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It was only meant to be a short trip - up to Chicago for two days and then back to Texas. At least, that was the plan until a massive snowstorm leaves me trapped in Chicago at a local hotel with no definite timeframe of when I can go back home. If that wasn’t a crazy enough turn of events - I wake up to a beautiful princess standing in my hotel room. She was definitely a sight to behold, but she’s not the least bit thrilled to see me - think Momma Bear finding Goldilocks lying in her bed type of annoyance.

When Shelby Calder left home fifteen years ago, she never planned on returning to the Alaskan town she left behind. But after the death of her grandfather and a bitter divorce, she hopes going home will be a fresh start for her and her ten-year-old son. Zach Watters has made a lot of mistakes in his life. But when he sees Shelby Calder, looking more beautiful than ever, standing outside her childhood home, he promises himself that letting her go won't be a mistake he ever makes again.

Liam will protect Jaz with his life. But, what if her greatest threat is Liam himself? As a child, Liam Rowen couldn’t protect his family. Now, the former SEAL runs a top-notch security firm. So, when an extremist group threatens his best friend’s little sister Jaz, Liam will pull out all stops to keep her safe, whether Jaz likes it or not. Competitive rock-climber Jaz Keasely is outgoing and fiercely independent. She is also secretly broke. Her one chance of getting her life on track is to win the Clash of the Titans, a career-defining competition.

Mariana isn’t the kind of woman I ever expected to have a chance with. Not when I’m a rough enforcer, someone who shouldn’t be within 10 feet of anyone as innocent as Mariana. But I can’t shake my need to have her, and when she looks at me with those big eyes, I can feel the heat behind them. She wants me just as badly.

So much had happened with the club and the people my brothers' loved. I thought we were for sure going to be getting a break from the chaos for once. After being in the military, I thought we deserved a break. Just like always, life didn’t believe we earned one. Hawk's sister showed up at the clubhouse one day out of the blue. I remember the look of pure exhaustion weighing over her soft features. She confessed that she was stuck between a rock and a hard place. She was essentially homeless with no place to go.

I swore off all relationships after the one guy I thought was my forever decided I was no longer as important as scoring his next high. It wasn't until I was at a party at the Hockey House that the man of my dreams swept me off my feet: Phoenix Dumbrowski. I thought everything was going great . . . until my past came back to haunt me. When Micha shows up and threatens my friends, I can't help but run away to keep them safe. After being gone for over a year and missing too many important moments, I decide it's time to come home, take back my life, and fight for my man.

I should have seen it. I should have realized what my despicable ex was doing. But I was so busy trying to be a mother, father, and provider to my little sister that I missed all the signs. She's grown into a beautiful, loving woman I couldn't be prouder of. Yet now I'm realizing I've put my entire life on hold out of guilt over my former husband's monstrous ways. Can I let go of the past? Or will I continue to deny myself any sort of future?

If I hear the name Chiral Hall again, it will be too soon. He is the one person at Ballad U that I can't stand and it's just my luck that my besties are dating his. Just when I think things can't get worse, I get suckered into tutoring him for the rest of the semester. Most would buckle under the pressure I'm constantly under but I've recently found a good stress reliever. When I started my Main Fan's account it was just a way to pay for my education, I wasn't expecting him.

Mason Miller is a lion in hiding. But what he hides from is nothing tangible. With no enemy to fight, he drowns out memories of the past using his sexual prowess to keep up his playboy reputation around Lake Haven Lodge. And when that no longer works, he throws himself into fighting other people’s battles. There is one last clanmate’s safety to secure. A Sorcera of Light who has captured his attention with her gentle grace and patient eyes. She’s the sunshine he thought he’d never feel again.

There is only one Gargoyle left. It is only a matter of time now before the Twelve Generals defeat the remaining Gargoyle and open the gates of hell to let their brethren take over the world. It has been 2,000 years and Gwen and the others are ready to be done.

Detectives Kennedy and Donovan were partners for years. Then, one of them died. And yet, they're still partners. Kennedy has to solve Donovan's death while his partner's ghost helps him. Sort of.

He’s a personal trainer with a chiseled body who hustles in and out of the gym to take care of his mother and sister. She’s a confident curvy girl who runs a plus size online clothing boutique and YouTube fashion channel, using a three-day pass at the fitness resort.

Gwen is back with the Twelve, but she must redeem herself to the others and, more importantly, Lucifer himself. In order to prove herself, she must capture Berlin and Moscow, but there is a problem—there are still two Gargoyles left to destroy and they still have Collin, a half-demon, half-human who has the same powers as the demons.

Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him.

Despite their 12-year age difference, and all his efforts to forget her, green-eyed Lily Beller has imprisoned Dr. Darren Mansfield’s heart for the last five years. He left his father’s medical practice to avoid the too-young temptation, but now she’s inexplicably working at the same hospital as him.

They say "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", and Israel isn’t a man you want to challenge. For now, we are allies, but our tenuous agreement could change at any moment. I can’t lie. Israel is a powerful distraction from the pain raining down on me. He’s dominating. Strong. Fierce. He’s everything I’ve ever wanted in a man, and that’s more dangerous than the bounty on my head. This marriage may be fake, but the passion we share is very real. And even after all the lies and betrayals…there might still be a chance for us.

There’s a thin line between devotion and obsession, and crossing it is deadly. Danielle Madison has spent the eight years since her ninth birthday channeling the devastation of her best friend’s murder into catching pedophiles online. Being the one to have found Kira’s body, she can’t forget the brutality of the crime. Worse, she’s sure Kira wasn’t the murderer’s first victim. Since he was never caught, she’s also sure Kira wasn’t his last, and she’s dead set on figuring out his identity.

Avery Kingwood’s marriage crashed and burned…on his honeymoon. After he finds out his wife Cassie’s devastating truth, she forces him to sign a separation agreement — one that's more like a gag order. Unable to say what happened to his marriage, Cassie expertly manipulates Avery’s entire family against him. Tucked away on the opposite end of the country from his wife and family, Avery finds something that gives his life renewed meaning and hope: Sheila Beller. Perfect, well-respected, charming — and untouchable.

A love affair. Two weeks in Normandy. She’s a classy princess, I’m a dirty SEAL. She’s been promised to another man; I’m married to the teams. She’s willing to enter a loveless marriage for her country; I’m willing to die for mine. Until I fall in love with her. Nothing will stop me from making her mine.

When green-eyed charmer John Beller breaks through the chaos of her life, offering all the fruits of lust and love, 32-year-old Mary Williams desperately wants to partake. On the verge of a mental break where footsteps echo from empty rooms and constant phone calls have no one on the other end, she craves the peaceful embrace of John’s arms. His confident sphere is the one place she can forget about her weakening grasp of reality.