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He shouldn’t want his best friend’s fiancé...After waking up from a four year long coma, so much has changed around Pedro. His best friend sacrificed his life to save their unit. And Pedro can’t understand how Jason’s omega fiancé, Charlie, seems to be over the loss. To make things complicated, the more time Pedro spends around Charlie, the more he sees what Jason loved about him. But would it be a betrayal of his best friend to claim Charlie for himself? Pedro and Charlie might be at different places in their grieving, but they both have wounds that no one else can see.

I want to be a playwright, not a trophy husband to whatever powerful alpha my family chooses. And when they go too far, I can’t take it any more. I’d rather be poor than their pawn. But when my past catches up to me, I do what I do best...make something up. Mason Shanahan isn’t my fiancé, but my family doesn’t need to know that. A dragon as powerful as Mason shouldn’t be happy to play along, and a part of me is worried that he’s just as concerned with his status in society as my family. But if that’s true, why does he kiss me like me means it?

Eliot Ashton is young and starry eyed, and meeting Alton is like meeting a hero from one of the novels that he reads. But when Alton makes it clear that he’s not yet healed from the memory of his first husband, and that he wants to keep their interactions strictly business, Eliot determines to brush down the hurt and soldier on. If only he could reason with his heart.

King is the bad boy who stole my heart. It’s his, and I don’t want it back. All I want is to put the past behind us, so we can build a life together in Chicago. Then King’s brother turns up on our doorstep, threatening to pull King back into the gangster world he’s turned his back on. If his brother succeeds, it could destroy everything we’ve worked so hard for, and I’m not going down without a fight....

I’m here to protect his body, not claim it. As a bodyguard there is one line I won’t cross: Never sleep with a client. Not even when the client is the first man I ever had a secret crush on. I’ll keep him safe during the media storm that surrounds his coming out. We’ll be together every minute. Constantly. But he’ll never be mine. I will not sleep with a client. And I can’t come out. Silver has always made me want things I can’t have. This time I don’t know how I’m going to resist.

The police stopped searching for my kidnapped brother after the trail went cold. I didn’t. I’m going to find him. My brother - he’s all I’ve got left. Until I met the dragons. Well...just one dragon, in particular. Being with a dragon means accepting danger. But this rescue attempt? It’s not just dangerous.

Omega Anders Carlton enjoys his job at Heaven’s Ballroom - the dancing, the admiration, the over the top personality that he exudes. What he doesn’t love are the creepy notes and gifts he’s been finding - an ever present reminder that someone is stalking him. Allowing Blake to protect him should take a weight off of his shoulders...but while Blake protects Anders' body, who is going to protect his heart?

Omega Noah Layton owes a lot to Heaven’s Ballroom. If it weren’t for the club, he’d have been homeless at 18, when issues with his parents came to a head and left him without anywhere to turn. So when Noah realizes that the Ballroom is under threat, he plans to do whatever it takes to defend it - including sleeping with the enemy.

Duncan Rourke is a regular at Heaven’s Ballroom - but no one’s ever caught his eye for longer than a dance or two. Until one boastful, smart mouthed dancer brings him to attention. Duncan is intrigued by Kieran, but when Kieran turns him down flat, the sparks between them need another outlet - a love bet.

It was a long time ago, but Luke will never forget Jason Delancey and their first kiss under the bleachers of football practice. Now, 20 years later, he has a lot more to focus on than the one man who got away. Divorced with a seven-year-old son and a vicious lawsuit against the Silver Oak Medical Center to deal with, Luke has no time for reminiscent feelings of the past.

I’m falling in love with someone who works for the most evil bank in the country - the boy I loved when we were kids. But he isn’t the same person. I know Alex - he isn’t a man without a conscience, a man devoted to nothing but success. The more time we spend together, the more I can see the familiar light coming back into his eyes. He’ll have to make a final choice - us, or his dreams of wealth. We now have no choice but to walk the path ahead together. I’m expecting Alex’s baby...and Alex is expecting mine.

An omega with a mission. An alpha sworn to serve and protect. And an outbreak that will change both of their lives forever. Dave Stanek has spent the past decade of his life trying to atone for his family’s sins. While his parents bilked thousands out of their life’s savings and tried to bring him into the family business, Dave has built a successful career in medicine as an infectious disease specialist at Silver Oak Medical Center. Ken Sykora has seen a lot during his time in the Army and during his years on the force. When someone finds a vial at the scene of a meningitis outbreak, he’s obliged to consult with the Infectious Disease Specialist at Silver Oak Hospital. When Dave is assigned a meningitis case one evening, he finds himself face to face with the most attractive alpha cop he’s ever seen – and neck-deep in a biological terror case.

Francis Barclay is the omega son of a wealthy family, just wed to Prince Merritt Augustus, heir to the throne. But Francis is not content with a business arrangement and the chance of friendship and nothing more. To his shock he finds that his alpha feels the same. His new husband sets about wooing him in the quiet retreat of the country estate where they have traveled for their honeymoon, and Francis is surprised by how quickly the tenuous bond of an arranged marriage becomes something more.

Kai is a unique omega: he was bred using a surrogate mother, and then raised in an insular environment with other omegas of his kind, groomed into the perfect mate for a deserving alpha. After twenty five years in Omega Housing Unit #14, he is finally requested by Jude Riley, an intelligent, considerate alpha in need of a bond-mate and a future heir to his new enterprise. The romance that ensues between the pair is tender, as they build trust and an enduring love.

When a destructive lie by his former employers sends Derek into hiding, his only chance for salvation is in the arms of Kaleb King. He can’t deny the attraction between them, even as he worries that his days are numbered. Kaleb lost his brother to this conspiracy, he’s not going to lose the chemist who could unravel it all. But keeping the man safe could come at the cost of seeing justice served. The need for answers draws them together, but love and a deeper bond tie them even closer.

Patrick's life was going well. He had his life in order at last, got himself off of the drugs that totally controlled him, and found a decent job and was paying back his dues. All of this comes crashing down when his abusive ex-lover stepbrother comes back into the picture, promising that he has changed and has nowhere to go. Patrick takes him in and eventually finds himself falling into the same abusive patterns all over again. Can he keep himself from destroying this new life he has forged for himself?