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When I discover my boyfriend is cheating on me, I move out right away taking what I love most–my dog. As I fly out the door, I make sure to swipe the thing my ex loves best–the VIP tickets he won to a hockey game, complete with the chance to spend an evening with the city’s two biggest NHL stars. I can’t wait to snap selfies with my ex’s idols and rub it in his face.

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Librarian Cara Leone fell down a rabbit hole when she began secretly reading very spicy books. They not only piqued her interest in that lifestyle, but made it abundantly clear how much her love life has been lacking in the intimacy department. On a whim, she books a week-long stay at the resort to see if the sweat-inducing romances she reads are more fiction than reality.

Becka isn't the daring sort. She's a chemistry nerd on vacation from college. She certainly wasn't supposed to be stolen by a rival MC and sold as a plaything. Now, she needs a hero . . . or two. Locke and Epic might be ride partners, but they're not yet friends. Epic is freshly patched and Locke's carrying a lot of baggage from the betrayal of his last partner. But when they're given a new task—find Becka and bring her home—the men have to work as a team to protect her.

Vanessa Taylor is doing everything right: creative, passionate, and determined to make her mark. She's spent years rebuilding her life on her terms, casting aside the wounds that once held her back. But when her first love, Xavier, unexpectedly reappears, those carefully placed defenses begin to unravel. Years ago, she let him go, burying parts of herself along with him. Now, he's back—older, wiser, and unwilling to lose her a second time.

Gavin Miller, the billionaire author of a best-selling thriller series, struggles with a grim secret: he hasn't written a word in more than a year. Writer's block is killing his spirit and jeopardizing his contracts with his publisher and his Hollywood producers. Prodded by his agent, Gavin reluctantly agrees to see Allie Nichols, a sassy physical therapist tasked with treating the novelist's severe neck and shoulder pain - and maybe his writer's block, too.

Mark et Cleo se rencontrent par hasard et entament ce qui semble être une histoire d’amour tout droit sortie d'un conte de fées. Mark, alors marié, quitte sa femme pour commencer une nouvelle vie avec Cleo. Mais très vite, Cleo découvre que Mark n'est pas l'homme charmant qu'elle imaginait. Et si elle avait commis une terrible erreur en tombant éperdument amoureuse de lui ? Mais il est déjà trop tard pour faire machine arrière : Cleo et Mark sont pris dans une relation destructrice dont aucun des deux ne semble pouvoir s'échapper.

Marybeth still couldn't believe that she'd survived this long with a friend like Darrin, but somehow she'd managed to beat the odds and not give in to temptation and smother him with a pillow while he slept. Of course some days were more difficult than others.... For 20 years he's been biding his time, waiting for the right moment to make his move, and now that she was finally his, he had to do everything in his power to keep her, even if it meant making a decision that would tear them apart and force her to face the truth.

Nico met the love of his life when he was 17. Immediately, he realizes that the gap in their ages is too significant to make a move on her until she's legal in the eyes of the law. So he joins the United States Navy, killing time until he can come home to her again. But a tragedy strikes while Georgia is alone and vulnerable, and with no other recourse, Georgia leaves, disappearing without a trace. He finds her, but quickly realizes that she needs the time to herself to work out her problems. He leaves her be, knowing that if she ever felt anything for him, she'd come back home to him.

It's the NHL's draft day, but the whole Portland Storm team is back together for an entirely different event. Complete with a double wedding, an unanticipated guest, overdue apologies, unexpected goodbyes, and fresh starts, this big day has the potential to get them all called for a Double Major.

I have no business falling in love with Emmett Foster. The man is an incredibly wealthy professional baseball player who’s ten years older than me and has a daughter. But when he hires me to take care of said daughter, I find myself catching feelings for the star pitcher. He’s gruff, but sweet, and has a big heart that he shows in small pieces. Pieces I’d like to collect and call mine. Unfortunately, he has no plans on marrying again after his ex-wife cheated on him then abandoned him and June.

In the bustling world of high street bookselling, Annabel is battling to keep her small branch afloat in the shadow of the larger local store, which happens to be run by her sworn rival, Liam. But just as corporate restructuring jeopardizes Annabel's treasured childhood bookstore, she finds herself unexpectedly double booked in a Corfu villa with the last person she wanted to encounter.

When her motorcycle breaks down on a deserted road, Fallon Murphy’s caught off guard by the mechanic with the sexy smirk who comes to her rescue. After shedding her restrictive corporate chains, she’s now living life on her own terms. She no longer answers to anyone for anything.

Jeune flic téméraire mais inexpérimentée, Claire Stevens se retrouve piégée dans une fusillade entre trafiquants. Menacée, elle est contrainte de se réfugier chez la mère de son petit ami Eddie, également policier. Mais cohabiter avec Antonio, le demi-frère de ce dernier, est la variable qu’elle ne peut maîtriser. Nonchalant et provocateur, à l'opposé de son aîné, Antonio réveille chez Claire un trouble contre lequel elle veut lutter.

Nash, a longtime Dirty Angels MC member and lead singer of Dirty Deeds, has a secret. For years, he’s hidden his bisexuality from his brothers, fellow bikers, worried how they’d take the news. But Nash isn’t the only one keeping secrets from his brotherhood. So is Cross, a police officer and member of the Blue Avengers MC. As opposite as they come, when Cross spots Nash across the bar, he can’t resist the unexpected attraction. And they need to survive in two different worlds where men who like other men aren’t usually accepted, and where bikers and cops don’t mix.

Everything has a price, and the price of truth is steepest of all. Eden has an ironclad five-year plan. In three months, she's saying good riddance to Los Angeles and returning to the Pacific Northwest for medical school. Nothing is going to get in her way. Nothing... but the impossible. When she glimpses her doppelgänger at a party, the seemingly accidental meeting turns her life in a direction she never imagined, shredding everything she knows about herself and where she comes from.

I'm twenty-two, buried in student loans, and soon to be homeless. I need a job that pays decently—stat. When my best friend suggests interviewing for a traveling nanny position with some tennis star, I think she's joking. It's too good to be true. The pay is more than I could dream of. I'd get to travel the world. There don't seem to be any cons. Not until I meet my potential boss. Noah Baker. Hot as hell, but with a massive chip on his shoulder.

Judd “Judge” Scott lives a simple life running a successful business with his cousin, Deacon. As a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, he’s good at what he does. He never expected Trip to come home and resurrect the Blood Fury MC, reopening old wounds. Being asked by the new prez to fill his late father’s boots as the Sergeant at Arms should be a hard no for Judge.

When Taylor accepts a dare to ask out the campus's most notorious player, he never expected Harrison to counter with his own challenge. What starts as a game of double-dare becomes a fake relationship that feels surprisingly real. But with both guys questioning everything they thought they knew about themselves, some dares might be worth losing.

Alexia has never known who her father is, and desperately wants to find out the truth about him. She wants a relationship with the mysterious man her mother refuses to talk about. She can handle being poor and looked down on...but a girl should know her father. When she's offered a job doubling for rock star Kari Kingsley, Alexia realizes she’ll have the resources to finally track down her father and meet him.