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You've been given everything you could have ever want. Penthouse on Park Avenue, access to the family's money, and switching foreign cars like underwear. The youngest of your siblings, raised by your older brother after your parents died, and given clear instructions on what is expected of you and your role within the family. Working under Corleon D. Bruster since you were seventeen, you've become a force to be reckoned with.

After screwing up a recent hit, I’m broke, blacklisted, and no closer to finding my missing sister. I need a distraction. Five days in Alaska isn’t my idea of a retreat. I hate winter, but I hate Catarina Novak more. If I make her as miserable as possible, maybe I can forget how miserable I am. Frustrating Cat is my favorite pastime, but what happens when I discover something I enjoy more?

Something awful and illuminating happens when a marriage ends. All illusions fade away. Light spills into the darkest corners of the union, forcing you to face the cracks. The moments bereft of love. The nights without affection. The days spent learning to be quiet and still, expecting nothing because that's all you've ever been given.

In the finale, everyone gets their version of happily ever after. Will Yolani decide that getting her life back is more important, or using drugs to cope with her past is? Will Yoshon and Golden’s relationship work with him being the king of the Santana throne? Will Hazel find exactly what she’s been looking for? Find out who is truly Married to a Brownsville Bully!

Mirabella is a reluctant ruler—she never asked to be the Ruling Member of the Sacred Seven—the governing body of Opulex. But things get much worse when all the other members of the Sacred Seven are murdered by a ruthless serial killer. Miri goes into hiding but help is on the way in the form of two huge, muscular Monstrum warriors who vow to guard her with their lives.

Meet Trent Bailey, who is fighting for the right to continue his stellar professional football career after enduring striking legal woes in the recent past. Trent cannot and will not blow his second chance for anyone; after all, this is the blessing he's been praying for. After receiving confirmation that staying focused is all he needs, it's what he aims to do. No distractions. That's until he bumps into two unexpected overnight guests.

Love is Messy. It can be sticky. It can be all consuming. It can come out of nowhere. If you're not careful, you might slip up and find yourself so deep in it that you can't climb out. Cheyenne has hated Travis since he walked into her class in kindergarten. He pestered her for years until the fates stepped in and moved him away. But he's back now . . . And pestering her is the last thing on his mind.

Alanis Kapri is living the American Dream. As the star quarterback of the Carolina Hurricanes, life is luxury. Unfortunately for Alanis, he’s considered the NFL’s problem child. One too many negative press runs have landed his head on the chopping block. He’s been given an ultimatum: clean up his act or be cut from the team. Reluctantly, Alanis agrees to the terms. However, when the team hires him a reputation management consultant, the last person he expected to see was her.

Sergio and Michaela promised to help each other rebuild their lives. But what happens when their wedding vows mean more than having job security and financial stability? Will Sergio and Michaela learn how to love, honor, and cherish each other?

She's offering to teach him a few things. He's willing to learn. Can a few words and a little bit of "trouble" turn into something more?

Deion McCabe is a veteran basketball player with an adversarial disposition. Following an altercation with a fan during a game, the league orders him to attend anger management. Deion's behavior and subpar gameplay threatens to jeopardize his livelihood. He's courting disaster and must demonstrate to the organization that he's capable of turning his fate around. If not, he could face being traded or worse . . . the end of his basketball career.

My bio might speak for itself, but I still have everything to prove. Everything to gain. Everything to lose. On the field, and off. I'm here for a reason, and Nate Richardson isn't one of them . . . except, he won't let me relegate him to a non-factor. Even knowing what's at stake, he won't let me pass him off. So I'll adapt. Open myself up. Dominate my position. Defend my right to be here. Who says a woman can't have everything? Or, better yet . . . who says a woman can't be a King?

Kelaya Harper knows two things when it comes to Hezekiah Perez. One, she loves him. Two, they can never be together. They are from two different worlds and blending them will be a tragic misstep. Hezekiah knows his heart belongs only to Kelaya and will do anything to prove that they are meant to be. Just when he thinks they are finally locked in, everything implodes and he fears his life will never exist with the love and balance he craves.

Being an orphan is tough…going through the foster care system is even tougher. I never would have made it through without my foster brother, Nick Callahan, to guide and protect me. But Nick and I have a troubled past. See, he’s full-blooded Were and I’m half Were and back before our fathers died, they swore an oath to be blood brothers and had both Nick and I branded to prove that we were family.

Abomination. That's what Thomas Brewster's father decreed him before he took his first breath. He'd always feared it to be true, then fate sent him a blessing in the form of his first love, Louella Kemp. They were inseparable and planned to spend forever together. The NBA superstar was on top of the world. Until the unthinkable happened. In the blink of an eye, he lost everything, proving the curse was real.

In the club, with flashing lights and loud music, seeing him across the room is a scene out of a movie. We lock eyes and sway to the beat—instantly connecting. He nudges his head, calling me to the other side. Me? Of all the women in the club, this sexy man wants me to join him in VIP. So I do. And then I realize how tall he is, and the other guys surrounding him are also. Wait. This guy was on the basketball court at the game I watched the night before. The guys standing around him are his teammates on the Houston Outlaws.

For Michaela and Sergio, they learn that their marriage is more than a happily ever after fairytale. Two years ago, they wedded with the intent of solving their life's problems. When the meaning of their union changes, and the honeymoon phase ends, they are reminded that love requires effort and work beyond what they've experienced before. Will Michaela and Sergio be able to overcome their issues, and get their marriage back on track?

In this collection are updated stories from some of your favorite Valentines.

As the only girl in the Mason family, Taylor has made it her job to make sure everybody knows it's Masons above all. However, as her cousins marry off and have families of their own, she realizes that it's love above all. She's spent the last few years in the wrong dating pool, constantly coming up short. Maybe it's time to broaden her search; maybe she doesn't have far to look either.

Taking over her family's charming and historic Red Rose Inn is a dream for Kira Davis—even if it means the extra stress of knowing the entire Davis clan is watching her every move. But ignoring her family's wishes and hiring too-handsome Franklin Bennett as her temporary new manager might be a huge mistake . . . given their families' decades-long feud.

Yet attraction still sparks between them, proving to ex-army engineer Franklin there's something real beneath the surface. Something hopeful. Something unmistakable. But pursuing Kira could prove dangerous for a man with an uncertain future.