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Officer Lora Griffin only volunteered for the alien dating auction to help raise money for the animal shelter—she has no interest in kissing little green men. But when her date dissolves into a puddle of goo, she’s thrown into an investigation with a new partner who isn’t slimy or tentacled—he’s seven feet of solid blue muscle, and it's hard to remain focused under his panty-melting stare. As the galactic prince’s personal bodyguard, Zhiruto is on the trail of an assassin, but he's new to Earth and worried about offending the local population.

Hollywood heartthrob Micah James was happy enough partying his life away, sleeping with a beautiful woman every night, until he met Kylie Daines. Too bad the feisty woman couldn’t get rid of him fast enough the morning after their one-night stand. To make matters worse, Kylie claims she doesn’t remember the sordid details of their time together. Kylie wants to try and forget the night that she drank too much, took off her catering server uniform to burn it in front of party guests, and ended up in bed with a man she just met.

After being ousted from his pack, Special Forces Weapons Sergeant Flint Myers has found a new sense of family in his Special Ops Shifter Force brothers. But ever the lone wolf, he still has a restless feeling gnawing at him, and he’s not sure how to quell it. Soon after he’s sent on a secret mission to infiltrate a pack in the Rockies, he realizes that finding a mate might be just what he needs to finally soothe the beast within, when he meets their alpha’s alluring sister.

Spring is blooming as nine months have passed since the funeral. A happy, multi-family celebration, with best friends from Callie and Jason’s youth in Cleveland, takes place in Great Falls, Virginia, to remind them of what they once had, have, and need to be finally happy. Complications ensue as Chase schemes to hide more things and to take and keep what he wants to make sure his life is full of the richness he thinks he deserves.

When a man in my village makes demands I'm not willing to give into, my younger brother and I flee into the forest. It's the night of the Monster Mate Hunt, but the orcs who are gifted with brides in exchange for protecting the village will be too busy with the other woman to notice me. Until Turren claims me as his mate. I'm not interested in marrying, and orcs scare me. But there's something sweet and endearing about this one. My brother and I planned to make a new life far from our village. Could that new life be with Turren?

When Harlan is captured by a band of females, he has no idea what’s in store. Treated as a sexual plaything and forced to erotically service all the women, he begins to understand what it feels like to be wanted only for his ability to breed. Then he meets Princess Inga, and realizes she’s the woman who has haunted his sexual dreams. As the passion between them explodes, Harlan knows he has an impossible task. How can he convince a tribe of man haters that not all males are evil? Harder still is the task of proving his heartfelt love to the princess.

As a professional linebacker, I lived and breathed football. The only thing I loved as much as the game was my twin brother, Max, who kept me almost as busy cleaning up his messes. The most recent of which landed him behind bars. So, it shouldn't have surprised me when a beautiful woman showed up on my doorstep, claiming to be pregnant with Max's baby. Glory was unexpected, infuriating, and flat-out crazy most of the time. But no matter how hard I tried to deny it, that tiny spitfire slammed into my boring life with the strength of a Category 5 hurricane.

In the months that follow their impromptu weekend of rediscovery and Callie's cryptic Thanksgiving Day text saying to "wait for her", Jason invests in a mountain retreat after staying there over Christmas and New Years. The purchase is kept secret as he suspiciously travels back and forth to Asheville, North Carolina near where the retreat is located.

Theodore is every father's nightmare and my sweetest revenge. I was nine years old when my dad broke my heart. Ten years later I finally get my chance to break his. And what better way to hurt him than to mess with the only thing he's ever loved-his football team. Seducing the team's star quarterback is easy. Throwing him into my dad's face? Even easier. Letting him go proves much more difficult.

Sera has no memory of her life before. Before captivity, before experiments, before the only lifeline she had was the voice of a boy in the cell next to hers. Before G. G wishes he could forget everything before Sera brought him back to life. Forget his memories as a ruthless mercenary on an alternate version of Earth. Forget that he was part of an experiment simply known as Alpha.

One mistake can change everything. Ashlyn Calvert finds that out the hard way when a bad decision leads to the death of her best friend, Noah Anderson. Only Noah isn't really gone. Thanks to his parents' company, the Infinity Division, there is a version of him skipping from one dimension to another, set on revenge for the death of his sister, Kori. When a chance encounter brings him face-to-face with Ash, he's determined to resist the magnetic pull he's felt for her time and time again. But there's more going on than either of them knows: a mysterious project called Omega.

Captain Jay Roberts knows his mission to infiltrate the isolated province of Neveks is dangerous, but the future of Planet Pavlovan depends on his success. As a telepathic super-soldier, he doesn’t expect the banished Neveks female, Rain Datta—his passport into Neveks—to cause him too much trouble. But Rain’s not playing by his rules, and Jay is in for one hell of a life-changing ride.

Pinch me because I must be dreaming! I can't believe I landed a gig as the interior designer for Seb Regis, the billionaire lawyer. He's like something out of a fairy tale—hotter than Hades, and those smoldering dark eyes . . . fans self. Sparks fly despite our fifteen-year age gap, yet Seb keeps his distance. His icy façade thaws as he begins to trust me. Revealing his tender side sends my heart into a dizzying free fall and makes me question everything I thought I knew about him.

Russell Dane thinks he's all that. Maybe he's so hot he should come with a too-hot-to-handle sign, but he drives me crazy. Not the good kind of crazy either. He thinks women shouldn't be firefighters, he's obnoxiously overprotective, and I can't stand him. Unfortunately, my body is not getting the memo, but I'm stronger than a few confused hormones. Right? It wouldn’t be so bad if we didn't have to work together. It definitely wouldn't be so bad if he hadn't gone and kissed me.

When former foster kid and perpetual misfit Hazel Grey left Grapevine to follow her dream of studying law at Harvard, it felt like the right thing to do. Even though it meant turning down the proposal of the only guy she ever loved. Aiden Jackson has never forgotten the only girl that took him seriously instead of just treating him like a dumb jock, the one who stayed by his side the night his mother died to help him through his grief.

Gabriel Torres thought his life after major league baseball would be simple and quiet - or at least quieter. However, as he takes over running the exclusive Players Club, he finds himself constantly embroiled in scandal and drama. Surely nothing or no one could make his life any crazier...right? Rachel Adler is a blast from Gabe's past who crashed back into his life with the finesse of a freight train. But she’s a welcome distraction. At least for a night.

Captured after committing a string of convenience store robberies, Roger Shuster tries to cut a deal when he tips Queens Robbery Squad detectives Steve Danski and Gregory Litchfield to the man he claims is responsible for the 2009 abduction of high-priced criminal defense attorney Sid Weinstein's daughter Barbara the night before her 13th birthday. Though Barbara remains missing, the case has been put in the Cold Case files.

On a cold Monday morning the naked body of a young blond woman is found at the base of a railway bridge in Queens. When NYPD isn't able to name a suspect, the victim's father calls the Newberry Agency. Ace detectives Tom Newberry and Barry Noonan meet up with a gritty radio-car team in Astoria and a pair of female cops in the Bronx that provide some of the answers.

It all started when my cat needed something expressed. Do I have to explain? That's when Farrah Taylor walked into my life, a fantasy spun true. Aside from stealing my breath, she handled the awkward situation with aplomb. Turns out she's my neighbor, and my grumpy cat has a crush on her. He's not the only one. Neighbors with benefits is the perfect option. I don't have time for romance. Until I want more. Until just being neighbors isn't enough.

The whole mess starts when I get dumped at the airport. Dylan is my brother's best friend, and the last guy I want to run into when my pride's been kicked. But I need a plan and fast. One bad decision leads to the next and we're trapped in a hotel for a romantic holiday weekend when we get snowed in. For days. It's cold. Dylan is H-O-T. It's a game of willpower and I'm losing.