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I didn’t think I’d ever see you again. Reed’s days are full of unexpected surprises - pretty par for the course as the principal of the only Catholic school in a small town, but there’s one surprise he wasn’t prepared for, and that was Dominic O’Halloran. God help me, I want you. Dominic has spent decades thinking about the life he could have lived.

My job as the leader of the Moonshine Task Force is my life. I eat, breathe, and sleep it. The men under my command mean the world to me. Knowing they count on my guidance has kept my demons at bay for longer than I care to admit. The control I have over myself is an iron fist that sometimes threatens to squeeze the life out of me. What I want more than anything is to live again - let go of the hurt smothering every bit of light I have in this darkness. I don’t expect it to come in the form of a Moonshiner’s daughter needing my protection.

My name is Ezra Clarke, and I’m 23. Forever. If you’re counting in vampire years, I’m actually 208, and if living that long has taught me anything, it’s that nothing lasts forever. And that’s been fine. It’s...whatever. I’ve never wanted anything that long, anyway, which is why I’ve never taken a mate, but that all changed when I met Declan Byrne.

Chance Maxwell is the most arrogant man I’ve ever known - and he’s my boss. Worse, he’s incredibly sexy. At least until he opens his condescending mouth. I hate being indebted to him for this job, but I have more important priorities to worry about. My attraction to him is growing despite my better judgment. But I sure as hell won’t ever reveal it to him.

I never thought that in the blink of an eye my life could change, but it did. Cresting a hill, driving to my favorite fishing spot, I was hit head-on by a teenager with no regard for anyone’s life but his own. The recovery process has been hard, painful, and damn near beating me down. The bright spot? Blaze. Surviving the wreck has given me a second chance to make a life with her. Not knowing if I’ll ever be able to rejoin the Moonshine Task Force again has brought my world into focus. It’s made me realize what’s important.

When Donald (Mac) MacGregor learns that brain cancer is killing him, he sets out in an RV on one last adventure. Along the way he meets Kate Graham, a nurse in an assisted living facility who is looking for an escape from a dead end life.

Reid Maxwell is the man I’ve spent the last year crushing on - and he’s my new boss. I should be over the moon about his recent breakup, but he’s gone from miserable to cold. It’s time to give post-breakup Reid a serious intervention. Only our chat doesn’t go as expected. Now he’s proposing the one thing I’m not sure I can pull off.

When his paralegal suggests a group date, Calvin bucks tradition and tells the younger man yes. He’s not expecting Emory’s other boyfriend to be his estranged husband, and he’s definitely not expecting what comes next. Calvin, Graham, and Emory find themselves in a delicate relationship with rules and structure, but hearts are wild and refuse to listen. Emory is ready to commit, but Calvin and Graham’s past threatens their future and the chance to see their love made whole.

After an eventful Christmas break, Cadence Lewis is shaken to her core, but someone she doesn't expect is there to hold her together. Barrick Carpenter didn't plan on falling in love with the sassy New Yorker, but now he will do anything to protect her from her father. When a second bombshell is dropped on Cadence, she has two options: guard her heart forever or risk letting love in. Will Cadence push Barrick away or fall completely head over boots?

the next book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team series. Chicago wasn’t for me. Little Laurel Springs though? It’s everything I hoped it would be and more. My coffee shop, A Whole Latte Love, isn’t doing well, but I’m close to turning a profit. And Devante? Well, he’s more than I ever could have asked for. Find out more in the latest book in the Laurel Springs Emergency Response Team series.

I’m not a rules kinda guy Department Policy? Kinda sucks, but I do what I have to for the job that I love. Playing it safe? Not my thing. Married? No big deal when I know she’s unhappy and scared. I’m one of those guys - a sniper in the military, a little bit of an adrenaline junkie, and a member of the Moonshine Task Force. I’ve lived through some shit.

Sanderson always envied the townies, all smiling faces and holding hands at his performances. He wanted the happy ever after that came with real life, not the pretend one in the twinkling fairy lights of the Moonlight Market. So when the Weaver of Dreams conjured him a normal life, college classes instead of performances, a chance at a boyfriend instead of an audience, he ran for daylight. Now a year later, he’s learned that connecting with someone physically doesn’t always lead to a lasting relationship.

Oliver Rose has been in my life since I was seven. As my brother’s best friend, he was at my house more often than not. And I loved having him around. In fact, I even had a secret crush on him. Even though he was four years older than me, that didn’t stop me from daydreaming. Until I turned seventeen and he broke my heart. I swore I would never interact with him again. And I didn’t. But now, it’s five years later and I’m graduating college and I’m all out of options.

Both Peter Frazier and Trent Lockley thought this about the families they were born into. Two boys, the same age, miles apart. They are both from small Texas towns, born in the same hospital, on the same day. However, their lives turned out to be nothing alike. The Frazier family is a large, lively bunch. The fact that they are close-knit and share every detail of their lives with each other always seemed a little strange to Peter. Although he loves every one of his six siblings and his overly affectionate parents, he couldn’t help but feel out of place around them.

Dominic Chambers is the most charming man I’ve ever met—and he’s my new boss. He may cause my heart skip a beat, but the last thing I need is a relationship with the playboy who owns the company. After a disastrous breakup, I’m committed to focusing on my year of self-healing. I’ve kept my emotional distance from him, until an unexpected evening brings us closer. He can’t discover the truth. No matter how much I wish I could tell him.

As a probationary firefighter, I’m doing everything I can to impress the members of my company. Knowing I’m the first in my family to be educated makes me proud, and gives me hope for the future. I hold myself to a higher standard than anyone else, especially with a southern small-town breathing down my neck. One night, on a dark mountain road, I help the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen in my life change a flat tire.

Michael Wallace is perfectly content with his predictable routine. He's lived in the same town his whole life, waited on the same customers every day, and read the same book over and over again. But his routine is thoroughly shaken when Sigvard Tandoh blows into town with a wicked smile and a mysterious past. Sigvard Tandoh is a cursed Viking who has wandered the Earth for 1,000 years. He thinks he’s done it all, been everywhere, and knows everything.

Cadence Lewis has been dancing before she could walk. Living in New York with her parents she has the chance to go to the best dance school in the country, but when her parents divorce she’s forced to leave her dreams behind and move to her mom’s small country hometown. Cadence believes that all men are like her father: cold, unloving, and selfish. Barrick Carpenter has made Candace's life eventful since the day she stepped onto her grandma’s farm.

I take my jobs very seriously. Both of them. I'm a lieutenant with Bradford Station Company One, and I'm a single dad to a little girl who completely brightens my world. It's not easy holding it all together, but I do my best. Honestly, I wouldn't be doing as well as I am without my best friend's sister. Natalie treats my daughter like her own and watches her for me without complaint.

Sadie, a woman who thought her life was over, is suddenly transmigrated to a world both familiar and strange. In a land where shapeshifters make up the majority and women can pick men like fruit, Sadie must learn to adapt to their culture, and her new body, without losing herself in the process. With the help of a puma shifter, who rescues her from the cold wilderness, she is escorted to the queendom of Ghostpherein where having mates is not only the best way to stay safe, but also the law.