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She rescues wildlife. She trusts ropes. She never expected to fall for a woman who climbs without them. Narrated by two-time Earphones Award winner Abby Craden, Exposed Hearts is an emotionally charged steamy slow-burn lesbian romance where every step closer to love feels like the greatest risk of all. Frankie Martinez spends her days rescuing injured wildlife, teaching children about nature, and volunteering with the Elk Ridge Search and Rescue team. After a devastating breakup, she's convinced she's finally putting her life back together.

What if everything you thought you wanted was exactly what you didn't need? Investment banker Jessica Taylor has spent her entire life checking boxes: Ivy League education, corner office, London promotion pending. The last thing on her list is inheriting seven cats and a crumbling Victorian house from the great-aunt her family considered an embarrassment. Dr. Ali Ritchie knows about starting over. After her own devastating breakdown, she's rebuilt her life around healing wounded animals and keeping humans at arm's length.

What happens when two ice queens collide and neither one melts first? Narrated by two-time Earphones Award winner Abby Craden, Wild Hearts is a slow burn that earns every degree of its thaw. Shannon McAllister runs search and rescue in the Colorado mountains with iron discipline and zero patience for small talk. She hasn't let anyone close in five years. She feels everything, which is exactly the problem, so she's made herself untouchable. It's worked so far. Tess Calder has been hired to decide whether Shannon's job should exist.

Flight attendant Kristi has perfected the art of avoiding connections—one night stands in far-off cities are her specialty. But when she meets pediatric surgeon Fenna during a flight to Costa Rica, something shifts in her carefully guarded heart.

Victoria Fraser never gives up control—not in the bedroom, not in business, not ever. With her empire of pleasure and power firmly established, she's the woman who makes others submit. But beneath her dominant exterior, a dangerous curiosity stirs. When billionaire Suzette Conner-Wakeman offers Victoria seventy-five million pounds for her businesses with one shocking condition—complete submission for a single night—it awakens a desire Victoria never knew existed. A desire to surrender. To let go. To experience the exquisite vulnerability she's always denied herself.

When Victoria and Abby's wedding venue collapses two weeks before their big day, notorious player Bo McKinnon offers up her family's Scottish castle as the solution. What she doesn't expect is to find herself drawn to their talented but mysterious young chef, Destinee. Despite their age gap and different worlds, the electricity between them is undeniable. Bo, with her wealth and reputation for loving and leaving, finds herself disarmed by Destinee's raw talent and uncompromising spirit. But Destinee has secrets of her own, and letting someone in isn't part of her carefully guarded plan.

Follow the journey of Alison as she breaks free from the shackles of an abusive past and discovers her strength and desires. With the help of her wise and alluring therapist Olivia, Alison navigates the complexities of her feelings and the intense connection she shares with her long-time partner Victoria and their younger lover Abby. As Alison heals and evolves, she yearns for a profound love like the unbreakable bond between Victoria and Abby. But when her heart leads her to an forbidden desire for Olivia, Alison must confront the taboos and make a choice that will change all their lives.

In this steamy slow-burn sapphic romance, professional photographer Abby Mason's world turns upside down when a last-minute job reunites her with Victoria Fraser - her former piano teacher and teenage crush. Their age gap means nothing now that they're both adults, but Victoria's involvement in the BDSM lifestyle opens Abby's eyes to possibilities she never imagined. As their second chance at connection unfolds, Victoria introduces Abby to a world of dominance and submission, where trust and consent are as crucial as desire.

She violated every rule of therapy to save her patient, and herself. But at what cost? Her career, her marriage, and everything she thought she knew about desire. A brand new addition to the Awakening of Desire universe, this Christmas novella follows new characters Olivia and Alison as they find love and acceptance within Victoria and Abby's supportive world, continuing the story after Mistress of Desire.

In this gripping sapphic dark romance, dominant Victoria Fraser never planned on creating a poly family with her passionate submissive Abby and former lover Alison. But as their BDSM dynamic deepens, healing old wounds and discovering new pleasures, Victoria dares to hope they've found something rare and beautiful. Until her past decisions come back to haunt them all.