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Brandon Hughes is a mesmerizing combination of laidback and dedicated. Skye Callahan has always found him intriguing, though their fling ended years ago. When a young boy under her care needs protection after witnessing three murders, she hires Brandon to guard him. She's certain they're both safe in his keeping, but when she discovers the full truth about his shifting abilities, will it fracture their cautiously forming family and put them all in danger?

Jody has started to settle into her new job as sheriff of the magical town of Harrow Bay. After two months, maybe she's figuring out this magic thing, and the town has been peaceful. Willa starts a new job and realizes something she never expected, while Isabel continues her campaign of terror against the Senior Center tyrant and her quest to really learn magic - at least until the nightmares start. The residents of Harrow Bay are short-tempered, tired, and grumpy after a spate of nightmares haunts their dreams.

Too many men, not enough time. Jody isn’t used to juggling men and has no interest in it. When a coven of warlocks turn up in Harrow Bay, she doesn’t like their leader’s interest in her any more than she likes having them in her town. The mayor is persistent with his attempts to get better acquainted, and she’s clinging to her determination to make Drake believe there’s nothing between them. Willa is struggling to come to terms with her unexpected attraction, and Isabel has more of a love life than she wants when Artie pops the question.

When Dr. Jade Barnes impulsively stops at a bar before leaving for a four month archaeology dig, she spends a single night with a stranger, not even learning his last name. When she slips away the next morning, she doesn't realize she isn't leaving alone. When they meet again, Cody surprises her by how well he takes the news of impending fatherhood. There are further surprises awaiting, like the fact he's a bear-shifter. Initially that terrifies her, but she soon appreciates his strength and protectiveness.

Lady Temperance knows she is in trouble when her guardian, Viscount Linchester, catches her sneaking out of the garden in a state of dishabille. When she reveals she was with Lady Prudence - not Pru's brother, Horrid Harold, as Ashby assumed - her guardian accepts the news she was kissing the other woman with aplomb. Ashby is convinced she can't have learned much from another inexperienced chit and does something most peculiar - he offers to instruct her in the art of kissing...everywhere.

Nine years ago, Dawson took Chloe's innocence and left her, thinking she had deceived him in collusion with her father. Stopping in a small Idaho town for a rodeo appearance, he discovers life has changed for the former ranch princess. He's shocked to discover she has a son - his son.

One moment, Eva is on Earth, helping restore the destroyed planet, and the next, she’s whisked to a far-off galaxy, away from her parents and the other cyborgs and humans. She arrives in the middle of a mating ceremony for the two newest rulers, Vander and Virgo. The gorgeous green men are pure temptation, especially since they seem to believe she’s meant to be their mate, but Eva wants to go home. She controls her own destiny, not a blobby peach alien.

Kaity is just looking for a night of fun when she sneaks into a nightclub to belatedly celebrate her 18th birthday with her friend. The sight of Blake, her father's golf partner, soon stifles her enjoyment of the evening. When he extricates her from a sticky situation and insists on driving her home, she wonders if she'll have the courage to confide her forbidden fantasy to the older man.

Ellie was supposed to spend spring break with her girlfriends, but when she shows up, it's to find only her friend's oldest brother in attendance. Cam is standoffish and rude about her presence, making Ellie forget all about the crush she has on the older man. It's only later, when his walls crumble and she learns how badly his ex-girlfriend betrayed him, that she offers comfort. Ellie can make him feel good, but is she brave enough to fulfill her own yearnings and offer the ultimate gift.

The Culpeppers are in Vegas for a vow renewal when missiles from a coordinated terrorist attack streak across the sky, delivering a deadly new chemical weapon that disperses wider and lasts longer than previous generations. Separated from their family amid the chaos, Jake and Hannah must find their way to each other so they can locate their missing children and Hannah’s mother. No one is safe, and no one knows if they'll all survive Vegas.

Preparing to marry a man she doesn't love, getting kidnapped the night of her engagement party is the last thing Ambra Hathaway expects. She hasn't seen her stepbrother in three years, since the night Ethan Cartwright turned down her clumsy attempt at seduction. Why has he taken her now? Could it really be because he's been in love with her all this time and was just waiting for her to be old enough to claim as his? She has two days to find out - and do her best to withstand his anything-but-clumsy seduction attempts.

Shy socialite Breanna is used to being overlooked, minimized, and ignored. She's grown up in the suffocating household of her old-money parents and done her best to please them, agreeing to marry a man of their choosing. Just weeks before the wedding, she runs away. As she flees to her friend in Canada, she wrecks her car in the mountains. Rafe, the man who rescues her, is a bear-shifter wintering in his cabin. Snowed in together, the passion flares between them, and he soon realizes she is his mate.

Cougar-shifter Jackson Sperry rescues Hannah from the ocean, and she has no memory of how she ended up floating in the Pacific. She also doesn't remember who she is or how she came to be pregnant. He's drawn to her and determined to protect her as they unravel the mystery of her past. It isn't long before he's ready to claim her as his mate and raise her son as his own - but without knowing the details of her past, the future remains uncertain, and he fears someone is still hunting Hannah and her baby.

Three years ago, Hale was just gone from Zoe's life without an explanation or even a goodbye. His appearance at her college graduation party is unexpected, as is his offer to let her use his apartment for the summer while he's in Europe. Living with him would be a bad idea because of the unresolved attraction between them, but there's no harm in staying in his empty apartment - until plans change, and he returns home early.

Denny is 43 and a new grandfather, so he shouldn't be lusting after his younger executive assistant. When he discovers Trisha is planning to use artificial insemination, the fantasies of making her pregnant drive him to distraction. When they are unexpectedly caught in a snowstorm together, he has a chance to make his move. If Denny can get past his hang-ups over the age difference, and his insecurities that she couldn't possibly want him, it's his opportunity to offer to be Trisha's donor.

Patrick lost his father four months ago, but his stepsister, Beth, has been his rock. When he realizes she's been hiding something very big from him, he's determined to discover all the details. Does her secret have something to do with the night shortly after his father's death, when he got so drunk he couldn't remember anything that had happened even the next day?

After Mr. Jordan catches Beth in a compromising position, he assigns her detention. When Beth shows up for her punishment, she's surprised by Mr. Jordan's intention to give her "biology" lessons. Having had a crush on him all year, she's eager to learn. It's against the rules, but rules were made to be broken. SpicyShorts are compact tales that can be listened to in a brief amount of time with no cliffhanger endings or multiple parts.

Junior AIID agent Lauren Sage is unexpectedly thrust into the biggest case the Department's had in years. She's sent to work undercover as the assistant on Kerr Dracos's stage act. He's created a home for displaced aliens from all over the galaxy, recreating an old-fashioned sideshow in the Grotesquerie. Humans think it's an illusion, remaining unaware the "freaks" in the show are actually aliens living among them. But someone is using the show as a way to sell illegal and dangerous alien technology.

Six months ago, Eben Meiser drove away his business and bed partner with his miserly ways. Marlie Jacobsen is back now, and she didn't come alone. Expecting his baby, she needs his help to keep her safe from her new employer's mob ties. Dragons guard their treasure with their life, and he soon realizes there has never been a better treasure for him than Marlie and the baby she carries.

Scotsman Angus Buchanan is lonely, but his alien heritage makes it difficult for him to find a partner. Not many women can overlook his tentacles. At his cousin's wedding in America, he meets marine biologist Sasha. She is intrigued by his unique anatomy and might just be the true love he's waited for - or at least the woman to help rid him of his pesky virginity.