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Saddles and tobacco are not all they are selling in the shops today. Annalise Coton is to be sold to the highest bidder. At eighteen, she has met her usefulness as a nursemaid to her half-brother. With no natural parent to protect her from the outcome, she will go home with the man offering the best price by the close of business today. Proposal of marriage optional. But if the choice were hers, the attractive lord who entered the leather shop is the one she would consider. He was obviously used to having his desires met, but there was a gentleness about him that belied the harder, angular ...

Loyalty is good, but blind loyalty can be deadly. Garrett Sullivan and Katrina Long, known as Callie and Garrett to friends, was in a serious dating arrangement. He loved her. He thought she loved him. They argued over her taking an undercover assignment into the dark underworld of the Mexican Mafia in Southern California. The next evening there was a note from Callie saying her dad was sick and she’d call when she got there. She never called. After a year of pounding her family and Homeland for information where his girl was, his team found her but she slipped away when approached. Soon ...

He must remove her from harm's way, even if she refuses to believe she is in danger. In an effort to to begin again after her previous boyfriend became her stalker, Math genius Teagan Manz jumps at the opportunity to leave the Atlanta city life for a more sedate existence as a college instructor. As she settles into rural life in South Dakota, she finds herself more than attracted to Declan Red Eagle, who seems to turn every woman's head. She has no chance of catching the masterful Native American's eye, even though she tries. Just as she is beginning to enjoy her new life, the first ...

Lady Caroline Duncan has always been an extremely proper young woman who does not step out of societal boundaries, ever. While awaiting an imminent proposal of marriage, Caroline decides she wants to play the sought-after daughter of a duke one last time. She wants a short season of parties in London before returning to her propriety-dictated life forever. She will dip her toe into the invigorating river of rule-breakers, just this once.

Falling in love was never part of the bargain. Lady Sofia Cloverfield’s family has disintegrated, and she finds herself on the streets to make her own way with only a few guineas and her wits with which to rely on to survive. Sofia uses her common sense and prays she can figure out how to turn her fate around. Exeter Trenton, the Devil Duke, is wealthy, handsome, and lonely. His position demands he take a wife, but he finds none to his liking. Then, quite by accident, his luck changes when his horses nearly trample a waif he mistakes for a child. He allows her to leave with his ...

Cheyenne Sterling was partners with her father in their accounting firm when he passed away suddenly. Now, one year later, Cheyenne has a healthy business and unhealthy lifestyle that is totally out of control. One afternoon, control walks in her door in the form of Quinlan O'Connor, rough, handsome, and all-alpha male. She can't deny that he is very easy to look at, but also can't deny that it's proving harder than she expected to fall in line the way he demands. Then again, Cheyenne truly loves a challenge.

Katie has a reputation with the men in the community; she's known for being hard to catch and impossible to keep, but Ciaran O'Connor makes her blood run hot. He is honest, protective, and the gentlest man she has ever known. This rancher expects the woman he loves to allow him to take care of her, which includes her obedience when he asks for it...and a red hot bottom when she doesn't. Ciaran doesn't need someone like Katie, whose past screams for her to run while her heart begs her to stay.

This is your formal invitation to the party. Gifts mandatory. Your RSVP is confirmed. Jac laid the note with the rest of them and paced the room. They had become ominous, and this one scared the hell out of him. Gifts? It could not be good. For the first time since they had received these notes, something made sense in an indescribable, jarring way. This one was happening. No more games, except this was the most messed up game of his life. “Oh, God, Jac. Finley and Storm are gone!” Jac rubbed his neck and waited as his wife sent out the alarm. The team did not miss the implication of ...

Psychiatrist Oakley Addison is ready to enjoy a romantic relationship. She’s lonely but too busy to do anything about it. She decides to go to a conference where the focus is military personnel, first responders, and veterans, where her heart is. Instead of flying, she takes the plunge and drives to Dallas for a week hoping to stop on her way home to see her parents. Before the first session, she fights off a mugger and has to settle a mistaken identity problem. This week might be more trouble than it’s worth, except for the fascinating, enticing man who has swept her off her feet. ...

He was a deadly operative, but she called him Daddy. As a former military pilot turned security operative, Carter has always been in control. But when he falls in love with the enchanting and efficient Becky, his boss’s assistant, everything changes. His Daddy Dom comes out in force but holding the reins steady is challenging some days when Becky smiles so sweetly. Suddenly, he’s protecting more than just his clients - he’s protecting his heart. Just as their relationship begins to deepen, it is first stalled by Carter’s secret, then Carter’s plane is sabotaged, quickly followed ...

With lives in the balance, what could she do but comply with their demands? Accountant Jessica Roe kept her head down and always followed the rules. When she discovered possible illegal activity with her employer, she left that job and joined Reynaud and Associates. Life was good. Her brother hadn’t asked for money in months, and she was now dating Mark Jensen. Within one week, her brother needed cash, her old employer was trying to blackmail her, and she was nearly raped and killed. Not only are her savings at risk but her relationship with Mark, her job with Reynaud and Associates, her ...

Cheyenne Sterling is walking on cloud nine. Her boyfriend of almost two years, Quinlan O'Connor, has finally proposed. Quinn is a local sheriff's deputy and a charter member of the local BDSM club, The Sting, where they enjoy friends, playrooms, and entertainment as often as they can. Cheyenne expects it all to be smooth sailing from here. Engagements, however, have a way of breeding mischief, and this one is no different.

Nineteen year old Texanna Rae Grant is not happy, even though she knows men lust after her. She is not marriage material. Her own mother abandoned her when she was a child, and now her father wants to be rid of her, too. She doesn't know why she's so unlovable, but she obviously is. When her best friend Mandy tells her that her cousin, the marshal, has eyes for her, Texanna doesn't believe her. He wouldn't be interested in her, and even if he were, he wouldn't stay. No one ever does.

He needs to fire her or claim her before it's too late. Avery gets caught in a web of deceit when she agrees to help save her family farm. As her life begins to tangle chaotically, her attraction grows for her new boss, Stryker Red Eagle, but he is the enemy... or is he? Stryker's ordered life is turned upside down when Avery arrives as a woman, not the male assistant he thought he was getting. She is stealing his concentration, and something is going on with her that he can't figure out. To save his sanity, Stryker needs to either fire Avery or claim her as his own. But then the real ...

North Dakota resident Jocelyn Charles has a life mission. Get her degree and help women and children work through violent acts committed against them. Jocelyn believes that there is no reason one person should inflict pain on another person purposely. From the moment Jocelyn meets Liam, the sparks and libido ignite. Everyone knows long-distance relationships never work. Right?

It isn’t a matter of "if" she is found, but "when." It has been a year since heiress Ivy Linton made the mistake of leaving Kaden's protection and his bed. She was overwhelmed and confused about the next step in her chaotic world. So, when Ivy found herself falling hard for Kaden, she panicked and ran. Now, Ivy is the focus of a mob family after she is, once again, in the wrong place at the wrong time. Knowing she needs real protection she rushes to the only man who can rock her world and keep her safe. Passions burned hot after Kaden Trainer rescued the sassy, sensual Ivy from kidnappers...

He craved her trust, obedience, and submission in a relationship he knew would never be equal. Sharlee Armstrong had carefully crafted a safe existence in the shadows of life, trading information for a high price. But when she meets Jacquard Reynaud, she realizes it might be time to take a risk. He’s handsome, alluring, and powerful-and Sharlee can’t help but be attracted to him, but leaving the safety of her cocoon could be dangerous. Even deadly. From his first glimpse of her, Jac knows Sharlee must be his-but he also understands getting involved with him could put her in harm’s way...

He was her only hope for freedom, and she was his only path to happiness. When her protector left to go into the Army, leaving fourteen-year-old Clover Sweet Medicine to go through high school virtually unsupervised, she felt like her spirit had died. She survived the loss of his abandonment and now, at eighteen, is finally graduating. However, grad night turned into a life-changing event, complete with an arrest and loss of her new adult status. Suddenly, Clover needs a guardian, and the tribal council chooses the only person who cares enough to make her follow the rules. The man who broke...

New town. New Job. One new friend who didn’t know her name or address. Would anyone ever notice that a madman took her? Mallory Sasse was lonely and needed a change. She left her hometown to find a new future and maybe a new lover. Determined to make this change successful, she leased a great townhouse and started her new job as the lead pharmacist, then looked for some fun. At a meet and greet in a nearby town, she met him. He was fit, authoritative, with a gentle smile and greying at his temples. Monroe took her breath away. Her attraction grew over the weeks, fast approaching that ...