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Alice Treemont has no intention of falling in love. Living in Blake's Folly, a semi-ghost town, she cooks vegetarian meals, rescues unwanted dogs, and protects the most unloved creatures on earth: snakes. What man would share those interests? Jace Constant is in Nevada, doing research for his new book, but he won't be staying. He's disgusted by desert dust on his fine Italian shoes and dog hair on his cashmere sweaters. As for snakes, he doesn't just despise them: they terrify him. So why does the air sizzle each time Alice and Jace meet? A romance would entail far too many compromises.

Caleb Zeno, a wealthy and successful media mogul, refuses to allow emotions into any aspect of his life, especially his entertainment corporation. When his company's lifestyle website runs into competition from a small boutique company, the most logical solution is to buy out his rival. Fiona Hamilton's lifestyle website succeeds due to her loving and caring treatment of her clients, who have become like family to her. She has no desire to sell to anyone, much less a tattooed, muscled, automaton. At odds professionally, Caleb and Fiona come together as a favor for Caleb's sister. Sparks fly and sexual chemistry abounds. But Caleb can't let go of his abusive past and be the man Fiona needs, and she is unwilling to risk independence and financial security for anything less than a perfect happily ever after. Can they put their differences aside to find a viral kind of love?

It may be Vegas, but the odds of being attacked by your boss and outlaw bikers on the same night-slim. My boss, I should have seen coming. Thanks to the life I left behind, I know an abuser when I see one, and it was just a matter of time until he found out I've been lying. As for The Knights of Steel MC, the only way to keep them quiet was to go with them, except the club president's obsession with me goes beyond their escort service and BDMS clients. I bet my life on it. I can't trust anyone-especially not my handler. He's running from his past too, and his infatuation scares me for a different reason. All I know is that if I want my freedom, I'll need to double down and guard my heart as closely as my body...

When self-professed hermit Theodora Edwards is attacked by a dark fae and infected with his magic, she finds herself thrust into the supernatural spotlight as the first possible changeling in centuries. As if surviving the transition isn't hard enough, Theo has to deal with an attempted abduction by her newly turned vampire ex-husband, unwanted courting offers from salacious fae suitors, and her growing attraction to the guardian of the gate to Fairie. Caught in a cruel tug of war between the queen of the fae and a surly law-enforcement agent, Theo must find a way to free herself before she loses her hard-earned independence for good.

Picture-perfect Abigail Wylder rushes home to save her family's reputation, but no one knows her behavior while in England is another scandal she must conceal. Will her secret embarrass her family more than her sister's new mystical in-laws or her father's deteriorating mind? Unwed and four months pregnant, it won't be long before her dresses can no longer hide her shame. Boone Silvers has carried a torch for Abigail Wylder since he was a teenager. When he discovers her baby's British father has rejected her, he offers to step into the role. He believes he is the luckiest barber in Wyoming with a second chance to have a family after what happened to his first wife. Secrets swirl around the couple until a tragedy shines a light on all their faults. Will Abigail choose happiness with Boone or do the unthinkable just to save face?

Naval Aviator Paul Williams is sure nothing can top the exhilaration of maneuvering a Super Hornet jet at over 1000 mph in rapidly changing battle scenarios, until he meets the lavender-eyed, Air Force Colonel Jennifer Ryan. Jennifer Ryan's once well-organized life is in shambles. Her marriage of twenty years is over thanks to her husband's lying and infidelity. Vowing never to be hurt again she works to build a new life with her daughters. Her plan is proceeding until fate intervenes as she repeatedly encounters Paul Williams. With Paul deploying soon, Jennifer sees no harm in a date, but both fall hard and fast. Soon they're thrown into a cat and mouse game with a stalker. Could it be one of Jennifer's clients, someone from her past, or Paul trying to secure her love?

Blackmailed into espionage, Karo must lie to one man while she fights her cravings for another. As spy partners, Karo is forced to work with Andre, the vampire she swore to never trust again. The accidental vampiric bond they have threatens to bend her into submission. But is her will actually weak, or does she want an excuse to give in? Roman's patience teeters on Karo's deception. Bitter, desperate, and vengeful, Karo dutifully completes her missions while withholding data from her uncle Loukin's operation. She swore to get out from under his thumb, even if she has to break a few hands. Each assignment brings her closer to uncovering his goal, and using it against him, but she also draws closer to new foes. And they all want the same thing-Karo's secrets.

At eighteen, Jenna Welles has it all? fame, fortune, and a lifestyle other girls can only dream of. Eric Laine, the beautiful young man, who accidentally falls into her world, has nothing. All he can offer is the precious gift of love. But his love is a fragile stronghold against outside forces intent on parting them. Jenna's manager, obsessed with his virtuous, young star, plots to ruin Eric. The result is an unthinkable tragedy that forces Jenna to flee Hollywood and go into hiding. While she lives in obscurity, the tables turn, and Eric steps into the limelight. He soon learns life as a rich celebrity is a fathomless void without Jenna and vows to one day find her.

Attorney Kayla Walker fights for justice for her client, who fears a sinkhole will swallow his house. Attorney and newly elected legislator, Joe Morales argues against her in court, but seduces her in private. Exhilarated, she tells him that mistake cannot happen again. Joe Morales wants to prove his developer client is not responsible for the sinkhole, but finds it hard to resist his opposing, argumentative, sexy attorney. Threatening men capture them both in broad daylight, tie them up, and leave them in a cabin while a tornado's approaching. Now, he must protect her from them and resist her charms.

Law student Dawn Mathison's steamy summer romance with solar developer Callan Marlowe is just a fling...until it isn't. Swept off her feet-and into lots of different positions-by the sexy Brit, Dawn believes Callan is The One...right until he dumps her. But that was last summer. Now, she is living her dream and couldn't care less about Callan. Not one bit. Truly. Callan left Dawn broken-hearted, confused, and pissed-off. But, dammit, he doesn't do serious relationships. Not after his past. It doesn't matter anyway because he'll never see Dawn again. Which is for the best. Really. When a twist of fate brings Callan back into Dawn's life-and into her office-their sizzling attraction reignites. Maybe this time around, they won't get too serious. But fate has a sense of humor. Because Callan thinks Dawn is The One who can help him. And maybe turn their hot affair into something more?

After hitting rock-bottom, former Major-Leaguer Sam Kincaid returned home to guide canoe expeditions in the Maine wilderness. He needs to make this gig a success. He can't let himself be distracted by an ambitious, obsessed female, even if she's sexy, witty and smart. Annie Wylde, an investigative journalist, embarks on the canoe trip to keep a promise to her friend, murdered by a notorious killer called the Hunter. She struggles with nature's challenges and fights her attraction to Sam, considering him just another egotistical jock. When the trip turns deadly, they realize the Hunter has followed Annie into the wilderness. With her life on the line, Sam faces the challenge of his life because she's become much more than a client to him.

Lieutenant James Hannigan is the sole survivor of a naval attack. Safe at home, he realizes the girl next door is the only one for him. But she is destined for his older brother, and he is headed back to sea. Lady Anne Debenham is expected to wed the heir to the neighboring estate. But the younger brother holds her heart. How can she possibly earn his love? Jamie and Anne must struggle to find a way to each other. But will war and family secrets keep them apart?

America beckons with opportunity during the 1850s. Louisa Mueller, a baker's daughter, arrives in Elm Ridge, Illinois with determination to learn English and work as a baker. Since the death of her sweetheart a year ago, she pushes aside thoughts of marriage. However, she's intrigued by a fellow passenger who tells the most interesting stories. Desperate for a fresh start, a young thief takes the name Hans Hoffmann when a look-alike passenger dies during the trans-Atlantic passage. Vowing to be an honest man in America, Hans discovers temptation wears many disguises. Will the pair be rewarded as they attempt their new dreams in a strange land?

Four years after Livia Rossi fled Manhattan, she finally feels like she is making a life for herself away from her Uncle Michael's influence. When danger arises, he resigns himself to the fact that shielding Livia from his criminal underworld is no longer possible. Dante Castellano is Michael's right-hand man. He never shies away from a job, until what begins as a precautionary surveillance mission soon turns into much more than he ever expected. He's kept an eye on Livia from afar, but it isn't until now that he really sees her for the first time. She's creative, beautiful, and there's a storm inside her that reminds him of himself. He's soon consumed by his allure to her, and his guilt toward his closest friend. When the stakes are raised, he's forced to decide what's more important-loyalty, or the woman he loves.

Jenna Craig is a 40-year-old freshly-minted "hot momma" looking for a little love in her post-divorce life. After a night out with her cougar tribe, she wonders whether she's still got "it"-the double-takes from the college clowns at the bar quickly put her doubts to rest. Though she may be alone, she knows she'll never be lonely. Jenna's newfound confidence is buoyed by some swim club eye candy: Travis the lifeguard. Hot trysts in the locker room leave her wondering if she might want something more. When her naughty, new boy toy introduces her to his friend, Collin, Jenna is engulfed with waves of emotion that she thought she might never feel again. With two younger men vying for her heart, will she choose the perfect guy for right now, or the man who could give her another shot at love? The experienced Ms. Craig is certain of one thing: She better bring the confidence to pull off the choice of her desire.

The Duke of Sandringham arrives in the raw frontier town of Wylder to explore nearby copper mines, but soon contracts typhoid. The only person who can safely nurse him back to health is the kitchen drudge, Catriona, who survived the typhoid fever that took her parents. The duke's awkward ginger-haired nephew Hugo, in turn, saves Cat's life, and later her virtue, yet she ignores him despite his interest, in favor of her employer's handsome ne'er-do-well son. Lovely raven-haired Cat falls afoul of the jealous ladies in the duke's party. Falsely accused of stealing, Catriona is banished and becomes the prize to be won at the local brothel auction... But Hugo knows nothing of the auction. What rescue can be hoped?

Bad girl turned heiress, Lacey Devere has a penchant for falling for precisely the wrong person. Her dad is determined to give her a fresh start, beginning with a luxurious European tour and a new camera to capture each perfect moment. Dan Lewis is a modern-day highwayman traveling the world, relieving wealthy tourists of their excess cash and jewelry. He learned the hard way not to let anyone get too close. Their heads are urging caution, but their hearts are being swept away by the glamour and romance of the dazzling cities they're visiting.

Miacoh Zane, a Special Forces veteran, returns to Aspen Ridge, Colorado a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, to settle his beloved grandmother's estate. But the town holds painful memories and mystical family secrets he wants to leave behind for good. Candle Bearclaw, is a gifted computer analyst/programmer with psychic talents she buried when recruited out of college by the CIA. After fifteen years, she abruptly resigns her position and returns to her sleepy hometown to discover her childhood crush has also returned and a violent crime has been committed. Due to their covert operations experience, Candle and Miacoh are thrown together to assist Homeland Security, FBI, and her father, the former chief of police, with a murder investigation. As they search for the perpetrators, their secrets risk being revealed as the investigation takes an unusual twist that could blow the case wide open.

Young heirs to an automotive fortune joyride a priceless prototype while D.U.I., ending in a spectacular fireball. Meggie now has a limp and scars she obsesses over as worse than they are. When she inherits the last asset, a decrepit Victorian lake house and dumping ground for a serial killer, she impulsively speeds to the isolated spot without telling anyone, neither a diner-owner, a female deputy, or good old boy forest ranger, all warning her of the 'blizzard of the century' and young women gone missing in the inhospitable area of dense federal forests and bottomless lakes... When kissing-cousin Zak and brother Lance show up, following the money, three desperate people play cat and killer games in Michigan's harsh, unforgiving Upper Peninsula, battling lust, starvation, and the serial murderer among them in the isolated snowbound lake house, until only two are left standing...for now.

Talented designer Isla Bruni is keen to widen her experience before setting up her own interiors business, so she accepts an exchange with a top studio located in an Italian hilltop town. She doesn't trust Italian men-after all, hasn't she had good reason? But irresistible, sexy entrepreneur Edmondo Benedetti turns her carefully ordered life upside down. How can she realize her ambitions without sacrificing love? Only when she's thrust into danger does she begin to understand what is important. The past is the past. Yet if secrets buried there resurface, could they destroy her future?

Jack Palermo's mind is bent on avenging the death of his brother, killed by a gang of outlaws. Jack's heart has known goodness only in that brother and their deceased mother, until he meets Lina. Lina Gaitan, her parents killed on the trail when she was twelve, now lives and teaches in Wylder's Catholic orphanage. Appreciating her pious life, she still yearns for adventure-and romance. On a nature walk with her students, Lina finds Jack shot and left for dead. As she nurses him back to health, they become friends, then engage in stolen passionate moments. But Jack wants a vendetta, while Lina is too good for his world. How can she make him see revenge will rob him of the future they could have together?

July 1878, and the West is teeming with astronomers eager to observe a total solar eclipse. Cora and four other female astronomy students have accompanied Professor Maria Mitchell to Colorado for the event, but their chances of seeing it are threatened when a railway dispute forces them to entrust their precious telescopes to a young freight hauler's wagon. Nolan Carter is determined to get his cargo and passengers to their destination, but as one thing after another goes wrong, he despairs of reaching Denver in time. Yet he could happily spend more time with the surprising Cora, who accompanies the telescopes while her companions take the train. Meanwhile, overhead, the celestial clock-indifferent to worldly dangers, delays, or distractions-is ticking.

Inheriting a castle, especially a former insane asylum, would blow anyone's mind, but its reclusive new owner, Paula, doesn't want her mind changed, let alone blown. The naive woman soon finds herself embracing the ominous incidents inside the abandoned fortress as secret messages from her ex-lover-a mad artist missing and declared dead. Whether it's the painter, spirits, or criminals causing the chaos, Paula's friends fear she won't survive long enough to find out.

Laurel Quincy's respectable life is suddenly shattered by the betrayal of her husband. Everything she thought she knew about him, and their life together was destroyed the day the FBI raided the bank where she was its president. A web of lies and deceit had cost her everything she holds dear: job, home, and financial security. Looking for clarity and solace she seeks her parents grave in historic Pioneer Cemetery. Her deliverance suddenly appears when she meets Maggie, an eccentric old woman fond of wearing pink fuzzy slippers and tattered bathrobe. She proves to be a good friend and advisor, guiding Laurel in rebuilding her life and again trusting in love.

In the spring of 1975, Ben Friedman will celebrate his rite of passage into adulthood. When his beloved grandfather suddenly dies and leaves him a mysterious inheritance, Ben begins to discover who he is and where he belongs. When he chooses a path his powerful father opposes, their relationship becomes volatile. Will Ben withstand the pressure?In 1914, Dovid Weisman, Ben's great-grandfather, struggles to protect his family when Germany declares war on Russia and the brutal Cossacks occupy his village of Siedlce, Poland. He finds that love and opportunity are still possible. If they can escape with their lives.Slipping between war-torn Poland and modern American life, one family's story is woven together across three generations.

Josie Donovan left her home in Kansas under a cloud. Now settled into her work as a nurse in Hollywood, California, she finds the producer of her favorite television program is in her hospital ward and offering her an audition. Actor Robert Coolidge hates his role on Gunslingers but needs the job to support his son. When Josie joins the cast, the loneliness plaguing him lifts, until a goodnight kiss somehow goes wrong. Yet Josie is there with her nursing skills when Robert falls ill on set, and the pair are at a crossroads. Robert, who never talks about himself, will have to open up, and Josie must have courage, if either of them is to have a second chance at love.

Tess Corona left home thanks to a traumatic experience with the paranormal and has only recently returned home from a secretive military career. Her only desire is to reconnect with her family and find meaningful work. That plan changes when a Texas Ranger lands on her doorstep looking for her twin brother. Thanks to the suspicious actions of a murder victim's family, Texas Ranger Crock Ward is asked to investigate the twenty-five-year-old case. With the evidence missing and victim's husband now deceased, Crock seeks alternatives to solve the murder in the form of Dr. Lazaro Corona and his ghost hunting team. Laz has dreamed of combining cold cases with paranormal investigation, but he curses the timing. He can't stop Tess from resuming her role in his investigation any more than he can stop a tornado or a century-old feud that has already destroyed one family and now threatens his.

Gunslinger turned playwright Opal Calahan is handy with a pistol and even handier with a pen. She arrives in town dreaming of creating the new Wylder Playhouse. Rugged prospector Heath Rawdon tantalizes as her perfect leading man-but why does he hate theaters? And why does he have a price on his head? Heath is running from his past and wrestling mental demons. Thanks to his visit to the playhouse in the lawless Ballarat goldfields, he lost his mate and his goldmine-and got slammed with the charge of murder. The last thing he needs is a beautiful, charming playwright disturbing his harsh existence. But feisty Opal has secrets and needs his help. Together they banter, dance, face theatrical disaster, and combat danger in a race to rewrite their future and achieve their dreams.

Paradise is shaken when the body of a young woman is dragged onto a university research vessel during a class outing in Hilo Bay. Cleo Cooper is shaken when she finds her favorite student is on the hook for the murder. Danger lurks on land and sea as Cleo and her friends are enticed to search for the true killer. In between paddling, swimming, and arguing with her boyfriend, Cleo discovers all is not what it seems on the Big Island of Hawaii. But will she figure out the truth before she becomes the next victim?

Enrique and the demon inside him didn't kill a man in New Mexico. No. No way. Did they? His possessed autistic girlfriend, Elkie, doesn't think so either. Probably. Even with all that evidence. Guidry the Technomancer isn't so sure, but he'll do what he can to help Enrique reveal the truth before Memphis "Witchkiller" Aldrain, the Shotgun Sorcerer, catches up. It's going to take help from their friends, demonic and otherwise, to unravel the mystery of how Enrique didn't or did commit murder. On the run, they'll find hidden Riftsider towns, demonic night clubs, and unworldly ways to get around--a necessary precaution once a hellhound gets on their trail. The clock is ticking. Will they find the truth before bounty hunters - or worse - find them?