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He's ex-military turned small-town security. She's ex-Army with bills to pay, and a keen ability to solve problems. When crime picks up in his hometown, he reaches out for the best, and gets stuck with out-of-town help that changes everything.

A short story from the NYT best-selling author of the Shacking Up series about a road trip that started with a broken-down car and ended with a questionable motel, an indoor campout, and a set of Kama Sutra sheets.

Her first day at their elite school, she meets Enzo Alfera, one of the royals. He’s rich, gorgeous, and so dangerous. The magnetic pull she feels when he’s near is absolutely irresistible. She’s warned to stay away, and that’s exactly what she plans to do. Except every time their paths cross, neither one of them can deny their powerful attraction.

Cocky football star Knox Fisher has been driving me crazy for years. I'm one of the few female coaches in the league. I shouldn't want someone who has the power to jeopardize my entire career, especially someone seven years my junior. But I can't stay away. We keep the sizzling chemistry between the two of us. A glance here. A touch there. I live for the stolen moments with him. I know he wants more, but more is dangerous. If anyone saw us together, I could lose my job and be blackballed from the league.

Trailing the arsonist who killed his parents, Ford Montgomery will do anything to take down the entire cartel who ruined his life. But when that trail leads to a sexy waitress who's embroiled in it all, Ford knows he can't turn back now. Megan Marshall trusts nobody. After all, her ex-husband is a cold-blooded killer—and he's on the loose. So when a hot and rugged Army ranger walks into her life, Megan can't deny the flames between them. But their only chance at survival is to take down the deadly cartel. Can the ranger and the waitress extinguish the fire that may engulf them all?

Five years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared. Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt...one way or another. Hiking in the mountains in my underwear while being hunted by hit men wasn’t something I thought we’d be doing when I woke up this morning, yet here we are. If we can settle our issues and work together, we just might make it out alive—if we don’t kill each other first.

When single father Dane Copeland meets the intriguing and impassioned teacher, Keirnan Vickers, Dane suddenly wants and needs more. With a bleeding heart, Keirnan will do anything to help others. Getting the local library repaired and replenished with more books is her current goal. Meeting the mysterious and sexy single father opens her eyes to a world more adventurous than any novel she's ever read. But when enemies from Keirnan's past come back and threaten everything she's worked for, Dane will do anything to protect her.

The contract says I have to get fake-married to a Witlocke. It doesn't say which Witlocke. Apparently, any stuck-up jerk whose last name begins with W and ends with E will do. Oops, was that my out loud voice? Enter my nemesis, sinfully sexy tech mogul Donovan. We’ve been mortal enemies since third grade, but he’s all too willing to meet me at the altar, for reasons he refuses to share with me. Whatever he's planning for me, it can’t be good.

Being a firefighter means I work hard and can go all night. But hey, I've got plenty of fires to put out in my downtime, too. Fortunately I've got just the tool to do it. Size matters, ladies. I've got a big one...and I would have been happy to show you before a sassy, sexy brunette crash-landed in my life. Lola is quirky; she's talented; she's unbelievably gorgeous; and she's getting over the world's worst breakup. I've got two words for you: off limits.

I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There, I find men who give me what I need. Men who aren’t afraid to take what they want. Men like Colin.

I was twelve years old when I met one of the world’s hottest celebrities. Thirteen when I was welcomed into his family. Fourteen when I realized what his unconditional love felt like. Fifteen when he helped me figure out what hope was. And sixteen when my mother’s biggest lie changed our lives forever. I swore I would never be like the woman whose chronic lies impacted everybody around her, but I’d be a hypocrite. Because three years after the truth came out, and I reunited with the boy whose innocent love had been taken from me, I realized I was living the biggest lie of all.

I should've stayed dead. I should've run when he challenged the winning bid. I should've said no to his contract. But the ruthless Don Enzo Alfera gets what he wants. He wants revenge. More than anything, he wants me.

A mad man has unleashed unthinkable magics, creating a hellscape on earth and a new parallel world known as the Echo. Carnage is everywhere. Monsters rampage. Who will take on the insurmountable task of saving the world? A librarian. A disgraced British earl. An ex-sheriff’s deputy. A former Marine. A computer geek. And one mysterious amnesiac who might hold the key to it all.

Philip Murphy has all of Chicago under his thumb. Except her. Ella met him in a perfect storm of violence and lust. He saved her and then disappeared from her life. Now, she pretends she never knew that kind of darkness. Midterms and campus parties, that’s her focus, and she applies herself with the hope they can wipe the slate clean. Then, Philip turns up outside her dorm room—wounded and barely conscious. He's the head of a criminal empire, a powerful man, but he needs her now. There are traitors in his midst. She can help him, but she can't fall for him.

He's a determined former Ranger. She's landed her dream job at Limitless International. Together they will bring that company to its knees to keep her safe. Hot on the trail of a crime family dealing in illegal weapons, Lincoln’s intel leads him to Skye Sommers, the stunning HR manager of the company the family uses as a front. His mind warns she could be a suspect, but his gut insists she's an innocent in need of protection.Skye's dream job at Limitless International becomes a nightmare when she witnesses a murder and realizes nothing is what it seems.

As far back as Adelaide Masters can remember, she has always known exactly what she wanted to do with her life. She grew up surrounded by cousins and friends, her constant companions, whose parents were all GHOST special operatives. Learning from the best in the business and gaining experience working under the watchful eyes of her family has been a dream come true, but now she’s ready to set out on her own.

Henry Delany inherited his father’s muscular frame and his mother’s penchant for the law. Working for GHOST gives him the opportunity to use both, while doing what he loves—protecting the lives of others. Determined to bring tranquility and harmony to Glen Hollow, the small-town he now calls home, he has agreed to work with a closed-off, government liaison in an effort to broker a peace deal. But Protecting Everleigh just might be Henry’s most challenging mission to date .

I’m the secret my family kept from the world. The Queen that was to be used to gain them an alliance. I escaped, finally free to live my own life out in the open. A chance encounter with a beautiful stranger derailed my plans. My hope of freedom was torn from me—he took it from me. I need to fight for my freedom, fight for my family and finally embrace who I am and where I come from.

Former Army Ranger Donovan Keach can't stand the scum that threatens children. Determined to take down an online pedophile, he'll stop at nothing until the criminal is locked up for good. But when he encounters a sexy, but nosy, social worker, he suspects foul play. Hadleigh Watterson will do anything to protect innocent children. While gathering evidence during a case study, Donovan sidetracks her plan. She's ready to barrel in and take down the vermin muddying the innocent. Donovan has other plans.

Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreads his British "charm" all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice. He's the last person I want to work for, except he has a face I can't look away from, and the longer we're together, the harder he is to hate. Because under that smug exterior is a heart he doesn't want to show - one that was badly broken a decade earlier. A part of me wants to fix it for him before I leave...but can I do it without breaking my own in the process?