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Quinn Kavanagh was aiming for the top even before he was turned. But now, as a powerful vampire lord, he's driven by the demands of his blood, compelled to conquer and destroy, to defeat Ireland's criminal ruler, and make the territory a better place for all its vampires and humans alike. Smart and beautiful, Eve Connelly was a graduate student with life's endless possibilities stretched out before her. She knew nothing of vampires and didn't care—until she watched two of them murder her beloved brother. Now she doesn't want to help Ireland's vampires—she just wants to kill them.

Jason King has everything he could ever want—an amazing best friend, great relationships with his family, a job he loves, and the best fur babies in the whole world. He doesn't need a partner to share that with, and the burn in his chest when his baby brother snuggles up to his lifelong best friend is definitely indigestion and not jealousy, thanks. But when he self-appoints himself as the new English teacher's welcoming committee and catches unexpected feelings, it throws everything he thought he knew about himself into chaos.

When these guys showed up to board their dogs, I thought they were just a trio of extremely handsome men. I definitely didn’t know they were the three most famous athletes in St. Louis. Christian, the stoic, broad-shouldered quarterback who oozes leadership and confident charm from every pore. Braden, the blond wide receiver who’s extremely cocky—when he’s not being a mischievous goofball. Logan, known as the Toronto Terror, the hockey left wing who growls more than he speaks and has a habit of picking fights on—and off—the ice.

I walk into the most important meeting of my life—the one that's going to make or break my career—and he's here. The sexy charmer I met in the hailstorm outside. The guy so temptingly tasty I forgot myself, forgot I didn't do things like that, and asked him out. The worst part? He turned me down. And now he's here in my meeting. He's not charming. He's cranked off. Because of me. Well, guess what? It's not the first time I've made a tech bro cranky. Just because I wear skirts doesn't mean I'm going to let them think I'm any less of a programmer than they are.

When shy bookworm Melody daydreamed about her perfect man, "must love books" topped the list. She never dreamed of someone like Gunnar blowing into her neatly alphabetized and indexed world to turn it upside down. Finding out that her one true mate is an ex-con with a grade school education must be fate's idea of a cruel joke. Never mind that his kisses make her swoon and his touch turns her traitorous knees to jelly . . .

He takes care of other people's kids...but he craves a family of his own. Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her. Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don't care how many limbs he has as long as he's willing to be a climbing frame. He didn't come to Autumn Grove to be a babysitter, but before he knows it, he's got a job changing diapers and braiding hair.

As free-spirited as he is chaotic, Charlie's rules to art and relationships are as follows: 1) get messy and 2) move on to the next piece. He lives for the thrill of the new, on canvas or in bed, and just because he's over 30 doesn't mean he needs to settle down. When a pretty boy wearing a scowl and a skirt upends Charlie's life, he brings one more rule: don't fall in love. But when feelings splatter and paint spills, Charlie has to decide if his rules still apply.

Lucifer Scuderi is a vampire who arrives in Montreal to take on the most important hunt of his life. Someone has kidnapped the mate of Canada's ruling vampire lord, and it's up to Lucifer to find him before his death sets off a crisis that could engulf the entire continent. Eleanor Morel lost everything when she became a vampire. But now, twenty years later, she's a trusted bodyguard to the Canadian lord, Sophia, and the only person Sophia can count on to lead the search for her endangered mate.

Keeping him match-fit wasn’t supposed to feel this personal. Reese Hopper has worked too hard to torch her career over one ‘ironman’ defender with a shoulder he refuses to rest. No matter how disarming his French accent may be. As physio for The Surge, her job is simple: diagnose, treat, report. But when Theo asks her to help hide his injury, she finds herself agreeing. One controlled adjustment at a time. One lie layered over the last. One knowing smile at a time. Soon the lines blur faster than the puck on a sudden breakaway. Theo Bouchard is known for taking the hits and never showing it.

I hate hockey. I hate hockey players even more. That’s why my bestie signed me up to win a date with one. As a funny prank. But it stops being funny when I win. Now I have a date with Grayson Steele, the famed Steel Wall, captain of the San Antonio Surge. Don’t get excited. I just want to get this over with and move on with my life. He’s cocky, arrogant, and thinks I should be lucky to go out with him. But he’s also tall, broad-shouldered, and shredded with muscle. The more time we spend together, the less we hate each other. And soon our feelings ramp up to something a lot more intense.

Romance novels are my jam. And everyone knows the plucky assistant—that's me—always charms the billionaire in an office romance. Too bad Cooper Fallon has never read a romance novel. If he had, he'd know that if you take a fake date to a wedding, you're sure to fall for him. But I forget that when I take my work bestie, Tyler. In fact, after we dance, when he kisses me under the stars, I forget my own name.

Raised in an isolated shifter clan, I never realized I had a true mate somewhere in the world—until my clan-chosen mate rejected me and threw me out with two young children. Now I'm working in a small-town coffee shop, learning about human inventions like buses and microwaves (and my new favorite thing, hot chocolate). And I met my fated mate. He's kind. He's protective. He's great with my little kids. There's just one problem: the first time I touched him, my exile mark felt like it was on fire—and not in the good way.

Big, tatted-out bull shifter Maddox used to work as a thug for hire, but now he's a drifter with his old life in ruins. All he knows is that he wants to be better than he was. When he hitchhikes into the small town of Silvermine, Arizona, he's not planning to stay. But first he helps out a teenager in trouble, and the next thing he knows, the kid's alluring aunt walks into his life, and runs away with his heart. For the first time in his life, Maddox has something of his own to protect.

Darkly handsome and charming, Lord Antônio Silveira is a warrior at heart. But his future was warped in an instant when he defended his Sire against overwhelming odds and emerged not only victorious, but the Vampire Lord of Portugal in his own right. It was a title he never sought, but one he will defend to the death.

I was supposed to write an exposé on billionaire Harrison Blackstone. The man who built an empire from nothing and doesn't believe in love. But the more I dig into his world, the more I want to stay. Especially when he looks at me like I'm the one secret he can't control. Then there's Rafael Mercer, his bodyguard. Quiet, protective, and dangerous in ways I can't resist. And Lucien Moreau, Harrison's French business partner and international playboy. A reckless investor with a wicked smile and a talent for sin. The four of us. No rules or limits. And one story I was never meant to tell.

The Irish Mafia used the Four Art Gallery to launder money. What's good enough for the mob was good enough for us. My organization has sworn to take down the criminal underground. The Greens reigned supreme over my beloved city, and it was time to burn them down. My job is to launder money for our operations, and gather intel. I was never supposed to be noticed. But then I marveled at a painting on the wall... a painting made by a true artist. A master of his craft. It made me gasp, "Who did this?"

Tall, dark, and deadly, vampire Xavier Prospero Flores waded through blood to destroy his enemies and reach the pinnacle of vampire society—Vampire Lord. He has only one regret in his long life, and that's the day he rejected the advances of Layla Casales. Layla Casales was only nineteen when she left Spain, brokenhearted and humiliated by Xavier's rejection. But now, ten years later, the ties of family are pulling her back, not only to Spain, but to Xavier's fortress. Layla has spent years fighting battles around the world, so when her father asks her to come home, she can't say no.

I almost hooked up with the two most popular football players on campus. And just when I think I’ll never see them again, they show up in my classes the next day. But instead of making fun of me, they offer me the deal of a lifetime. The three of us. No strings attached. All semester long. Our extracurricular activities help keep them focused on the football season, While letting me blow off steam so I can study for my master’s degree. And soon their roommate becomes my third athlete lover. Can we keep it physical long enough for them to win the Conference Championship?

One dead millionaire. Three potential inheritors. And a crazy inheritance game to decide who wins everything.

Gia Durante's grandfather had owned the Mafia underground until he was killed before her eyes when she was only two years old. The man who wielded the knife that put her family on it's knees was none other than her future father-in-law, Eoghan Green.