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Olivia Carter fell in love with her older brother’s best friend Zach Stone when she was a teenager. She mooned over him, doodled his name in notebooks, and daydreamed about one day marrying him. She never thought it would be a reality. Zach Stone needs a break from his father. As the only son in a casino dynasty, he has the weight of the world on his shoulders. So what if he occasionally likes to blow off steam with showgirls? Who cares? Apparently his father does. Zach is ordered to get serious about his life or get out of the family business.

Finding themselves in uncharted territory, both physically and morally, and with the universe around them reshaped by their recent conflicts, Eboni and her five children form the backbone of Troy’s fleet. Troy must navigate the complex dynamics of a much larger command and seek out her last two children, uniting them against the enemy they now know is there—Atayu’s brother, Set.

Lord Rhyan Hart, Heir Apparent to the Arkasva, High Lord of Glemaria, Imperator to the North hates everything about his title. Its length, its pretentiousness, and the fact that it connects him directly to his father, the sadistic violent man he hates more than anyone in Lumeria. The last thing Rhyan wants to do is spend the summer before his Revelation Ceremony traveling across the Empire with him for a state visit.

Bree James is an up-and-comer in the book world. She doesn’t care about writing anything serious. She just wants to have fun. Her books are full of spicy vampires and witches, and she’s just excited to be invited to the literary party. Brody Bates has only ever wanted one thing, to stand on his own two feet. His father wanted him to follow in his footsteps, but Brody was determined to do his own thing. Now he’s one of the top high-fantasy authors in the game, and he takes himself very, very seriously. An unfortunate run-in—literally—at an author conference makes them enemies.

Girl's night out at the hottest new club in town. What could possibly go wrong? One wild kiss with a hot stranger caught on camera. That's what. Turns out he's a billionaire with a morality clause and our harmless make-out session has the potential to ruin his latest business deal.

She’s my best friend’s little sister. That alone should be enough to make me keep my hands to myself. Knowing her brother’s extra protective should seal the deal. But after Ellie turns up on our doorstep while her brother’s not home, and falls asleep on the couch after a misunderstanding with her roommate, I can’t seem to stay away. I’m not normally the kind of guy who only wants what he can’t have, but in Ellie’s case, I seem to be making an exception.

Ordinary Wolves depicts a life different from what any of us has known: Inhuman cold, the taste of rancid salmon shared with shivering sled dogs, hunkering in a sod igloo while blizzards moan overhead. But this is the only world Cutuk Hawcley has ever known. Born and raised in the Arctic, he has learned to provide for himself by hunting, fishing, and trading. And yet, though he idolizes the indigenous hunters who have taught him how to survive, when he travels to the nearby Inupiaq village, he is jeered and pummeled by the native children for being white.

How do you screw up your life in three steps? Easy. Step one: Graduate from college with no prospective jobs lined up. Step two: Move back home with your parents because no job unfortunately equals no money. Step 3: Forget to social media stalk the guy who broke your heart before accepting a job in a town with a smaller population than a frat party on a Wednesday night.

Meet Kelly, a world-renowned classical pianist who gave it all up to be a Grammy Award-winning rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The love of his life died, he withdrew, and for seven years he's been living in his camper and playing in dive bars to get by. In a chance encounter, he meets a woman who brings him back to life, but he loses contact with her. His only chance to get her back is to write and record a hit song that she'll know is for her. Can he climb to the top a third time? The odds are against him.

From the moment I lay eyes on Liam, I know he's exactly what I want. Not for a lifetime, just for one night. But as sure as I am that one night between us would rock both of our worlds, he's equally as sure that the two of us are a horrible idea...until he needs me. One week, a fake relationship, and an offer I can't refuse. The pet names? Bogus. The details of our whirlwind romance? Completely fabricated. The way he kisses me? That feels way too real.

After defeating the evil behind the attacks on the southern lands of Caldumn, Wren and Tyran settle into their new life that begs to be calm… or so they thought. Amid questions surrounding the Red Kingdom’s threat and the aftermath of Rhonin’s advance, Wren and Tyran receive an ominous letter from a mysterious magic kind that has remained hidden, warning of the Red Kingdom’s motives.

When my job lands me in Dogwood Cove, I have no intention of pretending to be someone I’m not. I especially didn’t intend to fall for a cautious, small-town bookstore owner who brings out a side of me I was convinced no longer existed. We couldn’t be more opposite, but I can’t seem to stay away from her. The problem is, if Paige knew the truth of who I was, how broken I really am, she’d run in the other direction. My emotional scars run deep, the chains of guilt weigh me down.

Owning the River City Renegades was supposed to be a dream—power suits, big wins, nothing but control. Instead, I'm juggling PR disasters, an opinionated board, and a very public reminder that I'm single. The last thing I need is our team captain, Campbell Stockton, making my pulse skip like a puck on bad ice. He's charming, infuriating, and completely off-limits. I built my empire on keeping business and pleasure in separate zones—so why does one look from him make me want to break every rule?

“The best kind of thriller. . . . Suspenseful, sentimental, and ultimately redemptive, Assassins Anonymous is a can’t-miss novel.” — S. A. Cosby, author of All the Sinners Bleed In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life only to...

Ten years ago, I lost the love of my life. In the blink of an eye, he was gone. To this day, I still seem to be picking up the pieces of my broken heart. In losing Hayes, we also lost Mal, the misunderstood hockey player who wished more than anything that he could turn back time and trade places with his best friend. So, in his grief and guilt, he left. Without a goodbye. Without the promise of returning. Now years later, I found myself making the promise to bring him back home. No matter the cost.

Everly Tancredi is a survivor. But just when she thought she’d freed herself from the demons of her abusive childhood, a new one finds her: Adam Shields, a famous NHL player who sweeps Everly off her feet and into a gilded cage of horrors.

As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find themselves drawn to one another—but the danger of a relationship between a Black woman...

My brothers were back to thinking I had an easy lot in life. They weren’t wrong. It would be a sweet gig. Sianna would be Overlord. I would be Peacekeeper. We’d have our shared love bonds. Well. Maybe. Sigh. A portion of beast affinities, including my ex-girlfriend, wouldn’t follow Sianna as a leader. After attacking my family, my circle, and random bystanders, it was clear the opposition didn’t mind collateral damage. If they wouldn’t come at us directly, we’d need to unite the splintered shifter populations and force action.

Freshly wounded and fighting for survival, Luke is faced with terrible questions: Is Luke Peacekeeper or Lord Peace? Can he be both without killing himself? Will Sianna accept and welcome Luke's love? Better yet, will she respond in kind, allowing the binding of passionate love he has longed to feel his entire life? Can Luke find his place among the beast affinity shifters to save the innocent minds who will die without his help? Reaping reveals some hard truths about beast affinity society, history, and Darla's family.

A decade ago, as a young painter, poker seemed like the perfect way to pay the bills. But marriage and parenthood have definitely complicated things. Especially lately, when Nate’s hit a cold streak in more ways than one. His once-promising art career is in freefall. His wife may be having an affair with a dashing book editor. And his ex-con father’s problems are becoming his own. On any given night, a bad beat could mean the collapse of his house-of-cards life.