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I pretended to be the girlfriend of one of the richest men in New York City. It was only meant to be the one time. I mean it was the week before Christmas, I was shopping with my best friend and we were hungry and wanted to dine at the new swanky restaurant on the upper west side. For some reason the hostess misheard me when I mentioned Max Parker’s name. I’d been complaining that he was the reason why I’d lost my job. Who was I to correct her when it meant that “my relationship” had caused a table to suddenly open up?

When I stumbled across my dream job in the classified section of my newspaper, I knew it had to be too good to be true. Turns out it was. Becoming the nanny for the grumpiest hockey coach in the NHL was more like a nightmare. Liam Cartright was infuriating, stubborn, and impossible. Oh, and he happened to be my new boss. I should have signed my resignation with a giant kiss my ass the moment he opened his mouth, but I couldn't. I fell for his little girls before I realized it was happening, and my resolve began to weaken.

After returning to the kings after completing the latest trial, my mates and I thought we might actually be able to take our next step in overthrowing them. Boy, were we wrong. Lupe has gone insane after he felt me die, Devlin is determined to seek revenge on Aaliyah who he deems responsible, and Ryland’s father is imprisoned for helping my people. To put the final nail in the coffin, I’m engaged to Axel—batshit crazy Axel with a penchant for sharp machetes.

One look. That’s all it took. One second, and Rachel became mine. My Rachel. My reason for breathing. She doesn’t know it yet—not while she’s smiling sweetly at customers and pouring coffee like the world is soft and safe. But I know better. She needs me. She doesn’t see the way men look at her, like wolves circling something pure and untouched. She doesn’t see the dangers, but I do. And I’ll protect her from every single one of them.

Jax Tanner knows this is it - one last season of summer ball before his dreams of being a Major League draft pick dry up and scatter in the wind like the dunes of Silver Lake. Once a Top 20 prospect, he’s now a wait-and-see thanks to a shoulder injury. If he doesn’t literally hit a homerun - lots of them - the only baseball in his future might be the community rec team sponsored by his family’s hardware chain. But baseball isn’t Jax’s only unfinished business in Silver Lake. There’s also her.

Angelo Russo came like a storm into my life and left destruction in his trail. The man who hates me beyond measure is the man who put a ring on my finger and gave me his name. My husband is my worst enemy. There’s nothing left to salvage from the wreckage of our lives. He married me to destroy me, and he did an outstanding job. He took my innocence and my virtue.

They call them the Beast Brothers. On the field, they’re brutes. Off the field, they’re huge and hard, and have a reputation for going at it like animals.

I play right ring, and I’m the team’s star forward. Hockey is in my blood, and my career is the most important thing in my life. Until I see her. She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Her blue eyes are as light as an Arctic winter—and just as icy—because not only is she the coach's daughter, but she wants nothing to do with hockey or hockey players. I’ll do whatever it takes to prove to her that she’s mine—even if it means stalking her.

I’ve been in love with Penny Fox from the moment our eyes first met across the hall in high school. But she’s always been out of reach. That’s okay because I’ve waited for her. I’ve followed her.

We have less than three days to return to the capital with Jax, before my life is on the line. But with my condition worsening every day and my body growing weaker, we find ourselves out of time. The new plan? Find the cure in the mage kingdom, and pray that it works. New alliances are formed, old ones are broken, and Aaliyah is more determined than ever to capture me. I’ll fight for the life I want...or die trying. Let the grim reaper come for me.

It’s my first day at the ice cream shop and I’m nervous as all get out. I’ve never worked at a place like this. And I know I better not screw it up, because my older brother hooked me up with the job - his buddy owns the place. As it turns out, though? The hardest part of the job isn’t scooping ice cream. It’s resisting my brother’s hot friend - aka my hunky, irresistible new boss.

From the age of five, I knew one thing: Blake Jacobi was going to be in my life for a very long time. For years, he was my protector, my best friend, my shoulder to cry on. I even followed him to Chicago when he got picked up by an NHL team. Then lines got blurred and we landed in each other's beds, but we were able to push feelings aside and not let a few little slips ruin our friendship. At least, that's what I keep telling myself.

I had no idea the Reapers Rejects MC had agreed to take me under their wing. It turned out, the club promised my father they'd keep me safe in exchange for information, and my job offer was nothing more than them keeping their end of the deal. There I was, in a place I wasn't genuinely wanted.

The moment he pulled her back from the brink, she became his. Not just his patient, but his obsession. She’s everything he’s ever wanted, and now that fate has placed her in his hands, he’s never letting go. She wants to keep her distance, but he’s not the kind of man to be denied. Her fears? He’ll soothe them. Her heart? He’ll claim it. Because she’s his, and nothing—not even her resistance—will stop him from making her see it.

After I spot the hottest man I’ve ever seen—tall, ripped, tattooed, and impossibly gorgeous—I spend weeks fantasizing about all the dirty, dirty things he could do to me. When we finally meet, I’m ready for the best one-night fling ever—until he introduces me to his twin brother! Unlike my besties, I’ve always thought two men were too much trouble. But Deke and Jake Abbott, leather-clad biker kings, might just change my mind.

When Jay’s best friend lands in jail and asks him to watch over his baby girl, Jay expects to find the sweet, pig-tailed little girl he used to know—not the blonde bombshell who’s all grown up and driving him wild. Layla’s eighteen, technically an adult—but still in high school, and a cheerleader at that. There’s no way Jay can turn his back on his best friend. He promised. He’s supposed to keep her safe—but this girl? She’s got a mind of her own, and she’s one hell of a handful.

Ella Brown. The prettiest little thing I’ve ever laid eyes on. She doesn’t realize it yet, but she’s already mine. Sure, she fights it—says she’s not interested. But I see the way her breath hitches when I’m near, the way her cheeks flush when our eyes meet. She can push me away all she wants. It won’t work. I didn’t get to the top by giving up, and I’m not about to start now.

Mari is a famous star in her intergalactic troupe. As the headliner at the Comet Canyon Saloon, the last thing she expected to go wrong was being lassoed off stage by a chaps-wearing outlaw. Raider's name has been tarnished by his good-for-nothing brother. The only way to clear it is by kidnapping the precious burlesque gem, Little Miss Mercury. After being stranded together during a desert storm, Mari and Raider discover that there's more between them than a hostage situation gone wrong…

It was supposed to be a holiday, a trip of a lifetime to discover myself. The truth is I was running from life back home and away from my best friend. Andrew "Andy" Baker is also family. At least—that's how we were raised. Then, I fell in love with life in London. And I met Prince Charming. It all just fell into place until it didn't. But I took a vow. And vows are not made to be broken, no matter how much it hurts to let go of a man you're in love with. A man other than your husband.

A near-death experience wasn't on my hockey bingo card. But that's precisely what happened to me. One minute, I was skating desperately to save an older woman from danger. The next, I was falling through ice, barely able to make sense of anything until darkness greeted me. When I wake, stormy blue eyes greet me, pleading for a second chance. Those eyes belong to none other than Wyatt Cyrus, the latest NHL hockey recruit of the Saskatchewan Pincers.