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She escaped once, and she’s never going to be caged again! Clothing designer Kat Phillips nearly lost her life escaping her hometown. The tiger shifter did the unthinkable: leave the tiger streak and their autocratic and old-fashioned ways. She’s clawed her way to independence, and now she’s finally in a place where she feels safe and stable. Until a wolf walks into her store and insists that they are fated mates. For contractor Stuart Grey it’s love at first sight, for him and his wolf. Kat insists that she doesn’t feel the same, but even the strongest tiger can’t fight fate ...

Falling in love with your best friend is something that only happens in movies, not in midlife… Mary Ellen For eighteen years, Antonio and I have been the best of friends. We’ve shared everything: inside jokes, secrets, Cubs tickets, even an address. Everyone thinks that we’re secretly in love with each other, but that’s ridiculous. I mean sure, Antonio is charming and hot, and we almost kissed that one time, but I’d never do anything to risk our friendship. Until Antonio pulls a stunt right out of a rom-com… Antonio When my grandmother was on her death bed, I told a little ...

Twenty-five years ago David Macetti humiliated her in the worst way imaginable, and it's something she'll never forget. When Jenny Rizzo agrees to attend her high school reunion, she’s hoping to find out that her fantasies have come true and that the boy who hurt her is now a fat, bald, miserable convenience store clerk. She’s disappointed to see that David is rich, has a full head of hair, and looks even better than he did in high school. Dave never stopped loving Jenny, and he wants to make things right. He's not the same selfish jerk he was in high school. It’s hard to resist him ...

What happens when Little Red Riding Hood meets the Big Bad Wolf... and he turns out to be her grumpy boss? Maya thought the sexy masked stranger she kissed at her friend’s Halloween party might be the one. But when the masks come off, she’s horrified to realize her mystery man is none other than Anthony—her arrogant, overbearing boss. Sure, the man drives her crazy at the office… but under that tailored suit and brooding scowl is a man who sets her body on fire. Still, Maya isn’t about to risk her career for a fling, even if it means ignoring the sizzling chemistry between them. ...

She’s avoided commitment for fifty-six years. There’s no way she’s going to let some guy she just met put a ring on her finger now! Amy After my landlord sells our apartment building, leaving me homeless, my best friend Julie convinces me to rent her condo at the Silver Falls Active Living Community. I wouldn’t have even considered moving into a fifty-five and older community, but I’m getting a great deal on the rent. And then there’s all the hot older guys living there. I guess there’s a reason the residents call this place “Silver Fox Falls”. Things are changing with my ...

You're never too old to be naughty... Maisie has always been "the good girl". She married her high school sweetheart, had two kids, bought a house, and adopted a dog. But when her husband gets arrested for running a Ponzi scheme, she realizes that their life together was all an illusion. Unemployed, broke, and newly homeless, she accepts an offer from her college roommate to move across the country to work at a small-town bookstore. When she smells the fresh ocean air, she's sure things are looking up for her -- at least until she rear-ends Santa... Reformed bad boy Thom has one vice left ...

Marie’s new boss is a bear. Literally. Marie Caldwell has watched all of her best friends find their fated mates, and despite their best efforts to reject their soulmates, they’re now all living their own version of “happily ever after”. But not Marie. She’s stuck in the same job she’s had for twenty years, slinging cocktails for the shifters of Greysden and worried that life has passed her by. When her boss dies, the wolf shifter thinks it may be a sign to leave town and find something new. She agrees to stay just long enough to help the new owner learn how to run the bar ...

When a stubborn alpha surgeon butts heads with an equally stubborn natural medicine practitioner, can their jaded hearts heal each other? Rain Waters had always fought against her hippie background. She left her family and her name behind to make millions in the pharmaceutical business. Unfortunately, her wealth was useless when she experienced a major health scare. After she healed herself with alternative medicine, she reinvents herself as a medical intuitive and herbalist and starts over in the small beach town of Diamond Bay. Surgeon John White thinks alternative medicine is nonsense. ...

One near-death experience, one tough as nails FBI agent, and one grumpy boss who’s determined to break all the rules to protect her. Falling for your boss might be the ultimate cliché, but FBI agent Michelle Lewis, resisting Gary Fencik is starting to feel impossible. After a dangerous kidnapping nearly ended in disaster, Gary has her riding a desk. When she demands to be sent back out into the field he agrees on one condition: she only works with him. As they team up to thwart a New Year’s Eve terrorist attack, the line between professional and personal starts to blur. When Gary gets ...

Every shifter has a fated mate, the one being who's a perfect match. Unless fate makes a mistake? All her life Gina Grey has dreamed of meeting her mate, but she never expected that fate would bring her someone so horrible that she can’t stand to be in the same room as him. The clothing designer and entrepreneur also didn’t expect that her mate would be the person who stole her new retail location right out from under her! Drew Galina is back in Greysden and ready to open his new law practice in the small town where he grew up. His new neighbor Gina hates him, but that’s nothing new. ...

Living in a town full of shifters, witches, vampires, and other mystical creatures, she thinks she’s seen everything. She was wrong. Marian When I was offered the job as head librarian in a small town in Colorado, I was thrilled. (Yeah, yeah, I’m a librarian named Marian, cue the musical jokes.) Sure, I’m one of the only humans in this magical little part of the world, but the residents welcome me with open arms. At least I thought they did, before someone tried to play an April Fool’s joke on me. There’s no way the hot younger guy flirting with me is into a middle-aged woman like...

She came to town to attend her daughter’s wedding, not fall in love with a wolf shifter! There’s something weird about the small town of Greysden. In her first twenty-four hours in town, a giant wolf jumps on the hood of Sarah’s car, a strange man throws her over his shoulder and says they are fated to be together forever, and her daughter tells her that not only are shape shifters real, but she’s about to marry one. Wolf shifter Hank figured he’d never meet his fated mate. He married for companionship, and now that he’s a widow, he’s content to live in the woods and spend ...

The holidays are messy… so are office romances! From flirty coworkers to grumpy bosses, mistaken identities to second chances, the Fitzgerald accounting firm is where the spreadsheets are tidy but the love stories are anything but. In this steamy and feel-good midlife romance collection, everyone from the CEO to the janitor is about to discover that the holidays are the perfect time to fall head over heels. Workplace sparks. Midlife magic. Five holiday romances, one unforgettable collection. This binge-worthy collection includes all five standalone midlife holiday romances perfect for ...

Christmas is a time for family, love, and...men who turn into animals? The shifter town of Greysden is gearing up for the holidays and some of its sexiest residents are finally finding their true mates. When human women meet growly alpha males, there's going to be a little culture shock. Finding out shapeshifters exist is one thing, falling in love at first sight is another! The road to love isn't easy, but with a little help from fate and some nosy small-town matchmakers, there's a guaranteed happily ever after for these fated mates. "Holidays with the Shifters" includes five steamy ...

When they agreed to spend Christmas with their children, they had no idea it was a set up! Chloe Now that my daughter is married, she has this romantic notion that we should all have a big family Christmas. My kids work together to reserve a beautiful house in the country for the holiday, but there’s just one problem: my kids are a no show. My ex-husband is there though, looking better than any man should look while wearing a Santa hat. Tim When I realize that our daughters have come up with an elaborate plan to get me and Chloe back together, I’m one hundred percent on board. I’ve ...

She hates the holidays. He’s determined to make her fall for Thanksgiving—and for him. Lana Lewis has two rules: no romantic relationships, and no sentimental holidays. Family holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas bring back bad memories she would prefer to forget. She’s perfectly happy being single, thank you very much, and she’d rather binge spreadsheets than stuffing. So when her company hires a charming British marketing consultant, she’s less than thrilled to be stuck working so closely with him. But Ian Sherman isn’t just good at branding -- he’s handsome, relentless,...

Sometimes, it takes stitches to mend the past… When an accident sends writer Janna Frazier to the emergency room, it’s not just the blood loss that’s making her woozy. She is shocked to learn that her doctor is the man she fell in love with at a New Year’s Eve party twenty years ago. The one who disappeared without a trace, leaving her pregnant and humiliated. Dr. Steve Jacobs had almost forgotten the woman he fell for all those years ago. Now he learns that taking Janna’s virginity and then losing her phone number had more serious consequences than he ever imagined. Having found ...

She hates Valentine’s Day and her annoying coworker. He’s spent five years secretly loving her. Now that they’ve been matched up at a dating event, he’s going all out to win her love. Valerie doesn’t believe in fairy tales, soulmates, or anything involving Cupid. But when her meddling friend signs her up for a Valentine’s matchmaking mixer, she rolls her eyes and goes just to prove it won’t work. What she didn’t expect was to be matched with Simon, the cocky, infuriating coworker she’s barely tolerated since the day he joined the company. He’s too young, too confident, ...

She broke his heart twenty years ago. Now he’s back to claim the one that got away. When Angel attends her best friend’s wedding, she knows there’s no way to avoid the ‘man of honor’, Juan. The billionaire businessman and brother of the bride is just as handsome and sweet as she remembered, but suddenly Angel is seeing him in a whole new light. He’s older, hotter, and more confident, no longer the shy and immature young man she relegated to the friend zone years ago. Now that Angel is newly single, Juan has one goal – to make her fall in love with him. He’s waited two ...

A wolf-shifter saying she’s his fated mate? She’s been there, done that, and got the divorce papers to prove it. Joy is newly divorced and ready to start over. After her husband dumps her for his fated mate, she moves to a new town where there are other shifters around to provide support to her daughter. The little wolf shifter was always an outcast in their old pack, but in the town of Greysden, no one seems to care that what kind of shifter you are or if your mother is human. Playboy Luc knows his party days are over the minute he runs into his mate for the first time while Christmas ...