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A short story from the NYT best-selling author of the Shacking Up series about a road trip that started with a broken-down car and ended with a questionable motel, an indoor campout, and a set of Kama Sutra sheets.

Chloe Madison. That's me. A former NYU princess who just fell from grace, right off my pampered Manhattan throne and onto the unforgiving steps of Nicole Brantley, socialite and queen bitch. Now, I walk her dog and mix her smoothies. Try to navigate my own problems while fixing all of hers. I want what every New York girl wants. A career, an apartment, and true love, preferably in a smoking hot package. It turns out I'll have to fight for all of it.

I was twelve years old when I met one of the world’s hottest celebrities. Thirteen when I was welcomed into his family. Fourteen when I realized what his unconditional love felt like. Fifteen when he helped me figure out what hope was. And sixteen when my mother’s biggest lie changed our lives forever. I swore I would never be like the woman whose chronic lies impacted everybody around her, but I’d be a hypocrite. Because three years after the truth came out, and I reunited with the boy whose innocent love had been taken from me, I realized I was living the biggest lie of all.

Cocky football star Knox Fisher has been driving me crazy for years. I'm one of the few female coaches in the league. I shouldn't want someone who has the power to jeopardize my entire career, especially someone seven years my junior. But I can't stay away. We keep the sizzling chemistry between the two of us. A glance here. A touch there. I live for the stolen moments with him. I know he wants more, but more is dangerous. If anyone saw us together, I could lose my job and be blackballed from the league.

Attorney Roxanne Bowman will stop at nothing to discover who murdered her parents. Unearthing the secrets her parents were hiding is more than she ever imagined. But when she finds an intruder in their home, everything changes for the fiery and determined lawyer.

When single father Dane Copeland meets the intriguing and impassioned teacher, Keirnan Vickers, Dane suddenly wants and needs more. With a bleeding heart, Keirnan will do anything to help others. Getting the local library repaired and replenished with more books is her current goal. Meeting the mysterious and sexy single father opens her eyes to a world more adventurous than any novel she's ever read. But when enemies from Keirnan's past come back and threaten everything she's worked for, Dane will do anything to protect her.

Hayes Flynn is an arrogant jerk known best for his scotch habit and the way he spreads his British "charm" all over Hollywood, never with the same woman twice. He's the last person I want to work for, except he has a face I can't look away from, and the longer we're together, the harder he is to hate. Because under that smug exterior is a heart he doesn't want to show - one that was badly broken a decade earlier. A part of me wants to fix it for him before I leave...but can I do it without breaking my own in the process?

Five years ago, Nyla stole two million dollars from me and disappeared. Now she’s resurfaced, and I’m determined to settle her debt...one way or another. Hiking in the mountains in my underwear while being hunted by hit men wasn’t something I thought we’d be doing when I woke up this morning, yet here we are. If we can settle our issues and work together, we just might make it out alive—if we don’t kill each other first.

Needing an outlet from the pain of his past, Axel Dunbar finds salvation in the Army, fighting for his country. Now, eight years later, his strength and security comes as a GHOST agent, righting the wrongs of the world. He's used to getting down and dirty and cleaning up other people's messes, but when the latest mess is his own, everything changes.

Former Army Ranger Donovan Keach can't stand the scum that threatens children. Determined to take down an online pedophile, he'll stop at nothing until the criminal is locked up for good. But when he encounters a sexy, but nosy, social worker, he suspects foul play. Hadleigh Watterson will do anything to protect innocent children. While gathering evidence during a case study, Donovan sidetracks her plan. She's ready to barrel in and take down the vermin muddying the innocent. Donovan has other plans.

RAPTOR operative Charlesia Sampson is no damsel in distress. Surviving an explosion in the army gave her more grit than glory, and now she’ll destroy anyone who tries to hold her back. Dangerous missions are her forte. But when she’s found at a murder scene, everything changes. Finding Charly at the murder scene was difficult for Sam Bowers. But when the truth comes to light, Sam sees Charly differently. Together, they’re determined to uncover the murderer and find a missing child—all while denying their need for one another.

As far back as Adelaide Masters can remember, she has always known exactly what she wanted to do with her life. She grew up surrounded by cousins and friends, her constant companions, whose parents were all GHOST special operatives. Learning from the best in the business and gaining experience working under the watchful eyes of her family has been a dream come true, but now she’s ready to set out on her own.

Kat is finally picking up the pieces of her broken heart and moving on when all goes awry at the Arctic Masquerade Ball. Everything Kat has worked for is shattered when she lands in the arms of someone who will divert her path—and her heart—once again. To top it off, Erebus is back in Apollo Beach, and his latest act of evil strikes close to the heart. Now, there's no turning back. Erebus has his sights set on the mysterious energy source, and he needs Kat's help to retrieve it.

I have a dark secret, a pressure valve, a rare moment just for myself. On these nights I visit a club. There, I find men who give me what I need. Men who aren’t afraid to take what they want. Men like Colin.

Henry Delany inherited his father’s muscular frame and his mother’s penchant for the law. Working for GHOST gives him the opportunity to use both, while doing what he loves—protecting the lives of others. Determined to bring tranquility and harmony to Glen Hollow, the small-town he now calls home, he has agreed to work with a closed-off, government liaison in an effort to broker a peace deal. But Protecting Everleigh just might be Henry’s most challenging mission to date .

I'm spinning out of control and I don't know how to stop. I truly have it all. A thriving career. A gorgeous husband. Adorable twin sons. Why am I sabotaging my relationship? Trusting what we've built doesn't come easy. I want to let him in completely, but my past looms like a dark shadow. One day, I'm afraid it will drive him away for good. Without trust, where do we go from here? Ronni holds my heart in the palm of her hand.

He’s a GHOST operative wanted for murder. She’s the only resident who can cook up the life-saving elixir that saves her people. Together, they are caught between two worlds embroiled in a raging war.

A steamy, feminist, protective Irish hero rock star romance. “Family is everything, I protect mine with my life'...Connor McLoughlin had it all, a great family, a college scholarship, and music. Tragedy forced him to grow up too fast. When his life finally is on track, Ronni Miller appears like a dream. Kindred spirits in the most unlikely of circumstances. There’s only one thing in the way - her dark past he’s determined to protect her from. Will Connor’s protective instincts drive Ronni away for good?

For Tate Vickers, becoming a GHOST operative was inevitable. Being raised by GHOST operatives, he and his coworkers played rescue games as children. When he’s tasked to run the elite group’s satellite location in Kentucky, he jumps at the chance and brings his friends along. But Glen Hollow, Kentucky isn’t what it seems. There’s a dark secret living in the hills and a war is about to erupt.

Lead detective Rory Richards is buried in drugs—and he's hell-bent on ridding his town of the criminals destroying his streets. During a perilous shootout, Rory ducks into an alley, coming face-to-face with the only woman he's ever loved. By the look in her eyes, she might be more dangerous than the thugs shooting at him. DEA agent Alice Beggs lives in man's world, trying to get drug dealers off the streets. Spending her days proving she's "man enough" for the job, she craves being "woman enough" at night. The last thing she needs right now is a blast from the past.