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Ian refuses to allow an explosive night of passion to derail his desire to make partner at the law firm. But, her tempting presence in the office, along with her alluring scent, mocks his resolve. JD's the hot art teacher with the body and stamina of a former professional hockey player. He's a creative master, in and out of the bedroom, who captures the affection of the brilliant young attorney, but he second-guesses if he's enough for her. Sasha won't settle for less in her career or love life. It's all or nothing. After a twist of fate and a proclamation of love, Sasha escapes choosing between Ian and JD. The alternative is far more arousing.With careers in flux and hearts on the line, how will they all find the fortitude to come out on top?

Mortals call him the Angel of Death. Fitting, because escorting souls is all Cole has ever known. Until her. When his mortal soulmate dies, and he refuses to take her soul, Fate retaliates-cursing him to endure Evie's death over and over. Centuries later, he'll do anything to end the torment. If only his soulmate could survive it.Evie has lived hundreds of half-lives, all of which end the same-killed by an angel at twenty-five. Each reincarnation, her so-called soulmate thinks he spares her from Hell, instead he plunges her soul into a hellish loop she's helpless to escape. Well, no more. In this life, when Death comes for her, she'll be ready with a weapon of her own.When a deadly enemy lures them in, Cole and Evie must risk everything to end their curse. Even if it means defying Fate one final time.

Orphaned by war yet blessed by the gods, the slave-girl Tisiphone is chosen to become an assassin for the Greek Empire of the North. Fighting her way up from the slave pits, Tisiphone is given to the scarred warrior, Chloe, to train. The seasoned warrior prepares Tisiphone the only way Chloe knows: with the lash, with blood, with fear that must be conquered. For if Tisiphone is to stand with her sister Furies against the barbarian horde that threatens the Empire, she must be made to be like bronze: razor-sharp and unbending. But Tisiphone's heart will not be turned to ice. Tisiphone tempers war with love; for her sister Furies, for a man, perhaps even for undeserving Chloe herself.

Jessica opens her bedroom window in the middle of the night to catch a breeze, but instead, she witnesses something that will change the course of her life forever-her neighbor, David, loading his wife's body onto the back of his truck. She soon learns David knows what she saw and will stop at nothing to eliminate the only witness to his crime. With her young son Bryce in tow, Jessica flees across the border to Montana. She discovers her first love, Jon Kent, is back in town after an early retirement from the FBI. But he isn't the only one in town. David surfaces to unleash hell on Jessica and everyone she loves.

Recovering crown jewels could get the FBI off Cortez Jones's back, but he needs the help of a DSF researcher who blames his jewel-thief father for destroying her family. Forming an uneasy alliance with Mara Marton, Cort finds her courage and tender heart make him want more than just redemption. When Mara's insurance investigator father was accused of conspiring with the Jeweler, the scandal ruined him and led to his death. Now the jewel thief's son wants her help. Although sharing her research expertise and her father's files with this sexy ex-con could prove her father's innocence, how can she trust that Cort doesn't want the treasure for himself? Sparks fly as they struggle to trust one another and recover the jewels before they are claimed by a deadly black-market syndicate. But with their lives-and their hearts-on the line, there's no turning back.

Kat Russell narrowly escaped death at Dirk Crowe's hands six years ago. He's out of prison. To protect her family, she must flee Philadelphia-the only home she's ever known-with her five-year-old son, Timmy. Is Wisconsin far enough away to escape evil? Chase Merrick, father of Timmy's new best friend, wants to help. What is Kat hiding? Why does she insist she must face whatever it is alone? When can Kat stop constantly looking back over her shoulder? Will secrets and shame stop her from accepting Chase's protection? Or unite them in the face of danger to keep their sons safe?

Rowena Mumford has the eye of every single man in quiet Cedar Point, Massachusetts. Her beauty and fortune outweigh her mischievous black cat, Tiger, and the murmurs of witchcraft that surround her. Tired of pointless suitors, Rowena states the man who can place a bell around Tiger's neck may woo her. Soon, all of Cedar Point is hoping for a spring engagement! Augustus Warwick, a dreamer who owns the local sweet shop, believes he has no chance of winning Rowena's heart. The eccentric confectioner is too busy trying to perfect a new confection before Easter Sunday. But Tiger has taken a shine to his shop, and Augustus has taken a shine to Miss Mumford. Will he be able to win her heart-and will he want it once he learns about her secret?

When teenaged misfit Kory Mowat violates Norway's Resistance's codes of audacity and silence, he and his brothers by honor learn hard truths about their friendship. The occupation of Norway by the Germans upends Kory's mapped-out life. Joining the Norwegian Resistance and using codes from a game called Solsvik Bridge, he and his friends smuggle munitions and pass information that they place inside German propaganda. But when he and his Nazi-collaborator brother vie for the attentions of an unscrupulous girl, Kory's naivete and combative rivalry blind him to what he promised to uphold. Just when he thinks he has made it and that he and his friends can conquer the world, and for all his betterment, his touchstone is ripped away, leaving Kory to learn the truths of friendship.

Samantha Hawley's life has not gone according to plan. Married young due to an unplanned pregnancy, she is now a full-time nurse raising a mouthy daughter and a son with special needs. After kicking her philandering husband, the beloved town mayor, out of the house, the rumor mill in her small Southern town catches fire. Adding fuel to the growing flames, an incident at the high school forces Sam to come face to face with her daughter's demons-and the undeniably handsome school psychologist, Dr. Landon Ford. As things heat up between Sam and Landon, her vindictive ex is determined to ruin her happiness by using the children as a pawn in their divorce. Starting to crack under the pressure of her tumultuous custody battle, Sam must learn to accept love after betrayal, trust her instincts, and fight for what matters most in her life-reputation and rumors be damned.

In 1912, as the new wife of the local mortician, Beatrice is settling in at the funeral parlor, but soon after, the death of a young boy sweeps a cold chill into the warmth of her new home as well as her marriage. In 2022, fledgling author Maddy Barton isn't surprised to discover someone was murdered in her 1912 era home. The old mansion has been giving her bad vibes ever since she moved in. But after learning who the victim was, she is determined to figure out what happened so she can put the unsettled spirit at ease. Maddy's husband isn't terribly supportive of her efforts, and many of the people in the small town of Pine Grove, Minnesota have ideas-and secrets-of their own, but she's determined to solve the gothic crime the only way she knows how-to write about it.

If you're dead already, can you die again? Elspeth's been summoned from limbo. Her new assignment? Track down the culprit in the mysterious death of a student at Clearwell High. And incidentally, uncover the identity of the new drug dealer prowling the halls. Only one problem-the body she has to co-inhabit has a different agenda. Elizabeth just wants to be prom queen, marry Prince Charming, and graduate with perfect posture. Both girls, alive and dead, will have their separate worlds rocked before the killer is unveiled. Nothing is as it seems. No one can be trusted. Being dead has never been so dangerous.

On the heels of a public, broken engagement, Maeve Cleary returns to her childhood home in Hampton Beach, NH. When a dead body turns up behind her mother's music school, three old friends land on the suspect list. Licking her wounds soon takes a back seat to outrunning the paparazzi who spin into a frenzy, casting her in a cloud of suspicion. Maeve juggles her high school sweetheart, a cousin with a touch of clairvoyance, a no-nonsense detective, and an apologetic, two-timing ex-fiancé. Will the negative publicity impact business at the Music Box- the very place she'd hoped to make a fresh start?

Lady Hazel Fletcher's father, fiercely opposed to Scottish independence, means to use her as a weapon in his scheme to instigate trouble between England and Scotland. She is pregnant by her lover, a neighboring nobleman, but her father blames a Scotsman he has deliberately framed. Cormac MacLeod, realizing the trick when he's accused of fathering the child of a woman he's never met, refuses to marry her and is thrown into the dungeon. Allied against her father's treachery, Hazel and the fierce Scot plan to escape together, then go their separate ways. But once free, they find Hazel's lover cannot protect her, and reality hits-they have no choice but to flee to the heart of the Highlands together...

Wielding a trio of enchanted Elven weapons to battle a dark wizard and a legion of diabolical dwarves, Tristan is faced with the impossible choice between saving the woman he loves or defending his endangered kingdom. Inexplicably compelled to remain in the sacred forest where he hears the voice of her heart, the heir to the throne of Cornwall incurs the wrath and scorn of his army when he decides to hunt for his captive mate. Her verdant magic greatly enhanced by the mystical Morgane la Fée, Issylte must summon a coalition of Naiad nymphs and celestial fairies to destroy a nascent evil as she fights to reclaim her rightful crown. When the Black Widow Queen unites with a malignant menace and a ghost from Tristan's haunted past, the Emerald Fairy and the Dragon Knight must ally with a triad of shapeshifting warrior tribes to defeat a Viking Trident and defend their trinity of Celtic kingdoms. Interwoven fates. Otherworldly mates. Destiny awaits.

After a soul-crushing stint at music school, Sarah Mandelbaum thinks her star is finally on the rise when she's recruited by the fabulous Fiona Campbell for a top spot at high-fashion Sophistiquée magazine. But almost as soon as she slips into her first pair of stilettos, Sarah realizes that between the plotting and scheming of the industry's Fashion Flamingos and outrageous demands from Sophistiquée's creative director Henri-François Bernard, her fall is imminent. Caught between the need to pay off her staggering student loans and the struggle to regain her self-confidence, Sarah seems completely stuck between that proverbial rock and a hard place. But with the help of a tattooed guitar teacher, a statuesque Southern pastry chef, 90-lb financial analyst with anger management issues, and a rockstar muse, she discovers the true path to her return. The question is: Will she take it?

Cal (14) and Sephrim (16), are rejects on the run. Tailor-made in The Lab as genetically perfect, their "undesirable" traits leave them without the families they hoped for. Together, they escape a life sentence to the horrid workhouses. Their lab-created survival skills allow them to avoid capture but also attract unwanted attention from rival gangs eager to provide "protection"-for a price. Then one such group captures Cal and implants her with mind-control technology. A code word is all it takes to make her their mindless murder puppet. If Sephrim can't overcome crippling anxiety to rescue Cal, he risks dooming not only her, but all rejected Designer Kids to the same horrific fate.

Covid has been good to Willow. As a germaphobe, she finally feels like everyone else is now facing the type of anxiety she has long been accustomed to. When an abandoned baby is left on the front step of her tiny house, she must decide if she can get away with raising this child as her own. Her therapist wants her to write about her past. As revelations about her abusive upbringing emerge, she starts to question everything about the present- including her new-found joy. Despite her trust issues, she wonders if it's safe to enter her childhood friend's "bubble." And she just can't seem to resist the suspiciously nice and overly handsome neighbor who keeps showing up with gifts. In the midst of a global pandemic, can she leave her trauma behind and find sanctuary for the little family she hopes to create?

Siena Ricci is shrewd, seductive, and an expert in the art of deception. Masking her identity behind the guise of Marie Lacroix, a specialist in antiques and objets d'art, she swindles her employer's wealthy clients out of their valuable possessions. She hasn't yet met the man she can't manipulate, but then the con she's playing on Jonathan Woodward has only just begun. Jonathan proves to be an easy mark, but he's also enticingly irresistible. As their relationship heats up, her plot to steal his multi-million-dollar antique trinkets begins to unravel. Noticing a subtle change in Jonathan's demeanor, Marie questions whether she's still in control of the con or if she's blindly become the gullible victim of her own scheme.

Rose has loved Fae Princess Orchid since childhood. Helpless to stop Orchid's exile to Strawberry, she vows to avenge her death. If she had one more day with Orchid, would she have the courage to confess her love? It's too late now...or is it? Vampire Ryan's myelodysplastic anemia has caught up with him. He fights in the Winter Solstice Battle for an honorable death but instead finds Orchid. While she's not his ideal mate, she does offer him a trip to Magmell, where she promises their healers can cure him. Will he switch sides in the war against the Sluagh for immortality? When Rose and Orchid are reunited, their passion burns out of control, but Ryan has already left his mark and changed the trajectory of Magmell forever. Royal alliances are built and destroyed, leaving Strawberry's future in the balance. In a tale of villains, who deserves a happily ever after?

Kate promised her dying father to protect her brother and return a Mayan god statue to its temple. But the price to save her kidnapped brother is the valuable artifact, so keeping one promise means breaking the other. Facing a trek through the jungle, Kate must rely on a guide she doesn't trust... yet whose touch makes her yearn for more. Max prefers to work alone, however his DSF assignment is to guide Kate while covertly finding proof her brother sold black-market antiquities. And sticking close to this delectable and vulnerable woman proves more dangerous to Max than all the threats in the jungle. Max and Kate must outrun smugglers and an earthquake in a race that takes them to England and into the jungle. But as perilous as their quest becomes, when desire flares between them, risking their lives seems simple next to risking their hearts.

To protect her destitute, just-widowed, pregnant sister and nine-year-old niece, Roslyn Clary must appeal to the new lord of the manor, Mark St. John. He is generous with money, time, and attention, though he holds the title only loosely, hoping her sister will deliver a boy child. Nevertheless, Roslyn, who has vowed never to marry, is suspicious of Mark. Strongly attracted to Roslyn, Mark conveys her and her sister and niece to the safety of his mother's house in London. He desperately wants to court Roslyn but must first find out who murdered his brother, and why. Both he and Roslyn could be murder suspects, yet both are also potential victims if the murderer is not found soon.

Born from a mortal woman, created with the blood of a god, Zirena's life has been anything but average. Life as the Chosen is a life of fighting, solitude, and forbidden desires. Never knowing the taste of blood or the touch of a lover. When the alluring, captivating, and presence of a mortal named Dean, known to be her sworn enemy, enters her life, she begins to question the true nature of her upbringing.

When Harper Lindsay narrowly escapes a ferocious fire that destroys her rental home, the people in her hometown of Carlson, Texas are horrified. Why would an arsonist want to kill her? Fire Chief Aaron Lassiter is even more suspicious when he finds out that she survived two previous fires. Harper grew up in this town and is well-liked by most, but clearly not all. What kind of deadly enemy has she angered along the way? The discovery of her late mother's diary yields valuable clues. As more fires are set and danger grows, Harper moves into Aaron's guest house as she recovers from her injuries. Along with Ty Randall, the sheriff, and other townspeople, they search to find the answer before someone gets killed. Can they figure out the killer's identity in time to save Harper?

Arizona, 2019. When Nurse Pia Norwak spots Rikke Taylor, burn survivor and local heroine, at an emergency room in Sedona, Pia experiences an intensifying attraction, only matched by the puzzling visions that come to her with increasing frequency and clarity. Rikke, however reluctantly, cannot deny something mysterious is unfolding. Yorkshire, 1840. As Rory Allen travels back to her cottage at the Moorsgrange estate, she realizes she is also returning to Jules Ermsworth, piano virtuoso, heir to the Victorian estate, and her soulmate. But he's sickly and fragile, so his mother and doctor oppose the union. What connects these two love stories across time and space, and what will it take for Pia and Rikke to right the wrongs of that distant past?

Cavalry officer, Major James Tucker looks forward to becoming a regular citizen and restarting his law practice in Boston, but the needs of the U.S. Cavalry always supersede the wants of the individual and Tucker must clean up trouble in Wylder before he can separate from service. Trouble in the form of a falsely accused Lakota boy and his wildly independent half-sister has him wondering if the plans he's made are truly still the desires of his heart. Daughter of a prostitute, Estelle returns to Wylder, the place of her birth, to rescue her brother and discover the identity of her birth father. She comes to trust Tucker with her brother's safety, but Estelle's reluctance to trust her heart jeopardizes her own safety when her nightmare comes to call.

A destroyed career, a rundown ranch, and a beautiful horse whisperer come together to jumpstart Hayden Wilcoyt's dream of using wild Mustangs to create a new breed of horses. His job becomes doubly dangerous after someone starts sabotaging work on the ranch. Complicating things is his relationship with Ginny Hampton, the Native American woman he inherited along with the ranch. As a fourteen-year-old runaway, Ginny was offered refuge by Hayden's great-grandfather. Having devoted her life to Wilcoyt Ranch, she considers it hers by right if not by bloodline. The tragedy of an abusive past overshadows how Ginny deals with people now and she must learn to overcome her fears before she and Hayden have any chance for a lasting relationship.

Real estate mogul, Dale Forester, wins the bid to build a new apartment complex on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. This success secures his new position as CEO of Forester Industries and saves his deceased father's company from a disastrous free fall. After months of leading rallies and protests to block the new construction, Sylvia Ramirez won't give up on saving the community center she manages from Forester Industries' wrecking ball. With the deadline to break ground fast approaching, Sylvia is running out of options to save the center, and Dale is losing precious community goodwill. Working together might be their only solution, but how can these strong-willed overachievers manage a truce?

The tragic loss of her best friend, Josie Lee, leaves ten-year-old Seraphina questioning her destiny, until she learns she's the chosen one. Seraphina is whisked away by a frantic, talking butterfly on a quest to bring order back to a world inside a rainbow called Raiven with its six different, colored- realms by finding and returning a powerful rainbow crystal back to its wizard owner, which was stolen from an evil witch and her trolls. Raiven is a bridge between heaven and earth; Seraphina is motivated by the knowledge that she will get to see her best friend's dead spirit through magical fairies and their pixie dust. Seraphina will even meet and bond with a warrior fairy-boy and her own unicorn, which she unknowingly birthed through a wish on a shooting star. Throughout her journey, she passes a series of tests and discovers self-confidence and hope with the help of supernatural characters who guide her along the way. Most importantly, she learns that Josie Lee is more of a guardian angel to her than she realizes and has never really left her side after all. It doesn't even require magic, just faith.

When Ronnie ends up at a boarding school for troubled teens, she doesn't know what's worse: being forced to deal with the grief of losing her mother or dealing with the mean-girl clique intent on breaking her. She never imagined the girls would use her grief to torment her. But when she happens to grab the attention of the cute and charming Will Tucker-the very boy the leader of the clique has her sights set on-that's exactly what they do. In a prank so diabolical, the girls use a Ouija board and pretend to make contact with Ronnie's mother. But their cruel joke has consequences for everyone who was in the room that night, because it seems their amateur séance has opened a door to the other side. Now Ronnie fears her mother's spirit has come to punish her, and she's forced to deal with the ghosts of her past. However...it may not be her mother they've let in.

Women and dogs who solve crimes? They call themselves the Blind Justice Society, and as women from all walks of life their skills are numerous. Their current investigation has them teaming with Sadie Barker, a young FBI agent, and her canine partner Nigel as they try to take down a local shipyard for unlawful dumping of contaminated dirt. When one of the local sleuths is shot in the arm and another is forced off the road, they wonder if they'll be able to stand against the threat of more violence.