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Tyler: Football is life. Growing up, my family loved to cheer me on, and after my parents' accident, I vowed to be the best I could be to honor their memory. After a while, life starts to pile up - college, football, and helping out my brothers. I just need a small reprieve, especially if she's five foot five, brunette, and has legs that go on for miles.

I have loved Rowan since I was sixteen and he rushed in like my knight in shining football pads to save me from a bully. Now that I’m back in Winter Falls after graduating college, it’s time for me to make him mine. There’s only one problem. Rowan sees me as his little sister who needs protecting and not as a woman. There’s no problem too big I can’t overcome it, though. Even if it comes in the form of a stubborn six-foot-five former NFL quarterback.

Not all lessons can be learned in a classroom. I went back to school to make something of myself - it was all about me. Until her...My teacher. One look in those sad eyes and every other reason for being in that classroom is erased. She’s lost. That much is obvious. Damn if I didn’t want to be the one to find her, to hell with rules. I wasn’t expecting to fall so hard and fast. Her struggle to discover who she’s meant to be stirs something inside me. When her past threatens to destroy what we have, I’ll do what it takes to keep her safe...and make her mine.

Vestry Lane's favorite solicitor has long since learned not to trust members of the ton. Particularly the women. But when sweet and proper Miss Mary Turner arrives unannounced in his office declaring that she needs his help.... well, it's difficult to remember that he's sworn off proper young ladies. But then again, this young lady might not be as proper as she seems. In fact, she seems rather intent on getting herself into trouble. And it turns out the one thing this noble man of law can't resist... is rescuing a naughty damsel.

After six years of living in denial, Luca is finally faced with the truth. A brutal discovery he refused to accept when I needed him most. Now the vengeance he so desperately craves isn’t directed at me, but the monster responsible for destroying all our lives. That might put us on the same side this time, but that doesn’t mean I can forgive him for not believing me. Or for hating me when I loved him.

Craving her was wrong...losing her was a necessity. What we had was real, but it's over. Ancient history. She was under my skin, but I was under her dad's roof. He warned me to stay away, but I couldn't. We risked everything, and I lost it all, to protect us both. Now I'm empty, and it's all too clear what's missing. Or, rather, who. None of the women who warm my bed can ever fill the void inside my shattered heart.

The stern doctor of Vestry Lane never meant to lose his heart. But the moment sweet Miss Eloise came to him hurt and scared, he felt his world shift. Now making sure this sheltered young miss stays safe and in his arms is all that matters. But the lovely Eloise has been burnt by love and is intent on throwing herself in harms' way. It'll take all his patience—and maybe a few delicious spankings—to tame this reckless debutante.

I’ve spent the past year plotting my revenge and imagining all the wicked things I’d do to her when our paths finally crossed again. I just had no idea it would be so soon. The last thing I expected when I reentered the world was to find myself right in the middle of hers. The girl who betrayed me, the snitch who ruined me - here for the taking. While she’s been oblivious here in Rosewood, I’ve been trapped in hell. Better watch your back, Harley Hunter. You’re about to be owned by a Legend.

When something seems too good to be true. It’s usually because it is. A lesson I learned the hard way. Every single fear I had about falling for Leon, has just come true in the most brutal way. The sweet guy act he’s been putting on the past few weeks is over. The cold, hard truth is...he never wanted me. He only wanted retaliation. And like a fool, I played right into his wicked scheme. But I’m not the monster he thinks I am.

For years I've kept my secrets. Kept the darkest, most twisted parts of myself buried from everyone around me. My need to destroy those responsible for tainting my life, ruining the person I was, the person I could've been, burns hotter with every passing day. And when I finally get the chance to confront one and unleash the monster he turned me into, I walk straight into the other. The one who haunts my nightmares. The girl who torments me relentlessly. The angel who could have saved me...but damned me instead. It's my turn to use her. As bait.

Violence has dogged me all my life. An asshat father, a cruel foster home. Seems I’m following the same path. Only worse. I lost someone, and it hurt me bad. Drugs and street crime were all I knew. But that all ended the day I got patched. We owned Hardale, CA. It was our town. Until that firefight with the Cobras. Now, we’re laying low…or supposed to be. But a cute waitress soon changes all that. She’s beautiful, though I can't get involved. Risking my brothers is the last thing I want. Our lives are poles apart. But I want her in my bed.

They said that once upon a time, Cinderella resided with her monstrous stepmother, ugly stepsisters, and led a life of cruel drudgery. That is, until one day, a fairy godmother helped her attend a ball, where she met a charming prince and lived happily ever after.

Mia Anderson has been living a life that was chosen for her. But her impending 30th birthday is the wake-up call she needed to stop wasting time on all the wrong pursuits. Just as she’s figuring out what she wants to do about it, her beloved grandmother falls ill and Mia drops everything to be with her. What she didn’t expect to find in her grandmother’s tiny mountain town is the courage to quit working for her father, supplied by a little tough love from her gran. Now faced with an uncertain future, the last thing on her mind is finding love.

From best-selling author Melanie A. Smith comes the first book in a new series of steamy contemporary medical romance standalone novels about life lessons that break all the rules. Some lessons are more fun when learned the hard way.... What’s the first rule of nurse’s club? That’s right: Never date a doctor. Which Sasha Suvorin has no intention of doing anyway, since she’s a nurse at Rutherford Hospital by day and working on her master’s degree by night. Who has time for dating, much less dating someone you work with? Bad idea much?

Princess came to LA to make something of herself, to share her music, and find real love . . . She's got an amazing squad of friends and a certain blue-eyed man who she can't get out of her head. With a new single just released, everyone wants a piece of her: party invitations, paparazzi, and custom couture dresses abound. She's living her California dream. But Hollywood isn't exactly what she thought it would be.

The deal I'd made with the sea witch was supposed to be simple. She was to give me a ship that could travel between realms, and I was to capture a little mermaid by the name of Aurelia once I got to Neverland. The witch said she would come for her when she was ready. Except Aurelia wasn't little when I captured her. She was a beautiful young woman, and she was in my bed, in my quarters, taunting and tempting me with what I was sure were some type of siren powers.

First rule of teaching...don’t fall for a student. I was finally starting over. New city. New job. New me. Until him.... He’s about to turn my clean slate upside down when he walks into my college classroom. From the first moment we connect, it’s like he’s daring me to live the life I’ve always craved, a life on the edge...not caring what others think.

Carmen thought her grandparents left her a house, but instead she finds Arccoo, an alien prince, hiding in the attic. Trapped on Earth, he has no way home until rescue arrives. Except he's on Earth just long enough for romance to spark between him and Carmen. When Arccoo leaves for his home planet of Thryal, Carmen decides she's not ready to let the sinfully seductive alien go. With her sisters' help, they repair the damage to the ship he left behind and race after the alluring alien.

Everyone thinks they know me...but they’re wrong. Fearless on the outside - a lie. I’m a fraud, hiding behind a mask of perfection. My reality very different. The captain. The leader. The Queen Bee. None of it real - all just an illusion. Perception is everything and I use it to get what I want, when I want, refusing to let anyone stand in my way. Until he shows me that he’s not the man I expected. He’s not just the quiet one...the innocent one. But the one to finally tear away the mask and look beneath the surface.

Have you heard the one about the workaholic who decides she deserves a night of fun with a sexy stranger? It’s supposed to be a short story. Except one night of fun changes everything. Owning and operating a bed and breakfast doesn’t leave me much time for men. Especially not men who aren’t from Winter Falls. Out-of-towners can’t be trusted. Trust me. I have the scars to prove it. Then Cole Hawkins saunters into the Inn on Main. One look at him and I light my rulebook about men and out-of-towners on fire before hurling it out the window.