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I've met the best woman at the worst possible time. Miranda is the fire to my ice - a sexy, charmingly candid spark who breaks down my walls and reminds me what it's like to feel again. But I'm being forced to date my team owner's daughter to keep my job, so I can't be caught with Miranda. Still, we're getting closer - until Miranda finds out about my "girlfriend". And that's not the only secret I've been keeping. But Miranda's the one I want...even if she doesn't believe me.

Cass has spent years trying to forget her past. But the thing about pasts...they always come back around, sometimes in the most unexpected ways. When Celeste goes missing, Cass discovers how intricately entangled her past and present are with Celeste's, making it impossible to walk away.

In an effort to ignore his own painful history, Calder challenges a corrupt, underground organization, but his mission gets sidelined when Cass's life becomes endangered.

The passion simmering between Calder and Cass tempts them to share their darkest secrets, but can their trust in each other help them unravel the mystery surrounding Celeste? Can they eliminate the threat to Cass before the past overshadows the present and destroys their intense connection?

It's been two years and three months since Santos has had sex. Not that he's keeping track. After the way he betrayed the love of his life, he's willing to give up sex altogether as long as it means keeping her in his life. But that doesn't mean he hasn't thought about it. Despite living in the same house for months, Mariana is still hesitant to cross that final, physical line. The wounds that Santos left combined with her insecurities stop her from taking what she really wants.

Love is somewhere near the bottom of Lily Thomas' list of life goals, right next to competitive eating and underwater cave diving. She's spent six years pirouetting and pliéing her way up the ranks of the New York Ballet with her eye on the prize and love in the back seat. But now that Blane Baker - Lily's long time crush - is finally single, she'll throw her rules out the window without thinking twice.

I belong to no one. It’s the way I’ve chosen to live. Master of my own destiny, finding my way through this bullshit thing called life. I’ve spent my life being surrounded by four overbearing brothers, but I’ve never been a wallflower. Independent and unwilling to be tied down, I grabbed life by the balls and lived it to the fullest. I was enjoying myself, minding my own business at my brother's wedding. Then wham. Ever have a man walk into your life and alter your entire universe? My answer would’ve been no before he tempted me into his bed.

What happens when a spur-of-the-moment decision to go home with a man Pepper Hornsby barely knows leads to the most fulfilling night of her life? Bruce Carter sat across from her in the diner, and their conversation was completely spontaneous and lighthearted. Their flirting was a little hotter and held more substance. Bruce took Pepper home, and she couldn’t wait to get him out of his clothes and into bed.

One bad hit has left the career of young NHL center Luke Hudson in question. When he arrives for rehab with a minor league team, his injury has robbed him of the edge that made him great. Team trainer Adella Price's job is to help Luke get back in peak condition. But their one on one sessions shake her resolve to remain unattached. Dell is hands-off to all hockey players, even one as charming and successful as Luke.

Two years ago, Jason and Kate Ryker were brought together by grief and bound to one another by love. Now married, they're confronting their fears together. But heartbreak finds them again, and the ties that bind Kate and Ryke are tested as she struggles against fear and sadness. As a grief counselor, Kate understands all too well the pain of her clients. And while her husband's career as an NHL forward is at an all-time high, he's coping with the frustration of feeling powerless as his wife's hopes slip away.

Rebecca hasn't seen or heard from her mob boss father in four years, but she's about to receive a message from him that will throw her life into chaos. Rebecca thought she left the crime family, and the painful memories, behind when she went into law enforcement. She never expected to be abducted by a sexy stranger. But when this stranger makes Rebecca an offer too tempting to refuse, she finds herself dragged into one of the most ruthless vendettas of the century.

What happens when a man allows greed to rule his life? Gavin lets his greed rule even his love life, demanding complete loyalty from his many women. Pool halls, smoky bars, fast cars, and hot women - that’s Gavin’s life. A man of many secrets and much greed. Linda loves only Gavin and is loyal to a fault sometimes. Working hard, loving harder, and making a home is her life and she’s happy.

As the son of one of the States’ most prominent mob bosses, Shane Martinelli’s always been immersed in society’s shady underbelly. Learning to navigate it and keep to the edges was working just fine, until an acquaintance turns up missing, and he fears the worst. From the moment he laid eyes on her, he hasn’t stopped thinking about her. Luckily, as an ex-special operative, he’s uniquely qualified to track her down and keep her safe. Unfortunately, nobody’s making that easy - not the people who took her nor the woman herself.

Evan was a bad-boy extraordinaire and always got what he wanted. Evan had a list of women - a different one for each day. Enter Glenda. Evan wanted Glenda - if Ben had her, she must be perfect. Glenda belonged to Ben and whichever kinky third party they picked up. Third-party pickups satisfied their lusts. So far, they were the best for each other. Then she met Evan. One of them must be better at satisfying her. Or would the happy couple turn into the happy trio?

Joel Anderson doesn't take anything seriously. Not his relationships, which have been few and far between since his brutal divorce. Not the drama of working in a tattoo parlor, which seems to be around every corner. When things get him down, he smiles and cracks a joke. But he's not the kind of man you cross, or you'll find yourself at the wrong end of his fists. A standalone romantic comedy.

Nothing good comes after the third date. Date three is the crucial point when things get real, which is exactly why I bounce out the door, twiddling my fingers at whatever poor boy I've left behind. Because, if I stick around, one of three things will happen: he'll profess his undying love, he'll get weird and stalky, or I'll go crazy. Like, Sid and Nancy crazy. Like, chase-him-through-the-streets-begging-him-to-love-me crazy. Seriously, it's better for everyone this way.

Maggie never expected to find her fiancé banging her maid of honor an hour before she was set to walk down the aisle, but life's funny that way. The only option to save her sanity is to get the hell out of Jackson and move to New York where her brother lives. The only downside: Cooper is there too. And she just doesn't know if she can stay away from him - the filthy rich, dead sexy playboy who's allergic to commitment. The second Maggie sees him again, she realizes he'll be impossible to resist.

Juliet Hall works on the forty-second floor of Carter Corp. She likes her job as communications officer, but she has always dreamed of becoming a pianist. So when the opportunity to join the Nightmareden presents itself, she doesn't hesitate for a moment. Even the singer and leader of the group, the obnoxious—and terribly sexy—Colin Spencer, cannot dissuade him. This one is intractable: no false note is tolerated, and he does not hesitate to let the pianist know.

For weeks, Madeline been battling the new school principal, Ben Hunter, over the PTO budget. Despite Ben's young, sexy charisma, Madeline is determined not to lose. But when Ben seduces her into an intense, edgy affair, Madeline discovers that in order to win, she first has to surrender.

As a pilot and a smuggler, Lenna has spent her life flying under the radar in Coalition space—taking care of herself, not relying on anyone. She's always liked it that way. But now she's stranded without any resources on a stone-age planet, and the only way to survive is to hook up with a bunch of cavemen. She'll do whatever she needs to do in order to survive in their world—even if it means letting one of them take her as a mate. She doesn't expect to like it. Or like him. Or lose her heart in the process.

In this emotionally gripping tale, two writers meet on vacation and spend a perfect week together, falling immediately, deeply in love. But when they accidentally lose contact, both fly back home to do as writers do: write about it. What could possibly go wrong?

Ashley is about to start her new dream job at Carter Corporation, a prominent Manhattan firm, and is running late on her very first day when she crosses paths with an insufferable man who causes her to lose both precious time and her patience. When she shows up at the office more than an hour late, she is introduced to her boss... who is none other than the man responsible for her tardiness! He takes a nasty pleasure in sewing doubt in her mind as to whether or not she has a future with Carter Corp., which kicks off a pattern of seduction and provocation between the two.