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Here I am, on the butt end of thirty—the black sheep, the screw-up, the major disappointment—fresh out of rehab and trying to get my crap together. *sigh* Dr. Baker, my shrink, says I should quit obsessing over my dream guy because he’s not real. He was merely a hallucination during a psychotic break I suffered nearly twenty years ago. *sigh* Well, when Dream Guy comes walking into Mimi's Cabana, a local tiki bar, maybe I’m hallucinating again. And maybe I don’t care. *sigh* I really am hopeless. This is a short, standalone shifter novella set in the P.O.L.A.R., Cybermates, and ...

With a hole in her heart the size of Oklahoma, Hannah’s sworn off men. That was before she ran into the Siberian hottie. Just being near him fills the emptiness in her soul. As the P.O.L.A.R. Team Leader, Serge has a dilemma. Either his team completes their mission or he pursues his mate. Not both. The careers of his entire team hinge on the mission’s success. Is he willing to make that sacrifice?

Michael Long is damaged. Broken. Dangerous. And the scars run deep. The only time his bear emerges is to viciously maim and kill. So when his mate shows up, right there on his family’s ranch, his only course of action is to avoid her. Daisy Hawkins is unavoidable. The kindergarten teacher may be as sweet as her name implies, but Daisy won’t take no for an answer. She’s not sure what comes over her when she set eyes on the tall, muscular rancher but so what if she’s never hit on a man before? Michael Long is the hottest man she’s ever seen. *BOOKS IN THIS SERIES INCLUDE:* Rancher ...

Bear shifter, Derek Holt, has finally achieved the pinnacle of fame as a platinum country recording artist. He just never thought it would leave him feeling so hollow inside. He knows just the woman who could fill his empty void, his assistant Red. But women like Red aren’t for men like him. As a single mom, the last thing Audrey Reid, a.k.a Red needs is a party guy like Derek Holt in her life. If only her brain could convince her heart to let go. This “babysitting” gig—accompanying Derek back to Jackson Valley to keep an eye on him—might make it harder than she thought to keep a ...

Olivia Harris is recovering from a nightmare. Most days she’s certain she will never be mentally healthy enough to rejoin the human race. Suffering from PTSD and experiencing severe anxiety attacks, she returns to her native Alaska to live in semi-seclusion in the little cabin she inherited from her father. Tucker Sterling struggles with a restless, unsettled bear that he is unable to tame. Nothing soothes his bear, not the six years he spent in the army’s Delta Force unit, not the multitude of nameless, faceless, women who share his bed, nothing—until Liv Harris returns to Port Ursa....

Chyna Deschamps is on a mission to lose her virginity. Everyone’s moving on: kids, minivans, white picket fences…and she’s stuck. When she spends a hot night with a scorching dragon, he leaves his claiming mark on her and now they’re mated — or so he thinks.

One week. That’s all it took for Megan’s world to fall apart. Her marriage - shattered. Her business - demolished. Her life - ruined. But fate has a plan. In the form of a hot P.O.L.A.R. operative. Roman knows instantly Megan is his. But before he can claim her, he makes it his mission to gather all her broken pieces, and rescue her heart.

Colton Sterling, a Kodiak grizzly bear shifter, is a brilliant business strategist, adrenaline junkie, and self-made billionaire. Colton has no plans to settle down. Not, that is, until he sets eyes on the beautiful Dr. Hannah Cooper. His mate. Hannah is a smart, curvy, bold doctor, who is way out of her league in the Alaskan wilderness. Lucky for her she'll be leaving the state and heading back home. Colton has just 24 hours to make Hannah fall in love with him before she returns to the lower 48. Can he rise to the challenge?

Charlie is a ballsy, badazz wolf shifter. She knows that for any man to truly satisfy her, he’ll have to be the strong, confident type. When Axel rolls into town with his outlaw biker gang, he’s strong and confident alright. She can’t believe fate would pair her with the rude, crude, leather-clad beast. Even if he is the hottest man she’s ever seen. NOTE: In the late 1800s, on a homestead in New Mexico, Helen Cartwright was widowed under mysterious circumstances. Knowing there was power in the feminine bonds of sisterhood, Helen created an oasis for women who, like herself, had been...

Substandard job performance. Indebted to a sleazy loan shark. Crushing on a shifter who’s out of her league. Kerrigan is in a heck of a pickle. Dmitry’s not gentle. He’s not the nurturing type. He’s a cold-blooded killer - a P.O.L.A.R. assassin. But, when he steps in to protect her, Kerrigan doesn’t see a killer. She sees a Hero Bear.

Who knew justice was so poetic? Maverick has a rep as a hard-boiled investigator. He’s never had a case he’s been unable to crack. When a decade-old cold case falls on his desk, his homicide investigation leads to Sunkissed Key, and to his main suspect, Sinclair Townsend— his mate. For almost ten years, Sinclair has managed to deny the events that forever changed her life. But when her house of cards falls, it implodes. By a twist of fate, Kade Maverick is her mate—and her nemesis. B.E.A.R.S. (Bruin Evaluation Assessment and Reconnaissance Specialists) SERIES READING ORDER: 1. ...

Chloe Carpenter is a natural matchmaker. Smart, funny and talented, she has yet to find her own Mr. Right. That doesn't stop Chloe from playing mix and match with friends. When she sets up a weekend camping trip to match up coworkers, she ends up lost in the forest and face to face with a sexy-as-sin forest ranger who could easily become the stuff of her wildest fantasies. Nathan Varga, a bear shifter and CEO of a highly successful multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 company, always expected that he would one day meet his mate. He never expected that she'd be human.

Hutch is an a-hole. A giant, scary-looking, Harley-riding, a-hole who has long rejected his mate Veronica, the town's introverted librarian. Lately, Veronica has been coming out of her shell. She's dancing on bar tops, hanging out with the party girls, and has turned Thursday nights at the library into a naughty book club! Hutch screwed up. Big time. He should have claimed Veronica when he had the chance. Now that she's being showered with more male attention than she knows what to do with, Hutch is just about at his wit's end!

Ovide lost his mate years ago. Now, he’s just biding time until his own demise which, thankfully, will come soon. The eclipse leading him to a slow descent into sweet oblivion is just around the corner.

She’s a good girl. He’s a bad bear. Beverly Bow Mar finally has a chance to live her dream. She’ll start as an art gallery assistant in a few days. She’s worked so hard for this chance, and all she had to do was promise that she was not involved with her father or his vile clan of degenerates. Piece of cake. She wants nothing to do with them. She hasn’t so much as spoken to her father in years. Xavier, as a clan enforcer, is tasked with the unpleasant assignment of retrieving the alpha’s estranged daughter from the city and bringing her back to the clan clubhouse. Lovely. Go ...

Elin has a dream; to mate a shifter and form a family. It’s a rule of nature - shifters don’t leave their mates. Dylan has a duty; to breed his females and build his pride. It’s a rule of nature - lions don’t have mates. Two months ago, the sexy lion shifter with the killer smile and smoldering eyes swept into Elin’s life like a whirlwind, then disappeared just as quickly. When Dylan ran, he hadn’t realized he was making the biggest mistake of his life, or that he was leaving behind more than a beautiful woman and a broken heart.

Georgia and Wyatt couldn't be more opposite. Wyatt teaches wilderness survival training. A gruff, simple, outdoorsy type, in a survival situation, what he says goes, or somebody could get hurt. Georgia controls her own life - parties, fundraisers, shopping, and spa days. Men come - men go. When Georgia signs up for Wyatt's survival week, it's obvious she's far outside her comfort zone. Everything that can go wrong, does. Wyatt has found his mate. But, how will he survive Georgia as a mate when he's not sure he'll survive the week?

Sterling Mallory likes fast - fast cars and faster women, anything to keep the ghosts at bay. Living life on the edge catches up to him when he carelessly makes an enemy of Kyle Barns. Who knew that Kyle’s younger sister would turn out to be Sterling’s mate? Now, his mate hates him. Ophelia Barns left her flourishing journalism career in Nashville to come back home to Burden, Texas. Her brother has always been her rock, and now, it’s her turn to be there for him. When someone crosses him, they cross her.

When Armand meets Angel, he knows she's not his mate. She can't be - she's pregnant with another male's child. Yet, no female has ever claimed his heart as she has. Angel of Death is cursed. Everyone around her dies. The trick, she's learned, is to never get close to anyone. Damned if she hasn’t screwed that up, and her screwup may endanger the lives of the two people she cares for the most - the man she's trying desperately not to fall in love with, and her own newborn daughter.

Arden Richardson has no excuse.It’s a total lapse in judgement.The comatose man isn’t even her patient. But...her stolen kiss awakens the sleeping giant. Flynn Bennett has a shady past. It extends back almost to the cradle. He’s trouble with a capital 'T'. But...one kiss is all it takes. The bad boy. The ex-con. The bootlegger. Vows to be a better man - for her... The beauty. The nurse. His mate.