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After an unstable childhood, Jules Darcy is very familiar with the risks of falling in love. And as an adult, she's never let herself forget just how high those stakes can be. That's why she ran away a year ago after her fling with MMA fighter Nick Giannakis quickly got serious. But when she jumps at the opportunity to reconnect with her dad by accepting a job with his growing fight league, she's stunned to learn the abs, the chiseled arms, and the rock-solid punches she has to market belong to none other than her former fling.

Hunter Blake wasn’t planning to get married in Vegas. Then again, he doesn't plan much, living life by the seat of his pants as he tries to outrun the towering shadow of his MLB Hall of Famer father's reputation. But when he wakes up next to Marlowe Story—his friend with benefits and the woman of his dreams—with a ring on his finger, for once he doesn't want to run. Hunter feels like a different man when he's with Marlowe. A better man. Somehow, she's able to pull him out of his own head and help him tame his self-destructive tendencies.

Ten years ago, Dylan McCormick and Maggie Jennings were two eighteen-year-olds in love. With a cold father and absent mother at home, he was drawn to her warmth, her humor, and her kindness. She was the best thing that had ever happened to him. But then he had to let her go so she could have a chance at a better life. One that didn't involve late-night diners and rusted out cars and counting pennies. And so, he shattered his own heart to give her a chance at something more.

In his mid-forties, he’s a successful businessman, the founder and CEO of one of Manhattan’s largest hospitality companies, the Prescott Group. He’s sexy, rich, and one of the most eligible bachelors in the city. Very few people know just how dangerous he is. Because he’s also the head of the Kings of Hell’s Kitchen, a small, elite group of former mob members who are the lynchpin in Manhattan’s underground organized crime scene.

I wasn’t looking to fall for an angel. But the first time I laid eyes on Whitney Vanek, that’s what happened. Then I found out she’s my boss’s girl’s best friend. Someone I won’t be able to avoid, even though I know I should.

MMA champion Gabriel "The Sandman" Maddox prefers to live his life quietly and intensely. He plays by the rules, respects the sport, and trains harder than any other fighter. It's this unwavering focus that helps him block out the pain from a devastating loss in his past. He spends his days slaying his monsters in the octagon, and his evenings numbing himself with sexual conquests. With his painful baggage, he's not looking for anything beyond his no-strings-attached lifestyle.

Leandro Oliveira - hunky MMA fighter, playboy billionaire, and newly crowned champ of the World Fighting Championship's light heavyweight division - is used to getting his way. But when his party lifestyle threatens to cost the WFC sponsors, he has to clean up his act, or he'll be stripped of his contract. Forced to give up late nights of booze and women, Leandro resents having to change his behavior - until he lays eyes on the sexy publicist hired to manage his image.

Love is off the table for Luke and has been ever since he had his heart broken when the mother of his son walked out on him without a backward glance. Ignoring the hurt and the loneliness, he’s spent the past several years focused on providing a good, stable life for Ethan while growing his successful carpentry business. But then Dr. Christie Harmon moves to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and has Luke wanting all kinds of things he shouldn’t want from the gorgeous pediatrician.

Nearly two years after her divorce, Felicity Hawthorne is ready to date again. At least, she thinks she would be, if the idea of dating wasn’t so freaking terrifying. But then she wins a date with sexy, swoony firefighter Noah Prescott at a charity bachelor auction, and everything changes.

Violent, ruthless, and obsessed, Killian Byrne is a man who rose from the ashes of chaos to make a new life for himself. One in which he does what’s needed to protect the city he’s come to love, even if that means a life of loneliness. He’s damaged and scarred after years as a mob enforcer. Broken. And that means he’s better off alone.

Matt’s spent the past year recovering - both from his ex-wife’s infidelity, and from a gun shot wound sustained in the line of duty. He’s been through hell, and he’s got the scars to prove it. Now, he’s landed a new job in Seattle, and is ready to move halfway across the country to start his life over in a matter of days. That is, until he meets the adorable Ellie Richards on New Year’s Eve, not just once, but twice, and he has to wonder if fate keeps throwing them together for a reason.

Trained to protect against all danger, a professional bodyguard can provide all the muscle a woman needs. But when their hearts are on the line, love is the riskiest business...Someone to Watch Over Me former child star Sierra Blake is making a stunning Hollywood comeback - and attracting a scary amount of attention. When her home is vandalized and her safety threatened, she knows it's time to bring in the professionals. But from the moment she sets eyes on her indecently sexy new bodyguard, Sierra's thoughts are anything but professional...

The first time he lays eyes on Taylor Ross in a bar, Colt Priestley does something few men would dare to do. He approaches the world-famous singer, shamelessly flirts with her, and gives her a night in his bed that neither of them will soon forget. When Taylor's record label hires a bodyguard to keep tabs on the out-of-control rocker, she's less than thrilled to find it's her off-the-charts one-night stand who shows up for the job.

Theo Prescott is better off alone. A successful divorce attorney, he knows that relationships don’t last, true love isn’t real, and fairy tales are the stuff of fantasy. Deep down, he knows if he let himself fall for someone, he’d only end up causing pain. And he refuses to do that to anyone—including and especially his best friend, Lauren. Even if she’s gorgeous, ambitious, and smart. Warm and funny. Talented and quite possibly perfect for him.

Sebastian Prescott once had it all. A promising career as an Olympic-bound snowboarder, money, and a bright future. But a devastating knee injury sent him on a decade-long downward spiral, capped off by losing his prestigious job. And Sebastian places the blame for getting fired entirely on the shoulders of Kayla Bristowe, the woman who worked directly under him—and the subject of his fantasies.

Dean Grayson has been called a lot of things. Cocky. Sexy. Cheyenne’s Most Eligible Bachelor. But one label bothers him more than others: manwhore. Okay, fine, so he’s slept with his share of women. Okay, fine, more than his share. The perception still bothers him - he wants to be seen as more than that. So when his family tasks him with bringing a date to his cousin’s destination wedding in Mexico, he asks his friend Carly to come with him so he can avoid temptation

As a single dad, I don’t believe in happily ever afters anymore. I’ve been there, done that, got the T-shirt and the divorce decree to go with it. My priorities are my daughter and my job as Gossamer Falls’ police chief, in that order. I don’t date. Meaningless sex with tourists? Yeah. Sure. I do that. So when the sexiest woman I’ve ever laid eyes on walks into my brother’s bar one snowy night, I know that anything between us will be one night only. And I have a rule for one night stands: they don’t need to know that I’m a dad.

Never sleep with your boss. It’s advice that Willa Banks could’ve used six weeks ago when, after the most terrifying night of her life, she sought comfort in the arms—and bed—of her grumpy, intense, sexy-as-hell boss, Max Prescott. Now, working with him day in and day out is pure torture for Willa, who’s wanted Max since the day they met—even if he doesn’t want her, something he’s made abundantly clear.

She needs a lover and a fighter. Blonde. Beautiful. Talented. Alexa Fairfax is practically Hollywood royalty. But growing up in a family of legendary movie stars also puts her in the spotlight for danger. And after she discovers a plot more deadly than any movie script, Alexa desperately needs a bodyguard. A man like Zack De Luca. A true friend with a good heart, a protective nature - and the hard, chiseled muscles to back it up.

After a disastrous breakup, paramedic Madison Petrov isn’t looking for love—she just wants to put the pieces of her life back together. Easier said than done, given the hit her confidence has taken. And now with her sister’s wedding looming, all of the scars Madison thought had healed feel fresh and new.