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When Aurora Bennett witnesses a murder by a ruthless Los Angeles crime boss, she ends up stuck in her apartment like she’s the one who committed the crime. Then a sexy new neighbor moves in, and he’s just the sort of bossy, broad-shouldered male that makes her crazy—in more ways than one. Devon Whitestone can’t tell his neighbor Aurora the truth—that he’s actually a personal bodyguard hired by her brother, the owner of Bennett Security. Rule number one: don’t touch.

Lei ha fatto un grosso errore. Non si ricatta un Tacone. Presentarsi da me e minacciarmi? È inaccettabile. Se ha bisogno di denaro, deve chiedermelo con gentilezza. Ma sappiamo entrambi come funzionano queste cose. Una volta che le concederò il prestito, lei apparterrà a me. Faccio del mio meglio per trattenermi. Per rispettarla. E ora che è sotto il mio controllo… non ho intenzione di lasciarla andare.

Aus Sorge um ihre Sicherheit engagiert er Milosh Petrov: diszipliniert, entschlossen und absolut unbestechlich. Für Milosh ist der Auftrag reine Routine. Doch schnell wird klar: Daphne ist alles andere als eine gewöhnliche Klientin. Er würde alles tun, um sie vor Gefahren zu beschützen und lässt sich dabei sogar eines Tages darauf ein, sich als ihr Freund auszugeben.

In this remarkable new novel, Belva Plain creates a brilliant portrayal of a man's descent from idealistic beginnings into a world of dishonesty and greed--and of the two women who love him. Robb MacDaniel, a schoolteacher with noble intentions, comes into a little money, enabling him to go to...

My husband sold me. Not only did he sell me, but he told me he loved me while doing the deal. What lies he tells. Only fools believe him. Unfortunately, one of those fools was me.

Othello Maloik. The name should strike fear in your heart if you know who I am—a man of violent extremes. I got the taste for the finer things in life. Fine wine. Five-star food. And of course, beautiful women. But something is missing. More than money and fancy cars, I want a woman. Not one of the floozies that go in and out of my life. But a woman who will truly accept me for the violent man that I am. Who will revel in my kill count.

My Angel is the one who got away—the only person in the world I love. When she is caught in an unsanctioned bank robbery in my territory, only my reputation protects her. She should have stayed away. Instead, she charges back into my life like a shining beacon in my otherwise bleak existence. She has no place in my world where hardened criminals toy with the lives of the innocent.

She was to be my wife. I was to be her husband. Fate had other plans. She was falling for someone else while I was waiting for her. When you come from one of the most ruthless families in the country, you're used to getting what you want. Part of me wanted her, the other...well, let's just say, sometimes love can be reckless.

Lucas: I was obsessed from the beginning. And once I have an obsession. It's best you don't get in my way. Chanel: I tried to stay away. He was the one who was whispered about on the streets. The viper that, once he had a taste, would hunt you down and collect you. And Lucas liked to collect things. One of those things was me.

CDC nurse Joy Oshiro is stressed to the breaking point. College students are dying and no one knows why. And her new partner, Dr. Gunner Anderson, is frustratingly annoying—and sexy, but mainly just plain annoying—and proving difficult to avoid. He spent three years with Doctors Without Borders, and disillusioned is just the tip of his issues. They'll need to learn to trust each other if they have a chance at figuring out who is behind the attacks.

As a member of the Field County Sheriff's Department, Chris Jennings is used to having it rough. The Colorado Rockies aren't for the weak-of-spirit, but he's devoted his life to upholding the law - and to protecting the one woman he knows he can never have. He'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe. Daisy Little has lived in agoraphobic terror for over eight years. Trapped within a prison of her own making, she watches time pass through her bedroom window.

Vor zehn Jahren wurde Jackson Kane eines Verbrechens bezichtigt, das er nicht begangen hatte. Nun ist er zurück: älter, weiser und reicher. Und er trifft auf die Frau, die er nie aufgehört hat zu lieben, selbst als sie seinen Bruder heiratete. Auch Sadia fühlt sich zu ihm hingezogen. Allerdings wehrt sie sich mit aller Macht gegen die Gefühle, die ihr geheimnisvoller Ex-Schwager in ihr weckt. Eine gemeinsame Zukunft ist eigentlich unmöglich, aber die gegenseitige Anziehung ist übermächtig. Sadia und Jackson müssen entscheiden: Sind sie stark genug, sich der Vergangenheit zu stellen?

Cenk Yavuz Aydin, um CEO turco, poderoso e arrogante, é implacável em suas conquistas, sejam elas nos negócios ou na vida amorosa. Ao se deparar com sua nova funcionária, a inglesa Ophelia Corbyn, teve certeza de que a seduziria. O que era para ser um relacionamento temporário, como tantos outros que já teve, no entanto, acaba se transformando em um caso a longo prazo e por um ano, eles saciam o desejo recíproco nos braços um do outro. E então, sem qualquer aviso, Ophelia vai embora de sua vida. Quando o magnata descobre a razão dela ter partido, ele jura vingança.

When one of his best guys calls in sick, he's happy to lend a hand. The client is paying top dollar for kid gloves, and they'll need all the help they can get. That's when he meets Wren York, a pampered princess who thinks she can do his job better than him. She's an uptight control freak who needs to supervise every move he makes. She's cute but insufferable. Hot but a colossal pain in the butt. He just wants to do his job and go home. But she's making it impossible. If only he could figure her out. If only he could make her smile. Because the longer he stays, the more he's tempted.