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Clarke Carpenter just wanted a fresh start—a quiet life as a nanny, a chance to finish school, maybe even figure out where she fits in the world. What she didn’t expect was to become the prime suspect in her roommate’s brutal murder. When every clue points to her, Clarke goes on the run to save her own life… and runs straight into a hidden world woven beneath Charlotte’s city lights. A world of fae politics, shadow magic, ancient secrets—and a detective who is far more than he pretends to be.

“Don’t let the scars of your past define who you are in the future.” Yeah, I’ve heard that all before. But what they don’t tell you is how impossible that is when you look in the mirror and see those same scars every day of your life, right there on your face. Yeah, not so easy to get over. Then she comes running into my life, a ray of sunshine followed by a wildflower… and I fall hard. The last thing I want to do is tie her down to a beast like me. The only question is, will I be able to hold the beast back from his soulmate?

The Reign Deer Games are held every three hundred years to replace Santa's sleigh drivers. This is followed by The Great Rut, where reindeer shifters hope to find their one true mate—or mates.

Madison: Transferring to Bay State University is my escape from the bullies at my old school, who think just because I'm plus-size, I shouldn't play sports. Since my dad is the coach of the football team, I can move in with him and make my plans for my own training center for women like me. I don't have time for much more than school and work Eand crushing on the biggest defensive player on the Dire Wolves team.

Against all odds, Calla is adjusting to her new life alongside the vampires who brought her into the supernatural world. As they work to bring longtime enemies together, to forge a better future for vampires and humans alike, they must find a way to mend the rifts created long before Calla even existed. But the rocky relationship between the vampires and those who hunt them isn’t the only threat. An ancient dynasty of vampires close to them is hellbent on destroying their peace and the life Calla has built with her mates.

As Calla’s relationship with the vampires who laid claim to her continues to grow, they are faced with their biggest obstacle yet—her mortality. And when vampires are outed on national television, putting all of their lives at risk, the lines between right and wrong become blurred as they must devise a plan to protect their own. Despite the looming danger, Calla can’t help falling deeper for the vampires who she’s come to learn have more to them than the blood oath that brought them to her. On the brink of war with both hunters and ancient vampires, they must pick a side.

When the truth about the blood oath is revealed, Calla has a devastating choice to make: leave the vampires she’s caught feelings for or stay and fight for the life she’s built with them. And each choice has severe, irreversible consequences.

They vowed to own me—body, heart, and soul. I never thought I’d let them. The only thing more terrifying than being taken captive by four vampires is falling for each of them. Despite their rocky start, Calla can’t imagine her life without the immortals she’s bound to.

Traitor’s Den was meant to be a prison. A punishment. A hellhole my daddy could never escape. Over the decades, however, hundreds of us have found a way to make it our home. We’ve learned to deal with the many bumps along the way with colorful cussing and a dash of humor—often roused by one too many at the saloon—and we’ve embraced the spell that turns us all into honky-tonk cowgirls and -boys.

Two years ago, everything changed for the remaining members of the Seattle rock band Tempest. Two years is a long time. Too long to keep on remembering. Not nearly long enough to forget. In trouble, with nowhere else to go, songstress Lace Lowell seeks refuge with the band during their stop in New York City.

Hades messed up. It's his fault the Lady of the Underworld left...again. The guy just can't keep a good goddess down. But the Lord of the Dead can't mope about the Underworld while it tears apart. Breaches in the fabric of the afterlife have allowed souls to escape and return to their lives. Something is wrong, and Hades needs Autumn's help for her to become the death goddess to figure it out.

I was abducted by incompetent aliens. They didn't know what they were doing, and they still don't have a clue. Now that we're done with all the probing, they're taking lessons in "Caring for Vulnerable Females" and "Nest Building for Beginners", and want to turn me into their mate. And no, they don't listen when I tell them I don't need a nest.

Change and I have never been best friends, something that's only gotten clearer from my imprisonment at the Guild of Guardians. As punishment for stealing a magical object, I’ve got to hunt down criminal supernaturals to pay off my sentence. The men in my new team don’t want me around. Neither do the other inmates. They just want to push me to my limits, test me, thinking that I’ll fail. But they have another thing coming. I’m Astra Nomical. I'll pass everything they throw my way, prove I’m worthy, and I won't lose my heart along the way.

Losing loved ones is nothing new to me. Life is short and seems even shorter for the people I love the most. I refuse to lose anyone else. I have dedicated my life to saving people in need. My brothers will always come first, though. Until I see her bruised and beaten on the side of the road. I vow right then and there to heal her and protect her. After one night with her under me, I know I want this woman in my life forever. Unfortunately, when I wake to find her gone, I worry she doesn’t feel the same. That will not stop me, though.

Following in her parents’ footsteps, Eira was to be crowned the next Queen of Arcelia. To help both her kingdom and her people. At least, that was the plan until evil fell across the land. The King of Wylan, working alongside forces of dark magic, has cursed the lands that fall prey to his rule. When the king presents her as a gift to his son, Eira has no choice but to fall into their hands. Seven men take her captive, but the rules of heroes and villains have changed. Will Eira’s heart betray her as she learns about this new cursed world? Are the villains really as bad as she was told?

Trinity Thompson lives life in the fast lane. At twenty-five, she’s focused on proving that women can compete on the race track. Born into a family who lives and bleeds racing, Trinity is determined to go the distance. She has one chance. And no sponsors. Until a tall, dark, sexy distraction named Hunter walks into her life and offers to make, her dreams come true. But her dreams come at a price, one that Trinity can’t afford.

Harrison Stag is finally mine. After ten years, a fiasco in an elevator, and more mind-blowing sex than I could handle, it's time to settle in. Is it really possible to have it all?

Are you still considered an orphan if you’re twenty-five years old? Because I am in every sense of the word. I have no one left. No one to love me. No one to care about me. No one to be proud of me. Pulling myself out of a year-long pity party is exhausting, but I slowly start to put the broken pieces of my heart back together and move on. That is until three stupidly attractive men walk into my bar and fast-track everything. When I’m presented with the opportunity to spend the night with them, I decided to take life by the balls and jump head first. Cause why not…right?

Halle and Loki are a match made in hell doing their damndest to build their own little slice of heaven together. But life isn't always in our corner, is it? We’ve seen them crazy, them reckless, but it's time to see them vulnerable.

She was promised to us before she was born... Now we've come to collect. Crimson Bound explores the events from Bound in Crimson from the POVs of Atlas, Kade, Gabriel, and Lex.