy and unravel the woman’s web of lies.

Clay Noble has spent the better part of a decade avoiding his taboo obsession: his stepsister Van. In love with her since the first time he’d heard her sing, even shipping himself off to the army couldn’t stop thoughts of her. Now that he’s lost everything in a tornado, he’s forced to move back in with the only family he has left, Van and her dad. Sleeping down the hall from her is forcing every unwanted impulse back to the surface.

When her journalism mentor is killed in a horrific plane crash, Kate Kingsbury travels to New York to lay him to rest. There, she discovers his quest to prove a Chinese fleet arrived in the Caribbean nearly a hundred years before the Europeans. As she follows his leads, she meets the charming Brian Yim, whose uncle - a powerful Chinese oil magnate - is searching for the fleet, too. Is Brian seeking truth, or is he a mole for his uncle? And will Kate live long enough to find out?

Vanessa Birch doesn’t have much when she moves to LA at 20. Just a dream, her guitar, and a supportive family cheering her on - well, her stepbrother not so much - but when has Clay ever approved of anything, or anyone, Van did? He wouldn’t support her street-corner gigs or how she convinced his best friend, Bryant, to be her fake boyfriend.

Claire Driscoll has dreams of seducing her economics professor, but despairs of ever turning that fantasy into reality...until one day, when an act borne of careless desire awakens something within her that she cannot control, and threatens to change her world forever.

Following the disturbing events in Hillcrest Forest, Eve is escorted to a mysterious facility, where she comes face to face with the mysterious beast that rescued her....

Vivian Miene lost the love of her life, or so she believed. Then one day, amidst danger, she thought she'd escaped, but he returns in time to save her, and her twin sister. The shock undoes her, and, as she picks up the pieces, she has to decide if he deserves a second chance. Eric Black left because he believed it was the only way to keep Vivian safe. He was wrong. While in hiding, he had someone watching over her, but they were not to contact him unless Vivian needed him.

Kate Kingsbury and her retired police dog Whiskey chase a killer across the high-seas in this pulse-pounding addition to the best-selling Shark Key series. When Kate Kingsbury and crew rush to help after a brutal hurricane widows a family friend, they stumble on an ancient mystery. Five indigenous idols are scattered throughout the Caribbean. Together, they hold the key to a fortune - and murder.

Northern Oregon State students Eve and Simon are working on a senior project when they encounter a shocking and terrifying secret world within Hillcrest Forest. Horrific and evil creatures seem to be rapidly reproducing within the breathtaking terrain - creatures which appear to threaten the very existence of mankind.

Jess Lewis doesn’t have time to wait for the contractor. The more delays she runs into with this bed and breakfast, the less time she has for that, too. And why does the contractor have to look like he belongs in a hot construction worker calendar? Being late for her next appointment and being forced to come to terms with her bisexuality is too much to handle on only one cup of coffee.

Nearly a century ago, a treasure of unimaginable value was lost beneath the tropical waters of the Florida Keys. But when a ruthless real-estate developer threatens Shark Key Campground and Marina, former journalist Kate Kingsbury must find it before her friends and neighbors lose the only homes they know. It’s taken Kate Kingsbury two years to find peace after her husband was killed in a home invasion. Now she’s found her refuge, living the free and easy boat life at Shark Key. Except that nothing in life is free. Or easy.

Colleen Hawthorne does everything right. She got the sensible degree, landed a career in Denver, and an apartment downtown. She calls her parents once a week and visits on Christmas. So when she loses her job and is forced to move back home to Goodland, Kansas, Colleen feels like a failure. Her mother criticizing her weight only make it worse. Colleen wants to curl up in bed with the romance novels she loves to read - and occasionally write - but first she has a plan. She's going to take the freelance marketing world by storm and nothing is going to stop her.